Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 34, 1909 October 9
- The Scriptbook
- Booklet created by The Script Club of East High School in Denver, Colorado. Members of The Script Club, the writing club of East High, submitted their own works for create this booklet. Included are poems, essays, sketches and stories written by...
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High school students' writings--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1932 May
- Forney Transportation Museum and South Platte River formerly known as the Denver Tramway Power Company powerhouse
- View of the Recreational Equipment Inc. (REI) Building, 1416 Platte Street, in the Highland neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a refuse container with construction debris, fencing, and a sign in front of a red brick building. There are ladders...
- Denver Tramway Company (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1990-2000.; Forney Museum of Transportation--Buildings--1990-2000.; REI (Firm)--Buildings--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Highland (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Construction.; Sporting...
- 1999
- Monte Vista
- Pedestrians walk or stand by stone and brick commercial buildings that line the main street of Monte Vista (Rio Grande County), Colorado. Shows a person on a bicycle and a dog. A sign on a waste container reads: "Put your papers here." Signs on...
- Monte Vista (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Banks--Colorado--Monte Vista--1910-1920.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Monte Vista--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920]
- Denver bldgs., York office, interior, cafeteria
- View of the employee cafeteria at the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company exchange building on York Street in Denver, Colorado. Shows tables, coffee container, and a sideboard. Decorative plates are arranged on a plate rail around the...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Employee eating facilities--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1915
- Picnic
- Men, women and children pose at a picnic gathering in a forested area, probably in Colorado. Shows a picnic blanket, silverware, bread, a bucket, a cup, and a basket. The men wear suits, ties and hats. The women wear dresses, hats and shawls. A man...
- People--Colorado--1880-1900.; Picnics--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Industries construction
- Men sit and stand near a temporary cement mixing plant, part of the Alameda Avenue underpass construction, in Denver, Colorado. One man takes a drink from a small container.
- Concrete construction industry--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Laborers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1909]
- Anasazi artifacts
- View of Native American Anasazi artifacts probably from cliff ruins in Arizona. Material includes a bulbous bodied ceramic (pottery) container, hafted ground stone axe, awls, weaving tools (possibly spindle whorl), hafted bifacial scraper, and...
- Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--1880-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.; Pueblo...
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Ferry across San Juan river, Farmington
- Two men on a ferry boat in the San Juan River, Farmington, New Mexico. One man holds a wench to operate a pulley system located in the prow and attached to a line that runs across the river. A sliding container is on the end of the line. On the...
- San Juan River (Colo.-Utah)--1910-1920.; Ferries--New Mexico--Farmington--1910-1920.; Rivers--New Mexico--Farmington--1910-1920.
- [1912?]
- Old Depot Bailey, Denver South Park and Pacific
- The dilapidated, old Bailey train station is situated next to the rails of the Denver-South Park and Pacific railroad in Park County. The one-story, rectangular, clapboard structure has a side gable with a corrugated, tin roof that has pieces...
- Bailey (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Bailey--1930-1940.; Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad Company.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Delicatessen and steam table at Overland Park
- A woman lifts the lid of a container at the steam table in the clubhouse at Overland Park in the Overland neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. A cook who wears an apron and hat carves food for a man on the other side of the counter. A cooked duck is...
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Overland Park (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1940.; Clubhouses--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Delicatessens--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.
- [between 1921 and 1931?]
- Klan meeting probably at top of Tabletop [sic] Mtn. near Golden
- A cross burns at a night meeting of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) on Table Top Mountain near Golden (Jefferson County), Colorado. Men in white robes and hoods encircle a group of men in street clothes who kneel in front of the burning cross. A container...
- Ku Klux Klan (1915-)--People.; Hate groups--Colorado--Golden--1920-1930.; Golden (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Costumes--Colorado--Golden--1920-1930.; Crosses--Colorado--Golden--1920-1930.; Meetings--Colorado--Golden--1920-1930.;...
- [between 1924 and 1925]
- Still in Pueblo, Colorado
- A man sits near a moonshine still in Anton Herbenich's home in Pueblo, Colorado. The still consists of a covered metal container, pipes, and barrels. Bottles and jars of liquor are arranged on a counter.
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Confiscations--Colorado--Pueblo y 1910-1920.; Stills (Distilleries)--Colorado--Pueblo y 1910-1920.; Herbenich, Anton--Homes & haunts.
- 1918
- Truck at Civic Center
- The Idaho Springs, Colorado, fire truck is in front of the Denver Civic Center. The truck is equipped with an axe, two fire extinguishers, ladders, fire hooks, a small, pressurized water container, a fire bell, a large head lamp mounted where the...
- Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1920- 1930.; Social and civil facilities--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1929 June 1
- Truck at Civic Center
- The Idaho Springs, Colorado, fire truck is in front of the Denver Civic Center. The truck is equipped with two fire extinguishers, ladders, fire hooks, a small, pressurized water container, a fire bell, and a large head lamp mounted where the...
- Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1920- 1930.; Social and civil facilities--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1929 June 1
- Sketches in Utah
- Mormon men bow their heads, across the table from Brigham Young and the elders, during communion. Shows a Book of Mormon and a metal container on the table. The men wear suits with scarves or bow ties. Brigham Young stands at the pulpit inside the...
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints--People--1870-1880.; Mormons--Utah--Salt Lake City--1870-1880.; Salt Lake City (Utah)--1870-1880.; Communion--Utah--Salt Lake City--1870-1880.; Families--Utah--Salt Lake City--1870-1880.; Mothers &...
- 1874 September 26
- Gauchos (S.A.)
- Four men, including three South American gauchos, stand in front of a large shed at a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show near Earl's Court in England. The man second from the right wears a suit with a striped tie. A hose is coiled on the ground...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Gauchos.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1892?]
- Alonzo Hartman residence
- Interior detail view of an oak door in the 1892 Dos Rios mansion, built by Alonzo and Annie Hartman, Gunnison, Colorado; shows the five panel door, frame with carved top and bottom corner blocks, and an Admiral television console aside of it with a...
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Doors & doorways--Colorado--Gunnison--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Gunnison--1960-1970.; Interiors.; Hartman, Alonzo--Homes & haunts.; Hartman, Annie--Homes & haunts.
- [between 1960 and 1965]
- A. E. Leikauf Meat Company
- Interior view of the August E. Leikauf Meat Company located at 1013 15th (Fifteenth) Street in Denver, Colorado. Shows display cases filled with meat, bacon and pork; cans of "Armour's Simon Pure [leaf] lard" sit on the counter with potted ferns....
- August E. Leikauf Meat Company (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Butchers shops--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Meat--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Merchandise displays--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- [between 1913 and 1920?]
- Green Mountain Townhouses
- Women in two piece bathing suits pose on or in a jacuzzi type mineral bath in the club house of the Green Mountain Townhouses in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. A reproduction of a classical style statue of a woman is beside the pool. A sign...
- Green Mountain Townhouses (Lakewood, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Green Mountain Townhouses (Lakewood, Colo.)--Facilities--1960-1970.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Sports & recreation facilities.; Therapeutic baths.; Women.
- [1965?]
- On the trail of a shadow [art original].
- Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917--Pictorial works.; Dime novels--Illustrations.; Painting, American.; Cowboys--Pictorial works.; Cowboys in art.; Watercolors (Paintings)
- 1910
- Optics
- Telescopes target a prism at the University of Colorado at Boulder. A sheaf of papers has a series of graded, vertical black bars, and lettering: "Prof. H. A. Rowland." A wire power coil and electrical equipment are in back against the interior...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Classrooms--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; Interiors.; Optical devices--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; Scientific equipment--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.;...
- 1889
- Interior of Fonda drug store
- Hardwood cabinets filled with apothecary bottles, jars, tins, and cannisters line the interior walls of Fonda's Pioneer Drug Store in Boulder, Colorado. Men pose in the store. Eben G. Fine pours liquid from a glass beaker into a glass container....
- Boulder (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Drugstores--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.; Fine, Eben G.; Fonda's Pioneer Drug Store.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Teller School activities
- Photograph of young children from Teller Elementary School in Denver, Colorado during a class activity. In the foreground six children work on a banner of people performing various activities, five girls are painting and one boy is hold a container...
- Teller School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1938
- Western History Subject Index
- Fort Lupton, Colorado. Business
- Western History Subject Index
- Coors container company
- Western History Subject Index
- COORS CONTAINER COMPANY
- Hoffman Heights Development, Interior, Breakfast
- Black and white print of man and woman sitting at a table in Aurora's Hoffman Heights Development. Table with two saucers and coffee cups. Woman at left and man at right side of print, sitting behind table on booth. Three hangings of waiter holding...
- Hoffman Heights (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- circa 1955
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 34, 1911 August 19
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 11, 1909 May 1
- The City of Denver: Volume 3 Number 6, 1914 December 31
- Old Huckleberry [art original].
- An oddly-clad horseman accosts a group of four cowboys at a mountain ranch.
- Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917--Pictorial works.; Dime novels--Illustrations.; Painting, American.; Cowboys--Pictorial works.; Cowboys in art.; Watercolors (Paintings)
- 1915
- A war in the overland West [art original].
- A road agent, masked and on his horse, watches from behind a crag as a four-horse stagecoach thunders toward him.
- Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917--Pictorial works.; Stagecoach robberies--Pictorial works.; Dime novels--Illustrations.; Painting, American.; Cowboys--Pictorial works.; Cowboys in art.
- 1914
- Partners in peril [art original].
- Buffalo Bill, a prisoner on his own horse, is escorted by three masked riflemen.
- Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917--Pictorial works.; Dime novels--Illustrations.; Painting, American.; Cowboys--Pictorial works.; Cowboys in art.; Watercolors (Paintings)
- 1916
- B.B.'s treasure hunt [art original].
- Buffalo Bill climbs stealthily up and onto a mountain ledge and a sleeping bandit.
- Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917--Pictorial works.; Dime novels--Illustrations.; Painting, American.; Cowboys--Pictorial works.; Cowboys in art.; Watercolors (Paintings)
- 1916
- B.B.'s secret camp [art original].
- An armed man threatens another with his six-shooter while the other steps backward over a ledge.
- Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917--Pictorial works.; Dime novels--Illustrations.; Painting, American.; Cowboys--Pictorial works.; Cowboys in art.; Watercolors (Paintings)
- 1914
- A snare for Buffalo Bill [art original].
- Buffalo Bill holds two knaves at gunpoint while a third man sprawls.
- Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917--Pictorial works.; Dime novels--Illustrations.; Painting, American.; Cowboys--Pictorial works.; Cowboys in art.; Watercolors (Paintings)
- 1914
- A cowboy's fight for a million! [art original].
- Buffalo Bill talks with a friend at a saloon bar while three other men watch him with much suspicion.
- Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917--Pictorial works.; Dime novels--Illustrations.; Painting, American.; Cowboys--Pictorial works.; Cowboys in art.; Watercolors (Paintings)
- [between 1910-1916.]
- Fighting for fortune [art original].
- Buffalo Bill, gun drawn, watches from behind a rock as three men ride by.
- Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917--Pictorial works.; Dime novels--Illustrations.; Painting, American.; Cowboys--Pictorial works.; Cowboys in art.; Watercolors (Paintings)
- 1912
- Scout vs. road agents [art original].
- Buffalo Bill on a white horse, with friend, watches as a bandit approaches a lighted cabin.
- Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917--Pictorial works.; Dime novels--Illustrations.; Painting, American.; Cowboys--Pictorial works.; Cowboys in art.; Watercolors (Paintings)
- 1914
- Buffalo Bill and the Mormons [art original].
- Buffalo Bill rides to the rescue along a narrow mountain ledge.
- Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917--Pictorial works.; Mormons--Pictorial works.; Dime novels--Illustrations.; Painting, American.; Cowboys--Pictorial works.; Cowboys in art.; Watercolors (Paintings)
- 1911
- The vanished treasure [art original].
- Buffalo Bill is shown on horseback rescuing a friend while two other riders pursue.
- Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917--Pictorial works.; Dime novels--Illustrations.; Painting, American.; Cowboys--Pictorial works.; Cowboys in art.; Watercolors (Paintings)
- 1911
- The black mystery [art original].
- Buffalo Bill, in a cave, overhears plotters.
- Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917--Pictorial works.; Dime novels--Illustrations.; Painting, American.; Cowboys--Pictorial works.; Cowboys in art.; Watercolors (Paintings)
- 1911
- Buffalo Bill & the cattle runners [art original].
- Buffalo Bill is bound to a tree and guarded while rustlers mill in the background.
- Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917--Pictorial works.; Dime novels--Illustrations.; Painting, American.; Cowboys--Pictorial works.; Cowboys in art.; Cattle stealing--Pictorial works.; Watercolors (Paintings)
- 1913
- Baffled by Buffalo Bill [art original].
- Buffalo Bill on a precipitous ledge, his gun shot out of his hand by a crafty attacker.
- Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917--Pictorial works.; Dime novels--Illustrations.; Painting, American.; Cowboys--Pictorial works.; Cowboys in art.; Watercolors (Paintings)
- 1912
- Buffalo Bill's mascot [art original].
- Buffalo Bill is awakened at his campfire by four armed men.
- Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917--Pictorial works.; Dime novels--Illustrations.; Painting, American.; Cowboys--Pictorial works.; Cowboys in art.; Watercolors (Paintings)
- 1914
- Buffalo Bill's tough trail [art original].
- On a mountain path, Buffalo Bill, on horseback, cuts the rope holding the noose of a hanging man, using a single bullet from his revolver.
- Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917--Pictorial works.; Dime novels--Illustrations.; Painting, American.; Cowboys--Pictorial works.; Cowboys in art.; Watercolors (Paintings)
- [between 1910 and 1916].
- Buffalo Bill & the man eaters [art original].
- Buffalo Bill holds high a flare in one hand, his revolver ready in the other, while two pairs of eyes watch from the darkness; his companion ready with carbine.
- Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917--Pictorial works.; Dime novels--Illustrations.; Painting, American.; Cowboys--Pictorial works.; Cowboys in art.; Watercolors (Paintings)
- 1913
- The haunted ranch [art original].
- Buffalo Bill, in an old house, threatens a ghostly figure with his revolver.
- Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917--Pictorial works.; Haunted places--Pictorial works.; Dime novels--Illustrations.; Ghosts--Pictorial works.; Ghosts in art.; Painting, American.; Cowboys--Pictorial works.; Cowboys in art.; Watercolors (Paintings)
- 1914
- The black mystery [art original].
- Buffalo Bill and companions, on horseback, encounter a fallen man in a craggy mountain pass.
- Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917--Pictorial works.; Dime novels--Illustrations.; Painting, American.; Cowboys--Pictorial works.; Cowboys in art.; Watercolors (Paintings)
- 1916