Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 32, 1911 August 5
- Grand Canyon, Hotel El Tovar
- View of the El Tovar Hotel, in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. Shows a wing of the hotel with shingled mansard roofs pierced by dormers. The building has porches with jigsawn balusters, the end porch has a gazebo attached to the entrance and...
- Hotel El Tovar--1900-1910.; Grand Canyon (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; Canyons.; Hotels.; National parks & reserves.; Rock formations.
- c1905
- Brigham Young's grave
- View of the grave of Brigham Young in Salt Lake City (Salt Lake County), Utah. Shows a marble slab enclosed by a wrought iron fence, an unenclosed marble slab, and a new grave in a cemetery with a wrought iron and stone fence.
- Young, Brigham, 1801-1877--Tomb.; Salt Lake City (Utah)--1880-1890.; Cemeteries--Utah--Salt Lake City--1880-1890.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Utah--Salt Lake City--1880-1890.
- [between 1882 and 1890?]
- Brigham Young's grave
- View of the grave of Brigham Young in Salt Lake City (Salt Lake County), Utah. Shows a marble slab enclosed by a wrought iron fence, an unenclosed marble slab, and a new grave in a cemetery with a wrought iron and stone fence.
- Young, Brigham, 1801-1877--Tomb.; Salt Lake City (Utah)--1880-1900.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Utah--Salt Lake City--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Brigham Young's Grave
- View of a cemetery and the grave site of Brigham Young, Salt Lake City (Salt Lake County), Utah. Shows a row of graves and a marble slab enclosed by a high ornate wrought iron fence, a large unenclosed marble slab grave marker and a new grave. A...
- Young, Brigham, 1801-1877--Tomb.; Salt Lake City (Utah)--1890-1900.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Utah--Salt Lake City--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Road repair - views along road to Mesa Verde
- A car is stopped in front of a group of men working to remove a large slab of rock resting on the road, possibly Knife Edge Road that leads into Mesa Verde National Park. The road is built into a steep hillside that continues down from where the...
- Knife Edge Road (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Mountain roads--Colorado--History--1920-1930.; Roads, Earth--Colorado--1920-1930.; Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Road construction--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1923 and 1927?]
- Road repair - views along road to Mesa Verde
- A group of men works to remove a large slab of rock that lies on the uphill side of the steep slope next to a road, possibly Knife Edge Road in Mesa Verde National Park. Some men sit on top of the thick slab while others dig to remove debris from...
- Knife Edge Road (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Roads, Earth--Colorado--1920-1930.; Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Road construction--Colorado--1920-1930.; Mountain roads--Colorado--History.
- [between 1923 and 1927?]
- Road repair - views along road to Mesa Verde
- Workers look up at a man sitting on a large slab of rock that lies on the uphill side of a steep slope next to a road, possibly Knife Edge Road in Mesa Verde National Park. The steep hill continues down from where the men stand. Some men hold...
- Knife Edge Road (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Roads, Earth--Colorado--1920-1930.; Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Road construction--Colorado--1920-1930.; Mountain roads--Colorado--History--1920-1930.
- [between 1923 and 1927?]
- 1891 Corbett & Ballenger's 19th Annual Denver City Directory.
- Fairmount Cemetery, Nisei War Memorial
- View of a part of the Nisei War Memorial at Denver's Fairmount Cemetery, 430 South Quebec Street in the Windsor Neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The memorial honors the Japanese Americans who were killed in action in World War II, Korea, and those...
- Denver (Colo.)--2010-2020.; Monuments & memorials.; Nisei War Memorial (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Memorials--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; World War,...
- 2010
- Grand Lake Yacht Club
- View of the Grand Lake Yacht Club located at 1128 Lake Avenue, Grand Lake, Colo. The two-and-one-half story simple Victorian Stick Style weathered wooden structure has clapboards on the first story and vertical slab log siding on the second. An...
- Grand Lake Yacht Club (Grand Lake, Colo.)--2010-2020.; Yacht clubs--Colorado--Grand Lake--2010-2020.; Grand Lake (Colo.)--2010-2020.; Grand Lake Yacht Club (Grand Lake, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Yacht clubs--Colorado--Grand Lake--Pictorial works.;...
- 2005
- Humphrey's Store, Grand Lake, Colo.
- View of Humphrey's Store located at 1100 Grand Avenue, Grand Lake, Colo. Built in 1881 by James Carin, the two-story log building has horizontal and vertical lodge pole slab siding with a covered porch sheltering the sidewalk.
- Humphrey's Store (Grand Lake, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Stores, Retail--Colorado--Grand Lake--1990-2000.; Grand Lake (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Stores & shops.; Humphrey's Store (Grand Lake, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Stores, Retail--Colorado--Grand...
- 1991
- Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment Laboratory and Radiation Services Division building
- View of the entrance to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment Laboratory and Radiation Services Division building at 8100 Lowry Boulevard in the Lowry neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a glass-walled entrance intersected...
- Colorado. Dept. of Public Health and Environment. Laboratory and Radiation Services Division--Buildings--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Lowry Field neighborhood (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Laboratories.; Colorado. Dept. of Public Health...
- 2002
- Hotel El Tovar, Grand Canyon of Arizona
- View of the El Tovar Hotel, in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. The first floor is sheathed with log slab siding complete with finely-honed corner notching that gives the appearance of log construction. The upper stories have rough...
- Hotel El Tovar--1900-1910.; Grand Canyon (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; Hotels.; National parks & reserves.
- c1905
- Woman holding her hat by the river
- Outdoor portrait of a woman who stands near a concrete slab by the South Platte River in Denver, Colorado. She wears a dress, brooch, and holds her hat.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1900-1920.; Rivers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Colorado state line
- A woman and a man (probably the Buckwalters) pose by a marker at the Colorado / Wyoming state line. Mileage is given for Laramie and Fort Collins; letters on a stone slab include: "This Stone Marks The Place Where The Overland Stage Line Made Its...
- Boundaries--Colorado--1920-1930.; Historical markers--Colorado--1920-1930.; Men--Colorado--1920-1930.; Women--Colorado--1920-1930.; Buckwalter, Harry H.; Buckwalter, Katherine, 1882-1969.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Oldest house in Salt Lake
- Men and boys pose at the Pioneer Log Home in Salt Lake City (Salt Lake County), Utah. Shows a log cabin with a slab roof and a window; pots line an outdoor shelf. A boy holds a wheeled toy; a man sits on a three-legged stool.
- Salt Lake City (Utah)--1880-1890.; Boys--Utah--Salt Lake City--1880-1890.; Log cabins--Utah--Salt Lake City--1880-1890.; Men--Utah--Salt Lake City--1880-1890.
- [between 1882 and 1890?]
- Rock forms near Hance's Trail
- View of a rock formation near Hance Trail in Hance Canyon, near the Grand Canyon, Coconino County, Arizona. Shows a rock slab balanced horizontally on top of of a stone pillar. A snow-covered mountain is in the distance.
- Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.)--1880-1900.; Hance Canyon (Ariz.)--1880-1900.; Canyons--Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.)--1880-1900.; Rock formations--Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.)--1880-1900.
- [between 1883 and 1900?]
- Rock forms near Hance's Trail
- View of a rock formation near Hance Trail in Hance Canyon, near the Grand Canyon Coconino County, Arizona. Shows a rock slab resting horizontally on a stone pillar. Dead trees are nearby and a canyon wall is in the distance.
- Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.)--1880-1900.; Hance Canyon (Ariz.)--1880-1900.; Canyons--Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.)--1880-1900.; Rock formations--Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.)--1880-1900.
- [between 1883 and 1900?]
- Brigham Young's grave, Salt Lake City
- View of the grave of Brigham Young in Salt Lake City, Utah. Men stand by a marble slab enclosed by a wrought iron fence.
- Young, Brigham, 1801-1877--Tomb.; Salt Lake City (Utah)--1890-1910.; Cemeteries--Utah--Salt Lake City--1890-1910.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Utah--Salt Lake City--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Buildings - residences - two story frame house
- View of a house with slab siding and trees in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Bennett Avenue in 1969, Cripple Creek, Colorado
- Business and sidewalk partial view of one and two-story flat-roof brick commercial buildings on Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; buildings have decorated boxed cornices and recessed entryways; man walks on stone slab sidewalk that is in...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Barbershops--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.
- 1969 December 17
- San Isabel, Colo
- At San Isabel, in Saguache or Custer County, Colorado, this slab sided, one-story building has a sign: "U. S. Post Office, San Isabel, Colo." Deep snow fills the foreground and covers trees in the background.
- San Isabel (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Post offices--Colorado--San Isabel--1930-1940.; Snow--Colorado--San Isabel--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Brighton
- View of a gravestone at the Brighton, Adams County, Colorado cemetery: a pointed slab with Japanese inscriptions.
- Brighton (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Brighton--1930-1970.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Brighton--1930- 1970.
- [between 1933 and 1970]
- Central City
- A deteriorating, masonry, two-story building with a hipped roof and a double-bracketed cornice is on a grassy hillside in Central City, Colorado. The rectangular-shaped windows, which have no panes, have stone sills and mantles. The entry, which...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Stone buildings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1953
- James B. Belford home, Central City, 1948
- James B. Belford's home, in Central City, Colorado, is a two story brick house, built above a masonry retaining wall. The house has a flat roof with a brick cornice and rectangular windows with lintels and sills. The porch, a concrete slab, has...
- Belford, James B. (James Burns), 1837-1910--Homes & haunts.; Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.
- 1948
- Venturi inlet
- Shows a square concrete slab below a metal barbed wire fence at the Denver Sewage Works Plant in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver Sewage Disposal Works--Buildings--1930-1940.; Sewage disposal plants--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Hydraulic facilities--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Sewerage--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Venturi outlet
- A metal tube sticks up from a concrete slab in a field at the Denver Sewage Disposal Works Plant in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver Sewage Disposal Works--Buildings--1930-1940.; Sewage disposal plants--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Hydraulic facilities--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Sewerage--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Georgetown
- View of a gravestone in the Alvarado Cemetery, Georgetown, Colorado. The slab has a arch top and a woman's hand shaking a man's carved in relief. Writting carved into stone reads: "In Memory Of My Dear Husband, Samuel Erickson, Died May 30, 1880."...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Georgetown--1950-1960.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Georgetown--1950- 1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960]
- Colorado mountain home
- Slab siding finishes this gable roofed home with covered porch, somewhere in Colorado.
- Houses--Colorado--1900-1930.
- [between 1900 and 1930?]
- Polish picnic at Morrison, Colo.
- A large group of Polish Americans out for a picnic, probably a family, pose for a photo underneath a large rock slab. The women wear ankle length skirts and blouses, all of the men wear suits, some have removed their jackets and vests. A few in the...
- Polish Americans--Colorado--Morrison--1900-1910.; Morrison (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Picnics--Colorado--Morrison--1900-1910.; Rock formations--Colorado--Morrison--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--Morrison--1900-1910.
- 1903 July
- Longmont High School
- View of exterior entrance of the Longmont High School, Longmont, Colorado; features the two and half-story brick building with stepped entrance, double door entry and transom. Lettering below curvilinear parapet reads: Longmont High School; carved...
- Longmont High School (Longmont, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Longmont (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Schools--Colorado--Longmont--1920-1930.
- [1925]
- Drilling contest at Eldora, Colo
- View of a mining contest in Eldora, Colorado; shows miners driving a spike into a rock slab. Well-dressed spectators include men, women, and children; United States flags and bunting are by a house with sign: "Log Cabin."
- Eldora (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Children--Colorado--Eldora--1900-1910.; Contests--Colorado--Eldora--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Eldora--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--Eldora--1900-1910.
- [between 1906 and 1910?]
- Sitting Bull's grave
- View of the Sitting Bull memorial, a concrete slab with corner posts and center rock stack at one end, on the plains of South Dakota, erected in honor of Sitting Bull, a Native American Hunkpapa Sioux Chief.
- Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890--Monuments.; Dakota Indians--Commemoration--South Dakota--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--Commemoration--South Dakota--1930-1940.; Monuments & memorials--South Dakota--1930-1940.
- [1936]
- Mission cemetery, 5 miles north of Pine Ridge
- View of Native American grave sites in the mission cemetery near Pine Ridge, South Dakota; shows a concrete slab encrusted with rocks and stones and a headstone decorated with feather plumes, flowers and a plaque: "Andrew W. Rabbit, Born Apr. 8,...
- Dakota Indians--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1930-1940.; Pine Ridge (S.D.)--1930-1940.; Cemeteries--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1930-1940.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--South Dakota--Pine...
- August 1936
- Marble quarry
- Miners pose near a building at the Kerr Stone Company quarry near Howard, Freemont County, Colorado. A rock slab that reads: "The Kerr Stone Co. PO Box 1027 Denver, Colo. 18.0 3.0 3.0" is near a pump.
- Howard (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Howard--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Howard--1890-1910.; Quarrying--Colorado--Howard--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Rawlins Grey Sandstone Quarry Kerr Marble & Stone Co
- Miners pose near the Rawlins Grey Sandstone Quarry near Rawlins Wyoming. One man poses on a slab of sandstone that is hoisted by a stiff leg derrick. A quarry building is nearby.
- Rawlins (Wyo.)--1890-1910.; Hoisting machinery--Wyoming--Rawlins--1890-1910.; Miners--Wyoming--Rawlins--1890-1910.; Mining--Wyoming--Rawlins--1890-1910.; Sandstone quarrying--Wyoming--Rawlins--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Ashcroft, Summer, 1943 [graphic]
- View of a hewn log residence, Ashcroft, (Castle Forks City, Chloride) Pitkin County, Colorado; features a board and corrugated metal roof with a pipe smoke stack and a leaning ladder; metal buckets, cans, wash tub, gold pan and wooden crates on a...
- Ashcroft (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Log cabins--Colorado--Ashcroft--1940-1950.
- 1943
- Denver City and County Building
- View of workers installing an inscribed marble slab at the Denver City and County Building, Denver, Colorado, it reads: "A D M C M X X X I," or 1931. Scaffolding still surrounds the uncompleted building.
- City and County Building (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.;...
- [1931]
- Burro monument, Fairplay
- The Burro monument in the town of Fairplay, Colorado, in Park County consists of two concrete-enclosed display cases between a concrete wall. Shale is atop each display case between a bronze plaque with a burro on it. Potted plans are on top of...
- Fairplay (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Donkeys--Colorado--Fairplay--1930-1940.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--Fairplay--1930-1940.
- [about 1930]
- Wyo. state hunters, Eagles Nest Nov. 1921 catch, 80 coyotes, 1 bobcat, 2 badgers.
- Three tiers of coyote pelts hang from a wood and stone slab frame near Wamsutter in Sweetwater County, Wyoming. Two bandoliers of rifle cartridges stretched between boards hang below a bobcat pelt. Two badgers lie on the ground near axes stuck in...
- Coyote--Control--Wyoming--Sweetwater County--1920-1930.; Sweetwater County (Wyo.)--1920-1930.; Coyote hunting--Wyoming--Sweetwater County--1920-1930.; Dead animals--Wyoming--Sweetwater County--1920-1930.; Hides & skins--Wyoming--Sweetwater...
- 1921 Nov
- Settlement
- View of houses, slab fences, poplar trees, and a wagon. A brick residence has bargeboard and a covered porch.
- Settlements--1880-1920.
- [between 1880 and 1920?]
- Wolhurst
- Well-dressed men, women, and dogs pose at Wolhurst, in Littleton, Colorado. The house has slab siding, a rustic bentwood porch, and a shed roofed dormer. Edward Wolcott is the third from right in the first row.
- Littleton (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Dogs--Colorado--Littleton--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Littleton--1890-1900.; People--Colorado--Littleton--1890-1900.; Wolcott, Edward Olive, 1848-1905.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Pecos Pueblo Mission
- A large wooden cross stands in front of the remains of the Pecos Pueblo Mission on top of a small hill in the valley of the Pecos River in New Mexico. The cross is supported by a pile of rocks at its base, from which a large cactus also protrudes....
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--1910-1920.; Crosses--New Mexico--1910-1920.; Missions--New Mexico--1910-1920.; Pueblos--New Mexico--1910-1920.; Ruins--New Mexico--1910-1920.
- [1915?]
- Hawikuh
- A man squats down and brushes the dirt away from a stone slab at an excavation site at Hawikuh in New Mexico. The handle of a digging tool lies on the ground behind him. The man wears a hat that covers his face as he bows his head toward the...
- Hawikuh (N.M.)--1900-1920.; Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--New Mexico--1900-1920.
- [between 1907 and 1917?]
- Mayan stela
- An ancient Mayan stela, a carved stone slab used for commemorative purposes, lies in the foreground in front of a row of palm trees, at the Maya site of Quirigua, Guatamala. The stela (zoomorph G) is carved with elaborate decorations.
- Indians of Central America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Guatamala--1910-1920.; Maya art--Guatamala--1910-1920.; Mayas--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Guatamala--1910-1920.; Stele (Archaeology)--Guatamala--1910-1920.; Quiriguá Site...
- [between 1910 and 1913?]
- Mayan stela
- A Mayan stela, a carved stone slab used for commemorative purposes, stands in front of several plants and trees, at Quirigua site, Guatamala. The stela (zoomorph P) is elaborately carved with the figure of a person on the front side.
- Indians of Central America--Antiquities & archaological sites--Guatamala--1910-1920.; Maya art--Guatamala--1910-1920.; Mayas--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Guatamala--1910-1920.; Stele (Archaeology)--Guatamala--1910-1920.; Quiriguá Site...
- [between 1910 and 1913?]
- Elizabeth Barnes' gravestone
- View of carved stone gravestone in the old Lake City cemetery, north of town along Lake Fork River, Colorado. Slab with curved top has "Mother Elizabeth Barnes" carved in relief and "Died Oct. 3, 1880: Aged 64YS. 7M. 21 D'S." inscribed on it....
- Lake City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Lake City--1950-1960.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Lake City--1950- 1960.
- [1959?]
- Catholic cemetery, La Garita, Colorado
- Close-up view of a flat grave marker in the Catholic cemetery, in La Garita, Saguache County, Colorado, shows a slab gravestone covering the grave, with a small shrine with a Virgin Mary figurine and wire fencing woven with flowers. The cemetery...
- La Garita (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Cemeteries--Colorado--La Garita--1970-1980.
- March 19, 1974
- Espinosa graves, cemetery, La Garita, Colorado
- View of the Espinosa graves, in the Catholic cemetery, in La Garita, Saguache county, Colorado shows a cemetery plot bordered by a metal tube fence containing a large flat slab with a smaller engraved metal plaque at the base and a replica of...
- La Garita (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Cemeteries--Colorado--La Garita--1970-1980.
- March 19, 1974