Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Touring Morrison
- Men (some smoking pipes) ride a surrey in Morrison, Jefferson County, Colorado. A man sitting on the kickboard wears a conductor's hat and has a dog in his lap; a small boy is beside him.
- Morrison (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Dogs--Colorado--Morrison--1890-1900.; Tourists--Colorado--Morrison--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Loveland sugar factory
- View of the Great Western Sugar Company factory, Loveland, Colorado, shows the multi-building sugar beet processing plant with smoking smokestacks, and built up wooden dump ramp.
- Loveland (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Factories--Colorado--Loveland--1910-1920.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Loveland--1910-1920.; Great Western Sugar Company.
- 1910
- Station at Coal Creek, Denver & Salt Lake R. R.
- View of the brick depot at Coal Creek (later Oak Creek), Colorado; shows smoking locomotive with two passenger cars on standard- gauge track (probably a "Miner's Special"), a large crowd gathered between the depot and the track, a box car on siding...
- Coal Creek (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Coal Creek--1910-1920.
- [1915?]
- Station at Yampa, Denver & Salt Lake R. R.
- View of the brick train depot at Yampa, Colorado, reached via the Moffat Road; shows two standard-gauge tracks (one with smoking locomotive no. 302 attached to passenger cars), railroad employees (including a conductor), and a crate with sign:...
- Yampa (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Yampa--1910-1920.
- [1915?]
- Alpine
- View of Alpine Coal Mine structures, Gunnison County, Colorado, shows smoking stacks, headframe and piles of timber. Renamed Baldwin in 1910.
- Alpine Mine (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Gunnison County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Gunnison County--1910-1920.
- 1910
- El Paso Tex
- Businesses flank dirt street in El Paso, Texas. Men and buggies are along boardwalks and streetcar tracks; signs read: "Arctic Soda," "Boots & Shoes," "E. C. Pew," "Berrotts Wines & Liquor," "Milwaukee Beer Hall," and "Royal Ins. Co." A cigar...
- El Paso (Tex.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Texas--El Paso--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- A core of solid statuary marble 11 ft long, 2 3/4 in diameter, taken by diamond drill from a depth of 235 ft below the surface, showing the vastness of the deposit Quarries at Marble, Colo.
- In Marble, Gunnison County, Colorado, at the Colorado-Yule Marble Comapany, a man poses with an 11 foot core of white stone. He wears a suit, bow tie and gold chain, and a Cocker Spaniel runs by his foot. A wooden drum is to the side; a frame...
- Quarries and quarrying--Colorado--Marble--1910-1920.; Marble (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Marble quarrying--Colorado--Marble--1910-1920.; Colorado Yule Marble Company.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- In the workshop, Colorado-Yule Marble Company, Marble, Colorado
- Men work in Marble, Gunnison County, Colorado, in the Colorado- Yule Marble Company's mill "B". Carts of stone are on central tracks, flanked by worktables. The workers have buckets of water and handtools; lightbulbs hang from interior overhead...
- Quarries and quarrying--Colorado--Marble--1910-1920.; Marble (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Marble quarrying--Colorado--Marble--1910-1920.; Colorado Yule Marble Company.
- [between 1910 and 1917?]
- Ruins of "Old Main" just after fire
- People look the ruins of "Old Main," on the campus of Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado. A crane is in the smoking rubble.
- Colorado State University--1970-1980.; Fort Collins (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Fires--Colorado--Fort Collins--1970-1980.; Students--Colorado--Fort Collins--1970-1980.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Fort Collins--1970-1980.
- May 9, 1970
- Apteka Pharmacy and Sunday papers, 9:00 PM.
- A customer pulls a Sunday paper off the stack on the counter of the Apteka Pharmacy, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. The drug store includes a display of oil lamps, a soda fountain with a snow cone machine and "Tasty Great" ice cream cones. Signs...
- Ouray (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Drugstores--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.
- September 1979
- Corner Stark Bros Mercantile Company Co St Elmo Colo
- Stark Brothers Mercantile Company, Saint Elmo, Chaffee County, Colorado, interior shelves hold canned goods, kerosene lamps, shoes and starched collars. A "116 Oak" parlour stove is to one side; a Toledo scale is on the counter. Brand names include...
- Saint Elmo (Colo.)--1960-1970.; General stores--Colorado--Saint Elmo--1960-1970.; Interiors--Colorado--Saint Elmo--1960-1970.; Scales--Colorado--Saint Elmo--1960-1970.; Stoves--Colorado--Saint Elmo--1960-1970.
- 1965
- View of the works of the Windham Silver Mining and Smelting Company, at Windham, Ouray County, Colorado
- Windham Silver Mining and Smelting company, Windham, Ouray County, Colorado, has a smoking, frame processing plant. Mt. Abram is in the distance.
- Windham Silver Mining and Smelting Company (Windham, Colo.)--1870-1890.; Windham (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Ore industry--Colorado--Windham--1870-1890.; Silver mining--Colorado--Windham--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890]
- Windham Silver Mining, Colo.
- In Windham, Ouray County, Colorado, men pose by a smoking blast furnace at Windham Silver Mining and Smelting Company. The frame processing plant is built into a slope; water runs from a flume; ingots are stacked.
- Windham Silver Mining and Smelting Company (Windham, Colo.)--1870-1890.; Windham (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Furnaces--Colorado--Windham--1870-1890.; Silver mining--Colorado--Windham--1870-1890.; Smelters--Colorado--Windham--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890]
- Baltimore mine, John Catren(?), Jesse Claire, Dick Chappel
- Three men dressed in dirty overalls and hats stand in front of a wooden shack at the Baltimore mine in Silver Plume, Clear Creek County, Colorado. A sign on the shack reads: "Private Property No Camping No Fires No Smoking."
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Miners--Colorado--Silver Plume--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Silver Plume--1920-1930.
- 1927?
- Colorado Springs
- Fields surround a residence and four-story institutional buildings in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, with snowy mountains in the background. The Bellevue Sanitarium has a gambrel roof and dormers; the Saint Francis Hospital has spires...
- Bellevue Sanitarium (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Saint Francis Hospital (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hospitals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Mountains--Colorado--Colorado...
- [between 1890 and 1895?]
- At 26th & West Colorado
- View from Twenty-sixth along West Colorado, in the Colorado City business district, El Paso County, Colorado, shows men at work on the eastbound streetcar tracks; one trowels fresh concrete; tie piles along the sidewalk to be used in rebuilding the...
- Colorado City (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Construction--Colorado--Colorado City--1910-1920.; Street railroads--Colorado--Colorado City--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Glenwood Springs, Colo., Colo. Midland Ry.
- Right side of panorama over Glenwood Springs, Colorado; shows the business district, brick buildings, the Colorado Midland spur across the Roaring Fork River on a combination trestle and Howe truss bridge, Denver and Rio Grande's depot with twin...
- Colorado Midland Railway Company--1900-1910.; Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1900-1910.; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1900-1910.; Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1900-1910.; Railroad...
- [between 1908 and 1910]
- Leadville, Colo. altitude, 10,200 feet above sea level Mt. Massive, the highest mountain in Colorado
- View over Leadville, Lake County, Colorado, shows dwellings, businesses and smoking mining facilities with Mount Massive in the distance.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1900-1910.
- December 12, 1906
- Warden Roy Best
- Roy Best, Warden of the State Penitentiary, sits at his desk, wearing a tie and sweater, Canon City, Fremont County, Colorado. Smoking, he holds weapons crudely fashioned by inmates. The mess on his desk includes a letter opener, a matchbook, packs...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Prison wardens--Colorado--Canon City--1940-1950.; Interiors.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1940-1950.; Best, Roy.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1945 and 1950?]
- On top o the world, Denver & Salt Lake R. R.
- View of a woman standing on a rocky cliff above mountainous landscape and smoking Denver and Salt Lake Railroad locomotive and passenger cars.
- Denver and Salt Lake Railroad Company--1910-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1910-1920.
- [1915?]
- Central City water supply
- The Central City, Colorado, water supply delivered water to the town of Central City and the surrounding areas from the early eighteen seventies to the mid-eighteen eighties, when the city's water pipes were laid. The wagon, which is drawn by a...
- Central City (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Central City--1870-1890.; Water supply--Colorado--Central City--1870-1890.
- [between 1871 and 1888?]
- Mine or power plant
- View of a smoking mining facility, dirt road, and hills, possibly in Colorado.
- Mining--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Ind-Pueblo, religion, kivas, interior, Pueblo Indians
- Interior view of kiva shows Native American Pueblo men performing a sacred rite around a smoking fire. The light from the fire illuminates the silhouetted participants and the curved walls with an access ladder.
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Spiritual life--1900-1910.; Interiors--1900-1910.; Kivas--1900-1910.; Rites & ceremonies--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Chief Buckskin Charlie - Ute
- Standing studio portrait of Chief Buckskin Charlie, a Native American man (Ute) wearing a moustache; costume includes a feather headdress, a hair pipe choker, metal crosses and a Rutherford Hayes Indian Peace Medal. He holds a beaded bag and a...
- Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Ute Indians--Clothing & dress--1880-1900.; Buckskin Charlie, Ute Chief.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Eureka Street, Central City
- Eureka Street, Central City, Colorado, is crowded with cars and jeeps in a view that looks toward Central Hill. Four people sit in a jeep in the foreground. A man smoking a cigarette drives the jeep; another man wearing a hat, glasses, and...
- Central City (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Flags--Colorado--Central City--1960-1970.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1960-1970.
- 1965
- Man at home
- A man sits in a brocade armchair, wearing a smoking jacket (?); a glazed ceramic lamp has a shade with fringe, flowers fill a crystal vase, and the furniture has ornate carving.
- Houses--1920-1930.; Interiors--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Indian San Juan abodes
- Reproduction of a lithograph shows San Juan Pueblo Native Americans, posed in front of an adobe house with a timber balcony and smoking chimneys.
- Indians of North America--Children--New Mexico--San Juan Pueblo--1880-1920.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--San Juan Pueblo--1880-1920.; Tewa Indians--Women--New Mexico--San Juan Pueblo--1880-1920.; San Juan Pueblo (N.M.)--1880-1920.; Pueblos--New...
- [between 1880 and 1920?]
- Indians Pueblo San Juan
- Reproduction of a lithograph of San Juan Pueblo, New Mexico, shows adobe house blocks with ladders and smoking chimneys, Native Americans, some on horseback, a wooden cart, a burro, and the mission church.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--San Juan Pueblo--1880-1920.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--San Juan Pueblo--1880-1920.; Tewa Indians--New Mexico--San Juan Pueblo--1880-1920.; San Juan Pueblo (N.M.)--1880-1920.; Pueblos--New Mexico--San Juan...
- [between 1880 and 1920?]
- Georgetown
- Stereograph view of Georgetown, Colorado, looking south; shows a wooden structure through which a mining pulley goes up Griffith Mountain, the Methodist Church, the old school, smoking smelter on Chimney Rock, and city blocks that are fenced fields.
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1880.
- [between 1874 and 1877?]
- Dancers
- Dancers, a male and four females, pose seated on a flat wooden amusement ride called a "Roulette Wheel", probably in Denver, Colorado. The man wears a suit and tie, the women wear two piece suits with tap shoes and berets. A sign reads: "No...
- Amusement parks--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Amusement rides--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Dancers--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Blackfoot family
- Group portrait of a Native American (Blackfoot, Siksika) family shows a man, two girls, and a woman sitting outside of a tepee on an open plain. The man is smoking a pipe and wears fringed clothing and a blanket around his waist. The children wear...
- Indians of North America--Children--1880-1890.; Siksika Indians--Women--1880-1890.; Tipis--1880-1890.
- 1890
- Crow women in cornfield
- Native American (Crow) men and women are sitting in a circle in a cornfield and appear to be shucking corn. One man may be smoking a pipe.
- Crow Indians--Women--1900-1920.; Indians of North America--Domestic life--1900-1920.; Corn husking--1900-1920.; Croplands--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1915?]
- Woman and turkey
- A woman poses wearing a winter coat and cloche hat by a turkey standing on a barrel. Sign reads: "No Smoking."
- Turkeys--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Couple in costume
- A man and woman pose in Denver, Colorado. Costume includes a a trench coat, tie, hat, glasses, a smoking pipe, skirt, blouse, fur muff, feather boa, hat, and glasses.
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Costumes--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Interior, Pease Store, Georgetown, Colorado
- Interior view of Pease Store, in Georgetown, Colorado. A long counter runs the length of the room on the left, with large jars and a paper rack on top. Crates, boxes, and signs read: "Denver, Colo.," "Butter Nut Bread," "Auto Service," "Soda...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Merchandise displays--Colorado--Georgetown--1910-1920.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Georgetown--1910-1920.
- 1915
- Hamill House, Georgetown, Colorado
- Interior view of the Hamill House, in Georgetown, Colorado, built by Joseph Watson and later acquired by William A. Hamill in 1874; shows a room with alternating light-and-dark maple and walnut floorboards, walls wallpapered in a flowered pattern...
- Hamill, William A. (William Arthur), 1836-1904--Homes & haunts--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1980.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1980.; Interiors.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Shot in the Eye, Sioux
- Head and shoulders portrait of Shot in the Eye, Native American Sioux (Lakota) man with a disfigured left eye, wearing a headdress, fringed shirt breastplate with quill work, and a fur choker with bear claws holding a smoking pipe.
- Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Teton Indians--1890-1900.; Shot in the Eye.
- 1898
- Ladies sewing class
- Women work on sewing projects at the Rude Park Community Center, 1285 Decatur Street, in Denver, Colorado. Signs on the walls read: "Smoking Prohibited" and "Welcome Buddies".
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Rude Park (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Community centers--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Sewing--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- February, 1934
- Girls "B-B" club
- A member of a club reads from a peice of paper at the Rude Park Community Center, 1285 Decatur Street, Denver, Colorado. Signs on the wall read: "Fernandez Post" and "Rules Smoking is not allowed in the house. Gambling is not allowed in the house...
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Rude Park (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Clubs--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Community centers--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- February, 1934
- Looking north from 3 throw switch S. of depot
- View of the Colorado and Southern railroad depot in Breckenridge, Colorado. A three way switch is in the foreground, splitting a single railroad track into three. A passenger coach sits on the left spur, followed by a freight car. A smoking engine...
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1910-1920.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Breckenridge--1910-1920.; Railroad switching--Colorado--Breckenridge--1910-1920.
- 1917
- Tonopa shops
- In this view of the Tonopa machine shop in Breckenridge, Colorado, a four horse team and ore wagon stand in front of the corrugated tin and frame building. A man in the driver's seat holds the reins, and a whip stands lodged next to him. Two other...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Breckenridge--1910-1920.; Machine shops--Colorado--Breckenridge--1910-1920.
- 1914
- Julian & Maria Martinez, San Ildefonso
- Native Americans, Maria and Julian Martinez of North Plaza, San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico, fire pottery under a pile of smoking cow chips.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--New Mexico--San Ildefonso--1930-1940.; Pueblo Indians--Arts & crafts--New Mexico--San Ildefonso--1930-1940.; Tewa Indians--1930-1940.; Tewa potters--New Mexico--San Ildefonso--1930-1940.; Tewa women...
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Filling station for highway dept.
- A view of the filing station of the Denver Highway Department located near 8th (eighth) and Walnut Street in Denver, Colorado. The building features metal siding and a gable roof. Signs on and near the building read: "Positively no smoking",...
- Denver (Colo.). Highway Department.--Buildings--1930-1940.; Service stations--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Grand Junction, Main St.
- View of Main Street, Grand Junction, Colorado; shows automobiles, pedestrians, and signs: "Cleaning ideal Pressing," "Stranger Brothers Shoe Shop," "Victrola," "The Florsheim Shoe," "Hampson's Market," "Majestic," and "Now Showing Victograph...
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Automobiles--Colorado--Grand Junction--1920-1930.; Business districts--Colorado--Grand Junction--1920-1930.; Pedestrians--Colorado--Grand Junction--1920-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Grand Junction--1920-1930.
- [between 1922 and 1930?]
- Women's rights
- Two Native American (Dakota) women sit next to wood bundles and tepees, probably Dakota Territory.
- Dakota Indians--Women--Dakota Territory--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Dakota Territory--1880-1890.; Dakota Territory--1880-1890.; Fuelwood--Dakota Territory--1880-1890.; Tipis--Dakota Territory--1880-1890.; Women--Dakota...
- 1882?
- West on Fifteenth, from Arapahoe Street
- Passengers ride on a trolley car (probably Denver Tramway Company) down the unpaved Fifteenth (15th) Street in Denver, Colorado. Shows a trolley car and trolley car lines, local businesses, utility poles, and a traffic signal. Words on trolley car...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Street railroads--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Denver Tramway Company (Denver, Colo.)
- [1889]
- DTC armature room
- Interior of the Denver Tramway Company machine shop in Denver, Colorado; shows workers, armatures or rotors, tools, trolley parts, hoists, tools, light bulbs, and a wall clock. Sign reads: "Smoking In The Company's Premises Absolutely Forbidden,...
- Denver City Tramway Company (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Machine shops--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Street railroad employees--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Street railroad...
- [between 1900 and 1905]
- Georgetown & vicinity
- View northeast from Leavenworth Mountain over Georgetown, Colorado, shows scattered wood frame residences, sheds, outhouses, a few lob cabins and false fronts. The Hall Smelter with smoking stack is on Chimney Rock; the Hamill House with a picket...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1860-1870.
- [between 1867 and 1869]
- Georgetown & vicinity
- View southeast from over Georgetown, Colorado, shows wood frame residences, sheds, outhouses, a few log cabins and false fronts. A smelter with smoking stack shows on Chimney Rock; Hamill House is east of Chimney Rock. Some frame construction is in...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1860-1870.
- [between 1867 and 1869]
- Georgetown from Democrat Mt.
- View southeast from Democrat Mountain over Georgetown, Colorado, shows wood frame residences, and landmark buildings including: the old two- story brick school with belltower, Presbyterian Church, Cushman Block on 6th (Sixth) Street, and mining...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1917]