Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- The crop that's never scarce in Utah
- Photomontage of faces of children, babies, boys and girls.
- Boys--1860-1890.; Girls--1860-1890.; Infants--1860-1890.; Mormons--1860-1890.
- [between 1860 and 1890?]
- East High spotlight: vol 17 no 8
- Newspaper produced by East High School of Denver, Colorado. Included in the paper are photographs of students, articles on school events and sports.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1931 January 14
- Denver High School: East Side Annual 1913
- 1913 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1913
- East High spotlight: vol 28 no 13
- Newspaper produced by East High School of Denver, Colorado. Included in the paper are photographs of students, articles on school events and sports.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1942 March 26
- West Side Recorder Volume 6 No 6
- Doll
- Shows a Native American (Southern Plains (Ute?)) doll. The head is buckskin with buffalo fur for hair; the body is muslin and is covered with a blue wool dress trimmed with red cotton binding. The sleeves are long with purple stripes; the yoke,...
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1870-1890.; Dolls--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890]
- East High spotlight: 21st year no 9
- Newspaper produced by East High School of Denver, Colorado. Included in the paper are photographs of students, articles on school events and sports.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1943 March 4
- Band of Indians crossing Big Horn River, Crow Agency, Mont., on B. & M. R. R.
- View of a herd of horses crossing the Bighorn River on the Crow Reservation in Montana. Some of the horses are being ridden by Native Americans (Crow), some are bare back, some carry gear.
- Crow Indians--Montana--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Montana--1890-1900.; Bighorn River (Wyo. and Mont.)--1890-1900.; Crow Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--Montana--1890-1900.; Horses--Montana--1890-1900.;...
- 1895
- Georgetown, Colorado
- View towards the north over Georgetown, Colorado. Town consists mainly of wood frame gabled residences, some with flat toped hipped roofs, some with laundry hung on lines in backyards, some false front businesses and one with "Stoves" sign on top....
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- 1885
- Georgetown, Colorado
- View towards the north over Georgetown's Rose and Argentine streets, Colorado. Town consists mainly of wood frame gabled residences, some with flat toped hipped roofs, some with laundry hung on lines in backyards, some false front businesses and...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- Gourd Clan dance
- Native American (Kiowa) men participate in a Gourd Clan dance (some of whom are descendants of the Kiowa Chief Satanta or White Bear Person) in Carnegie, Oklahoma. The men dance near four decorated staffs and a bugle. Some men hold feather and bead...
- Clans--Oklahoma--Carnegie--1960-1970.; Indians of North America--Oklahoma--Carnegie--1960-1970.; Kiowa Indians--Oklahoma--Carnegie--1960-1970.; Carnegie (Okla.)--1960-1970.; Ceremonial dancers--Oklahoma--Carnegie--1960-1970.;...
- [July, 1969]
- Police force
- The Leadville, Colorado, Police Force poses on wooden stairs. J.A. Kelly was Marshal and J.W. Frazer, Captain. Policemen include W.W. Butler, C. Dwyer, J. Dwyer, O. Heller, R. Monteith, Thomas McCulloch, George O'Connor, Cliff Perkins, Thomas...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Police--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.
- [between 1878 and 1879]
- Chief Justice Morrison Remick Waite and party
- Group portrait of Supreme Court Chief Justice Morrison Remick Waite, surrounded by white men, women and children and Dakota men, women and children, some seated and some standing under a large tent, probably at Standing Rock Reservation. Waite...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Standing Rock Indian Reservation (N.D. and S.D.)--1880-1890.; Indian reservations--1880-1890.; Waite, Morrison R. (Morrison Remick), 1816-1888.
- [188-?]
- Troops homebound by ship
- Tenth Mountain Division troops fill the entire frame, except for a small triangle of water in the upper right corner; troops are returning by ship to the U.S.A. All are in uniform, most wear helmets and some wear life vests. Some are reading, some...
- Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Troop movements--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- 1945
- Willoughby & Streeter Dry Goods
- A large group of men and one boy pose under the wooden canopy of Willoughby & Streeter Dry Goods store and another building. The group stands on the raised boardwalk with three men on the step in front. A tall man on the right, in a vest with watch...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Dry goods stores--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1892]
- Willoughby & Streeter Dry Goods
- A large group of men, some boys, and one girl who wears a dress and bonnet pose under a wooden canopy shared by the Willoughby & Streeter Dry Good's store and another building in Leadville, Colorado. The group stands on a raised boardwalk, with...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Dry goods stores--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1892]
- East High spotlight: vol 17 no 7
- Christmas edition of the newspaper produced by East High School of Denver, Colorado. Included in the paper are photographs of students, articles on school events and sports.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1930 December 17
- East High spotlight: vol 30 no 9
- Newspaper produced by East High School of Denver, Colorado. Included in the paper are photographs of students, articles on school events and sports.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1944 March 2
- East High spotlight: vol 30 no 10
- Newspaper produced by East High School of Denver, Colorado. Included in the paper are photographs of students, articles on school events and sports.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1944 March 23
- The Urban Dweller: A Publication by Capitol Hill United Neighborhoods Inc.
- The Denver Star
- Dwight Nicholson House
- View of the Boulder Victoria Historic Inn situated in the Dwight Nicholson House at 1305 Pine Street in Boulder, Colorado. The two-story Colonial Revival influenced eclectic style house has a hipped roof, a cornice with dentils and swags, a...
- Dwight Nicholson House (Boulder, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Boulder (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Hotels.; Historic buildings.; Dwight Nicholson House (Boulder, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Boulder Victoria Historic Inn (Boulder, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Boulder...
- 1994
- Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 10, 1920 October
- Municipal Facts Bi-Monthly: Volume 5 Numbers 6 and 7, 1922 July-August
- Municipal Facts: Volume 12 Numbers 3 and 4, 1929 March-April
- Miners and donkey haul beams
- Three miners stand near a burro that is loaded with wood beams possibly in Las Animas County, Colorado. The beams are milled wood and some are shaped and notched. The men wear work clothes. Some of the miners may be Hispanic or Italian. A dog...
- Donkeys--Colorado--1880-1900.; Lumber--Colorado--1880-1900.; Miners--Colorado--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--1880-1900.; Pack animals--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Prospectors, Creede, Colo.
- A group of prospectors stand on the slope of a hill with their burros and a horse near Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. Some of the burros are packed with tools and equipment. Most of the men wear work clothes and some hold walking sticks in...
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Donkeys--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Pack animals--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1894?]
- Public School, 5th St. between Rood & White
- A class poses in front of a public school on 5th Street, between Rood and White, in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado. Shows boys and girls of various ages with their teachers. Some boys are barefoot, one holds a baseball bat, some hold hats.
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1880-1890.; School children--Colorado--Grand Junction--1880-1890.; Schools--Colorado--Grand Junction--1880-1890.
- [between 1888 and 1889]
- Idaho Springs
- Firemen pose in front of the fire department in Idaho Springs (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Some pull their hand-drawn fire wagon, others pose in front of the wagon; a boy sits on top of the hose cart. They wear uniforms with spiked shoes. Some...
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1900.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1900.; Fires stations--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1900.
- 1895
- Telluride Colorado
- North American Indian (Navajo) men and women pose on horseback on a dirt street near wood frame and brick commercial buildings in the business district of Telluride (San Miguel County), Colorado. The women wear their hair in buns and have on...
- Indians of North America.; Navajo Indians.; (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Trinity Methodist Church
- Architectural drawing of Trinity Methodist Church on 18th (Eighteenth) Avenue in Denver, Colorado.
- Methodist churches--1880-1890.; Trinity Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1887 August 3
- Sea bathing at Long Beach
- Women and boys in bathing suits stand in the surf and pose for the photographer in probably Long Beach (Los Angeles County), California. The women wear one-piece woolen suits with long and short sleeves with piping at the sleeves and bodice; some...
- Long Beach (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Bathing suits--California--Long Beach--1900-1910.; Beaches--California--Long Beach--1900-1910.; Boys--California--Long Beach--1900-1910.; Cabinet photographs--1900-1910.; Wading--California--Long Beach--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Leadville, Officers of Rocky Mountain Rifles, 1887
- A group of the Rocky Mountain Rifles, Leadville Division of the Colorado National Guard, pose in a camp in Colorado. Two seated officers include Colonel R.S. Morrison and Jake Kahn. Most of the men wear uniforms and various types of hats. Some have...
- Colorado. National Guard. Leadville Division--1880-1890.; Leadville (Colo.)--1870-1880.
- 1887
- Courthouse, Fremont, Cripple Creek
- Three men stand in front of canvas tent on wooden frame with sign "Charles H. Adams, Attorney at Law" attached to side, Cripple Creek, Colorado; sign on side of wooden horizontal plank frame reads: "Justice of the Peace."
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Law offices--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Lawyers--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Adams, Charles H.
- [1892 or 1893]
- Contest between volunteer fire companies, Cripple Creek
- Volunteer firemen wearing shorts and undershirts race down the street pulling firehose apparatus, Cripple Creek, Colorado (probably Bennett Avenue); many spectators, men, women and children, line the streets; some spectators sit on bleachers and...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Running races--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1897 July 4
- James Pinkham's block house
- View of log house of James Pinkham, a French-Canadian trapper, shows a two-story extension built in 1875 as a stockade for defense against raids, Pinkhampton, (Pinkham) Grand County, Colorado
- Pinkham, James O.--Homes & haunts.; Pinkhampton (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Log cabins--Colorado--Pinkhampton--1900-1910.
- 1901
- Bennett Ave. Fremont, Colo.
- Large group of men, some holding collars of their dogs, stand in center of Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado (Fremont prior to incorporation of town); one and two-story wooden frame commercial buildings line the streets with some having...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fremont (Colo.)--1890-1900.; False fronts--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- February 1892
- 7th U. S. Infantry leaving Denver
- The First Regiment of Colorado Infantry marches along 16th (Sixteenth) Street, Denver, Colorado. The Spanish American War soldiers are in uniform and carry guns. A large crowd, some with umbrellas, watch the parade from the sidewalk and some wave...
- United States. Army. Colorado Infantry Regiment, 1st.--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Military parades & ceremonies--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- May 17, 1898
- Radio debut of the Latrine Quartet
- Four members of 87th Mountain Infantry sing at a microphone with the call letters KVI. They are left to right: Bradley, Glen Staney, Charles B. McLane, and Ralph Bromigan playing guitar. According to the caption: "At Christmas [1941] Lt. Look sowed...
- Radio programs--Washington (State)--1940-1950.; Vocal quartets--Washington (State)--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Washington (State)--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [1942]
- Typing class at Alamosa High School, 1941
- Girls sit at typewriters in a classroom at Alamosa High School, Alamosa County, Colorado. Some of the girls wear glasses, some have curled hair. A blackboard in the background has a bulletin board along the upper edge with two 1941 calendars, one...
- Alamosa High School (Alamosa, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Classrooms--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Typewriting--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Teller House, Central City
- Men and women sit and stand in front of a white, paneled door of the Teller House in Central City. Some of the men are wearing work clothes, and some are wearing suits. The women wear dresses. One of the men who is standing is holding a large flat...
- Teller House (Central City, Colo.)--Facilities--1870-1900.; Central City (Colo.)--1870-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1900]
- Moki Indians, Wolpi Pueblo the snake dance
- Native American (Hopi) snake dance at Walpi Pueblo, First Mesa, Arizona; snake members stand in two groups; some hold snakes in their mouths while others stroke snakes with feathers, one man handles a snake; groups of unidentified Native American...
- Hopi Indians--Dance--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Spiritual life--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Walpi (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Snake dance--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.
- August, 1899
- Group of Ute Indians
- Native American men, women and children (Ute) pose outdoors; (men) Louis, Moquette, Cuchacher, Dick Charlie, Pevige, Asa, Julian, Severo (Aaron Bear), Will Carter, and Polonegro, stand; some wear traditional Native American clothing, others dressed...
- Indians of North America--Women--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Children--1890-1900.
- [1894 or 1896?]
- Group of Utes
- Native American men, women and children (Ute) pose outdoors; (men) Louis, Moquette, Cuchacher, Dick Charlie, Pevige, Asa, Julian, Severo (Aaron Bear), Will Carter, and Polonegro, stand; some wear traditional Native American clothing, others dressed...
- Indians of North America--Children--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Women--1890-1900.
- 1896
- Sulky races at City Park
- Spectators watch a sulky race at the City Park race track in Denver, Colorado. Some sit in an omnibus.
- City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1940.; Harness racing--Colorado--Denver--1900-1940.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1900-1940.; Racetracks--Colorado--Denver--1900-1940.
- [between 1900 and 1940?]
- Confederate reunion
- View of a rattlesnake derby in Trinidad, Colorado. Shot at night, this blurred image shows part of a round enclosure with spectators outside of it. Several 30's sedans are parked in the background, and a sign on a fence reads: Coca Cola.
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Racing--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.; Snakes--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.; Spectators--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.
- August, 1939
- Pueblo children.
- Unidentified Pueblo Native American boys and girls gather in circle, some are nude, some wear body paint or cotton clothes.
- Indians of North America--1890-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Children--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Utes Group
- Outdoor posed setting of 23 Native American men, women and children (Ute); men,standing, include: Louis, Moquette, Cuchacher, Dick Charlie, Pevige, Asa, Julian, Severo, Will Carter, and Polonegro, some wear traditional Native American clothing,...
- Indians of North America--Children--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Women--1890-1900.
- 1896
- Utes
- Outdoor posed setting of 23 Native American men, women and children (Ute); men, standing, include: Louis, Moquette, Cuchacher, Dick Charlie, Pevige, Asa, Julian, Severo, Will Carter, and Polonegro, some wear traditional Native American clothing,...
- Indians of North America--Women--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Children--1890-1900.
- 1896
- McCook, Little Jim, Pawnee and others
- Studio portrait of Native American men (Ute) identified as (top l to r): McKewin (McQuin), Lester Chapoose (interpreter), and Pawnee; (bottom l to r): Little Jim, and Chief McCook. The men wear suits, they hold felt hats, some with feathers, some...
- Indians of North America--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--1910-1920.; Little Jim.; Pawnee, Ute Indian.; Chapoose, Lester.; McCook, John, Chief.; McKewin, Ute Indian.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]