Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- 10th Mountain Division 86th Regiment Company A
- Group portrait (sitting, standing) of the 10th (Tenth) Mountain Division, 86th Mountain Infantry Regiment, Company A in uniform at Camp Hale (Eagle County), Colorado. Men are numbered in rows front to back, and from left to right: FIRST/BOTTOM ROW...
- United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 86th. Company A.; World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Military personnel--1940-1950.
- [1944]
- Devlins Zouaves
- Panoramic, group portrait of members of Devlin's Zouaves, performers for the Sells Floto Circus and Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. H. C. Devlin wears a jacket with shoulder boards, and a cap that reads "Devlin." The Zouaves hold rifles and wear...
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Company--People--1910-1920.; Devlin's Zouaves--People--1910-1920.; Sells Floto Circus--People--1910-1920.; Circus performers--1910-1920.; Zouaves--1900-1920.; Devlin, H. C.
- 1914
- Old County Jail, Walsenburg, Colo.
- View of Huerfano County Jail northwest of Walsenburg, Huerfano County, Colorado, built by P. Chappel, of rock with a low curved roof. Sign lists county officers for the year 1878: "R. Pacheco, J. B. Hudson, Ben J. Doss, Com.; C. O. Unfug, C. Clerk,...
- Walsenburg (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Jails--Colorado--Walsenburg--1890-1900.
- May 10, 1893
- First Regiment Band outside Leadville Ice Palace
- Denver's First Regiment Band poses outside the archway of Leadville, Colorado's Ice Palace, which was built for the 1896 Winter Crystal Carnival on a site known as Capitol Hill. During the formal opening ceremonies, January 8, 1896, the band...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bands--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Ice sculpture--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.
- [1896]
- Committee of arrangements 26th annual convention B. of L.E., Denver, Colo.
- Group portrait of members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers at the 26th Annual Convention in Denver, Colorado. The men are identified as : "W.E. Devine, Alex Davidson, W.W. Hall [engineer for Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad], Ed....
- Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers (U.S.)--1880-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Labor unions--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.
- 1889
- Bird's eye view of Buena Vista, Colo.
- Reproduction of lithograph of Buena Vista, Chaffee County, Colorado; shows: 1. Court House 2. School House 3. Hiller, Hallock & Co's Opera House 4. D&RGRR Depot 5. F W Ower's Sampling Works 6. Turn-Halle and Buena Vista Guards Armory, Co H; 7....
- Buena Vista (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Bird's eye view of Buena Vista, Colo.
- Reproduction of lithograph of Buena Vista, Chaffee County, Colorado; shows: 1. Court House 2. School House 3. Hiller, Hallock & Co's Opera House 4. D & RGRR Depot 5. F W Ower's Sampling Works 6. Turn-Halle and Buena Vista Guards Armory, Co H; 7....
- Buena Vista (Colo.)--1880-1890--Maps.;
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- José de la Cruz Páiz and daughter María
- Studio portrait of Hispanic American José de la Cruz Páiz and his teenage daughter María Dolores Páiz, Apishapa (Las Animas County), Colorado. An elderly José wears a jacket, and matching vest and pants. He has thick gray hair and a...
- Hispanic Americans--1910-1920.; Mexican Americans--1910-1920.; Apishapa (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Families.; Older people.; Teenagers.; Páiz, José de la Cruz--Pictorial works.; Páiz, María Dolores--Pictorial works.; Fathers and...
- ca. 1860
- Man
- Studio portrait of a man. He wears a suit, vest, tie, and wide-brimmed hat.
- Men--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Old Trinidad courthouse and group of men
- Men pose in front of the Trinidad courthouse, Trinidad, Colorado. This two story brick building has a rusticated stone foundation, stone quoins, gables topped by sharp finials and square mansard roof tower with widow's walk. The elaborate portico...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Courthouses--Colorado--Trinidad--1890-1900.; Garcia, Eugenio.; Hill, Orlando.; Jennings, John.; Maes, Edward.; Millikani, William.; Sipe, Burney.; Vaight, P. S.; Valdez, Caledonio.; Wallace, S. S.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- San Sebastian Church Manila, P.I. Built of steel
- Clough Addition to De Lappe Place: J Cook Jr's North Division of Capitol Hill Outlots A, I, J, K, P, Q, R, S, T, U
- The first house in Cripple Creek - December, 1891
- Illustration depicts first house in Cripple Creek, Colorado (Fremont prior to incorporation); man is seated in single entryway of one- story log cabin with low gable roof, rear stone chimney, and sod roof (possibly); canvas tent and flat-roof shed...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1960 and 1970]
- La ventana dedicada a la finada Josefita O. Barela, y el altar de la parroquia de Trinidad, Colo.
- Interior view of Holy Trinity Catholic Church (Roman Catholic) in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows the stained glass window, altar and pews. The twelve pointed rose window is a combination of circles and florets. High wainscoting...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Catholic churches.--Colorado--Trinidad--1910-1920.; Interiors.
- 1911
- Indian scouts returning from drill, P.R. Ag S.D.
- View over a snow covered field of U. S. Army Native American Sioux horse mounted scouts returning to Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota; the two-story school, army tent camp, and tepees show to the north.
- United States. Army.--1890-1900.; United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency--1890-1900.; Dakota Indians--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Indian scouts--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--South...
- [1891]
- Pueblo, Colorado, business
- Reproduction of an advertisement promoting Railroaders Mining and Investment Company, Pueblo, Colorado; advertisment includes an illustration of train engine with passenger cars.
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1900-1910.
- [between 1970 and 1980?]
- The Thurlow-Hutton building
- Reproduction of an architectural sketch depicting proposed Thurlow-Hutton building, southeast corner of Second and Main Streets, Pueblo, Colorado. Building was designed by Denver architect Robert Roeschlaub and engineered by F. Reistle; building...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Commercial buildings--Colorado--Pueblo--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Pueblo--1880-1890.
- [between 1970 and 1980?]
- First graduating class G.E.D. Certificates June 1958
- Photos of graduates of the Colorado State Penitentiary G.E.D. class in Canon City, Colorado, are arranged on display board and identified as follows (L to R): J. A. Smalley, J. B. Sherbondy, E. R. Cain, R.L.M. Mora, D. A. Valenzuela, E. C....
- Canon City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Alumni & alumnae--Colorado--Canon City--1950-1960.; Prisoners--Colorado--Canon City--1950-1960.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1958
- Sigma Pi Phi
- Panoramic photomontage of African American members of Sigma Pi Phi fraternity who are identified as (left to right) V. B. Spratlin, A.B.A.M., C. F. (Clarence) Holmes, B.S.D., D.S., H. E. Rahmine, D. B. S. T. M., E. W. D. Abner, M.D., C. E. Terry,...
- Sigma Pi Phi--People--1920-1930.; African Americans--Men--1920-1930.; Fraternities & sororities--1920-1930.
- 1921
- Gallegos Mercantile and Hotel
- View of the Gallegos Mercantile and Hotel on the plaza in San Luis, (Costilla County), Colorado. The two story stone building, owned by José Presentación "J.P." Gallegos, was also the telegraph and post office. The front of the building has a...
- Hispanic Americans--1900-1910.; Mexican Americans--1900-1910.; San Luis (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Adobe buildings.; General stores.; Hotels.; Gallegos, José Presentación--Homes & haunts--1900-1910.; Gallegos, José Presentación--Homes and...
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Telluride, Colo.
- Funeral procession for Superintendent Charles M. Baker, murdered during a WFM labor strike, at the Smuggler-Union mine in San Miguel County, Colorado. Miners carry a flower covered casket and ride on horses.
- Baker, Charles M., mine superintendent--Death & burial.; Smuggler Union Mine (San Miguel County, Colo.)--People--1900-1910.; Western Federation of Miners--Strikes--1900-1910.; San Miguel County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Smuggler Union Mine (San Miguel...
- [1902]
- Catholic Mission near P.R. Agency SD - looking west
- View west across a field to the two-story brick catholic mission, nine miles north of the Native American Sioux Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota, includes a man on horseback and a group of people in church yard.
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency--1890-1900.; Holy Rosary Mission (Pine Ridge, S.D.)--1890-1900.; Dakota Indians--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Pine...
- [1891]
- View, looking northwest of Pueblo in 1872, from hill east of Santa Fe between Third and Fourth Streets
- Bird's eye view northwest from hill east of Santa Fe between Third (3rd) and Fourth (4th) Streets, Pueblo, Colorado; reproduction of an illustration depicting brick business commercial buildings; identified businesses include: Berry Brother's Drug...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Business districts--Colorado--Pueblo--1870-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Pueblo--1870-1880.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- 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?]
- Ground Observation Point, Air Corps, Rover Joe
- U.S. Air corps and other allied pilots provided bombing and strafing support for the Tenth Mountain Division on Mt. Belvedere, Italy, under the code name: Rover Joe. Shown facing camera in the observation point are Lt. Robert Egner, of the South...
- Air warfare--Italy--1945.; Military officers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Badenhorst, W.; Egner, Robert.; Gaber, Edward.; Liversidge, Law.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- March 1945
- San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts
- View of the San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts, San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. Shows a modified Territorial design with vigas and stepped pediments. The building has a two story central core with two wings and entrances covered with...
- San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts (Colo.)--Buildings--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; San Luis (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Universities & colleges.; San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts...
- [1953]
- Portrait of a man and two women
- Studio portrait of possibly the P.H. Kamber family. The man wears a dark wool suit and sits in an upholstered chair. Women stand on either side of the chair. One woman wears a one-piece dark-colored, well fitted dress with a bar pin at her neck....
- Families--1890-1900.; Women--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Rockmont College development campaign
- "Carl Nelson, campaign chairman of fund for Rockmont College, is given a gift of $40,000 by a donor who wished to remain anonymous," Longmont, Colorado. The two men wear suits and large grins and stand in front of a chart that reads: "Rockmont...
- Longmont (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Longmont--1960-1970.; Rockmont College (Longmont, Colo.)
- August 1967
- Quincy Western #1
- A train Crew poses next to Quincy Western Railway Engine No. 1 in Feather River Canyon at Hartwell, California. Locomotive built by American Locomotive Company.
- Feather River Canyon (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Railroad employees--California--1900-1910.; Railroad locomotives--California--1900-1910.; Railroads--California--1900-1910.; American Locomotive Company.; Quincy Western Railway Company.
- [1909]
- Black Hawk, Colo.
- Reproduction of bird's eye view lithograph, Black Hawk, Gilpin County, Colorado; shows: 1. Methodist Church 2. Public School; (stamp mills): 3. Empire 4. Polar Star 5. Black Hawk 6. Gregory 7. New York 8. Campbell & Pierce 9. Randolf 10....
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- 1882
- Log Cabin
- View of the Log Cabin, one of the first buildings built in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. Governor Hunt built this cabin, when the Denver and Rio Grande railway arrived, in October 1871, it became the station restaurant. Identified...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company--1870-1880.; Log Cabin (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Governors--Colorado--1870-1880.; Log buildings--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1870-1880.; Railroad...
- [between 1871 and 1875]
- St. Aloysius Convent and School
- The St. Aloysius Convent and School, a boarding and day school, was opened in 1875 in Central City, Colorado, by the Sisters of St. Aloysius. The Victorian building is a two and one-half story structure that accommodated up to one hundred...
- St. Aloysius Convent & School (Central City, Colo.)--1870-1940.; Central City (Colo.)--1870-1940.; Schools--Colorado--Central City--1870-1940.
- [between 1879 and 1935]
- RGS - Vanadium, Colorado, on the Rio Grande Southern
- View in Vanadium, San Miguel County, Colorado, shows a man posing on Rio Grande Southern Railroad tracks, a horse-drawn ore wagon, Primos Chemical Company mill buildings, and dwellings.
- Rio Grande Southern Railroad--1910-1920.; Vanadium (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Buildings--Colorado--Vanadium--1910-1920.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Vanadium--1910-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Vanadium--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915?]
- Buffalo Council seats officers
- Four newly elected Native American (Plains) officers of the White Buffalo Council pose around a drum, it reads: "White Buffalo Council of Denver Colorado," Denver, Colorado. One of the men wears a fringed shirt, bead decorations, and a headdress....
- White Buffalo Council of Denver Colorado--1960-1970.; Indian councils--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Indians of North America--Great Plains--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Headdresses--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.;...
- 1969 January 25
- Aspen, Colorado in 1967
- View of west side of Aspen, Colorado, including the Big Tent, Aspen High School, and Seminar Building. Scene includes houses and trees in the background at the foot of Aspen Mountain, outline of the former Aspen racetrack, an access road through...
- Aspen (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Tents--Colorado--Aspen--1960-1970.
- 1967
- Pastor gives sermon on the rooftop
- Reverand Jerald Baxter preaches from a pulpit on a rooftop platform, Church of God of Prophesy, Commerce City, Colorado. A group of men, women and children, black and white, stand below listening to the sermon. The 1955 church is a one-story brick...
- Commerce City (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Churches--Colorado--Commerce City--1960-1970.
- November 20, 1966
- Silhouette fireplace and parade frieze featured in the Kindergarten of the Fairmont School
- Interior view at the Fairmont School in Denver, Colorado; shows an ornate fireplace with silhouettes of nursery rhyme characters including Little Bo Peep, Jack and Jill, Mother Goose, a lion, a horse, a pig, a cat, and birds. Ceramic tiles and a...
- Fairmont School (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--1880-1890.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Fireplaces--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Friezes (Ornamental bands)--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.;...
- [ca. 1926]
- Portrait of a man, Leadville, Colorado
- Three-quarter standing studio portrait of a man, taken in Leadville, Colorado. The man wears a wool coat with the top button fastened, a vest with collar, a ribbon tie, and has a mustache. His right arm rests on a pedestal covered in ivy. A tree is...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- Portrait of a man, Leadville, Colorado
- Studio portrait of the head and shoulders of a mand in Leadville, Colorado. The man wears a wool overcoat with velvet collar. His hair is short, neatly parted and slicked down. His mustache is long and covers the outer portions of his lips.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- Yusef Karouma University of Boulder teacher in Graduate School
- Portrait of Lauren R. Watson (Yusef Karouma), an African American and member of the Black Panther Party, in (probably) Boulder, Colorado. He wears wire rim glasses and speaks into a microphone.
- Black Panther Party--People--1960-1970.; African Americans--Colorado--Boulder--1960-1970.; Boulder (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Activists--Colorado--Boulder--1960-1970.; Watson, Lauren R.
- 1969 March 6
- R locomotive, engine number 76, engine type 4-6-0
- Left side view of engine. Photographed: Montréal, P.Q., Canada, October 6, 1930.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1930.; Railroad locomotives--Québec--Montréal.; Rutland Railroad Company.
- 1930
- R locomotive, engine number 84, engine type 4-6-2
- Three-quarter view of right side of engine, from front end. Photographed: Montréal, P.Q., Canada, October 6, 1930.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1930.; Railroad locomotives--Québec--Montréal.; Rutland Railroad Company.
- 1930
- Veterans Volunteer Firemen's Association of Denver
- Panoramic view of members of the Veteran Volunteer Firemen's Association who pose near the City Hall Building near 14th (Fourteenth) Street and Larimer Street in Denver, Colorado. The men stand in a line and hold a rope attached to a hand pumper...
- Veteran Volunteer Firemen's Association (Denver, Colo.)--People--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; City & town Halls--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Fire...
- 1912 October 16
- Newspaper excursion
- A view of the Gilpin Tramway train, on an excursion with newspaper men and their families, in Gilpin County, Colorado. Shows a locomotive and three open passenger cars in a mountain landscape. Well-dressed men, women, and children are on and near...
- Gilpin Tramway Company--1880-1890.; Gilpin County, (Colo.)--(1880-1890); Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--Gilpin County--1880-1890.; Tourists--Colorado--Gilpin County--1880-1890.
- 1888 June 7
- Broadway, Looking North
- View of Broadway, Denver, Colorado, north from 17th (Seventeenth)Street; shows Brown Palace Hotel, Hotel Metropole, Broadway Theater, and Trinity Methodist Church; shows horse-drawn carriages on Broadway.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; City & town life--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Brown Palace Hotel (Denver, Colo.); Metropole Hotel (Denver, Colo.); Trinity...
- [between 1892 and 1901]
- First Winter Sports Carnival held west of Mississippi River, at Hot Sulphur Springs, Colo.
- Large group poses in front of the grocery store during the First Winter Sports Carnival, Hot Sulphur Springs, Grand County, Colorado. Some hold skis upright, others sit on toboggans or sleds. Carl Howelson holds a large shiny trophy cup. Other...
- Hot Sulphur Springs (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Festivals--Colorado--Hot Sulphur Springs--1910-1920.; Skiing--Colorado--Hot Sulphur Springs--1910-1920.
- 1911
- Barton House, built before Hotel-de-Paris
- Men and women pose in front or on the second-story balcony of the Barton House hotel in Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Men and women sit on burros, donkeys or horses. The clapboard sided hotel has a hip roof with dormer windows,...
- Barton House (Georgetown, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Hotels--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1880.; People--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1880.
- [between 1871 and 1879?]
- Library
- Interior view of the library at the Donald N. and Madaline Gilpin residence (Fisher & Fisher Architects, 1931) on Marland Road in the Broadmoor Neighborhood of Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. Decor includes Spanish Colonial carved wood...
- Broadmoor (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Books--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1930-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1930-1940.; Libraries (Rooms)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1930-1940.
- 1932
- Bust!
- View of a covered wagon with a torn cover that reads: Pikes Peak or Bust. Oxen, one dead and the other wounded with arrows are hitched to the wagon. A man lies beside the wagon, two rifles, a feather, a bull whip and a boot are near his body. A...
- Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Covered wagons--Colorado--1870-1880.; Miners--Colorado--1870-1880.; Ox teams--Colorado--1870-1880.; Violence--Colorado--1870-1880.
- 1873 February
- Dunkard Sunday School Class at the Dunkard Stone Church, Hygiene, Colo., Dallas W. Spangler was the teacher.
- Dallas W. Spangler was the teacher of the Dunkard Sunday School Class at the Dunkard Stone Church, Hygiene, Colo. Members of the class include, front row (l to r): Sam Fesler, Anna Brubaker and Ida Laycook. Second row: C. D. Weaver, Ira Whitmore,...
- Hygiene (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Students--Colorado--Hygiene--1900-1910.; Sunday schools--Colorado--Hygiene--1900-1910.; Spangler, Dallas W.
- 1900?