Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- The Palisades, Great Ute Canon
- View of rock formations identified as the Palisades, high on a distant cliff near a canyon identified as Great Ute Canyon, Colorado. Shows a narrow clearing with stumps, trees, rocks, fallen trees in a canyon with steep rock walls.
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- Sunshine Peak from Illium Curve
- View of Sunshine Peak from San Miguel County, Colorado. Shows a Denver and Rio Grande railroad loop around a small ranch with frame buildings, pole fence, and a bridge.
- Rocky Point
- View of snow covered landscape with railroad cut with mountain range, Colorado.
- [between 1882 and 1890]
- Sunshine Peak from Illium Curve
- View of Sunshine Peak with Denver and Rio Grande railroad loop around small ranch with frame buildings, pole fence, bridge, San Miguel County, Colorado.
- Redlands from Smiley's [sic] Heights
- A.K. Smiley Public Library (Redlands, Calif.)--1900-1910.; Redlands (Calif.)--1900-1910.; San Bernardino Mountains (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Smiley Heights (Redlands, Calif.)--1900-1910.; Croplands--California--Redlands--1900-1910.; Orange...
- [1902?]
- Mt. Abram, [sic] Ouray Toll Road
- A man on horseback faces Abrams Mountain on the Ouray to Silverton Toll Road (Otto Mears Toll Road), in either Ouray or San Juan Counties, Colorado. Shows trees, rock formations.
- Abrams Mountain (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Horseback riding--Colorado--1880-1890.; Toll roads--Colorado--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Mount Abram
- View of a snow-capped Abrams Mountain in probably Ouray County. Horse drawn buggies are on a narrow mountain road, the Otto Mears Toll Road, which is buttressed with log supports. Shows talus.
- Abrams Mountain (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Ouray County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1890.; Cliffs--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1890.; Toll roads--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Mt. Abram, Ouray and Silverton Toll Road
- Three carriages with passengers stop on the Ouray and Silverton Tollroad built by Otto Mears, Ouray County, Colorado. Shows a mountain pass, a narrow dirt road buttressed by log reinforcements on a cliff side, trees, and talus. Snow-capped Abrams...
- Abrams Mountain (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Ouray County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1890.; Cliffs--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1890.; Toll roads--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Ouray, Mt. Hayden and Mt. Abram [sic]
- View of Ouray (Ouray County), Colorado. Shows Hayden Mountain and Abrams Mountain
- Abrams Mountain (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Hayden Mountain (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Ouray (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- [Ouray]
- View of Ouray (Ouray County), Colorado. Shows the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad station and tracks, Uncompahgre River and Abrams Mountain.
- Abrams Mountain (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Ouray (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Uncompahgre River (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.; Rivers--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900]
- Mt. Abram [sic] Ouray and Silverton Toll Road, Col.
- View of people in a horse-drawn wagon on the Ouray and Silverton Toll Road in Ouray County Colorado. Two men stand next to a cliff. One man holds a wooden pole. Abrams Mountain is in the distance.
- Abrams Mountain (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Ouray County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.; Cliffs--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.; Dirt roads--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.; Toll roads--Colorado--Ouray...
- [between 1887 and 1900?]
- Mt. Abram [sic]
- View of Abrams Mountain located southeast of the town of Ouray (Ouray County), Colorado. Shows the Ouray-Silverton Toll Road and cliffs.
- Abrams Mountain (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Ouray County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cliffs--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.; Dirt roads--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.; Toll roads--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.
- [between 1887 and 1900?]
- Mt. Abrahms [i.e. Abrams]
- Men on horseback pose on a trail, Abrams Mountain and a stream are in the distance, Ouray County, Colorado.
- Abrams Mountain (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Ouray County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Mt. Abram [sic], Ouray and Silverton toll road
- A man on horseback stands on the Otto Mears Toll Road in Ouray County Colorado. Shows trees and rocky ledges in a canyon. Snow is on Abrams Mountain in the distance.
- Abrams Mountain (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Ouray County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.; Toll roads--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Mt. Abram, Ouray, and Silverton Toll Road
- A man mounted on a horse stands on the Otto Mears Toll Road in Ouray County Colorado. Abrams Mountain is in the distance.
- Abrams Mountain (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Ouray County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.; Toll roads--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.
- [between 1883 and 1900]
- Mt. Abram, Ouray toll road
- A man sits on horseback on the Otto Mears toll road in Ouray County, Colorado. Abrams Mountain covered with light snow is in the distance.
- Abrams Mountain (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Ouray County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.; Toll roads--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Mountain road
- View of dirt road on rock mountainside with snow capped Abrams Mountain, Ouray County, Colorado.
- Abrams Mountain (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Ouray County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Roads--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Mt. Abram
- View of snow-covered Abrams Mountain in Ouray County Colorado. Shows the Otto Mears Toll Road and the Uncompahgre River.
- Abrams Mountain (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Ouray County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Uncompahgre River (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Toll roads--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.
- [between 1883 and 1900?]
- Mt. Abram
- View of Abrams Mountain and the Uncompahgre River Valley, Ouray County, Colorado.
- Abrams Mountain (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Ouray County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Uncompahgre Valley (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Valleys--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Shoshone Mountains from Indian Hill
- View of packhorses and men on a grassy plateau identified as Indian Hill in probably Park County, Wyoming. Shows the Absaroka Mountains.
- Absaroka Range (Mont. and Wyo.)--1890-1900.; Park County (Wyo.)--1890-1900.; Horses--Wyoming--Park County--1890-1900.; Pack animals--Wyoming--Park County--1890-1900.
- 1892
- Shoshone Mts. from Indian Hill
- Men stand with packhorses on a grassy plateau identified as Indian Hill in probably Park County, Wyoming. Shows Absaroka Mountains.
- Absaroka Range (Mont. and Wyo.)--1890-1900.; Park County (Wyo.)--1890-1900.; Horses--Wyoming--Park County--1890-1900.; Pack animals--Wyoming--Park County--1890-1900.
- 1892
- Yellowstone National Park, Sylvan Lake, (Cody Road)
- View of Sylvan Lake from Cody Road in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming; the Absaroka Range is in the distance. Shows dense forests of tall pine trees. Marsh grass is near the shoreline.
- Absaroka Range (Mont. and Wyo.)--1900-1920.; Sylvan Lake (Wyo.)--1900-1920.; Yellowstone National Park--1900-1920.; Lakes & ponds--Yellowstone National Park--1900-1920.; National parks & reserves--Yellowstone National Park--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Streets of Acoma, N.M.
- A group of Native American (Acoma) women wearing manta shawls stand by a ladder at Acoma Pueblo in New Mexico. A Native American (Acoma) man with a band wrapped around his head and a poncho over his shoulders stands nearby. Stones erode from the...
- Acoma (N.M.)--1880-1900.; Acoma Indians--New Mexico--Acoma--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--New Mexico--Acoma--1880-1900.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Acoma--1880-1900.; Children--New Mexico--Acoma--1880-1900.; Pueblos--New...
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- The horse trail, Pueblo of Acoma, N.M.
- A man wears pants, a long-sleeved shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat and stands near a rock formation and a trail known as the Burro Trail at Acoma Pueblo, New Mexico. A stone wall is beside sandstone pillars.
- Acoma (N.M.)--1890-1900.; Rock formations--New Mexico--Acoma--1890-1900.; Trails & paths--New Mexico--Acoma--1890-1900.
- 1899
- The horse trail, Pueblo of Acoma, N.M.
- A Native American (Acoma) man wears pants, boots, a belt, a long-sleeved shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat and stands beside a rock wall and rock formations on a stone trail known as the Burro Trail at Acoma Pueblo, New Mexico. Flat rocks form...
- Acoma Indians--Men--New Mexico--Acoma--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Men--New Mexico--Acoma--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Men--New Mexico--Acoma--1890-1900.; Acoma (N.M.)--1890-1900.; Men--New Mexico--Acoma--1890-1900.; Rock formations--New...
- 1899
- Pueblo of Acoma, N.M.
- A herd of horses is near adobe and stone structures at Acoma Pueblo in New Mexico. A Native American (Acoma) boy sits on the back of a horse. Ladders lead to the second floors of the buildings, and vigas extend from roof lines. Peppers dry on lines.
- Acoma Indians--Structures--New Mexico--Acoma--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--Structures--New Mexico--Acoma--1880-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Children--New Mexico--Acoma--1880-1900.; Acoma (N.M.)--1880-1900.; Horses--New Mexico--Acoma--1880-1900.;...
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Pueblo of Acoma
- Distant view of Acoma Pueblo, New Mexico. Shows adobe structures on a mesa and paths leading to the town.
- Acoma Indians--Structures--New Mexico--Acoma--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--Structures--New Mexico--Acoma--1880-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Structures--New Mexico--Acoma--1880-1900.; Acoma (N.M.)--1880-1900.; Mesas--New...
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Acoma Pueblo
- View of a horno and Native American adobe buildings with vigas at Acoma Pueblo, New Mexico. The San Estevan del Rey Mission is in the distance.
- Acoma Indians--Structures--New Mexico--Acoma--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--Structures--New Mexico--Acoma--1880-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Structures--New Mexico--Acoma--1880-1900.; Acoma (N.M.)--1880-1900.; Missions--New...
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Women of Acoma Pueblo, N.M.
- Two barefoot Native American (Acoma) women sit on a rock at Acoma Pueblo (Cibola County), New Mexico and pose for the camera. They wear cotton skirts and blouses and leggings. They hide their faces with shawls.
- Acoma Indians--Women--New Mexico--Acoma--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Women--New Mexico--Acoma--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Women--New Mexico--Acoma--1900-1910.; Acoma (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Women--New Mexico--Acoma--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Maude Fealy
- Maude Fealy poses for a studio bust portrait, possibly for the role of "Filiberta" in "The Cardinal." She has long, wavy hair; wears a bracelet, a pearl necklace, and a dress with gathered, sheer fabric and beadwork; and holds a bouquet of lilies.
- Actresses--1900-1910.; Fealy, Maude, 1881-1971.
- [1900?]
- Antoinette Perry
- Studio profile portrait of Antoinette Perry, an actress, who stands and poses with her arms extended over a large, ceramic vase with painted flowers. She wears a long two piece lace dress with a slim skirt and pleats midway down the thigh. Her...
- Actresses--1900-1920.; Perry, Antoinette, 1888-1946.
- [between 1905 and 1920?]
- Spillway Burlington Ditch
- View of the Burlington Ditch in Adams County, Colorado. Well dressed men and workmen stand with equipment on the headgates of the ditch. One man crosses a temporary wooden pedestrian bridge near a spillway in the South Platte River. A headframe,...
- Adams County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Burlington Ditch (Colo.)--1910-1920.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1910-1920.; Irrigation--Colorado--Adams County--1910-1920.; Rivers--Colorado--Adams County--1910-1920.; Spillways--Colorado--Adams...
- 1910 March 23
- Grand Lake Middle Park
- View of Grand Lake in Grand County, Colorado. Mountains in the distance include Mount Cairns, Mount Craig, Mount Adams, and Mount Patterson.
- Adams, Mount (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cairns, Mount (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Craig, Mount (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Grand County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Grand Lake (Colo. : Lake)--1880-1900.; Patterson, Mount (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Grand...
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Adirondacks - Mirror Lake
- A view of Mirror Lake in the Adirondack Mountains (Essex County), New York; shows landscape with cottages, fences, boathouses, and hotels near the lake.
- Adirondack Mountains (N.Y.)--1890-1900.; Essex County (N.Y.)--1890-1900.; Mirror Lake (Essex County, N.Y.)--1890-1900.; Lakes & ponds--New York--Essex County--1890-1900.
- [1890]
- Adirondack stage
- Men and women sit on top of a stagecoach drawn by a team of four horses in the Adirondack Mountains, New York. Shows dirt road and woods.
- Adirondack Mountains (N.Y.)--1890-1900.; New York (State)--1890-1900.; Stagecoaches--New York (State)--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Tramway cable
- A man stands in between two mine tramway cables in a forested, rocky area, in Colorado. The cables lead to a wooden structure nestled within the trees.
- Aerial tramways--Colorado--1890-1920.; Mining--Colorado--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920?]
- The colored exodus, scenes at Topeka, Kansas
- African American (Black) men, women and children, former slaves, arrive at the Shawnee County Fairgrounds in Topeka (Shawnee County), Kansas. Frame buildings on the fairgrounds have cupolas. Interior views of Floral Hall show people at a church...
- African Americans--Kansas--Topeka--1870-1880.; Topeka (Kan.)--1870-1880.; Refugees--American--Kansas--Topeka--1870-1880.; Religious services--Kansas--Topeka--1870-1880.; Sleeping--Kansas--Topeka--1870-1880.
- 1879 July 5
- The Negro exodus, scenes on the wharves at Vicksburg
- African American (Black) men, women and children stand at a frame cotton elevator building that reads: "Missis[sippi] Elev[ator]," and wave to passengers on a steamship at Vicksburg (Warren County), Mississippi. Shows African American people beside...
- African Americans--Mississippi--Vicksburg--1870-1880.; Vicksburg (Miss.)--1870-1880.; Passengers--Mississippi--Vicksburg--1870-1880.; Piers & wharves--Mississippi--Vicksburg--1870-1880.; Ships--Mississippi--Vicksburg--1870-1880.
- 1879, May 17
- Theatrical group
- Men and women in blackface pose in Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado; costume includes dresses of print or brocade fabrics, and hats with flowers. Some of the men are dressed as women. A man points at a cake.
- African Americans--Performances & portrayals--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.; Rifle (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Blackface entertainers--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.; Clothing & dress--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.; Cross dressing--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Group in costume
- Men and women in blackface pose in Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado; costume includes dresses of print or brocade fabrics, and hats with flowers. Some of the men are dressed as women. A man points at a cake.
- African Americans--Performances & portrayals--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.; Rifle (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Blackface entertainers--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.; Clothing & dress--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.; Cross dressing--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Picnic Rock near Black Buttes, Wyo. Terr.
- Men and a woman pose near a rock butte identified as "Picnic Rock" near Black Buttes and Black Buttes Stage Station on the Overland Trail (Sweetwater County), Wyoming. Men in sack coats include an African American (Black) man. A woman wears a skirt...
- African Americans--Wyoming--Sweetwater County--1860-1870.; Overland Trails--1860-1870.; Sweetwater County (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; People--Wyoming--Sweetwater County--1860-1870.; Rock formations--Wyoming--Sweetwater County--1860-1870.; Trails &...
- [between 1867 and 1868]
- Children sitting on the porch of a log cabin
- African American (Black) children and a man sit in front of a log cabin in an unknown location. The man wears a jacket, short pants, and sits on the porch near wood buckets and chairs. One boy sits on a pile of rocks that serve as steps. He wears a...
- Afro-Americans--Children--1870-1900.; Children--1870-1900.; Log cabins--1870-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- Power House, Boulder, Colo.
- Men, women, and children pose in front of an electric street car on 12th (Twelfth) Street and Arapahoe Avenue in Boulder (Boulder County), Colorado. People stand on tracks beside a dog. Men wear suits and women wear dresses. An African American...
- Afro-Americans--Men--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.; Boulder (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Power plants--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.; Street railroads--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.
- 1899 June 24
- White Mountains, New Hampshire
- Two men and two women look down at a farm house and outbuilding in a valley in Grafton County near Bethlehem, New Hampshire. Shows Mt. Agassiz in the White Mountains range.
- Agassiz, Mount (N.H.)--1900-1910.; Grafton County (N.H.)--1900-1910.; Mountains--New Hampshire--Grafton County--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Mexican cactus plant with man in center
- View of an agave, Maguey, or century plant; a man poses at the center.
- Agaves--1880-1900.; Men--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- The maguey in blossom
- View of a maguey in bloom possibly near Los Angeles, California. This agave has blossoms that branch out from a large central stalk that emerges from a cluster of pointed succulent leaves. Shows trees and a frame structure in the distance.
- Agaves--California--1870-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- Abandoned tractor
- View of probably an abandoned tractor in a field; it has a chain drive, track propulsion, and wheels. A harrow is to the side; low hills are in the background.
- Agricultural machinery & implements--1900-1920.; Tractors--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Abandoned tractor
- View of probably an abandoned tractor in a field; it has a chain drive, track propulsion, and wheels.
- Agricultural machinery & implements--1900-1920.; Tractors--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Aguascalientes, bathhouse at springs
- View of a one-story masonry building and pool of water in Aguascalientes, Mexico. The building is made of a light colored mud brick with a shaped stone foundation. Trees and grassy plants line the edge of the pond. Two-story buildings are in the...
- Aguascalientes (Mexico)--1870-1900.; Bathhouses--Mexico--Aguascalientes--1870-1900.; Lakes & ponds--Mexico--Aguascalientes--1870-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- Ampitheater [sic] of the San Miguel
- View of the San Miguel River valley in San Miguel County, Colorado. Shows snow on Ajax Peak, and buildings and tents in or near Telluride.
- Ajax Peak (Colo.)--1880-1890.; San Miguel River (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Telluride (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Telluride--1880-1890.; Rivers--Colorado--Telluride--1880-1890.; Valleys--Colorado--Telluride--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1886?]