Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Surrey
- View of a horse-drawn buggy at Weze Hopkins' family's house possibly in Illinois. The surrey has a roof decorated with fringe.
- Carriages & coaches--1900-1910.; Houses--1900-1910.; Hopkins, Weze--Homes & haunts.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Lebanon, Colo., North of Cortez, Colo.
- Two men stand near a wood frame house under construction while another sits in a horse-drawn carriage (surrey) with a fringe on the top in Lebanon (Montezuma County), Colorado. Also, women sit on the porch of the Parker Hotel and a man drives a...
- Lebanon (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Lebanon--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1929]
- Colo. Midland Ry. station - Glenwood Springs
- The Colorado Midland Railroad Company Station in Glenwood Springs, Colorado. The building is constructed of wood with a shingled roof and a dormer type second level. Signs on the building read: "Colorado Midland Ry." and "Wells Fargo & Co's...
- Colorado Midland Railway Company--Buildings--1890-1910.; Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1910.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Unidentified buildings
- Shows a group of unidentified wood shacks on the plains. A wash tub and clothing is next to one door, clothes hang out to dry on a clothesline and a surrey is in the background.
- Houses--1890-1920.; Huts--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Cathedral Rocks - Garden of the Gods
- View of the Cathedral Spires rock formations at Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. A horse-drawn surrey is in the foreground.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1890.; Parks--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1890.; Rock formations--Colorado--Colorado...
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- On the road to Sneffles [sic]
- View of a gorge and a dirt road carved from a rocky cliff in either San Miguel County or Ouray County, Colorado. A horse-drawn surrey stops past a reinforced log embankment, and passengers stand on the road.
- Canyons--Colorado--1880-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--1880-1900.; Dirt roads--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Bear Creek Avenue, Morrison, Colorado
- Frame and stone commercial buildings line Bear Creek Avenue in Morrison, Jefferson County, Colorado. Lettering reads: "Restaurant, Cash Grocery." A power pole, a surrey, buggies, and a buckboard are in the street.
- Morrison (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Morrison--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Ruins of Morrison
- Smoke rises from ruins in Morrison, Jefferson County, Colorado, after a fire. Men stand along tracks of the Colorado and Southern Railroad; a horse-drawn surrey is to the side. A boy is by a brass fire pump-wagon in the foreground, parked at the...
- Morrison (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Morrison--1890-1900.
- June 24, 1890
- 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?]
- Early day Silverton Band
- Silverton, Colorado, band on Second Street in Durango, Colorado. Men in sack suits, vests, gold chains and conductors' hats carry trombones, cornets, a tuba, and a clarinet; all wear elaborate medals on their chests; a banner reads: "lverton, MP...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Bands--Colorado--Silverton--1880-1900.
- [between 1885 and 1895?]
- Black Gorge near Silverton, Colo.
- A man sits in a surrey on the Ouray to Silverton Toll Road, Black Gorge, Ouray County, Colorado.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Silverton (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--1900-1920.; Toll roads--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1915]
- Ouray, Colo.
- View north on Main Street from 5th (Fifth) Avenue, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. A surrey, delivery wagon and a horse are on the dirt street, pedestrians walk along sidewalks; businesses include the painted Beaumont Hotel, Thatcher Brothers'...
- Ouray (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1910.; Horses--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1910.
- 1906
- Thompson's dairy, near Silverton
- View of Thompson's Dairy, near Silverton, San Juan County, Colorado, showing the domes of City Hall and the San Juan County Courthouse along Green Street with Sultan Mountain in the background. A man waits for the photographer in a two horse drawn...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Sultan Mountain (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Silverton--1910-1920.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--Silverton--1910-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Silverton--1910-1920.;...
- [between 1910 and 1920]
- Oak Street looking north
- View north down Oak Street, Ouray, Colorado, shows a horse drawn surrey, four women in the front yard of the Indian Agent Walter Wheeler's log house, evergreens and the wood truss bridge below the hill across the Uncompahgre River.
- Wheeler, Walter F.--Homes & haunts.; Ouray (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Uncompahgre River (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.; Women--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Palmer Lake, Colorado
- Eight women pose in a surrey drawn by a team of horses in front of Hanks Livery & Feed Stable, Palmer Lake, El Paso County, Colorado.
- Palmer Lake (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Horse teams--Colorado--Palmer Lake--1890-1900.; Stables--Colorado--Palmer Lake--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--Palmer Lake--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Salida shoeing shop
- A woman in a veil and a young boy sit in a buggy while a farrier works their horse's hoof, in front of the "Salida Shoeing Shop," Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado. Men and girls pose with horses in the double doors of a brick livery with buggies...
- Salida (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Blacksmithing--Colorado--Salida--1880-1890.; Blacksmiths--Colorado--Salida--1880-1890.; Boys--Colorado--Salida--1880-1890.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Salida--1880-1890.; Girls--Colorado--Salida--1880-1890.;...
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Clarks break camp at Snowmass
- View in Snowmass, Piktin County, Colorado; shows a tent, a loaded surrey, and the Clark family in bonnets.
- Snowmass (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Snowmass--1910-1920.; Tents--Colorado--Snowmass--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--Snowmass--1910-1920.; Clark family.
- 1911
- Cripple Creek vicinity
- Man and woman seated in a horse-drawn pony surrey in front of residence, Cripple Creek, Colorado; woman, seated in the front seat wearing a hat and overcoat holds reins while the man seated in the back also wears hat and overcoat; residence is a...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Dwellings--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1893 and 1896]
- Cripple Creek vicinity
- Man and woman seated in horse-drawn pony surrey in front of residence, Cripple Creek, Colorado; man, wearing an overcoat and derby holds reins while woman, wearing overcoat and hat sits in backseat; children and a woman stand in doorway of house...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Dwellings--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1893 and 1896]
- First Colorado College building, F. E. Don driving, later became mayor
- F. E. Don drives President Edward P. Tenney around the Colorado College campus, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, in a surrey with a fringed roof. Palmer Hall and the president's residence are in the background.
- Colorado College--1880-1890.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1890.; College presidents--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1890.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-...
- [1883]
- Sky Line Drive, Cañon City, Colo.
- Skyline Drive near Canon City, Colorado; dirt road built by convict labor. Horse-drawn surrey on ridge top, stone embankments; valley & Sand Creek.
- Canon City (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Sand Creek (Fremont County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Skyline Drive (Canon City, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Canon City--1900-1910.; Roads--Colorado--Canon City--1900-1910.
- [between 1903 and 1910]
- Dr. Webb ?
- A man in straw hat and a woman in a flowered, feathered hat with a veil pose in a Sunflower Carnival Parade buggy decorated with greenery, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. She holds a banner: "First Prize." A surrey roof draped in...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890- 1910.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Horses--Colorado--Colorado...
- [between 1893 and 1906?]
- Rock Island Hotel
- View of the Rock Island Hotel, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado; shows a man, children, a horse and surrey in front of the two-story brick structure with gable roofs, ridgecresting, and bargeboard.
- Rock Island Hotel (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--Buildings--1890- 1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Children--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Sunday outing - early 1900's
- Men and women sit on rocks by a stream on a Sunday outing, Colorado. The women wear dresses and hats, the men wear hats and dress shirts. Four surrey's, horses and additional people are in the background.
- Carriages & coaches--Colorado--1900-1910.; Streams--Colorado--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [between 1900-1910]
- Confederate reunion
- View of parade in Trinidad, Colorado. A two horse team, surrey, and passengers in gingham dresses and straw hats drive on the bricks of Commercial Street. Brick buildings in the background are draped in bunting, and painted letters under the...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.
- August, 1939
- Iron Springs, 405
- Exterior view of the Ute Iron Springs Chateau, in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking northwest. The lower level of the west end of this building has a stone arcaded patio, topped by an enclosed, frame second floor with hipped gable roof and a sign...
- Ute Iron Spring Chateau (Manitou Springs, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Resorts--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1900.; Springs--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Iron Springs, Manitou 1822
- Exterior view of the Ute Iron Springs Pavilion, in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking northwest. The lower level of the west end of this building has a stone arcaded patio, topped by an enclosed, frame second floor with hipped gable roof and a sign...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Resorts--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1900.; Springs--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1900.
- [between 1887 and 1899?]
- Sunflower carnival parade
- Sunflower (Flower) Carnival Parade, Colorado Springs, Colorado: two women ride in a foliage covered, horse drawn surrey with a canopy. Beside them is a man on a horse dressed as a sheik. Houses in background.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Colorado...
- [1900?]
- Cragy Mtn. on the road to Deckers, C. & S. Ry.
- View of "Cragy Mountain" (or Long Scraggy Peak) on road to Deckers, Colorado, reached via Colorado and Southern Railway; horse-drawn carriage or surrey on dirt road parallels the South Platte River.
- Jefferson County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Long Scraggy Peak (Colo.)--1900-1920.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1900-1920.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Jefferson County--1900- 1920.; Mountains--Colorado--Jefferson County--1900-1920.;...
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- The Waltons out in the mountains (Colo) camping
- Women, a man, and a girl pose by a canvas tent in Colorado; a United States flag is on a pole, and a surrey wagon has lettering on the cover: "J. Walton, Ypsilanti, Mich."
- Camping--Colorado--1870-1880.; Girls--Colorado--1870-1880.; Tents--Colorado--1870-1880.; Women--Colorado--1870-1880.
- 1876?
- Myton UT Main St. Myton State Bank at left
- View of Myton, Duchesne County, Utah; shows businesses, people, horses, a surrey, a sign: "Bull Durham," and window lettering: "Myton State Bank."
- Myton (Utah)--1900-1920.; Business districts--Utah--Myton--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Greene Street, Silverton, Colorado City Hall at left, built 1908; Sultan Mountain in background
- View southwest on Greene Street, Silverton, San Juan County, Colorado; shows the Town Hall (with bell tower), the Wyman Building, pedestrians, a surrey, construction, a dog, businesses, and signs: "Hand Laundry," and "Meets Every Wednesday, Knights...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Sultan Mountain (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Silverton--1900-1910.; City & town halls--Colorado--Silverton--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Silverton--1900-1910.
- 1909?
- Crested Butte, Colorado, looking northeast
- Panorama of Crested Butte, Gunnison County, Colorado; shows a horse-drawn surrey, houses, churches, businesses, and a mill with smokestacks.
- Crested Butte (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Crested Butte--1900-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Crested Butte--1900-1910.
- 1909?
- Norwood - four horse stage used on Placerville-Norwood route, east of Norwood, Colorado
- View of a surrey on the road to Norwood, San Miguel County, Colorado; also shows a hay-crane and houses.
- San Miguel County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--San Miguel County--1910-1920.
- 1910?
- Snow shed and old County Road, San Juan County now Million Dollar Highway
- View of a snow shed built over tracks of the Silverton Northern Railroad, in San Juan County, Colorado; shows a surrey on an Otto Mears toll road (Million Dollar Highway) bridge.
- Mears, Otto, 1840-1931--Homes & haunts.; Silverton Northern Railroad Company--1900-1910.; Million Dollar Highway (Colo.)--1900-1910.; San Juan County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Bridges--Colorado--San Juan County--1900-1910.; Carriages &...
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Old San Juan County Rd., now Million Dollar Highway
- Two men in a fringe top surrey make their way along a high, narrow section of the Ouray to Silverton stage road, later the Million Dollar Highway (U. S. 550), in the San Juans of the Colorado Rockies. They carry a bale of hay in the back of the...
- Million Dollar Highway (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Toll roads--Colorado--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 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]
- Ouray Main Street, Colo.
- View along blocks between Second (2nd) and Main Streets, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, includes back alley, residences with laundry lines and sheds. In distance the Beaumont Hotel, Arps Brothers Hardware Co., City Hall, Elks Rooming House,...
- Ouray (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Mantou Springs--1900-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Mantou Springs--1900-1920.
- [1906]
- Eastern Slope Colorado settlement
- View of a town in [probably] Colorado; a surrey and people are by frame houses.
- Carriages & coaches--Colorado--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Buena Vista funeral
- Suited men in tophats drive a horse-drawn hearse in Buena Vista, Colorado. The team is draped with netting and has tasseled ears; a surrey bearing men, women and children follows. Two frame buildings in the background have belfries; one has a horse...
- Buena Vista (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Funeral processions--Colorado--Buena Vista--1880-1890.
- [between 1885 and 1890]
- Horse drawn sight seeing wagon
- A horse-drawn surrey with people approaches on a dirt road in (probably) Colorado; mountains, snow, and forest are in the background.
- Carriages & coaches--Colorado--1880-1910.; Passengers--Colorado--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Hotel Ramona, San Luis Obispo, Cal.
- View of the Hotel Ramona, built by the Southern Pacific Railroad Company, in San Luis Obispo (San Luis Obispo County) California; people, a surrey, horses, and buggies wait by the covered porch. Architectural features include half-timbering,...
- Hotel Ramona (San Luis Obispo, Calif.)--Facilities--1890-1910.; Southern Pacific Railroad Company--Buildings--1890-1910.; San Luis Obispo (Calif.)--1890-1910.; Hotels--California--San Luis Obispo--1890-1910.
- [between 1894 and 1910?]
- The main depot
- View of the railroad depot at Disneyland amusement park in Anaheim (Orange County), California. the building is in the Queen Anne style with mansard roofs, widow's walks, dormers, and a clock tower. People walk by a cannon, streetlamps, and a horse...
- Disneyland Railroad--Buildings--1950-1960.; Disneyland (Calif.)--1950-1960.; Amusement parks--California--Disneyland--1950-1960.; Carriages & coaches--California--Disneyland--1950-1960.; Clock towers--California--Disneyland--1950-1960.; Railroad...
- 1955 September 21
- Seeing Denver
- Men and women and children pose in an electric surrey in Denver, Colorado during a sightseeing trip. Lettering reads: "Seeing Denver;" storefront window reads "Schwartz Photos."
- Electric vehicles--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Buses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Passengers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Sightseers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Tourists--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- 1908
- Seeing Denver
- Men, women, and a girl pose with a sightseeing bus (a surrey) in Denver, Colorado during a sightseeing trip. Some hold banners: "Welcome HLIB 17th General Convention."
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Buses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Passengers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Tourists--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Seeing Denver
- Men, women, a girl, and a boy pose in and beside an electric surrey in Denver, Colorado. Letters read: "Seeing Denver."
- Electric vehicles--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Buses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Passengers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Tourists--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Seeing Denver
- Well dressed men, women, girls, and boys pose with an sight seeing bus (a surrey) in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Buses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Passengers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Tourists--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Seeing Denver
- Well dressed men, women, girls, and boys pose with a sightseeing bus (a surrey) in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Buses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Passengers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Tourists--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Silverton in 1910
- View southwest on Greene Street in Silverton, Colorado; shows the 1907 Silverton Town Hall (two-story rusticated stone walls, dentiled cornices, hipped-gabled metal roof and bell tower with gilt, finialed cupola), the two-story, rusticated stone...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Business districts--Colorado--Silverton--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Silverton--1910-1920.
- 1910
- Logan County fair parade
- Boy and girl in Logan County Fair parade, Sterling, Colorado, on home-made float with a garland-decorated small pedal-operated surrey with "Goodwill Ind." sign; boy wears a vest, string bow tie & straw hat; background shows female horseback riders...
- Sterling (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Children--Colorado--Sterling--1960-1970.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Sterling--1960-1970.
- between 1963 and 1965