Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- [Thirty-third] 33rd Anniversary Convention, B.Y.P.U. of A., Denver, Colo.
- Panoramic group portrait of people at the Baptist Young People's Union of America convention at the Denver City Auditorium in downtown Denver, Colorado. Young men and women wear suits and ties or dresses, hats, caps, fezzes, and feathered headbands...
- Baptist Young People's Union of America--People--1920-1930.; City Auditorium (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Auditoriums--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Religious meetings--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Young...
- 1924 July 9-13
- 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?]
- 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?]
- 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
- 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?]
- Art gallery
- Funded by a grant from local art admirer Frank Lounsberry, the art hall at Chautauqua in Boulder, Colorado, is a frame, twenty-two foot square, cottage-roofed structure with a faceted turret-entry, and transom windows all around. Lettering above...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Art exhibitions--Colorado--Boulder--1900-1910.; Chautauquas--Colorado--Boulder--1900-1910.
- 1900
- Ben Stanley Revett residence, Breckenridge, Colorado
- The rock fireplace with tiles depicting Native American tribal scenes set in the stone is a feature of the 'Swan's Nest,' near Breckenridge, Colorado. One tile is of a man in a military uniform and has letters reading: "Saginaw Jake, Alaska," the...
- Revett, Ben Stanley--Homes & haunts--1960-1970.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Dwellings--Colorado--Breckenridge--1960-1970.; Interiors--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1970?]
- Big Snake and Sweet Grass
- A group of Native American (Oglala Sioux) women, Sweet Grass, Chief Big Snake, and white men, pose near and on a covered wagon in Morrison, Jefferson County, Colorado. The women wear moccasins, beaded and fringed dresses and shawls, and beaded...
- Dakota Indians--Colorado--Morrison--1940-1950.; Indians of North America--Colorado--Morrison--1940-1950.; Oglala Indians--Colorado--Morrison--1940-1950.; Morrison (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Morrison--1940-1950.; Clothing &...
- 1947
- 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
- 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
- Came to Canon City
- Eighteen studio portraits from Canon City, Colorado, are montaged in rows and identified with dates of arrival as follows: left to right: Mrs. Julia Mack 1875, Henry Mack 1875, Mrs. A. D. Cooper 1872, A. D. Cooper 1872, Mrs. E. B. Alling 1875, E....
- Canon City (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Came to Canon City
- Eighteen studio portraits from Canon City, Colorado, are montaged in rows and identified with dates of arrival as follows: left to right: Mrs. L. L. Harding 1878, L L Harding 1878, Mrs. T. M. Harding 1878, T. M. Harding 1875, Mrs. C. E. Waldo,...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Came to Canon City
- Eighteen studio portraits from Canon City, Colorado, are montaged in rows and identified with dates of arrival as follows: left to right: Hugh D. Connor, J. E. Brown 1881, Mrs. A. Flornoy, A. Flornoy, Mrs. Jas. Pennington 1881, Jas. Pennington...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Chas Levy family
- Portrait of the family of Charles Levy, a prominent Jewish clothier of Breckenridge, Colorado. Men, women, and children's costume includes suits, topcoats, fedora hats, a pince- nez, applique, puff sleeves, a lace jabot collar, pearls, a silk tie,...
- Levy, Carrie.; Levy, Charles.--Family--1890-1900.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Clothing & dress--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.
- [between 1895 and 1900?]
- Cheeseman [sic] Park
- A man and woman with a baby sit in the pavilion at Cheesman Park in Denver, Colorado. He wears suspenders and a straw hat, she has a feathered bonnet.
- Cheesman, Walter Scott, 1838-1907--Monuments.; Cheesman Park (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Families--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Infants--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Monuments &...
- Chief Silvertongue
- Chief Silvertongue, a Native American (Sioux) man, poses outdoors near Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin. He stands by a tree that leans to one side. He wears fringed and beaded leggings, shirt, and vest, and a beaded and feathered war bonnet headdress....
- Dakota Indians--Wisconsin--1910-1930.; Indians of North America--Wisconsin--1910-1930.; Dells of the Wisconsin (Wis.)--1910-1930.; Tribal chiefs--Wisconsin--1910-1930.; Silvertongue.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Chief Two Moons addressing the council
- Native American Cheyenne Chief Two Moons (Ish Hayu Nishus) stands beside seated men next to a large tepee probably in Big Horn County, Montana; the men wear feather headdresses, hide shirts, beads, sashes, hair pipe breastplates, and ermine fringe....
- Cheyenne Indians--1900-1920.; Indians of North America--1900-1920.; Clothing & dress--1900-1920.; Headdresses--1900-1920.; Meetings--Montana--1900-1920.; Tribal chiefs--United States--1900-1920.; Two Moons, Cheyenne chief.; Rodman Wanamaker...
- [between 1908 and 1913]
- Cochiti Pueblo, arts and customs - dances
- Native American Eagle Dancers wearing kilts, headdresses, and feathered arm decorations perform as a young Cochiti boy looks on, Cochiti Pueblo, New Mexico. Adobe buildings in the distance.
- Cochiti Indians--Dance--New Mexico--Cochiti--1890-1920.; Eagle dance--New Mexico--Cochiti--1890-1920.; Indians of North America--New Mexico--Cochiti--1890-1920.; Cochiti (N.M.)--1890-1920.; Ceremonial dancers--New Mexico--Cochiti--1890-1920.;...
- [between 1890 and 1920?]
- 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
- Cooking Club
- Well dressed women members of the Cooking Club pose in (probably) Denver, Colorado; they are identified as (L to R bottom) Florence Holland, Mrs. Frank Whipple, (L to R top) Isabel Heil Knoll, and Mrs. Caroline Pearce Dunbar (feathered hat).
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Clubs--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Dunbar, Caroline Pearce.; Holland, Florence Ward.; Knoll, Isabel Heil.
- 1884
- 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
- Crow Eagle, Fool Thunder, Slow White Buffalo, Iron Thunder, Dakota, and unidentified white man
- Full length group portrait of Iron Thunder, Dakota male, seated in front of group, Crow Eagle, Fool Thunder and Slow White Buffalo left to right, Dakota males, all seated and unidentified white man, standing, in front of painted backdrop. White...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Crow Eagle.; Fool Thunder.; Iron Thunder.; Slow White Buffalo.
- [188-?]
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 31, 1909 September 18
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 46, 1910 November 12
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 51, 1910 December 17
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 49, 1911 December 2
- 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?]
- During the winter of the big snow 1898-99
- The banker and city treasurer, George Engle, and his wife, Gertrude, approach through a snow tunnel on Main Street in Breckenridge, Colorado. He wears a topcoat, sack suit and gold chain, and fedora hat. She is in a puff shouldered bodice and...
- Engle, George.; Engle, Gertrude.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Snow--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Winter--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.
- [1898 or 1899]
- Effie and Lucy at steps
- Women pose at 1310 Race Street in Denver, Colorado; one holds sweet pea blossoms. Outfits include feathered hats, a puff sleeved blouse, and hair in braids.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Feathered and painted braves of the warlike Sioux Indians, Nebraska
- A group of Native American (Sioux) men are mounted on horseback and outfitted in war costumes, including eagle feather headdresses and war staffs, Nebraska.
- Dakota Indians--Nebraska--1880-1910.; Indians of North America--Nebraska--1880-1910.; Headdresses--Nebraska--1880-1910.; Horseback riding--Nebraska--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- 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?]
- 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]
- 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
- 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?]
- Goes Ahead - Custer Scout
- Portrait (standing) of Basuk Ose (Goes Ahead) a Native American (Crow) who scouted for Custer; he wears quillwork moccasins and leggings, a beaded armband, and shell necklaces. He holds a feathered shield, and wears a full length feather headdress...
- Crow Indians--1900-1920.; Indians of North America--1900-1920.; Clothing & dress--1900-1920.; Headdresses--1900-1920.; Goes Ahead, Crow scout.; Rodman Wanamaker Expedition.
- [between 1908 and 1913]
- Good Horse, Dakota Chief, seated profile, 3/4 length
- Studio portrait, 3/4 length, of Good Horse, Dakota Chief, wearing feathered headdress, fur piece and breastplate, seated.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Good Horse.
- [188-?]
- Good Horse, Dakota Chief, seated profile, 3/4 length
- Studio profile, 3/4 length, of Good Horse, Dakota Chief, wearing feathered headdress, fur piece, and breastplate, seated in front of painted backdrop.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Good Horse.
- [188-?]
- 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?]
- 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?]
- Group portrait - Overland Park
- Well-dressed men and women pose at Overland Park in Denver, Colorado; costume includes bodices, paisley and brocade fabrics, and feathered capote hats. George Dunner holds a bowler hat.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Overland Park (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Clothing & dress--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Dunner, George.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Group, Iron Thunder, Crow Eagle, Fool Thunder, Slow White Buffalo, Dakota, seated, holding peace pipes, full length
- Full length studio group portrait of Crow Eagle, Fool Thunder, Slow White Buffalo and Iron Thunder, Dakota males, in front of painted backdrop. Iron Thunder sits in front of the group and holds a peace pipe. Fool Thunder wears feathered headdress...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Crow Eagle.; Fool Thunder.; Iron Thunder.; Slow White Buffalo.
- [188-?]
- 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?]
- Henry Lone Bear
- Studio portrait (standing) of Henry Lone Bear, a Native American (Sioux) man. He wears beaded moccasins, leggings, armbands, vest, a beaded and feathered headdress, a hair pipe breast plate, and a fur pelt decorated with metal over his shoulders....
- Dakota Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Clothing & dress--1900-1910.; Lone Bear, Henry.
- [1909?]
- Highland Lake about 1882
- People pose in the yard of this one-story frame residence in Highland Lake, Weld County, Colorado. A baby in a perambulator and a woman in a lace collar and feathered hat are by the steps with potted plants. A man in the foreground holds a rake; a...
- Highland Lake (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Baby carriages--Colorado--Highland Lake--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Highland Lake--1880-1890.; Infants--Colorado--Highland Lake--1880-1890.
- 1882?
- History of Denver
- 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?]
- Indians riding horses on paved road
- Unidentified group of Dakota Native Americans riding horses on stone, paved, or cobbled street passing by a rocky ledge with wooden framed building on top of cliff; solo horseback rider leading paired group behind; each rider is wrapped with...
- Dakota Indians--1890-1930.; Horseback riding--1890-1930.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1890-1930.
- [between 1890 and 1930]
- 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?]
- Little Horse
- Head and shoulders studio portrait of Little Horse, Dakota male, wearing feathered headdress, neckerchief and fur piece.
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Little Horse.; Dakota Indians.; Indians of North America--Portraits.
- [188-?]
- Louie, Sitting Bull's son, & unidentified Indian, full length
- Full length studio portrait of Louie, Sitting Bull's son and Dakota (on the right), and unidentified Dakota male, both wearing feather headdresses and holding feathered shield-like object, standing in front of painted backdrop. Louie is also...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1920-1930.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890--Family.; Sitting Bull, Louie.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1926?]