Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 28, 1911 July 8
- Harbor at Malcensine on Lake Garda
- Members of the 10th Mountain Division 2nd Battalion 85th Regiment Headquarters stand near a boat used to carry "Long Toms" across Lake Garda in Italy during the Italian campaign of World War II. Buildings, trucks, and tanks are near the water.
- World War, 1939-1945--Military personnel--Italy--1940-1950.; Garda, Lake (Italy)--1940-1950.; Harbors--Italy--1940-1950.; Infantry--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Military personnel--Italy--1940-1950.; Sailboats--Italy--1940-1950.; United States....
- [1945]
- Original Deadwood Coach, most famous vehicle in the world
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody and another man sit on the Deadwood Stagecoach, which is pulled by three teams of mules. The photograph was taken in the yard of the Abbot-Downing Co., by W.G.C. Kimball, July 4, 1895. The coach was built by...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Stagecoaches--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Burke, John, d. 1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1897?]
- Ouray County Sutton Mine
- View of the shafthouse of the Sutton Mine and mill across from Bear Creek Falls near Ouray (Ouray County), Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Ouray--1930-1940.; Ouray County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Ouray--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Mine office near Fall River - across Clear Creek west of Idaho Springs, 1942
- View of the former residence for the superintendent of the Stanley Consoldiated Mining Company near Fall River, across Clear Creek, west of Idaho Springs, Clear Creek County, Colorado; shows a two-story frame building with three dormers and a porch...
- Dumont, John M.--Homes & haunts.; Houses--Colorado--Fall River--1950-1960.; Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Fall River (Colo. : Town)--1950-1960.; Stanley Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mine...
- 1942
- First American ponton bridge across Po River at San Benedetto Po, Italy
- Major General Willis D. Crittenberger and other high ranking officers watch the 5th Army, 1554th Engineering Heavy Ponton Battalion complete the first ponton bridge (an M-2 Treadway pontoon bridge) built across the Po River at San Benedetto Po...
- World War, 1939-1945--Engineering & construction--Italy--San Benedetto Po.; San Benedetto Po (Italy)--1940-1950.; Bridge construction--Italy--San Benedetto Po--1940-1950.; Military occupations--American--Italy--San Benedetto Po--1940-1950.; Pontoon...
- 1945 April 25
- UFW Grape boycott march
- Father Marshall Gourley, followed by Mike Wilzoch, marches past a vineyard near Fresno, California. The grape boycott demonstration was held in conjunction with the 1975 United Farm Workers of American Convention in Fresno. An unidentified man...
- United Farm Workers of America--People--1970-1980.; Mexican Americans--1970-1980.; Hispanic Americans--1970-1980.; Fresno (Calif.)--1970-1980.; Demonstrations.; Boycotts.; Grapes.; Priests.; Gourley, Marshall, Father--Pictorial works.; United Farm...
- [1975]
- Great Western Sugar Company Plant and office
- View of the Great Western Sugar Company plant and office in Brighton (Adams County), Colorado. Shows a large processing plant with a tall smokestack and round silos. The plant is constructed of brick and has large windows across the length of...
- Great Western Sugar Company--Buildings--1980-1990.; Brighton (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Sugar industry.; Great Western Sugar Company--Buildings--Pictorial works.; Beet sugar industry--Colorado--Brighton--Pictorial works.; Brighton (Colo.)--Pictorial...
- 1989
- Arapahoe Community College
- View of Arapahoe Community College at 5900 South Santa Fe Drive in Littleton (Arapahoe County), Colorado. There are picnic tables on the south side of the concrete building. Two students walk across the lawn. The four story concrete building has a...
- Arapahoe Community College--2000-2010.; Littleton (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Universities & colleges.; Arapahoe Community College--Pictorial works.; Community colleges--Colorado--Littleton--Pictorial works.; Littleton (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 2007
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Number 33, 1912 August 17
- Toy cradleboard
- Shows a Native American (Ute) toy cradleboard. It is constructed of a rectangular board, buckskin, red velveteen and canvas and decorated with copper, button, fringe, white, blue, red and yellow glass beads. The cradle has a hood and the front was...
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1890.; Ute Indians--Arts & crafts--1880-1890.; Cradleboards--1880-1890.
- 1880
- Ocean Park, Ocean Promenade
- Vacationers sit on benches and walk on Pier Avenue in Ocean Park in Santa Monica (Los Angeles County), California. Above the pedestrians, chairs sit on a second story balcony. Across the street, an outdoor band shell is built into the second floor...
- Santa Monica (Calif.)--1900-1920.; Benches--California--Santa Monica--1900-1920.; Commercial facilities--California--Santa Monica--1900-1920.; People--California--Santa Monica--1900-1920.; Sitting--California--Santa Monica--1900-1920.;...
- [between 1907 and 1915?]
- William F. Cody driving Deadwood Stage
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody drives the Deadwood Stagecoach, pulled by three teams of mules, probably in Concord, New Hampshire in 1895. A man sits next to Cody, and several passengers ride inside. A banner reading "1868 Home Again 1895"...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Stagecoaches--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1895?]
- Colorado Springs, Colorado
- View across open plain across a embankment to Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, show dwellings, livestock pens and mountains in the background.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1890.
- 1880 May 1
- Crystal Lake, Platte Canon, Colo. & Southern Ry.
- A man sits under a tree, looking across Crystal Lake, Jefferson County, Colorado, in the left side of a panorama view. Colorado and Southern Railway tracks wind through the canyon; shows a few wood frame structures including a station depot across...
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1900-1930.; Crystal Lake (Jefferson County, Colo.)--1900-1930.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Platte Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Canyons--Colorado--Jefferson County--1900-1930.; Lakes &...
- [between 1900 and 1930]
- Lake City Episcopal church
- Saint James the Less Parish Episcopal church, Lake City, Hinsdale County, Colorado, is a one room structure with a cross atop the gable. In this double exposure, the Presbyterian church appears to be across the street to the east; in fact, it is...
- Lake City (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Episcopal churches--Colorado--Lake City--1930-1970.; Presbyterian churches--Colorado--Lake City--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1969]
- Alice, view looking southwest
- Southwest across Alice, in Clear Creek County, Colorado is one of the largest mining camps in the Fall River valley below Saint (St.) Mary's Glacier, settled in the early 1880s. Widely scattered ruins of the small boom town include mines and...
- Alice (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Alice--1910-1920.
- 1911
- 4th Annual New-Times Marathon
- The start of the 4th Annual Mountain Marathon sponsored by the Rocky Mountain News and the Denver Times, Denver, Colorado. A banner that hangs across the street reads: "Start. 4th Annual Mountain Marathon June 3rd. News-Times." Shows bystanders, a...
- Denver Times--Public relations--1900-1930.; Rocky Mountain News--Public relations--1900-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Automobile racing--Colorado--Denver--1900-1930.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1900-1930.
- [between 1900 and 1930?]
- Ladies among lily pads at "Rose Acres"
- Two women, possibly sisters Laura and Minnie Liebhardt, walk through a lily pond in their slips at Rose Acres, West 26th Avenue, Denver, Colorado. Rose Acres was owned by the two sisters. Several of the lily pads in the pond were cement so that you...
- Rose Acres (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Estates--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Lily ponds--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Water lilies--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Liebhardt, Laura--Homes & haunts.; Liebhardt,...
- 1925
- Arizona, on the Line of the Santa Fe Ry.
- View of El Tovar Hotel from near Maricopa Point, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. The hotel stands near the edge of the canyon, surrounded by a rocky desert landscape.
- Hotel El Tovar--1900-1920.; Bright Angel Trail (Ariz.)--1900-1920.; Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.)--1900-1920.; Canyons--Arizona--1900-1920.; Hotels--Arizona--1900-1920.; National parks & reserves--Arizona--1900-1920.; Trails &...
- [between 1905 and 1915]
- Under the patronage of Royalty and the Marquis & Marchioness of Bute
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody stands in front of the Deadwood Stagecoach, which was used in an act of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Cody wears thigh boots and a buckskin coat decorated with beaded flowers and tassles. He holds a long whip...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Stagecoaches--1880-1890.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Nelson, John Young, b. 1826.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Gunnison River state bridge
- A man and a collie stand in front of the fixed bridge with steel railings that spans the Gunnison River near Austin, Colorado. The man wears a suit and hat and has a long, white beard. A two story, masonry house with chimneys, rectangular windows,...
- Austin (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Bridges--Colorado--Austin--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Western Pacific - street scene in Oroville, California
- View across Meyers Street, in Oroville, California; shows a buggy, a car, brick businesses with stone entablature, a mailbox, and signs: "First National Bank," "The Globe Express Co. Adams Express Co. Express Forwarded to All Points," "Dr. F. W....
- Oroville (Calif.)--1910-1920.; Business districts--California--Oroville--1910-1920.; Carriages & coaches--California--Oroville--1910-1920.; Streets--California--Oroville--1910-1920.
- June, 1913
- The babies on the block
- Portrait in front of McClures studio at 2128 Glenarm Place, Denver, Colorado, shows Mary Rebecca "Pinkie" Shrock (McClure's sister-in- law) with her children seated on the door step to the studio. Possibly Mary Rebecca seated holding "Doc"...
- McClure, Louis Charles, 1867-1957.--Homes & haunts.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Children--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Families--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Photographic studios--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.;...
- [1900]
- At 46th Avenue Globeville showing the new bridge
- View of a bridge across the South Platte River on 46th (Forty-sixth) Avenue in the Globeville neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. A sign on a nearby building reads: "Burkhardt Packing & Provision Co."
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Globeville (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1910-1920.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Rivers--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Mt. Wilson
- View across timbered slopes towards Mount Wilson (elevation 14,246 feet), San Miguel County, Colorado; split log rail fence across meadow, center left.
- San Miguel County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Wilson, Mount (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mountains--Colorado--San Miguel County--1900-1910.
- [between 1907 and 1910]
- Carbondale, Colo. football, 1911 ("Potato Day") "Welcome"
- Crowded street scene in Carbondale, Roaring Fork River Valley, Garfield County, Colorado, includes two woman (one displays a football pennant); an elderly man wears cowboy hat, another wears a bowler hat. A large group of people are in the distance...
- Carbondale (Colo.)--1900-1910.
- 1911
- Leadville Opera House, 1933
- This interior view of the Tabor Opera House from the upper balcony across the circular loge towards the stage in Leadville, Colorado, includes a curved rail, Andrews patent ornate cast iron opera chairs with upholstered seats and backs, mounted...
- Tabor Opera House--1930-1940.; Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors.; Opera houses--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theatrical productions--1930-1940.
- 1933
- Deadwood Stage
- A man drives the Deadwood Stagecoach, pulled by three teams of mules, through a dirt arena during a performance of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. A large tent covers the viewing stands in the background. Tall buildings stand behind the tent. The...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Stagecoaches--1880-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Famous Deadwood Coach of Buffalo Bill's Wild West
- John Y. Nelson, a scout and member of the cast of Buffalo Bill's Wild West, sits on top of the back of the Deadwood Stagecoach, which is pulled by three teams of mules. A man sits on the buckboard. Johnny Baker, William Frederick "Buffalo Bill"...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Stagecoaches--1880-1890.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Baker, Johnny, d. 1931.; Nelson, John Young, b. 1826.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1887?]
- Mrs. W. B. Vickers house
- Six people (four women and two men) and a dog sit on rocks in the middle of the North Fork of the Platte River in Ferndale, Colorado, in Jefferson County. A barbed wire fence is strung across the bank of the river in the foreground. A small cabin...
- Ferndale (Colo.)--1890-1900.; South Platte River, North Fork (Colo.)--1890-1900.; People--Colorado--Ferndale--1890-1900.; Rivers--Colorado--Ferndale--1890-1900.
- September, 1894
- Glenwood Hot Springs and Bath House
- View of the city of Glenwood Springs and the stone and wood frame buildings at the Yampah (Yampa) Hot Springs bathhouse and pool, Glenwood Springs (Garfield County), Colorado. Shows a bridge across the Colorado River, the Colorado Midland spur...
- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1880-1890.; Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Bathhouses--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1880-1890.; Rivers--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1880-1890.;...
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Nebagaman Chief, standing, wearing war bonnet with horns, 3/4 length
- Nebagaman, Dakota Chief, 3/4 length standing studio portrait with painted backdrop, wearing headdress with buffalo horns and feathers trailing down back, necklaces, woven beaded sash across chest with another sash with metal coins across opposite...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Calumets--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Nebagaman.
- [188-?]
- Dreadful flood of the [sic] Pueblo, Colo., looking east from the hill front of the Union Depot
- Panoramic view of Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company rail yard in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado after the Arkansas River flood. Shows flood water and debris on tracks, overturned D. & R.G. and A.T. & S.F. freight cars, piles of...
- Ridgway, Arthur Osbourne, 1870-1953.; Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Arkansas River--1920-1930.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.;...
- 1921 June
- Central City, Colo. 1890-1899 circ. (prints)
- below the high school is the future site of the Central City elementary school, built in 1901 and called the Clark School.; St. Paul's Episcopal Church and the Central City public high school stand in the right midground on High Street in Central...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [1899?]
- North Clear Creek. Hidden Treasure Mill
- across the creek from the tracks. A building stands in the background at the base of a rocky hill. The tracks of the Gilpin Tramway run around the hillside in midground.; The Hidden Treasure Mill in Gilpin County, Colorado, stands in the center of...
- Gilpin County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mills--Colorado--Gilpin County--1890-1900.
- [1899?]
- The Gardeners, Zuni
- Native American (Zuni) women and one man tend a garden across from Zuni Pueblo, New Mexico. The garden is laid out in two grids in a waffle pattern divided by short dirt walls. The village appears in the background across a shallow river bed. Most...
- Indians of North America--Agriculture--New Mexico--Zuni--1920- 1930.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Zuni--1920-1930.; Zuni Indians--New Mexico--Zuni--1920-1930.; Zuni (N.M.)--1920-1930.; Gardening--New Mexico--Zuni--1920-1930.
- [1926?]
- Mesa Verde, excavations
- A large rock stands in the foreground of this view across an adobe ring north of Pithouse C at Step House, one of Mesa Verde National Park's cliff dwellings. Additional rocks are stacked on a pile of dirt. People have left footprints on the dirt...
- Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Step House (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Archaeological sites--Colorado--1920-1930.; Cliff dwellings--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [1926?]
- Diamond Lake 1952
- Arapaho Peak on the border of Boulder and Grand Counties in Colorado is reflected on the surface of Diamond Lake in Boulder County. Cumulus and nimbus rain clouds top the peaks.
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Grand County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Boulder County--1950-1960.; Mountains--Colorado--1950-1960.
- [1952?]
- Columbines (near Eldorado 1939)
- Columbine flowers bloom on a hill near Eldora (originally called Eldorado) in Boulder County, Colorado. The Columbine was named the state flower of Colorado on April 17, 1891 when school students from across the state voted for it as part of the...
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Eldora (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Wildflowers--Colorado--Eldora--1930-1940.
- [1939?]
- Timberline Tree "Timberline Majesty"
- The trunk of a tree, possibly a Limber Pine, splits in two to form a V-shape on a ridge at timberline near Pile Hill west of Apex in Gilpin County, Colorado. Additional pine trees stand in the foreground and background. Large clouds are in the sky....
- Limber pine--Colorado--Apex--1940-1950.; Timberline--Colorado--Apex--1940-1950.; Apex (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Clouds--1940-1950.
- [1941?]
- Central City, Colorado
- above the empty elementary school lot and next to St. Paul's Episcopal Church. The tops of the Granite House and Knights of Pythias building are visible across the street from the livery in the left midground. A man stands next to a set of wagon...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Anglican churches--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Congregational churches--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Schools--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.;...
- [1898?]
- Central City, Colorado
- stairs extends down the hill from the academy to the Catholic church (later the site of St. Mary's of the Assumption Church built in 1892). Numerous brick buildings stand along Main Street in the midground, including the Temple of Fashion, an...
- Central City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Churches--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.; Schools--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- General view of Lake City, Colorado
- View north from bluff above Henson Creek across Lake City, Colorado; shows Saint Rose of Lima and Vickers House in foreground, two wooden bridges across high water of Henson Creek to Silver and Gunnison Streets, Lake Fork of the Gunnison River, and...
- Lake City (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Lake City--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Lake City
- View north from bluff above Henson Creek across valley and Lake City, Colorado; shows two wooden bridges across Henson Creek to Silver and Gunnison Streets, and wood frame and brick structures. Commercial buildings include a blacksmith, livery,...
- Lake City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Lake City--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Lake City--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1883]
- Beaver Brook railroad depot
- Stereographic view of men and women standing on the platform and stairs in front of the ticket office at Beaver Brook Station near where Beaver Brook meets Clear Creek on the border of Clear Creek and Jefferson counties in Colorado. A sign on the...
- Signs and signboards--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1870-1900.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Bridges--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1870-1900.; Dance halls--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1870-1900.;...
- [between 1875 and 1900?]
- Chambers Lake
- Stereographic view of a dead tree lying in the foreground on the shore of a small inlet of Chambers Lake, west of Fort Collins in Larimer County, Colorado. A large tree branch protrudes into the left foreground. Additional trees and shrubs stand...
- Chambers Lake (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Larimer County (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Larimer County--1870-1900.; Tree limbs--Colorado--Larimer County--1870-1900.
- [between 1875 and 1900?]
- Central City before the fire
- The Teller House stands in the left center background on Eureka Street in Central City, Colorado. The hotel was named for Henry M. Teller, one of Colorado's first senators. Across Eureka Street is St. James Methodist Church. Houses and businesses...
- Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Mining--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1876?]
- Manitou from the East D. & R. G.
- topped corner tower. Manitou School, bell tower. wooden bridge across Fountain Creek A two story gable- roofed house with chimneys is in the lower left. Pike's Peak ; View of Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking southwest; shows the Manitou House...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [1886]
- Manitou
- Fountain Creek is left of center, bottom. A brick residence with a gabled roof and chimneys sits on Manitou Avenue; across the street is the D. & R. G. Railroad Station, a rusticated stone building with a high gabled roof, a chimney at each end,...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]