Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Portrait of a man
- Studio portrait of a young man (standing) in a suit with a jacket buttoned over a vest, a watch chain, a cravat, and leather shoes. The man leans against an upholstered chair in front of a painted drop. A curtain is draped beside him.
- Men--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Mr. Charles Humburg
- An oil portrait of Mr. Charles Humburg by Albert Salzbrenner. Mr. Humburg is seated in a chair; he has a moustache and wears a white shirt, gray cravat, tan vest, black jacket and gray trousers. The frame is plain wood.
- Humburg, Charles.; Men--1900-1910.
- 1907
- Ceran St. Vrain
- Head and shoulders portrait of Cerain St. Vrain, fur trader from Colorado. He wears a white shirt and collar, with a dark jacket and cravat.
- St. Vrain, Ceran.
- [between 1930 and 1939]
- W. H. H. Cranmer
- Head and shoulders portrait of W. H. H. Cranmer; he has a moustache and wears a brown suit and cravat.
- Cranmer, W. H. H.
- [between 1930 and 1939]
- Man
- Studio portrait of a man. He wears a suit, vest, and cravat with pin.
- Men--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Man
- Studio portrait of a man. He has a moustache and wears a jacket, vest, cravat and pin.
- Men--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Man
- Studio portrait of a man. He has a handlebar mustache and wears a jacket and cravat with pin.
- Men--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Man
- Studio portrait of a man. He wears a suit, vest, and cravat with pin.
- Men--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Man
- Studio portrait of a man. He has a goatee and wears a jacket and cravat with pin.
- Men--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Man
- Studio portrait of a man. He has a mustache and wears a jacket and cravat with pin.
- Men--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Leadville apothecary shop
- Interior view of an apothecary shop in Leadville, Colorado; shows men by glass topped display counters. One man wears a suit, tie, watchchain, and derby hat and has a mustache. The other wears a coat, vest and cravat. The shop includes shelves...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Drugstores--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1900.; Interiors.
- [between 1882 and 1892]
- Portrait of Louis Wyman
- Studio portrait of Louis Wyman, of Silverton, Colorado. This head and shoulder image shows Wyman at about 35 years of age, in a buttoned corduroy jacket. He has a moustache, close cropped hair, and a striped silk cravat. Wyman was a freighter in...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Wyman, Louis.
- [between 1886 and 1890?]
- William Clark
- Reproduction of a rendering of William Clark, an explorer in the Lewis and Clark expedition. He wears a high-collared shirt and a cravat tie.
- Explorers--1840-1850.; Clark, William, 1770-1838.
- [between 1940 and 1960?]
- Tom Mahon
- Head and shoulders portrait of Tom Mahon, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado; he has neatly combed short hair, a mustache, and wears a cravat and a plaid jacket with top button fastened.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Mahon, Tom.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Morning Advertiser, Trinidad
- A group of ten men and one women pose in front of the Morning Advertiser's office in Trinidad, Colorado. Two wooden spiral posts flank the glass doors and sign reads: "Advertiser." The doorframe below the transom has the number 318 mounted on it....
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Trinidad--1890-1900.; Beshoar, Michael, 1833-1907.; Sipe, Burney.; Stevens, S. H.
- 1892
- Morning Advertiser, Trinidad
- The staff of the Morning Advertiser poses in front of the newspaper's office in Trinidad, Colorado. Two wooden, lathe turned spiral posts flank the glass doors, with lettering that reads: "Advertiser." The doorframe below the transom has the number...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Trinidad--1890-1900.; Beshoar, Michael, 1833-1907.; Garcia, Jesus Moria.; Hines, J. H.; Robinson, Bob.; Shumway, Ed.; Shumway, Will.; Single, George.; Snyder, Willy.; Stevens, S. H.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- The celebrated Mineral Springs at Manitou
- View of the Navajo and Soda Springs, in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking northwest. The cylindrical stone basin around Navajo Springs is in the foreground; a man in a sack suit, silk cravat and Homborg hat sits on the edge of the stone basin...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Springs--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- Portrait of a young man
- A young man is seated in a chair. His hands are crossed in his lap, he wears a suit, vest, and a cravat.
- Men--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Portrait of a young man
- A portrait of a young man. He wears a suit jacket and cravat.
- Men--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Portrait of two men
- A portrait of two men. One man stands next to another who is seated. The man who stands has a mustache and wears a suit, cravat and collar. The man who sits wear a suit and a dress shirt with collar.
- Men--1850-1900.
- [between 1850 and 1900?]
- Yale Glee Club
- Portrait of the Yale Glee Club visiting Manitou Springs, Colorado; shows men posing on the porch at the Cliff House. Costume includes morning coats, bowler, Homburg and duster hats, winged collars and ties. One wears a striped silk cravat.
- Music--Societies, etc.--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880- 1890.; Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Singers--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1890.; Cliff House (Manitou Springs, Colo.)
- January, 1889
- Chas. A. McClure
- A portrait of C. A. McClure. He wears a suit, vest, and cravat.
- McClure, Charles A.; Men--1860-1880.
- [between 1866 and 1880?]
- Printing shop
- View of the interior of a printing shop in Georgetown, Colorado. Cabinets and trays for type are along one wall, and a row of wood columns are in the middle of the room. A stovepipe, window and door are on the back wall. Three men are at the...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Printing industry--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- Howling Hyena, from Cunundrum Gulch!
- In this portrait of the miner nicknamed "Howling Hyena", taken in Leadville, Colorado, he wears a coat with short collar lapels and a cravat with a stiff collar. His hair is thick and neatly combed and he has a long mustache with a small...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Howling Hyena.
- [1880]
- Norville James Jenke, Leadville, Colorado
- Standing three-quarter view studio portrait of Norville James Jenke, Leadville, Colorado. James wears a wool coat with matching vest, pin stripe pants, silk cravat, and a gold band on his little finger. He holds his hat in his left hand and rests...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Jenke, Norville James.
- [1884 July 31]
- Portrait of a man, Leadville, Colorado
- A man seated for a studio portrait in Leadville, Colorado, wears a sack coat with matching vest and cravat. His hair is slicked down and he has a full beard and mustache.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880]
- Tapuche, Utah
- Studio portrait (standing) of Tapuche a young Native American (Capote Ute) chief, son of the Ute chief Sobita. Tapuche was a delegate of his tribe at the treaty of 1873 in Washington, D.C. His hair is in braids, he wears a multi-strand choker with...
- Capote Indians--1860-1880.; Indians of North America--1860-1880.; Ute Indians--1860-1880.; Clothing & dress--1860-1880.; Tribal chiefs--1860-1880.; Tapuche.; Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.)
- [between 1869 and 1874]
- P. Gottesleben
- Studio portrait of Peter Gottesleben, a jeweler and watch dealer in Denver, Colorado. He was a member of the Arapahoe County Board of Education (School Board District Number 1) from 1874 to 1883. He wears a stiff, wing collared shirt, a cravat, and...
- Arapahoe County (Colo.). School District, No. 1. Board of Education--People.; Jewelers--Colorado--Denver--1870-1890.; School board members--Colorado--Denver--1870-1890.; School boards--Colorado--Denver--1870-1890.; Gottesleben, Peter.
- [between 1874 and 1883]
- J.B. Grant
- Studio portrait of J.B. Grant, a Leadville, Colorado mine owner. He was a member of the Arapahoe County Board of Education (School Board District Number 1) from 1890 to 1899. He wears a tweed coat, a cravat and a high-collared shirt.
- Arapahoe County (Colo.). School District, No. 1. Board of Education--People.; School board members--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Business people--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; School...
- [between 1890 and 1899]
- George A. Bushnell
- Studio portrait of George A. Bushnell, a member of the Arapahoe County Board of Education (School District Number 1) from 1888 to 1891. He wears rimless spectacles (eyeglasses), a stiff collared shirt, a cravat with a stick pin and a dark suit.
- Arapahoe County (Colo.). School District, No. 1. Board of Education--People.; School board members--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; School boards--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Bushnell, George A.
- [between 1888 and 1891]
- Sister of Mr. Byers
- Studio portrait of Elizabeth McDonald, the sister of William Newton Byers. She wears a dark, high-collared dress with a ruffled linen, inner collar and a lace cravat fastened with a broach.
- Women--1870-1890.; Byers, William Newton, 1831-1903--Family.; McDonald, Elizabeth, sister of William N. Byers.
- [between 1870 and 1890]
- Samuel Moffat
- Studio portrait of Samuel Moffat, brother of David Halliday Moffat, Jr. He poses in a Denver studio, his elbow leans on a pedestal. He wears a dark, double-breasted coat, cravat with stick pin, high-collared shirt, vest and a ring.
- Men--1860-1880.; Moffat, David H. (David Halliday), 1839-1911--Family.; Moffat, Samuel, Colorado resident.
- [between 1860 and 1880]
- Buffalo Bill
- Studio portrait of Buffalo Bill (William F. Cody). He wears a dark suit with a white shirt and a buffalo head stick pin in his cravat.
- Celebrities--1910-1920.; Entertainers--1910-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.
- [between 1912 and 1917]
- Col. W.F. Cody, "Buffalo Bill"
- Studio portrait of Col. W.F. Cody, Buffalo Bill. He wears a tweed patterned suit and vest, wide-brimmed hat, and a buffalo head stick pin in his cravat.
- Celebrities--1900-1920.; Entertainers--1900-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.
- [between 1908 and 1912]
- Unidentified man
- Studio portrait of an unidentified man. He wears a single-breasted dark suit and vest, a watch chain, a cravat with a leaf-shaped stick pin, a ring and a handkerchief in his breast pocket. He leans on a stone wall with ivy leaves.
- Men--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Mrs. William N. Byers
- A studio portrait of Elizabeth Minerva Byers (Mrs. William N. Byers), she wears a dress with a bodice that includes smocking, pleats, lace panels, a high collar and a cravat.
- Women--1870-1880.; Byers, Elizabeth Minerva.; Byers, William Newton, 1831-1903--Family.
- [between 1870 and 1872?]
- Mrs. William N. Byers
- Studio portrait of Elizabeth Minerva Byers (Mrs. William N. Byers) she wears a semi-formal dress with a lace collar and cravat, earrings and a brooch.
- Women--1870-1880.; Byers, Elizabeth Minerva.; Byers, William Newton, 1831-1903--Family.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- Mrs. William N. Byers
- Studio portrait (head and shoulders) of Elizabeth M. Byers (Mrs. William N. Byers). She wears a simple dress with a pleated panel at the breast and a cravat in contrasting patterned fabric, and diamond earrings.
- Women--1870-1880.; Byers, Elizabeth Minerva.; Byers, William Newton, 1831-1903--Family.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- Fred G. Zugelder, pioneer contractor
- Head and shoulders studio portrait of Frederick G. Zugelder, pioneer stone mason contractor, Gunnison, Colorado; he wears a wool sack coat and vest with a cravat.
- Masonry--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.; Gunnison (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Stonemasons--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.
- [between 1883 and 1889]
- Ed Creighton
- Head and shoulders studio portrait of Ed Creighton, Gunnison, Colorado; he wears a tweed wool sack coat with narrow lapels with top button fastened and a cravat. He has short combed hair and a heavy mustache.
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Creighton, Ed.
- [between 1883 and 1889]
- August Sporleder
- August Sporleder poses for a studio portrait; he has a goatee and wears a suit, cravat, and spectacles. He holds a cigar in has hand.
- Men--1870-1890.; Sporleder, August, d.1889.
- Elizabeth Byers
- Studio bust portrait of Elizabeth Minerva Byers (Mrs. William N. Byers). Byers wears her wavy hair pulled back and poses in a fitted dress with a high collar, a lace front panel and a lace cravat, and diamond earrings.
- Byers, William Newton, 1831-1903--Family.; Women--1870-1880.; Byers, Elizabeth Minerva.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- Frank S. Woodbury
- Studio bust portrait of Frank Stillman Woodbury, salutatorian of the senior class at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Woodbury wears a wool jacket with piping around the lapels, a shirt and a cravat.
- Denver (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Woodbury, Frank S. (Frank Stillman); Denver High School--People--1870-1880.; Denver Public Schools--People--1870-1880.
- 1877
- Harry L. Baldwin
- Studio bust portrait of Harry Lewis Baldwin, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Baldwin's hair is parted on the side, and he wears a coat made with a diagonal grained fabric, a shirt and cravat.
- Denver (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Baldwin, Harry L. (Harry Lewis); Denver High School--People--1870-1880.; Denver Public Schools--People--1870-1880.
- 1878
- Ezra M. Cornell
- Studio bust portrait of Ezra M. Cornell, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Cornell wears a coat with wide lapels, a vest, a shirt with an upright collar and a cravat.
- Denver (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Cornell, Ezra M.; Denver High School--People--1870-1880.; Denver Public Schools--People--1870-1880.
- 1879
- Alfred G. Ebert
- Studio bust portrait of Alfred Grant Ebert, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. He has short hair and wears a coat, a patterned cravat with a tie pin and a shirt with an upright collar.
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Ebert, Alfred G. (Alfred Grant); Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1881
- Worthen Hood
- Studio bust portrait of Worthen Hood, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. He wears his hair parted to the side, a coat, vest, cravat and a shirt with an upturned collar.
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Hood, Worthen.; Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1881
- Sidney H. Schroter
- Studio bust portrait of Sidney Haines Schroter, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. He wears his hair parted to the side, a coat, a patterned cravat and a shirt with an upturned collar.
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Schroter, Sidney H. (Sidney Haines); Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1881
- Louis C. Shreve
- Studio bust portrait of Louis Cass Shreve, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Shreve has short hair parted on the side, and wears a coat, a shirt and a light colored cravat or bow tie.
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Shreve, Louis C. (Louis Cass); Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1883
- Edmond C. Van Diest
- Studio bust portrait of Edmond Cornelius Van Diest, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Van Diest has short, wavy hair parted on the side. He wears a morning coat, a shirt and a probably polka dotted cravat or bow tie.
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Van Diest, Edmond (Edmond Cornelius); Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1883