Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Women's wedding dress
- Shows the top portion of a wool day dress worn as a wedding dress. The bodice is tailored light blue wool and flannel with a mock bolero jacket. The collar is rectangular with applique bands of ivory and cotton lace, ivory silk. On the front edge...
- Dresses--1900-1910.; Wedding costume--1900-1910.
- 1901
- Women's wedding dress
- Wool day dress worn as a wedding dress. The bodice is tailored light blue wool and flannel with a mock bolero jacket. The collar is rectangular with appliqued bands of ivory and cotton lace and ivory silk. The front edge is velvet with appliqued...
- Dresses--1900-1910.; Wedding costume--1900-1910.
- 1901
- Navajoe Indian squaw and child
- A Native American (Navajo) mother and child pose seated beside large rocks in Canyon de Chelly (later Canyon de Chelly National Monument), Arizona. The woman wears a bil (dress) and a bead necklace. The boy stands on a woven blanket.
- Indians of North America--Arizona--1870-1880.; Navajo Indians--Arizona--1870-1880.; Chelly, Canyon de (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Boys--Arizona--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Arizona--1870-1880.; Mothers & children--Arizona--1870-1880.;...
- 1873
- Manitou and vicinity, just from the mountains
- A group of miners stand with their burros on a dirt road near Manitou, El Paso County, Colorado. One man is mounted on a horse, the others stand nearby. One man holds a gun. The burros are loaded with gear.
- Manitou (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Donkeys--Colorado--Manitou--1870-1880.; Miners--Colorado--Manitou--1870-1880.; Mining--Colorado--Manitou--1870-1880.; Packtrains--Colorado--Manitou--1870-1880.
- [1878]
- Dew Drop Mine, Frances, Colo.
- Two families, probably the Greulich and Lund families, are seated on a mine dump at the Dew Drop Mine near Ward in Frances (Camp Francis, Dew Drop, Boulder County), Colorado. The two men wear hats, suits and overcoats. The women wear dresses and...
- Dew Drop Mine (Boulder County)--1890-1900.; Frances (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Families.; Mining.; Tailings embankments.; Tipples.; Greulich family.; Lund family.
- 1895 May 11th
- Old military academy
- At the old Military School in Canon City, Colorado, uniformed cadets are at parade rest with rifle butts to the ground. Two have flags, one of the United States. A three story brick building behind them has a mansard roof, bracketed cornice, stone...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cadets--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1890.; Military education--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1890.
- 1880 or 1881
- Woman
- Studio portrait of a woman. She wears a dress decorated with embroidery and tassels.
- Women--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Woman
- Studio portrait of a woman. She wears a dress with high collar and a jacket with large buttons.
- Women--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Santa Clara Pueblo Buffalo Dance
- Native American (Pueblo, Tewa) men and women participate in a Buffalo Dance at Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico. Men wear moccasins, kilts, fur pelts, body paint, and buffalo horn and feather headdresses and carry feathered spears. One man holds a...
- Buffalo dance--New Mexico--Santa Clara Pueblo--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--Spiritual life--New Mexico--Santa Clara Pueblo--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Women--New Mexico--Santa Clara Pueblo--1910-1920.; Tewa Indians--Dance--New...
- 1910
- Street scene Nevadaville Colo
- Main Street, looking east, is flanked by businesses and residences in Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado. Brick commercial buildings have arched windows; the City Hall/Fire Department has a frame bell tower. The cottage-roofed house is the...
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Business districts--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.
- 1931
- Elevators, Vona, Colo.
- A Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad train passes through Vona, Kit Carson County, Colorado, past grain elevators, storage sheds and silos.
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Rail Road Co.--1900-1920.; Vona (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--Vona--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Hopi Indians
- Native American (Pueblo, Hopi) women and girls sit and stand on the road to Second Mesa, Arizona. Two women wrapped in blankets crouch by a small fire while two girls who wear dresses, blankets, and hair in side whirls walk on the rocky desert...
- Hopi Indians--Clothing & dress--Arizona--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Children--Arizona--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Women--Arizona--1890-1900.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Second Mesa (Ariz.)--1890-1900.;...
- August, 1899
- Residence on 18 & Pearl Sts. Erected for Wm. Lang.
- Presentation view of a residence at 18th (Eighteenth) and 1749 Pearl Street in Denver, Colorado; architectural features include brick with stone trim, a round tower, arched windows, columns, and incised stone ornaments. Boys pose on the porch;...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Lang, William A.--Homes & haunts.
- [between 1885 and 1893]
- Sunflower carnival parade
- Sunflower (Flower) Carnival Parade, Colorado Springs, Colorado: a person in an animal costume inside a cage on top of a horse drawn wagon; a banner reads: "Wild Boars We Often Meet." Behind the wagon are two people in clown outfits with masks, one...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Clowns--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Colorado...
- 1898
- Boulder
- View of a bridge in probably South Boulder Canyon, Boulder County, Colorado. Shows a dirt road, rock formation, and probably South Boulder Creek.
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; South Boulder Creek (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Bridges--Colorado--Boulder County--1880-1890.; Streams--Colorado--Boulder County--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Steel crew at work
- Men work at the Denver Public Library (Carnegie) construction site by a crane in the Civic Center neighborhood of Denver, Colorado; steel girder framework is in place.
- Denver Public Library--Buildings--1900-1910.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Girders--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Hoisting...
- 1907 April 12
- Cooking trout on rock, Paradise Canon
- Men and a woman cook fish on a rock, over a campfire, beside the Kings River, in Paradise Valley, Fresno County (now Kings Canyon National Park), California. A man and equipment are by trees.
- Southern Pacific Railroad Company--Public relations.; Fresno County (Calif.)--1890-1910.; Kings Canyon National Park (Calif.)--1890-1910.; Kings River (Calif.)--1890-1910.; Paradise Valley (Kings Canyon National Park, Calif.)--1890-1910.;...
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- So. Colo. Power Co. Pueblo, Colorado
- View of Southern Colorado Power Company street railway car number 73 in storage, in Pueblo, Colorado, shows a street railway car stored behind a corrugated metal building. A glimpse of car number 74 is behind car number 73. In the background is...
- Southern Colorado Power Company--1940-1950.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Street railroad facilities--Colorado--Pueblo--1940-1950.; Street railroads--Colorado--Pueblo--1940-1950.
- 1944
- Saltair bathing & amusement resort on south shore of Great Salt Lake. Served by Salt Lake, Garfield & Western electric inter-urban line
- View of Saltair Resort, near Salt Lake City, Utah; shows swimmers, a dock with lath shades, and a roller coaster.
- Great Salt Lake (Utah)--1920-1930.; Saltair Resort (Utah)--1920-1930.; Amusement parks--Utah--Saltair--1920-1930.; Roller coasters--Utah--Saltair--1920-1930.; Swimmers--Utah--Saltair--1920-1930.
- 1926
- Standing at Sta #3145 plus 50 looking easterly
- View in Glenwood Canyon (Garfield or Eagle County) Colorado; shows Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks, powerlines, the Colorado River and steep rock walls.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1920-1930.; Garfield County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Glenwood Canyon (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1925 and 1929]
- Mann Junior High industrial arts class
- Photograph of four unidentified boys during and industrial arts class at Horace Mann Junior High School in Denver, Colorado. All four of the boys stand at a table. Each of them have tools in hand and are working with metal objects.
- Mann Junior High School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1938 January
- Mann Junior High clay modeling class
- Photograph of three unidentified students during a clay modeling class at Horace Mann Junior High School in Denver, Colorado. One girls works on a clay vessel, another works on an elephant and giraffe and one boy works on a miniature lighthouse.
- Mann Junior High School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1938 January
- Mann Junior High home economics class
- Photograph of six unidentified female students from Horace Mann Junior High School, in Denver, Colorado during a home economics class. Five girls sit at a table with soup, bread and mugs in front of them. One student stands at the end of the...
- Mann Junior High School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- circa 1935
- Cripple Creek Palace Hotel
- Interior view of Palace Hotel reception desk with two men behind desk, Cripple Creek, Colorado; shows man with top hat signing hotel register, message slots with keys and letters, poster announcing lecture at Masonic Hall, Burlington Route calendar...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Hotel employees--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1910.; Interiors.; Palace Hotel (Cripple Creek, Colo.)
- [between 1896 and 1901]
- Cascade Avenue, Colorado Springs, Colo.
- View along Cascade Avenue, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, inlcudes the Antlers Hotel, Dr. B. P. Anderson residence, the Count Pourtales residence, the Alta Vista Hotel, people, buggies, and bicycles with Cheyenne Mountain is in the...
- Anderson, B. P., Dr.--Homes & haunts.; Pourtales, James M., Graf von, 1853-1908--Homes & haunts.; Alta Vista Hotel (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Dwellings--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.;...
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Hitting the breeze
- A man rides a bucking horse; cattle are in the background.
- Broncos--1880-1890.; Cattle--1880-1890.; Cowboys--1880-1890.
- [between 1882 and 1890?]
- Bob Ragland [left] at the Denver Art Museum
- Two African American men, who include painter and sculptor Bob Ragland, stand and chat at an art show at the Denver Art Museum in Denver, Colorado. Mr. Ragland wears a leather jacket and dark glasses, his hair is in a short afro and he has a beard...
- Denver Art Museum--Facilities--1970-1980.; African Americans.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Galleries & museums.; Ragland, Bob.
- [1973]
- Wild West Show performer
- A performer in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show holds a rifle while standing in a dirt arena during a performance of the show. He wears knee- length pants with horizontal stripes around the legs. The audience fills the bleachers in the background...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Entertainers--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Tremont House, view of unidentified person removing dirt
- D&RGW, Alamosa, Colo. standard gauge (2-8-0) 1161 and Baldwin diesel switcher 73.
- View of Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company locomotive 1161 (standard gauge 2-8-0), a coal tender, and a Baldwin diesel switcher at Alamosa (Alamosa County) Colorado.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.; Railroads--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.
- 1956
- Lower Downtown Denver, view of building
- D&RGW, Alamosa, Colo. D&RGW standard gauge diesel, Rio Grande Southern narrow gauge caboose 0404 73.
- View of Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company standard gauge diesel locomotive 73, and Rio Grande Southern narrow gauge caboose 0404, at Alamosa (Alamosa County) Colorado.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad--1950-1960.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad cabooses--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.;...
- 1953