Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Drawing of a room interior
- Shows the artist's representation of a room interior with a couch and cushions, bookcases, paintings, statuettes, knick-knacks, and a throw rug.
- Colorado--1930-1970.; Interiors.; Living rooms--Colorado--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1967]
- Drawing of mining buildings
- The artist has drawn a representation of a mill building and residences in a mining town in Colorado. Steep mountains rise in the background.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Fairplay--1930-1970.; Colorado--1930-1970.; Mills--Colorado--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1967]
- Drawing of mining buildings
- The artist has drawn a representation of a mill building and residences in a mining town in Colorado. Steep mountains rise in the background.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--1930-1970.; Colorado--1930-1970.; Mills--Colorado--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1967]
- Drawing of the Courier building
- The artist has drawn a representation of a false front building in Colorado. She has placed a sign on the side of the building that reads: "Courier." Steep hills rise in the background, and pine trees are in the foreground.
- Colorado--1930-1970.; False fronts--Colorado--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1967]
- Aerial view of penitentiary after riot
- Fire gutted structures at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, include the administration building, its flanking cell blocks, and the license plate shop. The City Ditch winds through the prison complex, and prisoners mill in the sunken...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Fires--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1930.; Prison riots--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1930.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1929
- Administration building after riot
- Smoke marks top the stone arched, barred windows of the administration building at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado. The blind arch in the gable of the two-story structure has the date: 1882, and is flanked by cast flourishes. An...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Fires--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1930.; Prison riots--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1930.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1929
- Artillery used during prison riot 75 millimeter fielpiece.
- Chained to a flatbed truck at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, is a wheel-mounted artillery, 75 millimeter field piece from the National Guard firing range in Golden. It was used during the October 3 riot after dynamite failed to...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Artillery (Weaponry)--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1930.; Prison riots--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1930.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1929
- Cell block fire damage from riot
- Interior two-story walls of a cell block at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado have remnants of plaster on the exposed stone. The brick gable and bars in the arched windows are intact; the roof is gone. Smoking debris clutters the...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Fires--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1930.; Prison riots--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1930.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1929
- Cell block interior after riot
- Metal balconies and railings front prison cells at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado. Doors are open; fire damage consists of debris and holes in the roof.
- Canon City (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Fires--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1930.; Prison riots--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1930.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1929
- Cell block on fire during riot
- Flames engulf a cell block at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado. Barred windows show the fire inside, and at the second story roof line, more flame emerges from the building. A power pole, lines, and a swamp cooler front the structure....
- Canon City (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Fires--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1930.; Prison riots--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1930.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1929
- Prisoners contained after riot
- Prisoners at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, look out from behind a gated arch in a rusticated stone, one-story building. Barred windows flank the gate; 55 gallon drums are in the corner by another door. A low stone wall is in the...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Prisoners--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1930.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1930.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1929
- Buffalo Bill Cody, seated at table
- Photograph of framed studio portrait, 3/4 length, of Buffalo Bill, seated at table, wearing decorated jacket.
- Entertainers--1900-1930.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.
- [between 1900 and 1934]
- Rain-in-the-Face, Dakota Chief, holding peace pipe, full length
- Full length studio portrait of Rain-in-the-Face, Dakota Chief, wearing war bonnet and leather jacket and holding peace pipe, standing in front of painted backdrop.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Rain in the Face, ca. 1835-1905.
- [188-?]
- Red Cloud, Dakota Chief, holding peace pipe, wearing war bonnet, bust
- Studio portrait, head and shoulders, of Red Cloud, Dakota Chief, seated, wearing war bonnet and breastplate, holding peace pipe.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Calumets--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Red Cloud, 1822-1909.
- [189-?]
- Good Horse, Dakota Chief, and wife
- Full length studio portrait of Good Horse, Dakota Chief, and his wife, seated in front of painted backdrop. Good Horse is wearing war bonnet, fur piece and breastplate; his wife wears decorated dress and is wrapped in a blanket.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Good Horse.
- [188-?]
- Sitting Bull, Dakota Chief, and William Cody, both holding rifle
- Full length studio portrait of Sitting Bull, Dakota Chief, and William Cody, standing in front of painted backdrop. Sitting Bull is wearing long headdress, leather jacket and beaded bag; Cody is wearing hat, decorated jacket, and high boots. ...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portrait--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.
- [1885?]
- Sitting Bull, Dakota Chief, and William Cody, both holding rifle
- Full length studio portrait of Sitting Bull, Dakota Chief, and William Cody, standing in front of painted backdrop. Sitting Bull is wearing long headdress, leather jacket and beaded bag; Cody is wearing hat, decorated jacket, and high boots. ...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portrait--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.
- [1885?]
- Sitting Bull, Dakota Chief, and William Cody, both holding rifle
- Full length studio portrait of Sitting Bull, Dakota Chief, and William Cody, standing in front of painted backdrop. Sitting Bull is wearing long headdress, leather jacket and beaded bag; Cody is wearing hat, decorated jacket, and high boots. ...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portrait--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.
- [1885?]
- Sitting Bull, Dakota Chief, and William Cody, both holding rifle
- Full length studio portrait of Sitting Bull, Dakota Chief, and William Cody, standing in front of painted backdrop. Sitting Bull is wearing long headdress, leather jacket and beaded bag; Cody is wearing hat, decorated jacket, and high boots. ...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portrait--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.
- [1885?]
- Bull Head, Dakota, holding peace pipe
- Studio portrait, 3/4 length, of Bull Head, Dakota male, wearing two feathers in hair, fur piece, breastplate, holding peace pipe, seated in front of painted backdrop.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Calumets--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Bull Head.
- [188-?]
- Doughnut girl at work
- Red Cross doughnut girl, Deborah Bankart, poses standing by an automatic doughnut making machine with one full and one partially-filled tray of doughnuts before her, which she handles with two sticks. She wears a sweater vest over a shirt and a...
- Doughnuts--Italy--1940-1950.; Military life--Italy--1940-1950.; Bankart, Deborah.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- February 1945
- Italian farm, site of battle
- Division's newspaper each week.; Shows a farm and a cornfield which had briefly been a battleground during the fight for the mountains, Pizzo di Campiano, Belvedere and Torraccia. The farm consists of two haystacks, a small stone building, a larger...
- Battlefields--Italy--1940-1950.; Mountains--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- March 1945
- Col. Works's sand table, Passatore, Italy
- Colonel Works, commander of the Tenth Mountain Division, 87th Regiment, Third Battalion, constructed a sand table, or three dimensional model of the terrain that his men would be attacking during the April drive. According to the photographer the...
- Battlefields--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- 1945 April 12
- Pedro, Ute
- Studio portrait, head and shoulders, of Pedro, a young Ute Native American man.
- Indians of North America--Portraits--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--1890-1900.; Pedro, Ute Indian.
- 1899
- Ute women
- Group studio portrait, full-length, of Ute Native American women; seated in front, from left to right: Tachiar, A-Pat-We-Ma, and Ta-Nah; standing in back, from left to right: Ce-Gie-Che-Ok and To-Wee.
- Ute Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Children--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Women--1890-1900.
- c1899
- Ute women
- Group studio portrait, half-length, of Ute Native American women; in front, left to right, are: Tachiar, A-Pat-We-Ma, and Ta-Nah; in back, left to right: Ce-Gie-Che-Ok and To-Wee.
- Indians of North America--Women--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--1890-1900.
- c1899
- Flood aftermath in Pueblo, Colorado, 1921
- Flood damage in Pueblo, Colorado, consists of open coal cars, lumber, pipes, a shed, hay bales, and a gable roof jumbled across the scene. Industrial buildings with smokestacks are in the background, and men walk on a sandbar.
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.
- 1921
- Manitou Springs in the 1980's
- and awnings on the next windows west are striped and dome shaped. A sign between them reads: Manitou Springs Natural Foods. The next building west has a box shaped canopy with light bulbs along the perimeter, and people are milling beneath it. The...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Streets--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1980-1990.
- [Between 1980 and 1985?]
- Pike's Peak Cog Railway Depot and Ute Iron Springs Chateau
- Exterior view of Pikes Peak Cog Railway Depot and Ute Iron Springs Chateau in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking northwest. The depot is a shingle style building with a rusticated stone ground floor and veranda on the second floor. The engine and...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1900.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1900.; Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company.
- [between 1891 and 1900?]
- Central City, Colorado
- View overlooking Central City, Colorado. The barren hillside is dotted with houss and mines. Main Street is in the center of the photograph surrounded by wood-frame houses. The Old City Hall Building and the A.O.U.W. building are in the center of...
- Central City (Colo.)--1860-1880.
- [between 1865 and 1874]
- Central City, Colorado
- View of Central City, Colorado, taken from the northeast. A large boulder and vegetation are in the foreground, as well as the roofs of several houses. The back of St. James' Methodist Church is to the right. The roof of the Central City Opera...
- Central City (Colo.)--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1935?]
- The Gilpin Hotel, exterior
- Exterior view of The Gilpin Hotel, Blackhawk, Colorado. The building is a square, single detached structure with three stories and a flat roof. The walls are brick with a common bond type of brickwork on the facade. There are seven bays on the...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Hotels--Colorado--Blackhawk--1960-1970.; Gilpin Hotel (Blackhawk, Colo.)
- [1965?]
- Central City, Colorado
- View overlooking Central City, Colorado; shows a row of buildings that lines Main Street from the lower left corner to the center of the image and includes the Harris Block, the Van Deren Building, and the I.O.O.F. Building. Along Eureka Street,...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Business districts--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1939?]
- Bank block with new Victor Hotel
- Exterior view of Bank block with "new" Victor Hotel, Fourth (4th) Street & Victor Avenue, Victor, Colorado; a semi-detached, rectangular stone & brick building, four stories (constructed in 1899), with load bearing tan brick walls with basement...
- Victor (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Hotels--Colorado--Victor--1960-1970.
- [1965]
- Distant view of Victor
- Distant view of Victor, Colorado; the town is barely visible, mine tailings and buildings are on distant hillside.
- Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [1895?]
- Mines of Victor
- View of wooden frame residence & canvas tents with wooden frames on hillside below Portland & Bobtail Mine, Victor, Colorado; includes one- story medium gable wooden frame residence with lean-to, two canvas tents on wooden frames & base,...
- Victor (Colo.)--1890-1910.
- [between 1895 and 1902]
- New Hotel Victor sign
- Close-up view of New Hotel Victor painted brick sign over main entry doorway arch, Victor, Colorado.
- Signs and signboards--Colorado--Victor--1960-1970.; Victor (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Hotels--Colorado--Victor--1960-1970.; Hotel Victor (Victor, Colo.)
- [1965]
- Parade in Victor
- Rear view of parade on Victor Avenue, Victor, Colorado; three fire trucks with hoses and fire equipment pass by sidewalks lined with people, Victor Fire Dept. No. 2 emblem is on third truck; "Welcome to Victor" banner and commercial brick buildings...
- Victor (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Victor--1980-1990.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Victor--1980-1990.
- [between 1980 and 1989]
- Victor Avenue, Victor
- View of Victor Avenue, Victor, Colorado, about 1917; business district includes two-story flat-roof brick commerical buildings, stone sidewalks, window awnings, two automobiles parked at curb, background view of mine on hillside (possibly the...
- Victor (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Business districts--Colorado--Victor--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Victor--1910-1920.
- [1917?]
- Central City Opera House Bell Ringer
- A man ringing a bell approaches on Eureka Street in Central City (Gilpin County), Colorado; the Williams' Stables Buildings and City Hall are to the sides. Outfit includes a string tie, frock coat, and riding boots; poster reads: "Central City...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Bells--Colorado--Central City--1830-1940.; Men--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- [between 1950 and 1959?]
- Johnson Residence, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of a wood construction house in Georgetown, Colorado. The facade of the gable-roofed building includes a two-story gable front with a shed section on the left, barge boards and canopy decorated in a carved vine pattern, and first...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1900-1940.; Children--Colorado--Georgetown--1900-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1900-1940.
- [between 1900 and 1940?]
- Snetzer's Tailor Shop, Georgetown, Colorado
- View of the tailor shop of Jacob Snetzer, Georgetown, Colorado, at Taos and Fifth (5th) Street, looking east. The wood construction building has a false front with an elaborate cornice, three windows with decorative rounded pediments on the second...
- Snetzer, Jacob--Homes & haunts.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Tailor shops--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- Snetzer's Tailor Shop, Georgetown, Colorado
- View of the tailor shop of Jacob Snetzer, Georgetown, Colorado, at Taos and Fifth (5th) Street, looking east. The wood construction building has a false front with an elaborate cornice, three windows with decorative rounded pediments on the second...
- Snetzer, Jacob--Homes & haunts.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Tailor shops--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway
- View of three elevations of Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway (also called Crippe Creek Short Line) standard gauge track in foothills above Colorado Springs, Colorado; shows passenger train on top elevation of track, tunnels eight...
- Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1920.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Cast members from And perhaps happiness
- Blanche Witherspoon, Compton Bell, Caroline Bancroft, Robert Beerson, Edwin Levy, Benjamin Draper, Hugh Malone, and Michael Fender sit in chairs in a semi-circle at Eleanor Weckbaugh's party in Central City, Colorado. Caroline Bancroft wears a...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Parties--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Theatrical productions--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1958
- Lamar
- View of the intersection of Sherman Street and Poplar Avenue in Lamar, Colorado, in Prowers County. Petrified wood building at corner of intersection. Signs: "Ripley's Believe It Or Not Petrified Wood Building. Built of Wood Turned to Stone. ...
- Lamar (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Buildings--Colorado--Lamar--1980-1990.; Petrified wood--Colorado--Lamar--1980-1990.; Streets--Colorado--Lamar--1980-1990.
- 1983
- Lamar
- View of the intersection of Sherman Street and Poplar Avenue in Lamar, Colorado, in Prowers County. Petrified wood building at corner of intersection. Signs: "Ripley Believe It Or Not Petrified Wood Building. Built of Wood Turned to Stone. ...
- Lamar (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Buildings--Colorado--Lamar--1980-1990.; Petrified wood--Colorado--Lamar--1980-1990.; Streets--Colorado--Lamar--1980-1990.
- 1983
- Lamar, Colorado
- View of the petrified wood building in Lamar, Colorado in Prowers County. Facade of the building has textured, jagged wood. Sign: "Ripley's Believe It Or Not Petrified Wood Building. Built of Wood Turned to Stone. 150,000,000 years old."
- Lamar (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Buildings--Colorado--Lamar--1980-1990.; Petrified wood--Colorado--Lamar--1980-1990.
- 1983
- Holly 1983
- The Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad depot in Holly, Prowers County, Colorado, is a brick building with stone trim and arched windows. The gable peaks are ornamented with crossed circles; wide, bracketed eaves cover the entries. Letters...
- Holly (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Holly--1980-1990.; Streets--Colorado--Holly--1980-1990.
- 1983
- Cinderella City
- A long hallway with a sign reading "Blue Mall" at Cinderella City shopping center in Englewood, Colorado, has small stores on either side. "Harry's Hutel [sic]" has a poster of W. C. Fields, balloons, and other merchandise on display; "Musicland"...
- Englewood (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Shopping centers--Colorado--Englewood--1960-1970.
- [1968?]