Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Political cartoon of Casimiro Barela
- Political cartoon of State Senator Casimiro Barela with a studio portrait inset. The cartoon shows Senator Barela shaking hands with an unidentified senator near his desk. His desk has vases of flowers and letters that read: "Casimiro Barela Fourth...
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1900-1910.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1900-1910.; Legislators.; Barela, Casimiro--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.;...
- [1907]
- El Senator Barela, esposa, hijas y nietos en Rivera Colo.
- Group portrait of Colorado State Senator Casimiro Barela, his wife Damiana Rivera de Barela, their daughters and grandchildren on the porch of their house (Rancho de Rivera) in Rivera (Las Animas County), Colorado. Senator Barela holds an...
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1910-1920.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1910-1920.; Rivera (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Legislators.; Families.; Spouses.; Barela, Casimiro--Pictorial works.; Barela, Damiana Rivera de--Pictorial works.; Mexican...
- 1912 Marzo 4
- Country home Senator Barela
- View of Colorado Senator Casimiro Barela's country home in El Moro (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows a house with gabled roofs and an small cabin. Men and women pose near the house and near horse drawn carriages. Senator Barela poses right...
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1900-1910.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1900-1910.; El Moro (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Legislators.; Houses.; Barela, Casimiro--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- [1902]
- Group portrait with José J. Córdova and Casimiro Barela
- A group of men and women stand on the steps and the porch of a house in probably Mexico City, Mexico. Standing bottom left is José Jesús Córdova, County Commissioner for Las Animas County Colorado, he wears a suit, vest and tie and has his...
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1890-1900; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1890-1900.; Mexico City (Mexico)--1890-1900.; Córdova, José Jesús--Pictorial works.; Barela, Casimiro--Pictorial works.; State governments--Colorado--Officials and...
- [between 1896 and 1900?]
- Casimiro Barela
- Studio portrait of Colorado State Senator (Las Animas County) Casimiro Barela. He wears a vest and jacket, a bow tie and an upright collar. He has a full, waxed mustache and his dark hair has a cowlick and is parted on the side.
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1890-1900.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1890-1900.; Mustaches.; Legislators.; Barela, Casimiro--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.;...
- [between 1891 and 1893]
- State Senator Rich Castro
- Senator Richard Castro speaks to reporters about the Gallo Wine boycott at a press conference held at Super Save Drugs located near West 44th Avenue and North Pecos Street in the Sunnyside neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. Mike Wilzoch stands on...
- United Farm Workers of America--People--1970-1980.; Mexican Americans--1970-1980.; Hispanic Americans--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Press conferences.; Legislators--Colorado.; Wilzoch, Mike--Pictorial works.; Castro, Richard Thomas,...
- [1975]
- The Annual: East Denver High School, 1914
- 1914 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1914
- 2511 E. 37th Avenue
- View of 2511 West 32nd (Thirty-second) Avenue in the Highland neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The three story brick Denver Square home as a central gabled window on the third story. A large porch covers the front of the house. This was the former...
- West Highland (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Houses.; Gallagher, Dennis J. (Dennis Joseph), 1939---Homes and haunts--Pictorial works.; Dwellings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; West Highland (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial...
- 2006?
- Picketing Super Serve Drugs
- Senator Richard Castro pickets with supporters of the United Farm Workers, who include Jerry Ryan and Mike Wilzoch, in boycott of Gallo Wine at the Pecos Super Serve Drugs at West 44th (Forty-Fourth) Avenue and North Pecos Street in the Sunnyside...
- Super Serve Drugs (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; United Farm Workers of America--People--1970-1980.; Mexican Americans--1970-1980.; Hispanic Americans--1970-1980.; Sunnyside (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Boycotts.;...
- [1975]
- Casimiro Barela
- Studio portrait of Colorado State Senator (Las Animas County) Casimiro Barela. He wears a vest and jacket, a tie and stickpin and an upright wing collar. He has a full, bushy mustache and his dark hair has a cowlick and is parted on the side.
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1890-1900.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1890-1900.; Mustaches.; Legislators.; Barela, Casimiro--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.;...
- [1895 February]
- Casimiro Barela family at El Moro
- Outdoor group portrait of the family of Casimiro Barela, Colorado State Senator at El Moro (Las Animas County), his home near Trinidad, Colorado. Shows well dressed men, women and children. Senator Barela, his wife Damiana and daughters are center,...
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1900-1910.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1900-1910.; El Moro (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Families.; Legislators.; Barela, Casimiro--Pictorial works.; Barela, Casimiro--Family--Pictorial works.; Mexican...
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Casimiro Barela, tomado Marzo 4, 1911, 64 cumpliaños
- Studio portrait of Colorado State Senator Casimiro Barela from Rivera (Las Animas County), Colorado, made on the occasion of his 64th birthday. Senator Barela wears a jacket with piping, a bow tie and upright collar, He has a full, waxed mustache.
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1910-1920.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1910-1920.; Legislators.; Barela, Casimiro--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.;...
- 1911 Marzo 4
- Casimiro Barela and Damiana Rivera Barela
- Studio portrait of Colorado State Senator from Las Animas County, Colorado, Casimiro Barela and his wife Damiana Rivera de Barela. Senator Barela wears a suit with an oversized celluloid collar and necktie. He has a trimmed, gray mustache and his...
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1910-1920.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1910-1920.; Women.; Spouses.; Legislators.; Barela, Damiana Rivera de--Pictorial works.; Barela, Casimiro--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.;...
- [1915?]
- Gallo Wine boycott press conference
- State Senator Richard Castro, boycott organizer Mike Wilzoch, boycott director Jerry Ryan, and UFW member Jesús Valderrama hold a press conference near a trailer outside of Super Serve Drugs and Liquors on 44th and Pecos Street in Denver,...
- United Farm Workers of America--People--1970-1980.; Mexican Americans--1970-1980.; Hispanic Americans--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Legislators--Colorado.; Press conferences.; Boycotts.; Castro, Richard Thomas, 1946-1991--Pictorial...
- [1975]
- Damiana Rivera de Barela
- Hispanic American Damiana Rivera de Barela, wife of Colorado State Senator Casimiro Barela, poses for a portrait in an embroidered cape trimmed in fur and a hat decorated with feathers, a bow and a veil. She wears a pin in the shape of a cross.
- Hispanic Americans--1890-1900.; Mexican Americans--1890-1900.; Capes (Clothing); Hats.; Women.; Barela, Damiana Rivera de--Pictorial works.; Cloaks--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Mexican...
- ca. 1890
- Dedication, César E. Chávez Memorial Building, Denver
- U.S. Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell and César Chávez, Jr., grandson of Cesar E. Chavez, unveil lettering on the rededicated Cesar E. Chavez Memorial Building, 1244 Speer Boulevard in the Civic Center neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The two men...
- Hispanic Americans--2000-2010.; North American Indians--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Building dedications.; Legislators.; Campbell, Ben Nighthorse, 1933---Pictorial works.; Chavez, Cesar, Jr.--Pictorial works.; Cheyenne...
- [2003]
- Juan Antonio Baca
- Portrait of Juan Antonio Baca of San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. Mr. Baca was elected to the Colorado General Assembly as Senator for Costilla County. He wears a jacket and bow tie, and has gray hair and a chin beard.
- Hispanic Americans--1880-1890.; Mexican Americans y 1880-1890.; Legislators--Colorado.; Baca, Juan Antonio, 1821-1899--Pictorial works.; Hispanic American legislators--Colorado--Costilla County--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- [between 1880 and 1885?]
- Norma Nuñez, La Cueva restaurant
- Interior view of La Cueva restaurant located at 9742 E. Colfax Ave in Aurora, Colorado. Owner Norma Nuñez stands behind a booth, her husband, Nabor Nuñez. and a woman identified as Filomena, a senator from Mexico sit in the booth. Arched...
- La Cueva (Aurora, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1990-2000.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1990-2000.; Aurora (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Interiors.; Restaurants.; Women.; Nuñez, Nabor--Pictorial works.; Nuñez, Norma--Pictorial...
- [1995?]
- César Chávez Peace and Justice Committee of Denver first César Chávez day celebration.
- View of a procession at the first annual César Chávez day celebration near the intersection of West 7th Avenue and Galapago Street in the Lincoln Park neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. Members of the César Chávez Peace and Justice of Denver...
- Chavez, Cesar, 1927-1993--Commemoration--Colorado--Denver.; Cesar Chavez Peace and Justice of Denver Committee (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; César Chávez Day (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Hispanic Americans--2000-2010.; Clothing & dress.;...
- 2002
- Silver Dollar Tabor
- "Silver Dollar Tabor, daughter of Senator H. A. W. Tabor being presented to President Roosevelt by Sheriff Alexander Nisbet and Senator Irby, President of the Press Club at the chuck dinner given by the Press Club, August 29, 1910," Leadville, Lake...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Legislators--Colorado--1910-1920.; Presidents--United States--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--Leadville--1910-1920.; Irby, John S.; Nisbet, Alexander.; Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919--Journeys--Colorado.; Tabor, Silver...
- 1910 August 29
- Group of prominent Democrats
- A group of men who include (from left to right): Denver attorney Frederick Dickerson, U. S. Senator Ed Johnson, U. S. Senator Edward P. Costigan (front center in light suit), future Colorado Governor Lee Knous (face partially hidden), Democratic...
- Democratic National Committee (U.S.)--People--1930-1940.; Postmasters general--United States--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Government officials--United States--1930-1940.; Lawyers--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.;...
- [between 1935 and 1940]
- "Celebrities" @ Union Station
- Left to right: Charles Spalding Thomas, Governor of Colorado; Eleanor Wilson McAdoo, daughter of Pres. Woodrow Wilson; her husband, William Gibbs McAdoo, Wilson's Secretary of Treasury; and John Franklin Shafroth, U.S. Senator from Colorado stand...
- United States. Dept. of the Treasury. Office of the Secretary.--People--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Government officials--United States--1910-1920.; Governors--Colorado.; Legislators--Colorado.; McAdoo, Eleanor Wilson, 1889-1967.;...
- 1919
- President William Howard Taft at home of Charles Hughes
- President William Taft poses with members of the Hughes family in Denver, Colorado. Identification: "Left to Right: Senator Charles J. Hughes, Jr., Taft, Mrs. Gerald Hughes, Mrs. Charles J. Hughes Jr., and Mrs. Wallace W. Woodruff, daughter of the...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Families--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Legislators--Colorado--1900-1910.; Presidents--United States--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Hughes, Charles J. (Charles James), 1853-1911--Family.; Hughes,...
- [1909]
- Picturesque Indian chiefs in claims against government
- White and Native American (Sioux) men pose in a marble lined hallway in Washington D. C. Suits are worn by all but two men who wear traditional Native American outfits which include headdresses, moccasins, pouches, pipes, furs, and beads. Label on...
- Dakota Indians--Washington (D.C.)--1920-1930.; Indians of North America--Washington (D.C.)--1920-1930.; Washington (D.C.)--1920-1930.; Delegations--Washington (D.C.)--1920-1930.; War claims--Washington (D.C.)--1920-1930.
- 1926 February 18
- Silver Dollar Tabor
- Rose Mary Silver Dollar Tabor shaking hands with Preident Roosevelt in Leadville, Lake County, Colorado.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Presidents--United States--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--Leadville--1910-1920.; Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919--Journeys--Colorado.; Tabor, Silver Dollar, 1889-1925.
- 1910, August 29
- Deadwood Stage with passengers
- Buffalo Bill Cody drives the Tally-Ho-Wagon with passengers sitting on it. John Burke, press agent for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, stands on the ground in front of the coach. Nate Salsbury, owner and manager of the Wild West Show, sits wearing a...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Stagecoaches--1880-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Burke, John, d. 1917.; Cody, Irma.; Cody, Louisa Frederici.; Hammitt, Frank N.; Salsbury, Nate, 1846-1902.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Police and fire chiefs, Denver
- A group of Denver Police and Fire Chiefs pose near an outside wall of City Hall in Denver, Colorado. Police and Fire Chiefs in the back row, left to right include: Police Chief, Daniel Mays; Fire Chief, George Duggan; Police Chief John L. Russell;...
- Denver (Colo.). Fire Department.--People--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.). Police Department.--People--1890-1900.; Fire chiefs--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.--1890-1900.; Police chiefs--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.--1890-1900.; Denver...
- [between 1893 and 1900?]
- Graduation at CU Boulder Dr. Walter Roberts, speaker.
- Graduation ceremony at Folsom Field at the University of Colorado at Boulder. An orchestra is near the central dais on the grass, which holds seated spectators and a United States Flag. Campus buildings are behind the stadium, and further back are...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Graduation ceremonies--Colorado--Boulder--1960-1970.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Boulder--1960-1970.; University of Colorado (Boulder Campus)
- 1968
- Western History Subject Index
- McGee, Gale (Senator)
- Casimiro Barela Colorado's Hispanic "perpetual senator" from Colorado.
- Studio portrait of Casimiro Barela, Colorado state senator for over 37 years. He poses in a suit with a morning coat and wears a top hat, a tie and stick pin and holds a walking cane with a decorated metal top. He has gray hair and a full, trimmed...
- Hispanic Americans--1910-1920.; Mexican Americans--1910-1920.; Legislators--Colorado.; Mustaches.; Barela, Casimiro--Pictorial works.; Hispanic American legislators--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.;...
- ca. 1910
- "Senator" Morgan. Six day champion
- Studio portrait of "Senator" Morgan, with a high wheel bicycle in Leadville (Lake County) Colorado. He wears a sleaveless shirt, short pants, and medals.
- Morgan, Senator.; Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Bicycles & tricycles--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.; Cyclists--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.
- 1889, August 12
- Western History Subject Index
- Adams, Alva Blanchard. 1875-1941 (U.S. Senator)
- Western History Subject Index
- Gallagher, Joseph P
- James Joyce Society float and Senator Dennis Gallagher Saint Patrick's Day parade, Civic Center, Denver
- View of the James Joyce Society float in the Saint Patrick's Day parade stopped in front of the Denver City and County Building, Civic Center, Denver, Colorado. The float has a cut-out sign of a profile of James Joyce that reads: "Gallagher,...
- James Joyce Society (Denver, Colo.)--Public relations--1980-1990.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Floats (Parades); Legislators--Colorado--1980-1990.; Parades & processions.; Gallagher, Dennis J. (Dennis...
- 1987
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Number 26, 1912 June 29
- Municipal Facts: Volume 6 Numbers 3 and 4, 1923 March-April
- Senator Elmer Merritt
- State senator and real estate developer Elmer Merritt holds a shovel full of dirt at a ground breaking ceremony in Denver, Colorado. Sign in background reads: "Park Hill, This Property Will Be Sold On Easy Terms With Building Restrictions, Modern...
- Real estate developers--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Ground breaking ceremonies--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Legislators--Colorado--1890-1900.; Merritt, Elmer W.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Senator Elmer Merritt
- Senator and real estate developer Elmer W. Merritt holds a shovel full of dirt at a ground breaking ceremony in Denver, Colorado. Sign in background reads: "Park Hill, This Property Will Be Sold On Easy Terms With Building Restrictions, Modern...
- Real estate developers--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Ground breaking ceremonies--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Legislators--Colorado--1890-1900.; Merritt, Elmer W.
- [between 1895 and 1900?]
- Senator Elmer Merritt
- Senator and real estate developer Elmer W. Merritt holds a shovel full of dirt at a ground breaking ceremony in Denver, Colorado. Sign in background reads: "Park Hill, This Property Will Be Sold On Easy Terms With Building Restrictions, Modern...
- Real estate developers--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Ground breaking ceremonies--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Legislators--Colorado--1890-1900.; Merritt, Elmer W.
- [between 1895 and 1900?]
- Central City Herndon Davis Sketches Senator Teller's Office Central City
- Reproduction of Herndon Davis watercolor; shows Senator Henry M. Teller's office, Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado.
- Central City (Colo.)--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Edward Costigan - elected senator 1930 died 1939
- Edward P. Costigan, a Colorado U.S. Senator, shakes hands near a caboose on a train at Union Station in Denver, Colorado. Other men are nearby on the train car and on the platform. A Black porter stands nearby.
- African Americans--Employment--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Legislators--United States--1920-1930.; Railroad cabooses--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Shaking hands--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Costigan, Edward...
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Senator Karl Schuyler 8th Ave & Grant
- View of the Senator Karl C. Schuyler house at 300 East 8th (Eighth) Avenue in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The two-story stucco house has arched windows, dormers, dentils, keystones, shutters, a wrought-iron fence, and ivy.
- Schuyler, Karl C.--Homes & haunts.; Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Senator Phipps garden, Denver
- View of the yard at Senator Lawrence C. Phipps' property in Denver, Colorado; landscaping includes a pergola, a brick patio, flower beds and cannas.
- Phipps, Lawrence Cowle, 1862-1958--Homes & haunts.; Garden Club of Denver.--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Flowers--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Gardens--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Pergolas--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- 1937 September
- Senator Phipps garden, Denver
- View of the yard at Senator Lawrence C. Phipps' property in Denver, Colorado; landscaping includes ornate planters and a carved stone fountain with a pediment and cherub.
- Phipps, Lawrence Cowle, 1862-1958--Homes & haunts.; Garden Club of Denver.--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Fountains--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Gardens--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Plant containers--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- 1937 September
- David Moffat on right of cup; Senator Thomas on left
- David H. Moffat and Senator Charles S. Thomas (former Colorado Governor) pose with other men by an oversized trophy cup in the Colorado State capitol. Interior features include false columns, draperies, hanging lamps, and United States flags.
- Colorado State Capitol (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Capitalists & financiers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Capitols--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Government officials--United States--1900-1920.;...
- [between 1909 and 1911?]
- Senator Hill's home, Black Hawk - 1942
- View of Senator Hill's two-story home in Black Hawk, Colorado; shows steeply-pitched roof with finial, cross-gable roof, gable dormer, first floor bay window, small open porch with lattice balustrade and decorative columns, and bracketted eaves. A...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Residence of Senator Hill, 14th St.
- View of a three-story brick house on 14th (Fourteenth) and Welton Streets in Denver, Colorado. This house built for Senator Nathaniel Hill has second floor balconies, Classical pillars, a turret, a mansard roof with dormer windows, a widow's walk...
- Hill, N. P. (Nathaniel Peter), 1832-1900--Homes & haunts.; Denver (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1870-1890.
- [between 1879 and 1890?]
- East Denver High School Annual: Class of 1918
- 1918 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1918
- 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
- Western History Subject Index
- Barrett, Frank A. (Senator)