Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- USO show comedy skit
- his left hand. Beside him is another woman in a cowgirl suit looks at the man in uniform. Behind her and to the right is a man in an oficer's uniform who looks at the man in the GI uniform. On the far right is a man with an accordion who is looking...
- Military life--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United Service Organizations (U.S.); World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- Frances Montez family
- Unidentified members of the Frances Montez family gather around a table filled with food in Denver, Colorado. Shows an older woman, middle aged women and a young girl. The girl reaches for the hand of a young boy who hides in the doorway of the...
- Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1980-1990.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Children.; Families.; Women.; Montez, Frances--Family--Pictorial works.; Montez family--Pictorial works.;...
- [1987?]
- Municipal Facts: Volume 14 Numbers 5 and 6, 1931 May-June
- Telephone political cartoon
- Close-up view of a political cartoon that depicts a telephone as a snake that reaches from Los Angeles to Denver. Text includes: "Automatic Telephone stock jobbing scheme.
- Political cartoons--Colorado--1900-1910.; Telephone industry--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Writing home to... and he got her, too, Oz wagon, two day camp
- Wagon boss, Stan (Stanford) Sherman, sits with his back resting on camp supplies and writes a letter; another man reaches for food [?] inside a wooden box, at their two day camp, Colorado. Their wagon is equipped with rope; a large sheet of canvas...
- Carts & wagons--Colorado--1900-1910.; Sherman, Stan.
- June 1903
- Locomotive #203, NG 2-8-0 at lower snowshed slide, MP 492 1/2, Silverton Branch
- Engine #203, narrow gauge 2-8-0, of the Silverton Branch at lower end of snowshed slide. Large pieces of debris, timbers, show in the deep snow from avalanches along the railroad tracks on the upper reaches of the Rio de Las Animas, on the approach...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1900-1910.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--1900-1910.
- April or May 1909
- Boulder churches St. Aidan
- View of Saint Aidan Episcopal church, Boulder, Boulder County, Colorado. A wide gable reaches the ground, surrounding a square bell tower. Sign reads: "The Chapel of St. Aidan, The Bishop of Ingley Episcopal Center, (service times), The Reverend A....
- Chapel of St. Aiden, the Bishop of Ingley Epsicopal Center (Boulder, Colo.)--Buildings--1940-1970.; Boulder (Colo.)--1940-1970.; Episcopal churches--Colorado--Boulder--1940-1970.
- [between 1945 and 1965]
- Flood 1920's
- View of a half submerged automobile in the flooding Purgatoire River, Trinidad, Colorado. Water reaches to just below the open windows and the angle of the vehicle affords a look at the upholstry. A field behind the car is also under water. A...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Trinidad--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1929?]
- Flood 1920's.
- View of the flooding Purgatoire River, Trinidad, Colorado with crowds of spectators lining the Commercial Street bridge. The bridge has stone balustrade and two cast iron lamps with white glass spherical globes on each of the four arms. Muddy river...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Trinidad--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1929?]
- River that flooded A. T. & S. F. tracks & depot, Trinidad, Colo.
- View of the flooding Purgatoire River, Trinidad, Colorado with crowds of spectators lining the Commercial Street bridge. The bridge has stone balustrade and five cast iron lamps with white glass spherical globes on each of the four arms. Muddy...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Trinidad--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1929?]
- Trinidad, Colo. river at flood stage
- View of the flooding Purgatoire River, Trinidad, Colorado with crowds of spectators lining the Commercial Street bridge. The bridge has stone balustrade and two cast iron lamps with white glass spherical globes on each of the four arms. Muddy river...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Trinidad--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1929?]
- A.T. & S.F. depot Trinidad, Colo.
- View of a flood in Trinidad, Colorado, looking southwest. The depot of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad is in several feet of water, that reaches halfway up the arches of its porch. An expanse of water encompasses the entire image. The...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Trinidad--1920-1930.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Trinidad--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Chifonete pole, San Geronimo Feast, Taos, N.M.
- Native American (Pueblo) man dressed as a clown (Koshare), climbs to the top of a pole for the San Geronimo fiesta in Taos Pueblo, New Mexico. Spectators are standing or sitting on horseback or in wagons, some hold umbrellas. More people watch from...
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1900-1910.; San Geronimo Fiesta (Taos Pueblo, N.M.)--1900-1910.; Taos Indians--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1900-1910.; Taos Pueblo...
- 1902
- Seven Falls. South Cheyenne Canon [sic]
- View of Seven Falls and a wooden staircase, South Cheyenne Canyon, El Paso County, Colorado. A seven tiered waterfall is flanked by a wooden staircase that is anchored to the mountainside and reaches the top of the falls. Foot bridges cross South...
- El Paso County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Seven Falls (Colo.)--1890-1910.; South Cheyenne Creek (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Pedestrian bridges--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1910.; Stairways--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1910.; Streams--Colorado--El Paso...
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Pioneer Jubilee, Salt Lake City
- Children ride a float pulled by horses at the Pioneer Jubilee Parade, Salt Lake City, Utah. The float has cloth stretched over a frame representing rock walls and a river; a bridge reaches across the top. Girls in flowered hats and white dresses...
- Utah Pioneer Jubilee (1897 : Salt Lake City, Utah); Salt Lake City (Utah)--1890-1900.; Anniversaries--Utah--Salt Lake City--1890-1900.; Children--Utah--Salt Lake City--1890-1900.; Floats (Parades)--Utah--Salt Lake City--1890-1900.; Parades &...
- 1897
- The Seven Falls
- View of Seven Falls and a wooden staircase, South Cheyenne Canyon, El Paso County, Colorado. A seven tiered waterfall is flanked by a wooden staircase that is anchored to a mountainside and reaches the top of the falls.
- Seven Falls (Colo.)--1890-1910.; South Cheyenne Canyon (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Canyons--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1910.; Stairways--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1910.; Waterfalls--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Utes Building the tepee
- Native American (Ute) woman reaches down to place pegs into the ground in order to stretch the canvas of an erected tepee at Garden of the Gods, El Paso County, Colorado. The woman wears a dress and a blanket tied around her waist. A group of...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--Women--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Tipis--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.
- 1913 September 1
- Pueblo Bonito, NM
- People rest in the shade of masonry walls at Pueblo Bonito (San Juan County), New Mexico; men play cards, women sit, one in a hammock, a baby reaches for the other. Rugs are strewn about.
- Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--New Mexico--1880-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--New Mexico--1880-1900.; Pueblo Bonito Site (N.M.)--1880-1900.; Archaeological sites--New Mexico--1880-1900.;...
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Cliff House
- Exterior view of the Cliff House Hotel, in Manitou Springs, Colorado. This four story frame structure has a wrap around open porch, balcony with dormers, bay windows, and a round tower on the left; a square projecting dormer in the center reaches a...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Hotels--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1960-1970.; Cliff House (Manitou Springs, Colo.)
- 1965?
- Met at the spring
- One Native American Ute , wearing a leather fringed shirt, reaches out to a young Ute woman carrying a woven water bottle, from opposite sides of a small stream, western slope Wasatch Mountains, Utah.
- Indians of North America--Women--Utah--1870-1880.; Uinta Indians--Utah--1870-1880.; Ute Indians--Utah--1870-1880.; Wasatch Range (Utah and Idaho)--1870-1880.; Streams--Utah--1870-1880.
- [between 1871 and 1875]
- Breckenridge 1899
- The Denver Hotel in Breckenridge, Colorado, is a two story frame building with a half round window in the gable with "Hotel" lettered under it. A line of sash windows are under the letters, opening to the balcony, which has a snowman on it. Snow...
- Denver Hotel (Breckenridge, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Snow--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Winter--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.
- 1899
- Georgetown
- View of a flood in Georgetown, Colorado. The steeple of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church and the Catholic school, near Main Street, are visible in the distance. Water fills the foreground and surges around rocky patches of earth, houses,...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1917.; Floods--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1917.
- [between 1880 and 1917?]
- 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?]
- Natural Bridges, Utah
- A man reaches into a stream clogged by pieces of fallen sandstone debris from Rainbow Bridge, a sandstone bridge above him, Natural Bridges Monument, Utah.
- Natural Bridges National Monument (Utah)--1920-1930.; Rainbow Bridge (Utah)--1920-1930.; Rock formations--Utah--1920-1930.; Streams--Utah--1920-1930.
- [between 1922 and 1925]
- Ouray stage line, toll road
- View along the Ouray to Silverton Toll Road built by Otto Mears in 1883, San Juans of the Colorado Rockies. A man in a horse drawn carriage reaches into a back storge box. The dirt road cuts along steeps slopes and is built up with timbering. Later...
- Million Dollar Highway (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Toll roads--Colorado--1910-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- At fire of 10/23/66
- During a fire in Brighton, Colorado, the backs of two firemen are in the foreground; letters on one's coat read "West Adams County Fire Dept," and on his hat "WAC;" the other's reads "BFD." Both face a crane that reaches to the top of a brick...
- Brighton (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Brighton--1960-1970.; Fires--Colorado--Brighton--1960-1970.
- 1966 [October 23]
- At fire of 10/23/66
- Firetrucks, firemen, and hoses are in the street around a smoking commercial building during a fire in Brighton, Colorado. Jets of water are aimed at windows on the second floor, and a crane reaches to the roof; two men are at its upper end. A...
- Brighton (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Brighton--1960-1970.; Fires--Colorado--Brighton--1960-1970.
- 1966
- Owl Club
- View at an Owl Club function. An African American (Black) woman sits at a vanity in a restroom in Denver, Colorado. She reaches up with her hand and smoothes her hair. Her face reflects in the mirror. Flower arrangements, tissue boxes, and an ash...
- Owl Club (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; African Americans--Organizations--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Clubs--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Reflections--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Rest...
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Auditorium Hotel
- The ladder from a fire department hook-and-ladder unit reaches to the roof of the Auditorium Hotel at 1406 Stout Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. An African American (Black) man speaks to a man who sits in a car in front of the hotel; white men...
- Auditorium Hotel (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.;...
- 1952 Apr. 5
- The "Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper" expedition to Alaska fearful experiences of the explorers in the snow-buried interior
- Men in snowshoes carry climbing ropes and backpacks, and walk on a narrow, snowy ridge on a mountain in Alaska. One man leans against the weight of a sleigh laden with supplies, near the edge of a cliff. Another man on his stomach reaches for a...
- Danger--Alaska--1890-1900.; Sleds & sleighs--Alaska--1890-1900.; Snow--Alaska--1890-1900.; Snowshoes & snowshoeing--Alaska--1890-1900.
- 1891, May 16
- "Correr el Gallo," Sunday sports in southern California
- A man on horseback reaches for the neck of a partly buried rooster in an event described as "Correr el Gallo" or "Running the Cock" in California. Men spectators wear hats and sit on horseback or on the ground. Shows a man with a lasso, and...
- Horseback riding--California--1870-1880.; Roosters--California--1870-1880.; Spectators--California--1870-1880.; Sports--California--1870-1880.
- 1877 March 3
- Peter Magpie and Sarah (Ann)
- Native Americans pose by a teepee on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana. Peter Magpie, who later became a chief judge, wears a feather headdress, tassles, fur pelts, and moccasins. Sarah wears long braids, a beaded pouch, and a...
- Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Montana--1900- 1910.; Indians of North America--Women--Montana--1900-1910.; Magpie, Peter.
- [between 1905 and 1907?]
- Bird's eye of Manitou Springs
- and 'Park Villa,' the parterred garden of Major Hulbert. Cars are on Manitou Avenue.; Bird's eye view of Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking north towards Williams Canyon and Ute Pass; shows freight cars on the Colorado Midland spur, turrets of the...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Georgian Cossack
- A Georgian Cossack rides a horse in a dirt arena during a performance of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Earl's Court in England. He stands on top of the horse's back and reaches back toward his right hip with his right hand. A landscape scene is...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Entertainers--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.; Cossacks--1880-1920.
- [1892]
- Trick rider
- A trick rider rides a horse in a dirt arena during a performance of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. He leans down on one side of the horse and reaches for something on the ground, possibly a handkerchief. A group of people is gathered outside of the...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Trick riding--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Trick rider
- A trick rider rides a horse in a dirt arena during a performance of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. He leans down on one side of the horse and reaches for something on the ground, possibly a handkerchief. A group of people is gathered outside of the...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Trick riding--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Trick rider
- A trick rider rides a horse in a dirt arena during a performance of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. He leans down on one side of the horse and reaches for something on the ground, possibly a handkerchief. A group of people is gathered outside of the...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Trick riding--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Mary S. Smith
- Studio bust portrait of Mary Shillito Smith, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Smith's bangs are layered and curled. Her dress has a front button enclosure, and she wears a wide, pleated lace collar that reaches her shoulders, and...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Smith, Mary S. (Mary Shillito); Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1884
- Another view of the last "heavy frost" in Silverton
- View of a large snowbank fronting a business in Silverton, Colorado. A two-story brick building with a corbel course in the cornice and sash windows on the second floor has lettering on the retracted canvas awning: "The French Bakery." Lettering...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Snow--Colorado--Silverton--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- People unidentified
- Two women and a man stand in front of the main gate of the Tuileries in Englewood, Colorado. The Tuileries amusement park, or the Tuileries Gardens, existed from 1906 and 1913. "Tuileries" appears at the top of the brick gate, is studded with light...
- Englewood (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Amusement parks--Colorado--Englewood--1900-1920.; Gillpatrick, Vera Terrell.; Gillpatrick, William.
- [between 1906 and 1913]
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 17, 1909 June 12
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 5, 1909 March 20
- Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 3, 1919 March
- Municipal Facts: Volume 14 Numbers 1 and 2, 1931 January-February
- NHSH The Annual: 1910
- North Denver High School yearbook for 1910
- Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; North High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.
- 1910
- Report of Henry A. Buchtel Pastor Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church Denver, Colorado
- This is a report submitted to the Quarterly Conference at the close of Henry A. Buchtel's term as pastor of Trinity United Methodist Church. During his tenor the church raised money to build a new building at 1820 Broadway in Denver, Colo. The...
- Buchtel, Henry Augustus, 1847-1924.; Trinity United Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; North Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Methodist churches--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- 1891 March 30
- First Baptist Church Diamond Anniversary
- Book commemorating the Diamond Anniversary of the First Baptist Church in Denver, Colorado. Included in the book is a description of the history of the church, is former locations, photographs and a list of members of the congregation.
- First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)--Directories.; First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1939
- 1865-1959, Zion Baptist Church, precentennial booklet.
- Pre-Centennial booklet produced by Zion Baptist Church in Denver, Colorado. Included in the book is a history of the church, photographs of different members of the congregations from various years, different clubs, committees, and organizations...
- Zion Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.); African American churches--Colorado--Denver.; Baptists--Colorado--Denver.
- 1959
- East High spotlight: 21st year no 9
- Newspaper produced by East High School of Denver, Colorado. Included in the paper are photographs of students, articles on school events and sports.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1943 March 4
- East High spotlight: vol 30 no 10
- Newspaper produced by East High School of Denver, Colorado. Included in the paper are photographs of students, articles on school events and sports.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1944 March 23