Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- A burro party, Pike's Peak
- Young women or girls and a man ride burros on a trail on Pikes Peak (El Paso County), Colorado. The girls wear wide brimmed straw hats and dresses and ride sidesaddle. A man in a suit and overcoat rides a mule and holds a whip. One animal carries...
- El Paso County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Donkeys--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1890.; Girls--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1890.; Riding--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1890.; Trails & paths--Colorado--El Paso...
- 1888 October 27
- Along Clarks Forks River
- A man fishes from the shore of the Clark Fork (Clarks Forks) River near Northern Pacific Railway tracks in probably Missoula County, Montana. He wears a long overcoat and hat.
- Northern Pacific Railroad Company--1880-1910.; Clark Fork (Mont. and Idaho)--1880-1910.; Fishing--Montana--Missoula County--1880-1910.; Railroad tracks--Montana--Missoula County--1880-1910.; Rivers--Montana--Missoula County--1880-1910.
- [between 1883 and 1905?]
- Autos traveling railroad track, Pueblo flood 1921
- Men stand or walk near convertible automobiles that are in a row on railroad tracks near Pueblo, Colorado, after the Arkansas River flood. One man wears an overcoat, high laced boots and a hat. Agricultural fields are in the distance.
- Pueblo County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Convertible automobiles--Colorado--Pueblo County--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo County--1920-1930.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Pueblo County--1920-1930.
- [1921 June]
- Balanced Rock, Garden of the Gods
- Man in an overcoat and fur hat stands beside Balanced Rock at Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs, Colorado. Shows a large boulder balanced on a rock ledge.
- Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1890-1930.; Rock formations--Colorado--1890-1930.
- [between 1890 and 1925?]
- Bear Creek Canon
- A man in an overcoat poses beside a canvas-roofed automobile on a road in Bear Creek Canyon in Jefferson County, Colorado. Snow and ice cover part of Bear Creek and the road. Shows a reinforced log embankment beside the creek. Trees and rocks are...
- Bear Creek (Jefferson County and Douglas County, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Bear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Automobiles--Colorado--Jefferson County--1910-1920.; Canyons--Colorado--Jefferson County--1910-1920.;...
- [1919?]
- Bear Creek showing doughnut
- A man in a cap and overcoat poses beside an automobile with a canvas roof on a snow covered road beside Bear Creek in Bear Creek Canyon (Jefferson County), Colorado. Shows an arched rock formation identified as the "doughnut" on a ridge. Rocks and...
- Bear Creek (Jefferson County and Douglas County, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Bear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Automobiles--Colorado--Jefferson County--1910-1920.; Canyons--Colorado--Jefferson County--1910-1920.;...
- [1919?]
- Bear Creek snow scenes, Idledale.
- A man in cap and overcoat and a boy with snowy feet pose by the Idledale bridge in Idledale, Colorado. A sign on the log bridge reads, "Idledale, Fishing, Boating, by the Day, Week, or Season, Furnished Rooms and Board, J. C. Starbuck, Prop., Tel....
- Idledale (Colo.)--1910-1940.
- [between 1910 and 1940?]
- Billboard for Kingston's
- View of a billboard in Denver, Colorado. The billboard has a frame that consists of two oversized newel posts with newel caps, and a cornice across the top. A small sign on top of the billboard reads: "Alden Sign Co." Shows a man in an overcoat. A...
- Alden Sign Co.--Products--1920-1930.; Kingston's (Firm)--Public relations--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Billboards.; Clothing & dress.; Clothing stores.; Women.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Blue and black sect. clothing dept. Gano-Downs Co. Denver
- Men's suits hang from racks in the clothing department at the Gano-Downs Clothing store at the corner of 16th (Sixteenth) & Stout Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado. Interior view shows coffered ceilings and hanging glass lamps. The clothing...
- Gano-Downs Clothing Company (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Clothing stores--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Mannequins--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Merchandise...
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Boulder, M. S. W.
- Muriel S. Wolle poses by a log cabin near Boulder, Boulder County, Colorado, wearing pants, a button-down shirt, an overcoat, glasses, and a cowboy hat. She carries a sketch pad.
- Boulder (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Log cabins--Colorado--Boulder--1930-1950.; Wolle, Muriel Sibell, 1898-1977.
- [between 1935 and 1950]
- Burnetizing works of the U.P.R.R. at Omaha (2)
- Workers are beside flat cars stacked with railroad ties at the Union Pacific Railroad Burnetizing works in Omaha (Douglas County), Nebraska. Shows wooden buildings, tunnels and men in a rail yard where wooden ties are treated in zinc chloride to...
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--Facilities--1860-1870.; Omaha (Neb.)--1860-1870.; Railroad employees--Nebraska--Omaha--1860-1870.; Railroad facilities--Nebraska--Omaha--1860-1870.; Railroad switching--Nebraska--Omaha--1860-1870.; Railroad...
- 1866 October
- Byers Home for Boys, summer camp
- A woman in an overcoat and felt slouch hat sits on the bed of a truck and is surrounded by boys from the E. M. Byers Home for Boys at their summer camp at Conifer in Jefferson County, Colorado. The boys wear hats, overalls, and sweaters; a man...
- Byers Home for Boys (Denver, Colo.)--People--1920-1930.; Conifer (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Barns--Colorado--Conifer--1920-1930.; Orphans--Colorado--Conifer--1920-1930.; Trucks--Colorado--Conifer--1920-1930.; Women--Colorado--Conifer--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Charles B. Whitehead
- Studio bust portrait of Charles Benton Whitehead, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Whitehead's short hair is parted down the middle and combed back. He wears an overcoat, a wool jacket and a patterned ascot affixed with a tie...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Whitehead, Charles B. (Charles Benton); Denver High School--People--1890-1900.; Denver Public Schools--People--1890-1900.
- 1891
- Cherrelyn horse car (tracks)
- A man in an wool overcoat and hat poses on the wooden trestle of the Cherrelyn Gravity and Broncho Street Railway, Cherrelyn (Englewood) Arapahoe County, Colorado. Snow covers field along the trestle; a row of tall bare trees, a two-story residence...
- Cherrelyn (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Street railroad tracks--Colorado--Cherrelyn--1900-1910.; Trestles--Colorado--Cherrelyn--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Cherrelyn street railway
- John Bogue, (conductor, driver and lessee) and another man in a suit pose in back of the weathered Cherrelyn horse car, with the horse on the back platform, Cherrelyn, (district incorporated into Englewood) Arapahoe County, Colorado. Bogue has a...
- Cherrelyn (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Street railroads--Colorado--Cherrelyn--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Cherrelyn--1900-1910.
- 1903
- Chief Joseph - Standing Bear
- Flathead Chief Joseph Standing Bear poses on a horse in front of a small wood cabin on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana. He wears a long overcoat and a hat. His pants have a horizontal striped pattern. A wood barrel is on a wood...
- Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Montana--1900-1910.; Standing Bear, Joseph.
- [between 1905 and 1907?]
- City of Castle Rock turned on its 45-foot, 93-bulb, Christmas star for the 38th time
- Chamber of Commerce President Jerry Potter, Mayor Pete Burgess, and Fire Chief Marvin Schlageter pose in front of the Christmas star on top of the Castle Rock ryholite lava rock formation above the town of Castle Rock, Douglas County, Colorado. The...
- Castle Rock (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Christmas trees--Colorado--Castle Rock--1960-1970.; Rock formations--Colorado--Castle Rock--1960-1970.
- 1968 December 1
- Colorado Cavalry Officer
- Studio portrait of an officer in the Colorado Volunteers, First Cavalry Regiment; uniform includes a kepi hat and an overcoat with fur collar and cuffs.
- United States. Army. Colorado Cavalry Regiment, 1st (1862-1865)--People.; Cavalry--Colorado--1860-1870.; Military officers--Colorado--1860-1870.
- [between 1861 and 1864?]
- Colorado Governor Daniel Thornton and his wife
- Colorado Governor Daniel Thornton and his wife Jessie Willcox Thornton pose with an unidentified man probably in Colorado. Mrs. Thornton wears a dark dress, a fur cape, cloche and corsage. The governor wears a double-breasted overcoat and a cowboy...
- Governors--Colorado--1950-1960.; Spouses--Colorado--1950-1960.; Women--Colorado--1950-1960.; Thornton, Daniel I. J., 1911-1976.; Thornton, Jessie Willcox.
- [between 1951 and 1955?]
- Confederate reunion
- View of conventioneers in Trinidad, Colorado. An elderly man holding an ornately carved cane descends steps helped by another man . A woman wearing dark gown and fur overcoat with ermine collar, pearl necklace, and large corsage descends the...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Kennedy, John R., fl. 1939.; Reid, John R., fl. 1939.
- August, 1939
- Couple
- Studio portrait of a man and a woman in Colorado. The woman wears a man's overcoat and cap. The man wears a woman's overcoat and hat tied with a scarf. He holds a fur muff.
- Clothing & dress--Colorado--1910-1920.; Cross dressing--Colorado--1910-1920.; Men--Colorado--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Cripple Creek
- Bird's eye view of Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado, prior to construction of terrace; scene includes boardwalks, utility poles on both sides of street, business district, and one and two-story gable and flat-roof buildings; "Silver State...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1893 or 1894]
- Cripple Creek vicinity
- Man and woman seated in a horse-drawn pony surrey in front of residence, Cripple Creek, Colorado; woman, seated in the front seat wearing a hat and overcoat holds reins while the man seated in the back also wears hat and overcoat; residence is a...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Dwellings--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1893 and 1896]
- Cripple Creek vicinity
- Man and woman seated in horse-drawn pony surrey in front of residence, Cripple Creek, Colorado; man, wearing an overcoat and derby holds reins while woman, wearing overcoat and hat sits in backseat; children and a woman stand in doorway of house...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Dwellings--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1893 and 1896]
- Cripple Creek, biography
- Head and shoulders studio portrait of a male, Cripple Creek, Colorado; man dressed in an overcoat, suit coat, shirt and striped necktie with pin on tie knot.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Cripple Creek, Colo. residence of the family of Attorney Trowbridge in N.W. Cripple Creek
- Family portrait of Attorney Henry Trowbridge, his wife and two children in front of residence with their pet burros, northwest Cripple Creek, Colorado; woman wears a hat and overcoat, young boy sits on one burro and the girl stands next to another...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Donkeys--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Dwellings--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1896 and 1900]
- Crossing Main St during winter of 1899
- On Main Street in Breckenridge, Colorado, in deep snow, one of the sawtooth porch uprights of the Denver Hotel emerges, and in the background, the belfry and cornice of Fireman's Hall shows above piled snow. A false fronted commercial building...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Snow--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.
- [1898 or 1899?]
- More About Morey : vol. XIV no. 3
- Newspaper published by the students at Morey Junior High School in Denver, Colorado.
- Morey Junior High School (Denver, Colo.); Morey Junior High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Periodicals.; Junior high schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.
- 1935 December
- Daniels & Fisher staff
- Portrait of a Daniels and Fisher doorman in Denver, Colorado; shows a man in an overcoat and a stovepipe hat on the sidewalk.
- Daniels and Fisher Stores Company--People--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Doormen--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1902?]
- Denver socialites at the Broadway Theater
- Two women and a man greet each other inside the Broadway Theater on 18th (eighteenth) and Broadway, in Denver, Colorado. Both women wear long formal dresses, one woman wears a fur coat and the man wears an overcoat.
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Theaters--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Broadway Theater (Denver, Colo)
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Diamond jubilee of the Cathedral parish, Denver, Colorado...1860-1935.
- Book created by Retired Reverend Monsignor Hugh L. McMenamin, LLD. for the Diamond Jubilee of the Cathedral Parish of Denver, Colorado. It covers the years of 1860 to 1935. Included in the book are sections dedicated to: Bishop Machebeuf, a...
- Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Denver, Colo.); Catholic Church Colorado.
- 1935
- During Denver visit
- Elizabeth Bonduel McCourt "Baby Doe" Tabor, once the wife of millionaire Horace Tabor, walks on a Denver, Colorado sidewalk with other pedestrians. She is dressed poorly in long skirt and overcoat, scarf, and soft hat.
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Aged persons--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Legislators' spouses--United States--1930-1940.; Baby Doe, d. 1935.
- [between 1930 and 1935]
- East Denver High School Annual: 1912
- 1912 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1912
- East Denver High School Annual: Class of 1918
- 1918 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1918
- Eugene Field
- Studio portrait of Eugene Field in San Francisco, California. He holds a cane and wears an overcoat and bowler hat.
- San Francisco (Calif.)--1890-1900.; Men--California--San Francisco--1890-1900.; Field, Eugene 1850-1895.
- 1894, January 26
- Examining a safe
- Group of men inspect remaining bank safe amidst debris and rubble from second fire on April 29, 1896, Cripple Creek, Colorado; one man wears sherriff badge on overcoat.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Safes--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1896]
- General Maurice Rose
- An oil painting of the bust of General Maurice Rose. His hair is gray; he wears a green khaki military uniform, an overcoat and a two star insignia pin. An American flag is in the background. The frame is gilded, carved and molded wood.
- Rose, Maurice General.; Military personnel--American--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950]
- General Sam Houston, Governor of Texas, photographed by Brady.
- Image on Harper's weekly page shows a bust portrait of Sam Houston. Houston has curly hair and mutton chops, and wears a suit, silk bow tie and a woven overcoat. He wears rings and poses with a cane and a hat.
- Governors--Texas--1860-1870.; Houston, Sam, 1793-1863.
- 1861 March 30
- Golden
- A woman poses coyly on a rock outcropping on Lookout Mountain, high above Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado. She wears a sweater, long skirt and flat top hat with her overcoat draped around her lap. The distant town includes: bare trees on lots...
- Golden (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Women--Colorado--Golden--1920-1930.
- [between 1930 and 1939]
- Governor Routt
- Studio portrait of John Long Routt, Governor of Colorado, probably in Denver, Colorado. He has a moustache, stands and poses beside a stone post, holds an overcoat and a cane, and wears a suit with a long jacket, a buttoned vest, a watch and chain,...
- Denver (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Governors--Colorado--Denver--1870-1900.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1870-1900.; Routt, John Long, 1826-1907.
- [between 1875 and 1895?]
- Group portrait
- Studio portrait of a man, women and children. A man wears a wide brimmed hat, a suit and tie, and poses with arms around two women in corseted dresses with fitted sleeves and full skirts with bustles or box pleated flounces. The boys sit on the...
- Boys--1890-1910.; Families--1890-1910.; Girls--1890-1910.; Men--1890-1910.; Women--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Hanging wolf carcasses
- Wolf carcasses hang by the back legs from a wide beam between two poles in Nome, Alaska. Two men stand between the carcasses. One wears an overcoat and slouch felt hat, the other a hunter's cap, work pants and lace-up boots. Shows a wood plank...
- Wolves--Control--Alaska--Nome--1940-1950.; Nome (Alaska)--1940-1950.; Dead animals--Alaska--Nome--1940-1950.; Wolf hunting--Alaska--Nome--1940-1950.; Wolves--Alaska--Nome--1940-1950.
- 1944
- Headquarters camp Quapaw - I. T.
- Three white men sit, and a fourth is standing, at the headquarters camp on the Quapaw (Native American) Agency in Oklahoma. Three of the men wear military uniforms, the fourth wears pants, an overcoat and a hat. They are assembled outside of a...
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Quapaw Agency--1880-1910.; Indians of North America--Oklahoma--1880-1910.; Quapaw Indians--Oklahoma--1880-1910.; Quapaw Reservation (Okla.)--1880-1910.; Indian reservations--Oklahoma--1880-1910.; Military...
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- House at 3020 Lafayette exterior
- A man poses near the porch of a house at 3020 Lafayette Street in Denver, Colorado. He wears a wide-brimmed hat and overcoat. Snow covers the ground.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1905 and 1910]
- Hunting portrait
- Studio portrait of a young man with a shotgun, dog and game birds. He holds a pipe in his mouth, wears a loose, buttoned overcoat and a cap, and stands behind a table with spindle legs. His dog sits on the table, and dead pheasant, duck, and...
- Game & game birds--1890-1910.; Hunting dogs--1890-1910.; Hunting--1890-1910.; Teenagers--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Indians clearing up 1st Inf. camp P.R. Ag. S.D.
- Native American Lakota Sioux help the First Infantry break camp, Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota. A few tents remain, women wrapped in blankets sit and watch from snow piles. Possibly Red Cloud wearing an overcoat, scarf, hat and sunglasses poses...
- United States. Army. Infantry--1890-1900.; United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency--1890-1900.; Dakota Indians--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Teton...
- [February 1891?]
- J.A. Turk and Co., drug store, Arlington House, Levi Clothing store
- The Arlington House hotel in Breckenridge, Colorado, has a low false front flanking the gable roof. Its cornice is dentiled. Two flanking buildings have similar roofs. All three are two story frame structures, with second floor sash windows. The...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Clothing stores--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1890.; Drugstores--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1890.
- [1880 or 1881?]
- J.L. Hill, miner
- In this portrait of J.L. Hill, a miner, taken in Leadville, Colorado, Mr. Hill wears an overcoat with wide lapels and a jacket or vest with a striped collarless shirt buttoned to the neckband. His hair is slicked back and he has a full beard and...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Hill, J. L., Miner.
- [1877 April 23]
- Last picture taken of my brother, Col. W.F. Cody
- Buffalo Bill (W.F. Cody) stands on the covered porch at the hot springs bath house in Glenwood Springs (Garfield County), Colorado. Cody wears a double breasted overcoat and a three-piece suit, a tie and a cowboy hat. A sign reads: "Dr. W.W. Crook"...
- Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Bathhouses--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1910-1920.; Entertainers--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1910-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.
- 1917 January 5
- Longmont, old St. John the Baptist Catholic Church
- A man in a bowler hat, suit and overcoat stands outside the old St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Longmont, Colorado. The small clapboard church features a front gable, triangular window above the projecting gabled vestibule with double door...
- Longmont (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Catholic churches--Colorado--Longmont--1900-1910.; St. John the Baptist Catholic Church (Longmont, Colo.)
- [between 1890 and 1905]