Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Custer's last stand
- General Custer, and a few armed soldiers of the Seventh Cavalry, are surrounded by Native American Lakota Sioux, Crow, Northern, and Cheyenne, Little Bighorn Battlefield, June 26, 1876 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,...
- July 1926
- Trinidad Plaza (now First Street)
- View of buildings in early Trinidad, Colorado includes several clapboard, false fronted buildings. Two story business with a covered porch has mounted signs reading: "A & H Grocery," "R. Hollingsworth," "Drugs and Stationery." The lettering on the...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1880-1890.; False fronts--Colorado--Trinidad--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Trinidad--1880-1890.
- February, 1881
- Shop of silversmith
- Reproduction of a painting depicting a silversmith working on a piece of jewelry with a hammer on an anvil, Zuni Pueblo, New Mexico. Shop interior includes a fireplace, work tables and pottery.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Zuni--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Arts & crafts--New Mexico--Zuni--1900-1910.; Silversmiths--New Mexico--Zuni--1900-1910.; Zuni Indians--New Mexico--Zuni--1900-1910.; Zuni (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Silverwork--New...
- [1901?]
- View of older portion of Zuni showing Chu pawa Ki wi sine, chamber dedicated to anthropic worship, shown at A
- View over rooftops of Zuni Pueblo, Arizona, shows a few Native Americans, ovens (hornos,) access ladders, chimney pots, pottery and the mission church bells.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Zuni--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Zuni--1900-1910.; Zuni Indians--New Mexico--Zuni--1900-1910.; Zuni (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Pueblos--New Mexico--Zuni--1900-1910.
- [between 1901 or 1903?]
- The old mission church at Zuni
- Three Native American boys pose in front of the low wall that surrounds Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe mission church, Zuni Pueblo, New Mexico. The dilapidated building is missing the bells.
- Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe (Mission : Zuni, N.M.)--1900-1920.; Indians of North America--New Mexico--Zuni--1900-1920.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Zuni--1900-1920.; Zuni Indians--New Mexico--Zuni--1900-1920.; Zuni (N.M.)--1900-1920.; Missions--New...
- [between 1905 and 1915?]
- Women burning pottery, Zuni
- View of two Native American women firing pottery, between houses, Zuni Pueblo, New Mexico.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Zuni--1880-1910.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Zuni--1880-1910.; Zuni Indians--New Mexico--Zuni--1880-1910.; Zuni (N.M.)--1880-1910.; Kilns--New Mexico--Zuni--1880-1910.; Potteries--New Mexico--Zuni--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Cynthia Ann Parker
- Portrait of Cynthia Ann Parker, a white woman nursing her baby, Prairie Flower (Toposannah). Parker was captured by Native American Comanches as a teenager, later married Chief Peta Nocona and bore children including Quanah Parker, the last...
- Comanche Indians--1860-1870.; Indians of North America--1860-1870.; Breast feeding--1860-1870.; Infants--1860-1870.; Mothers & children--1860-1870.; Women--1860-1870.; Nocona, Peta--Family.; Parker, Cynthia Ann, 1827?-1864.; Parker, Prairie...
- [between 1860 and 1870?]
- "We discovered in a little ravine three men lying dead with their bodies full of arrows
- U. S. Army soldiers on horseback overlook a ravine with three slain men, stripped naked, and shot full of Native American Sioux arrows.
- Dakota Indians--War--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--War--1890-1900.; Dead persons--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--1890-1900.; Soldiers--1890-1900.
- [between 1940 and 1960?]
- Dr. Carlos Montezuma as a boy in the Apache Indian camp, Arizona
- Head and shoulders portrait of Native American Apache Dr. Carlos Montezuma as a young boy, he wears a fringed buckskin.
- Apache Indians--1890-1910.; Indians of North America--1890-1910.; Boys--1890-1910.; Physicians--1890-1910.; Montezuma, Carlos, 1866-1923.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Indian buck and two daughters
- Portrait of Native Americans (Taos Pueblo) at Taos Pueblo, New Mexico, by an adobe wall; costume includes women's blanket and deerskin boots.
- Indians of North America--Women--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1880-1890.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1880-1890.; Taos Indians--1880-1890.; Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--1880-1890.; Fathers & children--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1880-1890.;...
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Maria the potter of San Ildefonso Pueblo and her son Popvi Da, with a selection of pottery from that pueblo
- View of Maria Martinez and her son, Popvi Da, Native Americans of San Ildefonso, New Mexico, shows an adobe fireplace, black-on-black pottery and a drum.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--San Ildefonso--1960-1970.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--San Ildefonso--1960-1970.; Tewa Indians--Arts & crafts--New Mexico--San Ildefonso--1960-1970.; San Ildefonso (N.M.)--1960-1970.; Interiors--New Mexico--San...
- 1961
- Ki-e-te-day, a Laguna maiden, from the Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico, she is wearing a Navajo blanket and Navajo silver ornaments
- Portrait of Ki-e-te-day, a Native American Laguna Pueblo woman wearing a Navajo blanket and silver armbands, bracelets and necklaces.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Laguna--1900-1910.; Laguna Indians--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Women--New Mexico--Laguna--1900-1910.; Laguna (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Ki-e-te-day.
- October 1906?
- Adobe Wall fight
- View of the Battle of Adobe Walls near Stinnett, Texas. Depicts Native American (Kiowa) men with rifles who run toward a group of white men on horseback. The Kiowa men wear feather headdresses.
- Indians of North America--Texas--1870-1880.; Kiowa Indians--Texas--1870-1880.; Adobe Walls Site (Tex.)--1870-1880.; Campaigns & battles--Texas--1870-1880.; Adobe Walls, Battle of, Tex., 1874.
- 1909
- Chief Red Cloud Sioux
- Head and shoulders portrait of an elderly Chief Red Cloud, Native American Oglala Sioux, wearing a striped shirt and neck scarf.
- Dakota Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Oglala Indians--1900-1910.; Aged persons--1900-1910.; Tribal chiefs--1900-1910.; Red Cloud, 1822-1909.
- 1902
- Chief Hollow Horn Bear Sioux
- Head and shoulders portrait of Chief Hollow Bear, (Matihehlogego) Native American Brule Sioux man wearing a feather headdress, a hair pipe breastplate, and shirt decorated with quillwork and fur.
- Brulé Indians--1890-1900.; Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Tribal chiefs--1890-1900.; Hollow Horn Bear, Dakota Chief.
- 1898
- Waiting, two mounted Sioux
- Two Native American Sioux men sit horseback, they wear feather headdresses, leggings, shirts, and moccasin; they carry spears and painted shields.
- Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Headdresses--1890-1900.; Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--1890-1900.
- 1898
- Sioux boys of the first class entering Carlisle
- Class portrait of Native American Sioux boys and men including Chief Standing Bear, at the Carlisle school, Pennsylvania.
- United States Indian School (Carlisle, Pa.)--1870-1880.; Dakota Indians--Pennsylvania--Carlisle--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--Pennsylvania--Carlisle--1870-1880.; Carlisle (Pa.)--1870-1880.; School...
- 1879 October 6
- Sioux girls of the first class entering Carlisle
- Class portrait of Native American Sioux girls wrapped in blankets posed with their white female teacher, at the Carlisle school, Pennsylvania.
- United States Indian School (Carlisle, Pa.)--1870-1880.; Dakota Indians--Pennsylvania--Carlisle--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--Pennsylvania--Carlisle--1870-1880.; Carlisle (Pa.)--1870-1880.; Girls--Pennsylvania--Carlisle--1870-1880.; School...
- 1879 October 6
- Apache mother and child, Apache scout
- An outdoor portrait of a Native American Apache woman wrapped in a blanket with a baby on her back and a portrait of a squatting Apache scout holding a cigarette, wearing a head scarf, vest, trousers with ammunition belt and handgun holster.
- Apache Indians--1890-1910.; Indians of North America--1890-1910.; Infants--1890-1910.; Mothers & children--1890-1910.; Smoking--1890-1910.; Women--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Ciqala Nopa Two Elk
- Two Elk, an elderly Native American (Plains) man poses outdoors. He holds a bundle of feathers and a walking stick. He wears beaded leggings, a blanket, beaded belt and bag, necklaces, and a cloth turban.
- Indians of North America--Great Plains--1900-1910.; Aged persons--1900-1910.; Clothing & dress--1900-1910.; Two Elk.
- 1900
- Tatanka Tamaheca (Poor Bull)
- Poor Bear, a Native American (Plains) man, poses outdoors. He holds a war club and wears moccasins, leggings, a breechcloth, scarves over his braids, and feathers in his hair.
- Indians of North America--Great Plains--1900-1910.; Clubs (Weapons)--1900-1910.; Clothing & dress--1900-1910.; Poor Bull.
- 1900
- Broken Arm Chief
- Studio portrait (profile) of Broken Arm, a Native American (Sioux) man. He wears a shirt with quillwork, hair pipe breast plate, scarves over his braids, and a fur pelt cap.
- Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Tribal chiefs--1890-1900.; Broken Arm.
- 1899
- Bear Foot Chief
- Studio portrait (standing) of Bear Foot, a Native American (Brulé Sioux) man. He holds a shield and a spear. He wears a hair pipe breast plate, bead bandolier and feathers in his hair.
- Brulé Indians--1890-1900.; Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Shields--1890-1900.; Spears--1890-1900.; Bear Foot.
- 1899
- Stella Yellow Shirt and baby
- Studio portrait (sitting) of Stella Yellow Shirt and her baby, a Native American (Brule Sioux) woman and child. Stella Yellow Shirt wears a hair pipe necklace and a dress decorated with elk teeth.
- Brulé Indians--1890-1900.; Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Mothers & children--1890-1900.; Women--1890-1900.; Yellow Shirt, Stella.
- 1899
- Chief Wolf Robe Cheyenne
- Painted portrait of Chief Wolf Robe, a Native American (Cheyenne) man. He wears a shirt with fringe and quillwork, medal, and a feather in his hair.
- Cheyenne Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Tribal chiefs--1890-1900.; Wolf Robe.
- 1898
- James Lone Elk
- Studio portrait (sitting) of James Lone Elk, a Native American (Crow) man. He wears a vest decorated with metal beads, hair pipe breast plate, and two feathers in his hair.
- Crow Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Lone Elk, James.
- 1899
- Painted Horse Chief
- Studio portrait (sitting) of Painted Horse, a Native American (Oglala Sioux) man. He wears a fringed shirt with quillwork, scarves over his braids, and feather headdress.
- Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Oglala Indians--1890-1900.; Headdresses--1890-1900.; Tribal chiefs--1890-1900.; Painted Horse.
- 1899
- High Hawk Council Chief
- Studio portrait (standing) of High Hawk, a Native American (Oglala Sioux) man. He holds a war club and wears a blanket, hair pipe breast plate, fur pelts around his shoulders, and feather headdress.
- Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Oglala Indians--1890-1900.; Clubs (Weapons)--1890-1900.; Headdresses--1890-1900.; Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Tribal chiefs--1890-1900.; High Hawk.
- 1899
- Little Wound Chief
- Studio portrait (sitting) of Little Wound, a Native American (Oglala Sioux) man. He wears a fringed shirt with quillwork, medal pendant, and beaded feather headdress.
- Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Oglala Indians--1890-1900.; Headdresses--1890-1900.; Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Little Wound, Oglala Chief.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Chief White Man
- Studio portrait (sitting) of White Man, a Native American (Kiowa (Plains) Apache) chief. He wears a fringed shirt, cloth bandolierhair pipe breast plate, fur pelts over his braids, and feather roach.
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Kiowa Apache Indians--1890-1900.; Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Tribal chiefs--1890-1900.; White Man.
- 1898
- Little Wound, wife and son
- Studio portrait (standing and sitting) of Little Wound a Native American (Oglala Sioux) man and his family. Little Wound holds a feather and wears beaded moccasins, fringed leggings and shirt, a medal, and feathers in his hair. His wife wears a...
- Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Oglala Indians--1890-1900.; Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Families--1890-1900.; Little Wound, Oglala Chief--Family.; Little Wound, Oglala Chief.
- 1899
- Rev. Sherman Coolidge, D. D. A native Arapahoe.
- Studio portrait of Reverend Sherman Coolidge, D. D. (Native American Arapaho). He wears a clerical robe.
- Arapaho Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Clergy--1890-1900.; Coolidge, Sherman.
- 1893
- Signs, Dull Knife's provocation
- A Native American (Northern Cheyenne) man and a white soldier stand next to a dead horse whose throat has been cut.
- Cheyenne Indians--War--1900-1910.; Indian scouts--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Soldiers--1900-1910.
- 1908
- Denver, Colorado
- Views of buildings and landmarks in Denver and Colorado, these include: 1. Oxford Hotel Office. 2. Robertson-Doll Carriage Co. 3. Colorado Dry Goods Co. 4. Jackson-Smith Photographic Co. 5. Daniels & Fishers. 6. Denver Normal and Preparatory...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- 1898, October
- Colorado representative persons and places
- Views of Pike's Peak, Austin Bluff, Loch Ivanhoe, the Robertson & Doll Carriage Factory, and Glenwood Springs, Colorado. Portraits of men include H. B. Chamberlain, Denver business man, H. P. Cowenhoven, an Aspen business man and banker, and Dr....
- Robertson & Doll Carriage Co. (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1890-1900.; Austin Bluffs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Ivanhoe Lake (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Pikes...
- 1890 February 22
- In the Colorado gold fields sketches at Cripple Creek
- Views of a street scene at night with a mule-drawn wagon and a prospector and his mule, a blacksmith, a stagecoach, a messenger, in uniform, on a horse, and mining camps in Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado. Signs read: "Hot and Cold Baths,"...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Blacksmithing--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Cabins--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.;...
- [1893?]
- Cripple Creek, the famous mining town of Colorado, almost obliterated by two disastrous fires
- Views of Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado during the 1896 fire. Shows refugee housed in railroad boxcars and gathering their belongings, people fleeing as the Palace Hotel is dynamited to slow the fire, and a rescue train.
- Palace Hotel (Cripple Creek, Colo.)--Disasters--1890-1900.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Disaster victims--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Disasters--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Emergency housing--Colorado--Cripple...
- 1896 May 14
- Arthur Franklin
- Portrait of Arthur Franklin, a private detective.
- Franklin, Arthur, detective.; Detectives--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Denver streets buildings
- View of 17th (Seventeenth) Street in Denver, Colorado. A street car and pedestrians are on the street. The Equitable Building is in the distance at Stout Street. Signs on nearby buildings read: "Zang's Special Brew" and "Lopez Bros."
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1891 and 1910?]
- Denver streets buildings
- View of downtown Denver, Colorado. Prominent buildings include the Gettysburg Building which housed a cyclorama, on Champa Street, the Charles Building, and the Arapahoe County Courthouse in the distance.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905]
- Denver street life
- View of Lawrence Street in Denver, Colorado. Pedestrians and horse-drawn buggies are in the street. Business buildings line the street. Prominent signs read: "[...] Secondhand Store" and "T. Turck Cordage and Twine."
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Adjutant-General Sherman M. Bell
- Studio portrait of Adjutant-General Sherman M. Bell. He wears a military uniform decorated with epaulets and braided rope.
- Military personnel--1890-1910.; Bell, Sherman.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- President Theodore Roosevelt
- President Theodore Roosevelt poses outdoors probably near Glenwood Canyon in Garfield County, Colorado. He wears riding boots, a jacket, and wide-brimmed hat.
- Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919.; Garfield County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Presidents--Colorado--Garfield County--1900-1910.
- [1905]
- Hall of the Silverton Miner's Union No. 26, W. F. of M.
- Exterior view of the Silverton Miner's Union in Silverton, Colorado, on the southwest corner of 11th and Greene Streets, a two-story brick structure featuring sash windows with semi-circular arches and stone sills around the entire second floor,...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Miners' unions--Colorado--Silverton--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Major General Grenville M. Dodge Commander Department of the Missouri.
- Head, shoulders and chest portrait of Major General Grenville M. Dodge, shows the commander with a full beard wearing a military issue double breasted winter coat, a bow tie and hat. Dodge was a civil and military engineer and Chief Engineer of the...
- Military officers--1860-1870.; Dodge, Grenville Mellen, 1831-1916.
- 1865
- Mrs. Nat Collins
- Head and shoulders portrait of Mrs. Nat Collins, the cattle queen of Montana, with a large flower corsage on her dress. First woman in Montana to raise, ship, and accompany her stock to Chicago Market.
- Ranchers--Montana--1910-1920.; Women--Montana--1910-1920.; Collins, Nat Mrs.
- 1911
- Writing home to... and he got her, too, Oz wagon, two day camp
- Wagon boss, Stan (Stanford) Sherman, sits with his back resting on camp supplies and writes a letter; another man reaches for food [?] inside a wooden box, at their two day camp, Colorado. Their wagon is equipped with rope; a large sheet of canvas...
- Carts & wagons--Colorado--1900-1910.; Sherman, Stan.
- June 1903
- Plant of Ideal Cement Co. under construction at Portland, Colo. adjacent to original plant started there in 1899.
- View of the Ideal Cement Company plant under construction in Portland, Fremont County, Colorado, shows concrete supports, steel pipes towering over men working on scaffolding, an Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe freight car, crane, sifter, and girders...
- Portland (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- 1948?
- Attorneys of the Cripple Creek district
- Composite photograph of twenty individual studio portraits of various attorneys of the Cripple Creek district, Cripple Creek, Colorado; group of male lawyers identified on front of print from left to right, top row: Daniel A. Ferguson, James L....
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Lawyers--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Blackmer, Chauncey W.; Brinson, J. M.; Butler, James C.; Clark, Henry H.; Cole, J. C.; Consaul, Charles F.; Crump, S. D.; Emberson, A. L.; Ferguson, Daniel A.; Hangs,...
- [1901?]
- Bennet [sic] Avenue - Fremont
- Illustration depicts Bennett Avenue, Fremont, Colorado prior to incorporation as Cripple Creek; scene includes one and two-story wooden frame commercial buildings, canvas tents, and horse-drawn wagons in street.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1960 and 1970]