Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Outlet of Grand Lake, Colo.
- View of people in canoes on Grand Lake in Grand County, Colorado. A dog is on a timber footbridge over an inlet. Cabins and log buildings in the town of Grand Lake are on the shores of the lake.
- Grand Lake (Colo. : Lake)--1890-1900.; Grand Lake (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cabins--Colorado--Grand Lake--1890-1900.; Canoes--Colorado--Grand Lake--1890-1900.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Grand Lake--1890-1900.; Log buildings--Colorado--Grand...
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Lake George. Bathing hour, Camp Iroquois, Glen Eyrie
- Swimmers stand near a water slide in Lake George at Camp Iroquois in probably Warren County, New York. Canoes lie upside down in front of a wooden boathouse; canvas tents sit behind a lodge.
- George, Lake (N.Y. : Lake)--1900-1910.; Warren County (N.Y.)--1900-1910.; Boathouses--New York (State)--Warren County--1900-1910.; Camps--New York (State)--Warren County--1900-1910.; Canoes--New York (State)--Warren County--1900-1910.; Lakes &...
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Eldora Lake
- Partial view of Lake Eldora near Eldora, Colorado; several canoes tied to small boat ramp or dock, log & wooden frame cabins on hillside; partially submerged boat ramp; advertised by Denver, Boulder & Western Railroad as fishing, boating, & picnic...
- Eldora (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Eldora, Lake (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Canoes--Colorado--Eldora--1910-1920.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Eldora--1910-1920.
- [between 1912 and 1917]
- City Park
- A group of people pose in a boat near the floating bandstand in City Park, Denver Colorado. Canoes rest against the boat dock and people sit near the edge of Ferril Lake, near the pavilion and icehouse.
- City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Ferril Lake (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Canoes--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1898 and 1910]
- Grand Lake
- View of Grand Lake, Colorado; tree-lined rocky shore with canoes or boats docked to piers and moored on lake, wooden frame pavilions or boathouses; man in boat with oar, United States flags atop flagpoles; tree- covered ridge, background.
- Grand Lake (Colo. : Lake)--1910-1920.; Grand Lake (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Canoes--Colorado--Grand Lake--1910-1920.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Grand Lake--1910-1920.
- [between 1912 and 1920]
- Sioux gathering wild rice
- Native American Sioux in canoes gather wild rice growing in water.
- Dakota Indians--1850-1860.; Indians of North America--1850-1860.; Canoes--1850-1860.; Harvesting--1850-1860.
- [1851?]
- Monarch Lake
- Canoes float on Monarch Lake, an area used by youth staying at the Byers Peak Ranch for Boys near Fraser, Colorado.
- Monarch Lake (Colo.)--1920-1950.; Fraser (Colo.)--1920-1950.; Canoes--Colorado--Fraser--1920-1950.
- [between 1920 and 1950]
- Green Mountain Falls Hotel
- View of a gazebo on an island in a lake, a boat house near the shore, and a frame three-story, Victorian hotel on a hillside near trees and mountains in Green Mountain Falls (Teller or El Paso County), Colorado. Canoes are in the lake near a gazebo...
- Green Mountain Falls (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Gazebos--Colorado--Green Mountain Falls--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Green Mountain Falls--1890-1900.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Green Mountain Falls--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1896?]
- Lake Tahoe
- A view of the dock at Tallac Resort on Lake Tahoe (El Dorado County), California shows staff and tourists. Outbuildings of the hotel, piles of fire wood and canoes are near the dock area.
- Tallac Resort (Calif)--1890-1910.; El Dorado County (Calif.)--1890-1910.; Tahoe, Lake (Calif. and Nev.)--1890-1910.; Buildings--California--El Dorado County--1890-1910.; Lakes & ponds--California--El Dorado County--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Evergreen Lake, Colo.
- View of The Evergreen Hotel and dock on Evergreen Lakes outside of Leadville (Lake County), Colorado. The clapboard buildings have porches, a widow's walk and balustrade. Canoes and a sailboat are near the dock.
- Evergreen Hotel (Lake County, Colo.)--1880-1910.; Evergreen Lakes (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Lake County (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Lake County--1880-1910.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Lake County--1880-1910.; Sailboats--Colorado--Lake...
- [between 1882 and 1910?]
- Indian encampment on White River
- Reproduction of a lithograph shows Native American Utes in a camp on the White River, Colorado, with tepees and canoes. One Ute man wears a feather headdress and is wrapped in a blanket.
- Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Ute Indians--1870-1880.; White River (Colo. and Utah)--1870-1880.
- 1880?
- Looking across the lake at Washington Park bathing beach in the distance
- A woman and girl stand near the edge of probably Smith Lake at Washington Park in Denver, Colorado. Men and women swimmers stand on piers and a diving tower in the lake. Other couples are in canoes on the water.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Washington Park (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1930.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; People--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.
- [May, either 1918 or 1923]
- Grand Lake Yacht Club landing
- View of Grand Lake Yacht Club & landing on Grand Lake, Colorado; wooden piers, pavilion, log shed, sailboats moored in lake & at pier, canoes on shore, forested shoreline; canvas tent with log base, center right; Rocky Mountains, distant background.
- Grand Lake (Colo. : Lake)--1910-1920.; Grand Lake (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Yacht clubs--Colorado--Grand Lake--1910-1920.
- [between 1912 and 1920]
- Grand Lake Yacht Club
- View of Grand Lake Yacht Club and Grand Lake, Colorado; Grand Lake Yacht Club organized in 1901 & incorporated in 1902, club house constructed in 1912; wooden frame pavilion, docks or piers, yacht moored in lake, canoes, forested shoreline, flag on...
- Grand Lake (Colo. : Lake)--1910-1920.; Grand Lake (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Yacht clubs--Colorado--Grand Lake--1910-1920.
- [between 1912 and 1920]
- Hotel Ormond, Ormond, Florida
- View of the Hotel Ormond, Ormond Florida, a five story frame building with dormers and an American flag and a four story frame building with a tower with a widow's walk, verandas, and a red tile roof. Shows a dock, canoes and men.
- Ormond (Fla.)--1900-1910.; Hotels--Florida--Ormond--1890-1900.
- 1902
- Indians killing buffaloes in the Missouri River
- Native American men hunt American buffalo in the Missouri River. The men hold knives in their teeth and swim beside injured buffalo. People in canoes shoot bows and arrows. Shows the buffalo herd in the distance.
- Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Missouri River--1870-1880.; Bison hunting--1870-1880.; Bison--1870-1880.; Rivers--1870-1880.; Swimming--1870-1880.
- 1874
- Str. Ancon in Yes Bay, Alaska
- Men pose in a row boat at the edge of Yes Bay (Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Census Area), Alaska. Shows canoes nearby and the paddle wheel steamboat "Ancon" in the bay. Shows dense trees on mountains in the distance.
- Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Census Area (Alaska)--1880-1890.; Yes Bay (Alaska)--1880-1890.; Bays (Bodies of water)--Alaska--Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Census Area--1880-1890.; Rowboats--Alaska--Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Census...
- [between 1880 and 1889?]
- Xochimilco
- A man in a sombrero runs along street car tracks near a canal at Xochimilco, the "floating gardens," in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico. People stand beside the streetcar tracks and near trajineras (large decorated barge like canoes) that...
- Mexico City (Mexico)--1870-1900.; Xochimilco (Distrito Federal, Mexico)--1870-1900.; Boats--Mexico--Mexico City--1870-1900.; Canals--Mexico--Mexico City--1870-1900.; Running--Mexico--Mexico City--1870-1900.; Street railroad tracks--Mexico--Mexico...
- [between 1876 and 1897]
- Xochimilco
- Men navigate trajineras (large decorated barge like canoes) in a tree lined canal at Xochimilco (the"floating gardens) in Mexico City (Distrito Federal), Mexico. The men are blurred by motion.
- Mexico City (Mexico)--1870-1900.; Xochimilco (Distrito Federal, Mexico)--1870-1900.; Boats--Mexico--Mexico City--1870-1900.; Canals--Mexico--Mexico City--1870-1900.
- [between 1876 and 1897]
- Mitchell School students with a model of New Amsterdam
- The photograph is of five students from Mitchell Elementary School located on 32nd and Lafayette Street in Denver, Colorado. The students are standing behind a large model of New Amsterdam. The two girls are kneeling holding dolls. The three boys...
- Mitchell School (Denver, Colo.); Five Points (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; Students.; Historical sites.;Windmills
- undated
- Chippewa Indians making birch canoes
- Hand colored view of two Native American (Chippewa) men constructing a Birch bark canoe in Minnesota. One completed canoe rests on the ground near the men, and a child stands in the doorway of a Birch bark wigwam.
- Indians of North America--1870-1890.; Ojibwa Indians--Minnesota--1870-1890.; Minnesota--1870-1890.; Canoes--Minnesota--1870-1890.; Handicraft--Minnesota--1870-1890.; Wigwams--Minnesota--1870-1890.
- [between 1872 and 1890?]
- East Denver High School Annual: 1910
- 1910 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1910
- N.D.H.S. Annual: 1911
- North Denver High School yearbook for 1911
- Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; North High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.
- 1911
- Western History Subject Index
- Canoeing
- Fairfax Holmes and Unidentified Woman in Boat
- Master Property Record Parcel: 0000-05104-001-00
- Master Property Record Parcel: 0000-08071-022-46
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 31, 1910 July 30
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 37, 1911 September 9
- Municipal Facts: Volume 8 Numbers 3 and 4, 1925 March-April
- Municipal Facts: Volume 14 Numbers 1 and 2, 1931 January-February
- Municipal Facts: Volume 11 Numbers 3 and 4, 1928 March-April
- History of Denver
- Green Lake
- A man holds oars and poses in a canoe on Green Lake on Guanella Pass near Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Boulders are near the edge of the lake, and cabins are in the trees across the lake.
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Green Lake (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Canoes--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1880-1900.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Three men in a canoe-like boat
- A group of men paddle in a canoe on the Archer Canal in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Canals--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Canoes--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Four men in a boat one holding a rifle
- Men pose in a canoe on the South Platte River in Denver, Colorado. One man holds a rifle.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1900-1920.; Canoes--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Rivers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Minnehaha
- A full length outdoor portrait of a Native American girl (tribe unknown), she leans against a tree. The young woman wears a fringed and beaded buckskin dress, braids, a beaded bag, necklaces and moccasins. She stands near a birchbark canoe beside...
- Indians of North America--1890-1910.; Canoes--1890-1910.; Girls--1890-1910.; Teenagers--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Couple in boat in City Park lake DMNH visible
- A man and woman pose in a canoe on City Park (Ferril) Lake in City Park, Denver, Colorado. The woman wears an elaborately decorated hat. The Denver Museum of Natural History is in the distance.
- City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Ferril Lake (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Canoes--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Two girls in a boat near the Alameda Avenue bridge
- Two young women pose in a canoe on Archer Canal in Denver, Colorado. The Alameda Avenue bridge is in the distance.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Canals--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Canoes--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Teenagers--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Two women in a boat on the lake at Lakeside
- Women pose in a canoe on Lake Rhoda near White City (Lakeside Amusement Park) in Lakeside (Denver County), Colorado. The roller coaster and the park are in the distance.
- Lakeside (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Rhoda, Lake (Colo.)--1900-1920.; White City (Denver, Colo. : Amusement park)--1900-1920.; Canoes--Colorado--Lakeside--1900-1920.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Lakeside--1900-1920.; Women--Colorado--Lakeside--1900-1920.
- [between 1908 and 1915?]
- [Three] 3 boys & canoe
- Outdoor portrait of boys with their dogs by Archer Canal in Denver, Colorado. One boy is in a canoe. Charles S. Lillybridge's house and studio and the Alameda Avenue bridge are in the distance.
- Lillybridge, Charles S., 1849-1935.--Homes & haunts.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Canals--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Canoes--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1904 and 1909]
- Adults in boat at Washington Park
- Outdoor portrait of women and a man in a rented canoe in Smith Lake at Washington Park in Denver, Colorado. The boathouse is in the distance.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Smith Lake (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1930.; Washington Park (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1930.; Canoes--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.;...
- [between 1915 and 1925]
- Boat rental at City Park, men wearing swim suits
- Outdoor portrait of men and women in a canoe at City Park Lake in Denver, Colorado; costume includes swimming suits and a flowered hat.
- City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Canoes--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Swimmers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Two boys, one carrying paddle, and their dog in canoe
- Outdoor portrait of boys and a dog boating on the South Platte River, in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1900-1920.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Canoes--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Dogs--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Rivers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Lake George. Camp Iroquois. Glen Eyrie
- Men in wool bathing suits stand on a wooden dock at Camp Iroquois on Lake George in probably Warren County, New York. Shows a wooden lodge with a veranda, a gazebo in a wooded area on the lake shore and a stone breakwater. A canoe rests on the dock.
- George, Lake (N.Y. : Lake)--1900-1910.; Warren County (N.Y.)--1900-1910.; Camps--New York (State)--Warren County--1900-1910.; Canoes--New York (State)--Warren County--1900-1910.; Lakes & ponds--New York (State)--Warren County--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- "Rooster Rock," Columbia River
- View of Rooster Rock, a basalt pillar, and dense trees beside the Columbia River in Multnomah County, Oregon. People in a canoe are near the shore of the river.
- Columbia River--1880-1910.; Multnomah County (Or.)--1880-1910.; Rooster Rock (Multnomah County, Or. : Pillar)--1880-1910.; Beaches--Oregon--Multnomah County--1880-1910.; Canoes--Oregon--Multnomah County--1880-1910.; Rivers--Oregon--Multnomah...
- [between 1885 and 1902?]
- Hunter's Cabin at lower lake
- A hunter with a rifle poses by a canoe below Mount Evans on the lower lake at Chicago Lakes, Clear Creek County, Colorado. Shows a log cabin, a tent, steep cliffs, and boulders.
- Chicago Lakes (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Evans, Mount (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Canoes--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1880-1890.; Cliffs--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1880-1890.; Hunting--Colorado--Clear Creek...
- [between 1881 and 1890?]
- One of Colorado's irrigation canals
- Large irrigation canal somewhere in Colorado; three boys in a canoe floating in canal, three other boys standing alongside shore.
- Irrigation canals and flumes--Colorado--1890-1910.; Boys--Colorado--1890-1910.; Canoes--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Hazel Rhoads, later to become Mrs. Charles C. Gates, at City Park lake
- Miss Hazel Rhoads, sister of Harry M. Rhoads, paddles a wooden canoe in City Park Lake, Denver, Colorado.
- City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Canoes--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Gates, Hazel LaDora Rhoads.; Rhoads, Harry Mellon, 1880 or...
- [1900?]
- Female on boat's edge
- A teenaged girl poses in a bathing suit, as she sits on a canoe; her long hair is worn loose.
- Bathing suits--1920-1930.; Canoes--1920-1930.; Women--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]