Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Smuggler Mine, Aspen, Colo.
- Miners pose near the shafthouse of the Smuggler Mine near Aspen (Pitkin County), Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Aspen--1900-1910.; Aspen (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Smuggler Mine (Pitkin County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Aspen--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Aspen--1900-1910.
- 1908
- Pahaka's (Buffalo Bill) farewell salute
- Buffalo Bill (William F. Cody) rides at the head of a group of Native American (Sioux) men on horseback as part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The Sioux men hold staffs decorated with feathers and wear moccasins, beaded leggings, and feather...
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.; Dakota Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Clothing & dress--1900-1910.; Horseback riding--1900-1910.; Wild west shows--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.
- [1907?]
- Portal Argo Tunnel Idaho Springs, Colo.
- Miners pose on electric velocipede cars and a tram engine near the entrance to the Argo Tunnel near Idaho Springs (Clear Creek County), Colorado. The tram engine pulls loaded mine ore cars.
- Mine railroads--Cars--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1910-1920.; Argo Tunnel Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Miners--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1910-1920.
- 1915
- Buffalo Bill museum
- View of the Buffalo Bill museum, a log building, in Cody, Wyoming. An automobile is parked nearby.
- Cody (Wyo.)--1930-1940.; Galleries & museums--Wyoming--Cody--1930-1940.; Log buildings--Wyoming--Cody--1930-1940.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.--Commemoration.
- 1931
- Women's march
- Mounted members of the Colorado National Guard disperse men and women participants in a march to free Mother Jones and support the UMW Ludlow strike against CF&I, near the Post Office on Main Street in Trinidad, Las Animas County, Colorado.
- Jones, Mother, 1843?-1930--Capture & imprisonment.; Colorado. National Guard--Colorado--Trinidad--1910-1920.; Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.;...
- [January, 1914]
- Pine Ridge Indians Pine Ridge Indian Resv. So. Dak.
- A Native American (Sioux) man and woman pose outdoors at the Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota. The man wears traditional clothes that include a feather headdress, beaded moccasins and leggings, and a necklace made of teeth. The woman wears...
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency--1930-1940.; Dakota Indians--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1930-1940.; Pine Ridge (S.D.)--1930-1940.; Shelters--South...
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Memories- Listening to the drum
- A Native American (Cheyenne) man stands outdoors near a group of men, probably at the Cheyenne River Agency in South Dakota. He holds a wooden pipe decorated with beads and cloth close to his body. He wears a jacket and a soft peaked cap.
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Cheyenne Agency--1890-1920.; Cheyenne Indians--South Dakota--1890-1920.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--1890-1920.; Aged persons--South Dakota--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1916?]
- Ludlow strike Colorado National Guard
- A member of the Colorado National Guard, called in to suppress the UMW strike against CF&I, aims an automatic rifle on a tripod, probably near Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado. Other guards stand nearby.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; Colorado. National Guard--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Machine...
- [1913 or 1914]
- Men at Fort Morgan depot
- Lieutenant Biglow, Lieutenant Benidict, Mr. L. C. Paddock, Wm. Waddell, and Dr. Woods pose near the Fort Morgan railroad depot. A sign reads: "American Telephone and Telegraph and Associated Companies Long Distance Telephone Bell System Western...
- Fort Morgan (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Telegraph offices--Colorado--Fort Morgan--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--Fort Morgan--1910-1920.; Benidict.; Biglow.; Paddock, L. C.; Waddell, William.; Woods.
- [1914]
- Geronimo, Apache War Chief Lawton, Okla.
- Geronimo, a Native American (Chiricahua Apache) man poses outdoors in Lawton, Oklahoma. He wears boot moccasins, a breechcloth, and a feather head piece.
- Chiricahua Indians--Oklahoma--Lawton--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Oklahoma--Lawton--1900-1910.; Lawton (Okla.)--1900-1910.; Headdresses--Oklahoma--Lawton--1900-1910.; Clothing & dress--Oklahoma--Lawton--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1907 and 1909]
- Buffalo Bill's Grave, Wildcat Point, Colo.
- Color postcard of William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody's grave on Lookout Mountain west of Denver, Colorado. A small oval depicting a bust portrait of Cody is in the upper left corner of postcard. A metal fence surrounds the gravesite. Cody died...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Graves--Colorado--1920-1930.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1928?]
- Town of Platoro, Conejos Co., Colo.
- View of the town of Platoro (Conejos County), Colorado. Shows log cabin buildings and fenced enclosures. Mountains are in the distance.
- Platoro (Colo.)--1880-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Platoro--1880-1920.; Log buildings--Colorado--Platoro--1880-1920.
- [between 1880 and 1920?]
- Golden Cycle Mine
- View of the Golden Cycle Mine near Goldfield (Teller County), Colorado. Shows mine buildings and tailings.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Goldfield--1900-1910.; Tailings embankments--Colorado--Goldfield--1900-1910.; Golden Cycle Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Goldfield (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Goldfield--1900-1910.
- 1909
- John A. Logan Mine C. C. Distric[t]. Colo
- View of the shafthouse and power house of the Logan Mine near Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Logan Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Gold mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.
- [between 1926 and 1935]
- Independence Mine and Mill, Cripple Creek Dist.
- View of the Independence Mine and Mill, Victor (Teller County), Colorado. The town of Independence is in the distance.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Victor--1910-1920.; Independence (Teller County, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Stratton Independence Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Victor (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Mills--Colorado--Victor--1910-1920.;...
- October 6, 1910
- Louisville Colo
- View of the head frame, shafthouse, and power house of the Acme Mine near Louisville (Boulder County), Colorado. The roof of a building reads: "The Northern C&C Co. and Acme Mine".
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Louisville--1930-1940.; Acme Mine (Boulder County, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Louisville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Coal mining--Colorado--Louisville--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Louisville--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Streetcar in snow
- View of Denver Tramway streetcars stuck in snow in Denver, Colorado. A two story brick masonry building with arched windows is near the street. A sign on one streetcar reads: "Larimer."
- Denver Tramway Company (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Snow--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Street railroads--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- December, 1913
- Gold mining dredge, Cripple Creek Alaska
- Hydraulic placer gold mining dredge, known as Dredge #10. Built by the Fairbanks Exploration Company (a subsidiary of the U.S. Smelting, Refining & Mining Co.) in 1940.
- Dredges--Alaska--Fairbanks North Star Borough--1950-1960.; Gold dredging--Alaska--Fairbanks North Star Borough--1950-1960.; Fairbanks North Star Borough (Alaska)--1950-1960.; Hydraulic mining--Alaska--Fairbanks North Star Borough--1950-1960.;...
- June 22, 1950
- Colo. National Guard Trinidad Colorado
- Members of the Colorado National Guard, sent to suppress the UMWA strike against CF&I, pose next to a mule, with pistols drawn, in a camp near Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado. A howitzer canon is nearby.
- Colorado. National Guard--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal...
- [1914]
- Colo National Guard Trinidad Colo.
- Members of the Colorado National Guard, called in to suppress the UMWA strike against CF&I, stand in a camp near Mount San Rafael Hospital in Trinidad, Las Animas County, Colorado.
- Colorado. National Guard--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal...
- [1914]
- A giant in action, Fairplay, Colo
- View of a gold miner running a "giant monitor" nozzle at a hydraulic placer mine in Fairplay, Park County, Colorado.
- Fairplay (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Fairplay--1880-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Fairplay--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Fairplay--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Oscar T. Dog- U. S. A.
- Studio portrait (sitting) of Oscar T. Dog, a Native American (Dakota Sioux) man. He wears beaded moccasins, leggings, armbands, and vest, and a beaded feather headdress. A blanket is draped across his lap. He holds a beaded tobacco bag.
- Dakota Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Clothing & dress--1900-1910.; Dog, Oscar T.
- [1909?]
- Three noted Sioux women from S. Dakota
- Three Native American (Sioux) women pose outdoors. They wear beaded shawls and hair pipe necklaces. Two women wear leather belts. One woman holds a blanket.
- Dakota Indians--1890-1920.; Indians of North America--1890-1920.; Women--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Chief Big Snake Lookout Mountain
- Chief Big Snake, a Native American (Oglala Sioux) man poses outdoors near a tepee on Lookout Mountain, Jefferson County, Colorado. He wears beaded moccasins, leggings, and a belt, a fringed breechcloth, a hair pipe bandolier, and a beaded feather...
- Dakota Indians--Colorado--Jefferson County--1920-1940.; Indians of North America--Colorado--Jefferson County--1920-1940.; Oglala Indians--Colorado--Jefferson County--1920-1940.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Lookout Mountain (Jefferson...
- [between 1920 and 1931]
- White men in Indian women's costumes
- Studio portrait (standing) of white men, members of the Gordon, Nebraska, Fire Department, dressed as Native American (Sioux) women at a state convention in Alliance, Nebraska. They wear beaded moccasins and shawls, fringed dresses, hair pipe...
- Gordon (Neb.) Fire Department.--1910-1920.; Dakota Indians--Performances & portrayals--Nebraska--Alliance--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--Performances & portrayals--Nebraska--Alliance--1910-1920.; Alliance (Neb.)--1910-1920.;...
- [1911?]
- Friendship- white and Indian
- A Native American (Cheyenne) man shakes hands with a white man on the Cheyenne River Agency in South Dakota. The Native American man holds a kerchief, wears scarves over his braids and feathers in his hair. Spectators stand and sit in hitched...
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Cheyenne Agency--1900-1920.; Cheyenne Indians--South Dakota--1900-1920.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--1900-1920.; Cheyenne River Indian Reservation (S.D.)--1900-1920.; Shaking hands--South...
- [between 1902 and 1916]
- John Enos and Edm. LeClair
- John Enos, a Native American (Shoshone) man, and Edm. LeClair pose outdoors in Wyoming. Both men wear wide-brimmed hats. John Enos wears moccasins and a tie. Groups of people stand nearby.
- Indians of North America--Wyoming--1900-1920.; Shoshoni Indians--Wyoming--1900-1920.; Men--Wyoming--1900-1920.; Enos, John.; LeClair, Edmund.
- [between 1902 and 1920]
- Indians at Eastern Idaho Fair
- A group of Native American (Shoshone) men pose on horseback as part of the Eastern Idaho Fair, near Fort Hall, Idaho. The men wear moccasins, beaded leggings, gauntlets, vests, and feather headdresses.
- Eastern Idaho State Fair--People--1900-1920.; Indians of North America--Idaho--1900-1920.; Shoshoni Indians--Idaho--1900-1920.; Headdresses--Idaho--1900-1920.; Clothing & dress--Idaho--1900-1920.; Horseback riding--Idaho--1900-1920.
- [between 1902 and 1920?]
- Union parade Trinidad, Colo
- Women march in support of UMW coal miners on strike against CF&I in Trinidad, Las Animas County, Colorado, carrying a United States flag and signs: "God Bless Mother Jones," and "Ladies Assembly of Southern Colorado." Men crowd the sidewalk by a...
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Demonstrations--Colorado--Trinidad--1910-1920.; Miners'...
- 1913
- Colorado National Guard
- Members of the Colorado National Guard, called in to suppress the UMW strike against CF&I, muster, with their rifles, for inspection in a camp near Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; Colorado. National Guard--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Military...
- [1913 or 1914]
- Colorado National Guard
- Members of the Colorado National Guard, called in to suppress the UMW strike against CF&I, walk through a forested area with their rifles aimed, probably near Ludlow or Trinidad, Las Animas County, Colorado.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; Colorado. National Guard--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Trinidad...
- [1913 or 1914]
- Standard Mine close to Lafayette.
- A man aims an automatic rifle on a tripod near the Standard Mine, part of the UMW strike against RMFC, near Lafayette, Boulder County, Colorado. Another man stands in a nearby wooden shelter.
- Rocky Mountain Fuel Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Lafayette (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Standard Mine (Lafayette, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Machine guns--Colorado--Lafayette--1910-1920.; Miners'...
- February 14, 1914
- Apache Indians at the Apache Indian Mission
- Native American (Apache) men, women, and children pose on the porch of the Apache Indian Mission, probably on the San Carlos Reservation in Arizona.
- San Carlos Apache Tribe--1910-1920.; Apache Indians--Arizona--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--Arizona--1910-1920.; San Carlos Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1910-1920.; Children--Arizona--1910-1920.; Women--Arizona--1910-1920.
- [1910]
- Geronimo
- Geronimo, a Native American (Chiricahua Apache) man, poses on horseback. He wears a wide-brimmed hat.
- Chiricahua Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Horseback riding--1880-1890.; Shamans--1880-1890.; Geronimo, 1829-1909.
- [between 1902 and 1910]
- Navajo twins
- A Native American (Navajo) woman poses outdoors with her twin children. They sit near a wagon.
- Indians of North America--1910-1930.; Navajo Indians--1910-1930.; Girls--1910-1930.; Mothers & children--1910-1930.; Twins--1910-1930.; Women--1910-1930.
- [between 1914 and 1930?]
- Miner's cabin Provo Canyon Utah
- View of a miner's cabin in Provo Canyon near Provo, Utah.
- Provo (Utah)--1900-1910.; Cabins--Utah--Provo--1900-1910.; Mining--Utah--Provo--1900-1910.
- [between 1902 and 1910]
- The Mary Murphy Mill near Saint Elmo, Colo.
- View of the Mary Murphy Mine and mill near Saint Elmo (Chaffee County), Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Saint Elmo--1890-1910.; Mary Murphy Mine (Chaffee County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Saint Elmo (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Saint Elmo--1890-1910.
- [between 1920 and 1940]
- The Union Station, Portland, Oregon
- View of the brick, stone and stucco Union Station, an Italian Renaissance style passenger depot, in Portland (Multnomah County), Oregon. The depot has a United States flag atop a flag pole on the clock tower. Cars are parked near the depot.
- Union Station (Portland, Or.)--1940-1950.; Portland (Or.)--1940-1950.; Railroad stations--Oregon--Portland--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1945?]
- Proposed Buffalo Bill monument on Wild Cat Point, Golden, Colo. in the distance
- A postcard of a proposed statue of William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody on horseback on top of Wild Cat Point in Golden, Colorado.
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Sculpture--Colorado--1920-1930.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917--Statues.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1928?]
- Buffalo Bill's grave on Lookout Mountain, Colo.
- Color postcard of a soldier standing at attention at William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody's grave on Lookout Mountain west of Denver, Colorado. A metal fence surrounds the gravesite. Cody died Jan. 10, 1917, in Denver. The inscription on the grave...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Graves--Colorado--1920-1930.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.; Lookout Mountain (Jefferson County, Colo.)
- [1928?]
- Ponca Indian camp on 101 Ranch, Oklahoma
- Hand-colored postcard depicting Ponca camp on the 101 Ranch in Oklahoma. Two unhitched wagons are stopped in the left foreground in front of a group of large teepees. Two people ride horses in the right midground, and another person stands with his...
- Ponca Indians--Oklahoma--1880-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Tipis--1880-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Birds eye view, Yuma, Colo.
- View of gable-roofed buildings and houses in Yuma (Yuma County), Colorado. Shows people, windmills, barns, sheds, fences, storage silos and possibly a water tower.
- Yuma (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Yuma--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Yampa, Colo.
- Panoramic view of houses, barns, sheds, commercial buildings and automobiles in Yampa (Routt County), Colorado.
- Yampa (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Yampa--1950-1960.
- [between 1945 and 1950?]
- Public school, Whitewater, Colo.
- View of a school house in Whitewater (Mesa County), Colorado. Shows clapboard siding, the belfry, a pedimented gable roof, round arched portal and steps.
- Whitewater (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Schools--Colorado--Whitewater--1910-1920.
- 1914
- Norton's Cottage Camp
- View of "Norton's Cottage Camp" in Walsenburg (Huerfano County), Colorado. Shows a man, parked automobiles, a landscaped boulevard, and gable-roof buildings. Signs read: "Norton's Deluxe Cottages and Lunch," "Running Water and Steam Heat,"...
- Walsenburg (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Motels--Colorado--Walsenburg--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1930?]
- County Court House, Walsenburg, Colo.
- View of the Huerfano County Court House in Walsenburg (Huerfano County), Colorado. Shows the two-story building made of rough-faced (rusticated) local sandstone in a Romanesque Revival style. The four-story bell tower has rooftop finials, minarets,...
- Walsenburg (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Courthouses--Colorado--Walsenburg--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1925? ]
- Virginia Dale, Colo.
- View of log gas station in Virginia Dale (Larimer County), Colorado. Shows parked cars and signs that read: "Texaco," "Virginia Dale, Colo., Post Office & Store," "Auto" and "Bronze."
- Virginia Dale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Post offices--Colorado--Virginia Dale--1940-1950.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Virginia Dale--1940-1950.
- 1946?
- Main Street, Wray, Colo.
- View of Main Street in Wray (Yuma County), Colorado. Shows people, parked automobiles, commercial buildings and lamp posts. Signs read: "G. Rinckel," "Cafe," "Record Abstract Co.," "Bank," and "[Ga]rage."
- Wray (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Wray--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1925?]
- Taking a view of Spring House, Mesa Verde Ruins, Colo.
- Thomas McKee stands with a box camera, tripod, and photography equipment on a rock ledge above a canyon near Spring House, Mesa Verde National Park (Montezuma County), Colorado.
- Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--Mesa Verde National Park--1890-1900.; Photographers--Colorado--Mesa Verde National Park--1890-1900.; McKee, Thomas Michael, 1854-1939.
- 1900?
- M.E. Church, Yuma, Colo.
- View of the Methodist Episcopal Church on a dirt road in Yuma (Yuma County), Colorado. Shows the two-story brick church with pointed arch windows, bell tower and cement stairs. An automobile is parked along the road. A wood board sidewalk is...
- Yuma (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Methodist Episcopal churches--Colorado--Yuma--1910-1920.; Wooden sidewalks--Colorado--Yuma--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]