Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- M.E. Church, Wiley, Colo.
- View of a brick Methodist Episcopal Church in Wiley (Prowers County), Colorado. Shows a cross-gable roof, pointed arched doors and tracery windows.
- Wiley (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Methodist Episcopal churches--Colorado--Wiley--1900-1920.
- [between 1907 and 1920?]
- Auto road, Hayden, Colo.
- View of gabled buildings along a dirt road in Hayden (Routt County), Colorado. Shows houses, commercial buildings, the Edison School, barns, electricity or telephone poles and a fence.
- Hayden (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Hayden--1900-1920.; Dirt roads--Colorado--Hayden--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- 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?]
- St. scene after cyclone, Yuma, Colo.
- View of the aftermath of a tornado in Yuma (Yuma County), Colorado. Shows a street full of debris, wood panels, downed trees, an automobile and brick buildings.
- Yuma (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Yuma--1910-1920.; Tornadoes--Colorado--Yuma--1910-1920.
- 1916 May 20
- St. scene, cyclone, Yuma, Colo.
- View of the aftermath of a tornado in Yuma (Yuma County), Colorado. Shows debris, gable-roofed buildings, downed electricity or telephone poles and water.
- Yuma (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Ruins--Colorado--Yuma--1910-1920.; Tornadoes--Colorado--Yuma--1910-1920.
- 1916 May 20
- Cyclone, Yuma Colo.
- View of the debris caused by a tornado in Yuma (Yuma County), Colorado. Shows men, an overturned safe, a wagon on its side, bricks and a damaged barn.
- Yuma (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Yuma--1910-1920.; Tornadoes--Colorado--Yuma--1910-1920.
- [1916] May 20
- Cyclone, Yuma, Colo.
- View of the damage and debris caused by a tornado in Yuma (Yuma County), Colorado. Shows women, a gable-roofed house and downed trees.
- Yuma (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Yuma--1910-1920.; Tornadoes--Colorado--Yuma--1910-1920.
- 1916 May 20
- Birds eye view of Yuma, Colo.
- View of commercial buildings, probably along Weld Avenue, in Yuma (Yuma County), Colorado. Shows people, a grain elevator, storefronts, automobiles and billboard signs. A storefront sign reads: "Klein."
- Yuma (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Yuma--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1930?]
- 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?]
- Farmers, M.M. elevator
- View of a slatted wood corn storage elevator in Yuma (Yuma County), Colorado. Shows houses in the distance.
- Yuma (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Corn--Colorado--Yuma--1920-1930.; Grain elevators--Colorado--Yuma--1920-1930.
- 1920
- Yuma, Colorado
- Aerial view of Yuma (Yuma County), Colorado. Shows buildings, roads and houses.
- Yuma (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Yuma--1920-1930.
- 1930
- Church, Virginia Dale, Colo.
- View of a gable-roofed church in Virginia Dale (Larimer, County), Colorado. Shows the chimney, belfry and two windows.
- Virginia Dale (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Churches--Colorado--Virginia Dale--1910-1920.
- [between 1910-1920?]
- Catholic Church, San Luis, Colo.
- View of the adobe Sangre de Cristo Catholic Church in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. Shows a gable roof, bell tower with cross, a wheel window and pointed arch windows. Men sit on a bench next to the church.
- Sangre de Cristo Church (San Luis, Colo.)--1900-1920.; San Luis (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Adobe buildings--Colorado--San Luis--1900-1920.; Catholic churches--Colorado--San Luis--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- 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?]
- 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?
- Residence Street, Buena Vista, Colo.
- View of houses along a dirt road in Buena Vista (Chaffee County), Colorado. A man and woman pose in a horse-drawn buggy near a row of cross-gable-roofed houses and a fence.
- Buena Vista (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Dirt roads--Colorado--Buena Vista--1900-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Buena Vista--1900-1920.; Residential streets--Colorado--Buena Vista--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Water Tower, Manzanola, Colo.
- View of a water tower in Manzanola (Otero County), Colorado.
- Manzanola (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Water towers--Colorado--Manzanola--1910-1920.
- 1916
- East side Main St., Eads, Colo.
- View of commercial buildings along Main Street in Eads (Kiowa County), Colorado. Shows probably the Goff Hotel and men and parked automobiles near storefronts. Signs read: "Gasoline and Auto Oil," "Ideal" and "Wilkie Ham, Attorney at Law."
- Eads (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Automobiles--Colorado--Eads--1910-1930.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Eads--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1925?]
- Y.M.C.A. [sic] building, Colorado Springs, Colo.
- View of the six-story "Young Women's Christian Association" building in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado at 130 East Kiowa Street. Shows people, Van Briggle tiles, arched portal, balconies, lamp posts and pointed arched windows.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Organizations' facilities--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1920.; Young Women's Christian associations--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1920.
- [between 1912 and 1920?]
- Bayfield, Colo.
- View of the town of Bayfield (La Plata County), Colorado. Shows houses, barns, churches, and fences. Signs on commercial buildings read: "General Merchandise, 1902," and "W.O.W" (Woodsmen of the World). A person mounted on a horse is on a dirt road...
- Bayfield (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Bayfield--1900-1910.
- [between 1902 and 1910?]
- Mules at Morley mine south of Trinidad, Colo.
- A heard of mules eat at a trough and feeding area at Morley, a Colorado Fuel and Iron Company coal camp in Las Animas County, Colorado. Shows a tipple and mine tailings pile. A sign on an industrial building in the distance reads: "Morley Mine,...
- Morley (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Morley Mine (Las Animas County, Colo.)--1900-1930.; Coal mining--Colorado--Morley--1900-1930.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Morley--1900-1930.; Mules--Colorado--Morley--1900-1930.
- [between 1907 and 1930?]
- Upper Twin Lake and Mariposa Lily
- View of Mariposa Lilies and a postcard depicting Upper Twin Lakes in Lake County, Colorado.
- Lake County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Twin Lakes (Lake County, Colo. : Lake)--1890-1900.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Lake County--1890-1900.; Lilies--1890-1900.; Photographic postcards--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Bird's-eye view of Almont, Gunnison County, Colorado
- Aerial view of Almont (Gunnison County), Colorado; shows the confluence of the Taylor and Slate (East) Rivers, and the Gunnison River. Bridges and Denver & Rio Grande Railroad tracks span the water; houses, cabins, the Depot, and fruit trees dot...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1900.; Almont (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Gunnison River (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Slate River (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Taylor River (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Almont--1880-1900.; Railroad...
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Capitol City
- Two children and a dog run on a dirt road in Capitol City (Galena City), Hinsdale County, Colorado. Shows a wood frame barn and buildings. Chickens stand on the side of the road. Mountains are in the distance.
- Capitol City (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Children--Colorado--Capitol City--1880-1900.; Wooden buildings--Colorado--Capitol City--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Rugby
- Four men pose near a horse-drawn wagon and metal shed with a wooden headframe at a mine in Rugby (Las Animas County), Colorado. Three of the men wear work clothes, the fourth wears a suit and vest. Shows a wagon filled with supplies and or...
- Rugby (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Rugby--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Rugby--1900-1910.; Sheds--Colorado--Rugby--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Bird's-eye view, Somerset, Colo.
- Aerial view of the mining community of Somerset in Garfield County, Colorado. Shows company houses with hipped roofs. Industrial mining buildings are in the distance. Smoke stacks extend from roof of the powerhouse.
- Somerset (Colo.)--1880-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Somerset--1880-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Somerset--1880-1920.
- [between 1880 and 1920?]
- Catholic Church, Westcliffe, Colo.
- View of an unidentified frame Catholic Church in Westcliffe (Custer County), Colorado. The church has a four-story square bell tower with windows and a cross atop a pointed dome. A wooden barn and a two-story frame house or possibly a rectory with...
- Westcliffe (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Catholic churches--Colorado--Westcliffe--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Main Street, Buena Vista, Colo.
- People stand in the street beside a car and on sidewalks along Main Street in Buena Vista (Chaffee County), Colorado. Buildings are brick or frame and have awnings, false fronts, and painted signs that include: "Myers and Hamdorf." An electric...
- Buena Vista (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Buena Vista--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Creede, Co
- View of Creede (Gunnison County), Colorado; shows storefronts, cars, people, a church, and signs: "Baths Furnished Rooms," and "The Goodrow Weibe [?] Mercantile Co."
- Creede (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Automobiles--Colorado--Creede--1910-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Creede--1910-1920.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Creede--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- East side Main Street, Delta, Colo.
- View of Main Street in Delta (Delta County), Colorado; shows storefronts and office buildings with awnings and a sign: "Boston Store." The Delta National Bank has a curved corner entry and a balustrade; an automobile is at the curb.
- Delta (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Banks--Colorado--Delta--1920-1930.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Delta--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- La Veta, Colo.
- Men stand on the sidewalk near a cafe on Main Street in La Veta (Huerfano County), Colorado. Shows electric light posts along the street, cars (one license plate reads: "116-494"), houses, trees and a barber shop pole. Signs read: "Cafe," "Rooms."
- La Veta (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Commercial streets--Colorado--La Veta (Colo.)--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1935]
- Paonia with Pitkin Mesa orchards in background
- View of a portion of the town of Paonia (Delta County), Colorado. Shows fruit sheds, barns, houses, and commercial buildings. The North Fork of the Gunnison River and fruit orchards are in the distance.
- Gunnison River, North Fork (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Paonia (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Paonia--1920-1930.; Rivers--Colorado--Paonia--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- When the clouds are low in the valley above Telluride, Colo.
- View of Bridal Veil Falls and the geological formation known as the Amphitheater shrouded by thick clouds in San Miguel County, Colorado. The town of Pandora and railroad tracks are nearby.
- Basins (Geology)--Colorado--San Miguel County--1880-1920.; Amphitheater, The (Colo.)--1880-1920.; Bridal Veil Falls (San Miguel County, Colo.)--1880-1920.; Pandora (Colo.)--1880-1920.; San Miguel County (Colo.)--1880-1920.; Cities &...
- [between 1880 and 1920?]
- Smelter, Salida, Colorado
- View of the smelter in Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado; snow capped peaks are in the background.
- Salida (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Salida--1910-1920.; Smelters--Colorado--Salida--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- 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?]
- Raleigh Mill, Bonanza, Colo
- View of the Raleigh Mill at Bonanza (Saguache County), Colorado; ore processing sheds with gables and smokestack are among snow and pines.
- Mills--Colorado--Bonanza--1910-1930.; Mine buildings--Cars--Colorado--Bonanza--1910-1930.; Bonanza (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Bonanza--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Iron Mask Mill, Red Cliff, Colo.
- View of the Iron Mask Mill in Eagle Canyon at Red Cliff (Eagle County), Colorado; shows ore processing sheds, smokestacks, cliffs, snow, and Denver and Rio Grande railroad tracks.
- Red Cliff (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Mills--Colorado--Red Cliff--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Red Cliff--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Ouray, Colo., looking south
- Aerial view of Ouray (Ouray County), Colorado. Shows Hayden Mountain and Abrams Mountain
- Ouray (Colo.)--1880-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1920.
- [between 1880 and 1920?]
- A portion of Rifle, Colo.
- View of a section of the town of Rifle in Garfield County, Colorado. Shows churches and wood frame houses. The Roan Cliffs are in the distance.
- Rifle (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Roan Cliffs (Utah and Colo.)--1890-1920.; Churches--Colorado--Rifle--1890-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Rifle--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920?]
- Bird's-eye view, Somerset, Colo.
- Hand-colored view of the mining community of Somerset in Garfield County, Colorado. Shows company houses with hipped roofs. Industrial mining buildings are in the distance. Smoke stacks extend from roof of the powerhouse.
- Somerset (Colo.)--1880-1920.; Cites & towns--Colorado--Somerset--1880-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Somerset--1880-1920.
- [between 1880 and 1920?]
- Telluride, Colo.
- Aerial view looking northeast over Telluride, Colorado, with cliffs, Cornel Falls and the San Juan Mountains in the distance. Shows wood frame and brick structures.
- Telluride (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Cites & towns--Colorado--Telluride--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920?]
- Elephant stampede
- View of collapsed bleachers after an elephant stampede in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Workers pose near the bleachers in the Sells Floto Circus and Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show tent. Daylight from outside the tent illuminates the wreckage.
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Company--Disasters--1910-1920.; Sells Floto Circus--Disasters--1910-1920.; Winnipeg (Man.)--1910-1920.; Debris--Canada--Winnipeg--1910-1920.; Employees--Canada--Winnipeg--1910-1920.; Stampedes--Canada--Winnipeg--1910-1920.
- 1913 July 30
- York Street House
- View of a house at 1160 York Street in the Cheesman Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado; it has a gable, porch, incised stone, and shingle imbrication. Women and a man are in the yard.
- Cheesman Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1910 Summer
- George W. Kramer residence
- View of the George W. Kramer home at 1151 Logan Avenue in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado; features a covered porch and bay window.
- Kramer, George W.--Homes & haunts.; Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- 1904
- Pool & Bath House Glenwood
- Northeastward view of the hot springs pool and stone bath house at Glenwood Springs, Colorado; a corner of the Hotel Colorado is visible at the left edge; water from fountain in pool cascades into air.
- Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bathhouses--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1900.; Resorts--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1900.; Springs--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1900.; Hotel...
- [between 1892 and 1901]
- The Pool, Glenwood
- Eastward view of the hot springs pool and Stone and Wooden Bathhouses at Glenwood Springs, Colorado; water slide and saplings in left foreground.
- Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bathhouses--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1900.; Resorts--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1900.; Springs--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1900.; Hotel...
- [between 1890 and 1901]
- Original Sioux Indian tepee - Tensleep Road
- View of timbers arranged to form a Native American (Sioux) tepee in an aspen grove, Bighorn Mountains, Wyoming.
- Dakota Indians--Structures--Wyoming--1910-1940.; Indians of North America--Structures--Wyoming--1910-1940.; Big Horn Mountains (Wyo. and Mont.)--1910-1940.; Tipis--Wyoming--1910-1940.
- [between 1910 and 1940?]
- Chief Spotted Weasel
- Standing portrait of an elderly Native American (Sioux) man, identified as Chief Spotted Weasel. He wears beaded moccasins, fringed and beaded hide leggings and shirt, braids bound by cloth, a single eagle feather in his hair, and holds a staff in...
- Dakota Indians--1910-1930.; Indians of North America--1910-1930.; Tribal chiefs--1910-1930.; Spotted Weasel.
- [between 1910 and 1930]
- Cows in clover
- Cows standing in clover pasture.
- Cows--Colorado--1890-1940.; Farms--Colorado--1890-1940.
- [between 1890 and 1935]
- Taken on the move over the Rockies
- A locomotive pulls circus railroad cars in the Rocky Mountains. The cars are inscribed: "Sells Floto and Buffalo Bills Wild West". Flatbed cars carry circus wagons, members of the cast and crew sit on the cars. De-forested mountains are in the...
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Company--Equipment & supplies--1910-1920.; Sells Floto Circus--Equipment & supplies--1910-1920.; Circus trains--1910-1920.; Railroads--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1917?]