Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Town group in front of the old Wood's Hotel in Walden, Colorado
- View of men, boys, a dog, and burro in Walden, Jackson County, Colorado, by Wood's Hotel. They are (l to r): K. J. Mac Callum, Bill Wells, Dave Semple, Harold Semple, John Davis, Jack Mckee, Ed Anderson, Mr. Clapper, ?, Oliver Allard, Ben Mosman...
- Wood's Hotel (Walden, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Walden (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Walden--1890-1900.
- 1895
- Four members of forty each in a dif. state. Ja.J. Johnson, H.L.S. & C.H.A.
- Outdoor portrait (sitting and standing), facing northwest from New Mexico, of four white men: Ja. J. Johnson, H.L.S., C.H.A., and an unidentified man, near the Four Corners area boundary stake, each in a different state. The men pose amidst a rocky...
- Four Corners Region--1900-1910.; White Mesa (Utah)--1900-1910.; Historic markers--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Monuments & memorials--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Johnson, James J.
- [1908?]
- U.S.R.S. Headquarters at St. Ignatius, Flathead Project
- A white man and a Native American Flathead (Salish) man stand on a dirt road in front of the headquarters buildings at Saint Ignatius Mission on the Flathead Reservation in western Montana. A windmill, water tank, and flag pole tower over the...
- Saint Ignatius Mission (Lake County, Mont.)--1900-1910.; United States Reclamation Service--Buildings--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Montana--1900-1910.; Salish Indians--Montana--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.
- 1909 August 15
- Helena Finley and husband with young chief in his arms - father of Miss Finley stooping, Flathead Project
- A group of Native American Flatheads (Salish), identified as the Finleys, pose on the Flathead Reservation in western Montana. The husband holds a young chief in his arms as his wife, Helena (Helen) Finley, stands nearby. Helena's father stoops in...
- Indians of North America--Children--Montana--1900-1910.; Salish Indians--Women--Montana--1900-1910.; Families--Montana--1900-1910.; Finley, Helen.
- August, 1909
- Typical Indian home - Flathead Reservation near old Mission at St. Ignatius, Flathead Project
- A Native American Flathead (Salish) man and boy pose on a carriage in front of their home at the Saint Ignatius Mission on the Flathead Reservation in western Montana. The cabin is constructed of hewn logs and has a gable roof, a door bay, and a...
- Saint Ignatius Mission (Lake County, Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Montana--1900-1910.; Salish Indians--Children--Montana--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Montana--1900-1910.; Log...
- August, 1909
- New Catholic Church (left), old type of cabin built years ago and Indian tepee between, Flathead Reservation, St. Ignatius, Flathead Project
- A Native American (Flathead) man poses with his horse in front of a tepee at Saint Ignatius Mission on the Flathead reservation in western Montana. To one side of him stand old log cabins, and in the distance is a newly constructed Catholic Church.
- Saint Ignatius Mission (Lake County, Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Montana--1900-1910.; Salish Indians--Children--Montana--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Catholic churches--Montana--1900-1910.; Log...
- August, 1909
- Old log cabin occupied by Indian - Dirty John - located at old Mission, Flathead Reservation, St. Ignatius, Mont., Flathead Project
- View of a Native American (Flathead) man and two other men outside of a hewn log cabin, home of Dirty John, with a sod roof and chinking, at Saint Ignatius Mission on the Flathead Reservation in western Montana.
- Saint Ignatius Mission (Lake County, Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Montana--1900-1910.; Salish Indians--Montana--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Log cabins--Montana--1900-1910.; Dirty John Salish...
- August, 1909
- Old burying grounds at Mission - St. Ignatius, Mont., Flathead Reservation, Flathead Project
- Grave sites surrounded by wooden fences occupy an open field near the Saint Ignatius Catholic Church at the Saint Ignatius Mission on the Flathead Reservation for Native Americans in western Montana. The church is a brick structure with a clipped...
- Saint Ignatius Mission (Lake County, Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Montana--1900-1910.; Salish Indians--Structures--Montana--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Catholic churches--Montana--1900-1910.;...
- August, 1909
- Characteristic scene in and about old Mission, St. Ignatius, showing type of buildings occupied by Indians, Flathead Project
- A young Native American (Flathead) stands looking back on a tepee and log cabins at the Saint Ignatius Mission on the Flathead reservation in western Montana.
- Saint Ignatius Mission (Lake County, Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Montana--1900-1910.; Salish Indians--Structures--Montana--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Log cabins--Montana--1900-1910.;...
- August, 1909
- Flathead reservation, near Polson, Mont., Flathead Project
- Three young Native Americans (Flathead) stand in front of a tepee on the Flathead Reservation near Polson, Montana. Shows tepees and a group of adults huddled in a circle.
- Indians of North America--Montana--1900-1910.; Salish Indians--Montana--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Tipis--Montana--1900-1910.
- August, 1909
- Rosita
- A gravestone for two at the cemetery in Rosita, Colorado, features two pointed arches, raised images of leaves and flowers, and two inscriptions that read: "John L. Husband of M. J. Maughan Born Nov. 16. 1847 Died July 6, 1879.," and, "Annie A....
- Rosita (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Rosita--1930-1970.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Rosita--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1967]
- Ceremony at Moffat Filter Plant
- Mayor Benjamin Stapleton and Denver Water Commissioner Richard Wensley hold the switch mechanism to a sluice gate near the Moffat Filter Plant in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. Other men, photographers with cameras, and two women stand...
- Stapleton, Benjamin Franklin, 1869-1950--Public appearances.; Denver (Colo.). Board of Water Commissioners.--1930-1940.; Moffat Filter Plant (Lakewood, Colo.)--Rites & ceremonies--1930-1940.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1930-1940.;...
- [1937 August 20]
- First graduating class G.E.D. Certificates June 1958
- Photos of graduates of the Colorado State Penitentiary G.E.D. class in Canon City, Colorado, are arranged on display board and identified as follows (L to R): J. A. Smalley, J. B. Sherbondy, E. R. Cain, R.L.M. Mora, D. A. Valenzuela, E. C....
- Canon City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Alumni & alumnae--Colorado--Canon City--1950-1960.; Prisoners--Colorado--Canon City--1950-1960.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1958
- Denver Public Schools group photo
- Group photograph of several members of the Denver Public Schools system. Pictures in the photograph are seated from left to right: Wm. H Smiley, Jesse H. Newlon, A.L. Threlkeld. Standing are: E.L. Brown, J.J. Ball, R.A. Pugger, Homver Anderson,...
- Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- circa 1910
- Louise Note was brought in upon a mule train similar - will send a better one sometime
- Winter scene in Silverton, Colorado, of the east side of Greene Street, looking south. A mule train heads north on the the muddy street; the lead animal bears a waving man; the mules that follow are loaded with bundles and boxes. Behind piled snow,...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Mules--Colorado--Silverton--1910-1920.; Packtrains--Colorado--Silverton--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Silverton--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Burning of Antlers Hotel, Colo. Springs
- View of the Antlers Hotel, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, in ruins after a fire on October 1, 1898, shows people in front of the remaining chimney and walls.
- Antlers Hotel (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--Disasters--1890-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Ruins--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.
- 1898
- Colorado Springs, Colo., original Antlers Hotel when it burned
- View of the Antlers Hotel ruins, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, after the October 1, 1898 fire, shows remaining chimney and walls, onlookers, some with bicycles, another with a horse-drawn buggy.
- Antlers Hotel (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--Disasters--1890-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Ruins--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.;...
- 1898
- Ruins of the Antlers Hotel
- View of the Antlers Hotel ruins, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, after the October 1, 1898 fire, includes portions of stone walls, a chimney, and the shell of a tower surrounded by debris. Combined losses from the fire were reported by...
- Antlers Hotel (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--Disasters--1890-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.
- 1898
- Altar of Loretto Academy in Pueblo, Colo.
- Laden with flowers, this altar in Pueblo, Colorado, is topped by a cross against the interior wall. A sign on the low wooden partition reads: "J. J. Lambert," and pews are in the foreground.
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Altars--Colorado--Pueblo--1880-1900.; Catholic churches--Colorado--Pueblo--1880-1900.; Interiors.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- The Old Minnequa Club Pueblo, Colorado
- The Minnequa Club in Pueblo, Colorado, a retreat for workers of the Colorado Steel and Iron Company, is a two-story residential structure with balconies, porches and bay windows. Vines climb near the stairways, and chimneys rise from the...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Dwellings--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- The Old Pueblo Courthouse
- This three-story brick courthouse in Pueblo, Colorado, has stone trim and a mansard roof with dormers.
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Courthouses--Colorado--Pueblo--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Mr. Brooking's view of Lake Minnequa Club House 1898
- The Minnequa Club in Pueblo, Colorado, a retreat for workers of the Colorado Steel and Iron Company, is a two-story residential structure with balconies, porches and bay windows. Vines climb near the stairways, and chimneys rise from the...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Dwellings--Colorado--Pueblo--1890-1900.
- 1898
- Our dear old home 9th and Santa Fe Ave. Pueblo, Colorado
- Large trees behind a picket fence conceal most of this one-story frame house in Pueblo, Colorado. A chimney and stovepipe rise from the gable roof, and gingerbread adorns the piers of the open porch.
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Residence in Pueblo, Colorado
- In a dress and hat, a woman approaches a horse-drawn carriage in Pueblo, Colorado. The driver is in a tophat. Large trees line the street and partly obscure the house, a three-story frame structure with pedimented window heads, shutters, dormers,...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Pueblo--1880-1890.; Women--Colorado--Pueblo--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Pueblo, Colorado, cemeteries
- A gravesite in an unidentified cemetery, Pueblo, Colorado, a gravestone (or marker) decorated with United States flag and flowers; a bent willow or cane loveseat is in shade of trees in background.
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Pueblo--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Saguache Range [sic] from Mrs. J.L. Singleton's house
- View of the Sawatch Range northwest from Mrs. J.L. Singleton's house in Leadville, Colorado; shows a picket fence, boardwalk, street, telephone pole and wires, and wood buildings.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Mountains--Colorado--1880-1890.; Sawatch Range (Colo.)
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Colo. State hospital for insane, Pueblo, Colo.
- Bird's eye view, through trees, towards the insane asylum, the Colorado State Hospital, in Pueblo, Colorado, shows a flagpole surrounded by trees, many bare of leaves. The hospital, a four-story building with hipped cross gable roof, dormers, and...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Hospitals--Colorado--Pueblo--1890-1910.; Mental institutions--Colorado--Pueblo--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Colorado State hospital for insane, Pueblo
- View of the insane asylum, the Colorado State Hospital, through trees, in Pueblo, Colorado, shows the hospital grounds with the four-story buiding with hipped cross gable roof, dormers, and towers with hipped and conical roofs in the background.
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Hospitals--Colorado--Pueblo--1890-1910.; Mental institutions--Colorado--Pueblo--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Colorado State hospitals for insane, Pueblo, Colo.
- View of tree-lined driveway leading to Colorado State Hospital, the insane asylum, in Pueblo, Colorado includes the hospital in the background.
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hospitals--Colorado--Pueblo--1890-1900.; Mental institutions--Colorado--Pueblo--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Colorado State hospital for insane
- View of rooftop to Colorado's insane asylum, the Colorado State Hospital, behind rows of trees, in Pueblo, Colorado.
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Hospitals--Colorado--Pueblo--1890-1910.; Mental institutions--Colorado--Pueblo--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Drive at the asylum
- View of driveway to Colorado State Hospital, the insane asylum, in Pueblo, Colorado, shows a tree-lined dirt road or drive.
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Hospitals--Colorado--Pueblo--1890-1910.; Mental institutions--Colorado--Pueblo--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- State hospital for insane, Pueblo
- Exterior view of Colorado State Hospital, also known as the insane asylum, in Pueblo, Colorado, shows a four-story building with hipped cross gable roof, dormers, and towers with hipped and conical roofs.
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Hospitals--Colorado--Pueblo--1890-1910.; Mental institutions--Colorado--Pueblo--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Mt. Massive from the house at Leadville
- View west along dirt street with a boardwalk and wood frame residences to Mt. Massive from Mrs. Singleton's house in Leadville, Colorado.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Residential streets--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Seventh St. Leadville showing the range to the east
- View east along dirt 7th (Seventh) Street to Mosquito Range in distance, Leadville, Colorado. Boardwalks line muddy street, wood frame residence rooftops middleground, Harrison Avenue with Tabor Grand Hotel (Vendome), old Lake County Courthouse,...
- Tabor Grand Hotel (Leadville, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.; Courthouses--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.; Residential...
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- City of L'ville, Carbonate Hill, Mosquito Range in background
- View east from Capitol Hill over the town of Leadville to Carbonate Hill and the Mosquito Range, Colorado. The scene includes a muddy street in the foreground, rooftops of wood frame residences, false fronts, churches, the old Lake County...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Leadville--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Bachelor's club in Leadville
- Exterior view of the bachelors club and tennis courts. The club is a wood frame front gable structure with an intersecting side gable. The front gable has split log vertical siding with a band of horizontal; the side gable has clapboard siding. A...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Buildings--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1920.; Tennis courts--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1920.
- [between 1880 and 1920]
- Colorado College of Dental Surgery
- Composite photographs of individual photographs of dental surgeons from the Colorado College of Dental Surgery. Identifications, top row, left to right: L.A. Walker, G. Seeley. Second row: R.N. Culver, D.A. Richardson, Howard Chinn, H.W....
- Colorado College of Dental Surgery--People--1900-1910.; Dentists--Colorado--1900-1910.; Dentistry--Colorado--1900-1910.
- 1900 April
- Nederland
- A gravestone in the Nederland, Boulder County, Colorado, features a curvilinear top which encloses a relief of two birds on flowers; epitaph reads in part: "Allie, daughter of L. T. & V. J. Nosaman(?), Died July 22, ??" A foot, wearing a saddle...
- Nederland (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Nederland--1930-1970.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Nederland--1930- 1970.
- [between 1933 and 1970]
- Came to Canon City
- Eighteen studio portraits from Canon City, Colorado, are montaged in rows and identified with dates of arrival as follows: left to right: Thos. Pennington, Louis Hemmerle 1874, L. J. Hyde, D. A. Bradbury 1873, Mrs. Truman Blancett, Truman Blancett,...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- 1927 Senate, 26th General Assembly, State of Colorado
- Composite of studio portraits of members of the 26th General Assembly of the Colorado State Senate. Identifications, center row, top to bottom: E.C. Abbey, G.M. Corlett, President, R.J. Weaver. Top row, left to right: A.E. Headlee, T.M. Hudson,...
- Colorado. General Assembly. Senate.--People--1920-1930.; Legislators--Colorado--1920-1930.
- 1927
- Complementary [ticket]
- Document dated 1867; made out for Mr. Jno. L. Dailey; signed Edward Chase; inked on verso: "good for 1868, A. J. Hughes, Secty."
- Chase, Edward, 1838-1921.; Dailey, John Lewis, 1833-1908.; Fords' Park Association (Denver, Colo.); Corporations--Colorado--Denver--To 1876.; Denver (Colo.) 1867.
- Jake Borah and family, Gypsum, Colo.
- Studio portrait of the Jake Borah family, Gypsum, Eagle County, Colorado; Jake (a guide for President Theodore Roosevelt on his Colorado hunting trips) wears a three piece suit and sits as his wife stands beside him in a long dress with...
- Gypsum (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Families--Colorado--Gypsum--1900-1910.; Borah, Jake.
- 1907
- Opening of Manitou and Pikes Peak Ry.
- A view of a Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway (the Pikes Peak Cog Road) locomotive and passenger car near Ruxton Park in El Paso County, Colorado. Well-dressed men and women stand near the train in an open area with granite cliffs in the distance....
- Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--1890-1900.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Ruxton Park (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1900.; Passengers--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1900.
- 1891
- Edgar L. Miller
- Head and shoulders studio portrait of Edgar L. Miller, Gunnison, Colorado; he wears a wool sack coat and collared vest with a bow tie; his hair is parted and neatly combed with rolled ends on his large mustache and beard.
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Miller, Edgar L.
- [between 1883 and 1889]
- From Edith's garden [art original].
- Painting, American.; Watercolors (Paintings)
- 1940
- Cup & pin game
- Shows a cup and pin game of the Native American Sioux . The game has a metal pin, small bone cups, rawhide, a loop and pink, red, white and blue beadwork.
- Dakota Indians--Arts & crafts--1860-1880.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1860-1880.; Games--1860-1880.
- [between 1860 and 1880]
- Basket
- Native American (Ute) coiled willow basket used as a water bottle with attached horsehair and cloth.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1870-1900.; Ute Indians--Arts & crafts--1870-1900.; Baskets--1870-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1900]
- Street scene
- A group of men, one with a bicycle, stand on a sidewalk in front of the W. J. Galligan grocery store in Loveland (Larimer), Colorado. Awnings extend from the brick buildings. Business signs read: "Lyman Porter Attorney at Law", "[B]ank of...
- W. J. Galligan (Loveland, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Loveland (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Loveland--1900-1910.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Loveland--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Masonic Building
- View of the Mason Temple (1889) Lodge #5 at 16th (Sixteenth) and Welton Streets in Denver, Denver County, Colorado. Shows an Italianate style building with tall arched windows, parapets, and rusticated stone trim. Signs read: "The Mutual Benefit...
- Freemasons. Lodge no. 5 (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Masonic buildings--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1889 and 1900]
- Denver-Masonic Building
- View of the Mason Temple (1889) Lodge #5 at 16th (Sixteenth) and Welton Streets in Denver, Denver County, Colorado. Shows an Italianate style building with tall arched windows, parapets, and rusticated stone trim. Signs read: "The Mutual Benefit...
- Freemasons. Lodge no. 5 (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Masonic buildings--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1889 and 1900]