Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Grant's bed in the Teller House
- The bed in the Teller House in Central City, Colorado, where President Grant slept when he visited Central City is of mahogany. The arched headboard has finials and a carved, floral design with a similar design on the footboards. The bed has white...
- Teller House (Central City, Colo.)--Facilities--1920-1940.; Central City (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Bedrooms--Colorado--Central City--1920-1940.; Hotels--Colorado--Central City--1920-1940.; Interiors--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940]
- Original Deadwood Coach, most famous vehicle in the world
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody and another man sit on the Deadwood Stagecoach, which is pulled by three teams of mules. The photograph was taken in the yard of the Abbot-Downing Co., by W.G.C. Kimball, July 4, 1895. The coach was built by...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Stagecoaches--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Burke, John, d. 1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1897?]
- Wilbur Williams House
- Exterior photograph of the main entrance to the Wilbur Williams House, located in Boulder, Colorado. The front door is hidden by shrubbery. The screen door has an intricate metal pattern. The 1937 International style brick house, as designed by...
- Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Boulder.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Boulder.; Architecture--Colorado--Boulder--History.
- 1980
- East Denver High School Annual: 1909
- 1909 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1909
- East High spotlight: vol 29 no 24
- Newspaper produced by East High School of Denver, Colorado. Included in the paper are photographs of students, articles on school events and sports.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1942 November
- Danielson School
- View of the Danielson School at the Plains Conservation Center, located at 21901 East Hampden Avenue, Aurora, Colorado. The one-room sod building has a tar paper roof with a small copula over the entrance. The facade has a single window with wood...
- Plains Conservation Center (Aurora, Colo.)--Buildings--1990-2000.; Danielson School (Aurora, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Aurora (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Schools.; Sod buildings.; Plains Conservation Center (Aurora, Colo.)--Buildings--Pictorial works.;...
- 1993
- St. Mary's Orthodox Church. Calhan
- View of St. Mary's Orthodox Church located at 19485 North Calhan Highway, Calhan (El Paso County), Colorado. The white clapboard structure has an open front hexagonal bell tower whose domed top is crowned by an Orthodox cross. A similar tower rises...
- St. Mary's Orthodox Church (Calhan, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Calhan (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Orthodox churches.; St. Mary's Orthodox Church (Calhan, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Orthodox Eastern church buildings--Colorado--Calhan--Pictorial works.; Calhan...
- 1995
- Red Rocks Trading Post, Morrison, Colo.
- View of the Red Rocks Trading Post located at 16351 County Road 93, Morrison, Colo. Also known as the Red Rocks Pueblo, the design of the facade is similar to those found in traditional Pueblo Indian churches in N.M. The simple, three-story facade...
- Red Rocks Trading Post (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Trading posts--Colorado--Morrison--2000-2010.; Red Rocks Park (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Morrison (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Red Rocks Trading Post (Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Trading...
- 2002
- Bandstand in City Park
- View of the south elevation of the bandstand on Ferril Lake in City Park, Denver, Colorado. The structure, constructed in 1984, replaced a similar bandstand constructed for the park in 1924 and torn down in 1984. The one-story wood bandstand has a...
- City Park (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Ferril Lake (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Bandstands.; Lakes & ponds.; Parks.; Bandstands--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Lakes--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Urban...
- 2007
- Bandstand in City Park
- View of the northeast corner of the bandstand on Ferril Lake, in Denver's City Park. The structure, constructed in 1984, replaced a similar bandstand constructed for the park in 1924 and torn down in 1984. The one-story wood bandstand has a faux...
- City Park (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Ferril Lake (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Bandstands.; Lakes & ponds.; Parks.; Bandstands--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Lakes--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Urban...
- 2000
- Bandstand in City Park
- View of the northeast corner of the bandstand on Ferril Lake, in Denver's City Park. The structure, constructed in 1984, replaced a similar bandstand constructed for the park in 1924 and torn down in 1984. The one-story wood bandstand has a faux...
- City Park (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Ferril Lake (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Bandstands.; Lakes & ponds.; Parks.; Bandstands--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Lakes--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Urban...
- ca. 2000
- St. John's Episcopal Cathedral E. 14th Ave. & Clarkson
- View of the north elevation of Saint John's Cathedral (1911; architects - Gordon, Tracy, and Swartwout), also known as Saint John's Church in the Wilderness, 1313 Clarkson Street, in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The Late...
- Curtis Park (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Bell towers.; Cathedrals.; Episcopal churches.; Historic buildings.; Anglican church buildings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Bell towers--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial...
- 1991
- Miners Eloy Cruz and Leandro Vigil
- Coal miners Eloy Cruz (left) and his brother-in-law Leandro Vigil pose near the entrance to the Frederick Mine in Valdez (Las Animas County), Colorado. Eloy wears a jacket, a cap with a battery operated lantern, safety boots and holds a bucket and...
- Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1920-1930.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1920-1930.; Frederick Mine (Las Animas County, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Las Animas County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Coal miners.; Cruz, Eloy--Pictorial works.; Vigil, Leandro--Pictorial...
- [1920?]
- Cokedale Mine marshals Crecencio Vigil and Melitón Barela
- Crecencio Vigil and Melitón Barela, marshals at the Colorado Fuel and Iron Cokedale Mines in Cokedale (Las Animas County), Colorado. They pose near a dugout structure with a roof made from pine boughs. Crecencio (left) wears a hat, coat and...
- Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1920-1930.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1920-1930.; Cokedale (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Private police.; Barela, Melitón--Pictorial works.; Vigil,, Crecencio--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial...
- [1913?]
- Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Numbers 2 and 3, 1920 February-March
- Municipal Facts: Volume 14 Numbers 3 and 4, 1931 March-April
- Pouch
- A tanned leather pouch (Native American Ute) used by Chipeta. The pouch has multicolor lazy stitch beadwork in triangle, diamond and band designs, a flap, strap, thong, sinew and fringe at the bottom.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1870-1900.; Ute Indians--Arts & crafts--1870-1900.; Pouches--1870-1900.; Chipeta--Associated objects.
- [between 1875 and 1900]
- Basket
- Shows a Native American (Western Apache Indian) coiled basket, used as a water jar. The basket is made of willow and devil's claw and has a rod and welt (weft?) foundation. The basket is circular and is decorated in natural brown dye with...
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1900-1920.; Western Apache baskets--1900-1920.; Western Apache Indians--Arts & crafts--1900-1920.; Baskets--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Vest
- A Native American (Ute) beaded vest worn by Buckskin Charley. The vest is made of buckskin which is entirely covered with multicolor beadwork in designs of stylized American flags and geometric shapes on a white background. The interior of the vest...
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1900-1930.; Ute Indians--Clothing & dress--1900-1930.; Vests--1900-1930.; Buckskin Charlie, Ute Chief--Associated objects.
- [between 1900 and 1930]
- Car repair a Colo. Midland RR at Colo. City
- A railroad crew from the Colorado Midland Railway Company work to repair the wheels on a railroad car in Colorado City, Colorado. The railroad car is parked over a work area, similar to a trench. The workers stand next to a set of railroad car...
- Colorado Midland Railway Company--1890-1910.; Colorado City (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Railroad cars--Colorado--Colorado City--1890-1910.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Colorado--Colorado City--1890-1910.; Railroad employees--Colorado--Colorado...
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Colo. Midland RR car repair B at Colo. City
- A railroad crew from the Colorado Midland Railway Company work to repair the wheels on a railroad car in Colorado City. The railroad car is parked over a work area, similar to a trench. One worker uses a jack or other hydraulic tool to raise a set...
- Colorado Midland Railway Company--1890-1910.; Colorado City (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Railroad cars--Colorado--Colorado City--1890-1910.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Colorado--Colorado City--1890-1910.; Railroad employees--Colorado--Colorado...
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Meeker, Colorado
- The second J. W. Hugus and Company Building, Meeker, Rio Blanco County, Colorado, (originally built in the 1890s, destroyed by fire in the 1910 or 1911, then rebuilt.) Several men and a boy pose on boardwalk in front of the Meeker Bank and Hugus...
- Meeker (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Buildings--Colorado--Meeker--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Survey, Dotsero Cutoff Yampa Canyon
- A man with a camera stands in the Dotsero Cutoff, before the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad tracks were laid, east of Eagle, Colorado. Pagodas, eroded canyon slopes of Red Canyon show across river.
- Eagle River (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Photographers--Colorado--Eagle River--1930-1940.; Rivers--Colorado--1930-1940.; Rock formations--Colorado--1930-1940.
- 1932
- Yule log ceremony
- Two teenagers crouch by a fire and warm their hands during the Yule Log ceremony at Palmer Lake, El Paso County, Colorado, as others watch.
- Christmas--Colorado--Palmer Lake--1960-1970.; Palmer Lake (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Celebrations--Colorado--Palmer Lake--1960-1970.
- 1967 December 16
- William F. Cody driving Deadwood Stage
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody drives the Deadwood Stagecoach, pulled by three teams of mules, probably in Concord, New Hampshire in 1895. A man sits next to Cody, and several passengers ride inside. A banner reading "1868 Home Again 1895"...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Stagecoaches--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1895?]
- A Colorado strawberry patch
- View of large strawberry field, West Lake Ranch, possibly Adams County, Colorado; numerous men & women picking strawberries; small wooden frame shed and canvas tent, background left; straw hats & bonnets, dog seated amidst pickers, wooden baskets...
- Adams County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fruit industry--Colorado--Adams County--1900-1910.; Harvesting--Colorado--Adams County--1900-1910.; Ranches--Colorado--Adams County--1900-1910.; Strawberries--Colorado--Adams County--1900-1910.
- [1910.]
- Denver, Colo.
- Right side of panorama view taken from Colorado State Capitol Building, Denver, Colorado; includes part of Capitol roof and turret, Sherman and Lincoln streets, corner of Y.M.C.A., and Trinity Church steeple. Signs read: "Hotel Metropole."
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- [1911]
- Denver, Colo.
- Left side of panorama view taken from Colorado State Capitol Building, Denver, Colorado. Signs read: "The Greatest Picture Theatre, Princess, 5 cents, 1620 Curtis St." "Candy Kitchen," "Motorcycles," "Bargain Flower Store," "Japanese Goods Store,"...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- [1911]
- Denver, Colo.
- Panorama view taken from Colorado State Capitol Building, Denver, Colorado. Signs read: "Denver Omnibus & Metropole," "Studebaker Automobiles, Flanders 20" "Moon Motor Cars, Rauch & Lang Electrics, Matheson Motor Cars, Vreeland Bros. Auto Co.,"...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- [1911]
- Denver, Colo.
- Right center of panorama view taken from Colorado State Capitol Building, Denver, Colorado; includes downtown business district with. Signs read: "Plymouth Hotel," "Tours," " Overland Auto Co.," "The Byron Motor Car Co.," "F. C. Ayres, Fireproof...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- [1911]
- Jackson Lake and the Teton Mtns.
- View southwest across Jackson Lake to Grand Teton Mountain Group, Wyoming.
- Jackson Lake (Teton County, Wyo.)--1920-1930.; Teton Range (Wyo. and Idaho)--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Aspen Colo.
- Left side of panorama southwest over Aspen and Roaring Fork River Valley, Colorado; shows a mining district with shafts, concentrator, sampler, smokestacks, tailings, ore tracks, Denver and Rio Grande and Colorado Midland railroads, frame houses...
- Aspen (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- London Mine Alma, Colorado
- View of the London Mine near Alma (Park County), Colorado. A bucket on the aerial tramway passes over the mine powerplant. Men walk by an automobile parked near the boardinghouse.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Alma--1940-1950.; Alma (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Aerial tramways--Colorado--Alma--1940-1950.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Alma--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Alma--1940-1950.
- 1940
- Line of early planes
- View of airplanes parked at Denver Municipal Airport in Denver, Colorado, during a visit by the 95th Pursuit Squadron of the U. S. Army; people walk among them.
- United States. Army. Air Corps.--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Airplanes--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Airports--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- May 1931
- Flood in residential area
- Boys raft in Denver, Colorado, at West 29th (Twenty-Ninth) and Huron Street, after the Castlewood Canyon flood.
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Rafts--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- August 5, 1933
- 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?]
- Ruins McElmo Dist. J81
- View of a Native American (Anasazi) cliff dwelling made of mud and rock set deep inside an arched cave in a cliffside at Hovenweep National Monument, Montezuma County, Colorado. On one side of the cliff dwelling is a rock formation which protrudes...
- Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Colorado--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Colorado--1900-1910.; Hovenweep National Monument (Utah and Colo.)--1900-1910.; Archaeological...
- [1908?]
- Ruins McElmo Dist - J 77.
- Native American (Anasazi) ruins, two cylindrical and one D-shaped ancient mud and stone towers, stand on elevated rocks at Hovenweep National Monument, Motezuma County, Colorado. Two ruins stand together, one of which has an opening, possibly a...
- Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Colorado--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Colorado--1900-1910.; Hovenweep National Monument (Utah and Colo.)--1900-1910.; Archaeological...
- [1908?]
- Church just after the mass
- A crowd of men, women, and children exit an adobe church in Taos Pueblo (Native American), New Mexico. The church has a walled courtyard, stepped arch gate with a cross, wood steeple with a cross, and a bell on the roof. A car is parked in back.
- Indians of North America--Children--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1920-1930.; Pueblo Indians--Structures--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1920-1930.; Taos Indians--Women--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1920-1930.; Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--1920-1930.; Catholic...
- [1925 September 30]
- Outbuildings, Hamill House, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of two of the buildings behind the Hamill House, Georgetown, Colorado, both in "chateau" style and made out of local granite. On the left is William A. Hamill's office, with a hip roof, a central dormer, and two doors and two...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Carriage houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.; Stables--Colorado--Geogetown--1940-1950.; Hamill, William A. (William Arthur), 1836-1904--Homes & haunts.
- 1942
- Ne-Ne-Mae and Chil-Lum
- View of two Native American Flathead (Salish) men, identified as Nenemae (Patee-ne-ne-mae) and Chillum (Lhekakah ), dressed in ceremonial costume. The younger of the two wears moccasins, leggings, a fringed shirt, and a headdress, and holds a...
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Lhe-ka-kah.; Patee-ne-ne-mae.
- 1907
- Iae-Lo-Ta-Tee and family
- A Native American Flathead (Salish) man, identified as Iaelotatee, poses with his wife and son in front of a tepee. He wears moccasins, leggings, breech cloth, fringed shirt, ammunition belt, necklace, hair pipe choker, and pony tails. The boy...
- Indians of North America--Children--1900-1910.; Salish Indians--Women--1900-1910.; Families--1900-1910.; Iae-lo-ta-tee.
- 1907
- Crow Indian camp
- View of two Native Americans (Crow) posing in front of a tepee. One,on horseback, wears a hat and heavy clothing. The other is standing near the horse and wears moccasins, leggings, a breech cloth, a shirt, and necklaces. A carriage with an...
- Crow Indians--1880-1910.; Indians of North America--1880-1910.; Horseback riding--1880-1910.; Tipis--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Grey-wolf, Indian policeman, Crow Indian Reservation, near Pryor, Montana
- A Native American (Crow) man, identified as Grey-wolf, a policeman, poses on the Crow Reservation near Pryor, Montana. He wears moccasins, a breech cloth, a belt with round ornamentation and similar side strap extending from the belt to the ground,...
- Crow Indians--Montana--1880-1910.; Indians of North America--Montana--1880-1910.; Indian reservations--Montana--1880-1910.; Police--Montana--1880-1910.; Grey Wolf, Crow policeman.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Paige auto & women
- Women in bathing suits pose on an automobile, Denver, Colorado. Pennants reading "Paige" also decorate the car.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Bathing suits--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1916
- Teller House exterior
- A photograph of The Teller House in Central City, Colorado, is held on a piece of pegboard over another photograph. The photograph is taken out of a window looking toward the Teller House. A goldpan, a lamp, and a mining implement are in the...
- Teller House (Central City, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Hotels--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.
- 1940
- Niman Kachina
- A line of Native American (Hopi) kachina dancers wear tablitas, feathers, evergreen branches and kilts. All hold shaker gourds in front of a line of seated young women. The women wear sidewhorl hairstyles and similar shawls over their dress. Some...
- Hopi Indians--Spiritual life--Arizona--Walpi--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--Arizona--Walpi--1910-1920.; Kachinas--Arizona--Walpi--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Dance--Arizona--Walpi--1910-1920.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1910-1920.;...
- [between 1911 and 1920?]
- Off for the mines from Dolores, Colo.
- Men pose on and near horse-drawn stagecoaches in Dolores (Montezuma County), Colorado. A sign on a nearby building reads: "J. J. Ha[?]"
- Dolores (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Men--Colorado--Dolores--1890-1900.; Stagecoaches--Colorado--Dolores--1890-1900.; Transportation--Colorado--Dolores--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1900?]
- Under the patronage of Royalty and the Marquis & Marchioness of Bute
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody stands in front of the Deadwood Stagecoach, which was used in an act of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Cody wears thigh boots and a buckskin coat decorated with beaded flowers and tassles. He holds a long whip...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Stagecoaches--1880-1890.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Nelson, John Young, b. 1826.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Blue River Hose Co 1908
- Three firemen of the Blue River Hose Company in Breckenridge, Colorado, pose against a painted backdrop in their dress uniforms, including conductor's caps with metal badges, dark pants, wide belts with edges bound in white leather, and pullover...
- Blue River Hose Company (Breckenridge, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1910.
- 1908