Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Grave scaffold
- The casket of a Native American (Crow) is shrouded and secured to the top of a grave scaffold with rope. It stands on an open plain in Montana. The scaffolding frame is constructed by using a "Y" shaped timber on each corner and laying support...
- Crow Indians--Spiritual life--Montana--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Montana--1900-1910.; Scaffold burial--Montana--1900-1910.
- 1907
- Central Colo. Power Cos. dam, Barker's Meadow, Denver, Boulder & Western Ry.
- Close view of nearly completed dam at Barker Meadow (later called Nederland Dam) east of Nederland, Colorado constructed by Eastern Colorado Power Company reached by spur via on Denver, Boulder & Western Railway (formerly Colorado & Northwestern);...
- Barker Meadow (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Middle Boulder Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Dam construction--Colorado--Barker Meadow--1900-1910.; Dams--Colorado--Barker Meadow--1900-1910.
- [1909 or 1910]
- Allen True, the Denver artist
- Allen True, a Denver artist, poses with a paint brush on a scaffold at the Voorhies Memorial in Civic Center Park, Denver Colorado. True was commissioned to paint the murals for the memorial.
- Voorhies, John H. P.--Memorials.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Artists--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; True, Allen.
- [between 1919 and 1922?]
- Grave scaffold
- View of a Native American grave probably in Big Horn County, Montana; shows a shrouded coffin on a timber scaffold.
- Indians of North America--Montana--1900-1920.; Scaffold burial--Montana--1900-1920.; Rodman Wanamaker Expedition.
- [between 1908 and 1913]
- Scaffold on which first Indian was hanged, Deadwood S.D.
- View of scaffold used for hanging Native American Sioux captives from the Wounded Knee Massacre, Deadwood, South Dakota.
- Dakota Indians--Punishment & torture--South Dakota--Deadwood--1890-1900.; Gallows--South Dakota--Deadwood--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Punishment & torture--South Dakota--Deadwood--1890-1900.; Wounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890.; Deadwood...
- [1891?]
- Sioux warrior's grave
- View of a Native American (Sioux) scaffold grave near Jordan, Montana. A rifle rests against the wooden structure.
- Dakota Indians--Spiritual life--Montana--Jordan--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--Spiritual life--Montana--Jordan--1870-1880.; Jordan (Mont.)--1870-1880.; Scaffold burial--Montana--Jordan--1870-1880.
- [1879]
- Indian burial, scaffold in foreground, tepee frame in background
- Dakota Native American burial custom; bodies wrapped in blankets atop scaffold and another body wrapped in blankets laying inside tepee frame of poles; ridge in distance.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Funeral rites & ceremonies--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- Indian burial, scaffold in foreground
- Dakota Native American burial custom; scaffold with three wrapped bodies atop in foreground including one smaller body with bent branches covering it; tepee frame of poles with one wrapped body inside frame right background.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Funeral rites & ceremonies--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- Indian burial, scaffold in foreground, tepee frame in background
- Dakota Native American burial custom; three wrapped bodies atop scaffold in left foreground including smaller body with bent branches framing body; tepee frame of poles with wrapped body inside tepee frame right foreground; view of edge of ridge...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Funeral rites & ceremonies--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- Indian burial, scaffold in foreground, tepee frame in back
- View of Dakota burial custom; scaffold with wrapped bodies in foreground and tipi frame in background.
- Dakota Indians--1870-1890.; Funeral rites & ceremonies--1870-1890.; Tipis--1870-1890.
- [between 1874 and 1889]
- Indian burial, scaffold in foreground, tepee frame in back
- View of Dakota burial custom; scaffold with wrapped bodies in foreground and tipi frame in background.
- Dakota Indians--1870-1890.; Indians of North America--Spiritual life--1870-1890.; Funeral rites & ceremonies--1870-1890.; Tipis--1870-1890.
- [between 1874 and 1889]
- Indian burial, scaffold in foreground, tepee frame in back
- View of Dakota burial custom; scaffold with wrapped bodies in foreground and tipi frame in background.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Funeral rites & ceremonies--1880-1890.; Tipis--1880-1890.
- [between 1874 and 1889]
- Tree burial
- View of a pinon pine with a Native American burial scaffold in it probably in Montana. Oddly shaped rocks surround the tree.
- Indians of North America--1900-1920.; Scaffold burial--1900-1920.; Trees--1900-1920.; Rodman Wanamaker Expedition.
- [between 1908 and 1913]
- Saint Joseph Redemptorist Catholic Church restoration of tower, Lincoln Park.
- View of Saint Joseph Church (St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church of Denver, Saint Joseph Redemptorist Catholic Church) located at 605 West 6th (Sixth) Ave. (NE corner Galapago St.), in the Lincoln Park neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The parish was...
- Saint Joseph Church (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Lincoln Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--2000-2010.; Catholic churches.; Conservation & restoration.; Historic buildings.; Leaded glass windows.; Stained glass.;...
- ca. 2004
- History of Denver
- Customs House building
- View of the U.S. Customs House located at 18th (Eighteenth) and Stout streets in Denver, Colorado. The building has triple-hung and rounded arched windows and a decorated cornice. Trees surround the building and automobiles are parked on the...
- United States. Bureau of Customs.--Buildings--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Customhouses--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1935?]
- Customs House entrance
- View of the U.S. Customs House entrance and steps, located at 18th (Eighteenth) and Stout streets in Denver, Colorado. The arched brick portal has decorative fanlight, columns and a frontispiece that reads: "United States Custom House." A scaffold...
- United States. Bureau of Customs--Buildings--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Customshouses--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Doors & doorways--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Customs House building
- View of the U.S. Customs House located at 18th (Eighteenth) and Stout streets in Denver, Colorado. The building has triple-hung and rounded arched windows and a decorated cornice. Trees surround the building and automobiles are parked on the...
- United States. Bureau of Customs.--Buildings--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Customshouses--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1935?]
- Street construction
- Men pose by a concrete mixer in Denver, Colorado; a building has a scaffold roof sign and letters: "Bennett and Meyers."
- Concrete mixers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- The Denver and Rio Grande Western station in Colorado Springs prior to its conversion and expansion into a restaurant.
- A man with a scaffold shows by the abandoned Denver and Rio Grande Western depot, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. Sign above the depot reads: Rio Grande, Rock Island. Several sets of railroad tracks are in front of the station and...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1970-1980.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1970-1980.
- 1973 April 20
- 2nd Pueblo - Taos
- View of Taos Pueblo, New Mexico; shows Native American (Taos Pueblo) men and women and adobe pueblo dwellings. White women walk by a scaffold.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1920-1930.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1920-1930.; Taos Indians--New Mexico--1920-1930.; Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--1920-1930.; Pueblos--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Flood debris @ Cherry Creek
- View of Cherry Creek after a flood in Denver, Colorado; railroad tracks, bridge parts, spectators, cars, businesses, and a scaffold flank the water.
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.;...
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Ironton, looking E.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks pass under a signal scaffold, in Ironton, Utah. Houses and the Columbia Steel Corporation foundry are to the sides.
- Columbia Steel Corporation (Utah)--1920-1930.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Ironton (Utah)--1920-1930.; Foundries--Utah--Ironton--1920-1930.; Railroad signals--Utah--Ironton--1920-1930.; Railroad...
- [between 1922 and 1930?]
- Ironton looking E
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks pass under a signal scaffold at Ironton, Utah. Houses, the Columbia Steel Corporation Foundry, a passenger shelter, and tracks of the Salt Lake & Utah Railroad are to the side.
- Columbia Steel Corporation (Utah)--1920-1930.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Salt Lake & Utah Railroad Corp.--1920-1930.; Ironton (Utah)--1920-1930.; Foundries--Utah--Ironton--1920-1930.; Railroad...
- [between 1922 and 1930?]
- Ironton looking West
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks pass by the passenger shelter at Ironton, Utah; tracks of the Salt Lake & Utah Railroad intersect on the other side. A signal scaffold is in the distance.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Salt Lake & Utah Railroad Corp.--1920-1930.; Ironton (Utah)--1920-1930.; Railroad signals--Utah--Ironton--1920-1930.; Railroad tracks--Utah--Ironton--1920-1930.
- [between 1922 and 1930?]
- Track near Ironton, Ut.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks pass under a signal scaffold near Ironton, Utah County, Utah. Houses and fields are to the sides.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Ironton (Utah)--1920-1930.; Railroad signals--Utah--Ironton--1920-1930.; Railroad tracks--Utah--Ironton--1920-1930.
- [between 1922 and 1930?]
- Antonio Romero
- Antonio Romero, a Native American (Taos Pueblo) man, poses by a scaffold at Taos Pueblo, New Mexico; his attire includes beaded moccasins and braid wraps.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.; Taos Indians--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.; Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--1910-1920.; Pueblos--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.;...
- 1917
- Antonio Romero
- Antonio Romero, a Native American (Taos Pueblo) man, poses by a scaffold at Taos Pueblo, New Mexico; his outfit includes beaded (Apache?) moccasins and braid wraps.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.; Taos Indians--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.; Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--1910-1920.; Pueblos--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.;...
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Lewis Dry Goods Co.
- View of A. T. Lewis Dry Goods Company, 800-818 16th (Sixteenth) and Stout Streets, Denver, Colorado; shows a masonry office building with storefronts, awnings, and men working on a scaffold. Parked cars and pedestrians are along the sidewalk;...
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Dry goods stores--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Transmission line, assembling tower
- Men pose on a frame electrical scaffold in (probably) Colorado, wearing overalls, hats and suspenders. A stream and forest are in the background.
- Electric lines--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Anaconda
- View of two-story structures under construction in Ananconda, Teller County, Colorado; one house has two front two-story bays and wood scaffold braces in place to attach siding on the furing strips; piles of wood shingles on the partially shingled...
- Anaconda (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Building construction--Colorado--Anaconda--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Barnum construction
- View of construction of the Ross-Barnum Branch of the Denver Public Library in Denver, Colorado; a man holds a shovel. Bricks are on a scaffold.
- Ross, Frederick R.--Monuments.; Denver Public Library. Ross-Barnum Branch--1950-1960.; Barnum (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Libraries--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.;...
- 1953
- Presbyterian Hospital, Denver
- View of the construction of Presbyterian Hospital at Franklin Street and 20th (Twentieth) Avenue in the City Park West neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The building is framed, and concrete blocks are set to the level of four stories. A tall...
- Presbyterian Hospital (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; City Park West (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Hospitals--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.;...
- [between 1922 and 1925?]
- Presbyterian Hospital, Denver
- View of construction of Presbyterian Hospital at Franklin Street and 20th (Twentieth) Avenue in the City Park West neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Wood braces are in place on the top story of the structure, and a scaffold is nearby. A car is...
- Presbyterian Hospital (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; City Park West (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Hospitals--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.;...
- 1922 May 9
- Colorado Museum of Natural History dinosaur
- A man and a woman assemble the fossil bones of a Diplodocus gastralia for a paleontology exhibit at the Denver Museum of Natural History in Denver, Colorado. The people work to prepare the dinosaur fossil under a block and tackle. The skeleton...
- Colorado Museum of Natural History--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Dinosaurs--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Fossils--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Hoisting...
- [1935]
- Dinosaur skeleton - Denver Museum of Natural History
- Men work to assemble the fossil bones of a Diplodocus gastralia for a paleontology exhibit at the Denver Museum of Natural History in Denver, Colorado. The men include Phillip H. Reinheimer, chief preparer, in the coveralls and R.L. Landberg,...
- Denver Museum of Natural History--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Dinosaurs--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Fossils--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.;...
- [1935]
- High School, Eagle, Colo.
- The newly-completed high school in Eagle, Colorado, is a two- story brick building by John J. Huddard, architect and engineer; textured decorative panels are between the first- and second-story double-hung windows, stairs lead to the central...
- Eagle (Colo.)--1880-1920.; Schools--Colorado--Eagle--1880-1920.
- [between 1880 and 1920?]
- Building gas chamber
- Vents and a chimney rise from the gable roof of the gas chamber at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado. Brick lintels and sills finish the windows in the stucco wall. A man stands by a wood scaffold.
- Gas chambers--Colorado--Canon City--1930-1940.; Canon City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Construction--Colorado--Canon City--1930-1940.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1930-1940.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1931
- Building house around the gas chamber
- Vents rise from the gable roof of the gas chamber at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado. Coiled wire hangs from the eaves, and a brick lintel and sill finishes the window in the stucco wall. A man stands by a wood scaffold, and a loose...
- Gas chambers--Colorado--Canon City--1930-1940.; Canon City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Construction--Colorado--Canon City--1930-1940.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1930-1940.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1931
- Territorial Style building on plaza, Santa Fe, N.M.
- View of a two story Territorial Style adobe building on the Plaza in Santa Fe (Santa Fe County), New Mexico. The building has a portal (porch) and balcony that run the length of the building, and chimneys. Shows a gazebo or bandstand, a wooden...
- Santa Fe (N.M.)--1870-1890.; Adobe buildings--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1870-1890.; Monuments & memorials--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1870-1890.; Obelisks--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1870-1890.; Plazas--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- Welcome arch Greeley
- Men install an arch in Greeley, Colorado, over the street. A pole and scaffold crane lowers a section into place as men look on. Dwellings, bare trees, and commercial buildings flank the street; a sign reads: "Garage."
- Greeley (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Arches--Colorado--Greeley--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Indian burial, scaffold and Indian woman, posed in studio
- Unidentified Dakota Native American female lying on ground posed next to staged burial on scaffolds; full length studio portrait with painted backdrop; Dakota female with braids, necklaces, fringed buckskin shirt, bracelets, woven beaded belt,...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--Spiritual life--1880-1890.; Funeral rites & ceremonies--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--Women--1880-1890.; Scaffold...
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- Western History Subject Index
- BURIAL SCAFFOLD RIVER
- Western History Subject Index
- Safeway scaffold company
- Municipal Facts Bi-Monthly: Volume 5 Numbers 6 and 7, 1922 July-August
- Municipal Facts: Volume 6 Numbers 10, 11 and 12, 1923 October-December
- Tree grave
- The shrouded body of a deceased Native American rests on a timber platform in a tree. The body is possibly that of a Blackfoot (Siksika) tribe member.
- Indians of North America--1890-1910.; Siksika Indians--Spiritual life--1890-1910.; Scaffold burial--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- "Waiting for Gabriel's trumpet," Indian burial, Crow, Montana, near Pryor
- A covered casket (?) sits atop a wooden burial platform on a hilltop, possibly on the Native American Crow Reservation in Montana. Signs of frost line the securing ropes and platform poles.
- Crow Indians--Social life--Montana--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Montana--1890-1900.; Scaffold burial--Montana--1890-1900.
- 1900
- Scaffolds - Indian dead bodies
- Timber scaffolding supports a platform and the shrouded caskets of four dead Native Americans (Dakota) on an open plain in South Dakota.
- Dakota Indians--Spiritual life--South Dakota--1860-1880.; Indians of North America--Spiritual life--South Dakota--1860-1880.; Manners & customs--South Dakota--1860-1880.; Scaffold burial--South Dakota--1860-1880.
- [between 1860 and 1880?]
- Dakota burial
- View of a Native American (Dakota) burial platform mounted above ground using timber supports. A shrouded casket lies tied down atop the platform.
- Dakota Indians--Spiritual life--1880-1910.; Indians of North America--1880-1910.; Funeral rites & ceremonies--1880-1910.; Scaffold burial--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]