Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Trail worn through rock Tsankawi
- View of a trail to the Tsankawi ruins, Pajarito Park (later to be named Bandelier National Monument), New Mexico. The trail has been worn smooth into tuff rock. Scrub trees and bushes dot the trailside.
- Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Bandelier National Monument (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Tsankawi Ruins (N.M.)--1900-1910.;...
- 1910
- Women's wedding dress
- Wool day dress worn as a wedding dress. The bodice is tailored light blue wool and flannel with a mock bolero jacket. The collar is rectangular with appliqued bands of ivory and cotton lace and ivory silk. The front edge is velvet with appliqued...
- Dresses--1900-1910.; Wedding costume--1900-1910.
- 1901
- Women's wedding dress
- Shows the top portion of a wool day dress worn as a wedding dress. The bodice is tailored light blue wool and flannel with a mock bolero jacket. The collar is rectangular with applique bands of ivory and cotton lace, ivory silk. On the front edge...
- Dresses--1900-1910.; Wedding costume--1900-1910.
- 1901
- International Rubber Sales Company
- Shows the store front of the International Rubber Sales Company located at 1047 Broadway in Denver, Colorado, before it became Gates Rubber Company. Signs in the windows read: "Put on International Rubber Half-Soles Saves you Half the Cost", "Make...
- Gates Rubber Company--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Tire industry--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920]
- Catherine Vienna Flynn, Central City biog.
- Catherine Vienna Flynn poses for a portrait wearing a floor-length dress with a high neck and beading on the bodice and skirt in Central City, Colorado. She wears a choker with a pendant around her neck, earrings, a bracelet, and a ring. She holds...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Flynn, Catherine Vienna.
- [1890?]
- Fire Dept., Grand Firemen's celebration, May 21st, 1878, welcome address by E.L. Salisbury, front of Opera House, Central City, Colo.
- A large crowd stands on the street between the Central City Opera House and St. James Methodist Church on Eureka Street in Central City, Colorado. The Teller House is in the foreground, and a sign that reads "Groceries" is on a building on the...
- Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Crowds--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.
- 1878
- Sioux cradles
- View of Native American Sioux cradleboards; shows a decorated cradleboard, a mourning cradleboard filled with grass or reeds, and women on foot and on horseback with cradleboards on their backs.
- Dakota Indians--1850-1860.; Indians of North America--1850-1860.; Cradleboards--1850-1860.; Memorial rites & ceremonies--1850-1860.; Women--1850-1860.
- [1851?]
- Silvr [sic] Plume
- View west in Silver Plume, Colorado, shows the remnants of the central business district after the fire that burned on November 5, 1884. A man on horseback appears in the near foreground and is looking at the damage. Many of the foundations of the...
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Silver Plume--1880-1890.; Fires--Colorado--Silver Plume--1880-1890.
- 1884
- Central City, Colorado streets
- View of the back of storefront buildings in Central City, Colorado. Garbage and vegetation litter the foreground. A telephone post stands near the row of brick and wood buildings on the left. A wooden fire escape is attached to the back of each...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1939]
- Grand-pa Jones
- Sheriff Sol Jones, town blacksmith, stands with a small boy in the doorway of a two-story board and batten barn, Hot Sulphur Springs, Grand County, Colorado. The barn or livery is weathered with worn wood shingle roof and broken windows. Scrap...
- Hot Sulphur Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Barns--Colorado--Hot Sulphur Springs--1890-1900.; Blacksmiths--Colorado--Hot Sulphur Springs--1890-1900.; Jones, Sol.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 13, 1910 March 26
- 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
- Remains of first building in Hancock
- View of the last remaining building in Hancock (Chaffee County), Colorado. The building has caved in, and the remaining logs of the structure are worn. The walls are built with interlocking logs, and the caved in roof is flat wooden planks with log...
- Arps, Mount (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Hancock (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Abandoned buildings.; Log buildings.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Hancock--Pictorial works.; Log buildings--Colorado--Hancock--Pictorial works.; Arps, Mount (Colo.)--Pictorial works.;...
- 1988
- Magic Hour, Delta, Colo.
- View of 1193 Highway 50 in Delta (Delta County), Colorado. A large, wooden roller-skate sits atop a sign that reads: "Magic Hour." The skate is white. The paint on the wheels is worn. There are large bushes around the sign. Another sign reads "For...
- Magic Hour (Delta, Colo.)--Public relations--1990-2000.; Delta (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Signs (Notices).; Magic Hour (Delta, Colo.)--Public relations--Pictorial works.; Signs and signboards--Colorado--Delta--Pictorial works.; Roller...
- 1992
- Celia Baca
- Celia Baca poses near 1118 Lawrence Street in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The teenage girl wears a wrap around coat tied with a belt. Her curly, dark hair is worn back.
- Hispanic Americans--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Teenagers.; Women.; Baca, Celia--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Teenagers--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Women--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial...
- 1943
- Margaret Torres
- Margaret Torres posses on her bicycle in the alleyway at 943 1/2 10th Street in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The teenage woman wears a blouse with puff sleeves and a skirt with pleats and contrasting "kick panels." She wears low...
- Hispanic Americans--1940-1950.; Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Teenagers.; Women.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Teenage girls--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Auraria (Denver,...
- 1943
- Major Rafael Chacón and Juanita Páiz
- Studio portrait of Hispanic American Major Rafael Chacón and his wife Juanita Páiz de Chacón. Major Chacón served in the U.S. Army in New Mexico during the Civil War. He wears a uniform and has a mustache, his wife wears a long dress with a...
- Hispanic Americans--1860-1870.; Mexican Americans--1860-1870.; Spouses.; Chacón, Juanita Páiz de--Pictorial works.; Chacón, Rafael, 1833-1925--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Pictorial works.;...
- ca. 1858
- Mrs. Sanchez and child
- Studio portrait of a woman identified as Mrs. Sanchez of Sugar City (Crowley County), Colorado. She sits in a long, dark colored dress with a V-shaped bodice and pleated skirt decorated with buttons. She wears a lace blouse and a necklace. Her dark...
- Hispanic Americans--1970-1880.; Mexican Americans--1870-1880.; Studio portraits.; Boys.; Families.; Women.; Sanchez family--Pictorial works.; Boys--Colorado--Sugar City--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Sugar City--Pictorial works.;...
- 1875 October 19
- Simon and Emma Montez
- Studio portrait of Simon Montez and his wife Emma Valdez Montez, residents of Colorado. Simon wears a coat and tie, his hair is parted on the side and he has a waxed mustache. His wife, Emma wears a patterned dress and her hair is worn up in a bun.
- Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1890-1900.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1890-1900.; Spouses.; Women.; Montez, Emma Valdez--Pictorial works.; Montez, Simon--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Mexican...
- [between 1895 and 1900?]
- Municipal Facts: Volume 10 Numbers 9 and 10, 1927 September-October
- Decoration Day, Montrose, Colo.
- The Decoration Day (Memorial Day) parade in Montrose (Montrose County), Colorado, includes a drum corps in cavalry uniforms, they carry snare or bass drums. Men in uniform carry an American flag and rifles or swords. An officer is on horseback....
- Memorial Day--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Montrose (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Soldiers--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Spectators--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Mancos Valley
- Panoramic view of farms, frame barns, houses and livestock in fenced plots in Mancos (Montezuma County), Colorado. A Denver & Rio Grande Railroad freight car is on railroad tracks near an old, frame, makeshift depot building. Shows Weber Canyon and...
- Mancos (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Mancos--1890-1900.; Valleys--Colorado--Mancos--1890-1900.
- [1893?]
- Prospect shaft on east side of Grouse Mtn., Cripple Creek
- Two miners stand near a headframe at a mining prospect on Grouse Mountain in the Cripple Creek mining district (Teller County), Colorado. A horse is hitched to a winch. The town of Victor is in the distance.
- Grouse Mountain (Teller County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Teller County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Hoisting machinery--Teller County--Colorado--1880-1900.; Horses--Teller County--Colorado--1880-1900.; Miners--Teller County--Colorado--1880-1900.; Mining--Teller...
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Bennett Ave., First Fire, Cripple Creek
- View of Bennett Avenue near the intersection of probably 2nd (Second) Street in Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado. Clouds of smoke from a fire are in the air, and crowds of people and horse-drawn wagons are in the dirt street. Commercial...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Crowds--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1896 April 25
- Grand Junction Fruit Growers Association
- Horse-drawn wagons are beside a Grand Junction Fruit Growers Association building in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado. A man stands and looks at wagons loaded with boxes of fruit near a covered loading dock. Boxes are stacked against a wall....
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Grand Junction--1880-1890.; Fruit industry--Colorado--Grand Junction--1880-1890.; Warehouses--Colorado--Grand Junction--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Hotel de Paris, Georgetown, Colo.
- View of the Hotel De Paris in Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. The two-story building has a stucco finish and ornate arched lintels above windows. Shows a stone wall and arch with a carved lion above an iron gate. A sign above the front...
- Hotel de Paris (Georgetown, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1910.
- [between 1892 and 1901]
- The Hundley stage line to Cripple Creek via C.M. Ry.
- Men pose inside and on top of stagecoaches on the Hundley stage line to Cripple Creek, possibly near Divide (Teller County), Colorado. Stagecoaches are drawn by teams of horses and carry luggage or crates. The men wear suits and hats. A fence and a...
- Teller County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Stagecoaches--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.
- [between 1893 and 1894?]
- The Hundley stage line to Cripple Creek via C.M.R.R.
- Horse-drawn stagecoaches on the Hundley stage line to Cripple Creek are on a dirt road in probably Teller County, Colorado. Men wear suits, hats, and coats and pose on the road, inside stagecoaches, or on stagecoach roofs. Shows a meadow and dense...
- Teller County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Dirt roads--Colorado--Teller County--1880-1890.; Stagecoaches--Colorado--Teller County--1880-1890.
- [between 1882 and 1883?]
- Pikes Peak from Pueblo
- Panoramic view of brick, frame, and stone buildings in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows brick and stone houses, a grandstand, a stone building with an onion dome, and snow on Pikes Peak in the distance.
- Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Pueblo--1880-1900.
- [between 1886 and 1900?]
- First home of Mrs. Margaret Schneider, Seibert, Colo.
- View of sod buildings identified as a sod barn and a sod house in Seibert (Kit Carson County), Colorado. Shows a fence, a haystack, a one-story barn, a house with a low-pitched roof, and a timber arch over what is identified as a water well.
- Hawthorne, James--Homes & haunts.; Schneider, Margaret--Homes & haunts.; Seibert (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Barns--Colorado--Seibert--1880-1900.; Farmhouses--Colorado--Seibert--1880-1900.; Sod buildings--Colorado--Seibert--1880-1900.
- [between 1889 and 1900?]
- Hotel, Hahn's Peak
- Men and women pose outside a three-story Hotel in Hahns Peak (Routt County), Colorado. Men and women sit or stand on the porch of a frame building with a gabled roof and a corner entrance on Main Street. A log cabin and laundry on a clothesline are...
- Hahns Peak (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Hotels--Colorado--Hahns Peak--1900-1920.
- [between 1901 and 1912]
- Main Street, Telluride
- View of commercial buildings on Main Street in Telluride (San Miguel County), Colorado. People, horses, and a wagon are in the dirt street. Shows the New Sheridan Hotel, the two-story brick commercial Sheridan building, The Daily Journal building,...
- Ajax Peak (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Telluride (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.
- [1908]
- Planters House
- View of people, horses, and covered wagons on a dirt street in Denver, Colorado. Shows men, carriages, and wagons in front of the Planters' House building; a two-story, frame hotel and stage stop at the corner of 16th (Sixteenth) Street and Blake...
- Overland Stage Line--Buildings--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.;...
- 1864
- The first D&RG train arriving in Creede
- Men and boys sit or stand on a train, or in a crowd on the timber platform beside a Denver & Rio Grande Railroad passenger train, the first to arrive in Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. Shows horse teams and wagons near the train, timber...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1890-1900.; Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Railroads--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Spectators--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- 1892 February
- Manitou
- Panoramic view of buildings in Manitou Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. Shows the circular drive of the four-story Manitou House Hotel, the frame Hiawatha Gardens building with a sign that reads: "A Public Resort for Gentleman," the stone Denver...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1900?]
- Main St. looking East
- Boys wear knickers, jackets, ties and caps, and stand near a dog on Main Street in Canon City (Fremont County), Colorado. A boy holds a hoop and a stick. Brick and stone commercial buildings have flat roofs or decorative pediments with overhanging...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Boys--Colorado--Canon City--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Canon City--1890-1900.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Canon City--1890-1900.
- 1896 April 3
- Homelands of member of Salvation Army Colony, Amity, Colo.
- View of a frame farm house with a hipped roof and a dormer window on a farm in Amity (Prowers County), Colorado. Shows a dog by the doorway, laundry on a clothesline, a carriage near the house, and haystacks behind trees on the farm.
- Amity (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Farmhouses--Colorado--Amity--1900-1910.; Farms--Colorado--Amity--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Collbran, Colo.
- View of frame buildings with false fronts and gabled roofs in Collbran (Mesa County), Colorado. Shows a wooden bridge probably over a creek, commercial buildings, houses, and a covered wagon on a dirt street.
- Collbran (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Collbran--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1901]
- Baileys, Colorado
- View of the frame Colorado and Southern railroad depot in Bailey (Bailey's Ranch), Park County, Colorado. The dilapidated building has broken windows; boards nailed over a doorway; exposed wooden boards on a gabled roof with a porch; and a worn,...
- Colorado and Southern Railway--Buildings--1930-1940.; Bailey (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Bailey--1930-1940.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Bailey--1930-1940.
- [between 1932 and 1940]
- Creede, Colo.
- Wood frame buildings, canvas tents and log cabins sit in the valley below a mine shaft in lower Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. Men stand in front of a batt and board construction building. Men in a wagon sit in front of the building; one holds...
- Creede (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Creede--1880-1890.; People--Colorado--Creede--1880-1890.; Wooden buildings--Colorado--Creede--1880-1890.
- [between 1885 and 1890?]
- Interior of Wapiti Mining Company's Office
- View of the interior of the Wapiti Mining Company office in Breckenridge (Summit County), Colorado. A rocking chair with a cushion sits next to a wood stove and chimney in the center of the room. A lamp hangs over a desk in the corner, next to a...
- Wapiti Mining Company (Breckenridge, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.;...
- 1894 Nov
- The homeless, Victor's big fire
- View of large groups of people left homeless after a fire in Victor (Teller County), Colorado. Men, women and children stand around household belongings and furniture in numerous piles along hillside. Shows handcarts, buggies and wagons used to...
- Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Homeless persons--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.
- 1899 Aug. 21
- Burning of M.T. Ry Depot, Victor's big fire
- The depot for the Midland Terminal Railway burns in Victor (Teller County), Colorado. Men stand on wet roofs of wooden structures near the depot. Smoke and fire obscure the view into the town.
- Midland Terminal Railway--Disasters--1890-1900.; Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fire fighting--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.
- 1899 Aug. 31
- Tolland, Colorado
- A man, two women and children pose on the front porch of a wood frame residence in Tolland (Gilpin County), Colorado, formerly known as Mammoth, Colorado. A boy holds the reins of a horse; a dog lies on the ground in front of the group. Shows a...
- Tolland (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Families--Colorado--Tolland--1900-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Tolland--1900-1910.; Mothers & children--Colorado--Tolland--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--Tolland--1900-1910.
- [between 1903 and 1905?]
- Grand Junction, Colorado, in the residence district
- View of a tree-lined residential street in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado. Multi-story houses are brick, half-timbered, and have porches, lawns and sidewalks. Shows ruts in the dirt street.
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Grand Junction--1910-1920.; Residential streets--Colorado--Grand Junction--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Central Block, Pueblo
- A crowd of men, women, and children stand on sidewalks, possibly to watch a parade, in front of the Thurlow-Hutton Central Block Building on 2nd (Second) and Main Streets in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. The rusticated stone office building has...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1920.; Office buildings--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915?]
- Headgate Bessemer Ditch near Pueblo, Colo.
- A man stands on a stone diversion ditch headgate at Bessemer Ditch beside probably the St. Charles River in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Stone levees are at the edge of the water, and trees are in the river valley. Railroad tracks are beside...
- Ditches--Colorado--Pueblo--1890-1910.; Bessemer Ditch (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Saint Charles River (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Canals--Colorado--Pueblo--1890-1910.; Levees--Colorado--Pueblo--1890-1910.; Railroad...
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Durango
- Panoramic view of brick commercial buildings, stone churches, and the San Juan Smelter in Durango (La Plata County), Colorado. Shows the La Plata County Courthouse with a clock tower, churches, and the Strater Hotel in downtown Durango. Steep...
- Durango (Colo.)--1890-1910.; San Juan Mountains (Colo. and N.M.)--1890-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Durango--1890-1910.
- [between 1895 and 1910?]
- At the camp above plant of Index Oil Shale Co., De Beque, Colo.
- Men wear suits, ties, overcoats, and felt hats and stand beside trees outside the Index Oil Shale Company plant in De Beque (Mesa County), Colorado. Shows metal and frame buildings and tall smokestacks. A flag above a building reads "Index." Metal...
- Index Oil Shale Company--1920-1930.; Oil-shale industry--Colorado--De Beque--1920-1930.; De Beque (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--De Beque--1920-1930.; Refineries--Colorado--De Beque--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]