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]
- 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]
- 1927 Senate, 26th General Assembly, State of Colorado
- Composite of studio portraits of members of the 26th General Assembly of the Colorado State Senate. Identifications, center row, top to bottom: E.C. Abbey, G.M. Corlett, President, R.J. Weaver. Top row, left to right: A.E. Headlee, T.M. Hudson,...
- Colorado. General Assembly. Senate.--People--1920-1930.; Legislators--Colorado--1920-1930.
- 1927
- 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
- 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?]
- 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
- General view of west section of main shop Orville R. Hagans Associated Enterprises
- Jewelers who include E. M. Hewitt, E. B. Colclasure, B. E. Kidd, E. Barborka, Roland Muhrer, W. Tammela, A. R. Kienel, Garold W. Dunbar, and W. E. Moon work at workstations at Orville R. Hagans Enterprises in Denver, Colorado. Clocks and large...
- Orville R. Hagans Associated Enterprises (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Clock & watches--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Employees--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Jewelry...
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Cavallo's Symphony Orchestra, Elitch's Gardens, Denver, Colo., season 1912
- Member of the Denver Symphony Orchestra (Garden Season Orchestra) pose with their instruments at Elitch's Gardens in Denver, Colorado. Raffaello Cavallo, the conductor wears a light colored suit and sits in the center of the group. Members of the...
- Denver Symphony Orchestra--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Elitch Gardens (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Orchestras--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1912
- 10th Mountain Division 86th Mountain Infantry Regiment Company E
- Group portrait (standing, kneeling, sitting ) of the Tenth Mountain Division, 86th Mountain Infantry Regiment, Company E holding rifles. The four officers, seated on folding chairs, do not have rifles. Taken at Camp Hale, Colorado, June 1944. Most...
- United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 86th. Company E.; World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Military personnel--1940-1950.
- June 1944
- Hanging Bridge - President Theodore Roosevelt and party at Hanging Bridge in the Royal Gorge of the Arkansas River
- President Theodore Roosevelt poses with men including (left) Major Shadrick K. Hooper G. P. A., and (4th from left) Amos C. Ridgway, General Manager, at Hanging Bridge on the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad line, Royal Gorge, Fremont County,...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company.--1900-1910.; Royal Gorge (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Canyons--Colorado--Fremont County--1910-1920.; Presidents--United States--Colorado--Fremont County--1900-1910.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Fremont...
- 1905 May 8
- The Georgetown Cornet Band, 1884
- The Georgetown Cornet Band poses in two rows on and between large boulders along a fork of Clear Creek, Georgetown, Colorado. The men wear suits, ties and straw hats; many have mustaches, one has a beard. Instruments include cornets, trombones,...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Bands--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1890.; Musical instruments--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1890.
- between 1884 and 1886
- 86th Regiment, Company L
- Group portrait of the Tenth Mountain Division, 86th Mountain Infantry Regiment, Company L. Taken at Camp Hale, Colorado. TOP ROW left to right: 1) Smith, J., 2) Van Heuvel, 3) Ough, 4) Smith, E., 5) Jones, E., 6) Duke, 7) Krieser, 8) Piro, 9)...
- Military personnel--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 86th. Company L.; World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.; Camp Hale (Colo.)
- [June] 1944
- Arrow and shaft
- Three arrows made by Native Americans from the Plains; wood shaft with red paint; iron point; sinew; feathers.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1870-1890.; Arrows--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890]
- Men and a dog
- Men, part of the cast and crew of the Sells Floto Circus and Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, sit in a field with a dog. A few of the men are identified as: "H. Emerson, E. Spangle, J. Hickey, Haywood Boyce, A. Good, and H. Payne." The men wear...
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Company--People--1910-1920.; Sells Floto Circus--People--1910-1920.; Bull terrier--1910-1920.; Circuses & shows--1910-1920.; Dogs--1910-1920.; Employees--1910-1920.; Entertainers--1910-1920.; Wild west shows--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1917?]
- Jarvis Hall
- Group portrait of students in military uniforms with flat top caps forming a V on the steps of Jarvis Hall, early Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado. Members include: C.B. Kellogg, B.W. Carter, W.B. McAlister, David...
- Golden (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Buildings--Colorado--Golden--1880-1890.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Golden--1880-1890.; Colorado School of Mines (Golden, Colo.)
- 1885?
- Kennedys Add to the Town of Highland thru Lakeside: Lakeshore Subdivision Plots A-E
- Very truly your friend, E.W. Little
- Studio portrait of a man, E.W. Little, with a long beard.
- Beards--1860-1870.; Men--1860-1870.; Little, E. W.
- 1869 January 11
- Portrait of a man
- Studio portrait of a man who looks to the side. He wears a buttoned suit jacket, bow tie, and high collar. His hair is parted in the middle and combed flat. He has a full moustache.
- Men--1890-1910.; Mustaches--1890-1910.
- [between 1891 and 1901?]
- Portrait of a man
- Studio portrait of a man who wears a suit jacket, buttoned vest, and striped shirt. A square pin holds his neck tie in place. He has short hair and a receding hairline.
- Men--1890-1910.
- [between 1891 and 1901?]
- 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?]
- 1st National Bank, Gunnison, Colo. left to right Sam P. Spencer, E. J. Schimer, Joe Miller.
- Sam P. Spencer, President, stands outside the tellers cage, E. J. Schimer, Book Keeper, Joe J. Miller, Cashier, stand behind the tellers cage window, First National Bank, northwest corner of Main and Virginia, Gunnison, Colorado, built 1882 and...
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Banks--Colorado--Gunnison--1910-1930.; Interiors.
- [between 1915 and 1930]
- W. P. track inspection, motor car #26
- E. B. Allison operates Western Pacific track inspection motor car No. 26, in Feather River Canyon, California.
- Western Pacific Railroad Company--1900-1910.; Railroad motor-cars--California--1900-1910.; Feather River Canyon (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Railroad construction & maintenance--California--1900-1910.; Allison, E. B.
- 1909?
- R.R. Depot, Jimtown, Colo.
- Men sit on top of a train, on a timber sidewalk, or near a passenger train and Denver & Rio Grande Railroad tracks at a railroad depot in Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. Supplies and belongings stacked on the sidewalk include a mattress, wooden...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1890-1900.; Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Passengers--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.;...
- [1892?]
- Main Street, Jimtown, Colo.
- Men and girls stand and pose on Main Street in Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. Shows horse-drawn wagons in the dirt street, lumber piles and a building under construction. Timber buildings have false fronts, flat roofs and signs that read:...
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; City & town life--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Girls--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1894?]
- Man
- Studio portrait of a man. He wears a suit, vest, watch chain, and tie. A kerchief is in his pocket.
- Men--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Man
- Studio portrait of a man. He wears a suit, vest, watch chain, and tie. A kerchief is in his pocket.
- Men--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Husband and wife
- Studio portrait of a man and woman. The man sits in a chair and wears a jacket, vest, and bow tie. The woman wears a pleated dress with ruffled shoulders and a sash.
- Spouses--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Waiting for mail at Creede, Colo
- Men stand or sit in line in front of the Post Office in Creede, Colorado, in Mineral County. Architectural elements of the wood-frame, commercial storefronts include log construction with clapboard siding. One of the buildings is under...
- Creede (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Men--Colorado--Creede--1880-1900.; Post offices--Colorado--Creede--1880-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Creede--1880-1900.
- [between 1885 and 1900]
- Man
- Studio portrait of a man. He has a mustache and wears a suit, vest, tie, and watch chain.
- Men--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Baby boy
- Studio portrait of a baby boy. He poses on a chair covered with a fur blanket and wears a baptismal gown. His mother sits nearby.
- Boys--1890-1910.; Infants--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- 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
- Ignacio, head chief of Utes
- Head and shoulders portrait of Chief Ignacio, leader of Native American Utes, and member of the Weeminuche Band. He wears a vest over a light colored shirt, a kerchief around his neck, a vest with cigars in breast pockets, hoop earrings, and a...
- Indians of North America--1870-1890.; Wiminuche Indians--1870-1890.; Ignacio, Ute Chief.
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- Ute family
- Full-length studio portrait of a Native American Ute family in front of a painted backdrop; husband, Ne-Ge-Ri-Ta, stands next to wife, Ra-De-A, and baby, Rio Pinos in a cradleboard.
- Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Ute Indians--1880-1890.; Ne-Ge-Ri-Ta.; Ra-De-A.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Ute family
- Full-length studio portrait of a Native American Ute family in front of a painted backdrop; the mother holds a baby; the father's dress includes a vest with painted American flags, bone pipe choker, armbands and moccasins; the young boy wears a...
- Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Ute Indians--1880-1900.; Families--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Ute family
- Full-length studio portrait of a Native American Ute family in front of a painted backdrop with prop rug, headdress and bow and arrows; the mother and daughter wear buckskins dresses, wide leather belts and jewelry; the father and son wear cotton...
- Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Ute Indians--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Severo's children
- Studio portrait of a Chief Severo's children, one Native American Ute girl and three boys sit in front of a painted backdrop; they wear fringed buckskin or cotton shirts; the boys have beaded strips, beads or feathers in their hair.
- Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Ute Indians--Children--1880-1900.; Severo, Chief--Family.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Buckskin Charlie and To-Wee
- Studio portrait of Buckskin Charlie and To-Wee, Native Americans (Ute), wearing feathers, beads, leggings, moccasins, conchos, hair pipe chokers, earrings, and printed fabrics. Buckskin Charlie holds a sword and a fan.
- Indians of North America--Women--1880-1890.; Ute Indians--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Buckskin Charlie, Ute Chief.; To-Wee.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Buckskin Charly
- Studio portrait of Buckskin Charlie, a Native American man (Ute); dress includes a hair pipe breastplate, fur, he wears a moustache.
- Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Ute Indians--Clothing & dress--1880-1900.; Buckskin Charlie, Ute Chief.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Buffalo Bill and others
- Nate Salsbury, Supt. Fisher, Jules Keen, Buffalo Bill (William F. Cody) Supt, Foinett, John M. Burke, Red Shirt a Native American (Lakota Sioux), Inspector Cronin, G. Duck, E. M. Stuart, A. E Sheible, W. E. Wood, W. A. Jones, L. H. Skinner, G....
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show--1880-1890.; Dakota Indians--England--London--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--England--London--1880-1890.; London (England)--1880-1890.; Men--England--London--1880-1890.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Red Shirt.;...
- [between 1920 and 1935]
- Blue Goose picnic, Estes Park, Colo.
- Panoramic view of members of the Ancient and Honorable Order of the Blue Goose who pose during their annual picnic at Estes Park (Larimer County), Colorado. Identification includes: "Standing: C. K. Drew, Clarence Cobb, G. E. Moreau, E. M....
- Ancient and Honorable Order of the Blue Goose--1910-1920.; Estes Park (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--Estes Park--1910-1920.; People--Colorado--Estes Park--1910-1920.
- 1916
- Maria Mitchell graduation class
- Students sit and pose on a staircase at Maria Mitchell School at 32nd (Thirty-second) and Lafayette Streets in the Cole neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Girls wear dresses with rounded collars or wide lapels, camisoles, skirts with box pleats,...
- Mitchell School (Denver, Colo.)--People--1920-1930.; African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Cole (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; School principals--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.;...
- 1923
- Laura Edna White
- Studio bust portrait of Laura Edna White, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. White's bangs are curled and her hair is parted down the side and pulled back. She wears a dress with oversized, puffed sleeves, a loose fitting bodice...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; White, Laura Edna.; Denver High School--People--1890-1900.; Denver Public Schools--People--1890-1900.
- 1895
- Portrait of a woman and girl
- Studio portrait of a woman, possibly E.A. Vickers, and her daughter. Both wear white summer dresses and pose near a stone fence. The young girl has short bangs and wears her hair straight and down. Her dress has lace flounces at the shoulder, and...
- Families--1890-1900.; Girls--1890-1900.; Women--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Grand Junction Cornet Band
- Members of the Grand Junction Cornet Band hold brass instruments or drums and pose in a row on Main street in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado. The men wear suits and hats, they hold musical instruments and are identified left to right as:...
- Grand Junction Cornet Band--People--1880-1890.; Grand Junction (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Bands--Colorado--Grand Junction--1880-1890.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Grand Junction--1880-1890.
- [between 1884 and 1889?]
- Marker on spot of Thornburgh Battle ground, monument, Sept 24 to Oct. 5 - 1879
- View of a weathered sandstone marker commemorating the battle between Major Thomas T. Thornburgh's troops and Native American Utes at Milk Creek, Rio Blanco County, Colorado. Inscription reads: "In Memory Of Officers, Soldiers And Civilians Of The...
- Thornburgh, Thomas Tipton, 1843-1879--Monuments.; Indians of North America--Colorado--1920-1940.; Milk Creek (Rio Blanco County and Moffat County, Colo.), Battle of, 1879--Monuments.; Ute Indians--War--Colorado--1920-1940.;...
- [between 1927 and 1940?]
- Cathedral Spires and trackage of the great loop at Ophir, Colorado on the Rio Grande Southern
- View of the Ophir Needles (Cathedral Spires), and trestles and tracks of the Rio Grande Southern Railroad on the Ophir Loop, Ophir, San MiguelCounty, Colorado.
- Rio Grande Southern Railroad--1900-1910.; Ophir (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Ophir Loop (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Ophir Needles (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Ophir--1900-1910.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Ophir--1900-1910.;...
- 1909?
- D&RGW 1712, 4-8-4, at Wolhurst, Colo., with westbound train #1, the Scenic Limited
- View of Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad locomotive number 1712 pulling passenger coaches, Wolhurst, Arapahoe County, Colorado.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.--1930-1940.; Wolhurst (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Wolhurst--1930-1940.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--Wolhurst--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1935?]
- Phantom Curve from the east, near MP 312 on the D&RG narrow gauge line
- View of Phantom Curve, in Conejos County, Colorado; shows Denver and Rio Grande Railroad narrow gauge track grade and eroded volcanic formations.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company.--1900-1910.; Conejos County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--Conejos County--1900-1910.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Conejos County--1900-1910.
- 1909?
- Garfield Monument - view west toward Cumbres Pass
- View of the Garfield Monument, in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, Toltec Gorge, and narrow gauge tracks of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad.
- Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881--Monuments.; Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company.--1900-1910.; Rio Arriba County (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Toltec Gorge (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Canyons--New Mexico--Rio Arriba County--1900-1910.; Monuments &...
- 1909?
- Cheyenne County courthouse completed Mar. 11, 1909
- View towards the Cheyenne County Courthouse, Cheyenne, Colorado, shows the World War One Memorial with concrete walkway in foreground. The stone memorial with eagle on top reads: "1914, 1919, Honor Roll, W. E. Comfort, E. D. Waltman, L. M. Schaff,...
- Cheyenne Wells (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Courthouses--Colorado--Cheyenne Wells--1910-1930.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--Cheyenne Wells--1910-1930.
- [between 1919 and 1925]