Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- O. E. Aultman
- Studio portrait of Oliver E. Aultman, a photographer. He holds a cigar and wears a suit, overcoat and wide-brimmed hat.
- Photographers--1890-1910.; Aultman, Oliver E.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Mrs. Aultman & Glenn Aultman
- Glenn and Jennie Aultman pose outdoors with a camera on a tripod in Trinidad (Los Animas County), Colorado. A dog and flowers are nearby.
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Mothers & children--Colorado--Trinidad--1910-1920.; Aultman, Glenn.; Aultman, Jennie.
- [between 1910 and 1914?]
- View of Main Street from Post Office
- View of Main Street from the corner of Ammons Street in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. The post office is housed in a rusticated stone structure with arched windows. Shows commercial buildings and horse-drawn wagons.
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Trinidad--1890-1900.; Post offices--Colorado--Trinidad--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Coal mine
- View of a mill building of an unidentified coal mine probably in Las Animas County, Colorado. Shows coal cars on narrow gauge tracks, a frame mill, an elevator and powerhouse smokestacks in a valley. Mesas are near the mine.
- Las Animas County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.
- [between 1895 and 1915?]
- Coal mine
- View of a frame tipple and mine buildings at an unidentified coal mine in probably Las Animas County, Colorado. People stand near coal cars on train tracks near the tipple. Shows tailings piles, a railroad bridge and frame buildings on a hillside.
- Las Animas County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.; Tipples--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.
- [between 1895 and 1915?]
- Coal mine
- View of mine buildings and elevators at an unidentified coal mine in probably Las Animas County, Colorado. Shows a frame processing plant, railroad tracks, holding tanks, a brick building and a horse-drawn ore cart.
- Las Animas County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.; Conveying systems--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.
- [between 1895 and 1915?]
- Coal mine
- View of an unidentified coal processing mill in probably Las Animas County, Colorado. Shows a frame coal mill, timber scaffolding, a brick powerhouse with smokestacks, and piles of lumber on the ground near buildings. Smoke rises from coke ovens...
- Las Animas County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.
- [between 1895 and 1915?]
- Coal mine
- View of an unidentified coal processing mill in probably Las Animas County, Colorado. Shows frame mill buildings, tailings piles, a mule-drawn ore cart, a tipple and railroad tracks.
- Las Animas County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.
- [between 1895 and 1915?]
- Coal mine
- View of a coal elevator at an unidentified coal processing plant in probably Las Animas County, Colorado. Shows mine buildings, timber scaffolding under an elevator, horse drawn coal cars and smoke above stone coke ovens. Buildings in a town are in...
- Las Animas County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Coal mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1910.; Conveying systems--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1910.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1910.
- [between 1895 and 1910?]
- Coal mine
- View of a mill building at an unidentified coal mine, probably in Las Animas County, Colorado. Shows coal cars on narrow gauge tracks, coke ovens, a frame mill, an elevator and powerhouse smokestacks in a valley. Mesas are nearby.
- Las Animas County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.
- [between 1895 and 1915?]
- Coal tram
- Men are beside coal cars on a tram in probably Las Animas County, Colorado. Shows cable lines and telltales above the tracks.
- Las Animas County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.; Mine railroads--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.
- [between 1895 and 1915?]
- Coal mine
- View of buildings at a coal processing plant at an unidentified mine in probably Las Animas County, Colorado. Shows coal cars on railroad tracks, an elevator and a tipple.
- Las Animas County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.; Tipples--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.
- [between 1895 and 1915?]
- West's theatre, Trinidad, Co.
- View of the brick, three-tiered West Theater at 423 West Main Street in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. The theater has an arched entrance with ionic capitals, and a balustrade along the cornice. The second and third tiers of the building...
- West's Theater (Trinidad, Colo.)--Buildings--1900-1920.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Theaters--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1920.
- [between 1908 and 1920?]
- Trinidad Opera House
- View of the two-story stone "Trinidad Opera House" on the 100 block of West Main Street in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. An arched stairway leads to the opera house. The building has pediments on the cornice, carved pilaster strips and...
- Trinidad Opera House (Trinidad, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1920.; Theaters--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1920.
- [between 1905 and 1915?]
- Trinidad, Co., E. Main St.
- View of Main Street in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows horse-drawn wagons in the road, people on sidewalks, utility poles, and signs on commercial buildings that read: "Hay, Grain & Feed" and "The Gerardi Mercantile Co." on a...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.
- [1905?]
- Coal camp
- View of railroad tracks and frame buildings in probably Las Animas County, Colorado. Shows probably a covered tipple and coal cars on railroad tracks, and a pile of I beams on the ground nearby.
- Las Animas County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.; Tipples--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.
- [between 1895 and 1915?]
- Men and a coal tram
- Men wear hats and work clothes and sit on a coal tram in probably Las Animas County, Colorado. Shows cable above tram cars filled with coal.
- Las Animas County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.; Mine railroads--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.; Miners--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.
- [between 1895 and 1915?]
- Coal mine
- View of a coal mine processing building in probably Las Animas County, Colorado. Shows a coal tram on a tipple and a coal car on train tracks. Shows water tanks, lumber piles and barrels beside the mine building.
- Las Animas County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.; Tipples--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.
- [between 1895 and 1915?]
- Coal Mine, Tercio?
- View of a coal mine processing plant in probably Tercio (Las Animas County), Colorado. Smoke rises from probably a power house. Shows coal trams and railroad tracks, a tipple, and frame or brick houses and mine buildings.
- Tercio (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Tercio--1900-1920.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Tercio--1900-1920.
- [between 1902 and 1915?]
- Coal cars
- Men stand beside a coal tram and railroad tracks in probably Las Animas County, Colorado. Miners wear headlamps and caps. Shows cable above coal cars and a tunnel entrance.
- Las Animas County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.; Mine railroads--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.
- [between 1895 and 1915?]
- Trinidad water works
- Men pose beside a metal water pipe over a bridge and possibly the Purgatoire River, probably near Trinidad Water Works in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows a frame house and a barn or garage.
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Penstocks--Colorado--Trinidad--1890-1920.
- [between 1895 and 1915?]
- Coal mine
- View of a coal mine processing building in probably Las Animas County, Colorado. Shows possibly a washer building with an elevator, railroad tracks and tailings piles. Company houses are nearby.
- Las Animas County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.
- [between 1895 and 1915?]
- Sopris, Co.
- View of buildings and houses at Sopris (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows an elevated railroad grade near wooden shacks at the coal mining camp.
- Company towns--Colorado--Sopris--1890-1920.; Sopris (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Sopris--1890-1920.
- [between 1895 and 1915?]
- Trinidad, Sopris and Starkville streetcar
- View of a Trinidad, Sopris and Starkville passenger streetcar on the Trinidad Electric Railroad in Las Animas County, Colorado. A woman stands and poses in the doorway of streetcar number "2."
- Las Animas County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Electric railroads--Colorado--Las Animas County--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Trinidad Fire Department
- Firemen pose with a fire wagon drawn by three horses in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. Uniforms include ties, jackets with metal buttons and caps with hat pins. Shows a ladder and a dog on the wagon.
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Trinidad--1910-1920.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Trinidad--1910-1920.; Horse teams--Colorado--Trinidad--1910-1920.
- 1915
- Mexican Settlement
- View of adobe and frame buildings in the coal mining camp of Starkville (Las Animas County), Colorado. Adobe and frame houses have timber rafters (vigas) and dirt roofs. People stand near buildings.
- Mining camps--Colorado--Starkville--1890-1920.; Starkville (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Adobe buildings--Colorado--Starkville--1890-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Starkville--1890-1920.
- [between 1896 and 1915?]
- Coal tram
- Men sit and pose on a coal tram near a coal processing plant in probably Las Animas County, Colorado. Shows railroad tracks, tailings piles, a power house with smokestacks and a washer building.
- Las Animas County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Coal mining--Colorado--Las Animas--1890-1910.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Las Animas--1890-1910.; Mine railroads--Colorado--Las Animas--1890-1910.
- [between 1895 and 1910?]
- Coal mine
- View of freight train coal cars and a tram at a coal camp in probably Las Animas County, Colorado. A man stands beside the tram. Shows a tipple, houses and snow in a valley.
- Las Animas County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Las Animas--1890-1920.; Mine railroads--Colorado--Las Animas--1890-1920.; Tipples--Colorado--Las Animas--1890-1920.
- [between 1895 and 1915?]
- Stonewall Road, town of Vigil
- View of a dirt road, farm houses, barns and cultivated fields in Vigil (Las Animas County), Colorado. Snow is on the Sangre de Cristo Mountains or the Culebra Range in the distance.
- Vigil (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Farms--Colorado--Vigil--1890-1920.
- [between 1895 and 1915?]
- Coal mine
- People pose on a dirt road beside a coal processing plant probably near Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. A group of women and girls wear white dresses and veils or dark dresses and hats, probably dressed for a first communion. Men are on a...
- Las Animas County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.; Women--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.
- [between 1895 and 1915?]
- Coal mine
- Men pose beside a tram at a coal camp in probably Las Animas County, Colorado. Shows a coal processing building, cables and coal piled in coal cars. Tailings piles, railroad tracks, houses and snow are in a valley.
- Las Animas (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Las Animas--1890-1920.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Las Animas--1890-1920.; Mine railroads--Colorado--Las Animas--1890-1920.
- [between 1895 and 1915?]
- The Colorado Supply Co., Trinidad
- People stand and pose outside a Colorado Supply Company store probably in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. The Colorado Supply Company building has a low-pitched roof, shingle siding, a stone front porch and a central finial.
- Colorado Supply Company--Buildings--1900-1920.; Company stores--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1920.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Employees--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1920.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1920.
- [between 1902 and 1915?]
- ATSF Railroad depot after flood
- View of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway depot and tracks after a flood in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. The mission-style stucco building has arcades, a ceramic tiled roof, and curvilinear gables. Horses, a wagon, and debris are...
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--Buildings--1900-1910.; Purgatoire River (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Floods--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.;...
- 1905
- Coal mine
- Men stand on a tipple and pose at a coal processing plant in probably Las Animas County, Colorado. Shows a frame house, a coal chute beside Denver & Rio Grande Railroad freight cars and probably a coal tram.
- Las Animas County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.; Tipples--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.
- [between 1895 and 1915?]
- Coal mine
- View of buildings at probably a coal processing plant near Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows a tipple, an elevator, and probably a washer building.
- Las Animas County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.; Tipples--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.
- [between 1895 and 1915?]
- Blanca Peak Huerfano River
- View of Blanca Peak and the Huerfano River in Huerfano County, Colorado. Trees line the river and snow is on the mountains in the distance.
- Blanca Peak (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Huerfano County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Huerfano River (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Rivers--Colorado--Huerfano County--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1908]
- Blanca Peak Ellingwood Peak
- View of Blanca Peak and Ellingwood Point (Ellingwood Peak) in Huerfano County, Colorado. The Huerfano River is nearby.
- Blanca Peak (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Ellingwood Point (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Huerfano County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Huerfano River (Colo.)--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1908]
- Commercial Street in Trinidad
- View of Commercial Street in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. Horse-drawn wagons and pedestrians are in the street. Signs on nearby buildings read: "Southern Hotel," "Trinidad Mercantile Co.," and "[New] York Restaurant."
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1890-1900.; City & town life--Colorado--Trinidad--1890-1900.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Trinidad--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Kress Company building
- Rooftop view of the Kress Company building and Masonic Temple in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. The three-story building has arched lintels, decorative brick work, modillions, terra cotta trim, and an awning. A sign reads: "S. H. Kress &...
- S.H. Kress & Co.--Buildings--1910-1920.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Variety Stores--Colorado--Trinidad--1910-1920.
- 1910
- Richter's saloon
- Interior view of a business identified as Richter's Saloon in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. Glass and wood display cases and cupboards, a palm tree, and lights are in the room.
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Trinidad--1890-1910.; Showcases--Colorado--Trinidad--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Girl on horse
- A girl poses outdoors on horseback near Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. She wears a hat and dress.
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Girls--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1920.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1915?]
- Mt. Blanca Peak
- View of Blanca Peak, Colorado. A lake is nearby. Light snow covers the mountains in the distance.
- Blanca Peak (Colo.)--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Commercial St.
- View of Commercial Street in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. A building in the distance is on fire. Pedestrians, automobiles, and bicycles are in the street. Signs read: "AAA," "Bauer Jeweler," "Price Leeman Clothing Co.," "Hotel Cornado,"...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Trinidad--1910-1920.; Fires--Colorado--Trinidad--1910-1920.; Pedestrians--Colorado--Trinidad--1910-1920.
- [1915 or 1916]
- 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?]
- Trinidad First Baptist Episcopal [sic] Church
- View of the newly constructed First Baptist Church in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. The brick building has a dome roof, towers, arched stained glass windows decorated with tracery, and decorative brick work.
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Baptist churches--Colorado--Trinidad--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Pastoral scene
- View of a meadow and groups of trees probably near Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. A mountain is in the distance.
- Las Animas County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Meadows--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Chuck wagon & cowboys
- Cowboys sit and stand by a chuck wagon probably near Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. A stereographic camera on a tripod is in the distance.
- Las Animas County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Cameras--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1910.; Chuckwagons--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1910.; Cowboys--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Trinidad residence
- View of a house in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. The brick stone Queen Anne style house has a wrap around porch, tower with conical roof, dormers, chimney, and bay window.
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Trinidad--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Aztec Lode Independence G M C La Belle, NM
- Miners pose on and near the headframe of the Aztec Lode mine near La Belle, New Mexico. One man holds a hand-powered windlass.
- La Belle (N.M.)--1890-1910.; Hoisting machinery--New Mexico--La Belle--1890-1910.; Miners--New Mexico--La Belle--1890-1910.; Mining--New Mexico--La Belle--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Denmark La Belle NM
- A group of miners stand near a mine ore car at the entrance to the Denmark Mine near La Belle, New Mexico. A tailings pile is nearby.
- La Belle (N.M.)--1890-1910.; Mining--New Mexico--La Belle--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]