Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Washington Park, Denver
- View of dirt roadway in Washington Park, in Denver Colorado; trees at left cast shadow on road.
- Parks--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1906 and 1920]
- Washington Park, Denver
- View of dirt roadway in Washington Park, Denver, Colorado; shows road flanked by lawn, trees, footpaths, and road leading toward lake behind trees at horizon.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1913 and 1920]
- Washington Park, Denver
- Westward view of Washington Park, Denver, Colorado; dirt road in foreground; wire park bench in front of shrubs; trees at right and in distance; Rocky Mountains in background.
- Parks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1913 and 1920]
- West half burned 3 days after east half
- View of two images: top image includes second fire on April 29, 1896, as it streaks across town and an explosion occurs from dynamite stored at El Paso Livery and Stable; lower image includes aftermath from second fire, debris and rubble and...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Explosions--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1896]
- The Solid Muldoon
- Image of the masthead and advertisements in "The Solid Muldoon" newspaper, of Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado for Friday, April 12, 1889. Four large advertisements: "Windsor Restaurant, Graham Bros., Prop'rs, A Short-Order House! Where Everything the...
- Solid Muldoon (Ouray, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Ouray (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Newspapers--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1890.
- 1889 April 12
- The Antlers, Colorado Springs, Colo.
- View across the landscaped southern lawn with stepped embankments, to the Antlers Hotel, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado; shows boys with bows and arrows and the five-story stone structure with dormers, covered porches and balconies,...
- Antlers Hotel (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--Buildings--1890- 1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Boys--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Children playing--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado...
- [between 1890 and 1898?]
- Science experiment at Central, 1941, Miss Sootz
- Boys and girls sit with open books at wooden desks with ornate iron sides in Miss Sootz's classroom at Central School in Alamosa, Colorado. Two pairs of children stand at a table in front of the room performing a science experiment with beakers of...
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Classrooms--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Experiments--1940-1950.; Interiors.; Schools--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Science--1940-1950.; Sootz, Miss.
- 1941
- Pageant of the Rockies
- Spectators, which include two young boys, look on as a float passes, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. The crepe paper decorated float is titled: "Skateland in the Rockies." A couple poses on a ice pond and three float queens stand behind...
- Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo--1960-1970.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Children--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1960-1970.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1960-1970.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1960-1970.
- 1968 August 8
- San Ildefonso
- Interior detail shows carved wood ceiling beams in the Native American San Ildefonso Pueblo mission church, New Mexico.
- Indians of North America--Structures--New Mexico--San Ildefonso--1890-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Structures--New Mexico--San Ildefonso--1890-1910.; Tewa Indians--1890-1910.; San Ildefonso (N.M.)--1890-1910.; Architectural elements--New Mexico--San...
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- San Ildefonso
- Interior detail of carved wood ceiling beams, in the Native American San Ildefonso Pueblo mission church, New Mexico.
- Indians of North America--Structures--New Mexico--San Ildefonso--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Structures--New Mexico--San Ildefonso--1890-1900.; Tewa Indians--1890-1900.; San Ildefonso (N.M.)--1890-1900.; Architectural elements--New Mexico--San...
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Gates Rubber Company
- Interior view of a print room at the Gates Rubber Company in Denver, Colorado. Shows workers, printing press and machinery, stacks of pamphlets titled: "End Your Fan Belt Trouble."
- Gates Rubber Company--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Employees--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Offices--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Printing presses--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Rubber...
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Jerome Dingerson, Cornelius (Neal) Randall
- Interior view of the Georgetown Courier building in Georgetown, Colorado. Cornelius Randall in a tweed coat sits in profile at a roll-top desk holding a large bound volume of the newspaper; he points with his right hand to a section of a page with...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Newspapers--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.; Dingerson, Jerry.; Randall, Cornelius.
- [between 1945 and 1950?]
- Man and wife read indoors
- A man and woman who read in their home in Denver, Colorado. Photographs and paintings hang on the walls. The man holds a newspaper titled "Brown Book".
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Living rooms--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Spouses--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Denver house interior
- View of a piano in a house in Denver, Colorado. Sheet music titled "Where the Silvry [sic] Colorado Wends Its Way" and vases are on the piano. Photographs and paintings hang on the wall. A piano stool and chairs are nearby.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Living rooms--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Pianos--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Hanging garden [i.e. Lake]
- View of Hanging Lake, Garfield County, Colorado; shows water surrounded by rocky cliffs, evergreens, and grassy beach.
- Garfield County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Hanging Lake (Garfield County, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Garfield County--1920-1930.
- [1940-1949?]
- Hanging garden [i.e. Lake]
- View of Hanging Lake, Garfield County, Colorado; shows water surrounded by rocky cliffs, evergreens. and grassy beach.
- Garfield County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Hanging Lake (Garfield County, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Garfield County--1920-1930.
- [1940-1949?]
- Georgetown - Colo
- View of the south end of Georgetown, Colorado, showing the grid pattern of the town, with many simple wood construction buildings and tall pine trees. Leavenworth Mountain is in the background. Clear Creek runs through the area, and a tall chimney...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1860-1870.
- 1868
- First official investigation of Indian grievances, - visit of Secretary Schurz to the Spotted Tail Indian Agency, on the Rosebud River
- Shows Native American Sioux and white men, on or near the Spotted Tail Agency, Dakota Territory. They include: "The Secretary (of the Interior, Carl Schurz) addressing the Indians at the Grand Council held on August 29th," "Passing Indians with...
- Dakota Indians--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Carts & wagons--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Eating & drinking--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Meetings--Dakota...
- [between 1940 and 1960?]
- Denver railroad offices
- Colonel D. C. Dodge and Austin McFarland stand near the Denver and Rio Grande Railway ticket counter in Denver, Colorado. D. C. Dodge holds a brochure titled "Denver Rio Grande Western Pacific." Other brochures and signs that read: "Southern...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Dodge, David C. (David Child), 1837-1918.; McFarland, Austin.
- 1917 March 13
- Closing scenes of the Apache war
- Two scenes from Crook's campaigns against the Native American Chiricahua. Top: "Geronimo and His Band" shows Geronimo center on horseback, his band flanking with rifles. Bottom: "General Crook's Conference with Geronimo" shows the Apaches and U.S....
- Chiricahua Indians--Mexico--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Mexico--1880-1890.; Cañon de los Embudos (Mexico)--1880-1890.; Sonora (Mexico : State)--1880-1890.; Generals--Mexico--1880-1890.; Horseback riding--1880-1890.;...
- 1886 April 24
- The hostile Apaches
- Four scenes from Crook's campaigns against the Native American Chiricahua. Top left: "A Captive White Boy In An Apache Camp," shows a white boy in an Apache wickiup camp with women and children and one warrior holding a bow and arrow. Top right:...
- Chiricahua Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Captives--1880-1890.; Horseback riding--1880-1890.; Warriors--1880-1890.; Geronimo, 1829-1909.; Nachez.; Crook, George, 1829-1890--Homes & haunts.
- 1886 April 24
- Cheyenne Indians
- A series of small sketches depicting Native American (Cheyenne) life. The sketches are titled: "Semi-civilized," "A warrior," "Moving," "An Indian belle," "A Cheyenne chief," "Squaw and papoose," "Tepees or wigwams," and, "Weapons &c."
- Cheyenne Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Tipis--1880-1890.
- [between 1950 and 1990?]
- DUKW crossing Lake Garda
- Six Tenth Mountain Division soldiers cross Lake Garda [Lago di Garda] on a DUKW [amphibious boat-truck]. All are heavily loaded with equipment and wear helments. One is a medic.
- Soldiers--United States--1945.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [April 1945]
- Broadway Theatre
- Interior view of the Broadway Theater in the Hotel Metropole at 18th (Eighteenth) Street and Broadway in Denver, Colorado. Shows box seats topped by domes, ornately carved ceiling and proscenium arch, and backdrop titled: "A Glimpse of India."
- Broadway Theater (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Stages (Platforms)--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Theaters--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Denver Public Library science and engineering department
- Men in military uniforms read books at a table and browse a bookcase of photography books in the science and engineering department of the Denver Public Library at Colfax Avenue and Bannock Street in the Civic Center neighborhood of Denver,...
- Denver Public Library--Facilities--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Bookcases--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Libraries--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Military personnel--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.;...
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Bob Huff reads in the Denver Public Library Western History department
- Bob Huff reads a Beadle's Half Dime Library dime novel titled "Fancy Frank of Colorado" in the Western History department of the Denver Public Library at Colfax Avenue and Bannock Street in the Civic Center neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. An...
- Huff, Bob.; Denver Public Library. Western History Dept.--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Libraries--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.;...
- 1947 February 23
- Homemakers alcove is popular with all ages
- A woman reads a book titled "Living with Children" in the Homemakers' Alcove at the Denver Public Library at Colfax Avenue and Bannock Street in the Civic Center neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Her baby boy sits on the table and plays with a...
- Denver Public Library--Facilities--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Libraries--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Mothers & children--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.;...
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Broadway Theatre, Denver
- View of the interior of the Broadway Theater in the Hotel Metropole at 18th (Eighteenth) Street and Broadway, Denver, Colorado. Shows the orchestra pit, orchestra seats, balconies and box seats topped by ornate domes, an ornate ceiling and...
- Broadway Theater (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Interiors.; Stages (Platforms)--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Theaters--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Beaver ditch
- Three boys examine the contents of St. Louis Creek, which runs along a two-track road near Fraser, Colorado. The boys are guests at the Byers Peak Ranch for Boys.
- Fraser (Colo.)--1910-1950.; Boys--Colorado--Fraser--1910-1950.; Streams--Colorado--Fraser--1910-1950.
- [between 1917 and 1941]
- Berthoud Pass
- A single automobile is parked at a hair-pin curve on the north side of Berthoud Pass, prior to its being paved. The Continental Divide is to the east.
- Fraser (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--Fraser--1910-1930.; Trails & paths--Colorado--Fraser--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1930]
- Byers Peak
- A man, identified as the Director of the Byers Peak Ranch for Boys, sits atop his horse, Judy. Byers Peak, near Fraser, Colorado, is in the background.
- Byers Peak (Colo.)--1910-1950.; Fraser (Colo.)--1910-1950.; Horses--Colorado--Fraser--1910-1950.; Men--Colorado--Fraser--1910-1950.
- [between 1917 and 1941]
- The Colorado state flower
- Blooming Columbine are surrounded by greenery and mountains near Fraser, Colorado.
- Fraser (Colo.)--1910-1950.; Flowers--Colorado--Fraser--1910-1950.
- [between 1917 and 1941]
- Byers Peak
- Two men, Mr. Arnold and Mr. Davis, sit atop their horses at the Byers Peak Ranch for Boys, near Fraser, Colorado. A dog is sitting nearby.
- Fraser (Colo.)--1910-1950.; Horses--Colorado--Fraser--1910-1950.; Men--Colorado--Fraser--1910-1950.; Ranches--Colorado--Fraser--1910-1950.
- [between 1917 and 1941]
- Crater Lake and Lindbergh Peak
- Lone Eagle Peak (a.k.a. Lindbergh Peak) rises sharply above Crater Lake. The surrounding area was used by youth staying at the Byers Peak Ranch for Boys near Fraser, Colorado.
- Crater Lake (Colo.)--1920-1950.; Fraser (Colo.)--1920-1950.; Lindbergh Peak (Colo.)--1920-1950.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Fraser--1920-1950.; Mountains--Colorado--1920-1950.
- [between 1920 and 1950]
- Grand Lake
- View of Grand Lake in Grand County, Colorado. Mount Craig and cumulus clouds are in the distance.
- Grand County (Colo.)--1920-1950.; Grand Lake (Colo. : Lake)--1920-1950.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1950.
- [between 1920 and 1950]
- James Peak in a storm
- James Peak, on the Continental Divide, is obscured by nimbus clouds in this view, taken from the Byers Peak Ranch for Boys near Fraser, Colorado.
- Fraser (Colo.)--1910-1950.; James Peak (Colo.)--1910-1950.
- [between 1917 and 1941]
- The Lariat Trail
- A dirt road has been cut into a mountain side on the way to the Byers Peak Ranch for Boys near Fraser, Colorado. Two cars are parked near one of many hair-pin curves in the road.
- Fraser (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Trails & paths--Colorado--Fraser--1910-1930.
- [between 1917 and 1930]
- Longs Peak
- The sheer face of the Diamond on Longs Peak, and Chasm Lake, are the backdrop for an individual hiker who stands on a rock on the shore of the lake. The area was used by youth staying at the Byers Peak Ranch for Boys near Fraser, Colorado.
- Chasm Lake (Colo.)--1920-1950.; Fraser (Colo.)--1920-1950.; Longs Peak (Colo.)--1920-1950.; Hiking--Colorado--Fraser--1920-1950.
- [between 1920 and 1950]
- Monarch Lake
- Canoes float on Monarch Lake, an area used by youth staying at the Byers Peak Ranch for Boys near Fraser, Colorado.
- Monarch Lake (Colo.)--1920-1950.; Fraser (Colo.)--1920-1950.; Canoes--Colorado--Fraser--1920-1950.
- [between 1920 and 1950]
- An open gate
- An open gate marks the entrance to national forest land used by the youngsters at the Byers Peak Ranch for Boys near Fraser, Colorado.
- Fraser (Colo.)--1910-1950.; Forests--Colorado--Fraser--1910-1950.; Gates--Colorado--Fraser--1910-1950.
- [between 1917 and 1941]
- Punch and Judy, ready to take their boy mounts into the "wild and wooly west"
- Three young boys and a dog pose at the Byers Peak Ranch for Boys near Fraser, Colorado. Two of the boys are mounted on horses, identified as Punch and Judy.
- Fraser (Colo.)--1910-1950.; Boys--Colorado--Fraser--1910-1950.; Horses--Colorado--Fraser--1910-1950.
- [between 1917 and 1941]
- The Snowy Range
- Mountains identified as the Snowy Range, part of the Continental Divide, stand behind the town of Fraser, Colorado, as seen from the Byers Peak Ranch for Boys.
- Fraser (Colo.)--1910-1950.; Mountains--Colorado--1910-1950.
- [between 1917 and 1941]
- St. Louis Valley, looking west from Fraser toward Byers and St. Louis Peaks
- Byers Peak and Saint Louis Peak are in the distance, beyond a flat pasture where cattle are bedding down. In the middle of the pasture is a large hay stack surrounded by a timber fence.
- Fraser (Colo.)--1910-1950.; Cattle--Colorado--Fraser--1910-1950.; Mountains--Colorado--1910-1950.
- [between 1917 and 1941]
- World War II plaque with chartered members of Fire Department, Edgewater, Colorado
- Four elderly firemen in uniform, original members of the Fire Department in Edgewater, Colorado, stand in formation as if to pull the hose cart. Behind them is a plaque decorated with an eagle and titled "Roll of Honor" with a list of Edgewater men...
- Edgewater (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Edgewater--1950-1960.; Plaques--Colorado--Edgewater--1950-1960.
- 1955
- The ranch house and barn
- Two boys and three men are at the Byers Peak Ranch for Boys near Fraser, Colorado. One of the boys is on horseback, the other is standing next to his horse. The three men are on the open front porch of a two-story log home. A log barn in the...
- Fraser (Colo.)--1910-1950.; Ranches--Colorado--Fraser--1910-1950.
- [between 1910 and 1941]
- Up the lane
- A dirt road disappears into dense forest at the Byers Peak Ranch for Boys near Fraser, Colorado.
- Fraser (Colo.)--1910-1950.; Forests--Colorado--Fraser--1910-1950.; Roads--Colorado--Fraser--1910-1950.
- [between 1917 and 1941]
- William S. Hart and Chief Luther Standing Bear, Dakota
- a letter to the Western History Department dated May 24, 1968, letter continues that Chief Luther Standing Bear wrote four books titled: My people, the Sioux (1928), My Indian boyhood (1931), Land of the Spotted Eagle (1933) and Stories of the...
- Dakota Indians--1920-1930.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1920-1930.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1920-1930.; Hart, William S.; Standing Bear, Luther, 1868?-1939.
- [192-?]
- Artillery barrage, Roffeno
- Following an aerial bombardment that opened the Tenth Mountain Division's offensive Saturday morning April 14, 1945, hundreds of guns poured high explosives on German-held houses and towns. Shows a concentration of artillery blasting the town of...
- Aerial bombings--Italy--1940-1950.; Artillery (Weaponry)--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- 1945 April 14
- The Narrows
- View from roadway in the "Narrows" portion of Williams Canyon, north of Manitou, Colorado; dirt road at center; flanking canyon walls cast shadows across road.
- El Paso County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Williams Canyon (El Paso County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1886 and 1901]
- From near Lilly [sic] Lake north
- View of a dirt road, fallen timber, and forest in Boulder County, Colorado; Longs Peak and Front Range mountains are in the distance.
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Longs Peak (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Dirt roads--Colorado--Boulder County--1880-1900.; Logs--Colorado--Boulder County--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1899?]