Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Grace Church Call
- Reproduction of several versions of a newsletter produced by Grace Methodist Church in Denver, Colorado. Dates included in the newsletter are: October 10 1878, March 9 1889 and March 14 1943.
- Grace Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)
- undated
- Denver Camp Groups postcard
- Postcard with a photograph on the front of three men sitting on a log in front of a make-shift camp in Denver, Colorado. Many of the "tents" in the photo are made of canvas and some are a hybrid of canvas and cars.
- undated
- Jewish Consumptive Relief Society (J.C.R.S.) Main Hospital
- Exterior photograph of the Jewish Consumptive Relief Society's Main Hospital located in Lakewood, Colorado. The Jewish Consumptive Relief Society was incorporated in 1904 to serve tubercular patients other institutions considered too ill to...
- Jewish Consumptive Relief Society (U.S.)--Buildings; Sanatoriums--Colorado--Lakewood.; Lakewood (Colo.); Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Lakewood.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Lakewood.;...
- Undated
- Jewish Consumptive Relief Society (J.C.R.S.) Main Hospital
- Exterior photograph of the Jewish Consumptive Relief Society's Main Hospital located in Lakewood, Colorado. The Jewish Consumptive Relief Society was incorporated in 1904 to serve tubercular patients other institutions considered too ill to...
- Jewish Consumptive Relief Society (U.S.)--Buildings; Sanatoriums--Colorado--Lakewood.; Lakewood (Colo.); Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Lakewood.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Lakewood.;...
- Undated
- Jewish Consumptive Relief Society (J.C.R.S.) Men's Pavilion
- Exterior photograph of the Jewish Consumptive Relief Society's Men's Pavilion located in Lakewood, Colorado. The Jewish Consumptive Relief Society was incorporated in 1904 to serve tubercular patients other institutions considered too ill to...
- Jewish Consumptive Relief Society (U.S.)--Buildings; Sanatoriums--Colorado--Lakewood.; Lakewood (Colo.); Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Lakewood.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Lakewood.;...
- Undated
- Jewish Consumptive Relief Society (J.C.R.S.) Men's Pavilion
- Exterior photograph of the Jewish Consumptive Relief Society's Men's Pavilion located in Lakewood, Colorado. The Jewish Consumptive Relief Society was incorporated in 1904 to serve tubercular patients other institutions considered too ill to...
- Jewish Consumptive Relief Society (U.S.)--Buildings; Sanatoriums--Colorado--Lakewood.; Lakewood (Colo.); Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Lakewood.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Lakewood.;...
- Undated
- New York Ladies Auxiliary Pavilion
- Exterior photograph of the New York Ladies Auxiliary Pavilion located in Lakewood, Colorado. The Jewish Consumptive Relief Society was incorporated in 1904 to serve tubercular patients other institutions considered too ill to benefit from...
- Jewish Consumptive Relief Society (U.S.)--Buildings; Sanatoriums--Colorado--Lakewood.; Lakewood (Colo.); Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Lakewood.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Lakewood.;...
- Undated
- Jewish Consumptive Relief Society (J.C.R.S.)
- Exterior photograph of the side of a building on the The Jewish Consumptive Relief Society (J.C.R.S.) grounds located in Denver, Colorado. Jewish Consumptive Relief Society was incorporated in 1904 to serve tubercular patients other institutions...
- Jewish Consumptive Relief Society (U.S.)--Buildings; Sanatoriums--Colorado--Lakewood.; Lakewood (Colo.); Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Lakewood.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Lakewood.;...
- Undated
- Jewish Consumptive Relief Society (J.C.R.S.)
- Exterior photograph of the synagogue on the The Jewish Consumptive Relief Society (J.C.R.S.) grounds located in Denver, Colorado. Jewish Consumptive Relief Society was incorporated in 1904 to serve tubercular patients other institutions...
- Jewish Consumptive Relief Society (U.S.)--Buildings; Sanatoriums--Colorado--Lakewood.; Synagogues--Colorado--Lakewood; Lakewood (Colo.); Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Lakewood.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Lakewood.;...
- Undated
- Jewish Consumptive Relief Society (J.C.R.S.) Synagogue
- Exterior photograph of the synagogue on the The Jewish Consumptive Relief Society (J.C.R.S.) grounds located in Denver, Colorado. Jewish Consumptive Relief Society was incorporated in 1904 to serve tubercular patients other institutions...
- Jewish Consumptive Relief Society (U.S.)--Buildings; Sanatoriums--Colorado--Lakewood.; Synagogues--Colorado--Lakewood; Lakewood (Colo.); Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Lakewood.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Lakewood.;...
- Undated
- Jewish Consumptive Relief Society (J.C.R.S.)
- Exterior photograph of a building on the The Jewish Consumptive Relief Society (J.C.R.S.) grounds located in Denver, Colorado. Jewish Consumptive Relief Society was incorporated in 1904 to serve tubercular patients other institutions considered...
- Jewish Consumptive Relief Society (U.S.)--Buildings; Sanatoriums--Colorado--Lakewood.; Lakewood (Colo.); Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Lakewood.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Lakewood.;...
- Undated
- Jewish Consumptive Relief Society (J.C.R.S.)
- Exterior photograph of the side of a building on the The Jewish Consumptive Relief Society (J.C.R.S.) grounds located in Denver, Colorado. Jewish Consumptive Relief Society was incorporated in 1904 to serve tubercular patients other institutions...
- Jewish Consumptive Relief Society (U.S.)--Buildings; Sanatoriums--Colorado--Lakewood.; Lakewood (Colo.); Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Lakewood.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Lakewood.;...
- Undated
- Jewish Consumptive Relief Society (J.C.R.S.) Texas Pavilion for Women
- Photograph of the Texas Pavilion for Women at the Jewish Consumptive Relief Society (J.C.R.S.) located in Lakewood, Colorado. The Jewish Consumptive Relief Society was incorporated in 1904 to serve tubercular patients other institutions...
- Jewish Consumptive Relief Society (U.S.)--Buildings; Sanatoriums--Colorado--Lakewood.; Lakewood (Colo.); Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Lakewood.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Lakewood.;...
- Undated
- Jewish Consumptive Relief Society (J.C.R.S.) Rude Medical Building
- Photograph of the Rude Medical Building at the Jewish Consumptive Relief Society (J.C.R.S.) located in Lakewood, Colorado. The Jewish Consumptive Relief Society was incorporated in 1904 to serve tubercular patients other institutions considered...
- Jewish Consumptive Relief Society (U.S.)--Buildings; Sanatoriums--Colorado--Lakewood.; Lakewood (Colo.); Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Lakewood.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Lakewood.;...
- Undated
- Jewish Consumptive Relief Society (J.C.R.S.) Max B Neustester building
- Photograph of the Max B Neustester building at the Jewish Consumptive Relief Society (J.C.R.S.) located in Lakewood, Colorado. The Jewish Consumptive Relief Society was incorporated in 1904 to serve tubercular patients other institutions...
- Jewish Consumptive Relief Society (U.S.)--Buildings; Sanatoriums--Colorado--Lakewood.; Lakewood (Colo.); Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Lakewood.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Lakewood.;...
- Undated
- New York Ladies Auxiliary Pavilion
- Photograph of the New York Ladies Auxiliary Pavilion at the Jewish Consumptive Relief Society (J.C.R.S.) located in Lakewood, Colorado. The Jewish Consumptive Relief Society was incorporated in 1904 to serve tubercular patients other...
- Jewish Consumptive Relief Society (U.S.)--Buildings; Sanatoriums--Colorado--Lakewood.; Lakewood (Colo.); Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Lakewood.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Lakewood.;...
- Undated
- Jewish Consumptive Relief Society (J.C.R.S.) guard house
- Photograph of the guard house at the Jewish Consumptive Relief Society (J.C.R.S.) located in Lakewood, Colorado. The Jewish Consumptive Relief Society was incorporated in 1904 to serve tubercular patients other institutions considered too ill to...
- Jewish Consumptive Relief Society (U.S.)--Buildings--1970-1980.; Sanatoriums--Colorado--Lakewood--1970-1980.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Lakewood.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Lakewood.;...
- Undated
- Mining camp, west of Eldora
- View of the Happy Valley Placer Co. mining camp in the Grand Island Mining District, Boulder County, Colorado with tents and a buggy. John H. Kemp leans on the fence to the left; Engineer August Mathez stands with a transit instrument and tripod...
- Happy Valley Placer Company (Colo.)--Facilities--1890-1900.; Mining camps--Colorado--Boulder County--1890-1900.; Boulder (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Boulder County--1890-1900.; Tents--Colorado--Boulder County--1890-1900.; Kemp, John H.;...
- Summer 1892
- 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
- Platoro, Colorado, in the mining district southwest of Monte Vista, Colo
- View of Platoro, Conejos County, Colorado; shows log buildings, tents, men, and a buggy.
- Platoro (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Log buildings--Colorado--Platoro--1910-1920.; Tents--Colorado--Platoro--1910-1920.
- Spring, 1913
- Mountain tents
- Photograph of mountain tents set up on a hill near Camp Hale, Colorado. A group of Tenth Mountain Division soldiers is visible in the background.
- Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- Spring 1944
- Fellows, Morton, Miche, Smith
- A group of six soldiers from the Tenth Mountain Division, 85th Regiment, Company E, sit in front of small tents. Men identified are: Fellows, Morton, Miche, Smith, and center with a cigarette, is Arville Burtt. All are wear caps, khaki uniforms and...
- Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Military training--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- Spring 1944
- Steamboat Springs, Colorado Routt County, Pioneer Day celebration taken from Onyx Quarry? Hill toward N.E.
- Spectators gather on the slopes of Quarry Mountain and in buggies around the perimeter of a field to watch the baseball game during the Pioneer Day festivities in Steamboat Springs, Routt County, Colorado. The Denver & Salt Lake Railroad (Moffat...
- Denver and Salt Lake Railroad Company--1900-1910.; Steamboat Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Baseball--Colorado--Steamboat Springs--1900-1910.; Celebrations--Colorado--Steamboat Springs--1900-1910.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Steamboat...
- September, 1908
- Cripple Creek strike
- One of the camps in the Cripple Creek District, Colorado set up by the Colorado National Guard to combat a labor strike by the Western Federation of Miners. Shows men in uniform among several tents.
- Colorado. National Guard--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Military camps--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Militia--Colorado--Cripple...
- September 6, 1903
- Broadway, Blanca City
- The snow-capped Sangre de Cristo mountains loom over the town of Blanca, Colorado, in Costilla County. Men in suits stand in front of two tents and a lightpost. Wood-frame structures, including one with a gable, are across grassy Broadway, which...
- Blanca (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Buildings--Colorado--Blanca--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Blanca--1900-1910.; Tents--Colorado--Blanca--1900-1910.
- September 28, 1908
- Railroad Day
- The citizens of Hayden (Routt County), Colorado stand in a semi-circle in front of the Edison School as they await the arrival of the town's first train. The two-story, wood-frame school house has a hipped roof, a cupola, and a balcony. People...
- Hayden (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Celebrations--Colorado--Hayden--1910-1920.; Schools--Colorado--Hayden--1910-1920.
- October, 1913
- Indian women cooking for a feast
- Native American Sioux women cook in on open field, Cheyenne River Reservation, South Dakota. Their work area includes a wagon loaded with supplies, boiling pots, kettles, wooden barrels and crates. Wall tents show in background.
- Dakota Indians--South Dakota--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--1910-1920.; Cheyenne River Indian Reservation (S.D.)--1910-1920.; Outdoor cookery--South Dakota--1910-1920.; Women--South Dakota--1910-1920.
- October 1916?
- 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
- Pueblo - Rocky Ford Toll Line
- Men pose by canvas tents, buckboards, tools, and power poles, during the construction of the Pueblo -Rocky Ford Toll Line in Nepesta, Pueblo County, Colorado. They are left to right: Harry Sheldon (foreman), Bert Flack, Jim Slocum, Stan Wessel,...
- Nepesta (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Construction workers--Colorado--Nepesta--1890-1900.; Road construction--Colorado--Nepesta--1890-1900.
- November 1899
- West Creek Town Site Looking North, Gold Mineing (sic.) Camp, Colo.
- View of the young gold mining community of West Creek, Colorado in Douglas County. Several pitched tents around one wood-frame building.
- West Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- November 14, 1895
- 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
- Platoro, Colorado, in the mining district southwest of Monte Vista, Colorado
- View of Platoro, Conejos County, Colorado; shows log dwellings, tents, men, a buggy, and a United States flag.
- Platoro (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Log buildings--Colorado--Platoro--1910-1920.; Tents--Colorado--Platoro--1910-1920.
- May 31, 1913
- Platoro, Colorado, in the mining district southwest of Monte Vista, Colorado
- View of Platoro, Conejos County, Colorado; shows log dwellings, tents, men, a buggy, and a United States flag.
- Platoro (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Log buildings--Colorado--Platoro--1910-1920.; Tents--Colorado--Platoro--1910-1920.
- May 31, 1913
- 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
- Wallace, Ida looking west, during labor troubles troops camped in foreground
- Soldiers' tents fill a vacant lot in Wallace, Shoshone County, Idaho, during a mining labor strike; brick and frame businesses flank the encampment.
- Wallace (Idaho)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Idaho--Wallace--1890-1900.; Military camps--Idaho--Wallace--1890-1900.; Miners' strikes--Idaho--Wallace--1890-1900.; Mining--Idaho--Wallace--1890-1900.; Tents--Idaho--Wallace--1890-1900.
- June, 1892
- Deputies camp at Victor
- View of a military camp at Victor, Teller County, Colorado, during a mining labor strike by the Western Federation of Miners; shows tents, soldiers, houses, and mine processing buildings.
- Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Buildings--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Military camps--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Miners' strikes--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Tents--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.
- June 10, 1894
- Grand Valley at Palisade, Colo. Midland Ry.
- Right side of panorama view north over fertile Grand Valley, Colorado, reached via the Colorado Midland Railway, shows an irrigation canal works, orchards with rows of fruit trees and a few scattered wood frame residences, tents and sheds; the...
- Grand Valley (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- July 12, 1911
- Encampment at King Victor Emmanuel's Hunting Grounds near Pisa, Italy
- Tenth Mountain Division encampment at King Victor Emmanuel's Hunting Grounds near Pisa, Italy; shows soldiers relaxing in warm weather around a line of tents in a large open field, some play ball; miscellaneous equipment in background.
- Military camps--Italy--Pisa--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- January 1945
- Packing-crates at encampment, Pisa
- A Tenth Mountain Division soldier bends with back to camera near a trash fire; he holds a gasoline can. Other soldiers are visible throughout the rest of the image as they do chores around their tents or the stacks of packing crates in a large...
- Military camps--Italy--Pisa--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- January 1945
- Trucks at encampment, Pisa
- Eight trucks in a Tenth Mountain Division encampment at King Victor Emmanuel's hunting grounds near Pisa, Italy. In the background neat rows of tents fill an open field surrounded by leafy trees.
- Military camps--Italy--Pisa--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- January 1945
- Amethyst (Creede) Colorado
- The snow-covered town of Creede, Colorado, in Mineral County, is nestled in a steep, rocky valley. Tents are pitched at the end of the town, next to streets lined with mills, commercial buildings, and residences.
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Tents--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- February, 1892
- Pine Ridge Agency S.D. (from cemetery) S.E. view
- View southeast from the Native American Lakota Sioux cemetery, over the Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota, shows snow, agency buildings including Episcopal and Presbyterian churches, tepees, and United States Army wall tents.
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency--1890-1900.; Dakota Indians--Government relations--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Government relations--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Teton...
- February 1891
- Balfour, Colo. 10 days old
- The new settlement of Balfour, Colorado, in Park County, situated on the plains of the San Luis Valley consists of tents, and simple, one- story, wood-frame buildings with gables. Split-rail fences enclose small yards that contain animals. Some...
- Balfour (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Dwellings--Colorado--Balfour--1890-1900.; Tents--Colorado--Balfour--1890-1900.
- December 31, 1893
- Balfour, Colo. 10 days old
- The new settlement of Balfour, Colorado, in Park County, situated on the plains of the San Luis Valley, consists of tents and simple, one- story, wood-frame buildings with gables. Split-rail fences enclose small yards that contain animals. Some...
- Balfour (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Dwellings--Colorado--Balfour--1890-1900.; Tents--Colorado--Balfour--1890-1900.
- December 31, 1893
- Balfour, Colo., 10 days old
- The new settlement of Balfour, Colorado, in Park County, situated on the plains of the San Luis Valley, consists of tents, and simple, one- story, wood-frame buildings with gables. Split-rail fences enclose small yards that contain animals. Some...
- Balfour (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Dwellings--Colorado--Balfour--1890-1900.; Tents--Colorado--Balfour--1890-1900.
- December 31, 1893
- 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
- Gold mining in Gilpin county
- View of a mining camp with cabins, covered wagons, tents, a gold field with diggings, tailings, and wooden sluices on a treeless hillside in Gilpin County, Colorado.
- Mining camps--Colorado--Gilpin County--1860-1870.; Sluices--Colorado--Gilpin County--1860-1870.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Gilpin County--1860-1870.; Mining--Colorado--Gilpin County--1860-1870.
- between 1860 and 1869
- 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
- Camp Bishop Head Wind River
- Native American (Shoshone) and white men pose near tents and the horses of a pack train at Camp Bishop, near the Wind River in Wyoming.
- Arthur, Chester Alan, 1829-1886.--Journeys.; Indians of North America--Wyoming--1880-1890.; Shoshoni Indians--Wyoming--1880-1890.; Military camps--Wyoming--1880-1890.; Packtrains--Wyoming--1880-1890.; Tents--Wyoming--1880-1890.
- August, 1883