Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Community garden E. 22nd Ave.
- View of a community garden on East 22nd Avenue, in Curtis Park in the Five Points neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. Two African American women work in a plot in the garden. One woman wears a floral dress and red hat. The other woman is sits next to...
- African Americans--1980-1990.; Curtis Park (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Women.; Gardens.; African Americans--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Women--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial...
- 1980?
- Theatrical group
- Men and women in blackface pose in Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado; costume includes dresses of print or brocade fabrics, and hats with flowers. Some of the men are dressed as women. A man points at a cake.
- African Americans--Performances & portrayals--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.; Rifle (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Blackface entertainers--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.; Clothing & dress--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.; Cross dressing--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Group in costume
- Men and women in blackface pose in Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado; costume includes dresses of print or brocade fabrics, and hats with flowers. Some of the men are dressed as women. A man points at a cake.
- African Americans--Performances & portrayals--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.; Rifle (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Blackface entertainers--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.; Clothing & dress--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.; Cross dressing--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Western History Subject Index
- AFRO AMERICANS. WOMEN. COLORADO
- Western History Subject Index
- Afro-Americans Women. Colorado
- Western History Subject Index
- Afro-Americans Women. Denver
- Western History Subject Index
- Afro-Americans. Women. Colorado
- Western History Subject Index
- Afro-Americans. Women. Colorado
- Western History Subject Index
- AFRO-AMERICANS. WOMEN. COLORADO
- Western History Subject Index
- AFRO-AMERICANS. WOMEN. COLORADO
- Western History Subject Index
- AFRO-AMERICANS. WOMEN. COLORADO
- Western History Subject Index
- AFRO-AMERICANS. WOMEN. COLORADO
- Western History Subject Index
- Afro-Americans. Women. Denver
- Western History Subject Index
- AFRO-AMERICANS. WOMEN. DENVER
- Western History Subject Index
- AFRO-AMERICANS. WOMEN. DENVER
- Western History Subject Index
- AFRO-AMERICANS. WOMEN. DENVER
- Western History Subject Index
- Afro-Americans. Women. Denver
- Billboard for Estes Park hotels
- View of a billboard on the Boulder - Longmont Road in Denver, Colorado. The billboard has a frame that consists of two oversized newel posts with newel caps, and a cornice across the top. The bottom of the sign consists of a narrow skirt with...
- Alden Sign Co.--Products--1920-1930.; Estes Park Chalets (Colo.)--Public relations--1920-1930.; Grand Lake Lodge (Colo.)--Public relations--1920-1930.; Stanley Hotel (Estes Park, Colo.)--Public relations--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.;...
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Billboard for Kingston's
- View of a billboard in Denver, Colorado. The billboard has a frame that consists of two oversized newel posts with newel caps, and a cornice across the top. A small sign on top of the billboard reads: "Alden Sign Co." Shows a man in an overcoat. A...
- Alden Sign Co.--Products--1920-1930.; Kingston's (Firm)--Public relations--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Billboards.; Clothing & dress.; Clothing stores.; Women.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Billboard for Morton Salt
- View of a billboard located at West Colfax Avenue and Tennyson Street in Denver, Colorado. The billboard has a frame that consists of two oversized newel posts with newel caps, and a cornice across the top with a small pediment with letters that...
- Alden Sign Co.--Products--1930-1940.; Morton Salt Company--Public relations--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Billboards.; Containers.; Salt industry.; Salt.; Women.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Viola Roybal Ford front St. Cajetan's Grade School.
- Viola Roybal Ford poses on the steps of St. Cajetan's Grade School with her diploma in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado.
- Alumni & alumnae.; Women.; Ford, Viola Roybal--Pictorial works.; Elementary school graduates--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.;...
- 1953
- Hotel Alvarado, Albuquerque
- street in front of them. A sign reading: "Street Cars Stop Here" hangs from one of the poles in front of the hotel. Street car rails line the street. A horse- drawn wagon is being led up the wide dirt road in the right background.; Two women step...
- Alvarado Hotel (Albuquerque, N.M.)--1900-1910.; Albuquerque (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Buildings--New Mexico--Albuquerque--1900-1910.; Sidewalks--New Mexico--Albuquerque--1900-1910.; Street railroads--New Mexico--Albuquerque--1900-1910.; Swine--New...
- [between 1902 and 1910?]
- Hotel Alvarado, Albuquerque, New Mexico
- car stop in front of the hotel.; Two women, one possibly H.H. Lake's wife, Theodora, stand on a brick sidewalk in front of the adobe Hotel Alvarado in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The Hotel Alvarado was completed in 1902 to serve lunch to train...
- Alvarado Hotel (Albuquerque, N.M.)--1900-1910.; Albuquerque (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Buildings--New Mexico--Albuquerque--1900-1910.; Sidewalks--New Mexico--Albuquerque--1900-1910.; Telecommunication lines--New Mexico--Albuquerque--1900- 1920.;...
- [between 1902 and 1910?]
- Girls guard Wounded Knee trading post
- Native American (Sioux) women stand near the doorway of the Wounded Knee Trading Post during the 1973 AIM occupation of Wounded Knee, South Dakota. One woman holds a broom, the other holds a cigarette. Both women wear pants, shirts, and sunglasses....
- American Indian Movement--1970-1980.; Dakota Indians--South Dakota--Wounded Knee--1970-1980.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--Wounded Knee--1970-1980.; Wounded Knee (S.D.)--History--Indian occupation, 1973.; Wounded Knee (S.D.)--1970-1980.;...
- [1970 or 1973], May 2
- Western History Subject Index
- American pen women. Denver branch
- Mother and daughter, member of American Red Cross
- Women, a mother and daughter, and members of the Mile High chapter of the American Red Cross pose in uniform and point at a globe on a desk in an office in Denver, Colorado. The older woman wears a jacket with epaulets and a billed cap with a bow...
- American Red Cross Mile High Chapter.--People--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Families.; Women.
- 1968 Aug. 12
- 5th annual picnic, the Colorado pond, A.H.O. of Blue Goose, Mount Morrison
- Panoramic view of members of the Colorado pond (chapter) of the Ancient and Honorable Order of the Blue Goose at their annual picnic near Mount Morrison (Jefferson County), Colorado. Men, women, and children pose near a stone structure with a...
- Ancient and Honorable Order of the Blue Goose--People--1910-1920.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--Jefferson County--1910-1920.; People--Colorado--Jefferson County--1910-1920.
- 1912 July 6
- Arkansas & Louisiana Missouri eng. 61 (2-6-0) Baldwin 1913, Bastrop, La.
- Arkansas & Louisiana Missouri Railroad locomotive # 61 is stopped in Bastrop (Morehouse Parish), Louisiana. The train includes a tender, boxcar and gondola car. An African American man and woman stand beside the train. A smokestack is in the...
- Arkansas and Louisiana Missouri Railroad Company--1940-1950.; African Americans.; Bastrop (Pa.)--1940-1950.; Railroad locomotives.; Railroads.; Women.
- 1946 May 3
- Pottery makers at Painted Desert
- Maria Martinez, pottery maker from the San Ildefonso Pueblo in New Mexico, kneels with another woman making pottery at the Indian village exhibit at the Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Diego in 1915. Julian Martinez stands behind the two women and...
- Art exhibitions--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--Women--1910-1920.; Potters--New Mexico--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--1910-1920.; Martínez, Julián, San Ildefonso Pueblo potter; Martínez, María Montoya--Family.;...
- [1915?]
- Two females sunbathe
- Two women sunbath on a lawn, possibly in a park. They both wear swimsuits, one wears a swim cap. A beach ball is on a towel in front of the women.
- Bathing suits--1920-1930.; Sun bathing--1920-1930.; Women--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Swimmers picnicking
- Women dressed in swimsuits gather around a blanket for a picnic in a park. Some of the women wear swim caps. On the blanket are food, dishes, and cups. A young girl and young boy stand next to one of the women.
- Bathing suits--1920-1940.; Boys--1920-1940.; Girls--1920-1940.; Parks--1920-1940.; Picnics--1920-1940.; Women--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940]
- Black Hawk Colo., after the flood, July 30, 1895
- View from ground level of a street crowded with people after the flood of 1895 in Black Hawk, Colorado; shows a woman seated with umbrella, one woman standing with umbrella and propped against a leaning pole, and one woman with her left arm behind...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Floods--Colorado--Blackhawk--1890-1900.
- 1895
- Interior Brown mercantile company, 1409 Pearl
- Hardwood shelves of crockery and tins line interior walls of this mercantile in Boulder, Colorado. Stacked, wood tables are crowded with canning jars, dinnerware, and cooking utensils. Tin buckets and lamps hang from the ceiling; crates in the...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Men--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1895?]
- Highland Mary Falls 1940's
- Two unidentified women stand on a rock ledge near Highland Mary Falls (also known as Kemp's Falls) about 4 miles west of Eldora in Boulder County, Colorado. Tall pine trees stand near the women. Both women both wear checkered shirts and pants. One...
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Eldora (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Pines--Colorado--Eldora--1940-1950.; Rock formations--Colorado--Eldora--1940-1950.; Waterfalls--Colorado--Eldora--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- May crowning, Young Ladies Sodality meeting St. Cajetan's Catholic Church.
- Mexican Americans Frances Roybal, Sadie Gomez, and Marion Salas, members of the Young Ladies Sodality crown the statue of the Virgin Mary on May Day in Saint Cajetan's Catholic Church, 1190 Ninth (9th) Street, in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver,...
- Catholic Church--Rites & ceremonies--1950-1960.; St. Cajetan's Church (Auraria, Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Catholic churches.; Interiors.; Rites & ceremonies.; Teenagers.; Women.; Catholic Church--Liturgy--Pictorial works.; St. Cajetan's Church...
- 1952
- Mrs. Ben Catren
- Seated studio portrait of Mrs. Benjamin Catren, from Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. She sits in front of a painted backdrop in a velvet dress with a gathered neck. She wears a string of pearls. Her hair is pulled back in a bun and she...
- Catren, Benjamin--Family.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Clothing & dress.; Women.; Catren, Benjamin, Mrs.; Catren family.
- Prize Shorthorns, J.P. Schermerhorn's Ranch
- Group of prize Shorthorns on J.P. Schermerhorn's Ranch, Colorado; group of cattle with three horseback riders at back of herd, two riders are women.
- Cattle ranches--Colorado--1900-1920.; Cattle--Colorado--1900-1920.; Horseback riding--Colorado--1900-1920.; Horses--Colorado--1900-1920.; Women--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Central City residence interiors
- Eight posters hang on the wall next to the corner in the Prosser House in Central City, Colorado. The poster on the top in the center is torn. All of the prints, which are advertisements, are Victorian images of women. Advertisements include...
- Central City (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1960-1980.; Interiors--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- C.J. Chaffee, Empire
- Studio group portrait of the C.J. Chaffee family, residents of Empire (Clear Creek County), Colorado. The family poses in front of a painted backdrop. Mr. Chaffee wears a suit with a sack jacket, a vest and a loose tie, he has a full beard. His...
- Chaffee, C. J.--Family.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Clothing & dress.; Families.; Girls.; Women.; Chaffee, C. J.
- Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, Denver Zephyr, contestants boarding
- Female beauty contestants, fashionably dressed, board the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, Denver Zephyr in Chicago, Illinois. "Queen Virginia Roper" wears a crown and shakes hands with Ralph Budd the president of the railroad. The other contestants...
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company--Public relations--1930-1940.; Denver Zephyr (Express train)--Illinois--Chicago--1930-1940.; Chicago (Ill.)--1930-1940.; Beauty contestants--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Business...
- 1936 Nov. 13
- Western History Subject Index
- Chicanos. Women. Colorado
- Late Chiricahua renegade captured at South Fork
- Studio portrait (sitting) of two of Geronimo's wives, Native American (Chiricahua Apache) women. One woman wears a blanket on her shoulder while the other woman wears another section of the same blanket on her head.
- Chiricahua Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Spouses--1880-1890.; Women--1880-1890.
- [between 1883 and 1888]
- Past and Current Presidents of CHUN
- Picnic in Clear Creek Canyon
- An elderly man, a woman and a young girl sit on the ground and have a picnic in Clear Creek Canyon, probably in Jefferson County, Colorado. The man wears a jacket, vest and a hat; he holds a sandwich. The woman wears a wool suit with a...
- Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Girls.; Older people.; Picnics.; Women.
- [between 1900 and 1915?]
- Picnic in Clear Creek Canyon
- A woman and a teenage girl sit on the ground and have a picnic beside Clear Creek, probably in Jefferson County, Colorado. The woman wears a dark wool double-breasted jacket and a long skirt. She sits beside a leather case and a large straw sun...
- Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Girls.; Picnics.; Streams.; Teenagers.; Women.
- [between 1900 and 1915?]
- Mine, Idaho Springs District
- A woman and two girls sit on tailings in front of the shaft house of an unidentified mine in the Idaho Springs mining district in Clear Creek County, Colorado. The woman wears a dark skirt and blouse and holds an umbrella. The girls wear dresses...
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Girls.; Mine buildings.; Mining.; Women.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- North of Big St
- Portrait of a UMWA coal miner's family by a stone house during the strike against CF&I in Tioga (Huerfano County), Colorado; shows a man, a boy, and women. Mrs. Tombling holds a drinking glass.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Tioga (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Children--Colorado--Tioga--1910-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Tioga--1910-1920.;...
- 1915 July 20
- At Cripple Creek, Hans, Dad, Celia
- William S. Jackson (1889-1981) talks to a woman identified as Celia Darlington (Wakefield) near Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado. Hans (the chauffeur for Dr. Edith D. Jackson) stands near an open touring car. They are near a dirt road,...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Women.; Jackson, William S. (William Sharpless), 1889-1981.; Wakefield, Celia, 1916-; Jackson family.
- 1936
- Unidentified Crow woman, wearing hair in braids
- Studio portrait, head and shoulders, of an unidentified Crow woman, wearing earrings and jewelry.
- Crow Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Women.
- [188-?]
- Long Feather, Dakota, and Father Craft, 2 unidentified Indian girls seated, full length
- Full length studio portrait with painted backdrop; Long Feather, a Native American (Dakota Sioux), and Father Craft stand behind two unidentified Native American women. Long Feather wears a necklace, shirt and suit jacket; Father Craft wears a...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Women--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Long Feather.
- [188-?]