Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Group of Indian dancers, standing in straight row, full length
- Group of Dakota Native American males in dance costume standing outside log building, Standing Rock Agency, Dakota Territory; feathers in hair, loin cloths, straps of bells around legs and ankles, metal studded belts, moccasins, holding various...
- Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Dance--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- Council Standing Rock (N.D.) with group of people, some sitting
- Standing Rock Agency, Dakota Territory, numerous groups of Dakota Native Americans sitting and standing with many wrapped in blankets, young boys in center lined up playing a game or some type of activity; possibly a council meeting or ration day;...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indian councils--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- One of Sitting Bull's trials, Standing Rock Agency
- between Sitting Bull, Gall and others to lessen Sitting Bull's influence with Dakota Native Americans.; Sitting Bull's trial at Standing Rock Agency, North Dakota, for allegedly instigating the Crow to go to war; large group of Dakota Native...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Judicial proceedings.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890--Trials, litigations, etc.; McLaughlin, James, 1842-1923.
- 1886
- One of Sitting Bull's trials, Standing Rock Agency
- between Sitting Bull, Gall and others to lessen Sitting Bull's influence with Dakota Native Americans.; Sitting Bull's trial at Standing Rock Agency, North Dakota, for allegedly instigating the Crow to go to war; large group of Dakota Native...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Judicial proceedings.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890--Trials, litigations, etc.; McLaughlin, James, 1842-1923.
- 1886
- Beef distribution, Dakota, cattle, wagons and roads in background
- Semi-monthly beef (ration) day probably at Standing Rock Agency, North Dakota; overview of corral with cattle, some standing and others slaughtered showing roads leading to corral area, large group of Dakota Native Americans around corral; wagons...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Standing Rock Indian Reservation (N.D. and S.D.)--1880-1890.; Corrals--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Subsistance activities--1880-1890.; Livestock--1880-1890.; Slaughtering--North Dakota--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- Beef distribution, showing slaughtered cattle, people seated on fence
- Semi-monthly beef (rations) distribution day, probably Standing Rock Agency, North Dakota; log corral with Dakota Native Americans and other men in corral standing next to or over slaughtered cattle, sitting on corral's railing, or on horseback,...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Standing Rock Indian Reservation (N.D. and S.D.)--1880-1890.; Corrals--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Subsistance activities--1880-1890.; Livestock--1880-1890.; Slaughtering--North Dakota--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- Beef distribution, Dakota, people in and around a corral
- Semi-monthly beef (ration) distribution day probably Standing Rock Agency, North Dakota; large group of Dakota Native Americans standing, on corral railing, on horseback or in wagons; primary attention towards slaughtered cattle in corral; numerous...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Standing Rock Indian Reservation (N.D. and S.D.)--1880-1890.; Corrals--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Subsistance activities--1880-1890.; Livestock--1880-1890.; Slaughtering--North Dakota--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- Buffalo Bill Cody, standing, Gordon Lillie, seated & probably, Charles Jesse (Buffalo) Jones, full length
- Full length studio portrait of Buffalo Bill Cody, standing, wearing hat, decorated jacket, high boots and holding rifle, Gordon Lillie, seated, wearing hat, fringed jacket and books, and Charles Jesse "Buffalo" Jones (?), standing, holding rope,...
- Entertainers--1890-1930.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Pawnee Bill, 1860-1942.; Jones, Charles Jesse, 1844-1919.
- [between 1897 and 1926]
- Group of five men, seated, full length, in center is Maj. James McLaughlin
- Full length group portrait of five white men, wearing suits and hats, seated outside in front of brick building, possibly at Standing Rock Reservation. Man in center is Major James McLaughlin, agent for Standing Rock Reservation.
- Standing Rock Indian Reservation (N.D. and S.D.)--1880-1890.; Indian reservations--1880-1890.; McLaughlin, James, 1842-1923.
- [188-?]
- Lt. Charles C. De Rudio, standing between two ladies, full length
- Full-length studio portrait of Lieutenant Charles Camilus DeRudio, who served with the 7th Cavalry, standing between his two daughters. DeRudio is in uniform, daughters are wearing dresses and military hats. All are standing in front of wooden...
- Fathers & children--1880-1890.; Military officers--United States--1880-1890.; Military uniforms--United States--1880-1890.; DeRudio, Charles Camilus.; United States. Army. Cavalry, 7th.
- [188-?]
- Chiefs of Buffalo Bill's Wild West
- A group of seven Native American chiefs poses in front of a teepee in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show in England. Several of the men are wearing feather headdresses. Included in the group are Flies Above on the far left and Standing Bear...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Tribal chiefs--1880-1890.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Flies Above.; Red Shirt.; Standing Bear.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1887?]
- Tremont House, individuals standing on surface layer
- Teachers Corps
- Group portrait of members of the Adams State College Teacher Corps Program, 1975-1977, pose in front of a building in Alamosa, Colorado. They are identified as: standing, Thom Horn; Given Bauer; Dick Richmond, Asst. Supt. Monte Vista; Larence...
- Adams State College. Teachers Corps Program--People--1970-1980.; Mexican Americans--1970-1980.; Hispanic Americans--1970-1980.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Teachers.; School superintendents.; Adams State College. Teachers Corps Program--Pictorial...
- [1977?]
- Rifle Post Office, Rifle, Colo.
- View of the Rifle Post Office located at the southeastern corner of Railroad Avenue and East 4th Street, Rifle, Colorado. The one-story red brick Colonial Revival style post office has standing brass and copper lanterns standing next to the granite...
- Rifle Post Office (Rifle, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Post office buildings--Colorado--Rifle--1990-2000.; Rifle (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Rifle Post Office (Rifle, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Post office buildings--Colorado--Rifle--Pictorial works.; Rifle...
- 1998
- General store, interior
- Shows the interior of a general store in Colorado. Shows shelves filled with goods on side walls, a cast iron firewood stove in the center of the room, a man standing behind a counter and another standing in front of a counter in the background,...
- General stores--Colorado--1910-1930.; Interiors.
- [between 1910 and 1930]
- Trousers
- Front view of a pair of Native American (Sioux) children's trouser. The trousers are made of buckskin and red cloth and are decorated with blue, green, red, yellow and white beadwork, fringe on the inseams and sides and gold color ribbon. There is...
- Dakota Indians--Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Children--Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Trousers--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Trousers
- Front view of a pair of children's trousers (Sioux). The trousers are made of buckskin and red cloth and are decorated with blue, green, red, yellow and white beadwork, fringe on the inseams and sides and gold color ribbon. There is an inscription...
- Dakota Indians--Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Children--Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Trousers--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Dress
- Front view of a Native American (Sioux) buckskin dress with lazy stitch, fringe, royal blue, yellow, rose color, green and light blue beadwork. Images on the bodice of the dress are of a man on horseback, man walking, a isoscoles triangle and a...
- Dakota Indians--Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Dresses--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Dress
- Back view of a Native American (Sioux) buckskin dress with lazy stitch, fringe, royal blue, yellow, rose color, green and light blue beadwork. Images on the bodice of the dress are of a man on horseback, man walking, a isoscoles triangle and a...
- Dakota Indians--Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Dresses--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Mining household
- A group of miners, a woman, and children pose on the porch of a clapboard house probably in Las Animas County, Colorado. One man slings a gun over his shoulder and another pours beer from a bottle into a glass. A man standing on the porch pretends...
- Children--Colorado--1890-1910.; Coal mining--Colorado--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Union Station, Denver
- Northwestward, exterior view of the Union Station train depot in Denver, Colorado; shows automobiles parked in front of station, a boy standing on sidewalk, streetcar tracks on Wynkoop Street, and people standing in front of station at far right.
- Union Station (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [1915?]
- Farming at Willard, Colorado
- On the Cannon homestead, north of Willard, Logan County, Colorado, the Hays-Long harvest crew poses with mules. Ed Cannon is on the left; Curtis Page is on the middle wagon.
- Cannon, Ed--Homes & haunts.; Willard (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Harvesting--Colorado--Willard--1910-1920.; Mules--Colorado--Willard--1910-1920.; Page, Curtis.
- [1918]
- Childrens public swimming pool, Lincoln Park, Denver
- View of boys swimming in Lincoln Park's public pool, Denver, Colorado; men, women and children standing behind wire fence watching swimmers, boys standing in doorway of bath house.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Lincoln Park (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Bathhouses--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Children swimming--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Swimming pools--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- [between 1911 and 1915]
- Colorado horses
- Close view of two draft horses in an empty field at the Lookout Mountain School for Boys in Golden, Colorado; shows inmates wearing caps holding reins of bridled horses, hay-filled horse-drawn wagon with seated driver, unhitched team with man...
- Lookout Mountain School for Boys (Golden, Colo.)--1890-1920.; Horses--Colorado--Golden--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- 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]
- Group photo at a Gates Rubber Company employee party
- A large group of Gates Rubber Company employees at a formal dinner. Addie Mellon and Harry F. Rhoads (Harry M. Rhoads' parents) are seated in the center, Charles C. and Hazel Rhoads Gates stand directly behind the Rhoads. The room is decorated with...
- Gates Rubber Company--People--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1940.; Dinner parties--Colorado--Denver--1910-1940.; Gates, Charles Cassius, 1877-1961.; Gates, Hazel LaDora Rhoads.; Rhoads, Addie Mellon.; Rhoads, Harry Fisher.
- [between 1910 and 1940?]
- Capitanito, Piah, Severo, and family
- Capitanito, Piah (Peter Snow), Severo (Aaron Bear), Severo's wife (Natz-chi-ve-rat), and Cerette (Isareta), Native American (Ute) men, woman and children, pose outdoors for a portrait (standing) in front of a tepee; Capitanito wears beaded...
- Indians of North America--Children--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Women--1890-1900.
- 1894
- Capitanito, Piah, Severo, and family
- Native American men, woman and children (Ute), pose for a portrait (standing) near a tepee; Capitanito wears beaded moccasins, beaded pants, long shirt, hair pipe breast plate and choker, necklace decorated possibly with teeth, and braided hair;...
- Indians of North America--Children--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Women--1890-1900.
- 1894
- "Grandma Cox" - Sade's grandmother
- Standing studio portrait of a woman identified as Grandma Cox, the grandmother of Sade Rhoads. She holds an umbrella while standing at an open gate, and wears a full length dress and head adornment.
- Grandparents--1910-1920.; Women--1910-1920.; Cox, Grandma.; Rhoads, Sade--Family.
- [between 1917 and 1920?]
- Trinidad flood
- View of the river and mudflats from the 1904 flood damage in Trinidad, Colorado. A half destroyed, one story adobe structure hangs over the washed out bank of the Purgatoire River, its inner walls and floor boards exposed to view. Behind is a...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Floods--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.
- September, 1904
- Atchee. Ute Chief
- Standing portrait of Atchee, a Native American chief (Ute), standing on a rug; costume includes a blanket, bow tie, and braids; shows a teepee.
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Ute Indians--1900-1910.; Tipis--1900-1910.; Tribal chiefs--1900-1910.; Atchee.
- 1905
- 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
- Mt. Evans
- View of Mt. Evans, Clear Creek County, Colorado, from Mt. Evans Road; shows automobile (1924 license plate) and standing man standing alongside dirt road.
- Evans, Mount (Colo.)--1920-1930.
- 1924
- Salish Indians, totem poles
- A woman in a dark overcoat and hat is standing next to an incomplete Native American (Coastal Salish) totem pole. The pole features a human representation standing up and holding an unidentified object.
- Coast Salish Indians--Spiritual life--1900-1920.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1900-1920.; Totem poles--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Central City council
- The mayor and councilmen of Central City, Colorado, gather around an antique stove to discuss business. One of the councilmen holds a set of city maps. A balding councilman with glasses and a pinkie ring, sits to the right. The mayor of Central...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; City council members--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Ute Indians of southern Colorado
- Reproduction of a lithograph shows two Southern Utes, one sitting, one standing. The man sitting wears leggings, a coat, and a decorative necklace. The man standing wears a full length cape, leggings, and decorative emblems on his braid which is as...
- Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Ute Indians--1870-1880.
- 1876
- Northern Utes, agents, and interpreter
- Studio portrait of four Native American Ute men, two agents, and an interpreter. They are identified as:"Standing: J. S. Littlefield, agent, White River; Tab-u-cha-kat; Pak-ant; Catz; Uriah M. Curtis, interpreter. Sitting: Wanzitz (Antelope); Maj....
- Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Ute Indians--1870-1880.; Catz, Ute Indian.; Han-ko, Ute Indian.; Pak-ant, Ute Indian.; Tab-u-cha-kat, Ute Indian.; Wanzito.; Curtis, Uriah M.; Littlefield, J. S.; Thompson, J. B., Major.
- [1872]
- Hotel Navajo
- Exterior view of the Hotel Navajo, in Manitou Springs, Colorado. This four story hip-gabled roof structure with dormers, wrap around open air porch, and faceted corner tower with bell roof was originally known as the Barker House, and was purchased...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1900-1910.; Hotel Navajo (Manitou Springs, Colo.)
- [between 1904 and 1910?]
- Garden of the gods, Ignacio or southern Ute
- Standing portrait of a Native American woman (Ignacio or southern Ute) standing in front of a tepee, Garden of the Gods, Colorado. She wears a full length dress and adornments, and holds a pouch in her hands.
- Indians of North America--Structures--Colorado--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--Women--Colorado--1910-1920.; Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Tipis--Colorado--1910-1920.
- 1911
- Pine Ridge Agency, S.D.
- View of a group of government appointees sent to the Native American Lakota Sioux reservation, Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota, posing in two rows in their camp, wearing suits or military uniforms. The commission was sent when many Rosebud Lakotas...
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency--1890-1900.; Dakota Indians--Government relations--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Government relations--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Teton...
- [Summer 1891]
- Blue River Hose Co 1908
- Three firemen of the Blue River Hose Company in Breckenridge, Colorado, pose against a painted backdrop in their dress uniforms, including conductor's caps with metal badges, dark pants, wide belts with edges bound in white leather, and pullover...
- Blue River Hose Company (Breckenridge, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1910.
- 1908
- Dakota Indians, Red Cloud Agency
- View of a man standing in front of a building marked "hotel," a woman standing with a child in a doorway of the hotel, and a man driving a loaded wagon, on the Red Cloud Native American Agency.
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Red Cloud Agency--1860-1880.; Dakota Indians--Government relations--Nebraska--Red Cloud--1860-1880.; Indians of North America--Government relations--Nebraska--Red Cloud--1860-1880.; Red Cloud...
- [between 1860 and 1880?]
- Issuing rations
- A Native American (Sioux) man holding a pipe squats in front of a tepee camp, probably the Dakota Territory. Shows U.S. officers and their families with Sioux sitting and standing behind them waiting for the distribution of rations.
- Dakota Indians--Dakota Territory--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Dakota Territory--1880-1890.; Dakota Territory--1880-1890.; Food relief--Dakota Territory--1880-1890.; Indian encampments--Dakota Territory--1880-1890.; Military...
- 1882?
- Dakota Indians, at Rosebud Fair, South Dakota
- Native American (Sioux) men are gathered on a hillside at the Rosebud Fair in South Dakota. Some sit on the ground, some are mounted on horseback. The man standing in the foreground is identified as American Horse.
- Dakota Indians--Clothing & dress--South Dakota--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--1880-1890.; Rosebud Indian Reservation (S.D.)--1880-1890.; Horseback riding--South Dakota--1880-1890.; American Horse, Dakota Chief, 1840-1908.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Standing Rock Agency, North Dakota, the Sioux Indian still likes his native dried, green corn
- A Native American Lakota Sioux woman sits on the ground and removes kernels from corn cobs onto a large cloth, Standing Rock Agency, North Dakota. A frame house and an automobile show behind her.
- United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency.--1910-1930.; Dakota Indians--North Dakota--1910-1930.; Indians of North America--North Dakota--1910-1930.; Teton Indians--North Dakota--1910-1930.; Standing Rock Indian Reservation...
- [between 1915 and 1925]
- Group in front of 2104 Glenarm Place
- Group portrait at 2104 Glenarm Place, the Shrock home, Denver, Colorado; Martha and John Shrock sit in chairs; Louis Charles McClure standing at center; Ada May Shrock McClure (Mrs. L. C.) on bike at right. Ada May's sister Mary Rebecca's children,...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Bicycles & tricycles--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Children--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Families--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; McClure, Ada...
- [1900]
- The houses on Glenarm Street
- View of people and brick houses on Glenarm Place, Denver, Colorado. Standing at 2104 are (possibly) John and Martha Shrock with Bina May Conrad in white dress. In front of 2130 is Mary Rebecca Shrock Conrad with children John, Martha, and baby...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Children--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Families--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1900]
- Glenwood Canyon series
- View of Station 3040 on Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks in Glenwood Canyon, Garfield County, Colorado; shows a man standing by the dry Colorado River bed.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1920-1930.; Garfield County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Glenwood Canyon (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Garfield County--1920-1930.
- [between 1925 and 1929]
- Dakota Indians
- Two white men pose with four Native American (Sioux) men on the Standing Rock Reservation, Fort Yates, North Dakota. The men, dressed in suits, are identified as: "L. F. Crawford, Bear Soldier, Frank Zahn, Little Soldier, W. L. Burdick, and...
- Dakota Indians--North Dakota--Fort Yates--1890-1920.; Indians of North America--North Dakota--Fort Yates--1890-1920.; Fort Yates (N.D.)--1890-1920.; Monuments & memorials--North Dakota--Fort Yates--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920?]