Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Packing Colorado apples
- View of apple packing production somewhere in Colorado; shows two large canvas tents surrounded by apples in wooden crates, men carrying wooden boxes of apples, horse-drawn sled loaded with apple crates, mule- drawn wagon, men hammering shut...
- Apple orchards--Colorado--1900-1920.; Fruit industry--Colorado--1900-1920.; Harvesting--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Stevens School students playing school bus
- Photograph of several students at Stevens Elementary School in Denver, Colorado as they play with a wooden double decker cart. One boy stands at the back of a wooden cart with wheels. The cart resembles a bunk bed with two levels, and wooden...
- Stevens School (Denver, Colo.); Congress Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- undated
- Hoffman Heights Development , House Interior
- Black and white print of unidentified house interior in Aurora's Hoffman Heights Development. Wooden hutch cabinet next to door has two cabinets on bottom and shelves with decorative pots, cups, and plates on them. Wooden chair with embroidered...
- Hoffman Heights (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- circa 1955
- Hoffman Heights Development, Den Interior
- Black and white print of den interior from unidentified house In Hoffman Heights Development in Aurora. Wooden chair in front of large wooden desk. Desk has front open, revealing drawers and shelves. Three drawers along bottom of desk. Large wooden...
- Hoffman Heights (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- circa 1955
- Hoffman Heights Development, Dining Area Interior
- Black and white print of unidentified dining area in Hoffman Heights Development in Aurora. Fold down table with a chair on each side in front of window. Plant and pitcher on table. Floral print curtains. Wooden rocking chair. Wooden chair and...
- Hoffman Heights (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- 1951
- Nebraska World War I Selective Service Draft Registration Cards Index, 1917-1918 M-Z
- The Nebraska registration cards are on 50 rolls of microfilm, Nebraska State Historical Society library microfilm catalog number RG0544.PR. They are arranged alphabetically by county or city. Within the county or city, names are listed usually...
- World War, 1914-1918--Nebraska.; Nebraska--Genealogy--Sources.; Nebraska--History, Military.; United States. Selective Service System--Sources.; United States. Army--Recruiting, enlistment, etc.--World War, 1914-1918.; United States....
- 2005
- 1885 Colorado State Census : Arapahoe County : Including the City of Denver and Portions of Present Day Adams and Arapahoe Counties
- Comprehensive index created of the 1885 Arapahoe County, Colorado State Census created by The Colorado Genealogical Society. Geographically included in the index is: present Denver, Arapahoe and Adams counties. Information included in the index...
- Colorado--Census--19th century.; Denver (Colo.)--Census--19th century.; Arapahoe County (Colo.)--Census--19th century.; Census records.
- 2002
- Melvina's Beauty Shop Sign
- Tinder pouch
- Shows a leather tinder pouch made by the Native American North Cheyenne. The pouch was possibly used by Chief Wooden Leg and was found on the Tongue River Reservation in Montana. It features decorative multi-colored beadwork designs and a blue,...
- Cheyenne Indians--Arts & crafts--1870-1900.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1870-1900.; Pouches--1870-1900.; Wooden Leg, 1858---Associated objects.
- [between 1875 and 1900]
- Eureka Creek, outside of Central City, Colorado
- View of a wooden sidewalk and railing that span Eureka Gulch and Creek outside of Central City, Colorado. The railing and sidewalk are alongside a dirt road. Two wood-frame houses sit on the hill on the other side of the gulch, where much of the...
- Central City (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Eureka Gulch (Gilpin County, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Wooden sidewalks--Colorado--Central City--1920-1930.
- 1926
- Denver streets
- A man stands outside of a dilapidated wooden building (possibly a depot) in downtown Denver, Colorado. Posters hang on the walls of the building and read in part: "Tabor Grand, June 28, Catherine Countiss, Barbara Frietchie," "Sunday Trips," and...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Wooden buildings--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Alie Bell Mine
- View of an ore storage building at the Alie Bel Mine, near Hancock (Chaffee County), Colorado. Shows a dilapidated wooden building with clerestory windows, tin roofs, and wooden ore chutes. The building is on a steep incline.
- Alie Bell Mine (Chaffee County, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Chaffee County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Abandoned mines--Colorado--Chaffee County--1950-1960.; Mining--Colorado--Chaffee County--1950-1960.; Ore industry--Colorado--Chaffee County--1950-1960.; Wooden...
- 1954
- Huntsman's
- View of Huntsman's Bridge, on the Clear Creek Line of the Colorado Central Railroad just west of Chimney Gulch, on Clear Creek in Clear Creek Canyon, Jefferson County, Colorado. Shows a wooden railroad trestle bridge built on a stone block...
- Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Canyons--Colorado--Jefferson County--1870-1880.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Jefferson County--1870-1880.;...
- [between 1871 and 1880?]
- Lumber yard at mine
- A man stands near a large wooden frame and a lumber yard at a mine possibly on the Front Range of Colorado. Lumber is stacked near railroad tracks and frame buildings. Shows a large cable spool mounted on a wooden frame on wheel assemblies on the...
- Lumber industry--Colorado--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--1890-1910.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1890-1910.; Sawmills--Colorado--1890-1910.; Wooden buildings--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Silverton bank
- View of the Madison Bank in Silverton (San Juan County), Colorado. Shows a two story brick building with a wooden cornice, brackets, and arched windows and doors with radiating voussoirs. A wood building beside the bank has painted signs that read:...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Banks--Colorado--Silverton--1950-1960.; Hitching posts--Colorado--Silverton--1950-1960.; Stables--Colorado--Silverton--1950-1960.; Wooden sidewalks--Colorado--Silverton--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- St. James Mission, Blanca
- View of Saint James (the Less) Mission Church on the northeast corner of 9th Street and Broadway in Blanca, Colorado. The church has a stucco exterior and wooden bell tower. The church has two gothic arched windows flanking the entrance. The bell...
- St. James Mission (Blanca, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Blanca (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Catholic churches.; St. James Mission (Blanca, Colo.)--Building--Pictorial works.; Catholic church buildings--Colorado--Blanca--Pictorial works.; Blanca (Colo.)--Pictorial...
- 1994
- St. James Mission, Blanca, Colo.
- View of Saint James Mission (St. James the Less Catholic Church) on the northeast corner of 9th Street and Broadway in Blanca (Costilla County), Colorado. The church has a stucco exterior with a bell tower and gothic arched windows. The bell tower...
- St. James Mission (Blanca, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Blanca (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Catholic churches.; St. James Mission (Blanca, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Catholic church buildings--Colorado--Blanca--Pictorial works.; Blanca (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1994
- Cano's Castle, Antonito, Colo.
- View of a part of Cano's Castle at the corner of 10th Avenue and State Street in Antonito (Conejos County), Colorado. The eclectic structure was built by Donald "Cano" Espinoza, a Native American Vietnam War Veteran. The structure was built mainly...
- Cano's Castle (Antonito, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Antonito (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Buildings.; Espinoza, Daniel--Homes and haunts.; Cano's Castle (Antonito, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Buildings--Colorado--Antonito--Pictorial works.; Outsider...
- 1991
- St. James Mission, Blanca, Colo.
- View of Saint James Mission (St. James the Less Catholic Church) on the northeast corner of 9th Street and Broadway in Blanca (Costilla County), Colorado. The church has a stucco exterior with a bell tower and gothic arched windows. The bell tower...
- St. James Mission (Blanca, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Blanca (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Catholic churches.; St. James Mission (Blanca, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Catholic church buildings--Colorado--Blanca--Pictorial works.; Blanca (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1994
- St. James on the Mount Community Church
- View of the St. James on the Mount Community Church of Allenspark at 6 Washington Street in Allenspark (Boulder County), Colorado. The building is constructed of logs and the roof has wooden shingles. There is a plain wooden cross at the peak of...
- St. James on the Mount Community Church (Allenspark, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Allenspark (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Churches.; St. James on the Mount Community Church (Allenspark, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Community...
- 1989
- Windmill across from Baca County Court House
- View of a wooden windmill across the street from the Baca County Court House at 741 Main Street in Springfield, Colorado. A wooden bench is beside the windmill. A sign on the rotor of the mill reads: "The Aermotor Chicago." A water barrel is under...
- Baca County Court House (Springfield, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Springfield (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Courthouses.; Windmills.; Baca County Court House (Springfield, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Courthouses--Colorado--Springfield--Pictorial works.;...
- 1988
- Salida Performing Arts Center
- View of the east elevation of the Salida Performing Arts Center at Sackett and G Street in Salida (Chaffee County), Colorado. The building has multiple additions to a small brick building constructed in 1877. The complex now has two story...
- Steam Plant Events Center (Salida, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Salida (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Exhibition buildings.; Theaters.; Steam Plant Events Center (Salida, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Exhibition buildings--Colorado--Salida--Pictorial works.;...
- 1994
- Leaving for Rock Springs, Wyoming
- Six men sit in or near a flatbed truck loaded with gunny sacks. The men wear coats and caps or cowboy hats. The truck has low, wooden sides. A wooden water tank is in the distance.
- Trucks--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Men--Colorado--Pictorial works.
- [beween 1930 and 1940?]
- Cedaredge Baptist Church
- View of the First Baptist Church of Cedaredge (1905) at 370 W. Main Street, Cedaredge (Delta County), Colorado. The church has a stone foundation with brick walls, a wood shingled multi peaked roof and Gothic arched windows with tracery. The open...
- First Baptist Church of Cedaredge (Cedaredge, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Cedaredge (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Baptist churches.; First Baptist Church of Cedaredge (Cedaredge, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Baptist church buildings--Colorado--Cedaredge--Pictorial...
- 1992
- Morada, San Francisco, Colorado
- A large, painted wooden cross leans against the unplastered wall of a morada (Los Hermanos Penitentes) in San Francisco (Costilla County), Colorado. Lettering on the cross reads: "F.P.D.N.P.J." Shows a recessed wooden door and window.
- Hermanos Penitentes--Buildings--2000-2010.; Hispanic Americans--Structures--2000-2010.; Mexican Americans--Structures--2000-2010.; Moradas--2000-2010.; Costilla County (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Adobe buildings.; Crosses.; Hermanos...
- [2005 April]
- Chico Stange
- Three year old Chico Stange, a member of Azteca Art Colorado, plays a carved wooden drum in Denver, Colorado. He holds two carved, wooden drum sticks. He wears a feather headdress decorated with beadwork, and a fabric loincloth and apron decorated...
- Azteca Art Colorado--People--2010-2020.; Hispanic Americans--2010-2020.; Mexican Americans--2010-2020.; Denver (Colo.)--2010-2020.; Boys.; Costumes.; Drums (Musical instruments); Stange, Chico--Pictorial works.; Azteca Art Colorado--Pictorial...
- [2010]
- Penitente matraca
- View of a wooden matraca (ratchet noisemaker) used by the Hermanos Penitentes in their religious rites and ceremonies.
- Hispanic Americans--Arts & crafts--1940-1950.; Mexican Americans--Arts & crafts--1940-1950.; Rattles.; Hermanos Penitentes--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Rattle...
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 5, 1918 July
- Early days of Cripple Creek mining camp
- View of restaurant in a canvas tent on a rustic log frame in Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado; the canvas tent has attached signs "Lunchroom" and "Meals, 25 cents"; lettering on tent includes: "Restaurant," "Hot Soup 10 Cents," "Oysters...
- Mining camps--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Restaurants--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Tents--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Tabor Opera House
- View of the three-story brick Tabor Opera House on Harrison Avenue in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado. A wooden passage is between the third story of the Opera House and the Clarendon Hotel next door. Store-fronts on the bottom floor have banners...
- Tabor Opera House--1870-1880.; Leadville (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.; Opera houses--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.
- [between 1879 and 1880?]
- Waterfalls at Montgomery, C.T.
- View of a wooden water wheel and an arrastre used for grinding ore in Montgomery (Park County), Colorado. A flume and probably a wooden platform are on the hillside near waterfalls and a creek.
- Montgomery (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Grinding wheels--Colorado--Montgomery--1860-1870.; Mining equipment--Colorado--Montgomery--1860-1870.; Mining--Colorado--Montgomery--1860-1870.; Streams--Colorado--Montgomery--1860-1870.;...
- 1864
- Upper tunnel of Urado Oil Co.
- View of a tunnel entrance of a Urado Mining Corporation mine in probably Garfield County, Colorado. A frame door is supported by stone walls and a slope of a hillside. A wooden box and wooden poles are by the door.
- Urado Mining Corporation--1890-1920.; Garfield County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Garfield County--1890-1920.; Petroleum industry--Colorado--Garfield County--1890-1920.; Tunnels--Colorado--Garfield County--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920?]
- Leadville - water supply
- Men in suits supervise workmen as they install a water pipeline for Leadville (Lake County), Colorado. The pipeline is made of wooden staves and reinforced with metal bands (probably steel). One workman balances a wooden plank on his shoulder while...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Leadville--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Leadville--1900-1910.; Penstocks--Colorado--Leadville--1900-1910.; Water supply--Colorado--Leadville--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Marvine Lake
- Men hold wooden sticks and stand on a wooden raft on Marvine Lakes in Rio Blanco County, Colorado. Shows dense trees and talus on possibly Big Marvine Peak near the lake.
- Marvine Lakes (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Rio Blanco County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Rio Blanco County--1900-1910.; Rafts--American--Colorado--Rio Blanco County--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Terminal house of tramway when fire started at mouth
- View shows aerial tramway station with gable-roof, men, wooden chute, logs and ore buckets, possibly at the Gold King Mine or the Gold Prince Mine near Gladstone (San Juan County), Colorado. A ladder and wooden crates lie on the snow covered...
- San Juan County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Aerial tramways--Colorado--San Juan County--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--San Juan County--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Church of San Miguel, Santa Fe
- View of the San Miguel Mission, an adobe church at 401 Old Santa Fe Trail in Santa Fe (Santa Fe County), New Mexico. Shows adobe brick walls, wooden timber lintels above a front entrance, broken windows, a dilapidated bell tower with wooden...
- Mission San Miguel (Santa Fe, N.M.)--1880-1890.; Santa Fe (N.M.)--1880-1890.; Catholic churches--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1880-1890.
- [1880?]
- Walsenburg, Colo.
- View of a corrugated metal storage shed used by the Mountain State Telephone and Telegraph Company in Walsenburg (Huerfano County), Colorado. The shed has a wooden door, one small window, and sits on the corner of a lot adjacent to a low wooden...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Buildings--1910-1920.; Walsenburg (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Metal buildings--Colorado--Walsenburg--1910-1920.; Sheds--Colorado--Walsenburg--1910-1920.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Walsenburg--1910-1920.
- 1915
- Camp Hale stables
- Interior view of a stable shows wooden stalls used to house mules at Camp Hale (Eagle County), Colorado. Exposed wooden rafters are above stalls beneath a gable roof.
- Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Stables--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.
- [1942?]
- Construction at Camp Hale
- Construction workers are on wooden scaffolding beside a multi-story building under construction at Camp Hale (Eagle County), Colorado. A crane is on the roof. A man holds a wooden rafter and men stand on the ground beside the brick and probably...
- Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Building construction--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Construction workers--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Military facilities--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.
- [1942?]
- Pueblo flood
- Interior view of men, women and children and wooden tables in a canteen near Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. The building, identified as the state fair building, served as a mess hall for refugees after the Arkansas River flooded. Table cloths...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Canteens (Wartime, emergency, etc.)--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Disaster relief--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; People--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.
- [1921]
- Pueblo flood
- View of a partially washed away bridge along the Arkansas River in Pueblo County, Colorado. The bridge, identified as "County Bridge," is supported by wooden beams, a dirt road leads up to the bridge. Shows trees, poles and the wooden adjoining...
- Arkansas River--1920-1930.; Pueblo County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Bridges--Colorado--Pueblo County--1920-1930.; Dirt roads--Colorado--Pueblo County--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo County--1920-1930.; Rivers--Colorado--Pueblo County--1920-1930.
- [1921]
- Camp Hale, construction
- View of a crawl space under a wooden floor, probably a construction site at Camp Hale (Eagle County), Colorado. Shows metal pipes, wooden rafters, concrete supports and insulation.
- Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Military facilities--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Structural systems--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.
- [1942?]
- Camp Hale, construction
- Wooden scaffolding is beside a building under construction at Camp Hale (Eagle County), Colorado. Shows wooden boards constructed around possibly a tower. The building has tar paper siding.
- Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Building construction--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Military facilities--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Scaffolding--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.
- [1942?]
- Station equipment, old model telephone booth, #30 type
- View of a telephone booth in a building probably in Denver, Colorado. The booth is a wooden ornate model with glass pane windows and heavy wooden door. A sign on the door depicts a bell logo and reads: "Local and Long Distance." A stuffed animal is...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Equipment & supplies--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Telephone booths--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1915
- Portrait of two men
- Full length studio portrait of two men who pose near a rustic wooden fence. One man sits on wooden step and leans his arm on his leg. The other man stands nearby and rests his hand on the fence.
- Men--1890-1900.; Studio props--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Portrait of a man and woman
- Full length studio portrait of a man and woman who pose near an ornate backdrop. The woman wears a pleated bodice and leans on a rustic wooden fence. The man wears a suit and leans on a wooden post. He has a full moustache and his hair is parted on...
- Couples--1890-1900.; Studio props--1890-1900.
- 1891
- Portrait of boys
- Boys in matching outfits pose for a studio portrait near a wooden fence prop. The younger boy sits on a wooden bench by a painted backdrop. The boys, probably brothers, have short hair and wear striped sailor shirts with bows, striped wool...
- Boys--1890-1900.; Families--1890-1900.; Studio props--1890-1900.
- 1891
- Portrait of women
- Studio portrait of two women with curled bangs and their hair pulled back. One woman wears a corseted, plaid dress, a fichu, and a floral corsage and stands behind a prop wooden fence. The other woman wears a corseted dress with a pointed basque,...
- Studio props--1890-1910.; Women--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Hot Springs, S.D.
- A view of an indoor thermal pool in Hot Springs (Fall River County), South Dakota shows men and women bathers in swimming suits in the pool. The interior has arched wooden beams to support the ceiling with skylights in the center. A wooden balcony...
- Hot Springs (S.D.)--1900-1910.; Springs--South Dakota--Hot Springs--1900-1910.; Swimmers--South Dakota--Hot Springs--1900-1910.; Swimming pools--South Dakota--Hot Springs--1900-1910.
- [1900?]
- Red Mountain Mining District
- Miners pose with a pack train of burros near a lake or pond in the Red Mountain Mining District in Ouray or San Juan County, Colorado. Two of the men are African American. The men wear hats, and two smoke pipes. The burros carry split wooden logs....
- African Americans--Colorado--Red Mountain Mining District--1890-1900.; Red Mountain Mining District (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Donkeys--Colorado--Red Mountain Mining District--1890-1900.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Red Mountain Mining District--1890-1900.;...
- [ca. 1890]