Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Nebraska World War I Selective Service Draft Registration Cards Index, 1917-1918 M-Z
- The Nebraska registration cards are on 50 rolls of microfilm, Nebraska State Historical Society library microfilm catalog number RG0544.PR. They are arranged alphabetically by county or city. Within the county or city, names are listed usually...
- World War, 1914-1918--Nebraska.; Nebraska--Genealogy--Sources.; Nebraska--History, Military.; United States. Selective Service System--Sources.; United States. Army--Recruiting, enlistment, etc.--World War, 1914-1918.; United States....
- 2005
- Adult Shoppe
- View of the Adult Shoppe at 3061 South Santa Fe Drive in Englewood, Colorado. Shows a one-story brick building with two glass bricked windows next to the entrance. A free-standing sign reads: "Live Girl Show" and has a silhouette of a naked woman....
- Adult Shoppe (Englewood, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Englewood (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Motion picture theaters.; Adult Shoppe (Englewood, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Motion picture theaters--Colorado--Englewood--Pictorial works.; Englewood (Colo.)--Pictorial...
- 1985
- Sign near Henderson Molybdenum Mine
- View of a sign on the property of the Henderson Molybdenum Mine (a subsidiary of Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.) near Empire (Clear Creek County), Colorado. The sign reads: " WARNING Explosives are used for avalanche control in this area....
- Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.--Facilities--2010-2020.; Henderson Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--2010-2020.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--2010-2020.; Signs (Notices).; Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.--Pictorial works.; Signs and...
- 2010
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 19, 1910 May 7
- In Estes Park
- View of a narrow dirt automobile road in Estes Park, Colorado; pine and aspen trees cast shadows across road; a forest fire warning notice is posted on a pine tree at right.
- Estes Park (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Roads--Colorado--Estes Park--1910-1920.
- [between 1911 and 1920]
- Bear Creek Canon
- View of Bear Creek Canyon in Denver Mountain Park west of Denver, Colorado; shows creek, dirt road between rocky canyon walls, and warning sign at curve.
- Bear Creek (Jefferson County and Douglas County, Colo.)--1910-1930.; Bear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Canyons--Colorado--Jefferson County--1910-1930.
- [between 1919 and 1923?]
- Bear Creek Canon
- View of Bear Creek Canyon in Denver Mountain Park west of Denver, Colorado; shows creek, dirt road between rocky canyon walls, and warning sign at curve.
- Bear Creek (Jefferson County and Douglas County, Colo.)--1910-1930.; Bear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Canyons--Colorado--Jefferson County--1910-1930.
- [between 1919 and 1923?]
- Vista on Denver Mtn. Park Auto Road
- Close view of the rear of an automobile parked on a curve of the Denver Mountain Park Auto Road west of Denver, Colorado; automobile has 1916 Colorado license plate; "Keep to Right, Blow Horn" warning sign is posted on pine tree trunk.
- Automobiles--Colorado--1910-1920.; Roads--Colorado--1910-1920.
- [1916]
- "Poised in superb dignity, moved with majestic grace," Ka-wis-che, and Kai-eis-che (Navajo mothers) Laguna Pueblo, New Mexico
- Standing studio portrait of two Native American Laguna Pueblo women, Ka-wis-che (Lulu) and Kai-eis-che wearing mantas, shawls over their heads, moccasins and leggings.
- Indians of North America--Women--New Mexico--Laguna --1880-1890.; Laguna Indians--1880-1890.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Laguna--1880-1890.; Laguna (N.M.)--1880-1890.; Women--New Mexico--Laguna--1880-1890.; Kai-eis-che.; Ka-wis-che.
- 1881
- Inscription on one side of Beecher Island Monument
- Close-up view of a marker that commemorates the Battle of Beecher Island, in Yuma County, Colorado; the battle was fought between U.S. troops and Native Americans (Cheyenne). The stone monument has an inscription that details the return to Fort...
- Beecher Island, Battle of, 1868--Monuments.; Cheyenne Indians--Commemoration--Colorado--Yuma County--1940-1960.; Indians of North America--Commemoration--Colorado--Yuma County--1940-1960.; Yuma County (Colo.)--1940-1960.; Monuments &...
- [between 1940 and 1952]
- Ta-Tanka-Nazin, (Standing Buffalo.) A hereditary Chief of the Sioux, and a participator in the Massacre of 1862, in Minnesota
- Seated studio portrait of Standing Buffalo (Tatankanazin) a Native American Sioux man, wearing a paint around one eye, feather headdress, bare chest and choker.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Headdresses--1880-1890.; Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Tribal chiefs--1880-1890.; Standing Buffalo, Chief, ca. 1833-1871.
- [between 1940 and 1960?]
- Pesh-coo - an Apache "Medicine man," in 1885
- Seated studio portrait of Pesh-coo, a Native American Apache medicine man dressed in Euro-American clothes with a buckskin pouch strung across his chest and holding a feathered war shield.
- Apache Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Shamans--1880-1890.; Shields--1880-1890.; Pesh-coo.
- [between 1920 and 1950?]
- An Apache camp in Cañon de los Embudos, Arizona [i.e. Arizona][graphic]
- View of a Native American Apache camp, in Cañon de los Embudos, Sonora, Mexico, shows men and women outside their wickiups covered with woven blankets, with mountains in background.
- Apache Indians--Mexico--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Mexico--1880-1890.; Cañon de los Embudos (Mexico)--1880-1890.; Sonora (Mexico : State)--1880-1890.; Indian encampments--Mexico--1880-1890.; Women--Mexico--1880-1890.
- 1886
- The "ribs" of an Apache wick-i-up
- View of a Native American Apache wickiup branch framework, probably in Arizona, shows fence posts and a saguaro cactus.
- Apache Indians--Structures--Arizona--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Structures--Arizona--1890-1900.; Structural frames--Arizona--1890-1900.; Wickiups--Arizona--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- San Carlos Indian Agency, in 1883, Arizona
- View of a Native American Apaches gathered at the San Carlos Agency, Arizona.
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. San Carlos Agency--1880-1890.; San Carlos Apache Tribe--1880-1890.; Apache Indians--Arizona--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Arizona--1880-1890.; Buildings--Arizona--1880-1890.
- 1883
- Independence, Teller County
- Two x-shaped crossbuck warning signs, reading "Railway Crossing, Look out for the cars," mark the intersection of a dirt road and train tracks in Independence, Teller County, Colorado. Two wood railroad gondola cars, one marked "M.T.R. 147," are on...
- Independence (Teller County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Railroad cars--Colorado--Independence--1940- 1950.; Traffic signs & signals--Colorado--Independence--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Independence, Teller county
- Two x-shaped crossbuck warning signs, reading "Railway Crossing, Look out for the cars," mark the intersection of a dirt road and train tracks at a railroad station in Independence, Teller County, Colorado. A railroad gondola car is on a track...
- Independence (Teller County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Railroad cars--Colorado--Independence--1940- 1950.; Traffic signs & signals--Colorado--Independence--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Eldorado Springs
- Swimmers and onlookers are at the pool in Eldorado Springs, Colorado. A sign near the pool reads: "Warning Bathers Are Not Allowed To Use Pool Except When Life Guards Are On Duty."
- Eldorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Springs--Colorado--Eldorado Springs--1900-1910.; Swimming pools--Colorado--Eldorado Springs--1900-1910.
- [between 1905 and 1910?]
- Near Ruffeno Musiolo, Italy
- Signs warning of mines and booby traps are posted on a tree beside a road with severly damaged stone buildings in the background. According to the photographer this was taken near the town of Ruffeno Musiolo, which was overrun by the Tenth Mountain...
- Ruffeno Musiolo (Italy) 1940-1950.; War damage--Italy--1940-1950.; World War, 1939-1945--Destruction & pillage--Italy.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- April 1945
- Indians, teepees
- The Ouray Spring Teepee near Montrose stands behind a short rock wall lightly covered with snow. The concrete teepee houses a cold-water spring from which Ouray, chief of the Utes from 1820 until 1880, and his wife, Chipeta, obtained drinking and...
- Ute Indians--1920-1940.; Indians of North America--Commemoration--1920-1940.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--1920-1940.; Springhouses--Colorado--1920-1940.; Tipis--Colorado--1920-1940.; Chipeta.; Ouray.
- [between 1925 and 1937?]
- Sargents
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company locomotive 489 vents smoke at Sargents (Marshalltown, Saguache County), Colorado; a coaling trestle is in the distance. Signs by utility poles reads: "Warning - these structures will not clear a man on...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Sargents (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Sargents--1950-1960.; Trestles--Colorado--Sargents--1950-1960.
- 1955 May
- Timberline "Laocoon"
- The twisted branches of a pine tree, possibly a Limber Pine, form an irregular shape near Mt. Evans in Clear Creek County, Colorado. Photographer titled the image "The Laocoon," possibly after Laocoon, a Trojan priest killed with his two sons by...
- Limber pine--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1940-1950.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Evans, Mount (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Tree limbs--1940-1950.
- [1941?]
- Grand Lake, Colo., Lake Theater
- View of Lake Theatre, Grand Lake, Colorado, shows a one-story, hipped roof, log cabin with covered front entrance added at a later date. The building includes a natural disaster alert or warning system atop a shingled roof with projecting eaves,...
- Grand Lake (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Theaters--Colorado--Grand Lake--1970-1980.
- May 11, 1978
- D&RGW pilot headlight and diamond stack added for use in Paramount film "Denver & Rio Grande" (2-8-0) 319 on curve of wye (some shadow) movie trains.
- View of Denver and Rio Grande Western locomotive 319 (2-8-0) on a wye, near stock pens, at Rockwood (La Plata County), Colorado. The cowcatcher, diamond stack, and pilot headlight were added for the Paramount movie, "Denver and Rio Grande." A sign...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Rockwood (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Rockwood--1950-1960.
- 1951 June,
- D&RGW, Santa Fe, N.M., David L. Davis & luggage at corner (2-8-2) 473, train leaving from depot.
- View of Denver and Rio Grande Western locomotive 473 (2-8-2) and a passenger car by the brick depot at Santa Fe (Santa Fe County), New Mexico. David L. Davis stands with his luggage by signs that read: "Warning Driving Vehicles on Station Platform...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Santa Fe (N.M.)--1940-1950.; Passengers--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1940-1950.; Railroad locomotives--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1940-1950.; Railroad stations--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1940-1950.;...
- 1941 July 3
- D&RGW
- Smoke rises from Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad locomotive #1151 (2-8-0), with a freight cars, in South Park in probably Lake County, Colorado. Frame buildings are in the distance, and a sign reads: "Warning, These Structures Will Not Clear...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Lake County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Rio Grande County--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Rio Grande County--1950-1960.; Railroads--Colorado--Rio...
- 1956 November
- First Free Will Baptist Church, Denver
- View of the brick First Free Will Baptist Church at 1415 S. Vine Street in the Washington Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The church entrance faces the intersection of Vine Street and E. Arkansas Avenue. The brick church has a gable roof,...
- First Free Will Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Washington Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1980-1990.; Baptist churches--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.
- 1985 January
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Number 23, 1912 June 8
- Municipal Facts Bi-Monthly: Volume 5 Numbers 11 and 12, 1922 November-December
- The City of Denver: Volume 1 Number 6, 1912 December 21
- East Denver High School Annual: 1909
- 1909 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1909
- The Annual: East Denver High School, 1916
- 1916 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1916
- 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
- East Denver High School Annual: 1911
- 1911 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1911
- Book of words of the festival opening of the great organ
- Program for a concert given at Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church in 1888.
- Trinity United Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church (Denver, Colo.) -- History. ; Methodist churches--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
- 1888 December 21
- Trinity fourth annual oratorio concert : Mendelssohn's Elijah
- Program for a presentation of Mendelssohn's Elijah performed at Trinity Methodist Church in Denver, Colorado on March 9, 1905. Included in the program are several pictures of prominent performers, list of performers, a detailed listing of the...
- Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847. Elias; Trinity Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.). Choir--Performances.; Oratorios--Librettos.; Trinity United Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church (Denver,...
- 1905 March 9
- The Earnest Presbyterian: Vol. I No. 1
- Newspaper produced by the Seventeenth Street Presbyterian Church, known today as Central Presbyterian, located in Denver, Colorado.
- Presbyterian Church--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Presbyterian Church--Colorado--Denver--History.; Central Presbyterian Church (Denver, Colo.); Presbyterian Church--Colorado--Denver.
- 1882 January
- Denver High School: East Side Annual 1913
- 1913 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1913
- Diamond jubilee of the Cathedral parish, Denver, Colorado...1860-1935.
- Book created by Retired Reverend Monsignor Hugh L. McMenamin, LLD. for the Diamond Jubilee of the Cathedral Parish of Denver, Colorado. It covers the years of 1860 to 1935. Included in the book are sections dedicated to: Bishop Machebeuf, a...
- Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Denver, Colo.); Catholic Church Colorado.
- 1935
- The Scriptbook
- Booklet created by The Script Club of East High School in Denver, Colorado. Members of The Script Club, the writing club of East High, submitted their own works for create this booklet. Included are poems, essays, sketches and stories written by...
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High school students' writings--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1932 May
- East High spotlight: vol 24 no 5
- Christmas edition of the 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.)
- 1942 December 10
- East High spotlight: vol 30 no 1
- 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.)
- 1943 September 30
- East High spotlight: vol 30 no 10
- 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.)
- 1944 March 23
- East High spotlight: vol 30 no 13
- 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.)
- 1944 May 25
- Weekly Calendar of the First Congregational Church
- This bulletin has the order for Sunday worship as well as social events for the week of May 6, 1900. The back page lists the officers of the church.
- Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; First Plymouth Congregational Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1900 May 6
- Western History Subject Index
- Ballistic missiles. Early warning system
- Western History Subject Index
- Denver. Fires
- Western History Subject Index
- Distant Early Warning (DEW)
- Western History Subject Index
- Floods. Colorado
- Western History Subject Index
- National warning center