Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Winks Panorama postcard
- Winks Panorama, (also known as Winks Lodge) was a hotel near Pinecliffe, Colorado that served African-American tourists during the early and middle 20th century. The lodge was built in the Lincoln Hills County Club area which was the only...
- circa 1950's
- Douglas County High School. Castle Rock, Colo.
- Black and white postcard of Douglas County High School (1911-1960), Castle Rock, CO "M187 High School, Castle Rock, Colo. 1925" Currently the Douglas County School District Administration building on Wilcox Street. The first structure on this site...
- 1925
- Pinecliffe, Colorado postcard
- View of Pinecliffe, Colorado and the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks.
- circa 1950's
- Denver Camp Groups postcard
- Postcard with a photograph on the front of three men sitting on a log in front of a make-shift camp in Denver, Colorado. Many of the "tents" in the photo are made of canvas and some are a hybrid of canvas and cars.
- undated
- 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
- Colorado portrait and biography index : gathered and arranged from histories, magazines, newspaper files, land records, and many other sources, 1931, 1932, 1933, Denver.
- Index originally created by Henrietta Bromwell in 1933 of 31,000 items regarding biographies and portraits of politicians, miners, club women, newspaper editors, artists, businessmen, legislators, early settlers, settlements, mines, geographical...
- Colorado--Biography.
- 1933, 2005
- Historic Matchless (Tabor) mine at Leadville, Colo.
- View of Baby Doe Tabor's cabin at the Matchless Mine In Leadville (Lake County), Colorado shows: mine building, headframe, tailings.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Matchless Mine (Lake County, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Cabins--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Baby Doe, d. 1935--Homes & haunts.
- 1938
- Ruins of the famous (Tabor) Matchless mine
- View of Baby Doe Tabor's cabin at the Matchless Mine in Leadville, Lake County, Colorado with mine buildings, headframe, and tailings.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Leadville (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Matchless Mine (Lake County, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Cabins--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Baby Doe, d. 1935--Homes & haunts.
- [1950?]
- Adams Falls, Grand Lake
- Adams Falls (or possibly Ouzel Falls named by Enos Mills after Ouzel bird or "water dipper"), Grand Lake, Colorado; shows rocky and narrow cascading waterfall. The Falls was reached via Moffat Road, Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway (later...
- Adams Falls (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Grand Lake (Colo.)--1900-1920.
- [between 1905 and 1920]
- Grand Lake outlet
- View of east inlet of Grand Lake, Colorado with Mt. Cairns, Mt. Craig, Mt. Adams, Mt. Wescott, Mt. Patterson and fog in the background. A footbridge spans the water; trees cast a reflection.
- Adams, Mount (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cairns, Mount (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Craig, Mount (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Grand County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Grand Lake (Colo. : Lake)--1910-1920.; Patterson, Mount (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Wescott, Mount...
- [between 1912 and 1920]
- Postcard of Otha Rice on motorcycle
- Colorado wheat field on the C. & S. Ry.
- View of wheat field along the Colorado and Southern Railway's narrow gauge tracks; shows harvested and bundled wheat in Colorado field; Rocky Mountains and foothills in distant background.
- Agriculture--Colorado--1900-1920.; Wheat--Colorado--1900-1920.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Little Laramie River
- View of the Little Laramie River in (Albany County) Wyoming. Shows brush and shrubs.
- Albany County (Wyo.)--1890-1910.; Little Laramie River (Wyo.)--1890-1910.; Rivers--Wyoming--Albany County--1890-1910.
- In front of the depot at Albuquerque, NM
- Members of the Sells Floto Circus and Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show pose in front ot the Atkinson Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad depot at the Hotel Alvarado in Albuquerque (Bernalillo County), New Mexico. The men wear overcoats and hats. The facade...
- Alvarado Hotel (Albuquerque, N.M.)--1910-1920.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Company--People--1910-1920.; Sells Floto Circus--People--1910-1920.; Albuquerque (N.M.)--1910-1920.; Employees--New Mexico--Albuquerque--1910-1920.; Men--New...
- [between 1910 and 1917?]
- Apache babe and cradle, Indian camp, Wichita Mt. Okla.
- View of a Native American Apache baby, in a cradleboard with a hood, in a camp in the Wichita Mountains, Oklahoma.
- Apache Indians--Oklahoma--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Oklahoma--1890-1900.; Cradleboards--Oklahoma--1890-1900.; Infants--Oklahoma--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Famous Newhouse Tunnel and Argo Mill, near Idaho Springs, Colo.
- View of the Newhouse Tunnel and Argo Mill near Idaho Springs (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Boxcars are on the tracks of the Colorado and Southern (C&S) tracks near Clear Creek.
- Argo Mill (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Newhouse Tunnel (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mills--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1900.
- [between 1910 and 1920]
- James Peak from Continental Divide, Moffat Road
- Overview of snowy James Peak (elevation 13,294 feet) and two lakes taken from Continental Divide on Moffat Road, Colorado; other peaks in distance. Denver, Northwestern and Pacific (later called Denver & Salt Lake Railroad).
- Arrow (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mountains--Colorado--1900-1910.; Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway.
- 1904
- Arrow, Colo. on the Moffat Road
- Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway (later called Denver and Salt Lake) passenger train at Arrow, Colorado train station; dining room, Elk Saloon and rooms, Cottage Bar, hotel, and New England Kitchen are identifiable businesses; wooden frame...
- Arrow (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Billboards--Colorado--1900-1920.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--1900-1920.; Railroad stations--Colorado--1900-1920.; Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway.
- [between 1904 and 1913]
- Assaying precious metals in Leadville, Colo., $3,723 in two gold bricks on scale pan
- Interior view of a mine assay laboratory in Leadville, Colorado; shows furnaces, a cabinet balance-scale, ore samples, and a man working with tongs.
- Assaying--Colorado--Leadville--1860-1870.; Leadville (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Gold--Colorado--Leadville--1860-1870.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1860-1870.
- [between 1860 and 1870?]
- Raton Tunnel,
- View of an Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe locomotive as it exits Raton Tunnel, near Wootton siding in Las Animas County, Colorado. Shows a mountain landscape and cattle.
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--1900-1920.; Las Animas County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Raton Pass (Colo. and N.M.)--1900-1920.; Passes--Colorado--Las Animas County--1900-1920.; Railroads--Colorado--Las Animas County--1900-1920.;...
- [between 1908 and 1915?]
- Desert in Arizona, dinner
- Members of the Sells Floto Circus and Buffalo Bill,s Wild West Show, meet near Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad cars in Arizona. The men are gathered in a group away from makeshift tables and benches set for a meal. Napkins, flatware and...
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--1910-1920.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Company--People--1910-1920.; Sells Floto Circus--People--1910-1920.; Discussion--1910-1920.; Employees--1910-1920.; Railroads--1910-1920.; Tables--1910-1920.
- 1915 Apr. 7
- Casa Del Desierto, Santa Fe Hotel, Barstow, California
- View of the Casa Del Desierto, a Fred Harvey hotel and Santa Fe railroad station, in Barstow (San Bernardino County), California. The mission revival style building is by railroad tracks, the Mojave River, a trestle bridge, and a rock outcropping.
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--1920-1930.; Casa del Desierto--Buildings--1920-1930.; Fred Harvey (Firm)--Buildings--1920-1930.; Barstow (Calif.)--1920-1930.; Mojave River (Calif.); Hotels--California--Barstow--1920-1930.; Railroad...
- 1923, January 18
- Front of Hotel Escalante, Ash Fork, Arizona
- View of porch arcades at the The Escalante Hotel, a Fred Harvey hotel and Santa Fe station, in Ash Fork (Yavapai County), Arizona; shows pavement and a wide veranda with chairs.
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--Buildings--1900-1920.; Escalante Hotel (Ash Fork, Ariz.)--Buildings--1910-1920.; Fred Harvey (Firm)--Buildings--1910-1920.; Ash Fork (Ariz.)--1910-1920.; Hotels--Arizona--Ash Fork--1910-1920.;...
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Replica of Santa Fe "Chief"
- A view of large scale replica of the Santa Fe "Chief." The miniature locomotive and cars have rubber wheels. Inscriptions on the locomotive read "3460," "John Purcell," and "Santa Fe." The passenger cars have advertising banners, two read: "Never a...
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--Public relations--1930-1940.; Advertisements--1930-1940.; Miniature railroads--1930-1940.
- 1939 Nov. 11
- Mt. Audubon and Arapahoe Peak, Colo. & N.W. Ry.
- View across forested slopes to Mt. Audubon (elevation 12,223 feet), Colorado, and Arapahoe Peaks (elevation 13,502 and 13,397 feet) center background; from Colorado and Northwestern Railway; clouds top the peaks.
- Audubon, Mount (Colo.)--1890-1910.; North Arapaho Peak (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Forests--Colorado--1890-1910.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--1890-1910.; Colorado and Northwestern Railway Company.
- [between 1898 and 1909]
- Mt. Audubon from Lookout Point, Ward-Estes Park Auto Road
- View of 13,223-foot Mt. Audubon, west of Ward, Colorado, taken from Lookout Point on the Ward-Estes Park Auto Road; dirt road switchback in foreground, with back of early automobile visible at distant right; snow-patched peak at left background.
- Audubon, Mount (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Roads--Colorado--1910-1920.
- [between 1911 and 1920]
- Autumn
- Autumn scene, probably in Denver, Colorado; ditch with water winding past bare trees, rock footbridge in background.
- Autumn--Colorado--1890-1910.; Pedestrian bridges--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Chief Tyhee of the Bannocks
- Standing portrait of Chief Tynee, Native American Bannock, on a boardwalk of a clapboard building. He wears a headdress, hair pipe breastplate, leggings, kilt, moccasins and gauntlets.
- Bannock Indians--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--1930-1940.; Tribal chiefs--1930-1940.; Tyhee, Bannock Chief.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Papooses from Ft. Hall Reservation, Blackfoot, Idaho
- Outdoor portrait of two Native American infants bound to cradleboards. They are members of the Shoshone and/or Bannock tribes, Fort Hall Reservation, Blackfoot, Idaho. One of the two is awake, the other is sleeping.
- Bannock Indians--Idaho--Blackfoot--1880-1910.; Indians of North America--Children--Idaho--Blackfoot--1880-1910.; Shoshoni Indians--Idaho--Blackfoot--1880-1910.; Blackfoot (Idaho)--1880-1910.; Fort Hall Indian Reservation (Idaho)--1880-1910.;...
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- DEA Road Champions
- Baseball players, in uniform, pose in a field. Charles Orville Walters is second from the left and Frank Walters, his brother, stands on the far right. Two young boys in baseball uniforms stand in front of the team of older men. A man on the far...
- Baseball players--1910-1920.; Boys--1910-1920.; Walters, Charles Orville.; Walters, Frank.
- 1928
- 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?]
- Black Iron mine near Red Cliff on Battle mtn.
- Overlook view of the Black Iron Mine owned by the Empire Zinc Company, on Battle Mountain in Eagle County, Colorado with road and tailings.
- Battle Mountain (Eagle County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Black Iron Mine (Eagle County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Eagle County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Eagle County--1900-1910.
- [1900?]
- 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?]
- Indians - Utes, Bear Dance
- Two parallel lines of people face each other as Native American Utes, along with two white men, perform the Bear Dance.
- Bear Dance--1880-1910.; Indians of North America--1880-1910.; Ute Indians--Dance--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Hallat [sic] Peak, Bear Lake
- Partial view of Bear Lake (elevation 9475 feet), Larimer County, Colorado towards Hallett Peak (elevation 12,725 feet); trees appear to have been burned from recent forest fire; Rocky Mountains, Rocky Mountain National Park.
- Bear Lake (Larimer County, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Hallett Peak (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Larimer County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Rocky Mountain National Park (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Forest fires--Colorado--Larimer County--1900-1920.; Lakes &...
- [between 1908 and 1920]
- Longs Peak from Bear Lake
- Partial view of Bear Lake (elevation 9475 feet), Larimer County, Colorado towards Longs Peak (elevation 14,255 feet); Rocky Mountains, Rocky Mountain National Park; tree-lined & rocky shoreline, trees on opposite shore appear to have been burned...
- Bear Lake (Larimer County, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Larimer County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Longs Peak (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Rocky Mountain National Park (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Forest fires--Colorado--Larimer County--1900-1920.; Lakes &...
- [between 1908 and 1920]
- Longs Peak, Bierstadt Lake
- Partial view of Bierstadt Lake (elevation 9416 feet), Larimer County, Colorado with distant view of Longs Peak (elevation 14,255 feet) & Mount Meeker (elevation 13,911 feet); trees on opposite shoreline appear to have been burned from recent forest...
- Bierstadt Lake (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Estes Park (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Longs Peak (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Meeker, Mount (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Rocky Mountain National Park (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Forest fires--Colorado--Larimer County--1900-1920.; Lakes &...
- [between 1908 and 1920]
- Hallat [sic] Mtn. and Flat Top, Bierstadt Lake
- Partial view of Bierstadt Lake (elevation 9416 feet), Larimer County, Colorado towards Hallett Peak (elevation 12,725 feet) and Flattop Mountain (elevation 12,324 feet); Rocky Mountains, Rocky Mountain National Park; heavily timbered shoreline of...
- Bierstadt Lake (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Flattop Mountain (Grand County and Larimer County, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Hallett Peak (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Larimer County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Rocky Mountain National Park (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Lakes &...
- [between 1908 and 1920]
- Hallat [sic] Mtn., Bierstadt Lake
- Partial view of Bierstadt Lake (elevation 9416 feet), Larimer County, Colorado towards Hallett Peak (elevation 12,725 feet) and Flattop Mountain (elevation 12,324 feet); Rocky Mountains, Rocky Mountain National Park; heavily timbered shoreline of...
- Bierstadt Lake (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Flattop Mountain (Grand County and Larimer County, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Hallett Peak (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Larimer County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Rocky Mountain National Park (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Lakes &...
- [between 1908 and 1920]
- Big Thompson Cañon, Loveland-Estes Park Auto Road
- Early automobile, Stanley Steamer, in Big Thompson Canyon on Loveland to Estes Park, Colorado road; cascading Big Thompson River, man fishing along stream's edge, another man seated in car, narrow canyon.
- Big Thompson Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Big Thompson River (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Canyons--Colorado--1900-1910.; Fishing--Colorado--1900-1910.; Rivers--Colorado--1900-1910.; Steam automobiles--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [1909?]
- The picturesque Big Thompson Cañon, Loveland-Estes Park Auto Road
- Early automobile, Stanley Steamer, in Big Thompson Canyon on Loveland to Estes Park road; man seated in car, man fishing in Big Thompson River, narrow canyon with vertical rock walls.
- Big Thompson Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Big Thompson River (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Canyons--Colorado--1900-1910.; Fishing--Colorado--1900-1910.; Rivers--Colorado--1900-1910.; Steam automobiles--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [1909?]
- Vista in Big Thompson Cañon, Loveland-Estes Park Auto Road
- Dirt road in Big Thompson Canyon paralleled by Big Thompson River, Loveland to Estes Park, Colorado road.
- Big Thompson Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Big Thompson River (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Canyons--Colorado--1900-1910.; Rivers--Colorado--1900-1910.; Roads--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [1909?]
- The babbling brook, Big Thompson Cañon, Loveland-Estes Park Auto Road
- Big Thompson River cascading down Big Thompson Canyon reached via Loveland to Estes Park, Colorado, "Auto Road."
- Big Thompson Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Big Thompson River (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Roads--Colorado--Big Thompson Canyon--1900-1910.
- [1909?]
- Loveland-Estes Park auto road, Big Thompson Canon
- Loveland to Estes Park, Colorado, "Auto Road" in Big Thompson Canyon; dirt road paralleled by Big Thompson River in narrow canyon with steep vertical rock walls.
- Big Thompson Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Big Thompson River (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Roads--Colorado--Big Thompson Canyon--1900-1910.
- [1909?]
- Big Thompson Canon
- View of Big Thompson Canyon & River, Colorado; boulders along stream.
- Big Thompson Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Big Thompson River (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Canyons--Colorado--Big Thompson Canyon--1900-1920.; Rivers--Colorado--Big Thompson Canyon--1900-1920.
- [between 1908 and 1920]
- Near the Entrance of Big Thompson Canon Estes Park Auto Road
- View of Big Thompson River and dirt auto road, near the entrance of the Big Thompson Canyon, west of Loveland, Colorado; a dog appears at center on road.
- Big Thompson Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Big Thompson River (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Rivers--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1909 and 1916]
- Point Sublime, Big Thompson Canon, Estes Park Road
- View of Big Thompson River running parallel to auto road in Big Thompson Canyon, between Loveland and Estes Park, Colorado; dirt auto road in foreground, with river at left and rock formation across river; canyon lined with tall pine trees.
- Big Thompson Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Big Thompson River (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Rivers--Colorado--1900-1920.; Roads--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1909 and 1916]
- Mine Crew- Col Sellers Mine
- Miners pose outdoors at the Colonel Sellers Mine near Blue River, Summit County, Colorado.
- Blue River (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Colonel Sellers Mine (Summit County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Miners--Colorado--Blue River--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Blue River--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- Bon-I-Look paint
- Horse-drawn wagons are parked near the Bon.I.Look building on the corner of 16th (Sixteenth) and Blake Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado. Signs on the building read: "Luxus The Beer You Like," "House Paints," and "Bon.I.Look Consumer's Wholesale...
- Bon.I.Look Consumers Wholesale & Catalogue House (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- State Universaty[sic], Boulder, Colo.
- Looking across University Lake (now called Far City Pond) to University of Colorado's Old Main hidden from view and rising from trees, Boulder, Colorado; cornerstone laid in 1875; campus built on land donated by Marinus G. Smith, George Asa Andrews...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1890-1910.; University of Colorado (Boulder campus)
- [between 1890 and 1910]