Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Black wolf taken at Fool's Inlet, Wrangell Island, Alaska
- A man in a cap and coat stands in snow and holds the frozen snowy carcass of a wolf near Fool's Inlet on Wrangell Island, Alaska. The wolf's front paw is caught in a trap.
- Wolves--Control--Wrangell Island--1930-1950.; Wrangell Island (Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area, Alaska)--1930-1950.; Animal traps--1930-1950.; Dead animals--Alaska--Wrangell Island--1930-1950.; Wolf hunting--Alaska--Wrangell Island--1930-1950.
- [between 1939 and 1944?]
- Ogden Theater
- View of the Ogden Theater on Colfax Avenue in Denver, Colorado. The two-story building has a tile roof and a marquee that reads: "James Garner Debbie Reynolds 'How Sweet It Is' 'No Way To Treat A Lady.'"
- Ogden Theater (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Motion picture theaters--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.
- [1968]
- Canon and Ruxton
- for the Grandview Hotel, and concrete tipis (one painted with a swastika). An adobe building has vigas; a wrought iron arch reads: 'Visit the Wonderful Cave of the Winds'. Below it is 'Earl's Bingo.' ; The path of the incline is on Mount Manitou.;...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- 1941 January 23
- Crow Indian camp
- View of two Native Americans (Crow) posing in front of a tepee. One,on horseback, wears a hat and heavy clothing. The other is standing near the horse and wears moccasins, leggings, a breech cloth, a shirt, and necklaces. A carriage with an...
- Crow Indians--1880-1910.; Indians of North America--1880-1910.; Horseback riding--1880-1910.; Tipis--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Plaque with "Two Rivers" a poem by Thomas Hornsby Ferril
- View of a bronze plaque with "Two Rivers" a poem by Thomas Hornsby Ferril installed in Confluence Park, in the Union Station neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The Plaque reads: "Two rivers that were here before there was a city still come together:...
- Confluence Park (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1970-1980.; Union Station neighborhood (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Parks.; Plaques.; Ferril, Thomas Hornsby, 1896-1988. Two rivers.;...
- 1977
- Julesburg Stage Station
- Photo of a drawing of the Julesburg Number 2 stage stop in Julesburg, Colorado in Sedgwick County. Pedestrians are on the dirt road in the foreground. Tents are pitched next to wood-frame buildings. A stagecoach is in front of the building.
- Julesburg (Colo.)--1860-1870.
- 1867
- Red Cliff, Colo.
- View of Red Cliff (or Redcliff), Summit (or Eagle) County, Colorado; shows frame buildings, Denver & Rio Grande Railroad tracks, and Turkey Creek. Landmarks include the church, Eagle Hotel, Quartzite Hotel, Star Hotel, homes of Dr. A. G. Mays and...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Red Cliff (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Red Cliff--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Mayan Theatre at 110 Broadway opened on Nov. 20, 1930
- View of the Mayan Theatre at 1st (First) Street and Broadway in Denver, Colorado. Movie marquee reads: "Fox Mayan", "New Songs, New Gags, Al Jolson In 'Big Boy'; Fox News Vitaphone Act Comedy, 'Our Nagging Wives.'" Business signs read: "Broadway...
- Mayan Theater (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Motion picture theaters--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.
- [1930?]
- Diagram of the Situation at the Battle of Wounded Knee at the time the Indians opened fire
- Photo reproduction of a map depicting location of United States troops and Native American Lakota Sioux, at the start of the Wounded Knee massacre, South Dakota. Shows: "soldiers tents, Indian tepees, Big Foot's tent, the Bee correspondent, General...
- Dakota Indians--War--South Dakota--Wounded Knee--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--War--South Dakota--Wounded Knee--1890-1900.; Teton Indians--War--South Dakota--Wounded Knee--1890-1900.; Wounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890.; Wounded Knee...
- [1891]
- Rose Mary Echo Silver Dollar Tabor
- Portrait of Rose Mary Echo Silver Dollar Tabor, daughter of Baby Doe and Horace Tabor, in a wide brimmed straw hat.
- Women--Colorado--1900-1910.; Tabor, Silver Dollar, 1889-1925.
- 1903
- Moving time in Denver
- View of a house moving operation in Denver, Colorado; shows a frame house and men working. Children watch; an automobile is in the background, and the truck has lettering: "Kennicott Patterson Transfer Hauling Placing of Machinery Boilers Safes...
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Children--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Moving of structures--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Trailers--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Trucks--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1927 April 1
- Placer mining. Tail flume - Columbia Gulch, Tuolumne County
- View of a wooden flume and hydraulic gold mine structure, in Columbia, Tuolumne County, California.
- Columbia (Calif.)--1860-1880.; Flumes--California--Columbia--1860-1880.; Hydraulic mining--California--Columbia--1860-1880.; Mining--California--Columbia--1860-1880.
- [between 1865 and 1880?]
- Ceiling detail at Campion residence
- Interior view at the Campion home in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado; shows a ceiling with plaster molding.
- Campion, John Francis--Homes & haunts.; Mansions--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Ceilings--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.;...
- 1963 December 11
- I want a wantad
- An elephant stands at the Denver Post newspaper classified advertising counter in Denver, Colorado. Men and women look on. Sign reads: "Want Ads." Banner reads: "...& Marcos Circus Days."
- Denver Post--Facilities--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Advertising--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Counters--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Elephants--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Newspaper...
- 1931 August 18
- Original Deadwood Coach, most famous vehicle in the world
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody and another man sit on the Deadwood Stagecoach, which is pulled by three teams of mules. The photograph was taken in the yard of the Abbot-Downing Co., by W.G.C. Kimball, July 4, 1895. The coach was built by...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Stagecoaches--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Burke, John, d. 1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1897?]
- Manitou, Colorado
- Depot, passenger and freight sheds, and a parked train. To the left of it is the Manitou Coal Power Plant. In the lower corners are oval vignettes showing the 1885 Soda Spring Pavilion on the left, and in the lower right the Ute Iron Spring...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.
- [between 1896 and 1905?]
- Col. Cody and Cossacks
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody poses on horseback in front of a group of Russian Georgian Cossacks and Native Americans, also on horseback. Georgian riders known to be in this photograph in 1892 are: Ivane Makharadze, Luka Chkhartishvili,...
- Cossacks--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Horses.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1892]
- Col. Cody saluting audience
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody rides his horse through a dirt arena during a performance of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Earl's Court in England. He has removed his hat and holds it at his right side. Numerous other members of the cast...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1892?]
- Cossacks
- A group of Russian Georgian Cossacks pose on horseback in front of a backdrop with a landscape scene painted on it for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Earl's Court in England. Georgian riders known to be in this photograph in 1892 are: Ivane...
- Cossacks--1890-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1892]
- Della and Bessie Farrell [i.e. Georgia Duffy]
- Della Ferrell, left, and Georgia Duffy, right, stand in front of a covered wagon used in a scene for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Earl's Court in England. Both wear long dresses and wide-brimmed hats and both hold long riding crops in their...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Cowgirls--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Duffy, Georgia.; Ferrell, Della.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1892?]
- Group Ogallala Indians
- A group of Sioux men on horseback is gathered in front of a backdrop with a landscape scene painted on it in a dirt arena for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Earl's Court in England. Several of the men wear feather headdresses and hold round...
- Oglala Indians--Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Cowboys--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1892?]
- Sioux women and man
- A Native American man stands between two Native American women in front of a backdrop with a landscape scene painted on it in an arena for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Earl's Court in England. The man wears a breastplate, possibly made of bone,...
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1892?]
- Indian and two women
- A Native American man stands between two Native American women in front of a backdrop with a landscape scene painted on it in an arena for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Earl's Court in England. The man wears a breastplate, possibly made of bone,...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1892?]
- Public Service Company Building, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of the Public Service Company building located at the west end of Sixth (6th) Street, Georgetown, Colorado. The building it is built of cinder block, designed to blend in with local architectur, and surrounded by a black metal fence....
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Power plants--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1970.
- 1968
- Indian women
- A group of Native American women poses on horseback in front of a backdrop with a landscape scene painted on it for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Earl's Court in England. Two of the women wear striped shirts. Each of the women wears her hair in...
- Indians of North America.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Entertainers.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1892?]
- Indian women
- A group of Native American women poses on horseback in front of a backdrop with a landscape scene painted on it for a performance of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Earl's Court in England.
- Indians of North America--Women.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1892?]
- Seattle Fish Company, Denver
- View of the Seattle Fish Company buildings at 1533-1545 Market Street in the Union Station neighborhood of downtown Denver, Colorado. Signs painted on the buildings read "Seattle Fish Co., Frozen Fruits and Vegetables, 'If It Swims, We Have It.'"...
- Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Union Station (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1990-2000.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1990-2000.; Seafood stores--Colorado--Denver--1990-2000.
- 1996 January
- Garland, Colorado
- Garland City, Colorado, includes a main street with businesses and large buildings which may be hotels, smaller wood buildings, and railroad track. Snow covers the town, the brush-covered hill behind, and the Sierra Blanco mountain range in the...
- Garland City (Colo.)--1870-1880.
- [between 1877 and 1878]
- 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
- Diagram of the Situation at the Battle of Wounded Knee at the time the Indians opened fire
- Photo reproduction of a map depicting location of United States troops and Native American Lakota Sioux, at the start of the Wounded Knee massacre, South Dakota. Shows: "soldiers tents, Indian tepees, Big Foot's tent, the Bee correspondent, General...
- Indians of North America--War--South Dakota--Wounded Knee--1890-1900--Maps.; Dakota Indians--War--South Dakota--Wounded Knee--1890-1900--Maps.; Teton Indians--War--South Dakota--Wounded Knee--1890-1900--Maps.; Wounded Knee Massacre, S.D.,...
- 1891
- Nebraska Civil War Grand Army of the Republic, S-Z
- List of members of the Grand Army of the Republic from Nebraska. Includes name, unit and GAR Post if available.
- Nebraska--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.; Veterans--Nebraska--Indexes.; Grand Army of the Republic. Dept. of Nebraska--Indexes
- Nebraska Civil War Grand Army of the Republic, L-R
- List of members of the Grand Army of the Republic from Nebraska. Includes name, unit and GAR Post if available.
- Nebraska--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.; Veterans--Nebraska--Indexes.; Grand Army of the Republic. Dept. of Nebraska--Indexes