Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- David Bruce Powers train of Leavenworth at Denver
- David Bruce Powers' supply train from Leavenworth, Kansas forms a circle on Market Street, Denver, Colorado. Men sit on burros and lead teams with covered wagons. Signs on businesses read: "Leather & Shoe Findings Storage & Commission," "Saddlery...
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Covered wagons--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Wagon trains--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 1868 June 20
- Tivoli Student Union, formerly the Tivoli-Union Brewery Auraria Higher Education Center.
- View of the blue and white Tivoli Student Union (formerly the Tivoli-Union Brewery), located at 900 Auraria Parkway on the Auraria Higher Education Center campus in Denver, Colorado. The brewery was built in 1881, with subsequent additions in 1890...
- Auraria Higher Education Center (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--1990-2000.; Tivoli Student Union (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Historic buildings.; Skyscrapers.; Student unions.; Universities & colleges.; Auraria Higher...
- 1999
- Tivoli Student Union, formerly the Tivoli-Union Brewery Auraria Higher Education Center.
- View of the Tivoli Student Union (formerly the Tivoli-Union Brewery), located at 900 Auraria Parkway on the Auraria Higher Education Center campus in Denver, Colorado. The brewery was built in 1881, with subsequent additions in 1890 by Frederick...
- Auraria Higher Education Center (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--1990-2000.; Tivoli Student Union (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Historic buildings.; Student unions.; Universities & colleges.; Auraria Higher Education Center...
- 1999
- Colfax and Downing
- View of snow along Colfax and Downing Avenues, Denver, Colorado, shows paused street cars and pedestrians, with the Lawrence C. Phipps mansion in the background.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Blizzards--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1913
- Construction work
- The Denver Public Library under construction, Civic Center, Denver, Colorado. Crane arms help to raise the steel framework interior as the Turkey Creek sandstone exterior with fluted Corinthian columns is set.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Libraries--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver Public Library.
- 1908 May 21
- Bowie Coal Mines from tracks out of the mine to the tipple showing the power house
- View from Alexander Bowie Coal Mine (formerly Juanita Coal and Coke) down steep incline of ore cart tracks, Delta County, Colorado, shows the tipple, railroad cars, stacks of timber, powerhouse, and snow covered slopes in distance.
- Bowie Coal Mine (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Delta County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Delta County--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Bowie Coal Mines wide angle view from old tipple and mine on hill
- View from old tipple over Bowie Coal Mine structures, Delta County, Colorado. Steep incline with ore cart tracks leads to mine entrance. A Denver and Rio Grande gondola car shows under the new tipple. Formerly Juanita Coal and Coke before Alexander...
- Bowie Coal Mine (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1910-1920.; Delta County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Delta County--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Ward
- Panoramic view of Ward, Boulder County, Colorado (formerly known as Ward District), shows frame buildings on unpaved streets.
- Ward (Colo.)--1860-1870.
- [between 1866 and 1870?]
- Royal Tiger Mines Co.
- View of Royal Tiger Mine, mill, and mining ore processing facility in San Juan County, Colorado; buildings include the carpenter shop, machine shop, and concentrator. A car is by tailings.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--San Juan County--1920-1930.; Royal Tiger Mine (San Juan County, Colo.)--1920-1930.; San Juan County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Mills--Colorado--San Juan County--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--San Juan County--1920-1930.
- August 22, 1923
- Coal mine underground Lafayette, Colo.
- Miners work with a pneumatic drill and a pick near a mine ore car in a mine tunnel near Lafayette (Boulder County), Colorado.
- Lafayette (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Coal mining--Colorado--Lafayette--1920-1930.; Drilling & boring machinery--Colorado--Lafayette--1920-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Lafayette--1920-1930.; Miners--Colorado--Lafayette--1920-1930.;...
- 1921
- Lafayette coal mine
- A miner works with a pneumatic drill in a tunnel of a mine near Lafayette (Boulder County), Colorado. He wears a hat and a miner's light.
- Lafayette (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Coal mining--Colorado--Lafayette--1920-1930.; Drilling & boring machinery--Colorado--Lafayette--1920-1930.; Miners--Colorado--Lafayette--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Lafayette--1920-1930.
- 1921
- Summer scene of American City
- Panoramic view of American City (Gilpin County), Colorado. The buildings include the Smug Harbor and Louisiana cabins, the office of the American Mining Company, and the shafthouse of the Mascot Mine.
- American City (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Mascot Mine (Gilpin County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--American City--1890-1910.
- Summer [between 1895 and 1905]
- David McCleskey
- Head and shoulders portrait, posssibly of David McCleskey, son- in-law of John Hamilton Gregory, early Gilpin County gold miner.
- McCleskey, David.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Princess Theater
- View of the Princess Theater at 1620 Curtis Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. A display that includes small logs grouped together to form large logs is near the ornate entryway. Signs read: "Wallace Reid" and "'The Valley of the Giants.'"
- Princess Theater (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Doors & doorways--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Motion picture theaters--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [1919]
- Navajo brave and his mother
- A Native American (Navajo) man and his mother pose outdoors in either Arizona or New Mexico. He holds a bow and arrow.
- Bow and arrow--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Navajo Indians--1870-1880.; Warriors--1870-1880.; Women--1870-1880.
- 1873
- Radium Co of Colo Tejon Plant
- View of the shaft house the Radium Company of Colorado's Tejon Plant in Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1940 and 1960]
- Mine buildings
- View of a radium mine operation in Colorado. Shows wood frame buildings and smokestacks.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--1920-1930.; Smokestacks--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1940 and 1960]
- Radium mine
- View of a radium mine operation in Colorado. Two automobiles are parked near the side of a dirt road.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Radium Company of Colorado
- Assayers work in a laboratory at the Radium Company of Colorado mine in Colorado.
- Assayers--Colorado--1920-1930.; Mine buildings--Colorado--1920-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Last Chance and Amethyst Mines, Creede, Colo.
- View of the shafthouses and tramway of the Last Chance, Amethyst, and Del Monte Mines near Creede (Mineral County), Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Amethyst Mine (Mineral County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Last Chance Mine (Mineral County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- 1892 June
- Hotel Glenwood Grand Ave.
- Men stand in a line around the sidewalk outside of the Glenwood Hotel in the town of Glenwood Springs (formerly known as Defiance), Colorado, in Garfield County. Features of the Victorian building on Cooper Avenue include: balconies, round bay...
- Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1880-1890.; Glenwood Hotel (Glenwood Springs, Colo.)
- [between 1884 and 1888]
- Fun for the boys, Glenwood Springs, Col. U. S. A.
- Five boys play on a fountain that squirts water in the center of the Natatorium in the town of Glenwood Springs (formerly known as Defiance), Colorado, in Garfield County. Other children frolic on the pool's deck and in the water. The Stone Bath...
- Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Children playing in water--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1900.; Fountains--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1900.; Springs--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1900.; Swimming pools--Colorado--Glenwood...
- 1890
- Ouray, Otto Mears
- Sitting studio portrait of Native American (Tabeguache band, Southern Ute) Chief Ouray, and Otto Mears, an interpreter and businessman. Ouray wears beaded moccasins, leggings, shirt, and fringed coat, Mears wears a three piece suit.
- Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Tabeguache Indians--1870-1880.; Ute Indians--1870-1880.; Indian interpreters--1870-1880.; Tribal chiefs--1870-1880.; Ouray.; Mears, Otto, 1840-1931.; Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.)
- [1880?]
- Ouray and sub-chiefs of the Utes
- Studio portrait of Chief Ouray, center, with Warets, Shavano, Ankatosh and Guerro, sub-chiefs of the Native American Tabeguache (Uncompahgre) Ute band. Clothing includes tunics, buckskin leggings, moccasins, chokers, and bead necklaces.
- Indians of North America--1860-1870.; Tabeguache Indians--1860-1870.; Ute Indians--1860-1870.; Group portraits--1860-1879.; Tribal chiefs--1860-1870.; Ankatosh.; Guerro.; Ouray.; Shavano.; Warets.; Geological and Geographical Survey of the...
- [1868?]
- Grand River No. 1020
- A man stands on a wooden boardwalk in front of the entrance to the vapor caves outside of the town of Glenwood Springs (formerly known as Defiance), Colorado, in Garfield County. The Colorado River (formerly known as the Grand River) flows past...
- Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Boardwalks--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1880-1910.; Caves--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1880-1910.
- [between 1885 and 1905]
- View on toll road 4 miles above Ouray, Colo
- View of the Ouray - Silverton, Otto Mears toll road Ouray County, Colorado; bridges span gaps in the cliff high above probably the Uncompahgre River.
- Ouray County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Uncompahgre River (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Bridges--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1890.; Cliffs--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1890.; Dirt roads--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1890.; Streams--Colorado--Ouray...
- 1888 July 6
- Tivoli Student Union, formerly the Tivoli-Union Brewery Auraria Higher Education Center.
- View of the Tivoli Student Union (formerly the Tivoli-Union Brewery), located at 900 Auraria Parkway on the Auraria Higher Education Center campus in Denver, Colorado. The brewery was built in 1881, with subsequent additions in 1890 by Frederick...
- Auraria Higher Education Center (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--1990-2000.; Tivoli Student Union (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Historic buildings.; Student unions.; Universities & colleges.; Auraria Higher Education Center...
- 1999
- Tivoli Student Union, formerly the Tivoli-Union Brewery Auraria Higher Education Center.
- View of paint removal from the Tivoli Student Union (formerly the Tivoli-Union Brewery) during exterior restoration, the building is located at 900 Auraria Parkway on the Auraria Higher Education Center campus in Denver, Colorado. The brewery was...
- Auraria Higher Education Center (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--2000-2010.; Tivoli Student Union (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Conservation & restoration.; Historic buildings.; Student unions.; Universities & colleges.;...
- 2004
- Tivoli Student Union, formerly the Tivoli-Union Brewery Auraria Higher Education Center.
- View of the Tivoli Student Union (formerly the Tivoli-Union Brewery) after renovation and restoration, the building is located at 900 Auraria Parkway on the Auraria Higher Education Center campus in Denver, Colorado. The brewery was built in 1881,...
- Auraria Higher Education Center (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--2000-2010.; Tivoli Student Union (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Conservation & restoration.; Historic buildings.; Student unions.; Universities & colleges.;...
- 2005
- Tivoli Student Union, formerly the Tivoli-Union Brewery Auraria Higher Education Center.
- View of a flatbed truck parked near the Tivoli Student Union (formerly the Tivoli-Union Brewery), located at 900 Auraria Parkway on the Auraria Higher Education Center campus in Denver, Colorado. The brewery was built in 1881, with subsequent...
- Auraria Higher Education Center (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Signs (Notices); Student unions.; Trucks.; Universities & colleges.; Auraria Higher Education Center (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Signs and...
- 2004
- Quincy Building (formerly Patterson & Thomas Blk.)
- View of the Quincy Building at 17th (Seventeenth) and Curtis Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado. Pedestrians and automobiles are nearby. Signs read: "Jewelry Loan Offices Diamonds," "Photos Finishing," "United Cigar Stores Co.," and "Eat."
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; City & town life--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Glen Arbor Lodge, Empire, formerly Guanella Brewery
- The Glen Arbor Lodge, formerly the Guanella Brewery, in Empire, Clear Creek County, Colorado, is on the side of a hill, with a stone retaining wall below it. The dark colored building has three dormers in the gabled roof, and gable roofed additions...
- Empire (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Lodging houses--Colorado--Empire--1960-1970.
- 1960
- An Alamosa business block
- View of a commercial buildings on Main street (formerly "Fifth Street") in the business section of Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado. Shows pedestrians, men in horse-drawn wagons, a horse tied to a post, utility poles and electric street lights....
- American National Bank (Alamosa, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Banks--Colorado--Alamosa--1900-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Alamosa--1900-1910.; Dirt roads--Colorado--Alamosa--1900-1910.
- [between 1907 and 1910?]
- Red Cliff, Summit Co. Col.
- Men in a group stand on a timber sidewalk and pose beside a false front commercial building that reads: "M. Edwards, Drugs and General Merchandise, Post Office, Battle Mountain Stage Office" in Red Cliff, Eagle County (formerly Summit County),...
- Red Cliff (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Red Cliff--1880-1890.; False fronts--Colorado--Red Cliff--1880-1890.; Men--Colorado--Red Cliff--1880-1890.; Wooden sidewalks--Colorado--Red Cliff--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1883?]
- Plant of the Index Shale Oil Co., De Beque, Colo.
- View of the Index Shale Oil Company retort near De Beque (Mesa County), Colorado; cliffs of Mount Blaine (Mount Index) are behind sheds, pipes, and tanks.
- Index Shale Oil Company--Buildings--1920-1930.; Oil-shale industry--Colorado--Mesa County--1920-1930.; Blaine, Mount (Garfield County, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Mesa County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Mesa County--1920-1930.;...
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Red Cliff, Colorado
- View of the town of Red Cliff (Redcliff) in Eagle County, Colorado. Commercial buildings line a wide dirt road. Signs on businesses read: "Quartzite Hotel," "Hotel," "Lumber," and "Stable." Shows a church, school house, and probably a fire house. A...
- Red Cliff (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Turkey Creek (Eagle County, Colo.)--1890-1920.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Red Cliff--1890-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Red Cliff--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1915?]
- Francisco Plaza
- View of Francisco Plaza (later the Francisco Fort Museum), formerly a fort, at La Veta (Francisco Plaza) in Huerfano County, Colorado. Shows a one-story adobe brick, L-shaped building with a shingled and corrugated metal roof, a covered porch and a...
- La Veta (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Adobe buildings--Colorado--La Veta--1930-1950.; Houses--Colorado--La Veta--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Colonel Francisco's Plaza, La Veta, Colo.
- View of Francisco Plaza (later the Francisco Fort Museum), formerly a fort in La Veta (Huerfano County), Colorado. Shows a "U" shaped, one-story adobe brick building with a shingled and wooden slat roof, a timber fence and a dirt field in front of...
- La Veta (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Adobe buildings--Colorado--La Veta--1890-1900.
- 1895?
- Francisco Plaza
- View of Francisco Plaza (later the Francisco Fort Museum), formerly a fort; shows two adobe brick buildings with gabled roofs in La Veta (Huerfano County), Colorado. A house has a screened porch with a hipped roof and chimneys.
- La Veta (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Adobe buildings--Colorado--La Veta--1930-1950.; Houses--Colorado--La Veta--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Palisade Hotel, Main St.
- View of the stone two-story Palisades Hotel (formerly Tabor House) on Main Street in Gunnison (Gunnison County), Colorado. The two-story building has a flat roof, arched windows with keystones and sills. Signs on a false front building reads:...
- Palisades Hotel (Gunnison, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Gunnison (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.
- [1882]
- Canon of Grand River
- View of Glenwood Canyon in (probably) Garfield County, Colorado; the Colorado River (formerly called Grand River) is by Denver & Rio Grande Railroad tracks.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1890-1910.; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1890-1910.; Garfield County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Glenwood Canyon (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Canyons--Colorado--Garfield County--1890-1910.; Railroad...
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Ariel tram in Cokedale
- View of an aerial tram loaded with coal in Cokedale (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows slag piles and mining buildings.
- Cokedale (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Aerial tramways--Colorado--Cokedale--1890-1910.; Coal mining--Colorado--Cokedale--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Cokedale--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Aerial view of Trinidad
- Aerial view of Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Schneider Brewery, commercial buildings and houses.
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Trinidad--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Simpson's Rest, Trinidad
- View looking down a dirt road toward Simpsons Rest, a butte and rock formation in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows large letters reading "Trinidad" on top of Simpson's Rest.
- Simpsons Rest (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Hills--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1930.; Rock formations--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1930.
- [between 1900 and 1930?]
- Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Trinidad
- View of Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. This rusticated stone building features a round stained glass window, arched doorway, dentil bands, tower, and steeple. Carved stone over the door reads: "Uni Trinoque...
- Holy Trinity Catholic Church (Trinidad, Colo.)--1890-1920.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Catholic churches--Colorado--Trinidad (Colo.)--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1914?]
- Hayloft at Bowman Dairy, Trinidad, Colorado
- View of a hayloft at Bowman Dairy, Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows hay, beams, open loft door.
- Bowman Dairy (Trinidad, Colo.)--1910-1930.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Haylofts--Colorado--Trinidad--1910-1930.; Barns--Colorado--Trinidad--1910-1930.; Hay--Colorado--Trinidad--1910-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Trinidad--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1925?]
- Gally cottages, Nordhoff, California
- View of the Gally cottages, a resort in Ojai (formerly Nordhoff), Ventura County, California. Shows the roof and windows of Victorian style cottages. A bench sits on the lawn near flowering bushes.
- Nordhoff (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Cabins--California--Nordhoff--1900-1910.; Gardens--California--Nordhoff--1900-1910.; Resorts--California--Nordhoff--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Matilija Mountain, Nordhoff, California
- View of a mountain identified as Matilija Mountain near Ojai (formerly Nordhoff), Ventura County, California. Shows pasture, residences in the distance, and leafless trees.
- Ventura County (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Farms--California--Ventura County--1900-1910.; Trees--California--Ventura County--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Matilija Mountain, Nordhoff, California
- View of a mountain identified as Matilija Mountain near Ojai (formerly Nordhoff) in Ventura County, California. Shows a pasture, residences at a great distance, and a leafless tree.
- Ventura County (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Farms--California--Ventura County--1900-1910.; Trees--California--Ventura County--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Verandah, Gally Cottages, Nordhoff, California
- Vacation guests sit on the front porch of one of the Gally cottages in Ojai (formerly Nordhoff), Ventura County, California. Shows Victorian style residences with dormers, eave trim and lattice trim on the veranda.
- Nordhoff (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Cabins--California--Nordhoff--1900-1910.; Porches--California--Nordhoff--1900-1910.; Resorts--California--Nordhoff--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]