Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Coal mine underground Lafayette, Colo.
- Miners work with a pneumatic drill and a pick near a mine ore car in a mine tunnel near Lafayette (Boulder County), Colorado.
- Lafayette (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Coal mining--Colorado--Lafayette--1920-1930.; Drilling & boring machinery--Colorado--Lafayette--1920-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Lafayette--1920-1930.; Miners--Colorado--Lafayette--1920-1930.;...
- 1921
- Coal mines underground Lafayette, Colo.
- Miners work with a pneumatic drill and a pick by a mine ore car in a mine tunnel near Lafayette (Boulder County), Colorado.
- Lafayette (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Coal mining--Colorado--Lafayette--1920-1930.; Drilling & boring machinery--Colorado--Lafayette--1920-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Lafayette--1920-1930.; Miners--Colorado--Lafayette--1920-1930.;...
- 1921
- Explosion used to detonate German mines
- A black cloud from an explosion rises in the middle ground of the image. Leafless trees and snow covers the ground. In the background buildings stand on the ridge above the valley in the vicinity of Mount Belvedere during the Italian Campaign....
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Explosions--Italy--1940-1950.; Mines (Warfare)--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- February 21, 1945
- Buchanan (prospector)
- Buchanan, a miner, poses with a pick probably near Apex (Gilpin County), Colorado.
- Apex (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Apex--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Apex--1890-1910.
- [between 1895 and 1905]
- Telephone Bldg, Colo. Springs
- Exterior of the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company office, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, shows the two story modern building with decorative stone facing. Automobiles and pick up trucks parked diagonally on street in...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Buildings--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1950-1960.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1950-1960.
- 1954
- Apartment building on East 1st Avenue at Emerson Street - "Carmen Court" - "Pueblo Revival style"
- Construction of Carmen Court, a pueblo style stucco apartment building on East 1st (First) Avenue at Emerson Street, Denver, Colorado. Sign reads: "Ask Bert L. Rhoads, these unusual homes are insulated with Balsam Wool, the most efficient heat...
- Carmen Court (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Apartment houses--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- "Carmen Court" apartment house built by Bert Rhoads
- Construction of Carmen Court, a stucco apartment building on East 1st (First) Avenue at Emerson Street in Denver, Colorado. Sign reads: "Ask Bert L. Rhoads, These Unusual Homes Are Insulated With Balsam Wool, The Most Efficient Heat Insulator...
- Apartment houses--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.
- [1925?]
- Two children
- A boy and girl sit on a bench with a dog by a house, probably in Colorado. Shows a pick axe and a crate reading: "Keep In A Dry Place."
- Children--Colorado--1890-1900.; Dogs--Colorado--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Hopi Indians
- A Native American (Pueblo, Hopi) man, a Snake member, bends down to pick up a snake as a part of the Snake Dance at Walpi Pueblo, First Mesa, Arizona. The man wears moccasins, a fringed kilt, a fur pelt which hangs from a leather belt, body paint,...
- Hopi Indians--Dance--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Spiritual life--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Clothing & dress--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Walpi...
- August, 1899
- Construction crew
- A crowd of men wearing work clothes walk with shovels and pick axes, Colorado.
- Laborers--Colorado--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Construction crew
- Men walk on a wooden flume carrying shovels and pick axes, Colorado.
- Flumes--Colorado--1920-1940.; Laborers--Colorado--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Prospectors
- Three prospectors on the side of a dirt road, one rides a burro, one holds a pick axe over his shoulder; two pack burros, West Creek and Pemberton district mining camp, Colorado.
- Douglas County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Donkeys--Colorado--Douglas County--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Douglas County--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Douglas County--1890-1900.; Pack animals--Colorado--Douglas County--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Breaking New Ground
- A man swings a pick ax at a large rock in Nepera Park, upper Yonkers, New York. The rock sits in an indentation in a small cliff. The man wears a hat.
- Yonkers (N.Y.)--1890-1920.; Miners--New York--Yonkers--1890-1920.; Mining--New York--Yonkers--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1915]
- Covered wagon - Days of '76 - annual historic show first week in August in Deadwood - the Black Hills of South Dakota
- A family poses in a horse drawn covered wagon, in Deadwood (Lawrence County), South Dakota for the town's "Days of '76" celebration. A gold pan, pick and shovel hang from the side.
- Deadwood (S.D.)--1930-1950.; Covered wagons--South Dakota--Deadwood--1930-1950.; Families--South Dakota--Deadwood--1930-1950.; Infants--South Dakota--Deadwood--1930-1950.; Men--South Dakota--Deadwood--1930-1950.; Transportation--South...
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Leadville pioneer homes
- Pioneer Leadville residents pose in front of their early homes in 1879, Colorado. The man and woman in the center, dressed in their finest, stand with their baby girl on a wood chair. Two men and another woman stand next to them, with a nursing...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Dwellings--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.; Pioneers--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.
- 1879
- Compressor Pandora Mine
- A man wearing laced up boots, and soiled clothing stands next to the Pandora Mine compressor inside a log structure, San Miguel County, Colorado. The large machine with flywheel and belt is mounted in center of the room. Tools around room include a...
- Jewel Mines & Reduction Co. (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Pandora Mine (San Miguel County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; San Miguel County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Air compressors--Colorado--San Miguel County--1890-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--San Miguel...
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Miner
- Portrait of a man panning for gold in Clear Creek; he squats by the stream with a pick and shovel near Idaho Springs (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Shows a wooden bridge.
- Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Gold mining--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1890-1910.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1890-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1890-1910.; Mining...
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Panning gold at Cripple Creek Colo
- Miners in Cripple Creek, Teller County, Colorado, with a gold pan, pick and shovel.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Gold mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1880-1900.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Teller County--Cripple Creek--1880-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1880-1900.; Mining equipment--Colorado--Cripple...
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Mine interior
- Miners stand inside a mine, possibly in Boulder County, Colorado; a man has a pick axe, a boy looks on; candles hang from holders in rock walls.
- Boys--Colorado--1890-1910.; Miners--Colorado--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- The Old Prospector
- View of "The Old Prospector," a statue of a miner on the roof of the Mining Exchange Building in downtown Denver, Colorado. The man holds a chunk of gold ore and a mining pick. The copper statue was created by Alphonse Pelzer and modeled after John...
- Denver (Colo.)--1950-1970.; Miners--Colorado--Denver--1950-1970.; Sculpture--Colorado--Denver--1950-1970.
- [between 1950 and 1961?]
- Ore samples from Johnny Bull Mine- Silver Plum [i. e. Plume]
- A miner poses in a shaft of the Johnny Bull Mine near Silver Plume, Clear Creek County, Colorado. He holds a small piece of ore and a prospector's pick and wears a hard hat with a miner's light.
- Johnny Bull Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Silver Plume (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Miners--Colorado--Silver Plume--1960-1970.; Mining equipment--Colorado--Silver Plume--1960-1970.; Mining--Colorado--Silver Plume--1960-1970.
- April 29, 1964
- Miners
- Miners and a dog pose near the entrance to a mine in Idaho. The men hold a prospector's pick and a shovel.
- Miners--Idaho--1880-1900.; Mining--Idaho--1880-1900.
- [between 1940 and 1960]
- Silver Queen Calif gold strike.
- George H. Wyman samples ore with a prospector's pick in a mine near the Silver Queen Mine, Mojave, California. L. N. Hill holds a pneumatic jack hammer and looks on.
- Mojave (Calif.)--1930-1940.; Gold mining--California--Mojave--1930-1940.; Miners--California--Mojave--1930-1940.; Mining--California--Mojave--1930-1940.; Hill, L. N.; Wyman, George H.
- 1934 December 7
- Ten Broecke Tunnel
- A miner poses with a prospector's pick at the entrance of the Ten Broecke Mine near Twin Lakes (Lake County), Colorado.
- Ten Broecke Mine (Lake County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Twin Lakes (Lake County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Twin Lakes--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Twin Lakes--1890-1910.
- [between 1910 and 1930]
- Camp Bird mine residence
- Camp Bird general manager's residence interior, Ouray County, Colorado; view of fireplace and mantle decorated with a small hammer, pick, and house plant. The fireplace has a fitted wainscoted cover.
- Camp Bird (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Fireplaces--Colorado--Camp Bird--1950-1960.; Interiors--Colorado--Camp Bird--1950-1960.; Mantles--Colorado--Camp Bird--1950-1960.; Mining--Colorado--Camp Bird--1950-1960.
- [1950?]
- City Park
- Women pick flowers near the Lily Pond at City Park in the City Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. They wear dresses and wide-brimmed hats decorated with ribbons.
- City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Lily ponds--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Lily Pond City Park
- Women pick flowers near the Lily Pond at City Park in the City Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. They wear dresses and wide-brimmed hats decorated with ribbons. An automobile is parked in the distance weeping willow trees and papyrus are...
- City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Lily ponds--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Reflections--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Prospector's camp, Cunningham Gulch, San Juan County, Colo.
- Prospectors sit and stand near two tents in Cunningham Gulch, San Juan County, Colorado. Shows sacks of provisions, a cooking pan, a pot, a shovel and a pick.
- San Juan County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Camping--Colorado--San Juan County--1870-1880.; Miners--Colorado--San Juan County--1870-1880.; Mining--Colorado--San Juan County--1870-1880.
- [between 1872 and 1878]
- First Regiment Band outside Leadville Ice Palace
- Denver's First Regiment Band poses outside the archway of Leadville, Colorado's Ice Palace, which was built for the 1896 Winter Crystal Carnival on a site known as Capitol Hill. During the formal opening ceremonies, January 8, 1896, the band...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bands--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Ice sculpture--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.
- [1896]
- Ice sculpture at the Ice Palace in Leadville, Colorado
- Ice sculpture of miners inside Leadville, Colorado's Ice Palace is a part of the museum exhibits created for the Winter Crystal Carnival. Phillip Kelly froze water with snow to mold figures of miners, then rubbed water over the snow to give the...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Ice sculpture--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.
- [between 1940 and 1960?]
- Rodeos and horse shows are almost a way of life at Colorado City
- Spectators, automobiles and pick up trucks line the fence of the rodeo grounds as the rodeo participants on horse-back form a line in center, Colorado City, El Paso, County, Colorado. Cowboys stand by the bronco and bull shoots below the judges...
- Colorado City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Rodeos--Colorado--Colorado City--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960]
- Aboursville, Colorado
- View of the 1880s company town of Arbourville (Arboursville, Arborville, Arbour-Villa, and later Conrow), Chaffee County, Colorado; includes log cabins and wood frame residences along a two track road in a valley surrounded by mountain slopes;...
- Arbourville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Roads--Colorado--Arbourville--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1886]
- Monument at Arapahoe Bar, 2 miles west of Golden, Colorado
- Charles L. Palmer, one of the first white people born in Jefferson County, Colorado, and the Sioux, Chief Big Snake pose at the dedication of a Arapahoe City marker. Chief Big Snake dressed in full regalia with a feather headdress and finged...
- Arapahoe City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--Arapahoe City--1940-1950.; Plaques--Colorado--Arapahoe City--1940-1950.
- [1946]
- Coming home with berries
- Two young girls carrying small buckets and wearing cotton sun bonnets pick strawberrries, Crested Butte, Gunnison County, Colorado.
- Crested Butte (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Girls--Colorado--Crested Butte--1890-1900.; Strawberries--Colorado--Crested Butte--1890-1900.
- August 1897
- Yank outstanding Gunnison character
- Full standing studio portrait of Laurent (Yank) Baxter, one of the first ranchers in the Crested Butte district, Gunnison County, Colorado; he wears leather boots, a frock coat, and hat; one leg is raised on a prop tree stump, he braces himself...
- Crested Butte (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Baxter, Laurent.
- 1876
- Mushroom farm in Westminster, Colorado
- This interior view of the Savery mushroom farm in Westminster, Colorado, shows a bed crowded with ripe, white fungi. A man in a suit, tie and fedora picks one in the background.
- Westminster (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Farms--Colorado--Westminster--1930-1940.; Interiors--1930-1940.; Mushrooms--Colorado--Westminster--1930-1940.
- 1931
- Resting on the bank of Miners Creek, Miners Basin, La Sal Mts, Utah
- A gold miner squats and dips water from a stream identified as Miners Creek in Miners Basin in the La Sal Mountains, Grand County, Utah. A man with a shovel and a man with a pick are near the creek. Shows a gold washing pan.
- Grand County (Utah)--1890-1900.; Miners Basin (Grand County, Utah : Valley)--1890-1900.; Gold miners--Utah--Grand County--1890-1900.; Gold mining--Utah--Grand County--1890-1900.; Hydraulic mining--Utah--Grand County--1890-1900.; Mining--Utah--Grand...
- 1897 Aug. 10
- A Question of right of way, Buckeye Cabin
- Two boys hold rifles by a model railroad creation identified as "A Question of Right of Way" in the La Sal Mountains, Utah. A sign reads, "Colorado Rail Road Magnets." Shows magnets, a pickaxe, a pick, and an ax.
- Railroads--Right of way--Utah--1890-1900.; La Sal Mountains (Utah)--1890-1900.; Boys--Utah--1890-1900.; Model railroads--Utah--1890-1900.; Rifles--Utah--1890-1900.
- 1897 Sep. 3
- Buckeye Cabin, La Sal Mt's. Utah
- A boy sits in front of Buckeye Cabin in the La Sal Mountains, Utah. A sign reads, "Assay Office Buckeye Cabin." On a table are reagent bottles, a box of assay weights, a beaker, test tubes, glass-stoppered acid bottles, evaporating dishes, and a...
- Assaying apparatus--Utah--1890-1900.; La Sal Mountains (Utah)--1890-1900.; Boys--Utah--1890-1900.; Equipment--Utah--1890-1900.; Log Cabins--Utah--1890-1900.
- 1897 Aug. 24
- Group of miners and hunters, Miners Basin
- Three men stand as one holds the reins of a horse nearby, another has a rifle over his shoulder, another has a pick ax on his shoulder; and, two men and one woman sit in the grass by blankets and a saddle in Miners Basin in the La Sal Mountains,...
- Grand County (Utah)--1890-1900.; Miners Basin (Grand County, Utah : Valley)--1890-1900.; Hunters--Utah--Grand County--1890-1900.; Horses--Utah--Grand County--1890-1900.; Meadows--Utah--Grand County--1890-1900.; Miners--Utah--Grand...
- 1897 Aug.17
- Mammoth Hot Springs on Gardiners [sic] River
- A man stands and holds a pick axe beside accreted travertine terraces and mineral water pools at Mammoth Hot Springs on the Gardner River in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Trees and hills are in the distance.
- Mammoth Hot Springs (Wyo.)--1870-1880.; Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; Springs--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.)
- [1871?]
- Ruins of the old church at Jemez
- View of a Native American multi-story structures of the Towa pueblo and Spanish mission ruins of San Jose de los Jemez church at the historic Giusewa Pueblo, near Jemez, New Mexico. Men and women stand and pose on ruins or sit on boulders near a...
- Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--New Mexico--Giusewa Historic Site--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--New Mexico--Giusewa Historic Site--1910-1920.; Jemez Indians--Antiquities &...
- [1879]
- Grave marker at Riverside Cemetery
- View of a grave marker at Riverside Cemetery in Denver (Denver and unincorporated Adams County), Colorado; shows a carved stone log cabin (Ole Rustad, sculptor), vines, and a pick and shovel. Letters read: "Lester Drake." Landscaping and tombstones...
- Drake, Lester--Tomb.; Riverside Cemetery (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Sculpture--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1895 and 1910?]
- Hutch Stevens, Lovelock, Nevada
- Prospector Hutch Stevens of Hahns Peak (Routt County; also known as Poverty Bar), Colorado, stands near rock formations near a Nevada Mining Camp. Stevens holds a pick axe in his left hand and has a canteen hanging around his neck. He wears a...
- Hahns Peak (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Gold miners--Colorado--Hahns Peak--1900-1910.; Stevens, Hutch, 1854-1907.
- March, 1907
- Miners cabin in the Rockys [sic], Colo.
- A miner, in a striped suit with a pick axe, poses next to a log cabin in possibly Clear Creek County, Colorado. The cabin has a gabled roof, a metal chimney, a dirt roof and a sign in a window that reads: "[C]rocker [& Co.] Crac[kers], Denver."...
- Log cabins--Colorado--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--1890-1900.
- [1890?]
- A Thunder Mtn. prospector
- Prospector Sam Stevens stands in a field holding his pick axe over his shoulder near Hahns Peak (Routt County; also known as Poverty Bar), Colorado. He wears dirty trousers, a pinstriped shirt with buttons up the front, and suspenders. He has a...
- Hahns Peak (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Hahns Peak--1900-1910.; Men.; Stevens, Sam T.
- August, 1902
- Machine gunners digging in
- Two Tenth Mountain Division soldiers prepare a machine gun emplacement in the Italian woods. Man closest to camera digs with a small shovel behind the gun while the other holds a pick. A rucksack and wooden box are on the ground beside them. Man...
- Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- Mesa Verde, excavating
- Two men stand above Pithouses A, B and C of Step House, a cliff dwelling in Mesa Verde National Park. The two work to excavate the site that lies under a massive rock wall. Digging tools, including a pick ax in the background and a shovel in the...
- Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Step House (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Pit dwellings--Colorado--1920-1930.; Archaeological sites--Colorado--1920-1930.; Cliff dwellings--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [1926?]
- Mesa Verde, excavating
- Pithouse A of Step House, a cliff dwelling in Mesa Verde National Park, stands in the foreground. A small pile of sandstone slabs forms a wall on the near edge of the pithouse. Additional slabs line the sides of the pithouse. Two men kneel working...
- Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Step House (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Pit dwellings--Colorado--1920-1930.; Archaeological sites--Colorado--1920-1930.; Cliff dwellings--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [1926?]
- Mesa Verde, excavating
- pick ax.; Pithouses A, B and C of Step House lie at the base of a massive rock overhang in Mesa Verde National Park. The cliff dwelling site is under excavation, and men stand holding shovels in their hands. The man in the background is future...
- Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Step House (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Pit dwellings--Colorado--1920-1930.; Archaeological sites--Colorado--1920-1930.; Cliff dwellings--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [1926?]