Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- 1016 scalps, summer of 1919, Arizona
- Two men hold signs over a heap of animal pelts in Arizona. Some animals have tags. The signs read: "1016 Scalps. Summer of 1919. Arizona" and "U.S. Biological Survey and Live Stock Sanitary Board Cooperating in the Destruction of Predatory Animals."
- Hides & skins--Arizona--1910-1920.; Hunting--Arizona--1910-1920.
- 1919
- Balfour, Colo. 10 days old
- The new settlement of Balfour, Colorado, in Park County, situated on the plains of the San Luis Valley, is a town of tent dwellings and simple, one-story, wood-frame buildings with gables. Split-rail fences enclose small yards that contain...
- Balfour (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Dwellings--Colorado--Balfour--1880-1890.; Tents--Colorado--Balfour--1880-1890.
- 1889
- Balfour, Colo. 10 days old
- The new settlement of Balfour, Colorado, in Park County, situated on the plains of the San Luis Valley consists of tents, and simple, one- story, wood-frame buildings with gables. Split-rail fences enclose small yards that contain animals. Some...
- Balfour (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Dwellings--Colorado--Balfour--1890-1900.; Tents--Colorado--Balfour--1890-1900.
- December 31, 1893
- Balfour, Colo. 10 days old
- The new settlement of Balfour, Colorado, in Park County, situated on the plains of the San Luis Valley, consists of tents and simple, one- story, wood-frame buildings with gables. Split-rail fences enclose small yards that contain animals. Some...
- Balfour (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Dwellings--Colorado--Balfour--1890-1900.; Tents--Colorado--Balfour--1890-1900.
- December 31, 1893
- Balfour, Colo., 10 days old
- The new settlement of Balfour, Colorado, in Park County, situated on the plains of the San Luis Valley, consists of tents, and simple, one- story, wood-frame buildings with gables. Split-rail fences enclose small yards that contain animals. Some...
- Balfour (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Dwellings--Colorado--Balfour--1890-1900.; Tents--Colorado--Balfour--1890-1900.
- December 31, 1893
- Indians butchering cattle
- Native American (Plains) men and women butcher cattle in an open field. Two men are on horseback and stand near two separate animals. The men wear hats.
- Indians of North America--Great Plains--1910-1930.; Great Plains--1910-1930.; Beef cattle--Great Plains--1910-1930.; Horseback riding--Great Plains--1910-1930.; Slaughtering--Great Plains--1910-1930.; Women--Great Plains--1910-1930.
- [between 1912 and 1925?]
- Sioux council at Fort Yates, large group in circle
- Large group of Dakota and white men, women and children, standing and sitting on the ground, in a circle, probably gathered for a council at the Standing Rock Reservation. In background are log cabins, wagons and animals.
- Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Indian reservations--Dakota Territory.; Dakota Indians.; Standing Rock Indian Reservation (N.D. and S.D.)
- [188-?]
- Archaeology, Colorado
- Closeup view of petroglyphs at the ruins of Hawikuh in New Mexico. The pictures are mostly linear and some resemble animals.
- Hawikuh (N.M.)--1900-1920.; Archaeological sites--New Mexico--1900-1920.; Rock art--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1907 and 1917?]
- A narrow escape from the buffaloes
- A man on a fallen horse is on the ground beside an American buffalo herd as they stampede on the prairie. Coyotes or wolves and antelope run to escape the animals.
- Bison--1850-1870.; Horseback riding--1850-1870.; Stampedes--1850-1870.
- [between 1850 and 1870?]
- Buffalo stampede across the Platte River, Old Fort Kearney, Neb.
- Buffalo stampede across the Platte River near Fort Kearny in Kearney County, Nebraska. Men on horseback with rifles hunt the animals. A wagon train is on the Oregon Trail near the fort. Shows ox-drawn Conestoga wagons. An American flag is on a flag...
- Fort Kearny (Neb.)--1850-1870.; Oregon National Historic Trail--1850-1870.; Platte River (Neb.)--1850-1870.; Bison hunting--Nebraska--Nebraska City--1850-1870.; Covered wagons--Nebraska--Nebraska City--1850-1870.; Forts &...
- [between 1932 and 1938?]
- Those taking part were all brought up by Mr. Wolfe
- The bullfight on August 24 or 25, 1895, in the wood bullring built at the race track in Gillett, Colorado, is about to begin. Joe Wolfe, the organizer of the event and "Master of the Fiesta," wearing a Mexican sombrero, a velvet suit with silver...
- Gillett (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bullfighting--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.; Wolfe, Joe.
- [August 1895]
- Ranch-Way Feed Mills, Fort Collins, Colo.
- View of Ranch Way Feeds located at 546 Willow Street, Fort Collins, Colo. In 1948, an existing flour mill was converted to a feed plant. Locally owned since 1968, Ranch Way Feeds now manufacturers a wide range of feed for birds, livestock,...
- Feed industry--Colorado--Fort Collins--2000-2010.; Fort Collins (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Ranch-Way Feed Mills (Fort Collins, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Feed industry--Colorado--Fort Collins--Pictorial works.; Fort Collins (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 2000
- Art Bible illustration Noah
- Close-up view of a drawing that depicts Noah and a group of animals.
- Biblical events.; Men--1890-1910.; Noah (Biblical figure)
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Harriet & Mary Elizabeth Rhoads
- Mary Elizabeth and Harriet Rhoads pose in winter clothes, holding toy stuffed animals.
- Children playing with toys--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Rhoads, Harriet.; Rhoads, Mary Elizabeth.
- [between 1925 and 1930?]
- Haber & Gebhard Meat Market, Central City
- Two steers, one held by a boy and one held by a man in a butcher's apron, stand in front of the commercial buildings along unpaved Eureka Street in Central City, Colorado. A man in a butcher's apron and a cowboy hat sits on a horse behind the boy...
- Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Business districts--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.; Butcher shops--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.
- [between 1877 and 1879]
- Daniels & Fisher
- Interior view of the Daniels and Fisher store in Denver, Colorado; shows racks of fur shawls, Christmas trees, and taxidermied animals.
- Daniels and Fisher Stores Company--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Christmas decorations--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Clothing & dress--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Department stores--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.;...
- [1902?]
- Daniels & Fisher
- Interior view of the Daniels and Fisher store in Denver, Colorado; shows racks of clothes, Christmas trees, and taxidermied animals.
- Daniels and Fisher Stores Company--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Christmas decorations--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Department stores--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Merchandise...
- [1902?]
- Liberty
- A wood ledge next to a cabin in Liberty, Saguache County, Colorado, holds a variety of bones, including skulls, spines, jaws and other parts of animals. Bones also lie on the ground, near an overturned wood chair.
- Liberty (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Bones--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Indian rock inscription near Del Norte
- Inscriptions on a rock wall near Del Norte (in Rio Grande County in south central Colorado) depict images of people and animals. Several lines are also painted on the surface.
- Del Norte (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1870-1900.; Rock art--Colorado--Del Norte--1870-1900.
- [between 1875 and 1900?]
- Bear, City Park, Denver
- Three bears behind steel bars, City Park, Denver, Colorado; early zoo animals.
- City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Bears--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Zoos--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1899 and 1910]
- Deer, City Park, Denver
- Deer or elk in City Park, Denver, Colorado; one doe eating from a trough; early zoo animals.
- City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Deer--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Zoos--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1899 and 1910]
- Pheasant, City Park, Denver
- Chinese Pheasants in a pen, City Park, Denver, Colorado; over 15 pheasants enclosed in a large pen with piled twigs and sticks in center; early zoo animals.
- City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Pheasants--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Zoos--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1899 and 1910]
- From the Logan Co. grand stand fair day
- View overlooking the Logan County Fair in Sterling, Colorado. Entrants hold their horses, who wear only harnesses, in front of the seating area as spectators walk around and examine the animals. Other spectators watch the tractor and farm...
- Sterling (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Fairs--Colorado--Sterling--1960-1970.
- [between 1963 and 1965]
- School Dist. No. 6 Greeley, Colo.
- Three Greeley, Colorado kindergarteners, two girls and one boy, lovingly feed a chicken and her chicks in the schoolyard of their school in Weld County. The three childern squat near the ground. The two girls, both of whom wear large bows in...
- Greeley (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Chickens--Colorado--Greeley--1930-1940.; Schools--Colorado--Greeley--1930-1940.; Students--Colorado--Greeley--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Arena erected for the Bull Fight, Gillett, Colo. August 24, 25, 26, 1895.
- The wood bullfight ring used for the Mexican bullfight on August 24 and 25, 1895, within the racetrack at Gillett, Colorado, is empty; snow is on the ground around it, and trees on the hills behind are leafless. Joe Wolfe was the organizer of the...
- Gillett (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bullfighting--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.
- 1895
- August 24-26, 1895
- The bullfight on August 24 or 25, 1895 (the event was cancelled on August 26), is taking place in the wood bullring built at the race track in Gillett, Colorado, for the occasion. Joe Wolfe was the organizer of the event which caused a scandal...
- Gillett (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bullfighting--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.
- [August 1895.]
- The Bull-fight at Gillette [sic]
- The bullfight on August 24 or 25, 1895, is taking place in the bullring built at the race track in Gillett, Colorado, for the occasion. Joe Wolfe was the organizer of the event which caused a scandal because of its cruelty to animals. Two of the...
- Gillett (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bullfighters--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.; Bullfighting--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.
- [August 1895]
- Bullfight at Gillett, Colo.
- The bullfight on August 24 or 25, 1895, takes place in the bullring built at the race track in Gillett, Colorado, for the occasion. Joe Wolfe was the organizer of the event which caused a scandal because of its cruelty to animals. The bull lunges...
- Gillett (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bullfighters--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.; Bullfighting--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.; Meadows, Charles Henson, 1860-1932.
- [August 1895.]
- Bullfight at Gillett, Colo.
- The bullfight on August 24 or 25, 1895, takes place in the bullring built at the race track in Gillett, Colorado, for the occasion. Joe Wolfe was the organizer of the event which caused a scandal because of its cruelty to animals. The matador waves...
- Gillett (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bullfighters--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.; Bullfighting--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.; Meadows, Charles Henson, 1860-1932.
- [August 1895.]
- Bullfight at Gillett, Colo. Charlie Meadows, man on right on horse
- The bullfight on August 24 or 25, 1895, takes place in the bullring built at the race track in Gillett, Colorado, for the occasion. Joe Wolfe was the organizer of the event which caused a scandal because of its cruelty to animals. A bullfighter...
- Gillett (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bullfighters--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.; Bullfighting--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.; Meadows, Charles Henson, 1860-1932.
- [August 1895.]
- Gillett, Colo.
- A young matador with a lance, possibly Carlos Garcia or Antonio Sentrea, poses in the bullring where a Mexican bullfight took place on August 24 and 25, 1895, in Gillett, Colorado. A bull stands by the wood fence around the ring. Two spectators sit...
- Gillett (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bullfighters--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.; Bullrings--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.
- [August 1895]
- Gillett, Colorado two bulls were killed before the Deputy Sheriff stopped the show
- The bullfight on August 24 or 25, 1895, is taking place in the wood bullring built at the race track in Gillett, Colorado, for the occasion. Joe Wolfe was the organizer of the event which caused a scandal because of its cruelty to animals. The dead...
- Gillett (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bullfighting--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.; Bulls--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.
- [August 1895.]
- Gillett, Colorado.
- The bullfight on August 24 or 25, 1895, is taking place in the wood bullring built at the race track in Gillett, Colorado, for the occasion. Joe Wolfe was the organizer of the event which caused a scandal because of its cruelty to animals. The bull...
- Gillett (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bullfighting--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.; Marrero, Jose.
- [August 1895.]
- Gillette [sic], Colo. Bullfight
- The bullfight on August 24 or 25, 1895, takes place in the bullring built at the race track in Gillett, Colorado, for the occasion. Joe Wolfe was the organizer of the event which caused a scandal because of its cruelty to animals. The matador waves...
- Gillett (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bullfighters--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.; Bullfighting--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.
- [August 1895.]
- Gillette [sic], Colo. Bullfight Arena
- The bullfight on August 24 or 25, 1895, is taking place in the bullring built at the race track in Gillett, Colorado, for the occasion. Joe Wolfe was the organizer of the event which caused a scandal because of its cruelty to animals. Three men...
- Gillett (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bullfighting--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.; Meadows, Charles Henson, 1860-1932.
- [1895.]
- Mexican Bullfight, Gillett, Colorado
- The bullfight on August 24 or 25, 1895, takes place in the wood bullring built at the race track in Gillett, Colorado, for the occasion. Joe Wolfe was the organizer of the event which caused a scandal because of its cruelty to animals. Two mounted...
- Gillett (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bullfighting--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.
- [August 1895.]
- Mexican Bullfight, Gillett, Colorado
- The bullfight on August 24 or 25, 1895, takes place in the wood bullring built at the race track in Gillett, Colorado, for the occasion. Joe Wolfe was the organizer of the event which caused a scandal because of its cruelty to animals. Two matadors...
- Gillett (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bullfighting--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.
- [August 1895.]
- Mexican Bullfight, Gillett, Colorado
- The bullfight on August 24 or 25, 1895, takes place in the wood bullring built at the race track in Gillett, Colorado, for the occasion. Joe Wolfe was the organizer of the event which caused a scandal because of its cruelty to animals. The empty...
- Gillett (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bullfighting--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.
- [August 1895.]
- Mexican Bullfight, Gillett, Colorado
- The bullfight on August 24 or 25, 1895, takes place in the wood bullring built at the race track in Gillett, Colorado, for the occasion. Joe Wolfe was the organizer of the event which caused a scandal because of its cruelty to animals. The matador,...
- Gillett (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bullfighting--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.; Marrero, Jose.
- [August 1895.]
- Mexican bullfight, Gillett, Colorado
- Bullfight on August 24 or 25, 1895, in the wood bullring at the race track in Gillett, Colorado. Joe Wolfe organized the event which caused a scandal because of its cruelty to animals. The matador, Jose Marrero (with cape) and one of the...
- Gillett (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bullfighting--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.; Marrero, Jose.
- [August 1895.]
- Mexican Bullfight, Gillett, Colorado.
- View of bullfight on August 24 or 25, 1895, the wood bullring built at the race track in Gillett, Colorado, for the occasion. Joe Wolfe was the organizer of the event which caused a scandal because of its cruelty to animals. Two mounted cowboys...
- Gillett (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bullfighting--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.
- [1895 August]
- Mexican bullfight, Gillette, Colorado
- The bullfight on August 24 or 25, 1895, takes place in the wood bull ring built at the race track in Gillett, Colorado, for the occasion. Joe Wolfe was the organizer of the event which caused a scandal because of its cruelty to animals. A man in...
- Gillett (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bullfighting--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.
- [August 1895.]
- Mexican Bullfight, Gillett, Colorado
- A matador, possibly Jose Marrero, looks into the stands during the bullfight on August 24 or 25, 1895, in the wood bullring built at the race track in Gillett, Colorado, for the occasion. The grandstand is almost empty, with people standing in the...
- Gillett (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bullfighting--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.; Marrero, Jose.
- [August 1895.]
- Mexican Bullfight, Gillett, Colorado
- The bullfight on August 24 or 25, 1895, takes place in the wood bullring built at the race track in Gillett, Colorado, for the occasion. Joe Wolfe was the organizer of the event which caused a scandal because of its cruelty to animals. A man in a...
- Gillett (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bullfighting--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.; Meadows, Charles Henson, 1860-1932.
- [August 1895]
- Mexican Bullfight, Gillett, Colorado
- Men, women, and children mill around outside the wood structure in Gillett, Colorado, where a bullfight took place on August 24 and 25, 1895, the wood bullring built at the race track in Gillett, Colorado, for the occasion. A boy wears a plaid...
- Gillett (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bullfighting--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.
- [August 1895.]
- Mexican bullfight ring, Gillett, Colorado
- The wood bullfight ring used for the Mexican bullfight on August 24 and 25, 1895, within the racetrack at Gillett, Colorado, is empty; snow is on the ground; trees on the hills behind are leafless. Joe Wolfe was the organizer of the event which...
- Gillett (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bullfighting--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.
- [1895.]
- Mexican Bullfight, Gillett, Colorado
- View of the bullfight on August 24 or 25, 1895, in the wood bullring built at the race track in Gillett, Colorado, for the occasion. Joe Wolfe was the organizer of the event which caused a scandal because of its cruelty to animals. Three horseback...
- Gillett (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bullfighting--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.
- [August 1895.]
- Mexican Bullfight, Gillett, Colorado
- The bullfight on August 24 or 25, 1895, takes place in the wood bullring built at the race track in Gillett, Colorado, for the occasion. Joe Wolfe was the organizer of the event which caused a scandal because of its cruelty to animals. A matador...
- Gillett (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bullfighting--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.; Meadows, Charles Henson, 1860-1932.; Wolfe, Joe.
- [August 1895.]
- Globeville School food distribution project
- Photograph of a food distribution project at Globeville Elementary School in Denver, Colorado. Included in the picture are two unidentified students standing at the end of a long table looking at a large display. The display consists of two...
- Food Processing.; Globeville School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- undated
- Teller School
- Photograph of young children at Teller Elementary School in Denver, Colorado during a class activity. Inside a boat crafted from paper and wood with the name Queen Mary, nine students participate in a class boat project. Four boys stand at the...
- Teller School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- undated