Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- #1 in Royal Gorge
- Denver and Rio Grande Western locomotive #5481 pulls train #1 through the Royal Gorge beside the Arkansas River in Fremont County, Colorado. Shows Hanging Bridge and the sheer walls of the canon spanned by the Royal Gorge suspension bridge.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Arkansas River--1950-1960.; Fremont County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Royal Gorge (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Royal Gorge Bridge (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Canyons--Colorado--Fremont County--1950-1960.;...
- 1951 Jul. 21
- 10th Mountain Division 85th Regiment Headquarters Company 2nd Battalion
- CENTER ROW 1) Fuller, Wesley, 2) Zovko, Andrew, 3) Hirtle, Bertram, 4) Barron, Wallace, 5) Baker, Wilford, 6) Goodrich, Ward, 7) Rivers, David, 8) Lucas, Robert, 9) Ferencz, Hans, 10) Daneman, Martin, 11) Tofnai, Walter, 12) Hayman, Eugene, 13)...
- United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 85th.; World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Military personnel--1940-1950.
- 1944 June 15
- 10th Mountain Division 86th Mountain Infantry Regiment Company E
- Group portrait (standing, kneeling, sitting ) of the Tenth Mountain Division, 86th Mountain Infantry Regiment, Company E holding rifles. The four officers, seated on folding chairs, do not have rifles. Taken at Camp Hale, Colorado, June 1944. Most...
- United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 86th. Company E.; World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Military personnel--1940-1950.
- June 1944
- 10th Mountain Division 86th Regiment Company A
- Group portrait (sitting, standing) of the 10th (Tenth) Mountain Division, 86th Mountain Infantry Regiment, Company A in uniform at Camp Hale (Eagle County), Colorado. Men are numbered in rows front to back, and from left to right: FIRST/BOTTOM ROW...
- United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 86th. Company A.; World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Military personnel--1940-1950.
- [1944]
- 15th & Lawrence, Denver
- Denver City Cable Railway Company (Denver, Colo.) cable car number 31 is on 15th (Fifteenth) Street at Lawrence Street in the Central Business District, Denver, Colorado. Signs on commercial buildings read: "Real Estate" and "Colorado Farmer." The...
- Denver City Cable Railway Company (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cable railroads--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; City & town life--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Street railroads--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.
- [between 1888 and 1895?]
- 16th St. at Tremont Court House square at left
- Fashionably dressed ladies walk along 16th (Sixteenth) Street, in front of the Courthouse square, at Tremont, Denver, Colorado. The business district is busy with horse drawn wagons and pedestrians. Streator Brothers Furnishings and a drug store...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- 16th Street, Denver
- Rooftop view of commercial buildings in the Union Station neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Multi-story brick and stone buildings on 16th (Sixteenth) Street include the Hotel Brunswick (Clarke Building), the corner Tabor Block and the "New York...
- Union Station (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
- [between 1881 and 1885?]
- 17th St., "New Albany"
- Cars drive on and line 17th (Seventeenth) Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. Shows the Albany Hotel and annex. Signs read: "Clarke. Soda. Drug."
- Albany Hotel (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1940-1960.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1940-1960.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1940-1960.
- [between 1948 and 1955?]
- 1878 Corbett, Hoye & Co.'s 6th Annual Denver City directory
- 1879 Corbett, Hoye & Co.'s 7th Annual Denver City directory
- 1882 Corbett & Ballenger's 10th Annual Denver City Directory.
- 1923 Corbett & Ballenger's 51st Annual Denver City Directory
- 1926 Denver Householders' Directory and Street and Avenue Guide v.2
- 1940 'urban renewal', 8th Street demolition
- Men work at a house on Eighth (8th) Street in as part of Denver's Urban Renewal program in 1940 in Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Demolition--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Laborers--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Ruins--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Urban renewal--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- 1940
- 38th Street Police Station and Recreation Center
- View of the 38th (Thirty-eighth) Street Police Station and Recreation Center located at Thirty Eighth Street and Lafayette Street in the Cole Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The building is a one story Mission style structure with an arcade, red...
- Denver (Colo.). Police Department.--Buildings--1920-1930.; Cole (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Police stations--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Sports & recreation facilities--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [1928 May]
- 4th annual picnic, the Colorado pond, A.H.O. of Blue Goose, Mt. Morrison
- Panoramic view of members of the Colorado pond (chapter) of the Ancient and Honorable Order of the Blue Goose at their annual picnic near Mount Morrison in Jefferson County, Colorado. Men, women, and children pose near a stone structure with a...
- Ancient and Honorable Order of the Blue Goose--People--1910-1920.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--1910-1920.
- 1911 July 1
- "Abie's Irish Rose" at the Broadway Theatre
- Panoramic view of the cast of "Abie's Irish Rose," a comedy presented at the Broadway Theater, 1756 Broadway, in Denver, Colorado. Men and women pose at the theater's front entrance; two little girls stand at center. A sign above the door reads:...
- Broadway Theater (Denver, Colo.)--People--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Actors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Theaters--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1925, July 22
- "Badlands" on Wind River, Wyo.
- Panoramic view of sedimentary rock formations identified as "Badlands", probably in Fremont County, Wyoming. Shows layered strata on steep rock hillsides. Sagebrush and grass are on sandy, barren ground.
- Badlands--Wyoming--Fremont County--1870-1900.; Fremont County (Wyo.)--1870-1900.; Rock formations--Wyoming--Fremont County--1870-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- "Barrel transfer" near Salida, Colo.
- View of a barrel transfer machine and Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks near Salida (Chaffee County), Colorado. Signs on the steel beams read: "D.& R.G.W.R.R. Royal Gorge Route, Scenic Line," and "McMyler Interstate, Cleveland, Ohio."...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1940.; Chaffee County (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Mine railroad cars--Colorado--Chaffee County--1920-1940.; Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--Chaffee County--1920-1940.; Railroad...
- [between 1925 and 1935?]
- "Bighorn Curve" D. & R.G. Ry.
- View of Denver and Rio Grande Railway train and frame buildings in Colorado.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company--1880-1890.; Railroads--Colorado--1880-1890.
- [between 1882 and 1886?]
- "Gingham Girl" Company, Broadway Theatre, Denver, Colo.
- Panoramic view of the cast of "Gingham Girl," a musical comedy presented at the Broadway Theater, 1756 Broadway, in Denver, Colorado. Men and women in hats and coats pose at the theater's front entrance. Sign reads: "French-Italian Rotisserie Inc....
- Broadway Theater (Denver, Colo.)--People--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Actors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Singers--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Theaters--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1925, Jan. 28
- "Lost" Lakes, near Meigs Peak, Col.
- Aerial view of summits and high mountain lakes, identified as "Lost Lakes" near "Meigs Peak", probably near Stunner Pass in Conejos County, Colorado. Shows dense forest, boulders and snow above timberline in the San Juan Mountains.
- Conejos County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Colorado--Conejos County--1870-1880.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Conejos County--1870-1880.; Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.)
- 1874
- "Roches Moutonnies" near the Mountain of the Holy Cross
- View of rock formations, boulders. and dead, fallen trees in an unidentified valley in Eagle County, Colorado. The Mount of the Holy Cross and the Sawatch Range are in the distance.
- Eagle County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Holy Cross, Mount of (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Boulders--Colorado--Eagle County--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Colorado--Eagle County--1870-1880.; Logs--Colorado--Eagle County--1870-1880.; Geological and...
- [1873?]
- "Seeing Denver", tour bus
- View of an open electric tour coach with well-dressed men, women and children passengers on a dirt road in probably City Park in Denver, Colorado. An inscription on the side and front of the bus reads "Seeing Denver." Two employees of the bus...
- City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Buses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Passengers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Sightseers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- "The Antlers," Colorado Springs
- People are on Pikes Peak Avenue in front of the Antlers Hotel in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. Shows horses, a dog, a carriage and a young girl in a mule-driven cart.
- Antlers Hotel (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; City & town life--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1890.
- 1886 November 20
- "The Student Prince" Company Broadway Theatre
- Panoramic view of the cast and crew of "The Student Prince," presented at the Broadway Theater, 1756 Broadway, in Denver, Colorado. Men and women in hats and coats pose in front of the theater entrance. A little girl stands at the center of the...
- Broadway Theater (Denver, Colo.)--People--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Actors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Theaters--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1925, Oct. 31
- "The Student Prince" Company Broadway Theatre
- Panoramic view of the cast and crew of "The Student Prince," presented at the Broadway Theater, 1756 Broadway, in Denver, Colorado. Men and women in hats and coats pose in front of the theater entrance. A little girl stands at the center of the...
- Broadway Theater (Denver, Colo.)--People--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Actors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Dogs--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Theaters--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1925, Oct. 31
- "The Student Prince" Company Broadway Theatre, Denver, Colo.
- Panoramic view of the cast and crew of "The Student Prince," presented at the Broadway Theater, 1756 Broadway, in Denver, Colorado. Men and women in hats and coats pose in front of the theater entrance.
- Broadway Theater (Denver, Colo.)--People--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Actors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Singers--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Theaters--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1927, Jan. 12
- "The Tetons" from near the head of Buffalo Fork
- Men sit, stand or lie on a hillside near a valley of dense trees probably in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming. The Teton Range and snowy Grand Teton are in the distance.
- Grand Teton (Wyo. : Mountain)--1870-1880.; Grand Teton National Park (Wyo.)--1870-1880.; Teton Range (Wyo. and Idaho)--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Wyoming--Grand Teton National Park--1870-1880.; Mountains--Wyoming--Grand Teton National...
- [1878?]
- "What Price Glory" Company, Broadway Theatre Denver, Colorado
- Panoramic view of the cast of the drama "What Price Glory," presented at the Broadway Theater, 1756 Broadway, in Denver, Colorado. Cast members pose in costume at the theater entrance. Shows men in World War I uniforms and mufti and one woman in a...
- Broadway Theater (Denver, Colo.)--People--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Actors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Theaters--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1926, Jan. 20
- "Wolpi", one of Moqui towns
- View of Native American (Hopi) stone and adobe, multi-story dwellings at Walpi Pueblo, First Mesa, Arizona. Sheep pens beside a steep slope have low stone walls. Ladders lean against buildings on the mesa.
- Hopi Indians--Structures--Arizona--Walpi--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--Structures--Arizona--Walpi--1870-1880.; Pueblo Indians--Structures--Arizona--Walpi--1870-1880.; First Mesa (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Walpi (Ariz.)--1870-1880.;...
- [between 1871 and 1876?]
- A "rotary" in action on the Ibex Branch, D. & R.G.
- View of a rotary snow plow in operation in deep snow on the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Ibex branch in Lake County, Colorado.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Country--1880-1910.; Lake County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Railroad snowplow locomotives--Colorado--Lake County--1880-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- A Burro and Wagon
- A burro stands hitched to a two wheeled wagon on a well-traveled dirt path. Folded blankets are on the wagon. A four wheeled wagon stands in the distance. Mountains and trees are visible in the distance.
- Carts & wagons--1890-1900.; Donkeys--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- A Colorado Camp
- People pose near tents, horses and a horse-drawn carriage probably in Larimer County, Colorado. Two people eat at a makeshift table while a woman prepares food on a cook stove with a stovepipe. A man sits on a boulder that has an inscription: "Fort...
- Larimer County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Camping--Colorado--Larimer County--1890-1900.; Eating & drinking--Colorado--Larimer County--1890-1900.; Outdoor cookery--Colorado--Larimer County--1890-1900.; Tents--Colorado--Larimer County--1890-1900.
- 1894
- A line of carts and mules on the street of town
- Oval framed view of a line of oxen and mule carts on an unpaved street with boardwalk and business buildings; Lagerbeer Saloon, third brick building from right.
- Boardwalks--1880-1900.; Ox teams--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- A Mexican residence
- Hispanic men and women stand and sit near an adobe house in or near Santa Fe (Santa Fe County), New Mexico. The house has a porch with wood columns, vigas, and decorative corbels. A large bucket is near the porch, and snow is in the street.
- Spanish Americans--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1880-1885.; Santa Fe (N.M.)--1880-1885.; Adobe houses--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1880-1885.
- [between 1880 and 1885?]
- A Neighborhood Framework Plan for University Park
- A scrub-race on the plains
- View of a horse race in Yosemite Valley (later Yosemite National Park), California. Shows bareback riders with whips or switches, bridled horses and men spectators near the racers. Covered wagons are in the distance.
- Yosemite National Park (Calif.)--1870-1880.; Horse racing--California--Yosemite National Park--1870-1880.; Spectators--California--Yosemite National Park--1870-1880.
- 1876 March 4
- A street car blockaded at 16 and Welton Sts. Taken in the snow-storm the morning of Dec. 6, 1913
- Pedestrians trudge through snow on Welton and Sixteenth (16th) streets in the snowstorm of 1913 in Denver, Colorado. Shows a Denver City Tramway trolley car and snow-laden electrical wires, lamp posts and buildings. The Daniels and Fisher building...
- Denver City Tramway Company (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Blizzards--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Pedestrians--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Street...
- 1913 December 6
- A. B. Cooker, White Pine
- Women and men (including A. B. Cooker, owner) pose by a hewn log hotel, built around 1885, in Waunita Hot Springs, Gunnison County, Colorado.
- Waunita Hot Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Waunita Hot Springs--1880-1890.; Log buildings--Colorado--Waunita Hot Springs--1880-1890.; Cooker, A. B.
- 1889
- A.T. & S.F. at Pueblo
- View of a Baldwin steam locomotive, owned by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe, at Union Depot in Pueblo (Pueblo), Colorado. A worker inspects the train, letters reads "A.T. & S.F." and "3518". The clock tower and roof of the depot are visible in...
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--1920-1930.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.
- 1923 Jan. 12
- A.T. & S.F. locomotives at Glorieta Divide
- Men and a girl pose on and near near an Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe locomotive (no. 280) on Glorieta Pass near Glorieta (Santa Fe County), New Mexico. A sign on a hardware store reads "General Merchandise" and another on a flatbed rail car reads...
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--1890-1900.; Glorieta (N.M.)--1890-1910.; Glorieta Pass (N.M.)--1890-1910.; People--New Mexico--Glorieta--1890-1910.; Railroad locomotives--New Mexico--Glorieta--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Abandoned Shearith Israel Synagogue at 10th and Lawrence Streets, West Denver, Colorado
- View of Congregation Shearith Israel (Emmanuel Chapel) at 10th (Tenth) and Lawrence Streets in the Auraria neighborhood of Denver, Colorado; shows an ashlar stone building with buttresses, a rosette window, and a Star of David. Hebrew letters read:...
- Pogzeba, Wolfgang, 1936---Homes & haunts.; Congregation Shearith Israel (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1960-1970.; Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Artists' studios--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.;...
- 1963 February 3
- Aboriginal life among the Navajo Indians Cańon de Chelle, New Mexico [i. e. Arizona]
- A Native American (Navajo) man and woman sit near a loom and an earthen hogan near Canyon de Chelly, Arizona. A bundle of corn cobs hangs from a nearby tree.
- Indians of North America--Arizona--1870-1880.; Navajo Indians--Arizona--1870-1880.; Navajo women weavers--Arizona--1870-1880.; Chelly, Canyon de (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Looms--Arizona--1870-1880.; Weaving--Arizona--1870-1880.
- 1873
- Aboriginal life among the Navajoe [sic] Indians, near old Fort Defiance, N.M. [sic]
- Native American (Navajo) men and women sit or stand beside a loom near old Fort Defiance (McKinley County), New Mexico. A man wears a woven shirt, leather leggings and moccasins and holds a bow and arrow. A man wears a loin cloth and leans against...
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Fort Defiance--1870-1880.; Navajo Indians--New Mexico--Fort Defiance--1870-1880.; Fort Defiance (N.M.)--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--New Mexico--Fort Defiance--1870-1880.; Looms--New Mexico--Fort...
- 1873
- Above Beaver Brook
- A view of a Colorado Central Railroad train beside Clear Creek, in Clear Creek Canyon, Jefferson County, Colorado. A group of men are seen in an open passenger car. A worker stands near a white tent beside the tracks.
- Colorado Central Railroad Company--1870-1890.; Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1870-1890.; Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Canyons--Colorado--Jefferson County--1870-1890.;...
- [between 1871 and 1890?]
- Above hanging rock looking up
- View of Clear Creek near a rock formation identified as "Hanging Rock" in Clear Creek Canyon, Jefferson County, Colorado. Shows trees near the creek and eroded rock spires in the narrow canyon.
- Jefferson County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Canyons--Colorado--Jefferson County--1870-1880.; Rock formations--Colorado--Jefferson County--1870-1880.;...
- [between 1871 and 1878]
- Adams Hotel
- View of the Dutch Room in the Adams Hotel at 1800 Welton Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. Shows wooden tables and wooden captain's chairs with leather seats and backs in the dining room. Beer steins sit on a plate rail above wooden paneling. A...
- Adams, The (Hotel : Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Dining rooms--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.
- 1953 Jan. 9
- Adelaide Price
- Studio portrait of Adelaide Price, a resident of Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. The young woman wears a dress that buttons up the front, it has loose vertical pleats and slightly puffed sleeves. The dress has a velvet collar decorated...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Clothing & dress.; Women.; Price, Adelaide.
- Adobe old flour mill, old Albuquerque, New Mexico
- View of a steam-powered flour mill, near probably Old Town, in Albuquerque (Bernalillo County), New Mexico. The adobe and wood building has a smokestack, a wooden hopper on an outside wall, doors, and a balcony. A sign on the building reads:...
- Albuquerque (N.M.)--1870-1880.; Adobe buildings--New Mexico--Albuquerque--1870-1880.; Flour & meal industry--New Mexico--Albuquerque--1870-1880.; Mills--New Mexico--Albuquerque--1870-1880.
- 1875?