Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Casimiro Barela, his wife Damiana Rivera Barela and daughter
- Studio portrait of Colorado State Senator Casimiro Barela from Las Animas County, Colorado, his wife Damiana Rivera de Barela and his second daughter by his first wife, Juanita Barela. They pose in front of a painted drop. Damiana wears a black...
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1900-1910.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1900-1910.; Women.; Families.; Legislators.; Barela, Casimiro--Pictorial works.; Barela, Damiana Rivera de--Pictorial works.; Barela, Juanita--Pictorial works.; Mexican...
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Idaho Springs, Colorado from the south east
- View of frame houses and commercial buildings in Idaho Springs (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Wooden houses, barns, and livestock fences are near Clear Creek. Shows Colorado Central Railroad tracks and businesses on Miner Street.
- Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1880-1890.; Streams--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1880-1890.
- [between 1881 and 1884?]
- Idaho Springs, Colorado
- Panoramic view of frame houses and brick commercial buildings in Idaho Springs (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Shows railroad tracks and commercial buildings on Miner Street and the brick school house with a bell tower.
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1898?]
- Fort Arnett Red Cliff
- People crowd Fort Arnett, a rock formation in Red Cliff (or Redcliff), Eagle County, Colorado; shows rifles and a surveyor's tripod. An American flag is on a pole.
- Red Cliff (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Rock formations--Colorado--Red Cliff--1900-1910.
- [1879]
- Redcliff looking up the Eagle
- View of Red Cliff (or Redcliff), Eagle County, Colorado; shows tents and frame buildings by Eagle River.
- Eagle River (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Red Cliff (Colo.)--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- Clear Creek Canon, Georgetown and vicinity Colo.
- View north over Silver Plume, Clear Creek County, Colorado, shows the mines on Republican Mountain, including: the Diamond Tunnel, Pelican, Dives, Baxter, Dunkirk and Payrock mines. Sherman Mountain and Brown's Mountain are to the west.
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--SIlver Plume--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1884]
- Caribou Hill
- Two men tend a hoist bucket as a third looks on, Caribou Hill, Boulder County, Colorado. Other mines and piles of tailings are on the hill behind them.
- Tailings embankments--Colorado--Boulder County--1880-1890.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Caribou Hill (Boulder County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Boulder County--1880-1890.; Miners--Colorado--Boulder...
- 1883
- Wyman School, Denver, Colo.
- Wyman School class portrait in Denver, Colorado. Students are identified as: Harry Ingle, Fred Bellmar, Katherine McA., George Curtis, Rose Weiss, Rosebud Homer, Blanchard Shaw, Louise Riedel, Belle Pratt, Josephine Cooper, John Keefe, Marjorie...
- Wyman School (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; School children--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Schools--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- June 1917
- Georgetown from Griffith Mt.
- Stereograph view of Georgetown, Colorado, looking southwest; shows brush and rocks on Griffith Mountain, Methodist Church, old Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, the old school, the Cushman Block, Leavenworth Mountain, and the narrow valley...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- Georgetown, Colorado
- Stereograph view of Georgetown, Colorado, looking north, emphasizing the southwest corner of the town. Republican and Democrat Mountains on the west are in sunshine; Saxon and Griffith Mountains on the east are in deep shadow. Railroad tracks and...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890.]
- Georgetown, Colorado
- A view of Georgetown, Colorado, north, in the valley between Republican and Democrat Mountains on the left and Saxon and Griffith Mountains on the right. The town below is sharply illuminated with light from the east. Landmarks include the Hamill...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1888.]
- Georgetown, Colorado.
- A view of Georgetown, Colorado, north from Leavenworth Mountain. Third (3rd) Street runs horizontally below the shrubbery of the mountain. The Hammill House complex of buildings is clearly visible. The grid layout of the city is visible in the...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1889]
- Central City fireman's tournament
- Crowds sit on and in front of the buildings on Main Street to watch the firemans' tournament in Central City, Colorado. A brass band is in the street in the foreground. The First National Bank Block, which has a plaque reading "First National Bank...
- Central City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.
- [1883?]
- Larimer Street from 16th Street Denver, Colo.
- View, from 16th (Sixteenth) Street, of Larimer Street in Denver, Colorado. Pedestrians and horse-drawn buggies are on the street. A sign reads: "Furnished Rooms 5 Lodging 25[?]."
- Denver (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1870-1890.
- [between 1871 and 1890?]
- Big Chief Mill Empire
- Miners and their families pose on the elevated tramway at the Empire Mill near Empire (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Stacks of timber are by nearby buildings.
- Big Chief Mill (Empire, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Empire (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Mine railroads--Colorado--Empire--1880-1890.; Miners--Colorado--Empire--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Empire--1880-1890.; Ore industry--Colorado--Empire--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Georgetown, Colorado
- View of Georgetown, Colorado, north from an elevated position on Leavenworth Mountain, with Republican Mountain on the left and Griffith Mountain on the right. Rose, Argentine, Taos, Alpine (6th, Sixth) Streets are visible in the grid-plan town....
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1886?]
- Lawrence from 11th St. Denver, Colo
- View of Lawrence Street (at intersection of 11th) in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado; shows office buildings, trees, and signs: "Knight Clark & Co., Pianos, Organs, Sewing Machines," "Joslin's Dry Goods," and "California Restaurant."
- Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Lawrence St. Essex Bldg, left hand side
- View of Lawrence Street, in Denver, Colorado; shows pedestrians and horse and buggy traffic, storefronts, the intersection of 16th (Sixteenth) Street, the Daniels Block, the Markham Hotel, the Essex building, a coffee pot on a pole, and signs:...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Georgetown Courier
- Interior view of the Georgetown Courier building in Georgetown, Colorado. Shows a small printing press, probably the Washington hand press that Jesse Summers Randall, the newspaper's editor, bought from the Colorado Miner newspaper, and a large...
- Georgetown Courier--Facilities--1880-1890; Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Newspapers--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1890.; Printing presses--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1890.; Interiors--1880-1890.
- [between 1884 and 1888?]
- Sixteenth Street
- View of 16th (Sixteenth) Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. Pedestrians and horse-drawn wagons are in the street. Signs on buildings read: "Bank" and "Dentists."
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1910.; City & town life--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.
- [between 1888 and 1901]
- 2201. Georgetown, Colo.
- View of Georgetown, Colorado, north from an elevated position on Leavenworth Mountain, with Republican Mountain on the left and Griffith Mountain, in deep shadow on the right. Rose, Argentine, Taos, and Alpine (6th, Sixth) Streets are visible in...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1880.
- [between 1875 and 1880?]
- Idaho Springs
- View looking west, of Idaho Springs, Colorado shows the central business district and its many flat topped and false fronted commercial buildings along Miner Street. Methodist and Presbyterian churches, Clear Creek and Colorado Central Railroad...
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1870-1890.
- [between 1879 and 1884]
- Street above Lawrence Larimer St.
- Rooftop view of Larimer Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. Horse-drawn wagons, pedestrians, and a man on a high-wheeler bicycle are in the street. Signs on buildings read: "Artesian Bath," "Loan Office," "Dispensary," "Dr. Price Chronic and...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; City & town life--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1889]
- Idaho Springs, Colorado from the east
- View looking west, of Idaho Springs, Colorado shows a large bath house along Clear Creek, the Bryan house (castle), Miner Street's flat topped commercial structures, Colorado Street, and Colorado Central Railroad track and water station. Flirtation...
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- 1883
- Idaho Springs, Colorado
- The view looking west, of Idaho Springs, Colorado, shows the central business district in downtown Idaho Springs, flat topped and false fronted commercial structures along Miner Street, the Wilson House, and the schoolhouse. Also included are the...
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- August 3, 1887
- Idaho Springs, Colorado
- View looking north of Idaho Springs, Colorado, shows the central business district along Miner Street, Colorado Central Railroad tracks, the schoolhouse, Methodist church, Episcopal church, Presbyterian church, residences, and Bellevue Mountain.
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1880-1890.
- [between 1886 and 1890]
- View on Capitol Hill - Denver
- View of Denver, Colorado; shows houses, an electrical light tower, and landmarks including St. John's Episcopal Cathedral and the Ebert School.
- Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Towers--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
- 1883
- Reception committee of Elks at Grand Arch
- View of the Welcome Arch and 17th (Seventeenth) Street in Denver, Colorado; shows buggies, pedestrians, and a sign: "BPOE."
- Elks (Fraternal order)--People--1900-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Welcome Arch (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Arches--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Monuments &...
- [between 1906 and 1915?]
- Union Depot, Denver, Colorado
- View of Union Station, in Denver, Colorado, built in the railroad Gothic style with a tower. Buggies wait nearby; lawn and a fountain are in the foreground.
- Union Station (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
- 1889 April 10
- Pay Rock mill, Silver Plume, Colorado
- Pay Rock Mine and mill in Snowdrift Gulch, Silver Plume, Clear Creek County, Colorado shows: miners next to a hoist and mining equipment, shaft house, and waterfall.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Silver Plume--1880-1890.; Silver Plume (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Snowdrift Gulch (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Mills--Colorado--Silver Plume--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Silver Plume--1880-1890.
- 1887
- Silver Plume and mines, Colorado
- The view to the north, of the town of Silver Plume, Colorado, shows the central business district, Clear Creek, and mines on Republican Mountain including the Diamond Tunnel, Pelican, Dives, Baxter, Baxter, and the Dunkirk and Payrock mines.
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1884]
- Silver Plume and mines. Colo: Div: U. P. R. R.
- The view north shows the town of Silver Plume, Colorado. Behind the central buisness district are the mines on Republican Mountain including: the Diamond Tunnel, Pelican, Dives, Baxter, Baxter, Dunkirk and Payrock mines. Sherman Mountain, Brown's...
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1885 and 1890]
- Miners
- Miners pose near a mine building in Colorado. One man sits in a mine car.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--1880-1890.; Miners--Colorado--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--1880-1890.
- 1885
- Silvr [sic] Plume
- View west in Silver Plume, Colorado, shows the remnants of the central business district after the fire that burned on November 5, 1884. A man on horseback appears in the near foreground and is looking at the damage. Many of the foundations of the...
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Silver Plume--1880-1890.; Fires--Colorado--Silver Plume--1880-1890.
- 1884
- Silver Plume, Colo.
- The view looking north shows the town of Silver Plume, Colorado. Nearly every building in the central buisness district was burned by a fire in November of 1884. Behind the central buisness district are the mines on Republican Mountain including:...
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1884]
- Ready to go down a shaft
- Two miners prepare to be lowered down a mine shaft in an ore bucket that hangs from a cable over the opening to the shaft. The men wear long rubber coats, hats and boots.
- Mine shafts--1880-1890.; Miners--1880-1890.; Mining--1880-1890.
- 1883
- Mine interior
- View of three miners working by candlelight in a narrow tunnel. Different sized spikes lean against the tunnel walls.
- Interiors--1880-1890.; Miners--1880-1890.; Mining--1880-1890.
- 1883
- Col. Archer's house, Denver, Colo
- View of the James Archer residence at 13th (Thirteenth) and Welton Streets in Denver, Colorado; features a wraparound porch and incised window lintels. Snow covers the ground.
- Archer, James A.--Homes & haunts.; Denver (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- Brownsville, Colo
- Brownsville, in Jefferson County, Colorado, has a false-fronted commercial building, dwellings, a mine shed and a trestle railroad bridge. Rocky, snow dusted, slopes are in the background.
- Brownsville (Jefferson County, Colo.)--1880-1890.
- 1885
- Eldorado Springs, South Boulder Canon Colo. on C & S Ry
- The resort in Eldorado Springs, Colorado is at the mouth of Eldorado Canyon and adjacent to South Boulder Creek. Sheer cliffs, swimming pools, and Crazy Stairs are visible features of the resort.
- Eldorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Canyons--Colorado--Eldorado Springs--1900-1910.
- [between 1903 and 1910]
- Grand Lake, Middle Park, Colorado, from the North
- Panoramic view of the resort town of Grand Lake, Colorado, in Grand County. The cabins and houses surrounding the lake are nestled in the surrounding evergreen forest.
- Grand Lake (Colo. : Lake)--1890-1900.; Grand Lake (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Grand Lake--1890-1900.
- [1898?]
- Grand Lake, Middle Park, Colorado from the North
- Panoramic view of the town of Grand Lake, Colorado, in Grand County. Town nestled in evergreen forest.
- Grand Lake (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [1898?]
- January class 1921, Ashland School, Denver, Colo.
- Students and teachers pose in front of Ashland School at West 29th (Twenty-ninth) Avenue & Firth Court in the Jefferson Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. They are identified as: "Teachers. Calla McCausland, Florence E. Lyon, Ann Tierney, Lelah...
- Ashland School (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Jefferson Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1920-1930.; Schools--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Teachers--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1921 January
- January class, 1921, Ashland School, Denver, Colo.
- Students and teachers pose in front of Ashland School at West 29th (Twenty-ninth) Avenue & Firth Court in the Jefferson Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Names inked on the back of the photoprint read: "Teachers. Lelah C. Starr, Ann Tierney,...
- Ashland School (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Jefferson Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1920-1930.; Schools--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Teachers--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1921, January
- Victor, Colorado
- Aerial view of the town of Victor (Teller County), Colorado. Shows commercial district, railroad tracks, Florence and Cripple Creek or Midland Terminal railroad track and facilities, one and two-story wooden frame residences, Victor High School,...
- Victor (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.
- [1900]
- Devil's Gate viaduct, Ry. Georgetown to Silver Plume
- View of two excursion trains, passenger cars and railroad engines, stopped on the Devil's Gate High Bridge on the Georgetown Loop between Georgetown and Silver Plume, Clear Creek County, Colorado. The snow covered banks of Clear Creek and rocks lie...
- Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1880-1900.; Railroads--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1880-1900.; Streams--Colorado--Clear Creek...
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- On Kenosha Hill looking down
- A view of Denver, South Park and Pacific Railroad tracks on Kenosha Pass, Park County, Colorado, shows rock formations and pine forests.
- Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Kenosha Park (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Park County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Park County--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Hanging bridge, Royal Gorge
- View of the Hanging Bridge, a suspension bridge over the Arkansas River in Royal Gorge (Fremont County), Colorado. Shows probably Denver & Rio Grande Railroad tracks beside steep granite canyon walls.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Arkansas River--1880-1890.; Fremont County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Royal Gorge (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Canyons--Colorado--Fremont County--1880-1890.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Fremont...
- [between 1888 and 1890?]
- Beaver Brook C.C.R.R.
- A view of a Colorado Central Railroad train at Beaver Brook station in Clear Creek Canyon in Jefferson County, Colorado shows the train at the wooden station, a water tank is nearby. A steep canyon wall and tracks are on the edge of Clear Creek.
- Colorado Central Railroad Company--1870-1890.; Beaver Brook (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1870-1900.; Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--Beaver Brook--1870-1890.; Railroad...
- [between 1871 and 1890]
- Inspiration Point, C.C.R.R. below Beaver [Brook]
- A view of Clear Creek Canyon below Beaver Brook in Jefferson County, Colorado. Shows Colorado Central Railroad tracks near vertical canyon walls and Clear Creek.
- Colorado Central Railroad Company--1870-1890.; Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1870-1890.; Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Canyons--Colorado--Jefferson County--1870-1890.; Railroad...
- [between 1871 and 1890]