Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Leadville drum corps of 1888
- Studio portrait of the Leadville Drum Corps band, who attended the National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic at Boston, Massachusetts, with their drums and drumsticks. Boys and young men pose in Zouave style uniforms with short shell...
- Drum and bugle corps--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.; Bands--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.; Drums--1880-1890.; Musicians--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Denver Shop Band
- The Denver Employees Shop Band of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad poses in four rows on building steps, Denver, Colorado. Each wears a uniform and holds an instrument, including clarinets, sousaphones, and drums. Three drums are on the...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Capitols--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Marching bands--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Railroad employees--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1935?]
- Denver Shop Band
- The Denver Employees Shop Band of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad poses in four rows on building steps, Denver, Colorado. Each wears a uniform and holds an instrument, including clarinets, sousaphones, and drums. Three drums are on the...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Capitols--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Marching bands--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Railroad employees--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1935?]
- Parade, Georgetown, Colorado
- A view of a parade on Monday, July 5, 1897, in Georgetown, Colorado, looking north on Taos Street from Fifth Street. The parade is coming down the street towards the photographer. The mounted police, three men in suits wearing bowler hats and...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Marching bands--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.; Mounted police--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Gus Hill's Minstrels, Chas. A. Williams, Mgr. Broadway Theatre Denver, Colo.
- Photomontage and panoramic photograph of the Gus Hill Minstrels at the Broadway Theater, 1756 Broadway, in Denver, Colorado. Men in kepi hats and blue wool coats with large buttons pose at the front entrance of the theater. Some band members hold...
- Broadway Theater (Denver, Colo.)--People--1920-1930.; Gus Hill Minstrels--People--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Bands--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Entertainers--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Theaters--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1920, March 29
- Fort Morgan, Colorado, 3rd Prize
- The band from American Legion Post Number 19 in Fort Morgan, Colorado, poses at a competition. The band is composed of drums, bugles, riflemen, flagmen, and a band leader. Inscriptions on the two bass drums read: "American Legion Harold DeHaan Post...
- Fort Morgan (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Bands--1930-1940.; American Legion. Harold DeHaan Post No. 19 (Fort Morgan, Colo.)
- 1939
- Western History Subject Index
- Indians. Drums
- Ramon Del Castillo at Santa Anna Fiesta
- Ramon Del Castillo, a professor of Chicano studies at Metropolitan State College of Denver and a well known Chicano poet, plays hand drums with an unidentified musician group at the Santa Anna Fiesta in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. He...
- Hispanic Americans--Colorado--2000-2010.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--2000-2010.; San Luis (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Hand drums.; Poets.; Teachers.; Del Castillo, Ramon, 1949---Pictorial works.; College teachers--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Drummers...
- [2001]
- Durango
- Members of Durango Lodge No. 29 march in a parade in Durango (La Plata County), Colorado. Men in the front row carry drums and a large American flag. Spectators stand on the sidewalks in front of businesses.
- Durango (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Drums--Colorado--Durango--1890-1910.; Flags--American--1890-1910.; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--Durango--1890-1910.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Durango--1890-1910.; Spectators--Colorado--Durango--1890-1910.
- [1886?]
- Salida High School Building laying corner stone and dedication
- Spectators watch men on a platform at the corner of the three- story brick HIgh School building, Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado. United States flags hang under stone sills, by a projecting square tower housing the arched, columned entry. A...
- Salida (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Drums--Colorado--Salida--1890-1900.; Schools--Colorado--Salida--1890-1900.; Spectators--Colorado--Salida--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Salida--1890-1900.
- 1892
- Denver High School cadets
- Group portrait of Denver High School (East Side High School) cadets posed in uniforms with rifles, Denver, Colorado. Some are identified as: Company A: W. E. White captain, Harry Smith first lieutenant, Nealy Chapin second lieutenant, Gordan...
- East Denver High School (Denver, Colo.)--People--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cadets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Drums--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; School children--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.;...
- 1893 or 1894
- Taos Pueblo drummers
- View of Native Americans (Taos Pueblo) with drums, at Taos Pueblo, New Mexico.
- Indians of North America--Music--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Music--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1900-1910.; Taos Indians--1900-1910.; Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Drums--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Cochiti Pueblo Indians
- Native American (Cochiti) men, some with large hollow log drums, stand in a courtyard in front of an adobe structure, Cochiti Pueblo, New Mexico. The men wear headbands, shirts and pants, most have blankets wrapped around them. Two boys, in coats...
- Cochiti Indians--Music--New Mexico--Cochiti--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--New Mexico--Cochiti--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Cochiti--1910-1920.; Cochiti (N.M.)--1910-1920.; Drums--New Mexico--Cochiti--1910-1920.
- [1918?]
- Drummers and singers, San Ildefonzo buffalo dance
- Native American (San Ildefonso Pueblo) men, women and children on the side line of a buffalo dance, San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico. Several men beat large drums. A crowd of spectators stand beside the drummers and on roofs.
- Buffalo dance--New Mexico--San Ildefonso--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--New Mexico--San Ildefonso--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Women--New Mexico--San Ildefonso--1910-1920.; Tewa Indians--Dance--New Mexico--San Ildefonso--1910-1920.; San...
- 1910
- Cochiti, N. M.
- Native American men gather in a semi-circle in Cochiti Pueblo, New Mexico. Three drums are in front of the men, most of whom are wrapped in woven blankets and wear headbands. Onlookers watch from benches and ladders near adobe buildings.
- Cochiti Indians--Women--New Mexico--Cochiti--1900-1920.; Indians of North America--Music--New Mexico--Cochiti--1900-1920.; Cochiti (N.M.)--1900-1920.; Children--New Mexico--Cochiti--1900-1920.; Drums--New Mexico--Cochiti--1900-1920.
- 1918
- Cook drum corp, G. A. R., Denver
- Men in uniform march in the Grand Army of the Republic parade on 16th (Sixteenth) Street, Denver, Colorado. They play drums and carry standards. The Colorado State Capitol building is in the background.
- Grand Army of the Republic--Commemoration--1900-1910.; Drum and bugle corps--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Veterans.; Drums--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Parades &...
- 1905
- Dakota arts & customs
- Shows a Native American Sioux quiver, tobacco pouches, rattles, drums, mystery whistle, deerskin flute, and a war whistle.
- Dakota Indians--Arts & crafts--1850-1860.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1850-1860.; Quivers--1850-1860.; Drums--1850-1860.; Flutes--1850-1860.; Musical instruments--1850-1860.; Rattles--1850-1860.
- [1851?]
- Leadville Drum Corp, 1895-6
- The Leadville Drum Corp poses in front of a brick building with large pane windows in Leadville, Colorado. Boys and young men wear short toreador jackets with zigzag embroidery and gaiters over balloon pants. One man holds the Corp banner in the...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Drums--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Marching bands--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.
- [between 1895 and 1896]
- Gunnison Cornet Band, Champions of Gunnison, Co., 1890
- Studio portrait of the members of the Gunnison Cornet Band from Gunnison (Gunnison County), Colorado. Band members wear long trousers with a side stripe, jackets decorated with braid trim, and kepi hats. The men hold cornets, tubas, trumpets, a...
- Bands--Colorado--Gunnison--1890-1900.; Brass instruments--1890-1900.; Drums--1890-1900.; Musicians--Colorado--Gunnison--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Sells Floto Band
- Sells Floto Band members, dressed in uniform, stand and pose in an open field. The men hold wind instruments and drums. Circus tents and equipment for the Sells Floto Circus and Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show are in the distance.
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Company--People--1910-1920.; Sells Floto Circus--People--1910-1920.; Bands--1900-1920.; Circus performers--1910-1920.; Drums--1900-1920.; Uniforms--1900-1920.; Wind instruments--1900-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1917?]
- Zouaves and covered wagon
- The Devlin's Zouaves, members of the Sells Floto Circus and Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, pose near a Conestoga wagon in Vallejo (Solano County), California. The young men wear fez hats, inscribed with "D" and "Z," short jackets with trim, baggy...
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Company--People--1910-1920.; Devlin's Zouaves--People--1910-1920.; Sells Floto Circus--People--1910-1920.; Vallejo (Calif.)--1910-1920.; Bugles--California--Vallejo--1910-1920.; Circus...
- [between 1910 and 1917?]
- Grand Lake camp evening jam
- Roundup Riders of the Rockies members play instruments during an evening performance in Grand Lake (Grand County), Colorado. Pete Smythe wears a cowboy hat, holds a pipe in his mouth, and plays bongo drums. Other men play an accordion and a bass...
- Roundup Riders of the Rockies (Colo.)--People--1950-1960.; Grand Lake (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Accordions--Colorado--Grand Lake--1950-1960.; Entertainment--Colorado--Grand Lake--1950-1960.; Hand drums--Colorado--Grand Lake--1950-1960.; Musical...
- 1957
- Western History Subject Index
- Drums
- 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
- Parade in Denver
- View of a parade on Broadway in downtown Denver, Colorado. Men in probably military uniforms march in the street with drums and an American Flag. Shows possibly an Elks banner and men in rows who wear white uniforms and caps. Men in suits and hats...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Military personnel--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1901 and 1910?]
- Graham Mesa Band
- Members of the Graham (family) Mesa Brass Band pose with musical instruments in Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado. They are identified as (top row, left to right): Elmer, Albert, Claude, Isem W., Henry and Jennie and (bottom row, left to right):...
- Graham, Isem W.--Family.; Rifle (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Bands--Colorado--Rifle--1910-1920.; Brass instruments--Colorado--Rifle--1910-1920.; Children--Colorado--Rifle--1910-1920.; Families--Colorado--Rifle--1910-1920.;...
- 1911, October 16
- Grand Junction Cornet Band
- Members of the Grand Junction Cornet Band hold brass instruments or drums and pose in a row on Main street in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado. The men wear suits and hats, they hold musical instruments and are identified left to right as:...
- Grand Junction Cornet Band--People--1880-1890.; Grand Junction (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Bands--Colorado--Grand Junction--1880-1890.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Grand Junction--1880-1890.
- [between 1884 and 1889?]
- Second Regiment Band
- Group portrait of the Colorado National Guard Second Regiment Band during the Western Federation of Miners strike at probably the Goldfield camp in Victor (Teller County), Colorado. The men are in uniform with overcoat capes and hats, they hold...
- Colorado. National Guard.--People--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Victor (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Bands--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.; Military camps--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.;...
- [1903]
- Women's band
- Women in an all female marching band pose outdoors in Colorado. They pose with their instruments which include: baritones, trumpets, drums, and a clarinet. A man poses behind them.
- Marching bands--Colorado--1910-1930.; Women--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Machine shop interior
- Machinists pose near an axle supported by oil drums in a machine shop in Denver, Colorado. A forge, ventilation hood, pressurized tanks, and workbench are nearby.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Laborers--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Machine shops--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915]
- Colorado Midland R R Co band
- Members of the Colorado Midland Railway Company marching band pose outdoors with their instruments which include saxophones, trombones, trumpets, drums, clarinets. and baritones, possibly in Denver, Colorado. Their uniforms include buckskin...
- Colorado Midland Railway Company--People--1890-1910.; Indians of North America--Performances & portrayals--Colorado--1890-1910.; Marching bands--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Colorado Midland R R Band
- Members of the Colorado Midland Railway Company Band pose with their instruments that include clarinets, saxophones, trombones, baritones, and drums, on the steps of the state capitol building in Denver, Colorado. Their uniforms include buckskin...
- Colorado Midland Railway Company--People--1890-1910.; Colorado State Capitol (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Indians of North America--Performances & portrayals--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.;...
- [October, 1896]
- 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?]
- Indian excursion in Denver
- Group portrait of Native American Ute men, women, and a girl with drums and costume including feather and horn headdresses, braids, embroidered aprons and leggings, felt hats, moccasins, and blankets in Denver, Colorado. 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?]
- Indian excursion in Denver
- Group portrait of Native American Ute men, women, and a girl with drums and costume including feather and horn headdresses, braids, embroidered aprons and leggings, felt hats, moccasins, and blankets in Denver, Colorado. One man wears a suit and...
- 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?]
- Indian excursion in Denver
- Group portrait of Native American Ute men, women, and a girl in Denver, Colorado, with drums and costume including 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?]
- Funeral band
- Members of a marching band and other men dressed in uniforms, possibly policemen or firemen, pose with a dead man in a coffin at a cemetery in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. The band members hold their instruments which include drums,...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Bands--Colorado--Trinidad--1890-1910.; Dead persons--Colorado--Trinidad--1890-1910.; Funeral rites & ceremonies--Colorado--Trinidad--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Wild West Show parade
- Members of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show band ride horses down a dirt street during a parade for the show. The men are playing their instruments while riding horses. Among the instruments being played is a trombone, a trumpet and the drums. A group...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Bands--1900-1910.; Parades & processions--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Collyer Pk,. in Longmont
- The Cornet Band poses next to the raised wooden bandstand in Collyer or Thompson Park, Longmont, Colorado. They wear uniforms with flat caps and hold instruments including bass and snare drums, cornets, tuba, saxaphone and trombones.
- Longmont (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Band uniforms--Colorado--Longmont--1880-1900.; Bands--Colorado--Longmont--1880-1900.; Musical instruments--Colorado--Longmont--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- High School band
- The Longmont High School band poses with instruments inside a classroom, Longmont, Colorado. They form two rows, first row sits; a student in the back row poses with a starfish in his breast pocket. Instruments include: bass and snare drums,...
- Longmont (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Bands--Colorado--Longmont--1910-1920.; Interiors.; Schools--Colorado--Longmont--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920]
- Louisville Highschool Jr. Band honorable mention
- The Louisville High School Junior Band poses at night in an outdoor stadium, Denver, Colorado. They wear uniform striped pants, capes and caps. Instruments include: bass and snare drums, trombones, saxaphones, clarionets, and a tuba. The band...
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Band uniforms--Colorado--Louisville--1930-1940.; Marching bands--Colorado--Louisville--1930-1940.; Youth bands--Colorado--Louisville--1930-1940.
- August 28, 1939
- Loveland High School Jr. Band 2nd Prize
- The Loveland High School Junior Band poses at night in an outdoor stadium, Denver, Colorado. They wear uniform white pants, capes and caps. Instruments include: bass and snare drums, trombones, saxaphones, clarinets, and tubas.
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Band uniforms--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Marching bands--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Youth bands--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- August 28, 1939
- Noland, Colo band
- A band poses in bowler hats with cornets, French horns, snare and bass drums in Noland, Boulder County, Colorado. They are identified as: (front row l to r) C. K. Hirschfeld, Charles Cheney, John Cheney; (back row l to r): Fred Aldinger, Charles...
- Noland (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bands--Colorado--Noland--1890-1900.; Aldinger, Fred.; Auftehar, Otto.; Cheney, Charles.; Cheney, John.; Hirschfeld, C. K.; Anderson, Charles.; Cox, Charles.; Samuelson, Gus.
- 1892
- Company I, 2nd Regiment Colorado National Guards, Montrose, Colo
- Uniformed men pose with rifles, bayonets, white gloves, cavalry or bowler hats, and drums, in Montrose, Montrose County, Colorado. Behind them, the two-story opera house is a brick building with an arcaded porch, and a cornice with lettering:...
- Colorado National Guard--1880-1890.; Buddecke & Diehl Outfitters Opera House (Montrose, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Montrose (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Military uniforms--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Militias--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Opera...
- 1888 February 22
- Decoration Day Montrose, Colo
- The Decoration Day parade in Montrose, Montrose County, Colorado, includes a marching band in cavalry uniforms. Men carry drums, rifles, swords, and a United States flag. Brick and frame businesses with cornices flank the street; spectators crowd...
- Memorial Day--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Montrose (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Flags--American--1880-1890.; Military parades & ceremonies--Colorado--Montrose--1880- 1890.; Military uniforms--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Magnolia Band of Ouray
- The Magnolia Band poses in uniform on street in front of the Croft residence, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado; instruments include bass and snare drums, tubas, trombones, cornets and clarionets. Jim Knaus, the drum major, wears a tall plume hat and...
- Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Drum majors--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.; Marching bands--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.; Knaus, Jim.
- [1891?]
- The Ouray Band at the Elks State Convention, held in Ouray Colo. Sep. 14 to 15th, 1911
- The Ouray Band poses in uniform in front of the Ouray City Hall, Ouray County, Colorado, during the Elks State Convention. Their leader Thomas B. Mitchell sits center with Arthur Grabow to his right. Instruments include bass and snare drums,...
- Elks (Fraternal order)--Colorado--Ouray--1910-1920.; Ouray (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Marching bands--Colorado--Ouray--1910-1920.; Grabow, Arthur.; Mitchell, Thomas B.
- 1911
- Wray High School Jr. Band, 1st prize
- The Wray High School Junior Band poses in an outdoor stadium, in Denver, Colorado, in uniforms and holding tubas, drums, saxophones, clarionets, horns and batons.
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Band uniforms--Colorado--Wray--1930-1940.; Marching bands--Colorado--Wray--1930-1940.
- August 28, 1939
- Troutdale-in-the-Pines, orchestra in ball room
- The band leader, the band, and the singer (eleven men and one woman) pose on the bandstand in mountain resort of Troutdale-in-the-Pines ball room, Troutdale, Jefferson County, Colorado. Their instruments include guitars, violins, a bass, drums,...
- Troutdale-in-the-Pines (Troutdale, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Troutdale (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Big bands--Colorado--Troutdale--1930-1940.; Interiors.; Resorts--Colorado--Troutdale--1930-1940.; Stages (Platforms)--Colorado--Troutdale--1930-1940.
- September 4, 1935
- Watsons Mill, Dad & Richard
- View of Watson's Mill, Silver Plume, Clear Creek County, Colorado, shows four tiers and tram cables emerging from the top tier, piles of rock and 55-gallon drums flank the dirt road lead up to the building and two men pose in the doorway of the...
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Silver Plume--1920-1930.; Ore industry--Colorado--Silver Plume--1920-1930.
- 1926 or 1927