Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Scoonay and family
- Scoonay, a Native American man on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana, stands with his family in front of a teepee on the reservation. He wears his hair in long braids that rest on his shoulders. Strips of ermine fur hang next to...
- Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Families--Montana--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Children--Montana--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Montana--1900- 1910.; Scoonay--Family.
- [between 1905 and 1907?]
- Ute Indians at Ignacio
- North American Indian (Ute) men pose on or near horses at the Southern Ute Agency in Ignacio (La Plata County), Colorado. The men wear cloth leggings, moccasins, braids (two have fur wrapped braids), a hairpipe breastplate, blankets, and a woven...
- 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]
- Ute Indians, group portrait
- Group portrait of North American Indian (Ute) men and women who include Chief Ouray and his wife, Chipeta. Chief Ouray wears a beaded buckskin shirt, leggings, and a breechclout, his hair is braided. Chipeta wears a fringed buckskin dress, a...
- Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Ute Indians--1880-1890.; Clothing & dress.; Chipeta, 1843-1924.; Ouray.
- [1880?]
- Charles S. Stobie, Chief Piah and Antelope
- Studio group portrait of Charles S. Stobie, Indian scout and western artist and North American Indian men, Wanzito or Antelope (White River Ute) and Chief Piah (Middle Park Ute). The men sit in front of a painted backdrop, Stobie has long hair and...
- Indians of North America.; Ute Indians.; Artists--American--1880-1890.; Clothing & dress.; Military scouts.; Tribal chiefs.; Piah, Ute chief.; Wanzito.; Stobie, Charles S., 1845-1931.
- [between 1869 and 1875?]
- Utes, Jose Romero and family
- Studio portrait of a Native Americans (Ute) identified as Jose Romero and his family. Jose Romero stands, has braids, and wears a shirt with buttons, a leather breechcloth over pants, a neckerchief, a choker necklace, and beaded moccasins. A woman...
- Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Ute Indians--1880-1900.; Cradleboards--1880-1900.; Families--1880-1900.; Infants--1880-1900.; Romero, Jose, Ute.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Group portrait with Utes
- Studio portrait of two Native American (Ute) women and three white men. The woman wearing a striped dress, shawl, concho belt, earrings, and a bead necklace is identified as Mary Tobin, mother of Mollie Cloud. The other woman wears braids, a print...
- Clouds, Mollie--Family.; Festival of Mountain and Plain (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Women--1890-1900.; Tobins, Mary.; Ward, Mr.
- 1899
- Portrait with Utes
- Studio portrait of two Native American (Ute) women and three white men. The woman wearing a striped dress, shawl, concho belt, earrings, and a bead necklace is identified as Mary Tobin, mother of Mollie Cloud. The other woman wears braids, a print...
- Clouds, Mollie--Family.; Festival of Mountain and Plain (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Women--1890-1900.; Tobins, Mary.; Ward, Mr.
- 1899
- Comanches singing at Parker Monument, at the unveiling
- Native American Comanche men, women and children sing at the unveiling of the Parker monument, Post Oak Mission Cemetery, near Cache, Oklahoma. The woman on the left is Nemaruihitsi and the man in braids is Nahwooksy. Men in uniforms sit in the...
- Comanche Indians--Oklahoma--Cache--1920-1930.; Indians of North America--Oklahoma--Cache--1920-1930.; Cache (Okla.)--1920-1930.; Post Oak Mission Cemetery (Comanche County, Okla.)--1920-1930.; Dedications--Oklahoma--Cache--1920-1930.;...
- [1926?]
- Gros Ventre Group Picture - Black Owl seated (on left), Mary standing, unidentified Indian seated, full length
- Gros Ventre group portrait. Includes Black Owl, seated at left; Mary, standing; and an unidentified Indian male, seated at right. Both males wear a feather in hair, braids, and are wrapped in blankets; Mary wears braids, necklace and beaded...
- Atsina Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Women--1880-1890.; Black Owl.
- [188?]
- Geo Red Hawk (Goot La) and family
- Geo Red Hawk, a Native American man on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana, stands with two Native American women in front of a teepee on the reservation. A horse stands behind them. The man holds a round feather bustle in his left...
- Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Montana--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Women--Montana--1900-1910.
- [between 1905 and 1907?]
- Grizzley Bear and Marie Stere-ich-im
- Studio portrait of Grizzley Bear and Marie, two Native Americans (Blackfoot Dakota). They pose in front of a painted canvas drop. Grizzley Bear holds a ceremonial pipe and wears a woven fringed tunic and has his long hair in braids, he has a scarf...
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1900- 1910.; Indians of North America--Women--1900-1910.; Sihasapa Indians--1900-1910.; Calumets--1900-1910.; Spouses--1900-1910.
- [between 1905 and 1907?]
- Sam Moody, White Brant, Sam Finley
- Native Americans pose on horseback by tepees at the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana. Sam Moody, wears a tall feather headdress, beaded necklaces, earrings, braids, tassles, and holds a rifle. Sam Finley wears braids, necklaces and...
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Montana--1900-1910.; Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Women--Montana--1900-1910.; Finley, Sam.; Moody, Sam.
- [between 1905 and 1907?]
- Chief Eagle
- Flathead Chief Eagle poses with a young girl on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana. He wears a feather headdress and has strips of fur wrapped around his braids. He also has an otter sash across his chest and wears several beaded...
- Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Children--Montana--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Montana--1900- 1910.
- [between 1905 and 1907?]
- 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?]
- Old Lady Many Horses, wife of Turning Hawk
- Old Lady Many Horses, a Native American woman married to Turning Hawk, leans over a small child in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. She wears her long hair in braids and her dress has a pattern of wavy stripes. The young girl also wears...
- Turning Hawk--Wife.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Cowboys--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Old Lady Many Horses.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.; Indians of North America.
- [1899?]
- Native American man with two women
- A Native American man stands between two Native American women in front of a backdrop with a landscape scene painted on it for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Earl's Court in England. The man wears a breastplate, possibly made of bone, and has a...
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1892?]
- Sioux women and man
- A Native American man stands between two Native American women in front of a backdrop with a landscape scene painted on it in an arena for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Earl's Court in England. The man wears a breastplate, possibly made of bone,...
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1892?]
- Indian and two women
- A Native American man stands between two Native American women in front of a backdrop with a landscape scene painted on it in an arena for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Earl's Court in England. The man wears a breastplate, possibly made of bone,...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1892?]
- Sioux Chief Iron Tail with group of Native American women
- Sioux Chief Iron Tail stands in the left center of the back row of a group of Native American women and children gathered in a dirt arena for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Iron Tail wears his hair in braids that are pinned up to form long loops....
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1900-1910.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Unidentified Indian, standing, wearing long braids, full length
- Unidentified Dakota Native American man (possibly Fool Thunder), full-length standing studio portrait with painted backdrop; braids wrapped in cloth, scarf tied at neck, blanket wrapped around waist, holding a pipe.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Fool Thunder.
- [188-?]
- Major Rafael Chacón and Juanita Páiz
- Studio portrait of Hispanic American Major Rafael Chacón and his wife Juanita Páiz de Chacón. Major Chacón served in the U.S. Army in New Mexico during the Civil War. He wears a uniform and has a mustache, his wife wears a long dress with a...
- Hispanic Americans--1860-1870.; Mexican Americans--1860-1870.; Spouses.; Chacón, Juanita Páiz de--Pictorial works.; Chacón, Rafael, 1833-1925--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Pictorial works.;...
- ca. 1858
- José de la Cruz Páiz and daughter María
- Studio portrait of Hispanic American José de la Cruz Páiz and his teenage daughter María Dolores Páiz, Apishapa (Las Animas County), Colorado. An elderly José wears a jacket, and matching vest and pants. He has thick gray hair and a...
- Hispanic Americans--1910-1920.; Mexican Americans--1910-1920.; Apishapa (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Families.; Older people.; Teenagers.; Páiz, José de la Cruz--Pictorial works.; Páiz, María Dolores--Pictorial works.; Fathers and...
- ca. 1860
- Immigrants stage their annual 16th of September parade.
- View of the annual 16th of September (Diez y Seis de Septiembre, Mexican Independence Day) parade in Sedgwick (Sedgwick County), Colorado. Shows a pickup decorated with bunting, flowers and American and Mexican flags. A woman in a white robe and...
- Hispanic Americans--1920-1930.; Sedgwick (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Floats (Parades); Parades & processions.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Sedgwick--Pictorial works.; Independence Day (Mexico)--Anniversaries, etc.--Pictorial works.; Parade...
- ca.1926
- Giacomo Toller's home in Tollerburg
- A family poses in a car beside a two-story frame and brick house in Tollerburg near the Toller Mine in Las Animas County, Colorado. Girls wear dresses and hair bows or braids pinned up on their heads. Boys wear hats, knickers, and leather boots....
- Tollerburg (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Automobiles--Colorado--Tollerburg--1910-1920.; Families--Colorado--Tollerburg--1910-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Tollerburg--1910-1920.; Toller, Giacomo--Family.
- [between 1910 and 1920.]
- Charles Egry children
- Girls and a boy, the children of Charles Egry, pose for a portrait. The girls have hair bows or braids and wear blouses with lace or banded collars. A girl has a plaid dress with a rounded collar. A boy wears suspenders, and a tie tucked between...
- Pyramid (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Egry, Charles--Family.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Ute Chief's (Buckskin Charley) [sic] Squaw
- A portrait of a Native American (Ute) woman, identified as Buckskin Charlie's wife, probably in Colorado. The woman stands in front of a tepee and wears a full length, animal hide dress with hemline fringes, a decorative belt, a hair pipe choker,...
- Smith-Hassell Co.; Indians of North America--Colorado--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Colorado--1890-1900.; Clothing & dress--Colorado--1890-1900.; Tipis--Colorado--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--1890-1900.; Buckskin Charlie, Ute Chief--Family.
- 1899
- Portrait of children
- Studio portrait of a boy, a baby and a young woman who pose in front of a floral backdrop. The boy wears striped trousers and a jacket. He rests his arm on the back of the chair, where the baby sits. The baby wears a plaid dress and boots. The...
- Boys--1890-1910.; Families--1890-1910.; Girls--1890-1910.; Infants--1890-1910.; Teenagers--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Portrait of a woman
- Studio portrait of a woman with hair parted in the middle and braids worn at the nape of the neck. The woman wears a patterned dress with a full skirt and a loose fitting bodice, a scarf and bar pin at the neck.
- Women.--1860-1880.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Portrait of a woman
- Studio bust portrait of a woman with short, curled bangs and braids pulled back. The woman wears a choker necklace of beads and a dress with oversized folds on the shoulders.
- Women--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Portrait of a girl
- Studio portrait of a girl with bangs and two braids, in a bretelle style dress with a scalloped lace collar, puffed sleeves, stockings and leather boots. The girl holds probably a flower. She stands in front of a prop wall and a painted backdrop.
- Girls--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Group portrait
- Studio group portrait of women and children. The women and girls wear blouses with high collars in silk, lace, and polka dot fabrics and flared skirts. The women wear their hair pulled back in twists or buns tied with single ribbons. The girls wear...
- Boys--1890-1910.; Children--1890-1910.; Girls--1890-1910.; Women--1890-1910.
- [between 1895 and 1905?]
- Moki basket weaver
- A view of a Native American (Hopi) woman as she weaves baskets at the Hopi Indian Reservation in Arizona. She is seated on the ground and wears a manta and wrapped braids.
- Hopi Indians--Women--1890-1910.; Indians of North America--Arizona--1890-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Arizona--1890-1910.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1890-1910.; Basket making--Arizona--1890-1910.; Baskets--Arizona--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Woman making pottery, Moki Pueblo
- A view of a Native American (Hopi) woman potter on the Hopi Indian Reservation in Arizona. She is seated on the ground and holds a partially constructed coil pot. She wears wrapped braids, a long dress, a manta, and a shawl. Pottery on the ground...
- Hopi Indians--Women--Arizona--1890-1910.; Hopi women potters--Arizona--1890-1910.; Indians of North America--Arizona--1890-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Women--Arizona--1890-1910.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1890-1910.; Potters--Arizona--1890-1910.;...
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Minnehaha
- A full length outdoor portrait of a Native American girl (tribe unknown), she leans against a tree. The young woman wears a fringed and beaded buckskin dress, braids, a beaded bag, necklaces and moccasins. She stands near a birchbark canoe beside...
- Indians of North America--1890-1910.; Canoes--1890-1910.; Girls--1890-1910.; Teenagers--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Mishongnou [sic], Arizona, "the red pepper lady," Hopi Indian
- A view of a Hopi woman near an adobe house with a door in Mishongnovi on the Hopi Indian Reservation in Arizona. She sits on the ground and wears a manta with a calico blouse. Her braids are wrapped and she holds a basket in her lap. Ristras hang...
- Hopi Indians--Arizona--Mishongnovi--1880-1910.; Indians of North America--Arizona--Mishongnovi--1880-1910.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1880-1910.; Mishongnovi (Ariz.)--1880-1910.; Adobe buildings--Arizona--Mishongnovi--1880-1910.; Hot...
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- 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]
- Ute family
- Studio portrait of a North American Indian (Ute) family.. A person, probably a man, holds an infant. He wears beaded moccasins, plaid pants and has a woven fabric on his lap. The infant wears a dress and beaded moccasins. A woman stand near the...
- African Americans--Colorado--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Colorado--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Colorado--1890-1900.; Families--Colorado--1890-1900.; Girls--Colorado--1890-1900.; Infants--Colorado--1890-1900.
- [ca. 1890]
- Ute mother & infant
- Studio portrait of a North American Indian (Ute) woman and her infant. The woman holds the baby in a quilled cradleboard. She had her hair in braids and wears a floral print dress, a woven striped blanket with knotted fringe and plain moccasins.
- Indians of North America--Colorado--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Colorado--1890-1900.; Cradleboards--Colorado--1890-1900.; Infants--Colorado--1890-1900.; Mothers--Colorado--1890-1900.; Quillwork--Colorado--1890-1900.
- [ca. 1890]
- Girl standing by the river
- Outdoor portrait of a girl with her hair in braids by Archer Canal in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Canals--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Doll
- Native American of the Southern Plains doll made of fabric and deer hide with human hair braids and fringed buckskin dress with beads.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1910.; Dolls--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910]
- Native American man
- Studio portrait of a Native American (Plains) man. He wears beads and fur wrappings over braids.
- Indians of North America--Great Plains--Men--1890-1900.; Men--1890-1900.
- [between 1895 and 1900?]
- Stephen H. Long
- Head and shoulders portrait of explorer Stephen H. Long; he wears a blue uniform with gold epaulets, braids, and buttons.
- Long, Stephen Harriman, 1784-1864.
- [between 1930 and 1939]
- Four Indian police
- Group portrait of a Native American Ute men identified as [l to r]: Dick Charley, Rob Richards, Severs, and Bob Richards. They wear suits, watch fobs, badges, medals, and braids.
- Indian reservation police--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Men--1900-1910.; Ute Indians--Men--1900-1910.; Police--1900-1910.; Severs.; Charley, Dick.; Richards, Bob.; Richards, Rob, Ute Indian.
- [between 1901 and 1906?]
- Jim
- Portrait of a Native American man identified as Jim; he wears a woven belt, straw hat, braids, and earrings.
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Men--1900-1910.
- [between 1901 and 1906?]
- So. Ute sub-chief Nanise, with wives and children
- Native American (Southern Ute) Sub-chief Nanise sits in front of a tepee with a group of women and children at a fair in New Mexico. He wears a feather headdress, fur covered braids, a fringed buckskin shirt, hairpipe necklace, a George Washington...
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Ute Indians--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Children--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Tribal chiefs--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Women--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Nanise.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Native American Woman
- A Native American (Ute) woman, identified at Mrs. Buckskin Charlie (To-Wee), poses in front of a tepee possibly in Colorado. She wears a dress (buckskin?) with fringe on the sleeves, bodice and skir, beaded moccasins, a belt with a beaded pouch and...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--1890-1910.; Ute Indians--Colorado--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--1890-1910.; To-Wee.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Elderly Native American woman
- An elderly Native American (Ute) woman, identified at Mrs. Buckskin Charlie, poses in front of a tepee possibly in Colorado. She wears a long patterened dress, a belt and a beaded bag and her hair is in braids.
- Indians of North America--Colorado--1890-1910.; Ute Indians--Colorado--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--1890-1910.; To-Wee.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Buckskin Charlie and two Indian women
- Ute Chief, Buckskin Charlie poses in front of a tepee in Ignacio, Colorado with two Native American women. He wears fringed shirt, corduroy, a feather headdress and a medallion. A shaggy dog sleeps next to the tepee. The Native American woman to...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--Ignacio--1890-1910.; Ute Indians--Colorado--Ignacio--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--Ignacio--1890-1910.; Buckskin Charlie, Ute Chief.; To-Wee.
- 1901
- Juan Pedro & burro
- Portrait of Juan Pedro, a Native American man, with a burro. He wears a pendant and braids; a wagon and people are behind him.
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Donkeys--1900-1910.; Men--1900-1910.; Juan Pedro.
- [between 1901 and 1906?]
- Indian excursion in Denver
- Group portrait of Native American Ute men, women, and a girl in Denver, Colorado. They have drums, costume includes feather and horn headdresses, braids, embroidered aprons and leggings, felt hats, moccasins, and blankets. Advertisements on frame...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Ute Indians--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Clothing & dress--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1901 and 1906?]