Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- East Denver High School: 1915
- 1915 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1915
- Performers
- Seventeen women performers of the "Broom Brigade" cast pose in two rows. Each wears a costume of a long-sleeved bodice with a mandarin collar, a cross piece across the breast, a full, pleated skirt with a dark band around the skirt, and a Civil War...
- Greeley (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Actresses--1880-1890.
- 1885
- Amity, Colorado, the broom industry
- A man wears suspenders and a hat and stands at the doorway of a stone house with a shingle roof in Amity, a Salvation Army colony, in Prowers County, Colorado. Brooms made with straw and wooden handles are on display beside stone walls. The...
- McAbee, Frank--Homes & haunts.; Amity (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Broom & brush industry--Colorado--Amity--1900-1910.; Brooms & brushes--Colorado--Amity--1900-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Amity--1900-1910.; Stone buildings--Colorado--Amity--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Broom maker's
- Interior view of a broom factory in Denver, Colorado; shows men, wooden dowels, sheaves of straw, and brooms.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Broom & brush industry--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Brooms & brushes--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Laborers--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915?]
- British Columbia Fatal Mining Accidents : 1887, 1896-1942
- Index of the Fatal Mining Accidents occurring in British Columbia Canada in the years 1887, and 1896-1949. Information is arranged alphabetically and includes: the name of the victim, date of the accident, colliery/mine name (town), whether fatal...
- Mine accidents--British Columbia--Indexes.
- 2007
- Broom polo, Van Vleet Arabian Ranch Joe Dekker, Gravey Graves, Bob MacDonald, Hank Hankins.
- Members of the Roundup Riders of the Rockies play broom polo at the L.W. Van Vleet Lazy V V Ranch near Nederland in Boulder County, Colorado. Players include Joe Dekker, Claude "Gravey" Graves, Bob MacDonald, and Harlan "Hank" Hankins. The men ride...
- Lazy V V Ranch (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Roundup Riders of the Rockies (Colo.)--People--1940-1950.; Trail riding--Colorado--1940-1950.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Organizations--Colorado--1940-1950.; Polo--Colorado--Boulder County--1940-1950.;...
- 1949 July
- Estes Park show, broom polo for the fans
- Members of the Roundup Riders of the Rockies play broom polo in a field in Estes Park (Larimer County), Colorado. Men on horseback wear western attire and hold straw brooms. Players include Harry Deem, Wayne "Sage" Kester, Lou Wulfekuhler, and Dick...
- Roundup Riders of the Rockies (Colo.)--People--1950-1960.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Estes Park--1950-1960.; Polo--Colorado--Estes Park--1950-1960.; Estes Park (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Organizations--Colorado--1950-1960.
- 1953 July
- Western History Subject Index
- Denver. Business Broom
- Western History Subject Index
- brooms
- Londoner Bros., Leadville, Colorado
- Men stand and pose near doorways at the wood frame Londoner Bros. store with a gabled roof and a false front in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado. Men wear hats, suits or vests, and stand beside store windows and a straw broom display on the wooden...
- Londoner Bros. (Leadville, Colo.)--Buildings--1880-1890.; Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; False fronts--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.; General stores--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.
- 1888?
- The School house
- View of a frame building identified as a schoolhouse with a gabled roof, a brick chimney, side windows, and gutters in probably Hahns Peak (Routt County), Colorado. Shows a barrel and a broom beside the school building. A fence and livestock are...
- Hahns Peak (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Schools--Colorado--Hahns Peak--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Breckenridge residence [graphic]
- Men, women, and children stand and pose near log cabins in Breckenridge (Summit County), Colorado. Buildings have gabled, shingled roofs. Children look out of an upper story window. Women wear long, flounced dresses with box pleats and pose with a...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Families--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1890.; Log cabins--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- WPCD Priming stick of powder in powder house
- Interior view of an explosives shed at the West Portal of the Alva B. Adams Tunnel (Continental Divide Tunnel) of the Colorado Big Thompson project in Grand County, Colorado. A man inserts a fuse into dynamite; crate reads: "Dupont." A calendar,...
- Colorado-Big Thompson Project (U.S.)--People--1940-1950.; Alva B. Adams Tunnel (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Grand County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Dynamite--Colorado--Grand County--1940-1950.; Explosives--Colorado--Grand County--1940-1950.;...
- 1941, March
- Circus clowns
- Clowns pose in front of a canvas circus tent at probably the Dokey Circus in Denver, Colorado. A clown pretends to spank a clown with a straw broom. Men circus performers' costumes include: face paint, caps, knickers, a ruffled pants suit decorated...
- Dokey Circus--People--1920-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Circuses & shows--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Clowns--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Show tents--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.
- [between 1927 and 1931?]
- Morrises at dinner
- Interior view with the Morris family seated at dinner, probably in Denver, Colorado. Items on the wall include: framed pictures, a whisk broom, a tambourine, and a clock. Items on the table include: a tablecloth, a vase with flowers, glassware,...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Dining rooms--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Eating & drinking--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Families--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Chicago, Chicago & N.W. Ry. photographic car
- View of a Chicago & North Western Railway Company train and tracks in Chicago (Cook County), Illinois. A man poses with a box camera on a passenger car that reads: "Detroit Photographic Co." A passenger car has clerestory windows; a man and a water...
- Chicago and North Western Railway Company--1890-1900.; Detroit Photographic Co.--1890-1900.; Afro-Americans--Men--Illinois--Chicago--1890-1900.; Chicago (Ill.)--1890-1900.; Cameras--Illinois--Chicago--1890-1900.; Railroad passenger...
- [1898?]
- A Woman and her boarders
- A woman holds a broom and poses with her boarders near a house in a coal camp probably in Las Animas County, Colorado. The woman wears a dress and apron, a man, possibly her husband, holds a baby. Some of the other men hold beer bottles to their...
- Las Animas County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Children--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1910.; Coal mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1910.; Lodging houses--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Las Animas...
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Kubler
- A young Black girl stands next to a storage box outside of the neatly constructed company log houses with shingle roofs, near the Kubler Mine, Gunnison County, Colorado. Wash tubs, laundry line and a broom show around the cabins.
- Kubler Mine (Colo.)--1910-1920.; African Americans--Children--Colorado--Gunnison County--1910-1920.; Mining camps--Colorado--Gunnison County--1910-1920.; Gunnison County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Log cabins--Colorado--Gunnison County--1910-1920.
- 1913
- Cabin of S. J. Roberts, Cripple-Creek, Colo.
- Three men pose by a log cabin belonging to S. J. Roberts, Cripple Creek, Colorado; one man with pants tucked into knee-high boots stands near miner's pick, broom, and sledge hammer (possibly S. J. Roberts); men sit holding a flute or fife and a...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Roberts, S. J.
- 1893
- Billy Marchant's Place, Montrose, Colo
- Billy Marchant's business in Montrose, Montrose County, Colorado, has stovepipes and a false front with signs: "Baths and Lodging." A hand-operated pump in the foreground feeds wooden barrels by an exterior stove; men and boys pose, holding a broom...
- Marchant, Billy--1880-1890.; Montrose (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Boys--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Lodging houses--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.
- 1884 October 20
- Residence in Salida, Colorado
- People sit outside their canvas tent in Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado. A man wears bib-overalls and has a broom at his feet; boys scowl; a girl wears a checked dress and holds a cat. A primitive outdoor kitchen with a stovepipe is by the open...
- Salida (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Beds--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.; Boys--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.; Girls--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.; Kitchens--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.; Tents--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Photo session
- A woman squeezes a box camera shutter bulb on a tripod, as a man poses outside a log house surrounded by trees and vegetation, possibly in Colorado. The porch in background has a barrel, broom, cans, and hip waders on it.
- Log cabins--Colorado--1900-1910.; Photographers--Colorado--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Hazel's room - shoes
- Interior view of Hazel Rhoads' bedroom in Denver, Colorado; decor includes a metal bed frame, flowered wallpaper, a dresser, mirror, boots, a doll, and a whisk broom.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Gates, Hazel LaDora Rhoads--Homes & haunts.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Chief Ouray's old home near Montrose
- View of the home of Chief Ouray near Montrose, Colorado. It is constructed with adobe brick covered by plaster, has a side gable, gableboard, and door and window bays. A washtub on a barrel and a broom are outside of the residence.
- Indians of North America--Structures--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1900.; Ute Indians--Structures--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1900.; Montrose (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1900.; Ouray--Homes & haunts.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Assay laboratory interior
- Interior view of a mining assay office, in (probably) Colorado; shows a furnace, chemical bottles, beakers, mortars, scales, piled powders, a pouring mold, a dust pan and whisk broom, and label: "Nitric Acid."
- Assaying--Colorado--1880-1900.; Laboratories--Colorado--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Tivoli Brewery crew
- Men and boys pose with cigars, pipes, shovels, a broom, and beer bottles. Crates and labels read: "Tivoli Union Brewing Co. 1342 10th St Denver, Colo."
- Tivoli-Union Brewing Company--People--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Beer--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Brewing industry--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Employees--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- 1902
- Groceries and provisions store
- View of a storefront in Georgetown, Colorado, probably on Sixth (6th, Alpine) Street. The wood false front building has "Groceries and Provisions" written the width of the building above the door. The front door is recessed and "Chas. W. Pollard,...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1900.; Window displays--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1900.; Barrett, George.; Strouse, Sam.
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- Girls guard Wounded Knee trading post
- Native American (Sioux) women stand near the doorway of the Wounded Knee Trading Post during the 1973 AIM occupation of Wounded Knee, South Dakota. One woman holds a broom, the other holds a cigarette. Both women wear pants, shirts, and sunglasses....
- American Indian Movement--1970-1980.; Dakota Indians--South Dakota--Wounded Knee--1970-1980.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--Wounded Knee--1970-1980.; Wounded Knee (S.D.)--History--Indian occupation, 1973.; Wounded Knee (S.D.)--1970-1980.;...
- [1970 or 1973], May 2
- Stearns-Roger Mfg. Co.
- Men work at machines in the Stearns-Roger Manufacturing Company in Denver, Colorado. One man sweeps with a broom. A mobile crane is in the rafters of the warehouse building.
- Stearns-Roger Incorporated--Facilities--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Employees--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.
- 1952 November 27
- White wing and cart of the street cleaning dept.
- View of a man with a push cart and broom in Denver, Colorado; lettering reads: "Street Cleaning." He wears a white uniform.
- Street cleaners--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Street cleaning--Equipment and supplies--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Uniforms--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Girl on tricycle
- A girl rides a tricycle in Denver, Colorado; a broom is on apartment steps behind her.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Children riding bicycles & tricycles--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1929?]
- Ft. Lupton housing
- View of a migrant worker's house near Fort Lupton (Weld County), Colorado. The one-story wood frame house has a pitched roof and wooden awning. A pail, broom, and couch frame are near the house.
- Migrant agricultural laborers--Housing--Colorado--Fort Lupton--1960-1970.; Fort Lupton (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Fort Lupton--1960-1970.
- 1961 September
- A Pike's Peak prospector
- A prospector with a sledgehammer stands outside his chink and log cabin in Teller County, Colorado; shows a cast-iron stove outside the door of the cabin, a jug, broom, lunch pail, pans, cans, and a dog and her puppies under a table.
- Teller County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--Teller County--1880-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Teller County--1880-1900.; Stoves--Colorado--Teller County--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Deerhorn Boarding House
- Deerhorn House in Ananconda, Teller County, Colorado, features a one-story long side gable structure with plank board roof and two-story square add-on at end of building. Two men wearing aprons and another a suit and hat stand in front of building....
- Anaconda (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Lodging houses--Colorado--Anaconda--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Unidentified residence exterior
- A woman holds a broom and plays with a dog while members of possibly the McFadden and Hildebrand families look on from the porch of a house in Denver, Colorado. Snow covers the ground.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Dogs--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Snow--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Harry Watkins, Father, Mother, Mrs. Watkins & Mr. Watkins
- Harry Watkins, Mr. and Mrs. Hopkins, and Mr. and Mrs. Watkins pose outdoors near a wire fence on a farm possibly in Illinois. Weze's father holds a broom.
- Spouses--1900-1910.; Hopkins, Weze--Family.; Watkins, Harry.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Two lumps of mischief, Buckeye Cabin
- Two boys, one barefoot, hold rifles in front of Buckeye Cabin in the La Sal Mountains, Utah. A broom leans against the log cabin.
- La Sal Mountains (Utah)--1890-1900.; Boys--Utah--1890-1900.; Log cabins--Utah--1890-1900.; Rifles--Utah--1890-1900.
- 1897 Sep. 2
- Hunter's return, Buffalo Bill's Wild West
- John Y. Nelson and "Ma" Whittaker, both members of the cast of Buffalo Bill's Wild West, pose in front of a small log cabin used during a scene in the show. Nelson sits on a horse and has the body of a deer draped across his lap. He holds a rife...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Hunting.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Ma Whitaker.; Nelson, John Young, b. 1826.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1887?]
- Greeley, Colorado people
- Photoprint of five photos depict the early history of the town of Greeley, Colorado in Weld County.
- Greeley (Colo.)--1950-1980.
- [between 1950 and 1980]
- Mesa Verde, excavations
- Deric Nusbaum, Jesse's stepson, pulls on the tail of a ring- tailed cat that clings to a broom he holds in the air. In his book "Deric in Mesa Verde," Deric describes taking "dandy photographs" of a ring- tailed cat, possibly this one, that made...
- Cacomistle--Colorado--1920-1930.; Cats--Colorado--1920-1930.; Nusbaum, Deric.
- [between 1923 and 1926?]
- Mesa Verde, excavations
- A ring-tail cat clings to the end of a broom that is held in the air. In his book "Deric in Mesa Verde," Deric Nusbaum, Jesse's stepson, tells of taking some "dandy photographs" of a ring-tail cat, possibly the one shown here, that made its way...
- Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Cats--Colorado--1920-1930.; Nusbaum, Deric.
- [between 1923 and 1926?]
- Engineers strike, Burlington road
- A view of temporary quarters used by engineers and firemen during the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy strike of 1888. Shows a room filled with cots and bedding. The room has brick walls and arched windows. A man sits on a bed with a broom in his...
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company--Strikes--1880-1890.; Beds--1880-1890.; Dormitories--1880-1890.; Strikes--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Mexican house near Harrison's North Side River
- A woman with a broom stands in the door of an adobe house in Northern New Mexico. Chile ristras hang from the rafters on the porch and corn dries on a cloth. Corn husks, pottery and baskets are nearby. A man and children are at the end of the...
- Adobe buildings--New Mexico--1910-1930.; Food drying--New Mexico--1910-1930.; Houses--New Mexico--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1931?]
- Ferndale, Colorado interior of cabin
- Logs support the ceiling of the interior of a miner's cabin in the town of Ferndale, Colorado, in Jefferson County. Pine boughs frame the mirror above the mantle. A hat hangs off of the back of a wood-frame and canvas chair. Scissors, a broom,...
- Ferndale (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Interiors.; Log cabins--Colorado--Ferndale--1890-1900.
- [about 1891?]
- W.F.M.A. Union Hall, Victor, Col.
- Exterior view of Miners' Union Hall & street scene, 118-122 North Fourth Street, Victor, Colorado. Shows several two-story & one-story commercial brick buildings with storeroom windows & displays, window awnings, men, women & dog (out-of-focus) on...
- Victor (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Commercial buildings--Colorado--Victor--1920-1930.; Miners' unions--Colorado--Victor--1920-1930.
- [1903?]
- Charles Pollard Grocery Company, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of a store in Georgetown, Colorado. The owner, Charles Pollard, was a pioneer groceryman in Georgetown and ran the Barton House hotel from 1874 to 1876 and from 1884 to about 1896. The man on the left in the photoprint is George...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1910.
- [between 1870 and 1910?]
- Van Vleet Arabian Ranch gymkana [sic]
- Members of the Roundup Riders of the Rockies participate in a gymkhana at the L.W. Van Vleet Lazy V V Ranch near Nederland in Boulder County, Colorado. Shows men on horseback in a fenced area near a barn. Men hold brooms and play broom polo. Ranch...
- Lazy V V Ranch (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Roundup Riders of the Rockies (Colo.)--People--1940-1950.; Gymkhanas (Horsemanship)--Colorado--Boulder County--1940-1950.; Trail riding--Colorado--1940-1950.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1940-1950.;...
- 1949 July
- Joe Dekker running the serpentine at the Rodeo Ranch
- Joe Dekker, a member of the Roundup Riders of the Rockies, races his horse around a broom set upright, part of a serpentine course, at the Rodeo Ranch in Jefferson County, Colorado. Dekker wears a cowboy hat, a western shirt and fringed leather...
- Roundup Riders of the Rockies (Colo.)--People--1950-1960.; Trail riding--Colorado--1950-1960.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Jefferson County--1950-1960.; Organizations--Colorado--1950-1960.;...
- 1952 July
- Western History Subject Index
- National Broom Company
- Western History Subject Index
- COLORADO BROOM COMPANY