Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Tzu-Chey (Mrs. Minnie Size), at Pueblo of Laguna, N.M.
- A portrait of Tzu-Chey (Mrs. Minnie Size), a Native American woman (Laguna), she balances a large olla on her head at the Laguna Indian Reservation in New Mexico. She wears a printed scarf over he head, bead, turquoise, and silver necklaces, hoop...
- Indians of North America--Women--New Mexico--Laguna--1890-1910.; Laguna Indians--Women--New Mexico--Laguna--1890-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Women--New Mexico--Laguna--1890-1910.; Laguna (N.M.)--1890-1910.; Pottery--New Mexico--Laguna--1890-1910.;...
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Woman portrait
- Studio portrait of a woman in Colorado. She poses near a flower arrangement and a window decorated with metal.
- Women--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Family (4) portrait
- Studio portrait of a family in Colorado. The girl and woman wear dresses, one with a wide collar. The man and boy wear suits and ties.
- Girls--Colorado--1910-1930.; Women--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Man portrait
- Studio portrait of a man in Colorado. He wears a suit, tie, and tie pin.
- Men--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Men in a car
- Men sit in an open topped automobile by an office building at 17th (Seventeenth) and Welton Streets, Denver, Colorado; sign reads: "Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Ry. System." A wagon is in the street.
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--Facilities--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Ticket...
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Denver City Park Lake
- View of City Park Lake (Ferril Lake) in City Park, Denver, Colorado; trees on the shore obscure the pavilion.
- City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Ferril Lake (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Main St. Grand Junction, Colo.
- View of trolley number "2" on probably Main Street in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado. Shows the round dome, finial and American flag of the Canon Block at the corner of 4th (Fourth) and Main Street. Horse-drawn wagons, buggies and people...
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Grand Junction--1910-1920.; City & town life--Colorado--Grand Junction--1910-1920.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Grand Junction--1910-1920.; Street railroads--Colorado--Grand...
- 1910
- Nevadaville, Colorado looking northeast
- View of Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, shows frame buildings flanking dirt street; including The Christ Church with a gable roof and steeple.
- Christ Church (Nevadaville, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Nevadaville (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Churches--Colorado--Nevadaville--1860-1870.
- [between 1867 and 1870?]
- Ouray flood
- View of the 1909 flood debris brought down by Portland Creek flood, along Main Street, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, shows men digging through the rocks, timber, lumber and silt to clear the creek. Buildings include the Elk Boarding House, Doran...
- Portland Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Ouray (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Floods--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1910.
- [1909]
- Ouray, Colo.
- Mabel Ashley and a group of women of various ages pose on the front porch of a frame house, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Women--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.; Ashley, Mabel.
- [between 1886 and 1900]
- Ouray, Colo.
- A group of women and a man pose in front of a rocky cliff face, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. They wear jackets and hats or bonnets decorated with feathers, ribbons and flowers.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Sightseers--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.
- [between 1886 and 1900]
- Ouray, Colo.
- Excursionists sit under a tree, near Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. A combination Denver and Rio Grande freight and passenger train is in the background.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1890-1900.; Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.; Sightseers--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Portland Creek flood
- View of the 1909 flood debris of rocks, timber, and lumber brought down by Portland Creek, along Main Street, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, includes a few men gathered around the Elks Club, a large sign on Kiesel's Millinery store: "Closing Sale"...
- Portland Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Ouray (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Floods--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1910.
- 1909
- Portrait of two Ouray men
- Standing portrait of two men, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, shows them in (possibly) Knights of Pythias uniforms with cross isignia, thigh length coats, wrist guards, gloves, caps, swords and seaths hanging from their belts. Painted backdrop...
- Knights of Pythias--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.; Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1896]
- Ouray, Colo.
- Group portrait of Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado citizens, shows children in a long row on a wood rail fence with chicken wire; boys stand in front with a large furry dog.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Children--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Cripple Creek, Colo.
- View across rooftops of Cripple Creek, Colorado from hillside on edge of town; scene includes row of outhouses, vertical slat wooden frame outbuildings and residences, post corral, and stone root cellar with sod roof built into hillside; clothes...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Privies--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1894 May 7
- Walden, purebred Percheron Stallion
- Lee Staley holds a Percheron Stallion in Walden, North Park, Jackson County, Colorado, by the Boettcher Ranch barn.
- Walden (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Barns--Colorado--Walden--1880-1890.; Horses--Colorado--Walden--1880-1890.; Staley, Lee.
- 1886
- Mrs. Connor - J. C. Connor front seat
- View of a Sunflower Carnival Parade entry, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, shows Stockbroker J. C. and Mrs. Connor in the front seat of a wagon full of people and decorated with crepe paper flowers; drawn by a team of horses with...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Costumes--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Colorado...
- [between 1893 and 1906?]
- Hanging of Black Jack Ketchum
- Sheriff Salome Garcia of Union County, New Mexico tightens the noose around the neck of Black Jack Ketchum prior to his hanging in Clayton, New Mexico. Also on the gallows are Sheriff O.T. Clark of Las Animas County, Colorado; Detective H.J....
- Ketchum, Black Jack, 1863-1901--Death & burial.; Gallows--New Mexico--Clayton--1900-1910.; Clayton (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Hangings--New Mexico--Clayton--1900-1910.
- [1901 April 26]
- Sulky races at City Park
- Spectators watch a sulky race at the City Park race track in Denver, Colorado. Some sit in an omnibus.
- City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1940.; Harness racing--Colorado--Denver--1900-1940.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1900-1940.; Racetracks--Colorado--Denver--1900-1940.
- [between 1900 and 1940?]
- Old Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
- View of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City at 17th (Seventeenth) and Arapahoe streets in Denver, Colorado, a Colorado Yule marble building with arched windows and entablature. Cars are in the street.
- Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City--Buildings--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Banks--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Mrs. Sade Rhoads in her 1918 Kissel car
- Mrs. Sade Rhoads sits in a 1918 Kissel two passenger sedan in a Denver, Colorado park.
- Rhoads, Harry Mellon, 1880 or 81-1975--Family.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Rhoads, Sade.
- [between 1910 and 1920]
- Wyoming, Tetons
- View shows the jagged peaks of the Grand Tetons in fading light, Wyoming.
- Teton Range (Wyo. and Idaho)--1900-1930.; Mountains--Wyoming--1900-1930.; Sunrises & sunsets--Wyoming--1900-1930.
- [between 1900 and 1930?]
- Three women on street
- Three women walk on the sidewalk past The Jewel Rooming House located at 1226 14th (Fourteenth) Street in Denver, Colorado. Signs read: "Lunch Room", "Tailor, Cleaning, Pressing", "Large From $1.50 Per Week, Steam Heat."
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Lodging houses--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Mule pack train in Colorado
- View of a mule pack train in a Colorado valley; men ride horses.
- Mules--Colorado--1890-1900.; Packtrains--Colorado--1890-1900.; Trails & paths--Colorado--1890-1900.; Transportation--Colorado--1890-1900.
- 1895
- Trailing timbers up to Tomboy mine (S.) near Telluride, Colo
- View of a horse pack train near Telluride (San Miguel County), Colorado, carrying timber for the Tomboy Mine.
- San Miguel County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Horses--Colorado--San Miguel County--1880-1890.; Packtrains--Colorado--San Miguel County--1880-1890.; Trails & paths--Colorado--San Miguel County--1880-1890.; Transportation--Colorado--San Miguel...
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Heiram and Alida Burton Elsie and Smith Payne Burton Children
- Shows Hiram and Alida Burton with their children Elsie and Smith Payne Burton. Two young children sit on the lap of the man. The young girl wears a dress, and the toddler wears a pullover with bloomers. The woman wears a dress with a lace collar...
- Burton, Alida.; Burton, Elsie.; Burton, Hiram Knight.; Burton, Smith Payne.; Children & adults--1850-1860.; Families--1850-1860.
- 1853?
- Heiram and Alida Burton Elsie and Smith Payne Burton Children
- Shows Hiram and Alida Burton with their children Elsie and Smith Payne Burton. Two young children sit on the lap of the man. The young girl wears a dress, and the toddler wears a pullover with bloomers. The woman wears a dress with a lace collar...
- Burton, Alida.; Burton, Elsie.; Burton, Hiram Knight.; Burton, Smith Payne.; Children & adults--1850-1860.; Families--1850-1860.
- 1852?
- Hiram and Aldia Burton
- A portrait of Hiram and Aldia Burton. Hiram wears a suit and bow tie, Aldia wears a dress with a lace collar.
- Burton, Alida.; Burton, Hiram Knight.; Men--1850-1860.; Spouses--1850-1860.; Women--1850-1860.
- 1849
- Ruins of the Rosebud Mill, Teller County, Colorado; shows stepped stone foundation built into the hillside, wheels, buckets, pipes, machinery parts, and wood piles.
- Rosebud Mill (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Teller County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1910.; Ore industry--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1910.; Ruins--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Dakota Indian mission school
- Native American Sioux and white children and their white female teacher pose for a class portrait outside a school building. The girls wear dresses and the boys wear suits, possibly taken on the Ponca Reservation, Nebraska.
- Dakota Indians--Nebraska--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--Nebraska--1880-1900.; Ponca Reservation (Neb.)--1880-1900.; School children--Nebraska--1880-1900.; Teachers--Nebraska--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Dakota Indian mission school
- Class portrait posed outside the school building shows Native American Sioux boys with a few white boys, possibly on the Ponca Reservation, Nebraska.
- Dakota Indians--Nebraska--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--Nebraska--1880-1900.; Ponca Reservation (Neb.)--1880-1900.; Boys--Nebraska--1880-1900.; School children--Nebraska--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Dakota Indian mission school
- Class portrait posed outside the school building shows Native American Sioux girls and several white girls wearing print dresses and holding straw bonnets, possibly taken on the Ponca Reservation, Nebraska.
- Dakota Indians--Nebraska--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--Nebraska--1880-1900.; Ponca Reservation (Neb.)--1880-1900.; Girls--Nebraska--1880-1900.; School children--Nebraska--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Dakota Indian mission school
- White men, a woman, and children pose outside a two-story house with some open shutters and windows, possibly on the Ponca Reservation, Nebraska.
- Dakota Indians--Education--Nebraska--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--Education--Nebraska--1880-1900.; Ponca Reservation (Neb.)--1880-1900.; Children--Nebraska--1880-1900.; Missions--Nebraska--1880-1900.; Women--Nebraska--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Dakota Indian mission school
- View a three-story school building with a bell tower, possibly on the Ponca Reservation, Nebraska.
- Dakota Indians--Education--Nebraska--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--Education--Nebraska--1880-1900.; Ponca Reservation (Neb.)--1880-1900.; Missions--Nebraska--1880-1900.; Schools--Nebraska--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- On Sioux campaign Mont
- View of U. S. Army soldiers on General Crook's Native American Sioux campaigns, Montana, with a covered wagon and carrying bed rolls.
- Crook, George, 1829-1890--Journeys--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; United States. Army.--1870-1880.; Dakota Indians--War--Montana--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--War--Montana--1870-1880.; Covered wagons--Montana--1870-1880.;...
- 1876
- View near Steamboat Springs, Colo.
- View of brush, forest, and rocky hills near Steamboat Springs (Routt County), Colorado; people walk by aspen trees.
- Routt County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Meadows--Colorado--Routt County--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Thornburg bridge, Yampa River
- View of Thornburg bridge over the Yampa River, Moffat County, Colorado.
- Moffat County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bridges--Colorado--Moffat County--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Florence & Cripple Creek R. R.
- View of a Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad trestle in Phantom Canyon (Fremont or Teller County), Colorado; shows granite cliffs, water barrels, and mile marker: "19D."
- Canyons--Colorado--1890-1900.; Trestles--Colorado--1890-1900.; Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad Company.
- 1895
- Mine near Redcliff, Colo.
- Miners pose near wooden mining buildings, Redcliff (Eagle County), Colorado.
- Red Cliff (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Miners--Colorado--Red Cliff--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Red Cliff--1880-1890.; Wooden buildings--Colorado--Red Cliff--1880-1890.
- 1887?
- Main cut, Racine Boy (?) mine, Silver Cliff, Custer County
- View of miners standing in front of the main cut for the Racine Boy mine, Silver Creek (Custer County), Colorado. They are using wheelbarrows, pickaxes, and sledgehammers.
- Silver Cliff (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Miners--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- Denver Public Library main (La Veta Place)
- View of Denver Public Library, at La Veta Place, in Denver, Colorado; shows a brick and stone building with bay windows, garden level sidewalk entries, and a sign: "Public Library."
- Denver Public Library--Buildings--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Libraries--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Tremont Grocers
- View of a grocery store at 16th (Sixteenth) and Tremont Streets, in Denver, Colorado; shows men, women, horses and buggies, storefronts, and a sign: "Tremont Grocers." The Arapahoe County Courthouse dome is in the background.
- Tremont Grocers (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Bellaire Street residence
- View of a Denver, Colorado residence; shows a house with a tile roof.
- Belcaro (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.
- 1956 March 26
- Seven Falls
- View of Seven Falls on South Cheyenne Creek, South Cheyenne Canyon (El Paso County), Colorado. Shows water cascading down a rock face with wooden viewing areas and staircase.
- El Paso County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Seven Falls (Colo.)--1880-1900.; South Cheyenne Canyon (Colo.)--1880-1900.; South Cheyenne Creek (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1900.; Stairways--Colorado--El Paso...
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Beef distribution, Dakota, groups of people standing in and around a wooden fence, church and houses in background
- Large groups of people, some on horseback, gathered around and inside fenced area waiting for cattle to be butchered and distributed for rations. In background are two houses, a church and cemetery. Possibly at Standing Rock Agency, North Dakota.
- Indians of North America--Subsistance activities--1880-1890.; Livestock-- 1880-1890.; Slaughtering--North Dakota.; Dakota Indians.; Standing Rock Indian Reservation (N.D. and S.D.)
- [188-?]
- Black Hawk - 1941
- View of the Lace House, Black Hawk, Colorado, an example of Victorian Carpenter Gothic architecture with board and batten siding, steep pitched roof with finials, arched-pointed windows, elaborate one-story veranda with balustrades, and decorative...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Deadwood City, Black Hills
- View of Deadwood (Lawrence County), South Dakota, shows businesses, homes, and signs: "Chambers & Cohen Clothing," "Chafes & Curtis Drug Store," "Lakes Manville Groceries," "Empire Store," "Benjamin Holstein Groceries," "F. W. Hamilton...
- Deadwood (S.D.)--1880-1900.; Cities & towns--South Dakota--Deadwood--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Catholic Cemetery
- View of the Mount Calvary Cemetery in the Capitol Hill neighborhood in Denver, Colorado; shows tombstones, lawn, and pine trees.
- Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mount Calvary Cemetery (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Fairmount Chapel
- View of the Ivy Chapel at the Fairmount Cemetery in the Windsor neighborhood of Denver, Colorado; features buttresses and a rose window. Men, women, and a girl pose by the entry arch.
- Fairmount Cemetery (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Windsor (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Chapels--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]