Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Airbase, Aleutian Islands
- View of an airbase in the Aleutian Islands, showing a U.S. warplane, tents, materiel, and battle ships in a harbor behind the airstrip. The 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment served in the Aleutian Islands as a part of Amphibious Task Force 9.
- Aleutian Islands (Alaska)--1940-1950.; Military facilities--Alaska--Aleutian Islands--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- 1943
- Amos Wooden Knife - warrior in Custer Battle
- Amos Wooden Knife, an elderly Native American Sioux who fought in the Little Bighorn, sits outside a log cabin in South Dakota, wearing overalls and holding a cane.
- Dakota Indians--South Dakota--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--1930-1940.; Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876--Veterans.; Aged persons--South Dakota--1930-1940.; Wooden Knife, Amos.
- [1936]
- Amos Wooden Knife, warrior in Custer Battle
- Amos Wooden Knife, an elderly Native American Sioux man, who fought in the Little Bighorn sits outside at a table next to evergreen trees in South Dakota. He holds a cane and wears overalls; he has large pierced earlobe holes.
- Dakota Indians--South Dakota--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--1930-1940.; Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876--Veterans.; Aged persons--South Dakota--1930-1940.; Wooden Knife, Amos.
- 1936
- Amos Wooden Knife, warrior in Custer Battle
- Amos Wooden Knife, an elderly Native American Sioux man who fought in the Little Bighorn, sits outside at a table, next to evergreen trees, in South Dakota. He holds a cane and wears overalls and has large pierced lobe holes.
- Dakota Indians--South Dakota--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--1930-1940.; Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876--Veterans.; Aged persons--South Dakota--1930-1940.; Wooden Knife, Amos.
- 1936
- An achievement of the medal of honor
- Sergeant Edward P. Grimes, Troop F, Fifth Cavalry, runs in full military uniform with a bundle of ammunition during a battle at Milk Creek in Rio Blanco County, Colorado. Shows Native American (Ute) Indians on horseback with weapons. A buffalo...
- Indians of North America--War--Colorado--Rio Blanco County--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--War--Colorado--Rio Blanco County--1910-1920.; Rio Blanco County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Ammunition--Colorado--Rio Blanco County--1910-1920.; Campaigns &...
- 1912 July 13
- Annual Heraldo: 1914
- West Denver High School yearbook for 1914.
- West High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Periodicals.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.
- 1914
- Annual: East Denver High School, 1917
- 1917 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1917
- Annual: North Side High School 1907
- North Denver High School yearbook for 1907
- Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; North High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.
- 1907
- Art Bible illustrations battle
- View of men on horseback in battle.
- Campaigns & battles.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Art stylized design battle
- Close-up view of an illustration that depicts men in battle.
- Campaigns & battles.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- As the Independence Mine looked when sold by Mr. V.Z. Reed to the London Co. for Mr. Winfield Scott Stratton who located it on July 4th, hence the prophetic name, $10,000,000
- View of trees, mines, mills and houses on Battle Mountain in Victor (Cripple Creek Mining District,Teller County), Colorado. Shows the Stratton Independence Mine and Mill and tailings piles. Railroad freight cars are near the Portland Mine in the...
- Portland Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Stratton Independence Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.
- [between 1895 and 1900?]
- Attack on flag
- Native American (Crow) and soldiers in uniform reenact the Battle of Little Bighorn near Sheridan, Wyoming. Soldiers, sitting and on horseback, protect a U. S. flag while a Crow man attacks with a staff decorated with ermine fringe.
- Crow Indians--Wyoming--Sheridan--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Wyoming--Sheridan--1900-1910.; Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876--Commemoration.; Sheridan (Wyo.)--1900-1910.; Historical reenactments--Wyoming--Sheridan--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Auraria Remembered
- B.B.'s big battle [art original].
- Buffalo Bill peers through the lighted window of a log cabin, watching two men at a table.
- Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917--Pictorial works.; Dime novels--Illustrations.; Painting, American.; Cowboys--Pictorial works.; Cowboys in art.; Watercolors (Paintings)
- 1916
- Ball players sitting on the monument
- Two baseball players sit on top of the Thornburgh monument with their baseball gloves. The two part sandstone monument commemorates the Thornburgh battle in 1879 during the last days of September and early days of October. The top stone has names...
- Milk Creek (Rio Blanco County and Moffat County, Colo.), Battle of, 1879--Monuments.; Meeker (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--Colorado--Meeker--1910-1920.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--Meeker--1910-1920.
- [between 1915 and 1918]
- Barber
- A barber poses in his barbershop in Denver, Colorado. Bottles and a cup are on a counter near a row of mirrors. A poster on the wall reads: "New York Motion Picture Company Presents The Battle of Gettysburg."
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Barbers--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Barbershops--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915]
- Barnum elementary School: Ghosts of the Five Frontiers play script
- Battle between Utes and Comanches
- Reproduction of a 1900 drawing of a battle between Native American Comanche and Utes across a creek. The warriors wear feather headdresses and breechcloths.
- Comanche Indians--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Ute Indians--1880-1900.; Campaigns & battles--1880-1900.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Battle ground of the gods
- View of a large rock slide possibly in El Paso or Teller County, Colorado. Men and women pose on two of the boulders.
- Boulders--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Battle ground of the gods
- View of mountainside with landscape of broken rocks and boulders, Clear Creek County, Colorado.
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Boulders--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900]
- Battle ground
- Native American (Crow) and white men participate in the reenactment of the Battle of Little Bighorn near Sheridan, Wyoming.
- Crow Indians--Wyoming--Sheridan--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Wyoming--Sheridan--1900-1910.; Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876--Commemoration.; Sheridan (Wyo.)--1900-1910.; Historical reenactments--Wyoming--Sheridan--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Battle Mountain
- View of houses and mine buildings in Gilman (Eagle County), Colorado. Shows mine buildings, tailings piles and talus in a steep canyon. Houses are on a cliff precipice and roads or path grades are carved on Battle Mountain.
- Battle Mountain (Eagle County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Gilman (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Gilman--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Gilman--1880-1900.
- [between 1885 and 1892?]
- Battle Mountain
- View of tailings piles, mine buildings and headframes on Battle Mountain in Victor (Cripple Creek Mining District,Teller County), Colorado. Mine names are painted on two mine building roofs: "Anna Lee" and "Bob-Tail." Shows a curved road and sparse...
- Anna Lee Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Gold mining--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.; Headframes (Mining)--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.; Tailings...
- 1895
- Battle Mountain - Empire Zinc Co.
- View of the Wilkesberry Shaft House, machine shop, and store room of the Empire Zinc Company on Battle Mountain, Gilman, Eagle County, Colorado.
- Empire Zinc Mining Company (Colo.)--Buildings--1910-1930.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Eagle County--1910-1930.; Eagle County (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Gilman (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Eagle County--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Battle Mountain mines, Cripple Creek, Col.
- Overlook view of the Portland Gold Mining Co. mine and mill buildings with smokestacks, tailings, and other Battle Mountain mines, Cripple Creek District, Teller County, Colorado.
- Portland Gold Mining Company--Buildings--1900-1910.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Teller County--1900-1910.; Tailings embankments--Colorado--Teller County--1900-1910.; Teller County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Gold mining--Colorado--Teller...
- 1900
- Battle Mountain
- View of a mine identified as the Eaglebird Mine on the Eagle River near Gilman on Battle Mountain (Eagle County), Colorado. Shows a foot bridge, a wood frame aerial tram house, log supports buttressing a tailings pile, and a mine tramway buttressed...
- Eagle County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Bridges--Colorado--Eagle County--1880-1890.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Eagle County--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Eagle County--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Battle Mountain, Bob-Tail, Anna Lee, Portland
- View of tailings piles, frame mine buildings and headframes on Battle Mountain in Victor (Cripple Creek Mining District,Teller County), Colorado. One building has an unfinished roof. Shows portions of the Bob-Tail, Anna Lee, Portland and Black...
- Anna Lee Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Black Diamond Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Portland Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Gold mining--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.; Mine...
- 1895
- Battle mt.
- View of Victor (Teller County) Colorado with houses, hanging laundry, railroad tracks, Gold Coin and Portland mine on Battle Hill.
- Gold Coin Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Portland Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Victor (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.; Railroad...
- [1900?]
- Battle Mt., McElmo creek
- McElmo Creek with Battle Rock in background, southwest Colorado, near Hovenweep National Monument.
- Battle Rock (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Hovenweep National Monument (Utah and Colo.)--1900-1910.; McElmo Creek (Utah)--1900-1910.; Streams--Utah--1900-1910.
- [1908?]
- Battle of Ash Hollow
- Shows General William S. Harney's troops at the September 1855 victory over Native American Sioux in the Battle of Ash Hollow, south side of the North Platte River, Nebraska.
- Dakota Indians--Nebraska--1850-1860.; Indians of North America--Nebraska--1850-1860.; Nebraska--1850-1860.; Campaigns & battles--Nebraska--1850-1860.; Generals--Nebraska--1850-1860.; Harney, William S. (William Selby), 1800-1889.
- [between 1940 and 1970?]
- Battle of Summit Springs
- A group of Native Americans reenacts a scene from the battle of Summit Springs during a rehearsal for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Four of the men play drums they hold in the air. Two young girls and several women stand together in the right...
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Entertainers--1900-1910.; Historical reenactments--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.; Summit Springs, Colo., Battle of, 1869.
- [1901?]
- Battle of the Big Horn
- Shows the smoking guns of General Custer and his U. S. Army troops being defeated in battle with Native American Lakota Sioux, Crow, Northern, and Cheyenne, Little Bighorn Battlefield, June 26, 1875 Little Bighorn River, Montana.
- Cheyenne Indians--Montana--1870-1880.; Crow Indians--Montana--1870-1880.; Dakota Indians--Montana--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--Montana--1870-1880.; Teton Indians--Montana--1870-1880.; Campaigns & battles--Montana--1870-1880.; Custer,...
- [between 1940 and 1960?]
- Battle of the Washita-Black Kettle Massacre [art original].
- Black Kettle,--Cheyenne chief, d. 1868.; Custer, George A. (George Armstrong), 1839-1876.; Indians of North America--Pictorial works.; Washita Campaign, 1868-1869--Pictorial works.; Cheyenne Indians--Pictorial works.; Indians of North...
- 1938
- Battle of Wounded Knee, 1890-4000 teepies [sic]
- View of a Native American Sioux tepee camp with a corral on the Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota, includes people wrapped in blankets, wagons, and horses.
- Dakota Indians--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Wounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890.; Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (S.D.)--1890-1900.; Indian encampments--South Dakota--Pine...
- [1890 or 1891]
- Battle sketch
- An unfinished sketch of a battle scene. Shows Native Americans, horses and cowboys. The painting is unframed.
- Campaigns & battles--1890-1900.; Cowboys--1890-1900.; Horses--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Battle with Indians
- A group of cowboys rides horses in the background in a dirt arena during a performance of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Earl's Court in England. Several of the men fire their guns into the air. The riders leave a trail of dirt behind them.
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Cowboys.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1892?]
- Bear's Paw Battlefield of Chief Joseph, - who had dug trenches along the creek bed to protect his Indian warriors
- View of the rolling plains, ravines, and bluffs where the Battle of Bear Paw Mountain took place in Montana, October 1877, shows three monuments on a distant hill. Chief Joseph the Younger led his people from Idaho, with the U.S. Army in pursuit,...
- Joseph, Nez Percé Chief, 1840-1904--Homes & haunts.; Indians of North America--History--Montana--1930-1940.; Nez Percé Indians--History--Montana--1930-1940.; Bear Paw Mountains (Mont.)--1930-1940.; Battlefields--Montana--1930-1940.
- 1936
- Bears' Paw Battlefield - of Chief Joseph, 15 miles south of Chinook, Montana
- View of the plains, ravine, and bluffs where the Battle of the Bear Paw Mountains took place in Montana, October 1877. Native American Nez Percé Chief Joseph the Younger led his people from Idaho, with the U.S. Army in pursuit, before he was...
- Joseph, Nez Percé Chief, 1840-1904--Homes & haunts.; Indians of North America--History--Montana--1930-1940.; Nez Percé Indians--History--Montana--1930-1940.; Bear Paw Mountains (Mont.)--1930-1940.; Battlefields--Montana--1930-1940.
- August 1936
- Bears' Paw Battlefield - of Chief Joseph, 15 miles south of Chinook, Montana
- View of the site of the Battle of the Bear Paw Mountains which took place in Montana, October 1877, shows plains, hills and brush with the photographer's shadow. Native American Nez Percé Chief Joseph the Younger led his people from Idaho, with...
- Joseph, Nez Percé Chief, 1840-1904--Homes & haunts.; Indians of North America--History--Montana--1930-1940.; Nez Percé Indians--History--Montana--1930-1940.; Bear Paw Mountains (Mont.)--1930-1940.; Battlefields--Montana--1930-1940.
- August 1936
- Beecher Island
- An oil painting of the battle on Beecher Island (Colorado) between soldiers and Native American Sioux and Cheyenne. Shows images of horses, soldiers, scouts, Native Americans, trees, bushes and a river.
- Beecher Island, Battle of, 1868.; Campaigns & battles--Colorado--1860-1870.; Cheyenne Indians--War--Colorado--1860-1870.; Dakota Indians--War--Colorado--1860-1870.; Indians of North America--War--Colorado--1860-1870.
- 1926
- Beecher Island
- The Battle of Beecher's Island, Arikaree River, Colorado, September, 1868. White men with horses are on the near side of the river looking across at a large contingent of attacking Native Americans (Cheyenne).
- Beecher Island, Battle of, 1868.; Cheyenne Indians--War--Colorado--1860-1870.; Indians of North America--War--Colorado--1860-1870.; Campaigns & battles--Colorado--1860-1870.
- [between 1930 and 1939]
- Beecher Island
- The 1868 Battle of Beecher Island (Yuma County), Colorado, shows Native Americans (Cheyenne) on the opposite side of the Arikaree River from the U. S. Cavalry.
- Beecher Island, Battle of, 1868.; Cheyenne Indians--War--Colorado--1860-1870.; Indians of North America--War--Colorado--1860-1870.; Campaigns & battles--Colorado--1860-1870.; Cavalry--Colorado--1860-1870.
- 1926
- Beecher Island monument at Beecher, Colo.
- View of a concrete obelisk marker that commemorates the Battle of Beecher Island, fought between U.S. troops and some 1,000 Native Americans (Cheyenne)in Yuma County, Colorado. The marker is surrounded by an iron fence. A U. S. flag flies from an...
- Beecher Island, Battle of, 1868--Monuments.; Cheyenne Indians--Commemoration--Colorado--Yuma County--1940-1970.; Indians of North America--Commemoration--Colorado--Yuma County--1940-1970.; Yuma County (Colo.)--1940-1970.; Monuments &...
- [between 1940 and 1970]
- Before the fight
- Spectators gather near an open field prepared for the reenactment of the Battle of Little Bighorn near Sheridan, Wyoming. Men and women in horse drawn carriages are nearby.
- Indians of North America--Commemoration--Wyoming--Sheridan--1900-1910.; Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876--Commemoration.; Sheridan (Wyo.)--1900-1910.; Historical reenactments--Wyoming--Sheridan--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Belvedere
- View of Monte Belvedere, Italy. The mountain was the first objective for the Tenth Mountain Division during the Italian Campaign.
- Mountains--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Belvedere, Battle of, 1944.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- February 1945
- Belvedere, troops before a battle
- A company of the 85th Regiment, twelve in number, moves out across a ridge on Mount Belvedere while a larger group of roughly twenty Tenth Mountain Division soldiers wait in reserve, some in fox holes the rest in sheltered positions, including a...
- Campaigns & battles--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--United States--1945.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 86th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- February 1945
- Ben Butler Mine, Eagle River Canyon
- Two men stand on narrow gauge tracks near a signal on the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad near a mine identified as the Ben Butler Mine, Eagle River Canyon (Eagle County), Colorado. A train is on the tracks and a man is in the caboose. Shows...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Eagle County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Eagle River (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Gilman (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Gilman--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Eagle County--1880-1890.;...
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Birds eeye [i.e. eye] view of the battle field at Wounded Knee S.D., Dec. 1890
- View over the battlefield at Wounded Knee Creek, Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota, shows frozen bodies of Native American Lakota Sioux on the snow covered ground with the civilian burial party with horses and a wagon in the distance.
- Dakota Indians--War--South Dakota--Wounded Knee--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--War--South Dakota--Wounded Knee--1890-1900.; Teton Indians--War--South Dakota--Wounded Knee--1890-1900.; Wounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890.; Wounded Knee...
- [January 1891]
- Birds eye view of Battle Field at Wounded Knee S.D., S.E. view
- View to the southeast from hill where Native American Lakota Sioux were buried after the Wounded Knee battle on December 29, South Dakota. Includes tepee poles marking location of Sioux camp, men loading frozen bodies into wagons, center, where the...
- Dakota Indians--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Teton Indians--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Wounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890.; Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (S.D.)--1890-1900.; Battlefields--South...
- [1891? January 3]
- Birds eye view of Battle Field Wounded Knee P.R. Agc. S.D.
- View to the northeast of Lieutenant Sydney A. Cloman, First Infantry, on his horse on the Wounded Knee battleground among the frozen bodies of the slain Native American Lakota Sioux on the snow including Chief Big Foot on the left, Pine Ridge...
- United States. Army. Infantry, 1st.--People--1890-1900.; Dakota Indians--South Dakota--Wounded Knee--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--Wounded Knee--1890-1900.; Teton Indians--War--South Dakota--Wounded Knee--1890-1900.; Wounded...
- [1891? January 3]