Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Red Tomahawk, and Eagle Man, and unidentified Indian man, in uniform, full length
- badge, gloved hands, moccasins, one hand holds rifle with rifle butt resting on floor and other hand tucked in belt; Red Tomahawk and Eagle Man reputed to have helped kill Sitting Bull while arresting him in 1889.; Dakota Native Americans dressed...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indian reservation police--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Eagle Man.; Red Tomahawk.
- [188-?]
- Unid. Indian wearing badge Allegheny, Penn.
- Shows an unidentified Native American man in ceremonial dress seated next to a residence in Allegheny, Pennsylvania. He wears a stripped shirt, long pants decorated with bands of beads down the sides, a cone shaped headdress that is decorated with...
- Indians of North America--Pennsylvania--Allegheny--1890-1910.; Allegheny (Pa.)--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Red Tomahawk and Eagle Man, Dakota police, in uniform, full length
- and Eagle Man reputed to have helped kill Sitting Bull during his arrest in 1889.; Red Tomahawk and Eagle Man, full length standing portraits in tribal or reservation police uniform taken inside wooden frame building; Red Tomahawk, at left, in...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indian reservation police--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Eagle Man.; Red Tomahawk.
- [188-?]
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 26, 1909 August 14
- Police officer Denver Badge #34
- A Denver police officer poses on the steps of a building in Denver, Colorado. He wears a jacket, badge, and wide-brimmed hat.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Police--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Man with bicycle on path in park man wearing badge
- A police officer poses with a bicycle probably in a park in Denver, Colorado. He wears a wide brimmed hat and a long coat with a badge.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Bicycles & tricycles--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Police--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Uniforms--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Police reporter badge "8"
- View of a police reporter badge, consisting of embossed metal with an eagle and the City and County of Denver, (Colorado) Seal.
- Insignia--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Photojournalism--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Letter badge
- A letter ""D"" badge from a student's letterman's jacket
- West High School (Denver, Colo)
- undated
- State of Colorado, Miscellaneous License No. 255.
- Members, Concilio Superior, Antonito, Colo.
- Members of the Concilio Superior of La Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos pose in an office in their hall in Antonito (Conejos County), Colorado. They are identified, left to right as, Fred Ruybal, James Ruybal, Tony Ruybal, Richard...
- Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos--People--1990-2000.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1990-2000.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1990-2000.; Antonito (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Fraternal organizations.; Sociedad Protección Mutua de...
- [1993?]
- Hermanos inside the Concilio Superior hall Antonito, Colo.
- Members of La Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos, Concilio Superior (#1), pose inside their hall in Antonito (Conejos County), Colorado. They are identified as Hermano Thomas E. Romero from Concilio # 16, La Garita, Colorado, and...
- Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos--1990-2000.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1990-2000.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1990-2000.; Antonito (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Fraternal organizations.; Older people.; Sociedad Protección Mutua de...
- [1993?]
- Michael Atencio
- Portrait of Michael Atencio, he wears a devisa (ribbon and badge) at a convention of the Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos in Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico. The ribbon belonged to his grandfather, Fredrico Ortiz, Jr. of Ortiz,...
- Ortiz, Frederico--Associated objects.; Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos--People--2000-2010.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--2000-2010.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--2000-2010.; Ranchos de Taos (N.M.)--2000-2010.; Fraternal...
- [2006]
- Ray Baca
- Studio portrait of Ray Rodriguez of Denver, Colorado. He poses in uniform and wears a crush cap with probably an Army Air Force badge on the front. He sits on a prop log in front of a painted backdrop.
- Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1940-1950.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers.; Baca, Ray--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Mexican American soldiers--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Mexican...
- [between 1941 and 1945?]
- Cokedale Mine marshals Crecencio Vigil and Melitón Barela
- Crecencio Vigil and Melitón Barela, marshals at the Colorado Fuel and Iron Cokedale Mines in Cokedale (Las Animas County), Colorado. They pose near a dugout structure with a roof made from pine boughs. Crecencio (left) wears a hat, coat and...
- Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1920-1930.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1920-1930.; Cokedale (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Private police.; Barela, Melitón--Pictorial works.; Vigil,, Crecencio--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial...
- [1913?]
- Cipriano Gallegos and Mayor Hickenlooper
- American GI Forum Mile High Chapter Commander Cipriano Griego and Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper set fire to rolled up papers during the AGIF Mortgage burning ceremony at AGIF headquarters at 1717 Federal Boulevard in the West Colfax neighborhood, ...
- American GI Forum (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Hispanic Americans--2000-2010.; Mayors--Colorado--Denver.; Veteran's organizations.; Griego, Cipriano--Pictorial works.; Hickenlooper, John W.--Pictorial works.; American GI Forum (Denver,...
- 2008 February 29
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 42, 1909 December 4
- Municipal Facts: Volume 14 Numbers 1 and 2, 1931 January-February
- Man in uniform
- Studio portrait of a teenaged boy in a suit and hat with a badge and oak leaf insignia.
- Teenagers--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Camp Hale, construction
- A man is in a trench beside a metal pipe at a construction site at Camp Hale (Eagle County), Colorado. The man wears a badge and a holster that holds bullets and a handgun. Rocks and debris are piled on the sides of the trench.
- Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Construction--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Guards--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Military facilities--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.
- [1942?]
- Portrait of a man
- Full length studio portrait of a man who wears a Salvation Army uniform. He leans his elbow on a carved stone pillar prop. Stripes are sewn to the sleeves of his jacket and a badge is affixed to the breast. He has a flat cap emblazoned with the...
- Salvation Army--People--1890-1900.; Charitable organizations--1890-1900.; Men--1890-1900.; Studio props--1890-1900.
- 1891
- Portrait of a family
- Studio portrait of a family. The man sits on a chair and rests a baby in a dark colored gown on his knee. The man wears plaid trousers, a jacket, a vest, shirt, necktie, and boots. He has a moustache and parts his hair down the middle. A star...
- Families--1890-1910.; Infants--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Ute Indians, Ignacio, CO
- North American Indian (Ute) men and boys stand or sit on horseback at the Southern Ute Agency in Ignacio (La Plata County), Colorado. The men have their hair in braids (some are wrapped in fur), they wear cloth leggings, and a few wear hairpipe...
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Southern Ute Agency--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Colorado--Ignacio--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Colorado--Ignacio--1890-1900.; Ignacio (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Clothing &...
- [ca. 1890]
- Man wearing uniform standing at riverside
- Outdoor portrait of man in uniform near the edge of Archer Canal in Denver, Colorado. He wears a badge on his coat and a peaked cap with a metal emblem.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Canals--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Uniforms--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Unid. man
- A man (possibly Jim Bush) is seated in a chair. He wears a hat, coat, boots and a star badge pinned to his vest. On the wooden floor is a steel bear trap.
- Animal traps--1890-1910.; Men--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- X-ray photo Ashbury Church exhibition
- X-ray view of objects that include keys, pocketbooks, a badge, ring, and pair of tweezers.
- Radiography.
- [1897, February 11]
- Ignacio, high chief
- Studio portrait of Ignacio, a Native American (Weeminuche Ute) chief. Ignacio wears a collared shirt and vest with a scarf, a police captain badge, probably cigarettes or cigars in a vest pocket, and hoop earrings.
- Indians of North America--1890-1910.; Ute Indians--1890-1910.; Wiminuche Indians--1890-1910.; Tribal chiefs--1890-1910.; Ignacio, Ute Chief.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Ta-tan-ka-wau-casa, Sioux
- A Native American (Sioux) man, girl, and boys stand and pose near a tepee. The man, identified as Ta-tan-ka-wau-casa, wears a military hat and jacket with a badge and stands beside a girl who wears a dress and boys who wear hats, shirts with...
- Dakota Indians--Structures--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Boys--1880-1900.; Girls--1880-1900.; Indian encampments--1880-1900.; Tipis--1880-1900.; Ta-tan-ka-wau-casa.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Pine cones used for burning
- A group of men and women inspect a wooden trough full of pine cones, Longmont, Colorado. A women sits on edge of trough holding a cat and a man with a vest and badge sits across from her.
- Longmont (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cats--Colorado--Longmont--1880-1890.; Women--Colorado--Longmont--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- Examining a safe
- Group of men inspect remaining bank safe amidst debris and rubble from second fire on April 29, 1896, Cripple Creek, Colorado; one man wears sherriff badge on overcoat.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Safes--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1896]
- J.H. Kilday & W. Weld, prop.'s, White-House saloon, Cripple Creek, Colo.
- Interior view of White House Saloon, Cripple Creek, Colorado; J. H. Kilday & W. Weld (proprietors), group of men stand in front of bar, two men wear aprons, one of whom holds a box of open cigars; additional men stand at bar with feet propped on...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bars--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Interiors.; White House Saloon (Cripple Creek, Colo.)
- [1893 or 1894]
- Elks home, Ouray
- Exterior of the Elks Club, Ouray Lodge No. 492, BPOE, (Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks), designed by E. H. Powell, and built in 1904, between Fifth (5th) and Fourth (4th) Avenues, on the east side of Main (3rd, Third) Street, Ouray, Ouray...
- Elks (Fraternal order) Lodge No. 492 (Ouray, Colo.)--1950-1980.; Ouray (Colo.)--1950-1980.; Fraternal lodges--Colorado--Ouray--1950-1980.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1950-1980.
- [between 1950 and 1974?]
- Elks home
- Two men pose under the projecting arched entry of the newly completed Elks Club, Ouray Lodge No. 492, BPOE, (Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks) between Fifth (5th) and Fourth (4th) Avenues, on the east side of Main Street, Ouray, Ouray...
- Elks (Fraternal order) Lodge No. 492 (Ouray, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Ouray (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fraternal lodges--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1910.
- [1904 or 1905]
- Horse-drawn calliope, Cripple Creek
- View of horse-drawn calliope, Myers Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; possibly sponsored by the Elks fraternal order; features two teams of horses pulling wagon with calliope and male musician aboard; several men are standing on boardwalk behind...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Calliopes--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1895
- First law office at Cripple Creek
- Charles H. Adams'(attorney at law) office, Cripple Creek, Colorado with a group of men standing in doorway of canvas tent with wooden frame; men include: George Carr (on horseback), Ed Bell (former marshall of Florissant, standing at far left),...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Law offices--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Adams, Charles H.; Babb, Preacher.; Bell, Ed.; Carr, George.; De LaVergne, Edward Morton.; Spell, Bill.
- [between 1960 and 1970]
- Midland Terminal "Y", Cripple Creek
- View of Midland Terminal Railway wye, Poverty Gulch, Cripple Creek, Colorado; Midland Terminal Railway engine with passenger cars crosses trestle with two railroad employees and third man with sheriff badge standing on rear platform of railroad...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890- 1900.; Trestles--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1896]
- Asst. Chief A. L. Graeber
- A. L. Graeber of the Denver, Colorado, fire department sits at desk wearing uniform with badge.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Graeber, A. L.; Denver (Colo.). Fire Department.
- [between 1907 and 1915?]
- Captain Daniel Cronin
- Captain Daniel Cronin poses near a stone building. He wears a uniform with brass buttons down the front, a badge, hat and four bars on his collar. A bicycle leans against the building.
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Police--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Uniforms--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Cronin, Daniel.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Unknown police sargent[sic]
- Shows an unidentified Denver Police Sergeant, Denver, Colorado. He wears a uniform with brass buttons down the front, a badge, hat, and two bars on his collar.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Police--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Uniforms--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Denver police officer from mounted patrol
- Portrait of a man in a police officer uniform; he wears a badge and hat with insignia: "Metropolitan Police."
- Police--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Uniforms--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Denver Police - mounted patrolman, note patch on coat sleeve
- Portrait of a Denver Policeman, in uniform with a badge and officer hat.
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Police--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.). Police Department.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Chief Severo Captain of Indian Police
- Studio portrait (sitting, 3/4) of Chief Severo (Aaron Bear), Native American man (Ute); wears white shirt, dark vest, and hair pipe choker; metal badge reads "Indian Police" on vest.
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--1890-1900.; Severo, Chief.
- 1894
- Pevige
- Studio portrait of Pevige (sitting), Native American man (Ute), wears shirt, dark vest; badge reads "Indian Police" pinned on vest; hair pipe choker and scarf around neck; braided hair covered with fur pelts.
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--1890-1900.; Pevige, Ute Indian.
- 1894
- Chief Severo Captain of Indian Police, Ute
- Studio portrait (sitting) of Chief Severo (Aaron Bear), Native American man (Ute); wears shirt and vest, and hair pipe choker; metal badge reads "Indian Police" on vest.
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--1890-1900.; Severo, Chief.
- 1894
- Severo, Capt. of Indian Police
- Outdoor portrait (sitting, kneeling) of Native American (Ute) man, woman, child and baby in a cradleboard; unidentified child wears moccasins, fringed pants and shirt, necklace decorated with beads and possibly teeth, metal earring, and braided...
- Indians of North America--Women--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Children--1890-1900.; Natz-chi-ve-rat.; Severo, Chief.
- 1896
- Sevaro, chief of Indian police, and family
- Outdoor portrait of Native American (Ute) man, woman, child and baby (standing, sitting); unidentified child wears moccasins, beaded pants and fringed shirt, necklace decorated with beads and possibly teeth, metal earrings, and braided hair;...
- Indians of North America--Women--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Children--1890-1900.; Natz-chi-ve-rat.; Severo, Chief.
- 1896
- Severo, Capt. of Indian police and family
- Outdoor portrait (sitting, standing) of Native American (Ute) man, woman, child, and baby; unidentified child wears moccasins, beaded pants, fringed shirt, necklace decorated with beads and possibly teeth to which a small pouch is attatched, scarf...
- Indians of North America--Women--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Children--1890-1900.; Natz-chi-ve-rat.; Severo, Chief.
- 1896
- Ute Indians at play - posing
- Native American (Ute) men and woman and a white man pose outdoors, possibly at old Broadmoor Hotel, Colorado Springs, Colorado; Native American men surround unidentified white man on horseback holding revolver; the men hold a spear, a shotgun, and...
- Indians of North America--Women--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Performances & portrayals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Tableaux--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.;...
- 1894
- Ute Indians at play posing
- Native American (Ute) men and woman and a white man pose outdoors for a portrait (standing), possibly at old Broadmoor Hotel, Colorado Springs, Colorado; unidentified Native American men surround a white man, holding a revolver, on horseback; the...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Performances & portrayals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Tableaux--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.
- 1894
- Group of Utes
- Unidentified Native American (Ute) man, woman and girl pose outdoors behind outspread blanket; man wears pants, vest, and tie, badge and medal on vest; woman wears blanket shawl and printed dress; child wears blanket shawl and dress.
- Indians of North America--Children--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Women--1890-1900.
- 1896
- Couple posed in costume
- A man and woman pose in swimming suits or costumes including tassels, gingham, and a police badge.
- Bathing suits--1920-1930.; Costumes--1920-1930.; Women--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]