Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Group eating lunch under tent
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody stands in the right center midground behind a group of people gathered for lunch under a tent in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Ambrose Park in Brooklyn, New York. Sioux Chief Rocky Bear stands...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Eating & drinking.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Polly Pry.; Rocky Bear.; Kidder, Edward E.; Salsbury, Nate, 1846-1902.; Salsbury, Rachel.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1894?]
- Portrait of a woman
- A woman with curly hair poses on a bench and wears a dress with gathered shoulders, a v-neck, and gathered sleeves and waist. The woman wears shoes with straps and a flared skirt with a shortened hemline.
- Women--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Portrait of a woman
- A woman sits and poses for a studio portrait. The woman smiles, she wears a dress with a ruffled scoop neck, a gathered waist and gathered, ruffled short sleeves.
- Women--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Portrait of a woman
- A woman stands in profile and holds the back of a chair for a studio portrait. The woman has a curly, upswept hairstyle, a beaded headband or tiara, and wears a dress with gathered shoulders, gathered waist and sleeves and a flared skirt.
- Women--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Portraits of a woman
- Double exposed, studio bust portraits of a young woman. The woman sits and poses, she wears a dress with a scoop neck, gathered short sleeves and a gathered waist.
- Women--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Portrait of a girl
- Studio portrait of a girl, with bangs and curly hair, in a dress with a rounded gathered collar and gathered puffed sleeves and an oversized ribbon bow at the neck.
- Girls--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Portrait of a girl
- Studio portrait of a girl, with bangs and curly hair, in a dress with a rounded gathered collar, a full skirt, gathered puffed sleeves and an oversized ribbon bow at the neck. Props are lace fabric and a stone carved wall.
- Girls--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Women's wedding dress
- Wool day dress worn as a wedding dress. The bodice is tailored light blue wool and flannel with a mock bolero jacket. The collar is rectangular with appliqued bands of ivory and cotton lace and ivory silk. The front edge is velvet with appliqued...
- Dresses--1900-1910.; Wedding costume--1900-1910.
- 1901
- A council, Indians and wagons in circle, tepees and fort in background
- Group of Dakota men, women and children, gathered in circle with wagons and an American flag in the center. Probably gathered for a council meeting on the Standing Rock Reservation. Tepees and buildings are in the background.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Standing Rock Indian Reservation (N.D. and S.D.)--1880-1890.; Indian reservations--Dakota Territory--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- Sale of Northern Pacific Railroad
- View of a large group of men and women gathered near building and railroad cars in Superior, Wisconsin. People are probably gathered for the sale of the property of the Northern Pacific Railroad at the time of its reorganization.
- Railroad cars--Wisconsin--Superior--1890-1900.; Railroads--Wisconsin--Superior--1890-1900.; Northern Pacific Railroad Company.
- [1897?]
- Central City, Colo. 1900
- has arrived. The Armory Hall (formerly the Belvidere Theatre) stands in the center foreground on Main Street adjacent to "The Shoo Fly," a variety and dance hall. Farther up Main Street in the left midground is the Retallack House, built in 1897...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1899 and 1900?]
- Mesa Verde, general views
- A horse-drawn wagon stands on a dirt road built into a steep hillside, possibly Knife Edge Road, in Mesa Verde National Park. Workers are gathered near the wagon, where several large slabs of rock also lie. Additional men stand above them on the...
- Knife Edge Road (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Mountain roads--Colorado--History--1920-1930.; Roads, Earth--1920-1930.; Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Cliffs--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1923 and 1927?]
- Rio Grande, Pueblo
- The Rio Grande Pueblo is nestled around the base of a small hill. A group of covered wagons is gathered in front of one of the flat-roofed buildings. Horses are gathered in a cluster in the foreground near a man pulling on a pump of some sort....
- Pueblo Indians--1910-1930.; Rio Grande Pueblo (N.M.)--1910-1930.; Covered wagons--New Mexico--1910-1930.; Pueblos--New Mexico--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1931?]
- Gregory Monument dedication
- Three unidentified men are gathered in the midground in the vein where John H. Gregory first discovered gold at Mountain City near Central City, Colorado, in 1859. The group is gathered for the July 23, 1932 dedication of the Gregory Monument, a...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Mountain City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Dedications--Colorado--Mountain City--1930-1940.; Gold mining--Colorado--Mountain City--1930-1940.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--Mountain City--1930-1940.; Gregory, John H.
- [1932]
- Rough Riders, Battle of San Juan
- Members of "Buffalo Bill's Congress of Rough Riders of the World" are gathered in a dirt arena for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Several of the men kneel down on the ground near a group of rifles propped together to form a cone shape. A set of...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Cavalry--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Sioux
- A Sioux man rides a horse in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The man wears a feather headdress and carries a long spear adorned with feathers. A group of other Native Americans on horseback is gathered in the right background. Additional...
- Dakota Indians--Clothing & dress--1900-1910.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Cavalry--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- William F. Cody on horseback
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody rides a dark horse in the left midground in a dirt arena during a rehearsal for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. A group of Native Americans on horseback is gathered in the right midground watching Cody ride in...
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Entertainers--1900-1910.; Rehearsals--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- William F. Cody on horseback
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody rides a dark horse in the left midground in a dirt arena during a rehearsal for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. A group of Native Americans on horseback is gathered in the right midground watching Cody ride in...
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Rehearsals--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Ada P. Lockwood
- Studio bust portrait of Ada Platte Lockwood, valedictorian and senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Lockwood's hair is pulled back and she wears a gauze scarf gathered tightly at the throat with a clasp, and a dress with an upright,...
- Denver (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Lockwood, Ada P. (Ada Platte); Denver High School--People--1870-1880.; Denver Public Schools--People--1870-1880.
- 1878
- Maude B. Gass
- Studio bust portrait of Maude Bell Gass, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Portrait in profile shows Gass in a dress with a gathered, upright collar, gathered sleeves with ribbon bows. She has bangs and wavy hair pulled back and...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Gass, Maude B. (Maude Bell); Denver High School--People--1890-1900.; Denver Public Schools--People--1890-1900.
- 1891
- Charlotte E. Ballard
- Studio bust portrait of Charlotte Emeline Ballard, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Ballard's bangs are curled and her hair is pinned back in a bun or twist. Her dress bodice has an upright frilled lapel, puffed sleeves, pleated...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Ballard, Charlotte E. (Charlotte Emeline); Denver High School--People--1890-1900.; Denver Public Schools--People--1890-1900.
- 1892
- Manual Annual: 1911
- Yearbook for Denver Manual Training High School 1911.
- Manual High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.
- 1911
- Soldiers gathered in the street, Cutigliano, Italy
- Shows a group of three soldiers gathered in a narrow street paved with stones, and a tower in the background. The Tenth Mountain Division occupied Cutigliano, Italy in February 1945.
- Cutigliano (Italy)--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- February 1945
- Men gathered in front of tent
- A large group of men is gathered in the dirt area in front of Jule Keen's tent in a camp of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show in Paris. Keen was the treasurer of the show. John Burke, press agent for the shows, stands in the center background with two...
- Keen, Jule--Homes & haunts--1880-1890.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Show tents--1880-1890.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Burke, John, d. 1917.; Scheibel, Albert.; Taylor, William Levi.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1889?]
- First Baptist Church Jubilee Souvenir Bulletin: Commemorative of the Burning of the Mortgage and of the Fortieth Anniversary of the Church
- Booklet produced by the First Baptist Church in Denver, Colorado to commemorate the fortieth anniversary of the Church. Included in the booklet is a brief church history, a detailed account of its financial history, a program for that day's...
- Eha, Walter R. (Walter Ralph), 1891-1978--Archives.; First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1904 June 5
- East High spotlight: vol 17 no 6
- Newspaper produced by East High School of Denver, Colorado. Included in the paper are photographs of students, articles on school events and sports.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1930 November 26
- First Baptist Church Jubilee Souvenir Bulletin
- Commemorative program for the burning of the mortgage and fortieth anniversary of the First Baptist Church in Denver.
- Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1904 June 5
- University of Denver, students gathered in front of Margery Reed Hall.
- María Jacinta Paiz
- Studio portrait of María Jacinta Paiz, a young woman. She wears a dress with a gathered scoop neck; her wavy hair is pulled back and parted on the side. She wears an over sized hair ribbon.
- Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1900-1910.; Teenagers.; Paiz, María Jacinta, 1888-1923.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Women--Colorado--Gulnare--Pictorial works.; Teenage girls--Colorado--Gulnare--Pictorial works.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Benito Gonzáles, Francisca García, and Francisco García
- Benito Gonzáles poses with his sister in law, Francisca García and her father Francisco Garcia in front of a clapboard house in Greeley, Colorado. Benito stands, he wears a shirt with an upright collar, a vest, a plaid tie and holds his hat in...
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1920-1930; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1920-1930.; Greeley (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Gonzáles, Benito, 1904-1980--Pictorial works.; García, Francisco, 1862-1928--Pictorial works.; García, Francisca, 1889---Pictorial...
- [1926?]
- Antonita García (Tonie), José García
- Studio portrait of Antonita (Tonie) García and her brother José García. They pose on a prop railroad car platform in front of a painted drop of a railroad lounge car. She wears a dress with puffed sleeves and a gathered V neck, a necklace, a...
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1940-1950; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1940-1950.; García, Antonita, 1907---Pictorial works.; García, José--Pictorial works.; Families--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Women--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Brothers and...
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- María Virginia Juana Montoya and María Encarnación Quintana
- Portrait of Hispanic American women María Virginia Juana Montoya de Duran and María Encarnación Quintana de Gallegos, residents of southern Colorado. María Duran wears a blouse with a gathered neck and three quarter length sleeves, a skirt...
- Hispanic Americans--1900-1910.; Mexican Americans--1900-1910.; Women.; Duran, María Virginia Juana Montoya de--Pictorial works.; Gallegos, María Encarnación Quintana de--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.;...
- [ca. 1900?]
- Antonito fire
- View of the aftermath of a fire in the town of Antonito (Conejos County), Colorado. Shows smoking adobe buildings destroyed by the fire. Hispanic American men, probably firefighters, stand near a wagon loaded with three large barrels filled with...
- Hispanic Americans--1900-1910.; Mexican Americans--1900-1910.; Antonito (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Adobe buildings.; Business districts.; Fire fighters.; Fires.; Building, Adobe--Colorado--Antonito--Pictorial works.; Central business...
- 1905
- Immigration rights reform rally
- View of a crowd at an immigration rights reform rally in Civic Center Park in Denver, Colorado. They wave American flags and a sign that depicts a map of the United States and reads: "We Don't Cross the Border, It Crossed Us."
- Hispanic Americans--2000-2010.; Mexicans--United States--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Demonstrations.; Illegal aliens.; Demonstrations--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Illegal...
- [2006 March 25]
- Immigration rights reform rally
- View of a crowd at an immigration rights reform rally in Civic Center Park in Denver, Colorado. They stand on Lincoln Avenue and wave Mexican and American flags.
- Hispanic Americans--2000-2010.; Mexican Americans--2000-2010.; Mexicans--United States--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Demonstrations.; Illegal aliens.; Demonstrations--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- [2006 March 25]
- Immigration rights reform rally
- View of a crowd at an immigration rights reform rally in Civic Center Park and on the Colorado State Capitol grounds in Denver, Colorado. Thousands of demonstrators move across Colfax Avenue towards the park and the capitol building. They carry...
- Colorado State Capitol (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Hispanic Americans--2000-2010.; Mexicans--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Demonstrations.; Illegal aliens.; Colorado State Capitol (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.;...
- [2006 March 25]
- Students at a Leadville school
- Children pose on a staircase and porch of a frame building, probably a schoolhouse, in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado. Boys wear knickers or long pants and jackets or suspenders. Girls wear knee-length dresses with gathered waists and hair...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1910.; School children--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1910.; Schools--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Rugby, Colo.
- A woman wears a long dress with a gathered waist and stands on steps in front of a one-story frame house with a stone foundation and a gabled roof in Rugby (Las Animas County), Colorado. A wood and wire fence is at the edge of the yard.
- Rugby (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Rugby--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--Rugby--1900-1910.
- 1908
- Portrait of a woman
- A woman with curly hair poses on a bench and wears a dress with gathered shoulders, v-neck, sleeves and waist. The woman wears beaded shoes with straps and a flared skirt with a shortened hemline.
- Women--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Portrait of a woman
- A woman holds the back of a chair, smiles and poses for a studio portrait. The woman has curly hair, a beaded headband or tiara, and wears a dress with gathered shoulders, v-neck and sleeves, a narrow waist and a flared skirt.
- Women--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Portrait of a woman
- A woman with curly hair stands and poses for a studio portrait. The woman has a dress with gathered shoulders, v-neck, sleeves and a narrow waist with a leafy corsage.
- Women--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Profile portrait of a woman
- A studio bust portrait of a woman. She has an upswept hairstyle and wears a dress with a gathered, scoop neck and ruffled, short sleeves.
- Women--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Portrait of a woman in a chair
- A woman sits in a chair and poses for a studio portrait. The woman's dress has a gathered v-neck, sleeves and cuffs and a narrow waist. She wears a tiara and shoes with narrow straps.
- Women--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Portrait of a girl
- A young girl poses for a portrait near a carved stone prop. She wears a patterned dress with a crocheted collar and bow at her neck. The front section of her long hair is pulled back and gathered at the crown of her head.
- Girls--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Portrait of a girl
- Studio portrait of young girl. She wears her hair pulled back in a braid and short straight bangs. Her dress has a light colored apron that is gathered with a twined rope-like drawstring.
- Girls--Colorado--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Portrait of a girl
- Studio portrait of young girl. She wears her hair pulled back in a braid and short straight bangs. Her dress has a light colored apron that is gathered with a twined rope-like drawstring.
- Girls--Colorado--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Young woman
- Studio portrait of a woman in a gathered blouse, a ribbon, and collar and hair jewelry.
- Women--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Portrait of a woman
- Studio portrait of a woman who wears a dark colored lace dress and looks to the side. The dress has a high, gathered neckline with a partial collar that stands at the back of her neck. A small bunch of lilacs are pinned to her dress. Her hair is...
- Women--1890-1900.
- 1891
- Portrait of a young woman
- Studio portrait of a young woman who wears a dress with a fitted bodice and puffy sleeves. A pleated panel runs down the center of the bodice at a slight angle and is gathered at her waist with a broad buckle. A pin holds together the high...
- Women--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Portrait of a mother and child
- Studio portrait of a woman and her daughter. The young girl rests her head on her mother's shoulder and she holds a doll in her arms. Her mother wears a plaid dress with slightly puffy sleeves and gathered at the neckline. Her hair is pulled back...
- Girls--1890-1900.; Mothers & children--1890-1900.; Women--1890-1900.
- 1890