Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Young Ute brave and his squaw visiting
- The painting shows a Native American camp, four lodges, Native Americans, two are on horseback (one male and the other is female), rocks, plains vegetation, mountains in the background and a blue sky with clouds.
- Horseback riding--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--1910-1920.; Tipis--1910-1920.
- 1915
- Happiness or bust (originally untitled)
- An oil painting by Denver, Colorado artist Paul Gregg. The painting is of a young boy in a wagon pulled by oxen, with the words "Happiness or Bust" painted on one side; in the background is a landscape of shrubbery. A large yellow sun is behind the...
- Boys--1930-1940.; Carts & wagons--1930-1940.; Ox teams--1930-1940.
- 1932 January 1
- Church steeple
- An oil painting of wood buildings, a church with a steeple under the moonlight and night sky. The painting is on a rectangle canvas with dark grey hues and yellow oil paint. It is signed in the lower right hand corner "H. Bromwell 1900".
- Buildings--1900-1910.; Churches--1900-1910.
- 1900
- Depart pur la desinfection (On the way to be disinfected)
- Framed lithograph shows two guards and a group of emaciated prisoners at the World War II, Buchenwald concentration camp in Nazi Germany.
- Concentration camps--Germany--1940-1950.; Holocaust victims--Germany--1940-1950.; Buchenwald (Concentration camp); World War, 1939-1945.
- 1945
- L'arrivee au camp (Arrival at the camp)
- Framed lithograph shows prisoners attacked by guards with clubs and dogs at the World War II, Buchenwald concentration camp in Nazi Germany.
- Concentration camps--Germany--1940-1950.; Holocaust victims--Germany--1940-1950.; Buchenwald (Concentration camp); World War, 1939-1945.
- 1943
- L'evacuation des kommandos sur lea routes (Evacuated commandos on the road)
- Framed lithograph shows prisoners and guards on a road outside the World War II, Buchenwald concentration camp in Nazi Germany.
- Concentration camps--Germany--1940-1950.; Holocaust victims--Germany--1940-1950.; Buchenwald (Concentration camp); World War, 1939-1945.
- 1945 April
- Les blocks en ciment sous la neige (The cement barracks in the snow)
- Framed lithograph shows prisoners outside the barracks of the World War II, Buchenwald concentration camp in Nazi Germany.
- Concentration camps--Germany--1940-1950.; Holocaust victims--Germany--1940-1950.; Buchenwald (Concentration camp); World War, 1939-1945.
- 1944
- La petite morgue (The little morgue)
- Framed lithograph shows a pile of emaciated, dead bodies inside the World War II, Buchenwald concentration camp, Nazi Germany.
- Concentration camps--Germany--1940-1950.; Holocaust victims--Germany--1940-1950.; Buchenwald (Concentration camp); World War, 1939-1945.
- 1945 April
- La baignoire desinfection
- Framed lithograph shows prisoners in a disinfecting bath inside the World War II, Buchenwald concentration camp, Nazi Germany.
- Concentration camps--Germany--1940-1950.; Holocaust victims--Germany--1940-1950.; Buchenwald (Concentration camp); World War, 1939-1945.
- 1943 December 16
- Le kommando de la merde (The shit commando)
- Framed lithograph shows guards and prisoners behind a wire fence inside the World War II, Buchenwald concentration camp in Nazi Germany.
- Concentration camps--Germany--1940-1950.; Holocaust victims--Germany--1940-1950.; Buchenwald (Concentration camp); World War, 1939-1945.
- 1944
- Le premier lavis que J'executai dans le petit camp du block 62. Aspect de desolation. (The first wash drawing which I executed in the little camp of Block 62. Aspect of desolation.)
- Framed lithograph shows prisoners and barracks inside the World War II, Buchenwald concentration camp, Nazi Germany.
- Concentration camps--Germany--1940-1950.; Holocaust victims--Germany--1940-1950.; Buchenwald (Concentration camp); World War, 1939-1945.
- 1944 January 13
- Col. Stephen W. Kearney
- Head and shoulders portrait of Colonel Stephen W. Kearney in uniform.
- Kearny, Stephen Watts, 1794-1848.
- 1937
- Le dernier salon ou l'on cause (The latrine of the little camp)
- Framed lithograph shows prisoners and a communal latrine inside the World War II, Buchenwald concentration camp barracks, Nazi Germany.
- Concentration camps--Germany--1940-1950.; Holocaust victims--Germany--1940-1950.; Buchenwald (Concentration camp); World War, 1939-1945.
- 1944
- Revue do poux (Daily lice check)
- Framed lithograph shows emaciated prisoners, naked or in striped uniforms, inside the World War II, Buchenwald concentration camp barracks in Nazi Germany.
- Concentration camps--Germany--1940-1950.; Holocaust victims--Germany--1940-1950.; Buchenwald (Concentration camp); World War, 1939-1945.
- 1944
- Le "blizar" (The blizzard)
- Framed lithograph shows prisoners has they drag a cart through the snow, World War II, Buchenwald concentration camp in Nazi Germany.
- Concentration camps--Germany--1940-1950.; Holocaust victims--Germany--1940-1950.; Buchenwald (Concentration camp); World War, 1939-1945.
- 1944
- Cohue dans les blocks en ciment du grand camp (Crowd around the cement barracks in the big camp)
- Framed lithograph shows people outside the World War II, Buchenwald concentration camp barracks in Nazi Germany.
- Concentration camps--Germany--1940-1950.; Holocaust victims--Germany--1940-1950.; Buchenwald (Concentration camp); World War, 1939-1945.
- 1944
- Portrait of a man
- A bust portrait of a man; he has brown hair and beard and wears a white shirt, black stock and black suit. The frame is gilded and molded wood.
- Men--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890]
- Mary Elitch Long
- A portrait of Mary Elitch Long. Her dress is brown and red velvet and has a wide gathered white lace collar, square neckline, standing square collar, bustle, gold and brown brocade, stomacher, cuffs, half sleeves with ruffle and frill cuffs. She...
- Long, Mary Elitch.; Women--1890-1900.
- 1896
- Three coyotes
- An oil painting of three coyotes in a plains landscape surrounded by scrub and bushes under a blue sky. The frame is gilded and molded wood.
- Coyotes--1900-1920.; Plains--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Mr. P. T. Barnum
- A bust (3/4 view) portrait of Mr. P. T. Barnum. His hair is white, curly and bald at the very top; he wears a pleated shirt, black bowtie and jacket. The background is dark green, brown and black; the painting itself is on rectangular linen canvas...
- Men--1880-1890.; Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891.
- 1889
- Buffalo at water hole
- A landscape oil painting of four buffalo at a water hole by John D. Howland. The buffalo stand on a hill among scrub and bushes under a blue sky, mountains are in the background. The frame is gilded and molded wood.
- Bison--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Mrs. P. T. Barnum
- A bust (3/4 view) portrait of Mrs. P. T. Barnum [Nancy Fish Barnum?]. She wears an ivory lace cap with a bow in the front and red flower on one side of her curled hair; a lace collar, circular locket with a bird painting on it and a black bodice...
- Women--1880-1890.; Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891--Family.
- 1889
- Jim Baker
- A bust portrait of Jim Baker by Lansdale Fox. He has brown, wavey and curly hair, a white stubble moustache and goatee; he wears a blue shirt and jacket. The background is brown.
- Baker, Jim.; Men--1920-1930.
- 1924
- Silver Ledge mine
- A landscape oil painting of the Silver Ledge Mine by Frank Russell Green. The painting is of a red and brown mine building, mill building, green mountains, sky, trees, sluice, roads, chimneys and smoke stacks. The frame is gilded and molded wood.
- Mine buildings--1890-1920.; Mining--1890-1920.
- [between 1897 and 1913]
- Civil war battle
- Civil war soldiers move up a hill in a battle scene in an oil painting by Major J. M. Bagley. Shows fallen trees, clouds of smoke, a dirt hill and a forest is in the background. The painting is unframed.
- Battles--1860-1870.; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns & battles.; Cavalry--1860-1870.
- [between 1860 and 1870]
- The old blind slave's response for victory
- Soldiers ride on horseback and march behind musicians in a parade on a dirt road in front of cabins and African American slaves. Some of the slaves are on their knees, others stand nearby. Houses and trees are in the background.
- Cavalry.; Parades & processions.; Slaves.
- 1905
- Quilt
- A rectangular quilt made from pieced commercial cotton, wool and silk cut and arranged in a log cabin and diamond design. Colors on the quilt include lavender, red, beige and blue. It is edged with black piping and braided wool.
- [between 1850 and 1860]
- Mount Evans
- A landscape oil painting of Mount Evans in Colorado by Esther Yates Frazier. The painting shows Mount Evans off in the distance and trees and rocks in the meadow below. The frame is gilded and molded wood.
- Evans, Mount (Colo.)--1860-1870.
- [between 1860 and 1870]
- The pool in the desert
- An art print of Native Americans on horseback.
- Horseback riding.; Indians of North America.
- 1909
- Mr. Henry P. H. Bromwell
- An oil portrait of the bust of Mr. Henry P. H. Bromwell by Henrietta Bromwell. He has short gray hair and a white beard; he wears a standing collar, black stock, vest and jacket with lapels. The frame is gilded, gessoed and molded wood. The...
- Men--1870-1890.; Bromwell, Henry Pelham Holmes, 1823-1903.
- [between 1876 and 1886]
- Nevadaville, Colorado
- A landscape oil painting of Nevadaville, Colorado by Mary Achey. Buildings are in the valley below a range of mountains. Trees dot the landscape and the sky is clear blue and plains can be seen behind the mountains. The frame is gilded and molded...
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1860-1870.
- 1860
- Mrs. Henry P. H. Bromwell
- A oil portrait of Mrs. Henry P. H. Bromwell by George Wright. Mrs. Bromwell is seated, has long black curls and wears a black dress with red lace. She sits on a brown sofa and there are red flowers in the background.
- Women--1860-1870.; Bromwell, Henrietta E. (Henrietta Elizabeth)
- 1866
- Rancho de Taos
- A landscape oil painting of the Rancho de Taos by Henrietta Bromwell. A white adobe building is in a plains landscape, fall trees dot the land, mountains are in the background and the sky is filled with white clouds.
- Adobe buildings--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Farmhouse on Cherry Creek
- A landscape oil painting of a farmhouse near Cherry Creek by Henrietta Bromwell. Shows a red farmhouse with a porch, a chicken coop, trees and the creek. The frame is dark wood.
- Farmhouses--1890-1900.
- 1892
- Frances Sophia Pierce
- A portrait oil painting of Frances Sophia Pierce. She is seated and wears a black dress with buttons and a white lace collar, earrings, a cameo broach. Her hair is gray.
- Pierce, Frances Sophia.; Women--1880-1900.
- [between 1885 and 1895]
- Bison
- An oil painting of the head of a bison by F. S. Briscoe. The painting is rectangular and unframed.
- Bison--1890-1900.
- 1895
- Mr. Charles Humburg
- An oil portrait of Mr. Charles Humburg by Albert Salzbrenner. Mr. Humburg is seated in a chair; he has a moustache and wears a white shirt, gray cravat, tan vest, black jacket and gray trousers. The frame is plain wood.
- Humburg, Charles.; Men--1900-1910.
- 1907
- Bishop John Franklin Spalding
- An oil portrait of the side profile bust of Bishop John Franklin Spalding. He has white hair, a mustache and a beard. He wears a black robe with white, gathered and full sleeves. The frame is gilded and molded wood shaped in an oval.
- Bishops--1880-1902.; Men--1880-1902.; Spalding, John Franklin, 1828-1902.
- [between 1880 and 1902]
- Pikes Peak or bust
- An oil painting of a covered wagon on a prairie landscape under a gray sky. Two oxen stand by, a body of a dead man lies on the ground next to the wagon. The words: "Pikes Peak or bust" are written on the wagon cover. The frame is gilded, gessoed...
- Covered wagons--1870-1880.; Dead persons--1870-1880.; Ox teams--1870-1880.
- 1870
- Building with Trees
- A landscape oil painting of a row of cottonwood trees, shrubbery, grass and a house with a chimney. Mountains are in the background and a blue sky is above. The colors Henrietta Bromwell uses in the painting include. blues, greens, pink, brown,...
- Hills--1890-1910.; Houses--1890-1910.; Trees--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Pumpkin patch in fall
- An oil painting of a pumpkin patch by Henrietta Bromwell. The images in the painting include a purple shed, field, pumpkin patch, trees, shrubbery, grass and sky. The colors are yellow, green, purple and orange colors. The painting is on a unframed...
- Meadows--1910-1930.; Pumpkins--1910-1930.; Sheds--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1925]
- Cottonwood trees
- A landscape oil painting of cottonwood trees on a hill, shrubbery, grass, blue sky and a house in the background. The foliage is painted in fall colors of brown, green, blue, grey and beige. The painting is unframed.
- Hills--1890-1910.; Houses--1890-1910.; Trees--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- The stable
- A landscape oil painting of a red stable with open doors, grass, trees, fence and sky. The painting is on an unframed rectangular illustration board.
- Meadows--1890-1910.; Stables--1890-1910.; Trees--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Pioneer encampment
- A landscape oil painting of a tent encampment under a blue sky on a meadow with a gradual hill; a wagon and trees are in the background and people move about. The painting is on a framed rectangular canvas.
- Meadows--1890-1900.; People--1890-1900.; Tents--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- In Denver Bottoms, Co.
- A landscape watercolor painting of a shed in a meadow with shrubbery, electric and telephone lines are nearby; a road leads up to the shed. Mountains are in the background. The colors are pale brown, blue, pink and white.
- Meadows--1900-1910.; Sheds--1900-1910.
- 1908
- The Vedette
- An oil painting of a Native American on a horse on a bluff who looks out over a valley. An encampment of tepees are in the valley below and mountains are in the background. The painting is on an unframed rectangular stretched canvas.
- Horseback riding--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Tipis--1890-1900.
- 1896
- Colonel Stobie
- An oil painting of Colonel Stobie. Colonel Stobie is on horseback, a Native American on horseback is behind him. Buttes are in the background, desert vegetation is on the ground below and the sky is blue with white clouds. The frame is rectangular...
- Buttes--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Flanked
- An oil painting of a battle scene between a cowboy and Native Americans in a valley or on a pass. The cowboy leans against a rock and holds a pistol; a rifle is next to him. Two Native Americans on horseback are in the background. Spent arrows...
- Campaigns & battles--1890-1900.; Cowboys--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.
- 1895
- Indian camp
- An oil painting of a Native American camp. Native Americans stand next to a tepee and a small camp fire is in front. Prairie vegetation surrounds the camp, mountains are in the background and the sky is filled with gray clouds. The frame is...
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Tipis--1900-1910.
- 1904
- Indians mounted or homeward bound
- An oil painting of two Native Americans on horseback. They are surrounded by dry plains vegetation and above them is a sky filled with clouds. The painting is unframed.
- Horseback riding--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Plains--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]