Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Decoration Day, Montrose, Colo.
- The Decoration Day (Memorial Day) parade in Montrose (Montrose County), Colorado, includes a drum corps in cavalry uniforms, they carry snare or bass drums. Men in uniform carry an American flag and rifles or swords. An officer is on horseback....
- Memorial Day--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Montrose (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Soldiers--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Spectators--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Loading a 37mm pack gun to a pack mule
- A soldier from the 1st Battalion, 86th Mountain Infantry Regiment, Tenth Mountain Division ties the ropes fastening a part of 37-mm pack gun onto an American pack mule during the Italian Campaign. According to the caption the piece weighs 22 pounds...
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Mules--Italy--1940-1950.; Pack animals--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 86th.
- April 16, 1945
- Hopi Indians
- View of Native American (Hopi) men, Snake members, who take part in the Snake Dance at Walpi Pueblo, First Mesa, Arizona. The Snake members walk behind the Dance Rock as spectators sit and stand on pueblo buildings, the Dance Rock, and near the...
- Hopi Indians--Dance--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Spiritual life--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Clothing & dress--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Walpi...
- August, 1899
- Santa Clara Pueblo Buffalo Dance
- Native American (Pueblo, Tewa) men and women participate in a Buffalo Dance at Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico. Men wear moccasins, kilts, fur pelts, body paint, and buffalo horn and feather headdresses and carry feathered spears. Women wear wrapped...
- Buffalo dance--New Mexico--Santa Clara Pueblo--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--Spiritual life--New Mexico--Santa Clara Pueblo--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Women--New Mexico--Santa Clara Pueblo--1910-1920.; Tewa Indians--Dance--New...
- 1910
- Santa Clara Pueblo Buffalo Dance
- Native American (Pueblo, Tewa) men and women participate in a Buffalo Dance at Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico. Men wear moccasins, kilts, fur pelts, body paint, and buffalo horn and feather headdresses and carry feathered spears. Women wear wrapped...
- Buffalo dance--New Mexico--Santa Clara Pueblo--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--Spiritual life--New Mexico--Santa Clara Pueblo--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Women--New Mexico--Santa Clara Pueblo--1910-1920.; Tewa Indians--Dance--New...
- 1910
- Santa Clara Pueblo Buffalo Dance
- Native American (Pueblo, Tewa) men and women participate in a Buffalo Dance at Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico. Men wear moccasins, kilts, fur pelts, body paint, and buffalo horn and feather headdresses and carry feathered spears. Women wear wrapped...
- Buffalo dance--New Mexico--Santa Clara Pueblo--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--Spiritual life--New Mexico--Santa Clara Pueblo--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Women--New Mexico--Santa Clara Pueblo--1910-1920.; Tewa Indians--Dance--New...
- 1910
- Santa Clara Pueblo Buffalo Dance
- Native American (Pueblo, Tewa) men and women participate in a Buffalo Dance at Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico. Men wear moccasins, kilts, fur pelts, body paint, and buffalo horn and feather headdresses and carry feathered spears. One man holds a...
- Buffalo dance--New Mexico--Santa Clara Pueblo--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--Spiritual life--New Mexico--Santa Clara Pueblo--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Women--New Mexico--Santa Clara Pueblo--1910-1920.; Tewa Indians--Dance--New...
- 1910
- Corn Dance San Felipe
- Native American (Pueblo, Keresan) men and women take part in a Corn Dance at San Felipe Pueblo, New Mexico. The women wear wrapped boots, mantas, shawls, and tablita headdresses. They carry sprigs of evergreen. The men wear moccasins, kilts, fur...
- Indians of North America--Spiritual life--New Mexico--San Felipe Pueblo--1910-1920.; Keresan Indians--Dance--New Mexico--San Felipe Pueblo--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Women--New Mexico--San Felipe Pueblo--1910-1920.; San Felipe Pueblo...
- 1915
- "Butterfly Dance" of the Hopi [sic] Indians
- View of Native American Pueblo men and women dancers; the men wear kilts, moccasins, bells, and carry rattles; the women wear mantas, moccasins, tablet headdresses (tablitas), and carry feathers. Shows singers and a drum.
- Indians of North America--1920-1930.; Pueblo Indians--Dance--1920-1930.; Ceremonial dancers--1920-1930.
- 1933
- Pueblo dancers
- Native America (Pueblo) men and women participate in either a Corn or Harvest Dance at a Pueblo in New Mexico. The men carry rattles and wear body paint, kilts, fur breechcloths, and roaches. The women carry sprigs of evergreen and wear tablita...
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--1880-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Dance--New Mexico--1880-1910.; Ceremonial dancers--New Mexico--1880-1910.; Clothing & dress--New Mexico--1880-1910.; Women--New Mexico--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910]
- Old method of crushing ore
- Five Native Americans crush and carry ore as an armed cowboy stands by and smokes a cigarette; the people that crush ore use only small hammers, those that carry the ore have full baskets. A cannon is pointed at the workers from across an enclosed...
- Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Mining--1870-1880.
- 1878?
- Medics practice travois evacuation
- Pvt. Leon Whritenour (left) and Pfc. Peter Guletto (right) carry Pfc. William C. Woods down a slope by means of a travois, an old Indian carry adapted by the French to mountain operations. Litter is belayed by a man farther up the slope (not shown...
- Mountain warfare--Italy--1940-1950.; Rock climbing--Training--1940-1950.; Medical aspects of war--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- April 1945
- Indian "Tablet Dance" at Santo Domingo, New Mexico
- Native American (Santa Domingo Pueblo) men and women dance in a row during a "Tablet Dance" at Santo Domingo Pueblo (New Mexico). The women wear mantas and tablitas on their heads. The men wear fringed breechcloths, hoof rattles, kilts, body paint,...
- Indian dance--New Mexico--Santo Domingo Pueblo--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--New Mexico--Santo Domingo Pueblo--1890-1900.; Keresan Indians--Dance--New Mexico--Santo Domingo Pueblo--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Dance--New...
- 1890 June 7
- Devlin Zouaves, Sells Floto Buffalo Bill Show
- The Devlin's Zouaves, performers for the Sells Floto Circus and Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, parade down a street in Pasadena (Los Angeles County), California. Some of the Zouaves carry drums, others carry rifles over their shoulders. All of the...
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Company--People--1910-1920.; Devlin's Zouaves--People--1910-1920.; Sells Floto Circus--People--1910-1920.; Pasadena (Calif.)--1900-1920.; Circus parades--California--Pasadena--1900-1920.; Circus...
- 1914
- French chasseurs
- A group of French soldiers rides horses through a grassy area during a performance of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The men wear helmets and carry lances. Several additional soldiers are stopped on their horses in the right background. Those men...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Soldiers, French.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- 1899
- The crop that's never scarce in Utah
- Photomontage of faces of children, babies, boys and girls.
- Boys--1860-1890.; Girls--1860-1890.; Infants--1860-1890.; Mormons--1860-1890.
- [between 1860 and 1890?]
- Park Hill School carrying a chair lesson
- Photograph of a first-grade lesson on the correct way to carry a chair at Park Hill Elementary School in Denver, Colorado. Five unidentified children stand in a line, all holding chairs the correct way.
- Park Hill School (Denver, Colo.); South Park Hill (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- undated
- Teller School old and new knights
- Photograph of several students at Teller Elementary School in Denver, Colorado dressed in medieval clothing. One boy sits on a throne with a robe and conical helmet. One the sides are several knights holding shields. The shields have "Loyalty,...
- Teller School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- undated
- The Church Record: Vol. 1 No. 2
- Newsletter produced by the Central Presbyterian Church in Denver, Colorado. Included in newsletter is a sermon by different religious leaders within the church, list of new members and events of different church societies.
- Presbyterian Church--Colorado--Denver--History.; Church buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Central Presbyterian Church (Denver, Colo.); Presbyterian Church--Colorado--Denver.
- 1901 March
- Colorado Marriages 1858-1939 C
- Marriage records--Colorado; Colorado--Genealogy.
- Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 11, 1919 November
- Municipal Facts: Volume 8 Numbers 9 and 10, 1925 November-December
- Car wreck in front of Meyer's Cash Carry Market
- View of an automobile crash in Denver, Colorado; men, boys, and a police officer in uniform look on. Houses and a building with a belfry are on a hill. A 23rd (Twenty Third) Street business sign reads: "Meyer's Cash and Carry Market."
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Police--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Traffic accidents--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1927
- Sioux women carry groceries home in sack note contrast in skirt lengths.
- Two Native American Dakota Sioux young women carry a grocery box with "eggs" printed on it, between them over snow covered roads. They wear skirts, one above the knee, with tights and winter jackets,
- Dakota Indians--Women--1970-1980.; Indians of North America--1970-1980.
- 1970 February 17
- Searchlight
- Monthly newsletter produced by Trinity Methodist Church located in Denver, Colorado. Includes editorials, news bulletins, and general information regarding the youth of the church.
- Christians--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Youth--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Trinity United Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church (Denver, Colo.)--History.; Methodist...
- 1948 August
- First Baptist Church 70th Anniversary Sermon
- Sermon delivered by Dr. Clarence W. Kemper to the First Baptist Church of Denver to commemorate its seventieth anniversary.
- Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1934 May 6
- United Farm Worker pickets
- Members and supporters of the United Farm Workers of America picket the Farm Bureau in Alamosa (Alamosa County) Colorado. Men and women carry signs that read: "Don't Support [?]" and "Farm Bureau Exploits Farm Workers." Railroad freight cars are in...
- United Farm Workers of America--People--1970-1980.; Mexican Americans--1970-1980.; Hispanic Americans--1970-1980.; Alamosa--1970-1980.; Migrant agricultural laborers.; Pickets.; United Farm Workers of America--Pictorial works.; Mexican...
- [1970]
- Pickets outside Denver City Auditorium
- United Farm Workers of America (UFW) supporters picket the Denver Symphony outside of the Denver City Auditorium theater on Fifteenth (15th) Street in Denver, Colorado. The pickets were part of a boycott of the Safeway grocery store chain. People...
- City Auditorium (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; United Farm Workers of America--People--1970-1980.; Mexican Americans--1970-1980.; Hispanic Americans--1970-1980.; Central Business District (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.;...
- [1971]
- Gallo Wine boycott march
- AFL-CIO United Farm Workers of America members and their supporters march in support of the grape and Gallo Wine boycott through Denver, Colorado. A large group of people carry banners and signs. A banner reads: "The People United Will Never Be...
- United Steelworkers of America--People--1970-1980.; United Farm Workers of America--People--1970-1980.; Mexican Americans--1970-1980.; Hispanic Americans--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Demonstrations.; Boycotts.; United Steelworkers of...
- [1975]
- UFW members and supporters march down Broadway in Denver
- United Farm Workers members and supporters march down Broadway in Denver, Colorado. The people march in support of the United Farm Workers boycott of grapes, lettuce and California wine. Men and women carry signs and banners. A motorcycle policeman...
- United Farm Workers of America--People--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Boycotts.; Demonstrations.; United Farm Workers of America--Pictorial works.; Boycotts--Colorado--Wheat Ridge--Pictorial works.;...
- [1975?]
- UFW marchers boycott Liquor Mart, Boulder
- University of Colorado students and supporters of the United Farm Workers of America participate in a picket boycott of Liquor Mart in Boulder, Colorado. They march past an unidentified motel and businesses. They carry signs with a cartoon figure...
- United Farm Workers of America--People--1970-1980.; Mexican Americans--1970-1980.; Hispanic Americans--1970-1980.; Boulder (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Demonstrations.; Boycotts.; Pickets.; United Farm Workers of America--Pictorial works.; Mexican...
- [1972?]
- Grape boycott at Safeway store
- AFL-CIO United Farm Workers of America supporters picket a Safeway Store in support of the grape boycott in Denver, Colorado. Anglo and Hispanic women, men and a little girl carry signs that read: "United Farm Workers," "Union Picket Line AFL-CIO...
- United Farm Workers of America--People--1970-1980.; Safeway Stores, Inc.--1970-1980.; Mexican Americans--1970-1980.; Hispanic Americans--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Pickets.; Boycotts.; United Farm Workers of America--Pictorial works.;...
- [between 1973 and 1975?]
- Galloping Goose
- View of Galloping Goose No. 5 at the railroad depot in Dolores (Montezuma County), Colorado. Letters on the motor read: "The Galloping Goose" with a picture of a goose with a banner tied to its neck that reads: "The Galloping Goose." "Rio Grande...
- Dolores (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Railroad motor cars.; Railroad motorcars--Colorado--Dolores--Pictorial works.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Dolores--Pictorial works.; Dolores (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1998
- Old US 50 Bridge, Gunnison County, Colo.
- View of one of the two old US 50 Bridge located in Gunnison County, Colorado. The eight-panel Pratt through truss bridge was built in 1926 and spans the Gunnison River. The second bridge is located behind. The bridges, which now carry the service...
- Bridges--Colorado--Gunnison County--2000-2010.; Gunnison County (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Bridges--Colorado--Gunnison County--Pictorial works.; Gunnison County (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 2007
- Funeral for Sam Sandos
- Pallbearers carry the flag draped coffin of Sam Sandos, to a hearse after his funeral at the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Denver, Colorado. The pallbearers are identified as: Andres Knight, Ken Salazar, Zee Ferrufino, Richard...
- Hispanic Americans--1980-1990.; Mexican Americans--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Sandos, Sam, 1927-1987---Death and burial--Pictorial works.; Funeral rites and ceremonies--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- [1987]
- Crusade for Justice March
- Mexican Americans, members of the Crusade for Justice (La Crusada Para Justicia) march in protest down 15th (Fifteenth) street in Denver, Colorado. They carry a large banner written in both English and Spanish, which reads: "It Is Better to Die On...
- Hispanic Americans--1960-1970.; Mexican Americans--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Banners.; Civil rights demonstrations.; Crusade for Justice--Pictorial works.; Banners--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Civil rights...
- [between 1966 and 1970?]
- Immigration rights reform rally
- View of a crowd at an immigration rights reform rally in Civic Center Park and on the Colorado State Capitol grounds in Denver, Colorado. Thousands of demonstrators move across Colfax Avenue towards the park and the capitol building. They carry...
- Colorado State Capitol (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Hispanic Americans--2000-2010.; Mexicans--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Demonstrations.; Illegal aliens.; Colorado State Capitol (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.;...
- [2006 March 25]
- Hermanos Penitentes, Stations of the Cross
- Members of the Hermanos Penitentes walk along a dirt trail during the Stations of the Cross observance on Good Friday in Costilla County, Colorado. The men carry booklets and one man carries a large, carved cross. Shows snow covered hills.
- Hermanos Penitentes--2000-2010.; Hispanic Americans--2000-2010.; Mexican Americans--2000-2010.; Costilla County (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Crosses.; Hermanos Penitentes--Pictorial works.; Crosses--Colorado--Costilla County--Pictorial works.; Good...
- [2005 March 25]
- Hermanos Penitentes, Stations of the Cross
- Members of the Hermanos Penitentes walk along a dirt trail during the Stations of the Cross observance on Good Friday in Costilla County, Colorado. The middle aged and old men carry booklets (probably alabados) and a young man carries a large,...
- Hermanos Penitentes--2000-2010.; Hispanic Americans--2000-2010.; Mexican Americans--2000-2010.; Costilla County (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Crosses.; Hermanos Penitentes--Pictorial works.; Crosses--Colorado--Costilla County--Pictorial works.; Good...
- [2005 March 25]
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Number 6, 1912 February 10
- The City of Denver: Volume 2 Number 7, 1914 January 10
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 41, 1909 November 27
- Municipal Facts Bi-Monthly: Volume 5 Numbers 3 and 4, 1922 March-April
- Municipal Facts: Volume 8 Numbers 1 and 2, 1925 January-February
- The City of Denver: Volume 1 Number 6, 1912 December 21
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 8, 1910 February 19
- Miners
- A group of miners pose near a mine entrance at either the Berwind Mine in Las Animas County or the Rugby Mine in Huerfano County, Colorado. The men wear overalls and work boots. Some of the men have electric mine lamps attached to their caps, and...
- Coal mining--Colorado--1910-1930.; Miners--Colorado--1910-1930.; Mining--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1925?]
- Group of men riding on a flatbed car being pulled by a streetcar [sic]
- A group of men pose on a flat-bed rail car that is pulled by a Denver City Tramway Company trolley car in Denver, Colorado. Some men carry lunch pails.
- Denver City Tramway Company (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Flatcars--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Street railroads--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- The Hundley stage line to Cripple Creek via C.M. Ry.
- Men pose inside and on top of stagecoaches on the Hundley stage line to Cripple Creek, possibly near Divide (Teller County), Colorado. Stagecoaches are drawn by teams of horses and carry luggage or crates. The men wear suits and hats. A fence and a...
- Teller County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Stagecoaches--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.
- [between 1893 and 1894?]
- C F & I coke ovens, Crested Butte, Colo
- Denver and Rio Grande box cars carry bituminous coking coal at the C. F. & I. coke ovens, Crested Butte (Gunnison County), Colorado. Smoke and fumes rise from ovens; Crested Butte mountain is in the background.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Facilities--1910-1920.; Coke-ovens--Colorado--Crested Butte--1910-1920.; Crested Butte (Colo. : Mountain)--1910-1920.; Crested Butte (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coke industry--Colorado--Crested Butte--1910-1920.; Industrial...
- [between 1910 and 1920?]