Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Fremont County courthouse & jail, Cańon City, Colo.
- View of the Fremont County courthouse and jail in Canon City (Fremont County), Colorado. The brick courthouse has stone courses, a mansard roof, a central clock tower, dentiled cornice, dormers, chimneys and roof ridge ornamentation. The jail...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Courthouses--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1890.; Jails--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1890.
- [between 1887 and 1890?]
- Grand Lake
- View of Grand Lake in Grand County, Colorado. Mountains in the distance include Mount Cairns, Mount Craig, Mount Adams, and Mount Patterson.
- Adams, Mount (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Cairns, Mount (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Craig, Mount (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Grand County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Grand Lake (Colo. : Lake)--1940-1950.; Patterson, Mount (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Grand...
- [between 1940 and 1950]
- Alma
- View northwest along upper Main Street in Alma, (10,353 feet) in Park County, Colorado, includes wood frame and false front commercial buildings. Signs include "Groceries" painted on a false front, "Capital Hotel" and "R. Oppenheim Dry Goods,...
- Alma (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Buildings--Colorado--Alma--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Alma--1880-1890.; Bross,Mount (Colo.)
- [between 1880 and 1886]
- Hanging rock near Mt. Sneffles [sic]
- Men, one with a staff and a dog, and one on horseback, stand on a dirt road on the side of a cliff in Ouray County, Colorado. Snow is on Mount Sneffels in the distance. A large rock identified as Hanging Rock is beside the road. A log wall...
- Ouray County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Sneffels, Mount (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Dirt roads--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1890.; Rock formations--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1890.
- [between 1882 and 1890?]
- View of the Mount of the Holy Cross, Colorado
- View of the Mount of the Holy Cross, Colorado taken from near a stone wall. The mount is covered with snow. Two Tenth Mountain Division soldiers look toward the mountain from near the wall. Five more crouch down next to the wall.
- Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- February 1943
- Mosquito Pass, Leadville, south west, Mt. Massive
- View of a dirt road at the top of Mosquito Pass in Lake County, Colorado. Leadville and Mount Massive are in the distance. Shows buildings in Leadville in the distance.
- Lake County (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Massive, Mount (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Mosquito Pass (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Dirt roads--Colorado--Lake County--1970-1980.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--Lake County--1970-1980.
- 1979
- Lt F. A. Spencer
- Studio portrait of First Lieutenant Fred A. Spencer, Colorado Volunteers, Second Cavalry Regiment, Company G. Uniform includes a sword and kepi hat.
- United States. Army. Colorado Cavalry Regiment, 2nd (1863-1865)--People.; Cavalry--Colorado--1860-1870.; Military officers--Colorado--1860-1870.; Spencer, Fred A.
- [between 1861 and 1864?]
- Aphrodite at the Broadway Theater
- Panoramic view of the cast and crew of "Aphrodite," presented at the Broadway Theater at 1756 Broadway in Denver, Colorado. Men and women in hats and coats pose on the sidewalk and in the street in front of the theater. Two men sit on camels, a man...
- Broadway Theater (Denver, Colo.)--People--1910-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Actors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Camels--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Riding--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.;...
- [between 1919 and 1921?]
- Tabor Grand mines and mill
- Smoke rises from the smokestack on the frame mill at the Tabor Grand Mine near Atlantic City in Fremont County, Wyoming. Shows an entrance to the gold mine on the hillside, piles of logs on the ground, and an ore car on tracks.
- Fremont County (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Tabor Grand Mine (Fremont County, Wyo.)--1900-1910.; Gold mining--Wyoming--Fremont County--1900-1910.; Mills--Wyoming--Fremont County--1900-1910.; Mine buildings--Wyoming--Fremont County--1900-1910.; Mine railroad...
- [1901?]
- Gold Park
- View of a log building in a meadow in the abandoned mining town of Gold Park in Eagle County, Colorado. The Mount of the Holy Cross is in the distance.
- Gold Park (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Log buildings--Colorado--Gold Park--1960-1970.
- 1963
- Smelter at Leadville
- View of an unidentified smelter in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado. Shows large piles of coal and snow on Mount Massive in the distance.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Coal--Colorado--Leadville--1960-1970.; Smelters--Colorado--Leadville--1960-1970.
- 1964
- Mt. of the Holy Cross, after
- View of the Mount of the Holy Cross in Eagle County, Colorado. A dusting of snow is on the cross formation on the mountain. Aspen and pine trees are on a nearby mountainside.
- Eagle County (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Holy Cross, Mount of the (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Mountains--Colorado--Eagle County--1960-1970.
- 1967
- West Denver during the flood
- View of a Cherry Creek flood in Denver, Colorado; shows businesses, streets, and water. People watch from the water's edge; signs read: "Commonwealth," "J. G. Vawter & Co," "J. B. Doyle & Co," "Keller House," "American House," and "Bell's Boarding...
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.;...
- 1864 May 19
- Mt of the Holy Cross
- View of the Mount of the Holy Cross, Eagle County, Colorado.
- Eagle County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Holy Cross, Mount of the (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Mountains--Colorado--Eagle County--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- First track laying to the Chautauqua, Boulder, Colo.
- View of street car track construction near Chautauqua Park on University Hill in Boulder (Boulder County), Colorado. Men stand near tracks and railroad ties. Shows the stone Catholic girls' school Mount St. Gertrude Academy and the Chautauqua...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Construction--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.; Street railroad tracks--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.; Street railroads--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.
- 1899
- Georgetown, Colorado.
- A view of Georgetown, Colorado, north from Leavenworth Mountain. Third (3rd) Street runs horizontally below the shrubbery of the mountain. The Hammill House complex of buildings is clearly visible. The grid layout of the city is visible in the...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1889]
- Valley of the Platte, near Fort Steele
- View along South Platte River, near Fort Steele, Wyoming, includes large wood piles, wagons and cattle across the river. Wood frame structures are beyond cottonwoods and broad valley in the background. Fort Steele was once a military post just...
- Fort Steele (Wyo.)--1880-1890.; Forts & fortifications--Wyoming--Fort Steele--1880-1890.
- [between 1886 and 1890]
- Men's Chronic Ward
- Sick men lie in beds and sit in wheelchairs in the Men's Chronic Ward at Denver General Hospital in Denver, Colorado. The beds line the walls of a long room. Nurses and orderlies stand near the patients. A nurse sits at a desk in the center of the...
- Denver General Hospital--Facilities--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Hospital wards--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Hospitals--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.;...
- 1907
- Scene along Taos Street, Georgetown, Colorado, from site of the McClellan Opera House, Alpine Hose Company tower in backyard
- View southwest along Taos Street, Georgetown, Colorado. The white paint of Alpine Hose Company Tower contrasts the background evergreens, red and gray rocky slopes of Leavenworth, Republican and Pendleton Mountains. Also with the dilapidated false...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Streets--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.
- [1948?]
- Mt of the Holy Cross
- View of Mount of the Holy Cross shrouded in clouds, Eagle County, Colorado.
- Eagle County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Holy Cross, Mount of the (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Mountains--Colorado--Eagle County--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Falls in Cheyenne Canyon, one of the seven
- View of a waterfall, one of the Seven Falls on South Cheyenne Creek, in South Cheyenne Canyon in El Paso County, Colorado. Water cascades over a rock face into a pool.
- El Paso County (Colo.)--1880-1910.; South Cheyenne Canyon (Colo.)--1880-1910.; South Cheyenne Creek (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Streams--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1910.; Waterfalls--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1910.
- [between 1888 and 1901?]
- [Fifteenth] 15th Inf.
- Members of the 15th Infantry Ski Patrol set up pyramid tents with A & T (Anderson Thompson) skis on the west side of Mount Rainier in Washington. Other equipment includes backpacks and ski poles. This ski patrol was part of the early training...
- Washington (State)--1940-1950.; Military training--Washington (State)--1940-1950.; Ski troops--American--Washington (State)--1940-1950.; Tents--Washington (State)--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [1941]
- Blown bridge
- View of a brige that had suffered artillery damage in Italy. Around the bridge is an orchard; a few buildings are on the other side of it. Taken while the photographer was serving in the Tenth Mountain Division during the Italian Campaign.
- Bridges--Italy--1940-1950.; War damage--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- May 1945
- Lake Garda
- View of Lake Garda, Italy, taken while the photographer was serving in the Tenth Mountain Division during the Italian Campaign.
- Lakes & ponds--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Garda, Lake (Italy)--1940-1950.
- April 1945
- Zeroing in on a U.S. tank
- Two U.S. Army tanks on a road through rolling grass-covered hills in Italy. German artillery fire is coming close to the lead tank; a white puff of smoke is visible very close to it. Taken while the photographer was serving with the Tenth Mountain...
- Military vehicles--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- April 1945
- Molenaar's barber shop
- View of either Kenny Molenaar, or the photographer, cutting another Tenth Mountain Division soldier's hair in an Italian vineyard. Molenaar is wearing khaki shorts and boots; the man getting his haircut holds a towel around his neck, is shirtless...
- Military life--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- May 1945
- Au riva diece, Italy!
- View taken from the stern of a ship looking back towards the Italian coastline and showing the ship's wake. Taken by the photographer while serving in the Tenth Mountain Division after the end of the Italian Campaign.
- Ships--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- August 1945
- Baynam in Northern Italy
- A Tenth Mountain Division soldier, Baynham, bicycles toward the camera some where in Northern Italy. The blue sign on a red and white stripped pole reads: Al. Km. 0.095 Sottopassaggio di Altezza M.4.10. Al. Km.2.255 Sottopassaggio di Altezza...
- Military life--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- May 1945
- Below Rome
- View of an Italian town below Rome. Taken by the photographer while serving in the Tenth Mountain Division in Italy.
- United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- July 1945
- Formation (Suzid)
- View taken from above showing soldiers in formation in a green field near a road at the base of a mountain. Taken after victory in Italy.
- Military parades & ceremonies--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- June 1945
- Litoria
- View of damaged buildings at Litoria, Italy. Taken by the photographer while serving in the Tenth Mountain Division in Italy.
- Litoria (Italy)--1940-1950.; War damage--Italy--Litoria--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- July 1945
- Peasants Florence
- Three Italian men plow a field; two men drag push the plow through the field and another guides it from behind. In the background, another man hoes the ground. Taken while the photographer was serving with the Tenth Mountain Division in Italy.
- Farmers--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- July 1945
- Robic Battalion Parade
- View taken from above Tenth Mountain Division Battalion Parade in Robic, Yugoslavia. Showing soldiers in formation in a field near the base of a mountain. Taken after victory in Italy.
- Military parades & ceremonies--Yugoslavia--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Yugoslavia--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- June 1945
- Tarcento, Po Valley
- View of Tarcento, Italy, in the Po Valley. Taken by the photographer while serving in the Tenth Mountain Division during the Italian Campaign.
- Tarcento (Italy)--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- May 1945
- Toward Swiss border
- View of a Tenth Mountain Division soldier on the Swiss border. He is standing on a rock formation looking down into a green valley. He is wearing a helmet, khaki uniform and carrying a rifle. Mountains rise in the background. Taken by the...
- Military supplies--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- May 1945
- Venice
- Portrait of Kenny Molenaar in his Tenth Mountain Division uniform beside the lagoon on in Venice, Italy. Gondolas, the Campinili, the Church of Santa Maria della Salute Dorsoduro are behind him.
- Military life--Italy--Venice--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- June 1945
- Olie and myself atop Homestake
- Two Tenth Mountain Division Skiers, Olie on the left and the photographer on the right pose, at the monument marking the crest of Mount Homestake. Both are on skis, although many rocks are visible through the snow. Both are wearing dark brown...
- Homestake Peak (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Photographers--Colorado--1940-1950.; Ski troops--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [1943-1944]
- Mt Massive from Hagerman Tunnel. Col. Midland R.R.
- View of Mount Massive with rock covered slopes and rock cliffs, Lake County, Colorado.
- Lake County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Massive, Mount (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Mountains--Colorado--Lake County--1880-1890.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Mine tramway, Mount Champion, Colorado
- View of the mine tramway on Mount Champion. According to the photographer the towers still seemed in good condition and the tramway extended to the top of the mountain although the mine was closed. A Group of Tenth Mountain Division soldiers...
- Military training--Colorado--1940-1950.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- February 1944
- Frank G. Bloom residence, Trinidad, Colorado
- Interior view of a chandelier at the Frank G. Bloom residence, in Trinidad, Colorado. The central globe is of opalescent glass swirled into a downward pointing turnip shape. Its mount is probably bronze, with a border of palmettes, and above it is...
- Bloom, Frank G.--Homes & haunts.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Chandeliers--Colorado--Trinidad--1960-1980.; Interiors.--Colorado--Trinidad--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Lt. O. Jewitt [i.e. Jewett] A.D.C.
- Studio portrait of Lieutenant Oscar Jewett (Assistant Division Commander ?), Colorado Volunteers, Second Cavalry Regiment.
- United States. Army. Colorado Cavalry Regiment, 2nd (1863-1865)--People.; Cavalry--Colorado--1860-1870.; Military officers--Colorado--1860-1870.; Jewett, Oscar.
- [between 1861 and 1864?]
- Genl E. B. Browne [sic]
- Studio portrait of General Egbert Benson Brown, Department of the Missouri.
- United States. Army. Department of the Missouri.; Cavalry--Missouri--1860-1870.; Generals--Missouri--1860-1870.; Brown, Egbert Benson, 1816-1902.
- [between 1861 and 1864?]
- Lt Evans
- Studio portrait of (possibly) Captain Isaac F. Evans, Colorado Volunteers, Second Cavalry Regiment, Company A. Uniform includes a kepi hat, gloves, and sword.
- United States. Army. Colorado Cavalry Regiment, 2nd (1863-1865)--People.; Cavalry--Colorado--1860-1870.; Military officers--Colorado--1860-1870.
- [between 1861 and 1864?]
- U. B. Holloway 2nd Colorado Cavalry
- Studio portrait of Captain Uriah B. Holloway, Colorado Volunteers, Second Cavalry Regiment, Company L.
- United States. Army. Colorado Cavalry Regiment, 2nd (1863-1865)--People.; Cavalry--Colorado--1860-1870.; Men--Colorado--1860-1870.; Military officers--Colorado--1860-1870.; Holloway, Uriah B.
- [between 1861 and 1864?]
- Lt B. F. Allen 3rd Col Calv [sic]
- Studio portrait of Lieutenant Benjamin F. Allen, Colorado Volunteers, Second Cavalry Regiment.
- United States. Army. Colorado Cavalry Regiment, 2nd (1863-1865)--People.; Cavalry--Colorado--1860-1870.; Military officers--Colorado--1860-1870.; Allen, Benjamin F.
- [between 1861 and 1864?]
- Pete Seibert
- Pete Seibert, a member of the 10th Mountain Division 86th Regiment Company F, poses outdoors during training at Camp Hale (Eagle County), Colorado. He wears a jacket, cap, and sunglasses.
- Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Infantry--American--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Military personnel--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Military training--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Seibert, Pete.; United States. Army. Mountain Division,...
- [1943 or 1944]
- Snow plow on the Midland
- View of Colorado Midland Railway rotary snow plow with locomotive, tender, two cabooses, men and frame snow shed, Colorado.
- Colorado Midland Railway Company--1880-1890.; Railroad snowplow locomotives--Colorado--1880-1890.; Snowsheds--Colorado--1880-1890.
- [between 1882 and 1890]
- Seven Falls
- View of Seven Falls, a waterfall on South Cheyenne Creek in South Cheyenne Canyon, El Paso County, Colorado. Wooden steps and a platform are nearby.
- El Paso County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Seven Falls (Colo.)--1880-1900.; South Cheyenne Canyon (Colo.)--1880-1900.; South Cheyenne Creek (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Stairways--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1900.; Streams--Colorado--El Paso...
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Seven Falls
- View of Seven Falls on South Cheyenne Creek in South Cheyenne Canyon, El Paso County, Colorado. A wooden staircase and viewing platforms are near the waterfall.
- El Paso County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Seven Falls (Colo.)--1880-1900.; South Cheyenne Canyon (Colo.)--1880-1900.; South Cheyenne Creek (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Stairways--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1900.; Streams--Colorado--El Paso...
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Flood - Cherry Creek
- View of Denver, Colorado during a Cherry Creek flood; shows frame buildings and torrents of water.
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Streams--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 1864 May