Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Unidentified man, in clerical garb, bust
- Unidentified male, head and shoulders studio portrait, wearing clerical collar and suit coat.
- Clergy--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910]
- Seed alfalfa in eastern Colo.
- Three men stand in thigh high seed alfalfa field on eastern Colorado plains.
- Alfalfa--Colorado--1920-1930.; Croplands--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [1921]
- Colorado beans
- Colorado Front Range bean field, possibly in the South Platte Valley.
- Beans--Colorado--1920-1930.; Croplands--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1925 and 1930]
- Alfalfa
- Colorado Front Range alfalfa field, possibly in the South Platte Valley; shows two men standing in alfalfa and large hay stacks.
- Alfalfa--Colorado--1920-1930.; Croplands--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1925 and 1930]
- Second cutting alfalfa
- Colorado Front Range alfalfa field, possibly in the South Platte Valley; shows three men in thigh-high alfalfa and two large hay stacks in background.
- Alfalfa--Colorado--1920-1930.; Croplands--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1925 and 1930]
- Colorado corn
- Colorado Front Range corn field, possibly in the South Platte River Valley; man (in chest high tasseled rows of corn) wears suit jacket, tie and hat, smokes a pipe.
- Corn--Colorado--1920-1930.; Croplands--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1925 and 1930]
- WPA railroad at Lowry
- View of railroad tracks under construction by the Work Projects Administration (WPA) from the Union Pacific Railroad line to Lowry Air Force Base in the Lowry Field neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows railroad construction workers near the...
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Lowry Air Force Base (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Railroad...
- 1941 May 27
- Echo Lake
- View of Echo Lake, Clear Creek County, Colorado, Denver Mountain Park System; shows patchy snow on grassy with dirt road on right and moutains in distance across lake.
- Echo Lake (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1910-1930.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1910-1930.
- [between 1919 and 1925]
- Echo Lake
- View of Echo Lake, Clear Creek County, Colorado, Denver Mountain Park System.
- Echo Lake (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1920-1930.
- [between 1919 and 1925]
- Colorado Central, Georgetown Loop
- Men pose on Colorado Central locomotive number 8 above Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. A train in the distance is seen on a bridge surrounded by a snow-covered mountainous landscape. The Devil's Gate High Bridge is in the distance.
- Colorado Central Railroad Company--1870-1880.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1870-1880.; Railroads--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1870-1880.
- [between 1877 and 1880?]
- Perl Baker
- Studio bust portrait of Perl Baker, a senior in the class of 1888 at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Baker wears her bangs curled and her hair pinned back. She wears a lace lappet at the collar of her blouse and a jacket with wide lapels...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Baker, Perl.; Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1891
- Golf course, Lakewood Country Club
- View of Lakewood Golf Course and Country Club, Lakewood, Colorado; shows ranches, trees and foothills. Men sit under new trees; golfers are on the green.
- Lakewood Country Club (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Country clubs--Colorado--Lakewood--1910-1920.; Golf--Colorado--Lakewood--1910-1920.; Golfers--Colorado--Lakewood--1910-1920.
- [1918]
- Group under tree at festival
- A Mexican American man seated under a tree with a group of women and children plays a guitar. He wears a sombrero. A young African American girl is seated on the legs of a Mexican American woman.
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Celebrations--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Children--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Guitars--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.
- August 1968
- General George A. Custer, wearing white shirt, tie, bust
- Studio portrait of head and shoulders of General George A. Custer, wearing white shirt, dark jacket and tie.
- Military officers--United States.; Custer, George Armstrong, 1839-1876.
- [between 1874 and 1934]
- General George A. Custer, wearing white shirt, tie, bust
- Studio portrait of head and shoulders of General George A. Custer wearing white shirt, black jacket and tie.
- Military officers--United States.; Custer, George Armstrong, 1839-1876.
- [between 1874 and 1934]
- Nevadaville [graphic]
- View of the town of Nevadaville (Gilpin County), Colorado. Shows wood frame commercial buildings and residences, the Methodist Episcopal Church, a school, outhouses, a head frame near a tailings pile, narrow gauge tracks and wagons.
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Nevadaville--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Nevadaville--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1901]
- Jack train with rails, Georgetown
- Panoramic view shows a pack train in Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. The burros have sawbuck saddles on their backs and haul long sections of rail for railroad construction on a dirt street. Men and boys pose near a sidewalk and...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.; Donkeys--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.; Packtrains--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.
- [between 1891 and 1892]
- Train at Lowry
- A soldier stands on a wooden platform in front of Union Pacific Railroad locomotive "451" and Denver and a Rio Grande Western freight car on tracks built by the Work Projects Administration (WPA) at Lowry Army Air Force Base in the Lowry Field...
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Lowry Air Force Base (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Military facilities--Colorado--Lowry Air Force Base--1940-1950.; Railroads--Colorado--Lowry Air Force Base--1940-1950.
- 1941 May 27
- Soldiers and tracks at Lowry Field
- Men in uniform march in formation on a dirt road at Lowry Army Air Force Base in the Lowry Field neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows railroad tracks constructed by the Work Projects Administration (WPA), an airplane hangar that reads "[U].S....
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Lowry Air Force Base (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Barracks--Colorado--Lowry Air Force Base--1940-1950.; Military facilities--Colorado--Lowry Air Force Base--1940-1950.; Military...
- [1941?]
- St. Joe National Forest, Shoshone Co., Idaho
- Burned trees are on a hillside near a steep chute or flume in Saint Joe National Forest in Shoshone County, Idaho. A man sits on a burned log beside a canvas tent and a timber and tarpaper shack near railroad tracks. A Milwaukee Lumber Company...
- Milwaukee Lumber Company--1890-1910.; Saint Joe National Forest (Idaho)--1890-1910.; Shoshone County (Idaho)--1890-1910.; Flumes--Idaho--Shoshone County--1890-1910.; Forest fires--Idaho--Shoshone County--1890-1910.; Forest reserves--Idaho--Shoshone...
- [between 1895 and 1910?]
- 1st switchboard, Grand Junction
- Interior view of Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph switchboard office area, in Grand Junction, Colorado, shows two female switchboard operators behind a wooden spindle balustrade with swinging door. A group of men, women and one boy pose...
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Interiors--1900-1910.; Telephone operators--Colorado--Grand Junction--1900-1910.; Telephone switchboards--Colorado--Grand Junction--1900- 1910.
- 1903
- Sugar beet plant
- Men stand and pose beside round, steel machinery with cog wheels, wooden scaffolding, ropes, and pulleys at the Great Western Sugar Company sugar beet factory probably in Scottsbluff (Scotts Bluff County), Nebraska. The four-story brick building...
- Great Western Sugar Company--1910-1920.; Scottsbluff (Neb.)--1910-1920.; Factories--Nebraska--Scottsbluff--1910-1920.; Sugar industry--Nebraska--Scottsbluff--1910-1920.
- 1916 September 24
- Central City
- Men and a girl stand in front of a two-story building with a flat roof and a cornice with dentils and brackets on Main Street in Central City (Gilpin County), Colorado. Men wear suits, coats, and hats. One man holds a cane and stands near a...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Girls--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Men--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Publishing industry--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.
- [1899]
- Lakewood High School
- View of the two-story Lakewood High School building in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. The brick school has arched doorways and decorative brick work around the cornice. Cars are parked nearby.
- Lakewood (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Schools--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.
- 1948 November 18
- Phoenix Hotel, Hot Sprints, N.M.
- View of the Hotel Montezuma (Phoenix Hotel) in Montezuma (Sam Miguel County), New Mexico. The Queen Anne style rusticated stone and wood building has turrets, one with an ogee roof dome, and covered verandas. Shows a driveway, buildings and...
- Montezuma Hotel (Montezuma, N.M.)--1880-1890.; Montezuma (N.M.)--1880-1890.; Hotels--New Mexico--Montezuma--1880-1890.
- [between 1886 and 1888?]
- Mr. W.A. Campbell at the Vendome Hotel
- Mr. W.A. Campbell sits in a leather armchair in room 300 of the Vendome Hotel at 701 Harrison Avenue, Leadville, Colorado for this portrait. The elderly man is dressed in a three piece suit, tie and ankle high boots and sits with his legs crossed....
- Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Hotels--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Campbell, W. A.; Vendome Hotel.
- [1937 January 28]
- My class, Paradise, Washington
- Seven men from the 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment (re-enforced) stand in a row on skis in the middle of an open snow field. The men were in a class taught by the photographer. Other skitroops are visible behind.
- Ski troops--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; Skiing--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.; United States. Army. Mountain...
- [1942]
- Franklin
- View of Franklin, a furniture store at 18th (Eighteenth) and Wazee Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado. The four story brick building has striped awnings and decorative brickwork, signs read: "Franklin.". Automobiles are parked nearby.
- Franklin (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Furniture stores--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.
- [between 1980 and 1984]
- Lake Shore drive-in theatre (in Edgewater) W. 17th Ave. & Sheridan Blvd.
- The Lake Shore drive-in, including a huge movie screen and a parking lot full of movie speakers, is next to Sloan (Sloan's) Lake. Corrugated metal encloses the theater, and a Safeway sign is at the edge of the lake, behind the theater. Street signs...
- Edgewater (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Drive-in theaters--Colorado--Edgewater--1980-1990.
- Jul 2, 1984
- Locomotive (AT&SF)
- Copy of an H. S. Poley photograph shows an Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe Locomotive as it speeds along with two freight cars and one passenger car south of Denver, Colorado.
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--1900-1930.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--1900-1930.; Railroads--Colorado--1900-1930.
- [194-?]
- Old Colo. Locomotive Midland Train in Ute Pass
- Copy of a Harry F. Lee photograph shows a Colorado Midland locomotive with four passenger cars on Ute Pass above creek and dirt road and a man near the tracks.
- Colorado Midland Railway Company--1890-1930.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--1890-1930.; Railroads--Colorado--1890-1930.
- [between 1899 and 1922]
- Emer [sic]
- Colorado Front Range emmer (wheat) field, possibly in the South Platte Valley; shows piles of sheaves of shocked grain, men in field, windmill, automobile, wooden shed structure, and distant cropland.
- Croplands--Colorado--1920-1930.; Wheat--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1925 and 1930]
- Old Locomotive (Moffat Road, D.N.W & P #200)
- Denver Northwestern & Pacific Locomotive Number 200 at Utah Junction, Adams County, Colorado, shortly after delivery in 1908 (Moffat Road type 0-6-6-0, later pilot trucks were added making them 2-6-6-0s, Schenectady number 45604); the first of...
- Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway--1900-1910.; Utah Junction (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Boys--Colorado--Utah Junction--1900-1910.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Utah Junction--1900-1910.
- [1908]
- Millet
- Colorado Front Range millet field, possibly in the South Platte Valley; shows two-story house with windmill, farm equipment, barns, and sheds across fenced road.
- Croplands--Colorado--1920-1930.; Millet--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1925 and 1930]
- 600 acres of Colorado wheat
- Colorado Front Range wheat field, possibly in the South Platte Valley.
- Croplands--Colorado--1920-1930.; Wheat--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1925 and 1930]
- Hog millet in Colorado
- Two men stand in thigh high millet field on eastern Colorado plains; farm in background includes house, sheds, barn, outhouses, and a tractor.
- Croplands--Colorado--1920-1930.; Farms--Colorado--1920-1930.; Millet--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [1921]
- Combine in eastern Colorado
- Team of six horses pull a combine in wheat field on eastern Colorado plains.
- Combines (Agricultural machinery)--1920-1930.; Croplands--Colorado--1920-1930.; Wheat--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [1921]
- Bridge No. 1, L.S. & M.R.R.
- View of a wooden Lake Superior and Mississippi Railroad trestle, identified as "bridge number 1," spans a narrow canyon in Minnesota. Shows a narrow wooden structure, probably a flume, at the edge of the gorge.
- Lake Superior and Mississippi Railroad Company--Facilities--1870-1880.; Canyons--Minnesota--1870-1880.; Railroad bridges--Minnesota--1870-1880.; Trestles--Minnesota--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1877?]
- Denver Civic Center, Christmas lighting display
- Night view of snow-covered Christmas display in Civic Center, Denver, Colorado; shows tall Christmas tree with decorations and spotlight, streetlamps, and illuminated State Capitol Building.
- Colorado State Capitol (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1920-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Capitols--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Christmas decorations--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Christmas trees--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.;...
- [between 1920 and 1931]
- Lidgerwood engine and American 10g loader at work, Milwaukee Lumber Company's operations in fire killed timber
- View of Milwaukee Lumber Company machinery and a cradle of cross ties (a skidroad) in a valley in Shoshone County, Idaho. A man reclines beside a skidroad near a Lidgerwood steam engine with cables above a smokestack. A man is in a loader with...
- Milwaukee Lumber Company--Equipment & supplies--1890-1910.; Shoshone County (Idaho)--1890-1910.; Forest fires--Idaho--Shoshone County--1890-1910.; Hoisting machinery--Idaho--Shoshone County--1890-1910.; Huts--Idaho--Shoshone County--1890-1910.;...
- [between 1895 and 1910?]
- D&RG engines on La Veta Pass, No. 99 & 46
- Denver and Rio Grande Locomotive Number 99 "Kokomo" and Number 46 "Badito" eastbound special excursion train (narrow gauge; type 4-4-0 Baldwin construction 5425 in 1880 and type 2-8-0 Baldwin construction 4981 in 1880) with diamond stack on La Veta...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1890-1910.; Dump Mountain (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Huerfano County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Veta Pass (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Huerfano County--1890-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--Huerfano...
- [194-?]
- Wheat
- Colorado Front Range wheat field, possibly in the South Platte River Valley; shows large field of wheat with fully developed heads.
- Croplands--Colorado--1920-1930.; Wheat--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1925 and 1930]
- Buffalo Bill museum
- View of the Buffalo Bill museum, a log building, in Cody, Wyoming. An automobile is parked nearby.
- Cody (Wyo.)--1930-1940.; Galleries & museums--Wyoming--Cody--1930-1940.; Log buildings--Wyoming--Cody--1930-1940.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.--Commemoration.
- 1931
- Suffolk Mine, San Miguel Co., Colo.
- A group of miners pose near the mouth of the Suffolk Mine in San Miguel County, Colorado. The men wear work clothes and hats. Some men sit on the slope of the hill above the mine entrance. Others stand around an ore car.
- San Miguel County (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Suffolk Mine (San Miguel County, Colo.)--1870-1890.; Miners--Colorado--San Miguel County--1870-1890.; Mining--Colorado--San Miguel County--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- Leadville, Colorado
- A man sits in a horse-drawn carriage and poses beside probably ore car tracks at a mine in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado. Smoke rises from a frame mine building. Log houses, tailings piles, and headframes are on the treeless hillside.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Mine railroads--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Telluride, looking north east
- View looking northeast over Telluride (San Miguel County), Colorado. Shows the brick county courthouse with a tower, the American House hotel, Rio Grande Southern tracks and depot and the San Juan mountains.
- Telluride (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Telluride--1880-1900.
- [between 1889 and 1893?]
- Winters morning, Leadville Colo.
- View of the snow covered town of Leadville (Lake County), Colorado. Shows wood frame houses, churches, a Colorado Midland Railroad tracks and trestle, and probably the Coronado Mine building. The Sawatch Mountain range is in the distance.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Sawatch Range (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Leadville--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1900-1910.; Snow--Colorado--Leadville--1900-1910.; Winter--Colorado--Leadville--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Main St. G.J.
- View of commercial buildings and cars parked on Main Street in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado. Shows pedestrians, an electric streetcar and tracks, stone and brick one and two-story buildings, and the five-story First National Bank building...
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Automobiles--Colorado--Grand Junction--1920-1930.; Business districts--Colorado--Grand Junction--1920-1930.; City & town life--Colorado--Grand Junction--1920-1930.; Street railroads--Colorado--Grand...
- [between 1923 and 1930?]
- Lakewood Elementary School
- Interior view of a classroom at Lakewood Elementary School in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. A woman, probably a teacher, wears a one piece button-down dress and sits beside a table piled with stacks of books. Boys and a woman with a head...
- Lakewood (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Classrooms--Colorado--Lakewood--1950-1960.; Schools--Colorado--Lakewood--1950-1960.; Teachers--Colorado--Lakewood--1950-1960.
- 1957 May 15
- Lakewood elementary school evacuation
- Children stand on a sidewalk beside cars after an evacuation at Lakewood Elementary School in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. Children and teachers or parents wear rain coats and scarves or hats. A license plate reads: "D11 3818, Colorado,...
- Lakewood (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Automobiles--Colorado--Lakewood--1950-1960.; Evacuations--Colorado--Lakewood--1950-1960.; Families--Colorado--Lakewood--1950-1960.; School children--Colorado--Lakewood--1950-1960.
- 1957 May 15