Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Colorado Marriages 1858-1939 C
- Marriage records--Colorado; Colorado--Genealogy.
- Gold Dirt Mine crew
- Two rows of miners sit on logs, with one man sitting on a stump slightly in front of the posed group, probably near Rollinsville in Gilpin County, Colorado. The group is probably the crew of the Gold Dirt Mine. All of the men wear hats, some with...
- Rollinsville (Colo.)--1860-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Rollinsville--1860-1900.
- [between 1860 and 1899?]
- Mile stones [sic] in D. + S.L. history
- Wooden ladders and catwalks made of logs roped to cliff walls are in Gore Canyon beside the Colorado River in Grand County, Colorado. The equipment was used by a Denver & Salt Lake survey crew.
- Denver and Salt Lake Railroad Company--1900-1910.; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1900-1910.; Gore Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Grand County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Canyons--Colorado--Grand County--1900-1910.; Pedestrian bridges--Colorado--Grand...
- [1905 Jun.]
- Mile stones [sic] in D. + S.L. history
- Men, members of a Denver & Salt Lake railroad survey crew, hold ropes and walk across catwalks made of logs secured with rope above the Colorado River in Gore Canyon (Grand County), Colorado. Men wear pants tucked into tall boots, jackets and hats....
- Denver and Salt Lake Railroad Company--1900-1910.; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1900-1910.; Gore Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Grand County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Canyons--Colorado--Grand County--1900-1910.; Pedestrian bridges--Colorado--Grand...
- [1905 June]
- Mile stones [sic] in D. + S.L. history
- Men, members of a survey crew for the Denver & Salt Lake Railroad, stand on a rock cliff above the Colorado River in Gore Canyon (Grand County), Colorado. Men wear pants, boots, jackets and hats. Shows a catwalk made of logs supported with ropes.
- Denver and Salt Lake Railroad Company--1900-1910.; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1900-1910.; Gore Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Grand County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Canyons--Colorado--Grand County--1900-1910.; Pedestrian bridges--Colorado--Grand...
- [1905 June]
- Mile stones [sic] in D. + S.L. history
- A member of a Denver & Salt Lake Railroad survey crew sits on a rock on a steep cliff above the Colorado River in Gore Canyon (Grand County), Colorado. A rope beside the man extends into the canyon.
- Denver and Salt Lake Railroad Company--1900-1910.; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1900-1910.; Gore Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Grand County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Canyons--Colorado--Grand County--1900-1910.; Railroad construction &...
- [1905 June]
- Gore Canon, Grand River
- View of log catwalks roped to cliff walls in Gore Canyon beside the Colorado River in Grand County, Colorado. The equipment was used by a survey crew.
- Denver and Salt Lake Railroad Company--1900-1910.; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1900-1910.; Gore Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Grand County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Canyons--Colorado--Grand County--1900-1910.; Pedestrian bridges--Colorado--Grand...
- 1905 June
- East Denver High School Annual: 1911
- 1911 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1911
- Field artillery observation crew
- Group portrait of eleven members of the field artillery observation crew attached to the Tenth Mountain Division in front of a plane at an airfield in Italy.
- Artillery (Troops)--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- Camp crew
- Men identified as (left to right): Tally boss Dick Ullemeyer, Bud Harris, ramrod and later tally boss John Coyne, Don McKinnley, Slim Babb, Jack Recht, Johnny Miller, Blackie Trainer, and Hugh Griffen, camp crew for the Roundup Riders of the...
- Roundup Riders of the Rockies (Colo.)--People--1950-1960.; Trail riding--Colorado--1950-1960.; Camping--Colorado--1950-1960.; Cowboys--Colorado--1950-1960.; Employees--Colorado--1950-1960.; Organizations--Colorado--1950-1960.;...
- 1952 July
- British Columbia Fatal Mining Accidents : 1887, 1896-1942
- Index of the Fatal Mining Accidents occurring in British Columbia Canada in the years 1887, and 1896-1949. Information is arranged alphabetically and includes: the name of the victim, date of the accident, colliery/mine name (town), whether fatal...
- Mine accidents--British Columbia--Indexes.
- 2007
- Nebraska World War I Selective Service Draft Registration Cards Index, 1917-1918 A-L
- The Nebraska registration cards are on 50 rolls of microfilm, Nebraska State Historical Society library microfilm catalog number RG0544.PR. They are arranged alphabetically by county or city. Within the county or city, names are listed usually...
- World War, 1914-1918--Nebraska.; Nebraska--Genealogy--Sources.; Nebraska--History, Military.; United States. Selective Service System--Sources.; United States. Army--Recruiting, enlistment, etc.--World War, 1914-1918.; United States....
- 2005
- Palmer Lake, Glen Park
- Eleven men stand in front of the Denver and Rio Grande Railway building at an unidentified exposition, the building was later moved to Palmer Lake (El Paso County), Colorado and served as the railroad depot. The Victorian style building has a tower...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company--1880-1890.; Exhibition buildings--1880-1890.; Railroad stations--1880-1890.
- 1882
- Colorado & Southern train stopped under high bridge Georgetown loop.
- Passengers and crew pose on and near Colorado & Southern Railway passenger train number 7 stopped beneath the high bridge (Devil's Gate Viaduct) on the Georgetown loop near Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Well dressed men, women,...
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1890-1900.; Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Passengers.; Railroad bridges.; Railroad employees.; Streams.; Tourists.
- [between 1898 and 1900?]
- Colorado Midland RR Engine no. 1 at Ivanhoe
- A Colorado Midland Railway crew workers poses on the front pilot (cowcatcher) of Engine number 1 in Ivanhoe (Pitkin County), Colorado. Another crew member, possibly the engineer, leans out of the cab window. A coal car is attached to the engine; in...
- Colorado Midland Railway Company--1890-1900.; Ivanhoe (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Ivanhoe--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Men peeling green onions
- A group of men sits in a semi-circle peeling green onions in preparation for a meal for the cast and crew of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Two of the men in the left center midground wear ties. Most of the men wear hats and suspenders. The onions...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Cookery--1900-1910.; Onions.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Men peeling green onions
- A group of men sits in front of a tent peeling green onions in preparation for a meal for the cast and crew of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Most of the men wear hats and suspenders. A few of them wear ties. A man in the right midground sits in a...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Cookery--1900-1910.; Onions.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Men peeling potatoes
- A group of men sits in the midground peeling potatoes to feed the cast and crew of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The men place the peeled potatoes into a large round pot. A pile of unpeeled potatoes is in front of the group. The cast and crew of...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Chefs--1900-1910.; Cookery--1900-1910.; Potatoes.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Farming at Willard, Colorado
- On the Cannon homestead, north of Willard, Logan County, Colorado, the Hays-Long harvest crew poses with mules. Ed Cannon is on the left; Curtis Page is on the middle wagon.
- Cannon, Ed--Homes & haunts.; Willard (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Harvesting--Colorado--Willard--1910-1920.; Mules--Colorado--Willard--1910-1920.; Page, Curtis.
- [1918]
- 14th Street Viaduct Construction - Denver, Colorado
- A construction crew works on the partially completed 14th (Fourteenth) Street viaduct in Denver, Colorado. Shows work crew, crane, and temporary rail tracks. Railroad bridges and the South Platte River are visible in the background. Men in suits...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1890-1900.; Bridge construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Railroad...
- 1898 December 5
- 14th Street Viaduct Construction
- A construction crew works on the 14th (Fourteenth) Street viaduct in Denver, Colorado. The crew appears to be laying the roadwork on the bridge supports. The Denver Transit Warehouse, the Congregation of Shomro Amunoh building, Cherry Creek and...
- Congregation Shomro Amunoh (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bridge construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.;...
- 1899 March 18
- E. P. Sutton, by mother, I was born here, Jan 21-1896
- Men, women and children stand on the dock of the railroad depot in Brush, Morgan County, Colorado. The depot is a two-story frame building with signs: "Brush," and "Western Union Telegraph and Cable Office." Men and shovels are on a railroad...
- Brush (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bicycles & tricycles--Colorado--Brush--1890- 1900.; Railroad handcars--Colorado--Brush--1890-1900.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Brush--1890-1900.
- 1899
- Colorado & Southern locomotive "637"
- View of a Colorado & Southern locomotive number "637" with its crew possibly in Denver, Colorado. The crew is identified (from left to right), Conductor: Gene Marvel, Engineers: G. A. Volleberg and C. E. Conroe, Brakeman: Frank Wright, and Fireman:...
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1900-1920.; Railroad employees--Colorado--1900-1920.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1908 and 1920]
- Gilpin Tramway construction, tracks
- A view of a construction crew on Gilpin Tramway railroad tracks in Chase Gulch in Gilpin County, Colorado. Men and boys are on the railroad grade near stacks of railroad ties. Two boys are seated on mules. A crew works in the distance.
- Gilpin Tramway Company--1880-1890.; Chase Gulch (Gilpin County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Mules--Colorado--Gilpin County--1880-1890.; Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--Gilpin County--1880-1890.; Railroad construction &...
- [1887]
- Pony rider passing outpost of telegraph construction
- A Pony Express rider waves at a telegraph line construction crew on possibly the Oregon Trail. The crew waves back. North American Indians, on horseback, are on a ridge nearby. A wagon train and snow capped mountains are in the distance.
- Indians of North America--1860-1870.; Horseback riding--1860-1870.; Linemen--1860-1870.; Pony Express--1860-1870.; Telegraph lines--1860-1870.; Wagon trains--1860-1870.; Watercolors--1930-1940.; Westward movement--1860-1870.
- 1936
- Idlewild teams Argos party moving in ahead of [?]
- At Idlewild, Colorado, a horse-changing station for the stagecoach on the Western Slope of Berthoud Pass, crew chief J. J. Argo is packing up his men to locate the site of the 2.6 mile main range tunnel for the narrow gauge electric line to Hot...
- Idlewild (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad construction workers--Colorado--Idlewild--1900- 1910.; Stagecoaches--Colorado--Idlewild--1900-1910.; Argo, J. J.
- 1903
- Capitol Hill United Neighborhoods Meeting Minutes
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 15, 1910 April 9
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 27, 1909 August 21
- Municipal Facts: Volume 12 Numbers 1 and 2, 1929 January-February
- Cities streets maintenance crew working at Alameda bridge
- Workmen in a maintenance crew work on the Alameda Avenue bridge in Denver, Colorado. They stand near a dump truck. Spectators stand nearby.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Dump trucks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Street maintenance & repair--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1909 and 1920?]
- Industries construction survey crew at Alameda bridge
- A survey crew poses near the edge of the South Platte River in Denver, Colorado. Their equipment, a tent, and the Alameda Avenue bridge are nearby.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1900-1910.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Rivers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Surveying equipment--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Surveyors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [either 1908 or 1909]
- Survey crew
- Union Pacific railroad survey crew members pose in their camp along the Grand (Colorado) River with two dogs and their transit, rods, levels, and axes, near Glenwood Springs, Colorado. They include: J. I. Barlow, Lewis Blichensderfer, Mrs...
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1880-1890.; Railroad employees--Colorado--1880-1890.
- [between 1884 and 1890?]
- Survey crew
- Union Pacific railroad survey crew members pose in their camp along the Grand (Colorado) River with two dogs and their transit, rods, levels, and axes, near Glenwood Springs, Colorado. They include: "1. J. I. Barlow, Div Engr. state: Mass.; 2....
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1880-1890.; Railroad employees--Colorado--1880-1890.
- [between 1884 and 1890]
- Survey crew
- Union Pacific railroad survey crew members pose in their camp with transits on tripods, rods, and levels, possibly near Glenwood Springs, Colorado.
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1880-1890.; Railroad employees--Colorado--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- Wild West Show kitchen crew
- Men chop wood to fuel the fires under large, kettle stoves used to cook food for the cast and crew of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Cookery--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Allotment crew ready to divide land at Pine Ridge
- Agent Brennan poses in front of a tent with his son, Billy (William) Garnett, an interpreter, (son of General Richard B. Garnett of old Fort Laramie and a Native American Sioux mother), his wife, daughter and three sons, and a land allotment crew...
- Dakota Indians--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Indian interpreters--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (S.D.)--1890-1900.; Families--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Surveyors--South...
- [1891]
- Train crew on Pikes Peak
- Members of a Manitou and Pike's Peak train crew pose on the edge of a rocky cliff, on Pikes Peak, El Paso County, Colorado. The men wear uniforms. Some men wear overcoats. One man wears a hat that reads: "Brakeman".
- Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--People--1890-1920.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1920.; Railroad employees--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 adn 1915?]
- Baldy, Colo. tent camp of a plowing crew
- Clouds gather over the small community of Baldy, Colorado, in Costilla County, where three tents are pitched together in an enclosed area near a one-story, clapboard structure with a gable and a chimney. A smaller, wood-frame shack is near it....
- Baldy (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Prairies--Colorado--Baldy--1910-1920.; Tents--Colorado--Baldy--1910-1920.
- [1915?]
- Construction Crew for the 14th Street Viaduct
- A construction crew poses on the site of the 14th (Fourteenth) Street viaduct in Denver, Colorado. The viaduct ran from 14th and Wazee to 14th and Platte Street. Shows houses in background.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bridge construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Machinery--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- 1899 June 27
- Tent camp at Baldy, Colo., of plowing crew
- The town of Baldy, Colorado in Costilla County consists of five, white tents, and a one-story, wood-frame building with a gable. A small, wood shed with a flat roof is in front of the smaller tents and a windmill is in the background. In the...
- Baldy (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Ghost towns--Colorado--Baldy--1900-1910.; Tents--Colorado--Baldy--1900-1910.
- [June, 1909]
- Jumbo and drilling crew in the heading
- View of a drilling crew in the heading of an unidentified mine tending a large drilling rig identified as "Jumbo." A sign on the rig reads: "Atlas Gelodyn No. 1." Each miner wears a helmet and lamp.
- Drilling & boring machinery--1930-1940.; Interiors--1930-1940.; Miners--Colorado--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--1930-1940.
- December 20, 1939
- Aspen Times Office on Cooper Ave. with plant crew
- The plant crew poses (twelve men, one woman) on the wood-plank sidewalk in front of the Aspen Times building in Aspen, Colorado. Signs above the windows have the numbers "312" and "314" on them.
- Newspaper employees--Colorado--Aspen--1890-1900.; Aspen (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Aspen--1890-1900.
- [1895?]
- Carr Station house built 1869, or 1870, "Dionysius Mantey worked here for section crew 1870"
- View of one and half-story Carr Station house of the Denver Pacific Railroad, Weld County, Colorado, includes a foreground garden with large leafy squash plants and vines on trellises on the clapboard structure.
- Carr (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Carr--1860-1870.; Denver Pacific Railway and Telegraph Company.
- [between 1869 and 1870]
- The first clean-up crew opening a street for travel
- A W.P.A. work crew clean up fallen trees and branches after a snowstorm in Denver, Colorado. A truck with a license plate, "Colo. 1936 1T3613" hauls tree branches and limbs. Shows wooden barricades.
- United States. Work Projects Administration. Colorado.--People--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Blizzards--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Disasters--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Snow--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.;...
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- A final clean-up crew
- A W.P.A. work crew cleans up tree branches and debris after a snowstorm in Denver, Colorado.
- United States. Work Projects Administration. Colorado.--People--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Blizzards--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Laborers--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Trees--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Superintendants of road bldg. crew
- Superintendants of the State Penitentiary road building crew pose by waterfalls near Canon City, Colorado. They wear suits and hats. A hewn log cabin is by them, shrubs and rocks are in the foreground and cliffs are in the background.
- Road construction workers--Colorado--Canon City--1910-1920.; Canon City (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Prisoners--Colorado--Canon City--1910-1920.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Supervisors of road building crew
- State Penitentiary road building crew supervisors lounge by a white canvas tent near Canon City, Colorado. They wear suit jackets, vests, suspenders, soft hats, and smoke pipes or cigars. A dog stands by a firepit, and a wicker creel hangs from the...
- Road construction workers--Colorado--Canon City--1910-1920.; Canon City (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1915 and 1920?]
- A.T. & S.F R'y crew
- View of Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad workers at the end of a shift at the freight depot in Flagstaff, Arizona. Diesel locomotive number 3385 and freight cars are near the depot.
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--1980-1990.; Flagstaff (Ariz.)--1980-1990.; Railroad employees--Arizona--Flagstaff--1980-1990.; Railroad stations--Arizona--Flagstaff--1980-1990.; Railroads--Arizona--Flagstaff--1980-1990.
- 1982 Oct. 25
- Section crew - Sasco, Arizona
- View of an Arizona Southern Railroad construction crew in Sasco (Pinal County), Arizona; Mexican and probably American Indian men pose on a hand powered work car.
- Arizona Southern Railroad Company--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Employment--Arizona--Sasco--1900-1910.; Mexican Americans--Employment--Arizona--Sasco--1900-1910.; Sasco (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; Railroad construction &...
- [between 1904 and 1910]