Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- J.M. Olguín Mercantile store
- View of the J.M. Olguín Mercantile owned by Jesús María Olguín in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. The adobe building has a wooden facade with a cornice, show windows and a recessed entry. The windows have roll down shades and the...
- J.M. Olguín Mercantile (San Luis, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Hispanic Americans--1910-1920.; Mexican Americans--1910-1920.; San Luis (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Boys.; General stores.; J.M. Olguín Mercantile (San Luis, Colo.)--Pictorial works.;...
- 1910
- Sierra Blanca, highest point [sic] in the Rocky Mountains
- Photograph of a drawing by J.M. Bagley shows a Denver and Rio Grande Railroad locomotive and passenger train in a valley on Veta Pass (La Veta Pass) in Huerfano County or Costilla County, Colorado. Shows steep mountain slopes and snow on mountains...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company--1880-1890.; Sierra Blanca (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Veta Pass (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Passes--Colorado--1880-1890.; Railroads--Colorado--1880-1890.
- [between 1886 and 1889?]
- Came to Canon City
- Eighteen studio portraits from Canon City, Colorado, are montaged in rows and identified with dates of arrival as follows: left to right: W. B. Felton 1869, D. J. Houston 1868, Sam Shepard 1875, Thos. Thornton, Jesse R. Wright, Dr. T. D. Palmer,...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Dr. J.M. Perkins 1913 to 1915
- Studio portrait (seated) of Dr. J.M. Perkins, Mayor of Denver, Colorado, from 1912 to 1913. Mayor Perkins wears a jacket and necktie and holds a newspaper.
- Mayors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Perkins, J. M., M.D.
- 1913
- Shorter Community A.M. E. Church
- Booklet contain photographs of Reverend J.M. Brown, D.D. and Mrs. J. M. Brown.
- Shorter Community A.M.E. Church (Denver, Colo.)
- undated
- Greeley, Colorado pioneers
- Photo of eighteen portraits of Greeley people in Greeley (known initially as Union Colony), Colorado in Weld County. Photos include one couple, eight women, and nine men.
- Greeley (Colo.)--1950-1980.
- [between 1950 and 1980]
- E.J.M. Cattle Co, Delta, Co
- View of cattle in Delta (Delta County), Colorado; sign reads: "These Cattle Owned by E. J. M. Cattle Company, Delta, Colo. For Sale by the American Commission Company."
- Delta (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Beef cattle--Colorado--Delta--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- McMahon, J. M
- A photo of criminal J. M. McMahon alias Joe Mask. He wears a hat, suit jacket, vest, a tie and a dark colored shirt.
- McMahon, J. M.; Criminals--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Elevation of elevator fronts on typical upper floor of Foster Building building for the Foster Building Company
- This item (1 of approximately 1000 items) is from Fisher and Fisher's Architectural Records 1892-1997 collection (C MSS WH932). This drawing shows wall elevations for elevators in the A.C. Foster Building (Foster Commercial Building, University...
- Foster, Alexis C.; Foster, J.M., Dr.; Central Business District (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Commercial buildings.; Elevators.; Foster Building Company (Denver, Colo.)
- 1910 October 5
- Sketch of elevator car for the Foster B'ld'g. building for A.C. Foster Bld'g.
- This item (1 of approximately 1000 items) is from Fisher and Fisher's Architectural Records 1892-1997 collection (C MSS WH932). This drawing shows elevations for elevators in the A.C. Foster Building (Foster Commercial Building, University...
- Foster, Alexis C.; Foster, J.M., Dr.; Central Business District (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Commercial buildings.; Elevators.; Foster Building Company (Denver, Colo.)
- 1910 September 30
- Georgetown
- Gravestones in the Georgetown, Clear Creek County, Colorado, cemetery have engravings of hands holding flowers and pointing upward. Inscriptions read: "Katie, dau. of J. M. & Joanna Daily," and, "Albert M., son of J. M. & Joanna Daily."
- Daily, Albert M.--Tomb.; Daily, Katie--Tomb.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Georgetown--1930-1970.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Georgetown--1930- 1970.
- [between 1933 and 1970]
- Board of Direction, Festival of Mountain and Plain, 1899
- Panoramic view of members of the Board of Director's of the Festival of Mountain and Plain who pose for a studio portrait. The men are organized in small groups and pretend to be working. Individuals include: Otto P. Baur, William Byers, John...
- Festival of Mountain and Plain (Denver, Colo.)--People--1890-1900.; Boards of directors--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- 1899
- J. M. Ellison & daughter, local pass. agt. D. & R. G. R. R.
- Rear view of J. M. Ellison, Passenger Agent for the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad, and his daughter in their Sunflower Carnival Parade entry, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. The team and buggy has foliage on the wheels, sides and...
- Ellison, J. M.--Family.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890- 1910.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.;...
- [between 1893 and 1906?]
- Col. J. M. Ellison
- Colonel J. M. Ellison and a lady passenger wear white with straw hats and a parasol and sit in their Sunflower Carnival Parade buggy covered with foilage and drawn by a two horse team, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890- 1910.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Military officers--Colorado--Colorado...
- [between 1893 and 1906?]
- Veta Pass, railroad above the clouds, (D. & R.G.R'y.)
- View of a Denver and Rio Grande locomotive on a curve at La Veta Pass (Costilla County), Colorado. Shows clouds in the valley and a train on probably Dump Mountain.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company--1870-1890.; Costilla County (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Veta Pass (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Railroads--Colorado--Costilla County--1870-1890.
- [between 1877 and 1886?]
- Street construction near the Mint Pharmacy
- Workmen pose near a cement mixer, vertical tubular boiler, and bags of sand at the corner of 13th (Thirteenth) and Tremont Streets in Denver, Colorado. Nearby signs read: "The Mint Pharmacy J. M. Reid Druggist Stationery Cigars Candies Soda...
- Concrete mixers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Drugstores--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Greeley, Colorado people
- Photoprint of five photos depict the early history of the town of Greeley, Colorado in Weld County.
- Greeley (Colo.)--1950-1980.
- [between 1950 and 1980]
- Indian Chiefs and U.S. officials
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody stands in the center of the back row of a group of Native American chiefs and several United States government officials, possibly after the Battle of Wounded Knee. Cody holds the hands of the two men on either...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Tribal chiefs--1890-1900.; American Horse, Dakota Chief, 1840-1908.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Rocky Bear.; Burke, John, d. 1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.; Wounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890.
- [1891?]
- Indian Chiefs and U.S. officials taken at Pine Ridge Jan 16, '91
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody stands in the center of the back row of a group of Native American chiefs and several United States government officials, possibly after the Battle of Wounded Knee. Standing at the far right of the group is...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Tribal chiefs--1890-1900.; American Horse, Dakota Chief, 1840-1908.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Rocky Bear.; Burke, John, d. 1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.; Wounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890.
- 1891?
- Panoramic photograph of Eldora, looking north.
- Panoramic view of Eldora (Boulder County), Colorado; numbered locations are: "1. power house, Mogul Tunnel, 2. Bank of Eldora, 3. residence of Mick Langley, 4. grocery store, J. Greenlee, 5. Weldon House (board), 6. residence, John H. Kemp, Happy...
- Eldora (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Eldora--1890-1900.
- 1899 August
- The old Methodist Church, built 1871 taken Jan. 8, 1906, just before the razing of the old to build the new church.
- Parishoners of the Old Methodist Church, built in 1871, pose in front of the building on a winter day in Greeley, Colorado, in Weld County. Architectural features of the church include a front gable and a steeply- pitched roof, two lancet windows...
- Greeley (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Churches--Colorado--Greeley--1900-1910.; Methodist churches--Colorado--Greeley--1900-1910.
- 1906 January 8
- Sunflower Carnival Mr. Ellison
- J. M. Ellison and his daughter sit in a four wheel buggy decorated with greenery as part of the Flower Carnival in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. The buggy is hitched to a team of two horses. The woman holds a parasol. Both Mr. Ellison...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Parades &...
- [August, between 1896 and 1898]
- J. M. Smith 725 Metropole
- J. M. Smith and his wife pose in their residence in room 725 of the Metropole Hotel in Denver, Colorado. Lamps, a chair, bed, dresser, and wall hangings are in the room.
- Smith, J. M.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Metropole Hotel (Denver, Colo.)
- 1901, January 12
- J. M. Kennedy res
- View of the J. M. Kennedy residence at 370 Humboldt Street in the Country Club neighborhood in Denver, Colorado; features a bay window, covered porch, and iron fence.
- Kennedy, J. M., Denver resident--Homes & haunts.; Country Club (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1890-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920?]
- Attorneys of the Cripple Creek district
- Composite photograph of twenty individual studio portraits of various attorneys of the Cripple Creek district, Cripple Creek, Colorado; group of male lawyers identified on front of print from left to right, top row: Daniel A. Ferguson, James L....
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Lawyers--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Blackmer, Chauncey W.; Brinson, J. M.; Butler, James C.; Clark, Henry H.; Cole, J. C.; Consaul, Charles F.; Crump, S. D.; Emberson, A. L.; Ferguson, Daniel A.; Hangs,...
- [1901?]
- Baby
- Studio portrait of a baby boy. He wears a diaper and sits on a chair covered by a large fur blanket.
- Boys--1890-1900.; Infants--1890-1900.
- [1890]
- Man
- Studio portrait of a man. He has a handlebar mustache and wears a jacket and cravat with pin.
- Men--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Girl and baby
- Studio portrait of a girl and baby. The baby sits in a chair with tassels. The girl wears a dress trimmed with lace.
- Girls--1890-1910.; Infants--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Portrait of a man
- Studio portrait of a man who looks to the side. He wears a plaid suit with a jacket, vest, and neck tie. His hair is parted on the side and combed in a slight wave.
- Men--1890-1910.; Suits (Clothing)--1890-1910.
- [between 1891 and 1901?]
- Portrait of a baby
- Studio portrait of a baby propped up in a chair covered with a tapestry. The child wears a light colored dress. Shows a backdrop with trees in the distance.
- Infants--1890-1910.
- [between 1891 and 1901?]
- Portrait of a man
- Studio portrait of a man who wears a plaid suit, vest, and bow tie. His hair is parted on the side and combed in a slight wave.
- Men--1890-1910.; Suits (Clothing)--1890-1910.
- [between 1891 and 1901?]
- Rosita
- View of a gravestone at the Rosita, Custer County, Colorado, cemetery; epitaph reads: "May M., J. M. & M. L. Murray, 1892, Our little darling."
- Murray, May M.--Tomb.; Rosita (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Rosita--1930-1970.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Rosita--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1970]
- Woman's Relief Corps
- Group portrait of the Woman's Relief Corps, Gunnison, Colorado, includes: wives of J. M. Allen, J. C. McKee, W. S. Rainbow, F. D. Van Aken, Gel. Bird, J. H. Gavette, H. S. Martin, Charles Nelson Blackstock, C. H, Meyer, A. A. Unruh, Elmer Wiley,...
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Military spouses--Colorado--Gunnison--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--Gunnison--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Walden, Colo.
- Panoramic view of Walden (Jackson County, Colorado), Colorado. Shows houses, commercial buildings, fences, a sledge, an automobile, barns and sheds. Signs read: "J.M. Smith" and "Feed Sale Stable."
- Walden (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Walden--1900-1920.
- [between 1905 and 1920?]
- Goldings and Loftus
- View of Boston Block building in Denver, Colorado, at 17th and Champa Streets and designed by architect John W. Roberts. The building has arched windows, balconet and a rusticated stone base. Pedestrians and bicycles appear on sidewalks, trolley...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Pagosa Springs
- View across the San Juan River to the commercial district of Pagosa Springs (Archuleta County) Colorado. Signs read: "J. M. Laughlin Groceries," "Metropolitan Hotel," and "Metropolitan Cafe Hotel."
- Pagosa Springs (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Business districts--Colorado--Pagosa Springs--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- 15th & Wazee
- Workmen walk near an office, part of the 14th (Fourteenth) Street Viaduct construction site, on the corner of 15th (Fifteenth) and Wazee Streets in Denver, Colorado. Prominent signs read: "J. M. Moore's Sons Office And Salesroom Corner 15th and...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bridge construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Temporary buildings--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [1898]
- Boston Block, Denver
- View of the Boston Building at 17th and Champa Streets in Denver, Colorado. Shows Italianate style building with tall arched windows, balconet and rusticated stone trim. Signs read: "J. M. Berkey & Co.," "[S]peer," and "Colfax."
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Iota Kappa Fraternity
- Men and women stand in front of the Pioneer Monument at the intersection of Colfax Avenue, Cheyenne Place, and Broadway in Denver, Colorado. They hold pennants and wear hats with hatbands that read: "I.K.F." A larger pennant reads: "Iota Kappa...
- Iota Kappa Fraternity--People--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Fraternities & sororities--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Sculpture--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Vehicles--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1918 and 1920?]
- Rail Road above the clouds
- View of a Denver and Rio Grande locomotive on Veta Pass (La Veta Pass) in Costilla County, Colorado. Shows clouds in the valley and a stone railroad bridge at a curve in the tracks.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company--1870-1890.; Costilla County (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Veta Pass (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Railroads--Colorado--Costilla County--1870-1890.
- [between 1877 and 1886?]
- Rail Road above the clouds
- View of a Denver and Rio Grande locomotive on La Veta Pass in Costilla County, Colorado. Shows clouds in the valley and smoke above the locomotive on a mountain.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company--1870-1890.; Costilla County (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Veta Pass (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Railroads--Colorado--Costilla County--1870-1890.
- [between 1877 and 1886?]
- Veta Pass
- View of a Denver and Rio Grande locomotive on La Veta Pass in Costilla County, Colorado. Shows buildings beside the track, clouds in the valley and a train on probably Dump Mountain.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company--1870-1890.; Costilla County (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Veta Pass (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Railroads--Colorado--Costilla County--1870-1890.
- [between 1877 and 1886?]
- Touring Denver
- Men, women, and children pose with a convertible touring car in Denver, Colorado. A sign on the automobile reads: "Touring Denver."
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Passengers--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Tourists--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Seeing Denver
- Men, women, and boys sit in an open electric sightseeing bus by a stone building in Denver, Colorado.
- Electric vehicles--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Buses--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Passengers--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Tourists--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Denver Omnibus & Cab Company
- Men pose by a modified open electric sightseeing automobile, with a horn and lamp, in Denver, Colorado.
- Electric vehicles--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Passengers--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Tourists--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- William Cody with group
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody poses with a large group of men while touring with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show in England. Seated in the front row, from left to right, are Nate Salsbury (owner and manager of the show), Supt. Fisher, Jule...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Burke, John, d. 1917.; Keen, Jule.; Salsbury, Nate, 1846-1902.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1887?]
- Carnival Parade
- Men in costume pose during a Sunflower (Flower) Carnival parade in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. Oliver H. Shoup, later Governor of Colorado, wears a moustache, cape and fez and poses on horseback with a banner that reads "Temple No....
- Dramatic Order Knights of Khorassan--1890-1910.; Knights of Pythias--1890-1910.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Costumes--Colorado Springs--Colorado--1890-1910.; Fraternal...
- [between 1892 and 1901?]
- Golconda extension placer mine, La Plata Mountains, Colo.
- View of the Golconda Group Mine in Summitville, Rio Grande County, Colorado. Shows wood plank building, log cabin, and tent. A sluice box sits in an excavated trench. Men are in the distance.
- Golconda Group Mine (Rio Grande County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Summitville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Summitville--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Summitville--1890-1900.; Sluices--Colorado--Summitville--1890-1900.
- 1893
- Broadwell House, 16th & Larimer St.
- View of the three-story, frame Broadwell House hotel at the corner of 16th (Sixteenth) and Larimer Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado. Men on the hotel porch wear top hats and suits and stand below a banner that reads: "Bart Lomen's Show." Signs...
- Broadwell House (Denver, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Denver (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.
- [between 1878 and 1879]
- 14th Street Viaduct construction
- Workmen guide a steel beam with a crane on a traveler at a bridge over Cherry Creek at the partially constructed 14th (Fourteenth) Street Viaduct in Denver, Colorado. A sign on building at 15th (Fifteenth) and Wazee Streets reads: "J. M. Moore's...
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bridge construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Streams--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [1898]