Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- East High spotlight: vol 29 no 24
- Newspaper produced by East High School of Denver, Colorado. Included in the paper are photographs of students, articles on school events and sports.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1942 November
- Western History Subject Index
- Scrap material
- 1920 Corbett & Ballenger's 48th Annual Denver City Directory
- The Ninomiya family in their barracks room at the Amache Center
- Interior view of the Ninomiya family's barracks at the Granada Relocation Center, Camp Amache, southeastern Colorado; shows Tosh Ninomiya at a folding card table reading a newspaper with a pipe in his mouth, Mrs. Ninomiya across the table from him,...
- Ninomiya family--Homes & haunts--1940-1950.; Japanese--Capture & imprisonment--1940-1950.; World War, 1939-1945--Detention facilities.; World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners.; Amache (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Detention...
- 1942 December 9
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 7, 1909 April 3
- Soldiers at scrap kitchen P.R. Ag. 1st Inf.
- View of the First Infantry camp outdoor kitchen at the Native American Lakota Sioux, Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota, includes soldiers around a cooking fire, stacks of wood, boxes labeled "McClug Cracker Co. Crackers, Omaha & Council Bluffs,"...
- United States. Army. Infantry.--People--1890-1900.; United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency--1890-1900.; Dakota Indians--Government relations--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Government...
- 1891
- Dora Moore School scrap metal drive
- Photograph of students at Dora Moore Elementary School in Denver, Colorado collection scrap metal for the War Effort. Pictured are two boys holding pieces of metal. One of the boys puts a metal disc into a wooden basket held by two girls. The...
- World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects.; Dora Moore School (Denver, Colo.); Corona School (Denver, Colo.); Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1943 April
- Cano's Castle, Antonito
- View of Cano's Castle at the corner of 10th Avenue and State Street, in Antonito (Conejos County), Colorado. The eclectic building was built by Donald "Cano" Espinoza, a Native American Vietnam War Veteran. The building is built mainly out of scrap...
- Cano's Castle (Antonito, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Antonito (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Buildings.; Espinoza, Donald--Homes and haunts.; Cano's Castle (Antonito, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Buildings--Colorado--Antonito--Pictorial works.; Outsider...
- 2004
- Cano's Castle, Antonito, Colo.
- View of a part of Cano's Castle at the corner of 10th Avenue and State Street in Antonito (Conejos County), Colorado. The eclectic structure was built by Donald "Cano" Espinoza, a Native American Vietnam War Veteran. The structure was built mainly...
- Cano's Castle (Antonito, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Antonito (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Buildings.; Espinoza, Daniel--Homes and haunts.; Cano's Castle (Antonito, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Buildings--Colorado--Antonito--Pictorial works.; Outsider...
- 1991
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 6, 1911 February 4
- Miner's still
- A miner smokes a pipe as he sits next to rigged liquor still, possibly in Colorado. Hoses come from a wooden barrel set on stack of beams and wooden crates. The hoses lead to buckets in a freshly dug trench, the shovel is beside the man. Bottles,...
- Miners--Colorado--1910-1920.; Stills (Distilleries)--Colorado--1910-1920.
- [between 1915 and 1920]
- Denver
- View over rooftops east along 17th (Seventeenth) Avenue, Denver, Colorado, includes the Central Presbyterian Church, corner of the Brown Palace and street cable cars. Scrap lumber and laundry show in back yards of residences.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1897 and 1900]
- First Bank, Cripple Creek
- Exterior view of A. A. Ireland Real Estate and Mining Property, building shared by Bank of Cripple Creek (also called First National Bank), Cripple Creek, Colorado; six men pose on front steps of one-story false front with shed roof wood frame...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Banks--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; False fronts--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1893 and 1896]
- The Burns
- Interior view of the Burns Building, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, in final stages of construction. The upper balcony seats are set, but still wrapped; the decorative painting on the ceiling, walls and box seats is in process. The...
- Burns Building (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Building construction--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910- 1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1920.; Theaters--Colorado--Colorado...
- 1911 September 23
- Gladstone
- Ore cars, metal scrap, a shack, and dirt road follow Cement Creek in Gladstone, San Juan County, Colorado.
- Cement Creek (San Juan County, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Gladstone (Colo.)--1970-1980.
- 1972
- Alamosa
- One of the buildings moved to Alamosa, Colorado, from Garland City in 1878, has several store fronts with large pane windows, wood kickplates, pilasters, bracketed cornices and "Field & Hill" with painted faux marbeling. Three men in suits and hats...
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Alamosa--1880-1890.
- [1880]
- Resting place of old mining machinery 11th & Wazee Sts. Denver, Colo.
- Old mining cable hoists, boilers and scrap metal sit in a lot at 11th and Wazee streets in Denver, Colorado. In the background are downtown Denver businesses including the Mountain States Telephone Company building.
- Mining machinery--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Junkyards--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- 1938
- Fay "Rusty" Cox Rogers
- Fay "Rusty" Cox Rogers, parachute jumper, rigger, and instructor, looks through her scrap book. She wears a knit sweater with flower designs.
- Parachutists--1940-1950.; Teachers--1940-1950.; Women--1940-1950.; Rogers, Fay Cox, 1907-
- [between 1940 and 1945?]
- Baby Lilly Tabor - from Tabor's scrapbook
- View of Horace Tabor's scrapbook; shows clippings from "Harper' Bazaar" and the "Colorado Graphic," and illustrations of Elizabeth Bonduel Lillie Tabor (daughter of Horace and Baby Doe Tabor).
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Infants--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Scrapbooks--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Tabor, Elizabeth Bonduel Lillie, 1884-1946.
- 1935
- Gen. Cook's Army in camp, on French Creek, below old stockade
- View of General George Crook's expedition camp on French Creek in the Black Hills, Dakota Territory, shows United States lounging infantry men, brush and scrap canvas wickiups and lean-tos, and a few wall army tents in distance. These soldiers are...
- Crook, George, 1829-1890--Journeys--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Crook, George, 1829-1890--Staff.; United States. Army.--1870-1880.; Dakota Indians--War--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--War--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.;...
- [September 1876?]
- Loco #3606 & freight D&RGW 3606, 2-8-8-2 simple articulated, northbound on D&RGW-ATSF (ATSF MP 715)
- View of Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad locomotive 3606 approaching Sedalia, Colorado, northbound on the D&RGW / Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe joint line. Hay and chicken wire are piled above the headlamp.
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--1930-1940.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.--1930-1940.; Sedalia (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Sedalia--1930-1940.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Sedalia--1930-1940.
- 1930
- Loco #3606 & freight D & RGW 3606, 2-8-8-2 simple articulated, northbound on D & RGW-ATSF (ATSF MP 715)
- View of Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad locomotive 3606, approaching Sedalia, Colorado, northbound, on the D&RGW / Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe joint line. Hay and chicken wire are piled above the headlamp.
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--1930-1940.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.--1930-1940.; Sedalia (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Sedalia--1930-1940.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Sedalia--1930-1940.
- 1930
- Locomotive (D & SL) (391)
- Denver, Northwestern & Pacific Locomotive Engine 391 with tender and open boxcar, class 19, type 4-4-0; scrapped at Utah Junction railyard, Adams County, Colorado; it is shorn of high wheels and tailored with much smaller wheels for grades of the...
- Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway--1910-1920.; Utah Junction (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Utah Junction--1910-1920.
- [between 1919 and 1920]
- Locomotive (D & SL) (391)
- Denver, Northwestern & Pacific Locomotive, Engine 391 with tender and open boxcar; class 19, type 4-4-0; scrapped at Utah Junction railyard, Adams County, Colorado; it is shorn of high wheels and tailored with much smaller wheels for grades of...
- Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway--1910-1920.; Utah Junction (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Utah Junction--1910-1920.
- [between 1913 and 1920]
- Larimer Street
- View of Larimer Street (2200 block), in Denver, Colorado; shows a metal scrap yard, storefronts, and signs: "Colorado Towel & Linen Supply Co," "Lutz Auto Service."
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Junkyards--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- D&RGW combination coach baggage 552
- Side view of Denver and Rio Grande Western combination coach and baggage car 552, Burnham Shops, Denver railroad yards, Colorado; lettering on car reads: "Baggage Railway Express Agency 552." Spare and scrap parts are in piles in foreground.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Railroad shops & yards--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- July 1944
- Mountain Iron Works
- View of horse-drawn wagons on Osage Street in Denver, Colorado; also shows piles of scrap metal and debris, men working, and a brick factory with lettering: "Foundry, The Mountain Iron Works Co.," "Sand Blast Room," "Foundry," and "Pattern Shop."
- Mountain Iron Works Co. (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Foundries--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.
- [between 1911 and 1921]
- Alma, Colo. July 4, 1887
- View of a Fourth of July parade along Main Street in Alma, (10,353 feet) in Park County, Colorado, includes a man mounted on horseback leading a band with horns and bass drum, followed by horse drawn carriages and groups of uniformed men. A long...
- Fourth of July--1880-1890.; Alma (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Marching bands--1880-1890.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Alma--1880-1890.
- 1887
- Eaton Metal Products Co.
- View of Eaton Metal Products Company in Denver, Colorado; shows men posed, a crane with scrap metal, and a sign: "Eaton."
- Eaton Metal Products Company (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Metalworking industries--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Carson
- View of Carson, an old mining camp in Hinsdale County, Colorado, includes the remains of several wood frame and log structures in a clearing below evergreens and bare mountain slopes. The old false front saloon is far right and the post office is...
- Carson (Colo.)--1960-1970.
- 1960
- The Morrison house, official residence of Lord Mayor Fletcher, Ashville
- Lord Mayor Fletcher, two children and two men pose in front of his home in Ashville, Colorado. A man sits in a rocker with a Chinese Pug on his lap, another man wearing a sack jacket stands next to a small girl. A young boy stands in a pile of...
- Ashville (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Ashcroft--1870-1890.; Huts--Colorado--Ashcroft--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890]
- Aroya, Colorado
- View of dilapidated structures in Aroya (also spelled Arroyo) Cheyenne County, Colorado; includes a one-story small side gable building covered with a hipped roof canopy supported by a Y-shape post; remains of other wood frame additions attached to...
- Aroya (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Building deterioration--Colorado--Aroya--1980-1990.
- 1988
- Aroya, Colorado
- View of a dilapidated composite of structures in Aroya (also spelled Arroyo) Cheyenne County, Colorado; features a one-story small side gable building covered with a hipped roof canopy supported by a Y-shape post; lighthouse-like tower structure...
- Aroya (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Building deterioration--Colorado--Aroya--1980-1990.
- 1988
- Shanti [sic] town
- View of shanties on a dirt road near probably 19th (Nineteenth) Avenue and Clay Street in the Jefferson Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Houses are made of wood and corrugated metal and have chimneys and roofs patched with shingles and sheet...
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Jefferson Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1930-1940.; Huts--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- RGS narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 42, engine type 2-8-0
- Three-quarter view of left side of engine, from front end, close view; ready for scrap train run. Photographed: Durango, Colorado, 1952(?).
- Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Durango--1950-1960.; Durango (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Durango--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- [1952?]
- RGS narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 461, engine type 2-8-2
- Right side view of engine, close view, with caboose 0400; on scrap train. Photographed: near Lizard Head, Colorado, October 10, 1952.
- Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Lizard Head--1950-1960.; Lizard Head (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Lizard Head--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- 1952
- RGS narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 461, engine type 2-8-2
- Right rear view of engine; on scrap train with caboose 0400. Photographed: near Lizard Head, Colorado, October 10, 1952.
- Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Lizard Head--1950-1960.; Lizard Head (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Lizard Head--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- 1952
- RGS narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 461, engine type 2-8-2
- Right rear view of engine; on scrap train; smoke. Photographed: near Lizard Head, Colorado, October 10, 1952.
- Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Lizard Head--1950-1960.; Lizard Head (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Lizard Head--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- 1952
- RGS narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 461, engine type 2-8-2
- Head on, close view; scrap train on curved trestle; smoke; steam. Photographed: Butterfly, Colorado, November 7, 1952.
- Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Butterfly--1950-1960.; Butterfly (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Butterfly--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- 1952
- RGS narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 461, engine type 2-8-2
- Head on, close view; scrap train backing on curved trestle; smoke; steam. Photographed: Butterfly, Colorado, November 7, 1952.
- Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Butterfly--1950-1960.; Butterfly (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Butterfly--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- 1952
- RGS narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 461, engine type 2-8-2
- Three-quarter view of right side of engine, from front end; with caboose 0400 and scrap train; smoke. Photographed: near Lizard Head, Colorado, October 10, 1952.
- Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Lizard Head--1950-1960.; Lizard Head (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Lizard Head--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- 1952
- RGS narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 461, engine type 2-8-2
- Right rear view of engine; scrap car in foreground; engine 461, caboose 0400, two flats in distance; at siding. Photographed: Lizard Head, Colorado, October 11, 1952.
- Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Lizard Head--1950-1960.; Lizard Head (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Lizard Head--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- 1952
- RGS narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 461, engine type 2-8-2
- Right rear view of engine, very distant view; scrap train backing, near Ames; scenic. Photographed: near Butterfly, Colorado, November 7, 1952.
- Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Butterfly--1950-1960.; Butterfly (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Butterfly--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- 1952
- RGS narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 461, engine type 2-8-2
- Three-quarter view of right side of engine, from front end, distant view; scrap train backing on curved trestle; smoke. Photographed: Butterfly, Colorado, November 7, 1952.
- Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Butterfly--1950-1960.; Butterfly (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Butterfly--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- 1952
- RGS narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 461, engine type 2-8-2
- Right rear view of engine, close view; scrap train backing through brush toward trestle approach; smoke. Photographed: Butterfly, Colorado, November 7, 1952.
- Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Butterfly--1950-1960.; Butterfly (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Butterfly--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- 1952
- RGS narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 461, engine type 2-8-2
- Three-quarter view of right side of engine, from front end, distant view; scrap train backing on curved trestle; smoke. Photographed: Butterfly, Colorado, November 7, 1952.
- Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Butterfly--1950-1960.; Butterfly (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Butterfly--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- 1952
- RGS narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 461, engine type 2-8-2
- Three-quarter view of right side of engine, from front end; scrap train backing on curved trestle; smoke. Photographed: Butterfly, Colorado, November 7, 1952.
- Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Butterfly--1950-1960.; Butterfly (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Butterfly--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- 1952
- RGS narrow gauge motor car number 7
- Left rear view of motor car, close view; Goose at Brinkerhoff Brothers scrap yard. (The Brinkerhoff Brothers of Rico had the scrapping contract.) Photographed: Rico, Colorado, April 12, 1967.
- Railroad motor-cars--1960-1970.; Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Rico--1960-1970.; Rico (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad cars--Colorado--Rico--1960-1970.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- 1967
- RGS narrow gauge motor car number 7
- Left side view of motor car, close view; Goose at Brinkerhoff Brothers scrap yard. (The Brinkerhoff Brothers of Rico had the scrapping contract.) Photographed: Rico, Colorado, April 12, 1967.
- Railroad motor-cars--1960-1970.; Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Rico--1960-1970.; Rico (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad cars--Colorado--Rico--1960-1970.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- 1967
- American Smelting & Refining Co., Pueblo, Colo.
- Partial view of American Smelting and Refining Company, Pueblo, Colorado, a smelter and refinery; shows warehouse style buildings, smokestacks, water tank, ore cart tracks, pile of coal, stacked rails, wheelbarrows, and scrap materials.
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Smelters--Colorado--Pueblo--1890-1910.; American Smelting and Refining Company.
- [between 1899 and 1910?]