Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Chief Ignacio, wife, and child at tepee
- Chief Ignacio, a Native American (Weeminuche Ute) poses with his family outside a tipi in probably Ignacio (La Plata County), Colorado. Ignacio wears a dark vest with a badge and a knife holster. He holds a wooden pipe and tobacco bag. His wife...
- Indians of North America--Children--Colorado--Ignacio--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Women--Colorado--Ignacio--1890-1900.; Wiminuche Indians--Colorado--Ignacio--1890-1900.; Ignacio (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Families--Colorado--Ignacio--1890-1900.;...
- 1890
- "Cheyenne Lodge" (& surroundings)
- A Native American (Cheyenne) woman sits near a tepee. Near the tepee is a wood cooking tripod and a wood and brush drying rack from which meat and hide hangs. A metal pot is on the ground near the tripod. Other tepees are in the distance.
- Cheyenne Indians--1880-1910.; Indians of North America--1880-1910.; Tipis--1880-1910.; Women--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Biog. Nusbaum, Jesse
- Jesse Nusbaum stands next to a camera tripod and leans his hand on top of it pointing his index finger up. He holds a bag and some film cartridges in his other hand and has a cigarette in his mouth. He wears wire-framed glasses and a hat. A cloth...
- Cameras--Colorado--1920-1930.; Photographers--Colorado--1920-1930.; Nusbaum, Jesse L. (Jesse Logan)
- [1920?]
- Biog. Nusbaum, Jesse
- Jesse Nusbaum stands next to a camera tripod and leans his hand on top of it pointing his index finger up. He holds a bag and some film cartridges in his other hand and has a cigarette in his mouth. He wears wire-framed glasses and a hat. A cloth...
- Cameras--1920-1930.; Photographers--Colorado--1920-1930.; Nusbaum, Jesse L. (Jesse Logan)
- [1920?]
- Dr. Clarence Holmes posing with camera
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 27, 1910 July 2
- Filming a movie in Steamboat Springs
- Actors and actresses, members of the cast of the movie "The Wolves of the Street" directed by Otis Thayer and produced by the Art-O-Graph Film Company, pose near the corner of 9th (Ninth) St. and Lincoln in Steamboat Springs (Elbert County),...
- Art-O-Graph Film Company--People--1910-1920.; Steamboat Springs (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Actors--American--Colorado--Steamboat Springs--1910-1920.; Automobiles--Colorado--Steamboat Springs--1910-1920.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Steamboat...
- [1919]
- Rifle area
- Men with a surveyor's tripod pose in a meadow near Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado; a path or trail leads to Gambel Oak trees (Buckbrush).
- Garfield County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Meadows--Colorado--Garfield County--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Clear Creek Highway timber & painting face
- Interior view of a highway tunnel under construction on Highway 6 in Jefferson County or Clear Creek County, Colorado; a surveyor's transit and tripod are below frame shoring.
- Road construction--Colorado--1940-1950.; Tunnels--Colorado--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Colorado Midland Excursion Train, 11 Mile Canon
- Men, women and children stand and pose beside the South Platte River and Colorado Midland Railway tracks in Elevenmile Canyon (Park County), Colorado. Shows a man with a camera and tripod in front of a locomotive. People pose from passenger car...
- Elevenmile Canyon (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Park County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1880-1900.; Passengers--Colorado--Park County--1880-1900.; Photographers--Colorado--Park County--1880-1900.; Railroads--Colorado--Park...
- [between 1887 and 1900?]
- U.S. Signal Station on Pikes Peak
- View of the United States signal station, a weather station, at the summit of Pikes Peak in El Paso County, Colorado. Shows boulders on a hillside, the stone signal station building, an out building, and men beside a horse-drawn carriage and a box...
- United States. Army. Signal Corps.--Buildings--1880-1900.; Meteorological stations--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1900.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Signal stations--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Taking a view of Spring House, Mesa Verde Ruins, Colo.
- Thomas McKee stands with a box camera, tripod, and photography equipment on a rock ledge above a canyon near Spring House, Mesa Verde National Park (Montezuma County), Colorado.
- Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--Mesa Verde National Park--1890-1900.; Photographers--Colorado--Mesa Verde National Park--1890-1900.; McKee, Thomas Michael, 1854-1939.
- 1900?
- Julesburg, Colorado
- Men stand with a large box camera and tripod beside Union Pacific Railroad tracks in Julesburg (Sedgwick County), Colorado. Horse-drawn wagons are lined up in the dirt street, filled with sugar beets. Men stand near wagons. Shows a dog, the First...
- Julesburg (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Beets--Colorado--Julesburg--1900-1920.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Julesburg--1900-1920.; Photographers--Colorado--Julesburg--1900-1920.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Julesburg--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Military men on sidewalk in WWI uniforms posing with machine guns
- Outdoor portrait of men in World War One military uniform by an automatic, tripod mounted rifle with ammunition on a (probably) Denver, Colorado sidewalk; automobiles are parked in the street.
- World War, 1914-1918--Military uniforms--Colorado--Denver.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Rifles--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1914 and 1918?]
- Construction scene excavation
- View of construction in Denver, Colorado; shows men working in a ditch, a chain, pulley, tripod, and a house.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Laborers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Military men in WWI uniforms posing with machine gun on sidewalk - 3 roadsters in background
- Outdoor portrait of men in World War One military uniforms by an automatic, tripod mounted rifle with ammunition on a (probably) Denver, Colorado sidewalk; automobiles are parked in the street.
- World War, 1914-1918--Military personnel--Colorado--Denver.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Military uniforms--American--1910-1920.; Rifles--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1914 and 1918?]
- Colo. Spgs. & Cripple Creek Dist. RR excursion
- Passengers pose on the tracks in front of a Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District Railroad train in Colorado. One man holds a camera on a tripod.
- Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway--1900-1910.; Passengers--Colorado--1900-1910.; Photographers--Colorado--1900-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [between 1901 and 1910?]
- Mt Sneffels Range near Dallas
- View of Dallas Divide and Mount Sneffels in the San Juan Range, in Ouray County, Colorado, and photographers William Henry Jackson and C. F. Reynolds with a box camera on a tripod.
- Dallas Divide (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Ouray County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; San Juan Mountains (Colo. and N.M.)--1890-1900.; Sneffels, Mount (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Photographers--Colorado--Ouray County--1890-1900.; Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942.;...
- 1897 May
- Polyscope camera
- Close-up view of a Polyscope motion picture camera on a tripod.
- Motion picture cameras--1900-1910.
- [1902]
- Gov. Hughes & group
- Men and women who include (left to right, bottom row) Karl Fasold, George Talbot Odel, Charles W. Farnham, Mrs. Charles Evan Hughes, D. Barrios, Eugene Ackerman, Lawrence H. Green, Frank L. Shellabarger, Louis Seibold, and James C. Marriot (right...
- Estes Park (Colo.)--1900-1910.; People--Colorado--Estes Park--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Chuck wagon & cowboys
- Cowboys sit and stand by a chuck wagon probably near Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. A stereographic camera on a tripod is in the distance.
- Las Animas County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Cameras--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1910.; Chuckwagons--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1910.; Cowboys--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Mrs. Aultman & Glenn Aultman
- Glenn and Jennie Aultman pose outdoors with a camera on a tripod in Trinidad (Los Animas County), Colorado. A dog and flowers are nearby.
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Mothers & children--Colorado--Trinidad--1910-1920.; Aultman, Glenn.; Aultman, Jennie.
- [between 1910 and 1914?]
- Man with camera on old Alameda bridge - Lillybridge?
- Outdoor portrait of a man ( possibly Charles S. Lillybridge) with a tripod camera at the Alameda bridge over the South Platte river in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1900-1910.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Cameras--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Photographers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Rivers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1904 and 1910?]
- Rainbow Falls, Ute Pass
- View of Rainbow Falls on Twin Creek near Ute Pass, Teller County, Colorado. Shows a waterfall as it cascades through a narrow passage in the rock, a road, a wooden staircase and a boulder strewn hill. A photographer's tripod is at the bottom of the...
- Rainbow Falls (Teller County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Teller County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Twin Creek (Park County and Teller County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Ute Pass (Teller County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--Teller...
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- Lake De Amalia, Wind River Mountains
- Men stand on rocks in New Fork Lake (Lake D'Amalia or DeMalia, Sublette County, Wyoming, in the Wind River Range. A man holds a fishing pole, another stands near a box camera on a tripod. Wooden crates lean on rocks in the lake. Dead trees are in...
- New Fork Lake (Wyo.)--1870-1890.; Sublette County (Wyo.)--1870-1890.; Wind River Range (Wyo.)--1870-1890.; Cameras--Wyoming--Sublette County--1870-1890.; Fishing--Wyoming--Sublette County--1870-1890.; Lakes & ponds--Wyoming--Sublette...
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- Industries construction workman at Alameda bridge
- Workmen pose on and near a dirt embankment near the Alameda Avenue bridge over the South Platte River, Denver, Colorado. Members of a survey crew stand near a tripod while another man holds a brush over a bucket.
- Embankments--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1900-1910.; Bridge construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Surveying...
- [1909]
- Laying of corner stone, new City Hall, Longmont, Colo.
- A large crowd gathers around a platform with tripod supporting the cornerstone for the new Longmont City Hall, Fourth (4th) Avenue and Kimbark Street, Colorado, June 1921. Several officials sit nearby on the platform and band members are at the far...
- Longmont (Colo.)--1920-1930.; City & town halls--Colorado--Longmont--1920-1930.; Cornerstone laying--Colorado--Longmont--1920-1930.
- June 1921
- Lynching of Duggan in Denver fight of photographers for view of remains.
- Reproduction of an A. P. Proctor engraving of a scene after the lynching of Sanford C. Duggan, murderer and fugitive, Cherry Street, Denver. The dead man hangs from a rope noose thrown around a leaveless cottonwood tree. A policeman breaks up a...
- Murderers--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Fugitives from justice--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Lynchings--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Duggan, Sanford C.
- [between 1868 and 1870]
- D. & R. G. special train
- Denver and Rio Grande special train with engine and two flat cars used for motion picture work, stopped at Hanging Bridge in the Royal Gorge of the Arkansas River, west of Canon City, Colorado. Members of the crew pose on the rear flat car with...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1900-1910.; Royal Gorge (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Motion picture cameras--Colorado--Royal Gorge--1900-1910.; Motion picture industry--Colorado--Royal Gorge--1900-1910.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Royal...
- [1909 or 1910]
- First Bank, Cripple Creek
- Exterior view of A. A. Ireland Real Estate and Mining Property, building shared by Bank of Cripple Creek (also called First National Bank), Cripple Creek, Colorado; six men pose on front steps of one-story false front with shed roof wood frame...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Banks--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; False fronts--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1893 and 1896]
- Midway, Colo
- In Midway, Weld County [?], Colorado, men pose on a storefront boardwalk. They wear bowler or slouch hats and suits. Two ride donkeys; another holds a surveyor's tripod and theodolite. Signs read: "Coors Gold Beer," "Grand View Saloon," and...
- Midway (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Boardwalks--Colorado--Midway--1890-1900.
- 1899
- Taxidermy display, Minturn, Colo
- This cabinet in Minturn, Eagle County, Colorado, displays taxidermied fowl, a badger, a beaver, an antelope, owls, and other game. Rifles form a tripod; lace curtains on the interior walls flank the case.
- Minturn (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Rifles.; Showcases.; Taxidermy--Colorado--Minturn--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Taxidermy display, Minturn, Colo
- This cabinet in Minturn, Eagle County, Colorado, displays taxidermied fowl, a ferret, a porcupine, ptarmigan, jays, pistols, rocks, coral and books. Rifles form a tripod by a wicker creel; bobcat and mountain lion skins are on the floor. A parlor...
- Minturn (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Rifles.; Showcases.; Taxidermy--Colorado--Minturn--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- The Marble City State Bank
- The Marble City State Bank in Marble, Gunnison County, Colorado, is a three-story frame building with a gable roof, chimney, and arched doors in front. The original windows have been boarded over; debris and tires are piled to the side. An electric...
- Marble (Colo.)--1940-1960.; Banks--Colorado--Marble--1940-1960.
- [between 1940 and 1960?]
- Palmer Lake, Colorado
- A man holds a tripod near the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe train depot, Palmer Lake, El Paso County, Colorado. A man wearing overalls stands in front of a bay window; signs read: "Baggage Room," "Santa Fe," "Waiting Room," and "Western Union...
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--1940-1950.; Palmer Lake (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Photographers--Colorado--Palmer Lake--1940-1950.; Photographic apparatus & supplies--Colorado--Palmer Lake--1940-1950.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Palmer...
- July 4, 1948
- Fort Arnett Red Cliff
- People crowd Fort Arnett, a rock formation in Red Cliff (or Redcliff), Eagle County, Colorado; shows rifles and a surveyor's tripod. An American flag is on a pole.
- Red Cliff (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Rock formations--Colorado--Red Cliff--1900-1910.
- [1879]
- Saints John, Colorado
- In Saints John, Summit County, Colorado, men pose near frame dwellings and sheds behind them, including a round one with a conical roof. A camera on a tripod is among the men; one holds a dog.
- Saints John (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Cameras--Colorado--Saints John--1870-1880.; Circular buildings--Colorado--Saints John--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- Turret, Colo.
- Nine men and a woman stand outside the Gregory Hotel, Turret, Colorado in Chaffee County. One man has surveyor's transit on a tripod; signs read: "T. Glascock," "Turret, Sample Room," "Turret Hotel" and "Gregory Hotel."
- Gregory Hotel (Turret, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Turret (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Turret--1900-1910.
- 1902
- Freight train on the Moffat Railroad
- Travelogue cameramen pose on a flatbed car of the Denver & Salt Lake (Moffat Road) which is situated on a wooden trestle, possibly Grand County, Colorado. One camerman rests his hand on a movie camera on a tripod and four railroad employees pose...
- Denver and Salt Lake Railroad Company--1910-1920.; Cinematography--Colorado--1910-1920.; Motion picture cameras--Colorado--1910-1920.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--1910-1920.; Railroads--Colorado--1910-1920.; Trestles--Colorado--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- James Kilpatrick's homestead, west of Craig, Colo.
- View across sagebrush and prairie towards James Kilpatrick's homestead, west of Craig, Colorado; man standing next to log cabin, horse- drawn wagon, three logs forming tripod or winch.
- Kilpatrick, James--Homes and haunts.; Craig (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Craig--1910-1920.; Log cabins--Colorado--Craig--1910-1920.; Prairies--Colorado--Craig--1910-1920.
- [between 1913 and 1915]
- Photo session
- A woman squeezes a box camera shutter bulb on a tripod, as a man poses outside a log house surrounded by trees and vegetation, possibly in Colorado. The porch in background has a barrel, broom, cans, and hip waders on it.
- Log cabins--Colorado--1900-1910.; Photographers--Colorado--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- A sunset on Mt. Princeton
- Evening view of Mount Princeton and Buena Vista (Chaffee County), Colorado; thought to be L.C. McClure standing behind camera & tripod; box of camera supplies, foreground left; Collegiate Range, Rocky Mountains, and dramatic clouds.
- Buena Vista (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Princeton, Mount (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Buena Vista--1900-1920.; Mountains--Colorado--1900-1920.; Photographers--Colorado--Buena Vista--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1915]
- Mining camp, west of Eldora
- View of the Happy Valley Placer Co. mining camp in the Grand Island Mining District, Boulder County, Colorado with tents and a buggy. John H. Kemp leans on the fence to the left; Engineer August Mathez stands with a transit instrument and tripod...
- Happy Valley Placer Company (Colo.)--Facilities--1890-1900.; Mining camps--Colorado--Boulder County--1890-1900.; Boulder (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Boulder County--1890-1900.; Tents--Colorado--Boulder County--1890-1900.; Kemp, John H.;...
- Summer 1892
- Taos, New Mexico
- A group of Taos Pueblo Indians (Native Americans) pose in front of an adobe wall as a photographer sets up his camera on a tripod with light reflectors in Taos, New Mexico. Shows an entrada down the narrow dirt street.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1920- 1930.; Taos Indians--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1920-1930.; Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--1920-1930.; Cameras--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1920-1930.; Photographers--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1920-1930.;...
- 1923?
- Taos, N M
- View of a photographer with tripod and camera, and his subjects, Native American men, women and children, in Taos, New Mexico.
- Taos (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--New Mexico--Taos--1900-1910.; Photographers--New Mexico--Taos--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Windy Point, -20 degrees, Ad-a-man Club climbing Pikes Peak on N. Y. day
- Snow blows by seven members of the AdAmAn Club as they make their way up a steep incline of the Pikes Peak Cog Railway tracks on Pikes Pike, an annual mountaineering trek to the top of the 14,110 foot mountain to set off fireworks on New Years Eve,...
- AdAmAn Club (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1920-1940.; Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--1920-1940.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Mountaineering--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1920-1940.; Railroad...
- [between 1922 and 1941]
- Out in Colorado are thirteen hard-bitten, mountain (climbing) goats whose idea of a real, midwinter, holiday vacation is to buck snow about three miles above sea-level
- Thirteen members of the AdAmAn Club make their way along a flat area of the trail up Pikes Peak, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. They carry backpacks, walking sticks and a camera tripod for the annual mountaineering trek to the top of...
- AdAmAn Club (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1920-1940.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Mountaineering--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1920-1940.
- [between 1922 and 1941]
- Ski course at Steamboat Spgs. Moffat Road
- View, from downhill, of the ski course at Steamboat Springs, Colorado; shows distance markers along side of slope from 50 to 160 feet and and tripod next to deserted slope.
- Steamboat Springs (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Skiing--Colorado--Steamboat Springs--1910-1930.
- [between 1916 and 1923?]
- Bill Fick
- Bill Fick poses outdoors with a camera on a tripod in Colorado.
- Cameras--Colorado--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--1930-1940.; Photographers--Colorado--1930-1940.; Fick, William L.
- 1935
- Harry Rhoads with 5" x 7" Graflex camera
- Harry Rhoads stands on a platform, with two American flags and the Colorado State flag, in the middle of a crowd, to take a photo with his 5" x 7" Graflex camera, probably Denver, Colorado. Another photographer is in view, he uses a camera with a...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Cameras--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Photographers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Rhoads, Harry Mellon, 1880 or 81-1975.
- [between 1905 and 1920]