Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Merry widow
- An crowd is gathered behind the string section of an orchestra and an empty NBC microphone in Central City, Colorado. Musicians hold basses and violins and sheet music sits on music stands. Sets and props for the Central City Opera House are in...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Audiences--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Orchestras--1930-1940.
- 1933
- Fulton Meat Market - owned by William Sanders
- Six men stand in the interior of a meat market in Durango, Colorado in La Plata County. Three of the men wear aprons. Animal carcases hang around the edge of the room. A taxidermied deer is mounted on a wooden table. Metal tins are stacked on...
- Durango (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Meat industry--Colorado--Durango--1900-1910.
- [about 1900]
- Kochevar gravestones
- Two large granite grave markers of the Kochevars, (Yugoslavian immigrants) Crested Butte cemetery, Gunnison County, Colorado, read: "Mother, Marija Kochevaar, May 25, 1854 - June 13, 1931, Pious, kind, merciful in life, her mission fulfilled, God's...
- Crested Butte (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Crested Butte--1960-1970.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Crested Butte--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1965]
- Weekly bulletin.
- Grocery trade--Colorado--Central City--Periodicals.; Central City (Colo.) 1865.; Central City (Colo.)--To 1876.
- 1865-
- Lieut. J. J. Crittenden, 20th Infantry, fell here in Custer Battle, June 25, 1876
- View of man painting letters on the grave cross of Lieutenant J. J. Crittenden, of the 20th Infantry, who died in the Little Bighorn Battle in 1876, Montana.
- Cheyenne Indians--War--Montana--1870-1880.; Dakota Indians--War--Montana--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--War--Montana--1870-1880.; Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876--Battlefields.; Little Bighorn Battlefield (Mont.)--1870-1880.;...
- 1877
- RGS narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 25, engine type 4-6-0
- Left side view of engine. Photographed: Dolores, Colo., May 30, 1923.
- Locomotives--1920-1930.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1923.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Dolores.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1923
- RGS narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 25, engine type 4-6-0
- Three-quarter view of left side of engine, from front end, stored, parts missing, no tender. Photographed: Ridgway, Colo., June 30, 1940.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1940.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Ridgway.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1940
- RGS narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 25, engine type 4-6-0
- Three-quarter view of left side of engine, from front end, partly dismantled. Photographed: Ridgway, Colo., September 2, 1940.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1940.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Ridgway.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1940
- B&O historic equipment, engine number 25, engine type 4-4-0
- New York World's Fair, exhibition locomotive. Photographed: New York: August 4, 1939.
- Railroads--Equipment and supplies--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1939.; Railroad equipment--New York.; Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company.
- 1939
- B&O historic equipment, engine number 25, engine type 4-4-0
- New York World's Fair, exhibition locomotive. Photographed: New York: August 4, 1939.
- Railroads--Equipment and supplies--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1939.; Railroad equipment--New York.; Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company.
- 1939
- Atlanta, Birmingham & Coast locomotive, engine number 25, engine type 0-6-0
- Three-quarter view of right side of engine, from front end. Photographed: Birmingham, Ala., October 23, 1930.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1930.; Railroad locomotives--Alabama--Birmingham.; Atlanta, Birmingham and Coast Railroad Company.
- 1930
- DB&W narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 25, engine type SHAY
- Left side view of engine. Photographed: Boulder, Colo., 1917.
- Locomotives--1910-1920.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1917.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Boulder.; Denver, Boulder, and Western Railroad Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1917
- DB&W narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 25, engine type SHAY
- Three-quarter view of right side of engine, from front end. Photographed: Boulder, Colo., 1917.
- Locomotives--1910-1920.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1917.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Boulder.; Denver, Boulder, and Western Railroad Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1917
- KCT locomotive, engine number 25, engine type 0-6-0
- Three-quarter view of left side of engine, from front end. Photographed: Kansas City, Mo., September 17, 1930.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1930.; Railroad locomotives--Missouri--Kansas City.; Kansas City Terminal Railway Company.
- 1930
- NP locomotive, engine number 25, engine type 2-8-0
- Three-quarter view of left side of engine, from front end. Photographed: Wallace, Id., September 28, 1931.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1931.; Railroad locomotives--Idaho--Wallace.; Northern Pacific Railroad Company.
- 1931
- V&T locomotive, engine number 25, engine type 4-6-0
- Three-quarter view of left side of engine, from front end. Photographed: Carson City, Nev., July 19, 1938.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1938.; Railroad locomotives--Nevada--Carson City.; Virginia and Truckee Railroad.
- 1938
- V&T locomotive, engine number 25, engine type 4-6-0
- Three-quarter view of right side of engine, from front end. Photographed: Carson City, Nev., July 19, 1938.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1938.; Railroad locomotives--Nevada--Carson City.; Virginia and Truckee Railroad.
- 1938
- Cripple Creek, Colo.
- Exterior view of Colorado Liquor House, Myers Avenue and Third (3rd) Street, Cripple Creek, Colorado; two-story frame flat roof building has recessed corner entryway, storeroom windows with transom near double-wide entry, double-sash flat windows...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bars--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Colorado Liquor House (Cripple Creek, Colo.)
- [1895 or 1896]
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 25, 1911 June 17
- June 25, #4
- Fourth in a series of views documenting progress of the summer of 1896 construction of the Meeker Hotel, 560 Main Street, Meeker, Colorado. This facade view shows the brick and window work continuing on the second level. Workers stand on the upper...
- Meeker (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Building construction--Colorado--Meeker--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Meeker--1890-1900.; Meeker Hotel (Meeker, Colo.)
- [1896]
- Birdeye view of Denver from Highlands
- View looking southeast from Highlands shows a wooden residence in the foreground and buildings of Denver, Colorado in the distance.
- Denver (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.
- [1872?]
- Denver
- View looking northwest shows buildings in early Denver, Colorado, including Arapahoe School, and Wolfe Hall.
- Denver (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.
- 1872?
- Denver
- View in early Denver, Colorado, shows wooden residences, dirt roads, and young trees.
- Denver (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.
- 1872?
- Old view of Denver
- View shows wooden and brick residences and brick commercial buildings in early Denver, Colorado. Signs: "Drugs," "Denver Book Store," "Denver Photographic Rooms," "City Drug Store," "Ambrotypes," "Dry Goods & Clothing," "Storage," "Mission,"...
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 1864
- Old view of Denver
- View shows wooden residences and the brick Lawrence Street Methodist Episcopal church, Denver, Colorado. The Cherry Creek, Platte River Confluence is in the distance.
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Methodist Episcopal churches--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 1864
- Wednesday, Sept 25, 78, Fair Day
- Two men wearing hats on horseback pause on Alpine Street, (later 6th, Sixth), Georgetown, Colorado. Two-story commercial buildings in background include the "City Bakery & Grocery," "N. Y. Store," a dentist office, and a bank.
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Horses--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1880.
- 1878
- D&IM locomotive, engine number 25, engine type Electric
- Rocky Mountain Railroad Club excursion. Photographed: on the Morrison Branch, Colo., March 15, 1953.
- Electric locomotives--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1953.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado.; Denver and Intermountain Railway Company.
- 1953
- D&IM locomotive, engine number 25, engine type Electrict
- Rocky Mountain Railroad Club excursion. Photographed: on the Remaco Branch, Colo., March 15, 1953.
- Electric locomotives--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1953.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado.; Denver and Intermountain Railway Company.
- 1953
- D&IM locomotive, engine number 25, engine type Electric
- Rocky Mountain Railroad Club excursion. Photographed: on the Morrison Branch, Colo., March 15, 1953.
- Electric locomotives--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1953.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado.; Denver and Intermountain Railway Company.
- 1953
- D&IM locomotive, engine number 25, engine type Electric
- Rocky Mountain Railroad Club excursion. Photographed: at Golden, Colo., March 15, 1953.
- Electric locomotives--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1953.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Golden.; Denver and Intermountain Railway Company.
- 1953
- D&IM locomotive, engine number 24, engine type Electric and engine number 25, engine type Electric
- Interurban loop. Photographed: at Denver, Colo., April 12, 1950.
- Electric locomotives--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1950.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver.; Denver and Intermountain Railway Company.
- 1950
- D&IM locomotive, engine number 25, engine type Electric
- Rocky Mountain Railroad Club excursion. Photographed: Denver, Colo., March 15, 1953.
- Electric locomotives--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1953.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver.; Denver and Intermountain Railway Company.
- 1953
- AT&SF train, engine number 25 + additional diesel unit, engine type EMD F3
- Train #101, Centennial State; 7 cars. Photographed: leaving Denver, Colo., December 25, 1951.
- Locomotives--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1951.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver.; Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company.
- 1951
- Devlin's Zouaves
- Group portrait of the Devlin's Zouaves, a performance troupe with the Sells Floto Circus and Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. They stand or kneel and wear fez hats, short jackets with appliqued patterns, cummerbunds, baggy pants and leggings, they...
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Company--People--1910-1920.; Devlin's Zouaves--People--1910-1920.; Sells Floto Circus--People--1910-1920.; Circus performers--United States--1910-1920.; Costumes--United States--1910-1920.; Zouaves--United States--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1917?]
- Arena erected for the Bull Fight, Gillett, Colo. August 24, 25, 26, 1895.
- The wood bullfight ring used for the Mexican bullfight on August 24 and 25, 1895, within the racetrack at Gillett, Colorado, is empty; snow is on the ground around it, and trees on the hills behind are leafless. Joe Wolfe was the organizer of the...
- Gillett (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bullfighting--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.
- 1895
- Francisco Rivera and Benigna Rivera family
- Studio portrait of Hispanic American Francisco Rivera, his wife Benigna Córdova de Rivera and their children, a boy and three girls. Identification: Front row Adelina. Back row, left to right: Francisco, Tobias, Lucinda, Cidelia, and Benigna...
- Hispanic Americans--1880-1890.; Mexican Americans--1880-1890.; Children.; Spouses.; Women.; Rivera, Benigna Cordova de--Family--Pictorial works.; Rivera, Francisco--Family--Pictorial works.; Children--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- ca. 1887
- Immigration rally, Civic Center, Denver
- Young women participate in an immigration rights rally at Civic Center Park in Civic Center, Denver, Colorado. One teenage girl is wrapped in an American flag. A young woman beside her holds a sign and a Mexican flag, and wears a Mexico T-shirt. A...
- Mexicans--2000-2010.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Civil rights demonstrations.; Illegal aliens.; Women.; Civil rights demonstrations--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Illegal...
- [2006 March 25]
- Immigration rights reform rally
- View of a crowd at an immigration rights reform rally in Civic Center Park in Denver, Colorado. They wave American flags and a sign that depicts a map of the United States and reads: "We Don't Cross the Border, It Crossed Us."
- Hispanic Americans--2000-2010.; Mexicans--United States--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Demonstrations.; Illegal aliens.; Demonstrations--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Illegal...
- [2006 March 25]
- Immigration rights reform rally
- View of a crowd at an immigration rights reform rally in Civic Center Park in Denver, Colorado. They stand on Lincoln Avenue and wave Mexican and American flags.
- Hispanic Americans--2000-2010.; Mexican Americans--2000-2010.; Mexicans--United States--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Demonstrations.; Illegal aliens.; Demonstrations--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- [2006 March 25]
- Immigration rights reform rally
- View of a crowd at an immigration rights reform rally in Civic Center Park and on the Colorado State Capitol grounds in Denver, Colorado. Thousands of demonstrators move across Colfax Avenue towards the park and the capitol building. They carry...
- Colorado State Capitol (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Hispanic Americans--2000-2010.; Mexicans--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Demonstrations.; Illegal aliens.; Colorado State Capitol (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.;...
- [2006 March 25]
- Bill Claycomb
- Jefferson County Colorado sheriff's officers restrain Bill Claycomb, one of seventeen picketers arrested at Applejack Wine and Spirits, 3320 Youngfield Street in Wheat Ridge, Colorado. Claycomb yells at the officers.
- Jefferson County (Colo.) Sheriff's Office--People--1970-1980.; United Farm Workers of America--People--1970-1980.; Wheat Ridge (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Boycotts.; Law enforcement.; Confrontations.; Shouting.; Anger.; Sheriffs--Colorado.; Claycomb,...
- [1975]
- Juan Aucensio Paiz, Daniel Paiz, and Alvaro Paiz
- Studio portrait of (left to right) Juan Aucensio Paiz, his brother Daniel Paiz, and Juan Aucencio's son Alvaro Paiz. Juan Aucencio wears a suit, tie, cowboy hat and eyeglasses. His brother David wears a dark shirt and double breasted jacket, his...
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1940-1950; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1950-1950.; Paiz, Juan Aucencio, 1864-1962--Pictorial works.; Paiz, Daniel, 1872-1956--Pictorial works.; Paiz, Alvaro, 1893-1987--Pictorial works.; Families--Colorado--Pictorial...
- [ca. 1941]
- Mrs. Fralik
- Studio portrait of Mrs. Fralik in Colorado. She holds a magazine and a pair of glasses.
- Women--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Alpine tunnel
- A view of the Alpine Tunnel, East Portal, on the Union Pacific, Denver & Gulf Railway in Chaffee County, Colorado. This is as it appeared on May 25, 1895 while it was being inspected prior to reopening. Railroad ties lie in a pile in front of the...
- Union Pacific, Denver, and Gulf Railway Company--1890-1900.; Alpine Tunnel (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Chaffee County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Chaffee County--1890-1900.; Tunnels--Colorado--Chaffee County--1890-1900.
- 1895 May 25
- Denver & South Park Alpine tunnel opening
- A view of the Alpine Tunnel, East Portal on the Union Pacific, Denver & Gulf Railway in Chaffee County, Colorado. This is as it appeared on May 25, 1895 while it was being inspected prior to reopening. Railroad ties lie in a pile in front of the...
- Union Pacific, Denver, and Gulf Railway Company--1890-1900.; Alpine Tunnel (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Chaffee County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Tunnels--Colorado--Chaffee County--1890-1900.
- 1895 May 25
- Trinity Methodist Church
- Architectural drawing of Trinity Methodist Church on 18th (Eighteenth) Avenue in Denver, Colorado.
- Methodist churches--1880-1890.; Trinity Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1887 August 3
- Family group
- Studio portrait of possibly an Italian man, woman, boy, and girl. The man wears a suit and tie. The woman wears a dress with a sash. The boy wears knickers.
- Italian Americans--1890-1910.; Families--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Morley bathhouse and lamp house
- A miner leans in the doorway of the lamp house at the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company mine at Morley (Las Animas County), Colorado. The man wears work clothes, boots, and a cap with an oil wick cap lamp. The lamp building is a small cinder block...
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Buildings--1910-1920.; Morley (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Bathhouses--Colorado--Morley--1910-1920.; Coal miners--Colorado--Morley--1910-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Morley--1910-1920.; Mine...
- 1914 May 7
- City Jail, Crippe [sic] Creek fire
- Remains of city jail demolished by first fire, April 25, 1896, Cripple Creek, Colorado; debris includes twisted corrugated tin metal, cage doors and cell block; one brick wall remains; buildings in commercial business district are in the background.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Jails--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1896]
- Cripple Creek - after the fire
- View west on Bennett Avenue between 4th (Fourth) and 5th (Fifth) Streets after first fire of April 25, 1896, Cripple Creek, Colorado; shows commercial business district with many two-story flat-roof brick buildings including the National Hotel;...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1896]