Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- 1927 Senate, 26th General Assembly, State of Colorado
- Composite of studio portraits of members of the 26th General Assembly of the Colorado State Senate. Identifications, center row, top to bottom: E.C. Abbey, G.M. Corlett, President, R.J. Weaver. Top row, left to right: A.E. Headlee, T.M. Hudson,...
- Colorado. General Assembly. Senate.--People--1920-1930.; Legislators--Colorado--1920-1930.
- 1927
- Aftermath of Ludlow Massacre
- Coal miners, a boy, a teenager, and a young girl stand and eat slices of bread near the remnants of the tent colony destroyed in the Ludlow Massacre during the U.M.W. strike against C.F. & I. in Ludlow (Las Animas County), Colorado. Wood, pieces of...
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Children--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; Coal miners--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; Eating &...
- [1914]
- Around-the-clock work is going on at the Pueblo Plant of C. F. & I. Steel
- Interior view of Colorado Fuel and Iron Company, Pueblo, Colorado, a steel and iron manufacturing plant; four male employees repair Basic Oxygen Precipitator, moving a plate into place by ropes; all men wear hardhats.
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Interiors.; Steel industry--Colorado--Pueblo--1960-1970.; Colorado Fuel and Iron Company.
- 1966
- Bartell jewelry
- A group of men stand in front of the "C. F. Bartell, Jeweler" store in Longmont (Boulder County), Colorado. On the sidewalk is a water fountain and a clock, sign reads: "Long Distance Telephone."
- Longmont (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Jewelry stores--Colorado--Longmont--1900-1910.; Men--Colorado--Longmont--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- C F & I coke ovens, Crested Butte, Colo
- Denver and Rio Grande box cars carry bituminous coking coal at the C. F. & I. coke ovens, Crested Butte (Gunnison County), Colorado. Smoke and fumes rise from ovens; Crested Butte mountain is in the background.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Facilities--1910-1920.; Coke-ovens--Colorado--Crested Butte--1910-1920.; Crested Butte (Colo. : Mountain)--1910-1920.; Crested Butte (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coke industry--Colorado--Crested Butte--1910-1920.; Industrial...
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- C. F. & I. - Steam traveling crane
- Two men stand on a steam traveling crane of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company in Pueblo, Colorado. Two workers stand in front of the crane. Shows a building, railroad tracks and utility poles.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--1890-1910.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Employees--Colorado--Pueblo--1890-1910.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Pueblo--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- C. F. & I. mine on Monarch Pass
- Overlook view of the Colorado Fuel & Iron mine at Monarch Pass in Chaffee County, Colorado shows: shaft house, tailings, and railroad tracks with cars full of ore.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Chaffee County--1940-1950.; Tailings embankments--Colorado--Chaffee County--1940-1950.; Chaffee County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Colorado Fuel & Iron Mine (Chaffee County, Colo.)--1940-1950.;...
- [1940?]
- C. F. Helwig residence
- View of the C. F. Helwig garden in Denver, Colorado; a boy walks among cabbages and dahlias.
- Helwig, C. F.--Homes & haunts.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Gardens--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- C. F. Helwig residence
- View of the C. F. Helwig carport in Denver, Colorado; a boy and girl play by a car.
- Helwig, C. F.--Homes & haunts.; Carports--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- C. F. Helwig residence
- View of the C. F. Helwig house in Denver, Colorado; also shows the garden.
- Helwig, C. F.--Homes & haunts.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Gardens--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- C. F. Helwig residence
- View of the C. F. Helwig house in Denver, Colorado; features a covered porch and sunroom.
- Helwig, C. F.--Homes & haunts.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- C. F. Helwig residence
- View of the C. F. Helwig house in Denver, Colorado; features a covered porch. Bicycles are in the yard.
- Helwig, C. F.--Homes & haunts.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- C. F. Helwig residence
- View of the C. F. Helwig house in Denver, Colorado; features a covered porch and carport.
- Helwig, C. F.--Homes & haunts.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Coal trips, C. F. & I., Rouse, Colo.
- A team of six mules pull coal carts out of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company Rouse Mine at Rouse (Huerfano County), Colorado. The animals are harnessed single-file and pull the carts down a narrow gauge track. A few miners are on the tracks in the...
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Facilities--1880-1910.; Rouse (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Rouse Mine (Huerfano County, Colo.)--1880-1910.; Coal mining--Colorado--Rouse--1880-1910.; Mine railroads--Colorado--Rouse--1880-1910.;...
- [between 1888 and 1910?]
- Coke ovens at Crested Butte, Gunnison, Co
- Men work by a railroad ore car at the C. F. & I. coke ovens, Crested Butte, Gunnison County, Colorado.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Facilities--1910-1920.; Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1910-1920.; Coke-ovens--Colorado--Crested Butte--1910-1920.; Crested Butte (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coke industry--Colorado--Crested Butte--1910-1920.;...
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Coke ovens, Crested Butte, Colo.
- Denver and Rio Grande box cars carry bituminous coking coal at the C. F. & I. stone coke ovens, Crested Butte, Gunnison County, Colorado. A laundry line is in distance flying high; smoke and fumes from the ovens blow in the opposite direction....
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1910-1920.; Crested Butte (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Clotheslines--Colorado--Crested Butte--1910-1920.; Coke industry--Colorado--Crested Butte--1910-1920.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Crested...
- [1910]
- Colorado Fuel and Iron. Co. executives
- View of two Colorado Fuel and Iron Company executives in hard hats participating in ceremony marking the rolling of the 50-millionth ton of steel, Pueblo, Colorado; shows George Grosvenor, superintendent of steel production, and Jerry Lindberg,...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Businessmen--Colorado--Pueblo--1960-1970.; Steel industry--Colorado--Pueblo--1960-1970.; Colorado Fuel and Iron Company.
- [1965]
- Committee of arrangements 26th annual convention B. of L.E., Denver, Colo.
- Group portrait of members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers at the 26th Annual Convention in Denver, Colorado. The men are identified as : "W.E. Devine, Alex Davidson, W.W. Hall [engineer for Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad], Ed....
- Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers (U.S.)--1880-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Labor unions--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.
- 1889
- Crested Butte, Colo.
- View of the town of Crested Butte (Gunnison County), Colorado. The house of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company superintendent sits on a hill outside town. Prominent buildings in town include Union Congregational Church, Crested Butte school house,...
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Buildings--1900-1920.; Crested Butte (Colo. : Mountain)--1900-1920.; Crested Butte (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Crested Butte--1900-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Crested Butte--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Crested Butte, Gunnison, County, Colorado
- Several men stand on the boardwalk under the corrugated metal awning of the original Colorado Fuel and Iron company store, Elk Avenue, Crested Butte, Gunnison County, Colorado. The wood frame false front structure features a simple bracketed...
- Crested Butte (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Crested Butte--1890-1900.
- 1895
- Croatian Hall, Crested Butte, Colo.
- View of Croatian Hall located at 512 2nd Avenue in Crested Butte, Colorado. The simple, two-story meeting hall has corrugated sheet metal siding on its false front with original decorative cornice and central half rondel containing the words,...
- Croation Hall (Crested Butte, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Halls--Colorado--Crested Butte--2000-2010.; Crested Butte (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Croatian Fraternal Union of America Sub Assembly No. 26 (Crested Butte, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Croatian Hall...
- 2007
- Curtis from loop (15th St)
- View of Curtis Street at 15th (Fifteenth) Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. Automobiles, horse-drawn buggies, and pedestrians are on the street signs on nearby buildings read: "Agents Opera House Building Bennett Meyers," "St. James," "Leland,"...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- D&RGW
- View of Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Jordan spreader "OU" in Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado. The spreader was made by the C.F. Jordan Company. Shows snow on the plow and on the ground beside the tracks.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Railroads--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Snow--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Snowplows--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.
- 1949 January 6
- D. C. Oakes
- Studio portrait (seated) of Daniel C. Oakes, Colorado lumber merchant, Ute Indian Agent, and U.S. Land Surveyor. Oakes wears a sack jacket with wide lapels, and a striped vest. He has a full beard, mustache and his hair is parted with a wave in...
- Business people--1860-1870.; Indian agents--Colorado--1860-1870.; Oakes, D. C. (Daniel C.)
- [between 1860 and 1865?]
- Early day scene in Las Animas cowboys being photographed on Bent Ave. (look pleasant please)
- Men on horseback pose in an intersection of Las Animas, Bent County, Colorado; two-story brick and stone blocks show in background.
- Las Animas (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Las Animas--1880-1900.; Cowboys--Colorado--Las Animas--1880-1900.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Las Animas--1880-1900.
- [between 1908 and 1939]
- Electric machine and X-ray apparatus
- Carved wood cabinets in Pueblo, Colorado, at the C. F. & I. Co. Minnequa hospital, have glass windows, pipes, spheres, jars, and a pulley connected to it. A paned, glass door is in the interior wall in the background.
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Hospitals--Colorado--Pueblo--1900-1910.; Interiors.
- 1902
- Equitable Building construction
- View of the, nearly completed, Equitable Building construction site at 17th (Seventeenth) and Stout Streets in Denver, Colorado. Signs read: "For Offices In This Building Apply To Edw. I. Devlin 1622 Stout St." and "C. F. Adams Company".
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Denver Equitable Building Company--1890-1900.
- 1892, February 13
- Firemans Day, Central City, Colo.
- A band marches down Main Street in Central City, Colorado. The three leaders of the parade, two in uniform, carry flags, an American flag, and a banner which reads "Alert Hose No. 2 'Prompt to Aid' C.C.F.D." Spectators stand on the sidewalks on...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Spectators--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.
- [between 1893 and 1897]
- Fixtures in kitchen pantry [and] fixtures in butlers pantry, west elevation residence for Mr. C.F. Best.
- This item (1 of 179) is from the Gove and Walsh Architectural Drawing 1888-1926 collection (C MSS WH1542). This drawing shows the elevations and plan details for pantry fixtures and storage units at the residence at 725 Corona Street, Capitol Hill...
- Best, C.F.--Homes & haunts.; Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.); Denver (Colo.); Houses.; Pantry dressers.
- [19--?]
- Front elevation-east C. F. Wolfer residence
- Front elevation (east) of a simple Tudor Revival style residence in Fort Collins, Colorado, commissioned by C. F. Wolfer in 1939. The one and a half story house contains wood siding, a wood shingle roof, multi-paned windows, large brick chimney...
- Fort Collins (Colo.)--1930-1939.; Houses.
- 1939, January
- Ft C. F. Smith on Big Horn
- A man poses on the adobe ruins of Fort C.F. Smith, in Big Horn County, Montana; a sedan car is parked to the side.
- Fort C.F. Smith (Mont.)--1930-1940.; Automobiles--Montana--Fort C.F. Smith--1930-1940.; Forts & fortifications--Montana--Fort C.F. Smith--1930-1940.; Historic sites--Montana--Fort C.F. Smith--1930-1940.; Ruins--Montana--Fort C.F. Smith--1930-1940.
- 1930 May
- Idaho Springs 1890's
- Interior view of the theater in Idaho Springs, Colorado, shows a stage with a central depiction of Venice, Italy (by Veach), surrounded by advertising plaques that include: The Boyd Park Jewelry Co., N. Weinberger - Dry Goods, E. P. Swanson Shoes,...
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Advertisements--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1900-1920.; Interiors.; Theaters--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1900-1920.
- [between 1909 and 1915]
- Interior of Operating Room
- Furnishings in operating room in Pueblo, Colorado, at the C. F. & I. Co. Minnequa hospital, are of white enamel metal and glass. Buckets, washing pans, chairs, tables, and racks are arranged along the lead walls.
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Hospitals--Colorado--Pueblo--1900-1910.; Interiors.; Operating rooms--Colorado--Pueblo--1900-1910.
- 1902
- John Prowers, one of Colorado's first businessmen
- Portrait of John Wesley Prowers, Colorado cattleman, Indian trader, and pioneer. Prowers has a long moustache and beard.
- Beards.; Pioneers--Colorado--1870-1880.; Ranchers--Colorado--1870-1880.; Prowers, John Wesley, 1838-1884.
- [between 1930 and 1939?]
- Johnnie Brown driving 6 horses to the old stagecoach
- A group of women pose in and by a horse-drawn stagecoach driven by Johnnie Brown on 6th (Sixth) Avenue in Las Animas (Bent County), Colorado.
- Brown, Johnnie.; Las Animas (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Stagecoaches--Colorado--Las Animas--1900-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Las Animas--1900-1930.; Transportation--Colorado--Las Animas--1900-1930.; Women--Colorado--Las Animas--1900-1930.
- [between 1908 and 1921]
- Julian Abbot Kebler (started C. F. & I.)
- Studio portrait, head and shoulders, of Julian Abbot Kebler, executive of Colorado Fuel and Iron Company; arrived in Colorado 1887.
- Businessmen--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Kebler, Julian Abbot, 1858-1903.
- [between 1886 and 1901]
- Kansas vs. Colorado
- A group of mostly members of Colorado and Kansas legal teams sit or stand and pose on the front (east) portico of the United States Capitol building in Washington D.C. The men wear suits with neck ties or bow ties, wire-rimmed spectacles, watch...
- United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)--1900-1910.; Attorneys general--Washington (D.C)--1900-1910.; Washington (D.C.)--1900-1910.; Capitols--Washington (D.C)--1900-1910.; Judicial proceedings--Washington (D.C)--1900-1910.; Lawyers--Washington...
- 1906 Dec
- Las Animas first fire department
- Group of uniformed firemen and two young boys pose with ladder hose and bucket cart in front of the fire station, Las Animas, Bent County, Colorado. They wear flat top caps, and light colored breast bibs on their shirts. Two of the men hold horns.
- Las Animas (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Las Animas--1880-1900.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Las Animas--1880-1900.; Uniforms--Colorado--Las Animas--1880-1900.
- [between 1908 and 1939]
- Leadville, Colo
- Bird's eye view rendering shows Leadville, Lake County, Colorado, with vignettes of municipal buildings, mining facilities, and scenery. Printing reads: "Court House, Post Office, Tabor Opera House, Central School, Ninth St. School, Seventh St....
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.
- 1882
- Local talent at the Dickens Opera House Third and Main, Longmont, Colo.
- Performers Jim McLellan (left wearing a cowboy hat) and Bud Rowen (dressed as a woman) pose on stage at the Dickens Opera House, Longmont, Colorado. The stage curtain drop has a painting of a rocky coast line with crashing waves, surrounded by...
- Longmont (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Actors--Colorado--Longmont--1890-1900.; Advertisements--Colorado--Longmont--1890-1900.; Theaters--Colorado--Longmont--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Longitudinal section building for the Bishop-Cass Inv. Co.
- This item (1 of approximately 1000 items) is from Fisher and Fisher's Architectural Records 1892-1997 collection (C MSS WH932). This drawing shows a sectional view of the American Theater Building (Lyric Theater) at 16th and Curtis Streets in the...
- Central Business District (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Theaters.; Bishop-Cass Investment Company (Denver, Colo.); Lyric Theater (Denver, Colo.)
- 1916 January 20
- Longmont Hose Company # 1 at side of old City Hall, Fourth and Kimbark.
- Hose Company #1 in front of old City Hall, 4th Avenue and Kimbark Street, Longmont, Colorado. The men are uniformed in flat top caps, shirts with breast bibs, belted dark trousers and white gloves. Their hose cart is displayed in center with a...
- Longmont (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Longmont--1880-1900.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Longmont--1880-1900.
- 1888 November 14
- Man
- Studio portrait of a man. He has a moustache and wears a jacket, vest, cravat and pin.
- Men--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Mrs. John Prowers
- Portrait of Amache Ochinee Prowers, a North American Indian (Cheyenne) and daughter of Ochinee (Lone Bear), a Cheyenne subchief, and wife of John W. Prowers. She wears earrings, a dark dress with a lace collar, a ring, and a necklace with a cameo,...
- Cheyenne Indians--1890-1910.; Indians of North America--1890-1910.; Spouses--Colorado--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--1890-1910.; Prowers, Amache Ochinee.; Prowers, John Wesley, 1838-1884--Family.
- [between 1925 and 1939?]
- Mt Sneffels Range near Dallas
- View of Dallas Divide and Mount Sneffels in the San Juan Range, in Ouray County, Colorado, and photographers William Henry Jackson and C. F. Reynolds with a box camera on a tripod.
- Dallas Divide (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Ouray County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; San Juan Mountains (Colo. and N.M.)--1890-1900.; Sneffels, Mount (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Photographers--Colorado--Ouray County--1890-1900.; Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942.;...
- 1897 May
- Portrait of a man
- Studio portrait of a man who leans his elbow on the back of an upholstered chair and poses near an ornate backdrop. He wears striped pants and crosses one leg casually in front of the other. A watch chain dangles from his buttoned vest. He wears a...
- Men--1890-1900.; Standing--1890-1900.
- 1891
- Pueblo flood
- Men stand in the street after the Arkansas River flood in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. The debris consists of overturned freight cars, twisted tracks, damaged buildings, scattered bricks and bent electricity poles. Letters on the side of a...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Ruins--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.
- [1921]
- Pueblo, Colorado, aerial view
- View of Pueblo, Colorado, shows grid pattern of streets, Colorado Fuel & Iron Company industrial steel works, Lake Minnequa, C. F. & I. Co. Hospital (renamed Corwin Hospital), Mountain View Cemetery, Arkansas River, Fountain Creek, residential...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1935]
- Red Cliff, county seat of Eagle County
- View of the town of Red Cliff (Redcliff) in Eagle County, Colorado. Shows houses, commercial buildings, and barns. An iron bridge crosses over the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad tracks.
- Red Cliff (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Red Cliff--1900-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1915?]
- Residence for Mr. C.F. Best, 725 Corona St, Denver, Colo. [fixtures]
- This item is from the Gove and Walsh Architectural Drawing 1888-1926 collection (C MSS WH1542). This drawing (1 of 179) shows elevations and cross sections of fixtures, linen closet, library, bedroom and a billiard room mantel for the residence at...
- Best, C.F.--Homes & haunts.; Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.); Denver (Colo.); Chimneypieces.; Closets.; Houses.; Mantels.; Sideboards.
- [19--?]