Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Yep, this is 1935
- Text and annotations on album page read: "[ARL-125] The first week group ready to go home, [ARL-126] Just hold those poses a moment, please. My, my, such figures!, [ARl-127] 'Andy Family' First week, [ARL-128] A good old water fight. You get wet...
- Camp Nizhoni (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Young Women's Christian Association (Denver, Colo.). Phyllis Wheatley Branch--Facilities--1930-1940.; African Americans--Colorado--Lincoln Hills--1930-1940.; Camp counselors--Colorado--Lincoln Hills--1930-1940.;...
- 1935
- 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]
- Cherokee Indians, education
- Native American (Cherokee) women from the graduating class of 1875, pose outside of the Cherokee Female Seminary, Park Hill (near Tahlequah), Oklahoma. Schools were built for both male and female students and were designed as vehicles towards...
- Cherokee Female Seminary (Park Hill, Okla.)--1870-1880.; Cherokee Indians--Oklahoma--Park Hill--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--Oklahoma--Park Hill--1870-1880.; Park Hill (Okla.)--1870-1880.; Schools--Oklahoma--Park Hill--1870-1880.;...
- 1875?
- Swimmers on pier
- Male and female swimmers stand on a pier. One woman sits on the edge of the pier while she talks and holds the hand of another female who stands next to her.
- Conversation--1920-1940.; Holding hands--1920-1940.; Piers & wharves--1920-1940.; Swimmers--1920-1940.; Women--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940]
- Old women's penitentiary
- Chain-link fence on a stone base surrounds the female department at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado. The two-story stucco structure has a cross-gabled shingle roof, terra-cotta trim and barred, sash windows. The second-floor porch...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1930-1940.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1935
- Unidentified Indian woman, seated, in Indian clothing, full length
- Unidentified Native American female seated in center with an unidentified Native American male standing off to one side out of focus, full length studio portrait with painted backdrop; female wears braided hair, earrings, necklaces, moccasins; male...
- Indians of North America--Women--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- Hiawatha appearing from the woodlands
- Posed Native Americans depicting Barry's interpretation of Hiawatha, sent to Mr. Landry of Cincinnati who used them to paint his conception of "Hiawatha appearing from the woodlands" which took first place at National Photographers' Convention;...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Iroquois Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Hiawatha, 15th cent.
- [188-?]
- Hiawatha appearing from the woodlands, full length
- Posed Native Americans depicting Barry's conception of Hiawatha and sent to Mr. Landry of Chicago who used them to create his painting, "Hiawatha appearing from the woodlands", which won first place at National Photographers' Convention; Landry...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Iroquois Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Hiawatha, 15th cent.
- [188-?]
- Indian burial, scaffold and Indian woman, posed in studio
- Unidentified Dakota Native American female lying on ground posed next to staged burial on scaffolds; full length studio portrait with painted backdrop; Dakota female with braids, necklaces, fringed buckskin shirt, bracelets, woven beaded belt,...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--Spiritual life--1880-1890.; Funeral rites & ceremonies--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--Women--1880-1890.; Scaffold...
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- Group of Ute Native American Women and White Men
- Full-length, group studio portrait of Ute Native American women and white men in front of painted backdrop; from left to right: Charles E. Ward, seated; unidentified Native American woman, standing; Charles Day, standing; Tachiar, standing;...
- Indians of North America--Portraits--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Women--1890-1900.
- 1899
- Switchboard, Grand Junction
- The interior view of the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company switchboard office in Grand Junction, Colorado, shows a large switchboard with eight female operators and two female supervisors. All wear earphones and lamps hang from the...
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Interiors--1900-1910.; Telephone operators--Colorado--Grand Junction--1900-1910.
- between 1900 and 1909
- West High School girls setting tables
- Photograph of female students at West High School in Denver, Colorado sitting tables as part of a home economics class. All of the students wear aprons, other female students can be seen gathered around the stoves or ovens cooking.
- Home economics.; West High School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1949
- South High School Motion Picture Project archery
- Photograph of three unidentified female students from South High School in Denver, Colorado standing in front of the school with bows and arrows. An unidentified male and female student stand with their backs to the camera filming the girls as...
- Motion picture production.; Archery.; South High School (Denver, Colo.); Washington Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1939
- Female dancer
- An oil painting of a female dancer by Henrietta Bromwell. The woman is standing and wears a full length rustic dress, a cap and apron. The painting is unframed.
- [between 1885 and 1888]
- Female athletes in gym, probably in Denver
- Female athletes pose in their gym clothes, probably in Denver, Colorado. One woman wears boxing gloves.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Boxers (Sports)--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Gymnasiums--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Female on pier
- A woman runs along a wooden pier. She wears a bathing suit and swim cap. Trees line the edge of the water and three stripped tents, or possibly cabanas, are on the shore in the background.
- Piers & wharves--1920-1930.; Running--1920-1930.; Women--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Female with beach ball
- A woman leans against a tree, she holds a beach ball under one arm. She wears a bathing suit and bathing cap. Another woman in a dress stands in the foreground.
- Bathing suits--1920-1940.; Women--Colorado--Denver--.
- [between 1920 and 1940]
- Older female at desk
- An older women sits at a desk. She wears a loose fitted blouse, glasses and a beaded necklace.
- Women--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930]
- Female at picnic
- A woman in a swimsuit and swim cap kneels in front of a picnic blanket, she holds a basket full of rolls.
- Bathing suits--1920-1940.; Picnics--1920-1940.; Women--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940]
- Female and dog
- Shows a woman dressed in a coat with a cape with fur collar and a hat; she holds a small dog in her arms.
- Dogs--1920-1950.; Women--1920-1950.
- [between 1920 and 1950]
- Sculptor & female
- A woman with pen and paper interviews an unidentified sculptor in his studio, Denver, Colorado. Shows a ladder, backdrop, barrel of modeling clay, female figure on an armature.
- Sculptors--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Artists' studios--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Artists--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Reporters--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Sculpture--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Female swimmer prepares to dive
- A woman prepares to dive off the edge of a pier. She wears a swimsuit and has a scarf over her hair. A lifeguard station is at the end of the pier.
- Bathing suits--1920-1940.; Diving--1920-1940.; Piers & wharves--1920-1940.; Women--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940]
- Female African lion
- Shows a female African Lion in a caged habitat at the Denver Zoo in City Park, Denver, Colorado.
- City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Denver Zoo--1930-1950.; Animal housing--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Lions--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Zoo animals--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.;...
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Pawnees torturing a female captive
- Reproduction of a lithograph shows a group of Native Americans (Pawnee) gathered in a clearing. Two men torture a female captive who is tied naked to a tree. Others in the group look on.
- Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Pawnee Indians--1880-1900.; Punishment & torture--1880-1900.
- [between 1940 and 1970?]
- Female wolf caught by J.A. Woodward near Gillham, Sevier Co., Ark.
- A wolf with its muzzle in a wire noose lies on the ground near Gillham in Sevier County, Arkansas.
- Wolves--Control--Arkansas--Sevier County--1910-1930.; Sevier County (Ark.)--1910-1930.; Animal traps--1910-1930.; Wolf hunting--Arkansas--Sevier County--1910-1930.; Wolves--Arkansas--Sevier County--1910-1930.
- [between 1917 and 1921?]
- James Shaw holding the skin and skull of a female wolf
- A rancher identified as James Shaw holds the hide and skull of a wolf on a ranch near Thatcher (Las Animas County), Colorado. He stands next to an automobile. A typewritten caption taped to the front of the cardboard mount reads: "James Shaw, an...
- Wolves--Control--Colorado--Thatcher--1920-1930.; Thatcher (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Automobiles--Colorado--Thatcher--1920-1930.; Hides & skins--Colorado--Thatcher--1920-1930.; Ranchers--Colorado--Thatcher--1920-1930.; Shaw, James, rancher.
- 1922
- Female prisoner
- Female convict at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, wears a striped slouch hat with band, wide collared dress with dot pattern and bow, and number card reading: Colo-State-Pen 18535.
- Canon City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Identification photographs--Colorado--Canon City--1930-1940.; Prisoners--Colorado--Canon City--1930-1940.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Camp Nizhoni - unidentified female
- Portrait of an unidentified African American female counselor as she poses by the camp building at Camp Nizhoni in Lincoln Hills (Gilpin County), Colorado. She wears an embroidered blouse with heart-shaped buttons and an eyelet design.
- Camp Nizhoni (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Young Women's Christian Association (Denver, Colo.). Phyllis Wheatley Branch--People--1930-1940.; African Americans--Colorado--Lincoln Hills--1930-1940.; Camp counselors--Colorado--Lincoln Hills--1930-1940.;...
- [between 1937 and 1940]
- Female dept
- Black and white female convicts at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado sit among sewing machines; men in aprons oversee. Spools of thread are on armatures; electric light cords hang from the ceiling, and a regulator clock is on the...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Interiors.; Prisoners--Colorado--Canon City--1930-1940.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1930-1940.; Sewing machines--Colorado--Canon City--1930-1940.; Women--Colorado--Canon City--1930-1940.; Colorado State...
- [between 1925 and 1940?]
- McKinley School female students wearing kimonos
- The photograph shows three female students from McKinley Elementary School in Denver, Colorado during a project about Japanese culture. The photograph shows the girls wearing kimonos sitting on the floor with their arms crossed. They are next to a...
- McKinley School (Denver, Colo.); Platt Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- undated
- Mann Junior High School female students
- Two unidentified female students from Horace Mann Junior High School located in Denver, Colorado. They sit at a table facing each other. Each are studying with books, a timer and poker chips.
- Mann Junior High School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- circa 1980
- A Tribute to Youth Program
- Program for 1994 African-American Awareness Month event at the Ford-Warren Branch at the Denver Public Library.
- Denver Public Library. Ford Warren Branch.
- 1994 February 19
- Western History Subject Index
- DENVER. FIRE DEPARTMENT. RECRUITMENT
- Western History Subject Index
- Impersonators, female
- Interior, Roslyn Grill
- View of the interior of the Roslyn Grill at 724 14th Street in the Central Business District, Denver, Colorado. Unidentified men sit at the bar, one holds a cigar and a glass of beer in on the bar. Glasses are lined up on the bar. A female...
- Roslyn Grill (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Central Business District (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Restaurants.; Bars (Drinking establishments); Interiors.; Roslyn Grill (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.;...
- 1982
- London Hair
- View of London Hair at 2463 Broadway in Boulder, Colorado. The one-story brick house has a porch that runs the width of the facade. Turned columns with jig-sawn brackets support the porch. An English-style telephone booth and a hanging yard sign...
- London Hair (Boulder, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Boulder (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Beauty shops.; Telephone booths.; Rippon, Mary, 1850-1935--Homes and haunts--Pictorial works.; Rippon, Mary, 1850-1935--Homes & haunts--1980-1990.; London Hair (Boulder,...
- 1988
- Delta municipal power plant
- View of a section of the Delta Municipal Power Plant (1937) in Delta, Colorado. The complex consists of rectangular buildings. A mural by W. Richard Doherty, "Delta County Ark" (1987), is on one of the structures. The mural depicts the male and...
- Delta Municipal Light and Power System (Delta, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Delta Municipal Plant (Delta, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Delta (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Power plants.; Murals.; Delta Municipal Light and Power System (Delta, Colo.)--Buildings--Pictorial...
- 1992
- Freddy Rodriguez and the Jazz Connection
- View of Freddy Rodriguez and the Jazz Connection at the El Chapultepec Jazz Club, 1962 Market Street in Union Station neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. Saxophonist Freddy Rodriguez, has gray hair and a mustache, a female singer holds a microphone and...
- El Chapultepec (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Freddy Rodriguez and the Jazz Connection (Musical group)--1980-1990.; Hispanic Americans--1980-1990.; Interiors.; Jazz musicians.; Jazz singers.; Women.; Rodriguez, Freddy--Pictorial works.; El...
- 1983
- Justina Ford House 3099 California St.
- View of the Justina Ford House (1890) located at 3091 California Street in the Five Points neighborhood (Curtis Park) of Denver, Colorado. The two-story red brick structure served as Dr. Justina Ford's home and office from 1912 until her death in...
- Ford, Justina, 1871-1952--Homes & haunts.; Black American West Museum and Heritage Center (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; African Americans--Structures.; Curtis Park (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Five Points (Denver,...
- 2006
- Denver Ordnance Plant, lt. col. D.G. McGregor & stenographer
- Lt. Col. D.G. McGregor, in uniform and a female stenographer sit at a desk in an office at the Denver Ordnance Plant (Remington Ordnance Plant, later the Denver Federal Center) in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. The desk is covered with...
- Denver Ordnance Plant--People--1940-1950.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Military officers--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Office workers--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.;...
- [1941?]
- Young Ute brave and his squaw visiting
- The painting shows a Native American camp, four lodges, Native Americans, two are on horseback (one male and the other is female), rocks, plains vegetation, mountains in the background and a blue sky with clouds.
- Horseback riding--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--1910-1920.; Tipis--1910-1920.
- 1915
- 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?]
- Rodeo
- Two women ride show horses possibly at the Cheyenne Frontier Days in Cheyenne (Larimer county), Wyoming. Two men walk along side each female rider and her horse. The women wear full length dresses and one woman wears a derby hat. The men wear...
- Cheyenne (Wyo.)--1900-1920.; Horseback riding--Wyoming--Cheyenne--1900-1920.; Rodeos--Wyoming--Cheyenne--1900-1920.; Women--Wyoming--Cheyenne--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Medicine facility doctor's office
- A doctor writes on a pad while a female patient sits near his desk in an office probably in the Colorado (Place) Sanitarium in Boulder (Boulder County), Colorado. A cabinet and chest of drawers are in the room.
- Boulder (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1910.; Offices--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1910.; Sanitoriums--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Medicine facility doctor's office
- A doctor writes on a pad while a female patient sits near his desk in an office probably in the Colorado (Place) Sanitarium in Boulder (Boulder County), Colorado. A cabinet and chest of drawers are in the room.
- Boulder (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1910.; Offices--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1910.; Sanitoriums--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Unid. young woman
- A photo of an unidentified female criminal. She wears a print dress, stripped blouse and a hat.
- Criminals--1900-1910.; Women--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Ice Palace, Leadville, Colo.
- View of a multi story building made of ice blocks in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado. The ice palace, built for the 1896 Winter Crystal Carnival, is between West 7th (Seventh) and West 8th (Eighth) Streets from Spruce to Leiter. The building has...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Ice sculpture--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.
- 1896
- Interior of a residence
- This interior view of a room in a residence in Leadville, Colorado, includes an elaborately ornamented cast iron stove, a sofa with pillows and crocheted blankets, floral print wallpaper and hanging framed pitures. A gilt bronze clock with...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Dwellings--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Longmont
- Students walk under the covered walkway of a flat roofed school [?] building featuring a tile mosaic with a map of the United States, numbers, male and female biology symbols, and abstract design elements.
- Longmont (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Schools--Colorado--Longmont--1960-1970.; Students--Colorado--Longmont--1960-1970.
- 1969 February 11
- Stree [sic] scene Vernal Utah Denver & Salt Lake R. R.
- View of intersection of Uintah Avenue and cross street in Vernal, Utah; shows two children on horseback in front of the Ashley Co-op, businesses (baths, meat market, hardware store, post office, and bank), and two horse-drawn buggies (one with...
- Vernal (Utah)--1910-1920.; Business districts--Utah--Vernal--1910-1920.; Children riding horses--Utah--Vernal--1910-1920.; Streets--Utah--Vernal--1910-1920.; Women--Utah--Vernal--1910-1920.
- [1915?]