Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Stunner, Colorado, in the Platoro mining district southwest of Monte Vista, Colorado.
- View of Stunner, Conejos County, Colorado; shows buggies, a tent, dwellings, felled timber, and men sitting by machinery (boiler ?) with a smokestack.
- Stunner (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Stunner--1910-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Stunner--1910-1920.; Machinery--Colorado--Stunner--1910-1920.; Tents--Colorado--Stunner--1910-1920.
- Spring, 1913
- Stunner, Colorado, in the Platoro mining district southwest of Monte Vista, Colorado
- View of Stunner, Conejos County, Colorado; shows log dwellings and a business, felled timber, and men by a tent with sign: "Drugs."
- Stunner (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Log buildings--Colorado--Stunner--1910-1920.; Tents--Colorado--Stunner--1910-1920.
- Spring, 1913
- Head of branch of Poughkeepsie looking over Poughkeepsie, showing Abrams Mnt. and Grand Mesa in distance, Silverton quadrangle, San Juan County, Colorado.
- View of Poughkeepsie, San Juan County, Colorado, twelve miles up Cement Creek from Silverton, shows a frame shack and a tent with Abrams Mountain and Grand Mesa in distance.
- Abrams Mountain (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Poughkeepsie (Colo.)--1900-1910.
- September 9, 1901
- Agnes Memorial
- View of cottages at the Agnes Memorial Sanitarium in Denver, Colorado; shows frame and canvas cabanas, and men in folding chairs. Lettering reads: "The Tucker Tent Co."
- Agnes Memorial Sanatorium (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.
- September 29, 1905
- Apple pickers at dinner, Westlake Orchard
- Large group of men sit and stand along two long wooden tables set with china, pitchers and coffee pots, inside a walled tent, at Westlake orchard, Colorado.
- Agricultural laborers--Colorado--1900-1910.; Eating & drinking--Colorado--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--1900-1910.; Tents--Colorado--1900-1910.
- October 16, 1909
- Packing apples, West Lake Orchard
- View of fruit-packing operation for West Lake Orchard, possibly Adams or Larimer County, Colorado; shows men and women working under a canvas tent with crates of apples.
- Apples--Colorado--1900-1910.; Orchards--Colorado--1900-1910.
- October 16, 1909
- Platoro, Colo.
- Scattered log and tent structures, many under construction, make up the gold mining town of Platoro in the Platoro - Gilmore Mining District, Conejos County, Colorado; shows people in front of residences and stores along the wide center street.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1910-1920.; Platoro (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Log buildings--Colorado--Platoro--1910-1920.; Tents--Colorado--Platoro--1910-1920.
- May 31, 1913
- Colors of Colo. volunteer regt.
- A soldier poses in uniform with a flag for the 1st Regiment Colorado Volunteers, Colorado. A tent and parked bicycles are in the background.
- United States. Army. Colorado Infantry Regiment, 1st--1890-1900.; Military standards--1890-1900.; Soldiers--Colorado--1890-1900.
- May 1898
- Co. D in camp at P.R. Agency S.D.
- View of the wall tent camp of Company D of the United States Army, on the Native American Sioux, Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota, shows U.S. army soldiers posing outside tents and relaxing inside tents will rolled lower walls.
- United States. Army.--People--1890-1900.; United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency--1890-1900.; Dakota Indians--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Government relations--South Dakota--Pine...
- May 1891
- Gregory gold diggings, Colorado
- Reproduction of ink rendering; shows Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado, with miners panning for gold and a tent reading: "Grocery."
- Central City (Colo.)--1850-1860.
- May 1859
- Grace Episc Church Co Spgs
- View, from Weber Street, of Grace Episcopal Church and Parish house in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. The rusticated brick church has stained glass windows and a tent roof extension. The Parish house has arched windows and vented...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Episcopal churches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Parish houses--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.
- June 4, 1907
- Portrait of Allied generals
- Rugged mountains form a backdrop for a group portrait including British Field Marshal Alexander, Tenth Mountain Division General George P. Hays, and unidentified Allied generals. The group had a luncheon in the tent in the background.
- Military officers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Hays, George P.; Alexander of Tunis, Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander, Earl, 1891-1969.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War,...
- June 1945
- Lower or 'ragged end' of Pitkin, Colo.
- Women and children sit among wildflowers on a slope in Pitkin, (formerly Quartzville) Gunnison County, Colorado. Frame dwellings, barns, commercial buildings, and a canvas tent are in the background.
- Pitkin (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Mothers & children--Colorado--Pitkin--1880-1890.; Wildflowers--Colorado--Pitkin--1880-1890.
- July 1880
- Medical Aid Station on Mount Belvedere, Italy
- Tenth Mountain Division medical aid station on Mount Belvedere. Groups of litter bearers wait for calls to bring in the wounded near a tent set up as an aid station. In the distance troops move toward the front lines during the Italian Campaign.
- Medicine, Military--Italy--1940-1950.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Medical aspects of war--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- February 21, 1945
- After the barbecue, Swink, Colo.
- Paper plates and stacks of tin cups litter the tables set up for the free barbecue during the town lot auction, Swink, Otero County, Colorado. Two boys climb on the tables, others gather and eat around center food table. Temporary walled tent...
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--1900-1910.; Swink (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Auctions--Colorado--Swink--1900-1910.; Barbecues--Colorado--Swink--1900-1910.; Boys--Colorado--Swink--1900-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--Swink--1900-1910.
- February 21, 1906
- Free barbecue, town lot auction sale, Swink, Colo.
- A large crowd of men, women and children gather around makeshift counters set up for the free barbecue during the town lot auction, Swink, Otero County, Colorado. Food is being served off the center table. Temporary walled tent housing shows in...
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--1900-1910.; Swink (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Auctions--Colorado--Swink--1900-1910.; Barbecues--Colorado--Swink--1900-1910.; Children--Colorado--Swink--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--Swink--1900-1910.
- February 21, 1906
- Winter camp, Camp Hale, Colorado
- Four Tenth Mountain Division soldiers pose near a small snow covered canvas tent near Camp Hale, Colorado. The men are wearing caps, parkas, mittens and mukluks. Snow covers the ground and the pine trees behind the men.
- Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Military life--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- February 1943
- Bromwell School school bus and passengers
- Photograph of one of the first school buses in Denver, Colorado with its students in front. The school bus is a horse drawn wagon with a white tent built around the side boards. One student leans up against the bus, the driver can be seen behind...
- School Buses.; Bromwell School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- circa 1900
- San Diego, Coronado Beach, Tent City
- Striped canvas tents are set up in rows on a narrow strip of land on Coronado Beach in Coronado (San Diego County), California. Laundry hangs on lines, and the door flaps of some tents are tied open. Wooden enclosures labeled: "Sink 1" and "Sink 3"...
- Coronado (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Pacific Ocean--1900-1910.; Oceans--California--Coronado--1900-1910.; Sea walls--California--Coronado--1900-1910.; Tents--California--Coronado--1900-1910.
- c1905
- La Veta, Colorado
- The tracks of the Denver & Rio Grande railroad pass by Francisco Plaza (later known as La Veta), Colorado, in Huerfano County. People and horse-drawn carriages are near a one-story adobe structure. A sign on the building reads: "Field Hill." A...
- La Veta (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Adobe buildings--Colorado--La Veta--1870-1880.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--La Veta--1870-1880.
- C. 1877
- Tom Hughes, early day photographer in Meeker
- Seated portrait of Tom Hughes, taken in Mrs. William A Keller's front room of the ranch house outside of Meeker, near Coal Creek, Rio Blanco County, Colorado. A ornate rug serves as a backdrop, other props includes a small marble top table with a...
- Keller, William A.--Family--Homes & haunts.; Meeker (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hughes, Tom.
- between 1897 and 1898
- Camp Hampton, Tetons in distance
- Men sit near a tent and a set of antlers in Wyoming. Peaks of the Grand Teton Range are in the distance.
- Arthur, Chester Alan, 1829-1886.--Journeys.; Teton Range (Wyo. and Idaho)--1880-1890.; Soldiers--Wyoming--1880-1890.; Tents--Wyoming--1880-1890.
- August, 1883
- Elks hall, Ouray
- Elks Hall in Ouray (Ouray County), Colorado is a brick building with stained glass windows and has a stone plaque that reads "B.P.O.E. [Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks] [18]92", a turret with a modified tent roof and clock, and stylized...
- Elks (Fraternal order) Lodge No. 492 (Ouray, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Ouray (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Fraternal lodges--Colorado--Ouray--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Ouray--1940-1950.
- August 1941
- Gillett, Colo. bullfight
- View of bullfight on August 24 or 25, 1895, at the race track in Gillett, Colorado. Joe Wolfe was the organizer of the event. The 5,000 seat wood amphitheater is sparcely filled, and a tent and concession booths run by Soapy Smith are outside the...
- Gillett (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bullfighting--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.
- August 1895
- Ludlow
- View of the tent city and the people of Ludlow, Colorado in Las Animas County, the site of the coal strikes and the subsequent massacre. Laundry hangs from the clothesline in the foreground.
- Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Miner's strikes--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; Tents--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.
- April 20, 1914
- 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]
- Tent camp at Baldy, Colo., of plowing crew
- The town of Baldy, Colorado in Costilla County consists of five, white tents, and a one-story, wood-frame building with a gable. A small, wood shed with a flat roof is in front of the smaller tents and a windmill is in the background. In the...
- Baldy (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Ghost towns--Colorado--Baldy--1900-1910.; Tents--Colorado--Baldy--1900-1910.
- [June, 1909]
- Schaefer umbrellas
- An American flag flies above the crowd gathered for the 31st Bundesturnfest at Lakeside Park Stadium, Denver, Colorado. People sit in the grandstands or chairs; large umbrellas read: "1421 Larimer St., Schaefer Tent and Awning Co."
- Bundesturnfest (31st : 1913 : Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Lakeside Amusement Park (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Festivals--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Festive decorations--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- [June 1913]
- Schaefer tent
- An elaborate display of American and German bunting, with shields and crosses, decorates the Schaefer Tent & Awning Company building, 1421 Larimer Street, Denver, Colorado. A large crowd is gathered for the 31st Bundesturnfest parade. Sign reads:...
- Schaefer Tent & Awning Company (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Bundesturnfest (31st : 1913 : Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Festivals--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Festive decorations--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Mercantile...
- [June 1913]
- Shaefer tent & awning [sic]
- An elaborate display of American and German bunting, with shields and crosses, decorates the Schaefer Tent & Awning Company building, 1421 Larimer Street, for the 31st Bundesturnfest in Denver, Colorado.
- Schaefer Tent & Awning Company (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Bundesturnfest (31st : 1913 : Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Festivals--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Festive decorations--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Mercantile...
- [June 1913]
- Schaefer tent & awning
- An elaborate display of American and German bunting, with shields and crosses, decorates the Schaefer Tent & Awning Company building, 1421 Larimer Street, for the 31st Bundesturnfest in Denver, Colorado.
- Schaefer Tent & Awning Company (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Bundesturnfest (31st : 1913 : Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Festivals--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Festive decorations--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Mercantile...
- [June 1913]
- Armor rooms
- American and German bunting decorates the Schaefer Tent & Awning Company building, 1421 Larimer Street, Denver, Colorado. A large crowd with flags is gathered for the 31st Bundesturnfest parade. Sign reads: "The Armor, Rooms."
- Schaefer Tent & Awning Company (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Bundesturnfest (31st : 1913 : Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Festivals--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Festive...
- [June 1913]
- Armor rooms
- American and German bunting decorates the Schaefer Tent & Awning Company building, 1421 Larimer Street, Denver, Colorado. A large crowd with flags is gathered for the 31st Bundesturnfest parade. Sign reads: "The Armor, Rooms."
- Schaefer Tent & Awning Company (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Bundesturnfest (31st : 1913 : Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Festivals--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Festive...
- [June 1913]
- Gourd Clan man and girl
- A Native American (Kiowa) man and girl, members of the Gourd Clan (some of whom are descendants of the Kiowa Chief Satanta or White Bear) pose outdoors near a covered porch in Carnegie, Oklahoma. The man wears a cowboy hat. The girl wears scarves...
- Clans--Oklahoma--Carnegie--1960-1970.; Indians of North America--Oklahoma--Carnegie--1960-1970.; Kiowa Indians--Oklahoma--Carnegie--1960-1970.; Carnegie (Okla.)--1960-1970.; Girls--Oklahoma--Carnegie--1960-1970.;...
- [July, 1969]
- Four men in front of tent
- Outdoor portrait of a group of construction workers, they stand near a tent at the Alameda underpass construction site, Denver, Colorado.
- Underpasses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Tents--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [either 1909 or 1910]
- Two men working on a utility pole above tent
- Workmen install electric lines on the top of a utility pole near a tent in Denver, Colorado. Other workmen stand nearby.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Linemen--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Tents--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Utility poles--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [either 1909 or 1910]
- Industries construction survey crew at Alameda bridge
- A survey crew poses near the edge of the South Platte River in Denver, Colorado. Their equipment, a tent, and the Alameda Avenue bridge are nearby.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1900-1910.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Rivers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Surveying equipment--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Surveyors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [either 1908 or 1909]
- Sheridan Mine
- View of the Sheridan Mine in Marshall Basin, San Miguel County, Colorado. Shows mine buildings, a wooden building with dormers, a tent cabin, a tipple and tailings embankments. The Mendota Mine is in the distance.
- Marshall Basin (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mendota Mine (San Miguel County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; San Miguel County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Sheridan Mine (San Miguel County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--San Miguel County--1890-1900.;...
- [ca. 1890]
- Sheridan Mine, Marshall Basin
- View of the Sheridan Mine in Marshall Basin, San Miguel County, Colorado. Shows a tent cabin, mine buildings, one with dormers, a covered mine tram and a tipple and tailings. One of the buildings is shored up with timbers.
- Marshall Basin (Colo.)--1890-1900.; San Miguel County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Sheridan Mine (San Miguel County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cabins--Colorado--San Miguel County--1890-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--San Miguel County--1890-1900.;...
- [ca. 1890]
- Cascade
- View of a tree-lined small lake with a decorative tent roof pavilion on a built up island, Cascade, (Cascade Canon) El Paso County, Colorado, includes fishermen, picnic tables, and a recreational vehicle.
- Cascade (El Paso county, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Cascade--1980-1990.; Pavilions--Colorado--Cascade--1980-1990.
- [between 1980 and 1989]
- Built about 1890, burned Dec. 8, 1911 [Frederick Warshauer residence].
- View of the Frederick Warshauer residence in Antonito, Conejos County, Colorado; shows the two-story wood frame Victorian house built around 1890 (later burned in 1911); features include a corner polygonal turret with tent roof, front gable attic...
- Antonito (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Antonito--1890-1910.;Warshauer, Frederick B., 1859-1913--Homes and haunts.
- [between 1960 and 1980]
- First church
- Exterior view of early Congregational church, "Whosoever Will," (formed by Reverend Sanderson), Cripple Creek, Colorado; church is a canvas tent on wooden frame with front wooden platform and steps leading to center entry; stacks of firewood are at...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Congregational churches--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890- 1900.
- [between 1960 and 1970]
- The first house in Cripple Creek - December, 1891
- Illustration depicts first house in Cripple Creek, Colorado (Fremont prior to incorporation); man is seated in single entryway of one- story log cabin with low gable roof, rear stone chimney, and sod roof (possibly); canvas tent and flat-roof shed...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1960 and 1970]
- First law office at Cripple Creek
- Charles H. Adams'(attorney at law) office, Cripple Creek, Colorado with a group of men standing in doorway of canvas tent with wooden frame; men include: George Carr (on horseback), Ed Bell (former marshall of Florissant, standing at far left),...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Law offices--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Adams, Charles H.; Babb, Preacher.; Bell, Ed.; Carr, George.; De LaVergne, Edward Morton.; Spell, Bill.
- [between 1960 and 1970]
- Justice of the Peace, attorney at law
- Illustration depicts Justice of the Peace and attorney- at-law office, Cripple Creek, Colorado (probably Fremont prior to incorporation); building is a canvas tent on wooden frame with stovepipe; signs affixed to wooden frame include "Justice of...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Law offices--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1960 and 1970]
- Ben Stanley Revett residence, Breckenridge, Colorado
- A rock fireplace, with tiles depicting Native American tribal scenes set in stone is a feature of the 'Swan's Nest,' near Breckenridge, Colorado. One tile is of a man in a blanket with a feather headdress and reads "Pontiac-Iriquois," the other is...
- Revett, Ben Stanley--Homes & haunts--1890-1900.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Dwellings--Colorado--Breckenridge--1960-1970.; Interiors--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1970?]
- Aspen amphitheater
- A large, round, white tent is in a field in Aspen, Colorado. Four tent posts are visible through the top of the tent. Two children, a boy and a girl, and two golden retrievers stand in the field. The mountains that surround the town are in the...
- Aspen (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Children--Colorado--Aspen--1960-1970.; Dogs--Colorado--Aspen--1960-1970.; Tents--Colorado--Aspen--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1970?]
- Aspen, Colorado
- View of the Aspen Institute, Aspen, Colorado, including the Big Tent; shows buidlings of Aspen, outline of the Aspen racetrack, an access road through the valley, and snow-covered peaks behind Aspen Mountain.
- Aspen (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Tents--Colorado--Aspen--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1969]
- A night on the town
- Soldiers relax in a clearing in a forest near Camp Swift (Bastrop County), Texas. They stand, sit or squat and listen to a man play the accordion. Most of the men are bare-chested, some hold cigarettes, pipes or beer. A pup tent is near the men; a...
- World War, 1939-1945--American--Campaigns & battles.; Camp Swift (Tex.)--1940-1950.; Accordions--1940-1950.; Leisure--Texas--Camp Swift--1940-1950.; Military training--Texas--Camp Swift--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Texas--Camp...
- [between 1944 and 1945?]
- Miner's tent
- Interior view of a miner's cabin. Cooking and baking goods that include syrup, "Carnation Wheat Flakes", and "Old Label Baking Powder" are on shelves above an oil lamp and trunk.
- Cabins--1890-1910.; Interiors--1890-1910.; Mining--1890-1910.
- [between 1940 and 1960]