Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Sandy White
- Portrait of Sandy White, Tenth Mountain Division soldier from California, smoking a cigar and wearing a cap and "whites," the winter camouflage uniform. Behind him another soldier, wearing the same uniform and sunglasses, clowns for the camera and...
- Ski troops--1940-1950.; Soldiers--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [1943-1944]
- East Denver High School Annual: 1910
- 1910 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1910
- Searchlight
- Monthly newsletter produced by Trinity Methodist Church located in Denver, Colorado. Includes editorials, news bulletins, and general information regarding the youth of the church.
- Christians--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Youth--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Trinity United Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church (Denver, Colo.)--History.; Methodist...
- 1948 August
- Portrait of a girl
- Full length studio portrait of a girl who wears a dark colored dress with puff sleeves and a crocheted yoke. She wears a hat, gloves with the fingers exposed, boots and holds a book. Her hair is braided.
- Clothing & dress--1890-1910.; Girls--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Portrait of a man and woman
- Studio portrait of a man and woman. The man wears a long coat over a vest, slacks, a bow tie and watch chain; he holds a cane, wears rings on his fingers and a fedora. The woman wears an elaborate hat decorated with feather plumage, a belted dress...
- Clothing & dress--1890-1910.; Couples--1890-1910.; Women--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Kachina
- Shows a Native American (Zuni) kachina doll that depicts the warrior god Samlimbiya. The doll features a case mask, a top feather painted yellow, flower ears, a tube mouth painted white, ceremonical kilt and applique. The body and legs are painted...
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.; Kachina dolls--1880-1900.; Zuni dolls--1880-1900.; Zuni Indians--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Telephone political cartoon
- Close-up view of a political cartoon that depicts fingers pointing at a chain. Text includes: "A chain is no stronger than it weakest link," "Guess work," "2 bills," "Confusion," "Automatic," "Double cost," "2 bells," "2 phones," "Experience,"...
- Political cartoons--Colorado--1900-1910.; Telephone industry--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Civic Center
- View west from dome of State Capitol Building over Civic Center, Denver, Colorado, shows the cruciform plan located between West Fourteenth Avenue and West Colfax. Landmarks include: Pioneer Monument, the Andrew Carnegie funded 1909 Denver Public...
- Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [1913]
- Board of Exchange, Mining Stock Midland Block, Colorado Springs, Flash light during call
- A packed dimly lit interior shows men waving their hands, and holding up fingers during bidding at the Board of Trade and Mining Exchange, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. They wear fedora hats, ties, starched collars, and gold chains.
- Board of Trade and Mining Exchange (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--Facilities--1900-1910.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Commodity exchanges--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Boulder, St. Aidan
- View of Saint Aidan's Episcopal church, Boulder, Boulder County, Colorado; shows men, women, and a statuette depicting a man (St. Aidan?) dressed in robes (holding up two fingers) and a deer lying at his feet.
- Saint Aidan's Episcopal Church (Boulder, Colo. )--Buildings--1940-1970.; Boulder (Colo.)--1940-1970.; Episcopal churches--Colorado--Boulder--1940-1970.; Religious articles--Colorado--Boulder--1940-1970.; Women--Colorado--Boulder--1940-1970.
- [between 1940 and 1970]
- Boulder, St. Aidan
- View of Saint Aidan's Episcopal church, Boulder, Boulder County, Colorado; shows a woman and a statuette depicting a man (St. Aidan?) dressed in robes (holding up two fingers) and a deer lying at his feet.
- Saint Aidan's Episcopal Church (Boulder, Colo.)--1940-1970.; Boulder (Colo.)--1940-1970.; Episcopal churches--Colorado--Boulder--1940-1970.; Religious articles--Colorado--Boulder--1940-1970.; Women--Colorado--Boulder--1940-1970.
- [between 1940 and 1970]
- Boulder, St. Aidan
- View of Saint Aidan's Episcopal church, Boulder, Boulder County, Colorado; shows a woman by a statuette depicting a man (St. Aidan?) dressed in robes (holding up two fingers) and a deer lying at his feet.
- Saint Aidan's Episcopal Church (Boulder, Colo.)--1940-1970.; Boulder (Colo.)--1940-1970.; Episcopal churches--Colorado--Boulder--1940-1970.; Religious articles--Colorado--Boulder--1940-1970.; Women--Colorado--Boulder--1940-1970.
- [between 1940 and 1970]
- Indians counting
- Two Native American Ute men stand on a buffalo hide, talking, western slope Wasatch Mountains, Utah. One of the men, wearing a shirt and leggings, leans on a rifle and carries a powder horn with a beaded strap, as the other man, wearing a fringed...
- Indians of North America--Utah--1870-1880.; Uinta Indians--Utah--1870-1880.; Ute Indians--Clothing & dress--Utah--1870-1880.; Wasatch Range (Utah and Idaho)--1870-1880.
- [between 1871 and 1875]
- Boulder - St. Aidan's
- View in Boulder, Colorado of a statue attached to a wall at Saint Aidan's Episcopal Church; male statue dressed in robes, and standing with right hand raised and two fingers extended in the sign of peace; statue with a beard and a full head of...
- St. Aidan Episcopal Church (Boulder, Colo.)--1930-1970.; Boulder (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Sculpture--Colorado--Boulder dy 1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1966]
- D&RGW 3500, 2-8-8-2 Mallet Compound, at Burnham Shops, Denver, Colorado
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad locomotive 3500 and coal car are at Burnham Shops, Denver, Colorado. Men pose in a line with arms outstretched and fingers touching.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- Summer, 1923
- Boulder
- View of a gravestone in Boulder, Colorado; shows a cut stone with an irregular shape; hand, in bas relief holding a fruiting plant in it's fingers; above the inscription reads: "Our Rosa;" trees and other stones in the background.
- Boulder (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Boulder--1930-1970.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Boulder--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1966]
- Control of the amount of rock fed into the mill circuit at Urad Mine was controlled by four slusher drifts such as the one shown here
- A man runs a slusher through mine drift in a tunnel of the Urad mine, Clear Creek County, Colorado. The huge scoop would drag the debris to a shaft in the floor, where it would fall onto a waiting conveyor belt and be transported out of the mine.
- Mining machinery--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1960-1980.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Urad Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1960-1980.; Interiors--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1960-1980.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek...
- [between 1963 and 1974]
- Wood carving of the Four Freedoms
- Photograph of a wood carving depiction of the Four Freedoms by James Gertin, an African-American (Black) student, at Manual Training High School in Denver, Colorado. "The Four Freedoms" is carved at the top of the piece. A radio microphone...
- African Americans--Arts & crafts--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Wood carvings--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Park Hill Elementary School, Activity
- Student actors pose on stage at Park Hill School in the South Park Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Three children wear judge costumes and sit in the center of the stage. One group of children point fingers at another group of children whose...
- Park Hill School (Denver, Colo.)--People--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; South Park Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Children's theater--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; School...
- 1938
- Colorado Museum of Natural History workers
- Young men sit at a table and carve wax figurines for an exhibit at the Colorado Museum of Natural History in Denver, Colorado; a hot plate and tools are on the table.
- United States. Work Projects Administration--People--1930-1940.; Colorado Museum of Natural History--People--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Figurines--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.;...
- [between 1933 and 1939?]
- Women pose in creek bed beside bridge
- Women stand in a row on rocks in a creek bed and lean on a log bridge. They wear bonnets or straw hats with decorative flowers, long skirts with pleats. One woman wears a lacy apron over a dress, another poses with her fingers curled around her...
- Bridges--1890-1910.; Women--1890-1910.; Brown, Secil Taylor.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Mother at 24; a friend
- Sarah Garrett (later Anderson) at age 24, an African American woman, mother of Marie Anderson (later Marie L. Greenwood), poses with a woman friend in Los Angeles, California. Sarah wears a three-quarter length coat with a dress that has a wide...
- Greenwood, Marie L.--Family.; African Americans--California--Los Angeles--1910-1920.; Los Angeles (Calif.)--1910-1920.; Women--California--Los Angeles--1910-1920.; Anderson, Sarah Garrett.
- 1915
- Wood cut prints depicting types of civilization and products of art and industry in Colorado
- Men work with wood-blocks in (probably) Denver, Colorado; sketches of people and animals are on the wall. One man has several amputated fingers.
- United States. Work Projects Administration. Colorado.--1930-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Amputees--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Artists--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Wood blocks--1930-1950.
- [between 1933 and 1950?]
- Shooting Star, Dakota, ornamental beads, full length
- Shooting Star, Dakota female, full length standing studio portrait with painted backdrop, wearing braided hair with ornamental beads, necklace, metal wristbands, beads wrapped as sash and belt, rings on fingers, and moccasins.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Women--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Shooting Star.
- [188-?]
- Shooting Star, Dakota, seated, ornamental beads, full length
- Shooting Star, Dakota female, full length seated studio portrait with painted backdrop, wearing braide hair, ornamentation in hair, necklace, beads as a sash and down front of dress, wrist bands, rings on fingers, and moccasins.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Women--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Shooting Star.
- [188-?]
- Shooting Star, Dakota, similar view
- Shooting Star, Dakota female, full length standing studio portrait with painted backdrop, wearing braided hair with ornamentation, necklace, beads as sash and belt, wrist bands, rings on fingers, and moccasins.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Women--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Shooting Star.
- [188-?]
- Shooting Star, Dakota, similar view
- Shooting Star, Dakota female, full length standing studio portrait with painted backdrop, wearing braided hair with ornamentation, necklace, shawl wrapped around shoulders, beads worn as sash and belt, wrist bands, rings on fingers, and moccasins.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Women--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Shooting Star.
- [188-?]
- Shooting Star, Dakota, similar view
- Shooting Star, Dakota female, full length studio portrait with painted backdrop, wearing braided hair with ornamentation, necklace, beads worn as sash and belt, wrist bands, rings on fingers, and moccasins.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Women--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Shooting Star.
- [188-?]
- Shooting Star, Dakota, similar view
- Shooting Star, Dakota female, full length standing studio portrait with painted backdrop, wearing hair ornamentation, necklace, beads used as sash and belt, wrist bands, rings on fingers, moccasins, and shawl wrapped around shoulders.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Women--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Shooting Star.
- [188-?]
- Unidentified Indian woman, seated, Indian clothing with elaborate beads, full length
- Unidentified Crow female, full length seated studio portrait with painted backdrop, wearing braided hair, long earrings, necklace, extensive shellwork on front of dress, rings on fingers, and beaded sash.
- Crow Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Women--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- Unidentified Indian woman, similar view
- Unidentified Crow female, full length seated studio portrait with painted backdrop, wearing long earrings, necklace, extensive shellwork on front of dress, rings on fingers, and beaded sash.
- Crow Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Women--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- Unidentified Indian woman, seated, in clothing of white woman, full length
- Unidentified Native American female, full length seated studio portrait with painted backdrop, wearing braided hair, long earrings, shawl around shoulders, rings on fingers.
- Indians of North America--Women--Portraits--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- Ute Indians
- An unidentified, Native American man poses in ceremonial dress for a full-length, studio portrait. He wears a feather headdress and a buckskin shirt with tassels. The ends of the feathers on the headdress have long, curly strands of hair hanging...
- Indians of North America--Portraits--1910-1940.; Ute Indians--1910-1940.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1910-1940.
- [between 1915 and 1937?]
- Find a gentle one! Harry Short (wholesale tile distributor), John "Mag" Squires (owner Moon Realty).
- Harry Short and John "Mag" Squires, members of the Roundup Riders of the Rockies, place their fingers in the mouth of a horse head statue, in an interior room in Colorado. Harry Short wears a western cut suit and a neckerchief. John "Mag" Squires...
- Roundup Riders of the Rockies (Colo.)--People--1950-1960.; Interiors--Colorado--1950-1960.; Organizations--Colorado--1950-1960.; Sculpture--Colorado--1950-1960.; Short, Harry E.; Squire, John E.
- 1954 July
- N. A. Baker
- Studio portrait of Nathan Addison Baker, an early Denver resident. Baker has a full beard and wears wire rimmed spectacles. Baker sits in a wooden chair at a table. He wears a suit and vest with a necktie, and has a watch fob chain, and rings on...
- Beards--1890-1910.; Men--1890-1910.; Baker, Nathan Addison, 1843-1934.
- [between 1895 and 1905?]
- NHSH The Annual: 1910
- North Denver High School yearbook for 1910
- Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; North High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.
- 1910
- Student and teacher during piano lesson
- Photograph of a young girl sitting at an upright piano during a music lesson. As she plays the keys her music teacher leans across her and points to where her fingers need to go while playing.
- Pianos.; Music Education.; Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1961 February 3
- Municipal Facts Bi-Monthly: Volume 5 Numbers 11 and 12, 1922 November-December
- Municipal Facts: Volume 10 Numbers 7 and 8, 1927 July-August
- Baffled by Buffalo Bill [art original].
- Buffalo Bill on a precipitous ledge, his gun shot out of his hand by a crafty attacker.
- Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917--Pictorial works.; Dime novels--Illustrations.; Painting, American.; Cowboys--Pictorial works.; Cowboys in art.; Watercolors (Paintings)
- 1912
- East Denver High School: 1915
- 1915 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1915
- East Denver High School Annual: 1909
- 1909 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1909
- Annual: East Denver High School, 1917
- 1917 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1917
- Manualian: 1910
- Yearbook for Denver Manual Training High School 1910.
- Manual High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.
- 1910
- East Denver High School Annual: 1911
- 1911 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1911
- East Denver High School Annual: 1912
- 1912 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1912
- 300 choice recipes
- Cookbook created by the Ladies of the First Baptist Church in Denver, Colorado. Included in the cookbook are various recipes and household tips provided by the ladies.
- Cooking, American--Colorado.; First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.); First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)--History.
- 1892
- The Church Record: Vol. 1 No. 2
- Newsletter produced by the Central Presbyterian Church in Denver, Colorado. Included in newsletter is a sermon by different religious leaders within the church, list of new members and events of different church societies.
- Presbyterian Church--Colorado--Denver--History.; Church buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Central Presbyterian Church (Denver, Colo.); Presbyterian Church--Colorado--Denver.
- 1901 March
- Denver High School: East Side Annual 1913
- 1913 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1913
- Trinity Methodist Pioneer Day
- Transcript of the proceedings for the Pioneer Day Celebration at Trinity Methodist Church in 1894.
- Pioneers--Colorado.; Trinity United Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1894 January 7