Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- C. F. & I. mine on Monarch Pass
- Overlook view of the Colorado Fuel & Iron mine at Monarch Pass in Chaffee County, Colorado shows: shaft house, tailings, and railroad tracks with cars full of ore.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Chaffee County--1940-1950.; Tailings embankments--Colorado--Chaffee County--1940-1950.; Chaffee County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Colorado Fuel & Iron Mine (Chaffee County, Colo.)--1940-1950.;...
- [1940?]
- Bellow [sic] Telluride, Colo.
- Rio Grande Southern railroad tracks cut across a valley outside of Telluride (San Miguel County), Colorado. The snow covered San Juan mountain range with Ajax Peak are in background.
- Rio Grande Southern Railroad.; San Juan Mountains (Colo. and N.M.)--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--San Miguel County--1940-1950.; Mountains--Colorado--San Miguel County--1940-1950.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--San Miguel County--1940-1950.
- [1940?]
- Central City Opera House, Central City
- The Central City Opera House was renovated and reopened in the 1930s. Originally opened in 1878, the Central City Opera House was described as "the finest temple of the Muse west of the Missouri." Designed by Architect Robert S. Roeschlaub, the...
- Central City Opera House--1900-1930.; Central City (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Opera houses--Colorado--Central City--1900-1930.
- [between 1900 and 1930?]
- Matterhorn ?
- View of two abandoned wooden houses, one with a false front and fence, probably in the ghost town of Matterhorn (San Miguel County), Colorado.
- Matterhorn (Colo.)--1940-1950.; False fronts--Colorado--Matterhorn--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Matterhorn--1940-1950.; Wooden buildings--Colorado--Matterhorn--1940-1950.
- [1940?]
- Matterhorn, general store on Lizard Head pass
- View of a dirt road, fence, and false front building in the ghost town of Matterhorn (San Miguel County), Colorado. The long, snow covered ridge of Sheep Mountain is in the background.
- San Miguel County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Sheep Mountain (San Miguel County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Buildings--Colorado--San Miguel County--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--San Miguel County--1940-1950.; Mountains--Colorado--San Miguel County--1940-1950.
- [1940?]
- Placerville
- View of residences, storefronts, and the "Placerville Post Office" along a dirt street in Placerville (San Miguel County), Colorado.
- Placerville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Placerville--1940-1950.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Placerville--1940-1950.
- [1940?]
- Man at first aid station during Silver Skis race, Mount Rainier, Washington
- A man smiles towards the camera from the first aid station during the Silver Skis Race, near a rock outcropping, on Mount Rainier. The red cross flag blows in the wind. Many 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment (re- enforced) troops participated in the...
- Ski racing--Washington (State)--Mount Rainier--1940-1950.; Rainier, Mount (Wash.)--1940-1950.; Skiing--Washington (State)--Mount Rainier--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Washington (State)--Mount Rainier--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry...
- [Winter, 1942]
- My class, Paradise, Washington
- Five men from the 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment (re-enforced) ski through deep snow on a slight slope near Paradise, Washington. All are wearing caps, anoraks, wool pants, and shoe-packs. All were in the photographer's skiing class.
- Ski troops--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; Skiing--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.; United States. Army. Mountain...
- [1942]
- My class, Paradise, Washington
- Seven men from the 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment (re-enforced) stand in a row on skis in the middle of an open snow field. The men were in a class taught by the photographer. Other skitroops are visible behind.
- Ski troops--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; Skiing--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.; United States. Army. Mountain...
- [1942]
- Practicing snowshoe techniques on a steep hill, Paradise, Washington
- Two men in the 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment (re-enforced) practise snowshoe techniques on a steep hill near Paradise, Washington. Below them four others wait their turn. All are wearing wool uniforms caps and carry knapsacks and rifles.
- Snowshoeing--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- 1942
- Private Paul Estes attaching crampons, Camp Two, Mount Rainier, Washington
- Private Paul Estes of the 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment (re- enforced) attaches crampons to his boots at Camp Two during the Mount Rainier Test Expedition. Estes is wearing a cap, goggles, khaki anorak, pants, and boots. The crampons are metal...
- Rainier, Mount (Wash.)--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Washington (State)--Mount Rainier--1940-1950.; Estes, Paul.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [May 1942]
- Sergeant Ralph Wiese, Camp Two, Mount Rainier, Washington
- Sergeant Ralph Wiese of the 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment (re- enforced), at Camp Two during the Mount Rainier Test Expedition. Wiese is wearing a cap, dark glasses with leather blinders attached, goggles around his neck, a brown shirt, a gray...
- Rainier, Mount (Wash.)--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Washington (State)--Mount Rainier--1940-1950.; Weise, Ralph.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [May 1942]
- Skitroops in whites with rifles, Ft. Lewis, Washington
- A group of soldiers from the 87th Infantry Regiment (re-enforced) wearing "whites" or snow camouflage uniforms, carrying knapsacks and rifles, face away from the camera at the top of a snow covered hill. The men in front of the group are beginning...
- Ski troops--Washington (State)--Fort Lewis--1940-1950.; Skiing--Washington (State)--Fort Lewis--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Washington (State)--Fort Lewis--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.; United States. Army. Mountain...
- [1942]
- Central City residence interiors
- Daylight streams through the lace curtains of a dining room in Central City, Colorado. A lazy susan is covered with a lace cloth and has a vase of flowers, fruit, salt and pepper shakers, and a sugar bowl on it. It sits on a rectangular table with...
- Central City (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Dining rooms--Colorado--Central City--1960-1980.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1960-1980.; Interiors--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Soldiers from Rope One at Camp One, Mount Rainier Washington
- View taken from above of four soldiers from the 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment (re-enforced) Test Expedition, belonging to Rope One, led by Peter Gabriel, other members included Captain Albert Jackman and the photographer. They stand near two...
- Rainier, Mount (Wash.)--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Washington (State)--1940-1950.; Tents--Washington (State)--1940-1950.; Gabriel, Peter, Corporal.; Jackman, Albert H.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.; United States. Army....
- [May 1942]
- Two men practice rescuing a man from the snow, Paradise, Washington
- Two soldiers from the 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment (re- enforced) practice rescuing a man from the snow using ropes. The man on the left is wearing a pith helmet and dark clothing. He is smiling and holding lightly onto a rope. The man in the...
- Paradise (Wash.)--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [1942]
- Skitroops from Company C line up for Mount Rainier Test Expedition support, Washington
- Skitroops from the 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment (re-enforced), Company C form a line while holding a rope in a snow covered field on Mount Rainier. According to the photographer, the troops are preparing to support the equipment testing...
- Rainier, Mount (Wash.)--1940-1950.; Ski troops--Washington (State)--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Washington (State)--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [May 1942]
- Don Goodman and Charlie McLane leading a ski-mountaineer class near Paradise, Washington
- Don Goodman from Idaho, second from the left, and Charlie McLane on the right lead one of the first ski-mountaineer classes in the 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment (re-enforced) near Paradise Lodge, Washington. Behind them approximately fifteen...
- Ski troops--Washington (State)--Fort Lewis--1940-1950.; Skiing--Washington (State)--Fort Lewis--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Washington (State)--Fort Lewis--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.; United States. Army. Mountain...
- 1941 or 1942
- Ski training: forming a column of twos coming down from Eagle Ridge, Camp Hale, Colorado
- Still from the Warner Brothers film: "The Fighting Mountaineers." Fifty Tenth Mountain Division ski troopers during training practice forming a column of twos. One line of men occupies a hill in the foreground; another group occupies a hill in the...
- Eagle Ridge (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Ski troops--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Skiing--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Fighting Mountaineers (Motion picture)
- [1943 or 1944]
- View of Camp Two looking through Cadaver Gap at Camp One, Mount Rainer, Washington
- View of Camp Two looking through Cadaver Gap at Camp Muir, (also known as Camp One during the Mount Rainier Test Expedition conducted by men from the 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment, re-enforced). Two pyramid tents are pitched in the snow in the...
- Camp Muir (Wash.)--1940-1950.; Rainier, Mount (Wash.)--1940-1950.; Tents--Washington (State)--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [1942, May]
- Ski training: about face on skis executed by all of L-87th with Lieutenant William J. Bourke in Command, Camp Hale, Colorado
- Still from the Warner Brothers film: "The Fighting Mountaineers." Approximately one-hundred soldiers from the Tenth Mountain Division, 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment, Company L, execute an about face on skis under the command of Lieutenant William...
- Ski troops--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Skiing--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Bourke, William J.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Fighting Mountaineers (Motion picture)
- [1943-1944]
- Ski training: lesson in ski techniques at Camp Hale, Colorado
- Still from the Warner Brothers film: "The Fighting Mountaineers." Fifteen Tenth Mountain Division skitroopers stand at the bottom of a small hill watching as a skier practices what appears to be the side step. According to the caption this is a...
- Ski troops--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Skiing--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Fighting Mountaineers (Motion picture)
- [1943-1944]
- Ski training: standing at attention, a platoon of "G" Company, 87th Regiment.
- Still from the Warner Brothers film: "The Fighting Mountaineers." A Platoon of approximately fifty soldiers from the Tenth Mountain Division, 87th Regiment, Company G stand at attention with their skis balanced on their ski poles. All the men are...
- Ski troops--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Skiing--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Fighting Mountaineers (Motion picture)
- [1943-1944]
- Taos
- View of a street in Taos, New Mexico, during a festival; shows well-dressed men, women, and children, including a nun. Cars and wagons are parked; signs read: "The Ideal Hat," and "Dupont Red Cross Dynamite."
- Taos (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Nuns--Colorado--Taos--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Central City
- Exterior of a two-story brick, flat-roofed building, the lower part of which is not completely visible in Central City, Colorado. Its distinguishing features include, arched windows, stone window sills, an arched doorway, embellishments between the...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- 1938
- Central City residence interiors
- A brass wall sconce hangs on a floral-patterned wall in Central City, Colorado. The sconce has an oval plate with two lights on curving arms. Each light has a shade, covered to match the wallpaper, with ruffles on the top and bottom of the shade.
- Central City (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Interiors--1960-1980.; Lamps--Colorado--Central City--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Yellowstone
- View of the Grand Teton mountains in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming; also shows timber and part of Jackson Lake.
- Grand Teton National Park (Wyo.)--1900-1920.; Jackson Lake (Teton County, Wyo.)--1900-1920.; Teton Range (Wyo. and Idaho)--1900-1920.; National parks & reserves--Wyoming--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- 17th Street, Denver
- Southeastward view of 17th (Seventeenth) Street in Denver, Colorado; shows Railway Exchange, Ideal Cement, Ernest & Cranmer, Colorado National Bank, Boston Building, First National Bank, Equitable Building, Hotel Kaiserhof (later Hotel Kenmark),...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1915 and 1917]
- Bear Creek Canon
- View of the Denver Mountain Park Auto Road in Bear Creek Canyon west of Denver, Colorado; at center a bridge crosses a tributary to Bear Creek.
- Bear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Roads--Colorado--Bear Creek Canyon--1910-1920.
- [1916]
- Bear Creek Canon, Denver Mtn. Park
- View of the Denver Mountain Park Auto Road in Bear Creek Canyon west of Denver, Colorado; dirt road runs parallel to Bear Creek; footbridge crosses creek.
- Bear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Pedestrian bridges--Colorado--Bear Creek Canyon--1910-1920.; Roads--Colorado--Bear Creek Canyon--1910-1920.
- [1916]
- Bear Creek Canon, Denver Mtn. Park
- The Denver Mountain Park Auto Road winds through Bear Creek Canyon west of Denver, Colorado; Bear Creek runs parallel to road at left.
- Bear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Roads--Colorado--Bear Creek Canyon--1910-1920.
- [1916]
- Bear Creek Canon, Denver Mtn. Park Auto Road
- View of Denver Mountain Park Auto Road in Bear Creek Canyon, west of Denver, Colorado; shows curve of dirt road, rock road bed past curve, sandstone rock formations, and sign: "Phone Gallup 2051."
- Bear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Roads--Colorado--1910-1920.
- [1916]
- Bear Creek Road, Denver Mtn. Park
- View of the Denver Mountain Park Auto Road west of Denver, Colorado near Bear Creek.
- Roads--Colorado--1910-1920.
- [1916]
- Bear Creek Road, Denver Mtn. Park
- View of the Denver Mountain Auto Park Road west of Denver, Colorado near Bear Creek.
- Roads--Colorado--1910-1920.
- [1916]
- Buffalo
- Close view of a bison standing on hay in a corral, possibly near Denver, Colorado.
- Bison--Colorado--1910-1920.; Corrals--Colorado--1910-1920.
- [1916?]
- Central City residence interiors
- A stove and its stovepipe are in front of a wall with patterned wallpaper. The stove has six burners, and a kettle rests on one of them. The range has an oven with an enamel door and two irons sitting on it. Two warmers are aboe the range....
- Central City (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1960-1980.; Interiors--1960-1980.; Kitchens--Colorado--Central City--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Children ready for a ski race, Steamboat Spgs. Moffat Road
- Children stand on skis on a snow-covered street in Steamboat Springs, Colorado; the girls wear skirts and hold poles; the boys wear knickers; a child on horseback, a drug store, and commercial buildings are in background.
- Steamboat Springs (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Children--Colorado--Steamboat Springs--1910-1930.; Skiing--Colorado--Steamboat Springs--1910-1930.
- [between 1916 and 1923?]
- Clear Creek Canon from Coleraw Pt. Denver Mtn. Park
- View of Clear Creek Canyon, west of Denver, Colorado, taken from Coleraw Point, an overlook along the Denver Mountain Park Auto Road; shows Clear Creek and narrow-gauge tracks of the Colorado & Southern Railway.
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1910-1920.; Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Clear Creek Canyon--1910-1920.
- [1916]
- Buffalo in Denver Mtn. Park
- Profile of two bison standing in a mountain meadow in the Denver Mountain Park west of Denver, Colorado; shows dirt road, fence, and snow- covered peaks of the Continental Divide.
- Continental Divide (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Bison--Colorado--1910-1920.
- [1916]
- Colorado cattle
- View of hereford cattle in a corral in Colorado; corrals, shed, and windmill are behind herd.
- Cattle--Colorado--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- A Colorado chicken yard
- View of chickens in a wire-fenced yard and chicken coops; probably in Colorado.
- Chickens--Colorado--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Colorado corn
- Close view of ten ears of corn arranged in a row on a black background.
- Corn--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Colorado horses
- Close view of two draft horses in an empty field at the Lookout Mountain School for Boys in Golden, Colorado; shows inmates wearing caps holding reins of bridled horses, hay-filled horse-drawn wagon with seated driver, unhitched team with man...
- Lookout Mountain School for Boys (Golden, Colo.)--1890-1920.; Horses--Colorado--Golden--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Colorado corn
- Close view of an ear of corn on black background; kernels are somewhat shriveled (seed corn).
- Corn--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Colorado pigs
- Close view of sow and piglets rooting in a tilled field on the eastern plains of Colorado; wooden fence is in background.
- Farms--Colorado--1890-1920.; Pigs--Colorado--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Colorado pigs
- Close view of sows and piglets rooting in a barbed-wire fenced field, probably near Golden, Colorado; shows a person peeking over a picket fence, farm buildings, foothills, and letter "M" on hillside.
- Golden (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Pigs--Colorado--Golden--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Central City residence interiors
- Keys of many different shapes hang on the back of a paneled door. Parts of furniture are visible of either sides of the door. There is a framed piece of embroidery with a cross, a crown, and "No no" hanging on the wall. The wallpaper is patterned...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1960.; Interiors--1930-1960.; Keys (Hardware)--Colorado--Central City--1930-1960.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Denver and Snowy Range from Cheeseman [sic] Park
- View of Denver, Colorado, skyline and Front Range of the Rocky Mountains, taken from interior of Cheesman Park Pavilion (completed in 1910); Colorado Yule marble columns frame the skyline; shows wire-mesh benches on pavilion patio.
- Cheesman Park (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Pavilions--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1912 and 1920]
- Denver Mtn. Park Auto Road in Bear Creek Canon
- View of bridge spanning Bear Creek, along the Denver Mountain Park Auto Road west of Denver, Jefferson County, Colorado; automobile parked near cement embankment of bridge has 1916 Colorado license plate number 2451.
- Bear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Automobiles--Colorado--Jefferson County--1910-1920.; Bridges--Colorado--Jefferson County--1910-1920.
- [1916]
- Denver Mtn. Park Auto Road in Bear Creek Canon
- View of the Denver Mountain Park Auto Road in Bear Creek Canyon, west of Denver, Colorado.
- Bear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Roads--Colorado--Bear Creek Canyon--1910-1920.
- [1916]