Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Residence of Mrs. W. N. Byers 1310 South 14st [sic]
- Women sit on the porch of the William Newton Byers house at 1310 Bannock Street in the Civic Center neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The two-story brick house has a low pitch roof, chimneys, balcony, and covered porch.
- Byers, William Newton, 1831-1903--Homes & haunts.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1880-1890.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
- [between 1884 and 1889]
- Mescalero Apache
- Native American (Mescalero Apache) men and women pose with fur pelts, shields, tripods, bows and arrows, and staffs outdoors near a tent in New Mexico. They wear beaded moccasins, leggings, and headbands. A sign nearby reads: "Head Quarters...
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--1880-1890.; Mescalero Indians--New Mexico--1880-1890.; Clothing & dress--New Mexico--1880-1890.; Tents--New Mexico--1880-1890.; Women--New Mexico--1880-1890.
- [between 1884 and 1890]
- Gray's Peak number two
- People stand near a trail or sit on horseback, they pose near a wooden sign that reads "Gray's Peak" in Clear Creek County, Colorado. The women wear fitted dresses with long skirts, gloves and hats or bonnets with elaborate decorations. The men...
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Grays Peak (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1880-1900.; Recreation--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1880-1900.; Women--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1880-1900.
- [between 1884 and 1892]
- Gray's Peak number one
- Men and women pose with horses beside a mountain stream near the summit of Gray's Peak in probably Clear Creek County, Colorado. The women ride sidesaddle on horses; they wear fitted shirts or jackets, long skirts, and hats or bonnets with...
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Grays Peak (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Torreys Peak (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1880-1900.; Streams--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1880-1900.; Women--Colorado--Clear Creek...
- [between 1884 and 1892]
- At the top
- Men and women sit or stand and pose at the summit of Gray's Peak in Clear Creek County and Summit County, Colorado. Women wear fitted dresses with long skirts, tall hats or bonnets with elaborate decoration, gloves and scarves. Men wear suits with...
- Grays Peak (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Horses--Colorado--1880-1900.; People--Colorado--1880-1900.; Ruins--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1884 and 1892]
- Chihuahua Lake and Grizzly Peak
- Men and women sit or stand at the summit of Gray's Peak (Clear Creek County and Summit County), Colorado. The men wear suits and hats, one looks through a hand held telescope, another points toward something in the distance. The women wear fitted...
- Chihuahua Gulch (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Grays Peak (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Grizzly Peak (Summit County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--1880-1900.; Mountains--Colorado--1880-1900.; Women--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1884 and 1892]
- Gray's Peak number four
- Men and women pose on a rock formation near the summit of Gray's Peak (Clear Creek County and Summit County), Colorado. Women wear fitted dresses with long skirts and hats with elaborate decoration and stand or sit near the top of a rocky spire....
- Grays Peak (Colo.)--1880-1900.; McClellan, Mount (Colo.)--1880-1900.; People--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1884 and 1892]
- Gray's Peak number three
- Men and women sit on horseback or stand in a rocky valley in probably Clear Creek County, Colorado. The women wear long fitted dresses and hats; the men wear suits. Horses stand near a trail on a steep slope. A man points, another is near a...
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; McClellan, Mount (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1880-1900.; People--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1880-1900.
- [between 1884 and 1892]
- Palmer Lake
- View of men and women in rowboats, in hats, suits and dresses, on Palmer Lake, at Palmer Lake (El Paso County), Colorado. Shows a fountain, boat house, water tank, the Denver and Rio Grande depot, tracks and the Judd Eating House. Painted on...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--Buildings--1880-1900.; Palmer Lake (Colo. : Reservoir)--1880-1900.; Palmer Lake (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Palmer Lake--1880-1900.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Palmer Lake--1880-1900.;...
- [between 1884 and 1895?]
- Palmer Lake, Colorado
- View of men and women in rowboats, in hats, suits, and dresses, on Palmer Lake, at Palmer Lake (El Paso County), Colorado. Shows a fountain, boat house, water tank, the Denver and Rio Grande depot, tracks and the Judd Eating House. One of the...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--Buildings--1880-1900.; Palmer Lake (Colo. : Reservoir)--1880-1900.; Palmer Lake (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Palmer Lake--1880-1900.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Palmer Lake--1880-1900.;...
- [between 1884 and 1895?]
- Tlingit women
- View of four Native American (Tlingit) women sitting on a stone sidewalk with their backs resting against the side of a clapboard building, probably Alaska. They are engaged in basket weaving and have some of their wares on display in front of...
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--Alaska--1880-1900.; Tlingit baskets--Alaska--1880-1900.; Tlingit Indians--Arts & crafts--Alaska--1880-1900.; Basket making--Alaska--1880-1900.; Women--Alaska--1880-1900.
- [between 1884 and 1895]
- Iron Spr's Hotel and station
- View of the Iron Springs Hotel, a building with a mansard roof, dormers and porches, and the Manitou & Pike's Peak Railway Co. depot in Manitou Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. Men, women and a child walk on the road near the depot.
- Iron Springs Hotel (Manitou Springs, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--Buildings--1880-1900.; Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1900.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Manitou...
- [between 1884 and 1900?]
- Church of San Estevan Acoma
- A Native American (Pueblo, Acoma) family poses in front of the altar at San Estevan (Esteban) del Rey Mission church, Acoma Pueblo, New Mexico.
- Acoma Indians--New Mexico--Acoma--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--New Mexico--Acoma--1880-1900.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Acoma--1880-1900.; Acoma (N.M.)--1880-1900.; Altars--New Mexico--Acoma--1880-1900.; Catholic churches--New...
- [between 1884 and 1900]
- John L. Dailey home
- Boys, women, and a girl pose outdoors near the John L. Dailey house at 4th (Fourth) Avenue and Broadway in Denver, Colorado. The wood frame house has a covered porch and is surrounded by a metal fence.
- Dailey, John L.--Homes & haunts.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
- [between 1885 and 1889?]
- Salida store
- Two women, in dresses with pleats and flounces, pose in front of a brick storefront, Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado. Signs read: "The Denver Post Every Day of the Year," "Vives," and addresses "115, 117, 119."
- Salida (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Salida--1880-1890.; Women--Colorado--Salida--1880-1890.
- [between 1885 and 1890?]
- Dr. M. Beshoar residence, 1880's
- This shingle roofed, cross gabled house in Trinidad, Colorado, has siding with grooves in a brick pattern. A man, three women, and three little girls pose in the patio of the house. The man wears a frock coat and bowler hat, and the ladies wear...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Trinidad--1880-1890.; Bent, Fannie.; Beshoar, Annie E.; Beshoar, Burnie.; Maupin, John Harris.; Maupin, Rachel.
- [between 1885 and 1890?]
- 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?]
- Montezuma, Colorado date unknown, building at right is Summit House, Miners Resort was a saloon about 1885.
- Frame, gable roofed buildings line this street in Montezuma, Summit County, Colorado. Signs read: [Ro]cky Mountain Hotel," and "Miner's Resort." Men and women stand on the deck of the two-story structure in the foreground, and snow covers the...
- Montezuma (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1885 and 1890?]
- Built by Louis King, 7th Ave. bet. 3rd and 4th Street
- Possibly Mr. and Mrs. Louis King stand on the boardwalk in front of their home near another couple in a carriage drawn by a large white horse, at the 300 block of Seventh (7th) Avenue, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. The Queen Anne style two story...
- King, Louis--Homes & haunts--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.; Ouray (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.; Women--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.
- [between 1885 and 1890]
- Navajo woman weaving blanket
- A Native American (Navajo) woman sits at a loom near an earth and timber hogan in either Arizona or New Mexico.
- Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Navajo Indians--1880-1890.; Navajo women weavers--1880-1890.; Hogans--1880-1890.; Looms--1880-1890.; Women--1880-1890.
- [between 1885 and 1890]
- Navajo woman weaving a belt
- A Native American (Navajo) family poses outdoors near an earth and timber hogan. The woman sits at a loom for weaving belts. The man wears moccasins and a blanket.
- Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Navajo Indians--1880-1890.; Navajo women weavers--1880-1890.; Hogans--1880-1890.; Looms--1880-1890.; Weaving--1880-1890.
- [between 1885 and 1890]
- Navajo blanket weavers. Arizona
- Native American (Navajo) women sit at a loom attached to a brush shelter in Arizona. A timber and earth hogan is nearby.
- Indians of North America--Arizona--1880-1890.; Navajo Indians--Arizona--1880-1890.; Navajo women weavers--Arizona--1880-1890.; Hogans--Arizona--1880-1890.; Weaving--Arizona--1880-1890.; Women--Arizona--1880-1890.
- [between 1885 and 1890]
- Buena Vista funeral
- Suited men in tophats drive a horse-drawn hearse in Buena Vista, Colorado. The team is draped with netting and has tasseled ears; a surrey bearing men, women and children follows. Two frame buildings in the background have belfries; one has a horse...
- Buena Vista (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Funeral processions--Colorado--Buena Vista--1880-1890.
- [between 1885 and 1890]
- Sister of Mrs. Byers
- Studio portrait of Olivia Kessenger, the sister of William Newton Byers. She wears a dark, high-collared dress with a scarf and broach.
- Byers, William Newton, 1831-1903--Family.; Women--1880-1890.; Kessenger, Olivia.
- [between 1885 and 1890]
- Ute indian cradleboards
- Standing studio portrait of unidentified Native American woman (Ute) wearing a cradleboard containing her baby. The board is decorated with fringe and bead work. Only the face of the baby is visible.
- Indians of North America--Women--1880-1900.; Ute Indians--Children--1880-1900.; Cradleboards--1880-1900.; Infants--1880-1900.
- [between 1885 and 1892]
- Georgetown House
- Exterior view of the Georgetown House, in Georgetown, Colorado. Four women in long dresses stand on boardwalk under the veranda supported by decorative scroll brackets. The dresses have full skirts, long sleeves and prints of flowers, and plaids....
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Boardwalks--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1900.; Georgetown House (Georgetown, Colo.)
- [between 1885 and 1892]
- Georgetown, Colo. street scene
- View of large excursion group mounted on their horses and burros on 6th (Sixth) Street (Alpine) Georgetown, Colorado. Men wear suits and hats, women ride side saddle and have on long dresses and bonnets; one holds a child. Street is lined with wood...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Donkeys--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1900.
- [between 1885 and 1892]
- J. A. Tedford, Race St. near Colfax, Denver, Co.
- Presentation view of the J. A. Tedford residence on Race Street in Denver, Colorado; architectural features include shingle imbrication, spindlework, incised stone arches. A man, women, and children pose.
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Families--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Tedford, J. A.; Tedford, J. A.--Family.
- [between 1885 and 1893]
- Residence of Messrs. Miller & Haekler
- Presentation view of the Miller and Haekler residences in (probably) Denver, Colorado; architectural features include brick with rusticated stone trim, shingle imbrication, ridgecresting, a turret / porch / balcony. Men, women, and children pose in...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Children & adults--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.
- [between 1885 and 1893]
- Residence of W. S. Raymond
- Presentation view of the Wilbur S. Raymond residence at 16th (Sixteenth) and Race Streets in Denver, Colorado; architectural features include rusticated stone, round and arched leaded glass windows, and a faceted tower. Men, women, and children...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Families--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Raymond, Wilbur S.--Homes & haunts.
- [between 1885 and 1893]
- Baby Doe Tabor
- Profile studio portrait of Elizabeth Bonduel McCourt "Baby Doe" Tabor, wife of millionaire Horace Tabor.
- Legislators' spouses--Colorado--1880-1900.; Women--Colorado--1880-1900.; Baby Doe, d. 1935.
- [between 1885 and 1895?]
- Baby Doe Tabor
- Studio portrait of Elizabeth Bonduel McCourt "Baby Doe" Tabor, wife of millionaire Horace Tabor; she wears a fur coat and hat, and is dusted with fake snow.
- Legislators' spouses--Colorado--1880-1900.; Women--Colorado--1880-1900.; Baby Doe, d. 1935.
- [between 1885 and 1895?]
- Baby Doe Tabor
- Studio portrait of Elizabeth Bonduel McCourt "Baby Doe" Tabor, wife of millionaire Horace Tabor.
- Legislators' spouses--Colorado--1880-1900.; Women--Colorado--1880-1900.; Baby Doe, d. 1935.
- [between 1885 and 1895?]
- Albany Hotel dining room
- Men and women in evening dress sit at long banquet tables in the dining room of the Albany Hotel at 17th (Seventeenth) and Stout Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado. Shows a carpeted room with large windows with lambrequins and sheer draperies, a...
- Albany Hotel (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--1880-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Banquet halls--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Banquets--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Dining rooms--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.;...
- [between 1885 and 1895?]
- Frances Sophia Pierce
- A portrait oil painting of Frances Sophia Pierce. She is seated and wears a black dress with buttons and a white lace collar, earrings, a cameo broach. Her hair is gray.
- Pierce, Frances Sophia.; Women--1880-1900.
- [between 1885 and 1895]
- Julian Buck's wife and son
- Studio portrait of a Native American Ute woman, identified as Julian Buck's wife, (may be Nachivera, wife of Severo), and a young Ute boy. She is standing and wearing a long hide dress with fringe, a decorative belt, a hair pipe choker, and a...
- Indians of North America--Children--1880-1900.; Ute Indians--Women--1880-1900.; Nachivera.; Severo, Chief--Family.; Buck, Julian--Family.
- [between 1885 and 1895]
- Cottonwood Springs Hotel, Buena Vista, Colo.
- People pose outside the Cottonwood Springs Hotel near Buena Vista (Chaffee County), Colorado. Women and girls wear dresses with aprons and stand or sit on porch steps or in a first-floor window, a wicker baby carriage is nearby. Some of the men and...
- Cottonwood Hotel (Buena Vista, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Buena Vista (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Buena Vista--1880-1900.; People--Colorado--Buena Vista--1880-1900.
- [between 1885 and 1898?]
- Mexican bird sellers
- Women and a man sit beside a dirt street with birds to sell probably in San Antonio (Bexar County), Texas. The women wear shawls over their heads; the man wears a wide brimmed hat. Wooden birdcages are covered with cloth. Shows framed pictures of...
- Mexicans--Texas--San Antonio--1880-1900.; San Antonio (Tex.)--1880-1900.; Birdcages--Texas--San Antonio--1880-1900.; Birds--Texas--San Antonio--1880-1900.; Poor persons--Texas--San Antonio--1880-1900.; Street vendors--Texas--San...
- [between 1885 and 1899?]
- Picnic
- Men, women and children pose at a picnic gathering in a forested area, probably in Colorado. Shows a picnic blanket, silverware, bread, a bucket, a cup, and a basket. The men wear suits, ties and hats. The women wear dresses, hats and shawls. A man...
- People--Colorado--1880-1900.; Picnics--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Chief Iron Tail, Indian women and children at Buffalo Bill's Wild West
- Postcard depicting drawing of Sioux Chief Iron Tail standing with a group of Sioux women and children. The woman in the center of the front row kneels on the ground. Chief Iron Tail was a leader among the Native Americans who participated in...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Iron Tail.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Wild West Show cast in front of tent
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody stops his horse in front of a group of Native American men, women and children in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Cody is talking with Sioux Chief Iron Tail, a member of the cast who was also one of...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Iron Tail.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- William F. Cody and group on beach
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody poses on horseback in the left center midground of a panoramic view of a beach, probably in Europe. A long row of Native American men and women also on horseback line the shore behind Cody. A man wearing a...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Native American women
- Four Native American women pose in front of a teepee with horses and a star painted on it. The women are in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Each of the women has a blanket wrapped around her shoulders. The woman on the far left holds a...
- Indians of North America--Women--1880-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Colorado College
- People pose at a Colorado College residence, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. They are: "(l to r): Mrs. E. T. Ensign on roof and Professor F. H. Loud (with telescope), Fred Schuyler (boy) Dennis (sitting,) F. Ledley Cooper (student and...
- Colorado College--1880-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Boys--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1900.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880- 1900.; Women--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1900.
- [between 1885 and 1900]
- Early day street scene - Montrose, Colo.
- Men, women, and children, some on a horse-drawn carriage, are outside of the E. J. Mathews and Company, meats and groceries store in Montrose, Colorado. The store is housed in a two story brick building with battlements, decorative engravings under...
- Montrose (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1900.
- [between 1885 and 1900]
- A stage setting in the early days of Montrose, Colo.
- Actors perform a scene from a play on the stage in the Montrose Opera House in Montrose, Colorado in Montrose County. The cast members include men dressed in military uniforms, a woman asleep on a couch, two women sitting on chairs, and an actor...
- Montrose (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Actors--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1900.; Interiors.; Opera houses--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1900.
- [between 1885 and 1900]
- Miss Annie Oakley
- Studio portrait of Phoebe Anne Oakley Mozee (Annie Oakley). She holds a rifle and poses near two others.
- Sharpshooters--1890-1910.; Women--1880-1910.; Oakley, Annie, 1860-1926.
- [between 1885 and 1901]
- Original Crocker/Culbertson's ranch house and Mount Olympus, Estes Park
- A group of three men, six women, and three children pose in front a two-story gable-roofed log building in Estes Park, Colorado, probably built in 1885 and owned by Lester Stuyvesant, Alfred Rowe, Culbertson, and/or Crocker. Scene includes antlers...
- Estes Park (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Log cabins--Colorado--Estes Park--1880-1910.
- [between 1885 and 1910?]
- Fort Bowie A. T.
- Native American (Chiricahua Apache) women prisoners pack canvas bags for their transfer to Florida, at Fort Bowie, Arizona. White men in military uniforms look on.
- Chiricahua Indians--Arizona--Fort Bowie--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Arizona--Fort Bowie--1880-1890.; Fort Bowie (Ariz.)--1880-1890.; Prisoners--Arizona--Fort Bowie--1880-1890.; Women--Arizona--Fort Bowie--1880-1890.
- [between 1886 and 1888]
- Post Office
- View of the United States Post Office (later the Customs House) at 16th (Sixteenth) and Arapahoe Streets, Denver, Colorado; businesses include: W.F. Robinson Printing Company (at 1508-1514 Arapahoe), and the P. Casey Building with a sign which...
- United States. Post Office (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1880-1890.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; City & town life--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Post offices--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
- [between 1886 and 1890?]