Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Arlington Hotel in Manitou
- Exterior view of the Arlington Hotel in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking northeast. This two-story frame structure with chimney, cross gabled roof and mitred corner window has jigsaw work in its gable peak, and a sign on the roof that reads:...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1900.; Arlington Hotel (Manitou Springs, Colo.)
- 1892
- Tabouachacet - Ute chief
- Head and shoulders portrait of a Native American Ute, identified as Tabouachacet (Tab-u-cha-kat). He wears a loose shirt, decorative sash, bead necklace, and pendant necklace.
- Indians of North America--1860-1880.; Ute Indians--1860-1880.; Tab-u-cha-kat, Ute Indian.
- [between 1862 and 1877]
- Picnic in Manitou
- View of a group of picnickers near Manitou Springs, Colorado. Mostly children, this group sits and stands with their lunch pails and baskets in the foreground. An older gentleman sits in the center, and behind him two women in jackets and bonnets;...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Children--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.; Picnics--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.
- [1878]
- Harrison Av. west side
- This view of the west side of Harrison Avenue, in Leadville, Colorado includes a corner brick block with bracketed cornice, arch windows with keystones, diagonal corner entry and a sign "Pendery, Goddard & Taylor, attorneys at law" above the door....
- Leadville (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Business districts--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.
- [between 1872 and 1880]
- J.A. Turk and Co., drug store, Arlington House, Levi Clothing store
- The Arlington House hotel in Breckenridge, Colorado, has a low false front flanking the gable roof. Its cornice is dentiled. Two flanking buildings have similar roofs. All three are two story frame structures, with second floor sash windows. The...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Clothing stores--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1890.; Drugstores--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1890.
- [1880 or 1881?]
- Parade uniforms of the 3 companies of the Red, White & Blue Fire Dept.
- Six young men of the Red, White and Blue Fire Department of Breckenridge, Colorado, pose in their parade uniforms in front of a painted backdrop. They wear conductor's caps, with a variety of brim insignias, and pullover bib shirts in several...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- School, taken 20 of May, 1891
- Portrait of the students at the old school in Breckenridge, Colorado. The boys are simply dressed; most are hatless. The girls are in a variety of print frocks, many with lace collars. An adult is in the background on the right.
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; School children--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.
- 1891
- Sister's Mustard Seeds
- Portrait of Agnes Finding Miner and Sister's Mustard Seeds in Breckenridge, Colorado. The founder of this girl's charitable organization is seated in the upper middle and wears a wide brimmed, feathered hat, white dress and dark bodice. The other...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Women--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1890.
- [between 1885 and 1890?]
- Grocery store
- Interior view of George & Stott [?] variety store on Pearl Street [?], in Denver, Colorado; shows men and merchandise including fruit, candy, canned goods, baskets, brooms, and products: "Tetley's Tea," "Brotherhood Tobacco," "Welch's," "Chase &...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1915
- Chas. Ballin & Co., [fo]ods, fancy goods, and millinery, 352 Larimer Street, Denver, Colorado
- View of the Charles Ballin and Company variety store, in Denver, Colorado; shows a brick storefront with a cornice, finials, and window displays. Bricks are piled in the street.
- Chas. Ballin & Co.--Buildings--1860-1880.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Denver--1860-1880.
- [between 1869 and 1879]
- Pullman open platform observation car in service on D&RGW train no. 1, the "Scenic Limited"
- Men and women, wearing a variety of hats and hair styles, pose on a Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad car observation platform at Union Station, in Denver, Colorado. Sign reads: "Denver & Rio Grande Western Scenic Limited."
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1925
- F. J. Wood's Book & Jewerly Store
- Interior view of F. Wood's Book and Jewelry Store in Georetown, Colorado. Possibly Mr. and Mrs. Wood behind counter wooden cases with glass flat tops filled with watches and jewerly; a variety of clocks are on wall shelves. Silver and glassware...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Jewelry stores--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890]
- Corner Blake & F Street Denver
- Horse-drawn wagons are parked near a group of buildings on Blake Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. Signs on the buildings read: "Occidental Billiard Hall Reading Rooms," "City Bakery Wholesale & Retail," "Groceries Provisions," and "Variety...
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Bakeries--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Billiard parlors--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- [between 1860 and 1870?]
- "Mrs. Josie Clark," July 4, 1903
- View of a group of men in front of the Star Hook and Ladder Company fire house in Georgetown, Colorado. Ten men crouch in the front row; eight wear shortsleeved jerseys and knee-length pants, and the other two wear the company's uniform, including...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Georgetown--1900-1910.; Fire stations--Colorado--Georgetown--1900-1910.
- 1903
- Wilson & Cass Reduction Works
- Miners pose near the bridge to the Wilson and Cass Reduction Works probably beside Clear Creek near Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. A sluice box connected to the building is near the creek. A sign over the bridge reads: "Wilson & Cass...
- Wilson & Cass Reduction Works (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Georgetown--1860-1880.; Mills--Colorado--Georgetown--1860-1880.; Miners--Colorado--Georgetown--1860-1880.;...
- [between 1864 and 1877]
- William Church residence
- View of the William Church house at 10th (Tenth) Avenue and Corona Street in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The rusticated stone mansion has a tower, turret, balconies, covered porch, and tile roof.
- Church, William, cattleman--Homes & haunts.; Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- 1948
- St. Johns River, Florida
- View the bank of the of St. Johns River with Saw palmetto, palm trees, Spanish Moss and a variety of tropical trees and plants, Florida.
- Saint Johns River (Fla.)--1880-1890.; Rivers--Florida--1880-1890.
- 1898
- Cotopaxi
- The Arkansas River flows past the town of Cotopaxi, Colorado, in Fremont County. Buildings in the town consist of a boarding house, several, wood-frame structures, and several tents. Trees grow on the banks of the river, and the mountains that...
- Cotopaxi (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- Animas City
- View of main street businesses in Animas City, two miles north of of Durango, La Plata County, Colorado; includes a canvas top stage coach drawn by six horses pausing in front of three wood frame false fronts; men gathered on boardwalks of...
- Animas City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; False fronts--Colorado--Animas--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Animas--1890-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Blanca, Colo. looking north from R. R.
- The town of Blanca, Colorado, is located at the foot of the snow- capped Sangre de Cristo mountain range in Costilla County. Buildings on the street include one-story commercial storefronts with false fronts, as well as buildings with flat and...
- Blanca (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Blanca--1900-1910.; Wells--Colorado--Blanca--1900-1910.
- April, 1909
- Scenery project
- Photoprint of a watercolor of the Tabor Opera House interior, in Leadville, Colorado. The painting includes a stage with a variety of scenery flats, Andrews patent ornate cast opera chairs, proscenium, draped stage curtain, and a curved balcony...
- Tabor Opera House--1930-1940.; Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors.; Opera houses--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theaters--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theatrical productions--1930-1940.; Wolle, Muriel Sibell, 1898-1977.
- 1933
- Liberty
- A wood ledge next to a cabin in Liberty, Saguache County, Colorado, holds a variety of bones, including skulls, spines, jaws and other parts of animals. Bones also lie on the ground, near an overturned wood chair.
- Liberty (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Bones--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Homes in Buena Vista, Colorado
- Details of this frame house in Buena Vista, Colorado, include openworked bargeboard and finials on the gable and dormer peaks, lathe turned balustrades topping the mansard roofed bays and porch, ridgecresting, and a variety of brackets. A sign in...
- Buena Vista (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Buena Vista--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980]
- Anderson & Sharp's Paint Shop
- This paint store in Canon City, Colorado, has a variety of brushes, paint cans, and wallpaper displayed in the window and entry. Men pose on the boardwalk; two are in suits with gold chains, the rest are in white painter's clothes. One stands on a...
- Paint shops--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1890.; Canon City (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- 1882
- Northeast corner of 3rd and Main Streets showing the Roane and Sanders clothing store
- This brick, one-story commercial building in Canon City, Colorado, has a false front with a cornice and lettering on the awning that reads: "Clothing Roane & Sanders, Hats, Caps." Letters in the storefront read: "Clothing, Roane & Sanders Variety...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Dry goods stores--Colorado--Canon City dy 1880-1890.
- 1880
- Canon City Composer's Club
- Men and women of the Composer's Club of Canon City, Colorado, pose wearing cravats, oversized buttons, puff shoulders, a variety of fabrics, feathers, pleats, ruffles and applique.
- Canon City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Composers--Colorado--Canon City--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Lincoln Park, Grand Junction, Colorado
- View of Lincoln Park, landscaped by S.R. DeBoer, in Grand Junction, Mesa County, Colorado. Shows a variety of evergreen and deciduous trees, shrubs. Cars, bicycles, a flagpole, houses and a gasoline station are in the distance.
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Lincoln Park (Grand Junction, Colo.)--1920-1940.; Parks--Colorado--Grand Junction--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Saw mill and power house at East Lake
- At East Lake Camp, Eagle County, Colorado, a row of twelve men stands in front of the power house or saw mill, two rustic board gable- roofed buildings. The men wear overalls or wrinkled suits and a variety of hats. Boards are scattered and piled...
- East Lake Camp (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Men--Colorado--East Lake Camp--1900-1910.; Mills--Colorado--East Lake Camp--1900-1910.
- 1908
- 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]
- Hall Valley, Colo.
- Panoramic view of the town of Hall Valley (also known as Hallville and Hall City), Colorado, in Park County.
- Hall Valley (Colo.)--1860-1890.
- [between 1861 and 1881]
- Apple orchard maintained by the Colorado State Penitentiary
- Inmates at the State Penitentiary orchard in Canon City, Colorado, pose among crates and tables mounded with apples. They wear long sleeved shirts, suspenders and soft hats. Guards in suits and a variety of hats oversee; a horse drawn buggy (with...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Apple orchards--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1930.; Prisoners--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1930.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Hog farm behind prison
- Stone walled pig pens at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, are built on a slope at the base of the hogback behind the prison. Each has a shelter with a mounded hay roof; rock outbuildings with brick cornices line one side. Pipes, a...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1930-1940.; Swine--Colorado--Canon City--1930-1940.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Sunday school classes of the Methodist church
- Children from the Sunday School classes at the Methodist Episcopalian church pose with their elders in front of their church in Montrose, Colorado. The children hold a variety of signs, including: "Win One - Stand by Methodist Sunday School,"...
- Montrose (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Churches--Colorado--Montrose--1910-1930.; Sunday schools--Colorado--Montrose--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930]
- Central City, Colo. 1890-1899 circ. (prints)
- Catholic Church and the Teller House are in the left midground. The Gilpin County Courthouse is under construction in the left background near the St. James Methodist Church. St. Paul's Episcopal Church and the Central City public high school stand...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.
- [between 1899 and 1900?]
- 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?]
- Central City, Colo.
- Main Street in Central City, Colorado, is lined with a variety of buildings, including several stores. Foresters Hall in the center midground has the words "Always ask for Beeman's The Original Pepsin Gum" painted on its side. The large Armory Hall...
- Central City (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Central City--1900-1910.
- [between 1902 and 1910?]
- Rock climbing school
- Approximately thirty-five Tenth Mountain Division soldiers learn how to rock climb near Camp Hale, Colorado. Twenty-five the men are at the base of a rock, nine more are on a rock shelf a few feet above. Ropes hang down to the group below. The...
- Military training--Colorado--1940-1950.; Rock climbing--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- 1943
- Rock climbing
- Approximately twenty Tenth Mountain Division soldiers practice rock climbing near Camp Hale, Colorado; three soldiers are scaling a rope to climb onto a rock shelf a few feet above the ground. The rest of the soldiers are divided with half waiting...
- Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Military training--Colorado--1940-1950.; Rock climbing--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- 1943
- Digging-in for the night at Corona, Italy
- Soldiers of the Tenth Mountain Division, 87th Regiment, 3rd Battalion, prepare to dig-in for the night at Corona on Belevedere. Three men in the foreground, consult one another around trenches in the rocky ground. A building scarred by a variety of...
- Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Trench warfare--Italy--Pietra Colora--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- February 1945
- Mail-call at Camp Hale, Colorado
- Mail-call at Camp Hale, Colorado. A Tenth Mountain Division soldier distributes mail in the street. Gathered around him are a group of soldiers waiting for letters from the stack he holds in his hand. Some of the men are holding red slips of paper....
- Military life--Colorado--1940-1950.; Military uniforms--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- 1944
- Camp Hale, rock climbing
- Nine Tenth Mountain Division soldiers practice rock climbing with ropes on a steep cliff at Camp Hale, Colorado. They are wearing a variety of clothing, including denim jeans, in addition to khaki uniforms.
- Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Rock climbing--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- 1943
- Interior and fireplace - front room, Crazy Woman's house near Guadalupe, Santa Fe, N.M.
- The floor of the front room at Crazy Woman's house near Guadalupe in Santa Fe, New Mexico, is covered with a variety of rugs, including a cow skin and a sheep skin rug. A large cross and pictures hang on the wall above the fireplace. Another...
- Indians of North America--Women--1910-1920.; Adobe buildings--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1910-1920.; Fireplaces--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1910-1920.; Houses--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1910-1920.; Interiors--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1910-1920.; Crazy Woman.
- [1912?]
- Canon City locals selecting apples for purchase
- Mounds of apples are on tables at the State Penitentiary farm in Canon City, Colorado. Men and women carrying baskets in a variety of hats pick through them. Crates are stacked around, and trees are in the background.
- Canon City (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Apple orchards--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1900.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Gardens surrounding the Indian Pueblo of Zuni
- View of Native American (Zuni Pueblo) fields and walled gardens at Zuni Pueblo, New Mexico.
- Indians of North America--Subsistence activities--New Mexico--Zuni--1870-1880.; Pueblo Indians--Subsistence activities--New Mexico--Zuni--1870-1880.; Zuni Indians--Subsistence activities--New Mexico--Zuni--1870-1880.; Zuni (N.M.)--1870-1880.;...
- 1873
- Women's crew for new prison hired by Patterson
- Female prison guards at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, pose in topcoats with prison insignia patches on their shoulders. They wear a variety of shoes, and behind them are metal doors and walls.
- Canon City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Prison guards--Colorado--Canon City--1950-1960.; Women--Colorado--Canon City--1950-1960.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Confluence of Clear Creek and Soda Creek
- View of the confluence of Soda Creek and Clear Creek in Idaho Springs (Clear Creek County), Colorado. A sluice is beside Clear Creek which is filled with garbage and debris. Houses are near the stream.
- Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1860-1880.; Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Sluices.; Streams.
- [between 1864 and 1877?]
- Main Street, looking east from 4th St.
- View east on Main Street from 4th (Fourth) Street, Grand Junction, Colorado, shows one and two-story wood frame or brick flat-roof buildings, many under construction. Signs include: "J.R. Elliott," "Central House," "Variety Store," "Drug Store,"...
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Grand Junction--1880-1890.; Construction--Colorado--Grand Junction--1880-1890.
- 1884
- The New Colorado House
- Exterior view of the New Colorado House, Telluride, Colorado. A group of performers (in the melodrama at the Brunswick Saloon Variety Theater) pose on the boardwalk in front of entry including three men in suits and ties, three women in long...
- Telluride (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Telluride--1890-1900.; New Colorado House (Telluride, Colo.)
- 1899
- Ballad of Baby Doe
- A man and a woman stand outside a brick building on the set of The Ballad of Baby Doe in Central City, Colorado. The woman wears a striped dress and hat and the man wears a frock coat and trousers. The set includes a door with large windows and a...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Theatrical productions--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1956
- Silver Coronet Band - organized 1870
- Band members pose in Greeley, Colorado. Their uniforms have white belts, jackets with brass buttons, and hats with fur or feather ornaments. They hold a variety of brass instruments; drums are on the ground in front. They are (l to r) S. H....
- Greeley (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Band uniforms--Colorado--Greeley--1870-1880.; Bands--Colorado--Greeley--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]