Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Buddy, Rosann, Spot, Betty Jean
- Buddy, Rosann and Betty Jean, three white children, pose together with a dog named Spot. Buddy wears a cap, sweater and pants. Rosann wears a bonnet, sweater and pants. Betty Jean wears a dress and high socks, and holds a tennis racket. Spot lies...
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Children & animals--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1929 and 1930]
- Indians, Ute, wars, Meeker massacre
- View of Meeker tragedy memorial markers, outside of Meeker, Rio Blanco, Colorado; the wood sign reads: "This area was site of White River Ute Indian Agency where U. S. Gov't. Agent, Nathan C. Meeker, with male employees were massacred. Women and...
- Meeker, Nathan Cook, 1814-1879--Monuments.; Indians of North America--Colorado--Meeker--1920-1940.; Ute Indians--War--Colorado--Meeker--1920-1940.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--Meeker--1920-1940.; United States. Office of Indian Affairs. White...
- [between 1927 and 1940?]
- Glen Isle
- View of three houses in Glen Isle (Park County), Colorado. The closest house has a sign on the facing wall: "Garden spot." Two wagon wheels lean against a fence outside of it. The two other houses are identified by the artist as the Kiva house and...
- Glenisle (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Glenisle--1960-1970.
- 1964
- Buddy, Rosann, Betty Jean, Donald
- Buddy, Rosann, Betty Jean and Donald, four white children, pose with a dog named Spot. Buddy wears a sweater, pants and a cap. Donald, who sits in a sand box with toys, wears a sweater and a hat. Rosann wears pants, a sweater and a bonnet. Betty...
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Children & animals--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Children playing outdoors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Dogs--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1929 and 1930]
- White Spot Restaurant
- This building was built in 1967 and designed by Armet and Davis of Los Angeles in a Googie style. This was a White Spot coffee shop, one of a chain that closed in 2001. A Tom's Diner sign is visible in the photo, who have occupied the building...
- White Spot Restaurant (Denver, Colo.)
- 2007
- Spot
- Studio portrait of a dog identified as Spot.
- Dogs--1860-1880.
- [between 1865 and 1875?]
- Book of words of the festival opening of the great organ
- Program for a concert given at Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church in 1888.
- Trinity United Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church (Denver, Colo.) -- History. ; Methodist churches--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
- 1888 December 21
- Griffin Memorial, Silver Plume Mountain
- View of the Griffin Memorial on Silver Plume Mountain near Silver Plume (Clear Creek County), Colorado. The monument marks the grave of Clifford Griffin, the co-owner of the Seven-Thirty Mine. On June 19, 1887 Griffin committed suicide and shot...
- Griffin, Clifford, 1847-1887--Monuments--2010-2020.; Silver Plume (Colo.)--2010-2020.; Monuments & memorials.; Obelisks.; Griffin, Clifford, 1847-1887--Monuments--Pictorial works.; Monuments--Colorado--Silver Plume--Pictorial works.;...
- 2010
- The City of Denver: Volume 2 Number 1, 1913 October 11
- Municipal Facts: Volume 11 Numbers 3 and 4, 1928 March-April
- Hot Sulphur Springs
- Panoramic view of frame buildings, barns, canvas tents, and camp sites in Hot Sulphur Springs (Grand County), Colorado. Covered wagons are near tents in a meadow. Shows timber fences, willow bushes, and the Colorado River in the valley.
- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1890-1900.; Hot Sulphur Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Buildings--Colorado--Hot Sulphur Springs--1890-1900.; Camping--Colorado--Hot Sulphur Springs--1890-1900.; Covered wagons--Colorado--Hot Sulphur Springs--1890-1900.;...
- 1899
- Harry Brown - Brown Retort
- Harry Brown poses in an oil shale processing facility at the Index Shale Oil Company in De Beque (Mesa County) Colorado; he poses beside a Brown retort (he is probably the inventor) that consists of a hopper, rotating tanks, and exhaust stacks.
- Index Oil Shale Company--Facilities--1920-1930.; Oil-shale industry--Colorado--De Beque--1920-1930.; De Beque (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--De Beque--1920-1930.; Machinery--Colorado--De Beque--1920-1930.; Petroleum...
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Industries - construction - working on Alameda bridge over Platte
- View of Alameda Avenue bridge construction in Denver, Colorado; shows men, girders, and business with signs: "R. Jones," and "Zang's Beer."
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Bridge construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1909 or 1910]
- Cemeteries - grave site - tombstone of Sarah E. Roberts
- View of grave markers in a Denver, Colorado, cemetery; inscriptions read: "Roberts" and "Mother Sarah E. Roberts 1850-1915.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Roberts, Sarah E., 1850-1915--Tomb.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Cemeteries - grave site - tombstone of Myron W. Reed
- View of a grave marker, flowers, and United States flags in Denver, Colorado; inscription reads: "Myron W. Reed, 1836-1899, I Believe Death Is A Promotion An Incident Of Life - Poverty And Ignorance Get Together And Crime Is Born - Erected By...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Reed, Myron W., 1836-1899--Tomb.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Garfield Monument
- View of the stone Garfield Monument on the edge of the Toltec Gorge (Rio Arriba County), New Mexico. Incised letters on the shrine read: "In Memoriam James Abram Garfield President of the United States Died September 19, 1881. Mourned By All the...
- Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881--Monuments.; Rio Arriba County (N.M.)--1880-1900.; Toltec Gorge (N.M.)--1880-1900.; Monuments & memorials--New Mexico--Rio Arriba County--1880-1900.
- [between 1881 and 1900?]
- Woman and child at riverside
- Outdoor portrait of a woman and girl by the South Platte River in Denver, Colorado; costume includes a mob cap.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1900-1920.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Mothers & children--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Keota
- Men play baseball in an open field in Keota (Weld County), Colorado. Spectators and parked cars are nearby. Shows players with caps, suspenders, knickers and baseball gloves. A man runs near home plate.
- Keota (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Baseball--Colorado--Keota--1910-1920.; Spectators--Colorado--Keota--1910-1920.
- 1913 August 8
- Gregory Gulch
- View of dilapidated head frames, frame buildings and snow on tailings piles in Gregory Gulch in Central City (Gilpin County), Colorado. A historical marker sign reads: "On this ground, later known as Gregory Diggings, John H. Gregory discovered the...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Gregory Gulch (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Abandoned mines--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Canyons--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- 1932
- Three women seated by a river
- Outdoor portrait of women and a teenaged girl by (probably) the South Platte River, in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1900-1920.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Rivers--Colorado--1900-1920.; Teenagers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Two women sitting by the river, arm in arm
- Outdoor portrait of girls by the South Platte River and the Alameda Avenue bridge in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1910-1920.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Rivers--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915?]
- Moccasin
- Shows a pair of yellow and ochre doeskin moccasins made by Native American Northern Plains Indians. The moccasins were made for a child and feature red, white, green, yellow and blue beadwork, spot stitch, green felt, and soft soles.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1900-1910.; Moccasins--1900-1910.
- [1900]
- Mines - Della S - Aspen air hoist
- Interior view of the Dellas Mine in Aspen (Pitkin County), Colorado; shows a miner, an air powered cable hoist, and tools.
- Aspen (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Dellas Mine (Pitkin County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Aspen--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Aspen--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Aspen--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Aspen--1890-1900.
- 1893, February 26
- Garden of the Gods Cathedral Spires
- View of Cathedral Spires rock formations at Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1890-1920.; Parks--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1920.; Rock formations--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1920.
- [between 1895 and 1915?]
- Cameron's Cone
- View of Cameron Cone in El Paso County, Colorado, and tracks of the Colorado Midland Railway.
- Colorado Midland Railway Company--1890-1900.; Cameron Cone (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1900.; Rock formations--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1920?]
- Antlers fire
- Spectators watch as fire fighters put out a hot spot in the burned remains of what was the Antlers Hotel in Colorado Springs (El Paso county), Colorado. The hotel was destroyed by fire on October 1, 1898.
- Antlers Hotel (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.
- 1898 October 1
- Education - classes - gymnastics - Indian clubs
- Women and men pose during an exercise class in (probably) Denver, Colorado, holding clubs. Bunting drapes columns overhead.
- Physical fitness--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- The Masonic Temple, Great Ute Canon
- A horse-drawn wagon stops on a dirt road in a spot identified as Great Ute Canyon, Colorado. The Masonic Temple rock formation is in the background.
- Canyons--Colorado--1870-1890.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--1870-1890.; Rock formations--Colorado--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- The Great Ute and his Squaw
- View of a dirt road and two rock formations that suggest human heads, in a spot identified as Great Ute Canon, in Colorado.
- Rock formations--Colorado--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- Garfield mem. mon., Toltec Gorge
- View of the Garfield Monument in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico. Incised letters on this shrine to the assassinated president read: "In memoriam James Abram Garfield President of the United States died September 19, 1881. Mourned by all the people....
- Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881--Monuments.; Rio Arriba County (N.M.)--1880-1890.; Toltec Gorge (N.M.)--1880-1890.; Canyons--New Mexico--Rio Arriba County--1880-1890.; Monuments & memorials--New Mexico--Rio Arriba County--1880-1890.
- [between 1881 and 1885?]
- Upper Twin Lake and Mariposa Lily
- View of Mariposa Lilies and a postcard depicting Upper Twin Lakes in Lake County, Colorado.
- Lake County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Twin Lakes (Lake County, Colo. : Lake)--1890-1900.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Lake County--1890-1900.; Lilies--1890-1900.; Photographic postcards--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- The Silver Moon Hotel at Third and Kimbark.
- View of the Silver Moon Hotel, Third (3rd) Avenue and Kimbark, Longmont, Colorado, shows the two story wooden gable roof building with a false front and vine covered porch. The sign has a cresent shape moon symbol between: "Silver" and "Hotel."...
- Longmont (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Longmont--1870-1890.; Silver Moon Hotel (Longmont, Colo.)
- [1872?]
- A view of early Longmont taken from top floor of Farmer's Mill.
- View from Farmer's Mill over Longmont, Colorado, shows widely spaced one and two-story wood frame residences. "#1 is the old Denio mill on Bross street that burned about 1934. #2 is the G. M. Davis home, later moved and replaced by H. W. Balmer...
- Longmont (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Houses--Colorado--Longmont--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880.]
- Cheyenne Road, Colo. Springs
- View of Cheyenne Road in Colorado Springs, Colorado; a tree- lined dirt road crosses a creek, with fence at left and right; in distance, small buildings are obscured by trees.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Roads--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Looking southwest at the 300 block of Main Street, Longmont
- View past tall bare cottonwood trees along the 300 block of Main Street, Longmont, Colorado, includes, brick commercial buildings, horse- drawn wagons and carriages and bicycles. Board walkways bridge the dirt street and the raised concrete...
- Longmont (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Business districts--Colorado--Longmont--1910-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Longmont--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930]
- A house in Ouray
- Two small girls stand in the open gateway of a wood fence, in front of a log house, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Girls--Colorado--Ouray--1870-1890.; Log cabins--Colorado--Ouray--18170-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890]
- Ouray, school house
- View north down the Uncompahgre River Valley, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, includes a frame house, residential area and the public school. A family poses on a porch, with ornate scroll brackets, of their one-story house.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Uncompahgre River (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Families--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1890.
- [between 1883 and 1890]
- Pine Grove school house
- A man and children pose on the deck of a hewn log schoolhouse in Pine, (originally Pine Grove), Jefferson County, Colorado. They are (l to r): Robert Daniels, (?), Dr. S. T. Lindsey, Roy Raine, Theron Smith, (?), Rob Lindsey, Geo Caldwell, Virginia...
- Pine (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Log buildings--Colorado--Pine--1890-1900.; Schools--Colorado--Pine--1890-1900.
- 1892
- Street in Gregory Gulch, Pike's Peak
- Reproduction of ink rendering; shows Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado, with men, wagons, cabins, and signs: "Rocky Mountain Gold reporter," and "Express Office."
- Central City (Colo.)--1860-1870.
- 1860
- The Antlers, Colorado Springs
- View of the west facade of the Antlers Hotel, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, shows a stone and frame building with dormers, chimneys, half-round towers, a porch, balcony and lawn with planted trees.
- Antlers Hotel (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1898?]
- The Devil's Causway [sic]
- View of the flat top of a ridge (Devil's Causeway) in the Flat Tops Wilderness of Garfield County, Colorado.
- Flat Tops Wilderness (Colo.)--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Martha's Lake
- View of Martha Lake located at headwaters of Chedsey Creek near Continental Divide in Jackson County, Colorado; logs float on water near bank at foreground.
- Martha Lake (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Jackson County--1910-1920.
- [between 1911 and 1920?]
- Future site of Charles C. & Hazel Gates' mountain home in Bear Creek
- Two women sit on the porch of a small cabin at the spot of the future site of Charles C. and Hazel Gates' (Harry Rhoads' sister) home in Jefferson County, Colorado. A small river runs past the property and hills surround the area. A dirt road...
- Construction--Colorado--Jefferson County--1910-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Jefferson County--1910-1940.; Gates, Charles Cassius, 1877-1961--Homes & haunts.; Gates, Hazel LaDora Rhoads--Homes & haunts.
- [between 1910 and 1940?]
- Unidentified church
- Interior view of a church in (probably) Denver, Colorado; shows groin vaults, tracery, pews, a piano, balconies, and lettering: "In The Beginning God."
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1940.; Churches--Colorado--Denver--1900-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1940.
- [between 1900 and 1940?]
- Crowd gathered on Curtis St.
- People crowd Curtis Street in front of the Pantages Vaudeville Theater in Denver, Colorado. Theater sign reads: "Pantages, The Bright Spot of Denver, Mlle. Verna, Mersereau & Co., Pharaohs Temple, A Memory of Old Egypt, Gray Trio, Music, Mirth and...
- Pantages Vaudeville Theater (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Theaters--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Looking East on Main from Beech, Trinidad
- Men and women crowd the boardwalk fronting Main Street in Trinidad, Colorado. Gable roofed adobe buildings line the dirt thoroughfare, where a man sits on a horse. Signs read: "Davis & Barraclough," "Colorado Hotel," and "Exchange."
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Streets--Colorado--Trinidad--1860-1870.
- 1867
- Church basement west
- View of church ruins at Taos Pueblo (Native American), New Mexico; shows adobe walls and a tower.
- Catholic churches--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1840-1850.; Indians of North America--Structures--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1840-1850.; Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--1840-1850.; Ruins--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1840-1850.
- 1847
- Harry Rhoads gets a hair treatment
- Harry Rhoads sits in a barbers' chair while two women put cream or lotion on the bald spot on his head.
- Denver (Colo.)--1940-1960.; Barbershops--Colorado--Denver--1940-1960.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1940-1960.; Rhoads, Harry Mellon, 1880 or 81-1975.
- [between 1940 and 1960?]
- Indians, Ute, wars, Meeker massacre
- Detail view of the Meeker tragedy memorial marker, outside of Meeker, Rio Blanco, Colorado; bronze plaque on rock reads: "This native granite stone erected by the citizens of Rio Blanco County, Colorado 1927 and dedicated to the memory of Nathan C....
- Meeker, Nathan Cook, 1814-1879--Monuments.; Indians of North America--War--Colorado--Meeker--1920-1940.; Ute Indians--Colorado--Meeker--1920-1940.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--Meeker--1920-1940.; United States. Office of Indian Affairs. White...
- [between 1927 and 1940?]
- Building debris
- View of ruins and lumber; (possibly) fire or flood damage.
- Natural phenomena--1920-1930.; Ruins--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]