Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- North End of Carbonate Hill, Leadville
- View of Carbonate Hill near Leadville (Lake County), Colorado. Shows mines, frame houses, mine tailings, head frames, tipples and the Sawatch Mountains in the distance.
- Carbonate Hill (Lake County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Lake County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Lake County--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Lake County--1880-1890.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Camp in Norris Geyser Basin
- Men and horses outfitted for an expedition pose near a settlement at Norris Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Shows canvas tents with log frames and a wooden frame structure on the hill. An A-frame plank bridge spans a creek; a dog...
- Norris Geyser Basin (Wyo.)--1870-1890.; Yellowstone National Park--1870-1890.; Horseback riding--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1890.; Men--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1890.; Settlements--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1890.;...
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- Hotel camp, thumb of lake
- View of tents identified as the hotel camp near West Thumb Geyser Basin at West Thumb bay, Yellowstone Lake, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Shows a field with pools of water. Canvas tents set on wooden frames are in the distance. A U.S. flag...
- West Thumb Geyser Basin (Wyo. : Basin)--1900-1920.; Yellowstone National Park--1900-1920.; Camps--Yellowstone National Park--1900-1920.; Geysers--Yellowstone National Park--1900-1920.; Tents--Yellowstone National Park--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Omaha, Grand Court looking west
- View of the Grand Canal and Grand Court during the Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition in Omaha (Douglas County), Nebraska. Shows neo-classical structures with wooden frames and plaster of Paris and staff overlay. Shows the Mines and...
- Omaha (Neb.)--1890-1900.; Canals--Nebraska--Omaha--1890-1900.; Exhibition buildings--Nebraska--Omaha--1890-1900.; Exhibitions--Nebraska--Omaha--1890-1900.
- [1898]
- Omaha, Trans-Mississippi Exposition, Grand Court East
- Partial view of the Grand Court during the Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition in Omaha (Douglas County), Nebraska. Shows a wide canal, stairs that lead to docks for gondolas on the water, walkways, and balustrades. Many neo-classical...
- Omaha (Neb.)--1890-1900.; Canals--Nebraska--Omaha--1890-1900.; Exhibition buildings--Nebraska--Omaha--1890-1900.; Exhibitions--Nebraska--Omaha--1890-1900.; Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition (1898 : Omaha, Neb.)
- [1898]
- Denver from the Equitable observatory
- Aerial view of Denver, Denver County, Colorado from the roof of the Equitable Building at 17th and Stout Streets. Shows the Mining Exchange Building, the square corner towers of the Tabor Grand Opera House, and the square dome and cupola of the...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900]
- Oak Grove, Glen Annie
- View of a grove of oak trees at Glen Annie Ranch in Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara County), California. Shows wood frames at the base of some trees. Rope ladders hang from branches.
- Glen Annie Ranch (Calif.)--1870-1900.; Santa Barbara (Calif.)--1870-1900.; Oaks--California--Santa Barbara--1870-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- Pueblo Indian and burro
- A Native American (San Juan, Tewa) man and children pose beside an horno (outside oven) and a saddled burro near an adobe wall with wooden window frames and vigas at probably San Juan Pueblo, New Mexico. The man wears a shirt with cuffs, a ring,...
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--San Juan Pueblo--1880-1900.; Tewa Indians--New Mexico--San Juan Pueblo--1880-1900.; San Juan Pueblo (N.M.)--1880-1900.; Children--New Mexico--San Juan Pueblo--1880-1900.; Donkeys--New Mexico--San Juan...
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- I. O. O. F. building construction, VII of series
- Seventh in a series of progress documentation views of the construction of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Hall, Main Street, Meeker, Rio Blanco County, Colorado. Brick work has started on the second floor around wood window frames. A row of...
- Meeker (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Building construction--Colorado--Meeker--1890-1900.; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--Meeker--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Meeker--1890-1900.; Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
- [1897]
- July 7, #6
- Sixth in a series of progress documentation views of the summer 1896 construction of the Meeker Hotel, 560 Main Street, Meeker, Colorado. This facade view shows brick work near completion on the two story hotel with two men posing on rafters. The...
- Meeker (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Building construction--Colorado--Meeker--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Meeker--1890-1900.; Meeker Hotel (Meeker, Colo.)
- [1896]
- Eagle River Canyon Denver & Rio Grande R. R., Gilman, Colorado
- The dark Denver and Rio Grande railroad West Belden Tunnel frames a view over the lower portal, Eagle River Canyon, Eagle County, Colorado. Gilman with tailing dumps shows on top of sunny Soldier Mountain.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1910-1930.; Mining--Colorado--1910-1930.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1910-1930.; Tunnels--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1918 and 1925]
- Nevadaville W. C. Russell Jr. house
- The W. C. Russell Jr. residence, in Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, is a one-story frame structure with side extensions and porch frames. Snowdrifts fill the yard, enclosed by retaining walls. A sign on the clapboard siding offers a reward...
- Russell, W. C., Jr.--Homes & haunts.; Nevadaville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.; Snow--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.
- 1939
- Cripple Creek early days
- Distant view of row of one and two-story wooden frame commercial buildings on Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; buildings have vertical slats and falsefronts; canvas tents (some with wooden frames) are interspersed through town.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1892
- Moffat Tunnel in construction
- Scaffolding frames the west entrance to the Moffat Tunnel, which is under construction at West Portal (also known as Idlewild and Winter Park), Grand County, Colorado. Snow blankets the ground and narrow gauge tracks of the Denver & Rio Grande...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Moffat Tunnel (Colo.)--1920-1930.; West Portal (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Colorado--West Portal--1920-1930.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--West...
- [1926 or 1927?]
- Early days of Cripple Creek mining camp
- View of "Lunch Room" restaurant canvas tent on rustic log frame, Cripple Creek, Colorado; canvas tent has attached signs "Lunchroom" and "Meals, 25 cents"; lettering on tent includes: "Restaurant," "Hot Soup 10 Cents," "Oysters Short," "Sandwiches...
- Mining camps--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Restaurants--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1892 or 1893]
- Portland mine, Colorado
- View of the Portland Gold Mining Co. mine and mill buildings with tailings, head frames, smokestacks, and houses, Cripple Creek District, Teller County, Colorado.
- Portland Gold Mining Company--Buildings--1900-1910.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Teller County--1900-1910.; Tailings embankments--Colorado--Teller County--1900-1910.; Teller County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mills--Colorado--Teller County--1900-1910.;...
- [1900?]
- Victor district in 1917
- View of the Strong and Stratton Independence mines with tailings, head frames, smokestacks, and houses, Victor (Teller County), Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Victor--1910-1920.; Stratton Independence Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Strong Mine (Teller County, Colo.); Victor (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Gold mining--Colorado--Victor--1910-1920.;...
- 1917
- Granite mine, Victor, Colo.
- View of the Granite Mine with head frames, tailings, and surface buildings, Victor (Teller County), Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Victor--1930-1940.; Granite Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Victor (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Gold mining--Colorado--Victor--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Victor--1930-1940.
- [1930?]
- Cripple Creek District
- View of the Vindicator, Lillie, and other unidentified mines with tailings, smokestacks, and head frames; houses in foreground, Independence (Teller County), Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.; Independence (Teller County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Lillie Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Victor (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Vindicator Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Gold...
- [1900?]
- Hotel Victoria
- The Hotel Victoria on 6th (Sixth) and State streets in Alamosa, Colorado, is a large two-story rusticated stone building with corner entrance, built in 1901. A large neon sign "Hotel Victoria, Dining Room, Gift Shop" hangs perpendicular to the...
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Hotels--Colorado--Alamosa--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1970]
- Independence, Colo., Cripple Creek region
- View includes residences, head frames, a dilapidated mill building, and tailings piles in Independence (Teller County), Colorado.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Independence--1940-1950.; Tailings embankments--Colorado--Independence--1940-1950.; Independence (Teller County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Independence--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Independence--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950]
- Portland #1 and #2, Victor, Colo.
- View shows head frames, tailings, and surface structures at the Portland #1 and #2 mines on Battle Mountain, Victor (Teller County), Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Victor--1940-1950.; Tailings embankments--Colorado--Victor--1940-1950.; Portland Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Portland Number Two Mine (Victor, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Victor (Colo.)--1940-1950.;...
- 1941
- The Mary McKinney (below), the Jack Pot (above), Cripple Creek District
- View of surface structures, tailings, and head frames at the Mary McKinney (lower), and the Jackpot (upper) mines, Teller County, Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Teller County--1940-1950.; Tailings embankments--Colorado--Teller County--1940-1950.; Jackpot Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mary McKinney Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Teller County...
- [1941?]
- Silver Plume, old house
- A three story residence in Silver Plume (Clear Creek County), Colorado, features a hipped roof, dormers, covered front porch, and entabulature over the window frames.
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Silver Plume--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Silver Plume--1940-1950.
- May 39, 1940
- The wedge, Cripple Creek and Victor, the Jackpot
- View shows head frames, tailings piles, and ore car tracks and trestle, probably at the Jackpot mine, Victor, and Wedge Mine, Cripple Creek, Teller County, Colorado.
- Jackpot Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Teller County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Wedge Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Teller County--1940-1950.; Trestles--Colorado--Teller County--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Light display on Colorado State Capitol Building
- A light display frames the dome of the Colorado State Capitol Building in Denver, Colorado. The display is shaped in a circle with a bow at the bottom. Possibly a Christmas display.
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Capitols--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Christmas decorations--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Scraping the hide
- View of a Native American (Crow) woman bending over as she scrapes an animal hide. She wears a long dress, and the hide is secured to the ground by stakes. A tepee, tepee frames, and a drying rack with furs draped over it are nearby.
- Crow Indians--Women--1900-1920.; Indians of North America--1900-1920.; Curing (Preservation)--1900-1920.; Hides & skins--1900-1920.
- [between 1902 and 1911]
- Painting the hide
- View of a Native American (Crow) woman wearing a long dress and sitting on the ground as she paints an animal hide. The hide is secured to the ground by stakes and lies in shade created by a canvas covered frame. A tepee, tepee frames, and a drying...
- Crow Indians--Women--1900-1920.; Indians of North America--1900-1920.; Hides & skins--1900-1920.; Painting--1900-1920.
- [between 1902 and 1911]
- Denver Public Library exhibit at the Rocky Mt. National Bank in the Teller House
- The wood and glass neoclassical counter of the Rocky Mountain National Bank in Central City, Colorado, is in the front of the Denver Public Library Western History Department exhibit. A display board is to the left of the window and has photographs...
- Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Exhibitions--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.
- 1940
- Denver Public Library Western History Dept. exhibit at the Rocky Mt. National Bank in the Teller House
- An exhibit in Central City, Colorado, presented by the Denver Public Library Western History Department, is surrounded by a neoclassical facade with glass panes and large, globe-shaped light fixtures above the frames in the Teller House's Rocky Mt....
- Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Exhibitions--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.
- 1940
- Children of Jerome Dingerson
- Interior view of the Georgetown Courier building in Georgetown, Colorado. Two little boys, the children of Jerome (Jerry) Dingerson, who was an employee of the Courier, lie on their stomachs on top of printing type set into frames for printing;...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Children--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.; Newspapers--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.; Dingerson, Jerry--Family.
- [between 1945 and 1950?]
- Toll Gate Saloon
- The dilapidated remains of the Toll Gate Saloon near Black Hawk (Clear Creek County), Colorado, consist of a three story brick wall with arched window frames surrounding broken glass, keystones, and the saloon name painted on the wall.
- Toll Gate Saloon (Blackhawk, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Blackhawk (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Blackhawk--1950-1960.; Bars--Colorado--Blackhawk--1950-1960.
- 1957
- Hamill House, Georgetown, Colorado
- Interior view of the Hamill House, in Georgetown, Colorado, built by Joseph Watson and later acquired by William A. Hamill in 1874; shows an elaborate decorative rectangular heating grate between the woodwork of two door frames. The patterned...
- Hamill, William A. (William Arthur), 1836-1904--Homes & haunts--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1980.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1980.; Interiors.; Radiators--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Saloon, Georgetown, Colorado
- Interior view of a saloon in Georgetown, Colorado. The bartender, Joe Trudeau, stands behind the dark wood Renaissance Revival bar; his image is reflected both in the mirror behind and a woodwork- encased mirror on the right side of the room. Also...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Bars--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1910.; Photographers--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Ute indian "teepees" in North Park
- View of abandoned Native American tepee frames in the snow in North Park, Routt National Forest, Colorado.
- Indians of North America--Colorado--1880-1900.; Ute Indians--Colorado--1880-1900.; Routt National Forest (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Ruins--Colorado--1880-1900.; Tipis--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Park supt's res
- View of the park superintendent's home at Washington Park, Denver, Colorado. The two-story brick building has a sun porch and arched window frames with decorative brick.
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Washington Park (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950]
- A Sioux home
- A Native American Dakota Sioux man swings an ax in a backyard littered with bed frames and springs, Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota.
- Dakota Indians--South Dakota--1960-1970.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--1960-1970.; Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (S.D.)--1960-1970.; Backyards--South Dakota--1960-1970.; Woodcutting--South Dakota--1960-1970.
- 1968
- C.A. Finding residence
- In the Finding residence in Breckenridge, Colorado, a wood table with carved, polished legs and a lower shelf has a tasseled cover with a kerosene lamp, a seashell, and a portrait in a palette shaped frame atop it. It is flanked by rocking chairs,...
- Finding, C. A.--Homes & haunts--1890-1900.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Dwellings--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Interiors--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Honeymoon cottage, 1981
- The 'Swan's Nest,' near Breckenridge, Colorado, built near the Swan River in the 1890's by Ben Stanley Revett is a two-story, gable roofed frame residence with flanking wings set at angles from the main section. An open porch follows the inside...
- Revett, Ben Stanley--Homes & haunts--1890-1900.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Houses--Colorado--Breckenridge--1980-1990.
- 1981
- Swan's Nest, 1945
- The 'Swan's Nest,' near Breckenridge, Colorado, was built near the Swan River in the 1890's by Ben Stanley Revett, general manager of the North American Gold Dredging Company. The two-story, gable roofed frame residence has flanking wings set at...
- Revett, Ben Stanley--Homes & haunts--1890-1910.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Dwellings--Colorado--Breckenridge--1940-1950.
- 1945
- Mountain & trees
- Pine forest frames the view of a mountain, in (probably) Colorado or Utah.
- Forests--1920-1940.; Mountains--1920-1940.
- [between 1922 and 1935?]
- Eureka 1950
- View of buildings in a state of disrepair along a street in Eureka, Colorado; features discarded gable frames among lumber, paper trash, and metal sheeting; collapsed and near collapsed buildings in the distance; roads into town and to the mines on...
- Eureka (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Building deterioration--Colorado--Eureka--1950-1960.
- 1950
- Leyden coal mine
- View of Leyden Coal Mine, in Leyden (Jefferson County) Colorado; shows buildings, head frames, smokestacks, railroad tracks and Denver and Northwestern Railway cars.
- Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway--1900-1910.; Tipples--Colorado--Leyden--1900-1910.; Leyden (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Coal mining--Colorado--Leyden--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Leyden--1900-1910.; Railroad freight...
- [between 1900 and 1905]
- Bennett Ave.
- View of Bennett Avenue in Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado. Signs read: "Eclipse Decorating Co., Wallpaper, Paints, Picture Frames", "Lamberton Real Estate", "Rooms", and "The Keystone."
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.
- 1903
- Model of cliff dwellings
- View of a diorama model of Native American (Anasazi) cliff dwellings, probably at Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado. An arch with entablature and railings frames the scene.
- Indians of North America--Exhibitions--Colorado--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Exhibitions--Colorado--1910-1920.; Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cliff dwellings--1910-1920.; Dioramas--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Apex, Colo.
- The small trade center of Apex, Gilpin County, Colorado, includes log and wood frames structures and one main road.
- Apex (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Log buildings--Colorado--Apex--1890-1920.
- [1910 and 1920]
- Building pipe line from Loch Lomond to Alice for gold mill Clear Creek County, Colorado
- Timber frames support pipes or flumes in Clear Creek County, Colorado, to supply water for hydraulic placer gold mine operations; mountains and forest are in the background.
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Flumes--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1900-1910.; Gold mining--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1900-1910.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek...
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Building pipe line from Loch Lomond to Alice for gold mill Clear Creek County, Colorado
- Timber frames support pipes or flumes in Clear Creek County, Colorado, to supply water for hydraulic placer gold mine operations; bluffs and forest are in the background.
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Flumes--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1900-1910.; Gold mining--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1900-1910.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek...
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Grand view of Denver City
- Rooftop view of 15th (Fifteenth) Street and downtown Denver, Colorado. A church is in the distance. Signs read: "Chas Bohm Photographic Rooms" and "Emerson & Case Grocers."
- Denver (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Churches--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.
- 1876
- Petal shop
- Interior of a florist shop in Denver, Colorado. There are cut flowers and vases on the floor, tables, and shelves. There is a set of stairs going up. The backs of picture frames are in the foreground.
- Denver (Colo.)--1950-1970.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1970.; Florist shops--Colorado--Denver--1950-1970.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1950-1970.
- [between 1950 and 1970?]