Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Hopi pueblo
- Native American (Hopi) man and woman kneel on a pueblo roof with a pile of peaches and remove the pits in preparation for drying, Hopi Reservation, Arizona. Shown are several completed drying racks and the stone walls, pipes and roofs of the...
- Hopi Indians--Women--Arizona--1900-1920.; Indians of North America--Arizona--1900-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Domestic life--Arizona--1900-1920.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1900-1920.; Food drying--Arizona--1900-1920.; Home food...
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Drying prunes, Kings County
- A man sits in a horse-drawn cart in the middle of a field in probably Kings County, California. Other men stand near the buggy. Long wooden flats sit side by side and cover the field. The flats are covered with plums to be dried in the sun. Other...
- Kings County (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Cabinet photographs--1900-1910.; Food drying--California--Kings County--1900-1910.; Plums--California--Kings County--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Tongue River Agency, Montana, fruit drying
- View of a Native American (Crow) woman tending to a table of drying fruit on the Tongue River Agency, Montana.
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Tongue River Agency--1890-1910.; Crow Indians--Domestic life--Montana--1890-1910.; Indians of North America--Montana--1890-1910.; Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1890-1910.; Food...
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Teepe or tent, buffalo meat drying in the sun
- View of Native American Sioux tepees with buffalo meat drying on racks.
- Buffalo meat--1870-1880.; Dakota Indians--Domestic life--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--Domestic life--1870-1880.; Food drying--1870-1880.; Tipis--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- Indian camp, tepees and racks of drying corn
- Three Dakota Native American tepees with numerous racks of corn drying and one tepee with pole frame only; two Dakota females in view with one stooping over bucket and other sitting in front of tepee poles; other tepees in distant background camped...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Food drying--1880-1890.; Indian encampments--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Women--1880-1890.; Tipis--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- Indian camp, tepees, and racks of drying corn
- Four Dakota Native American tepees camped on plains or prairie with women and children standing outside one tepee with several racks of corn drying.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Food drying--1880-1890.; Indian encampments--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Tipis--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- Fort Peck Agency, Montana
- A Native American (Sioux Assiniboine) woman stands near a crude frame structure open on all sides and covered on top with brush, Fort Peck Agency, Montana. The shelter serves as a drying area for strings of corn ears which hang around the perimeter...
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Fort Peck Agency--1920-1940.; Assiniboine Indians--Montana--1920-1940.; Dakota Indians--Montana--1920-1940.; Indians of North America--Montana--1920-1940.; Corn--Montana--1920-1940.; Food...
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Sioux Indian camp, Mission South Dakota
- A Native American Sioux woman sits outside a canvas wall tent preparing a piece of meat for drying, Mission, South Dakota. Two pieces of meat dry on a line; children show inside the tent.
- Dakota Indians--South Dakota--Mission--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--Mission--1930-1940.; Mission (S.D.)--1930-1940.; Children--South Dakota--Mission--1930-1940.; Food drying--South Dakota--Mission--1930-1940.; Home food...
- [1936?]
- Sioux Indian camp, Mission South Dakota
- A Native American Sioux woman sits outside a canvas wall tent preparing a piece of meat for drying, Mission, South Dakota. Two pieces of meat dry on a line; children show inside the tent.
- Dakota Indians--South Dakota--Mission--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--Mission--1930-1940.; Mission (S.D.)--1930-1940.; Children--South Dakota--Mission--1930-1940.; Food drying--South Dakota--Mission--1930-1940.; Home food...
- [1936?]
- Sioux Indian camp, Mission South Dakota
- Two Native American Sioux woman wearing aprons, pose with two men by an evergreen arbor with drying meat, Mission, South Dakota.
- Dakota Indians--South Dakota--Mission--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--Mission--1930-1940.; Mission (S.D.)--1930-1940.; Arbors (Bowers)--South Dakota--Mission--1930-1940.; Food drying--South Dakota--Mission--1930-1940.;...
- [1936?]
- Sioux Indian camp, Mission South Dakota, Rosebud
- Two Native American Sioux woman wearing aprons pose with two man and a child by an evergreen arbor with drying meat, Mission, South Dakota.
- Dakota Indians--South Dakota--Mission--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--Mission--1930-1940.; Mission (S.D.)--1930-19.; Arbors (Bowers)--South Dakota--Mission--1930-1940.; Children--South Dakota--Mission--1930-1940.; Food...
- [1936?]
- Climax, Colo., Oliver filter, drying plant
- View of an Oliver filter, inside the Climax Molybdenum Company mine drying plant, Climax, Lake County, Colorado.
- Climax (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Industry--Colorado--Climax--1930-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--Climax--1930-1940.; Machinery--Colorado--Climax--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Climax--1930-1940.
- [1930?]
- Potawatomi woman
- A Native American (Potawatomi, Prairie Band) woman constructs a wooden frame for drying meat on a reservation near Mayetta, Kansas. A bark shelter and roof are in the distance.
- Prairie Band of Potawatomi Indians--People--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--Kansas--Mayetta--1930-1940.; Potawatomi Indians--Kansas--Mayetta--1930-1940.; Mayetta (Kan.)--1930-1940.; Potawatomi Indian Reservation (Kan.)--1930-1940.; Food...
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Navajos at Moenkopi Noli the jerked meat drying.
- Native American (Navajo) girls pose outdoors in Moenkopi, Arizona. The girls stand near meat drying on a line strung between a pole and a building.
- Indians of North America--Arizona--Moenkopi--1920-1930.; Navajo Indians--Arizona--Moenkopi--1920-1930.; Moenkopi (Ariz.)--1920-1930.; Girls--Arizona--Moenkopi--1920-1930.
- 1925
- Indian camp with tepees and wagons
- Over 15 Dakota Native American tepees camped on open plains or prairie with rolling hills in distant background; several Dakota Native Americans in camp, drying or tanning racks set up near tepees, several wagons with bent pole frames and one...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Food drying--1880-1890.; Indian encampments--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Tipis--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- Drying corn in Indian camp at Standing Rock
- View of two tipis, with corn drying on rack made of tree branches between them, on the Standing Rock Reservation.
- Standing Rock Indian Reservation (N.D. and S.D.)--1880-1890.; Agriculture--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Subsistance activities--1880-1890.; Tipis--Dakota Territory--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- Indians in camp - Cheyenne Frontier Days
- View of a Shoshoni camp set up during Cheyenne Frontier Days near Cheyenne (Laramie County) Wyoming; Native Americans are by tipis and racks of drying meat.
- Indians of North America--Wyoming--Cheyenne--1910-1930.; Shoshoni Indians--Wyoming--Cheyenne--1910-1930.; Cheyenne (Wyo.)--1910-1930.; Food drying--Wyoming--Cheyenne--1910-1930.; Indian encampments--Wyoming--Cheyenne--1910-1930.;...
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Vermiculite property near Lake City
- Men are near a pile of hewn timbers and probably an open-pit vermiculite mine near Lake City in Hinsdale County, Colorado. Shows a log building, a canvas tent, piles of logs, a dirt road, metal barrels and a graded, covered settling pool used for...
- Hinsdale County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Hinsdale County--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- View inside the Longmont Ledger office on Main Street, 400 block, west side.
- Charles Boynton, owner and editor, poses with two other men behind the counter of the Longmont Ledger office, Longmont, Colorado. The printing press of the weekly paper, drying racks, desks and type drawers show in the office.
- Longmont (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Newspapers--Colorado--Longmont--1890-1900.; Boynton, Charles W.
- [between 1895 and 1900?]
- Early Nevada
- View of Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, shows dwellings, commercial buildings, The Christ Church with its square tower and steeple, Pozo Mill by Nevada Creek, mining facilities, ore shed and a fence enclosure on King's Flat with drying...
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1870-1880.
- 1870?
- Colorado, 1895
- View northeast towards Cripple Creek, Colorado from hillside; scene includes railroad narrow gauge spurs, engine with passenger cars, hopper and freight box cars on additional spurs, wooden frame residences on hillside, canvas tent on wooden frame,...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1894 or 1895]
- Cripple Creek, F. & C. C. R. R.
- Distant view west towards sparsely settled Cripple Creek, Colorado; scene includes split rail fence, Florence & Cripple Creek Railroad narrow gauge track with box freight cars and hopper cars, outhouses, one-story wooden frame gabled residences,...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Railroads--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1894?]
- Colorado Springs Fire Department
- View of the Fire Department conducting rescue drills, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, shows a fireman rappelling from the hose drying tower with another man draped over his back and men holding the rope from below. The extension ladder...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.) Fire Department.--1910-1920.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910- 1920.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1920.; Towers--Colorado--Colorado...
- [between 1915 and 1920?]
- Colorado Springs Fire Department
- View of the Fire Department rescue drills, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, shows a fireman on the ladder of the fire truck carrying down another man on his back. The brick hose drying tower and apartments are in the background.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.) Fire Department.--1910-1920.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1920.; Towers--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1920.
- [between 1915 and 1920?]
- 2nd Pueblo - Taos - streets
- View of Taos Pueblo, New Mexico; shows adobe pueblo Native American (Taos Pueblo) dwellings (under construction), an oven, a drying hide, horses, and Pueblo Peak.
- Indians of North America--Structures--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Structures--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.; Taos Indians--Structures--New Mexico--1910-1920.; Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--1910-1920.; Pueblos--New Mexico--Taos...
- [between 1915 and 1920?]
- 2nd Pueblo - Taos
- View of Taos Pueblo, New Mexico; shows a Native American (Taos Pueblo) man, scaffolds, adobe pueblo dwellings, and drying laundry.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.; Taos Indians--New Mexico--1910-1920.; Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--1910-1920.; Pueblos--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.
- [between 1915 and 1920?]
- Central City, Colorado
- A two story, vernacular wood frame house with a chimney and windows with shutters is above the Rocky Mountain Brewery on a hillside in Central City, Colorado. A small outhouse with a sloped roof is behind the house. A clothesline, which has items...
- Rocky Mountain Brewery (Central City, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Brewing industry--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880]
- Taos community house
- View of Taos Pueblo, New Mexico; shows adobe pueblo dwellings, ladders, drying meat, and men including a Native American.
- Indians of North America--Structures--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Structures--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1890-1900.; Taos Indians--1890-1900.; Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--1890-1900.; Pueblos--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Tesuque Indian Pueblo, New Mexico
- View over Native American Tesuque Pueblo, New Mexico, shows adobe house blocks, timber fenced stock pens, corrals, drying racks, ovens, (hornos,) mission church, and corn and other agricultural fields.
- Indians of North America--Structures--New Mexico--Tesuque Pueblo--1880-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Structures--New Mexico--Tesuque Pueblo--1880-1910.; Tewa Indians--Structures--New Mexico--Tesuque Pueblo--1880-1910.; Tesuque Pueblo (N.M.)--1880-1910.;...
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Scraping the hide
- View of a Native American (Crow) woman bending over as she scrapes an animal hide. She wears a long dress, and the hide is secured to the ground by stakes. A tepee, tepee frames, and a drying rack with furs draped over it are nearby.
- Crow Indians--Women--1900-1920.; Indians of North America--1900-1920.; Curing (Preservation)--1900-1920.; Hides & skins--1900-1920.
- [between 1902 and 1911]
- Painting the hide
- View of a Native American (Crow) woman wearing a long dress and sitting on the ground as she paints an animal hide. The hide is secured to the ground by stakes and lies in shade created by a canvas covered frame. A tepee, tepee frames, and a drying...
- Crow Indians--Women--1900-1920.; Indians of North America--1900-1920.; Hides & skins--1900-1920.; Painting--1900-1920.
- [between 1902 and 1911]
- Pajarito Park
- A Native American man (Taos), poses outdoors at Taos Pueblo, New Mexico. The man wears moccasins, fringed leggings, and is wrapped in a woven blanket. Adobe cluster homes and drying racks stand in the distance. The Sangre de Cristo Mountains stand...
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1900-1930.; Taos Indians--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1900-1930.; Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--1900-1930.; Pueblos--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1900-1930.
- [between 1908 and 1925]
- Sichomovi, on the mesa north of Walpi
- View of Sichomovi Pueblo, First Mesa, Arizona. A horse and a burro stand in a courtyard near the adobe and stone cluster homes of the pueblo. The homes have wooden vigas and chimney pots. Another mule or donkey stands near an outdoor shelf where...
- Hopi Indians--Structures--Arizona--Sichomovi--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Structures--Arizona--Sichomovi--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Structures--Arizona--Sichomovi--1890-1900.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Sichomovi...
- August, 1899
- View of Oraibi
- View of Oraibi, Arizona; shows Native American (Hopi) adults and children, adobe dwellings, pottery, drying meat, and a dog.
- Hopi Indians--Arizona--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Structures--Arizona--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Arizona--1890-1900.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Oraibi (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Pueblos--Arizona--1890-1900.
- 1896 or 1897
- Across the roofs of Zuni
- View over rooftops of the Zuni Pueblo, shows Native Americans, the multi-story pueblo houses with ladders, ovens, (hornos,) drying food and chimney pots.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Zuni--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Zuni--1890-1900.; Zuni Indians--New Mexico--Zuni--1890-1900.; Zuni (N.M.)--1890-1900.; Pueblos--New Mexico--Zuni--1890-1900.
- [between 1895 and 1897?]
- Pine Ridge Agency, S. D.
- View of a Native American Lakota Sioux camp on the Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota, includes men and women, tepees, covered wagons, horses, and drying racks with cloth or hides.
- Dakota Indians--Women--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Teton Indians--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (S.D.)--1890-1900.; Covered wagons--South Dakota--1890-1900.;...
- [1891]
- Breckenridge dwellings
- Exterior view of residences in Breckenridge, Colorado, shows one story, frame, gable roofed dwellings. The hose drying tower of Fireman's Hall is near the center. A plank fence is in the foreground, and peaks of the Tenmile range are in the...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Tenmile Range (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Dwellings--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1920.; Fences--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1920.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900- 1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Breckenridge dwellings
- Residences in Breckenridge, Colorado, include one story, frame, gable roofed dwellings. The hose drying tower of Fireman's Hall is near the center. The house on the right has two sash windows flanking a paned glass door. A plank fence is in the...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Tenmile Range (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Dwellings--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1920.; Fences--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1920.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900- 1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Breckenridge dwellings
- Exterior view of residences in Breckenridge, Colorado, shows one story, frame, gable roofed dwellings. The hose drying tower of Fireman's Hall is near the center. A plank fence, clapboard wall, ladder and chair are in the foreground, and peaks of...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Tenmile Range (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Dwellings--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1920.; Fences--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1920.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900- 1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Breckenridge from Shock Hill (west) 1896
- In this view of Breckenridge, Colorado, looking southeast, the frame dwellings and commercial buildings of the town fill the foreground; the school with its ornamented gable is to the east. The Fireman's Hall with its hose drying tower, belfry and...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- 1896
- Breckenridge
- In this view of Breckenridge, Colorado, looking northwest from atop Barney Ford Hill, the churches and the hose drying tower of Fireman's Hall are visible among the many buildings of the town. Mountains of the Ten Mile Range are in the background,...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Tenmile Range (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1899?]
- Red Clouds home PR Ag SD
- View of a two-story board and batten dwelling built in 1879 for Chief Red Cloud, Native American Oglala Lakota Sioux near the Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota, includes fenced yard, an American flag, wood pile and meat (pemmican) drying on a rack.
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency--1890-1900.; Dakota Indians--Government relations--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Government relations--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Oglala...
- June 1891
- Breckenridge
- This view of Breckenridge, Colorado, looks west at frame dwellings with fenced yards and the roof of the Arlington House hotel and the hose drying tower of the Fireman's Hall. In the foreground, a man, two women and two Labrador type dogs are posed...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Dogs--Colorado--Breckenridge--1870-1880.; Men--Colorado--Breckenridge--1870-1880.; Women--Colorado--Breckenridge--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- Breckenridge, South Park Line
- Looking southeast at Breckenridge, Colorado, the town's churches and the hose drying tower of Fireman's Hall are visible among the many buildings of the town. Mount Baldy and its foothills are in the background.
- Baldy, Mount (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Churches--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Dwellings--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890- 1900.
- [between 1890-1899?]
- Football game 1900's
- During a sporting event on Main Street in Breckenridge, Colorado, American flags hang from buildings in the left. People are on the balcony of the Denver Hotel and a sign over them reads "Evans Pharmacy." Taken from the balcony of the Arlington...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Football--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1910.; Running races--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Lower Main Street, Breckenridge
- Buildings line either side of the dirt Main Street in Breckenridge, Colorado. The Arlington House on the left has a curvelinear false front with a wide cornice and an open porch with a balcony. Other half false fronted buildings flank it; one with...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1900.
- [between 1885 and 1891?]
- Main Street, Breckenridge
- Looking northeast on Main Street in Breckenridge, Colorado, is a view of the Arlington House to the left, showing the rear supports for its wide corniced false front and its balcony topped porch. The belfry and hose drying tower of Fireman's Hall...
- Arlington House Hotel (Breckenridge, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1895?]
- Main Street, Breckenridge, Colo, about 1889
- Looking north on Main Street in Breckenridge, Colorado, the Arlington House and the Denver Hotel are on the left; a mortar and pestle on a pole fronts the boardwalk. The belfry and hose drying tower of the Fireman's Hall are on the right....
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1890.
- 1889
- Kootanie indian camp with many others making the great camp circle
- Native American (Kutenai) men, woman, and girls in a camp, probably in Montana, shows tepees and drying racks with meat or hides. Three men and two girls stand together. The men wear vests, shirts, pants or leggings; two hold blankets, one holds a...
- Indians of North America--Women--Montana--1900-1910.; Kootenai Indians--Children--Montana--1900-1910.; Indian encampments--Montana--1900-1910.; Tipis--Montana--1900-1910.
- 1901
- Sludge conveyor
- Shows a metal conveyor system, near the sludge drying beds, at the Denver Sewage Disposal Works Plant. The sewage plant is located at 50th (Fiftieth) and Emerson Street in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver Sewage Disposal Works--Buildings--1930-1940.; Sewage disposal plants--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Sewage sludge--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Conveying systems--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.;...
- [between 1930 and 1940?]