Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Mt. Carbon, Colo
- Mount Carbon, in Gunnison County, Colorado, was a coal and timber town. It consists here of company dwellings and trailers, shop buildings and a mill with smokestacks. Cut logs are piled by the hill in the background.
- Mount Carbon (Colo.)--1930-1940.
- [between 1931 and 1939?]
- William F. Cody with horse
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody stands holding his horse's reins inside a dirt arena for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. He shakes hands with a man standing outside the arena with John Burke, press agent for the Wild West Show. Cody wears a...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Horses.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Burke, John, d. 1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Saloon in Morrison, Colorado
- Men pose at a bar, holding glasses of beer, in Morrison, Jefferson County, Colorado. They are (l to r): Clyde Waugh, Selden Tuttle, Jim Parley, Mose Miller, and Tom Morrison. Ed Bishop is behind the bar, by a frosted mirror on the interior wall.
- Morrison (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Bars--Colorado--Morrison--1880-1890.; Bartenders--Colorado--Morrison--1880-1890.
- 1885
- Touring Morrison
- Men (some smoking pipes) ride a surrey in Morrison, Jefferson County, Colorado. A man sitting on the kickboard wears a conductor's hat and has a dog in his lap; a small boy is beside him.
- Morrison (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Dogs--Colorado--Morrison--1890-1900.; Tourists--Colorado--Morrison--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- St. Vrain Room, The Fort
- People dine at The Fort restaurant near Morrison, Jefferson County, Colorado. Dinnerware and kerosene lamps are on the tables, and light fixtures are on the interior walls.
- Fort (Restaurant)--1970-1980.; Morrison (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Dining rooms--Colorado--Morrison--1970-1980.; Interiors.; Restaurants--Colorado--Morrison--1970-1980.
- 1972
- Leadville saloon
- Interior view of a saloon in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado; shows men gambling, a roulette wheel, gaming tables, playing cards, poker chips, croupiers, tables with playing cards and poker dealers, and a tray of glasses. Decor includes floral...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Gambling--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910]
- Leadville
- The Sawatch Range of the continental divide is in the background of this view northwest over snowcovered Leadville, Colorado. Mining operations, a smelter and a railroad trestle are in the foreground.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- A Longmont hose company
- View of a fire department pulling a hose cart on Main Street, Longmont, Colorado, shows the men posing in flexed postions wearing long underwear. They include McGann, Wilson, Horace Bunie, Metcalf, Henry Feittia, J. Grant. The Dickens Opera House...
- Longmont (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Longmont--1900-1910.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Longmont--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Longmont Fire Department
- Two firemen in an open cab fire engine pause outside the vehicular door of the two-story brick fire department station, Longmont, Colorado. A domed belltower with a flagpole is on the flat top roof. Kodaks and The Quality Creamery are next door. A...
- Longmont (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Longmont--1920-1930.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Longmont--1920-1930.
- December 1926
- Longmont Police [graphic]
- Members of the Longmont Police department pose in front of City Hall, Longmont, Colorado, next to a police car and a motocycle with a side car. Three of officers wear uniforms, one has on tall leather riding boots and gloves. The fourth man wears a...
- Longmont (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Motorcycles--Colorado--Longmont--1920-1930.; Police--Colorado--Longmont--1920-1930.
- 1924 May 9
- Good ol' days
- View along Main Street, Lyons, Colorado shows business district with banner across street: "Welcome To Lyons Good Ol' Days." Signs include "Flys Pharmacy, Soda Fountain, Walgreen Agency," "Bank," "Conotane, 60.9, Official Inspection Station,"...
- Lyons (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Celebrations--Colorado--Lyons--1980-1990.; Streets--Colorado--Lyons--1980-1990.
- 1980
- Manhattan Bar
- This exterior view of the Manhattan Bar at the corner of East Seventh Street and Harrison Avenue in Leadville, Colorado shows the two story false front with bracketed cornice and remodeled first floor storefronts that contains the bar. The corner...
- Manhattan Bar (Leadville, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Leadville (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Bars--Colorado--Leadville--1980-1990.; Motorcycles--Colorado--Leadville--1980-1990.
- [1981]
- Looking west on West 2nd Street in Leadville
- View down West Second Street, also known as State Street, in Leadville, Colorado. "Mt. Massive Trailer Court" is on the left and a brick building with a flagpole on the roof and "Pioneer Club, Bar, Cafe" and "Pastime Cafe, Bar, Club" signs is on...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Mobile homes--Colorado--Leadville--1980-1990.; Restaurants--Colorado--Leadville--1980-1990.
- [1981]
- Cemetery in Silverton
- View of the cemetary in Silverton, Colorado. Wooden picket fences surround stone and wood grave markers in the foreground; a square stone column with a domed top is on a pedestal in the right; other stone markers are further down the hill. The...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Silverton--1960-1980.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Silverton--1960- 1980.
- [between 1960 and 1977?]
- Cemetery in Silverton
- View of a grave marker in the Silverton cemetery, in Silverton (San Juan County) Colorado; shows a tombstone and wrought iron fence with bowls, arches, curls, and a dove.
- Silverton (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Silverton--1960-1980.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Silverton--1960- 1980.
- [between 1960 and 1977?]
- Lynn
- View along a Colorado and Southern passenger train at the Lynn depot, Las Animas County, Colorado, includes board and battten depot and railroad yards.
- Lynn (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--Lynn--1890-1910.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Lynn--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Lyons
- View inside a Lyons cafe, Colorado, shows customers chatting at tables with coffee mugs and dishes. A "Grast and Thomas, Pioneer Seeds, Grand Rapids, Iowa," calender hangs above their heads with a taxidermied antelope and pictures of cowboys.
- Lyons (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Cafes--Colorado--Lyons--1980-1990.; Interiors.
- 1980
- Lyons, Colorado
- Facade of "Don David Mexican Food" restaurant on Main Street, Lyons, Colorado; shows the crude sandstone building with a dentiled cornice. Signs advertise: "Coors Beer On Tap," "Enjoy Bubble Up," "Closed," and "Welcome to Lyons Good Ol' Days."
- Lyons (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Restaurants--Colorado--Lyons--1980-1990.
- 1980
- Lyons, Colorado
- View of "Don David Mexican Food" restaurant on Main Street, Lyons, Colorado; shows the crude sandstone building with a dentiled cornice. Signs advertise: "Coors Beer On Tap," "Enjoy Bubble Up," and "Welcome to Lyons Good Ol' Days," highway signs:...
- Lyons (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Restaurants--Colorado--Lyons--1980-1990.
- 1980
- Midland block's mining exchange in Leadville, Colorado
- This interior view of the busy Mining Exchange in the Midland Block in Leadville, Colorado includes men in suits with fedoras, derbys and various other types of hats crowded in the exchange room with two columns, hanging gas lights, and a...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1892]
- Grand Imperial Hotel, Silverton
- Exterior view of the Grand Imperial Hotel, in Silverton, Colorado, looking northwest; shows the storefronts with inset doors, pilasters with acanthus capitals, and the stepped semicircular arches over the second floor sash windows. On the left at...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Hotels--Colorado--Silverton--1960-1970.; Grand Imperial Hotel (Silverton, Colo.)
- [1965?]
- Picnic near Silverton
- A large group picnics in the woods near Silverton, Colorado. The women are dressed in a variety of hats, puff-shouldered blouses and piped collars; men wear bowler hats; children wear dresses, sailor suits and straw, felt, and cloth hats. Rustic...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Picnics--Colorado--Silverton--1890-1900.
- [between 1893 and 1898?]
- Cowboys on horseback in parade
- A group of American cowboys rides horses down a dirt street during a parade for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The man in the left foreground leads the group and carries a large flag with a buffalo on it. He wears leather chaps and has a scarf tied...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Cowboys--1900-1910.; Parades & processions--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Portrait of Louis Wyman
- Studio portrait of Louis Wyman, of Silverton, Colorado. This head and shoulder image shows Wyman at about 35 years of age, in a buttoned corduroy jacket. He has a moustache, close cropped hair, and a striped silk cravat. Wyman was a freighter in...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Wyman, Louis.
- [between 1886 and 1890?]
- Office of W.H. Rose, Civil Engineer and Surveyor
- View of the exterior of W.H. Rose's office, in Leadville, Colorado. Rose was a civil engineer and surveyor. The small front gabled structure with board and batten construction has a panel entry door with "92" on the jamb and a sash pane window....
- Leadville (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Offices--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.; Rose, W. H.
- [between 1879 and 1880]
- Meeker rodeo
- A cowboy rides a bronco inside the picket fence of the old parade grounds, Meeker, Rio Blanco County, Colorado. Four men on horseback surround him; while large group of spectators watch from beyond the fence.
- Meeker (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Cowboys--Colorado--Meeker--1890-1910.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Meeker--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Silverton and Kendall Mountain
- View of Silverton, Colorado, looking southeast, from the slopes of Grand Turk Mountain; shows 11th Street, at the end of which is the 1902 Municipal Light Plant, a hip roofed brick building with arched windows. To the right are the Depot, tracks...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1900-1920.
- [between 1902 and 1911]
- Silverton and Mount Kendall
- View of Silverton, Colorado, looking southeast, along the line of 11th street. In the left, past the foreground of grass and rock dotted bluff, is the new three-story Silverton School. Beyond the school are the Grand Imperial Hotel, the San Juan...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- [between 1911 and 1920?]
- Silverton and Grand Turk Mountain
- View of Silverton (San Juan County) Colorado; shows the Silverton reservoir, sheds and tracks of the Silverton Gladstone and Northern Railroad, Reese and Greene Streets, and the school. A wagon and team approach the Cement Creek bridge; the...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Reservoirs--Colorado--Silverton--1910-1920.
- [between 1911 and 1920?]
- Silverton and Storm Peak
- View of Silverton, Colorado, looking east towards the Animas River valley; strato cumulus clouds top Storm Peak and Kendall Mountain.
- Silverton (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Silverton brass band
- An outdoor portrait of a brass band in Silverton, Colorado; they wear sack suits with vests, gold chains and a variety of hats; all hold their instruments (including tubas, trombones, cornets, and a large bass drum with "Silverton" lettered on it)....
- Silverton (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bands--Colorado--Silverton--1890-1900.; Brass instruments--Colorado--Silverton--1890-1900.
- [between 1895 and 1900?]
- Silverton Catholic Church
- Exterior view of the Catholic Church in Silverton, Colorado, on the north corner of 10th and Reese Streets, looking northwest. This hip roofed brick church with rusticated stone foundation was built in 1883, and features a projecting gabled entry...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Catholic churches--Colorado--Silverton--1880-1900.
- [between 1883 and 1900?]
- Stockyards
- View over the Denver, Colorado, stockyards and pens, shows men inspecting the cattle. Smoke rises from the smokestacks of the Colorado Packing and Provision Company in the background. The sheep market barn is beyond the rows of stock pens.
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Meat industry--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Stockyards--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940]
- Tiny Town, Colorado
- A toddler wearing a dress and a hat walks past a row of miniature houses in Tiny Town, Colorado in Jefferson County. Miniature streetlights are next to miniature sidewalks.
- Tiny Town (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Children--Colorado--Tiny Town--1920-1930.; Miniature cities & towns--Colorado--Tiny Town--1920-1930.
- 1927
- Tiny Town, Colorado
- Tourists, both adults and children, inspect Tiny Town, Colorado in Jefferson County. The miniature town is built around two, man made lakes. Objects in Tiny Town include: a church, a library, commercial building, a railroad, and a riverboat.
- Tiny Town (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Children--Colorado--Tiny Town--1920-1940.; Sightseers--Colorado--Tiny Town--1920-1940.
- [between 1925 and 1940?]
- Crapper Jack's Saloon, Cripple Creek
- Interior view of Crapper Jack's Saloon, Myers Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; men and women line up at the bar with drinks in hand posed for a toast, the women wear aprons or petticoats over their dresses, they are possibly prostitutes; behind the...
- Crapper Jack's Saloon (Cripple Creek, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bars--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Interiors.; Women--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Zang Brewing Company.
- [between 1895 and 1899]
- Horses in tent
- A group of horses is gathered under a tent in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. One of the horses lies on the ground while the others stand. Several saddles and harnesses are on the ground in front of the tent. Lettering painted on the...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Horses--1900-1910.; Show tents--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Cripple Creek
- Exterior view of Tutt and Penrose Building, South Third (3rd) Street, Cripple Creek, Colorado prior to 1896 fires; the two-story commercial flat-roof brick building is shared by three street-level businesses with separate entries and signs: "3rd...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Restaurants--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1894 and 1896]
- Cheesman Park
- View across the broad lawn of Cheesman Park, Denver, Colorado, includes people lounging on the grass and benches, the 1908 Cheesman Memorial Pavilion on a hill in distance, walking paths, streets and trees.
- Cheesman Park (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Pavilions--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1908 and 1913?]
- The top going up, Stake drivers at left, Big White at right
- Men use sledgehammers to drives stakes into the ground for tent setup at Buffalo Bill's Wild Show. A portion of the large tent canopy is raised in the right and left background. Other workers walk through the area that will become the arena....
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Laborers--1900-1910.; Show tents--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Cripple Creek, biography
- Head and shoulders studio portrait of a male, Cripple Creek, Colorado, wearing a three-piece suit with an extremely wide tie tucked in his vest.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Jackson Lake
- A man is in a row boat in the middle of Jackson Lake, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming. The jagged mountain peaks of the Tetons rise from treelined shore.
- Grand Teton National Park (Wyo.)--1910-1930.; Teton Range (Wyo. and Idaho)--1910-1930.; Rowboats--Wyoming--1910-1930.
- [between 1916 and 1930]
- Ouray depot
- Passenger automobiles park at the depot station, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. Passengers and porters stand around the Denver and Rio Grande Southern train.
- Denver and Rio Grande Southern--1920-1930.; Ouray (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Automobiles--Colorado--Ouray--1920-1930.; Railroad porters--Colorado--Ouray--1920-1930.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Ouray--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Cripple Creek, biography
- Head and shoulders studio portrait of a male, Cripple Creek, Colorado; man dressed in an overcoat, suit coat, shirt and striped necktie with pin on tie knot.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Cripple Creek, biography
- Head and shoulders studio portrait of an older man, Cripple Creek, Colorado dressed in a suit coat, jacket, shirt and tie.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Cripple Creek, biography
- Head and shoulders studio portrait of a male, Cripple Creek, Colorado; dressed in a suit jacket with shirt and tie.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Grand Teton National Park
- View across Jackson Lake to the steep jagged peaks of the Grand Tetons, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming.
- Grand Teton National Park (Wyo.)--1910-1930.; Teton Range (Wyo. and Idaho)--1910-1930.
- [between 1916 and 1930]
- Cripple Creek, biography
- Head and shoulders studio portrait of elderly female, Cripple Creek, Colorado; portrayed with lace collar and ruffle.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Grand Tetons
- View across meadow and evergreens to the jagged peaks of the Grand Tetons, Wyoming; became Grand Teton National Park in 1929.
- Grand Teton National Park (Wyo.)--1910-1930.; Teton Range (Wyo. and Idaho)--1910-1930.; Meadows--Wyoming--1910-1930.; National parks & reserves--Wyoming--1910-1930.
- [between 1916 and 1930]
- Cripple Creek, biography
- View of two children, Cripple Creek, Colorado; boy wears overalls and the little girl holds a small purse and has a hair ribbon; both are standing in grass against a stone wall or foundation; a miner's pick lies in the foreground.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Boys--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1910.; Girls--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]