Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Healy House, Leadville, 1941
- Interior view of the Healy House State Museum on the northwest corner of Harrison Avenue and East Tenth Street in Leadville, Colorado. The view includes a Franklin cast iron stove with skirt base foot rail, wooden chairs with decorative spindles,...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1950.; Interiors.; Healy House State Museum.
- 1941
- Healy House, Leadville, 1941
- Interior view of a corner of a room in the Healy House State Museum on the northwest corner of Harrison Avenue and East Tenth Street in Leadville, Colorado. Sunlight streams in a window of the room furnished with a dresser, two trunks and a round...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1950.; Interiors.; Healy House State Museum.
- 1941
- Healy House, Leadville, 1941
- Interior view of a bedroom of the Healy House Museum, on the northwest corner of Harrison Avenue and East Tenth Street in Leadville, Colorado, includes a wardrobe with open doors displaying petticoats and dresses on wire hangers, an upholstered...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Bedrooms--1880-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1950.; Interiors.; Healy House State Museum.
- 1941
- Healy House, Leadville, 1941
- Interior view of a corner of a room in the Healy House State Museum on the northwest corner of Harrison Avenue and East Tenth Street in Leadville, Colorado. Sunlight streams in one of two windows and an open trunk with bonnet box and side...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1950.; Interiors.; Healy House State Museum.
- 1941
- Healy House, Leadville, 1941
- In this interior view of a bedroom in the Healy House Museum, on the northwest corner of Harrison Avenue and East Tenth Street in Leadville, Colorado, is a room with patterned wall paper and carpet and a rocker with an upholstered back and a seat...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Bedrooms--1880-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1950.; Interiors.; Healy House State Museum.
- 1941
- Healy House, portrait detail
- Detail of a portrait of a young girl in the Healy House State Museum, on the northwest corner of Harrison Avenue and East Tenth Street in Leadville, Colorado. The portrait is framed in a painted oval with a shell at the base and has a floral...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Leadville--1960-1970.; Interiors.; Healy House State Museum.
- [between 1960 and 1970]
- Healy House, Leadville, 1941
- In this interior view of a room in the Healy House Museum, at the northwest corner of Harrison Avenue and East Tenth Street in Leadville, Colorado, sunlight streams in a window casting light over a sewing machine toward a dresser and two mannequin...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1950.; Interiors.; Healy House State Museum.
- 1941
- Healy House, Leadville, 1941
- In this interior view of a bedroom in the Healy House Museum, on the northwest corner of Harrison Avenue and East Tenth Street in Leadville, Colorado, a glare of sunlight comes through the window on the left side, illuminating a rocker with an...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Bedrooms--1880-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1950.; Interiors.; Healy House State Museum.
- 1941
- Leadville, 1940, Healy House
- In this interior view of the dining room in the Healy House Museum, on the northwest corner of Harrison Avenue and East Tenth Street in Leadville, Colorado there is a black walnut sideboard with a mirror, ornately carved handles and decorative...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Dining rooms--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1950.; Interiors.; Healy House State Museum.
- 1940
- Stained glass windows at Healy House
- In this interior close-up of a corner of the Healy House Museum, on the corner of Harrison Avenue and East Tenth Street in Leadville, Colorado, there is a stained glass window behind a pedestal table. The window, a large pane with smaller side...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Interiors.; Healy House State Museum.
- [between 1960 and 1970]
- Dining room chandelier at the Healy House
- Interior view of the dining room chandelier in the Healy House State Museum, on the northwest corner of Harrison Avenue and East Tenth Street in Leadville, Colorado, shows the crystal chandelier suspended from the ceiling with draped beads,...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Chandeliers--1880-1920.; Dining rooms--1880-1920.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Leadville--1960-1970.; Interiors.; Healy House State Museum.
- [between 1960 and 1970]
- Ophir City, Nevada, east canon
- View of log cabins and timber buildings in a canyon at Ophir City (Washoe County), Nevada. Buildings have shingle, straw or hay roofs. A building has stone chimneys, stone walls are between houses. Shows commercial buildings and possibly Murphy...
- Ophir City (Nev.)--1870-1880.; Cities & towns--Nevada--Ophir City--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Nevada--Ophir City--1870-1880.; Mining--Nevada--Ophir City--1870-1880.; Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.)
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- Leadville, Healy House, 1941
- This interior view of the Healy House on the northwest corner of Harrison Avenue and East 10th (Tenth) Street in Leadville, Colorado shows sunlight streaming in the windows of a room with a four legged table covered with a cloth, with a glass...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Interiors.
- [1941]
- Leadville, Healy House, 1941
- Interior view of the Healy House on the northwest corner of Harrison Avenue and East 10th (Tenth) Street in Leadville, Colorado. Sunlight streams in the windows of a room with a four legged table, covered with a cloth, with a glass lantern, wicker...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Interiors.
- [1941]
- Boulder Historical Society
- Caroline Bancroft proudly displays her book to two members of the Boulder Historical Society, Dr. J. B. Schoolland and Martin R. Parsons. She wears a plaid skirt, a scarf, a hat, and glasses. The men wear suits. Bancroft books are displayed on...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Historical societies--Colorado--Boulder--1950-1960.; Interiors.; Bancroft, Caroline.; Parsons, Martin R.; Schoolland, J. B.; Boulder Historical Society.
- January 22, 1959
- Lakewood Historical Society World War II Memorial installation
- Photograph of three unidentified volunteers for the Lakewood Historical Society working on a memorial for those who died during World War II who were from Lakewood, Colorado.
- Lakewood Historical Society (Lakewood, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Lakewood (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Lakewood (Colo.)
- circa 2004
- Wagon Wheel Gap, D&RG Foundation track restoration
- View of railroad tracks under restoration by the Denver & Rio Grande Railway Historical Foundation near Wagon Wheel Gap (Mineral County), Colorado. A man in a orange reflective work-vest is working on tracks. A white truck and railroad work cars...
- Denver & Rio Grande Railway Historical Foundation--People--2000-2010.; Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--2000-2010.; Wagon Wheel Gap (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Railroad tracks.; Railroad construction & maintenance.; Denver & Rio Grande Railway...
- 2009
- Gilpin County Mining and Historical Museum
- The Gilpin County Mining & Historical Museum is a two story, brick building with a flat roof, rounded windows, a cornice, and large rectangular doors with arched doorways. A telephone post is next to the sidewalk that runs along the building. Two...
- Gilpin County Mining & Historical Museum (Central City, Colo.)-- 1540-1960.; Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1953
- Aspen, Colorado town historical and museum
- View of the three story brick, Aspen Historical Society Museum in Aspen, Colorado; features a shingle, mansard roof, dormer windows, square bays, and a bell-shaped, covered porch; evergreen and deciduous trees in the front yard; wood-picket fence...
- Aspen (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Historical societies--Colorado--Aspen--1970-1980.
- 1978 May 13
- Meeker - 1950 historical marker
- View of a coach wagon, serving as a historical marker, under a timbered gable in Meeker, Colorado.
- Meeker (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Historical markers--Colorado--Meeker--1950-1960.; Stagecoaches--Colorado--Meeker--1950-1960.
- 1950
- D&RGW F7 diesel 5571, train No. 10 "Yampa Valley Mail," Rock Creek Canyon west of McCoy, Colo. c. 1962-1965, National Ry. Historical Society car 96 at end of train.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company passenger train #10, the Yampa Valley Mail, rounds a bend at Rock Creek Canyon, west of McCoy (Eagle County), Colorado. National Railway Historical Society car 96 is the last car on the train.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1960-1970.; National Railway Historical Society--Equipment & supplies--1960-1970.; McCoy (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Railroads--Colorado--McCoy--1960-1970.
- between 1962 and 1965
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy RR. business car 96, Burns Junction (Broomfield, Colo.) National Ry. Historical Society excursion train
- View of a Chicago, Burlington & Quincy National Railway Historical Society excursion train stopped in the rolling hills near Broomfield (Broomfield County), Colorado. Members of the society stand on the rear platform of business car # 96 and near...
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company--1960-1970.; National Railway Historical Society--People.; Broomfield (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Railfans.; Railroad cars.; Railroads.; Sightseers.
- 1963 September 2
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R.R. (4-8-4) #5632, Burns Jct. (Broomfield), Colo. National Ry. Historical Society excursion train
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy steam locomotive #5632 blows smoke for a photo opportunity for National Railway Historical Society members near Broomfield (Broomfield County), Colorado. The consist includes passenger coaches. Members of the society...
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company--1960-1970.; National Railway Historical Society--People.; Broomfield (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Railfans.; Railroad locomotives.; Railroads.; Sightseers.
- 1963 September 2
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R.R., car 96 owned by Intermountain Chapter, National Railway Historical Soc., Deadwood, S.D.
- View of a Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroad train stopped in Deadwood (Lawrence County), South Dakota. Car 96, owned by the National Railway Historical Society, Intermountain Chapter," is on the end of the train. The business car has a rear...
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company--1960-1970.; National Railway Historical Society. Intermountain Chapter.--People.; Deadwood (S.D.)--1960-1970.; Railroad lounge cars.; Sightseers.
- 1964 August 3
- Western History Subject Index
- Colorado state historical society
- Western History Subject Index
- Colorado state historical society
- Western History Subject Index
- Montana historical society
- Western History Subject Index
- Nebraska. State Historical Society
- Western History Subject Index
- Aspen historical society
- Western History Subject Index
- Cody, Wyoming. Museums. Buffalo Bill historical;
- Western History Subject Index
- Louisiana historical society, New Orleans
- Gillaspie House
- View of the Gillaspie House at the corner of Highway 119 and Highway 72 in Nederland (Boulder County), Colorado. The wood frame building has a cross gable roof, dark wood siding, and white trim and shutters. The paint on the shutters on the windows...
- Gillaspie House (Nederland, Colo.)--1990-2000; Nederland (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Galleries & museums.; Gillaspie House (Nederland, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Historical museums--Colorado--Nederland--Pictorial works.; Nederland (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1999
- Historical Museum Visitor Information Center, Winter Park, Colo.
- View of the Denver & Rio Grande caboose No. 1448 located at the base of Winter Park Resort in Winter Park, Colorado. The caboose served as a visitor information center and historical museum.
- Visitor's centers--Colorado--Winter Park--1990-2000.; Winter Park (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Railroad cabooses.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Pictorial works.; Visitors' centers--Colorado--Winter Park--Pictorial works.; Cabooses...
- 1991
- Head stall
- From Colorado Historical Society notes: "Head stall (bridle) for horse. This belonged to Chipeta. Loomed beadwork sewn on cotton cloth, designs range from simple floral (green and red alternating flowers on nose cross-piece) to more intricate leaf...
- Bridles--1875-1915.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1875-1915.; Ute Indians--Arts & crafts--1875-1915.; Chipeta--Associated objects.
- [between 1875 and 1915]
- Moccasins
- Shows a pair of buckskin moccasins (Native American Crow). They have decorative multicolor beadwork, rawhide soles, leather tie thongs and brown cotton trim. Notes from the Colorado Historical Society records: "Inscription: L. MccCowen".
- Crow Indians--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.; Mocccasins--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Buffalo horn
- Shows a Native American (Sioux) black buffalo horn. It is polished and perforated and was possibly used as an adornment on a headdress. Notes from Colorado Historical Society records: "From a buffalo killed by Rev. S. W. Albone".
- Dakota Indians--Arts & crafts--1880-1890.; Horns--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1890.; Bison--18080-1890.
- 1880
- Bag
- Shows a bag (Sioux) with blue, red and white beadwork in arrow and strip designs; lazy stitch and fringe. Additional note on the Colorado Historical Society record: "During the January 1998 NAGPRA Sioux consultation, Zona Loans Arrow (Standing Rock...
- Dakota Indians--Arts & crafts--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1890.; Bags (costume accessories)--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Trousers
- Front view of a pair of children's trousers (Sioux). The trousers are made of buckskin and red cloth and are decorated with blue, green, red, yellow and white beadwork, fringe on the inseams and sides and gold color ribbon. There is an inscription...
- Dakota Indians--Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Children--Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Trousers--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Winter in Cripple Creek
- Rows of one and two-story flat-roof wooden frame commercial buildings (many with false fronts) on Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; horse-drawn wagon frame, possibly an ox wagon, loaded with timber, wooden and metal barrels is on dirt road;...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1892 November 24
- Group at Berthoud Pass in Colorado
- Two men and a woman pose next to a sign at Berthoud Pass in Colorado. The sign reads: "Continental Divide Berthoud Pass Elev. 11,314ft.", "Historical Marker", "Pacific Ocean Watershed", and "Atlantic Ocean Watershed"
- Berthoud Pass (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Grand County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Historical markers--Colorado--Grand County--1930-1950.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--Grand County--1930-1950.; Women--Colorado--Grand County--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Men on a stagecoach
- Men sit on a horse-drawn stagecoach in Wyoming. The coach is on a wooden bridge.
- Stagecoaches--Wyoming--1880-1900.; Transportation--Wyoming--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Pueblo Bonito
- View of Native American (Anasazi) talus dwellings near Pueblo Bonito, Chaco Culture National Historical Park, New Mexico. The stone masonry dwellings stand on two levels. Stone bricks litter the rocky desert landscape.
- Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Chaco Culture National Historical Park (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Pueblo Bonito...
- [either 1909 or 1910]
- Laying cornerstone of courthouse
- A large crowd is gathered on sloping ground at the ceremony for the laying of the cornerstone of the Summit County Courthouse in Breckenridge, Colorado. The men wear suits and hats and the women are in dresses and elegant hats. Within the crowded...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Courthouses--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1910.; Rites & ceremonies--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1910.
- 1909
- Laying cornerstone of courthouse
- A large crowd is gathered on sloping ground at the ceremonial laying of the cornerstone of the Summit County Courthouse in Breckenridge, Colorado. The men are in suits and hats, the women are in dresses and elegant hats. A touring car with four...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Courthouses--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1910.; Episcopal churches--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1910.; Rites & ceremonies--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1910.
- 1909
- Dedication of monument of old Red Cloud Indian Agency site between Crawford and Fort Robinson, Neb.
- A group of Native American Dakota Sioux and white people pose in front of the Red Cloud Indian Agency stone memorial marker, Nebraska. "Reading left to right: Karl L. Spence, publisher Northwest Nebraska News, Crawford; A. E. Sheldon, secretary...
- Dakota Indians--Nebraska--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--Nebraska--1930-1940.; Red Cloud Agency Historical Site (Neb.)--1930-1940.; Monuments & Memorials--Nebraska--1930-1940.; United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Red Cloud...
- 1932 May 9
- Monument
- Shows a rock monument in Bergen park which is located 26 miles west of Denver in Jefferson County, Colorado. The marker was erected by the State Historical Society of Colorado in 1934.
- Denver Mountain Parks--1930-1950.; Bergen Park (Colo. : Park)--1930-1950.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Historical markers--Colorado--Jefferson County--1930-1950.; Parks--Colorado--Jefferson County--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Charles R. Dudley
- Profile studio portrait, head and shoulders, of Charles Rowland Dudley, librarian and attorney; practiced law in Massachusetts (1878-82); arrived in Denver 1882; organized Denver Public Library (1885-1911); member, Board of Regents, University of...
- Lawyers--Colorado--1880-1900.; Librarians--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Dudley, Charles Rowland, 1853-1921.; Denver Public Library.; State Historical Society of Colorado.
- [between 1886 and 1901]
- Charles R. Dudley
- Studio portrait, head and shoulders, of Charles Rowland Dudley, librarian and attorney; practiced law in Massachusetts (1878-82); arrived in Denver 1882; organized Denver Public Library (1885-1911); member, Board of Regents, University of Colorado...
- Lawyers--Colorado--1880-1900.; Librarians--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Dudley, Charles Rowland, 1853-1921.; Denver Public Library.; State Historical Society of Colorado.
- [between 1886 and 1901]
- Geological sections, sheet XVII
- Sections to accompany Sheets XI, XIV, and XV.
- Geology--Arizona--Maps.; Geology--Colorado--Maps.; Geology--New Mexico--Maps.; Geology--Utah--Maps.; Arizona--Historical geography--1881.; Arizona--Surveys--Maps.; Colorado--Historical geography--1881.; Colorado--Surveys--Maps.; New...
- 1881]
- Geological sections, sheet XVIII
- Sections to accompany Sheets XII, XIII, and XVI.
- Geology--Arizona--Maps.; Geology--Colorado--Maps.; Geology--New Mexico--Maps.; Geology--Utah--Maps.; Arizona--Historical geography--1881.; Arizona--Surveys--Maps.; Colorado--Historical geography--1881.; Colorado--Surveys--Maps.; New...
- 1881]