Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- E. & C. Bldg., Denver
- Exterior view of Ernest and Cranmer Building located at 17th (Seventeenth) and Curtis Streets, Denver, Colorado; completed in 1891 by architect Frank E. Edbrooke and Company; Postal Telegraph Cable Company and United States National Bank located on...
- Commercial buildings--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1905 and 1906]
- Eagle Canyon
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad cars edge the Eagle River, in Eagle County, Colorado. A trestle catwalk serves a mine entrance, and a bucket shows on cables. Belden District mining structures supported by stilts are built on cliff faces;...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.--1930-1940.; Eagle River (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Gilman (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Gilman--1930-1940.; Pedestrian bridges--Colorado--Gilman--1930-1940.; Railroad...
- [between 1934 and 1940?]
- Eagle River Canon, Ben Butler Mine, Glenwood Extension D & RGRR
- Two men stand on narrow gauge tracks near a signal on the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad near the Ben Butler Mine in Eagle River Canyon (Eagle County), Colorado. Shows a train on the tracks, tailings, a tram house, cables for buckets, telegraph...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1900.; Ben Butler Mine (Eagle County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Eagle County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Eagle River (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--Eagle County--1880-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Eagle...
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Eagle River Canon, Ben Butler Mine, Glenwood Extension D.& R.G.R.R.
- View of the railroad tracks and a spur of the Denver Rio Grande Railroad Glenwood Extension along the Eagle River, near the Ben Butler Mine, below Gilman, in Eagle River Canyon, Eagle County, Colorado. Shows a mining tramway, aerial cables,...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Eagle County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Eagle River (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Gilman (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Eagle County--1880-1890.; Railroads--Colorado--Eagle County--1880-1890.;...
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Electric bus
- View of an electric, rubber-tired trolley coach on Lincoln Avenue and the Colorado State Capitol building in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The Denver Tramway Corporation electric bus reads: "DTC" and number "535" and is...
- Colorado State Capitol (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Denver Tramway Corporation (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Capitols--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Street...
- [between 1940 and 1945?]
- Entrance to Elitch's Gardens
- Entrance to Elitch's Gardens, Denver, Colorado; main gate and ticket office located at West 38th (Thirty-eight) Avenue and Tennyson Street constructed in 1909; sandwich billboard advertising .25 cents, man standing on street corner, street railway...
- Elitch Gardens (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Amusement parks--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Gates--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Street railroads--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Ticket offices--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1909 or 1910]
- Fort Collins, Colorado
- A streetcar passes through an intersection in front of another streetcar in Fort Collins, Colorado in Larimer County. Both cars are attached to electrical cables suspended in the air. Words painted on the sides of the trolleys: "Fort Collins...
- Fort Collins (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Street railroads--Colorado--Fort Collins--1950-1960.; Fort Collins Municipal Railway (Fort Collins, Colo.)
- April 5, 1950
- Funeral of Ludlow victims, Trinidad
- Funeral procession with hearses for the Ludlow Massacre victims of the UMW labor strike against CF&I, North Commercial Street, Trinidad, Las Animas County, Colorado. Signs on the downtown businesses read: "AAA Official", (clock) "Bauer", "Suits $15...
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Trinidad--1910-1920.; Funeral...
- 1913 or 1914
- Hanging Bridge, Royal Gorge
- View of the Denver and Rio Grande railroad Hanging Bridge over the Arkansas River in Royal Gorge in Fremont County, Colorado. The bridge is constructed of steel plate girders with reinforcement from two cross beams and cables from above.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1890-1900.; Arkansas River--1890-1900.; Fremont County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Royal Gorge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--Fremont County--1890-1900.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Fremont...
- [between 1891 and 1897?]
- Hanging Bridge, Royal Gorge
- View of the Hanging Bridge in the Royal Gorge on the Arkansas River in Fremont County, Colorado shows standard gauge tracks with a concrete retaining wall and fence. The suspension bridge, flanked by steep canyon walls, is constructed of steel...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1910-1930.; Arkansas River--1910-1930.; Fremont County (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Royal Gorge (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Canyons--Colorado--Fremont County--1910-1930.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Fremont...
- [between 1911 and 1930?]
- History of Denver
- Holing through ceremonies
- Men, a woman and a boy pose at a ceremony for the completion of the the pioneer bore, a tunnel (later a water tunnel) used in the construction of the Moffat Tunnel by the Moffat Tunnel Improvement District, in Grand County or Gilpin County,...
- Moffat Tunnel (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Dedications--Colorado--1920-1930.; Tunnels--Colorado--1920-1930.; Workers--Colorado--1920-1930.
- 1927 March 10
- International comparison of National Bureau of Standards' radio broadcasts is an important part of the Bureau's work in supporting the efforts of national and international scientific organizations which are trying to establish accurate world-wide...
- At the National Bureau of Standards in Boulder, Colorado, John Milton targets a rolling graph paper with a mechanical pencil. The date on the paper is: "Jul 23 1968." The glass, metal, and rubber gasket cover is opened, and the surrounding metal...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Computers--Colorado--Boulder--1960-1970.; Milton, John.; United States. National Bureau of Standards.
- 1968
- Iowa Mill, Silverton, Colo.
- Shows multi-story, frame Iowa stamp mill buildings, a smokestack, ore piles, and aerial tramway cables and support structures in the Arrastra Basin near Silverton (San Juan County), Colorado. Telegraph poles are on a hillside in the San Juan...
- Arrastra Basin (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Iowa Mine (San Juan County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; San Juan County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mills--Colorado--Silverton--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Silverton--1900-1910.; Ore industry--Colorado--Silverton--1900-1910.
- [1902]
- Laying cornerstone
- Spectators stand in the rain and watch the dedication ceremony of the cornerstone of Cranford Hall on the campus of the State Normal School (also known as the University of Northern Colorado, Colorado Teachers College, Colorado State College of...
- Greeley (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Building dedications--Colorado--Greeley--1890-1900.; Cornerstone laying--Colorado--Greeley--1890-1900.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Greeley--1890-1900.; University of Northern Colorado.
- 1890
- Lidgerwood engine and American 10g loader at work, Milwaukee Lumber Company's operations in fire killed timber
- View of Milwaukee Lumber Company machinery and a cradle of cross ties (a skidroad) in a valley in Shoshone County, Idaho. A man reclines beside a skidroad near a Lidgerwood steam engine with cables above a smokestack. A man is in a loader with...
- Milwaukee Lumber Company--Equipment & supplies--1890-1910.; Shoshone County (Idaho)--1890-1910.; Forest fires--Idaho--Shoshone County--1890-1910.; Hoisting machinery--Idaho--Shoshone County--1890-1910.; Huts--Idaho--Shoshone County--1890-1910.;...
- [between 1895 and 1910?]
- Louisiana-Colo. Mining Co., Dallie Varde Mine
- View of aerial tram building, Dolly Varden Mine operated by Louisiana-Colorado Mining Company, on Mount Bross, near Alma, Park County, Colorado; also shows tramway cables, men or miners, a water tank, and ore buckets.
- Bross, Mount (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Park County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Aerial tramways--Colorado--Park County--1900-1920.; Miners--Colorado--Park County--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Park County--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Luella mine on flat near Silvercliffe [i. e. Silver Cliff]
- A miner poses near the hoist of either the Luella or Suella Mine near Silver Cliff, Custer County, Colorado. The machinery includes a fly wheel and cables. "Don't Handle" is painted on the wall and a United States flag hangs on a pole nearby.
- Silver Cliff (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1910-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1910-1930.; Miners--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1910-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Main St., Grand Junction, Colo.
- View of Main Street, in Grand Junction, Colorado, shows electric street railway cars, a business district with one and two-story flat-roof brick buildings, horse-drawn carriages, and wagons and bicycles along the curb. A Grand Junction and Grand...
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Grand Junction--1900-1910.
- [1909 or 1910?]
- Main St., Grand Junction, Colo.
- View east on Main Street, in Grand Junction, Colorado, shows a busy business district with one and two-story flat-roof brick buildings. The domed cupola of the Canon Block, on Main and 3rd (Third) Streets, shows. Grand Junction and Grand River...
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Grand Junction--1900-1910.; Street railroads--Colorado--Grand Junction--1900-1910.
- [1909 or 1910?]
- Manitou, Colo.
- Power lines, street light, telgraph and telephone cables cross intersection of Manitou Avenue and Ruxton Avenue, Manitou Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. Tourist shops include: "Rocky Mountain Gem Specimens and Free Museum," "Wing Fat's Chinese...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Street lights--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1910-1920.; Street railroads--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1910-1920.; Tourist trade--Colorado--Manitou...
- [1912]
- Mill buildings
- View of multi-level processing mills with gabled roofs, probably in Colorado. Shows tailings, barrels, piles of logs, a guard rail and a rocky hill. Cables hang from a roof.
- Mills--Colorado--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--1940-1950.; Ore industry--Colorado--1940-1950.; Tailings embankments--Colorado--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Mining Exc. Bldg. Denver
- View of the Mining Exchange building at 15th (Fifteenth) and Arapahoe Streets in Denver, Colorado (completed in 1891, razed in 1963); shows street lamps, streetcar cables, Scholtz Drug Co. Loop Store on corner of building, Sell's Bakery and...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1914 and 1920?]
- Mining machinery Caribou Mill
- A miner poses indoors near the hoist of the Caribou Mine and Mill in Boulder County, Colorado. The machinery includes cables, flywheels, and a friction drum.
- Caribou Mine.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Caribou Shaft (Boulder County, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Boulder County--1870-1880.; Interiors--Colorado--Boulder County--1870-1880.; Miners--Colorado--Boulder...
- [between 1870 and 1874]
- Montrose, Colo. drilling for artesian water
- A group of Montrose, Colorado, citizens pose in front of drilling equipment that drills an artesian well in Montrose County. The drill is composed of cables and steel bars. Electrical cables are attached to a steam-powered tractor; a puff of...
- Montrose (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Artesian wells--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.
- [between 1882 and 1890]
- Mt. Logan retort Simplex
- View of an oil shale processing facility (a retort) near De Beque (Mesa County) Colorado; shows sheds, ore cables, chutes, and pipes on a hillside.
- Oil-shale industry--Colorado--De Beque--1900-1920.; De Beque (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--De Beque--1900-1920.; Petroleum industry--Colorado--De Beque--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 1, 1918 March
- Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Numbers 3 and 4, 1920 April-May
- Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Numbers 6 and 7, 1920 June-July
- Municipal Facts: Volume 8 Numbers 3 and 4, 1925 March-April
- Nevadaville
- View of Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, includes frame houses, Main Street, Methodist Episcopal Church, and Christ Church, laundry lines, wood piles, retaining walls, and picket fences. Scaffolds support cables with buckets for moving ore;...
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Nevadaville panorama
- Middle image of a panoramic view of Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, shows frame and log dwellings, the Pozo Mill, tailings, a monitor roofed mining facility, tripods with pulleys and cables to move ore, neat stacks of firewood, and roads cut...
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Quartz Hill (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- 1888?
- No. 62 Ophir, Colo, West End
- Ophir, Ouray County, Colorado, consists of frame houses, outhouses, and mining facilities. Frame towers support cables on pulleys; ore buckets hang at intervals. Laundry is in fenced yards; a schoolhouse tops a rise; mules stand by piled firewood....
- Ophir (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Ophir--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- North Main Street scene
- View of North Main Street in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows commercial buildings, pedestrians, cars, electric light posts and bicycles. Signs read: "First National Bank," "Drugs," "Spoors Smokehouse Billiards," "Hotel," "McCabe Millinery...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Business districts--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1920.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Pack train being loaded with 4 1/2 miles of cable for Red [?] tramway at Georgetown, Colo.
- A team of pack burros are loaded with a continuous line of cable for transport to a mine in Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado.
- Cables--Colorado--Georgetown--1900-1910.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Georgetown--1900-1910.; Packtrains--Colorado--Georgetown--1900-1910.
- February 25, 1901
- Colorado Marriages 1858-1939 B
- Marriage records--Colorado; Colorado--Genealogy.
- Colorado Marriages 1858-1939 C
- Marriage records--Colorado; Colorado--Genealogy.
- Colorado portrait and biography index : gathered and arranged from histories, magazines, newspaper files, land records, and many other sources, 1931, 1932, 1933, Denver.
- Index originally created by Henrietta Bromwell in 1933 of 31,000 items regarding biographies and portraits of politicians, miners, club women, newspaper editors, artists, businessmen, legislators, early settlers, settlements, mines, geographical...
- Colorado--Biography.
- 1933, 2005
- Parking sign, Riverside Park, Salida
- View of a parking sign in Riverside Park at Sackett and F Street in Salida (Chaffee County), Colorado. It reads: " No Parking From Here to Eternity" with "Eternity" scratched on to the sign by hand. The pole of the sign has scratched off paint. A...
- Salida (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Signs (Notices).; Signs and signboards--Colorado--Salida--Pictorial works.; Salida (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1994
- Pike's Peak Ave., Colorado Springs
- Looking west on Pikes Peak Avenue toward Antlers Hotel (rebuilt after fire in 1898) and Pikes Peak, Colorado Springs, Colorado; includes street railway car (center background), cables, tracks and light, and horse-drawn wagons in 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]
- 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]
- Pikes Peak Ave., Colo. Springs
- Westward view of Pikes Peak Avenue in Colorado Springs, Colorado; horse-drawn carriages are on street; the Antlers Hotel (built in 1883; designed by Peabody and Stearns of Boston; burned in 1898) appears at center, with Pikes Peak in the distance;...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Antlers Hotel (Colorado Springs, Colo.); Peabody & Stearns (Boston, Mass.)
- [between 1890 and 1898]
- Pikes Peak Avenue, Colo. Springs
- Westward view of Pikes Peak Avenue in Colorado Springs, Colorado; Antlers Hotel (built in 1883; designed by Peabody and Stearns of Boston; burned in 1898) at end of Avenue with Rocky Mountains in distance; blurred horse-drawn carriage at left;...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Antlers Hotel (Colorado Springs, Colo.); Peabody & Stearns (Boston, Mass.)
- [between 1890 and 1898]
- Quarry no. 4 about time Lincoln took charge
- Interior view of a Colorado Yule Marble quarry in Marble (Gunnison County), Colorado. Well dressed men and workmen pose on a ledge in the quarry. Shows mechanical marble saws, a wooden ladder, a long wood beam, cables, marble pieces, and probably...
- Colorado Yule Marble Company--Facilities--1910-1920.; Marble (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Machinery--Colorado--Marble--1910-1920.; Marble quarrying--Colorado--Marble--1910-1920.
- [between 1914 and 1920?]
- Rico, Colo looking S. E.
- View of Rico, Dolores County, Colorado, shows town buildings, Dolores Mountain, Dolores River, and mines: Snowshoe, Albany, Lavta, Enterprise, Franklin, Golden Age, Jumbo, Montezuma, Stat., Newman Group, Enterprise Tunnel, Skeptical, Stanley, Rico...
- Rico (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Rico--1890-1900.
- 1892
- Road tunnel construction in Red Rocks Park
- Laborers pose near ore cars and on stone rubble, in the entrance to a road tunnel under construction, in Red Rocks Park, a Denver Mountain Park near Morrison in Jefferson County, Colorado. Dual railroad tracks enter the tunnel. Shows a sandstone...
- Denver Mountain Parks--1930-1940.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Red Rocks Park (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Construction workers--Colorado--Jefferson County--1930-1940.; Construction--Colorado--Jefferson County--1930-1940.;...
- [between 1937 and 1940?]
- Royal Gorge bridge towers under construction - close view - view shows construction cables.
- View of Royal Gorge Bridge construction in Fremont County, Colorado; shows steel pylons atop granite cliffs, with cable between.
- Fremont County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Royal Gorge (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Bridge construction--Colorado--Fremont County--1920-1930.; Canyons--Colorado--Fremont County--1920-1930.; Suspension bridges--Colorado--Fremont County--1920-1930.
- 1929
- Royal Gorge Grand Canyon of the Arkansas
- View of Hanging Bridge in the Royal Gorge, Fremont County, Colorado. Shows Denver and Rio Grande Railroad three rail tracks beside the Arkansas River. The steel plate girder bridge is suspended by two cables from cross beams installed into the...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1890-1900.; Arkansas River--1890-1900.; Fremont County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Royal Gorge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--Fremont County--1890-1900.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Fremont...
- 1894
- Royal Gorge, Hanging Bridge
- View of Denver and Rio Grande three rail tracks and Hanging Bridge on the Arkansas River in Royal Gorge in Fremont County, Colorado. The steel plate girder bridge supported by two cross beams and cables from above is surrounded by the steep...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1890-1910.; Arkansas River--1890-1910.; Fremont County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Royal Gorge (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Canyons--Colorado--Fremont County--1890-1910.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Fremont...
- [between 1896 and 1901?]
- Royal Gorge, Suspension Bridge
- View of the Royal Gorge Suspension Bridge, Fremont County, Colorado, over 1000 feet above the Arkansas River. Tourists walk across the plank bridge floor, 1260 feet long and 18 feet wide with tall towers supporting the main cables. Built by the...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1930-1940.; Royal Gorge (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Royal Gorge Bridge (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--1930-1940.
- [1930]