Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Portrait of a woman
- Studio portrait of a woman who wears a capped sleeved dress. The V-shaped neckline of the dress is lined with feather decoration. The ends of the capped sleeves are draped with ball shaped rickrack.
- Dresses--1890-1910.; Women--1890-1910.
- [between 1891 and 1901?]
- Colorado Iron Works
- View of the facade of the Colorado Iron Works, at 3350-90 Brighton Blvd in the Five Points Neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The two story red brick building has a metal capped shaped parapet. A gutter runs between the first and second levels. On...
- Colorado Iron Works (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--2010-2020.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--2010-2020.; Denver (Colo.)--2010-2020.; Colorado Iron Works (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--Pictorial works.; Factories--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Five...
- 2010
- Pauline Chapel
- View of the Pauline Chapel (MacLaren and Hetherington : 1918) located on the west side of the Broadmoor Hotel complex at 2 Park Avenue, Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. The white stucco, Spanish Colonial Revival style building has...
- Pauline Chapel (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Pauline Chapel (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Colorado Springs--Pictorial works.; Chapels--Colorado--Colorado...
- 1995
- El Paso County Court House, Colorado Springs, Colo.
- View of the facade of the El Paso County Court House located at 215 South Tejon Street, Colorado Springs, Colorado. Designed by local architect, August j. Smith, the three-story Renaissance Revival structure features a foundation of rough-cut...
- El Paso County Court House (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--2000-2010.; El Paso County Court House (Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Courthouses--Colorado--Colorado Springs--Pictorial works.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 2002
- Chapel, Estemere Estate, Palmer Lake, Colo.
- View of the Chapel located on the Estemere Estate at 380 Glenway Street, Palmer Lake, Colorado. The miniature one-story, ship lap sided chapel has French doors for the front entrance with an open bell tower capped by a cross. Built in the 1890s,...
- Chapels--Colorado--Palmer Lake--2000-2010.; Palmer Lake (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Chapels--Colorado--Palmer Lake--Pictorial works.; Palmer Lake (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 2003
- Manitou Springs Bath House
- View of the Manitou Springs Bath House located at 934 Manitou Avenue, Manitou Springs, Colorado. Built in 1920, the three-story Spanish Colonial Revival structure is stuccoed with a central tower capped by a pyramidal red tile roof. There is...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Bathhouses--Colorado--Manitou Springs--Pictorial works.; Bathhouses--Colorado--Manitou Springs--2000-2010.; Manitou Springs (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 2002
- Schoolhouse, Stringtown, Colo.
- View of the Stringtown Schoolhouse located just south out Leadville in the ghost town of Stringtown, Lake County, Colo. Built in 1902, the simple, single-story clapboard sided schoolhouse has a central bell tower capped by a flagpole. All windows...
- Rural Schools--Colorado--Lake County--1980-1990.; Stringtown (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Rural schools--Colorado--Lake County--Pictorial works.; Stringtown (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1988
- George Wise memorial
- View of George Wise memorial in the Grand Army of the Republic section (block 17) of Riverside Cemetery (incorporated 1876) at 5201 Brighton Boulevard in the Elyria-Swansea neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a memorial capped by a large...
- Wise, George Cheyenne--Tomb--2000-2010.; Riverside Cemetery (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Elyria-Swansea (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Cemeteries.; Tombs and sepulchral monuments.; Wise, George Cheyenne--Tomb--Pictorial...
- 2003
- Ridgeway [sic]
- View of the town of Ridgway (Ouray County), Colorado. Shows scattered residential and commercial buildings, the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad depot, a church, the public school, and a body of water. Signs on buildings read: "Hotel," "Bakery." The...
- Cimarron Ridge (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Ridgway (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Ridgway--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Scene in the La Plata mining district
- View of mine or mill sheds, smokestacks, ore car tracks, and snow capped mountains in La Plata County Colorado.
- La Plata County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Mills--Colorado--La Plata County--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--La Plata County--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Smelter, Salida, Colorado
- View of the smelter in Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado; snow capped peaks are in the background.
- Salida (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Salida--1910-1920.; Smelters--Colorado--Salida--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Mining - Salida to Malta area
- View of ore processing buildings near Salida (Chaffee County), Colorado; tailings are by metal sheds and smokestacks. Snow capped mountains are in the background.
- Chaffee County (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Chaffee County--1910-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Chaffee County--1910-1930.; Ore industry--Colorado--Chaffee County--1910-1930.; Smokestacks--Colorado--Chaffee County--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Mining - Salida to Malta area
- View of ore processing buildings near Salida (Chaffee County), Colorado; tailings are by metal sheds and smokestacks. Snow capped mountains are in the background; cars and trucks are in the lot.
- Chaffee County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Chaffee County--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Chaffee County--1920-1930.; Ore industry--Colorado--Chaffee County--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Portrait of a woman
- Studio portrait of a woman who wears a lace dress that buttons up the front. The sleeves are puffy and capped with satin ribbons. Her hair is pulled back from her face and her curly bangs are styled over her forehead.
- Women--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Portrait of a woman and baby
- Studio portrait of a woman in a dress with a fitted bodice, vertical pleats, buttons and a rounded collar. Her hair is braided and in a bun. A baby poses beside the woman and wears a dress with capped sleeves. They pose in front a painted backdrop.
- Infants--1890-1910.; Women--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Portrait of a mother and baby
- Studio bust portrait of a woman and a baby, probably a little girl. The mother has curled bangs and wears a dress with a high collar, upstanding puffed shoulders and beaded cuffs. The baby in the woman's arms wears a dress with capped sleeves and a...
- Infants--1890-1910.; Mothers & children--1890-1910.; Women--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Portrait of a girl
- Studio bust portrait of a girl with bangs and long straight hair. The girl wears a lace dress with capped, ruffled sleeves, a scoop neck, a bar pin, and a beaded necklace with a locket.
- Girls--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Portrait of a girl
- Studio portrait of a young girl in a probably linen dress with capped, lace sleeves, and a lace collar, and lace hem below the skirt.
- Girls--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Portrait of children
- Studio portrait of two girls and a boy on a faux carved stone prop in front of a lace fabric backdrop. The girls wear identical hairstyles with bangs and long hair pulled back, necklaces, lace dresses with v-necks, high yokes and capped sleeves....
- Boys--1890-1910.; Children--1890-1910.; Girls--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Portrait of an infant
- Studio portrait of a baby in a knit tunic with capped sleeves and a ribbon tied around the neck. Shows a lace fabric covered pedestal and a lace curtain backdrop.
- Infants--1890-1910.; Studio props--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Antonio Gonzales family
- Studio portrait of the Antonio Gonzales family. Shows a Hispanic man seated in a chair, in a sack coat, a partly buttoned vest, striped pants and leather boots. A young man stands and wears a plaid sack coat and vest, a watch chain and a tie. A...
- Gonzales, Antonio, resident, southern Colorado--Family.; Families--1890-1910.; Girls--1890-1910.
- 1891 July 28
- Portrait of a girl
- Studio profile portrait of a girl with bangs and long hair. She wears a dress with a gathered, ruffled neckline, capped sleeves, drop earrings and a chain necklace with a locket.
- Girls--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Eagle Gate, Salt Lake City
- Telegraph posts and wires stand in front of the Eagle Gate in Salt Lake City (Salt Lake County), Utah. Four stone pillars with four arches support a center structure capped by an eagle that grasps a beehive. Shows the porch, balcony, and widow's...
- Young, Brigham, 1801-1877--Homes & haunts.; Beehive House (Salt Lake City, Utah)--1880-1890.; Salt Lake City (Utah)--1880-1890.; Gates--Utah--Salt Lake City--1880-1890.; Houses--Utah--Salt Lake City--1880-1890.
- [between 1882 and 1890?]
- The Hopkins (Sears) Mansion, S.F.
- View of the forty-room Mark Hopkins (later Edward T. Searles) residence on Nob Hill at California and Mason Streets in San Francisco, California. Shows a Victorian style structure with a corner turret capped by a conical roof, a portico, and...
- Hopkins, Mark, 1813-1878--Homes & haunts.; Searles, Edward T.--Homes & haunts.; Mansions--California--San Francisco--1880-1900.; San Francisco (Calif.)--1880-1900.; Houses--California--San Francisco--1880-1900.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Government Building, Omaha
- View of the Government Building during the Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition in Omaha (Douglas County), Nebraska. The structure has a wooden frame with plaster of Paris and staff overlay. The neo-classical Ionic style building has...
- Omaha (Neb.)--1890-1900.; Canals--Nebraska--Omaha--1890-1900.; Exhibition buildings--Nebraska--Omaha--1890-1900.; Exhibitions--Nebraska--Omaha--1890-1900.; Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition (1898 : Omaha, Neb.)
- [1898]
- Longmont's Presbyterian Church, at Fourth and Kimbark
- Exterior of the First Presbyterian Church, Fourth Avenue and Kimbark Street, Longmont, Colorado; features rough cut stone construction, an intersecting gable roof, L-plan with a large corner entry tower capped with battlements, arched and round...
- Longmont (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Presbyterian churches--Colorado--Longmont--1920-1930.; First Presbyterian Church (Longmont, Colo.)
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Longmont, Colo. Cen. Presb. Church
- Exterior of the Central (First) Presbyterian Church, Fourth Avenue and Kimbark Street, Longmont, Colorado; features rough cut stone construction, an intersecting gable roof, L-plan with a large corner entry tower capped with battlements, arched and...
- Longmont (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Presbyterian churches--Colorado--Longmont--1920-1930.
- December 4, 1926
- Longmont, Colo.
- Exterior of 1883 Methodist Church, Longmont, Colorado; features brick construction, an intersecting gable roof, L-plan with a large corner entry tower and open bell tower capped with faceted steeple and arched stained glass windows.
- Longmont (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Methodist churches--Colorado--Longmont--1920-1930.
- November 30, 1926
- Methodist Church, southeast corner of Fourth and Terry
- Exterior of Methodist Church, Longmont, Colorado; features brick construction, an intersecting gable roof, L-plan with a large corner entry tower and open bell tower capped with faceted steeple, arched stained glass windows.
- Longmont (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Methodist churches--Colorado--Longmont--1900-1910.
- [between 1905 and 1910]
- An early Longmont, Colorado Church located at the southeast corner of Longs Peak Avenue & Baker Street.
- Exterior of a small clapboard church, Longs Peak Avenue and Baker Street, Longmont, Colorado; features an intersecting gable roof, L-plan with corner entry tower and open bell tower capped with a flared hip roof and cross.
- Longmont (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Churches--Colorado--Longmont--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890]
- High School, 800 Main
- Exterior of the first Longmont High School, Eighth (8th) Avenue and Main Street, Longmont, Colorado; built in 1900; features: brick construction with rough cut stone foundation and trim, two-stories, hip roof with cresting, projecting entry with...
- Longmont (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Schools--Colorado--Longmont--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Nevadaville, Colo. looking N W early 1860's
- View, northwest, of Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, shows frame and log dwellings (some with exterior stone chimneys), mining facilities, wood piles, privies and tailings. The Continental Divide in distance is capped with snow.
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1860-1870.
- 1864
- Pittsburg
- A dilapidated wooden cart is in a clearing surrounded by snow- capped mountains near Pittsburg, Gunnison County, Colorado.
- Pittsburg (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Pittsburg--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1970]
- Sangre De Christo [sic] Range from Bull Hill
- The center of panorama view from Bull Hill, Teller County, Colorado, includes slope covered with mines, tailing dumps, dirt roads, Denver and Rio Grande Western railroad tracks; snow capped Sangre De Cristo Range in distance.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1890-1920.; Bull Hill (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Sangre de Cristo Mountains (Colo. and N.M.)--1890-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Bull Hill--1890-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Bull Hill--1890-1920.; Tailings...
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Sangre De Christo [sic] Range from Bull Hill
- Left side of panorama view from Bull Hill, Teller County, shows slope covered with mines, tailing dumps, wood frame structures, headframes, shafthouses, ore cart tracks and criss-crossing dirt roads with snow capped Sangre De Cristo Range in...
- Bull Hill (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Sangre de Cristo Mountains (Colo. and N.M.)--1890-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Bull Hill--1890-1920.; Tailings embankments--Colorado--Bull Hill--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Sangre De Christo [sic] Range from Bull Hill
- The left side of panorama view from Bull Hill, Teller County, Colorado, includes slope covered with mines, tailing dumps, wood frame structures, dirt roads, Denver and Rio Grande Western railroad tracks; snow capped Sangre De Cristo Range in...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1890-1920.; Bull Hill (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Sangre de Cristo Mountains (Colo. and N.M.)--1890-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Bull Hill--1890-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Bull Hill--1890-1920.; Tailings...
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Poncha Pass
- Right side of panorama view from Bull Hill shows slopes with mine tailings, Denver and Rio Grande Western railroad tracks; snow capped Sangre De Cristo Range in distance.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1890-1920.; Bull Hill (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Sangre de Cristo Mountains (Colo. and N.M.)--1890-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Bull Hill--1890-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Bull Hill--1890-1920.; Tailings...
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Sangre De Christo [sic] Range from Bull Hill
- Right side of panorama view from Bull Hill, Teller County, Colorado, shows slope covered with mines, tailing dumps, and criss-crossing dirt roads; snow capped Sangre De Cristo Range in distance.
- Bull Hill (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Sangre de Cristo Mountains (Colo. and N.M.)--1890-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Bull Hill--1890-1920.; Tailings embankments--Colorado--Bull Hill--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Horse sled in snow near Leadville
- Horse-drawn sleigh leaves tracks in the snow near Leadville, Lake County, Colorado. Evergreen trees are in background against snow- capped Continental Divide.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Sleds & sleighs--Colorado--Leadville--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- S. Boulder Creek
- View of South Boulder Creek, in Boulder County, Colorado; shows a wood bridge, a road, a waterfall, and snow capped peaks.
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; South Boulder Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Streams--Colorado--Boulder County--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Merry Widow cast, Central City
- Eight actors in the Play Festival look for gold in a creek on stage in Central City, Colorado. Three of the five men stand in the water wearing swimming trunks. Two other men stand on the banks of the creek. One man crouches by the creek, looking...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Theatrical productions--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- 1933
- Breckenridge, Colorado, loooking northwest from Nigger Hill
- View of Breckenridge, Colorado, looking northwest, from Barney Ford Hill (formerly called "Nigger Hill"). Snow capped Tenmile range towers behind the fledgeling town, whose buildings are in the center. New growth surrounds spindly, burned...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Tenmile Range (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1889?]
- Pike's Peak from the North
- View, facing south, of snow capped Pikes Peak from near Woodland Park, Teller County, Colorado. Light snow covers the mountain landscape.
- Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Main Street, Breckenridge, Colorado, before 1893, showing range of mountains 25 miles away as seen in summer
- Looking north on Main Street in Breckenridge, Colorado, the Evan's Drugstore, Arlington House, and Denver Hotel are the left. Fireman's Hall with its belfry is on the right. Horses, wagons and pedestrians are parked along the boardwalks on both...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1892?]
- Painted buffalo hide
- Native American (Hidatsa) painted bison hide shows: rows of thin parallel lines capped with circles or u-shapes and separated by rows of bold lines; some rows with stick figures; stick figures and clusters of lines border the central design....
- Wied, Maximilian, Prinz von, 1782-1867--Associated objects.; Museum für Völkerkunde (Berlin, Germany)--Exhibitions & displays--1900-1910.; Hidatsa Indians--Arts & crafts--1840-1850.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1840-1850.; Leather...
- [1900?]
- American Flats 1949
- View of ruins at American Flats, Colorado, showing high alpine tundra among snow capped peaks and ruins from early mining days; ruins include sluice and collapsed buildings; road leads to the ruins.
- American Flats (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--American Flats--1940-1950.; Ruins--Colorado--American Flats--1940-1950.
- 1949
- American Flats 1949
- View of ruins at American Flats, Colorado; shows high alpine tundra among snow capped peaks and ruins from early mining days; ruins include sluice and collapsed buildings.
- American Flats (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--American Flats--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--American Flats--1940-1950.
- 1949
- Line change, Colo
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad construction in (probably) Colorado consists of dummy cars, a cattle guard, and tracks between rock slopes. Snow capped mountains are in the background.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1940.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Colorado--1920-1940.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--1920-1940.
- [between 1922 and 1935?]
- Eureka 1942
- View of a dirt road with residences and sheds in Eureka, Colorado; residences feature medium gable, horizontal clapboard siding, open front porches (two with pedimented gables), and a bay window; snow capped mountains rise steeply behind the houses.
- Eureka (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Eureka--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Eureka 1942
- View of four residences and one shed fronting a dirt road in Eureka, Colorado; features a medium gable, horizontal clapboard siding, open front porches (two with pedimented gables), and a bay window; railroad tracks in front of the houses;...
- Eureka (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Eureka--1940-1950.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Eureka--1940-1950.
- 1942