Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Pole lines, Larimer & 12th
- View of telephone poles on Larimer Street near the intersection with 12th Avenue in Denver, Colorado. The poles are reinforced with cross beams and utility boxes are positioned near the tops of the poles. Shows businesses across the street...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Equipment & supplies--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Utility poles--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1914
- Utes Making of a tepee
- Native American (Ute) women erect a set of tepee poles near a sandstone rock formation at Garden of the Gods, El Paso County, Colorado. Two women hold onto the poles while a third stands near the rolled tepee cover. A group of men sit and stand...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--Women--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Indian encampments--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.;...
- September 1, 1913
- Utes Building the tepee
- Native American (Ute) woman raises a wooden tepee pole toward four other erect poles in Garden of the Gods, El Paso County, Colorado. Other poles lie on the ground. A man stands near the tepee and wears a hat. Men sit and stand on a nearby rock...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--Women--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Tipis--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.
- 1913 September 1
- Utes Camp at Garden of the Gods.
- Native American (Ute) women and man walk near tepees at Garden of the Gods, El Paso County, Colorado. Wooden electrical poles stand near the tepees. A light hangs from one of the wires strung between the poles. A wooden fence stands near one of the...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--Women--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Indian encampments--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.;...
- 1913 September 1
- The City of Denver: Volume 2 Number 19, 1914 July 11
- Industries electric power production distribution men working on poles
- Workmen pose on utility poles, near electric lines and a horse-drawn wagon, in Denver, Colorado. A boy stands nearby.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Linemen--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Utility poles--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1909 and 1915?]
- Salish Indians, totem poles
- A white woman in a dark dress and hat is sitting on a wooden wall and is flanked by three Native American (Coastal Salish) totem poles. Two of the poles consist of stylized birds over animals, the third (near) pole has human and animal...
- Coast Salish Indians--Spiritual life--1890-1920.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1890-1920.; Totem poles--1890-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Salish Indians, totem poles
- Small groups of people stand near Native American (Coastal Salish) totem poles, false front buildings, and a pier. Animals carved on the poles include birds, fish, and mammals.
- Coast Salish Indians--Spiritual life--1900-1920.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1900-1920.; Totem poles--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Totem poles
- View of two totem poles standing near wooden residences. The poles consist of bird and anthropomorphic figures but are unique from each other in their design.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--Northwest, Pacific--1880-1890.; Northwest, Pacific--1880-1890.; Totem poles--Northwest, Pacific--1880-1890.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Storms, Monument, Colo.
- View of broken utility poles in Monument (El Paso County), Colorado. A row of poles lay in an open field.
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Disasters--1910-1920.; Monument (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Storms--Colorado--Monument--1910-1920.; Utility poles--Colorado--Monument--1910-1920.
- 1916 January 4
- Crossings, high potential, Frederick, Colo.
- View of telephone poles along a dirt road in Frederick (Weld County), Colorado. The poles have multiple cross arms. Shows barbed wire fences and open fields.
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Equipment & supplies--1910-1920.; Frederick (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Dirt roads--Colorado--Frederick--1910-1920.; Utility poles--Colorado--Frederick--1910-1920.
- 1914
- Casa (house) wagon shed, tepee poles Towaoc, western end of reservation
- View near Towaoc, Ute Mountain Indian Reservation, Montezuma County, Colorado, of a wood (small log and slat) and mud house that stands next to a brush shelter; tepee poles lean against brush shelter, one lies on roof which connects to roof of the...
- Indians of North America--Structures--Colorado--Towaoc--1900-1910.; Ute Indians--Structures--Colorado--Towaoc--1900-1910.; Shelters--Colorado--Towaoc--1900-1910.
- 1908
- The Good Old Days: Grigsby Family History
- Intensive document covering the Grisby family history starting in the early 1870's in Iowa.
- 2012 June 20
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 3, 1911 January 14
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Number 16, 1912 April 20
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 1, 1909 February 20
- Main St., Salt Lake City
- View of Salt Lake City (Salt Lake County), Utah; shows a dirt Main Street with pedestrians and electric streetcars, wide sidewalks lined with multi-story masonry commercial buildings, some with smoke stacks, and flag poles; twenty-two telephone...
- Salt Lake Temple--1890-1900.; Salt Lake City (Utah)--1890-1900.; City & town life--Utah--Salt Lake City--1890-1900.; Commercial streets--Utah--Salt Lake City--1890-1900.; Mormon churches--Utah--Salt Lake City--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Main St. Salt Lake City
- View of Salt Lake City (Salt Lake County), Utah; shows a dirt Main Street, a gas streetlight, and the Templeton, a six story brick masonry Gothic style apartment building with Italianate elements. Shows electric streetcars, sidewalks, pedestrians,...
- Salt Lake City (Utah)--1890-1900.; Apartment houses--Utah--Salt Lake City--1890-1900.; Commercial streets--Utah--Salt Lake City--1890-1900.; Street railroads--Utah--Salt Lake City--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- The Templeton, Salt Lake City
- A street-level view of the Templeton, a six story brick masonry Gothic style apartment building with Italianate architectural details, Salt Lake City (Salt Lake County), Utah. Shows Main Street, a wide dirt road with streetcar lines, sidewalks,...
- Templeton, The (Salt Lake City, Utah)--1890-1910.; Salt Lake City (Utah)--1890-1910.; Apartment houses--Utah--Salt Lake City--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Lake County Public Library in Leadville, Colorado
- This view of the exterior of the Lake County Public Library, in Leadville, Colorado is from the intersection of East Twelfth and Harrison Avenues in Leadville, Colorado. The modern structure has a stone foundation, vertical wood siding and an...
- Lake County Public Library (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Leadville (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Libraries--Colorado--Lake County--1970-1980.; Libraries--Colorado--Leadville--1970-1980.
- 1978
- Winter sport
- Three nordic skiers on a flat of a well-tracked slope with sparse treesin Colorado; two women dressed in skirts, jacket, sunglasses and hats use poles, a man in a stocking cap and jacket is without poles.
- Cross-country skiing--1930-1930.; Skiers--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1925]
- Winter sport
- Three nordic skiers on a flat of a well-tracked slope with sparse trees in Colorado; two women dressed in skirts, jacket, sunglasses and hats use poles, a man in a stocking cap and jacket is without poles.
- Cross-country skiing--1930-1930.; Skiers--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1925]
- Winter sport
- Three nordic skiers on a well-tracked slope with sparse trees; two women use poles and wear skirts, jackets, and hats; a man without poles wears a stocking cap and jacket.
- Cross-country skiing--1910-1930.; Skiers--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1925]
- The Moki Indians Chief Harry Supela of Wolpi Pueblo
- View, Walpi Pueblo, First Mesa, Arizona, of two Native American men, one identified as Chief Harry Supela. A man, wearing a shirt, stands on thin wooden poles that cover the snake kiva; other poles rest against the side of the kiva; a man wearing a...
- Hopi Indians--Spiritual life--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Walpi (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Snake dance--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.
- August, 1899
- Navajo girl mixing fresh corn batter on sheep skin [sic] over her lap
- Interior view of a Native American (Navajo) woman who sits in a brush shelter, and prepares ground cornmeal; a pile of corncobs and husks and a pile of ground cornmeal lie on outspread blankets in front of the woman; above the woman's head is a...
- Indians of North America--Domestic life--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--Women--1900-1910.; Home food processing--1900-1910.
- [1908?]
- Utes Building the tepee
- Native American (Ute) woman stands near a pile of wooden tepee poles at Garden of the Gods, El Paso County, Colorado. The woman wears a dress, a wide belt from which a round pennant hangs, and a fringed shawl. Other tepee supplies including the...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--Women--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Tipis--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.
- 1913 September 1
- Utes Building the tepee
- Native American (Ute) women stand and sit near a partially constructed tepee at Garden of the Gods, El Paso County, Colorado. One woman spreads the tepee canvas over the erect poles. A pile of household items, including a blanket and possibly a...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--Women--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Indian encampments--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.;...
- 1913 September 1
- Utes Building the Tepee
- Native American (Ute) women stretch canvas over erect tepee poles at Garden of the Gods, El Paso County, Colorado. Piles of household materials, including rolls of canvas, stand near the tepee. Other complete and incomplete tepees stand nearby....
- Indians of North America--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--Women--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Indian encampments--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.;...
- 1913 September 1
- Utes building the tepee
- Native American (Ute) women drag wooden tepee poles toward a pile of rolled canvas at Garden of the Gods, El Paso County, Colorado. Trees and bushes dot the grassy landscape. The women are probably in Colorado Springs to attend the Shan Kive...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--Women--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Tipis--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.
- 1913 September 1
- Utes building the tepee
- Native American (Ute) women arrange wooden tepee poles at Garden of the Gods, El Paso County, Colorado. Men sit and stand on a rock formation in the distance. They are probably in Colorado Springs to attend the Shan Kive (Colorado Springs Carnival).
- Indians of North America--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--Women--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Tipis--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.
- 1913 September 1
- Utes Building the tepee
- Native American (Ute) men and women stand near a pile of wooden tepee poles at Garden of the Gods, El Paso County, Colorado. Men wear hats. A group of men stand and sit on a rock formation in the distance. They are probably in Colorado Springs to...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--Women--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Tipis--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.
- 1913 September 1
- San Juan, N. M.
- Native American (San Juan Pueblo) man leans on one of two poles propped against the remains of an adobe wall, San Juan Pueblo, New Mexico. The poles are on top of a large pile of rubble.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--San Juan Pueblo--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--San Juan Pueblo--1900-1910.; Tewa Indians--New Mexico--San Juan Pueblo--1900-1910.; San Juan Pueblo (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Ruins--New Mexico--San Juan...
- April 21, 1908
- Winter sport
- View of snowy slope and nordic skiers (two woman in skirts, jackets and hats on skis with poles; one man on skis without poles).
- Cross-country skiing--Colorado--1920-1930.; Skiers--Colorado--1920-1930.; Skiing--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1928]
- Toltec Tunnel, D&RGRW
- Toltec Tunnel Number 2 (Rock Tunnel), west side with light snow; on the Denver Rio Grande Railway, San Juan Extension, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico; shows D&RG Engine 100 (type 4-4-0 narrow gauge) and train on a wooden trestle; passengers pose...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company--1880-1890.; Rio Arriba County (N.M.)--1880-1890.; Passengers--New Mexico--Rio Arriba County--1880-1890.; Railroad locomotives--New Mexico--Rio Arriba County--1880-1890.; Railroad tunnels--New Mexico--Rio...
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Chair Mtn., Crystal River
- Distant view of Chair Mountain (elevation 12,721 feet); Crystal River and Crystal River and San Juan Railway standard gauge track are in foreground near Marble, Colorado; also shows distant railroad bridge, canyon, and telegraph poles and wires.
- Chair Mountain (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Crystal River (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Marble (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Marble--1900-1920.; Crystal River & San Juan Railroad Company.
- [between 1906 and 1920]
- Main St. Salt Lake
- View of Salt Lake City (Salt Lake County), Utah; shows a dirt Main Street with pedestrians and electric streetcars, wide sidewalks lined with multi-story masonry commercial buildings, some with smoke stacks, and flag poles; twenty-two telephone...
- Salt Lake Temple--1890-1900.; Mormon temples--Utah--Salt Lake City--1890-1900.; Salt Lake City (Utah)--1890-1900.; City & town life--Utah--Salt Lake City--1890-1900.; Commercial streets--Utah--Salt Lake City--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- The Templeton, Salt Lake City
- A street level view of the Templeton, a six story brick masonry Gothic style residential building with italianate architectural details (Salt Lake County), Utah. Shows Main Street, a wide dirt road with streetcar lines, sidewalks, pedestrians,...
- Templeton, The (Salt Lake City, Utah)--1890-1910.; Salt Lake City (Utah)--1890-1910.; Apartment houses--Utah--Salt Lake City--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Main St. Salt Lake City
- View of Salt Lake City (Salt Lake County), Utah; shows a dirt Main Street, a gas streetlight, and the Templeton, a six story brick masonry Gothic style apartment building with Italianate elements. Shows electric streetcars, sidewalks, pedestrians,...
- Salt Lake City (Utah)--1890-1900.; Apartment houses--Utah--Salt Lake City--1890-1900.; Commercial streets--Utah--Salt Lake City--1890-1900.; Street railroads--Utah--Salt Lake City--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Harrison 2 9th (foot of Capitol Hill), showing Church of the Annunciation
- This snow covered view from the foot of Capitol Hill at Harrison Avenue and 9th (Ninth) Street in Leadville, Colorado, shows a two-story brick commercial building with two projecting bays on the corner. The Annunciation Church steeple is surrounded...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1885.
- [between 1880 and 1885]
- Mountain City, 1899
- A train engine emits a large cloud of smoke along the snow- covered hillside above Mountain City, Colorado, in the winter. (Mountain City was never considered its own municipality but part of Central City in Gilpin County.) The train is heading up...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mountain City (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [1899?]
- Caribou, Colo. 1870-1879
- probably when this image was first taken.; The mining town of Caribou sits along the base of Caribou Hill in Boulder County, Colorado. The schoolhouse is in the left foreground on Sherman Street with three long log poles propped against one side...
- School buildings--Colorado--Caribou--1870-1880.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Caribou (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Caribou--1870-1880.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Hotel Alvarado, Albuquerque
- street in front of them. A sign reading: "Street Cars Stop Here" hangs from one of the poles in front of the hotel. Street car rails line the street. A horse- drawn wagon is being led up the wide dirt road in the right background.; Two women step...
- Alvarado Hotel (Albuquerque, N.M.)--1900-1910.; Albuquerque (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Buildings--New Mexico--Albuquerque--1900-1910.; Sidewalks--New Mexico--Albuquerque--1900-1910.; Street railroads--New Mexico--Albuquerque--1900-1910.; Swine--New...
- [between 1902 and 1910?]
- Tunnel 4, Moffat Road
- View toward Denver, Northwestern & Pacific Railway's (later became Denver & Salt Lake) tunnel Number Four, Moffat Road, Colorado; McClure had taken train to Mammoth where railroad gave him a push car & a train man; shows push car on standard gauge...
- Railroad handcars--Colorado--1900-1910.; Telegraph lines--Colorado--1900-1910.; Tunnels--Colorado--1900-1910.; Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway.
- [1904?]
- 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?]
- View of Harrison Avenue in Leadville
- Looking north on Harrison Avenue, Leadville, Colorado up a wide dirt street lined with one and two-story brick blocks and wood frame false fronts is the three story brick Tabor Opera House on the right with a painted sign "Opera, Herm[...],...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1885]
- Girl with skis - Estes Park
- A woman poses in Estes Park (Larimer County), Colorado with skis and poles. Her ski poles rest on a box that reads: "Glass Handle With Care." An aspen forest, meadow and mountains are in the distance.
- Estes Park (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Skiers--Colorado--Estes Park--1950-1960.; Women--Colorado--Estes Park--1950-1960.
- 1950 February 26
- Original Crocker/Culbertson's ranch house and Mount Olympus, Estes Park
- A group of three men, six women, and three children pose in front a two-story gable-roofed log building in Estes Park, Colorado, probably built in 1885 and owned by Lester Stuyvesant, Alfred Rowe, Culbertson, and/or Crocker. Scene includes antlers...
- Estes Park (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Log cabins--Colorado--Estes Park--1880-1910.
- [between 1885 and 1910?]
- American Natl. Bank, Leadville
- This view looks down on a festive mob scene, possibly in the intersection in front of the American National Bank building in Leadville, Colorado. Flags, bunting and banners hang from poles and buildings. Crowds of men, mostly in suits, wear straw...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Leadville--1900-1910.; Crowds--Colorado--Leadville--1900-1910.
- [between 1901 and 1903]
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 49, 1910 December 3
- The City of Denver: Volume 2 Number 9, 1914 February 14