Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Western History Subject Index
- Angove, James PAN ii,-:.--,
- Western History Subject Index
- Roads. Colorado.-: Toll. roads. Wason toll road
- Western History Subject Index
- Animals:. - Mutilations: Colorado
- Western History Subject Index
- Denver. Business. Automobiles.-: Rentals
- Western History Subject Index
- Crime-and-criminals.- -Lynching.- : Colorado
- Western History Subject Index
- Boston-Colorado sampling works:.- Park co., Colorado
- Western History Subject Index
- Boomerang lode San Miguel: .-co. * Colorado
- Western History Subject Index
- Aliens. colorado . -:
- Western History Subject Index
- Pueblo, Colorado. - :Societies and clubs
- Street railways, Pueblo, Colorado
- View of electric street railway cars parked alongside each other, in Pueblo, Colorado, shows two cars, including number 74, that appear to be out of service. A three-story flat-roof brick commercial building is in the background.
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Street railroads--Colorado--Pueblo--1940-1950.
- 1947
- 17th Street at night, Knights Templar Convention
- View of 17th (Seventeenth) Street, decorated for the Knights Templar 1913 Conclave, Central Business District, Denver, Colorado. Garlands of electric lights hang over the street and American flags hang from the lamp posts that support the garlands....
- Knights Templar (Masonic Order)--Commemoration--1910-1920.; Central Business District (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Commercial streets.; Electric lighting.; Festive decorations.; Fraternal organizations.; Utility...
- 1913 August 15
- Western States Oil Exchange
- View of ornate doorway to Keely Building, 1641 Stout Street, Denver, Colorado; lettering reads: "Keely Building," "Western States Oil Exchange." Posters read: "First To Fight, U. S. Marine corps," and "Want to Fight? - U. S. Marines." Chalkboard...
- Western States Oil Exchange (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Commodity exchanges--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Petroleum industry--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- [between 1917 and 1920]
- Denver, business, automobiles
- Interior view of Gaylord Motor Company automobile repair shop, Denver, Colorado; shows cars, a man in a flat-bed truck with lettering: "Gaylord Motor Co. - Service." Sign reads: "Cars Left Here at Owners Risk, Ask About Insurance."
- Gaylord Motor Company (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Automobile dealerships--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.;...
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Teller County Hospital, Cripple Creek
- Exterior view of restored Teller County Hospital (also called Hospitality House), 600 North "B" Street, Cripple Creek, Colorado; hospital erected in 1901 and closed in 1960's; building was later purchased by Mackin family and used for handling...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Hospitals--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1980-1990.
- [between 1980 and 1989]
- Silver Cornet Band, Idaho Springs, Colorado
- The Silver Cornet Band, of Idaho Springs, Colorado, stands on two tiers in front of a brick wall. The band is represented by brass instrumentalists and drummers. The men wear suit coats and hats of different styles. The bass drum bears the name of...
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Bands--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- C. N. Hart owner 14th & High
- View of the C. N. Hart house at 14th (Fourteenth) Avenue and High Street in the Cheesman Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado; features arched windows, a bay window, and covered porch. Snow is on the ground.
- Hart, C. N.--Homes & haunts.; Lang and Pugh, Architects.; Cheesman Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Snow--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Interior, Forbes Drug Store, Georgetown, Colorado
- Interior view of Forbes' Drug Store, in Georgetown, Colorado, on the first floor of the Cushman Block on Sixth (6th) Street. Showcases and shelves display small flat round boxes, a crate of seeds, rolls of wallpaper with an oriental rug hanging...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Drugstores--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1910.; Interiors.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Residence of Dr. & Mrs. F. J. Bancroft - S.W. corner 16th & Stout
- View of the Bancroft house at 16th (Sixteenth) and Stout Street in Denver, Colorado; shows the Bancroft family, a horse, a lamb, and a bent wood shelter with benches.
- Bancroft, F. J.--Homes & haunts.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
- [1882?]
- Ute women
- Group studio portrait, half-length, of Ute Native American women; in front, left to right, are: Tachiar, A-Pat-We-Ma, and Ta-Nah; in back, left to right: Ce-Gie-Che-Ok and To-Wee.
- Indians of North America--Women--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--1890-1900.
- c1899
- Aspen streetcar
- Two Aspen streetcars, each drawn by one horse, are behind one another on rails. Each streetcar has one driver and no passengers. Lettering on the streetcars read: "Fashionable Sands Bros. Clothes, West Aspen Mill & Main Sts., Aspen City Railway,...
- Aspen (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Street railroads--Colorado--Aspen--1800-1900.
- [between 1881 and 1900]
- Denver - Pueblo Motorway bus 48
- View of a Rio Grande Motor Way passenger bus, in (probably) Colorado Springs, Colorado. Lettering reads: "Denver - Colorado Springs - Pueblo Motorway Inc.," "P.U.C. No. 48." Stone businesses have signs and window lettering: "Troutdale Hotel -...
- Rio Grande Motor Way, Inc.--1920-1940.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Buses--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1920-1940.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1920-1940.
- [between 1926 and 1935?]
- Harvest Dance. Santo Domingo Pueblo
- Native American (Keresan) men and women take part in a Harvest (Corn) Dance at Santo Domingo Pueblo, New Mexico. Koshare clowns walk near the dancers. The men wear hoof rattles, kilts, fringed breechcloths, body paint, fur pelts, and corn...
- Indians of North America--Spiritual life--New Mexico--Santo Domingo Pueblo--1910-1920.; Keresan Indians--Women--New Mexico--Santo Domingo Pueblo--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Dance--New Mexico--Santo Domingo Pueblo--1910-1920.; Santo Domingo Pueblo...
- 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. Women wear wrapped...
- 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
- Three Sisters - Ruby Canyon
- Sandstone cliffs and cottonwood trees edge the Colorado River in Ruby Canyon, Colorado or Utah. Pinnacles comprise the "Three Sisters" formation.
- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1920-1930.; Ruby Canyon (Colo. and Utah)--1920-1930.; Cliffs--1920-1930.; Rock formations--1920-1930.
- [between 1922 and 1930?]
- Three Sisters - Ruby Canyon
- Sandstone cliffs and boulders edge the Colorado River in Ruby Canyon, Colorado or Utah. Pinnacles comprise the "Three Sisters" formation.
- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1920-1930.; Ruby Canyon (Colo. and Utah)--1920-1930.; Cliffs--1920-1930.; Rock formations--1920-1930.
- [between 1922 and 1930?]
- D&RGW 3500, 2-8-8-2 Mallet Compound, at Burnham Shops, Denver, Colorado
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad locomotive 3500 and coal car are at Burnham Shops, Denver, Colorado. Men pose; one is in the cab, another is by the steps.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- Summer, 1923
- D&RGW 3500, 2-8-8-2 Mallet Compound, at Burnham Shops, Denver, Colorado
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad locomotive 3500 and coal car are at Burnham Shops, Denver, Colorado. Men pose in a line with arms outstretched and fingers touching.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- Summer, 1923
- Street scene, Georgetown, Colorado
- View near 5th (Fifth) on Argentine Street looking south towards Leavenworth Mountain. The mountain is covered with snow, mine entrances and two figures are visible. The unpaved street has a long fence on which is painted, in extreme perspective,...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1900.
- [between 1875 and 1900?]
- Machine mining in tunnel, Georgetown, Colo.
- Interior view of three miners who stand near a rock face in a mine shaft in Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. The men stand near an iron tunnel brace and machinery. Boulders and rocks litter the ground.
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Tramway car on last day
- View of Denver Tramway Corporation trolley number "308" under a passenger shelter with signs for route "75" and "Today Is My Last Day...Tomorrow a New Bus Replaces Me." A bench and a metal garbage can are near the trolley. A parked car is on a...
- Denver Tramway Corporation (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Street railroads--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.
- [1950 June]
- Ramblers at Golden, Col.
- Men wear suits and caps or hats and pose with bicycles, including some high-wheel bicycles, on a dirt street in Golden (Jefferson County), Colorado. Brick commercial buildings and the two-story Crawford Hotel with frame porches are on Washington...
- Golden (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Bicycles & tricycles--Colorado--Golden--1880-1890.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Golden--1880-1890.
- 1888
- The Hundley stage line to Cripple Creek, via C.M. Ry.
- Men pose at the Colorado Midland Railway and Hundley stage line meeting point at a depot in Divide (Teller County), Colorado. Men wear suits and hats and pose on top of horse-drawn stagecoaches that read: "Mail Express" and "Cripple Creek."...
- Colorado Midland Railway Company--1890-1900.; Divide (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Divide--1890-1900.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Divide--1890-1900.; Stagecoaches--Colorado--Divide--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1893]
- Blayney-Murphy building, Denver Union Stockyards
- View of the Blayney-Murphy slaughterhouse at 45th (Forty-fifth) and Gilpin Streets in the Denver Union Stockyards in the Elyria-Swansea Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a concrete building with truck bays, a tower and smokestacks. An...
- Blayney-Murphy Company--Facilities--1920-1940.; Packing-houses--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Elyria-Swansea (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1940.; Meat industry--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- YMCA Grand Junction
- View of 5th (Fifth) Street in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado. The YMCA (Young Men's Christian Association), a stone building with a portico and rooftop terrace, is under construction. Wood scaffolding surrounds the front entrance. A sign...
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Building construction--Colorado--Grand Junction--1910-1920.; Organizations' facilities--Colorado--Grand Junction--1910-1920.; Young Men's Christian associations--Colorado--Grand Junction--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Mesa County Courthouse, Grand Junction
- View of the Mesa County Courthouse in Grand Junction, Colorado. The two-story Beaux-Arts style masonry structure features a dentiled cornice, paired Ionic columns, fanlight windows, and bronze doors.
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Courthouses--Colorado--Grand Junction--1920-1930.
- [between 1922 and 1924?]
- 1421 Champa, exterior, front
- View of the Colorado Telephone Company Building at 1421 Champa Street in Denver, Colorado; a four story brick structure with an ornate cornice and stained glass fanlight window. Stone entablature reads: "Telephone Building." Engaged columns flank...
- Colorado Telephone Company--Buildings--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- 1904
- Exchange construction progress
- Laborers work at the construction site of the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company exchange building in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. Shows wood framing and partial brick walls.
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Buildings--1890-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Building construction--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Construction workers--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Telephone...
- 1897 December
- York office, construction progress
- View of a Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company exchange building under construction probably on York Street in Denver, Colorado. The building is a one story brick structure with compound pilasters and dentils.
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Buildings--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- 1898
- York office, construction progress
- View of a Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company construction on York Street in Denver, Colorado; features pilasters and dentils. Men work with bricks and a hod, a bicycle is by lumber, a barrel and a sifting screen, and houses are in the...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Buildings--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- 1898
- 1421 Champa, operator's school
- A woman sits at a desk and interviews an applicant for a position as an operator at the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph building, 1421 Champa Street in Denver, Colorado. The woman behind the desk wears a dress with a broad collar and has a...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--People--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Employment interviewing--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Telephone...
- 1921 June 9
- 1421 Champa, operator's school
- Teachers stand behind a group of students who work at a switchboard at the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company operator's school at 1421 Champa Street, Denver, Colorado. The women wear headsets and sit in tall chairs facing the...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--People--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Teachers--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Telephone operators--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Telephone...
- 1921 June 9
- Auto equipment, old trucks, white, construction
- A group of workers pose on and around a Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company utility truck probably in Denver, Colorado. Some of the men wear overalls and work jump suits, others wear suits. The license plate of the automobile is mounted...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--People--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Employees--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Linemen--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Trucks--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1921 May 16
- 1421 Champa, operator's school
- A woman screens an applicant for the operator's school at the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company Building at 1421 Champa Street, Denver, Colorado. The job applicant sits in a chair and raises her arm to measure her reach. The other...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--People--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Employment interviewing--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Telephone...
- 1921 June 9
- Mine in the San Juan Mountains
- View of an identified mining complex high above the tree-line, probably along the San Juan Mountain Range in Colorado. Miners pose near wood frame buildings, possibly boarding houses, and stacked logs. Shows the rocky terrain made up of scree rock...
- Mining--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Sneffels post office and burros
- Men pose with burros with pack saddles outside of the hand-hewn post office and general store in Sneffels (Ouray County), Colorado. Snow covers the ground and debris is scattered around the buildings.
- Sneffels (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Donkeys--Colorado--Sneffels--1880-1890.; General stores--Colorado--Sneffels--1880-1890.; Pack animals--Colorado--Sneffels--1880-1890.; Post offices--Colorado--Sneffels--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Miners above the tree line
- Men pose next to a wood frame building with gabled roof and sash windows situated above tree line in the San Juan Mountain Range, Colorado. Shows a pack train of burros with canvas ore bags, chimneys, scree rock and a man with a guitar. Animal...
- Miners--Colorado--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--1880-1900.; Packtrains--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Pack train in the San Juan Mountains
- Men and a pack train of burros gather around a wood frame mine building, probably in the San Juan Mountain Range, Colorado. The burros have pack saddles. Shows a pile of chopped wood, an outhouse and the snow covered mountainside.
- Donkeys--Colorado--1880-1900.; Miners--Colorado--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--1880-1900.; Packtrains--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Mary McKinney Mine
- Men, women and children disembark from possibly Colorado and Southern Railroad passenger cars near Anaconda (Teller County), Colorado. The site, identified as the Mary McKinney mine complex, was part of the Cripple Creek Mining District. Shows a...
- Anaconda (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Mary McKinney Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Anaconda--1920-1930.; Passengers--Colorado--Anaconda--1920-1930.; Railroads--Colorado--Anaconda--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Grave of "H.H." Jackson
- Grave site of Helen (Fiske) Hunt Jackson on Cheyenne Mountain (El Paso County), Colorado. A large pile of stones, a cairn, marks the grave.
- Jackson, Helen Hunt, 1830-1885--Tomb.; Cheyenne Mountain (Colo.)--1880-1900.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cairns--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1900.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1900.
- [between 1885 and 1891]
- Gates Rubber Company employee special event
- Gates Rubber Company employees at a special event dinner. They sit at long tables. The room is decorated with fake parrots, monkeys and paper ribbons hang from lights above the group. A band is on a small stage in the back of the room.
- Gates Rubber Company--People--1920-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Dinner parties--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]