Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Cup & pin game
- Shows a cup and pin game of the Native American Sioux . The game has a metal pin, small bone cups, rawhide, a loop and pink, red, white and blue beadwork.
- Dakota Indians--Arts & crafts--1860-1880.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1860-1880.; Games--1860-1880.
- [between 1860 and 1880]
- Bead necklace
- Shows a Native American (Ute) six string bead necklace made from seeds and juniper berries strung on black cotton thread.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1860-1870.; Ute Indians--Arts & crafts--1860-1870.; Necklaces--1860-1870.
- [between 1860 and 1870]
- Intersection, 26th Ave., 27th Street and Welton St.
- View of the Five Points Intersection in the Five Points Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Washington Street, 27th Street, 26th Avenue and Welton Street come together at this intersection. A street light is strung across the intersection with a...
- Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Intersections.; Traffic signs & signals.; Commercial streets.; Roads--Colorado--Denver--Interchanges and intersections--Pictorial works.; Traffic signs and...
- 1978
- Primrose coal "trip on the fly."
- A miner stands behind a row of coal cars from the Primrose Mine in the town of Primrose (Huerfano County), Colorado. Electric wires are strung on posts near the tracks. Shows mine buildings with smokestacks in the distance and a house with a hipped...
- Primrose (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Coal mining--Colorado--Primrose--1910-1930.; Mine railroads--Colorado--Primrose--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Fishing
- Men pose at a camp in probably western Colorado. Trout are strung on a fishing pole beside a wooden table. Plates, silverware, mugs and a cooking pot are on the table. A canvas tent is behind the men.
- Camping--Colorado--1900-1910.; Fishing--Colorado--1900-1910.; Tents--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Terminal room
- View of equipment in the terminal room of the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company exchange building in Boulder (Boulder County), Colorado. Shows metal framework where wires are wound and strung. A chair sits against a wall.
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Facilities--1910-1920.; Boulder (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Boulder--1910-1920.; Machinery--Colorado--Boulder--1910-1920.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Boulder--1910-1920.
- 1914
- Terminal room
- Wires are strung over metal frames in the terminal room of the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company exchange building in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Bare electric light bulbs hang from the ceiling.
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Equipment & supplies--1910-1920.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1920.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1920.
- 1914
- Colorado Springs, exchange equipment, operating room
- Operators work at switchboards in the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company exchange building in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. The women wear headsets and sit in tall chairs that face their work stations. Cords are strung...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--People--1910-1920.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1920.; Telephone operators--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1920.; Telephone...
- 1915
- Durango exchange equipment, operating room
- Telephone switchboards line a wall of the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company exchange building in Durango (La Plata County), Colorado. Cords are strung across the switchboard and numbers identify each work station. A supervisors desk...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Facilities--1910-1920.; Durango (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Durango--1910-1920.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Durango--1910-1920.; Telephone switchboards--Colorado--Durango--1910-1920.
- 1915
- Necklace
- Shows a Native American (Sioux?) necklace. Glass and ceramic black, blue and white beads and brass pieces are strung on leather strips. In the center of the piece is a round white shell. Leather strip ties are both ends of the necklace.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1870-1890.; Necklaces--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890]
- Machinery fan
- Shows a fan between two metal disks and in front of a spool shaped object. All of the objects are strung on a rod or wire.
- Fans (Machinery)--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Rodeo bronc riding
- Spectators watch a competitor as he rides a bucking bronco horse possibly at the Cheyenne Frontier Days in Cheyenne (Larimer county), Wyoming. Another man in the arena watches nearby. Electrical wires and light bulbs are strung above the arena.
- Cheyenne (Wyo.)--1900-1920.; Broncos--Wyoming--Cheyenne--1900-1920.; Horseback riding--Wyoming--Cheyenne--1900-1920.; Rodeos--Wyoming--Cheyenne--1900-1920.; Spectators--Wyoming--Cheyenne--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Baby vaccinated at State Home for Dependent Children
- Lillian sits near a stove in the kitchen of the State Home for Dependent Children in Denver, Colorado. Laundry hangs from clothelines strung between walls.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Orphans--Colorado--Denver--1800-1910.
- [1901, January 25]
- Tama squaw & papoose
- A Native American (Sac (Sauk) and Fox) woman wears a skirt and a blouse with buttons and a banded collar and stands beside probably a baby hammock wrapped with fabric and strung between trees. A wagon, a wooden shelter, and metal pots are behind...
- Sac and Fox Nation--People--1890-1900.; Fox Indians--Women--Iowa--Tama County--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Women--Iowa--Tama County--1890-1900.; Sauk Indians--Women--Iowa--Tama County--1890-1900.; Sac and Fox Reservation...
- [1898?]
- Drug Store
- Interior view of a drugstore in Longmont, Colorado, includes glass display cases and counters with cigars, perfumes, lotions, magazines, candy, sign reads: "Special 2 Pkgs. Envelopes, 1 Box Pound Paper, 87 cents", and Christmas garland, icicles...
- Longmont (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Christmas decorations--Colorado--Longmont--1920-1930.; Drugstores--Colorado--Longmont--1920-1930.; Interiors.
- December 1926
- Officers quarters Ft. Duchesne Utah Denver & Salt Lake R. R.
- Two girls stand with doll carriages on the tree-lined sidewalk in front of the officers' quarters at Fort Duchesne, Utah; quarters are three-story wooden buildings with porches; hammock is strung on porch of building in front.
- Fort Duchesne (Utah)--1910-1920.; Children playing with dolls--Utah--Fort Duchesne--1910- 1920.; Officers' quarters--Utah--Fort Duchesne--1910-1920.
- [1915?]
- Powder House Russel Gulch above Central City, Colo.
- View of an abandoned explosive store on Russel Gulch near Central City (Gilpin County), Colorado. Barbed wire is strung around the building.
- Gilpin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Explosives--Colorado--Gilpin County--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Gilpin County--1940-1950.; Storage facilities--Colorado--Gilpin County--1940-1950.
- August 18, 1940
- Interior of Denver Press Club
- An interior view of the pool room in the Denver Press Club building located at 1330 Glenarm Place in Denver, Colorado. A staircase leads down to a basement room, three pool tables are in view. Pool cues are stacked on racks on the far wall, and a...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1950.; Billiard parlors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1950.; Denver Press Club.
- [between 1910 and 1950?]
- Confederate reunion
- View of a concert in Trinidad, Colorado. People crowd around an enclosure in which the Marine Band plays. The streetlights, with cast iron, four-sided brackets and white glass globes have bunting strung between them, and the Columbian Hotel has...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Concerts--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.; Military bands--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.
- August, 1939
- Georgetown Park
- A view of the city park in Georgetown, Colorado; shows two sidewalks converging to form the corner of the block, and a metal and wire fence and gate which opens onto a path which cuts through the park to the opposite corner. A thin metal arch...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Parks--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1590.
- 1942
- Eagle Gate Salt Lake City
- View of the Eagle Gate, facing northwest, at the intersection of State and South Temple streets in Salt Lake City, Utah. Men and women, some walking, others in hitched buggies, stand and sit near the tree-lined street and gate. Two sets of trolley...
- Salt Lake City (Utah)--1890-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Utah--Salt Lake City--1890-1900.; Gates--Utah--Salt Lake City--1890-1900.; Monuments & memorials--Utah--Salt Lake City--1890-1900.; Street railroad tracks--Utah--Salt Lake City--1890-1900.
- [1897]
- Christmas decorations Civic Center Denver
- Christmas decorations on Civic Center, Denver, Colorado, include tall central Christmas tree with garlands strung out to side trees, Santa Claus and reindeer atop Voorhies Memorial, wreaths and garlands on and around columns, and bell in center of...
- Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Christmas decorations--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [1923]
- Main Street Tucumcari New Mexico
- View of Main Street, Tucumcari, New Mexico. Men, women, and children stand on sidewalks near hitched wagons and buggies. One and two story buildings with false fronts and flat roofs line the dirt street. Prominent signs read: "Whitmore The Old...
- Tucumcari (N.M.)--1900-1920.; Boys--New Mexico--Tucumcari--1900-1920.; Business districts--New Mexico--Tucumcari--1900-1920.
- [between 1905 and 1915]
- Elks Home- Tucumcari, N. M.
- View of the Elks Home, Tucumcari, New Mexico. A two story stucco Spanish Colonial Revival building stands on the corner of two unidentified streets. The building has a tile roof, curvilinear gables with niches, two of which have clocks, a...
- Elks (Fraternal order)--Buildings--1900-1920.; Tucumcari (N.M.)--1900-1920.; Fraternal organizations--New Mexico--Tucumcari--1900-1920.
- [between 1905 and 1915]
- Methodist Church, Tucumcari
- View of a Methodist Church in Tucumcari, New Mexico. The brick church has a hip-and-valley roof, towers with battlements, and arched framed stained glass windows. Electrical wires are strung between wooden poles.
- Tucumcari (N.M.)--1900-1920.; Methodist churches--New Mexico--Tucumcari--1900-1920.
- [between 1905 and 1915]
- Central City, Co
- United States Air Force soldiers march down Main Street in Central City, Colorado. They wear blue uniforms, combat boots, white belts, white gloves, berets, epauletes, and braids over their shoulders. Red, white, and blue flags are strung across...
- United States. Air Force--1970-1980.; Central City (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Central City--1970-1980.; Soldiers--American--Colorado--Central City--1970-1980.
- [between 1970 and 1975]
- Utes Camp at Garden of the Gods.
- Native American (Ute) women and man walk near tepees at Garden of the Gods, El Paso County, Colorado. Wooden electrical poles stand near the tepees. A light hangs from one of the wires strung between the poles. A wooden fence stands near one of the...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--Women--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Indian encampments--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.;...
- 1913 September 1
- Eagle Gate- Salt Lake City
- View of the Eagle Gate, facing north from State Street, at the intersection of State Street and South Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah. Men and women stand near the gate and in the street. A horse and buggy are visible in the distance on...
- Salt Lake City (Utah)--1890-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Utah--Salt Lake City--1890-1900.; Gates--Utah--Salt Lake City--1890-1900.; Monuments & memorials--Utah--Salt Lake City--1890-1900.; Street railroad tracks--Utah--Salt Lake City--1890-1900.
- [1897]
- A Moqui weaver at work
- A Native American (Hopi) man sits on the ground and weaves on a loom strung on an adobe wall, Walpi, First Mesa, Arizona.
- Hopi Indians--Arts & crafts--Arizona--Walpi--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--Arizona--Walpi--1870-1880.; Pueblo Indians--Arizona--Walpi--1870-1880.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Walpi (Ariz.)--1870-1880.;...
- [1879]
- Sunflower Carnival
- Men on horseback ride in front of grandstands full of spectators, Cascade Avenue, near the old Antlers Hotel, Flower Carnival, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. Banners hang from the grandstands and are strung across the street. Some of...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Grandstands--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Colorado...
- [August, 1896.]
- Christmas decorations, Civic Center, Denver
- View east across Civic Center to Colorado State Capitol, Denver; dirt walkway with Bucking Bronco and On the War Path sculptures (A. Phimister Proctor, sculptor); Christmas trees and evergreen garlands are strung around plaza balustrade.
- Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Christmas decorations--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [1929]
- Santa Claus on Denver's Civic Center
- Night view of Greek Theater and Colonnade of Civic Benefactors, West Fourteenth (14th) and Acoma Street, Civic Center, Denver, Colorado; Christmas decorations on the Colonnade include: spotlit Santa Claus and his reindeer top arch; "Merry...
- Greek Theater and Colonnade of Civic Benefactors (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Christmas decorations--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Colonnades--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [1929]
- Gourd Clan dance
- Native American (Kiowa) men participate in a Gourd Clan dance (some of whom are descendants of the Kiowa Chief Satanta or White Bear Person) in Carnegie, Oklahoma. The men dance near four decorated staffs and a bugle. Some men hold feather and bead...
- Clans--Oklahoma--Carnegie--1960-1970.; Indians of North America--Oklahoma--Carnegie--1960-1970.; Kiowa Indians--Oklahoma--Carnegie--1960-1970.; Carnegie (Okla.)--1960-1970.; Ceremonial dancers--Oklahoma--Carnegie--1960-1970.;...
- [July, 1969]
- Road and trails
- View along a narrow section of Ouray to Silverton Toll Road built by Otto Mears in 1883, San Juans of the Colorado Rockies, high above of Mineral Creek. Later the road became the Million Dollar Highway (U.S. 550). Telegraph wires are strung along...
- Million Dollar Highway (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Toll roads--Colorado--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920]
- Ouray stage line, toll road
- View along the Ouray to Silverton Toll Road built by Otto Mears in 1883, in the San Juans (Ouray County), Colorado. A carriage pauses near a bridge. Telegraph lines are strung down the rocky canyon walls. Later the road became the Million Dollar...
- Million Dollar Highway (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Ouray County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Toll roads--Colorado--Ouray County--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Road and trails
- A man in a surrey makes his way along a narrow road cut into a rocky face high above Mineral Creek, Colorado. Telegraph wires are strung along the route.
- Roads--Colorado--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920]
- Road and trails
- View along the Ouray to Silverton Toll Road built by Otto Mears in 1883, San Juans of the Colorado Rockies, shows bridge built over a void in a rocky cliff face. Telegraph lines are strung down the rocky canyon walls of Mineral Creek. Road later...
- Million Dollar Highway (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Toll roads--Colorado--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920]
- Potatoes
- Close-up view of wild potatoes strung over a white background on a Native American (Potawatomi, Prairie Band) reservation near Mayetta, Kansas.
- Prairie Band of Potawatomi Indians--Products--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--Kansas--Mayetta--1930-1940.; Potawatomi Indians--Kansas--Mayetta--1930-1940.; Mayetta (Kan.)--1930-1940.; Potawatomi Indian Reservation (Kan.)--1930-1940.;...
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Vista of Grand Lake
- Partial view of Grand Lake, Colorado and two women in cloth hammocks strung between trees in shade; forested shoreline with wooden frame residences nestled amongst trees; boathouses, flag atop flagpole; forested mountain ridge, background.
- Grand Lake (Colo. : Lake)--1910-1920.; Grand Lake (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Hammocks--Colorado--Grand Lake--1910-1920.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Grand Lake--1910-1920.
- [between 1912 and 1920]
- Potawatomi man
- A Native American (Potawatomi, Prairie Band) man sits under a shelter with a brush roof supported by poles on a reservation near Mayetta, Kansas. A wooden table is nearby. Laundry hangs on a line strung from the shelter to a nearby building.
- Prairie Band of Potawatomi Indians--People--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--Kansas--Mayetta--1930-1940.; Potawatomi Indians--Kansas--Mayetta--1930-1940.; Mayetta (Kan.)--1930-1940.; Potawatomi Indian Reservation (Kan.)--1930-1940.;...
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Pesh-coo - an Apache "Medicine man," in 1885
- Seated studio portrait of Pesh-coo, a Native American Apache medicine man dressed in Euro-American clothes with a buckskin pouch strung across his chest and holding a feathered war shield.
- Apache Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Shamans--1880-1890.; Shields--1880-1890.; Pesh-coo.
- [between 1920 and 1950?]
- Navajos at Moenkopi Noli the jerked meat drying.
- Native American (Navajo) girls pose outdoors in Moenkopi, Arizona. The girls stand near meat drying on a line strung between a pole and a building.
- Indians of North America--Arizona--Moenkopi--1920-1930.; Navajo Indians--Arizona--Moenkopi--1920-1930.; Moenkopi (Ariz.)--1920-1930.; Girls--Arizona--Moenkopi--1920-1930.
- 1925
- Navajo camp
- A Native American (Navajo) family (man, woman, and children) pose in a camp surrounded by cut brush. Two women hold babies in cradleboards. Meat and animal skins dry on lines strung between trees.
- Indians of North America--1870-1910.; Navajo Indians--1870-1910.; Children--1870-1910.; Indian encampments--1870-1910.; Women--1870-1910.
- [between 1887 and 1901]
- Aspen, Colorado streets
- A view north toward Smuggler Mountain in Aspen, Colorado. The buildings include a three-story wood structure with two balconies, one- story log cabins, and commercial structures with false storefronts. Pedestrians walk and stand along the...
- Aspen (Colo.)--1880-1900.
- [1886?]
- Kay Kyser and his orchestra at El Patio ballroom, Lakeside Amusement Park
- Band leader Kay Kyser stands on stage with his thirteen piece orchestra and two singers at the El Patio ballroom, Lakeside Amusement Park, Lakeside (Jefferson County), Colorado. Across the top of the stage letters read: "Kay Kyser," and balloons...
- Lakeside (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Lakeside Amusement Park (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Amusement parks--Colorado--Lakeside--1930-1940.; Ballrooms--Colorado--Lakeside--1930-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--Lakeside--1930-1940.;...
- 1937 August
- Casino Tower at Lakeside Amusement Park
- View of the Casino Tower at Lakeside Amusement Park in Lakeside (Jefferson County), Colorado. The contours of this elaborate Italianate domed structure are covered with light bulbs that are strung in geometric patterns. A sign above the door reads:...
- Lakeside (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Lakeside Amusement Park (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1930.; Amusement parks--Colorado--Lakeside--1910-1930.; Towers--Colorado--Lakeside--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Casino Tower at Lakeside Amusement Park
- People walk through the arch and down the steps of the Casino Tower entrance at Lakeside Amusement Park in Lakeside (Jefferson County), Colorado. The contours of the elaborate, Italianate domed structure are covered with lightbulbs that are strung...
- Lakeside (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Lakeside Amusement Park (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Amusement parks--Colorado--Lakeside--1910-1920.; Gates--Colorado--Lakeside--1910-1920.; Towers--Colorado--Lakeside--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Lakeside Park entrance, Union Pacific decoration
- A woman sits in a ticket booth near the Casino Tower entrance to Lakeside Amusement Park in Lakeside (Jefferson County), Colorado. A man stands under the entryway arch below signs reading: "Lakeside Park," "Now Playing In the El Patio, Kay Kyser...
- Lakeside (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Lakeside Amusement Park (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Amusement parks--Colorado--Lakeside--1930-1940.; Gates--Colorado--Lakeside--1930-1940.; Towers--Colorado--Lakeside--1930-1940.
- 1935 August 19
- Lakeside tower at night & exit
- Nighttime view of the Casino Tower and exit at Lakeside Amusement Park in Lakeside (Jefferson County), Colorado. The contours of the Italianate domed structure are decorated with lightbulbs strung in geometric patterns. An illuminated sign above...
- Lakeside (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Lakeside Amusement Park (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Amusement parks--Colorado--Lakeside--1920-1930.; Towers--Colorado--Lakeside--1920-1930.
- 1929 June 16
- Men in the billiard room at the clubhouse in Overland Park
- A group of men play billiards in the billiard room at the clubhouse at Overland Park in the Overland neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. One man wears sunglasses and two young boys sit on a metal radiator. Scorekeeping beads are strung above the...
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Overland Park (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Billiard rooms--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Clubhouses--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1921 August