Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Kiowa dancer
- Native American (Kiowa) dancer, he holds a leather strap with bells attached to it and crouches near the ground. He wears moccasins, leggings, a beaded breechcloth, armbands, a shirt, a feathered shield on his arm, a feathered bustle, a headband,...
- Indians of North America--1910-1930.; Kiowa Indians--1910-1930.; Ceremonial dancers--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Fourth of July celebration, Victor
- Close-up view of Chief of Midland Band, Fourth of July celebration, 1895, Victor, Colorado; shows man in costume with feathered headdress holding large pointed staff, a young boy in street-clothes with suspenders and another man in costume with...
- Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bands--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Celebrations--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Holidays--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.
- [between 1895 and 1899]
- Municipal Facts: Volume 12 Numbers 8 and 8, 1929 July-August
- Unid. woman leaning on heater
- A woman leans on an ornate radiator stamped "Detroit Jewel", probably in Denver, Colordo. She wears a blouse, a tie, a skirt, and a feathered hat. A backdrop hangs on the wall; the radiator sits on a patterned rug.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1902?]
- Porum, Southern Ute Indian
- Portrait of Native American Southern Ute "Porum" (Porrum) in Colorado. He wears a feather headdress and a feathered cape or leggings.
- Indians of North America--Men--Colorado--1900-1910.; Ute Indians--Men--Colorado--1900-1910.; Clothing & dress--Colorado--1900-1910.; Headdresses--Colorado--1900-1910.; Porrum.
- [between 1901 and 1906?]
- Utes on Tammen Co. float
- Group portrait of Native American Ute men and women in Denver, Colorado, on a parade float. Costume includes a feathered hat, a hairpipe breastplate, and leggings. A woman carries a baby in a cradleboard. Banner reads: "The [Tammen] Curio Co. 815...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Ute Indians--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cradleboards--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1901 and 1906?]
- Portrait of a girl
- Studio portrait of a young girl, possibly the child of C.M. Webb. She wears a dark striped wool dress with a silk ribbon at her waist and a tall, feathered hat on her head. She sits on a bale of hay near a stone fence and holds a Christmas tree...
- Girls--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Portrait of a baby
- Studio portrait of a baby, possibly the child of H.P. Mansfield, mounted on a white board. Behind the board a woman's feathered hat is shown.
- Infants--1890-1900.; Portrait photographs--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Hopi harvest dance
- Kachinas in spotted robes and feathered headdresses circle in the dance plaza of Oraibi Pueblo (Navajo County), Arizona. Other dancers in western dress shake gourds and feathers; onlookers line the roofs and adobe walls of the pueblo.
- Hopi Indians--Dance--Arizona--Oraibi--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Dance--Arizona--Oraibi--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Dance--Arizona--Oraibi--1900-1910.; Oraibi (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; Ceremonial dancers--Arizona--Oraibi--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Minturn, Colo
- Well dressed men, women, and children pose in Minturn, Eagle County, Colorado, on the steps of a frame schoolhouse (with belfry). The women wear oversized, feathered hats.
- Minturn (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Girls--Colorado--Minturn--1890-1900.; School children--Colorado--Minturn--1890-1900.; Schools--Colorado--Minturn--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--Minturn--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Parade in Salida, Colorado
- Men approach on "F" Street during a Fourth of July Parade in Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado. Their uniforms include swords, sashes, and feathered bicorn hats; one carries a fringed standard. Spectators include a woman holding a baby; bunting and...
- Salida (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.; Festive decorations--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.; Fourth of July celebrations--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.;...
- 1903?
- Grand View Rock
- View of hikers at the gazebo on Grand View Rock, near Manitou Springs, Colorado. A rustic gazebo is perched on a rugged boulder, and men in topcoats, Homburg hats, vests and gold chains, and women and children are posed in it. Women in the...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Springs--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1895?]
- Antlers Hotel, Colorado Springs
- View of women wearing feathered hats in a horse-drawn buggy, Pikes Peak Avenue, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, includes the Antlers Hotel.
- Antlers Hotel (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1890.;...
- [between 1883 and 1885?]
- Original Midland Band, Pikes Peak in center distance, Big Bill Bosworth drum major
- The Midland Band poses in fringed "Indian" uniforms with feathered caps, holding tubas, saxophones, trombones, flutes and a bass drum, in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. Drum major, Big Bill Bosworth, holds a shield with "Colorado...
- Bosworth, Big Bill.; Indians of North America--Performances & portrayals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1920.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Bands--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1920.; Drum majors--Colorado--Colorado...
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Cripple Creek, Colo.
- People pose on the front porch of "The Denver," a two-story frame hotel, Cripple Creek, Teller County, Colorado. The men wear suits, bowlers, and goatees; a woman wears a bustle, draped blouse, and feathered hat. A sign atop the porch reads "Rooms."
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- June 3, 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?]
- Dr. Webb ?
- A man in straw hat and a woman in a flowered, feathered hat with a veil pose in a Sunflower Carnival Parade buggy decorated with greenery, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. She holds a banner: "First Prize." A surrey roof draped in...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890- 1910.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Horses--Colorado--Colorado...
- [between 1893 and 1906?]
- Miss Ervay driving
- Miss Ervay holds the reins of her Sunflower Carnival Parade horse and trap covered with foliage, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. She wears a dark outfit with a large feathered hat; her companion wears a dress with puffed sleeves and...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890- 1910.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Parades &...
- [between 1893 and 1906?]
- Mr. Greenburg & party 2nd prize
- Mr. Greenberg, in a white suit and straw hat, holds reins of a Flower Carnival Parade entry, a horse drawn wagon decorated with foilage, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. The ladies and children, wear flowered, feathered hats, and carry...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Children--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Colorado...
- [between 1893 and 1906?]
- Second Prize, Flower Carnival
- View of the "Second Prize" entry in the Sunflower Carnival Parade, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, inlcudes two ladies wearing mounds of white ruffles, flowered, feathered hats in a horse drawn wagon decorated with flowers.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Flowers--Colorado--Colorado...
- [between 1893 and 1906?]
- Mr. & Mrs. C. S. Sprague 1st prize, proprietor Evening Telegraph
- View of the First Prize winner in the Flower (Sunflower) Carnival parade, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado; shows a horse drawn cart draped in fronds of Pampas Grass (?) with Charles Sprague, proprietor of the Evening Telegraph...
- Sprague, Charles, Mrs.; Sprague, Charles.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890- 1910.; Women--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.
- [between 1893 and 1906?]
- Mrs. Julia Rhoads
- Portrait of Julia Rhoads, wearing a puff sleeved blouse and feathered hat.
- Rhoads, Julia Knapp.
- [between 1900 and 1915?]
- Mrs. Julia Knapp Rhoads
- Studio portrait of Mrs. Harry M. (Julia) Rhoads; she wears a feathered hat and boa.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Clothing & dress--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Rhoads, Harry Mellon, 1880 or 81-1975--Family.; Rhoads, Julia Knapp.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Buckskin Charley and wife
- Buckskin Charlie and Towee, Native Americans (Ute), pose outdoors for a portrait (standing, sitting), possibly at the old Broadmoor Hotel, Colorado Springs, Colorado; Buckskin Charley, mounted on horse with leather saddle and bridle decorated with...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Women--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Buckskin Charlie, Ute...
- 1894
- Mounted group of Utes
- View of the Flower Carnival, Colorado Springs, Colorado; Native American (Ute), men, woman, white men, and a Black man are on horseback and stand in a broad line; men include Severo (Aaron Bear), Buckskin Charlie, and Julian; woman is Severo's wife...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Colorado...
- 1894
- Buckskin Charlie and wife sketched background
- Native American (Ute) man and woman pose outdoors for a portrait (standing and on horseback), possibly at the old Broadmoor Hotel, Colorado Springs, Colorado; Buckskin Charley, mounted on horse with feather and metal decorated bridle and leather...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Buckskin Charlie, Ute Chief.; To-Wee.
- 1894
- Hazel LaDora Rhoads - sister of photographer Harry M. Rhoads. She married Charles C. Gates.
- Portrait of Hazel LaDora Rhoads, wearing a belted dress with piping, a fur cape, and a feathered hat.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Gates, Hazel LaDora Rhoads.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Confederate reunion
- View of parade in Trinidad, Colorado. A white haired man with a walrus moustache waves his hat out the window of a early 1930's sedan with open windshield. The car is draped with fringed garland, and has a Stars and Bars flag mounted in the door...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.; Burrough, Margaret.; Harris, John W., fl. 1939.
- August, 1939
- Religion, Pueblo Indians
- Two Pueblo Native American men wearing belted kilts, beads and head feathers, carry feathered staffs and perform a ritual with bowls and pots.
- Indians of North America--1890-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Spiritual life--1890-1910.; Rites & ceremonies--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Religion, Pueblo Indians
- Pueblo Native Americans, some on horseback, gather near an adobe building around a feathered ceremonial object.
- Indians of North America--1890-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Spiritual life--1890-1910.; Rites & ceremonies--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Actors and actresses
- An man and woman clown for the camera in a dressing room possibly in Denver, Colorado. He wears a top hat and house coat; she wears a dancers costume with a feathered boa and applies makeup to his face with a powder puff. Mr. Rhoads' reflection is...
- Actors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Rhoads, Harry Mellon, 1880 or 81-1975.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- New Mexico
- View of a distant line of Pueblo Native American dancers in breechcloth and feathered costumes and spectators at a New Mexico pueblo.
- Indians of North America--Spiritual life--New Mexico--1920-1930.; Pueblo Indians--Dance--New Mexico--1920-1930.; New Mexico--1920-1930.; Ceremonial dancers--New Mexico--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- New Mexico
- View of a distant line of Pueblo Native American dancers in dance kilts and feathered costumes at a pueblo in New Mexico. Shows a few tourist spectators near a kiva, a church, and automobiles.
- Indians of North America--Spiritual life--New Mexico--1920-1930.; Pueblo Indians--Dance--New Mexico--1920-1930.; New Mexico--1920-1930.; Ceremonial dancers--New Mexico--1920-1930.; Pueblos--New Mexico--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Group of Utes
- Studio portrait of unidentified Native Americans (Ute) and a white woman. The Native American's costume includes hair pipe breastplates, earrings, wristbands, and chokers; some hold flutes. The woman wears a dark dress and feathered hat.
- Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Ute Indians--1880-1900.; Women--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Four women, ca. 1900's
- Well-dressed women pose in costume including brocade, embroidery, puff-sleeved blouses, and feathered hats.
- Women--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Shavano, Yega, Jim McCook and squaw
- Standing portrait of Native Americans (Ute) near Delta, Colorado, identified as (l to r): Monk Shavano (nephew of Chipeta), Yega, Jim McCook and his wife. The men's costume includes buffalo horn and feather headdresses, hair pipe breastplates, a...
- Indians of North America--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--Women--1910-1920.; Jim McCook, Ute Indian.; Monk Shavano.; Yega, Ute Indian.
- Summer, 1912
- Soo-Yee, Blackfoot Bronc.
- Head and shoulders studio portrait of a Native American (Crow or Siksika) man, identified as Sooyee. He wears a shirt with decorative stitching, a multi-string necklace, braids and plumage. He holds a feathered object in his hand.
- Crow Indians--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Siksika Indians-- 1870-1880.; Soo-yee.
- 1871
- San Juan Indians at cliff dwellings at Manitou, Colo. Chief Juan Cruz, baby Julianita, woman Dolorita, boy Benito
- Native American (San Juan) family pose in front of reconstructed cliff dwellings at the Manitou Cliff Dwelling Museum, Manitou Springs, Colorado. Chief Juan Cruz wears a headdress, rosette choker, embroidered vest, beaded breastplate, long shirt,...
- Manitou Cliff Dwellings Museum (Manitou Springs, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1910-1920.; Tewa...
- September 14, 1915
- San Juan Indians at cliff dwellings at Manitou, Colo. Chief Juan Cruz, baby Julianita, woman Dolorita, boy Benito
- Native American (San Juan) family pose in front of reconstructed cliff dwellings (Anasazi) at the Manitou Cliff Dwelling Museum, Manitou Springs, Colorado. Chief Juan Cruz wears a long shirt, embroidered vest, arm bands, rosette choker,...
- Manitou Cliff Dwellings Museum (Manitou Springs, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1910-1920.; Tewa...
- September 14, 1915
- An Aztec warrior and maiden
- Shows a young man and woman dressed in Aztec costumes for a production presented by Fiesta Alegre de Denver and sponsored by El Centro Cultural. The man wears a feathered head piece, and carrys a shield. The woman wears a decorated bodice with...
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Costumes--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.
- 1971 May 2
- Marking of U. P. Trail Chief Buckskin Charley in lead
- Native American (Ute) men ride on horseback into French Creek Valley, near Cascade, El Paso County, Colorado as part of the marking ceremony for the Ute Pass Trail. Buckskin Charley leads, he holds a feathered ceremonial spear. The men wear feather...
- Colorado Midland Railway Company--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--Colorado--Cascade--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--Colorado--Cascade--1910-1920.; Cascade (El Paso County, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Commemoration--Colorado--Cascade--1910-1920.; Horseback...
- August 26, 1912
- 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
- Moki Snake Dance, Oraibi
- Native American (Hopi) snake dancers wear breechcloths, leg rattles, moccasins, and feathered objects in their hair. One carries a feather, another carries a snake in his mouth.
- Hopi Indians--Dance--Arizona--Oraibi--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Arizona--Oraibi--1890-1900.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Oraibi (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Snake dance--Arizona--Oraibi--1890-1900.
- 1896
- Altar before Corn Dance - Mesa No 2
- Interior view of a Native American (Hopi) cave with painted wall designs, Second Mesa, Arizona. Shows a sand painting, a basket, and feathered prayer sticks in clay holders.
- Hopi Indians--Spiritual life--Arizona--Second Mesa--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Arizona--Second Mesa--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Arizona--Second Mesa--1890-1900.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Second Mesa...
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- The whole tribe of Sioux Indians
- A group of Native American Sioux (Lakota) men, members of "The Red Man spectacle and Red Indian camp," pose in front of a painted backdrop of Yellowstone Falls in the dirt arena in Empress Hall, at the Golden West and American Industries Exhibition...
- Dakota Indians--Clothing & dress--England--London--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--England--London--1900-1910.; Teton Indians--England--London--1900-1910.; Earl's Court (London, England)--1900-1910.; London (England)--1900-1910.; Studio...
- 1909
- Garden of the Gods, (man claimed to be Buckskin Charley), Ignacio or southern Ute
- View of a Native American (possibly an Ignacio or Southern Ute ) standing in front of a tepee, Garden of the Gods, Colorado. He wears moccasins, leggings, a fringed buckskin shirt, a necklace, and a feathered headdress.
- Indians of North America--1900-1920.; Ute Indians--Clothing & dress--1900-1920.; Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Tipis--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Garden of the Gods - Ignacio or southern Ute
- A Native American man (Ignacio or southern Ute) poses atop a rock at Garden of the Gods, Colorado, and shields his eyes with his right hand. He wears moccasins, beaded leggings, a loose shirt, a beaded vest, a breechcloth, and a feathered headdress.
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--Clothing & dress--1910-1920.; Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1910-1920.
- 1911