Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- East Denver High School Annual: 1910
- 1910 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1910
- Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 9, 1920 September
- Municipal Facts: Volume 12 Numbers 5 and 6, 1929 May-June
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Number 27, 1912 July 6
- The City of Denver: Volume 2 Number 23, 1914 September 12
- East High spotlight: vol 17 no 6
- 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.)
- 1930 November 26
- Interview with Albert Niederhut
- Chester Ruiz negotiates with police at picket line
- United Farm Workers of America boycott coordinator Chester Ruiz negotiates with the police on a picket line at an unidentified store in Denver, Colorado. The picketers were boycotting the sale of grapes, lettuce and Gallo Wine. Chester talks to a...
- United Farm Workers of America--People--1970-1980.; Mexican Americans--1970-1980.; Hispanic Americans--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Police; Negotiating.; Pickets.; Ruiz, Chester--Pictorial works.; United Farm Workers of...
- [1971?]
- Governor Roy Romer and Tim Sandos
- Colorado Governor Roy talks with Tim Sandos, Denver City Councilman at a political event, probably in Denver, Colorado. Governor Romer wears a suit, tie and eyeglasses. Councilman Sandos wears a cowboy hat, a dark shirt and a bolo tie. He has a...
- Hispanic Americans--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; City council members.; Governors--Colorado.; Romer, Roy, 1928---Pictorial works.; Sandos, Tim--Pictorial works.; City council members--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.;...
- [1994?]
- Amity, Colo., colonist & family & house built by himself
- A man in a Salvation Army uniform sits on a stone stoop and talks with a man and a young girl, in front of a stone house with a hipped roof, in the Salvation Army settlement of Amity in Prowers County, Colorado; a woman stands nearby. A water pump...
- Salvation Army--People--1890-1910.; Amity (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Charitable organizations--Colorado--Amity--1890-1910.; Families--Colorado--Amity--1890-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Amity--1890-1910.
- [between 1898 and 1910?]
- Curtis Ranch 3 miles SE of Saguache
- Children and a man stand near a brick house with a white picket fence on the Curtis Ranch in the San Luis Valley in Saguache County, Colorado. A man stands and talks to people in an automobile. A barn and a wood pile are in the distance.
- Saguache County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; San Luis Valley (Colo. and N.M.)--1900-1920.; Automobiles--Colorado--Saguache County--1900-1920.; Ranches--Colorado--Saguache County--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1915?]
- General Electric - M.G. Graff
- Interior view of an office; M.G. Graff talks on a telephone. A Dictaphone dictation machine is by the wall.
- Interiors--1950-1950.; Offices--1940-1950.; Graff, M. G.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Line drawings cartoons
- View of four cartoons that depict men in a general store, a cowboy with a man and older woman, a man on the street with a shovel who talks to a man in a top hat, and women who quarrel.
- Caricatures and cartoons--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Bible illustrations teacher
- Close-up view of an illustration that depicts Jesus Christ as he talks to other men near a small rock formation.
- Christianity--1890-1910.; Jesus Christ (Spirit)
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- In Denver, Civic Center
- Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson with members of the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel gather on Civic Center, Denver, Colorado. "Sister Aimee" wears a white nurse uniform with a blue cape and talks with a policeman and another man.
- Civic center (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Evangelists--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; McPherson, Aimee Semple, 1890-1944.; International Church of the Foursquare Gospel.
- August 12, 1937
- William F. Cody with horse
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody stands holding his horse's reins inside a dirt arena for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. He talks with a man standing outside the arena with John Burke, press agent for the Wild West Show. Cody wears a dark hat...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Horses.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Burke, John, d. 1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Press crew
- Press members in military foul-weather gear, crouch in snow among rocks during the annual New Year's Eve Pikes Peak climb by the AdAmAn Club. Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. One holds food; another talks on a portable radio phone, a...
- AdAmAn Club (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Journalists--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1950-1960.; Mountaineering--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1950-1960.;...
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Charles Lindbergh on a visit to Denver
- Charles Lindbergh, center, talks with an unidentified pilot at Lowry Field in Denver, Colorado, shows airplane in background.
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Air pilots--American--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974.
- August 1927
- Ed Johnson (probably) and three other men
- Ed Johnson (probably) talks with men in suits, over a desk covered with books.
- Governors--Colorado--1920-1940.; Interiors--1920-1940.; Offices--1920-1940.; Johnson, Edwin Carl, 1884-1970.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Man and car
- A man talks to the driver of a car on a dirt road by open fields.
- Conversation--1910-1930.; Convertible automobiles--1910-1930.; Roads--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Swimmers on pier
- Male and female swimmers stand on a pier. One woman sits on the edge of the pier while she talks and holds the hand of another female who stands next to her.
- Conversation--1920-1940.; Holding hands--1920-1940.; Piers & wharves--1920-1940.; Swimmers--1920-1940.; Women--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940]
- People at Denver Country Club
- People pose in a carriage at Denver Country Club, in Denver, Colorado; Dick (?) Paxton holds his hat, and talks to Mrs. Theo Holland (with umbrella).
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver Country Club (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Country clubs--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; People--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Holland,...
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Play put on Christmas
- View of a Swift and Company Christmas play in Denver, Colorado; shows people in a store, meat, fish, a United States flag, and advertising showcards: "Swift's Silverleaf Brand Pure Lard," "Swift's Jewel Shortening," and "Wool Soap Flakes." Cans and...
- Swift & Company--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Meat industry--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Theatrical productions--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1917?
- Ration Day at Standing Rock
- A large group Native American Sioux gather at the Standing Rock Indian Agency on ration day. They are wrapped in blankets, one man wears a fur cap. A uniformed soldier talks with a white man and a Sioux man.
- United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency--1870-1880.; Dakota Indians--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Food relief--1870-1880.
- [between 1940 and 1960?]
- Pueblo Indians of the Rio Grande Valley
- Native American (Pueblo) men and women sit and stand outdoors. A priest talks to two men; a mission shows in the distance.
- Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Pueblo Indians--1880-1900.; Priests--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Denver Public Library Civic Center order department
- Women work at desks in the order department of the Denver Public Library in Civic Center Park, Denver, Colorado. Typewriters and books are on the women's desks. One woman talks on the telephone. Bookshelves are along the walls.
- Denver Public Library--Facilities--1930-1940.; Acquisitions (Libraries)--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.;...
- [1937]
- Sergeant's desk
- Interior walls of a sergeant's office at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, are hung with a pendulum clock in a wood case, framed schedules, and a safe. A wooden balustrade crosses the foreground, and a man in a trenchcoat standing by...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors.; Offices--Colorado--Canon City--1930-1940.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1930-1940.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Post reporters in pressroom of State Capitol
- Interior view of the press room at the Colorado State Capitol building in Denver, Colorado. Harry Tarvin talks on the telephone by a rolltop desk and paper cup dispenser. Bert Hanna and Thor Severson work to the side; pin-up girl drawings are on...
- Colorado State Capitol (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Denver Post--People--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Capitols--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Journalism--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.;...
- 1949 March
- Member of Committee on Human Relations & friendly policeman in a minority neighborhood
- A police officer talks to children in Denver, Colorado; a Black (African American) man and a woman look on.
- African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1960-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Children--Colorado--Denver--1960-1980.; Police--Colorado--Denver--1960-1980.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1960-1980.
- [between 1969 and 1972?]
- George Watrous Cafe
- Interior view of the Watrous Cafe in Denver, Colorado. A man is by the cash register, and another man talks on a telephone. Two men wear topcoats and fedoras.
- Watrous, George--Homes & haunts.; Watrous Cafe (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cash registers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Restaurant...
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Dressing room-Two Bill show
- George "Buck" Conner (or Connor) talks with boys behind the scenes in his dressing room at Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917--Staff.; Boys--1900-1920.; Entertainers--1900-1920.; Conner, Buck.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1909 and 1913?]
- Alamosa yard
- A Denver and Rio Grande Western train with a locomotive 482 (with a pilot plow) vents smoke in the yard at Alamosa, (Alamosa County), Colorado. Conductor Young talks to the engineer; a narrow gauge engine switches standard gauge cars.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.; Railroad employees--Colorado--Alamosa.; Railroad shops & yards--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.; Railroad...
- 1951 February 15
- Pueblo - Union Station - 1980's
- Floor mounted, chrome stools edge the counter of this diner in Union Depot at Pueblo, Colorado. Neon and printed signs read: "7up," "City Cab Co. Taxi Baggage Transfer," and "Telegraph Western Union." A hand- written menu is under a glass frame,...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Diners (Restaurants)--Colorado--Pueblo--1980-1990.; Interiors.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Pueblo--1980-1990.
- [between 1980 and 1990?]
- William F. Cody with group
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody holds the reins of a horse in the right foreground as he talks to a man standing with John Burke, press manager of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Cody wears a suit with his pant legs tucked inside gaiters. He...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Entertainers--1900-1910.; Horses--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Burke, John, d. 1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Buffalo Bill and Sioux Chief Iron Tail
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody stops on his horse in the right midground in a dirt arena during a rehearsal for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Wearing a dark hat and a dark, striped suit, Cody talks with Sioux Chief Iron Tail, who stands in...
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Rehearsals--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Iron Tail.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Buffalo Bill with Sioux Chief Iron Tail
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody stops on his horse in the left foreground in a dirt arena during a rehearsal of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Cody is wearing a dark hat and a dark, striped suit. He talks to Sioux Chief Iron Tail, who stands...
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Rehearsals--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Iron Tail.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- William F. Cody and Sioux Chief Iron Tail
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody stops on his horse in the right midground in a dirt arena during a rehearsal for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Wearing a dark hat and a dark, striped suit, Cody talks with Sioux Chief Iron Tail, who stands in...
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Rehearsals--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Iron Tail.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Awards night presentations, Dick Dickson on the left and Gravey Graves on the right
- Dick Dickson and Claude "Gravey" Graves stand on a platform at a 3R camp in Colorado. Dickson holds a book and talks into a microphone. He wears a leather duster, a cowboy hat and moccasins. Graves holds a pen and a handkerchief. He wears a cowboy...
- Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969--Associated objects.; Roundup Riders of the Rockies (Colo.)--People--1950-1960.; Trail riding--Colorado--1950-1960.; Awards--Colorado--1950-1960.; Buttons (Information artifacts)--1950-1960.; Clothing...
- 1952 July
- Awards night Dick Dickson, Blackie Blackmore, Bub Harris, Joe Deckker [sic], and Rick Ricketson.
- Members of the Roundup Riders of the Rockies pose on a stage on awards night in Colorado. The men are identified as (left to right) Dick Dickson, Blackie Blackmore, Bub Harris, Joe H. Dekker, and Frank H. "Rick" Ricketson. Dickson talks into a...
- Roundup Riders of the Rockies (Colo.)--People--1950-1960.; Organizations--Colorado--1950-1960.; Saddles--Colorado--1950-1960.
- 1952 July
- Curtis: sosh cut
- Kathy Swiers, 16 talks to Tom Wither, 16, in Denver, Colorado. Kathy wears her hair short and Tom wears his hair combed forward with bangs, a style known as the "sosh cut." He has on a plaid madras jacket and dark tie. They sit at a table with...
- Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Conversation--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Hairstyles--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Teenagers--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Swiers, Kathy.; Wither, Tom.
- 1963 September 2
- Bass Groceries
- Interior view of Bass Groceries, in (probably) Denver, Colorado; a man talks on the phone. Merchandise includes "Manishewitz Matzos," "Horowitz Margareten Matzoh Ferfel Kosher for Passover," and "Streit's Egg Noodles." A delicatessen refrigerator...
- Kosher food--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Delicatessens--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Matzos--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.;...
- 1946 December 10
- Denver General iron lung
- A Red Cross nurse talks to a woman in an iron lung (respirator) at Denver General Hospital (Denver Health Medical Center) in Denver, Colorado. Her uniform has a patch that reads: "American Red Cross," and she holds a toy stuffed rabbit.
- Denver General Hospital--Facilities--1950-1960.; Hospitals--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Iron lungs--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Red Cross and Red Crescent--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.;...
- 1954 July 23
- Mayor Quigg Newton (center) and Sapin - Denver T.B. Society
- Denver Mayor (1947-1955) Quigg Newton holds a pad of paper and talks to men (including Mr. Sapin) in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1940-1960.; Mayors--Colorado--Denver--1940-1960.; Newton, James Quigg, 1911-
- [between 1947 and 1955?]
- Aspen Institute
- A boy, a girl, and a dog lean on the counter of a travel agency in probably Denver, Colorado. A man talks to them; show cards read: "Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies," and "Member of Rail Travel Promotion Agency."
- Travel agents--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Children--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Dogs--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.
- 1950 June 17
- C & S engine 647 backing into Roberts (Ted's Place) after pulling Rocky Mt. R. R. Club C & S - Great Western excursion train to Rex (Larimer County)
- View of Colorado and Southern steam locomotive 647 (2-8-0) near Teds Place (Larimer County), Colorado. The locomotive and tender are stopped on the tracks with a boxcar. A man stands on the ground and talks to the engineer.
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1950-1960.; Larimer County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Teds Place (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Larimer County--1950-1960.
- 1951 May 30
- Field radio telephone
- A soldier from the 10th Mountain Division at Camp Hale stands near a rock ledge and talks on a large radio telephone in Eagle County, Colorado. The radio telephone unit is on a large rock. The radio is in a case and has a tall antenna.
- World War, 1939-1945--American--Military personnel.; Eagle County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Radiophones--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--Eagle County--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [between 1944 and 1945?]
- Bosworth-Sullivan stock exchange J.W. Coxhead, Jr., J.F. Toner.
- Men sit in the offices of Bosworth, Sullivan & Company, Inc., a brokerage firm located in Denver, Colorado. Men, identified as J.W. Coxhead, Jr. and J.F. Toner sit on opposite sides of a large desk. A man behind them talks on the phone. A large...
- Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Interiors.; Offices.; Stockbrokers.; Cox, J. W.; Toner, F. W.
- [between 1967 and 1968]
- Governor Thornton campaigning
- Colorado Governor Daniel Thornton stands and talks to two Denver and Rio Grande Western railroad employees near a railroad freight car in probably Denver, Colorado. He wears a suit, tie and a cowboy hat. The railroad employees wear overhauls and...
- Governors--Colorado--1950-1960.; Political campaigns--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Political issues--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Railroad employees--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Thornton, Daniel I. J., 1911-1976.
- [1950?]
- At Cripple Creek, Hans, Dad, Celia
- William S. Jackson (1889-1981) talks to a woman identified as Celia Darlington (Wakefield) near Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado. Hans (the chauffeur for Dr. Edith D. Jackson) stands near an open touring car. They are near a dirt road,...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Women.; Jackson, William S. (William Sharpless), 1889-1981.; Wakefield, Celia, 1916-; Jackson family.
- 1936
- A cowboy's fight for a million! [art original].
- Buffalo Bill talks with a friend at a saloon bar while three other men watch him with much suspicion.
- Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917--Pictorial works.; Dime novels--Illustrations.; Painting, American.; Cowboys--Pictorial works.; Cowboys in art.; Watercolors (Paintings)
- [between 1910-1916.]