Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- A Colo. dairy
- View of a dairy farm, probably Hazelwood Dairy; shows wood-frame residence with brick foundation, a wood-frame dairy barn, and cows along dirt road; a women and dog sit on front porch, a man stands next to barbed wire fence and horse-drawn...
- Cattle--Colorado--1900-1920.; Dairy farming--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- A Colorado potatoe [sic] field, Colo. Midland Ry.
- Large field of potato plants in Roaring Fork River valley near Carbondale, Colorado, reached via Colorado Midland Railway; shows horse- drawn wagon parked near potato field, small irrigation ditch channeling water, and horseback rider in field.
- Garfield County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Roaring Fork River Valley (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Garfield County--1900-1910.; Farming--Colorado--Garfield County--1900-1910.; Farms--Colorado--Garfield County--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- 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]
- A Grand Valley truck garden, Colo. Midland Ry.
- View of "truck garden" with cantaloupes & other vegetable plants, Grand Valley, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; man bending down in garden examining cantaloupe; distant view of Grand Mesa & roof top.
- Grand Valley (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cantaloupes--Colorado--Grand Valley--1910-1920.; Truck farming--Colorado--Grand Valley--1910-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1910 and 1918]
- A. D. Farley homestead, 9 miles west of Craig Colo.
- View of small wooden residence, outhouse, and barn of the A. D. Farley homestead, nine miles west of Craig, Colorado; shows wagon in front of barn and fenced cultivated field.
- Farley, A. D.--Homes & haunts.; Craig (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Farms--Colorado--Craig--1910-1920.; Homesteading--Colorado--Craig--1910-1920.
- [between 1911 and 1920]
- Agriculture crops cultivation
- Men and women pose with a hoe and shovels in a field of possibly lettuce, Denver, Colorado. A greenhouse with open roof vents is nearby.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Agricultural laborers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Farming--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Greenhouses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Agriculture crops harvesting
- Men pitch harvested hay from horse-drawn wagons into a stack and then into a baling machine on a farm probably in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Agricultural laborers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Agricultural machinery & implements--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Farms--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.;...
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Agriculture livestock dairy herd in a field
- View of a herd of dairy cattle probably in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cattle--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Dairy farming--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Agriculture livestock dairy herd in scene with man and boy
- A man and a boy pose in a field with a herd of dairy cattle, possibly in Denver, Colorado.
- Boys--Colorado--1910-1920.; Cattle--Colorado--1910-1920.; Dairy farming--Colorado--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Alfalfa, Antlers, Colo.
- Field crop of alfalfa, group of farm buildings, distant mountains in Antlers, Garfield County, Colorado.
- Antlers (Colo.)--1890-1930.; Alfalfa--Colorado--Antlers--1890-1930.; Croplands--Colorado--Antlers--1890-1930.; Farms--Colorado--Antlers--1890-1930.
- [between 1890 and 1925?]
- An alfalfa pig pasture
- Pigs in a pasture with wood fence; post and wire fence in background with horses, probably in northern New Mexico.
- Farms--New Mexico--1910-1920.; Pigs--New Mexico--1910-1920.
- [1912?]
- An Ostrich at Pasadena ostrich farm
- An Ostrich identified as Mr. McKinley stands in a fenced enclosure at an ostrich farm in Pasadena (Los Angeles County), California. Farm buildings and trees are in the distance.
- Ostrich farms--California--Pasadena--1890-1900.; Pasadena (Calif.)--1890-1900.; Ostriches--California--Pasadena--1890-1900.
- [between 1896 and 1900?]
- Apennine Mts., Italy ridge line from (left) Mount della Spe to village of Suzzano, IV Corps
- Aerial view of Monte della Spe and the village of Suzzano in the Apennine Range in Bologna Province, Italy. Shows cultivated land, stone farm buildings, and roads on the slope of the mountain.
- World War, 1939-1945--American--Campaigns & battles.; Bologna (Italy : Province)--1940-1950.; Monte della Spe (Italy)--1940-1950.; Cropland--Italy--Bologna (Italy : Province)--1940-1950.; Farms--Italy--Bologna (Italy : Province)--1940-1950.; United...
- 1945 April 13
- Bald Mountain Boulder County
- View of Baldy (Bald) Mountain in Boulder County, Colorado. A farmhouse, utility buildings, and a pond are in the foreground.
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Farms--Colorado--Boulder County--1890-1910.; Mountains--Colorado--Boulder County--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Barley raised without irrigation on the Skelton Ranch, Woodland Park, Colo. Midland Ry.
- View of a barley field on Skelton Ranch, Woodland Park, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; people stand by a house, and clouds dot the sky.
- Dry farming--Colorado--Woodland Park--1900- 1920.; Woodland Park (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Barley--Colorado--Woodland Park--1900-1920.; Croplands--Colorado--Woodland Park--1900-1920.; Ranches--Colorado--Woodland Park--1900-1920.; Colorado Midland...
- [between 1900 and 1919]
- Barley raised without irrigation, Skelton Ranch, Woodland Park, Colo. Midland Ry.
- View of barley field grown without irrigation, Skelton Ranch, Woodland Park, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; two men and two women standing in chest-high barley field, dry-land farming; log cabin with stone fireplace and wooden frame...
- Dry farming--Colorado--Woodland Park--1900- 1920.; Woodland Park (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Barley--Colorado--Woodland Park--1900-1920.; Croplands--Colorado--Woodland Park--1900-1920.; Ranches--Colorado--Woodland Park--1900-1920.; Colorado Midland...
- [between 1900 and 1919]
- Barley raised without irrigation, Skelton Ranch, Woodland Park, Colo. Midland Ry.
- View of barley field, Skelton Ranch, Woodland Park reached via Colorado Midland Railway; two men & two women standing in chest-high barley field grown without irrigation, dry-land farming.
- Dry farming--Colorado--Woodland Park--1900- 1920.; Woodland Park (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Barley--Colorado--Woodland Park--1900-1920.; Croplands--Colorado--Woodland Park--1900-1920.; Ranches--Colorado--Woodland Park--1900-1920.; Colorado Midland...
- [between 1900 and 1919]
- Ben Hadley's farm
- View of a barn at Ben Hadley's farm possibly in Illinois.
- Farms--1900-1910.; Hadley, Ben--Homes & haunts.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Ben's barn exterior
- Ben Hadley walks near a barn on his farm possibly in Illinois. A herd of sheep are nearby.
- Barns--1900-1910.; Farms--1900-1910.; Sheep--1900-1910.; Hadley, Ben.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Benjamin H. Eaton residence, Greeley
- Buildings of the Benjamin H. Eaton farm in Greeley, Colorado, include gambrel and gable roofed barns, sheds, and fenced livestock pens. A granary and two-story brick house are to the right.
- Eaton, Benjamin Harrison, 1833-1940--Homes & haunts.; Greeley (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Farms--Colorado--Greeley--1900-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Greeley--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Bent County Farm
- View shows a barbed wire fence, a muddy road, and a farm complex in the distance, Bent County, Colorado.
- Bent County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Farms--Colorado--Bent County--1890-1900.
- 1893?
- Bill Moreno irrigates his crops
- Hispanic American Bill Moreno irrigates his field in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. He stands beside an irrigation ditch and uses rubber hoses to siphon water out of the ditch. He wears a cowboy hat, a plaid shirt and holds a shovel. Trees...
- Hispanic Americans--1970-1980.; Mexican Americans--1970-1980.; San Luis (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Irrigation.; Agriculture.; Farmers.; Irrigation canals & flumes.; Moreno, Bill--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Mexican...
- [1970?]
- Bob
- Bob Hopkins, poses outdoors with a dog on a farm possibly in Illinois.
- Dogs--1900-1910.; Farms--1900-1910.; Hopkins, Bob.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Bound grain in Eastern Colorado
- Six squat conical bound grain stacks, John Schmidtz farm (?) eastern Colorado plains; John (?) stands in front of a stack.
- Farms--Colorado--1920-1930.; Grains--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [1921]
- Bowman Dairy
- A workman stands with a pail near a cart full of feed in the milking room of the Bowman Dairy in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. Pipes and sunken stalls are nearby.
- Bowman Dairy (Trinidad, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Dairy farming--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1920.
- [between 1901 and 1920?]
- Bowman Dairy
- Workmen stand in the milking room of the Bowman Dairy in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. One man cleans a trough with a shovel near a large bucket on a hoist.
- Bowman Dairy (Trinidad, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Dairy farming--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1920.
- [between 1901 and 1920?]
- Boyer Valley farm scene near Orion [sic]
- View of a farm in Boyer Valley near Arion (Crawford County), Iowa. Shows a pasture, fences, a farm house, a barn, and possibly haystacks.
- Arion (Iowa)--1890-1900.; Barns--Iowa--Arion--1890-1900.; Farmhouses--Iowa--Arion--1890-1900.; Farms--Iowa--Arion--1890-1900.
- 1898
- Boyer valley, Ia. farm near Orian [sic]
- View of a farm house and barn near Arion (Crawford County), Iowa. A road is beside a corn field and a tree. A clapboard farmhouse has a gabled roof, dormers, and a covered porch. A picket fence is around the house. Corrals and fences are beside the...
- Arion (Iowa)--1890-1900.; Corn--Iowa--Arion--1890-1900.; Croplands--Iowa--Arion--1890-1900.; Farms--Iowa--Arion--1890-1900.
- [1898?]
- Boyer, Ia., black cattle on the McHenry farm
- View of a herd of black cattle on a farm near the town of Boyer River (Crawford County), Iowa. Men stand near fences. Hay stacks, barns, trees, and farm buildings are behind post and wire fences.
- Boyer River (Iowa : Town)--1890-1900.; Cattle--Iowa--Boyer River--1890-1900.; Farms--Iowa--Boyer River--1890-1900.; Haystacks--Iowa--Boyer River--1890-1900.
- [1898?]
- C. S. P. gardens
- Fields of crops at the State Penitentiary farm in Canon City, Colorado, are flanked by roads; the stone garden house and outbuildings are at the end. Rock walls and a wooden gate form an enclosure in the foreground, with a hay feeder and loading...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Farms--Colorado--Canon City--1930-1940.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1930-1940.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1934
- Castle Crags from near Castella, Calif.
- View of Castle Crags, a rock formation, a valley with probably a school, a farmhouse, and a barn in Shasta County, California.
- Castle Crags (Shasta County and Siskiyou County, Calif.)--1890-1900.; Shasta County (Calif.)--1890-1900.; Farms--California--Shasta County--1890-1900.; Rock formations--California--Shasta County--1890-1900.
- 1899
- Cattle at Gundy's (Lake #483)
- Cattle graze in a plowed field on a ranch in Colorado, possibly in Gilpin County. A wire fence with wood posts stands in the background.
- Gilpin County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Farming--Colorado--Gilpin County--1900-1920.; Fences--Colorado--Gilpin County--1900-1920.; Ranches--Colorado--Gilpin County--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Cawston Ostrich Farm, South Pasadena
- View of ostriches at the Cawston Ostrich Farm on Sycamore and Pasadena Avenues in South Pasadena (Los Angeles County), California, in a reproduction of a cabinet card tacked to corkboard. Ostriches stand in a pasture enclosed by a wooden fence.
- Cawston Ostrich Farm (South Pasadena, Calif.)--1900-1910.; Ostrich farms--California--South Pasadena--1900-1910.; South Pasadena (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Cabinet photographs--1900-1910.; Ostriches--California--South Pasadena--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Cherry Creek flood, Denver
- Aerial view of Cherry Creek flood damage in Denver, Colorado after the Castlewood Canyon Dam break; shows Cherry Creek, the washed out Harvard Avenue bridge, farms, and the Sullivan School.
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Farms--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Streams--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.;...
- 1933 August 3
- Chicken house
- A view of the chicken house at the Denver County Farm (Denver Farm) in Henderson, Colorado. Shows a long wood building with a gable, multiple doors and windows. The Denver County Farm (Denver Farm) began in the late 1800's to aid the elderly and...
- Denver Farm--1930-1940.; Henderson (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Almshouses--Colorado--Henderson--1930-1940.; Farms--Colorado--Henderson--1930-1940.; Poultry houses--Colorado--Henderson--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Clear Creek Valley
- Clear Creek Valley near present Arvada, Colorado; Clear Creek riverbed winding by agricultural and pasture land; standard gauge line with third rail to Golden via Denver and Northwestern Railroad, wooden railroad bridge, wooden frame residences;...
- Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Farms--Colorado--1900-1920.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--1900-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1920.; Streams--Colorado--1900-1920.; Denver and Northwestern Railroad.
- [between 1901 and 1914]
- Colo. Wheat field, Colo. Midland Ry.
- Wheat field (probably in Roaring Fork River valley near Carbondale, Colorado), reached via Colorado Midland Railway; shows two men standing in waist-deep field inspecting heads of wheat.
- Garfield County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Roaring Fork River Valley (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Farming--Colorado--Garfield County--1900-1910.; Farms--Colorado--Garfield County--1900-1910.; Wheat--Colorado--Garfield County--1900-1910.; Colorado Midland Railway...
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Colorado corn cribs
- Three wire corn cribs on Weddlis farm (?) eastern plains, Colorado; shows chickens, wooden wagon, barn or shed roof, and wooden corral gate.
- Corn cribs--Colorado--1920-1930.; Farms--Colorado--1920-1930.
- 1921
- Colorado farms
- View of farms in Colorado; shows irrigation water, tilled fields, houses, sheds, and a buggy.
- Agricultural facilities--Colorado--1900-1920.; Farms--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Colorado pigs
- Close view of sow and piglets rooting in a tilled field on the eastern plains of Colorado; wooden fence is in background.
- Farms--Colorado--1890-1920.; Pigs--Colorado--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Colorado pigs
- View of pigs rooting in a field on the eastern plains of Colorado; shows farmhouse, barn, sheds, and windmills.
- Farms--Colorado--1890-1920.; Pigs--Colorado--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920
- Colorado settlement
- View of a farm house and dirt road in (probably) Colorado; also shows outbuildings, barns, utility poles, a windmill, and mountains. The main residence has a covered porch, gable, metal roof and jigsaw work; chickens are by concrete entry steps.
- Farmhouses--Colorado--1900-1930.; Farms--Colorado--1900-1930.
- [between 1900 and 1930?]
- Colorado silos
- Farm structures on eastern Colorado plains include stone block silos, water tower, windmill, and wooden barn.
- Farms--Colorado--1920-1930.; Silos--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [1921]
- Cow sheds & corral
- Cows move about in a corral at the Denver County Farm (Denver Farm) in Henderson, Colorado. Shows wood cow sheds and two silos. The Denver County Farm (Denver Farm) began in the late 1800's to aid the elderly and indigent, it was sold in 1960.
- Denver Farm--1930-1940.; Henderson (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Almshouses--Colorado--Henderson--1930-1940.; Cows--Colorado--Henderson--1930-1940.; Farms--Colorado--Henderson--1930-1940.; Sheds--Colorado--Henderson--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Cows in clover
- Cows standing in clover pasture.
- Cows--Colorado--1890-1940.; Farms--Colorado--1890-1940.
- [between 1890 and 1935]
- Cows in Kings County
- In this reproduction of a cabinet card tacked to corkboard, a herd of cows stands in pasture under trees near a wooden fence in probably Kings County, California.
- Kings County (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Cabinet photographs--1900-1910.; Cattle--California--Kings County--1900-1910.; Farms--California--Kings County--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Craig, Colo.
- View of hay fields and Craig (Moffat County), Colorado.
- Craig (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Farms--Colorado--Craig--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Cutoff & Range, Colo
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks on the Dotsero Cutoff pass between farms, cow pasture, and fields in Range, Eagle County, Colorado.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1930-1940.; Dotsero Cutoff (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Eagle County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Farms--Colorado--Eagle County--1930-1940.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Eagle County--1930-1940.
- [1934 or 1935]
- Cutting dry farm rye, Moffat Road
- View of horse-drawn machinery cutting rye field, probably somewhere in Routt County, Colorado reached via Denver & Salt Lake Railroad (formerly Denver, Northwestern & Pacific), Moffat Road; three-horse team, two men standing in field ready to...
- Dry farming--Colorado--Routt County--1900-1920.; Routt County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Croplands--Colorado--Routt County--1900-1920.; Harvesting--Colorado--Routt County--1900-1920.; Denver and Salt Lake Railroad Company.
- [between 1908 and 1915]
- Cutting dry farm wheat in Colorado
- View of a dry wheat farm during harvest time on Colorado eastern plains; two men stand in foreground holding wheat sheaves; at mid-ground, one person stands near sheaves, another drives a horse-drawn combine, and a third is on horseback; three...
- Croplands--Colorado--1900-1920.; Farms--Colorado--1900-1920.; Harvesting machinery--Colorado--1900-1920.; Wheat--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]