Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Freighting lumber to the Rusia [i.e. Russia] mine
- View of a mule pack train in Alma (Park County), Colorado; men pose; business signs read: "J. G. Brooks General Store," and "Southern Hotel."
- Alma (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Alma--1880-1890.; Mules--Colorado--Alma--1880-1890.; Pack animals--Colorado--Alma--1880-1890.; Transportation--Colorado--Alma--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Placer mining Alma Colo
- Gold miners pose at a hydraulic mine in Alma, Park County, Colorado; bluffs in the background have erosion and falling water. A jet of water issues from a "monitor" nozzle; a flume is in the foreground.
- Alma (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Flumes--Colorado--Park County--1880-1900.; Gold mining--Colorado--Park County--1880-1900.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Park County--1880-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Park County--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Park...
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Larimer Street
- View of Cherry Creek flood damage in the Auraria Neighborhood of Denver; shows Larimer Street, a cupola, a destroyed bridge, horse car tracks, and people. Signs read: "West Lindell," "Colorado State Lottery," "Brown's Star Bakery," "Denver Marble...
- Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Denver (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.;...
- 1878 May 22
- Lawrence and 15th
- View of Lawrence Street, Auraria, in Denver, Colorado, at the intersection of 15th; shows businesses, storefronts with awnings, barrels, and signs: "T. Berman, Merchant Tailor," and "Geiger Boots and Shoes."
- Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--1870-1890.; Denver (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1870-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- Lawrence Street, Denver, Colo
- View of Lawrence Street, Auraria in Denver, Colorado; shows office buildings and horse and buggy traffic. A female wooden model is by the McClelland (or McLellan?) Block; signs read: "Joslins," "Cigars."
- Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--1870-1890.; Denver (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- Briarhurst Mansion
- Exterior view of the original Briarhurst Mansion, in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking northwest. Built in 1873 by William Bell, a founder of Manitou Springs, this Tudor style two-story residence features gables, bay windows, dormers, jigsaw work...
- Bell, William Abraham--Homes & haunts.; Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1870-1890.
- [between 1873 and 1886?]
- Silver bricks
- Boston & Colorado Gold and Silver Smelting Company workers pose by stacked silver ingots in Empire Forks, Clear Creek County, Colorado; metallurgist Richard Pearce is to the left.
- Boston & Colorado Gold and Silver Smelting Company--1870-1880.; Metallurgists--Colorado--Empire Forks--1870-1880.; Empire Forks (Colo.); Mining--Colorado--Empire Forks--1870-1880.; Silver--Colorado--Empire Forks--1870-1880.;...
- 1875
- Boulder City No-
- View of the town of Boulder, Colorado in Boulder County. Two- story, brick house with hipped roof in foreground.
- Boulder (Colo.)--1860-1870.
- [between 1860 and 1870?]
- State University, Boulder, Colo.
- Old Main, at the University of Colorado at Boulder, is a four- story, ornate brick building with a stone foundation. It has arched windows and mansard roofed, ridgecrested towers. The largest, projecting from the body of the structure, houses the...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Boulder--1870-1880.; University of Colorado (Boulder Campus)
- [between 1878 and 1880?]
- Boulder City Mills
- "Boulder City Mills." is lettered on the side of this two-story, gable roofed frame structure in Boulder, Colorado. A smokestack rises from a flat-roofed brick extension; bushes, rocky bank, and Boulder Creek are in the foreground. Topping a hill...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Mills--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Pearl Street, Boulder, Colorado
- Frame and brick storefronts on Pearl Street in Boulder, Colorado, have false fronts and signs reading: "Cigars tobacco and smokers articles," "Fresh oysters," "Fruit confectionary," "K. S. Peak agent for Snyders Distillery," "Stoves & tinware,"...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Yount mill at mouth of Boulder [canyon], operated by water power
- Built on the sloping bank of Boulder Creek, this gambrel-roofed frame flour mill, operated by water power, in Boulder, Colorado, is supported at the end by piers. A horse and wagon are in the foreground, and a frame residence with an open porch is...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mills--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Looking north-east from Flag Staff
- Veiw of Red Rocks and Boulder, Colorado. The gable roofed building by Boulder Creek was the water control for the Yount-Mckenzie flour mill (burned in 1905). The Boulder Sanitarium, a four-story structure with a tower and balconies, is in the...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1900-1910.
- [between 1905 and 1910?]
- Tree-shaded Boulder and the curious Flatirons S from Lovers' Hill, Colo.
- Foothills and the Flatirons rise behind Boulder, Colorado. Frame houses in the foreground have hipped gable-roofs, dormers, chimneys, stovepipes, and laundry on a clothesline. The Courthouse, with its cupola and corner towers, is in the midground,...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1909?]
- Maids of Honor Semi-Centennial Celebration, Boulder, Colorado
- Women in white dresses and men in suits sit aboard a float in Boulder, Colorado, draped with gauze and white flowers, and a banner reads: "The Maids of Honor." Signs read: "[?]shine," "Pamona Grange," "Salina."
- Boulder (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Boulder--1900-1910.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Boulder--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--Boulder--1900-1910.
- 1909 November, 24
- Breckenridge from the east
- View of Breckenridge, Colorado, looking west. Shows frame or log dwellings and commercial buildings, including the schoolhouse, a white, two story, gable roofed building with a projecting entry on the right. False fronted buildings are along Ridge...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1882 and 1889?]
- Breckenridge
- View of Breckenridge, Colorado, looking northeast shows frame or log dwellings and commercial buildings, including the Catholic Church, and the Gardner residence. Landmarks include Barney Ford Hill (formerly called "Nigger Hill"), Illinois Gulch,...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- 1881
- Breckenridge, Colorado, loooking northwest from Nigger Hill
- View of Breckenridge, Colorado, looking northwest, from Barney Ford Hill (formerly called "Nigger Hill"). Snow capped Tenmile range towers behind the fledgeling town, whose buildings are in the center. New growth surrounds spindly, burned...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Tenmile Range (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1889?]
- Mohave Indian
- Native American (Mojave) men wear breechcloths and pose outdoors by a river.
- Breechcloths--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Mohave Indians--1870-1880.; Rivers--1870-1880.
- 1871
- Brownsville Mining Camp on C.C.R.R. Col.
- The settlement of Brownsville, in Clear Creek County, Colorado, consists of frame, saltbox dwellings, an ore processing shed, and a wooden footbridge crossing Clear Creek. Also known as Brownville, the town was destroyed by a landslide.
- Brownsville (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Brownville--1880-1900.
- [between 1886 and 1898]
- Brownville near Georgetown
- These mining sheds are possibly near Brownsville, in Clear Creek County, Colorado. Large piles of cordwood line the dirt roads among the sheds and dwellings, all situated on a steep, rocky slope.
- Brownsville (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1880-1900.
- [between 1886 and 1898]
- Buena Vista, from Lake House
- Frame commercial buildings and dwellings line the dirt street in Buena Vista, Colorado; signs read: "Cottonwood Restaurant" and "Assayer's Office." A bridge crosses Cottonwood Creek in the foreground, and the Collegiate range towers in the...
- Buena Vista (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Bridges--Colorado--Buena Vista--1870-1880.; Buildings--Colorado--Buena Vista--1870-1880.; Mountains--Colorado--1870-1880.
- 1879?
- Main Street, north side, Buena Vista.
- Frame, false fronted businesses line Main Street in Buena Vista, Colorado. Barrels are stacked on the boardwalk and a man leans on them; nearby are potted evergreens and a dog. A wagon is parked on the dirt street and men pose by it. Signs read:...
- Buena Vista (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Buena Vista--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1885]
- The Waltons out in the mountains (Colo) camping
- Women, a man, and a girl pose by a canvas tent in Colorado; a United States flag is on a pole, and a surrey wagon has lettering on the cover: "J. Walton, Ypsilanti, Mich."
- Camping--Colorado--1870-1880.; Girls--Colorado--1870-1880.; Tents--Colorado--1870-1880.; Women--Colorado--1870-1880.
- 1876?
- Industry in Canon City, Colorado
- Gable roofed buildings in Canon City, Colorado, emit smoke from stacks; wood piles, rail fences, and a stream are in the foreground, and mountains are in the background.
- Canon City (Colo.)--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- The McClure House, northwest corner 4th and Main
- The McClure House, in Canon City, Colorado, is a three-story brick building with a flat roof, bracketed cornice, and stone sills and keystones. Men pose on the boardwalk that is lined with a rail fence; women look out the windows. A corner...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Banks--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.
- 1874
- Main Street between 2nd and 4th, north side showing freighting wagons operating between Canon City and Leadville
- Covered wagons and teams of horses line Main Street in Canon City, Colorado. Men in suits pose on the tire tracked dirt; two-story brick commercial buildings have cornices, chimneys, open porches, and a sign: "H. Sartor Saddles & Harness."
- Canon City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Covered wagons--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.; Horse teams--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.
- 1874
- Governor Hunt issuing flour rations to the Indians on west Main Street between 2nd and 3rd
- Horses, people, dogs, buggies, flour bags, and buckboards crowd Main Street in Canon City, Colorado. Frame, brick dwellings and commercial buildings flank the dirt thoroughfare; one has a sign reading: "D. G. Peabody." Wood corral and fences and a...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.
- 1874
- Canon City
- The penitentiary complex in Canon City, Colorado, consists of a pair of three-story structures (one with a mansard roof) and the surrounding wall and tower. All are of random ashlar stone. Laundry hangs between poles in the enclosure, flat roofed...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1890.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1883
- Colorado State Penitentiary Canon City 1893-94
- The State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, is a complex of three-story stone structures; the Administration Building is flanked by extensions; all are surrounded by a stone wall with faceted corner towers. A brick smokestack rises from the...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1890-1900.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1893 and 1894?]
- On the Skyline Drive at Canyon City [sic]
- Broken rocks are at the edge of Skyline Drive in Canon City, Colorado. Tilled fields, farmhouses and the plains are in the background.
- Canon City (Colo.)--1900-1910.
- between 1900 and 1910?
- Denver from tower looking northeast
- View of houses and buildings in the Capitol Hill neighborhood and downtown Denver, Colorado. Buildings include the Denver city hall and the First Baptist Church.
- Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; City & towns--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Denver from the Capitol S. E.
- Rooftop view, from the Colorado State Capitol building, of houses in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado.
- Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Neighborhoods--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Denver from tower looking east
- Rooftop view of houses and buildings in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. A church with an arched window and tower is in the distance.
- Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Neighborhoods--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Mining machinery Caribou Mill
- A miner poses indoors near the hoist of the Caribou Mine and Mill in Boulder County, Colorado. The machinery includes cables, flywheels, and a friction drum.
- Caribou Mine.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Caribou Shaft (Boulder County, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Boulder County--1870-1880.; Interiors--Colorado--Boulder County--1870-1880.; Miners--Colorado--Boulder...
- [between 1870 and 1874]
- Interior - St. John's Cathedral, Denver, Colo
- Interior view of the Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist (also known as St. John's Church in the Wilderness and Saint John's Cathedral) Denver, Colorado; shows pews, groin vaults, stained glass, the apse and chancel.
- Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cathedrals--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Episcopal churches--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Cebolla, a famous fishing place on Gunnison River (S. W.), Colo.
- Two people wearing canvas hats sit on high cliff overlooking Cebolla, on the Gunnison River, Gunnison County, Colorado. A long Denver and Rio Grande Western narrow gauge passenger train smokes by the depot and fishing resort below them. The resort...
- Cebolla (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Gunnison River (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Railroads--Cebolla--1880-1900.; Resorts--Colorado--Cebolla--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Kavanaugh standing
- Men and women pose for a studio portrait in Central City, Colorado. Outfits include a floor-length dress with puffed sleeves, a high collar, embroidery on the bodice and hem, gloves and hats with feathers. The men wear moustaches, suits, bow ties,...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1895]
- Scalp of Little Crow, leader of Indian massacre of 1862
- The scalp of Little Crow, a Native American (Dakota) man, is stretched inside the borders of a hoop and held there by strips of rawhide (?). The hoop is mounted on the top of a spear or arrow. Feathers accent the scalp and hoop.
- Ceremonial objects--1870-1890.; Dakota Indians--1870-1890.; Indians of North America--1870-1890.; Scalps--1870-1890.; Little Crow, d. 1863--Associated objects.
- [between 1872 and 1890?]
- Denver City
- View of Denver, Colorado during a Cherry Creek flood; shows houses and businesses with signs: "Livery Stable" and "Commonwealth." People watch from sandbars.
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- [1864]
- Flood in Cherry Creek May 22nd 1878 from Lawrence St. looking down
- View of Denver, Colorado during a Cherry Creek flood; shows frame buildings, retaining walls, bridge ruins, and people. Signs read: "Brown's Star Bakery" and "Leather Shoes Wool Pelts, Robes & Tallow."
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Denver (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Retaining...
- 1878 May 22
- Flood in Cherry Creek May 22nd 1878 from Blake St. looking up
- View of Denver, Colorado during a Cherry Creek flood; shows frame buildings and people.
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Denver (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Streams--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.
- 1878 May 22
- Flood in Cherry Creek May 22nd 1878 from Blake St. looking up
- View of Denver, Colorado during a Cherry Creek flood; shows frame buildings, retaining walls, and people. A sign reads: "Brown's Star Bakery."
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Denver (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Streams--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.
- 1878 May 22
- Flood in Cherry Creek May 22nd 1878 from Holliday St. looking up
- View of Denver, Colorado during a Cherry Creek flood; shows frame buildings, retaining walls, and people.
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Denver (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Streams--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.
- 1878 May 22
- Distant view of Rocky Mts from Denver Col. Ter.
- Rooftop view of Denver, Colorado. Houses line the streets. Cherry Creek is nearby.
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Denver (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Streams--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1876?]
- Flood in Cherry Creek May 22nd 1878 from Larimer St. looking down
- View of Denver, Colorado during a Cherry Creek flood; shows brick storefronts, bridge fragments, and the confluence of Cherry Creek and the South Platte River.
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Denver (Colo.)--1870-1880.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1870-1880.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.;...
- 1878 May 22
- Cheyenne wigwams
- Stereographic view of a Native American (Cheyenne) man, women, and children who pose near a group of tepees. The man holds a sword and a woman holds a thin wooden pole. The man wears leggings and a war bonnet feather headdress with horns. The women...
- Cheyenne Indians--1860-1900.; Indians of North America--1860-1900.; Children--1860-1900.; Indian encampments--1860-1900.; Tipis--1860-1900.; Women--1860-1900.
- [between 1867 and 1896]
- Sluicing
- Chinese miners work at a sluice possibly in Colorado. They wear long shirts and wide-brimmed hats.
- Chinese-Americans--Colorado--1880-1900.; Sluices--Colorado--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1881 and 1900?]
- China section gang Promontory
- View of Central Pacific Railroad construction at Promontory (Box Elder County), Utah; shows Chinese-American workers and a photographer's car with lettering: "U.P.R.R. Photograph [Car], J. B. Silvis Stereoscopic & Landscape Views of Notable Points...
- Chinese-Americans--Utah--Promontory--1860-1880.; Promontory (Utah)--1860-1880.; Railroad construction workers--Utah--Promontory--1860- 1880.; Railroad tracks--Utah--Promontory--1860-1880.; Central Pacific Railway Company.; Union Pacific Railroad...
- [between 1869 and 1870?]
- Cabin of a gold-mine owner overlooking Clear Creek Canon (E. N. E.) Colo.
- A gold miner poses with his dog in the doorway of his corrugated metal cabin overlooking Clear Creek, Clear Creek County, Colorado.
- Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cabins--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1900-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]