Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 12, 1910 March 19
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 35, 1910 August 27
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 37, 1910 September 10
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 38, 1910 September 17
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 41, 1910 October 8
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 11, 1911 March 11
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Number 22, 1912 June 1
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Number 20, 1912 May 18
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 18, 1909 June 19
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 4, 1909 March 13
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 10, 1909 April 24
- Municipal Facts: Volume 6 Number 5, 1923 May
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 4, 1910 January 22
- Trinity Echo: Volume IV, Number 10
- Trinity United Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church (Denver, Colo.) -- History. ; Methodist churches--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Methodist Episcopal Church -- Colorado -- Denver -- Periodicals.;...
- 1899 February
- Fiftyniners' directory : Colorado Argonauts of 1858-1859. A directory of their arrivals, removals, deaths, marriages, children, property, mines, ranches; with names of old towns, mining camps, gulches, mountains, rivers, creeks, and other matters.
- A transcription of two volumes originally created by Henrietta Bromwell pertaining to the lives and events surrounding the early settlers of Colorado.
- Pioneers--Colorado.; Colorado--Biography.
- 2004
- Place names of Colorado : a genealogical & historical guide to Colorado sites
- The primary objective of this index is to contain a comprehensive listing of place names or sites in Colorado that would direct the researcher to recent and readily available publications. Included in this publication for each site or place name,...
- Names, Geographical--Colorado.; Colorado--History, Local.
- 1999
- 1873 Corbett, Hoye & Co.'s Directory of the City of Denver for 1873 Volume 1
- 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
- Sisters' Orphans Home, Los Angeles, Calif.
- View of the Sisters' Orphans Home on Seventh Street and Boyle Avenue in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, California. Shows a brick Romanesque style, building with a central bell tower topped with a cupola and cross. The tower has wall dormers, turrets,...
- Sisters' Orphans Home (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Buildings--1890-1900.; Los Angeles (Calif.)--1890-1900.; Bell towers.; Orphanages.
- [1899?]
- Saint Elizabeth Catholic Church
- View of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary Roman Catholic Church (St. Elizabeth's Church, architect Father Adrian, O.S.F. 1898), 1060 St. Francis Way, on the Auraria Higher Education Center campus, Denver, Colorado. The building is constructed of...
- Auraria Higher Education Center (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--1980-1990.; St. Elizabeth's Church (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Catholic churches.; Historic buildings.; Auraria Higher Education Center (Denver,...
- 1981
- Wounded men cross snowy field to the Battalion Aid Station, Mount Belvedere, Italy
- Eight men walk in a straight line on a trail across a snow covered field. According to the caption, they are both walking wounded and a litter squad, accompanying a wounded enemy soldier on a litter to the Tenth Mountain Division, 85th Mountain...
- Medicine, Military--Italy--1940-1950.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Medical aspects of war--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- February 20, 1945
- Western History Subject Index
- Denver. Buildings. Denver U.S. National building
- Beaver Brook
- A freight car of a Colorado Central Railroad train is stopped at the Beaver Brook Station near where Beaver Brook meets Clear Creek on the border of Clear Creek and Jefferson counties in Colorado. Two men kneel on the ground in front of the large...
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Bridges--Colorado--Beaver Brook--1870-1900.; Dance halls--Colorado--Beaver Brook--1870-1900.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Beaver Brook--1870-1900.; Railroad...
- [between 1875 and 1900?]
- Switchback to Central
- A railroad trestle crosses a gulch in the foreground on the Colorado Central Railroad switchback between Central City and Blackhawk in Gilpin County, Colorado. The track continues to curve around the hillside in the background. A large cloud of...
- Gilpin County (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--Gilpin County--1870-1900.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Gilpin County--1870-1900.; Trestles--Colorado--Gilpin County--1870-1900.; Colorado Central Railroad Company.
- [between 1875 and 1900?]
- Railroad in Blackhawk
- A trestle near the Running Lode Mine shafthouse in Blackhawk, Colorado, enabled trains from the Colorado and Southern Railroad Company to cross the gulch in the foreground. Smoke puffs from the front engine of the train crossing the trestle. A set...
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Blackhawk--1900-1910.; Blackhawk (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Blackhawk--1900-1910.; Trestles--Colorado--Blackhawk--1900-1910.; Colorado and Southern Railway--1900-1910.
- [1900?]
- Cripple Creek, Colorado Midland Ry, Pano (Section of 6170)
- View of the mining town Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado. Shows masonry commercial buildings, residential frame structures, outbuildings, and the Portland Hotel. Shows dirt roads to mines and mining structures on the hillside. A locomotive...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Saint Joseph Redemptorist Catholic Church Lincoln Park.
- View of Saint Joseph Church ( St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church of Denver, Saint Joseph Redemptorist Catholic Church) located at 605 West 6th (Sixth) Ave. (NE corner Galapago St.), in the Lincoln Park neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The parish was...
- St. Joseph Church (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Lincoln Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--2000-2010.; Catholic churches.; Conservation & restoration.; Crosses.; Historic buildings.; Priests.; Fisher, Father, C. S. R....
- ca. 2004
- Saint Joseph Redemptorist Catholic Church Lincoln Park.
- View of Saint Joseph Church ( St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church of Denver, Saint Joseph Redemptorist Catholic Church) located at 605 West 6th (Sixth) Ave. (NE corner Galapago St.), in the Lincoln Park neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The parish was...
- St. Joseph Church (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Lincoln Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--2000-2010.; Catholic churches.; Crosses.; Deterioration of buildings.; Historic buildings.; Priests.; Fisher, Father, C. S. R....
- ca. 2000
- Leadville Opera House, 1933
- This interior view of the Tabor Opera House stage, in Leadville, Colorado, was taken from an upper balcony. The stage has a painted flat of an interior with a bay window and wainscoting, framed by marble columns and a painted draped curtain. The...
- Tabor Opera House--1930-1940.; Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors.; Opera houses--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theaters--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theatrical productions--1930-1940.; Wolle, Muriel Sibell, 1898-1977.
- 1933
- Harrison Avenue in Leadville, Colorado
- In this view of a festive Harrison Avenue in Leadville, Colorado, the street is decorated with small evergreens, an arch crosses the street in the distance with buntings and garlands, the telephone company's tall cross arm pole with wires is in the...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.
- [between 1885 and 1889]
- John Russell Lewis
- Studio portrait of John Russell Lewis, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Lewis' hair is parted to the side. He poses in his Denver High School Cadets uniform: a jacket with shoulder epauletes, a belt, and a sword at his hip. He...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cadets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Uniforms--1890-1900.; Lewis, John Russell.; Denver High School--People--1890-1900.; Denver Public Schools--People--1890-1900.
- 1895
- Stella Andreva, Margit Boker, Anna Kaskas
- Three head and shoulder, studio portraits of actors are clipped to a board in Central City, Colorado. Two of the prints are clipped next to each other, the third is sideways under the other two. One actress wears a chiffon dress with a square...
- Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Actresses--1940-1950.; Andreva, Stella.; Boker, Margit.; Kaskas, Anna.
- May, 1941
- Old Platte bridge, Wyo., 1866
- View of a wooden bridge over the North Platte River, on the Oregon Trail, at Fort Caspar near present day Casper (Natrona County), Wyoming. A wagon train, with ox-drawn covered wagons, crosses the bridge. North American Indian and white men with...
- Fort Caspar (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; North Platte River--1860-1870.; Oregon National Historic Trail--1860-1870.; Bridges--Wyoming--Fort Caspar--1860-1870.; Log buildings--Wyoming--Fort Caspar--1860-1870.; Pioneers--Wyoming--Fort Caspar--1860-1870.;...
- 1932
- Poncha Springs
- hill. Additional buildings are in the plain in the distance.; Stereographic view of a woman standing with two young men in the right midground near a house at Poncha Springs, west of Salida in Chaffee County, Colorado. Several tents are set up in...
- Poncha Springs (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Clotheslines--Colorado--Poncha Springs--1870-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Poncha Springs--1870-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--Poncha Springs--1870-1900.; Tents--Colorado--Poncha Springs--1870-1900.;...
- [between 1875 and 1900?]
- Denver, Northwestern & Pacific No. 101 crossing Coal Creek Bridge
- Shows the Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway Engine number 101, with passenger cars, as it crosses the Coal Creek Bridge in Jefferson County, Colorado.
- Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway--1900-1910.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Bridges--Colorado--Jefferson County--1900-1910.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Jefferson County--1900-1910.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--Jefferson...
- [between 1904 and 1910]
- High bridge Ouray Stage Line
- The Ouray Stage Line, with passengers, crosses over a high wood bridge on the Otto Mears' toll road (Million Dollar Highway) between Ouray and Silverton (Ouray County) Colorado.
- Mears, Otto, 1840-1931--Homes & haunts.; Ouray County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Ouray County--1890-1900.; Toll roads--Colorado--Ouray County--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Saint Joseph Redemptorist Catholic Church Lincoln Park.
- View of Saint Joseph Church ( St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church of Denver, Saint Joseph Redemptorist Catholic Church) located at 605 West 6th (Sixth) Ave. (NE corner Galapago St.), in the Lincoln Park neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The parish was...
- St. Joseph Church (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Lincoln Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--2000-2010.; Catholic churches.; Conservation & restoration.; Crosses.; Dormers.; Historic buildings.; Steeples.; St. Joseph...
- ca. 2004
- Saint Joseph Redemptorist Catholic Church Lincoln Park.
- View of Saint Joseph Church ( St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church of Denver, Saint Joseph Redemptorist Catholic Church) located at 605 West 6th (Sixth) Ave. (NE corner Galapago St.), in the Lincoln Park neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The parish was...
- St. Joseph Church (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Lincoln Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--2000-2010.; Catholic churches.; Crosses.; Dormers.; Historic buildings.; Steeples.; St. Joseph Church (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial...
- ca. 2000
- Vassie W. Ingersoll
- Studio bust portrait of Vassie Willard Ingersoll, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Ingersoll's bangs are curled and her hair is pinned neatly back. Her dress bodice crosses over the front button enclosure, and has puffed sleeves....
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Ingersoll, Vassie W. (Vassie Willard); Denver High School--People--1890-1900.; Denver Public Schools--People--1890-1900.
- 1891
- Wayside cross
- Stereographic view of a large wood cross in the foreground propped on top of a mound of dirt, probably in Colorado. A ridge of mountains is in the distance.
- Colorado--1870-1900.; Crosses--Colorado--1870-1900.
- [between 1875 and 1900?]
- Saddle blanket
- A Native American (Sioux) saddle blanket, made from white canvas and buckskin. It is decorated with red, blue, yellow, green, bronze and white faceted Italian glass beadwork and faceted brass beads; all of the beadwork is attached with lazy...
- Dakota Indians--Arts & crafts--1880-1910.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1910.; Saddle blankets--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910]
- Leggings
- A pair of buckskin leggings that belonged to Chipeta. They are decorated with geometric designs in multicolored beadwork.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1875-1915.; Leggings--1875-1915.; Ute Indians--Arts & crafts--1875-1915.; Chipeta--Associated objects.
- [between 1875 and 1915]
- Vest
- A Native American (Ute) beaded vest worn by Buckskin Charley. The vest is made of buckskin which is entirely covered with multicolor beadwork in designs of stylized American flags and geometric shapes on a white background. The interior of the vest...
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1900-1930.; Ute Indians--Clothing & dress--1900-1930.; Vests--1900-1930.; Buckskin Charlie, Ute Chief--Associated objects.
- [between 1900 and 1930]
- Basket
- Shows a Native American (Western Apache) coiled basket used as a water jug. The basket is made of willow and devil's claw and the foundation is rod and welt (weft?). Images of horse and rider, crosses, terraced triangles and diamonds are painted on...
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1900-1910.; Western Apache baskets--1900-1910.; Western Apache Indians--Arts & crafts--1900-1910.; Baskets--1900-1910.
- 1900
- Crossing the Bay, S.F.
- A ferry boat, the "Oakland," crosses San Francisco Bay. Black smoke emerges from the smokestack of this large multi-deck boat. Tall sailing ships are nearby.
- San Francisco Bay (Calif.)--1870-1900.; Bays (Bodies of water)--California--1870-1900.; Ferries--California--1870-1900.; Sailing Ships--California--1870-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- Crossing the Bay, S.F.
- A ferry boat named the "Bay City" crosses San Francisco Bay. The boat has several decks, a smokestack, and lifeboats.
- San Francisco Bay (Calif.)--1870-1900.; Bays (Bodies of water)--California--1870-1900.; Ferries--California--1870-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- The old church of Santa Cruz N.M. erected 1602
- View of the Iglesia de Santa Cruz de la Cañada (Holy Cross Church)in Santa Cruz, New Mexico. The brick and adobe church has two towers topped with crosses and is encircled by a low adobe wall.
- Santa Cruz Parish (Santa Cruz, N.M.)--1880-1900.; Santa Cruz (N.M.)--1880-1900.; Catholic churches--New Mexico--Santa Cruz--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Church of Santa Cruz N.M.
- View of the Iglesia de Santa Cruz de la Cañada (Holy Cross Church) in Santa Cruz, New Mexico. The adobe and brick church has towers with belfries topped with crosses. A low adobe wall is nearby.
- Santa Cruz Parish (Santa Cruz, N.M.)--1880-1900.; Santa Cruz (N.M.)--1880-1900.; Catholic churches--New Mexico--Santa Cruz--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Old church at Taos
- Churchgoers exit the Saint Francis de Assisi church in Ranchos de Taos (Taos County), New Mexico, in a reproduction of a cabinet card tacked to corkboard. Shows an adobe church with an arched doorway with a sun motif decoration over it, two wood...
- San Francisco de Asis Church (Ranchos de Taos, N.M.)--1900-1910.; Ranchos de Taos (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Cabinet photographs--1900-1910.; Churches--New Mexico--Ranchos de Taos--1900-1910.; People--New Mexico--Ranchos de Taos--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- San Diego, old mission in Old Town
- View of an unidentified mission church in Old Town San Diego (San Diego County), California. Shows a wood frame structure with clapboard siding and crosses at each gable. A small and a large bell hang from a wooden frame at the end of the church.
- Old Town (San Diego, Calif.)--1900-1920.; San Diego (Calif.)--1900-1920.; Bells--California--San Diego--1900-1920.; Mission churches--California--San Diego--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]