Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Municipal Facts: Volume 6 Numbers 8 and 9, 1923 August-September
- Dump along river bed after being put through trummel screen for San Juan Metal Corp.
- Mounds of crushed ore left by a trommel along the San Miguel River, San Miguel County, Colorado.
- San Miguel County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--San Miguel County--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--San Miguel County--1900-1910.; Rocks--Colorado--San Miguel County--1900-1910.
- [between 1934 and 1941]
- Placer mining, Umcompahgre [sic] Creek, Colorado
- View of hydraulic gold placer mining in Mesa County, Colorado; shows jets of water, hills, and Uncompahgre Creek.
- Mesa County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Gold mining--Colorado--Mesa County--1880-1900.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Mesa County--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Mesa County--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Powhatan's mantle of deerskin with figures worked in shells
- Powhatan's deerskin mantle, with figures worked in shells, shows a central man figure flanked by two animals and surrounded by circular objects, in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, England.
- Ashmolean Museum--Exhibitions & displays--1940-1970.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1940-1970.; Powhatan Indians--Arts & crafts--1940-1970.; Capes (Clothing)--1940-1970.; Powhatan, ca. 1550-1618--Associated objects.
- [between 1940 and 1970?]
- Report of Henry A. Buchtel Pastor Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church Denver, Colorado
- This is a report submitted to the Quarterly Conference at the close of Henry A. Buchtel's term as pastor of Trinity United Methodist Church. During his tenor the church raised money to build a new building at 1820 Broadway in Denver, Colo. The...
- Buchtel, Henry Augustus, 1847-1924.; Trinity United Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; North Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Methodist churches--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- 1891 March 30
- The women's auxiliary to Western States Baptist Convention : Colorado, Wyoming.
- Booklet produced by the Western States Missionary Baptist Convention honoring Trail Blazers Mrs. Emma Ruth Rogers from Mount Sinai Baptist Church, and Ruby Nell Parks from the Zion Baptist Church located in Denver, Colorado.
- Parks, Ruby Nell.; Rogers, Emma Ruth.; Western States Missionary Baptist Convention. Woman's Convention Auxiliary.; African American Baptists--West (U.S.); Zion Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 2008 May 3
- East High spotlight: vol 30 no 9
- 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 2
- Interview with Albert Niederhut
- Morrato Block
- Prowers House, Boggsville
- View of the Prowers House on the Boggsville Historic site in Bent County, Colorado. The two story territorial style structure has peach colored stucco white trim and a porch extending the length of the building. This was the home of John W....
- Prowers House (Boggsville, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Boggsville (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Houses.; Historic buildings.; Prowers, John W.--Homes and haunts--Pictorial works.; Prowers House (Boggsville, Colo.)--Pictorial works.;...
- 2009
- Prowers House, Boggsville
- View of the Prowers House on the Boggsville Historic site in Bent County, Colorado. The two story territorial style plastered, adobe structure is in deteriorated condition. Marks on the building indicate a porch is missing from the facade. Leafless...
- Prowers House (Boggsville, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Boggsville (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Historic buildings.; Adobe buildings.; Abandoned buildings.; Prowers, John W.--Homes and Haunts.; Prowers House (Boggsville, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Historic...
- 1987
- Medford Cosias and Tom Noel
- Medford Cosias and Tom Noel stand near a jeep at the Rainbow Trout Ranch, 1484 FDR 250 in Conejos County, Colorado. Medford drinks out of a can and Tom Noel leans against the jeep and smiles. Behind the men is a trailer full of trash. Both men...
- Rainbow Trout Ranch (Conejos County, Colo.)--People--1960-1970.; Conejos County (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Laborers.; Jeep automobiles.; Noel, Thomas J. (Thomas Jacob)--Pictorial works.; Cosias, Medford--Pictorial works.; Rainbow Trout Ranch (Conejos...
- 1967
- Blacksmith
- A blacksmith identified as Hilario Herminio Paiz (Herman), poses outside of a wood building on his ranch in Gulnare (Los Animas County, Colorado. He wears a cap, leather apron, leather gloves and holds a metal handle drift. A man beside him wears...
- Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1910-1920.; Gulnare (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Paiz, Hilario Herminio, 1898-1983--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Blacksmiths--Colorado--Gulnare--Pictorial works.; Gulnare (Colo.)--Pictorial...
- [ca. 1915]
- Road crew, Costilla County
- Hispanic American men. employed on a WPA road project, pose near a tractor and a road grader on a dirt road probably in Costilla County, Colorado. The men wear work clothes and broad brimmed hats. The man who stands on the road grader is...
- Hispanic Americans--1930-1940.; Mexican Americans--1930-1940.; Costilla County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Dirt roads.; Graders (Earthmoving machinery); Laborers.; Road construction.; Tracklaying vehicles.; Gallegos, Diego Antonio--Pictorial works.; Blue...
- [1935?]
- Trujillo brothers
- Studio portrait of the Trujillo brothers from Mora County, New Mexico, and Las Animas County, Colorado. They are identified as: bottom row, left to right: Celedón Trujillo, Francisco Trujillo, Leopoldo Trujillo, and in the back, Benigno Trujillo....
- Hispanic Americans--1910-1920.; Mexican Americans--1910-1920.; Families.; Miners.; Trujillo family--Pictorial works.; Brothers--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Pictorial works.; Miners--Colorado--Las...
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- María Eulogia Valdéz
- Studio portrait María Eulogia Valdéz, wife of Desiderio "Dario" Gallegos, a mercantile store owner in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. She wears a dress with pleats and a velvet collar. Her hair is pulled back and parted in the middle.
- Hispanic Americans--1860-1870.; Mexican Americans--1860-1870.; Spouses.; Women.; Gallegos, Desiderio--Family--Pictorial works.; Valdéz, María Eulogia--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Mexican...
- [between 1860 and 1870?]
- Celestino García
- Studio portrait of Celestino García, a rancher from Conejos (Conejos County), Colorado. For many years he served in the House of Representatives in the Colorado General Assembly. He wears a suit and tie, his gray hair is parted on the side and he...
- Hispanic Americans--1910-1920.; Mexican Americans--1910-1920.; Legislators--Colorado.; Mustaches.; Older People.; García, Celestino, 1861-1919--Pictorial works.; Hispanic American legislators--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- [between 1915 and 1918?]
- Jose Aguayo, Celia Aguayo
- Studio portrait of Jose and Celia Aguayo. The young boy, in a sailor suit, poses with his infant sister. She wears a dress, has a large bow in her hair and holds a rattle.
- Hispanic Americans--1940-1950.; Mexican Americans--1940-1950.; Boys.; Families.; Girls.; Aguayo, Celia--Pictorial works.; Aguayo, Jose--Pictorial works.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Brothers and sisters--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial...
- ca. 1944
- Cipriano Gallegos and Mayor Hickenlooper
- American GI Forum Mile High Chapter Commander Cipriano Griego and Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper set fire to rolled up papers during the AGIF Mortgage burning ceremony at AGIF headquarters at 1717 Federal Boulevard in the West Colfax neighborhood, ...
- American GI Forum (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Hispanic Americans--2000-2010.; Mayors--Colorado--Denver.; Veteran's organizations.; Griego, Cipriano--Pictorial works.; Hickenlooper, John W.--Pictorial works.; American GI Forum (Denver,...
- 2008 February 29
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Number 23, 1912 June 8
- Municipal Facts: Volume 11 Numbers 1 and 2, 1928 January-February
- Municipal Facts: Volume 13 Numbers 1 and 2, 1930 January-February
- The City of Denver: Volume 1 Number 5, 1912 December 7
- Ilium power station, Telluride, Colo.
- Men pose in front of the one-story stone power house at Ilium (San Miguel County), Colorado. The building has a gabled roof and windows. A wooden sidewalk and utility poles with power lines are nearby. Probably South Fork San Miguel River is beside...
- Ilium (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Pipelines--Colorado--Ilium--1890-1910.; Power plants--Colorado--Ilium--1890-1910.; Rivers--Colorado--Ilium--1890-1910.; Stone buildings--Colorado--Ilium--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Portrait of women and a man
- Studio portrait of women and a man. The man has a handlebar moustache and a double-breasted frock suit. The women, both with their hair pulled back in buns, stand and sit in corseted dresses with puffed sleeves and fitted forearms. The woman who...
- Men--1890-1910.; Women--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Portrait of women and a man
- Studio portrait of two women and a man. The man has a handlebar moustache and a frock suit, and sits on an upholstered chair. The women both have their hair pulled back in buns, they stand in corseted dresses with puffed sleeves and fitted...
- Men--1890-1910.; Studio props--1890-1910.; Women--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Charles S. Stobie
- Studio portrait of Charles S. Stobie, Indian scout and western artist. He stands with his hand on his hip. He has long hair, wears a wide brimmed hat, and has a mutton-chop mustache. He has on a fringed buckskin shirt with a quill worked yoke, a...
- Artists--American--1860-1870.; Military scouts.; Mustaches.; Stobie, Charles S., 1845-1931.
- [between 1868 and 1869?]
- Charles S. Stobie
- Charles S. Stobie, Indian scout and western artist, poses near a door in his Chicago studio. He has a full beard and curly hair and wears a round brimmed hat and a fringed buckskin shirt. with a quill worked yoke. He has on a wide belt with a...
- Chicago (Ill.)--1900-1910.; Artists--American.; Beards.; Clothing & dress.; Handguns.; Interiors.; Military scouts.; Stobie, Charles S., 1845-1931.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Charles S. Stobie
- Charles S. Stobie, Indian scout and western artist, stands near a door in his Chicago studio. He crouches slightly and has a pistol in one hand and with the other grips the frame of the door . He has a full beard and curly hair and wears a round...
- Chicago (Ill.)--1900-1910.; Artists--American.; Beards.; Clothing & dress.; Handguns.; Military scouts.; Stobie, Charles S., 1845-1931.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Cup & pin game
- Shows a cup and pin game of the Native American Sioux . The game has a metal pin, small bone cups, rawhide, a loop and pink, red, white and blue beadwork.
- Dakota Indians--Arts & crafts--1860-1880.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1860-1880.; Games--1860-1880.
- [between 1860 and 1880]
- Charline [sic] Place
- Charlene Place, early Denver, Colorado, apartment building, 1421-41 Pennsylvania. Originally a group of four large connected houses built in 1890 by architects, Varian and Sterner. Romanesque Revival features include: stone construction, steep...
- Wadleigh, Frank A.--Homes & haunts--1900-1910.; Charlene Place (Apartment House: Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Apartment houses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Interior of Fowler or Sun's [sic] Store, Cripple Creek, Colo.
- Interior view of Fowler & Son's grocery store, Fourth (4th) Street and Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; four men are identified as: Mr. Simson (behind counter), Mr. Watts (leaning on counter), a clerk and a customer; store area is stacked...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Interiors.; Simson, Mr.; Watts, Mr.
- 1895 December 25
- Mining shaft
- View of mine windlass and log structures near Stirling City (Sterling City, Park County ? ), Colorado.
- Sterling City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Log buildings--Colorado--Sterling City--1870-1880.; Mining--Colorado--Sterling City--1870-1880.
- [between 1876 and 1880]
- Primos Chem. Co. mill
- View of the abandoned Primos Chemical Company vanadium mill and mine buildings with smokestack in Vanadium (San Miguel County), Colorado.
- Primos Chemical Company--Buildings--1930-1950.; Abandoned mines--Colorado--Vanadium--1930-1950.; Vanadium industry--Colorado--Vanadium--1930-1950.; Vanadium (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Vanadium--1930-1950.;...
- [between 1934 and 1941]
- Part of placer mill at Telluride
- View of a placer mine and mill along the San Miguel River near Telluride (San Miguel County), Colorado.
- Telluride (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Telluride--1910-1920.; Mills--Colorado--Telluride--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Telluride--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920]
- Lee Taylor Casey
- Rocky Mountain News employee, Lee Taylor Casey, sits in a booth with an unidentified man in Colorado. Casey began his work at the Rocky Mountain News in 1912. He worked as a copy reader, reporter, editor and finally columnist until his death on...
- Rocky Mountain News--People--1930-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Journalists--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Casey, Lee Taylor, 1889-
- [between 1930 and 1950]
- Probably Harry's father-in-law's office, Leonard K. Knapp, second from left on second row
- Interior, group photograph, probably of Ordway, Snow and Addison law firm employees in Denver, Colorado; includes Leonard K. Knapp (second from left in second row)
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Knapp, Leonard.
- [between 1900 and 1915?]
- Casey's Burro - a gift from Fairplay
- Lee Taylor Casey holds the reins to his burro, a gift from the citizens of Fairplay, Colorado. Casey began his work at the Rocky Mountain News in 1912. He worked as a copy reader, reporter, editor and finally columnist until his death on January...
- Rocky Mountain News--People--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Donkeys--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Journalists--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Casey, Lee Taylor, 1889-
- [between 1940 to 1950?]
- Painted buffalo hide
- Native American (Hidatsa) painted bison hide shows: rows of thin parallel lines capped with circles or u-shapes and separated by rows of bold lines; some rows with stick figures; stick figures and clusters of lines border the central design....
- Wied, Maximilian, Prinz von, 1782-1867--Associated objects.; Museum für Völkerkunde (Berlin, Germany)--Exhibitions & displays--1900-1910.; Hidatsa Indians--Arts & crafts--1840-1850.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1840-1850.; Leather...
- [1900?]
- Dumping slag
- Horace Tabor empties a slag carrier at the smelter in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Legislators--United States--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Tabor, Horace Austin Warner, 1830-1899.
- [between 1893 and 1900?]
- Old uncompleted 14th Street Viaduct
- Shows the iron skeleton of a part of the old 14th (Fourteenth) Street viaduct, Denver (Denver County) Colorado, started in 1888, worked on for four years, but never completed. The 1898-1899 viaduct displaced this bridge. Sign on building in the...
- Star Boiler & Sheet Iron Works (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Boiler industry--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Bridge construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.;...
- August 19 1898
- National Bell mine at Red Mountain town
- View of the abandoned National Belle Mine and mill buildings with tailings, Red Mountain (Ouray County), Colorado.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Red Mountain--1930-1950.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Red Mountain--1930-1950.; Tailings embankments--Colorado--Red Mountain--1930-1950.; National Belle Mine (Ouray County, Colo.)--1930-1950.; Red Mountain (Ouray County,...
- [between 1934 and 1941]
- D&RGW Control Tower
- Interlocker tower; Otto Perry's father, Frank Perry, on steps. He worked at this tower. Photographed: at south Denver, Colo., July, 1918.
- Railroads--Buildings and structures--1910-1920.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1918.; Railroad facilities--Colorado--Denver.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.
- 1918
- Jim Knapp home
- This one-story brick home in Brighton, Colorado, with a gable roof, bay windows, and a screened in porch is in the background, mostly concealed by trees. A picket fence encloses the yard, in which a man stands by a carriage. Frame, saltbox...
- Brighton (Colo.)--1940-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Brighton--1940-1960.
- [between 1940 and 1960]
- Pressure box and pipeline Cottonwood Placer Co.
- View of a pipeline, mine, and pressure box worked by the Cottonwood Placer Company miners in Montrose County, Colorado.
- Cottonwood Placer Company--Facilities--1890-1900.; Montrose County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Gold mining--Colorado--Montrose County--1890-1900.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Montrose County--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Montrose County--1890-1900.;...
- 1897 July 16
- Central City, Colo. Banks. 1st National
- A group of men stands in front of the First National Bank of Central City at the corner of Eureka and Main streets. Harry H. Lake worked at this bank for 47 years from 1860 until 1927. The building next to the bank complex is the Teller House,...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Banks--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.
- [1899?]
- Fullerton Cabin, Ranch Creek
- A carriage is parked near a log cabin and tent near Ranch Creek in Colorado. Ranch Creek is a tributary of the Fraser River, a branch of the Colorado River. The cabin is possibly that of William Fullerton, the director of the First National Bank of...
- [between 1890 and 1904?]
- Central City Opera House First Ushers 1932
- Five men, all ushers at the Central City Opera House's first opening in 1878, pose in front of the stone opera house in Central City, Colorado. Standing, from left, are Bud Johnson and Morgan Laird, who was a member of the Central City school board...
- Ushers--1930-1940.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Opera Houses--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Armfield, Harry.; Johnson, Bud.; Laird, Morgan.; Lake, Harry H. 1860-1952.
- [1932?]
- Site of Bailey Mill Dam, Eldora 1900
- began operating in the summer of 1899 but was forced to close down a few months later when Bailey's main financial backer in New York City was killed in a fire. In desperation, Bailey turned to his family for financial backing. The treatment...
- Ore-dressing plants--Colorado--Eldora--1900-1910.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Eldora (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Log buildings--Colorado--Eldora--1900-1910.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Eldora, Colorado water supply
- Court, four of the nine men were released for lack of evidence. The remaining men were found not guilty. The Bailey Mill was never operated for any extended periods of time after Bailey's death. Several different owners tried varying ore treatment...
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Eldora (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Dams--Colorado--Eldora--1890-1900.; Kemp, John H.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]