Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Black Hawk, Colo.
- Blackhawk lies at the mouth of Chase Gulch near Central City in Gilpin County, Colorado. A railroad track forks in the foreground with one portion leading to the Polar Star Mill at right. The Empire Mill stands in the midground, and the Boiler Room...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Gilpin County--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- West Denver during the flood
- View of a Cherry Creek flood in Denver, Colorado; shows businesses, streets, and water. People watch from the water's edge; signs read: "Commonwealth," "J. G. Vawter & Co," "J. B. Doyle & Co," "Keller House," "American House," and "Bell's Boarding...
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.;...
- 1864 May 19
- Royal Tiger Mines Co.
- View of Royal Tiger Mine, mill, and mining ore processing facility in San Juan County, Colorado; buildings include the carpenter shop, machine shop, and concentrator. A car is by tailings.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--San Juan County--1920-1930.; Royal Tiger Mine (San Juan County, Colo.)--1920-1930.; San Juan County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Mills--Colorado--San Juan County--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--San Juan County--1920-1930.
- August 22, 1923
- Early placer mining
- Placer miners work near a sluice in Russell Gulch, Gilpin County, Colorado. Their tools include wheelbarrows, shovels, picks, and pitchforks. Monitors spray water, mine buildings are on the surrounding hills. David Henderson is in the foreground,...
- Russell Gulch (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Gold mining--Colorado--Russell Gulch--1860-1870.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Russell Gulch--1860-1870.; Miners--Colorado--Russell Gulch--1860-1870.; Mining--Colorado--Russell Gulch--1860-1870.;...
- [between 1860 and 1870]
- Black Hawk, C.T.
- View north from Bobtail Hill, in Black Hawk, Colorado, up four mile Gulch to Dory Hill, where the state's first cemetery was located. Central business district includes: Undertaker, Union House (on Selak Street), Drugs (brick, arched windows and...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Business districts--Colorado--Blackhawk--1860-1870.
- 1864
- Four pistols
- Four pistols descriptions follow images from right to left. The first pistol was made by H. Aston & Co. from Middletown, Connecticut; U.S. Arsenal. The percussion pistol (US model 1842, military cap lock pistol) is single shot made from walnut with...
- Handguns--1860-1880.
- [between 1860 and 1875]
- Taken at Lawson, Colo.
- A group of men pose in front of a brick and wood building with a tattered awning, in Lawson, Clear Creek County, Colorado. They wear suits, ribbons with American flags and fringe, and hold their hats. Identificatin reads: Row # 1, Bishop?, George...
- Lawson (Colo.)--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- 16th St. at Tremont Court House square at left
- Fashionably dressed ladies walk along 16th (Sixteenth) Street, in front of the Courthouse square, at Tremont, Denver, Colorado. The business district is busy with horse drawn wagons and pedestrians. Streator Brothers Furnishings and a drug store...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Exterior view, Crawford Hill residence, Denver
- View of the Crawford Hill residence, 969 Sherman (East 10th & Sherman), Denver, Colorado; (National Register of Historic Places 1990); shows brick residence with dormers, roundel windows on cornice, dentils, pedimented frontispiece over entryway,...
- Hill, Crawford, 1862-1922.--Homes & haunts.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Dwellings--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1906 and 1920]
- Nat Goldstein presents the N.Y. Vanderbilt Theatre Success "Oh Look" Company Broadway Theatre, Denver, Colo.
- Panoramic view of the cast of the musical comedy "Oh Look," presented at the Broadway Theater, 1756 Broadway, in Denver, Colorado. Men and women sit and stand at the theater entrance. Harry Fox sits in the center of the group. A man in a hat and a...
- Broadway Theater (Denver, Colo.)--People--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Actors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Singers--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Theaters--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Fox, Harry.
- 1923, Feb. 22
- Duncan Sisters and Company in their music comedy classic "Topsy & Eva" Broadway Theatre, Denver, Colo.
- Panoramic view of the Duncan sisters and the cast and crew of the musical revue "Topsy & Eva," presented at the Broadway Theater, 1756 Broadway, in Denver, Colorado. Rosetta and Vivian Duncan sit at center. A poster for the show reads: "The World's...
- Broadway Theater (Denver, Colo.)--People--1920-1930.; Duncan Sisters--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Actors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Singers--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Theaters--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1926, April 14
- Leadville saloon
- Men in suits and hats stand at the bar in a saloon in Leadville, Colorado. Two men stand behind the long wooden bar, one wears a suit, bow tie and derby hat, the saloonkeeper wears a white jacket and bow tie. Both men have moustaches. The wooden...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Bars (Furniture)--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1910.; Bars--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910]
- American Express Co. Denver
- American Express drivers pose by delivery trucks, horse drawn wagons and Union Station in Denver, Colorado. The wrought iron canopy and Mizpah Arch are in the background.
- American Express Company--People--1910-1920.; Union Station (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Welcome Arch (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Arches--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- 1917
- Fort Abraham Lincoln, general view, winter
- Overview of Fort Abraham Lincoln, North Dakota, showing stables, barracks, officer's houses, other buildings and Missouri River; barren landscape.
- Fort Abraham Lincoln (N.D.)--1870-1890.; Forts & fortifications--North Dakota--1870-1890.; Military facilities--North Dakota--1870-1890.; Officers' quarters--1870-1890.
- [between 1874 and 1889]
- Mixed trains, Clear Creek Canon
- A view of a Colorado Central Railroad train (narrow gauge) on the west approach to Huntsman's Bridge in Clear Creek Canyon, Jefferson County, Colorado. A locomotive, open freight cars, and a passenger car are near Clear Creek.
- Colorado Central Railroad Company--1870-1890.; Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1870-1890.; Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Jefferson County--1870-1890.; Canyons--Colorado--Jefferson County--1870-1890.;...
- [between 1871 and 1890?]
- Elote, Subchief of Apaches
- Head and shoulders studio portrait of Elote, North American Indian subchief (Apache); he wears a headdress with feathers and buffalo horns and decorated with discs and ribbons. He wwears a hairpipe necklace and has a blanket wrapped around his...
- Apache Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1900-1910.; Headdresses--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1900-1910.; Elote.
- c1900
- Silverton R.R., transfer of passengers
- People pose with buggies, wagons, and horse teams by a Silverton Railroad Company locomotive, a Denver & Rio Grande Railway freight car, and a Silverton R.R. passenger car in Red Mountain Town, Ouray County, Colorado. The men wear suits, planter...
- Silverton Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Red Mountain (Ouray County, Colo. : Town)--1880-1890.; Business people--Colorado--Red Mountain--1880-1890.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Red Mountain--1880-1890.; Passengers--Colorado--Red...
- 1888 Sept. 17
- Navajoe Indian squaw and child
- A Native American (Navajo) mother and child pose seated beside large rocks in Canyon de Chelly (later Canyon de Chelly National Monument), Arizona. The woman wears a bil (dress) and a bead necklace. The boy stands on a woven blanket.
- Indians of North America--Arizona--1870-1880.; Navajo Indians--Arizona--1870-1880.; Chelly, Canyon de (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Boys--Arizona--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Arizona--1870-1880.; Mothers & children--Arizona--1870-1880.;...
- 1873
- Fruit ranch of W. B. Cross, Grand River Valley
- View of W.B. Cross' fruit orchards near Clifton, Colorado in Grand Valley; shows fruit trees, the Book Cliffs rock formation, Mount Garfield, telegraph lines, dirt road, and clouds.
- Fruit--Colorado--1900-1910.; Orchards--Colorado--1900-1910.; Ranches--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Denver C.T.
- View of a Cherry Creek flood in Denver, Colorado; shows businesses, houses, a corral, horse, and sheds. The first U.S. Denver Branch Mint is to the side; signs read: "Ladies Emporium," "Metropolitan Billiard Hall," and "F. A. Brocker Groceries."
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Mints--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 1864 May 13
- First CZ meet, Grizzly
- Two California Zephyr express trains meet at a railroad siding (Grizzly) in Garfield County, Colorado, beside the Colorado River. The Denver and Rio Grande Western locomotives and passenger cars travel in opposite directions on parallel tracks....
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; California Zephyr (Express train)--1940-1950.; Garfield County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Grizzly (Colo. : Railroad siding)--1940-1950.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Garfield...
- 1949 Mar. 21
- #1 in Royal Gorge
- Denver and Rio Grande Western locomotive #5481 pulls train #1 through the Royal Gorge beside the Arkansas River in Fremont County, Colorado. Shows Hanging Bridge and the sheer walls of the canon spanned by the Royal Gorge suspension bridge.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Arkansas River--1950-1960.; Fremont County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Royal Gorge (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Royal Gorge Bridge (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Canyons--Colorado--Fremont County--1950-1960.;...
- 1951 Jul. 21
- Victor, Colo.
- Buildings of the Ajax gold mine sit atop a large pile of tailings above the Midland Terminal Railway tracks in Victor (Teller County), Colorado. The Portland mine's buildings are in the distance. Shows houses along the railroad line.
- Midland Terminal Railway--1890-1910.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Victor--1890-1910.; Tailings embankments--Colorado--Victor--1890-1910.; Ajax Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Portland Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Victor...
- [between 1898 and 1910?]
- 10th Mountain Division 86th Mountain Infantry Regiment Company E
- Group portrait (standing, kneeling, sitting ) of the Tenth Mountain Division, 86th Mountain Infantry Regiment, Company E holding rifles. The four officers, seated on folding chairs, do not have rifles. Taken at Camp Hale, Colorado, June 1944. Most...
- United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 86th. Company E.; World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Military personnel--1940-1950.
- June 1944
- Grand Canon, Colorado River, near Paria Creek, looking east
- Aerial view of eroded sandstone towers and talus in probably Marble Canyon on the Colorado River in Coconino County, Arizona.
- Coconino County (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1870-1880.; Marble Canyon (Coconino County, Ariz. : Canyon)--1870-1880.; Canyons--Arizona--Coconino County--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Arizona--Coconino County--1870-1880.;...
- 1872
- Farm dog
- Image of a dog by stock pens and barn.
- Dogs--Pictorial works.; Barns--Pictorial works.;
- [1976]
- Taxco [Mexico]
- Painting of mountain town, houses with red tile roofs, flower gardens and a mission style church.
- Cities and towns--Pictorial works.; Taxco de Alarcón (Mexico)--Pictorial works.;
- [19--]
- Ignacio Chief of the Weeminuches
- Chief Ignacio of the Weeminuches (Southern Utes).
- Wiminuche Indians--Pictorial works.; Ute Indians--Pictorial works.; Indians of North America--Portraits.
- 1888
- Montgomery, Colo.
- Montgomery, Park County, Colorado, is a group of log dwellings at the base of steep mountain slopes. Grass and standing water are in the foreground. This silver boom town began in 1859, and was abandoned by 1868.
- Montgomery (Colo.)--1850-1870.
- [between 1859 and 1868?]
- Mesa Verde
- Native Americans, wrapped in blankets and wearing headbands, pose around a kiva in the reconstructed Balcony House ruins, Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, southwestern Colorado.
- Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Archaeological sites--Colorado--1920-1930.; Cliff dwellings--Colorado--1920-1930.; Indians of North America--Colorado--1920-1930.; Kivas--Colorado--1920-1930.; National parks &...
- [between 1920 and 1925]
- Lafayette coal mine
- A miner works with a pneumatic drill in a tunnel of a mine near Lafayette (Boulder County), Colorado. He wears a hat and a miner's light.
- Lafayette (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Coal mining--Colorado--Lafayette--1920-1930.; Drilling & boring machinery--Colorado--Lafayette--1920-1930.; Miners--Colorado--Lafayette--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Lafayette--1920-1930.
- 1921
- Old dredge near Fairplay, Colo.
- Abandoned hydraulic placer gold mining dredge on the frozen South Platte River near Fairplay, Park County, Colorado.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Park County--1920-1930.; Dredges--Colorado--Park County--1920-1930.; Gold dredging--Colorado--Park County--1920-1930.; Park County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1920-1930.; Hydraulic...
- January 1929
- Corner Blake & F Street Denver
- Horse-drawn wagons are parked near a group of buildings on Blake Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. Signs on the buildings read: "Occidental Billiard Hall Reading Rooms," "City Bakery Wholesale & Retail," "Groceries Provisions," and "Variety...
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Bakeries--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Billiard parlors--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- [between 1860 and 1870?]
- Gunnison River near Sapinero, Colo.
- View of Lake Junction at east end of Black Canyon of the Gunnison, near Saperino, Colorado, shows three bridges: Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad's bridge erected in 1889, wooden Howe truss bridge over the Lake Fork served the narrow gauge...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Gunnison River (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Sapinero (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Bridges--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [between 1925 and 1930]
- Near Colorado Springs, Colo.
- View across evergreen covered hills to snow dusted Pikes Peak in El Paso County, Colorado.
- Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930]
- Ouray Monument Million Dollar Highway
- A man stands and looks at a stone obelisk with a metal plaque depicting Ouray, a Native American (Ute) Chief, and incised letters: "In Memory of Chief Ouray and Chipeta Erected by The State of Colo. 1926.", Montrose, Montrose County, Colorado....
- Montrose (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--Montrose--1910-1920.; Obelisks--Colorado--Montrose--1910-1920.; Chipeta--Monuments.; Ouray--Monuments.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Salida, Colo.
- View of Salida (Chaffee County) Colorado; shows the Monte Cristo Hotel, Denver & Rio Grande Railroad depot, rail yards and cars, Colorado Power Company, Red Cross Hospital, Central School, Salida High School, Arkansas River bridges, church...
- Salida (Colo.)--1900-1920.
- [between 1906 and 1920?]
- York Theater, Denver
- View of York Theater, 2221 Colfax Avenue, Denver, Colorado; shows a brick building with bracketed eaves, awnings, and signs: "Matinee Every Day," "York," "Vitagraph Presents the Broadway Star Feature - A Million... - Thursday," "4 Reels Today,"...
- York Theater (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Motion picture theaters--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1914 and 1919?]
- Radium Co. of Colo Tejon plant
- View of the Radium Company of Colorado's Tejon plant, probably in Denver, Colorado. Machinery and equipment include furnaces, engines, and funnel feeders. Placards embossed on the machinery read: "Hendrie and Bolthoff Manufacturing and Supply Co...
- Furnaces--1920-1930.; Industry--1920-1930.; Interiors--1920-1930.; Mining--1920-1930.
- [between 1921 and 1930]
- Silver Plume
- View north in Silver Plume, Colorado, shows the mines on Republican Mountain. The lowest mine on left is the Diamond Tunnel; above, and from left to right are: Pelican, Dives, Baxter, and Baxter mines; above and to the right are the Dunkirk and...
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Silver Plume--1880-1900.
- [between 1884 and 1895]
- Hines and Co., London Mountain Gold Mining Company's property near Fairplay, Colo.
- View of a miner working a pneumatic drill with a double screw column support in a tunnel operated by the London Mountain Gold Mining Company near Fairplay, Colorado.
- Drilling & boring machinery--Colorado--1930-1940.; Miners--Colorado--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--1930-1940.
- December 19, 1931
- Radium Co of Colo Tejon Plant
- View of the shaft house the Radium Company of Colorado's Tejon Plant in Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1940 and 1960]
- Mine buildings
- View of a radium mine operation in Colorado. Shows wood frame buildings and smokestacks.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--1920-1930.; Smokestacks--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1940 and 1960]
- Radium mine
- View of a radium mine operation in Colorado. Two automobiles are parked near the side of a dirt road.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Radium Company of Colorado
- Assayers work in a laboratory at the Radium Company of Colorado mine in Colorado.
- Assayers--Colorado--1920-1930.; Mine buildings--Colorado--1920-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Radium Company of Colorado
- View of the shaft house and machinery of a Radium Company of Colorado mine in Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Radium mine
- View of a radium mine operation in Colorado. An automobile is parked near a dirt road.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1940 and 1960]
- Radium mine near Pueblo
- View of a radium mine probably near Pueblo, Pueblo County, Colorado. The side of a building reads: "Flour Feed Hay".
- Cities & towns--Colorado--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Mines of North Empire
- View of the mines and the buildings near North Empire (Clear Creek County), Colorado.
- North Empire (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Mining--Colorado--Empire--1860-1870.
- 1864
- Birdwood Ranch, Nebr. John Bratt's outfit
- Portrait of a man on a horse at the Birdwood Ranch in Birdwood (Lincoln County), Nebraska; a cowboy and cattle are in the background.
- Ranching--Nebraska--Birdwood--1880-1890.; Birdwood (Neb.)--1880-1890.; Cowboys--Nebraska--Birdwood--1880-1890.; Horseback riding--Nebraska--Birdwood--1880-1890.
- [between 1882 and 1890?]