Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Toboggan slide, Leadville Ice Palace time
- View of West Seventh Street toboggan slide, set up for Leadville, Colorado's 1896 Winter Crystal Carnival outside the Ice Palace. H.C. Dimick, contractor, built the wooden plank with a run of 900 feet in length and a pitch of 48 feet. A group of...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Toboggans--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.
- 1896
- Ames Street, Edgewater, Colorado
- An automobile is parked by the intersection of Ames Street looking north up from 25th Ave. in Edgewater, Jefferson County, Colorado. Small brick and wood houses are on either side of the street; the one on the corner has a painted barber pole sign....
- Edgewater (Colo.)--1900-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Edgewater--1900-1940.
- 1918
- German National Bank
- The top of a telephone pole with ten pin cross arms waits to be tipped into place at the corner of Larimer and 16th (Sixteenth) Streets in Denver, Colorado. Another pole sits ready to be winched into place on 16th Street. Signs read: "German...
- German National Bank (Denver, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Denver (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Banks--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Utility poles--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.
- [between 1879 and 1880?]
- Indian camp, with horses and tepees
- Group of four Dakota Native American tepees with others in distance camped on open plains or prairie with horses tethered and untethered near tepees; log frame building or cabin center right background; two Dakota males on wagon with bent pole...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indian encampments--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Tipis--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- Chipeta Monument
- covered in snow. A telephone pole stands in the distance near a railroad track. Horses or cattle stand near the pole. A group of poles, possibly forming a teepee, also stand in the distance. A sign stands in the left background.; The sarcophagus of...
- Ute Indians--1920-1940.; Indians of North America--Commemoration--1920-1940.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--1920-1940.; Sarcophagi--1920-1940.; Chipeta--Family.; Ouray--Family.; McCook, John, Chief.
- [between 1925 and 1937?]
- Hotel Alvarado, Albuquerque
- A man wearing a dark suit stands on a brick sidewalk bordering the adobe Hotel Alvarado in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The Hotel Alvarado was completed in 1902 to serve lunch to train passengers. The dining room could accommodate up to about 200...
- Alvarado Hotel (Albuquerque, N.M.)--1900-1910.; Albuquerque (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Adobe buildings--New Mexico--Albuquerque--1900-1910.; Railroad tracks--New Mexico--Albuquerque--1900-1910.; Sidewalks--New Mexico--Albuquerque--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1902 and 1910?]
- Street scene Canon City
- Men, women, and children in straw hats watch a man on a tightrope over Main St. in Canon City, Colorado. The rope is fixed to the brick cornice of Murry's Saloon, with its corbeled arches. Potted plants fill stone sills of arched sash windows....
- Canon City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Aerialists--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1890.
- 1884
- Silverton, Colo.
- Exterior view of the Grand Hotel, in Silverton, Colorado, looking northeast along Greene Street. Built in 1882, this three-story brick and stone building features a mansard roof with chimneys and dormers, arched windows on the second floor, and...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Silverton--1890-1900.; Grand Imperial Hotel (Silverton, Colo.)
- [between 1890 and 1895?]
- Hotel El Tovar, Grand Cañon, Arizona
- Partial view of El Tovar Lodge, Grand Canyon (National Park), Arizona; three-story wooden frame and log lodge opened in 1905, built by Fred Harvey Company, designed by Charles Whittlesey, architect; shows horse-drawn wagon at front entrance,...
- Hotel El Tovar--1900-1910.; Grand Canyon (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; Hotels--Arizona--Grand Canyon--1900-1910.; National parks & reserves--Arizona--1900-1910.; Whittlesey, Charles.
- [between 1905 and 1910]
- Rock Point, Phantom Cañon on the F. & C.C. Ry.
- Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad narrow gauge track in Phantom Canyon, Colorado, at Rock Point; shows rock outcroppings alongside track, telephone or telegraph pole at right of track with signpost C behind pole.
- Phantom Canyon (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Canyons--Colorado--Denver--1890-1920.; Rock formations--Colorado--Phantom Canyon--1890-1920.; Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad Company.
- [between 1894 and 1915]
- Nate Salsbury with group in front of tent
- Albert Scheibel, secretary of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, sits on a saddle on the ground in the left midground smoking a cigar in the tent of Jule Keen, treasurer of the show. Scheibel wears a derby hat, his vest is unbuttoned, and he has a...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Entertainers--1880-1900.; Burke, John, d. 1917.; Keen, Jule.; Salsbury, Nate, 1846-1902.; Scheibel, Albert.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- William Cody with group in front of tent
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody sits with a group of people in front of a tent adorned with two large American flags and a stuffed buffalo head mounted above its entrance. Cody wears a derby hat and suit. The woman standing at the far left...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Flags--American--1880-1890.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Burke, John, d. 1917.; Salsbury, Rachel.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1889?]
- Men gathered in front of tent
- A large group of men is gathered in the dirt area in front of Jule Keen's tent in a camp of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show in Paris. Keen was the treasurer of the show. John Burke, press agent for the shows, stands in the center background with two...
- Keen, Jule--Homes & haunts--1880-1890.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Show tents--1880-1890.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Burke, John, d. 1917.; Scheibel, Albert.; Taylor, William Levi.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1889?]
- Nebraska cowboys
- Several small groups of cowboys stand in front of a group of tents for "Nebraska Cowboys" at a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show in Europe, possibly in Paris. William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody stands in the right center background with a...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Cowboys--1880-1890.; Flags--American--1880-1890.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Burke, John, d. 1917.; Taylor, William Levi.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1889?]
- Life saving fence
- A man hangs from a life preserver suspended in the air by an apparatus hanging from a wire during a rehearsal for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. He holds his arms up in the air and rests his feet on a wire hanging between two log poles. (One of the...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Rescues--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Golden, Colorado
- View of the Mallon and Chamberlain Building, built in 1871, northeast corner of 12th (Twelfth) and Washington, Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado. Sam Bostwick, Dr. Anderson and a boy stand on the boardwalk by the corner telephone pole with a...
- Golden (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Buildings--Colorado--Golden--1880-1890.
- [1881]
- Annual: East Denver High School, 1917
- 1917 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1917
- The Tales of the Aeronaut: The Yearbook of 1924
- South Denver High School yearbook for 1924.
- South High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1924
- The Scriptbook
- Booklet created by The Script Club of East High School in Denver, Colorado. Members of The Script Club, the writing club of East High, submitted their own works for create this booklet. Included are poems, essays, sketches and stories written by...
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High school students' writings--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1932 May
- East High spotlight: vol 24 no 5
- Christmas edition of the newspaper produced by East High School of Denver, Colorado. Included in the paper are photographs of students, articles on school events and sports.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1942 December 10
- Pole vaulting L. D. Goodoball's pole vault DAC sports
- L. D. Goodoball, a member of the Denver Athletic Club track and field team, pole vaults in Denver, Colorado. A group of men stand nearby and look on.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Vaulting--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Goodoball, L. D.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Telephone pole maiden of Washington Park
- View of the Telephone Pole Maiden in Grasmere Lake in the Washington Park neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. Shows a painted, articulated wooden sculpture of a woman, nude from the waist up with long hair. Artist Willie Meade with Breck Grover and Tom...
- Grasmere Lake (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Washington Park (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Wood carvings.; Wood-carving--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Grasmere Lake (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Washington Park...
- 1998
- The City of Denver: Volume 2 Number 21, 1914 August 8
- The City of Denver: Volume 3 Number 2, 1914 October 24
- Pole lines, Union Depot yard on 19th Street
- View of a loading platform and rail yard at Union Depot in Denver, Colorado. Shows a covered platform, railroad tracks, and empty wagons. A telephone pole is positioned in the center of the platform. A porter hangs from the caboose of a train. Men...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Equipment & supplies--1910-1920.; Union Station (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Railroad shops & yards--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- 1914
- Pole lines crossing R. R.
- View of telephone poles with multiple cross arms on a dirt road in Lafayette (Boulder County), Colorado. A sign near a railroad crossing reads: "Look Out, The Cars." Houses and trees are in the distance.
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Equipment & supplies--1910-1920.; Lafayette (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Dirt roads--Colorado--Lafayette--1910-1920.; Utility poles--Colorado--Lafayette--1910-1920.
- 1914
- Pole lines, transcontinental, east of
- View of telephone poles positioned along a dirt road in Broomfield (Boulder County), Colorado. Each pole has multiple cross arms. Shows barbed wire fence lines, open fields, and woods.
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Equipment & supplies--1910-1920.; Broomfield (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Utility poles--Colorado--Broomfield--1910-1920.
- 1915
- Two men working on a utility pole above tent
- Workmen install electric lines on the top of a utility pole near a tent in Denver, Colorado. Other workmen stand nearby.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Linemen--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Tents--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Utility poles--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [either 1909 or 1910]
- Men on telegraph pole in front of store & bank
- Men pose on and near a telegraph pole in Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado. A horse-drawn wagon is parked near a brick building. Signs painted on the building read: "Bank of Rifle," "J. W. Hu[gus] & Co. [General Mercha]ndise."
- Bank of Rifle--1910-1930.; Rifle (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Banks--Colorado--Rifle--1910-1930.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Rifle--1910-1930.; Linemen--Colorado--Rifle--1910-1930.; Utility poles--Colorado--Rifle--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Pole vaulting
- A man pole vaults at a track in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Vaulting--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Celebrations - sports - pole vault - Scottish games
- People crowd a pole vaulting run at the Scottish games in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Vaulting--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1904 and 1910?]
- Flag pole and grandstand, (entered by trap door) 6th and Main St.
- View of flag pole with grandstand in intersection of Sixth (6th) Avenue and Third (Main) Street, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. A horse drawn delivery wagon crosses the street lined with wood frame false front businesses.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.; Flagpoles--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.
- [between 1889 and 1900]
- Santa Claus
- Children, Santa Claus, and elves pet deer and goats at North Pole theme park, near Pikes Peak, Colorado. A cottage has window boxes, shutters, and cutouts of Santa, a sleigh, and reindeer.
- North Pole, Santa's Workshop (El Paso County, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Santa Claus--Colorado--El Paso County (Colo.)--1960-1970.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1960-1970.
- 1965
- Santa
- Adults, children and goats wander around North Pole theme park near Pikes Peak, Colorado. Cottages house craftsmen, snack shops, and Santa Claus.
- North Pole, Santa's Workshop (El Paso County, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Santa Claus--Colorado--El Paso County--1960-1970.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Amusement parks--Colorado--El Paso County--1960-1970.
- 1965
- Chifonete pole, San Geronimo Feast, Taos, N.M.
- Native American (Pueblo) man dressed as a clown (Koshare), climbs to the top of a pole for the San Geronimo fiesta in Taos Pueblo, New Mexico. Spectators are standing or sitting on horseback or in wagons, some hold umbrellas. More people watch from...
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1900-1910.; San Geronimo Fiesta (Taos Pueblo, N.M.)--1900-1910.; Taos Indians--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1900-1910.; Taos Pueblo...
- 1902
- Chifonete Pole, Taos, N.M.
- View of three Native Americans (Taos) dressed as clowns (Koshares), in body paint, San Geronimo fiesta, Taos Pueblo, New Mexico. One man climbs a pole from the top of a ladder being held for him. Spectators stand, sit on horseback and wagons, and...
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1900-1910.; San Geronimo Fiesta (Taos Pueblo, N.M.)--1900-1910.; Taos Indians--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1900-1910.; Taos Pueblo...
- 1902
- Car accident - pole speared through it
- View of a car accident shows a pole speared through the front of the car and the driver seat in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Accidents--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Ioway Indians
- Iowa (Ioway) Native Americans pose outside a bark and pole house, Ioway village, Oklahoma. The man and boy wear trousers and shirts with decorative bibs; a woman sits on a table under a roof.
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Iowa Indians--Women--1890-1900.; Pole houses--1890-1900.; Lodges--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Bark houses, Ioway village, front view
- Iowa (Ioway) Native Americans pose in front of a pole and bark house, Ioway village, Oklahoma. Some wear a Euro-American style clothing. A man, woman and boy are on horseback with beaded blankets and clothing; the boy has a shaved head with a tuft...
- Indians of North America--Children--1890-1900.; Iowa Indians--Women--1890-1900.; Pole Houses--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--1890-1900.; Lodges--1890-1900.
- 1890 May 1
- Flag pole
- View of a U. S. flag on a pole in Crown Hill Cemetery in Arvada (Jefferson County), Colorado.
- Crown Hill Cemetery (Arvada, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Arvada (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Arvada--1910-1920.; Flagpoles--Colorado--Arvada--1910-1920.; Flags--American--1910-1920.
- 1911 May 28
- UP train, engine number 7001, engine type 4-8-2
- First #717, Los Angeles Challenger; 9 cars, 70 MPH. Photographed: at Lodge Pole, Nebr., June 6, 1937.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1937.; Railroad locomotives--Nebraska--Lodge Pole.; Union Pacific Railroad Company.
- 1937
- UP train, engine number 7009, engine type 4-8-2
- Train #27, San Francisco Overland Ltd.; 14 cars, 60 MPH. Photographed: near Lodge Pole, Nebr., June 6, 1937.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1937.; Railroad locomotives--Nebraska--Lodge Pole.; Union Pacific Railroad Company.
- 1937
- UP train, engine number 7012, engine type 4-8-2
- Second #717, Los Angeles Challenger; 12 cars, 65 MPH. Photographed: near Lodge Pole, Nebr., June 6, 1937.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1937.; Railroad locomotives--Nebraska--Lodge Pole.; Union Pacific Railroad Company.
- 1937
- Come on down the pole, Margie
- Margie, an African American teenage girl, holds onto a swinging ladder with one hand and onto a pole with the other hand near Rocky Mountain Lake at Rocky Mountain Lake Park, Denver, Colorado. She wears a "sailor" style blouse, a skirt, tennis...
- African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Playgrounds--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Teenagers--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.;...
- 1930 [May 26]
- Collapsed warehouse and broken telephone pole at 2nd St. and Santa Fe tracks
- View of Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe boxcars, mud covered railroad tracks, a collapsed warehouse and a Swift meat packing plant near 2nd (Second) Street after the Arkansas River flood in Pueblo, Colorado. A broken telephone pole and a pool of...
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Building failures--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Meat...
- [1921 June]
- University Park School flag pole painter
- Photograph of a man climbing flag pole while painting it out side of University Park Elementary School in Denver, Colorado.
- Flagpoles.; University Park School (Denver, Colo.); University Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- undated
- Prepare for the miracle! : a sermon
- Sermon given by Reverend Raymond A Waser to the congregation of First Plymouth Congregational Church in Denver, Colorado.
- Miracles.; Healing of the paralytic (Miracle); First Plymouth Congregational Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1943 March 14
- Decorated phone pole
- Painted phone pole. It was painted overnight in red and white and draped with orange and yellow flowers.
- 2010 Sep 2
- Venice on the Creek
- View of punting boats from the company Venice on the Creek near 14th and Larimer in the Larimer Square Historic District in the Union Station neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. A man in a green shirt and black shorts stands in the boat and punts with...
- Venice on the Creek (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Larimer Square Historic District (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Union Station (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--2000-2010.;...
- 2002
- Venice on the Creek
- View of punting boats, from the company Venice on the Creek, near 14th and Larimer Streets in the Larimer Square Historic District in the Union Station neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. A man in a purple shirt and black shorts stands in a boat and...
- Venice on the Creek (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Larimer Street Historic District (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Union Station (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--2000-2010.;...
- 2002