Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- St. Mary's Catholic Church
- View of the north side of St. Mary's of the Assumption Catholic Church in Central City, Colorado. Formerly St. Patrick's, the original structure was damaged in the fire of 1874, and for almost twenty years the congregation worshipped in a...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Churches--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church (Central City, Colo.)
- [between 1893 and 1899]
- Immigration rally, Civic Center, Denver
- Young women participate in an immigration rights rally at Civic Center Park in Civic Center, Denver, Colorado. One teenage girl is wrapped in an American flag. A young woman beside her holds a sign and a Mexican flag, and wears a Mexico T-shirt. A...
- Mexicans--2000-2010.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Civil rights demonstrations.; Illegal aliens.; Women.; Civil rights demonstrations--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Illegal...
- [2006 March 25]
- Immigration rights reform rally
- View of a crowd at an immigration rights reform rally in Civic Center Park in Denver, Colorado. They wave American flags and a sign that depicts a map of the United States and reads: "We Don't Cross the Border, It Crossed Us."
- Hispanic Americans--2000-2010.; Mexicans--United States--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Demonstrations.; Illegal aliens.; Demonstrations--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Illegal...
- [2006 March 25]
- Immigration rights reform rally
- View of a crowd at an immigration rights reform rally in Civic Center Park in Denver, Colorado. They stand on Lincoln Avenue and wave Mexican and American flags.
- Hispanic Americans--2000-2010.; Mexican Americans--2000-2010.; Mexicans--United States--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Demonstrations.; Illegal aliens.; Demonstrations--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- [2006 March 25]
- Immigration rights reform rally
- View of a crowd at an immigration rights reform rally in Civic Center Park and on the Colorado State Capitol grounds in Denver, Colorado. Thousands of demonstrators move across Colfax Avenue towards the park and the capitol building. They carry...
- Colorado State Capitol (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Hispanic Americans--2000-2010.; Mexicans--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Demonstrations.; Illegal aliens.; Colorado State Capitol (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.;...
- [2006 March 25]
- Old blockhouse, and pupils, Grand Ronde
- Native American Nez Perce students pose in a long row with Dr. Kershaw, Indian agent and instructors in front of an old block house, Grande Ronde Indian School, Oregon. The girls wear dresses and the boys were sack jackets and trousers; some with...
- Indians of North America--Oregon--1890-1910.; Nez Percé Indians--Oregon--1890-1910.; Indian agents--Oregon--1890-1910.; School children--Oregon--1890-1910.; Schools--Oregon--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- The Mormon Battalion
- Men pose around a pale stone obelisk in Pueblo, Colorado. A plaque reads: "The Mormon battalion. In the Mexican War spent the winter of 1846-47 near this site. With their families and Mormon immigrants from the Mississippi they formed a...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Clergy--Colorado--Pueblo--1940-1950.; Mormon churches--Colorado--Pueblo--1940-1950.; Obelisks--Colorado--Pueblo--1940-1950.
- [between 1946 and 1950?]
- Central City and California Gulch
- View of California Gulch outside of Leadville (or Central City), Colorado; shows a stream, felled timber, and miner's cabins.
- California Gulch (Gilpin County, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Leadville (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Canyons--Colorado--1870-1880.
- 1873
- Chestnut St. & Carbonate Hill
- View east on Leadville, Colorado's Chestnut Street with Carbonate Hill in the background includes a dirt street lined predominantly with wood frame false fronts of varying sizes, which create a stair step effect. The two-story "Grand Hotel" in the...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Hotels--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.
- [between 1879 and 1880]
- James Lovato and Lucille Gonzales, Aguilar, Colorado
- James Lovato and Lucille Gonzáles Lovato pose in the street near parked automobiles in Aguilar (Las Animas County), Colorado. He wears a shirt and slacks and Lucille wears a dress with a V neck and a blouse. She has long hair.
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1940-1950; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1940-1950.; Aguilar (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Lovato, James Alexander, 1927-2005--Pictorial works.; Lovato, Lucille Gonzáles, 1929---Pictorial works.;...
- 1948 July 4
- Gonzales family outside Casa Mayan restaurant
- Members of the Gonzales family pose outside their restaurant and cultural center the Casa Mayan located at 1020 9th Street in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. They are identified left to right, on the front stoop: Ramon and Carolina...
- Casa Mayan (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Families.; Restaurants.; Alcaro family--Pictorial works.; Gonzales...
- [1958]
- Gonzales family outside Casa Mayan restaurant
- Members of the Gonzales family pose on the porch of their restaurant and cultural center the Casa Mayan located at 1020 9th Street in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. They are identified left to right: Top row: Celia, Arnold, Marta, Ray...
- Casa Mayan (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Restaurants.; Gonzales family--Pictorial works.; Casa Mayan (Denver,...
- [1958]
- The south side of Spar City
- View across lake of abandoned log structures in Spar City (Fisher City, Lime Creek), Mineral County, Colorado.
- Spar City (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Spar City--1960-1970.
- [1960?]
- Dyersville
- View overlooking the ghost town of Dyersville, Colorado, in Summit County. Decaying buildings and overgrown vegetation around structures.
- Dyersville (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Dyersville--1960-1970.
- 1962
- Yellow Creek round up
- Cowboys pose beside or on horses near Yellow Creek in Rio Blanco County, Colorado. A steer is on the ground, tied with ropes. A man holds a branding iron to the steer's flank, and another man leans over the steer. Kettles and an iron bar are over a...
- Rio Blanco County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cattle branding--Colorado--Rio Blanco County--1910-1920.; Cowboys--Colorado--Rio Blanco County--1910-1920.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Rio Blanco County--1910-1920.
- 1911
- Ashcroft, Colorado
- ball and banquet there. Tabor also reportedly bought rounds of drinks for everyone in each of the town's 13 saloons. At the time, Ashcroft was growing much faster than nearby Aspen. By 1885, it had about 3,500 residents with six hotels and 20...
- Ashcroft (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Pitkin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Ashcroft--1940-1950.; Ghost towns--Colorado--Ashcroft--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Ashcroft--1940-1950.
- [1943?]
- Interview with Albert Niederhut
- Maria C. Martinez and Arthur Martinez
- Studio portrait (bust) of Arthur and Maria C. Martinez. Maria wears a dress with a scoop neck and her husband, Arthur, wears a suit and tie. The couple were residents of San Pedro (Costilla County), Colorado.
- Mexican Americans--1960-1970.; Hispanic Americans--1960-1970.; Martinez, Arthur--Pictorial works.; Martinez, María C.--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.;...
- 1962
- Richthofen Fountain
- View of the Richthofen Fountain (1901, now a planter) at the intersection of Richthofen Parkway and Oneida Street in the Montclair Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. A young boy and girl sit on the edge of the former fountain's granite basin which...
- Von Richthofen, Walter, Baron, 1848-1898--Monuments.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Montclair (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Children.; Fountains.; Gardens.; Von Richthofen, Walter, Baron, 1848-1898--Monuments--Pictorial works.;...
- 1975
- Part of town of Colo. Decorative Marble Co.
- View of a Colorado Decorative Marble Company settlement in Steel Canyon (9 mi S. E. of Villa Grove), Saguache County, Colorado; shows people posing by log houses.
- Villa Grove (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Colorado Decorative Marble Company, Inc.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Gates Rubber Co. buildings on Broadway
- Night view of the Gates Rubber Company buildings located on Broadway in Denver, Colorado.
- Gates Rubber Company--1920-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Night--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Sac and Fox Indians, Kesh Ke Kosh (Don Whistler)
- Sitting portrait of Kesh Ke Kosh (Don Whistler), a Native American Sac (Sauk)and Fox. He wears a shirt and pants, a beaded necklace, and an eagle feather headdress.
- Fox Indians--1920-1930.; Indians of North America--1920-1930.; Sauk Indians--1920-1930.; Whistler, Don.; Sac and Fox Nation.
- 1924 December 17
- Carter Museum, Breckenridge
- The Carter Museum, in Breckenridge, Colorado, is a one story, hewn log house with white chinking and a shed roofed addition built on the side. A sash window is next to an open door, and stovepipes rise from the roof. A pile of rounded rocks and...
- Edwin Carter Museum (Breckenridge, Colo.)--1920-1970.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1920-1970.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Breckenridge--1920-1970.
- [between 1920 and 1970?]
- Lake County, mining
- View of miners standing in front of the entrance of an unidentified mine and a pile of debris, possibly near Leadville, Lake County, Colorado.
- Lake County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Lake County--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Lake County--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Arvada Baptist Church
- View of the Baptist Church, Arvada, Colorado, at corner of West 2nd (Second) and Adelaide Streets (Yarrow Street and West Fifty-seventh Avenue), Jefferson County, Colorado; features a stone building built in 1909 with a front gable, decorative...
- Arvada (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Baptist churches--Colorado--Arvada--1900-1920.
- [between 1909 and 1920]
- Dist. 19, "Sunnyside" Mrs. Shanahan, teacher, June 24, 1958 The name was Sunny Slopes
- Twelve young men, women, and girls stand in front of a one-story sod house with a hipped roof, used as a schoolhouse, about 18 miles southwest of Seibert, Colorado. A school bell is on the roof, with a shovel lying nearby; the building was called...
- Edgewater (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Schools--Colorado--Edgewater--1910-1920.; Students--Colorado--Edgewater--1910-1920.; Love, Mertel, Mrs.
- 1911-1912
- Historical artifacts
- Edward Santarpio (with bottles) and Gerard H. Fischer pose with patent medicines and an advertising sign for the Denver Post newspaper in (probably) Georgetown, Colorado. The sign bears a likeness of Uncle Sam.
- Denver Post--1940-1950.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Antiques--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.; Book & magazine posters--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.; Patent...
- 1947 August 2
- Monument on Custer Battlefield, 1886
- Three men and one dog near monument on the Little Big Horn battlefield to soldiers killed there.
- Battlefields--Montana--1880-1890.; Monuments & memorials--Montana--1886.; Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876.
- [1886]
- Houses at Bocca Di Ravari, Italy
- Houses at Bocca Di Ravari, just beyond Torre Iussi at the base of Hill 903. German troops held the houses and maintained a sweeping line of fire from there. The field to the right of the image was filled with mines. It was extremely difficult for...
- Bocca di Ravari (Italy)--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- April 1945
- Trees on "Punchboard Hill"
- In the foreground is a tree located on "Puchboard Hill", which was battered by German artillery from March 1 to March 3, 1945, as were the Tenth Mountain Division troops of the 87th Regiment, 3rd Battalion who occupied positions there. In the...
- United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- March 1945
- Woman trucker, Robic, Yugoslavia
- The Tenth Mountain Division, 87th Regiment, 3rd Battalion, was billeted in Robic, Yugoslavia, after the victory in Italy. According to the photographer, the older women and children did all the work in town including farming and trucking because...
- Robic (Yugoslavia)--1940-1950.; Women--Yugoslavia--Robic--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- 1945
- Ashcroft, Colo. Remains of Hotel 1943
- An abandoned hotel stands in a field in the midground in Ashcroft, a mining town near Castle Creek, south of Aspen in Pitkin County, Colorado. The town was originally called Chloride but its residents renamed it Ashcroft in 1882 after rich ore was...
- Ashcroft (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Pitkin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Ashcroft--1940-1950.; Ghost towns--Colorado--Ashcroft--1940-1950.; Hotels--Colorado--Ashcroft--1940-1950.
- [1943?]
- Ashcroft, Colo. Remains of Hotel 1943
- An abandoned hotel stands in a field in the midground in Ashcroft, a mining town near Castle Creek, south of Aspen in Pitkin County, Colorado. The town was originally called Chloride but its residents renamed it Ashcroft in 1882 after rich ore was...
- Ashcroft (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Pitkin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Ashcroft--1940-1950.; Ghost towns--Colorado--Ashcroft--1940-1950.; Hotels--Colorado--Ashcroft--1940-1950.
- [1943?]
- Garland, Colorado
- Garland City, Colorado, includes a main street with businesses and large buildings which may be hotels, smaller wood buildings, and railroad track. Snow covers the town, the brush-covered hill behind, and the Sierra Blanco mountain range in the...
- Garland City (Colo.)--1870-1880.
- [between 1877 and 1878]
- Ragusa [art original] : [illegible].
- Watercolor painting captures a scene from 1934 Odyssey Cruise (from July 17 to August 11) on the privately chartered S.S. Cracovia.
- Sea in art.; Painting, American.; Ocean travel--Pictorial works.; Travel in art.; Ragusa (Italy)--Pictorial works.; Mediterranean Region--Pictorial works.; Watercolors (Paintings)
- 1934