Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Silverton and Kendall Peak
- View of Silverton, Colorado, looking southeast; shows the old school (a two-story frame structure with hipped-gable roof, projecting central tower, and belfry), the Grand Imperial Hotel (with mansard roof and numerous dormers), Congregational...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company.
- [between 1884 and 1900?]
- Lt. Luther R. Hare, standing in uniform, 3/4 length
- Commander of Student Army Training Corps at Simmons College.; Lieutenant Luther Rector Hale, 3/4 length standing studio portrait with painted backdrop, wearing military uniform and gloves, holding sheathed saber; hat is on side table; Second...
- Military officers--United States--1870-1880.; Military uniforms--1880-1890.; Hare, Luther Rector, d. 1929.
- [between 1874 and 1876]
- Fort Custer, Montana
- Fort Custer, Montana, wooden frame residence with numerous men and others lined up outside picket fence in front; includes young boy, men in military uniform and civilian suits, women sitting behind picket fence, and children sitting on ground in...
- Fort Custer (Mont.)--1870-1890.; Forts & fortifications--North Dakota--1870-1890.; Military facilities--North Dakota--1870-1890.
- [between 1877 and 1889]
- Central City, 1864
- City Bakery stands farther down the block next door to the Young American Clothing Hall. Another store has the word "Stoves" painted on its front facade. On the near side of Main Street in the center midground is the two-story, wood frame building...
- Central City (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.; Houses--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.
- [1864?]
- Stanford University library
- Numerous wood desks stand in rows, probably in the library of Stanford University in Palo Alto, California. A large dome forms the ceiling of the reading room. Bust statues line the balcony, where stained- glass windows with rounded arches stand....
- Stanford University--1900-1910.; Interiors.; Libraries--California--Palo Alto--1900-1910.; Universities & colleges--California--Palo Alto--1900-1910.
- [between 1903 and 1906?]
- John Evans, Michael Kiser, Patrick Finley, Antoine Finley - dancing
- Four Native American men, including John Evans (possibly Enous), Michael Kiser, Patrick Finley and Antoine Finley, perform a dance on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana. They wear patterned shirts and wear numerous beaded necklaces....
- Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Montana--1900- 1910.; Indians of North America--Dance--Montana--1900-1910.
- [between 1905 and 1907?]
- Filipe - Juan Pierre and Marie
- Filipe, a Native American man on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana, stands in front of a teepee with two small children, Marie and Juan Pierre, on the reservation. Filipe wears a tall, feather headdress adorned with ermine fur...
- Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Children--Montana--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Montana--1900- 1910.; Tipis--Montana--1900-1910.; Filipe. Salish...
- [between 1905 and 1907?]
- Picnicing at Silverpume [sic] on the C. & S. Ry.
- Large group of picnickers at Silver Plume, Colorado, reached via the Colorado and Southern Railway; shows tables and chairs amidst pines with large wooden frame building (picnic pavilion) with numerous doors hidden from view by trees in background,...
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Food vendors--Colorado--1900-1910.; Picnics--Colorado--1900-1910.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- The homeless, Victor's big fire
- View of large groups of people left homeless after Victor, Colorado's devastating fire on August 21, 1899. Shows numerous men, women & children huddled around household belongings; goods, furnishings & furniture in numerous piles along hillside;...
- Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.
- 1899
- The City of Denver: Volume 2 Number 12, 1914 March 28
- Trinity United Methodist Church [Sunday service brochure].
- Service brochure for Trinity Methodist Church located in Denver, Colorado.
- Trinity United Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)--Periodicals.; Methodist Church--Liturgy--Periodicals.; Methodist Church--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church (Denver, Colorado)--1990-2000.
- 1999 December 24
- First Baptist Church Diamond Anniversary
- Book commemorating the Diamond Anniversary of the First Baptist Church in Denver, Colorado. Included in the book is a description of the history of the church, is former locations, photographs and a list of members of the congregation.
- First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)--Directories.; First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1939
- The Grafton
- View of the facade and west elevation of the The Grafton (Aldine Apartments) at 1001-1020 East 17th Avenue in the North Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The brick building has several two-story semicircular bays, with two-tiered...
- Brewster, Albert W.--Homes & haunts--1970-1980.; Grafton, The (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Aldine Apartments (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; North Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Swallow Hill Historic District (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.;...
- 1974
- Bill Claycomb
- Jefferson County Colorado sheriff's officers restrain Bill Claycomb, one of seventeen picketers arrested at Applejack Wine and Spirits, 3320 Youngfield Street in Wheat Ridge, Colorado. Claycomb yells at the officers.
- Jefferson County (Colo.) Sheriff's Office--People--1970-1980.; United Farm Workers of America--People--1970-1980.; Wheat Ridge (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Boycotts.; Law enforcement.; Confrontations.; Shouting.; Anger.; Sheriffs--Colorado.; Claycomb,...
- [1975]
- Cliff House, Manitou Springs, Colo.
- View of the facade of the Cliff House located at 306 Canon Avenue, Manitou Springs, Colorado. The four-story Queen Anne style clap board structure has steep red shingled roofs with a large first floor porch. Originally built in 1873 as a 20 room...
- Cliff House (Manitou Springs, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Hotels--Colorado--Manitou Springs--2000-2010.; Manitou Springs (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Cliff House (Manitou Springs, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Hotels--Colorado--Manitou Springs--Pictorial works.;...
- 2002
- Emanuel Martinez and statue of veteran
- Sculptor Eduardo Martinez poses in his studio beside the clay model for his oversized bronze sculpture of Joe P. Martinez, the first Hispanic to receive a Congressional Medal of Honor in World War II. The sculpture was a commission for the grounds...
- Hispanic Americans--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Interiors.; Monuments & memorials.; Sculptors.; Sculpture.; Martinez, Eduardo, 1947---Pictorial works.; Martinez, Joe P., 1920-1943--Monuments--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- [2006?]
- Playwright Daniel Valdez, mother and friends
- Chicano playwright, actor and musician Daniel Valdez poses with his elderly mother, Estevan Flores and Celia Flores. Estevan Flores wears a coat and tie and Celia Flores wears eyeglasses.
- Hispanic Americans--Colorado--2000-2010.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Interiors.; Older people.; Women.; Flores, Celia--Pictorial works.; Flores, Estevan--Pictorial works.; Valdez, Daniel--Pictorial works.;...
- 2005.]
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 5, 1909 March 20
- The homeless, Victor's big fire
- View of large groups of people left homeless after a fire in Victor (Teller County), Colorado. Men, women and children stand around household belongings and furniture in numerous piles along hillside. Shows handcarts, buggies and wagons used to...
- Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Homeless persons--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.
- 1899 Aug. 21
- Rocky Mountain News office
- A man is seated at a desk, possibly at the Rocky Mountain News office in the Tabor Building in Denver, Colorado. Numerous papers and a telephone are on the desk. Framed photos and photo montages cover the walls. The ceiling and upper wall trim is...
- Rocky Mountain News--People--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Employees--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1902?]
- Rocky Mt. News? or Tabor Bldg. office?
- A man is seated in a chair in an office possibly at the Rocky Mountain News in the Tabor Building in Denver, Colorado. He is seated near a leather couch. Other furniture in the room includes, a leather chair, a small round table and a wood chair....
- Rocky Mountain News--People--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Employees--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Offices--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1902?]
- Grant smelter
- An artist's sketch of the Omaha-Grant smelter in Denver, Colorado. Shows numerous factory buildings, smoke stacks, a pond, railroad tracks and residences are in the background.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Smelters--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Smokestacks--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Rocky Mt. News
- Typesetters work at tables in the composing room of the Rocky Mountain News in Denver, Colorado. A row of tables is in the center of the room and along one wall. Each table has numerous thin drawers. Light fixtures hang from the ceiling. Plates of...
- Rocky Mountain News--People--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Employees--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Printing presses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Denver Globe Smelter
- View of Globe Smelter at 52nd (Fifty-second), Logan and Washington Streets in Denver, Colorado. Shows numerous brick masonry buildings, smelter chimneys, plumes of smoke, and a mule-drawn ore cart on the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad tracks near a...
- Globe Smelter--1880-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Smelters--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.
- [between 1889 and 1910?]
- William F. Cody with horse
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody stands holding his horse's reins inside a dirt arena for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. He shakes hands with a man standing outside the arena with John Burke, press agent for the Wild West Show. Cody wears a...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Horses.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Burke, John, d. 1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Bandwagon, U.S. Artillery
- A group of men dressed in band uniforms sits on top of a bandwagon being pulled down a dirt road by teams of horses during a parade for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. One of the band members holds a large, round drum over the side of the wagon. Two...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Bands--1900-1910.; Parades & processions--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- L. Wyman & Moffit Freighting Outfit, Silverton, Colo.
- Scene in Silverton, Colorado, on Greene Street, looking south. Numerous horse-drawn wagons approach; men in sack suits, ties, vests and derby hats sit and stand on the wagons and on the dirt street. Frame, gable-roof buildings with clapboard false...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Silverton--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Silverton--1880-1890.
- 1881
- Cowboys on horseback in parade
- A group of American cowboys rides horses down a dirt street during a parade for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The man in the left foreground leads the group and carries a large flag with a buffalo on it. He wears leather chaps and has a scarf tied...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Cowboys--1900-1910.; Parades & processions--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- El Paso Livery Stable burning, fire 1896
- View towards El Paso Livery Stable, Bennett Avenue between 1st (First) and "A" Streets, consumed in flames and smoke after explosion of stored dynamite at stable during second fire on April 29, 1896, Cripple Creek, Colorado; billows of black smoke...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Explosions--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1896
- El Paso Livery Stable, the explosion, 1896
- View towards El Paso Livery Stable, Bennett Avenue between 1st (First) & "A" Streets, as fire causes stored dynamite to explode during second fire on April 29, 1896, Cripple Creek, Colorado; actual blast pictured with roof debris in air, black...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Explosions--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Smoke--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1896
- General view after the fire, Cripple Creek
- View west from Myers Avenue (probably) towards Bennett Avenue with Mt. Pisgah on horizon after first fire of April 25, 1896, Cripple Creek, Colorado; scene includes debris and remains from fire, construction of wood frame buildings and canvas...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Pisgah, Mount (Colo.); Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1896]
- William F. Cody with horse
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody stands holding his horse's reins inside a dirt arena for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. He talks with a man standing outside the arena with John Burke, press agent for the Wild West Show. Cody wears a dark hat...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Horses.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Burke, John, d. 1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Freighting in the Rocky Mountains, Hull Transfer Co.'s teams, Cripple Creek, Colo.
- Several horse and mule-drawn teams pulling covered wagons and freight wagons block traffic on Bennett Avenue between First (1st) and Second (2nd) Streets, Cripple Creek, Colorado; teams identified as Hull Transfer Company, stop in front of Grant...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; False fronts--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Moving & storage trade--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890- 1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple...
- 1893 March 13
- Poncho [sic] Springs looking north
- Tracks and grade of the Denver & Rio Grande narrow gauge Railroad cut through hillside near Poncha Springs, Chaffee County, Colorado. A rail fence encloses one of the numerous hot springs in the area. Name "Poncha" is an adaptation of "Poncho,"...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Poncha Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Poncha Springs--1880-1890.; Springs--Colorado--Poncha Springs--1880-1890.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Men with horses under tent
- A man stands in front of a horse tent in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. He rests his left hand on a saddle hanging on a rope in front of him. Another man stands in the left background in front of the tent. Additional saddles and...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Horses--1900-1910.; Saddles--1900-1910.; Show tents--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Palm Theater
- Interior view of Palm Theater, 320 East Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; view of center aisle with long carpet runner towards the stage, rows of connected seats, piano in front of stage, and backdrop of two columns at sides, and large...
- Palm Theater (Cripple Creek, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Interiors.; Theaters--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.
- [between 1904 and 1910]
- Villa of Brule, the great hostile Indian camp on River Brule near Pine Ridge, S.D.
- A group of horses is gathered in the River Brule in the foreground near a Native American camp near Pine Ridge, South Dakota. A man stands on the bank of the river in the left midground. Numerous teepees are set up in the field in the background.
- Indians of North America--Structures--1890-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Pine Ridge (S.D.)--1890-1900.; Horses--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Tipis--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild...
- [1891?]
- Bennett Ave. Cripple Creek
- Row of attached one and two-story wooden frame flat-roof false front commercial businesses including the Globe Shoe & Clothing House, Polin Shoe & Clothing House, and N. O. Johnson & Sons Dry Goods, Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; stack of...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Clothing stores--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Shoe stores--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1893 and 1896]
- Wild West Show in Naples, Italy
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody poses on horseback in the right midground in front of a large group of other riders on tour with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show in Naples, Italy. Many of the riders are Native American and some wear feather...
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1890?]
- Bennett Ave.
- Street and terrace view of one and two-story flat-roof brick commercial buildings on Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; row of horse-drawn wagons are parked alongside sidewalk; scene includes fire hydrant, awnings, numerous signs attached to...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [beteen 1896 and 1900]
- Bennett Avenue in 1969, Cripple Creek, Colorado
- Sidewalk view of Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; an unidentified woman stands in an open doorway of Riis Johnson Antique and Imports business; numerous cars are parked along Bennett Avenue; parts of the sidewalk are in disrepair,; business...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Antique stores--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.
- 1969 December 17
- Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek
- Bird's eye view west on Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; Mount Pisgah is in background; scene includes canvas tents, log buildings and numerous one and two-story buildings, both residential and commercial; one log frame building with side...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Pisgah, Mount (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Log buildings--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1893 or 1894]
- Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado, first fire
- View of Bennett Avenue from Second (2nd) Street during April 29th, 1896 fire, Cripple Creek, Colorado; large crowd of men, women and children are gathered on boths sides of street's boardwalk; numerous horse- drawn wagons and carriages loaded with...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1896]
- Wild West Show troupe at mess
- A troupe of a wild west show, possibly Buffalo Bill's Wild West, stops for a meal in San Antonio, Texas. Several wood picnic tables and benches are set up in the right foreground and midground. Numerous wagons are stopped in the center midground...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Eating & drinking--1880-1900.; Picnics--1880-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Cripple Creek, Apr. 10th 1892
- Bird's eye view of early Cripple Creek, Colorado (Fremont prior to incorporation); scene includes one and two-story log and wooden frame flat and gable roof buildings and numerous canvas tents scattered throughout town and on hillsides; identified...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Log buildings--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1892 April 10
- Cripple Creek, F. & C. C. R. R.
- Distant view west towards sparsely settled Cripple Creek, Colorado; scene includes split rail fence, Florence & Cripple Creek Railroad narrow gauge track with box freight cars and hopper cars, outhouses, one-story wooden frame gabled residences,...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Railroads--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1894?]
- The fire at Cripple Creek, Colo.
- View of Bennett Avenue from Second (2nd) Street during fire of April 25, 1896, Cripple Creek, Colorado; large crowd of men, women and children are gathered on both sides of street's boardwalk; numerous horse- drawn wagons and carriages, many being...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1896
- Bennett Ave., Cripple Creek
- Looking west on Bennett Avenue from Third (3rd )Street are one and two-story brick flat-roof commercial buildings, Cripple Creek, Colorado; buildings are decorated with cornices and pediments and many have awnings extended over storefront windows;...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1896 and 1900]
- 16th, Denver
- Bird's eye view northwest on 16th (Sixteenth) Street, Denver, Colorado; Kittridge building, Equitable building, steel frame for building under construction; numerous businesses including Carter Brothers Hardware (James S. & Oscar E., 301-303 16th),...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; City & town life--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1909 or 1910]
- Elitch's Garden, Denver
- Elitch's Gardens, Denver, Colorado; men and women with numerous children (boys & girls) seated at curb by decorative water fountain; view towards rides, refreshment stand, tree-lined walkway.
- Drinking fountains--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Elitch Gardens (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Amusement parks--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Walkways--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]