Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Airstrip and base, Aleutian Islands
- View of an airstrip and base in the Aleutian Islands that shows a canal, an airstrip, various planes and materiel. Above the strip on the dunes is a base with more buildings, tents and materiel. The 87th Mountain Infantry Division served in the...
- Aleutian Islands (Alaska)--1940-1950.; Military facilities--Alaska--Aleutian Islands--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- 1943
- Airbase, Aleutian Islands
- View of an airbase in the Aleutian Islands, showing a U.S. warplane, tents, materiel, and battle ships in a harbor behind the airstrip. The 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment served in the Aleutian Islands as a part of Amphibious Task Force 9.
- Aleutian Islands (Alaska)--1940-1950.; Military facilities--Alaska--Aleutian Islands--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- 1943
- Western History Subject Index
- ALLEN, George B
- Western History Subject Index
- ALLEN, Geroge B
- Mt. Bross above the clouds
- This view down a muddy road across a plank bridge in Alma, (elevation, 10,353 feet) in Park County, Colorado, includes a man and a woman in front of large tent. A "Photographing" sign shows on a tall post. Small wood frame buildings, including a...
- Alma (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Bridges--Colorado--Alma--1880-1890.; Churches--Colorado--Alma--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Alma--1880-1890.; Tents--Colorado--Alma--1880-1890.
- [between 1881 and 1886]
- Almont, CO
- View of the Buckwalter encampment at Almont (Gunnison County), Colorado; shows bluffs, an automobile and canvas tent, and Katherine Buckwalter sitting inside.
- Almont (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Automobiles--Colorado--Almont--1920-1930.; Camping--Colorado--Almont--1920-1930.; Tents--Colorado--Almont--1920-1930.; Buckwalter, Katherine, 1882-1969.
- 1925
- Fishing camping Almont, Colo
- View of Harry Buckwalter's tent pitched near Almont (Gunnison County), Colorado. Fish hang from support poles attached to the tent.
- Almont (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Camping--Colorado--Almont--1920-1930.; Fish--Colorado--Almont--1920-1930.; Tents--Colorado--Almont--1920-1930.; Buckwalter, Harry H.--Homes & haunts.
- [1922]
- Camping fishing Almont, Colo
- View of Harry Buckwalter's tent pitched near Almont (Gunnison County), Colorado. Fish hang from support poles attached to the tent.
- Almont (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Camping--Colorado--Almont--1920-1930.; Fish--Colorado--Almont--1920-1930.; Tents--Colorado--Almont--1920-1930.; Buckwalter, Harry H.--Homes & haunts.
- [1922]
- Camping fishing Almont, Colo.
- View of Harry Buckwalter's tent pitched near Almont (Gunnison County), Colorado. Fish hang from support poles attached to the tent.
- Almont (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Camping--Colorado--Almont--1920-1930.; Fish--Colorado--Almont--1920-1930.; Tents--Colorado--Almont--1920-1930.; Buckwalter, Harry H.--Homes & haunts.
- [1922]
- Camping fishing Almont, Colorado
- View of Harry Buckwalter's tent pitched near Almont (Gunnison County), Colorado. Fish hang from support poles attached to the tent.
- Almont (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Camping--Colorado--Almont--1920-1930.; Fish--Colorado--Almont--1920-1930.; Tents--Colorado--Almont--1920-1930.; Buckwalter, Harry H.--Homes & haunts.
- [1922]
- Frying Pan [sic]
- View of the Buckwalter encampment at Almont (Gunnison County), Colorado; shows a miniature canvas tent with trout hanging from the poles.
- Almont (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Camping--Colorado--Almont--1920-1930.; Tents--Colorado--Almont--1920-1930.; Trout--Colorado--Almont--1920-1930.; Buckwalter, Harry H.--Homes & haunts.
- 1925
- Camping fishing Almont, Colorado
- View of a tent pitched near Almont (Gunnison County), Colorado. Fish hang from support poles attached to the tent.
- Almont (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Fish--Colorado--Almont--1920-1930.; Tents--Colorado--Almont--1920-1930.
- [1925]
- Camping fishing Almont, Colorado
- View of a tent pitched near Almont (Gunnison County), Colorado. Fish hang from support poles attached to the tent.
- Almont (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Fish--Colorado--Almont--1920-1930.; Tents--Colorado--Almont--1920-1930.
- [1925]
- Camping fishing Almont, Colorado
- View of a tent pitched near Almont (Gunnison County), Colorado. Fish hang from support poles attached to the tent.
- Almont (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Fish--Colorado--Almont--1920-1930.; Tents--Colorado--Almont--1920-1930.
- [1925]
- Almont, Colo.
- View of Almont (Gunnison County), Colorado; shows log cabins, canvas tents, and rocky bluffs.
- Almont (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Log cabins--Colorado--Almont--1920-1930.; Tents--Colorado--Almont--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Almont, Colo.
- View of Almont (Gunnison County), Colorado; shows log cabins, canvas tents, and rocky bluffs.
- Almont (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Log cabins--Colorado--Almont--1920-1930.; Tents--Colorado--Almont--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Camp of Colo. State Militia, Bull Hill, Colo. [?] 12 [?]
- Panoramic view, probably during a mining labor strike, of frame buildings in the town of Altman (Teller County), Colorado and tents in rows at a military encampment in a nearby meadow. A flagpole with an American flag is near tents, and soldiers in...
- Altman (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Altman--1890-1900.; Military camps--Colorado--Altman--1890-1900.; Militias--Colorado--Altman--1890-1900.
- [1894]
- Militia - camp @ Altman from west. Bull Hill
- View of a military encampment at Altman, Teller County, Colorado, during a mining labor strike; shows soldiers, tents, mine tailings, felled timber, businesses and houses. The Western Federation of Miners had their headquarters in Altman.
- Altman (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Military camps--Colorado--Altman--1890-1900.; Militia--Colorado--Altman--1890-1900.; Miners' strikes--Colorado--Altman--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Altman--1890-1900.; Tents--Colorado--Altman--1890-1900.
- 1894
- Western History Subject Index
- American beet sugar company
- Anaconda, Col.
- View along a curve in the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad tracks northeast across Ananconda to the treeless rounded Gold Hill, Teller County, Colorado. shows town composed of several camps including Squaw Gulch, Mound City, and Barry nestled in...
- Anaconda (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Anaconda--1890-1900.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Anaconda--1890-1900.
- [1895]
- Anaconda
- View northeast across Ananconda residences in Teller County, Colorado, includes frame gabled houses, tents, log cabins, log houses, false fronts, lean-tos, outhouses, and a smelter, with wood shingle, sod, and plank board roofs. Patches of light...
- Anaconda (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Anaconda--1890-1900.; Wooden buildings--Colorado--Anaconda--1890-1900.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Animas Forks
- A man wearing a vest and straw hat sits outside of the town of Animas Forks (San Juan County), Colorado. A footbridge extends over a fork of the Animas River. The town consists of wood frame structures, tents, log cabins, gabled houses, false...
- Animas Forks (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Animas Forks--1870-1880.
- [between 1875 and 1880?]
- Animas Fork
- View down main street of Animas Forks in the Animas River Valley, (11,300 feet) San Juan County, Colorado; consists of wood frame structures, tents, log cabins, gabled houses, false fronts, outhouses, and the two-story Walsh residence; small front...
- Animas Forks (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Houses--Colorado--Animas Forks--1870-1880.; Valleys--Colorado--Animas Forks--1870-1880.
- [between 1876 and 1880]
- Animas Forks, Colo.
- View down main street of Animas Forks in the Animas River Valley, (11,300 feet) San Juan County, Colorado; includes a man wearing a vest and straw hat sitting outside of town above a bridge over a fork of the Animas River; town consists of wood...
- Animas Forks (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Houses--Colorado--Animas Forks--1870-1880.; Valleys--Colorado--Animas Forks--1870-1880.
- [between 1875 and 1880]
- Animas Forks, Colorado
- View of the bustling camp of Animas Forks in the Animas River valley, (11,300 feet) San Juan County, Colorado; includes walled tents, wood frame gable structures, log cabins and a few false fronts; large tailing dumps from hydraulic mining along...
- Animas Forks (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Animas Forks--1870-1890.
- [between 1877 and 1885]
- Animas Forks
- View of the town of Animas Forks (San Juan County), Colorado. Shows a mule drawn wagon, men and women, wood frame structures, tents, log cabins, gabled houses, false fronts, outhouses, and the two-story Walsh residence. A tall narrow shed in the...
- Animas Forks (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Animas Forks--1890-1900.; City & town life--Colorado--Animas Forks--1890-1900.; Mills--Colorado--Animas Forks--1890-1900.; Ore industry--Colorado--Animas Forks--1890-1900.
- [ca. 1890]
- Animas Forks blasting for preliminary (?) works on Gold Prince Mill
- View of Gold Prince Mill (mine ore processing) construction in Animas Forks, San Juan County, Colorado; shows sheds, tents, and dynamite blasting dust.
- Animas Forks (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Animas Forks--1900-1910.; Mills--Colorado--Animas Forks--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Animas Forks--1900-1910.
- 1904
- Three men with pots
- Three Native American (possibly Apache) men pose between two tents with a display of clay Pueblo pottery and storyteller dolls at a fair in New Mexico. A sign on the fence reads: "Apaches". The men wear vests (one fully beaded), necklaces, shirts,...
- Apache Indians--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Pottery--New Mexico--1900-1910.
- [1900?]
- Pueblo [i. e. Apache] Indians Albuquerque N. Mexico
- A group of Native American (Apache) men, women, and children pose near a group of tents in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The men wear moccasins, breechcloths, and headbands or hats. One man wears a feather roach.
- Apache Indians--New Mexico--Albuquerque--1880-1910.; Indians of North America--New Mexico--Albuquerque--1880-1910.; Albuquerque (N.M.)--1880-1910.; Children--New Mexico--Albuquerque--1880-1910.; Women--New Mexico--Albuquerque--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910]
- Packing Colorado apples
- View of apple packing production somewhere in Colorado; shows two large canvas tents surrounded by apples in wooden crates, men carrying wooden boxes of apples, horse-drawn sled loaded with apple crates, mule- drawn wagon, men hammering shut...
- Apple orchards--Colorado--1900-1920.; Fruit industry--Colorado--1900-1920.; Harvesting--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Arabs
- A group of Arabs in the cast of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show poses on horseback in a camp for the show. The men wear turbans and several wear capes. One man in the right foreground carries a large flag. Several tents are set up in the background.
- Arabs--Clothing & dress.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- 1899
- Arabs
- A group of Arabs on horseback rides through a grassy area during a performance of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The men wear turbans and capes. Several soldiers are stopped on their horses in the right background. Those men wear helmets and carry...
- Arabs--Clothing & dress.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; United States. Army. Volunteer Cavalry, 1st.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- 1899
- U. S. Commissioners in council with Arapahoes & Cheyennes, U.S.A. Generals, Harrison, Sherman, Terry
- United States Army Generals, Harrison, Sherman, and Terry sit under a canvas tent and hold a council with Native American Arapahoes and Cheyennes.
- Arapaho Indians--1860-1870.; Cheyenne Indians--1860-1870.; Indians of North America--1860-1870.; Generals--American--1860-1870.; Meetings--1860-1870.; Tents--1860-1870.; Harrison, Benjamin, 1833-1901.; Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh),...
- 1862?
- Good campers have clean, well arranged campgrounds
- A man and a boy pose at camp by a canvas tent, an automobile (Mitchell), and pine saplings, in Arapaho National Forest (now part of Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland), in Summit or Eagle County, Colorado. The boy...
- Arapaho National Forest (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Boys--Colorado--1910-1920.; Camping--Colorado--1910-1920.; Fathers & children--Colorado--1910-1920.; Forest reserves--Colorado--1910-1920.; Tents--Colorado--1910-1920.
- 1917 August 1
- Arizona Mine, Nevada
- Men wear hats and sit, stand, and pose in front of a canvas covered tent near the Arizona Mine shaft at Belmont (Nye County), Nevada. A man sits in a wheelbarrow beside a log pile. Ore piles and rocks, a horse, wagon and a mine building with a...
- Arizona Mine (Nye County, Nev.)--1870-1880.; Belmont (Nev.)--1870-1880.; Miners--Nevada--Belmont--1870-1880.; Mining--Nevada--Belmont--1870-1880.; Tents--Nevada--Belmont--1870-1880.; Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.)
- [1871]
- Granite, Colorado
- A conestoga wagon is next to a pitched tent near the mining community of Granite, Colorado, in Chaffee County. The Arkansas River flows past the town in the background. Residences and commercial storefronts are along the banks of the river.
- Arkansas River.; Granite (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Granite--1860-1870.; Tents--Colorado--Granite--1860-1870.
- [between 1860 and 1870]
- 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
- Camp Arthur Gros Ventres [i. e. Ventre] River
- View of Camp Arthur near the Gros Ventre River in Wyoming. A group of men and soldiers pose near a row of tents. One man holds a U. S. flag.
- Arthur, Chester Alan, 1829-1886.--Journeys.; Military camps--Wyoming--1880-1890.; Soldiers--Wyoming--1880-1890.; Tents--Wyoming--1880-1890.
- August, 1883
- Capt. Hayes' Quarters, Camp Hampton
- Men pose outdoors near the tents of Captain E. M. Hayes' quarters in Wyoming. Some men wear military uniforms. Peaks of the Grand Teton Range are in the distance.
- Arthur, Chester Alan, 1829-1886.--Journeys.; Teton Range (Wyo. and Idaho)--1880-1890.; Military camps--Wyoming--1880-1890.; Military officers--Wyoming--1880-1890.; Soldiers--Wyoming--1880-1890.; Tents--Wyoming--1880-1890.; Hayes, E. M.--Homes &...
- August, 1883
- 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
- Aspen
- View of a tent-amphitheatre in Aspen, Pitkin County, Colorado; shows people, parked cars, and mountains.
- Aspen (Colo.)--1940-1960.; Tents--Colorado--Aspen--1940-1960.
- [between 1940 and 1960]
- 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]
- Aspen, Colorado in 1967
- View of west side of Aspen, Colorado, including the Big Tent, Aspen High School, and Seminar Building. Scene includes houses and trees in the background at the foot of Aspen Mountain, outline of the former Aspen racetrack, an access road through...
- Aspen (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Tents--Colorado--Aspen--1960-1970.
- 1967
- Western History Subject Index
- Aspen, Colorado
- Atchee, Uintah Ry, Colo.
- View over Atchee, at the foothills of the Uintah (Uinta) Mountains, Garfield County, Colorado; shows the Uintah Railway shop, tents, wood frame houses; yards include a water tank, coal or wood bins, passenger cars and a cylindrical-cistern water...
- Atchee (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad shops & yards--Colorado--Atchee--1900-1910.; Uintah Railway.
- [between 1903 and 1905]
- A distribution of goods to the Gros Ventres
- Reproduction of a drawing shows a large group of Gros Ventre (Atsina) Native Americas seated in a circle near a distribution camp with a United States flag, covered wagons, and walled tents.
- Atsina Indians--1870-1890.; Indians of North America--Government relations--1870-1890.; Food relief--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- Mt. Audubon and Arapahoe Peak from Picnic Rocks, Glacier Lake
- Colorado and Northwestern Railway's narrow gauge track and spur to Glacier Lake on Eldora line; Mt. Audubon (elevation 12,223 feet) and Arapahoe Peaks (elevation 13,502 and 13,397 feet) in distant background; shows wooden frame residence, wooden...
- Audubon, Mount (Colo.)--1890-1910.; North Arapaho Peak (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--1890-1910.; Pavilions--Colorado--1890-1910.; Colorado and Northwestern Railway Company.
- [between 1898 and 1909]
- Car camping
- View of people at a picnic table, canvas tents, and automobiles among trees.
- Automobiles--1910-1930.; Camping--1910-1930.; Tents--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Car campers
- View of a camp site in probably Colorado. Men, women and children are beside tents and two Model T's near a stand of pine trees. The women wear long dresses, one of the men points a rifle.
- Automobiles--Colorado--1910-1920.; Camping--Colorado--1910-1920.; Tents--Colorado--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]