Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- 14th Street Viaduct Construction
- A construction crew works on the 14th (Fourteenth) Street viaduct in Denver, Colorado. Shows cranes, pulley, wheelbarrows, work horses and other machinery. Two men use survey equipment, three other men wearing suits and hats observe the...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bridge construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.;...
- 1898 September 20th
- 14th Street Viaduct Construction
- Shows a construction crew paving the 14th (Fourteenth) Street viaduct in Denver, Colorado. The workers use shovels, gravel, wheelbarrows and water hoses. Bags of sand or concrete and the iron fence used on the viaduct are stacked nearby. A few of...
- African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Pavements--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bridge construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Construction...
- June 1899
- American Smelting & Refining Co.
- View of American Smelting and Refining Company, Pueblo, Colorado, a smelter and refinery; shows an industrial plant complex with warehouse style buildings, smokestacks, water tank, slag ladles on tracks in workyard, ore cart tracks leading to...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Smelters--Colorado--Pueblo--1890-1910.; American Smelting and Refining Company.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- American Smelting & Refining Co., Pueblo, Colo.
- Partial view of American Smelting and Refining Company, Pueblo, Colorado, a smelter and refinery; shows warehouse style buildings, smokestacks, water tank, ore cart tracks, pile of coal, stacked rails, wheelbarrows, and scrap materials.
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Smelters--Colorado--Pueblo--1890-1910.; American Smelting and Refining Company.
- [between 1899 and 1910?]
- Black Hills Scenery
- Miners in a gold placer mine pit, South Dakota; shows tailings, sluice boxes, and wheelbarrows.
- South Dakota--1870-1880.; Gold miners--South Dakota--1870-1880.; Hydraulic Mining--South Dakota--1870-1880.; Mining--South Dakota--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- Black Hills scenery
- Miners with shovels and wheelbarrows attend a boxed sluice in a gold placer mine pit, South Dakota.
- South Dakota--1870-1880.; Gold miners--South Dakota--1870-1880.; Gold mining--South Dakota--1870-1880.; Hydraulic Mining--South Dakota--1870-1880.; Mining--South Dakota--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- Bridge construction milepost 207
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad construction in (probably) Colorado or Utah consists of men working among concrete forms and finished bridge pylons. Wheelbarrows and lumber are in the foreground.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1940.; Railroad bridges--1920-1940.; Railroad construction & maintenance--1920-1940.; Railroad construction workers--1920-1940.; Reinforced concrete construction--1920-1940.
- [between 1922 and 1935?]
- Carbondale Reservoir and Irrigation Co. Dam on Catte [sic] Mesa, Colo. Midland Ry.
- View of Carbondale Reservoir & Irrigation Company dam on Cattle Creek Mesa, Garfield County, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; rock embankment or dam under construction with partially filled reservoir, wheelbarrows & other equipment,...
- Garfield County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Dam construction--Colorado--Garfield County--1900-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1900 and 1919]
- Chinese Gulch mining
- View of a hydraulic mining operation at Chinese Gulch, in (probably) Colorado; shows men working, eroded ground, sluices, and wheelbarrows.
- Flumes--1860-1880.; Miners--1860-1880.; Mining--1860-1880.
- [between 1869 and 1879]
- Coke ovens and Italian coke pueblo at Tercio, Colo.
- Coal miners pose in front of brick and stone coke ovens at Tercio (Las Animas County), Colorado. Possibly Hispanic or Italian men wear overalls or work shirts and ragged slacks and caps. Wheelbarrows, shovels, a hose, and piles of stone are near...
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1900-1920.; Colorado and Wyoming Railway Company--1900-1920.; Coke-ovens--Colorado--Tercio--1900-1920.; Tercio (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Coal miners--Colorado--Tercio--1900-1920.; Coke...
- [between 1902 and 1913?]
- Coke ovens at Cardiff
- View of horse-drawn ore carts on top of a long line of joined stone coke ovens, shows wheelbarrows, wood piles and laborers, Cardiff, Garfield County, Colorado.
- Coke-ovens--Colorado--Cardiff--1880-1900.; Cardiff (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Cardiff--1880-1900.; Coke industry--Colorado--Cardiff--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Coke ovens at Cardiff, Colo.
- Men stand by horse-drawn ore carts atop coke ovens in Cardiff, Garfield County, Colorado; shows laborers, wheelbarrows, and wood piles.
- Coke-ovens--Colorado--Cardiff--1890-1910.; Cardiff (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Cardiff--1890-1910.; Coke industry--Colorado--Cardiff--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Coke Ovens at Cardiff, Colorado, Colorado Midland Railroad
- View of horse-drawn ore carts on top of a long line of joined stone coke ovens, shows rakes, wheelbarrows, a hose, wood piles and laborers, Cardiff (Garfield County), Colorado.
- Coke-ovens--Colorado--Cardiff--1880-1910.; Cardiff (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Cardiff--1880-1910.; Coke industry--Colorado--Cardiff--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910]
- Colorado miners
- Four miners pose with a wheelbarrow full of ore, Routt County, Colorado. The hillside behind them has been cut away.
- Routt County (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Miners--Colorado--Routt County--1870-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Routt County--1870-1890.; Wheelbarrows--Colorado--Routt County--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- Colorado State Penitentiary view of the proposed recreation ground
- Men work among piled rock and wood frames at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado. Wheelbarrows, a big wood toolbox, a tent and a rock embankment dot the area. The prison wall, East gate, guard tower and bare trees are in the background.
- Canon City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Construction--Colorado--Canon City--1930-1940.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1930-1940.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Conduit #16
- Construction workers stand in a deep trench and shovel dirt over a large concrete pipe at a work site in Clear Creek valley in Jefferson County, Colorado. The pipe is forty-two inch diameter reinforced concrete pipe coated with coal tar enamel. The...
- Excavating machinery--Colorado--Jefferson County--1930-1940.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Pipes (Conduits)--Colorado--Jefferson County--1930-1940.; Construction workers--Colorado--Jefferson County--1930-1940.;...
- 1936 October 16
- Construction scene at the Alameda subway
- Workmen stand at the Alameda Avenue underpass construction site in Denver, Colorado. They sit near wheelbarrows and a vertical tubular boiler. A railroad bridge is nearby.
- Underpasses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1909]
- Construction work on road to hill
- Rocky hills in the background provide stone for the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado. A stone shed in the foreground has frame doors, windows, and a stovepipe. A half-buried bunker is under construction, and men work on a road base with...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Construction--Colorado--Canon City--1930-1940.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1930-1940.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1934
- Coors home
- View over the Adolph Coors Sr. residence, Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado, shows the house with a wraparound porch, palladian and bay windows and landscaped yard with fountain. Wheelbarrows, cement machinery, and an early automobile are in the...
- Coors, Adolph--Homes & haunts.; Golden (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Golden--1930-1940.
- 1937
- Cripple Creek district, Teller Co.
- Prospectors with wheelbarrels dump rocks off a ramp onto tailings in a Cripple Creek mining camp, Teller County, Colorado. Part of a tent in foreground, hills in background.
- Tailings embankments--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Wheelbarrows--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Denver building
- View of a partially constructed factory or warehouse building in Denver, Colorado. Workmen stand near construction materials that include wood, cement, and wheelbarrows.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Denver City & County Building construction
- View of the partially constructed City and County Building on Bannock Street in Denver, Colorado. Large carts and wheelbarrows are in line near a wall. The Denver Public Library in Civic Center Park is in the distance.
- City and County Building (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; City & town halls--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [1929 June 12]
- Denver Ordnance Plant, bricklaying
- Construction workers assemble walls of a building at the Denver Ordnance Plant (Remington Ordnance Plant, later the Denver Federal Center) in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. The building's framework consists of I-beams and corrugated metal...
- Denver Ordnance Plant--Buildings--1940-1950.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Bricklaying--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Building construction--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Construction workers--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Industrial...
- [1941?]
- Denver shanty town
- View of a row of shanties at 19th (Nineteenth) Avenue and Clay Street in the Jefferson Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Men stand near buildings made of brick, corrugated metal and tar paper. Shingle roofs are patched with metal or weighted...
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Jefferson Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1930-1940.; Huts--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [1939]
- Early placer mining
- Placer miners work near a sluice in Russell Gulch, Gilpin County, Colorado. Their tools include wheelbarrows, shovels, picks, and pitchforks. Monitors spray water, mine buildings are on the surrounding hills. David Henderson is in the foreground,...
- Russell Gulch (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Gold mining--Colorado--Russell Gulch--1860-1870.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Russell Gulch--1860-1870.; Miners--Colorado--Russell Gulch--1860-1870.; Mining--Colorado--Russell Gulch--1860-1870.;...
- [between 1860 and 1870]
- Early Portland plant
- Men pose in Portland, Fremont County, Colorado, by a horse-drawn wagon and truck loaded with full burlap sacks; wheelbarrows lie on rail tracks; a boom with wires and lumber are in the background. The Geddes & Seerie Stone Co. chose this site in...
- Geddes & Seerie Stone Company (Portland, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Portland (Colo.)--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Englewood post office progress
- The post office in Englewood, Colorado, is a one-story flat- roofed brick building with a stone pediment containing an eagle with a wreath over the door. Square columns and double-hung windows flank the entrance, and carved into the frieze is:...
- Englewood (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Post offices--Colorado--Englewood--1930-1940.
- 1938 June 23
- Farrey Brick Co. 34th & Elm / 34th & Dahlia
- View of a horse powered clay mixer at the Farrey Brick Company, in Denver, Colorado; a man shovels in a trench. Wheelbarrows and kilns are in the background.
- Farrey Brick Company (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--1910-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Brick industry--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Digging--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Horses--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.;...
- [between 1910 and 1925]
- Feeding rooms, Kansas City Smelting Co.
- Interior view of the Kansas City Smelting & Refining Company in Kansas City, Kansas; shows men by wheelbarrows and piles of ore.
- Kansas City Smelting & Refining Company--1880-1890.; Ore handling--Kansas--Kansas City--1880-1890.; Kansas City (Kan.)--1880-1890.; Interiors--Kansas--Kansas City--1880-1890.; Smelters--Kansas--Kansas City--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Gold King Mine Cripple Creek, Colo.
- Miners pose with wheelbarrows by the entrance to the Gold King Mine near Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado. A separator screen is nearby.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Gold King Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Gold mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1893
- Gold King Mine
- View of entrance to Gold King Mine with tailings, ore separator, men and wheelbarrows and tools, Cripple Creek, Teller County, Colorado.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Gold King Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Gold King Mine, Cripple Creek
- Men pose with wheelbarrows by the entrance to the Gold King Mine near Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado. A separator screen is nearby.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Gold King Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Gold mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1893?]
- Gold mining near Buena Vista
- View of gold mine shaft with windlass, wheelbarrow, and supplies, Chaffee County, Colorado.
- Chaffee County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Gold mining--Colorado--Chaffee County--1880-1890.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Chaffee County--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Chaffee County--1880-1890.; Wheelbarrows--Colorado--Chaffee County--1880-1890.
- [between 1882 and 1890]
- Harrison Avenue in Leadville, Colorado
- This early view of booming Harrison Avenue in Leadville, Colorado shows Pap Wyman's and another log cabin in the middle of the street with new commercial buildings built around them. Wood frame false fronts and bank construction rubble, including...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.
- 1879
- Harrison Reduction Works
- Miners pose near the building of the Harrison Reduction Works in Lake County, Colorado. Some men pose near wheelbarrows.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Lake County--1880-1890.; Lake County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Lake County--1880-1890.; Lumber--Colorado--Lake County--1880-1890.; Miners--Colorado--Lake County--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Lake...
- [between 1880 and 1885]
- Harry, with his father-in-law, Leonard Knapp (his first wife's father)
- Harry Rhoads and Leonard Knapp pose, Denver, Colorado. Harry is pushing a wheelbarrow full of coal, his father-in-law carries two additional buckets.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Wheelbarrows--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Knapp, Leonard.; Rhoads, Harry Mellon, 1880 or 81-1975.
- [between 1905 and 1915?]
- Homosexuals being punished by wearing dresses and wheeling heavy rocks
- Black men in dresses and straw hats at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, push wheelbarrows; each contains a large rock. A black man in a golf hat lifts the hat of one of the prisoners. Rock canyon and dirt road are in the background.
- Canon City (Colo.)--1900-1910.; African Americans--Punishment & torture--Colorado--Canon City--1900-1910.; Gays--Colorado--Canon City--1900-1910.; Prisoners--Colorado--Canon City--1900-1910.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Industries construction
- Workmen pose near wheelbarrows on a wooden plank bridge, over a construction operation in Archer Canal, Denver, Colorado.
- Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Canals--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Wheelbarrows--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1904 and 1909]
- Industries construction
- Workmen wait in line with wheelbarrows for mixed cement at the Alameda Avenue underpass construction site in Denver, Colorado. Wooden scaffolding on the street is by a side-dump car on a temporary railroad track.
- Concrete construction industry--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Laborers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Wheelbarrows--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1909]
- Industries construction concrete pouring crew near Alameda
- Workmen mix cement and wait for it to be poured into wheelbarrows at the Alameda Avenue underpass construction site in Denver, Colorado. An M. Rumely and Company tractor is nearby.
- Underpasses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Building materials--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1909]
- Industries construction crew taking a break at Alameda subway site
- Workmen sit on loaded wheelbarrows at the Alameda Avenue underpass construction site in Denver, Colorado.
- Underpasses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Wheelbarrows--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1909]
- Industries construction crews at work on Alameda subway
- Workmen work with shovels and wheelbarrows at the Alameda underpass construction site in Denver, Colorado. Sluices and a vertical tubular boiler are nearby.
- Underpasses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [1909]
- Industries construction ditching on S. Lipan St.
- Workmen work with wooden reinforcements and wheelbarrows at a canal construction site near South Lipan Street in Denver, Colorado. A steam powered tractor is nearby. A sign near the canal reads: "Neef's Beer".
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Canals--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [either 1909 or 1910]
- Industries construction scene at Alameda subway
- Workmen sit and stand near a vertical tubular boiler and loaded wheelbarrows at the Alameda Avenue trolley car underpass construction site in Denver, Colorado. A railroad bridge is nearby.
- Underpasses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Wheelbarrows--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1909]
- Industries construction scene building Alameda subway
- Workmen pull wheelbarrows down a wooden plank walkway at the Alameda Avenue underpass construction site in Denver, Colorado. A vertical tubular boiler and temporary railroad tracks are nearby.
- Underpasses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Wheelbarrows--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1909]
- Industries construction scene during work on Alameda subway
- Workmen sit on and stand near wheelbarrows at the Alameda Avenue underpass construction site in Denver, Colorado. Wooden frame supports are nearby.
- Underpasses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Wheelbarrows--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1909]
- Industries construction scene during work on Alameda subway
- Workmen stand near the edge of an excavation, where mixed concrete is delivered to other workmen with wheelbarrows, at the Alameda Avenue underpass construction site in Denver, Colorado. Horse-drawn carts and railroad tracks are nearby.
- Concrete construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Underpasses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1909]
- Interior boiler room, sugar factory, Loveland, Colo.
- Workmen pose inside the boiler room of the Great Western Sugar Factory in Loveland, Colorado. They hold shovels in front of boilers next to piles of coal and wheelbarrows.
- Loveland (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Factories--Colorado--Loveland--1900-1910.; Interiors.; Laborers--Colorado--Loveland--1900-1910.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Loveland--1900-1910.; Great Western Sugar Company.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Juanita and Tommy Solano
- Mexican Americans Tommy and Juanita Solano (now Ramos) play with a toy wheelbarrow in their backyard at 1109 8th (Eighth) Street in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. Juanita sits in the wheelbarrow and her brother stands behind her. Shows...
- Children.; Play (Recreation); Toys.; Wheelbarrows.; Ramos, Juanita--Pictorial works.; Solano, Tommy--Pictorial works.; Children--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--1940-1950.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.;...
- 1945
- Laying sidewalks
- In Rifle, Garfield County, Colorado, men work with picks, shovels, wheelbarrows, and a vat of tar.
- Rifle (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Sidewalks--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1920.
- [between 1905 and 1915?]