Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Original Deadwood Coach, most famous vehicle in the world
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody and another man sit on the Deadwood Stagecoach, which is pulled by three teams of mules. The photograph was taken in the yard of the Abbot-Downing Co., by W.G.C. Kimball, July 4, 1895. The coach was built by...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Stagecoaches--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Burke, John, d. 1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1897?]
- Soda Springs & Cliff House, Manitou
- Exterior view of Manitou Springs Pavilion and Cliff House, looking north, in Manitou Springs, Colorado. The pavilion is a shingle roof style building with a waist high rusticated stone foundation, a gabled roof and cupola; one part is enclosed, and...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1890.; Cliff House (Manitou Springs, Colo.)
- [between 1887 and 1890?]
- Will Rogers Rodeo Manitou
- View of a rodeo in Manitou Springs, Colorado. In the foreground, a cowboy hangs on to a bucking bronco that is in midair, forelegs down, hindquarters raised in full kick. In the background, cowboys are both mounted on horses and standing along the...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Cowboys--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1930-1940.; Rodeos--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Clark, Gruber & Co. Bank & Mint, Denver, Colo.
- View of the Clark, Gruber & Co. building, ca. 1860-1863. On January 18, 1860, the Denver Town Company deeded three lots in Denver City to Clark, Gruber & Company for $600. The company built a two-story brick bank and mint on the corner of McGaa...
- Clark, Gruber & Co. (Denver, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Mints--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Banks--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Financial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Clark, Gruber & Co. (Denver,...
- [between 1860 and 1863]
- Manitou and the Cliff House
- View in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking north, probably from the Barker House. In the foreground is the Manitou Springs Pavilion, a cross gabled frame structure with a cupola, a rusticated knee-high stone foundation and fancy woodwork in the...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1887 and 1890?]
- Sundial at the Lowry Redevelopment Authority Director's residence
- View of a sundial in the yard of the Lowry Redevelopment Authority Director's Residence (1904; Aaron Grove and Thomas Walsh, architects) at 7400 East Sixth (6th) Avenue in the Lowry Field neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. In the foreground is a...
- Lowry Redevelopment Authority--Buildings--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Lowry Field Neighborhood (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Houses.; Sundials.; Lowry Redevelopment Authority--Buildings--Pictorial works.;...
- [2008?]
- Main Street, Gunnison City
- View north on Main Street from Tomichi Avenue, Gunnison, Colorado, shows the dirt street lined with commercial buildings, a few pedestrians and horse-drawn wagons along edge. Business include: Frank Adam's Groceries, F. D. Steele Hardware, First...
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.
- 1882
- Group of Japanese women, men and young girls
- A group of Japanese-American women, men and young girls pose in front of the Colorado Times newspaper office at 1930 Lawrence in Denver, Colorado. The women and young girls wear kimonos. The men wear suits and ties. In front row, third from left is...
- Japanese Americans--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Clothing & dress--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1916 and 1920]
- Central City water supply
- The Central City, Colorado, water supply wagon, which delivered water to the city from the eighteen seventies to the mid-eighties, when the city's water pipes were laid. The wagon, which is drawn by two teams of mules, stands next to the...
- Central City (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Central City--1870-1890.; Water supply--Colorado--Central City--1870-1890.
- [between 1871 and 1888?]
- Silverton and Anvil Mt.
- View of Silverton, Colorado, looking west. In the foreground is the floodplain of the Animas River and a frame, four-story stick-style residence with a hipped-gable roof, chimney, and projecting wing with a clipped gable roof. A frame, gable roofed...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1880-1900.
- [between 1884 and 1900?]
- Nora Bayes and Co. in Ladies First Broadway Theatre, Denver
- Panoramic view of the cast of "Ladies First," a musical play presented at the Broadway Theater, 1756 Broadway, in Denver, Colorado. Men and women in hats and coats stand in front of the theater. Nora Bayes and Al Roberts stand at center at the...
- Broadway Theater (Denver, Colo.)--People--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Actors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Singers--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Theaters--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Bayes, Nora, 1880-1928.; Roberts, Al, actor.
- 1920, March 20
- May Valentine's Comic Opera Co. in the Bohemian Girl Broadway Theatre Denver, Colo.
- Panoramic view of the cast and crew of the May Valentine Comic Opera Company in "The Bohemian Girl" at the Broadway Theater, 1756 Broadway, in Denver, Colorado. Men and women in hats and coats, some with fur collars, sit and stand in front of the...
- Broadway Theater (Denver, Colo.)--People--1920-1930.; May Valentine Comic Opera Company--People--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Actors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Theaters--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1926 Dec. 10
- Major Rafael Chacón and Juanita Páiz
- Studio portrait of Hispanic American Major Rafael Chacón and his wife Juanita Páiz de Chacón. Major Chacón served in the U.S. Army in New Mexico during the Civil War. He wears a uniform and has a mustache, his wife wears a long dress with a...
- Hispanic Americans--1860-1870.; Mexican Americans--1860-1870.; Spouses.; Chacón, Juanita Páiz de--Pictorial works.; Chacón, Rafael, 1833-1925--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Pictorial works.;...
- ca. 1858
- Rafael Chacon
- Studio portrait of Major Rafael Chacón (retired). He is dressed in his United States Army uniform. His jackets has two rows of brass buttons, he wears a cap and has a sword at his waist. He stands in front of a painted backdrop.
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1900-1910.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1900-1910.; Chacón, Rafael, 1933-1925--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Retired military...
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Abandoned Shearith Israel Synagogue at 10th and Lawrence Streets, West Denver, Colorado
- View of Congregation Shearith Israel (Emmanuel Chapel) at 10th (Tenth) and Lawrence Streets in the Auraria neighborhood of Denver, Colorado; shows an ashlar stone building with buttresses, a rosette window, and a Star of David. Hebrew letters read:...
- Pogzeba, Wolfgang, 1936---Homes & haunts.; Congregation Shearith Israel (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1960-1970.; Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Artists' studios--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.;...
- 1963 February 3
- Site of Bailey Mill Dam, Eldora 1900
- began operating in the summer of 1899 but was forced to close down a few months later when Bailey's main financial backer in New York City was killed in a fire. In desperation, Bailey turned to his family for financial backing. The treatment...
- Ore-dressing plants--Colorado--Eldora--1900-1910.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Eldora (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Log buildings--Colorado--Eldora--1900-1910.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Second school built in Seibert
- View of the Seibert, Kit Carson County, Colorado, school; shows a frame building with belltower and widow's walk. Women pose.
- Seibert (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Schools--Colorado--Seibert--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--Seibert--1890-1910.
- [between 1893 and 1900]
- Salazar family
- Daniel and Maruca Salazar pose with their adult children, Maruca Salome Salazar and Gabriel Numa Salazar in Denver, Colorado. Maruca, Director of the Museo de las Americas, has gray hair, wears a striped handwoven dress and a reboso over her...
- Hispanic Americans--2000-2010.; Mexican Americans--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Families.; Salazar family--Pictorial works.; Families--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Mexican...
- [2009?]
- Central City
- Image of the Colorado Central Railroad train upon its arrival in Central City, Colorado. In the foreground is the train. Several men dressed in suits and hats stand in front of the locomotive. The train's engineer sits in the cab. In the...
- Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Hotels--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.; Railroads--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1870-1880.; Colorado Central Railroad Company.; Teller House (Central City, Colo.)
- 1878
- Healy House, Leadville, 1941
- In this interior view of a room in the Healy House Museum, at the northwest corner of Harrison Avenue and East Tenth Street in Leadville, Colorado, sunlight streams in a window casting light over a sewing machine toward a dresser and two mannequin...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1950.; Interiors.; Healy House State Museum.
- 1941
- President Franklin D. Roosevelt and family
- President Franklin D. Roosevelt and family in the official touring car at Fort Francis E. Warren near Cheyenne, Wyoming, during his 1936 political campaign. In the rear seat from left to right, President Roosevelt, his daughter-in-law, Mrs. James...
- Fort Francis E. Warren (Wyo.)--1930-1940.; Convertible automobiles--Wyoming--Fort Francis E. Warren--1930-1940.; Military officers--Wyoming--Fort Francis E. Warren--1930-1940.; Political campaigns--Wyoming--Fort Francis E. Warren--1930-1940.;...
- October 11, 1936
- Healy House, Leadville, 1941
- In this interior view of a bedroom in the Healy House Museum, on the northwest corner of Harrison Avenue and East Tenth Street in Leadville, Colorado, a glare of sunlight comes through the window on the left side, illuminating a rocker with an...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Bedrooms--1880-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1950.; Interiors.; Healy House State Museum.
- 1941
- Central City
- Panoramic view of Central City, Colorado in Gilpin County. Landmarks: the Teller House, Central City Opera House, and St. James's Methodist Church. Signs: "Teller House" and "Temple of Fashion Dry Goods Carpets."
- Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.
- [between 1879 and 1880?]
- Georgetown, Colorado
- View of a mining site in Georgetown, Colorado. In the foreground is a large mining structure made of logs with numerous ore chutes. A road runs in front of it. In the distance on a hill is a dilapidated two-story wood construction building with...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Mining--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Confederate reunion
- View of rodeo spectators in Trinidad, Colorado. In the foreground are young men, women and children leaning on a chain link fence. They wear a variety of headgear; one woman has a polka-dot knotted scarf hat, another wears a dress of a bold,...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Rodeos--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.; Spectators--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.; Adams, John, fl. 1939.; Bennett, Harlo, Jr.; Brill, Marty.; Powe, Peggy.; Tabor, Flora.; White, Anne, fl. 1939.
- August, 1939
- Eldora, Colorado water supply
- Court, four of the nine men were released for lack of evidence. The remaining men were found not guilty. The Bailey Mill was never operated for any extended periods of time after Bailey's death. Several different owners tried varying ore treatment...
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Eldora (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Dams--Colorado--Eldora--1890-1900.; Kemp, John H.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- The houses on Glenarm Street
- View of people and brick houses on Glenarm Place, Denver, Colorado. Standing at 2104 are (possibly) John and Martha Shrock with Bina May Conrad in white dress. In front of 2130 is Mary Rebecca Shrock Conrad with children John, Martha, and baby...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Children--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Families--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1900]
- Montgomery, Colorado
- Montgomery, Park County, Colorado, consists of log dwellings; some are under construction. Water leaks from a flume at the center. Stumps are in the foreground, and the hillside in the background is covered with bare trees. Founded in 1859, this...
- Montgomery (Colo.)--1850-1870.
- [between 1859 and 1868?]
- Manitou Bath House
- Exterior view of the Manitou Bath House, in Manitou Springs, Colorado. This three story frame structure, built in the Queen Anne style, has clipped gable roofs, ridge cresting, square corner towers that extend a floor above the main building, a...
- Manitou Bath House (Manitou Springs, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Bathhouses--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1890.
- [between 1881 and 1885?]
- Milwaukee Brewing Co.
- The Milwaukee Brewery Company was established in 1859 by James Endlich at 10th and Larimer Streets in Denver, Colorado. In 1860, the brewery was sold to John Good, who enlarged it and renamed it after the Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen. In 1901, the...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Brewing industry--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Manitou, Colorado
- Depot, passenger and freight sheds, and a parked train. To the left of it is the Manitou Coal Power Plant. In the lower corners are oval vignettes showing the 1885 Soda Spring Pavilion on the left, and in the lower right the Ute Iron Spring...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.
- [between 1896 and 1905?]
- Richards Mansion
- Exterior photograph of some iron railing on the roof of .the Richards Mansion on the Hart Estate, located in Wheat Ridge, Colorado. In 1859, James W. Richards came to Colorado via the Smoky Hill Trail and tried mining and other endeavors before...
- Richards, James W.--Homes & haunts.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Wheat Ridge.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Wheat Ridge.; Architecture--Colorado--Wheat Ridge--History.
- 1978 October
- Georgetown, Colorado, view of Sixth Street, looking east
- View of Georgetown, Colorado, east down Sixth Street, from the south side of the street. On the left are the Masonic Lodge and the Fish Block, and four cars are parked in front. The two buildings are connected, but Rose Street runs along the far...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Streets--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1970.
- 1960
- Home of Absalom V. Hunter
- Absalom V. Hunter was a vice president at the Carbonate National Bank in Leadville, Colorado. In this interior view of his home, from parlor to dining room, we see that both rooms are ornately furnished and decorated in Victorian style. An archway...
- Hunter, Absalom V.--Homes & haunts--1890-1900.; Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Dining rooms--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Dwellings--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Interiors.; Parlors--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Richards Mansion
- Exterior photograph of the Richards Mansion on the Hart Estate, located in Wheat Ridge, Colorado. In 1859, James W. Richards came to Colorado via the Smoky Hill Trail and tried mining and other endeavors before establishing a successful freight...
- Richards, James W.--Homes & haunts.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Wheat Ridge.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Wheat Ridge.; Architecture--Colorado--Wheat Ridge--History.
- 1978 October
- Richards Mansion
- Exterior photograph of the Richards Mansion on the Hart Estate, located in Wheat Ridge, Colorado. In 1859, James W. Richards came to Colorado via the Smoky Hill Trail and tried mining and other endeavors before establishing a successful freight...
- Richards, James W.--Homes & haunts.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Wheat Ridge.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Wheat Ridge.; Architecture--Colorado--Wheat Ridge--History.
- 1978 October
- Richards Mansion
- Exterior photograph of a shed on the Hart Estate, located in Wheat Ridge, Colorado. In 1859, James W. Richards came to Colorado via the Smoky Hill Trail and tried mining and other endeavors before establishing a successful freight business. In...
- Richards, James W.--Homes & haunts.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Wheat Ridge.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Wheat Ridge.; Architecture--Colorado--Wheat Ridge--History.
- 1978 October
- Richards Mansion
- Exterior photograph of the Richards Mansion on the Hart Estate, located in Wheat Ridge, Colorado. In 1859, James W. Richards came to Colorado via the Smoky Hill Trail and tried mining and other endeavors before establishing a successful freight...
- Richards, James W.--Homes & haunts.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Wheat Ridge.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Wheat Ridge.; Architecture--Colorado--Wheat Ridge--History.
- 1978 October
- Richards Mansion
- Exterior photograph of the Richards Mansion on the Hart Estate, located in Wheat Ridge, Colorado. In 1859, James W. Richards came to Colorado via the Smoky Hill Trail and tried mining and other endeavors before establishing a successful freight...
- Richards, James W.--Homes & haunts.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Wheat Ridge.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Wheat Ridge.; Architecture--Colorado--Wheat Ridge--History.
- 1978 October
- Richards Mansion
- Exterior photograph of the windows and scale siding on Richards Mansion on the Hart Estate, located in Wheat Ridge, Colorado. In 1859, James W. Richards came to Colorado via the Smoky Hill Trail and tried mining and other endeavors before...
- Richards, James W.--Homes & haunts.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Wheat Ridge.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Wheat Ridge.; Architecture--Colorado--Wheat Ridge--History.
- 1978 October
- Richards Mansion
- Exterior photograph of sunburst motif on the portico of the Richards Mansion on the Hart Estate, located in Wheat Ridge, Colorado. In 1859, James W. Richards came to Colorado via the Smoky Hill Trail and tried mining and other endeavors before...
- Richards, James W.--Homes & haunts.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Wheat Ridge.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Wheat Ridge.; Architecture--Colorado--Wheat Ridge--History.
- 1978 October
- Peere [i.e. Pere] Marquette R.R.
- View of a Pere Marquette Railroad passenger train near Flint (Genessee County), Michigan. The train is near a trestle with cement embankments. The locomotive has a cowcatcher. A man with a hat stands near the tracks.
- Flint (Mich.)--1900-1910.; Railroads--Michigan--Flint--1900-1910.; Trestles--Michigan--Flint--1900-1910.; Pere Marquette Railroad.
- 1901
- Larimer Street
- View of Denver, Colorado; shows Larimer Street, horse and buggy traffic, businesses, storefronts, and signs: "Rocky Mountain Views," and "News Block."
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- [1866 and 1867?]
- Cliff House Manitou Springs
- View in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking north, probably from the Barker House. In the foreground is the Manitou Springs Pavilion, a cross gabled frame structure with a cupola, a rusticated knee-high stone foundation and fancy woodwork in the...
- Wheeler, Jerome--Homes & haunts.; Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1890.; Resorts--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1890.; Cliff House (Manitou Springs, Colo.)--1880-1890.
- 1887 April 20
- Cliff House
- View in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking north, probably from the Barker House. In the foreground is the Manitou Springs Pavilion, a cross gabled frame structure with a cupola, a rusticated knee-high stone foundation and fancy woodwork in the...
- Wheeler, Jerome--Homes & haunts.; Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1890.; Resorts--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1890.; Cliff House (Manitou Springs, Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1887 and 1890?]
- Wheeler Clock
- View in Manitou Springs, Colorado, of the Wheeler Clock and environs, looking west. In the foreground is the clock donated by Jerome Wheeler to the town of Manitou Springs to commemorate the opening of the Manitou Mineral Water Bottling Company in...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Clocks & watches--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1900.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890- 1900.; Manitou Mineral Water and Ginger Champagne Bottling Works.
- [between 1890-1895?]
- Clark, Gruber & Co. Bank & Mint, Denver, Colo.
- View of the Clark, Gruber & Co. building, ca. 1860-1863. On January 18, 1860, the Denver Town Company deeded three lots in Denver City to Clark, Gruber & Company for $600. The company built a two-story brick bank and mint on the corner of McGaa...
- Clark, Gruber & Co. (Denver, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Mints--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Banks--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Financial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Clark, Gruber & Co. (Denver,...
- [between 1860 and 1863]
- Traylor School gymnasium
- Interior of Frank A. Traylor Elementary School in Denver, Colorado. An empty gymnasium. In the background drinking fountains, a basketball hoop and two chalk boards are visible on the back wall. In the foreground six padded mats are seen rolled up...
- Gymnasiums.; Traylor School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- undated
- Cinco de Mayo
- View of the stage at Cinco de Mayo celebration in Denver, Colorado. An unidentified man looks over the United Farm Workers of America (UFW) information table. In the distance Father José Lara addresses the crowd. A sign over the stage reads:...
- United Farm Workers of America--People--1970-1980.; Mexican Americans--1970-1980.; Hispanic Americans--1970-1980.; Cinco de Mayo (Mexican Holiday)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Public speaking.; Priests.; Lara, José, Father--Pictorial...
- [1975]
- Wild West Show cooks
- A group of cooks from Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show stands near a group of large kettles for boiling water in a camp for the show. The man on the far right wears along white coat. The man in the center holds a long pole with a round bucket at one...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Chefs--1900-1910.; Cookery--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]