Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Annual: East Denver High School, 1917
- 1917 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1917
- Five generations of women
- Photograph of five generations of women in the Cary (Carey) family. Pictured are May V. Chancellor, her daughter Louise P Chancellor Cary (Carey), Janice Ivery (daughter of Louise), Vicki Nun (daughter of Janice) and Casie Maria (daughter of...
- undated
- East High School Handbook for Parents and Pupils
- Handbook created by Denver Public Schools for all students and parents of East High School in Denver, Colo.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1955
- Captain José Julián Espinosa family
- Portrait of Captain José Julián Espinosa, his daughter Teodora and her family. They are identified left to right: Front row: Erinea García and Amarante García, Middle row: José Victor García, Jr. and José Amarante García, Teodora...
- Hispanic Americans--1900-1910.; Mexican Americans--1900-1910.; Children.; Families.; Espinosa, José Julián--Family--Pictorial works.; Espinosa family--Pictorial works.; García family--Pictorial works.; Children--Colorado--Pictorial works.;...
- [ca 1909?]
- Living room of Martha Crane's log cabin home, Cripple Creek, Colo.
- Interior view of Mrs. Mary Crane's living room, 809 Mine Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; Mrs. Crane, her daughter Martha, and a man sit at the stretcher table playing cards; scene includes doily on top of table, ornate wallpaper, Cripple Creek...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Interiors.; Living rooms--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Stoves--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Crane, Mary.
- 1907
- 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
- Spotted Tail (Sin-te-ga-lis-ta) Chief of Brule Sioux
- Spotted Tail (Sinte Galeshka), his wife, and daughter, Native American (Brule Sioux) man and women, pose outdoors. Each person is wrapped in a blanket. Spotted Tail's daughter wears a hair pipe necklace and a dress decorated with teeth.
- Brulé Indians--1860-1880.; Dakota Indians--1860-1880.; Indians of North America--1860-1880.; Families--1860-1880.; Tribal chiefs--1860-1880.; Women--1860-1880.; Spotted Tail, 1823-1881--Family.; Spotted Tail, 1823-1881.
- [between 1869 and 1878]
- Adolph Zang Family
- Group studio portrait of Adolph Joseph Zang Family; seated, left to right: mother (Wilhelmina "Minnie" Louise Vogt) and youngest daughter (Louise) sharing chair, father (Adolph Joseph Zang); standing, left to right: middle daughter (Minnie...
- Morrison, Louise Zang, 1892-1974.; Patterson, Gertrude Zang.; Zang, Adolph Frank, 1890-1984.; Zang, Adolph Joseph, 1856-1916--Family.; Zang, Minnie Elizabeth, 1887-1984.; Zang, Philip Adolph, 1883-1969.; Zang, Wilhelmina Louise Vogt.
- [between 1886 and 1901]
- Frank Potter
- Studio group portrait of the Frank Potter family, residents of Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. The family poses in front of a painted backdrop of trees and houses. Mr. Potter wears a dark suit and a tie, his young daughter sits in his...
- Potter, Frank--Family.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Boys.; Clothing & dress.; Families.; Girls.; Teenagers.; Women.; Potter, Frank.; Wold, E.
- Mrs. Biglow
- Studio portrait of Mrs. Biglow and probably her daughter from Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. She stands beside her daughter who is seated. They pose in front of a painted backdrop of a house and trees. Mrs. Biglow wears a dress with a...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Clothing & dress.; Families.; Women.; Biglow, Mrs.; Bigelow family.
- Casimiro Barela, his wife Damiana Rivera Barela and daughter
- Studio portrait of Colorado State Senator Casimiro Barela from Las Animas County, Colorado, his wife Damiana Rivera de Barela and his second daughter by his first wife, Juanita Barela. They pose in front of a painted drop. Damiana wears a black...
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1900-1910.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1900-1910.; Women.; Families.; Legislators.; Barela, Casimiro--Pictorial works.; Barela, Damiana Rivera de--Pictorial works.; Barela, Juanita--Pictorial works.; Mexican...
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- 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
- Utes-Mrs. John Marshall, pappoose Kate, daughter of Luke Snow, Chipeta, pappoose Scoop, Mrs. John Patterson, Mrs. Buckskin Charlie (Toowee), pappoose Japanese
- Native American (Ute) women and children sit in front of tepee. Shows, from left to right, Mrs. John Marshall (Meadow Lark), Kate, daughter of Luke Snow, Chipeta, widow of Chief Ouray, Scoop, Mrs. John Patterson, To-wee (Emma Naylor Buck), wife of...
- Indians of North America--Children--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--Women--1910-1920.; Tipis--1910-1920.
- 1911
- Plenty Coos Chief of the Crow Indians and daughter
- Chief Plenty Coups, a Native American (Crow) man, poses with his daughter and wears moccasins, leggings, a breech cloth, gloves, a fringed shirt with bead and fur decorations, a necklace, and a headdress. He has a blanket draped over his left arm...
- Crow Indians--Children--1910-1940.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1910-1940.; Tribal chiefs--1910-1940.; Plenty Coups, Chief of the Crows, 1848-1932--Family.
- [between 1910 and 1932?]
- Dewey Beard, wife and daughter
- Dewey Beard, his wife and daughter, Native American (Plains) man, woman, and girl, pose outdoors. Dewey Beard wears moccasins, leggings, a breechcloth, a fringed shirt, a hair pipe breast plate decorated with a medal, a necklace made of teeth, and...
- Indians of North America--Great Plains--1880-1910.; Great Plains--1880-1910.; Clothing & dress--Great Plains--1880-1910.; Families--Great Plains--1880-1910.; Girls--Great Plains--1880-1910.; Women--Great Plains--1880-1910.; Beard, Dewey--Family.;...
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Short Robe and daughter in full dress
- A Native American man and his daughter pose with a horse in front of a tepee. The man is identified as Short Robe and wears leggings, a blanket, a vest, and a hat. His daughter wears a fringed hide dress and necklaces.
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Fathers & children--1890-1900.; Short Robe.
- 1900?
- Mrs. D. H. Moffat and daughter in '65
- Studio portrait of Frances (Fannie) A. Moffat (nee Buckout), and her daughter, Marcia Moffat (later McClurg).
- Moffat, David H. (David Halliday), 1839-1911--Family.; Girls--1860-1870.; Mothers & children--1860-1870.; Women--1860-1870.; McClurg, Marcia Moffat, d. 1929.; Moffat, Frances A. Buckout, 1843-1926.
- 1865
- W.N. Byers on the porch of his daughter
- A portrait of William N. Byers, he sits in a chair with his feet elevated and a newspaper on his lap, at his daughter's log cabin in Ferndale (Jefferson County), Colorado
- Ferndale (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business people--Colorado--Ferndale--1890-1900.; Sitting--Colorado--Ferndale--1890-1900.; Byers, William Newton, 1831-1903.
- 1896 Jul. 26
- Mrs. William Byers (and daughter Mary)
- A studio portrait of Elizabeth Minerva Byers (Mrs. William N. Byers) and her daughter Mary (later Mary Byers Robinson). Mrs. Byers wear a dark dress and a brooch, her daughter wears a checked off the shoulder dress.
- Girls--1870-1880.; Mothers & children--1870-1880.; Byers, Elizabeth Minerva.; Robinson, Mary Byers.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- Two Bear, son and daughter, Dakota, full length
- Two Bear, seated, Dakota, with son and daughter standing beside him, full length studio portrait with painted backdrop; Two Bear wears scarf tied at neck, vest, long shirt, pants and moccasins; his son wears suit jacket, vest and pants; his...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Children--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Two Bear.
- [188-?]
- Two Bear's daughter, Dakota, similar view, full length
- Two Bear's daughter, Dakota female, full length seated studio portrait with painted backdrop, wearing long earrings, braided hair, necklaces, bracelet, and studded leather belt and sash.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Two Bear--Family.; Indians of North America--Women--Portraits.
- [188-?]
- Two Bear's daughter, Dakota, in Indian clothing, bust
- Two Bear's daughter, Dakota female, head and shoulders studio portrait with painted backdrop, wearing dentalium shell earrings, and beaded necklaces.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Women--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Two Bear--Family.
- [188-?]
- Two Bear's daughter, Dakota, wearing elaborate hair ornaments, bust
- Two Bear's daughter, Dakota female, 1/2 length studio portrait with painted backdrop, wearing braided hair with ornamentation, dentalium shell earrings and necklaces.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Women--1880- 1890.; Two Bear--Family.
- [188-?]
- Mother and daughter, member of American Red Cross
- Women, a mother and daughter, and members of the Mile High chapter of the American Red Cross pose in uniform and point at a globe on a desk in an office in Denver, Colorado. The older woman wears a jacket with epaulets and a billed cap with a bow...
- American Red Cross Mile High Chapter.--People--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Families.; Women.
- 1968 Aug. 12
- Descendants of Diego Gonzalez de Apodaca and Sebastiana Lopez de Gracia
- Detailed description of the descendants of New Mexico pioneering family of Diego Gonzalez de Apodaca and Sebastiana Lopez de Gracia who were married on 1654 in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
- Hispanic Americans--New Mexico--Genealogy.; Spaniards--New Mexico--Genealogy.; Mexican Americans--New Mexico--Genealogy.; New Mexico--Genealogy.
- 2002
- Descendants of Cristobal de Atenzia Y Alcala Escobar and Maria de Bautista
- Detailed description of the descendants of New Mexico pioneering family Cristobal de Atenzia Y Alcala Escobar and Maria de Bautista
- Hispanic Americans--New Mexico--Genealogy.; Spaniards--New Mexico--Genealogy.; Mexican Americans--New Mexico--Genealogy.; New Mexico--Genealogy.
- 2002 April
- Descendants of Blas Miranda and Juliana Perez de Bustillo
- Detailed description of the descendants of New Mexico pioneering family Blas Miranda and Juliana Perez de Bustillo.
- Hispanic Americans--New Mexico--Genealogy.; Spaniards--New Mexico--Genealogy.; Mexican Americans--New Mexico--Genealogy.; New Mexico--Genealogy.
- 2002 April
- Picketing Karl's Liquors
- Jesús Valderrama pickets Karl's Liquors for the sale of Gallo Wine at West Colfax in Denver, Colorado. He holds a sign that reads: "AFL-CIO United Farm Workers Union Picket. Please Don't Scab. Huelga." A young girl, the daughter of the owner of...
- Karl's Liquors (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; United Farm Workers of America--People--1970-1980.; Mexican Americans--1970-1980.; Hispanic Americans--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Girls.; Liquor stores.; Boycotts.; Pickets.; Valderrama,...
- [between 1973 and 1975?]
- Andy and Angela Trujillo
- Studio portrait of Andy Trujillo and his daughter Angela from Fort Collins (Larimer County), Colorado. The young man wears a suit and tie. He sits in a wire chair and holds his infant daughter who sits on a table with spindle legs. Angela wears a...
- Hispanic Americans--1910-1920.; Families.; Infants.; Trujillo, Andy--Pictorial works.; Trujillo, Angela--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Fathers and daughters--Colorado--Fort Collins--Pictorial works.;...
- [between 1910 and 1915?]
- Benito Gonzáles, Francisca García, and Francisco García
- Benito Gonzáles poses with his sister in law, Francisca García and her father Francisco Garcia in front of a clapboard house in Greeley, Colorado. Benito stands, he wears a shirt with an upright collar, a vest, a plaid tie and holds his hat in...
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1920-1930; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1920-1930.; Greeley (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Gonzáles, Benito, 1904-1980--Pictorial works.; García, Francisco, 1862-1928--Pictorial works.; García, Francisca, 1889---Pictorial...
- [1926?]
- Juan Bautista Córdova and family
- Studio portrait of Magdalena Córdova, daughter of Juan Bautista Córdova, and his wife, María Quirina Sánches. Magdalena wears a long dress with leg of mutton sleeves, and velvet trim. Her hair is curled and pulled back. She stands beside...
- Hispanic Americans--1890-1900.; Mexican Americans--1890-1900.; Families.; Pictorial works.; Women.; Córdova, Juan Bautista, 1830---Pictorial works.; Córdova, Magdalena, 1867---Pictorial works.; Sánches, María Quirina, 1836---Pictorial...
- [between 1890 and 1895?]
- Portrait of a family
- Studio portrait of possibly the C.A. Fox family. The father wears a dark colored wool suit and sits in an upholstered chair with his arm around a baby who balances on the arm of the chair. His wife stands behind him with her hand resting on the...
- Families--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Kate Lee
- Standing portrait of Kate Lee, a Black woman, daughter of Jeremiah Lee; she props a book up on a tall table beside her; her dark dress is tightly belted high on her waist; she wears a bow in her hair and drop earings.
- African Americans--Women--1890-1900.; Lee, Kate.
- [between 1860 and 1868]
- Wm. Rowley, Sr. home in Parker
- The William Rowley, Sr. family poses outside of their homestead in Parker, Colorado in Douglas County, with horses, a dog and cart. Shown are Mr. Rowley, his wife Polly, daughter Grace, Robert and Roselle Hawkey and an unidentified man. The...
- Hawkey, Robert.; Hawkey, Roselle.; Rowley, Grace--Childhood & youth.; Rowley, Polly--Homes & haunts.; Rowley, William, Sr.--Homes & haunts.; Parker (Colo.)--1890-1910.
- [between 1895 and 1905?]
- Briarhurst Mansion
- Exterior view of Briarhurst Mansion in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking east. This elegant two story Tudor style residence of Dr. William Bell was rebuilt in 1888 after a fire in 1886. Built of local stone, it features gables, dormers, bays,...
- Bell, William Abraham--Homes & haunts.; Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1900.
- [betwen 1892 and 1896?]
- Ward family at Briarhurst Mansion
- A group of people sit in the doorway of Briarhurst Mansion in Manitou Springs, Colorado. Under the carved stone gothic arch, men in sporting suits and women in high puff shouldered bodices pose for the camera. The woman on the left has a feathered...
- Bell, William Abraham--Homes & haunts.; Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1900.; Ward family.
- [between 1892 and 1896?]
- Ward family at Briarhurst Mansion
- A group of people sit in front of a fireplace at Briarhurst Mansion in Manitou Springs, Colorado. Men in tuxedoes and women in puff shouldered, satin and lace jabot necked bodices lounge on the floor, looking quite relaxed. A tophat sits brim up on...
- Bell, William Abraham--Homes & haunts.; Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1900.; Ward family.
- [between 1892 and 1896?]
- Ward family at Briarhurst Mansion
- A group of people sit in an open porch surrounded by shingled wall at Briarhurst Mansion, in Manitou Springs, Colorado. Men in sack suits and women in puff shouldered jackets, lace collars and straw hats relax in the shade. One woman has a big...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1900.; Bell, William Abraham--Homes & haunts.; Ward family.
- [between 1892 and 1896?]
- Log Cabin
- View of the Log Cabin, one of the first buildings built in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. Governor Hunt built this cabin, when the Denver and Rio Grande railway arrived, in October 1871, it became the station restaurant. Identified...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company--1870-1880.; Log Cabin (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Governors--Colorado--1870-1880.; Log buildings--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1870-1880.; Railroad...
- [between 1871 and 1875]
- Ostrich farm in California
- A woman holds a young girl in her arms as they both look at ostrich's at a farm in California. Shows a wood and wire fence and troughs. The woman may possibly be Mrs. Harry M. Rhoads with their daughter.
- Ostrich farms--California--1900-1920.; California--1900-1920.; Mothers & children--California--1900-1920.; Ostriches--California--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Hotel Broadway between 15th & 16th on Broadway when a president was to give a speech across the street
- A group of men, women, and children pose in front of the Hotel Broadway, between 15th (Fifteenth) and 16th (Sixteenth) streets, Denver, Colorado. They are identified as: 1. 2. 3. and 15. are hotel employees, 4. George Newkirk, 5. Jones, 6. Comstock...
- Hotel Broadway (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Children--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Clergy--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Festive decorations--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.;...
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Graduating class of Wolfe hall
- Studio portrait of Wolfe Hall graduates in Denver, Colorado; three women wear corsages pinned to their white dresses and hold diplomas. Seated is the mother of Cornelius Otis Skinner, Miss Blanche M. Davis stands on the right, the woman on the left...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bouquets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Davis, Blanche M.; Skinner, Cornelia Otis, 1901---Family.
- 1890
- "Celebrities" @ Union Station
- Left to right: Charles Spalding Thomas, Governor of Colorado; Eleanor Wilson McAdoo, daughter of Pres. Woodrow Wilson; her husband, William Gibbs McAdoo, Wilson's Secretary of Treasury; and John Franklin Shafroth, U.S. Senator from Colorado stand...
- United States. Dept. of the Treasury. Office of the Secretary.--People--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Government officials--United States--1910-1920.; Governors--Colorado.; Legislators--Colorado.; McAdoo, Eleanor Wilson, 1889-1967.;...
- 1919
- Sadie Rhoads, wrapping a blanket around a female friend
- Shows the Rhoads family and others on a camping trip. Sadie Rhoads seated, to the left, wraps a blanket around a female friend. The little girl with the hat is Harry's daughter "Mitzi".
- Camps--Colorado--1920-1930.; Families--Colorado--1920-1930.; Rhoads, Harriet.; Rhoads, Mary Elizabeth.
- [between 1920 and 1940]
- President William Howard Taft (center) at home of Charles Hughes
- President William Howard Taft poses with the Hughes family and others, Denver, Colorado. Identification: "left to right: Sen. Charles J. Hughes, Jr., Taft, Mrs. Gerald Hughes, Mrs. Charles J. Hughes, Jr., and Mrs. Wallace W. Woodruff, daughter of...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Families--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Legislators--Colorado--1900-1920.; Presidents--United States--1900-1920.; Spouses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Hughes, Charles J. (Charles James), 1853-1911.; Taft, William H....
- [between 1909 and 1915?]
- President William Howard Taft at home of Charles Hughes
- President William Taft poses with members of the Hughes family in Denver, Colorado. Identification: "Left to Right: Senator Charles J. Hughes, Jr., Taft, Mrs. Gerald Hughes, Mrs. Charles J. Hughes Jr., and Mrs. Wallace W. Woodruff, daughter of the...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Families--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Legislators--Colorado--1900-1910.; Presidents--United States--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Hughes, Charles J. (Charles James), 1853-1911--Family.; Hughes,...
- [1909]
- Ute group portrait
- Studio portrait of Native Americans (Ute); shows a man and a woman (the mother of Ellen Watt), and her daughter (possibly), Daisy House Eagle. The man wears braids, a choker, breastplate, and a shirt; the women wear dresses and shawls.
- Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Ute Indians--Women--1880-1900.; Daisy House Eagle.; Watt, Ellen.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Helen Brown later Mrs. George Benziger
- Studio portrait of Catherine Ellen "Helen" Brown (Benziger), Margaret "Molly" Brown's daughter. She wears a dress and elaborately decorated hat.
- Benziger, Catherine Ellen.; Clothing & dress--1900-1910.; Girls--1900-1910.; Brown, Margaret Tobin, 1867-1932--Family.
- [between 1895 and 1900]
- Allotment crew ready to divide land at Pine Ridge
- Agent Brennan poses in front of a tent with his son, Billy (William) Garnett, an interpreter, (son of General Richard B. Garnett of old Fort Laramie and a Native American Sioux mother), his wife, daughter and three sons, and a land allotment crew...
- Dakota Indians--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Indian interpreters--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (S.D.)--1890-1900.; Families--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Surveyors--South...
- [1891]