Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- The Bell VTOL jet propelled vertical-rising airplane
- View of a Bell Aircraft jet propelled vertical rising airplane in flight at Niagara Falls (Niagara County) New York; letters read: "Experimental," and "NIIO5V."
- Bell Aircraft Corporation--Products--1950-1960.; Vertically rising aircraft--New York--Niagara Falls--1950-1960.; Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.)--1950-1960.; Airplanes--American--New York--Niagara Falls--1950-1960.; Flight testing--New York--Niagara...
- 1954, November 16
- United Airlines provides flight over ride area flight arranged and flown by 3R member Johnny Schoonhoven.
- Members of the Roundup Riders of the Rockies pose for a group photograph beside a United Airlines airplane at probably Stapleton Airport in Denver, Colorado. The men wear western attire and hold their cowboy hats in the air. Riders stand in a row...
- Roundup Riders of the Rockies (Colo.)--People--1950-1960.; Airplanes--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Airports--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Entertainment--1950-1960.; Organizations--1950-1960.; Passengers--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.;...
- 1957 July
- Report of Henry A. Buchtel Pastor Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church Denver, Colorado
- This is a report submitted to the Quarterly Conference at the close of Henry A. Buchtel's term as pastor of Trinity United Methodist Church. During his tenor the church raised money to build a new building at 1820 Broadway in Denver, Colo. The...
- Buchtel, Henry Augustus, 1847-1924.; Trinity United Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; North Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Methodist churches--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- 1891 March 30
- Reporters interview Admiral Richard E. Byrd
- Reporters and spectators gather around Admiral Richard E. Byrd and his Fokker tri-motor airplane on his visit to Denver, Colorado. Byrd visited Denver after his flight to the South Pole.
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Air pilots--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Airplanes--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Byrd, Richard Evelyn, 1888-1957.
- 1929
- Reporters interview Admiral Richard E. Byrd
- People crowd around Admiral Richard E. Byrd being interviewed by reporters, in Denver, Colorado, after his historic 1929 flight to the South Pole. Shows the Fokker tri-motor airplane used for Byrd's expedition.
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Admirals--American--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Airplanes--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Reporters--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Byrd, Richard Evelyn, 1888-1957.; Fokker Aircraft.
- 1929
- Captain Nolie Mumey, M. D.
- Portrait of Nolie Mumey, pilot, flight surgeon, author, historian, and poet, at Lowry Field in Denver, Colorado. He wears a leather flight jacket and garrison cap.
- Air pilots--American--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Authors--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Historians--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Physicians--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Poets--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.;...
- 1931, December 24
- Western History Subject Index
- United air lines. Flight training center
- Los Angeles, Cal., from Angel's Flight
- Panoramic view from the top of Angels Flight in Los Angeles, California. Shows the intersection of 3rd (Third) Street and Hill Street, the Fay Building, the Byrne Building and other unidentified commercial buildings. The Byrne Building is a Spanish...
- Los Angeles (Calif.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns.; Commercial facilities.; Office buildings.
- c1906
- Los Angeles, Cal., from Angel's Flight
- Panoramic view from the top of Angels Flight in Los Angeles, California. Shows the intersection of 3rd (Third) Street and Hill Street. Shows the Fay Building, the Byrne Building and other unidentified commercial buildings. The Byrne Building is a...
- Los Angeles (Calif.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns.; Commercial facilities.; Office buildings.
- c1906
- Colorado national guard squadron in flight
- View of several Colorado Air National Guard biplanes in flight, possibly at Camp George West, Colorado.
- Colorado. Air National Guard--1930-1940.; Biplanes--Colorado--1930-1940.; Militias--Colorado--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1935?]
- John F. Kennedy High School flight training class
- A photograph of two students from Kennedy High School in the ATC-510K Flight simulator.
- John F. Kennedy High School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- undated
- John F. Kennedy High School flight training class
- A photograph of five students from Kennedy High School in flight simulators and their teacher.
- John F. Kennedy High School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- undated
- John F. Kennedy High School student with flight map
- A photograph of a student from Kennedy High School. She is sitting at a table looking at a flight map.
- John F. Kennedy High School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- undated
- John F. Kennedy High School flight training class
- A photograph of a student from Kennedy High School in a flight simulator.
- John F. Kennedy High School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- undated
- John F. Kennedy High School flight training class
- A photograph of a student from Kennedy High School in a flight simulator.
- John F. Kennedy High School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- undated
- Western History Subject Index
- FRONTIER AIRLINES
- Western History Subject Index
- whistle, Paul
- Anne Evans Mountain House, Evergreen, Colo.
- View of the Anne Evans Mountain House located on Upper Bear Creek Road, Evergreen, Colo. Built in 1910 by Jock Spence, the Rustic Style residence was further expanded by noted Denver architect, Burnham Hoyt in 1924. The front facade has a simple...
- Log cabins--Colorado--Evergreen--2010-2020.; Evergreen (Colo.)--2010-2020.; Evans, Anne, 1871-1941--Homes and haunts--Pictorial works.; Log cabins--Colorado--Evergreen--Pictorial works.; Evergreen (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 2010
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 47, 1910 November 19
- Municipal Facts: Volume 9 Numbers 5, 6 and 7, 1926 May-July
- Municipal Facts: Volume 14 Numbers 5 and 6, 1931 May-June
- 1909-1922 Index to the Denver Municipal Facts
- Rocky Mtn. News printing press
- A printing press from the Goss Printing Press Company of Chicago, IL, fills the printing room of the Rocky Mountain News in Denver, Colorado. A newspaper rolls through the complex system of rolls and cog wheels. To the right is a short flight of...
- Rocky Mountain News--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Printing presses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1902]
- Flood
- View of the flood along the South Platte River, Denver, Colorado; general view from a helicopter shows the railroad yards south of the 14th (Fourteenth) Street Viaduct, the Colorado and Southern Railway shops, and other facilities with rip tracks...
- Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1960-1970.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Railroad shops & yards--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.
- June 17, 1965
- Lindbergh winner of the first peacetime Congressional Medal of Honor and Distinguished Flying Cross
- Charles A. Lindbergh, American Aviator, poses in front of his airplane, "Spirit of St. Louis." Also known as "Lone Eagle," and "Lucky Lindy," for his historic first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean, 3600 miles in 33 1/2 hours.
- Air pilots--1920-1930.; Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974.; Spirit of St. Louis (Airplane)
- [1927]
- Columbian Hotel, Trinidad, Colorado
- Interior details of the bar in the Columbian Hotel (1879), Trinidad, Colorado, include carved and lathe turned wood covering the front of the bar and cornices over the mirror in back. The coffered ceiling has hammered tin insets with painted scenes...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Bars--Colorado--Trinidad--1880-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Trinidad--1880-1900.; Interiors.; Columbian Hotel (Trinidad, Colo.)
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Colorado Springs, Colorado Parade
- View of a parade float, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, "title: Defenders of the West, sponsor by the United States Air Force Air Defense Command. Dominating the forward portion of the float, a revolving blue and white carousel showing...
- United States. Air Force.--1960-1970.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1960-1970.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1960- 1970.; Reviewing stands--Colorado--Colorado...
- 1965 September 4
- Miss Crosby
- The first prize entry in the Sunflower Carnival Parade, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, consists of a pony and buggy decorated with roses and peonies. Miss Crosby grins and wears a large white hat and loose hair; a boy with white...
- Crosby, Nina.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Boys--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?]
- P. O. Employees
- Uniformed mail carriers and men in suits and straw hats pose with their horse-drawn Flower (Sunflower) Carnival parade entry, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. Men lean out from windows of the float decorated with a taxidermied eagle in...
- United States Postal Service--1890-1910.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Letter carriers--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Colorado...
- [between 1893 and 1906?]
- Early flights in Denver
- A group of people gather around an early biplane inside fenced grounds of the flight area, Denver, Colorado. A small observation stand has sign: "Bar Open Under Grandstand," a billboard advertises: "Paulhan Stops At The Auditorium Hotel, Why Not...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Biplanes--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Grandstands--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920]
- Parade for Charles A. Lindbergh
- Thousands of people line the sidewalks along 16th (Sixteenth) Street in Denver, Colorado to cheer Charles A. Lindbergh after his solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean. A sign reads: "F & C Wonderful Shoes 5-6."
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Air pilots--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.;...
- September 27, 1927
- Charles Lindbergh leaving Lowry Field for parade
- Charles Lindbergh arrives in Denver, Colorado after his solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean; riding with him in the convertible automobile are Governor William Adams and Benjamin Stapleton. A crowd of people, including an African-American...
- African Americans--Military service--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Air pilots--American--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Convertible automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Governors--Colorado--1920-1930.;...
- [1927 September 27]
- Lowry Field near Denver, Charles Lindbergh's "Spirit of St. Louis" is the airplane
- People and cars crowd Lowry Field in Denver, Colorado, watching Charles Lindbergh's Spirit of Saint Louis in flight. A boy has a bicycle.
- Lowry Air Force Base (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Air bases--Colorado--1920-1930.; Spirit of St. Louis (Airplane)
- [between 1927 and 1930?]
- Bleriot monoplane built from a kit by Frank & Jules Vandersarl of Denver
- View of a Bleriot airplane in flight over Denver, Colorado, shows trees and fences.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Airplanes--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Overland park
- View of airplanes, in flight and on the ground, at Overland Park race track, Denver, Colorado; a crowd watches from the grandstands.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Overland Park (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1020.; Air shows--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Biplanes--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1914
- Curtiss JN-4 (Jenny)
- View of a Curtiss JN-4 training airplane in flight; letters read: "38029."
- Curtiss aircraft--1910-1920.; JN-4D (Training plane)--1910-1920.; Biplanes--American--1910-1920.
- [between 1916 and 1920?]
- Ivy Baldwin
- Views of balloonist Ivy Baldwin in (probably) Colorado; shows pilot and another man in the wicker basket, and the balloon in flight.
- Balloonists--American--Colorado--1900-1910.; Balloons (Aircraft)--American--Colorado--1900-1910.; Men--Colorado--1900-1910.; Baldwin, Ivy, d. 1953.
- 1909
- Charles A. "Chick" Stevens
- Portrait of Charles A. "Chick" Stevens, pilot, aviation journalist, and one time editor of Frontier Magazine, at Primary Flying School, Pine Bluff (Jefferson County) Arkansas. He wears flight goggles, cap, and jacket.
- Pine Bluff (Ark.); Air pilots--Arkansas--Pine Bluff--1940-1950.; Authors--American--Arkansas--Pine Bluff--1940-1950.; Journalists--Arkansas--Pine Bluff--1940-1950.; Stevens, Charles A.
- 1943
- Louis Paul "Gus" Quinn
- Louis Paul "Gus" Quinn, pilot and educator, poses by an airplane; his outfit includes goggles and a flight cap.
- Air pilots--1920-1930.; Teachers--1920-1930.; Quinn, Louis Paul, 1895-1964.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Heating plant
- Shows the 2-story heating plant at the Denver County Farm (Denver Farm) in Henderson, Colorado. The structure features stucco exterior walls, a red tile roof, paned windows, chimney and a large smoke stack. A flight of stairs leads up to a second...
- Denver Farm--1930-1940.; Heating plants--Colorado--Henderson--1930-1940.; Henderson (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Almshouses--Colorado--Henderson--1930-1940.; Farms--Colorado--Henderson--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Centerville
- View of a gravestone in Centerville (Chaffee County), Colorado; shows a single grave site marked by a low, cut stone with the raised image of a dove in flight and a branch in it's beak; inscription reads: "Normal, Son of C. & C. E. ??"; site...
- Centerville (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Centerville dy 1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1966]
- Centerville
- View of a gravestone in Centerville (Chaffee County), Colorado; shows a single grave site marked by a low, cut stone that has a raised image of a dove in flight and a branch in it's beak; inscription reads: "Normal, Son of C. & C. E. ??"; site...
- Centerville (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Centerville--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1966]
- People escaping from the Indian massacre, at dinner on a prairie
- A Group of men, women, and children rest and eat during their flight from Fort Ridgely, Minnesota during the Native American Sioux uprising. Stephen R. Riggs sits near a woman who stands by a wagon.
- Dakota Indians--War--1860-1870.; Indians of North America--War--1860-1870.; Great Plains--1860-1870.; Children--1860-1870.; Women--1860-1870.
- [1862 August 21]
- Sheila Barret
- An actor from the Central City Play Festival stands at the base of a flight of stairs in the Teller House in Central City, Colorado. She wears a long gown witha chiffon coat that has puffed sleeves. The stairs have carved spindles and a runner up...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Actresses--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Hotels--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Interiors.; Teller House (Central City, Colo.)
- 1937
- First Lieutenant John F. Curry
- First Lieutenant John F. Curry poses by the propeller of an airplane; this first national commander of the CAP (Colorado Air Patrol) wears an outfit including a flight jacket and boots.
- Military air pilots--1910-1920.; Curry, John F., 1896-1973.
- 1915 September 19
- The escape of the Cheyenne from the prison at Fort Robinson - incidents of their pursuit and massacre
- A series of drawings shows: 1) Native Americans (Cheyenne) preparing for battle, 2) their escape from Fort Robinson, and 3) the engagement of Captain Wessels. Headings for each of the three drawings read: "The imprisoned Cheyenne fortifying their...
- Cheyenne Indians--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Escapes--1870-1880.
- [between 1940 and 1970?]
- Vardon
- Harry Vardon, a golfer, watches the flight of his ball at the Overland Country Club golf course (Overland Park Golf Course) in Denver, Colorado. Other golfers, caddies, and spectators in the gallery look on from in and near a gazebo.
- Overland Country Club (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Golf--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Vardon, Harry, 1870-
- [1900 December]
- Golfers and spectators
- Harry Vardon, a golfer, watches the flight of his ball at the Overland Country Club golf course (Overland Park Golf Course) in Denver, Colorado. Another golfer and women in the gallery look on.
- Overland Country Club (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Golf--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Vardon, Harry, 1870-
- [1900]
- Golfer and gallery at Overland Park
- Harry Vardon, a golfer, watches the flight of his ball from a raised tee box at the Overland Country Club golf course (Overland Park Golf Course) in Denver, Colorado. Another golfer, caddies, and spectators in the gallery stand nearby.
- Overland Country Club (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Golf--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Vardon, Harry, 1870-
- [1900]
- Fairbanks
- Fairbanks, a golfer, watches the flight of his ball at the Overland Country Club golf course (Overland Park Golf Course) in Denver,Colorado. A caddy looks on.
- Overland Country Club (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--1890-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Golf--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Fairbanks, Walter.
- [1900]