Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Rain sculpture, Salt Creek Canon, Utah
- View of geologic rock formations, possibly a basalt flow, in Salt Creek Canyon (Iron County), Utah.
- Iron County (Utah)--1870-1880.; Salt Creek Canyon (Utah)--1870-1880.; Canyons--Utah--Iron County--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Utah--Iron County--1870-1880.; Rock formations--Utah--Iron County--1870-1880.; Geographical Surveys West of the...
- 1872
- Julesburg, Colo.
- View of the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company exchange building in Julesburg (Sedgwick County), Colorado. The building is a one-story structure with a curvilinear gable and stucco exterior. A water tank is in the distance.
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Buildings--1910-1920.; Julesburg (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Julesburg--1910-1920.
- 1915
- Portrait of a family
- Studio portrait of a family. The man stands, he holds a derby hat and wears a tweed suit with a tie and a boutonniere. The woman is seated and wears a hat with possibly gathered silk tulle and flowers, a patterned blouse with a high collar, and a...
- Families--1890-1910.; Girls--1890-1910.; Men--1890-1910.; Women--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Portrait of boys
- Studio bust portrait of boys with short hair parted in the middle. The older boy wears a double breasted coat and probably a bow tie. The younger boy wears a sailor shirt with chevrons on the lapels.
- Boys--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Portrait of a woman and child
- Studio portrait of a woman and a child. The woman has an upswept hairstyle and curls at the sides of her face, and wears a dress with lapels with stripes or pipes near the hems. The woman poses with a silver rattle and holds a baby in a long dress...
- Children & adults--1890-1910.; Infants--1890-1910.; Women--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Portrait of a girl
- Studio bust portrait of a girl with shoulder length hair in a blouse and jacket with striped ribbon trim.
- Children--1890-1910.; Girl--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Portrait of men
- Studio bust portrait of three men with side-parted hairstyles, moustaches and pompadours. The men wear suits with vests, starched collars and bow ties. Shows a painted backdrop.
- Men--1890-1910.; Mustaches--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Italian mining families
- A group of Italian families pose near a shop in a coal camp probably in Las Animas County, Colorado. One woman holds a baby in her arms and smiles. The children, dressed in sweaters, coats, and dresses also smile. The men stand behind the women.
- Italian Americans--Colorado--1890-1910.; Children--Colorado--1890-1910.; Coal mining--Colorado--1890-1910.; Miners--Colorado--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Yankee Girl Mine Red Mountain
- View of the Yankee Girl Mine on Red Mountain, Guston (Ouray County), Colorado. A shafthouse, mine railroad, standard gauge railroad tracks, and wood frame buildings are nearby.
- Guston (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Yankee Girl Mine (Ouray County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Guston--1880-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Guston--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Guston--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Family, Rifle area
- Men, women and girls pose for a family portrait. The men wear suits with bow ties. The women and girls wear dresses with pleated collars or scarf ties. The girls and young women have short bob or pageboy hairstyles.
- Families--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Landscape
- This landscape painting, in the French Impressionism style, shows water, grass and trees. The gilded frame is made of molded wood with acanthus leaf corners.
- Lakes & ponds--1900-1930.
- [between 1900 and 1930?]
- Packtrain
- A packtrain of mules carry supplies on a trail on a steep slope possibly near Gladstone (San Juan County), Colorado. Shows men on horses.
- Mules--Colorado--1880-1910.; Packtrains--Colorado--1880-1910.; Trails & paths--Colorado--1880-1910.
- [between 1885 and 1910?]
- Cup & pin game
- Shows a cup and pin game of the Native American Sioux . The game has a metal pin, small bone cups, rawhide, a loop and pink, red, white and blue beadwork.
- Dakota Indians--Arts & crafts--1860-1880.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1860-1880.; Games--1860-1880.
- [between 1860 and 1880]
- The Ute and his squaw, Ute Canyon, Colo.
- View of a dirt road and rock formations that resemble human heads in a canyon identified as Ute Canyon, Colorado. Trees and bushes are nearby.
- Canyons--Colorado--1880-1900.; Rock formations--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Camp on Henry's Fork
- Members of the Hayden Survey expedition stand around tents and wagons at a camp site near Henry's Fork probably in Daggett County, Utah. The camp is set up at the base of a hog back land form.
- Cuestas--Utah--Daggett County--1870-1880.; Daggett County (Utah)--1870-1880.; Camping--Utah--Daggett County--1870-1880.; Carts & wagons--Utah--Daggett County--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Utah--Daggett County--1870-1880.; Geological and...
- [1870]
- Part of D.& R.G. train #3
- Overturned passenger cars, identified as Denver and Rio Grande Western train number 3, are beside scattered lumber, railroad axles and silt from the Arkansas River flood in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado.
- Ridgway, Arthur Osbourne, 1870-1953.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Arkansas River--1920-1930.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Debris--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.;...
- 1921 June
- Part of D.& R.G. train #3
- A man works beside overturned passenger cars identified as Denver and Rio Grande Western train number 3. Shows scattered lumber, railroad axles and silt from the Arkansas River flood in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. The Nuckolls Packing Company...
- Ridgway, Arthur Osbourne, 1870-1953.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Nuckolls Packing Company (Pueblo, Colo.)--Disasters--1920-1930.; Packing-houses--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Arkansas River--1920-1930.;...
- 1921 June
- Washout, Mineral Palace Park, looking north
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks are washed out in flooded Fountain Creek near Mineral Palace Park in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows tracks submerged in the creek bed and an eroded railroad grade.
- Ridgway, Arthur Osbourne, 1870-1953.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Fountain Creek (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Mineral Palace Park (Pueblo, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.;...
- 1921 June
- Overturned tracks 1500 ft. west of D. & R.G.W. Br. 126-B
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks are twisted and overturned by a flood. Shows debris on railroad ties and mud on the ground, in probably Pueblo County, Colorado.
- Ridgway, Arthur Osbourne, 1870-1953.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Arkansas River--1920-1930.; Pueblo County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo County--1920-1930.; Railroad...
- 1921 June
- Sundance Wyoming
- View of the town of Sundance (Crook County), Wyoming. Shows wooden buildings and possibly a school house. Signs read: "Livery Feed (?) Sale Stable", "Hotel". A mesa is behind the town.
- Sundance (Wyo.)--1880-1890.; Cities & towns--Wyoming--Sundance--1880-1890.
- [between1880 and 1890]
- Camp Fort Collins
- View of Fort Collins, Colorado shows landscape with river, mountains, and camp buildings.
- Fort Collins (Colo.)--1860-1870.
- [1864?]
- Corner of W. Main St. & Ammons Street
- View of a horse-drawn buggy on Main Street in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. Signs on nearby buildings read: "Rooms 311-317 Will Be Occupied By the Trinidad Furniture Co.," "Crystal," "Palace," "M. Casela Tailor," "White House Bar,"...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Trinidad--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Sopris School
- Girls pose outdoors at the Sopris School in Sopris (Las Animas County), Colorado. They wear costumes possibly for a play.
- Sopris (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Costumes--Colorado--Sopris--1910-1920.; Girls--Colorado--Sopris--1910-1920.; School children--Colorado--Sopris--1910-1920.
- [1915]
- Schneider Brewery
- View of the buildings at the Schneider Brewery in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. Horse-drawn wagons are parked near the brick buildings.
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Brewing industry--Colorado--Trinidad--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?
- West side, Marshall Pass
- View of a Denver & Rio Grande locomotive as it descends the west side of Marshall Pass, Saguache County, Colorado.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Marshall Pass (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Saguache County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--Saguache County--1880-1890.; Railroads--Colorado--Saguache County--1880-1890.
- [between 1882 and 1890?]
- The gate to the Peak
- Rocky canyon walls border the Manitou and Pikes Peak Railway tracks and the Cog Road, in El Paso County, Colorado. The plains are in the distance.
- Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--1890-1900.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1900.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1900.; Rock formations--Colorado--El Paso...
- [between 1890 and 1895?]
- Mt. Abram
- View of snow-covered Abrams Mountain in Ouray County Colorado. Shows the Otto Mears Toll Road and the Uncompahgre River.
- Abrams Mountain (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Ouray County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Uncompahgre River (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Toll roads--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.
- [between 1883 and 1900?]
- High trestle
- A view of a railroad trestle bridge possibly between Central City and Black Hawk in Gilpin County, Colorado. A Colorado Central Railroad train is on the bridge. Wood frame buildings are near the bridge.
- Colorado Central Railroad Company--1870-1890.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Gilpin County--1870-1890.; Railroads--Colorado--Gilpin County--1870-1890.; Trestles--Colorado--Gilpin County--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- Mountain railroading [graphic]
- A view of a Colorado Central Railroad train on a hillside in Central City (Gilpin County), Colorado. Shows the "Dostal Block," a sign on the building reads "W. Aitcheson". A mine is on a hillside in the distance.
- Colorado Central Railroad Company--1870-1880.; Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.; Mining--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.;...
- [between 1878 and 1880?]
- East High School
- Architectural drawing shows details of north and south pediments for East Denver High School at 19th (Nineteenth) and Stout Streets in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver Public Schools--1880-1890.; Schools--1880-1890.; East Denver High School (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Utes Camp at Garden of the Gods.
- Native American (Ute) women and man walk near tepees at Garden of the Gods, El Paso County, Colorado. Wooden electrical poles stand near the tepees. A light hangs from one of the wires strung between the poles. A wooden fence stands near one of the...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--Women--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Indian encampments--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.;...
- 1913 September 1
- Flood scene, Union Depot, Pueblo, June 6-1921
- View of damage from the Arkansas River flood at the Union Depot rail yard in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Denver and Rio Grande Western passenger cars are near the passenger platform. Damaged cars are turned over and logs and lumber is...
- Ridgway, Arthur Osbourne, 1870-1953.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Union Depot (Pueblo, Colo.)--Disasters--1920-1930.; Arkansas River--1920-1930.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.;...
- 1921 June 6
- Foxton, train wreck, Colorado & Southern
- View of train wreck near Foxton (Jefferson County), Colorado. Shows a derailed Colorado and Southern railroad train on a bridge over the North Fork of the South Platte River with a pile of rough timber nearby. People stand by the train to inspect...
- Colorado and Southern Railway--Disasters--1900-1910.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; South Platte River, North Fork (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad accidents--Colorado--Jefferson County--1900-1910.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Jefferson...
- 1901 Sept. 1
- Open lawn and informal planting
- View of landscaping designed by S.R. DeBoer in possibly City Park in Denver, Colorado. Shows a sidewalk, shrubs, pine trees and spruce trees.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1940.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1940.
- [between 1910 and 1931]
- Distant view of Cheyenne
- A view of Cheyenne (Laramie County), Wyoming shows Union Pacific Railroad tracks and the town in the distance. Snow is on the ground.
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--1860-1880.; Cheyenne (Wyo.)--1860-1880.; Railroad tracks--Wyoming--Cheyenne--1860-1880.
- [between 1869 and 1880?]
- Miner leading mule along car tracks in mine 3 other miners behind
- Miners pose with a mule in a mine tunnel in Colorado. One man holds a lunch box.
- Miners--Colorado--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--1890-1910.; Mules--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Sunflower carnival parade
- Flower Carnival (Sunflower Carnival) parade, Colorado Springs, Colorado: a boy in a costume with a tall cone hat rides in a horse drawn trap with wheels decorated as flowers. Houses in background.
- Flower Carnival (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Boys--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado...
- [1900?]
- The Barth block
- A boy poses in front of the Barth Block, on the corner of 16th (Sixteenth) and Stout Streets in downtown Denver. The four story building has decorative trim and awnings. Shows pedestrians, horse drawn carriages, utility poles and businesses. Some...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
- [1889]
- Ouray, Otto Mears
- Sitting studio portrait of Native American (Tabeguache band, Southern Ute) Chief Ouray, and Otto Mears, an interpreter and businessman. Ouray wears beaded moccasins, leggings, shirt, and fringed coat, Mears wears a three piece suit.
- Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Tabeguache Indians--1870-1880.; Ute Indians--1870-1880.; Indian interpreters--1870-1880.; Tribal chiefs--1870-1880.; Ouray.; Mears, Otto, 1840-1931.; Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.)
- [1880?]
- Dale Creek bridge near Sherman
- A view of the Dale Creek trestle railroad bridge near Sherman (Albany County), Wyoming shows a Union Pacific Railroad engine and cars on the bridge. A wooden building is near the base of the bridge.
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--1860-1880.; Albany County (Wyo.)--1860-1880.; Dale Creek (Colo. and Wyo.)--1860-1880.; Railroad bridges--Wyoming--Albany County--1860-1880.; Trestles--Wyoming--Albany County--1860-1880.
- [between 1869 and 1880?]
- Opening of Manitou and Pikes Peak Ry.
- A view of a Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway (the Pikes Peak Cog Road) locomotive and passenger car near Ruxton Park in El Paso County, Colorado. Well-dressed men and women stand near the train in an open area with granite cliffs in the distance....
- Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--1890-1900.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Ruxton Park (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1900.; Passengers--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1900.
- 1891
- Trinidad flood, Colorado and Southern
- A Colorado and Southern work train is on a bridge over the Purgatoire River in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. A boiler, with riveted seams, floats in the water below. The trestle is constructed of rough hewn timber posts and cross beams....
- Purgatoire River (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Floods--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.; Rivers--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.;...
- 1904 Sept
- Chama roundhouse
- Steam rises from locomotives at the roundhouse in Chama (Rio Arriba County), New Mexico. Shows coal in tenders of Denver and Rio Grande locomotives numbered "52," "417" and "401."
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1900-1910.; Chama (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Railroad locomotives--New Mexico--Chama--1900-1910.; Railroad roundhouses--New Mexico--Chama--1900-1910.; Railroads--New Mexico--Chama--1900-1910.
- 1908
- Coors beer ad
- Copy of an 1890 beer ad shows two bottles with type and ornate borders. Lettering reads: Coors' Golden Brewery, Adolph Coors, Brewer and Bottler of Lager Beer, Golden, Colo.; beer labels read: "Coors Pure Export Beer, Brewed & Bottled by A. Coors,...
- Golden (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Brewing industry--Colorado--Golden--1980-1990.
- [between 1980 and 1990]
- Men's & women's rest room Alamo Placita
- View of the restroom building in Alamo Placita Park at East 3rd (Third) Avenue and Emerson Street in Denver, Colorado. A sign on the building reads: "Men".
- Alamo Placita Park (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Public comfort stations--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Pump house
- View of the water pump house at Echo Lake Park, part of the Denver Mountain Parks System (Clear Creek County), Colorado.
- Denver Mountain Parks--1930-1940.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Echo Lake Park (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Log buildings--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1930-1940.; Parks--Colorado--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1930-1940.; Pumping...
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Areation [sic] tanks
- A view of the aeration tanks at the Denver Sewage Disposal Works Plant located at 50th (Fiftieth) and Emerson Street in Denver, Colorado. The aeration tanks have walkways that criss-cross over a liquid filled tank. The sludge control tanks are in...
- Denver Sewage Disposal Works--Facilities--1930-1940.; Aeration tanks--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Sewage disposal plants--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Hydraulic facilities--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.;...
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Letter from home
- Casmer Omilian of the Tenth Mountain Division, 87th Regiment, Company I, reads a letter from home in the window of a rubble-strewn and artillery-shattered stone building.
- Military life--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Italy--1940-1950.; War damage--Italy--1940-1950.; World War, 1939-1945--Destruction & pillage--Italy.; Omilian, Casmer.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War,...
- [April] 1945
- Hammer
- Studio portrait of Hammer. He has a moustache and wears a coat, scarf tie, and wide-brimmed hat.
- Men--1860-1880.
- [between 1860 and 1880]
- Wheat Ridge Methodist, 4th of July picnic, W. 44th at Oak
- Well-dressed men and women pose with babies at the Methodist Fourth of July picnic, Wheat Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado.
- Wheat Ridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fourth of July celebrations--Colorado--Wheat Ridge--1890- 1900.; Picnics--Colorado--Wheat Ridge--1890-1900.
- 1897