Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Girls basketball team
- The Aspen High School, Colorado girls basketball team pose for a team picture on the steps of a hotel in Buena Vista, Colorado. Their luggage is lined up in front of the steps. The team members sit in two rows on the three steps that lead up to...
- Women athletes--Colorado--Aspen--1910-1920.; Buena Vista (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Basketball players--Colorado--Aspen--1910-1920.
- [about 1910?]
- Beaver Brook, Colorado
- Men, women, and children pose on the wooden steps that lead up the hillside to the pavilion in Beaver Brook, Colorado (Jefferson County) along the tracks of the Colorado & Southern Railroad. The gazebo at the top of the hill is a polygon-shaped,...
- Beaver Brook (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Gazebos--Colorado--Beaver Brook--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- General George Armstrong Custer, officers and ladies at Fort Abraham Lincoln
- Custer and wife of Lt. Calhoun - seated, middle of steps), Lt. Charles A. Varnum (7th Cavalry), Mrs. Myles Moylan (behind General Carlin), Lt. James Calhoun (7th Cavalry - right end of middle row, standing next to porch banister); third or back...
- Fort Abraham Lincoln (N.D.)--1870-1880.; Forts & fortifications--North Dakota--1870-1880.; Military facilities--North Dakota--1870-1880.; Military officers--1870-1880.; Officers' quarters--1870-1880.; Custer, George Armstrong, 1839-1876.
- [between 1874 and 1876]
- Teller House, Central City
- View of two of the four stories of the Teller House in Central City, Colorado. The lower windows and the entry over the paneled door are rounded. Wrought iron gas lights with white globes are on either side of the door. A wrought iron gas light...
- Teller House (Central City, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Hotels--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Frank G. Bloom residence, Trinidad, Colorado
- View of the Frank G. Bloom residence, Trinidad, Colorado built in 1882. This four story brick, French Victorian residence has metal-covered mansard roofs; widow's walk railing on the top two floors; and dentiled, bracketed cornices and quoins all...
- Bloom, Frank G.--Homes & haunts.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Dwellings--Colorado--Trinidad--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Mesa Verde, excavating
- A man walks up a series of makeshift stone steps that lead from the Step House cliff dwelling to the top of a mesa in Mesa Verde National Park. Huge boulders line either side of the steps. A bare shrub stands in the foreground.
- Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Step House (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Pit dwellings--Colorado--1920-1930.; Archaeological sites--Colorado--1920-1930.; Cliff dwellings--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [1926?]
- Kemp Cabin - Happy Valley 1894
- A group of men, women and children poses in front of the Kemp family log cabin near Eldora in Boulder County, Colorado. Photographer Donald C. Kemp's father John H. Kemp sits with young Don and his brother Robert on the steps to the cabin. Kemp was...
- Kemp, Donald Campbell, 1889-1975--Family.; Kemp, Donald Campbell, 1889-1975--Homes & haunts.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Eldora (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--Eldora--1890-1900.; Collins, Edgar.; Collins, Margie Becker.; Kemp,...
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Kemp Cabin - Happy Valley 1894
- A group of men, women and children poses in front of the Kemp family log cabin near Eldora in Boulder County, Colorado. Photographer Donald C. Kemp's father John H. Kemp sits with young Don and his brother Robert on the steps to the cabin. Kemp was...
- Kemp, Donald Campbell, 1889-1975--Family.; Kemp, Donald Campbell, 1889-1975--Homes & haunts.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Eldora (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--Eldora--1890-1900.; Becker, Margie.; Collins, Edgar.; Kemp, John H.;...
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Nate Salsbury with group
- Nate Salsbury, owner and manager of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, sits on the front steps of a house smoking a pipe. His wife, Rachel, also sits on the steps. Another woman stands next to a baby carriage where a baby is propped up against pillows....
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Baby carriages--1880-1890.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Salsbury, Nate, 1846-1902.; Salsbury, Rachel.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1889?]
- Nuns and children
- A nun dressed in a habit poses on the porch of a house or building with a large group of students in Colorado. The children stand on porch steps. The boys, girls and teenagers are well dressed. A dog is near the steps.
- Children--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Teenages--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Nuns--Colorado--Pictorial works.
- [bertween 1920 and 1930?]
- Portrait of a boy
- Studio portrait of a boy who poses on a set of rustic wooden steps. He wears a wool shift and jacket with a rounded collar that is buttoned up the front. Raised decorative dots embellish the cuffs of the coat and border a panel in the center of the...
- Boys--1890-1900.; Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Studio props--1890-1900.
- 1891
- Children in Chinatown
- Four Chinese American children dressed in heavy winter clothes sit on concrete steps in the Chinatown neighborhood of San Francisco, California. A woman dressed in a long black shirt with wide sleeves stands by the side of the steps. Graffiti is...
- Chinese Americans--Children--California--San Francisco--1870-1900.; Chinatown (San Francisco, Calif.)--1870-1900.; San Francisco (Calif.)--1870-1900.; Children--California--San Francisco--1870-1900.; Stairways--California--San...
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- Central City home interior
- The back porch of a Central City home is framed in a dark, round border. The house is brick and has two rectangular windows and lattice work on the right side of the porch. Wood steps lead up to the porch with a wood railing. A planter is next to...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1930-1950.; Porches--Colorado--Central City--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Unloading at Union Station
- A woman steps off a train at Union Station, Denver, Colorado. She wears a hat, boots, pants, jacket, blouse and carries a creel. A man boards the train via the steps behind her as an attendant helps him.
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Railroad cars--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Central City, 1953, High Street (East)
- The two story, Belford house, one of the oldest brick residences in Central City, Colorado, has a flat roof, two chimneys, and a brick cornice and is built above a retaining wall. It has rectangular windows with sills and lintels, a projecting bay...
- Belford House (Central City, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1953
- Central City
- Shows three historic Central City, Colorado, landmarks: Washington Hall, possibly the oldest building in Central City, Henry M. Teller's Law Offices, and William's Stables. The Hall is a two-story clapborad construction with a peaked roof,...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1955
- Columbian Hotel, Trinidad Colorado
- Interior view of a coffered ceiling in the Columbian Hotel, in Trinidad, Colorado. Probably pressed tin, the ceiling has a beveled square pattern with grooves and inset ridges. Two steps of coving follow, each being a variation of a flourish...
- Columbian Hotel (Trinidad, Colo.)--1960-1980.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Ceilings--Colorado--Trinidad--1960-1980.; Interiors.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Columbian Hotel, Trinidad, Colorado
- Interior view of a coffered ceiling in the Columbian Hotel, in Trinidad, Colorado. Probably pressed tin, the ceiling has a beveled square pattern with grooves and inset ridges. Two steps of coving follow, each being a variation of a flourish...
- Columbian Hotel (Trinidad, Colo.)--1960-1980.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Ceilings--Colorado--Trinidad--1960-1980.; Interiors.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Las Animas County Bloom mansion, Trinidad
- Frank G. Bloom residence, in Trinidad, Colorado is listed on the National Register of Historic Buildings. Built in 1882, this four story brick, French Victorian residence has metal-covered mansard roofs and widow's walk railing on the top two...
- Bloom, Frank G.--Homes & haunts.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Trinidad--1960-1970.
- July 1966
- Las Animas County Bloom mansion in Trinidad
- Frank G. Bloom residence, in Trinidad, Colorado is listed on the National Register of Historic Buildings. Built in 1882, this four story brick, French Victorian residence has metal-covered mansard roofs and widow's walk railing on the top two...
- Bloom, Frank G.--Homes & haunts.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Trinidad--1960-1970.
- July 1966
- Confederate reunion
- View of conventioneers in Trinidad, Colorado. An elderly man holding an ornately carved cane descends steps helped by another man . A woman wearing dark gown and fur overcoat with ermine collar, pearl necklace, and large corsage descends the...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Kennedy, John R., fl. 1939.; Reid, John R., fl. 1939.
- August, 1939
- Jesse Summers Randall residence, Georgetown, Colorado
- View of the home owned by Jesse Summers Randall, Georgetown, Colorado. Randall was the founder and editor of the Georgetown Courier newspaper, started in 1877. The house construction began in 1876. Its eclectic style includes a gable roof section...
- Randall, Jesse Summers 1848-1939--Homes & haunts--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1900.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Iron Spring Hotel
- Exterior view of the Iron Springs Hotel in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking southwest. Rebuilt in 1884 after a fire, this three story frame structure with clipped cross gabled roof has a dormer, a chimney, and a finial on the roof peak, and is...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1890.; Iron Springs Hotel (Manitou Springs, Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1883 and 1884?]
- Northern Cheyenne Indians Dodge City Kans
- Members of Dull Knife's group: Frizzley Hair, Wild Hog, Rain in the Face, Crow, Old Man, White Antelope, and George Reynolds, Interpreter, Native American (Cheyenne) and white men, sit on the steps of the courthouse after being captured, Dodge...
- Cheyenne Indians--Capture & imprisonment--Kansas--Dodge City--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--Capture & imprisonment--Kansas--Dodge City--1870-1880.; Dodge City (Kan.)--1870-1880.; Prisoners of war--Kansas--Dodge City--1870-1880.;...
- 1878
- Indians, Denver
- Three Native American men stand in a circle and beat a drum on the steps of the Colorado State Capitol building in Denver, Colorado. They are protesting a bill which would allow only resident Indians free tuition at Fort Lewis College. Supporters...
- Colorado State Capitol (Denver, Colo.)--Riots & demonstrations--1970-1980.; Fort Lewis College--Riots & demonstrations--1970-1980.; Indians of North America--Great Plains--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.;...
- April 24, 1971
- Aspen High School
- View of the principal of Aspen High School, Aspen, Colorado standing on the steps of the building; features a two-story building with a a wooden covered porch with tapered spindles, a balcony railing above it, and a pediment-style gable over the...
- Aspen (Colo.)--1910-1920.; School principals--Colorado--Aspen--1910-1920.; Schools--Colorado--Aspen--1910-1920.; Quarton, Harold B.
- [about 1910]
- Half House, Aspen, Colorado
- View of a one and one-half story, clapboard structure in Aspen, Colorado; features a steeply pitched half gable, covered porch with tapered spindles, and a balcony replacing the missing section of the roof; includes fish-scale shingles and a border...
- Aspen (Colo.)--1950-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Aspen--1950-1980.
- [between 1950 and 1980]
- Cliff House, Manitou, Colo.
- Close-up partial view of Cliff House, Manitou Springs, Colorado; cement sidewalk leading past pond with fountain to front steps of hotel, man & woman seated on steps, balusters on covered porch & balcony, wrought iron bench near pond.
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1910.; Cliff House (Manitou Springs, Colo.)
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Mr. Block is looking at stage
- Image of a painting by Herndon Davis, a Denver artist (1901- 1962), interior of the Apex Miners' Hall, seven miles northwest of Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado; shows Don Block looking at the theater stage with painted backdrop, side draped...
- Apex (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Interiors.; States (Platforms)--Colorado--Apex--1940-1950.; Theaters--Colorado--Apex--1940-1950.
- [1946?]
- This picture is the cabin in Kerber Creek, Bonanza
- The Rathron family poses in front of their cabin near Bonanza, Colorado, in Saguache County. Mrs. Rathron holds baby Horace as she stands on the steps that lead to the covered porch. Mr. Rathron leans against the step railings. Young Elizabeth...
- Rathron family--Homes & haunts.; Bonanza (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Bonanza--1880-1890.; Log cabins--Colorado--Bonanza--1880-1890.
- [between 1882 and 1884]
- Pre 1910 old administration building
- In the prison yard in Canon City, Colorado, garden, lawn, and potted plants flank the City Ditch which enters through a grated arch in the wall. Footbridges cross the canal leading to the Administration Building. Other features include a two-story,...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1890-1900.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Principal and staff, 9th St. School
- Principal and staff pose on the steps of the Ninth Street School, between Poplar and Hemlock, in Leadville, Colorado. Seven women in long dresses with fitted sleeves and high collars, some with bows and fitted buttoned bodices sit around a man in...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Teachers--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- Petersburg, Colorado school
- Students and teachers stand on the steps of the school in Petersburg (later Englewood), Arapahoe County, Colorado. Shows a brick building, tall double doors and wooden steps.
- Petersburg (Colo.)--1890-1910.; School children--Colorado--Petersburg--1890-1910.; Schools--Colorado--Petersburg--1890-1910.; Teachers--Colorado--Petersburg--1890-1910.
- [between 1894 and 1904?]
- Arrest of Charles Hough, bootlegger
- Four men stand near hundreds of bottles of bootlegged wine, beer, and liquor on the steps of a building in Kansas. Beer bottles wrapped in paper are arranged on a table made from barrels and a wood plank. Whiskey, gin, and wine bottles are arranged...
- Alcoholic beverages--Kansas--1920-1940.; Confiscations--Kansas--1920-1940.; Police raids--Kansas--1920-1940.; Prohibition--Kansas--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1932?]
- Central City, Colo. 1900
- has arrived. The Armory Hall (formerly the Belvidere Theatre) stands in the center foreground on Main Street adjacent to "The Shoo Fly," a variety and dance hall. Farther up Main Street in the left midground is the Retallack House, built in 1897...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1899 and 1900?]
- Mesa Verde, excavating
- Pithouse C of Step House, a cliff dwelling in Mesa Verde National Park, stands in the foreground under a large rock wall. Two men stand on the ledge above the pithouse digging with shovels. Stone slabs line the wall in the pithouse. A small ring...
- Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Step House (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Pit dwellings--Colorado--1920-1930.; Archaeological sites--Colorado--1920-1930.; Cliff dwellings--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [1926?]
- Grand Stairway "The Colorado" Glenwood
- Northeastward, distant view of the Grand Stairway at the Hotel Colorado in Glenwood Springs, Colorado; supporting pillar and upholstered chair (in rotunda) in right foreground; two sets of steps flank piano and cello in alcove; next tier of steps...
- Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1900.; Lobbies--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1900.; Musical instruments--1890-1900.; Stairways--Colorado--Glenwood...
- [between 1893 and 1901]
- Nederland, Colorado. Hotels and Motels. The Antlers (first)
- A group of men, women and children stands on the front porch and in front of The Antlers Hotel in Nederland in Boulder County, Colorado, probably in the 1890s. A man stands next to a woman holding a baby on the right side of the front porch. The...
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Nederland (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Nederland--1890-1900.; Porches--Colorado--Nederland--1890-1900.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Biography, unidentified groups
- A group of men, probably Masons, stand at the bottom of the steps of the Scottish Rite Temple, on the corner of Washington and Paseo de Peralta, in Santa Fe, New Mexico. An entrance with a Moorish style arch is at the top of the stairs. Lamp posts...
- Scottish Rite (Masonic order)--People.; Santa Fe (N.M.)--1910-1940.; Fraternal organizations--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1910-1940.; Masonic buildings--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1910-1940.
- [between 1910 and 1931?]
- Biography, unidentified groups
- A group of men, probably Masons, stand at the bottom of the steps of the Scottish Rite Temple, on the corner of Washington and Paseo de Peralta, in Santa Fe, New Mexico. An entrance with a Moorish style arch is at the top of the stairs. Lamp posts...
- Scottish Rite (Masonic order)--People.; Santa Fe (N.M.)--1910-1940.; Fraternal organizations--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1910-1940.; Masonic buildings--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1910-1940.
- [between 1910 and 1931?]
- Residence at 945 Pennsylvania Street, Denver
- Rounded arches line the front porch of the brick residence of Frank Mansfield Taylor at 945 Pennsylvania Street in Denver, Colorado. Windows on the upper levels have similar rounded arches. A set of steps leads up to the front porch of the house in...
- Taylor, Frank Mansfield, 1850-1930--Homes & haunts--1900- 1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Watertown, New York
- A stone wall lines a series of steps on a walking path in a large, public park in Watertown, New York. Another set of steps is in the background near a large tree along the path.
- Watertown (N.Y.)--1900-1930.; Parks--New York--Watertown--1900-1930.; Stone walls--New York--Watertown--1900-1930.; Trails & paths--New York--Watertown--1900-1930.; Trees--New York--Watertown--1900-1930.
- [between 1905 and 1925?]
- Watertown, New York
- Two women stand talking on steps on a walking path in a public park in Watertown, New York. An additional set of steps is farther up the path. Two trees stand in the left foreground. The women both wear long skirts and hats.
- Watertown (N.Y.)--1900-1930.; Parks--New York--Watertown--1900-1930.; Trails & paths--New York--Watertown--1900-1930.; Trees--New York--Watertown--1900-1930.; Women--New York--Watertown--1900-1930.
- [between 1905 and 1925?]
- Closing Era statue, Capitol grounds, Denver
- "Closing Era" bronze statue in front of Capitol building, Denver, Colorado; made by Preston Powers, ca. 1890; presented to city in 1892 by women of Fortnightly Club. The statue is a lifelike size bronze Native American male standing over a slain...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--Denver --1910-1920.; Capitols--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Sculpture--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Powers, Preston.
- [between 1910 and 1920]
- Bank of Victor
- Exterior view of Bank of Victor, Victor, Colorado; bank rebuilt after 1899 fire, photo dated to September 11, 1899; one-story, front gable, wooden frame (vertical planks) building. Shows two men on front steps; R.H. Atchison, bank official, on...
- Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Banks--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.
- [1899?]
- Church dedication
- The Right Reverend J. Henry Tihen, bishop of Denver, wears a miter and stole, holds a crozier, raises his hand, and speaks at the dedication of St. Catherine's Church. He stands in front of double doors under a brick arch, with American flags over...
- Iliff (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Bishops--Colorado--Iliff--1920-1930.; Catholic churches--Colorado--Iliff--1920-1930.; Church dedications--Colorado--Iliff--1920-1930.; Tihen, J. Henry.
- August 3, 1927
- Woodbury Branch outside concert
- Photograph of a man playing a guitar on the steps of the Woodbury Branch library located in Denver, Colorado. At the base of the steps is an audience of children and adults sitting on the ground, watching.
- Denver Public Library. Woodbury Branch.
- undated
- Captain Albert Jackman belays Corporal Peter Gabriel as he cuts steps into the face of a crevass en route to the summit of Mount Rainier, Washington
- Captain Albert Jackman of the 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment (re-enforced) belays Corporal Peter Gabriel as he uses an ice axe to cut steps into the face of a crevass en route to the summit of Mount Rainier, Washington. Taken during the Mount...
- Rainier, Mount (Wash.)--1940-1950.; Rock climbing--Washington (State)--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Washington (State)--1940-1950.; Gabriel, Peter, Corporal.; Jackman, Albert H.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.; United States. Army....
- [May 1942]
- Steps
- Portrait of a Steps, a Native American man (Nez Perce) kneeing next to a small table; he wears a sack jacket and is missing his feet and one hand due to frost bite.
- Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Nez Percé Indians--1880-1900.; Handicapped persons--1880-1900.; Steps.
- 1882
- Steps
- Full length studio portrait of Steps, Dakota male, wearing hat and military jacket, standing in front of low stone fence and painted backdrop.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Steps.
- [188-?]