Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Expedition of 1874 1st Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, Corps of Engineers Commanding
- Men stand in the cemetery in front of the Catholic Church on the Plaza of Guadaloupe, Colorado, in Conejos County. The small church is constructed in Spanish style of adobe. An adobe wall with an arched entrance surrounds the grave yard. Two...
- Guadalupe (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Adobe buildings--Colorado--Guadalupe--1870-1880.; Catholic churches--Colorado--Guadalupe--1870-1880.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Guadalupe--1870-1880.
- 1874
- Digney home
- Exterior view of a wood construction house in Georgetown, Colorado. It is L-shaped, with a full-length gable on the right. The door is in the left section of the front which is covered by a porch; there are two double-hung windows with pointed...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- Forbes Residence, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of the Forbes house in Georgetown, Colorado. Alice Forbes, in a cowboy hat and a dress decorated with braid poses on a donkey and holds the reins and crop. Her mother stands behind the picket fence gate. The yard of the one story...
- Forbes, Alice--Homes & haunts.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Boardwalks--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1900.; Donkeys--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1900.
- [between 1875 and 1900?]
- Residence J. M. S. Egan
- Exterior view of a wood construction house in Georgetown, Colorado. The gable-roofed residence has a large dormer in the center, main entrance to the left of the dormer, and has a false front with a cornice. Large trees grow in the yard, and in...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- George Straub house on corner across from Hotel de Paris
- Exterior view of a wood construction house in Georgetown, Colorado, at the corner of Sixth (6th) and Taos Streets, looking north. The building is gable-roofed, with two front gables and an attached garage. A small tree and a birdbath are in the...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1920-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1920-1980.
- [between 1920 and 1978?]
- Mr. & Mrs. Jacobs, 213 Park St. reported missing their home was one of the few left standing in the Grove District.
- A couple identified as Mr. & Mrs. Jacobs pose in the front yard of their house at 213 Park Street after a flood in Pueblo, Colorado. Mrs. Jacobs wears a dress and her husband wears a shirt, pants and a hat. Bedding dries on a porch railing, chairs,...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Houses--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Spouses--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Yards--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.
- [1921]
- D&RGW
- View of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad yard in Durango (La Plata County), Colorado. Shows D&RG livestock cars, flat cars and box cars on sidings, railroad workers, a water tank and a coaling tower. The passenger depot and the roundhouse...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Durango (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Durango--1940-1950.; Railroad roundhouses--Colorado--Durango--1940-1950.; Railroad shops &...
- 1949 June 6
- D&RGW
- View of the two door repair shop in the rail yard at Gunnison (Gunnison County), Colorado. Shows flanger plow #05 and Denver and Rio Grande Western box car #3642. Axles, and freight cars are in the rail yard.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Gunnison (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Railroad shops & yards--Colorado--Gunnison--1940-1950.; Railroads--Colorado--Gunnison--1940-1950.; Snowplows--Colorado--Gunnison--1940-1950.
- 1949 May 30
- C & S (Burlington) diesel 116, extra north @ Prospect 9:00 A.M.
- View of a Colorado and Southern freight train led by diesel locomotive 116 at Prospect Yard in Denver, Colorado. The locomotive has letters that read: "Burlington." The consist has boxcars and stock cars. The train passes under a Valley Highway...
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Diesel locomotives--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Railroads--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- 1949 October 16
- C & S engine 632 switching @ Prospect 9:20 A.M.
- View of Colorado and Southern steam locomotive 116 (2-8-0) switches a freight car at Prospect Yard in Denver, Colorado. Letters on the tender read: "Burlington Line" and on the boxcar read: "New York Central System." The train is near Valley...
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Railroad...
- 1949 October 16
- Central City Residence of Dr. V. C. Sharp
- Three Central City residents stand in a yard in front of the home of Dr. V. C. Sharp in Central City, Colorado in Gilpin County. The house and residence, which are enclosed by a white picket fence, are built above a retaining wall. Shrubs and...
- Sharp, V. C.--Homes & haunts.; Central City (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Central City--1870-1900.
- [between 1875 and 1900]
- Main St.
- Men, including R. W. English and Harry Nuting, pose on snowy Main Street (Littleton Boulevard) in front of the lumber yard, Littleton, Colorado. Small wood false front office sign reads: "Lumber, R. W. English Lumber Company, Lumber, Laths,...
- Littleton (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Lumber industry--Colorado--Littleton--1890-1900.; Merchants--Colorado--Littleton--1890-1900.; English, R. W.; Nuting, Harry.
- 1890
- Early Denver School
- Reproduction of an exterior photograph of one of the original schools in Denver, Colorado. The picture was taken from across the street and the three stories of the building as well as the white picket fenced yard can be seen. Students are...
- Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1868 May 18
- Huskie Highlights: 1972
- Yearbook for Douglas County High School, located in Castle Rock, Colorado, for the year 1972.
- Douglas County High School (Castle Rock, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Douglas County History Research Center (Castle Rock, Colo.); School yearbooks--Colorado--Douglas County.; High schools--Colorado--Douglas County--Periodicals.
- 1972
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Number 24, 1912 June 15
- A Colorado chicken yard
- View of chickens in a wire-fenced yard and chicken coops; probably in Colorado.
- Chickens--Colorado--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- South Broadway Lumber Yard
- Rooftop view of the South Broadway Lumber Yard at 887 South Broadway in the Baker neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Buildings, stacks of lumber, and railroad cars are nearby.
- South Broadway Lumber Yard (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Baker (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Lumberyards--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- A Colorado poultry yard
- Poultry (chickens, hens and roosters) in fenced yard, somewhere in Colorado; pig and piglets, water trough and hand pump for water; McClure's shadow, center foreground; wooden frame farm outbuildings, background.
- Chickens--Colorado--1890-1910.; Farms--Colorado--1890-1910.; Poultry--Colorado--1890-1910.; Roosters--Colorado--1890-1910.; Swine--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Receving [sic] and shipping yard, Colo. Yule Marble Co., Marble, Colo.
- View of shipping and receiving yard for Colorado Yule Marble Company, Marble, Colorado; shows marble mill processing plant with large slabs of marble stacked next to Crystal River and San Juan Railroad siding, open box car, conveyor track or belt...
- Crystal River & San Juan Railroad Company--1900-1920.; Marble (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Marble quarrying--Colorado--Marble--1910-1920.; Colorado Yule Marble Company.
- [1913?]
- Barbecue at Denver Union Stock Yard
- Men in aprons prepare and organize food for a barbecue at the Denver Union Stock Yard in Denver, Colorado. A table is stacked high with loaves of bread. Sides of beef are laid out over a coal filled pit. Thousands of people crowd outside...
- Denver Union Stock Yard Company--Facilities--1890-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Barbecues--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; People--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1897 and 1910?]
- Great flood, Pueblo, Colo., June 3rd '21, C. & S. Wrecking Crane no. 99007, D.& R.G.R.R. Yds [?]
- A Denver and Rio Grande Western wrecking crane moves debris in a rail yard from the Arkansas River flood in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows overturned freight cars, lumber, silt and mud on tracks.
- Ridgway, Arthur Osbourne, 1870-1953.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Arkansas River--1920-1930.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Debris--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.;...
- 1921 June 3
- Flood scene, R.R. yards, Nuckolls Packing Plant in the distance, Pueblo
- Wrecked buildings and overturned Denver and Rio Grande Western freight cars are in the Walker rail yard after the Arkansas River flood in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows smokestacks and the Nuckolls Packing Company buildings in the distance.
- Ridgway, Arthur Osbourne, 1870-1953.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Nuckolls Packing Company (Pueblo, Colo.)--Disasters--1920-1930.; Packing-houses--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Arkansas River--1920-1930.;...
- 1921 June 6
- Dreadful flood of Pueblo, Colo. looking east from the hill front of the Union Depot
- Panoramic view of flood damaged tracks in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows freight cars in the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad yard, and Union Depot with a clock tower. Water from the Arkansas River, mud and debris are near the depot....
- Ridgway, Arthur Osbourne, 1870-1953.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Union Depot (Pueblo, Colo.)--Disasters--1920-1930.; Arkansas River--1920-1930.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Commercial...
- 1921 June
- Manufacturing & R.R. center after flood, June 3, 1921, Pueblo, Colo.
- Panoramic view of wrecked freight cars, washed out buildings, mud and debris after the Arkansas River flood in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Features identified in the photograph include: "Power Plant," "City Hall," "D. & R.G.W. Train No.3, Mo....
- Ridgway, Arthur Osbourne, 1870-1953.; Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Missouri Pacific Railroad Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Nuckolls...
- 1921 June 3
- D&RGW standard gauge 2-8-0 1146, Alamosa, Colo west end of yard on Monte Vista line, this location called Pickler Yard.
- Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Company 2-8-0 locomotive 1146, with box cars, waits at Pickler Yard in Alamosa (Alamosa County) Colorado; men pose on the rear platform. A sign reads: "End of Narrow Gauge."
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.; Railroad shops & yards--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.
- 1950 February
- N.D.H.S. Annual: 1913
- North Denver High School yearbook for 1913
- Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; North High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.
- 1913
- 1933 Denver Householders' Directory and Street and Avenue Guide v.9
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 6, 1909 March 27
- The City of Denver: Volume 1 Number 4, 1912 November 23
- Lower Downtown Denver, view of railroad yard
- Dog and rabbit in yard
- View of a dog, probably an English setter, he points at a rabbit in a fenced yard possibly in Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado.
- Garfield County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Dogs--Colorado--Garfield County--1900-1910.; Rabbits--Colorado--Garfield County--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Dog in yard
- A dog, probably an English setter, is reclined in a grassy, fenced yard, possibly in Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado. A house is in the distance.
- Garfield County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Dogs--Colorado--Garfield County--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- WPCD locomotives in yard
- View of the locomotive yard at the West Portal construction site of the Alva B. Adams Tunnel (Continental Divide Tunnel) of the Colorado Big Thompson project in Grand County, Colorado. Shows men, mine locomotives, corrugated sheds, power station, a...
- Alva B. Adams Tunnel (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Grand County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mine railroads--Colorado--Grand County--1940-1950.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Grand County--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1942?]
- WPCD yard
- View of the mine locomotive yard at the West Portal construction site of the Alva B. Adams Tunnel (Continental Divide Tunnel) of the Colorado Big Thompson project in Grand County, Colorado. Shows tracks, power station, pipes, gabled metal sheds and...
- Alva B. Adams Tunnel (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Grand County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Metal buildings--Colorado--Grand County--1940-1950.; Mine railroads--Colorado--Grand County--1940-1950.; Sheds--Colorado--Grand County--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1942?]
- Pole lines, Union Depot yard on 19th Street
- View of a loading platform and rail yard at Union Depot in Denver, Colorado. Shows a covered platform, railroad tracks, and empty wagons. A telephone pole is positioned in the center of the platform. A porter hangs from the caboose of a train. Men...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Equipment & supplies--1910-1920.; Union Station (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Railroad shops & yards--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- 1914
- Two dogs sitting up for man in yard
- A man holds a treat above two dogs, so they will beg, in a yard in Denver, Colorado. A fence surrounds the grass.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Dogs--Colorado--Denver--1900-1930.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1900-1930.
- [between 1904 and 1925]
- Family in group in yard
- Outdoor portrait of families in a yard in Denver, Colorado. One girl holds a doll.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Children--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Families--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Child in yard with man nearby
- A child stands in a yard near a house in Denver, Colorado. His father and mother are nearby.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Families--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Woman and girl in front yard of small residence
- A woman poses with her daughter and dog in the front yard near her house in Denver, Colorado. Flowers and trees are nearby.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Dogs--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Mothers & children--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Transportation trolleys construction of Denver Tramway's material storage yard at Alameda & Santa Fe Drive
- View of construction of the Denver Tramway's storage yard and tracks near Jason Avenue (Santa Fe Drive) and Bayaud Street in Denver, Colorado. A group of tents and horse-drawn wagons are near the site. Two men walk near the trolley tracks. Probably...
- Denver City Tramway Company (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Street railroad facilities--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Street railroad tracks--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Street Railroads--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.;...
- [between 1904 and 1915]
- Two women in yard among piles of snow
- Women pose in their yard after a heavy snowfall in Denver, Colorado. Icicles are on the eaves of nearby houses.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Snow--Colorado--Denver--1900-1930.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1900-1930.
- [between 1904 and 1925]
- Church yard Taos
- View of the church yard at Taos Pueblo, New Mexico; shows Native American boys in the entry and adobe pueblo dwellings.
- Indians of North America--Structures--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Children--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1900-1910.; Taos Indians--1900-1910.; Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Catholic churches--New Mexico--Taos...
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Minta Gaines back yard - 1700 block Franklin St., Denver, Colo. (back view only)
- View shows the back yard at the Minta Gaines home on the 1700 block of Franklin Street, Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Backyards--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Gaines, Minta--Homes & haunts.
- July, 1966
- Grand Junction - yard
- View of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad yard in Grand Junction, Colorado; shows boxcars, tracks, the depot, and an overhead footbridge/catwalk.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Grand Junction (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Pedestrian bridges--Colorado--Grand Junction--1920-1930.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Grand Junction--1920-1930.; Railroad shops &...
- [between 1922 and 1930?]
- Grand Junction - yard
- View of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad yard in Grand Junction, Colorado; shows boxcars, tracks, and an overhead footbridge/catwalk.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Grand Junction (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Pedestrian bridges--Colorado--Grand Junction--1920-1930.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Grand Junction--1920-1930.; Railroad shops &...
- [between 1922 and 1930?]
- Supply yard
- View of Denver Tramway Company supply yard in Denver, Colorado with stacks of lumber and piles of stone cobbles.
- Cobblestones--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Street railroad facilities--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Denver City Tramway Company (Denver, Colo.)
- [1910?]
- Supply yard
- View of the Denver Tramway Company supply yard shows: stacks of lumber and steel tracks, piles of stone cobbles, work car trolley, and workers.
- Denver City Tramway Company (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Street railroad employees--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Street railroad facilities--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [1910?]
- D&RGW Yard, Pueblo, Colorado view looking east
- View of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Pueblo Union Depot Yard, Pueblo, Pueblo County, Colorado; shows tracks, freight cars, an Arkansas River bridge, and the depot.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Railroad cars--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Railroad shops & yards--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- D&RGW Yard Pueblo, Colorado view looking west
- View of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Pueblo Union Depot Yard, Pueblo, Pueblo County, Colorado; shows 17 parallel tracks, crossovers, the ice house and dock, a levee, cabooses, locomotives, and Western Pacific Railroad open top gondolas.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Western Pacific Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Icehouses--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Railroad cars--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Railroad shops &...
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- 4th of July 100 yard dash, 1911
- View of a line of people at the end of the street preparing to run the one hundred yard dash on unpaved Hyman Avenue in Aspen, Colorado; shows two story commercial storefronts on both sides of the street and telephone poles and lines; Smuggler...
- Aspen (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Racing--Colorado--Aspen--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Aspen--1910-1920.
- [1911]