Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Chippin, Utah
- A studio portrait (standing) of Chippin (Always Riding), a Native American (Ute) warrior. He wears a bead and naja ornament woven into his shoulder length hair. He has several large metal hoop earrings and a multi-strand hair pipe (bone) choker...
- Indians of North America--1860-1880.; Ute Indians--1860-1880.; Clothing & dress--1860-1880.; Warriors--1860-1880.; Chippin.; Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.)
- [between 1869 and 1874.]
- Camp in Monument Valley Park
- Native American (Ute) women and children pose outside a tepee at Monument Valley Park, El Paso County, Colorado. They are identified as, back row, left to right: Ruby (Stone) Kent and Amy (Kent) Snow. Front row, left to right: Amy Snow's daughters...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Monument Valley Park (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Children--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Cradleboards--Colorado--El Paso...
- August, 1912
- Camp in Monument Valley Park Amy Kent in dark shawl and her mother
- Native American (Ute) women and children pose outside a tepee at Monument Valley Park, El Paso County, Colorado. They are identified as, back row, left to right: Ruby (Stone) Kent and Amy (Kent) Snow. Front row, left to right: Amy Snow's daughters...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Monument Valley Park (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Children--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Cradleboards--Colorado--El Paso...
- August 29, 1912
- Venezia
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody poses with four Native American men in a courtyard at the Doge's Palace in Venice, Italy. Sioux (Dakota) Chief Rocky Bear stands beside Buffalo Bill, he wears a feather headdress, a hairpipe bead breastplate,...
- Dakota Indians.--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Venice (Italy)--1890-1900.; Black Heart.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Rocky Bear.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.; Palazzo ducale (Venice,...
- [1890?]
- Zuni Indians, bead driller
- A Native American man sits on a wood stool and drills a hole into a bead using another stool as his work table. He uses a long spindle with a needle on the end to pierce the bead. Another stool stands in the foreground. A fireplace is in the...
- Beads--1920-1930.; Zuni Indians--1920-1930.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1920-1930.; Jewelry making--1920-1930.
- [1926?]
- Cradleboard
- Show a Native American (Ute) toy cradleboard with a doll. The cradleboard is buckskin wrapped around a board and is decorated with fringe, multi-color beadwork sewn on with lazy stitch. The doll's head is possibly made of wood painted a medium...
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.; Ute Indians--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.; Cradleboards--1880-1900.; Dolls--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Family group seated by hogan, man on horseback
- A Native American (Navajo) family (a man, women, and boys and girls) pose outdoors near an earthen hogan and a loom in either Arizona or New Mexico. The man is on horseback and holds a rifle. He wears a metal bead bandolier. His wife wears bead...
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--1900-1910.; Hogans--1900-1910.; Families--1900-1910.; Horseback riding--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Family group, Navajo ?
- A Native American (Navajo) family (a man, women, and boys and girls) pose outdoors near an earthen hogan and a loom in either Arizona or New Mexico. The man is on horseback and holds a rifle. He wears a metal bead bandolier. His wife wears bead...
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--1900-1910.; Hogans--1900-1910.; Families--1900-1910.; Horseback riding--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Ute men on horseback
- Native American (Ute) scouts pose on horseback; both men look back over their shoulders, one with a rifle drawn; they wear beaded moccasins, pants, scarves , and feathers in their hair; one wears fur pelts decorated with metal hung around neck and...
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--1890-1900.; Guides & scouts--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--1890-1900.
- 1899
- Ute men on horseback
- Native American (Ute) scouts pose on horseback; both men look back over their shoulders, one with a rifle drawn; men wear beaded moccasins, pants, scarves, and feathers in their hair; one wears fur pelts decorated with metal hung around neck and...
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--1890-1900.; Guides & scouts--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--1890-1900.
- 1899
- Chief Juan Cruz San Juan Indians at cliff dwellings at Monitou, Colo.
- Outdoor portrait (standing) of a Native American (Tewa) man near the ruins of ancient cliff dwellings (Manitou Cliff Dwellings Museum), near Manitou Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. Chief Juan Cruz wears beaded moccasins, leggins, vest, long dark...
- Manitou Cliff Dwellings Museum (Manitou Springs, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--1910-1920.; Tewa Indians--1910-1920.; Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cliff...
- 1915 September 14
- San Juan Indians- cliff dwellings at Manitou, Colo. family group
- A Native American (Tewa) man, woman, and children pose near the ruins of ancient cliff dwellings, (Manitou Cliff Dwellings Museum) near Manitou Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. Chief Juan Cruz wears beaded moccasins, leggings, and vest, a long...
- Manitou Cliff Dwellings Museum (Manitou Springs, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--Women--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--1910-1920.; Tewa Indians--Children--1910-1920.; Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cliff...
- 1915 September 14
- San Juan Indians at cliff dwellings in Manitou, Colo. family group
- Native American (Tewa) man, woman, and children pose near the ruins of ancient cliff dwellings (Manitou Cliff Dwellings Museum), near Manitou Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. Chief Juan Cruz wears beaded moccasins, leggings, and vest, a long dark...
- Manitou Cliff Dwellings Museum (Manitou Springs, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--Women--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--1910-1920.; Tewa Indians--Children--1910-1920.; Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cliff...
- 1915 September 14
- Ind-San Juan, biog., groups (unident)
- Studio portrait of a group of unidentified Native Americans from San Juan Pueblo, New Mexico. The girls wear woven dresses and shawls with bead necklaces, moccasins and leggings. The men and a boy wear a combination of traditional and Euro-American...
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--New Mexico--San Juan Pueblo--1880-1890.; Pueblo Indians--Children--New Mexico--San Juan Pueblo--1880-1900.; Tewa Indians--Women--New Mexico--San Juan Pueblo--1880-1900.; San Juan Pueblo...
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Snake Indians, biography
- Reproduction of a lithograph shows a three-quarters portrait of a Native American Shoshone (Snake) woman. She wears a blanket over a fringe and bead dress, bead earrings, long braids, and face paint.
- Indians of North America--1840-1860.; Shoshoni Indians--1840-1860.
- [between 1940 and 1970?]
- Crow Indian chief
- Head and shoulders studio portrait of an unidentified Native American (Crow) chief. He wears a stitched coat decorated with fur and bead fringe and feathers, chest decoration made of animal tails, a choker with a circular frontpiece, and an eagle...
- Indians of North America--1900-1920.
- [between 1902 and 1911]
- Spies On The Enemy, Crow
- Head and shoulders portrait of a Native American (Crow) man, identified as Spies On The Enemy. He wears a hide shirt decorated with bead work and fur, a multi-string necklace with fur accent, multiple braids bound by cloth, yarn, and beads, and a...
- Crow Indians--Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Spies On The Enemy.
- 1898
- Cochiti Pueblo
- An unidentified group of Native American men, women, and children stand near an adobe building in Cochiti Pueblo, New Mexico. Shows an elderly man, wrapped in a woven blanket and wearing a headband, with his arms around a younger woman wearing a...
- Cochiti Indians--Women--New Mexico--Cochiti--1890-1920.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--New Mexico--Cochiti--1890-1920.; Cochiti (N.M.)--1890-1920.; Girls--New Mexico--Cochiti--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Indian chief's love call
- A Native American (Plains) man and woman pose outside of a tepee on an open plain. The man wears shoes, pin-stripe pants, a decorative vest over a long sleeved shirt, and full length headdress. The woman wears a fringed dress, bead (hair pipe...
- Indians of North America--Great Plains--1920-1940.; Headdresses--1920-1940.; Clothing & dress--1920-1940.; Tipis--1920-1940.; Women--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940]
- Whites posed as Native Americans
- Reproduction of a pencil drawing is a head and shoulders portrait of an unidentified white woman posing in Native American clothing. She wears a fringed hide shirt with decorative beadwork on the shoulders, a bead necklace, braids, and a feather in...
- Indians of North America--Performances & portrayals--1910-1920.; Impersonation--1910-1920.; Women--1910-1920.
- 1912
- Julia Gerry with elk tooth dress
- Studio portrait (sitting) of Julia Gerry, a Native American (Shoshone) woman. She wears moccasins, a dress decorated with elk teeth, a leather belt decorated with metal, and bead necklaces with bead and medal pendants.
- Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Shoshoni Indians--1880-1890.; Gerry, Julia.
- [between 1884 and 1885]
- Mariano Navajo Chief New Mexico
- Studio portrait (standing) of Mariano, a Native American (Navajo) man. He holds a shotgun and wears a fringed blanket, leggings, cloth belt, silver bead necklace with naja pendant, bead necklace, and a fur pelt cap.
- Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Navajo Indians--1880-1890.; Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Mariano, Navajo Indian.
- [between 1885 and 1886]
- Navajo family
- A Native American (Navajo) family (a man, women, and boys and girls) pose outdoors near an earthen hogan and a loom in either Arizona or New Mexico. The man is on horseback and holds a rifle. He wears a metal bead bandolier. His wife wears bead...
- Indians of North America--1880-1910.; Navajo Indians--1880-1910.; Children--1880-1910.; Horseback riding--1880-1910.; Looms--1880-1910.; Women--1880-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Medicine men of Navajo tribe
- Native American (Navajo) men pose near an earthen hogan. Some of the men wear bead necklaces with naja pendants. One man wears a metal bead bandolier, another wears a concho belt.
- Indians of North America--1880-1910.; Navajo Indians--1880-1910.; Hogans--1880-1910.; Shamans--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910
- Beautiful Hill with child, Village Maker [profile]
- Sitting profile studio portrait of Beautiful Hill, a Native American (Plains) woman, and Village Maker, a Omaha boy. The woman wears a dark dress with shoulder conchos, bead necklaces, a choker, and earrings. The child, standing next to her, wears...
- Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Omaha Indians--1880-1890.; Boys--1880-1890.; Jewelry--1880-1890.; Mothers & children--1880-1890.; Women--1880-1890.; Beautiful Hill.; Village Maker.
- [1883]
- Beautiful Hill with child, Village Maker [full-face]
- Sitting studio portrait of Beautiful Hill, a Native American (Plains) woman, and Village Maker, a Omaha boy. The woman wears a dark dress with shoulder conchos, bead necklaces, a choker, and earrings. The child, standing next to her, wears...
- Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Omaha Indians--1880-1890.; Boys--1880-1890.; Jewelry--1880-1890.; Mothers & children--1880-1890.; Women--1880-1890.; Beautiful Hill.; Village Maker.
- [1883]
- John, Utah
- Studio portrait (sitting) of a Native American (Yampa Ute) warrior. He wears a cylindrical seed bead choker necklace and a long sleeve hide tunic and fringed deerskin vest, densely sewn with row upon row of seed beads. His braids are wrapped in...
- Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Ute Indians--1870-1880.; Yampa Indians--1870-1880.; Clothing & dress--1870-1880.; John, Yampa Indian.; Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.)
- [1871]
- Ouray, Utah
- A studio portrait (sitting) of Ouray [Arrow], a Native American (Tabeguache, Ute) warrior. Ouray has some facial hair, long braids and wears metal hoop earrings. He wears two bead necklaces, one a double choker with contrasting round and...
- Indians of North America--1860-1880.; Tabeguache Indians--1860-1880.; Ute Indians--1860-1880.; Clothing & dress--1860-1880.; Tribal chiefs--1860-1880.; Ouray.; Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.)
- [between 1869 and 1874.]
- Nick-a-a-god, Utah
- Studio portrait (standing) of Native American (Yampah Ute) chief Nick-a-a-god (Green Leaf). His hair falls loose to his chest. He wears metal hoop earrings and a multi-strand hair pipe choker necklace with contrasting stations. His v-neck buckskin...
- Indians of North America--1860-1880.; Ute Indians--1860-1880.; Yampa Indians--1860-1880.; Clothing & dress--1860-1880.; Tribal chiefs--1860-1880.; Nick-a-a-god.; Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.)
- [between 1869 and 1874.]
- Bead necklace
- Shows a Native American (Ute) six string bead necklace made from seeds and juniper berries strung on black cotton thread.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1860-1870.; Ute Indians--Arts & crafts--1860-1870.; Necklaces--1860-1870.
- [between 1860 and 1870]
- Ilse Velásquez
- Ilse Velásquez, a young girl, poses in a traditional Mexican regional costume at the celebration of Our Lady of Guadalupe at Holy Family Church in Fort Collins (Larimer County), Colorado. She wears a hand woven dress decorated with ribbon, a bead...
- Mexican Americans--1990-2000.; Hispanic Americans--1990-2000.; Fort Collins (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Girls.; Clothing and dress.; Velásquez, Ilse--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- [1993 December 16]
- Francisco Rivera and Benigna Rivera family
- Studio portrait of Hispanic American Francisco Rivera, his wife Benigna Córdova de Rivera and their children, a boy and three girls. Identification: Front row Adelina. Back row, left to right: Francisco, Tobias, Lucinda, Cidelia, and Benigna...
- Hispanic Americans--1880-1890.; Mexican Americans--1880-1890.; Children.; Spouses.; Women.; Rivera, Benigna Cordova de--Family--Pictorial works.; Rivera, Francisco--Family--Pictorial works.; Children--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- ca. 1887
- Louise Campa in Mexican reboso
- Louise Campa, Lucille Campa, a well known dancer and teacher of Mexican, Spanish classical dance and flamenco, poses in a Mexican dress with woven decoration and a striped reboso over her head. She wears a silver bead necklace and oversized...
- Hispanic Americans--1940-1950.; Mexican Americans--1940-1950.; Clothing & dress.; Dancers.; Campa, Arthur L. (Arthur Leon), 1905-1978--Family--Pictorial works.; Campa, Louise, 1919-2005--Pictorial works.; Clothing and dress--Colorado--Pictorial...
- [between 1946 and 1950?]
- Houses in Lake City
- A woman, in a leather coat with fringe and possibly quill or bead work, poses in a yard at a house in Lake City (Hinsdale County), Colorado. A man, possibly Mr. Haugh, sits on the front porch of a frame house. Shows a garden, a picket fence and...
- Lake City (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Couples--Colorado--Lake City--1880-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Lake City--1880-1900.; Yards--Colorado--Lake City--1880-1900.
- [between 1889 and 1900?]
- Portrait of a woman
- Studio portrait of a woman who wears a dress with full sleeves and a loose bodice. The dress has a high collar around the back of her neck and v-neckline. She wears a bead choker around her neck. Her short bangs are curled on her forehead.
- Women--1890-1900.
- 1891
- Portrait of a woman
- Studio bust portrait of a woman with curled bangs and her hair pulled back, she wears a dress with a ruffled vertical front panel, a rounded, folded collar trimmed with bead or fabric fringe, and lace cap sleeves.
- Women--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Tzu-Chey (Mrs. Minnie Size), at Pueblo of Laguna, N.M.
- A portrait of Tzu-Chey (Mrs. Minnie Size), a Native American woman (Laguna), she balances a large olla on her head at the Laguna Indian Reservation in New Mexico. She wears a printed scarf over he head, bead, turquoise, and silver necklaces, hoop...
- Indians of North America--Women--New Mexico--Laguna--1890-1910.; Laguna Indians--Women--New Mexico--Laguna--1890-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Women--New Mexico--Laguna--1890-1910.; Laguna (N.M.)--1890-1910.; Pottery--New Mexico--Laguna--1890-1910.;...
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Mrs. Minnie Size, N. Mex.
- A portrait of Tzu-Chey (Mrs. Minnie Size), a Native American woman (Laguna), she balances a large olla on her head at the Laguna Indian Reservation in New Mexico. She wears a printed scarf over he head, bead, turquoise, and silver necklaces, hoop...
- Indians of North America--Women--New Mexico--Laguna--1890-1910.; Laguna Indians--Women--New Mexico--Laguna--1890-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Women--New Mexico--Laguna--1890-1910.; Laguna (N.M.)--1890-1910.; Pottery--New Mexico--Laguna--1890-1910.;...
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Portrait of girls
- Outdoor portrait of three girls on wooden benches by Archer Canal in Denver, Colorado. One girl wears a bead necklace and a headband. The Alameda Avenue bridge is in the distance.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Canals--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Necklace
- Shows a Native American Sioux necklace made or purchased in Pine Ridge, South Dakota. It features braided red, blue and white beadwork and a multicolor bead loop pendant.
- Dakota Indians--Arts & crafts--1910-1930.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1910-1930.; Necklaces--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930]
- Necklace
- Shows a Native American Sioux braided beadwork necklace purchased or made in Pine Ridge, South Dakota. The necklace features white, yellow and blue beadwork; a multicolor loop bead pendant.
- Dakota Indians--Arts & crafts--1910-1930.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1910-1930.; Necklaces--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930]
- Necklace
- Shows a Native American Sioux glass bead necklace made or purchased in Pine Ridge, South Dakota. The necklace is made of translucent pick glass beads.
- Dakota Indians--Arts & crafts--1910-1930.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1910-1930.; Necklaces--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930]
- Necklace
- Shows a Native American Sioux bead necklace made or purchase in Pine Ridge, South Dakota. The necklace features multicolored beadwork and a blue loop. The subject matter of this piece may be salt and pepper.
- Dakota Indians--Arts & crafts--1920-1950.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1920-1950.; Necklaces--1920-1950.
- [between 1920 and 1950]
- Cup & pin game
- Shows a cup and pin game of the Native American Sioux . The game has a metal pin, small bone cups, rawhide, a loop and pink, red, white and blue beadwork.
- Dakota Indians--Arts & crafts--1860-1880.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1860-1880.; Games--1860-1880.
- [between 1860 and 1880]
- Leggings
- A pair of buckskin leggings that belonged to Chipeta. They are decorated with geometric designs in multicolored beadwork.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1875-1915.; Leggings--1875-1915.; Ute Indians--Arts & crafts--1875-1915.; Chipeta--Associated objects.
- [between 1875 and 1915]
- Saddle bag
- A saddle bag (Native American Ute Indian) used by Chipeta who died in 1924. The saddle bag is made of buckskin cut into a rectangular shape. It has a canvas backing that is edged with brass studs, wool trim and fringe. It is decorated with zigzag,...
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1870-1920.; Ute Indians--Arts & crafts--1870-1920.; Saddlebags--1870-1920.; Chipeta--Associated objects.
- [between 1875 and 1915]
- Child's dress
- Shows probably a Native American Arapaho child's buckskin dress. It has a yoke, tin jinglers, fringe on all edges; navy, light blue, white and orange beadwork, pony bead and commercial leather. The beadwork is in designs of stars and the crystal...
- Arapaho Indians--Arts & crafts--1930-1940.; Arapaho Indians--Clothing & dress--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1930-1940.; Dresses--1930-1940.
- [between 1939 and 1940]
- Group on porch
- Outdoor portrait of a group of men and women on the porch of a house who hold fowl that includes a parrot and chickens, in Denver, Colorado. The women wear dresses and bead necklaces.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Parrots--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Poultry--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Tobacco pouch
- Native American (Jicarilla Apache) tobacco pouch with blue and white bead border on bag and flap; tin jingler fringe.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.; Jicarilla Indians--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.; Tobacco--Storage--1880-1900.; Pouches--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- 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]