Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Women's wedding dress
- Wool day dress worn as a wedding dress. The bodice is tailored light blue wool and flannel with a mock bolero jacket. The collar is rectangular with appliqued bands of ivory and cotton lace and ivory silk. The front edge is velvet with appliqued...
- Dresses--1900-1910.; Wedding costume--1900-1910.
- 1901
- Chief of Internal Security, Tomlinson and a group of his police staff
- Chief of Internal Security, Tomlinson, and a group of Japanese police staff pose in a line in front of "Block 6F", Camp Amache, Granada Relocation Center, southeastern Colorado. Tomlinson wears a suit, vest, tie and hat, his staff wear jackets or...
- Japanese--Capture & imprisonment--1940-1950.; World War, 1939-1945--Detention facilities.; World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners.; Amache (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Detention facilities--Colorado--Amache--1940-1950.; Military...
- 1942 December 8
- Shop Bands @ Salt Lake
- Alamosa, Colorado and Salt Lake City, Utah, shop employees bands of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad pose in uniform outside the Salt Lake City Union Depot Company, Salt Lake City, Utah. One holds an American flag, other banners with the...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1910-1920.; Salt Lake City (Utah)--1910-1920.; Marching bands--Utah--Salt Lake City--1910-1920.; Railroad employees--Utah--Salt Lake City--1910-1920.; Railroad stations--Utah--Salt Lake...
- [1918?]
- Municipal Facts Bi-Monthly: Volume 5 Numbers 3 and 4, 1922 March-April
- Arm bands
- Shows a pair of arm bands made by Native American Sioux, Wooden Ring, of Rosebud, South Dakota. The arm bands feature faceted blue, green, red, brass and white beadwork, fringe, a bell and red ribbon.
- Dakota Indians--Arts & crafts--1870-1890.; Dakota Indians--Clothing & dress--1870-1890.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1870-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1870-1890.; Armbands--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890]
- Alamosa, Colo.
- A float from the Narrow Gauge Museum, a caboose body mounted on a truck, and marching bands move down a street during a parade to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Alamosa's founding in Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado. Shows two brass marching...
- Narrow Gauge Museum (Alamosa, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.; Founders' Day commemorations--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.; Marching bands--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.; Parades &...
- 1953 October 24
- Leadville - water supply
- Men in suits supervise workmen as they install a water pipeline for Leadville (Lake County), Colorado. The pipeline is made of wooden staves and reinforced with metal bands (probably steel). One workman balances a wooden plank on his shoulder while...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Leadville--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Leadville--1900-1910.; Penstocks--Colorado--Leadville--1900-1910.; Water supply--Colorado--Leadville--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Women's wedding dress
- Shows the top portion of a wool day dress worn as a wedding dress. The bodice is tailored light blue wool and flannel with a mock bolero jacket. The collar is rectangular with applique bands of ivory and cotton lace, ivory silk. On the front edge...
- Dresses--1900-1910.; Wedding costume--1900-1910.
- 1901
- 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]
- Shop bands, Civic Center - Denver, Burnham & Alamosa bands
- Members of the employees' shop bands of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad pose in columns, with instruments in center of Civic Center, Denver, Colorado. A man with a trophy cup and a boy with a baton stand.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1943.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Marching bands--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Railroad employees--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1923 and 1930?]
- Delegation of Colorado Ute Indians together with white escorts in Washington D. C. who formulated the Kit Carson Treaty of 1868
- Image of a oval portrait of Kit Carson and a triptych of standing portraits of the delegation of representatives from the Tabeguache, Moache, Capote, Weeminuche, Yampa, Grand River, and Uintah bands of Native American Utes and white delegates in...
- Capote Indians--Washington (D.C.)--1860-1870.; Indians of North America--Washington (D.C.)--1860-1870.; Moache Indians--Washington (D.C.)--1860-1870.; Tabeguache Indians--Washington (D.C.)--1860-1870.; Uinta Indians--Washington (D.C.)--1860-1870.;...
- 1868
- Indians, Ute, government relations, delegations
- A triptych of standing portraits of the delegation of representatives from the Tabeguache, Moache, Capote, Weeminuche, Yampa, Grand River, and Uintah bands of Native American Utes and white delegates in Washington D. C. to sign the Kit Carson...
- Capote Indians--Washington (D.C.)--1860-1870.; Indians of North America--Washington (D.C.)--1860-1870.; Moache Indians--Washington (D.C.)--1860-1870.; Tabeguache Indians--Washington (D.C.)--1860-1870.; Uinta Indians--Washington (D.C.)--1860-1870.;...
- 1868
- Pine Ridge Agency S.D., Indian dance
- Native American Lakota Sioux men and boys perform a dance on the Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota. They wear breechcloths, bustles, roaches, feathers in their hair, leg bands with bells, moccasins, arm bands, and hair pipe breastplates.
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency--1890-1900.; Dakota Indians--Dance--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Teton Indians--South Dakota--Pine...
- [1890 or 1891]
- Oglala Sioux dancers from Rosebud Reservation, S. D.
- View of Native American (Oglala Sioux) men and girls dancing on a stage in ornate costumes. The men wear robes, leggings, moccasins, headdresses, arm bands, and face paint. The girls wear full length, fringed hide dresses, head bands, earrings, and...
- Dakota Indians--Dance--South Dakota--1960-1970.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--South Dakota--1960-1970.; Oglala Indians--Dance--South Dakota--1960-1970.; Ceremonial dancers--South Dakota--1960-1970.
- 1968 July 17
- Young White Bull
- Studio portrait of a Native American (Minniconjou Sioux) boy, identified as Young White Bull. He wears fur covered moccasins, a breech cloth, a hair pipe breastplate, a bear claw necklace, arm bands, leg bands with bells, face paint, and plumage in...
- Dakota Indians--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--1910-1920.; Boys--1910-1920.; Young White Bull.
- [1913?]
- Young White Bull
- Studio portrait of a Native American (Minniconjou Sioux) boy, identified as Young White Bull. He wears fur covered moccasins, a breech cloth, a hair pipe breastplate, a bear claw necklace, arm bands, leg bands with bells, a bustle, face paint, and...
- Dakota Indians--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--1910-1920.; Boys--1910-1920.; Young White Bull.
- [1913?]
- Timothy, Nez Perce
- Seated studio portrait of Native American (Nez Perce) man, Timothy (Ta-Mu-Son). He wears a choker with a bear claw, a fringed buckskin shirt with beaded bands over the shoulder and beaded triangles on the chest, fringed leggings with beaded bands...
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Nez Percé Indians--Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Ta-Mu-Son.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Bad Belly, Snake
- Full length studio portrait of Bad Belly and Snake, Crow males, seated in front of painted backdrop. Snake is wearing a hat, no shirt, necklace and metal arm bands. Bad Belly wears earrings, necklace, metal arm bands and long belt.
- Crow Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Bad Belly.; Snake.
- [188-?]
- Alamosa, Salt Lake & Denver Shop Bands, in front of capital [i.e. capitol] - Denver, Colo.
- Members of the shop bands of The Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad of Denver, Colorado, Alamosa, Colorado, and Salt Lake City, Utah pose in four rows on the Colorado State Capitol steps, Denver, Colorado. They wear uniforms and hold instruments...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Capitols--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Marching bands--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Railroad employees--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1935?]
- Locomotive #1704 w/ shop bands
- The shop bands of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad pose on and around locomotive number 1704, type 4-6-2, possibly in Colorado. Band members wear uniforms; some hold instruments which include trombones, trumpets, drums, and sousaphones....
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1940.; Marching bands--Colorado--1920-1940.; Railroad employees--Colorado--1920-1940.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1935?]
- Shop Bands @ Salt Lake City, Alamosa, Denver, Salida, Salt Lake
- Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Shop Employees Bands pose wearing uniforms in front of the Salt Lake Union Depot Company, Salt Lake City, Utah. A man in each of four groups holds a banner displaying the company logo, "D&RGWRR Royal Gorge Route...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1910-1920.; Salt Lake City (Utah)--1910-1920.; Marching bands--Utah--Salt Lake City--1910-1920.; Railroad employees--Utah--Salt Lake City--1910-1920.; Railroad stations--Utah--Salt Lake...
- [1918?]
- The Aeronaut Joins the Circus: The Yearbook of 1926
- South Denver High School yearbook for 1926.
- South High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1926
- Ouray
- Spectators stand in front of the Beaumont Hotel and sit in parked automobiles to watch several bands performing possibly for an July Fourth (4th) (Independence Day) celebration on Main Third (3rd) Street, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. Business...
- A. Humphries Merc. Co. (Ouray, Colo.)--1910-1930.; Beaumont Drug Store (Ouray, Colo.)--1910-1930.; Beaumont Hotel (Ouray, Colo.)--1900-1920.; R. L. Lincoust & Co. (Ouray, Colo.)--1910-1930.; Ouray (Colo.)--1910-1930.;...
- [between 1915 and 1925]
- Shop Band Contest, Civic Center - Denver Salt Lake Band in foreground
- An audience and band competitors gather around the Greek Theater and Colonnade of Civic Benefactors for a Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Shop Band performance in Civic Center Park, Denver, Colorado. The banner above the stage reads: "Denver &...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Greek Theater and Colonnade of Civic Benefactors (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.;...
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Shop band contest, Denver Civic Center
- An audience sits in rows of wooden chairs in the Greek Theater and Colonnade of Civic Benefactors, Civic Center Park, Denver, Colorado. An employees' shop band of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad performs on the stage under a banner that...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Greek Theater and Colonnade of Civic Benefactors (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.;...
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Shop Band tubas, Salt Lake City
- The sousaphone players of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad, Salt Lake City Employees Shop Band of the pose wearing uniforms with their instruments in front of the Salt Lake City Union Depot Company station building, Salt Lake City, Utah....
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1910-1920.; Salt Lake City (Utah)--1910-1920.; Marching bands--Utah--Salt Lake City--1910-1920.; Railroad employees--Utah--Salt Lake City--1910-1920.; Railroad stations--Utah--Salt Lake...
- [1918?]
- Denver party Del Norte
- A man stands in the middle of the sidewalk holding a tuba under his arm in the town of Del Norte, Colorado, in Rio Grande County. Men wearing hats with white bands sit on a bench next to a building. Other men crowd onto the sidewalk. A commercial...
- Del Norte (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Marching bands--1920-1930.
- June 19, 1922
- Fort Morgan, Colorado, 3rd Prize
- The band from American Legion Post Number 19 in Fort Morgan, Colorado, poses at a competition. The band is composed of drums, bugles, riflemen, flagmen, and a band leader. Inscriptions on the two bass drums read: "American Legion Harold DeHaan Post...
- Fort Morgan (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Bands--1930-1940.; American Legion. Harold DeHaan Post No. 19 (Fort Morgan, Colo.)
- 1939
- Post Hall audience and band, Fort Keogh
- View of men and women in formal dress, in front of a theater stage at the post hall at Fort Keogh (Custer County), Montana. The women wear gloves and long fitted dresses with puffed sleeves and pleats, lace details and silk fabric. The men wear...
- Fort Keogh (Mont.)--1890-1900.; Interiors--Montana--Fort Keogh--1890-1900.; Military bands--American--Montana--Fort Keogh--1890-1900.; Military officers--Montana--Fort Keogh--1890-1900.; Women--Montana--Fort Keogh--1890-1900.; Barthelmess,...
- [1893 July 12]
- Pedro, Captain of one of the Coyotero Apache Bands
- Pedro, a Native American (Coyotero Apache, Western Apache) tribal leader, stands and poses beside possibly a bear rug, in Arizona. Pedro wears a military uniform with epaulets and a chevron, and a hat with an upturned brim. Shows trees on a...
- Indians of North America--Arizona--1870-1880.; Western Apache Indians--Arizona--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Arizona--1870-1880.; Tribal chiefs--Arizona--1870-1880.; Uniforms--Arizona--1870-1880.; Pedro, Western Apache chief.; Geographical...
- 1873
- Western History Subject Index
- Music. Denver. Bands
- American Woodmen's Life
- View of the American Woodmen's Life Building (1950; Gordon White, architect) at 2100 Downing Street in the City Park West neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. White terracotta wraps much of the exterior of the two story, Streamline Moderne building....
- American Woodmen's Life Insurance Company--Buildings--1980-1990.; City Park West (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Insurance companies.; American Woodmen's Life Insurance Company--Buildings--Pictorial works.; Insurance...
- 1994
- Ethiopian Restaurant
- View of Ethiopian Restaurant, 2816 East Colfax Avenue, in the Congress Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. There are three bands (stripes) of color (red, yellow, and green) painted on the exterior of this one-story brick building. Constructed in...
- Ethiopian Restaurant (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--2000-2010.; Congress Park (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Restaurants.; Ethiopian Restaurant (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--Pictorial works.;...
- 2006
- South High School clock tower, Denver
- View of the clock tower at South High School (1924; William E. and Arthur A. Fisher, architects) at 1700 East Louisiana Avenue in the Washington Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a square, red brick, Romanesque Revival tower with bands...
- South High School (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Washington Park (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Clock towers.; Schools.; South High School (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.;...
- 2002
- 2519 California
- View of 2519 California Street in the Five Points neighborhood (Curtis Park) of Denver, Colorado. Shows a single-story vernacular Queen Anne cottage. The residence has a front -facing L plan and a cross-gabled roof. There are wood shingles in a...
- Curtis Park (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Girls.; Historic buildings.; Houses.; Secondhand sales.; African Americans--Children.; African Americans--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial...
- 1978
- Rural folk band
- Brothers José Filiberto Martinez, far left with violin and Gaspar Martinez, 2nd left with guitar, play with a rural folk band in San Luis Valley, Colorado. Other musicians include a second man with a violin, a man with a washtub, and two men...
- African Americans--1910-1920.; Hispanic Americans--1910-1920.; Musicians.; Martinez, Gaspar--Pictorial works.; Martinez, Jose Filiberto--Pictorial works.; African Americans--San Luis Valley (Colo. and N.M.)--Pictorial works.; Folk musicians--San...
- [between 1915 and 1920?]
- Central library, Denver Public Library
- View of the entrance to the Central Library branch, Denver Public Library (1955; Burnham F. Hoyt, Arthur Fisher and Alan Fisher) at 10 West Fourteenth (14th) Street in the Civic Center neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows the semicircular glass...
- Denver Public Library--Buildings--1980-1990.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Public libraries.; Denver Public Library--Buildings--Pictorial works.; Public libraries--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Civic...
- 1980
- "At the Library" sculpture, Denver Public Library
- View of the sculpture "At the Library" (1981; Barry Rosen, artist) near the Broadway entrance to the Central Library branch of the Denver Public Library at 10 West Fourteenth (14th) Street in the Civic Center neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows...
- Denver Public Library--Buildings--1990-2000.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Public libraries.; Sculpture.; Denver Public Library--Buildings--Pictorial works.; Public libraries--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial...
- 1998
- The City of Denver: Volume 2 Number 17, 1914 June 13
- The City of Denver: Volume 2 Number 19, 1914 July 11
- Parade, Gunnison, Colorado
- Native American (Jicarilla Apache) men and women walk in a parade on Main Street in Gunnison (Gunnison County), Colorado. Signs on commercial buildings read: "Miller's Dry Goods, Haberdashery," "Little Supermarket," "Endner's Hardware," and...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--Gunnison--1950-1960.; Jicarilla Indians--Colorado--Gunnison--1950-1960.; Gunnison (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Gunnison--1950-1960.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Gunnison--1950-1960.; Parades...
- 1953 July
- Cripple Creek
- Group portrait of members of the Colorado National Guard Medical Corps in front of a tent in the Cripple Creek mining district during the Western Federation of Miners labor strike in Teller County, Colorado. Men sit or stand in uniforms, hats, arm...
- Colorado. National Guard.--People--Colorado--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Teller County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Medical personnel--Colorado--1900-1910.; Military camps--Colorado--1900-1910.;...
- [1903]
- Wasatch Mountain near Telluride
- View of Wasatch Mountain near Telluride in San Miguel County, Colorado. Shows cliff bands and needle thin gullies on the mountain. A trail zig-zags up a steep slope. A rugged rock ridge and mines are in the distance.
- Telluride (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Wasatch Mountain (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cliffs--Colorado--Telluride--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Telluride--1890-1900.; Trails & paths--Colorado--Telluride--1890-1900.
- [ca. 1890]
- Studies for geometric elements, Colorado Judicial building
- Illustration shows two horizontal bands with circular patterns.
- [between 1976 and 1977]
- Los Angeles, Cal. La Grande Station
- View of La Grande Station, the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway's main railroad station in Los Angeles, California. The rusticated brick building is in the Moorish style and features a gazebo like covered entrance that leads under two towers...
- Sisters' Orphans Home (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Buildings--1890-1900.; Los Angeles (Calif.)--1890-1900.; Bell towers.; Orphanages.
- [1899?]
- Group of people standing in front of lodge
- Men, women, and children pose on a bridge and near the north fork of the South Platte River at Glenisle (Park County), Colorado. Shows the three-story Glen-Isle Resort Lodge with a veranda, and a large turret with vertical timber bands and a...
- Glenisle (Colo.)--1900-1920.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1900-1920.; Boys--Colorado--Glenisle--1900-1920.; Bridges--Colorado--Glenisle--1900-1920.; Buildings--Colorado--Glenisle--1900-1920.; Girls--Colorado--Glenisle--1900-1920.;...
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Saddle blanket
- Shows a saddle blanket made by the Native American Sioux. The blanket is a brown color with the edges decorated with bands of designs.
- Dakota Indians--Arts & crafts--1880-1920.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1920.; Saddle blankets--1880-1920.
- [between 1880 and 1920]
- Basket
- Native American (Paiute or Apache) twined basket used for gathering and made of willow or sumac with leather and cloth fringe, red and black natural dye bands.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1890-1910.; Baskets--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Claw
- Native American (tribe unknown) bear claw with bands of black and white beads.
- Claws--1870-1890.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1870-1890.; Bears--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890]
- Burden basket
- Shows a Native American (Apache) diagonal twined burden basket. The basket is made of willow and devil's claw with a metal rim and a leather strap dyed natural brown. Design images on the basket include horizontal bands and vertical lines.
- Apache baskets--1870-1900.; Apache Indians--Arts & crafts--1870-1900.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1870-1900.; Baskets--1870-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1900]