Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Blue River Hose Co 1908
- Eleven firemen of the Blue River Hose Company in Breckenridge, Colorado, pose in their dress uniforms, including conductor's caps with metal badges, dark pants, wide belts with edges bound in white leather, and pullover bib shirts. Their shirts...
- Blue River Hose Company (Breckenridge, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1910.
- 1908
- Breckenridge storefronts
- This view of Main Street, in Breckenridge, Colorado, includes a building, on the left, which was built in 1880, and housed the Miner's Home Saloon. It has three sash windows on the second floor that have ornamented, pedimented heads. A first floor...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Breckenridge--1970-1980.
- [between 1970 and 1980?]
- Garden of the Gods the Siamese Twins [graphic]
- View of the Siamese Twins rock formation at Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. Two similar sandstone rock formations connected to one another.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Siamese Twins (Colo. : Rock formation)--1890-1910.; Parks--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Rock formations--Colorado--Colorado...
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- The Siamese Twins Garden of the Gods.
- View of the Siamese Twins rock formation at Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. Two similar sandstone rock formations stand connected to one another. Rocky desert landscape surrounds the formation.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Siamese Twins (Colo. : Rock formation)--1890-1910.; Parks--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Rock formations--Colorado--Colorado...
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- County administration building
- This two story, gable roofed frame structure in Breckenridge, Colorado, is flanked by flat roofed extensions. Sash windows with arched heads are on the second floor, and a similar window is to the right of the main entry door which is paned glass...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Buildings--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- J.A. Turk and Co., drug store, Arlington House, Levi Clothing store
- The Arlington House hotel in Breckenridge, Colorado, has a low false front flanking the gable roof. Its cornice is dentiled. Two flanking buildings have similar roofs. All three are two story frame structures, with second floor sash windows. The...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Clothing stores--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1890.; Drugstores--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1890.
- [1880 or 1881?]
- Sister's Mustard Seeds
- Portrait of Agnes Finding Miner and Sister's Mustard Seeds in Breckenridge, Colorado. The founder of this girl's charitable organization is seated in the upper middle and wears a wide brimmed, feathered hat, white dress and dark bodice. The other...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Women--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1890.
- [between 1885 and 1890?]
- A Colo. Potatoe [sic] cellar, Colo. Midland Ry.
- Interior view of potato cellar (probably somewhere in Roaring Fork River valley near Carbondale, Colorado), possibly Frank E. Sweet's farm; shows massive log posts supporting wooden beams and frame; small cart (similar to a child's wagon), and...
- Root cellars--Colorado--Garfield County--1900-1910.; Garfield County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Roaring Fork River Valley (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Potatoes--Colorado--Garfield County--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Sunflower Carnival
- Two men, part of the crew of Hook and Ladder Number 1 of the Colorado Springs Fire Department, sit on a fire wagon decorated with bunting and greenery as part of the Flower Carnival in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. The wagon is...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Colorado...
- [August, 1896.]
- Sunflower Carnival
- Men stand on a float decorated with greenery, bunting, and streamers as part of the Flower Carnival in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. A sign on the side of the float reads: "KBP". The float is hitched to a team of four horses. The men...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Colorado...
- [August, 1896.]
- Dakota Indians
- Sitting studio portrait of two unidentified Native American (Dakota) men wearing similar outfits. Both wear moccasins, leggings, arm bands, hair pipe breastplates, kerchiefs, and a single eagle feather in their hair. Both men also hold fans in...
- Dakota Indians--Clothing & dress--1870-1900.; Indians of North America--1870-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- Augusta and Horace Tabor's house
- View of the Horace and Augusta Tabor home, on East 5th (Fifth) Street, in Leadville, (Lake County), Colorado; shows a frame house with a bay window and bargeboard.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Tabor, Augusta, d. 1895--Homes & haunts.; Tabor, Horace Austin Warner, 1830-1899--Homes & haunts.
- 1931
- Denver - residences (144 W. 2nd Ave)
- View of similar looking two story brick houses along the one-hundred block of West Second Avenue, in the Baker Neighborhood in Denver, Colorado.
- Baker (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Trees on rock in valley & mtns in distance
- View of trees, rocks, fields, fences, barns, and mountains, in (probably) Custer County, Colorado.
- Custer County (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Barns--Colorado--Custer County--1920-1940.; Meadows--Colorado--Custer County--1920-1940.
- [between 1922 and 1935?]
- Women's march
- Members of the Colorado National Guard, some on horseback, disperse demonstrators, participants in a march to free Mother Jones and support the UMW Ludlow strike against CF&I, near the Post Office on Main Street in Trinidad, Las Animas County,...
- Jones, Mother, 1843?-1930--Capture & imprisonment.; Colorado. National Guard--Colorado--Trinidad--1910-1920.; Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.;...
- [January, 1914]
- Denver- early construction on Civic Center. Olmstead plan
- Panoramic view of Denver, Colorado; shows the Carnegie Library, new parterre landscaping for Civic Center, businesses, farms, and plains leading to the Front Range.
- Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Libraries--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- Spring, 1913
- Dickinson Branch
- Exterior of Dickinson Branch, named for Charles E. Dickinson, a banker, (West Denver Branch) of Denver Public Library, southwest corner of Hooker and West Conejos Place, Denver, Colorado; 1914 Italian cottage design features a tile roof, decorative...
- Denver Public Library. Dickinson Branch.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Libraries--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Dickinson, Charles E.--Monuments.
- [1914]
- Georgetown, Colorado - 1883
- View of Sixth (6th, Alpine) Street in Georgetown, Colorado; shows the Monti and Guanella Building, the Cushman Blocks, a false front building, covered wagons, women, men, a boy, and horses. Outfits include dresses, suits and hats; a mine is at the...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1890.
- 1883
- Dining room
- Interior view of the dining room at the Hotel de Paris in Georgetown, Colorado. The dining room has a wood floor, wainscotting, elaborate Victorian doorways, an ornate china cabinet holding the hotel's Haviland china, an ornate sideboard flanked by...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1950-1970.; Dining rooms--Colorado--Georgetown--1950-1970.; Hotels--Colorado--Georgetown--1950-1970.; Interiors.; Hotel de Paris (Georgetown, Colo.)
- [between 1954 and 1970?]
- Buffalo Bill's headquarters tent
- A large, stuffed buffalo is placed on a platform between two large tents at William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody's headquarters tent for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Ambrose Park in Brooklyn, New York. A wood picket fence borders the...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Bison--1880-1900.; Flags--American--1880-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Pueblo Taos fiesta
- View of a dance at Taos Pueblo, New Mexico; shows a crowd of Native American (Taos Pueblo) dancers with body paint and headdresses, white men, women, and children, wagons, buggies, and the San Geronimo de Taos Mission belfry.
- Indian dance--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1900-1910.; Taos Indians--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1900-1910.; Taos Pueblo...
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Taos Pueblo fiesta races dances
- View of Taos Pueblo, New Mexico, during San Geronimo Day festivities, shows Native American (Taos Pueblo) men in a foot race wearing body paint. White spectators crowd the sidelines by a United States flag.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.; San Geronimo Fiesta (Taos Pueblo, N.M.)--1910-1920.; Taos Indians--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.; Taos Pueblo...
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- M. E. parsonage, Altman, Colo.
- Five views of the Methodist parsonages in Altman, Colorado, include; upper left corner image: the first parsonage located between Altman and Independence. A small lean-to shack with an open entry door and a four pane window. Upper right image: a...
- Pingree, H. M.--Homes and haunts--1880-1890.; Altman (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Religious dwellings--Colorado--Altman--1880-1890.
- [between 1884 and 1890?]
- Silver Plume, residences
- Door of residence ornately decorated in Silver Plume, Colorado. It is a single leaf door with two panels. The lower panel has a decorative center, framed by raised and molded pilastering. Above that is more raised molded woodwork and the windows,...
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Doors & doorways--Colorado--Silver Plume--1960-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Silver Plume--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980]
- Pike's Peak Ave., Colorado Springs, Colo.
- Looking west down Pikes Peak Avenue, Colorado Springs, Colorado toward Antlers Hotel (rebuilt after fire in 1898) and Pikes Peak; includes street railway tracks, suspended electric cables, and horse drawn wagons in the distant background.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Street railroads--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Antlers Hotel (Colorado Springs, Colo.)
- [between 1901 and 1910]
- DUKW crossing Lake Garda
- Six Tenth Mountain Division soldiers cross Lake Garda [Lago di Garda] on a DUKW [amphibious boat-truck]. All are heavily loaded with equipment and wear helments. One is a medic.
- Soldiers--United States--1945.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [April 1945]
- S.E. Roussin (35 yrs. old) & his wife (then 16) in front of cabin, a short distance "up canyon" (north from town of Creede)
- Mr. and Mrs. Roussin stand together in front of their home in Creede, Colorado, in Mineral County. The one-story building has a gable, shingles and a bridge over a ravine that leads to the front door. Logs are neatly stacked at the end of the...
- Roussin family--Homes & haunts--1890-1900.; Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- 1892
- Deadwood Stage
- A man drives the Deadwood Stagecoach, pulled by three teams of mules, through a dirt arena during a performance of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. A large tent covers the viewing stands in the background. Tall buildings stand behind the tent. The...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Stagecoaches--1880-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Grain elevators at Bennett in the Kiowa Valley
- Three grain elevators, one behind the other, are in a row behind a smaller building in Bennett, Colorado, in Adams County. Two of the grain elevators are similar; the third has two cylindrical structures with a rectangular structure on top. A dirt...
- Bennett (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Grain elevators--Colorado--Bennett--1930-1940.
- [1930?]
- Thos. O. Boggs home, Boggsville, built in 1866
- The features of the one and one-half story Thomas Boggs home include a gable, shingles, and a covered porch. A road car is parked near the house; a similar house is behind the residence. Large, deciduous trees grow in the dusty yard in front of the...
- Boggs, Thomas O.--Homes & haunts.; Boggsville (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Houses--Colorado--Boggsville--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Famous Deadwood Coach of Buffalo Bill's Wild West
- John Y. Nelson, a scout and member of the cast of Buffalo Bill's Wild West, sits on top of the back of the Deadwood Stagecoach, which is pulled by three teams of mules. A man sits on the buckboard. Johnny Baker, William Frederick "Buffalo Bill"...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Stagecoaches--1880-1890.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Baker, Johnny, d. 1931.; Nelson, John Young, b. 1826.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1887?]
- Jefferson Community Church [graphic]
- Exterior view of a former schoolhouse used as the Jefferson Community Church in Jefferson (Park County), Colorado. The wood frame building has clapboard siding, shingle hipped roof, brick chimney and a belltower with diagonal pattern shingles. The...
- Jefferson (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Churches.; Jefferson Community Church (Jefferson, Colo.)
- 1981
- Eldorado Springs flood
- Three men walk on a dirt road that borders South Boulder creek after it flooded and damaged the resort and swimming pool in Eldorado Springs, Colorado.
- Eldorado Springs (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Eldorado Springs--1930-1940.; Resorts--Colorado--Eldorado Springs--1930-1940.
- September 4, 1938
- Ferndale, Colo. bridge and house of W. F. & Mary Byers Robinson
- Mary Elizabeth Byers Robinson stands on a wooden bridge over the North Fork of the South Platte River in Ferndale (Jefferson County), Colorado. She wears a long skirt, a blouse, and a hat. Her cabin is just visible through dense evergreen trees.
- Robinson, Mary Byers--Homes & haunts--1900-1920.; Robinson, W. F.--Homes & haunts--1900-1920.; Ferndale (Colo.)--1900-1920.; South Platte River, North Fork (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Pedestrian bridges--Colorado--Ferndale--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Ringside Lounge award
- Reproduction shows an award granted to Joe "Awful" Coffee's Ringside Lounge in Denver, Colorado; shows a silver butter knife with ribbon and words: "This silver butter knife is awarded to 'Ringside Lounge' in recognition of the fact that I had an...
- Ringside Lounge (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Awards--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Silverware--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- House at 26th and Sheridan, this would actually be outside of Edgewater boundaries and would be part of Denver
- The intersection between 26th Street and Sheridan, two dirt roads, in Edgewater, Jefferson County, Colorado, has a house on the corner and another next to it. The brick corner house is two-storied, and has decorative bargeboards on the overlaping...
- Edgewater (Colo.)--1900-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Edgewater--1900-1950.; Streets--Colorado--Edgewater--1900-1950.
- [between 1900 and 1950?]
- Mr. J. B. Thompson's cabin and storehouse, one of first two cabins built at Hayden
- A man leans against a post that supports a log cabin in the agricultural community of Hayden, Colorado, in Routt County. Another man sits nearby on a chair. A similar log cabin is built nearby.
- Hayden (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Log cabins--Colorado--Hayden--1870-1880.
- [between 1875 and 1877]
- Mobile orientation unit near Cividale
- Mountains, buildings, and leafy trees are in the background.; Shows the Tenth Mountain Division Information and Education section's Mobile Orientation unit's jeep-top stage parked in the middle of a grassy field during a discussion of the Pacific...
- Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Curry, Ed.; Wright, Bob.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Ocean.
- June 28, 1945
- Orientation on Pacific War near Cividale
- The Tenth Mountain Division Information and Education section's Mobile orientation unit holds a discussion of the Pacific campaign and invasion of Japan with soldiers from the 10th Mountain Division's Quartermaster Battalion. T/4 Theodore "Ted"...
- Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Curry, Ed.; Lockwood, Theodore.; Wright, Bob.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Ocean.
- June 28, 1945
- Arial view of Rocca di Roffeno
- Arial view of Rocca di Roffeno, Italy, and the Apennines behind including Mt. Mantino (far right) and Sette Croci (near right) with the town of Cereglio in the distance (right). Flowering trees in foreground. This area was the scene of a drive on...
- Rocca di Roffeno (Italy)--1940-1950.; Mountains--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [April 1945]
- Sgt. Kennedy's mortar sight
- Mortar sight, the invention of Tenth Mountain Division artillery Sergeant William "Bill" Kennedy as an improvement over those issued by the Army. It was used independently during the Italian Campaign by a few units in the Division. But Kennedy was...
- Artillery (Weaponry)--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Kennedy, William.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [April 1945]
- Mesa Verde Road, ruins, Indians
- A shrub blossoming with small, light-colored flowers is in the foreground of this view from the head of Navajo Canyon near Mesa Verde National Park. Similar shrubs scatter the surrounding area. The top of a mesa lines the horizon.
- Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Navajo Canyon (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Canyons--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1921 and 1931?]
- Mesa Verde Road, ruins, Indians
- A light-colored, flowering shrub stands in the foreground of this view from the head of Navajo Canyon near Mesa Verde National Park. A large branch of dry wood lies on the ground next to the shrub. Similar shrubs scatter the area.
- Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Navajo Canyon (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Canyons--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1921 and 1931?]
- Gen. Clark and Gen. Hays planning offensive
- General Hays, commander of the Tenth Mountain Division, looks at a map and General Mark Clark, commander of the 5th Army, points to something in the distance as they confer before the start of a big offensive during the Italian campaign. They stand...
- Military officers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Clark, Mark W. (Mark Wayne), 1896-1984.; Hays, George P.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- April 1945
- General Hays congratulates first GI to cross highway 9
- Tenth Mountain Division Pfc. Basil L. Lesmeister, from Company A of the 86th Regiment, accepts General George P. Hays' congratulatory handshake as he holds a bottle of Dewar's White Lable scotch. The scotch was part of a wager as to when the 10th...
- Military officers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Hays, George P.; Lesmeister, Basil L.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- June 1945
- Archaeology, dwellings Utah (Nusbaum)
- A man wearing overalls stands in a hole, possibly a grain storage area, underneath a steep rock cliff, possibly in DuPont Cave in Utah. Several similar holes are spread around the area. The holes are lined with slabs of sandstone and some have...
- Archaeological sites--Utah--1900-1920.; Caves--Utah--1900-1920.; Cliff dwellings--Utah--1900-1920.; Rock formations--Utah--1900-1920.
- [between 1908 and 1920?]
- Apache Lake
- A man in a hat from the Corps of Engineers stands near what is identified as Apache Lake in the White Mountains in Navajo County or Apache County (later Fort Apache Indian Reservation), Arizona. Shows steep basalt bluffs and trees near the lake.
- White Mountains (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Arizona--1870-1880.; Lakes & ponds--Arizona--1870-1880.; Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.)
- 1873
- John A. Thatcher residence and stable Mahlon D. and Luna A. Thatcher home in background - home has columns on front porch
- Stone residence in Pueblo, Colorado, is a four-story building with a hipped-gable roof, dormers, chimneys, bay windows, open and enclosed porches, and rounded walls. The stable has a cupola shaped roof vent and an arched door with a dog house next...
- Thatcher, John Addison--Homes & haunts.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Pueblo--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Residence at 945 Pennsylvania Street, Denver
- Rounded arches line the front porch of the brick residence of Frank Mansfield Taylor at 945 Pennsylvania Street in Denver, Colorado. Windows on the upper levels have similar rounded arches. A set of steps leads up to the front porch of the house in...
- Taylor, Frank Mansfield, 1850-1930--Homes & haunts--1900- 1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Southern Colorado State College
- Crouching before blueprints at Southern Colorado State College in Pueblo, Colorado, a man looks at pipes suspended over a dirt floor. A back pressure valve is in the foreground, and a screen covered fan is mounted on the interior wall. Wire mesh...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Pueblo--1960-1970.; Southern Colorado State College.
- 1969