Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Frank M. Gravitt [?] 2nd Colorado Cav
- Studio portrait of Second Lieutenant Francis M. Gravit or Frank M. Garrit, Colorado Volunteers, Second Cavalry Regiment, Company D.
- United States. Army. Colorado Cavalry Regiment, 2nd (1863-1865)--People.; Cavalry--Colorado--1860-1870.; Military officers--Colorado--1860-1870.
- [between 1861 and 1864?]
- Second Colorado Cavalry officer
- Studio portrait of an unidentified (probably) officer in the Colorado Volunteers, Second Cavalry Regiment.
- United States. Army. Colorado Cavalry Regiment, 2nd (1863-1865)--People.; Cavalry--Colorado--1860-1870.; Military officers--Colorado--1860-1870.
- [between 1861 and 1864?]
- Placer mining, Colorado
- View of a gold mine operation in Colorado; shows a miner running a Hydraulic Chief "monitor" nozzle, a jet of water, and eroded embankments.
- Colorado--1860-1890.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--1860-1890.; Miners--Colorado--1860-1890.; Mining--Colorado--1860-1890.
- [between 1860 and 1890?]
- Placer mine
- View of women posing by a hydraulic mine in (probably) Colorado; shows a jet of water, sheds, a sluice, miners, and eroded embankments.
- Hydraulic mining--Colorado--1860-1890.; Mining--Colorado--1860-1890.; Women--Colorado--1860-1890.
- [between 1860 and 1890?]
- One Bull
- Sitting studio portrait of a Native American (Hunkpapa Sioux) man, identified as One Bull. He has a blanket wrapped around his waist and wears a striped shirt, bracelets, arm bands, hair pipe choker, and cloth-bound pony tails. In his right hand,...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Hunkpapa Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; One Bull.
- 1882
- Angus Gowans first boy received at Clayton College
- Angus Gowans writes at a desk at Clayton College at 32nd (Thirty-second) Avenue and Colorado Boulevard in Denver, Colorado. He wears bib overalls and uses a pencil and paper.
- George W. Clayton College (Denver, Colo.)--People--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Children reading & writing--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Orphanages--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- [1911?]
- Ludlow massacre - tent colony
- View of the UMWA camp for coal miners on strike against CF&I in Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado; shows a man, an effigy, frame buildings, snow, and hills.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; Effigies--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.;...
- 1914
- So. Downing & Bayaud Norman Apts
- View of the Norman Apartments at South Downing and Bayaud Streets in Denver, Colorado; features include a tile roof, and Mission style pediments. Cars are in the street.
- Norman, The (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Apartment houses--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1924 December 28
- Mescalero Apaches
- Studio portrait vignette shows the back of a Native American Mescalero Apache woman; she carries a baby in a cradleboard with a hood.
- Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Mescalero Indians--1880-1890.; Cradleboards--1880-1890.; Infants--1880-1890.; Women--1880-1890.
- [between 1883 and 1888?]
- Unidentified Jicarilla Apache woman
- Standing studio portrait vignette of a Native American Jicarilla Apache woman posed in profile holding a basket and wearing a buckskin dress with quillwork and fringe, necklace and bracelets.
- Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Jicarilla Indians--1880-1890.; Baskets--1880-1890.; Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Women--1880-1890.
- [between 1883 and 1888?]
- San Carlos Apache woman
- Standing studio portrait vignette of a Native American San Carlos Apache woman posed in profile carrying a pitch covered basket jar with a head strap and wearing patterned blouse and skirt; props include baskets, cactus and brush.
- San Carlos Apache Tribe--1880-1890.; Apache baskets--1880-1890.; Apache Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Baskets--1880-1890.; Lifting & carrying--1880-1890.; Women--1880-1890.
- [between 1883 and 1888?]
- Unidentified Apache women
- Standing studio portrait vignette of two Native American Apache women; one seated holding a basket, one standing in profile wearing a buckskin poncho with fringe and tin cones. Props include cactus, brush, baskets and a pitched basket jar.
- Apache Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Baskets--1880-1890.; Women--1880-1890.
- [between 1883 and 1888?]
- Jicarilla Apache boy
- Standing studio portrait vignette of an unidentified Native American Jicarilla Apache boy wearing a beaded necklace and buckskin decorated with quillwork and fringe.
- Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Jicarilla Indians--1880-1890.; Boys--1880-1890.; Clothing & dress--1880-1890.
- [between 1883 and 1888?]
- Commanche [sic] John ...?
- Standing studio portrait vignette of a Native American Apache (?) man wrapped in a patterned blanket.
- Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Blankets--1880-1890.
- [between 1883 and 1888?]
- Notzile, head war chief of the Mescalero Apaches
- Standing studio vignette portrait of Chief Nautzille, (Nautzile) Native American Mescalero Apache man wearing a cloth shirt with fringe, bear claw necklace, moccasins and leggings with a beaded band. He holds a painted war shield and lance.
- Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Lances--1880-1890.; Mescalero Indians--1880-1890.; Shields--1880-1890.; Tribal chiefs--1880-1890.; Nautzille.
- [1883?]
- St. Mark's altar boys
- View of St. Mark's Episcopal Church members in Denver, Colorado; they are identified as Bert R. Cocks age 17, and Horace S. Talbot age 17.
- St. Mark's Episcopal Church (Denver, Colo.)--People--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Acolytes--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Episcopal churches--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Cocks, Bert R.; Talbot, Horace S.
- 1894 May 26
- The first house in Denver after commencement of Official Survey, Nov. 1st, 1858, corner Wynkoop and 12th Sts. Erected by A. H. Barker
- Shows a log cabin built by Anselm H. Barker at 12th (Twelfth) and Wynkoop Streets in Denver, Colorado; a covered wagon, a team of oxen, people, horses, tipis, and trees are to the side. A portrait of a man is in an oval vignette in the corner.
- Barker, Anselm Holcomb, 1822-1895--Homes & haunts.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
- 1888
- House where Mary Bogue was born
- View of a house at 1460 Fillmore Street, in Denver, Colorado; features shingle imbrication, a covered porch, and a picket fence.
- Bogue, Mary--Homes & haunts.; Congress Park (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Warren C. Bogue family
- Portrait of the Bogue family at 1460 Fillmore Street, in Denver, Colorado; the man, woman, and girls pose on the covered porch.
- Bogue, Mary.; Bogue, Warren C.; Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Families--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Denver residence
- View of a house in Denver, Colorado; it has an arched, covered porch. Snow covers the ground.
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Pike's Peak from the Garden of the Gods
- View of snow-covered Pikes Peak from Gate Rock a sandstone rock formation at Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. A horse-drawn buggy is in the valley, Pikes Peak is in the distance.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Gate Rock (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Rock formations--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Mount of the Holy Cross
- View of the Mount of the Holy Cross, Eagle County, Colorado. Shows snow, talus, and a stream.
- Eagle County (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Holy Cross, Mount of the (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Mountains--Colorado--Eagle County--1870-1890.
- [between 1873 and 1890?]
- Cimarron Canon, D.& R.G.RY.
- View of the narrow gauge tracks of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad in a canyon identified as Cimarron Canyon probably in Montrose County, Colorado. Shows railroad tracks and a trestle probably over the Cimarron River, rock formations, trees and...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company--1870-1890.; Cimarron River (Montrose County and Gunnison County, Colo.)--1870-1890.; Montrose County (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Montrose County--1870-1890.; Railroad...
- [between 1876 and 1886?]
- Silverton, Sultan Mountain
- View of the Animas Valley, Animas River, Sultan Mountain, and Silverton (San Juan County), Colorado. Shows four avenues (possibly Blair, Greene, Reese and Snowden), residences, commercial buildings. The Little Dora Mill is in the distance.
- Silverton (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Sultan Mountain (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Silverton--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Valley of the Yellowstone, above first canon
- View of a valley of the Yellowstone, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Shows channels and small islands in the Yellowstone River, rock formations, trees, and brush. The Absaroka Range and Emigrant Peak are in the distance.
- Absaroka Range (Mont. and Wyo.)--1870-1880.; Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; Yellowstone River Valley--1870-1880.; Yellowstone River--1870-1880.; Channels--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Yellowstone National...
- [1871.]
- Mud Spring, at Sulphur Mountain
- View of one of the Mud Pots, a group of five small hot spring cones near what became Canyon Village, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. The siliceous mud with a consistency of pudding, boils violently when active. A stick is in the mud pot. Shows...
- Mud Pots (Wyo.)--1870-1880.; Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; Mud--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; Springs--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; Geological and...
- [1871.]
- Shavano, Utah
- Studio portrait (sitting) of Shavano, a Native American (Tabeguache Ute) war chief. This prominent Ute warrior has long braids. He wears a military issue wool sweater with inset sleeves and a peace medallion on a ribbon around his neck.
- Indians of North America--1860-1880.; Tabeguache Indians--1860-1880.; Ute Indians--1860-1880.; Tribal chiefs--1860-1880.; Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.)
- [between 1869 and 1874.]
- Man's portrait
- Portrait of a young man with a large moustache.
- Men--1860-1870.; Mustaches--1860-1870.
- [between 1860 and 1870?]
- To Polly Pry
- Studio portrait of a teenaged man; he wears a high, starched collar.
- Men--1890-1910.; Teenagers--1890-1910.
- [between 1898 and 1901?]
- James Henry Guise
- Studio portrait of a man with a beard.
- Beards--1860-1880.; Men--1860-1880.; Guise, James Henry.
- [between 1860 and 1880?]
- Elegant woman
- Studio portrait of a woman with a fluted lace collar, net scarf, and necklace.
- Women--1860-1880.
- [between 1860 and 1880?]
- Man with beard
- Studio portrait (head and shoulders) of a man with a beard. He has on a jacket and a bow tie.
- Men--1860-1880.
- [between 1860 and 1880?]
- John Evans
- Studio portrait of Colorado Territorial Governor (1862-1865) and Colorado University founder John Evans; he has a goatee.
- Evans, John, 1814-1897.; Governors--Colorado--1850-1870.; Men--1850-1870.
- [between 1850 and 1870?]
- D. H. Moffat
- Studio portrait of David Halliday Moffat in a jacket and tie.
- Capitalists & financiers--1860-1870.; Men--1860-1870.; Moffat, David H. (David Halliday), 1839-1911.
- [between 1860 and 1870?]
- Northern Pacific 50th Anniversary announcement
- Depiction of Northern Pacific Railway train 2606 at Gold Creek (Lodge County), Montana. Vignette shows locomotive 5000 and coal car. Printed with Northern Pacific logo: "September 8th 1933, marks the fiftieth anniversary of the driving of the...
- Northern Pacific Railroad Company--Public Relations--1930-1940.; Gold Creek (Mont.)--1930-1940.; Railroad locomotives--Montana--Gold Creek--1930-1940.; Railroads--Montana--Gold Creek--1930-1940.
- 1933 September 8
- Prison guard
- Posing in a double breasted, brass buttoned uniform, this guard at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, has a band on his conductor's cap reading: Night Captain. The backdrop is a painting of a lake and trees.
- Canon City (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Prison guards--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1900.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Prison guards
- Posing in double breasted, brass buttoned uniforms, these guards at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, hold lead canes and have bands on their conductor's caps reading: Cell House. One has a gold watch fob and bow tie, the other has a...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Prison guards--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1900.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Copy of tintype of Addison Spangler
- Copy photographic print of tintype portrait of Addison Spangler; he wears boots, a hat, a knife in a sheath, and a pistol in a holster.
- Cowboys--1860-1880.; Men--1860-1880.; Spangler, Addison.
- [between 1860 and 1880?]
- Robert Krague, Chief of Fire Dept - Killed July 31, 1891
- Firemen pose on their horse-drawn ladder wagon in Pueblo, Colorado. The two-story, brick and stone firehouse in the background has ornate, incised arches and spandrels; it is draped with bunting and a sign: "We Mourn our Chief." Streetcar tracks...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Pueblo--1890-1900.; Fire stations--Colorado--Pueblo--1890-1900.; Funeral rites & ceremonies--Colorado--Pueblo--1890-1900.
- 1891
- The old city transfer bus of S. R. McKissick about 1885 : taken at the old home on the west end of Greenwood Avenue
- Children look out the windows of a horse-drawn omnibus in Canon City, Colorado. Painted flourishes and a vignette of a country scene decorate the side of the conveyance, and lettering on the railed roof reads: "City Transfer." The driver holds a...
- Horse-drawn omnibuses--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.; Canon City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.
- 1885
- Warden Roy Best 1932-1954
- Warden Roy Best, of the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, poses in a cowboy hat and silk tie.
- Prison wardens--Colorado--Canon City--189-1900.; Canon City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Best, Roy.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1932 and 1954]
- Warden John Cleghorn actually was warden 1894-1898
- Warden John Cleghorn, of the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, poses in a white bow tie and "walrus" moustache.
- Prison wardens--Colorado--Canon City--1890-1900.; Canon City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cleghorn, John.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1894 and 1898?]
- Warden William A. Smith 1890-1892
- Warden William A. Smith, of the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, poses in a white bow tie and "walrus" moustache.
- Prison wardens--Colorado--Canon City--1890-1900.; Canon City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Smith, William A.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1890 and 1892]
- Warden Thomas J. Tynan 1909-1927
- Warden Thomas J. Tynan, of the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, poses in a black tie.
- Prison wardens--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1890.; Canon City (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Tynan, Thomas J.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1909 and 1927]
- Keystone Hotel, Home, Colorado
- This hotel in Home, Larimer County, Colorado, has a mansard roof, a parterre, smoking chimneys, and a United States Flag on a pole. A bridge spans a river, and a stagecoach is on the road. A vignette depicts a canoe on a lake; lettering reads:...
- Home (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Home--1890-1900.; Keystone Hotel (Home, Colo.)
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- 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?]
- Kit Carson Public School
- Pen and ink rendering shows the Kit Carson school in Cheyenne County, Colorado, a two-story frame building with a mansard roof and belfry. Steps lead to the entry.
- Kit Carson (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Schools--Colorado--Kit Carson--1890-1900.
- [1890?]
- Montezuma Store
- Men and children pose on boardwalk in Montezuma, Summit County, Colorado. Behind them, a gable-roofed, one-story store has pilasters and dentils. A false-fronted frame building adjacent is of raw, milled planks, and a two-story clapboard structure...
- Montezuma (Colo.)--1890-1900.; General stores--Colorado--Montezuma--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Idaho in 1866
- Reproduction of ink rendering; shows Idaho Springs, Clear Creek County, Colorado.
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1860-1870--Maps.; Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1860-1870--Aerial views.;
- 1866
- Western History Subject Index
- Adams, Andy 1859-1935