Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Gen. Hays VI day, Lake Garda
- General George P. Hays, commander of the Tenth Mountain Division in Italy speaks into a microphone at the shores of Lake Garda to annonouce the Victory in Italy over the German Army. Eight other staff members stand near. In background the mountains...
- Military officers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Hays, George P.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- May 2, 1945
- Skitroopers in the distance
- Three Tenth Mountain Division soldiers in "whites" or winter camouflage uniforms ski in a line through pine trees on a gentle slope during army maneuvers held near Camp Hale, Colorado.
- Ski troops--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- [1944]
- Mountain obstacle course at Camp Hale, Colorado
- Two soldiers, members of the 10th Light Infantry Division (Alpine) [later renamed 10th Mountain Division], free climb a rock cliff on the obstacle course at Camp Hale in Eagle County, Colorado. The men wear packs and have coiled ropes and rifles...
- World War, 1939-1945--American--Military Personnel--Colorado--Camp Hale.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Cliffs--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Climbing--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Military training--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.;...
- 1943
- Wounded African American Vietnam War veteran
- A wounded African American veteran lies on a bed at Fitzsimons Army Hospital in Aurora, Colorado. He wears military fatigues and has his left arm in a cage type sling. An official of the Disabled Veterans of America hands him a certificate that...
- Disabled American Veterans--People--1960-1970.; Fitzsimons Army Medical Center--1960-1970.; African Americans--Military service--1960-1970.; Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Medical aspects.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Awards.; Interiors.; Soldiers.; War...
- [between 1965 and 1970?]
- Barnum Elementary School with Army Jeep
- Photograph of numerous students from Barnum Elementary School standing on both sides of an Army Jeep driven by an U.S. Army soldier in Denver, Colorado. Behind the Jeep several older students hold a sign the reads "Barnum-Perry Buys Jeeps".
- World War, 1939-1945--American--Military personnel.; World War, 1939-1945--Transportation--United States.; School children.; Barnum School (Denver, Colo.); Barnum (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public...
- 1943
- Western History Subject Index
- Holidays. Army day
- Western History Subject Index
- Salvation army
- Western History Subject Index
- U.S. united states Army. colorado
- U.S. Army Air Forces Technical Training Command Seal at the former Lowry Air Force Base, Denver
- View of U.S. Army Air Forces Technical Training Command seal in the terrazzo floor of the former Lowry Air Force Base Armament Building (constructed in 1942) at 130 Rampart Way in the Lowry Field neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a shield...
- United States. Army Air Forces. Technical Training Command--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Lowry Field neighborhood (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Emblems.; Floors.; United States. Army Air Forces. Technical Training Command--Pictorial...
- [between 2002 and 2003?]
- George Wise memorial
- View of George Wise memorial in the Grand Army of the Republic section (block 17) of Riverside Cemetery (incorporated 1876) at 5201 Brighton Boulevard in the Elyria-Swansea neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a memorial capped by a large...
- Wise, George Cheyenne--Tomb--2000-2010.; Riverside Cemetery (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Elyria-Swansea (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Cemeteries.; Tombs and sepulchral monuments.; Wise, George Cheyenne--Tomb--Pictorial...
- 2003
- Juan Bautista Córdova and family
- Studio portrait of Magdalena Córdova, daughter of Juan Bautista Córdova, and his wife, María Quirina Sánches. Magdalena wears a long dress with leg of mutton sleeves, and velvet trim. Her hair is curled and pulled back. She stands beside...
- Hispanic Americans--1890-1900.; Mexican Americans--1890-1900.; Families.; Pictorial works.; Women.; Córdova, Juan Bautista, 1830---Pictorial works.; Córdova, Magdalena, 1867---Pictorial works.; Sánches, María Quirina, 1836---Pictorial...
- [between 1890 and 1895?]
- The City of Denver: Volume 1 Number 12, 1913 March 22
- Pueblo flood
- View of the inside of an army tent erected near Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Tents were erected to house residents who lost their homes to the Arkansas River flood. Shows a baby in the middle of the tent, a book, a chair, clothes, a bench and...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Disaster relief--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Infants--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Tents--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.
- [1921]
- Fort Yellowstone, Yellowstone National Park
- View of Fort Yellowstone located in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. The Fort was built to house United States Army troops charged with protecting Yellowstone National Park from poachers, souvenir hunters and developers. Shows multi-storied...
- Fort Yellowstone (Wyo.)--1900-1910.; Yellowstone National Park--1900-1910.; Military facilities.; National parks & reserves.
- c1905
- Meeker, Colorado
- Copy image of a 1887 H. A. Wildhack original of the first quarters of the J. W. Hugus and Company general merchandisers and bankers, Meeker, Rio Blanco County, Colorado, with three men standing on the boardwalk and another on horseback. The wood...
- Meeker (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Meeker--1880-1900.
- 1887
- Meeker, Colorado
- A group of men gather on the boardwalk and on horses in front of the first building of the J. W. Hugus and Company general merchandisers and bankers, Meeker, Rio Blanco County, Colorado. The wood false front building once was an army barracks...
- Meeker (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Commercial buildings--Colorado--Meeker--1880-1890.
- 1889
- Camp Boynton, Beaver Park
- Outdoor scene of Camp Boynton, Beaver Park, Teller County, Colorado; shows members of the Deputy Army, horses and wooden wagons in a tent camp during the Cripple Creek miner's strike of 1894; shows Big Bull Mountain.
- Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1893.; Big Bull Mountain (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Miner's strikes--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Soldiers--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.;...
- 1894
- Unid. army aviators, U.S. Army Air Corp.
- View of three unidentified members of the United States Army Air Force in front of an airplane in Denver, Colorado. The men wear uniforms with caps, pilot wings, and service ribbons; one man wears a ribbon that reads: "Contestant."
- United States. Army.--People--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Airplanes--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Cavalry Scouts. Camp Boynton Beaver Park
- Members of the Deputy Army, there to suppress the Cripple Creek Strike of 1894, pose outdoors at Beaver Park, Teller County, Colorado. Men stand and are on horseback near pitched tents. Some men hold rifles or pistols. All men wear hats.
- Teller County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.; Military scouts--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.; Soldiers--American--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.
- 1894
- Capt. Browns Leadville company
- Capt Brown's Leadville Company, Deputy Army, poses outdoors near Big Bull Mountain, Teller County, Colorado; they were brought in to suppress the Cripple Creek Strike of 1894. The men hold rifles and wear hats. One man holds a U. S. flag. A...
- Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1894.; Teller County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cannons--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.; Militias--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.; Miners' strikes--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Brown,...
- 1894
- Camp Boynton Beaver Park
- Members of the Deputy Army militia brought in to suppress the Cripple Creek Strike of 1894, stand near the "mess" at Beaver Park, Teller County, Colorado. Men stand, sit, and eat near an outdoor kitchen surrounded by a wooden rail fence. The men...
- Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1894.; Teller County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Eating & drinking--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.; Militias--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.; Miners' strikes--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1894
- Company K. Capt Browns Leadville Company
- Captain Brown's Leadville Company and Company K. of the Deputy Army militia, sent to suppress the 1894 Cripple Creek Strike, pose outdoors at Beaver Park, Teller County, Colorado. The men stand and kneel, some shoulder rifles while others take aim....
- Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1894.; Teller County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cannons--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.; Militias--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.; Miners' strikes--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.;...
- 1894
- Cavalry company
- The cavalry company of the Deputy Army militia, sent to suppress the Cripple Creek Strike of 1894, pose outdoors on horseback at Camp Boynton, Beaver Park, Teller County, Colorado. The mounted cavalrymen hold rifles and wear hats. Governor Davis H....
- Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1894.; Teller County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cavalry--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.; Militias--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.; Miners'...
- 1894
- Company M. Camp Boynton Beaver Park
- Members of Company M of the Deputy Army, sent in to suppress the Cripple Creek Strike of 1894, pose outdoors near Big Bull Mountain, Beaver Park, Teller County, Colorado. The men shoulder rifles and wear hats. Other members of the Deputy Army stand...
- Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1894.; Teller County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Militias--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.; Miners' strikes--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.
- 1894
- Cavalry company
- The Deputy Army, sent to suppress the first miner's labor strike in Cripple Creek, assembles at camp, Teller County, Colorado. The men pose in a line on horseback and hold rifles; one man is in front of the line.
- Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1894.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cavalry--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Militias--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Miners'...
- 1894
- Rear Guard at Midland
- Members of the Rear Guard of the Deputy Army, sent to suppress the Cripple Creek Strike of 1894, pose at Midland, Teller County, Colorado. Some men shoulder rifles, others wear armbands with crosses. Three men lie on a pile of bedrolls and other...
- Midland Terminal Railway--1890-1900.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1894.; Midland (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Militia--Colorado--Midland--1890-1900.; Miners' strikes--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Railroad...
- 1894
- Company K Capt. Browns Leadville Company
- Captain Brown's Leadville Company and Company K. of the Deputy Army, sent to suppress the 1894 Cripple Creek Strike, pose outdoors at Beaver Park, near Gillett, Teller County, Colorado. The men stand and kneel, some shoulder rifles while others...
- Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1894.; Gillett (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cannons--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.; Militias--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.; Miners' strikes--Colorado--Cripple...
- 1894
- Camp Boynton Beaver Park
- The Black members of Company K of the Deputy Army, sent to suppress the Cripple Creek Strike of 1894, pose outdoors and aim rifles at Camp Boynton, Beaver Park, Teller County, Colorado. The men stand in front of pitched tents. Two men hold U. S....
- African Americans--Military service--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1894.; Teller County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Military camps--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.; Militias--Colorado--Teller...
- 1894
- Closing scenes of the Apache war
- Two scenes from Crook's campaigns against the Native American Chiricahua. Top: "Geronimo and His Band" shows Geronimo center on horseback, his band flanking with rifles. Bottom: "General Crook's Conference with Geronimo" shows the Apaches and U.S....
- Chiricahua Indians--Mexico--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Mexico--1880-1890.; Cañon de los Embudos (Mexico)--1880-1890.; Sonora (Mexico : State)--1880-1890.; Generals--Mexico--1880-1890.; Horseback riding--1880-1890.;...
- 1886 April 24
- 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
- Chow time at the field kitchdn [sic] set up by Fitzsimons General hosp. was a welcome sight to these Colo. youths who had workded all night in the disaster relief operation
- View of the Fitzsimons General Hospital's outdoor kitchen set up beside the Denver and Rio Grande Western and the Atichson, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad tracks below the rhyolite lava formation of Castle Rock, Colorado, to feed flood relief...
- Castle Rock (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Disaster relief--Colorado--Castle Rock--1960-1970.; Floods--Colorado--Castle Rock--1960-1970.
- 1965
- Title page of the Wheeler album
- Title page from the Wheeler album reads: "Photographs showing landscapes, geological and other features, of portions of the western territory of the United States. Obtained in connection with Geographical and Geological Explorations and Surveys...
- Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.)
- 1876
- Gilpin Tramway
- The tracks of the Gilpin Tramway curve through the foreground of this view of several mines on Gunnell Hill in Central City, Colorado. A group of houses lines this portion of Eureka Street, one of the main roads through Central City. The Gunnell...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Nevadaville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.
- [1899?]
- Soldiers and tracks at Lowry Field
- Men in uniform march in formation on a dirt road at Lowry Army Air Force Base in the Lowry Field neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows railroad tracks constructed by the Work Projects Administration (WPA), an airplane hangar that reads "[U].S....
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Lowry Air Force Base (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Barracks--Colorado--Lowry Air Force Base--1940-1950.; Military facilities--Colorado--Lowry Air Force Base--1940-1950.; Military...
- [1941?]
- View of Central City area, 1899
- Snow covers Gunnell Hill and the upper end of Eureka Street in Central City, Colorado. Houses line the dirt road. Several mines stand on the hillside, including the Gunnell, the Grand Army and the Concrete mines. Large rocks are in the right...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Hills--Colorado--Central City--1890-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Central City--1890-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Central City--1890-1920.; Snow--Colorado--Central City--1890-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Central...
- [between 1899 and 1920?]
- Dallas Railway & Terminal Co.
- Dallas Railway and Terminal Company electric interurban trolley car #423 stops on Culver Street in Dallas, Texas. Lettering on the "enlistment car" reads: "The U.S. Army Has a Good Job for You, Enlist Now!," "Education, Travel, Security, in the New...
- Dallas Railway & Terminal Co.--1940-1950.; Dallas (Tex.)--1940-1950.; Electric railroads--Texas--Dallas--1940-1950.; Residential streets--Texas--Dallas--1940-1950.
- 1946 February 14
- Denver & Rio Grande Western R.R., U.S. Army diesel 4700N U.A. Army diesel 4700N, below, distant, approaching Carbon, Jct., Colo.
- U.S. Army diesel 4700N, with freight cars, is on Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks near Carbon Junction (La Plata County), Colorado. Shows the freight train in a valley beside the Animas River. Rolling hills are in the distance.
- United States. Army.--Equipment & supplies--1950-1960.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Animas River (Colo. and N.M.)--1950-1960.; La Plata County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Railroads--Colorado--La Plata County--1950-1960.
- 1954 February 24
- The first casualty of World War II evacuated by a tramway arrives at the end of his four-minute journey.
- Medics and soldiers move towards a dead man on a stretcher hanging from a small temporary aerial tramway built by the members of the 126th Mountain Engineers at Riva Ridge in Bologna Province, Italy. The medics wear helmets with crosses painted on...
- World War, 1939-1945--American--Casualties--American--Italy--Bologna (Italy : Province); Bologna (Italy : Province)--1940-1950.; Aerial tramways--Italy--Bologna (Italy : Province)--1940-1950.; Dead persons--Italy--Bologna (Italy :...
- 1945 February 21
- East Denver High School Annual: Class of 1918
- 1918 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1918
- East High spotlight: vol 24 no 5
- Christmas edition of the newspaper produced by East High School of Denver, Colorado. Included in the paper are photographs of students, articles on school events and sports.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1942 December 10
- East High spotlight: vol 29 no 24
- Newspaper produced by East High School of Denver, Colorado. Included in the paper are photographs of students, articles on school events and sports.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1942 November
- Western History Subject Index
- Army
- Western History Subject Index
- Newbould, Victor
- Western History Subject Index
- Salvation army
- Western History Subject Index
- Salvation army
- Western History Subject Index
- U.S. united states Army. Colorado
- Counties Outside of Denver Draft Quotas 1917 : Men Called To The Colors In Counties Outside Denver
- A transcription of an original article in the Denver Post pertaining to "the fact that the official quotas of men to be called into the national army thru the first draft were not completed for Denver and other Colorado counties when the drawing...
- World War, 1914-1918--Colorado.; Colorado--Genealogy--Sources.; Denver (Colo.)--History, Military.; United States. Selective Service System--Sources.; United States. Army--Recruiting, enlistment, etc.--World War, 1914-1918.; United States....
- Undated
- Nebraska Civil War Grand Army of the Republic, A-D
- List of members of the Grand Army of the Republic from Nebraska. Includes name, unit and GAR Post if available.
- Nebraska--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.; Veterans--Nebraska--Indexes.; Grand Army of the Republic. Dept. of Nebraska--Indexes
- Coxey army scenes
- Participants in Coxey's Army have a meal in camp as they pass through Colorado. An American flag is staked in the ground, laundry hangs on a clothesline.
- Coxey's Army--1890-1900.; Camping--Colorado--1890-1900.; Eating & drinking--Colorado--1890-1900.; Unemployed--Colorado--1890-1900.
- 1894 March
- The Salvation Army Camp Elephant Rock Lodge Palmer Lake, Colorado
- View of the Salvation Army Camp Elephant Rock Lodge in Palmer Lake (El Paso County), Colorado. Horizontal building of masonry and wood construction. Large boulders situated on hillside among trees and brush.
- Elephant Rock Lodge (Palmer Lake, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Salvation Army--1960-1970.; Palmer Lake (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Camps--Colorado--Palmer Lake--1960-1970.; Religious groups--Colorado--Palmer Lake--1960-1970.
- June, 1968