Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Colfax at Auraria RTD light rail station W. Colfax.
- View of the Auraria West Campus RTD light rail station (1995) and Auraria Higher Education Center campus off of West Colfax in Denver, Colorado. Shows a Plexiglases canopy supported by steel posts and struts. An arched sign attached to the canopy...
- Auraria Higher Education Center (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--1990-2000.; Regional Transportation District (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Skyscrapers.; Street railroad stations.; Street railroads.; Auraria Higher Education...
- ca. 1998
- Church just after the mass
- A crowd of men, women and children exit a church, Taos Pueblo, New Mexico, and pass through a stepped arch gate. A white cloth canopy on poles is carried for the image of St. Jerome (San Geronimo). The church has a wood steeple with a cross on top....
- Indians of North America--Children--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1920-1930.; Pueblo Indians--Structures--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1920-1930.; Taos Indians--Women--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1920-1930.; Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--1920-1930.; Catholic...
- 1925 September 30
- Albert Schatz, Sammie Pearson left
- A saltbox dwelling in Breckenridge, Colorado, has a bracketed door canopy on the left; a two story, gable roofed house on the right has palladian windows in the end and side gables, and an arched canopy with lathe turned uprights over the entry. A...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Dwellings--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1893?]
- Gourd Clan reunion
- Native American (Kiowa) men, Gourd Clan members (some of whom are descendants of the Kiowa Chief Satanta or White Bear) sit under a canopy, near a drum as part of the Gourd Clan reunion in Carnegie, Oklahoma. One man holds a drumstick. The men wear...
- Clans--Oklahoma--Carnegie--1960-1970.; Indians of North America--Oklahoma--Carnegie--1960-1970.; Kiowa Indians--Oklahoma--Carnegie--1960-1970.; Carnegie (Okla.)--1960-1970.; Drums--Oklahoma--Carnegie--1960-1970.;...
- [July, 1969]
- Arriba, Colorado, Lincoln State Bank
- Lincoln State Bank, Arriba, Lincoln County, Colorado, features a one-story corner brick building with contrasting brick trim on pilasters, decorative cornice with egg and dart molding, parapet with low apex gables, contrasting decorative brick...
- Arriba (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Banks--Colorado--Arriba--1910-1920.
- [1919]
- Willoughby & Streeter Dry Goods
- A large group of men and one boy pose under the wooden canopy of Willoughby & Streeter Dry Goods store and another building. The group stands on the raised boardwalk with three men on the step in front. A tall man on the right, in a vest with watch...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Dry goods stores--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1892]
- Willoughby & Streeter Dry Goods
- A large group of men, some boys, and one girl who wears a dress and bonnet pose under a wooden canopy shared by the Willoughby & Streeter Dry Good's store and another building in Leadville, Colorado. The group stands on a raised boardwalk, with...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Dry goods stores--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1892]
- Grant's Bedroom, Teller House, Central City, Colo.
- View of U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant's bedroom in the Teller House located at 110 Eureka Street, Central City, Colo. The room was designed for the visit of President Grant in 1873, and although he did visit, he never actually slept in the room....
- Teller House (Central City, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Hotels--Colorado--Central City--1980-1990.; Central City (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Teller House (Central City, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Hotels--Colorado--Central City--Pictorial works.; Central City...
- 1981
- Union Congregational Church, Crested Butte, Colo.
- View of the Union Congregation Church located at 403 Maroon Avenue in Crested Butte, Colorado. Decorative trim adorns the front-gable of the carpenter's gothic style church. A square corner tower tapers to an open cupola with an arched cutout,...
- Union Congregational Church (Crested Butte, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Crested Butte (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Congregational churches.; Union Congregational Church (Crested Butte, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Congregational churches--Colorado--Crested...
- 1987
- Sid King's Crazy Horse Bar
- View of Sid King's Crazy Horse Bar, 1201-1225 East Colfax Avenue, in the City Park West neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The three-story commercial building (1905; Edwin Moorman) has Mediterranean Revival features including stucco walls, a tile...
- Sid King's Crazy Horse Bar--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; North Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Bars (Drinking establishments); Signs (Notices); Sid King's Crazy Horse Bar--Pictorial works.; Bars (Drinking...
- ca. 1980
- Ethiopian Restaurant
- View of Ethiopian Restaurant, 2816 East Colfax Avenue, in the Congress Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. There are three bands (stripes) of color (red, yellow, and green) painted on the exterior of this one-story brick building. Constructed in...
- Ethiopian Restaurant (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--2000-2010.; Congress Park (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Restaurants.; Ethiopian Restaurant (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--Pictorial works.;...
- 2006
- Colfax at Auraria RTD light rail station W. Colfax, looking northeast.
- A light rail train approaches the Auraria West Campus RTD light rail station (1995) and the Auraria Higher Education Center campus off of West Colfax in Denver, Colorado. The destination sign on the train reads: "Union Station." A decorative steel...
- Auraria Higher Education Center (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--1990-2000.; Regional Transportation District (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Skyscrapers.; Street railroad stations.; Street railroads.; Auraria Higher Education...
- ca. 1998
- Dedication, César E. Chávez Memorial Building, Denver
- U.S. Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell and César Chávez, Jr., grandson of Cesar E. Chavez, unveil lettering on the rededicated Cesar E. Chavez Memorial Building, 1244 Speer Boulevard in the Civic Center neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The two men...
- Hispanic Americans--2000-2010.; North American Indians--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Building dedications.; Legislators.; Campbell, Ben Nighthorse, 1933---Pictorial works.; Chavez, Cesar, Jr.--Pictorial works.; Cheyenne...
- [2003]
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 27, 1910 July 2
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 26, 1911 June 24
- Tents in a field against mountains large crowds
- A group of people gather near a tent canopy in the mountains of Colorado.
- Crowds--Colorado--1900-1920.; Tents--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915]
- Glen El Capitan, Santa Barbara, Cal.
- View of Sycamore trees and men in a grove identified as Glen El Capitan near Gaviota in Santa Barbara County, California. The men stand near a horse-drawn buggy and one man holds a rifle. The branches of the trees form a thick canopy.
- Santa Barbara County (Calif.)--1880-1910.; Trees--California--Santa Barbara County--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Two women and a girl by the gazebo in City Park [sic]
- Two women and a girl pose by a wooden bench covered by a shingled canopy in Cheesman Park, Denver, Colorado. The women wear decorated hats.
- Cheesman Park (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Industries construction
- Workmen pose on bags of sand and on wood plank walkways at a cement mixing operation, part of the Alameda Avenue underpass construction project, in Denver, Colorado. A side-crank engine and vertical tubular boiler are nearby. A tent and large cloth...
- Concrete construction industry--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Pedestrian bridges--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1909]
- Picnic
- Women and men picnic in Colorado under a canopy by a wagon; food includes a watermelon.
- Men--Colorado--1910-1920.; Picnics--Colorado--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915?]
- Picnic
- Women and men picnic in Colorado under a canopy by a wagon; food includes a watermelon.
- Men--Colorado--1910-1920.; Picnics--Colorado--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915?]
- Corpse
- View of a dead child on a table covered by a sheer canopy. A flower wreath is at the bottom of the table.
- Children--1900-1910.; Dead persons--1900-1910.; Funeral rites & ceremonies--1900-1910.
- [1908]
- Casket photograph
- The body of a woman lies in a casket, probably in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. She has a rosary and flowers in her hand. A shear canopy hangs over the coffin and is draped around the sides. A silk pillow on the lid of the coffin reads:...
- Coffins--1920-1930.; Dead persons--1920-1930.; Women--1920-1930.; Welsh, Nona, d. 1929.
- [1929?]
- Sycamores of Glen El Capitan
- View of Sycamore trees in a grove identified as Glen El Capitan near Gaviota in Santa Barbara County, California. The branches of the trees form a thick canopy.
- Santa Barbara County (Calif.)--1870-1890.; Trees--California--Santa Barbara County--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- William F. Cody on horseback
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody rides a horse in a dirt arena during a rehearsal for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. He wears a dark hat and a dark, striped suit. Gaiters cover the lower part of his pant legs. He looks down at the ground near...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Cowboys and broncs Johnny St. John making pick-up
- A cowboy rides a bucking horse in a dirt arena during a rehearsal for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. He wears sheepskin chaps and a cowboy hat. Another man, possibly Johnny St. John, holds the horse's rope in the right midground. He jumps into the...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Broncos--1900-1910.; Cowboys--1900-1910.; Rehearsals--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Meeker Herald Bldg.
- Two horses pull a buggy with a canopy and separate covered back near Fourth (4th) and Main Street, Meeker, Colorado. The Herald newspaper office shows in background.
- Meeker (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Newspapers--Colorado--Meeker--1880-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Meeker--1880-1910.
- [between 1888 and 1910]
- The top going up, Stake drivers at left, Big White at right
- Men use sledgehammers to drives stakes into the ground for tent setup at Buffalo Bill's Wild Show. A portion of the large tent canopy is raised in the right and left background. Other workers walk through the area that will become the arena....
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Laborers--1900-1910.; Show tents--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Fort Collins, Colo.
- The Colorado and Southern railroad depot in Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado, is a cross-gabled brick building with stone trim and a bracketed canopy.
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1890-1920.; Fort Collins (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Fort Collins--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Poncha Springs picnic
- Well dressed men, women and children pose under a canvas canopy in Poncha Springs, Chaffee County, Colorado. They have straw, wide brimmed, uniform, mule skinner, or flowered hats; an ornate wooden pavilion is behind them.
- Poncha Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Picnic grounds--Colorado--Poncha Springs--1900-1910.; Picnics--Colorado--Poncha Springs--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Salida music room
- Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado, a couple poses with a trombone and piano. A fabric canopy is in the corner; framed portraits and prints cover interior walls. Ruffled pillows include one with embroidered playing cards; patterned rugs cover the...
- Salida (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Salida--1890-1900.; Pianos--Colorado--Salida--1890-1900.; Trombones--Colorado--Salida--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--Salida--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Joe Kenyon's Riding Stable exhibit for a Flower Carnival the cart was used for carrying the hounds to catch coyotes, on the hunts.
- Men on horseback pose in a line in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. They are in English livery, with high boots, jodhpurs, and duster hats. A cart is decorated for the Flower Carnival, with flowers, branches, and a canopy. One and...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.
- [between 1898 and 1906?]
- Flower Carnival Parade
- View of the Sunflower Carnival Parade, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, shows traps, buggies, horses draped in flowers, women wearing large flowered hats, one with a long braid, men in kneepants, bowler and straw hats, bicycles, man with...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890- 1910.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Flowers--Colorado--Colorado...
- [between 1897 and 1906?]
- Flower Carnival, parade float
- View of a Sunflower Carnival Parade float, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado; shows men in white with straw hats on horses, with children and women seated under a canopy of the foilage draped wagon.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Bareback riding--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Children--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Cupolas--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.;...
- [between 1893 and 1906?]
- Mrs. Trimble
- View of Mrs. Trimble's Sunflower Carnival Parade entry, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado; shows a wagon with an overhead canopy and team covered with white flowers and crepe paper butterflies. Mrs. Trimble wears white with dark ribbons...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Flowers--Colorado--Colorado...
- [between 1893 and 1906?]
- Souvenir of Colorado Springs, Colorado
- Two women pose in a Sunflower Carnival Parade buggy with a single crepe paper flower spanning the wheel and flower canopy over their heads, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. They wear flowered, ribboned hats and white dresses and men in...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Artificial flowers--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890- 1910.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Colorado...
- [between 1893 and 1906?]
- Display by the local Lodge of Elks, they gave regular minstrel performances along the line of march
- View of the Elks Lodge float in the Flower (Sunflower) Carnival parade, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado; shows Black men in livery, a six horse team, a band in tuxedoes, minstrel performers in powdered wigs and tricorner hats, on a...
- Elks (Fraternal Order) Lodge No. 309 (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; African Americans--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Fraternal...
- [between 1893 and 1906?]
- Stratton Park Pavilion
- View of the Stratton Park Dance Pavilion, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, shows benches under the canopy of the building with an upper bank of windows for celestory lighting.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Stratton Park (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Pavilions--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.
- [betwwen 1905 and 1908]
- Sunday Outing with Campers (Rhoads' Family)
- Shows a tent, two canopies, two automobiles, and clothes that dry on the tent ropes, probably Colorado. A woman is under one canopy, she prepares food; a young girl steps out of a metal tub.
- Automobiles--Colorado--1920-1940.; Camping--Colorado--1920-1940.; Children playing--Colorado--1920-1940.; Girls--Colorado--1920-1940.; Tents--Colorado--1920-1940.; Women--Colorado--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Indians - Pueblo - Taos - missions
- View of people including Native Americans (Taos Pueblo) emerging from an adobe church, carrying a canopy on poles.
- Indians of North America--Structures--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Spiritual life--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1900-1910.; Taos Indians--1900-1910.; Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Catholic churches--New Mexico--Taos...
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Train derailed at Union station
- Workers tend to a derailed "Burlington Route" passenger train at Union Station in Denver, Colorado. Shows train tracks and canopy shelters; building sign reads: "Meadow Gold Butter."
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Union Station (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Railroad accidents--Colorado--1920-1930.; Railroad shops & yards--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Pioneer Jubilee, Salt Lake City
- Float with person dressed (possibly as Noah) in white robe and long beard; boat with canopy, flowers, and oars; decorative water painting, reeds and plants; at the Pioneer Jubilee Parade, Salt Lake City, Utah. Team of horses pulls the float while...
- Utah Pioneer Jubilee (1897 : Salt Lake City, Utah); Salt Lake City (Utah)--1890-1900.; Anniversaries--Utah--Salt Lake City--1890-1900.; Floats (Parades)--Utah--Salt Lake City--1890-1900.; Parades & processions--Utah--Salt Lake City--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Harvest Dance. Santo Domingo Pueblo.
- Native American (Pueblo, Santo Domingo) men and women take part in a Harvest Dance at Santo Domingo Pueblo, New Mexico. The men wear moccasins, leggings and shirts. The women wear dresses and wooden tablita headdresses. One man plays a drum. A...
- Indian dance--New Mexico--Santo Domingo Pueblo--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--New Mexico--Santo Domingo Pueblo--1910-1920.; Keresan Indians--Dance--New Mexico--Santo Domingo Pueblo--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Dance--New...
- 1910
- Mountain outing
- Men and women pose by a horse drawn wagon with a canopy, in (probably) Colorado.
- Carriages & coaches--Colorado--1880-1890.; Men--Colorado--1880-1890.; Transportation--Colorado--1880-1890.; Women--Colorado--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- One of the autos in attendance upon Gov. W. C. McDonald on his San Juan trip in interest of good roads.
- Four men sit inside a Studebaker car on a dirt road in New Mexico, one man stands by the hood. The car has a canopy and two American flags on the front; the men wear suits, ties, and hats.
- Convertible automobiles--New Mexico--1910-1920.
- [1912?]
- Star Hook and Ladder Fire House, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of the Star Hook and Ladder Fire House at the east end of Sixth (6th or Alpine) Street, Georgetown, Colorado, built in 1886. The company was founded in 1874, the first in the Georgetown Volunteer Fire Department. The building has a...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Fire stations--Colorado--Georgetown--1950-1960.
- 1951
- The old Oaken Bucket
- A man drinks water from a wooden bucket at a well. The man is wearing a suit and hat. The well structure is constructed of wood and has a small canopy roof.
- Eating & drinking--1900-1910.; Wells--1900-1910.
- [1900?]
- Servants' entrance to the six-seat privy
- Exterior view of the outhouse on the grounds of the Hamill House, in Georgetown, Colorado, built by Joseph Watson and acquired by mine owner William A. Hamill in 1874; shows the wood construction outhouse which has six seats and separate doors for...
- Hamill, William A. (William Arthur), 1836-1904--Homes & haunts--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1980.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Privies--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Scenes of the Historic Parade Given Annually by the Mormons on Pioneer Day, at Fruitland
- Women sit and stand on a flatbed wagon with a canopy cover, which displays a sign that reads: "Relief Society," as part of the Mormon Pioneer Day Parade at Fruitland, New Mexico. One woman holds a wooden staff topped with a heart. She wears a sash...
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints--Commemoration--1890-1900.; Fruitland (N.M.)--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--New Mexico--Fruitland--1890-1900.; Floats (Parades)--New Mexico--Fruitland--1890-1900.; Parades & processions--New...
- [1910]
- Altar before funeral - Kiva No. 3
- Interior view of an Native American (Hopi) kiva; shows an altar with Katchina dolls wearing necklaces, baskets, gourds, pottery, stacked dried corn, a canopy, and painted panels.
- Hopi Indians--Spiritual life--Arizona--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--Arizona--1880-1900.; Kachina dolls--Arizona--1880-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Arizona--1880-1900.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1880-1900.; Altars--Arizona--1880-1900.;...
- [between 1880 and 1900?]