Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- 1984 Capitol Hill People's Fair Guide
- Acoma - pueblo & mission
- A large puddle of water stands in the foreground of this view of a pueblo village, possibly the village of either the Acoma or the Laguna Pueblo in New Mexico. Made of stone and adobe, a row of the flat-roofed buildings remains relatively intact....
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--1910-1930.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--1910-1930.; Acoma (N.M.)--1910-1930.; Missions--New Mexico--1910-1930.; Pueblos--New Mexico--1910-1930.; Ruins--New Mexico--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1926?]
- Anaconda Col.
- View of a Florence & Cripple Creek Railroad locomotive and Denver & Rio Grande Railway cars at Anaconda (Teller County), Colorado. Shows a railroad trestle, mine buildings, mine tailings, and the tracks of the Midland Terminal Railway on Gold Hill....
- Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad Company--1890-1900.; Anaconda (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Anaconda--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Anaconda--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Anaconda--1890-1900.;...
- 1897
- Another view of Mineral Park showing bolted white goods drying and small garments hung on lines.
- Unrolled bolts of cloth are laid out to dry on the grass in Mineral Palace Park in Pueblo, Colorado, after an Arkansas River flood. In the distance people hang clothing on lines hung between trees.
- Mineral Palace Park (Pueblo, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Parks--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Textiles--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.
- [1921 June]
- Aspen and Aspen Mtn.
- View of the town of Aspen (Pitkin County), Colorado with Aspen Mountain in the distance. Shows Colorado Midland Railroad Company tracks and mine tailings.
- Aspen (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Aspen Mountain (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Aspen--1880-1900.r.
- [between 1889 and 1900?]
- Aspen and Aspen Mtn.
- View of the town of Aspen with frame and brick structures and Aspen Mountain in distance. Shows Colorado Midland Railway Company tracks.
- Aspen (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Aspen Mountain (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Aspen--1880-1900.r.
- [between 1889 and 1900?]
- Avalon Bay, Catalina Island
- View of Avalon and Avalon Bay on Santa Catalina Island (Los Angeles County), California. Shows a pier, boats in the harbor, hotels, and commercial buildings.
- Avalon (Calif.)--1870-1900.; Avalon Bay (Calif.)--1870-1900.; Santa Catalina Island (Calif.)--1870-1900.; Bays (Bodies of water)--California--Avalon--1870-1900.; Cities & towns--California--Avalon--1870-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- Black Whiskers placed at head of tribe when "Kannap" was deposed for expressed friendliness to whites taken at Gillette
- Studio portrait of Black Whiskers, a Native American man (Ute), costume includes a tooth necklace, earrings, and a wide-brimmed felt hat.
- Indians of North America--1860-1870.; Ute Indians--1860-1870.; Black Whiskers.
- [between 1860 and 1870?]
- Brown Retort
- Men examine a Brown retort under construction at an oil shale processing facility at the Index Shale Oil Company in De Beque (Mesa County) Colorado; part of the retort is in a shed.
- Index Oil Shale Company--1920-1930.; Oil-shale industry--Colorado--De Beque--1920-1930.; De Beque (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--De Beque--1920-1930.; Petroleum industry--Colorado--De Beque--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1922?]
- Canon of the Rio Las Animas
- View of a Denver & Rio Grande Railway train on the Highline, Silverton Branch, near Rockwood in the Canyon of the Rio Los Animas, beside the Animas River in La Plata County, Colorado. A narrow gauge engine pulls a caboose and flat car on a rock...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company--1880-1890.; Animas Canyon (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Animas River (Colo. and N.M.)--1880-1890.; La Plata County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Canyons--Colorado--La Plata County--1880-1890.; Cliffs--Colorado--La Plata...
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Continental Oil Shale and Refining Co., Rio Blanco Co.
- Close-up view of the brick smokestack and timber scaffolding of a Continental Oil Shale and Refining Company retort in Rio Blanco County, Colorado. Shows pulleys or hoisting devices and ladders above a corrugated metal roof.
- Oil-shale industry--Colorado--Rio Blanco County--1900-1920.; Rio Blanco County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Building construction--Colorado--Rio Blanco County--1900-1920.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Rio Blanco County--1900-1920.;...
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Crater of the Great Fountain Geyser
- View of geyserite silica accretions and steam at Great Fountain Geyser in the Lower Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
- Great Fountain Geyser (Wyo.)--1870-1890.; Lower Geyser Basin (Wyo.)--1870-1890.; Yellowstone National Park--1870-1890.; Geysers--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- 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
- Denver Auditorium
- A large audience attends an event at the Denver Auditorium theater. A group of people are seated on stage, U.S. flags and banners are displayed on the balconies.
- City Auditorium (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Destruction caused by second fire, Cripple Creek
- Rubble and destruction caused by second fire of April 29, 1896, Cripple Creek, Colorado; piles of twisted sheet metal, canvas tents amidst rubble, railroad tracks in foreground; view across fire devastated area toward distant view of remaining...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1896]
- Diver
- Men in swimming suits dive from a wooden tower into a lake. People are in rowboats on the lake.
- Bathing suits--1910-1930.; Diving--1910-1930.; Lakes & ponds--1910-1930.; Rowboats--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Fingerprint and mug shot room
- A clerk presses the inked finger of a man onto a paper at the Denver Police Department offices in the City Hall Building, located at Fourteenth (14th) Street and Larimer Street in Denver, Colorado. Another man sits at a roll top desk near a...
- Denver (Colo.). Police Department.--Facilities--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Fingerprints--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Police stations--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1929 March
- Golfers at Overland Park
- Boys and men with golf clubs prepare to tee off at Overland Park in the Overland neighborhood of Denver Colorado. A carriage, the clubhouse, and grandstand are in the distance.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Overland Park (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Golf--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- James McFarlane home, 1948, Central City
- View of a brick house in Central City, Colorado, with brackets, a bay window, a covered porch, and a stone retaining wall. A wrought iron fence encloses the yard where a woman stands; the adjacent house has bargeboard.
- McFarlane, James--Homes & haunts.; Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.
- 1948
- Laying cornerstone of courthouse
- A large crowd is gathered on sloping ground at the ceremonial laying of the cornerstone of the Summit County Courthouse in Breckenridge, Colorado. The men are in suits and hats, the women are in dresses and elegant hats. A touring car with four...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Courthouses--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1910.; Episcopal churches--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1910.; Rites & ceremonies--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1910.
- 1909
- Lower Falls of the Yellowstone
- View of the Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River in the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
- Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone (Wyo.)--1890-1900.; Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River--1890-1900.; Yellowstone National Park--1890-1900.; Yellowstone River--1890-1900.; Canyons--Yellowstone National Park--1890-1900.; Rivers--Yellowstone National...
- 1892
- Mammoth Hot Springs, summit pools
- Pools of mineral water collect in accreted calcareous silica terraces at Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
- Mammoth Hot Springs (Wyo.)--1870-1890.; Yellowstone National Park--1870-1890.; Springs--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- Mounted police
- Denver police officers mounted on horses stand in formation on a residential street in Denver, Colorado. Captain George Merritt, is mounted on a paint horse at the front of the formation.
- Denver (Colo.). Police Department.--People--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Mounted police--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Police--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Merritt, George, Denver police...
- 1928 January 10
- Nebraska State Building, Omaha
- View of the Nebraska Building during the Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition in Omaha (Douglas County), Nebraska. The temporary structure has a wooden frame with plaster of Paris and staff overlay. The building, designed by J.H. Craddock...
- Omaha (Neb.)--1890-1900.; Exhibition buildings--Nebraska--Omaha--1890-1900.; Exhibitions--Nebraska--Omaha--1890-1900.; Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition (1898 : Omaha, Neb.)
- [1898]
- Old "Central" School Salida, Colorado
- Well-dressed men, women and children pose in front of Central School, Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado. The two-story brick building has stone trim, quoins, belfries, and a projecting, mansard roofed tower with incised panel: "Public School 1884."...
- Salida (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Children & adults--Colorado--Salida--1880-1890.; School children--Colorado--Salida--1880-1890.; Schools--Colorado--Salida--1880-1890.
- 1885
- Road in the motor camp at Overland Park
- Men and women walk along the side of the road that passes through the auto camp at Overland Park in the Overland neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Tents are pitched along the side of the road and in the distance.
- Camp sites, facilities, etc.--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Roads, Earth--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Overland Park (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1940.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Tents--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1931?]
- Royal Gorge
- View of rock formations, the tracks of the Denver & Rio Grande Railway and the Arkansas River in Royal Gorge (Fremont County), Colorado. Hanging Bridge, a suspension bridge, is in the distance.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Arkansas River--1880-1890.; Fremont County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Royal Gorge (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Canyons--Colorado--Fremont County--1880-1890.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Fremont...
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Santa Catalina Island, Avalon
- View of Avalon and Avalon Bay on Santa Catalina Island (Los Angeles County), California. Shows a pier, boats in the harbor, hotels, and commercial buildings.
- Avalon (Calif.)--1890-1900.; Avalon Bay (Calif.)--1890-1900.; Santa Catalina Island (Calif.)--1890-1900.; Bays (Bodies of water)--California--Avalon--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--California--Avalon--1890-1900.; Harbors--California--Avalon--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Section of Ft. Clark Indian village
- View of a Native American (Arikara or Ricaree) village at Fort Clark, North Dakota; shows a dirt-covered domed lodge and elevated platforms.
- Arikara Indians--North Dakota--Fort Clark--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--North Dakota--Fort Clark--1870-1880.; Fort Clark (N.D.)--1870-1880.; Forts & fortifications--North Dakota--Fort Clark--1870-1880.; Lodges--North Dakota--Fort...
- 1872
- Sneffles [sic] Range
- View of a valley and snow-covered mountain range in Ouray County, Colorado. Mount Sneffels is in the distance.
- Ouray County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Sneffels, Mount (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Valleys--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Snow shed construction
- View of construction of a snowshed near Stevens Pass in King County, Washington. Workmen are on Great Northern Railway tracks or on the shed roof with a traveling crane. Shows debris from a rock slide and an eroded, fire damaged hillside.
- Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.)--1910-1920.; King County (Wash.)--1910-1920.; Hoisting machinery--Washington (State)--King County--1910-1920.; Landslides--Washington (State)--King County--1910-1920.; Railroad construction &...
- 1917 July 14
- St. Pauls English Lutheran Church
- View of St. Paul's English Lutheran Church at 22nd (Twenty-second) and California Streets in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver, Colorado; features gothic arches, stained glass, and a steeple.
- St. Paul's English Lutheran Church (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Lutheran churches--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Taos
- View of a street in Taos, New Mexico, during a festival; shows well-dressed men, women, and children, including a nun. Cars and wagons are parked; signs read: "The Ideal Hat," and "Dupont Red Cross Dynamite."
- Taos (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Nuns--Colorado--Taos--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- The Gateway and Pike's Peak
- A covered wagon sits near Gate Rock, a sandstone rock formation in Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1870-1890.; Gate Rock (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1870-1890.; Rock formations--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- The post office and James Ranch, Estes Park
- View of the James Ranch and Elkhorn post office in Estes Park (Larimer County), Colorado. Shows frame buildings, livestock, corrals, and outbuildings at the intersection of two dirt roads near the Fall River.
- Estes Park (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Fall River (Larimer County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Ranches--Colorado--Estes Park--1880-1900.; Rivers--Colorado--Estes Park--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Trout Lake
- View of Trout Lake and Vermilion Peak, San Miguel County, Colorado. Shows a raft next to the shore.
- San Miguel County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Trout Lake (San Miguel County, Colo. : Lake)--1880-1890.; Vermilion Peak (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--San Miguel County--1880-1890.
- [between 1882 and 1890?]
- Two females
- Two women pose in costume including a sleeveless blouse, pleats, and a cloche hat.
- Women--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Two females posed
- Two women pose in costume including print fabric, bracelets, high heels, and a cloche hat.
- Clothing & dress--1910-1930.; Women--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- View of Georgetown, Colorado
- A view of Georgetown, Colorado, northeast, toward Saxon and Griffith Mountains. This section of the town is bordered by the railroad, which runs along the base of the mountains and then turns west. Light snow covers the scene. The neighborhood in...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900.]
- Western History Subject Index
- CRIME AND CRIMINALS
- Western History Subject Index
- AURORA COLORADO. POLICE DEPARTMENT
- Western History Subject Index
- Crime and criminals. Colorado
- Western History Subject Index
- Crime and criminals. Colorado
- Western History Subject Index
- axtell, Harold W
- Western History Subject Index
- FINGERPRINTS
- Western History Subject Index
- Finger prints
- Western History Subject Index
- Fingerprints
- Western History Subject Index
- EDUCATION. COLORADO
- Western History Subject Index
- EDUCATION. TEACHERS
- Western History Subject Index
- FORENSICS