Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Western History Subject Index
- Civil defense. Denver. Fallout Shelters
- Camp of Walapai Indians, Grand Canon
- View of Walapai (or Hualapai) Native Americans, Grand Canyon, Arizona; large group of children and women wrapped in blankets pose huddled under a brush shelter with a couple of men standing and wearing Anglo dress, work pants, shirts and buckskin...
- Hualapai Indians--Children--Arizona--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Women--Arizona--1880-1890.; Grand Canyon (Ariz.)--1880-1890.; Shelters--Arizona--1880-1890.
- [1883]
- Ostrich shelters
- A wire fence is in front of two rock ashlar shelters in the ostrich enclosure in the Denver Zoo at City Park in Denver, Colorado.
- City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Denver Zoo--1930-1950.; Animal housing--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Zoo animals--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Zoos--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Director's house & shelter - horse-shoe courts
- Shows the director's shelters for the horseshoe courts in City Park in Denver, Colorado. The building is constructed of wood and has a tile roof. It has a metal fence on both sides and a large doorway in front.
- City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Horseshoe pitching--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Shelters--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Western History Subject Index
- Civil defense. Denver. Fallout shelters
- Report on Civil Defense
- Hotel Colorado, Glenwood Springs, Colo.
- View of the Hotel Colorado located at 526 Pine Avenue., Glenwood Springs, Colorado. Built between 1891-1893, the design is a replica of the Villa de Medici by architect, Edward Lippincott Tilton, The six-story brick Italian Renaissance Revival...
- Hotel Colorado (Glenwood Springs, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Hotels--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1990-2000.; Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Hotel Colorado (Glenwood Springs, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Hotels--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--Pictorial...
- ca. 1990
- Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 8, 1919 August
- Summerhouse at Iron Springs
- Exterior view of the original 'Summerhouse' at Ute Iron Spring, in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking northeast. This shingle-roofed pavilion with latticed balustrade and wooden arches between the piers shelters the Ute Iron Spring. Brush and rocks...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Springs--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1883?]
- Summerhouse at Iron Springs
- Exterior view of the original 'Summerhouse' at Ute Iron Spring, in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking east. This shingle roofed pavilion with latticed balustrade and wooden arches between the piers shelters the Ute Iron Spring. Silhouettes of...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Springs--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1883?]
- Cliff House and Soda Spring
- View of the Cliff House Hotel and Soda Spring Pavilion in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking northeast. The Cliff House, a four story frame and stone structure with hipped, gabled roof, dormers, open porches, balustraded balconies, towers and...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Springs--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1900.; Cliff House (Manitou Springs, Colo.)
- [between 1895 and 1900?]
- Taos Pueblo
- View of Taos Pueblo, New Mexico; shows Native American adobe pueblo dwellings, ovens, and shelters.
- Indians of North America--Structures--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1940-1950.; Pueblo Indians--Structures--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1940-1950.; Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--1940-1950.; Pueblos--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1940-1950.
- 1941 August 16
- Columbian Hotel, Trinidad, Colorado
- View looking north of the Columbian Hotel, built in 1879, Trinidad, Colorado. This three story brick and stone structure features bracketed cornices and a mitred entry with a curvelinear pediment. Colonettes and palmettes on the pediment enclose...
- Columbian Hotel (Trinidad, Colo.)--1960-1980.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Hotels--Colorado--Trinidad--1960-1980.
- [1965?]
- Train derailed at Union station
- Workers tend to a derailed "Burlington Route" passenger train at Union Station in Denver, Colorado. Shows train tracks and canopy shelters; building sign reads: "Meadow Gold Butter."
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Union Station (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Railroad accidents--Colorado--1920-1930.; Railroad shops & yards--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Good Hoist Mine- Cripple Creek
- View of the Good Hoist Mine works near Cripple Creek in Teller County, Colorado. Three men stand between a wooden building and headframe that is anchored to another building. One man leans on a mine car near a metal trough that leads down a slope...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Headframes (Mining)--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1910.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Car and riders in front of thatched / stone structure
- Men and women pose in an open topped automobile by stone shelters with thatched roofs, probably in Colorado.
- Convertible automobiles--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Arlington Hotel at Manitou Colo.
- Exterior view of the Arlington Hotel in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking east. This two-story, cross gabled frame structure has an open side porch and deck with railing. The striped canvas awning that shelters the deck is retracted, and small...
- Bennet, W. A.--Homes & haunts.; Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1900.; Arlington Hotel (Manitou Springs, Colo.)
- [between 1895 and 1900?]
- Cliff House and Soda Springs
- Exterior view of the Cliff House, in Manitou Springs, Colorado. Built in 1872, this three-story frame structure features hipped gable roof, widows' walk, wrap around porch, and canvas awnings. The junction of Fountain Creek and Ruxton Creek is in...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Resorts--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.; Springs--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.; Cliff House (Manitou Springs, Colo.)
- [between 1872 and 1880?]
- Cliff House-Manitou
- View of the Cliff House and Soda Spring Pavilion in Manitou Springs, Colorado. The Pavilion is a cross gabled structure with ridgecresting, a cupola, and lattice work in the form of sunbursts in the gables of the open east end. It has a knee-high...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Resorts--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1900.; Springs--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1900.; Cliff House (Manitou Springs, Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Dakota Indian?
- A Native American man possibly Sioux (Lakota) poses on horseback holding an eagle wing and wearing a headdress and leggings with quillwork. Brush shade shelters and a tent camp show in background.
- Dakota Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Horseback riding--1900-1910.; Indian encampments--1900-1910.
- 1909
- The Manitou Soda Springs
- Scene in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking west. The low stone wall edging the unpaved Manitou Avenue is interrupted by stepped walls bounding the walk down to Fountain Creek. The round, finial topped conical roofed shelters over Navajo and...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Springs--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1900.; Soda Spring Pavilion (Manitou Springs, Colo.)
- [between 1887 and 1895?]
- Ute Iron Spring
- Exterior view of the Ute Iron Spring Chateau, Manitou Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. A one-story frame structure, the octagonal pavilion with its latticework and projecting bays has a two horse tally-ho parked nearby. Its shingled, faceted...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Springs--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1890.; Ute Iron Spring Chateau (Manitou Springs, Colo.)
- [between 1883 and 1885?]
- Ute Iron Spring
- Exterior view of the Ute Iron Spring Chateau, Manitou Springs, Colorado. This one story frame structure was a popular destination for hundreds of tourists every summer day in Manitou Springs, Colorado. In the center, the octagonal pavilion with its...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Springs--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1890.; Ute Iron Spring Chateau (Manitou Springs, Colo.)
- [between 1882 and 1885?]
- Ute Iron Spring
- Exterior view of the Ute Iron Spring Chateau. This one story frame structure has an octagonal pavilion with latticework and projecting bays, there are numerous excursionists gathered around the building. One man is wearing a pith helmet. Its...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Springs--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1890.; Ute Iron Spring Chateau (Manitou Springs, Colo.)
- [between 1882 and 1885?]
- Will Rogers Rodeo Manitou
- View of a rodeo in Manitou Springs, Colorado. In the foreground, a cowboy hangs on to a bucking bronco that is in midair, forelegs down, hindquarters raised in full kick. In the background, cowboys are both mounted on horses and standing along the...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Cowboys--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1930-1940.; Rodeos--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Infantry camp in wickyups, on Whitewood
- View of an infantry camp on Whitewood, Black Hills, Dakota Territory, shows soldiers in the Native American campaigns with piles of their gear around small shelters constructed of willow rods and canvas scraps.
- Dakota Indians--War, 1876--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--War--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Campaigns & battles--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Soldiers--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.;...
- 1876
- County Hospital (was Charlie Sutton house) [graphic]
- Built as a residence for Charlie and Mary Sutton, the Summit County Hospital in Breckenridge, Colorado, is a two story, gable roofed, frame structure with a shed roofed side extension and a gable roofed addition in back. An open porch extends the...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Hospitals--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1910.
- [between 1906 and 1910?]
- Breckenridge residence
- An open porch with Ionic columns and a balustrade surrounds a frame residence in Breckenridge, Colorado, and shelters a bay window in the near end. A wreath is on the wall next to it, and a door on the other side is decorated with pine branches....
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Dwellings--Colorado--Breckenridge--1970-1980.
- 1970 Feb 6
- Christian Science Church
- View of the Christian Science Church on a dirt road in Cripple Creek, Colorado; features a single story building with bracketed cornice around both visible facades; longer side of the building accented by a center gable over the arched pointed...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Christian Science churches--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960- 1970.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.
- 1960
- Pullman open platform observation car in service on D&RGW train no. 1, the "Scenic Limited"
- Men and women sit on or stand by the observation platform of a Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad lounge car at Union Station, in Denver, Colorado. Sign reads: "Denver & Rio Grande Western Scenic Limited;" cast concrete shelters are to the side.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Railroad cars--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Railroad lounge cars--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.;...
- 1925
- 14th Street Viaduct Construction
- Shows a construction crew working on the 14th (Fourteenth) Street viaduct in Denver (Denver County) Colorado. Pulleys, cranes and other machinery are in use. Men stand and watch nearby. Wooden structures are near the viaduct, possibly shelters for...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bridge construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.;...
- 1899 February 13
- Fort Defiance
- View of two, two story, brick buildings and a fortification and corral at Fort Defiance, Arizona. The corral area has shelters covered with brush roofs. Fort Defiance, a boarding school for Navajo children, was formerly a fort built to suppress...
- Boarding schools--Arizona--Fort Defiance--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Government relations--Arizona--Fort Defiance--1890-1900.; Navajo Indians--Government relations--Arizona--Fort Defiance--1890-1900.; Fort Defiance (Ariz.)--1890-1900.;...
- 1896
- Yuma Indians at home
- Shows Native American (Yuma) men, women, and children in a domestic scene. Women and children tend a cooking fire as two men, one of whom is smoking a pipe, stand near brush shelters.
- Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Yuma Indians--1880-1890.; Outdoor cookery--1880-1890.
- 1883?
- Campsites at Overland Park motor camp
- View of campsites at the Overland Park auto camp in the Overland neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. People sit near canvas tents and mesh mosquito shelters that are pitched under trees. Items such as lanterns, chairs, jugs, basins, buckets and other...
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Overland Park (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Camping--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Tents--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1921 August
- Ranch in Brighton
- This two-story brick house in Brighton, Colorado, has a hipped- gable roof with chimneys and a small dormer. An enclosed porch shelters the back door, and a dog sits on the stoop. A white lath fence encloses the yard, and spherical milk-glass lamps...
- Brighton (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Houses--Colorado--Brighton--1920-1930.
- 1920
- Rocky Mountain Lake Park
- A man sits on a stool near a car at Rocky Mountain Lake Park auto camp (motor camp) in the Berkeley neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Tents and cars are on either side of a dirt road. Campers sit in the shade of trees and under tarp shelters. A...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Rocky Mountain Lake Park (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Camping--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Tourist camps &...
- [between 1917 and 1920?]
- Camping, Rocky Mt. Lake scene
- A large family group sits under the shelter of a tent awning at Rocky Mountain Lake Park auto camp (motor camp) in the Berkeley neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. A young girl carries a plate to the table. Men, women and children sit on crates and...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Rocky Mountain Lake Park (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Camping--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Eating & drinking--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Families--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- [between 1917 and 1920?]
- Spanish American War memorial, City Park, Denver
- Men and women sit in the garden near the Spanish American War memorial in City Park, Denver, Colorado. Flowers are planted in geometric patterns around the mound on which the monument sits. Women stand near the gazebo that shelters a statue of a...
- City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Monuments.; Gardens--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Gazebos--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Monuments &...
- [between 1898 and 1904?]
- Spanish American War Memorial, City Park, Denver
- View of the Spanish American War Memorial in City Park, Denver, Colorado. The gazebo shelters the statue of a winged woman. A set of steps lead up the mound to the gazebo. Shows planting beds and walk ways.
- City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Monuments.; Gardens--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Gazebos--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Monuments &...
- [between 1898 and 1904?]
- Spanish American War Memorial, City Park, Denver
- View of the gazebo and planting beds of the Spanish American War Memorial at City Park in City Park, Denver, Colorado. A prominent planting bed is a pair of flags crossed. The gazebo shelters a statue of a winged woman. People walk on paths in the...
- City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Monuments.; Gardens--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Gazebos--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Monuments &...
- 1902
- Spanish American War Memorial, City Park, Denver
- View of the gazebo at the Spanish American War Memorial in City Park, Denver, Colorado. The gazebo shelters a statue of a winged woman. Flowers arranged in geometric patterns are nearby.
- City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Monuments.; Gardens--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Gazebos--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Monuments &...
- 1900
- Colo. Glenwood Springs Bath House
- Swimmers frolic in the Natatorium at the hot springs pool and spa in the town of Glenwood Springs (formerly known as Defiance), Colorado, in Garfield County. A wooden ladder floats in the pool. A swimmer slides down the slide as another climbs up...
- Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Springs--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1920.; Swimmers--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1920.; Swimming pools--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1920.
- [between 1891 and 1915]
- Adams County Golf Clubhouse, Henderson, Colorado
- View of the newly-constructed Adams County Golf Clubhouse in Henderson, Colorado. Architectural features: steeply-pitched roof with shingles, a glass facade, a concrete foundation, and glass, globe light fixtures. Three golf carts are parked...
- Henderson (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Golf--Colorado--Henderson--1960-1970.
- 1965
- Pheasants
- Pheasants at the State Penitentiary farm in Canon City, Colorado, mill in their frame and chicken wire run. Gable roofed shelters grace the interior of each of several coops, a man in the central one spreads feed. Exterior outbuildings in the...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Farms--Colorado--Canon City--1910-1920.; Pheasants--Colorado--Canon City--1910-1920.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1918 and 1920?]
- Prison farm different view
- Adobe walls divide hog pens at the State Penitentiary farm in Canon City, Colorado. Pigs crowd troughs; sod topped shelters, hay feeding racks and plank fences are in each area. A coupe automobile with its top down is by the wall, and a horse-drawn...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Farms--Colorado--Canon City--1890-1900.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1890-1900.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Long Ravine bridge - 120 ft. high, 678 ft. long, near view
- View of Central Pacific Railroad track, trestles, and shelters at Long Ravine bridge, near Blue Canyon (Placer County), California.
- Central Pacific Railroad Company--1860-1890.; Blue Canyon (Calif.)--1860-1890.; Railroad bridges--California--Blue Canyon--1860-1890.; Trestles--California--Blue Canyon--1860-1890.
- [between 1860 and 1885?]
- Mesa Verde, excavations
- A Native American man stands in front of a car from the early twenties that has its side flaps rolled up, possibly at Mesa Verde National Park. The car is covered in mud. The man wears several beaded necklaces around his neck and has his right hand...
- Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.
- [between 1921 and 1931?]
- Stockton station
- People wait under shelters on the platform at a railroad station in Stockton (San Joaquin County), California. A newspaper and candy vendor is to the side.
- Stockton (Calif.)--1880-1890.; Passengers--California--Stockton--1880-1890.; Railroad stations--California--Stockton--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Loretto Academy
- Loretto Academy, in Pueblo, Colorado, is a three-story brick building with a mansard roof, dormers, and a central entry tower with a peaked roof, topped by a cross. A balcony shelters the entry, and an arched window over it has stone trime with...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Catholic churches--Colorado--Pueblo--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Snow shed, Alpine Pass
- A long snow shed covers the main line of the Denver, South Park & Pacific Railroad in front of the stone engine house at Alpine Pass, about a quarter of a mile west of the Alpine Tunnel, on the border of Chaffee and Gunnison counties in Colorado....
- Chaffee County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Gunnison County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Railroads--Colorado--Gunnison County--1880-1890.; Snowsheds--Colorado--Gunnison County--1880-1890.
- [1882?]