Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Western History Subject Index
- Bockfinger, ; P L and company
- Les blocks en ciment sous la neige (The cement barracks in the snow)
- Framed lithograph shows prisoners outside the barracks of the World War II, Buchenwald concentration camp in Nazi Germany.
- Concentration camps--Germany--1940-1950.; Holocaust victims--Germany--1940-1950.; Buchenwald (Concentration camp); World War, 1939-1945.
- 1944
- Lynching of Duggan in Denver fight of photographers for view of remains.
- Reproduction of an A. P. Proctor engraving of a scene after the lynching of Sanford C. Duggan, murderer and fugitive, Cherry Street, Denver. The dead man hangs from a rope noose thrown around a leaveless cottonwood tree. A policeman breaks up a...
- Murderers--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Fugitives from justice--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Lynchings--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Duggan, Sanford C.
- [between 1868 and 1870]
- Two young children portrait
- Studio portrait of a toddler and a baby in Colorado. They pose on a wooden bench.
- Children--Colorado--1910-1930.; Infants--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Young child standing portrait
- Studio portrait of a toddler with a wide-brimmed hat in Colorado.
- Children--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- L'evacuation des kommandos sur lea routes (Evacuated commandos on the road)
- Framed lithograph shows prisoners and guards on a road outside the World War II, Buchenwald concentration camp in Nazi Germany.
- Concentration camps--Germany--1940-1950.; Holocaust victims--Germany--1940-1950.; Buchenwald (Concentration camp); World War, 1939-1945.
- 1945 April
- Dans les wagons (In the railroad cars)
- Framed lithograph shows anguished people inside a boxcar at the World War II, Buchenwald concentration camp, Nazi Germany.
- Concentration camps--Germany--1940-1950.; Holocaust victims--Germany--1940-1950.; Buchenwald (Concentration camp); World War, 1939-1945.
- 1943
- Execution
- Framed lithograph shows two guards with a dog as they beat a prisoner in the World War II, Buchenwald concentration camp, Nazi Germany.
- Concentration camps--Germany--1940-1950.; Holocaust victims--Germany--1940-1950.; Buchenwald (Concentration camp); World War, 1939-1945.
- 1944
- Blocks cu petit camp (Blocks in the little camp)
- Framed lithograph shows prisoners in fenced area of "Block 60" and "Block 55" at the World War II, Buchenwald concentration camp in Nazi Germany.
- Concentration camps--Germany--1940-1950.; Holocaust victims--Germany--1940-1950.; Buchenwald (Concentration camp); World War, 1939-1945.
- 1944
- Le dernier salon ou l'on cause (The latrine of the little camp)
- Framed lithograph shows prisoners and a communal latrine inside the World War II, Buchenwald concentration camp barracks, Nazi Germany.
- Concentration camps--Germany--1940-1950.; Holocaust victims--Germany--1940-1950.; Buchenwald (Concentration camp); World War, 1939-1945.
- 1944
- Supplice (Torture)
- Framed lithograph shows a prisoner restrained in a shackle and chain at the World War II, Buchenwald concentration camp, Nazi Germany.
- Concentration camps--Germany--1940-1950.; Holocaust victims--Germany--1940-1950.; Buchenwald (Concentration camp); World War, 1939-1945.
- 1944
- Cohue dans les blocks en ciment du grand camp (Crowd around the cement barracks in the big camp)
- Framed lithograph shows people outside the World War II, Buchenwald concentration camp barracks in Nazi Germany.
- Concentration camps--Germany--1940-1950.; Holocaust victims--Germany--1940-1950.; Buchenwald (Concentration camp); World War, 1939-1945.
- 1944
- M. & P.P. Ry. crossing timber line
- View of Manitou and Pikes Peak Railway tracks and a locomotive near timberline on Pikes Peak (El Paso County), Colorado. Buildings, a tent, and a footbridge are beside cog railroad tracks. The summit of Pikes Peak is in the distance.
- Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--1890-1910.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1910.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1910.
- [between 1891 and 1910?]
- Approaching timberline, M. & P.P. Ry.
- View of Manitou and Pikes Peak Railway tracks and a locomotive near timberline on Pikes Peak (El Paso County), Colorado. Buildings, a tent, and a footbridge are beside cog railroad tracks.
- Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--1890-1910.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1910.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1910.
- [between 1891 and 1910?]
- Silverton & Mt. Kendal [sic]
- Panoramic view of streets, wooden sidewalks, and frame houses in Silverton (San Juan County), Colorado. The Animas River is at the base of Kendall Mountain.
- Silverton (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Silverton--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- The Elkton Mine
- View of the Elkton Mine and tramway near Elkton (Teller County), Colorado. Men and women board an electric trolley car near miners' cabins. The side of the shafthouse reads: "[The Elkt]on Con. M. And M. Co."
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Elkton--1900-1910.; Elkton (Teller County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Elkton Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mine railroads--Colorado--Elkton--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Elkton--1900-1910.; Street...
- 1908
- Arizona on the line of the Santa Fe Ry.
- View of a petrified log segments at Petrified Forest (a National Monument in 1906, a National Park in 1962), Arizona. Log-like rock segments stand near a badlands hill which rises sharply from the ground.
- Petrified Forest National Park (Ariz.)--1890-1910.; National parks & reserves--Arizona--1890-1910.; Petrified forests--Arizona--1890-1910.; Petrified wood--Arizona--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1906]
- Corn Dance- Tabla
- Native American (Pueblo, Keresan) women and children pose outdoors at San Felipe Pueblo, New Mexico. The women wear mantas, body paint, and tablita headdresses and hold evergreen sprigs. The boys wear skunk pelts around their ankles, body paint,...
- Indians of North America--Spiritual life--New Mexico--San Felipe Pueblo--1910-1920.; Keresan Indians--Dance--New Mexico--San Felipe Pueblo--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Women--New Mexico--San Felipe Pueblo--1910-1920.; San Felipe Pueblo...
- 1915
- Corn Dance San Felipe
- Native American (Pueblo, Keresan) men and women take part in a Corn Dance at San Felipe Pueblo, New Mexico. The women wear wrapped boots, mantas, shawls, and tablita headdresses. They carry sprigs of evergreen. The men wear moccasins, kilts, fur...
- Indians of North America--Spiritual life--New Mexico--San Felipe Pueblo--1910-1920.; Keresan Indians--Dance--New Mexico--San Felipe Pueblo--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Women--New Mexico--San Felipe Pueblo--1910-1920.; San Felipe Pueblo...
- 1915
- Corn Dance San Felipe
- Native American (Pueblo, Keresan) men and women take part in a Corn Dance at San Felipe Pueblo, New Mexico. The women wear wrapped boots, mantas, shawls, and tablita headdresses. The men wear moccasins, kilts, fur pelts that hang from leather...
- Indians of North America--Spiritual life--New Mexico--San Felipe Pueblo--1910-1920.; Keresan Indians--Dance--New Mexico--San Felipe Pueblo--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Women--New Mexico--San Felipe Pueblo--1910-1920.; San Felipe Pueblo...
- 1915
- Portrait of three women
- Studio portrait (standing) of three women. They all wear dresses and their hair in buns. One woman wears a brooch.
- Women--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1915?]
- Portrait of a man
- Studio portrait (standing) of a man. He leans on a fur pelt that is draped over possibly a pedestal. He holds a cigar.
- Men--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1915?]
- Tribune Bldg.
- View of the Tribune Building at 16th (Sixteenth) and Market Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado. Automobiles are parked near the brick building with boards in the windows.
- Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.
- 1957
- The capture
- Native American men on horseback attack white men as they defend themselves with rifles.
- Indians of North America--War--1870-1880.; Ambushes--1870-1880.
- [between 1940 and 1960]
- Circle cowboys ready for the roundup
- Men pose on horses with lariats.
- Cowboys--1880-1900.; Horseback riding--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Showers behind the front
- During a lull in the fighting, the Tenth Mountain Division's 85th Regiment, second battalion, established this shower bath in a shell-torn building as part of a larger rest center close to the front lines. Shows naked men showering, their clothes...
- Ski troops--1940-1950.; Military camps--1940-1950.; Nudes--1940-1950.; Soldiers--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- March 1945
- C B & Q Depot Brush, Colo.
- View inside the Colorado, Burlington and Quincy railroad Depot in Brush (Morgan County), Colorado. E.S. Dutton, the agent, and George Stewart, the telegraph operator, sit at telegraph equipment. Dutton, in a bowler hat, taps out a message. The men...
- Brush (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Interiors--1900-1910.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Brush--1900-1910.; Telegraph offices--Colorado--Brush--1900-1910.; Telegraph--1900-1910.
- 1901
- Children's Room La Veta Place
- Interior view of the Denver Public Library (La Veta Place) in Denver, Colorado; shows tables, chairs, and a model clipper ship.
- Denver Public Library--Facilities--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Libraries--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Tables--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- 1907 July 8
- Construct new fire station at 301 Cherokee Street Denver Colorado 1936 to 1937
- View of Denver Fire Department Station No. 11 at 40 West 2nd (Second) Avenue and Cherokee Street in the Baker neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The art deco style building has corbeled brick. Letters read: "D.F.D. No. 11." Firemen pose in ladder...
- Denver (Colo.). Fire Department.--Buildings--1940-1950.; Baker (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Fire...
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Ground Observation Point, Air Corps, Rover Joe
- U.S. Air corps and other allied pilots provided bombing and strafing support for the Tenth Mountain Division on Mt. Belvedere, Italy, under the code name: Rover Joe. Shown facing camera in the observation point are Lt. Robert Egner, of the South...
- Air warfare--Italy--1945.; Military officers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Badenhorst, W.; Egner, Robert.; Gaber, Edward.; Liversidge, Law.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- March 1945
- Good Tedesco
- Closeup of German soldier killed during the Italian Campaign; probably by the Tenth Mountain Division.
- Soldiers--German--Italy--1940-1950.; War casualties--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- March 1945
- Medics belay litter for practice
- Fifteen Tenth Mountain Division medics watch as Pfc. Earnest Marshal of Company C., lashed to a litter and belayed from above, is lowered joltlessly over steep rock. This rock climbing school was organized during the Italian Campaing under the...
- Rock climbing--Training--1940-1950.; Medical aspects of war--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- April 1945
- Medics practice travois evacuation
- Pvt. Leon Whritenour (left) and Pfc. Peter Guletto (right) carry Pfc. William C. Woods down a slope by means of a travois, an old Indian carry adapted by the French to mountain operations. Litter is belayed by a man farther up the slope (not shown...
- Mountain warfare--Italy--1940-1950.; Rock climbing--Training--1940-1950.; Medical aspects of war--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- April 1945
- Medics learn mountain evacuation methods
- Shows Tenth Mountain Division medics learning mountain evacuation methods during a rock-climbing school held in Italy under the direction of Captain John H. Weaver. Shown in the photograph are Corporal Frank J. Chierello, T/5 Warren B. Sasnett,...
- Rock climbing--Training--1940-1950.; Medical aspects of war--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- April 1945
- Sergeant in hospital bed, Italy
- Tenth Mountain Division Sergeant Cecil T. Wiley, smiles from his hospital bed, Italy, reading the "Final Victory" issue of Blizzzard; pin- up photograph is on wall behind him.
- Hospitals--Italy--1940-1950.; Medical aspects of war--1940-1950.; Military officers--United States--1940-1950.; Wiley, Cecil T.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- May 1945
- Street in camp
- A person, possibly a Russian Cossack, stands in a dirt road in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show near Earl's Court in England. Several teepees are set up in the left midground. A row of rectangular tents is in the right background in front...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Camps--1890-1900.; Tents--1890-1900.; Tipis--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1892?]
- Smiley Junior High School ground breaking ceremony
- A group of School Board and community members at the ground breaking ceremony for Smiley Junior High School. There are three men holding shovels, and a woman and a man holding building plans.
- Smiley Junior High School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; Ground breaking ceremonies.; School board members.
- undated
- UP historic equipment, engine number 119
- And C.P. "Jupiter"; shows part of the large crowd at the "Golden Spike Celebration" . Photographed: at Promontory, Utah, May 10, 1969.
- Railroads--Equipment and supplies--1960-1970.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1969.; Railroad equipment--Utah--Promontory.; Union Pacific Railroad Company.
- 1969
- O.H.P. Baxter
- Portrait of Oliver H.P. Baxter, Colorado pioneer, member of the Territorial legislature, rancher, businessman, and participant in the Sand Creek Massacre.
- Business people--American--Colorado--1890-1900.; Legislators--Colorado--1890-1900.; Pioneers--Colorado--1890-1900.; Baxter, Oliver H. P.
- [1891]
- Ouray's centennial, presentation of flag by P. O. S. of A. to the public school
- The P. O. S. of A. poses with the Ouray Hose Company and their cart at Fourth (4th) Street and Seventh (7th) Avenue in front of the schoolhouse, during the centennial celebration, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Centennial celebrations--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.; Schools--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.
- April 30, 1889
- Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Mardi Gras Ball
- Casimiro Barela
- Studio portrait of Colorado State Senator (Las Animas County) Casimiro Barela. He wears a vest and jacket, a tie and stickpin and an upright wing collar. He has a full, bushy mustache and his dark hair has a cowlick and is parted on the side.
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1890-1900.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1890-1900.; Mustaches.; Legislators.; Barela, Casimiro--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.;...
- [1895 February]
- Ghost building
- View of an entrance to the Ghost Building (1889; William Lang, architect) at 512 Fifteenth (15th) Street in the Central Business District of Denver, Colorado. Shows a double-door entryway to the Romanesque Revival-style granite building prior to...
- Ghost building (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Central Business District (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Commercial facilities.; Doors & doorways.; Historic buildings.; Ghost building (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.;...
- 1976
- Ghost building
- View of the Ghost Building (1889; William Lang, architect) at 512 Fifteenth (15th) Street in the Central Business District of Denver, Colorado. The granite Romanesque Revival-style building was on the corner of Fifteenth (15th) and Glenarm Streets....
- Ghost building (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Central Business District (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Commercial facilities.; Doors & doorways.; Historic buildings.; Ghost building (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.;...
- 1976
- Alta Court
- View of the Alta Court (formerly the Altamaha Apartment Building - 1902; George Boettcher) at 1490 Lafayette Street (1300-1326 East Colfax Avenue) in the Cheesman Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. This three-story brick Italian Renaissance...
- Alta Court (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Cheesman Park (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Commercial facilities.; Historic buildings.; Alta Court (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Commercial...
- ca. 1984
- Children of Antonio Teodoro Lobato and Maria Epemenia Córdova
- Studio portrait of the adult children of rancher and farmer Antonio Teodoro Lobato and his wife Maria Epemenia Cordova de Lobato. They are identified Left to Right: Front row: Rosavel and José Julián "J.J." Lobato. Back row: Refugio,...
- Hispanic Americans--1890-1900.; Families.; Women.; Lobato, Antonio Teodoro--Family--Pictorial works.; Lobato, Antonio Teodoro--Family--1890-1900.; Families--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.;...
- ca. 1890
- Adobe house
- View of an abandoned adobe house near San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. Shows an adobe brick building with a sod roof and door and window openings. Sagebrush and trees are nearby. The Sangre de Cristo Mountains are in the distance.
- Adobe buildings.; Houses.; Adobe houses--Colorado--Costilla County--Pictorial works.; Costilla County (Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Costilla County (Colo.)--2000-2010.
- [between 2005 and 2006?]
- José Gaspar and Eligio Manzanares
- Hispanic American brothers José Gaspar and Eligio Manzanares stand in the snow on the side of a hill probably near San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. Jose wears a cap, shirt and jeans and smokes a pipe. Eligio wears a shirt, jacket and pants...
- Hispanic Americans--1920-1930.; Mexican Americans--1920-1930.; Families.; Manzanares, Eligio--Pictorial works.; Manzanares, José Gaspar--Pictorial works.; Brothers--Colorado--San Luis--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- 1920
- José Gaspar Manzanares and fellow railroad workers
- Hispanic American José Gaspar Manzanares and two unidentified railroad workers pose on the front of Union Pacific Locomotive 3978 in Rawlins (Carbon County, Wyoming. Jose sits, an African American and another man stand. They wear coveralls and...
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--People--1940-1950.; African Americans--1940-1950.; Hispanic Americans--1940-1950.; Mexican Americans--1940-1950.; Railroad employees.; Manzanares, José Gaspar--Pictorial works.; Union Pacific Railroad...
- 1946
- Excelso Manzanares and his family
- Studio portrait of Hispanic American Excelso Manzanares, his wife Senaida Roybal de Manzanares , his sons José Gaspar and Zacarías and his daughter, Aurelia. Excelso has a full mustache and wears a suit and tie. His wife, Senaida wears a long...
- Hispanic Americans--1900-1910.; Mexican Americans--1900-1910.; Families.; Manzanares, Excelso--Family--Pictorial works.; Manzanares, Senaida Roybal de--Pictorial works.; Families--Colorado--Costilla County--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- ca. 1906