Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Juanita and Tommy Solano
- Mexican Americans Tommy and Juanita Solano (now Ramos) play with a toy wheelbarrow in their backyard at 1109 8th (Eighth) Street in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. Juanita sits in the wheelbarrow and her brother stands behind her. Shows...
- Children.; Play (Recreation); Toys.; Wheelbarrows.; Ramos, Juanita--Pictorial works.; Solano, Tommy--Pictorial works.; Children--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--1940-1950.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.;...
- 1945
- Dump of the Gold King Mine, Cripple Creek, Colo.
- Men stand or sit and pose beside the Gold King Mine in Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado. Men have moustaches and beards and wear hats, vests and jackets. A man with a pipe reclines in a wheelbarrow. A man holds a wheelbarrow and poses beside...
- Teller County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.; Mining equipment--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.
- [between 1891 and 1900?]
- Plant of the Continental Oil Shale Mining & Refining Co., Rio Blanco [County], Colo.
- View of a Continental Oil Shale Mining and Refining Company plant on a hillside near layered shale cliffs in Rio Blanco County, Colorado. Shows a brick retort with timber scaffolding and ladders and a sign that reads: "The Colorado Continuous...
- Oil-shale industry--Colorado--Rio Blanco County--1900-1920.; Oil-shales--Colorado--Rio Blanco County--1900-1920.; Rio Blanco County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Cliffs--Colorado--Rio Blanco County--1900-1920.; Refineries--Colorado--Rio Blanco...
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Leadville - Public Works
- View of a wooden building with a smoke stack in snow covered Leadville (Lake County), Colorado. An outhouse. a turned over wheelbarrow, and a broken picket fence are nearby.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Wooden buildings--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Industries - construction - double exposure
- View of construction in Denver, Colorado; shows men, a wheelbarrow, and the Alameda Avenue underpass.
- Underpasses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Laborers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1909 or 1910]
- Munro Mercantile Co.
- Men stand and pose outside the Munro Mercantile Company building in Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado. Signs painted on the false front building read: "The Munro Mercantile Co., Groceries, Hardware, Boots, Shoes, Etc." and "Champion Harvesting...
- Munro Mercantile Co. (Rifle, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Rifle (Colo.)--1900-1920.; General stores--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1915?]
- Hampson Bros. & Valdez
- Teenage boys and girls pose on a horse drawn float in front of the Hampson Bros. & Valdez grocery store in Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado, with a cash register, glass display case, United States flags, a banner: "Hampson Bros & Valdez," and...
- Hampson Bros. & Valdez (Rifle, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Rifle (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1920.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1920.; Teenagers--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Gold King Mill, Gladstone, Colorado
- View of Gold King Mill at Gladstone (San Juan County), Colorado. Shows multi-level processing building with dormer windows, smokestacks, cribbing, an overturned wheelbarrow and aerial tram. Shows a Silverton, Gladstone, and Northerly Railroad...
- Gladstone (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mills--Colorado--Gladstone--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Gladstone--1900-1910.; Ore industry--Colorado--Gladstone--1900-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--Gladstone--1900-1910.; Silverton, Gladstone, and Northerly Railroad...
- [between 1900 and 1907?]
- Gladstone
- Men and women pose in front of a row of gable-roofed buildings, probably in Gladstone (San Juan County), Colorado. Shows a flag, a ladder, a wheelbarrow and the snow covered San Juan Range in the distance.
- Gladstone (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Buildings--Colorado--Gladstone--1880-1910.; People--Colorado--Gladstone--1880-1910.
- [between 1887 and 1910?]
- William's Canon
- A horse-drawn buggy is on a dirt road near striated rock walls of Williams Canyon near Manitou Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. A wooden sign on rock outcrop reads: "Trail to the Cave," a probable reference to Cave of the Winds. Shows a...
- El Paso County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Williams Canyon (El Paso County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Canyons--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1890.; Dirt roads--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Meeker House, Greeley
- View of the two-story stone Meeker house on 9th (Ninth) Avenue in Greeley (Weld County), Colorado, built by Nathan C. Meeker, founder of Greeley. The house has wooden shutters, a low-pitched, hipped roof and a widow's walk. A man poses beside a...
- Meeker, Nathan Cook, 1814-1879--Homes & haunts.; Greeley (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Greeley--1900-1920.
- [between 1903 and 1920?]
- Leadville Exchange
- View of a Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company office in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado; features include an arched entry, false columns, and a cornice. Letters read: "The Colorado Telephone Company;" a wheelbarrow is by lumber.
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Buildings--1910-1920.; Leadville (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Office buildings--Colorado--Leadville--1910-1920.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Leadville--1910-1920.
- 1914
- Hotel Colorado, Glenwood Springs
- View of the Hotel Colorado in Glenwood Springs (Garfield County), Colorado. Shows a four story masonry Italianate style hotel with twin towers, a colonnade and fountain. Landscaped grounds show men near a wheelbarrow, a stepped waterfall, stone...
- Hotel Colorado (Glenwood Springs, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Fountains--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--Garfield County--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--Garfield County--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- Red Mountain, log cabin
- Men, probably miners, pose next to a gabled log cabin that is under construction, possibly near the Red Mountain Mining District in San Juan or Ouray County, Colorado. Shows a wheelbarrow, logs, saw horse, tool sharpener and fir trees.
- Log cabins--Colorado--1900-1910.; Miners--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [between 1901 and 1922?]
- Mine in Boulder County
- Men stand beside a wheelbarrow, an open mine shaft and a wood and log tipple at an unidentified mine in Boulder County, Colorado. Piles of lumber and a wood frame building are on the hill above them.
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining.; Tipples.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Unidentified mine, Boulder County
- View of an unidentified mine on the side of a steep hill in Boulder County, Colorado. Men stand on and near a headframe, tailings and a stone retaining wall. A horse used to power a large winch used for the mine stands on the headframe. Men pose...
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cabins.; Headframes (Mining); Miners.; MIning.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Warehouse
- Construction of a brick warehouse at the Holly Sugar Company in Swink (Otero County), Colorado. Shows: workers, wheelbarrow, lumber, and building materials.
- Holly Sugar Corporation--Buildings--1900-1910.; Swink (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Building construction--Colorado--Swink--1900-1910.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Swink--1900-1910.; Warehouses--Colorado--Swink--1900-1910.
- 1906 April 6
- Contractor's office, C. Leonardt
- Three men pose in front of a small building at the Holly Sugar Company in Swink (Otero County), Colorado. One man smokes a pipe. Sign reads: "C. Leonardt., Contractor, Los Angeles." Outside the office is a shovel, several barrels, and a wheelbarrow.
- Holly Sugar Corporation--1900-1910.; Contractors--Colorado--Swink--1900-1910.; Swink (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Swink--1900-1910.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Swink--1900-1910.
- 1906
- Construction scene
- Workmen work at a construction site near Alameda Avenue in Denver, Colorado. One man drives an M. Rumely and Company tractor while another prepares to load bricks in a wheelbarrow.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Tractors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1909]
- Gold mining near Buena Vista
- View of a mine shaft near Buena Vista (Chaffee County), Colorado. Shows a winch, wheelbarrow, and pickaxe. Mount Princeton is in the distance.
- Chaffee County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Gold mining--Colorado--Chaffee County--1880-1890.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Chaffee County--1880-1890.; Mining equipment--Colorado--Chaffee County--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Chaffee County--1880-1890.
- [between 1882 and 1890?]
- Colo. mining near Buena Vista, Col. Midland R.R. series.
- View of a mine shaft near Buena Vista (Chaffee County), Colorado. Shows a winch, wheelbarrow, pickaxes and a shovel.
- Chaffee County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Gold mining--Colorado--Chaffee County--1880-1890.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Chaffee County--1880-1890.; Mining equipment--Colorado--Chaffee County--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Chaffee County--1880-1890.
- [between 1882 and 1890?]
- Refining floor Kansas City Smelting Co.
- Interior view of the Kansas City Smelting & Refining Company in Kansas City, Kansas; shows a man by a wheelbarrow, furnaces, and pulleys.
- Kansas City Smelting & Refining Company--1880-1890.; Kansas City (Kan.)--1880-1890.; Furnaces--Kansas--Kansas City--1880-1890.; Interiors--Kansas--Kansas City--1880-1890.; Smelters--Kansas--Kansas City--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Flushing - Bessemer Steel Works
- Molten metal empties into a vat at Bessemer Steel Works in Pueblo, Colorado; a wheelbarrow and pitchfork are to the side. Gears of the dumping mechanism adjoin the machinery.
- Bessemer Steelworks (Pueblo, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Liquid metals--Colorado--Pueblo--1880-1900.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Pueblo--1880-1900.; Steel industry--Colorado--Pueblo--1880-1900.;...
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- The horse whim
- Well-dressed men stand near rail tracks and push ore crucibles on carts from a hewn log shafthouse in Colorado. A horse attached to a whim is behind the building, a smelter is in the distance. Shows frame mining structures, railroad tracks, a...
- Hoisting machinery--Colorado--1890-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--1890-1900.; Smelters--Colorado--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Boulder, Univ. of Colorado
- View of Old Main at the University of Colorado campus in Boulder (Boulder County), Colorado. A man sits on a wheelbarrow in a grassy field in front of trees and Old Main. The brick and stone, Victorian-style, four-story building has arched windows,...
- University of Colorado (Boulder campus)--Buildings--1900-1910.; Boulder (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Meadows--Colorado--Boulder--1900-1910.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Boulder--1900-1910.
- [1900?]
- Building sugar factory
- View of the construction of the Great Western Sugar Factory, Longmont, Colorado, shows construction workers along the Great Western Railway tracks. The brick work and steel framework of the multi-floor building are in progress. A wooden...
- Longmont (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Building construction--Colorado--Longmont--1900-1910.; Factories--Colorado--Longmont--1900-1910.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Longmont--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1903]
- June 25, #4
- Fourth in a series of views documenting progress of the summer of 1896 construction of the Meeker Hotel, 560 Main Street, Meeker, Colorado. This facade view shows the brick and window work continuing on the second level. Workers stand on the upper...
- Meeker (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Building construction--Colorado--Meeker--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Meeker--1890-1900.; Meeker Hotel (Meeker, Colo.)
- [1896]
- North from Third Street on Harrison Avenue
- View of Harrison Avenue in Leadville, Lake County, Colorado; shows businesses and signs including: "Mountain Claims Office," "Claredon Hotel," "Thos. Ro[?], Wholesale and Retail Grocer, Hay and Grain," the Tabor Opera House, "Riley & Flood," "Club...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.
- [between 1885 and 1889]
- Miner's still
- A miner smokes a pipe as he sits next to rigged liquor still, possibly in Colorado. Hoses come from a wooden barrel set on stack of beams and wooden crates. The hoses lead to buckets in a freshly dug trench, the shovel is beside the man. Bottles,...
- Miners--Colorado--1910-1920.; Stills (Distilleries)--Colorado--1910-1920.
- [between 1915 and 1920]
- Denver, Civic Center
- Only the wooden porches remain of a brick terrace building razed in preparation for Civic Center expansion, Denver, Colorado. A workman pulls a wheelbarrow near piles of bricks, other residences show around the empty lot.
- Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Demolition--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Porches--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [1913]
- Denver and Rio Grande depot, Salida, Colorado
- Men and boys in frock coats, bowlers, and bib overalls pose by the Denver and Rio Grande Railway depot in Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado. The stone structure has a gable roof, dormer, and bracketed eaves. A short engine (No. 106) has a baffled...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company--1880-1890.; Salida (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Boys--Colorado--Salida--1880-1890.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Salida--1880-1890.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Salida--1880-1890.
- 1885
- After fire of 1902
- View of Rifle, Garfield County, Colorado, after the fire of 1902. Shows ruins, a wheelbarrow, people, and a dog.
- Rifle (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fires--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.
- [1902?]
- Laying sidewalk
- In Rifle, Garfield County, Colorado, men work with rakes, a wheelbarrow, tar, and a roller. Boys on horses or a bicycle look on.
- Rifle (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Sidewalks--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1920.
- [between 1905 and 1915?]
- Dr. Pepper employees
- Men in company uniform khakis and ties hang a Dr. Pepper calendar on an office wall, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. The calender features a woman in gardening togs and wide brimmed hat, sitting in a wheelbarrow; artwork reads: "The...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Beverage industry--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1940-1950.; Employees--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1940-1950.; Offices--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1940-1950.
- April 11, 1944
- Blue Bell Tunnel Squaw Gulch
- Miners pose with sledgehammers and mallets by a wheelbarrow at the entrance to the Blue Bell Mine near Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado.
- Blue Bell Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Gold mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Slim Buttes coal mine, Harding County, S. Dak.
- Two women pose near a wooden wagon full of coal at the Slim Buttes coal mine, Harding County, South Dakota. They appear to be loading the wagon from the mine behind them, as one of the women holds a wheelbarrow, the other a shovel.
- Harding County (S.D.)--1930-1940.; Carts & wagons--South Dakota--Harding County--1930-1940.; Coal mining--South Dakota--Harding County--1930-1940.; Mining--South Dakota--Harding County--1930-1940.; Women--South Dakota--Harding County--1930-1940.
- 1934
- Park by Opera House
- The park east of the Central City Opera House is flanked by evergreen trees. A gardener, holding a shovel, works near an iron railing that is along a retaining wall. A wheelbarrow is next to him. A young boy in overalls watches the man work. The...
- Central City Opera House--1930-1940.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Opera houses--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Parks--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Theaters--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- 1935
- Harry, with his father-in-law, Leonard Knapp (his first wife's father)
- Harry Rhoads and Leonard Knapp pose, Denver, Colorado. Harry is pushing a wheelbarrow full of coal, his father-in-law carries two additional buckets.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Wheelbarrows--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Knapp, Leonard.; Rhoads, Harry Mellon, 1880 or 81-1975.
- [between 1905 and 1915?]
- Cardenas Hotel - Trinidad
- Exterior view of the Fred Harvey Cardenas Hotel, in Trinidad, Colorado. This two story, mission style structure features an arcaded porch that borders the entire front side of both wings of the ell shaped building. The gabled terra-cotta roof of...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Hotels--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.; Cardenas Hotel (Trinidad, Colo.)--1930-1940.
- Nov 1933
- Kit Carson's former home
- Front of Kit Carson's home, Taos, New Mexico. Long, single story adobe structure with plastered walls, roofed porch and wood beams, built in 1858. Man and boy stand in a doorway next to a wheelbarrow and a pile of fur pelts.
- Taos (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Adobe buildings--New Mexico--Taos--1900-1910.; Houses--New Mexico--Taos--1900-1910.; Carson, Kit, 1809-1868--Homes & haunts.
- [1902?]
- Businesses in Central City, Colorado
- The Hawley block on Eureka Street in Central City, Colorado, houses the Hawley Merchandise Co. and the Morrell Hardware Co. The masonry building with arched windows and a flat roof has a bracketed cornice and buildings on either side of it. The...
- Central City (Colo.)--1870-1910.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Central City--1870-1910.
- 1898
- Routt county
- Several miners work a gold placer mine near Hahns Peak, Routt County, Colorado. Four men use hydraulic nozzles (monitors), fitted with rock counterbalances. Shows men with shovels, a wheelbarrow, and on horseback. One man wears a suit and hat,...
- Hahns Peak (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Gold Mining--Colorado--Hahns Peak--1870-1880.; Hydraulic Mining--Colorado--Hahns Peak--1870-1880.; Mining--Colorado--Hahns Peak--1870-1880.
- [1870-1880?]
- Upper Fulford, 1942
- View of Fulford (a.k.a. Nolan's Creek Camp and Camp Fulford), Eagle County, Colorado; includes disintegrating log cabin in a meadow with tall grasses, loose boards against the building, and possibly a wheelbarrow; unfocused flower (columbine?) in...
- Fulford (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Log cabins--Colorado--Fulford--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Group of miners working No. 6 below Hunker
- A group of miners pose standing near a wheelbarrow, Yukon Territory. One man holds a pan full of placer ore, the others hold shovels; mining construction is behind them.
- Yukon Territory--1890-1900.; Hydraulic mining--Yukon Territory--1890-1900.; Miners--Yukon Territory--1890-1900.; Mining--Yukon Territory--1890-1900.
- 1899
- Miner and tunnel
- View of a miner emerging, with a wheelbarrow full of ore, from a narrow cut in the side of an unidentified mountain, Colorado. Tailings pile on the hillside above him.
- Miners--Colorado--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1887 and 1897]
- Colorado miners
- Four miners pose with a wheelbarrow full of ore, Routt County, Colorado. The hillside behind them has been cut away.
- Routt County (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Miners--Colorado--Routt County--1870-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Routt County--1870-1890.; Wheelbarrows--Colorado--Routt County--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- Off for the mines
- Two miners pose with five loaded burros, Huerfano County, Colorado. Burros carry planks, barrels, stovepipes, wheelbarrow, shovels, pickaxes, and boxes of goods.
- Huerfano County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Donkeys--Colorado--Huerfano County--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Huerfano County--1890-1900.; Mining equipment--Colorado--Huerfano County--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Huerfano County--1890-1900.; Pack...
- 1899
- Royal Gorge dedication and opening of Royal Gorge Bridge
- People walk on the Royal Gorge Bridge during its dedication near Canyon City, Fremont County, Colorado, under United States flags. Oil drums, a wheelbarrow, a concrete plant, and construction debris are to the sides.
- Fremont County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Royal Gorge (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Canyons--Colorado--Fremont County--1920-1930.; Dedications--Colorado--Fremont County--1920-1930.; Spectators--Colorado--Fremont County--1920-1930.; Suspension...
- December, 1929
- Gladstone - 1941
- View of dilapidated buildings along a dirt road in Gladstone, Colorado; shows roofs on the four gabled structures bowed to the point of collapse; wheelbarrow in the foreground and a pine tree covered hillside in the background.
- Gladstone (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Building deterioration--Colorado--Gladstone--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Placer mining at Alma
- Gold miners pose with a wheelbarrow 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.
- Alma (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Gold mining--Colorado--Alma--1880-1900.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Alma--1880-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Alma--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Alma--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]