Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Fraternal Club Local 465 Waiters and Porters
- View of 2621 Welton in the Five Points neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The building houses the African American Protective Order of Dining-Car Waiters and Porters, Local #465, associated with the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. The entrance...
- Protective Order of Dining-Car Waiters and Porters, local 465--Buildings--1980-1990.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Railroad employees unions.; Clubs.; Protective Order of Dining Car-Waiters and Porters, local...
- 1981
- Fraternal Club Local 465 Waiters and Porters
- View of 2621 Welton in the Five Points neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The building houses the African American Protective Order of Dining-Car Waiters and Porters, Local #465, associated with the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. The entrance...
- Protective Order of Dining-Car Waiters and Porters, local 465--Buildings--1990-2000.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Railroad employees unions.; Clubs.; Protective Order of Dining Car-Waiters and Porters, local...
- 1995
- Ready to board "no. 9"
- Men in women in Victorian costumes pose beside a Pullman "sleeping car" no. 9. The women wear long dresses, and hats. The men wear suits and top hats. The costumes have ruffles, embroidery, and lace.
- Costumes--1920-1930.; Railroad passenger cars--1920-1930.; Women--1920-1930.
- c1923
- Sleeping Ute Mtn. & rain
- View of Sleeping Ute Mountain, Montezuma County, Colorado, in a thunderstorm.
- Sleeping Ute Mountain (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Storms--Colorado--Montezuma County--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Sleeping Ute Mtn.
- View of Sleeping Ute Mountain, Montezuma County, Colorado.
- Sleeping Ute Mountain (Colo.)--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Sleeping Ute Mt.
- Native American men and women (Utes) stand with two white men in front of a wickiup made of timbers and covered with strips of fibrous material. Shows a saddle and pottery jug. Sleeping Ute Mountain is in the background.
- Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Ute Indians--1880-1900.; Sleeping Ute Mountain (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Wickiups--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Soldier in a snow trench with sleeping bag
- View of a sunburned Tenth Mountain Division soldier posing for a photograph in a snow trench with his sleeping bag in front of him. It is placed on top of pine boughs. Taken near Camp Hale, Colorado.
- Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Military life--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [1943-1944]
- View of Sleeping Ute Mountain from Yucca House National Monument
- View of Sleeping Ute Mountain from Yucca House National Monument on the Ute Mountain Indian Reservation in southwestern Colorado. Shows sagebrush and a meadow in Montezuma Valley.
- Montezuma Valley (Colo.)--1970-1990.; Sleeping Ute Mountain (Colo.)--1970-1990.; Ute Mountain Indian Reservation (Colo.)--1970-1990.; Yucca House National Monument (Colo.)--1970-1990.; Meadows--Colorado--Yucca House National Monument--1970-1990.;...
- [between 1975 and 1981?]
- B.B.'s treasure hunt [art original].
- Buffalo Bill climbs stealthily up and onto a mountain ledge and a sleeping bandit.
- Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917--Pictorial works.; Dime novels--Illustrations.; Painting, American.; Cowboys--Pictorial works.; Cowboys in art.; Watercolors (Paintings)
- 1916
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 7, 1909 April 3
- Cortez
- View of Cortez (Montezuma County), Colorado; shows houses, yards, outhouses, horses and buggies, laundry, a woman, a lawn sprinkler, signs: "Charles Duff General Merchandise," "Journal Building," and Sleeping Ute Mountain.
- Cortez (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Sleeping Ute Mountain (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Backyards--Colorado--Cortez--1900-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Cortez--1900-1920.; Privies--Colorado--Cortez--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Woman reading in park, man lying on ground beside her
- Outdoor portrait of a couple in a Denver, Colorado park; she is reading; he is sleeping.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Reading--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Sleeping--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Sleeping Ute Mtn. from Mesa Verde
- Sleeping Ute Mountain is in the distance in this view from Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado.
- Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1910-1930.; National parks & reserves--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930]
- Sleeping Toad
- View of the Sleeping Toad rock formation at Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. The rock formation resembles the silhouette of a toad.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Parks--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Rock formations--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Office & employees sleeping quarters
- A view of the two story employees sleeping quarters and office of located on the Denver County Farm (Denver Farm) in Henderson, Colorado. The residence features a covered porch, stucco exterior walls, slate shingled roof and landscaping. The farm...
- Denver Farm--1930-1940.; Henderson (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Almshouses--Colorado--Henderson--1930-1940.; Farms--Colorado--Henderson--1930-1940.; Labor housing--Colorado--Henderson--1930-1940.; Offices--Colorado--Henderson--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- View from Mesa Verde road
- View of the northern bluff of Mesa Verde National Park, in Montezuma County, Colorado; also shows Sleeping Ute Mountain.
- Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Montezuma County (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Sleeping Ute Mountain (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Cliffs--Colorado--Montezuma County--1920-1940.
- [between 1922 and 1935?]
- Omaha papoose
- View of a sleeping Native American Omaha baby in a cradleboard that leans against an animal fur on a tepee.
- Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Omaha Indians--1880-1900.; Children sleeping--1880-1900.; Cradleboards--1880-1900.; Infants--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Desert Madonna a Navajo
- Studio portrait (standing) of a Native American (Navajo) woman who holds a sleeping child on her back with a fringed blanket.
- Indians of North America--1900-1940.; Navajo Indians--1900-1940.; Mothers & children--1900-1940.; Sleeping--1900-1940.; Women--1900-1940.
- [between 1904 and 1932]
- East High spotlight: vol 30 no 10
- 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.)
- 1944 March 23
- The Real Pioneers of Colorado
- Transcript of a document originally written by Maria Davies McGrath in 1934. This document contains transcripts of all three volumes, arranged alphabetically by pioneers last name. Within each entry is a brief biography of the individual (s) who...
- Pioneers--Colorado.; Colorado--Biography.
- 1934
- Highland Tavern
- View of the entrance to the Highland Tavern at 3400 Navajo Street in the Highland Neighborhood, Denver Colorado. The building is a single story red brick structure with large windows facing an outdoor seating area. A sign above the door is...
- Highland Tavern (Denver, Colo.)--2010-2020.; Highland (Denver, Colo.)--2010-2020.; Denver (Colo.)--2010-2020.; Bars (Drinking establishments); Highland Tavern (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Bars (Drinking...
- 2010
- Graves of the Bell children, Riverside Cemetery, Denver
- View of three headstones in block 5, lot 59 of t 5201 Brighton Boulevard in the Elyria-Swansea neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The three headstones portrays a girl with a doll, a sleeping baby, and a boy riding a rocking horse. The graves are for...
- Riverside Cemetery (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Elyria-Swansea (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Cemeteries.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments.; Bell family--Tombs.; Riverside Cemetery (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.;...
- 1995
- 791 Newport Street
- View of facade and south elevation of 791 Newport Street (1902 : Frank Paradice) in the Montclair neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. This "TB style" home was designed to allow light and air into the building as a cure for tuberculosis. The sleeping...
- Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Montclair (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Houses.; Dwellings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Denver (Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Montclair (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- ca. 1975
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 49, 1911 December 2
- Municipal Facts: Volume 10 Numbers 1 and 2, 1927 January-February
- Municipal Facts: Volume 11 Numbers 3 and 4, 1928 March-April
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 4, 1910 January 22
- Cortez, Colorado
- View of frame or brick houses and commercial buildings in Cortez (Montezuma County), Colorado. Shows fenced yards with cultivated gardens, outhouses, sheds, and timber piles near commercial buildings with signs that read: "Journal Building" and...
- Cortez (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Backyards--Colorado--Cortez--1910-1920.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Cortez--1910-1920.; Gardens--Colorado--Cortez--1910-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Cortez--1910-1920.; Privies--Colorado--Cortez--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915?]
- Catholic sisters & girls bldg., Longmont, Colo.
- View of the old college structure converted into the St. Joseph's Academy Catholic School by Franciscan Sisters, Fifth Avenue between Baker and Atwood Streets, Longmont, Colorado. A 1907 sleeping porch addition has been added on the south side of...
- Longmont (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Church schools--Colorado--Longmont--1920-1930.
- 1926 November 30
- Birds Eye View of Leadville Lake County, Colo. 1879
- Bird's eye view rendering shows Leadville, Lake County, Colorado as dwellings, mining facilities, and mountains. Printing reads: "Court House, Jail, Public School, M. E. Church, Roman Catholic Church, Presbyterian Church, Office of the Daily...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.
- 1879
- Bed-room Eng. 5 - D.F.D.
- Interior view of sleeping quarters, Denver, Colorado, fire department; shows brass beds and fire pole.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Fire stations--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Interiors.; Denver (Colo.). Fire Department.
- [between 1907 and 1915?]
- Georgetown
- A gravestone in the Georgetown, Clear Creek County, Colorado, cemetery depicts flowers and reads: "Eliza. Wife of Edward Harvey(?). Died ??. Aged 55 Years. Weep not for me my husband dear, I am not dead but sleeping here. I am not yours but God's...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Georgetown--1930-1970.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Georgetown--1930- 1970.
- [between 1933 and 1970]
- Pine Log Inn, Eldora Lake
- Exterior view of Pine Log Inn, Lake Eldora, Colorado; constructed by 1912; two-story hotel, wooden frame building, bottom half exterior constructed of log siding & top half with painted boards or siding, deck or porch, split railing for handrails,...
- Pine Log Inn (Eldora, Colo.); Eldora (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Hotels--Colorado--Eldora--1910-1920.
- [between 1912 and 1917]
- The Antlers, Colorado Springs, Col.
- East facade view of the Antlers Hotel, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, shows U-shape plan, pediments, square towers with lookouts, chimneys, balconies with potted palms, awnings, arched windows, porte- cochere, and bicycles lean on the arcaded...
- Antlers Hotel (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--Buildings--1900-1910.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.
- 1901
- Captain Albert Jackman and Lieutenant Paul Townsend inside an Everest Tent, on Mount Rainier, Washington
- View of Captain Albert Jackman and Lieutenant Paul Townsend of the 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment (re-enforced) inside a green Everest Tent during the Mount Rainier Test Expedition. Jackman is taking notes and Townsend is reading. Equipment...
- Rainier, Mount (Wash.)--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Washington (State)--1940-1950.; Tents--Washington (State)--1940-1950.; Jackman, Albert H.; Townsend, Paul.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.; United States. Army. Mountain...
- [May 1942]
- Columbian Hotel, Trinidad, Colorado
- View looking northwest at the Columbian Hotel, built in 1879, Trinidad, Colorado. This three story brick and stone structure features bracketed cornices and a mitred entry with a curvelinear pediment. Colonettes and palmettes on the pediment...
- Columbian Hotel (Trinidad, Colo.)--1960-1980.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Hotels--Colorado--Trinidad--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Tesuque buck & pappoose, [sic] A.T. & S.F.R.R.
- An unidentified Native American man of Tesuque Pueblo, New Mexico, poses with a child on his back; both wrapped in a blanket. A sleeping dog and cracked adobe wall show behind them.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Tesuque Pueblo--1880-1910.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Tesuque Pueblo--1880-1910.; Tewa Indians--Children--New Mexico--Tesuque Pueblo--1880-1910.; Tesuque Pueblo (N.M.)--1880-1910.; Boys--New Mexico--Tesuque...
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- 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?]
- Lake Eldora - 1942
- View of Lake Eldora, Boulder County, Colorado; features the lake called "Kaanawha" (Lake Eldora, or Kanawha) with buildings around it including Dixie Lodge, long log building with sleeping porches and Asian details, a stone building buttressed with...
- Eldora, Lake (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Lake Eldora (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Lake Eldora--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Sierra El Late and Cortez, Colo.
- View of Cortez (Montezuma County) Colorado; shows a school, oil rigging, residences, church building, and Sleeping Ute Mountain (Sierra El Late).
- Cortez (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Cortez--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Denver hospitals & sanitariums, Agnes Memorial
- Interior view of the Agnes Memorial Sanatorium (built by Lawrence Phipps; opened in 1903; closed 1932); a row of female patients sit on rocking chairs placed between beds on a sleeping porch.
- Agnes Memorial Sanatorium (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Hospitals--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Sanatoriums--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1903 and 1920?]
- Athletic Club's new addition
- View of the Denver Athletic Club building on Glenarm Street in Denver, Colorado, during construction; shows a brick and stone structure with arched windows. Apartments are at the corner of 13th (Thirteenth) Street.
- Denver Athletic Club (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Athletic clubs--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Organizations' facilities--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1926 May 5
- Larimer Street doorway
- View of 1828 1/2 Larimer Street, in Denver, Colorado; sign reads: "Odelia Hotel Rooms to Rent Sleeping Rooms Weekly Rates Monthly Rates."
- Odelia Hotel (Denver, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Doors & doorways--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Lodging houses--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1969?]
- Fort Logan World War I
- A 113 Class 2-8-0 freight engine No. 589 heads up a Denver and Rio Grande train of Pullman sleeping cars. Officers guide a troop of infantry men onto the train ready to depart from Fort Logan, a World War I assembly point for young soldiers,...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1910-1920.; Transportation, Military--Colorado--Fort Logan--1910-1920.; World War, 1914-1918--Military life--Colorado--Fort Logan.; Fort Logan (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Soldiers--Colorado--Fort...
- [1917 or 1918]
- Fort Logan World War I
- A 113 Class 2-8-0 freight engine No. 589 heads up a Denver and Rio Grande train of Pullman sleeping cars. Long line of troops ready to depart from Fort Logan, a World War I assembly point for young soldiers, Colorado stand beside the train.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1910-1920.; Transportation, Military--Colorado--Fort Logan--1910-1920.; World War, 1914-1918--Military life--Colorado--Fort Logan.; Soldiers--Colorado--Fort Logan--1910-1920.; United States. Army....
- [1917 or 1918]
- Fort Logan World War I
- Uniformed troops of infantry men board a Denver and Rio Grande train of Pullman sleeping cars, about to depart Fort Logan, a World War I assembly point for young soldiers, Colorado. Many wear uniforms consisting of jackets, jodhpurs, gaiters, boots...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1910-1920.; Transportation, Military--Colorado--Fort Logan--1910-1920.; World War, 1914-1918--Military life--Colorado--Fort Logan.; Soldiers--Colorado--Fort Logan--1910-1920.; United States. Army....
- [1917 or 1918]
- Fort Logan World War I
- A 113 Class 2-8-0 freight engine No. 589 heads up a Denver and Rio Grande train of Pullman sleeping cars. Officers guide a troop of infantry men onto the train ready to depart from Fort Logan, a World War I assembly point for young soldiers,...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1910-1920.; Transportation, Military--Colorado--Fort Logan--1910-1920.; World War, 1914-1918--Military life--Colorado--Fort Logan.; Soldiers--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; United States. Army....
- [1917 or 1918]
- Fort Logan World War I
- A Denver and Rio Grande engine smokes, heading up a train of Pullman sleeping cars. Infantry men form line to the train ready to depart from Fort Logan, a World War I assembly point for young soldiers, Colorado. The soldiers wear uniforms...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1910-1920.; Transportation, Military--Colorado--Fort Logan--1910-1920.; World War, 1914-1918--Military life--Colorado--Fort Logan.; Soldiers--Colorado--Fort Logan--1910-1920.; United States. Army....
- [1917 or 1918]
- Fort Logan World War I
- Officers look on as infantry men board Pullman sleeping cars headed up by a Denver and Rio Grande 113 Class 2-8-0 freight engine No. 589. The train ready to depart from Fort Logan, a World War I assembly point for young soldiers, Colorado. Many...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1910-1920.; Transportation, Military--Colorado--Fort Logan--1910-1920.; World War, 1914-1918--Military life--Colorado--Fort Logan.; Soldiers--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; United States. Army....
- [1917 or 1918]
- Fort Logan World War I
- Officers look on as infantry men gather to board Pullman sleeping cars headed up by a Denver and Rio Grande 113 Class 2-8-0 freight engine No. 589. The train readies to depart from Fort Logan, Colorado, a World War I assembly point for young...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1910-1920.; Transportation, Military--Colorado--Fort Logan--1910-1920.; World War, 1914-1918--Military life--Colorado--Fort Logan.; Soldiers--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; United States. Army....
- [1917 or 1918]