Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Wolhurst fete
- Ladies pose at a Wolhurst party in Littleton, Colorado, in white dresses, with puffed sleeves, and ruffled, pleated, or jabot collars. Their straw hats are bedecked with flowers.
- Wolcott, Edward Olive, 1848-1905--Homes & haunts.; Littleton (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Estates--Colorado--Littleton--1890-1900.; Garden parties--Colorado--Littleton--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--Littleton--1890-1900.
- 1898
- Flood scene at Alamosa looking north from main highway bridge
- Floodwaters of the Rio Grande River threaten Alamosa, Colorado, near the old Highway 160 bridge. Two men holding shovels sit on sawhorses along a levee built of sandbags and wooden planks. Powerline poles are along the edge of the river. Board and...
- Rio Grande--1920-1930.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Bridges--Colorado--Alamosa--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Alamosa--1920-1930.; Levees--Colorado--Alamosa--1920-1930.
- 1927
- South end Walapi [sic]
- View of the south end of Native American (Hopi) pueblo, Walpi, First Mesa, Arizona, shows children on the plaza area between adobe house blocks.
- Hopi Indians--Structures--Arizona--Walpi--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Arizona--Walpi--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Arizona--Walpi--1900-1910.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; Walpi (Ariz.)--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1900 and 1902?]
- Indians, Pueblo, Hopi, religion
- View of Hopi Native American men, women and children wearing ceremonial costumes including kilts, mantas, blankets, face paint, bead necklaces and feathers, as they hike up a trail to a mesa top, Hopi Mesas, Arizona.
- Hopi Indians--Arizona--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Arizona--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Spiritual life--Arizona--1890-1900.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Rites & ceremonies--Arizona--1890-1900.
- [1899 or 1900]
- Gillett, Colorado
- View of abandoned town of Gillett, Colorado; shows foundations and a few frame structures. A dirt road passes storage sheds.
- Gillett (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Log cabins--Colorado--Gillett--1950-1960.
- January 5, 1950
- A Moqui weaver at work
- A Native American (Hopi) man sits on the ground and weaves on a loom strung on an adobe wall, Walpi, First Mesa, Arizona.
- Hopi Indians--Arts & crafts--Arizona--Walpi--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--Arizona--Walpi--1870-1880.; Pueblo Indians--Arizona--Walpi--1870-1880.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Walpi (Ariz.)--1870-1880.;...
- [1879]
- Five man party involved in early exploration of Devils Garden section of ultimate Arches National Park northeast of Moab, Utah
- View of a bridge over a stream at Devils Garden, Arches National Park, Utah; shows cliffs, a car, a wagon, and men identified as (l to r): "Alexander Ringhoffer, discoverer of Devils garden, and party leader, Arpad Ringhoffer, son, Frank A....
- Arches National Park (Utah)--1920-1930.; Devils Garden (Utah)--1920-1930.; Automobiles--Utah--1920-1930.; Carts & wagons--Utah--1920-1930.; Cliffs--Utah--1920-1930.; National parks & reserves--Utah--1920-1930.; Ringhoffer, Alexander, 1869-1941.
- September 1923
- 804 at Orestod
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Engine 804 at Orestod, Eagle County, Colorado, junction of the D&RGW to main line. Note train 9 is on the Craig point of switch.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1940.; Orestod (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Orestod--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1934]
- Espinosa graves, cemetery, La Garita, Colorado
- View of the Espinosa graves, in the Catholic cemetery, in La Garita, Saguache county, Colorado shows a cemetery plot bordered by a metal tube fence containing a large flat slab with a smaller engraved metal plaque at the base and a replica of...
- La Garita (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Cemeteries--Colorado--La Garita--1970-1980.
- March 19, 1974
- Catholic cemetery, La Garita, Colorado
- Close-up view of a flat grave marker in the Catholic cemetery, in La Garita, Saguache County, Colorado, shows a slab gravestone covering the grave, with a small shrine with a Virgin Mary figurine and wire fencing woven with flowers. The cemetery...
- La Garita (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Cemeteries--Colorado--La Garita--1970-1980.
- March 19, 1974
- Catholic cemetery, La Garita, Colorado
- View of Catholic Cemetery, La Garita, Saguache County, Colorado, shows silhouettes of tombstones, markers and wooden picket fences, some in disrepair, surrounding graves. The San Luis Valley and distant snow- covered Rocky Mountains are in the...
- La Garita (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Cemeteries--Colorado--La Garita--1970-1980.
- March 19, 1974
- U.S. Post Office, La Garita, Colorado
- View of the United States Post Office and combined grocery and gas station, housed in a one-story hipped roof log building in La Garita, Saguache County, Colorado, includes the gasoline pumps in front of the building. "U.S. Post Office, La Garita,...
- La Garita (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Grocery stores--Colorado--La Garita--1970-1980.; Post offices--Colorado--La Garita--1970-1980.
- March 19, 1974
- Last Midland Terminal passenger train, Cripple Creek
- Men, women and children dressed in heavy winter coats walk towards rear of Midland Terminal Railway passenger car, last run of February 6, 1949, Cripple Creek, Colorado; train warms up its engines at the Midland Terminal station; side rear view of...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1940- 1950.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1940-1950.
- 1949 February 6
- House of Indian agent Will Hayes
- A woman sits on the porch of Indian agent (Native American (Shoshone) Agency?) Will Hayes' house in Arapaho, Wyoming. She sits on a blanket near a dog. The one story wood and log house is surrounded by a prairie landscape.
- Indians of North America--Wyoming--Arapahoe--1920-1940.; Shoshoni Indians--Wyoming--Arapahoe--1920-1940.; Arapahoe (Wyo.) 1920-1940.; Houses--Wyoming--Arapahoe--1920-1940.; Women--Wyoming--Arapahoe--1920-1940.; Hayes, Will, Indian agent--Homes &...
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Lee Taylor Casey
- Rocky Mountain News employee, Lee Taylor Casey, sits in a booth with an unidentified man in Colorado. Casey began his work at the Rocky Mountain News in 1912. He worked as a copy reader, reporter, editor and finally columnist until his death on...
- Rocky Mountain News--People--1930-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Journalists--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Casey, Lee Taylor, 1889-
- [between 1930 and 1950]
- Framework ready to receive bark for a bark lodge
- View of the wooden framework for a Native American bark lodge on the Potawatomi reservation near Mayetta, Kansas.
- Prairie Band of Potawatomi Indians--People--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--Structures--Kansas--Mayetta--1930-1940.; Potawatomi Indians--Structures--Kansas--Mayetta--1930-1940.; Mayetta (Kan.)--1930-1940.; Potawatomi Indian Reservation...
- 1935
- Comanche peyoist
- Studio portrait of a Native American (Comanche) man, a leader in the peyote cult. He holds a beaded leader stick and a rattle. He wears a fringed shirt, fur pelts over his braids, a scarf with a metal clasp around his neck, and a feather headdress.
- Comanche Indians--1880-1910.; Indians of North America--1880-1910.; Peyotism--1880-1910.; Headdresses--1880-1910.; Clothing & dress--1880-1910.; People associated with religion--1880-1910.; Staffs (Sticks)--1880-1910.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Indian "Turkish bath"
- Two white men stand near a Native American (Shoshone or Bannock) bath in an area covered with tall grass and bushes. The bath is covered with a wooden frame. One man wears a military uniform. The other man wears a suit.
- Bannock Indians--Structures--1880-1910.; Indians of North America--Structures--1880-1910.; Shoshoni Indians--Structures--1880-1910.; Steam baths--1880-1910.; Sweatbaths--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- The Chifonetes
- View of Native Americans (Taos Pueblo) at Taos Pueblo, New Mexico, climbing a pole during the Fiesta of San Geronimo, a harvest festival.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1890-1900.; San Geronimo Fiesta (Taos Pueblo, N.M.)--1890-1900.; Taos Indians--1890-1900.; Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--1890-1900.; Festivals--New...
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Grave of Washikie Chief of the Shoshones
- View of Washakie's gravestone near Fort Washakie, Wyoming. Washakie was a Native American (Shoshone) man. The gravestone reads: "Washakie 1804-1900". The mountains of the Wind River Range are in the distance.
- Indians of North America--Wyoming--Fort Washakie--1930-1960.; Shoshoni Indians--Wyoming--Fort Washakie--1930-1960.; Fort Washakie (Wyo.)--1930-1960.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Wyoming--Fort Washakie--1930-1960.; Washakie, ca. 1804-1900--Tomb.
- [between 1930 and 1960?]
- Colorado
- Miners and a dog pose near a mine entrance in Colorado.
- Miners--Colorado--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Hudson Bay Eskimos
- View of a Native American Hudson Bay Eskimo man, women and children standing beside a tepee and tripod. The woman wears a long dress, two boys wear military style caps. Shows a naked child.
- Eskimos--Women--Canada, Northern--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--Children--Canada, Northern--1910-1920.; Canada, Northern--1910-1920.; Tipis--Canada, Northern--1910-1920.
- [1912]
- Food preparation Taos
- View of a Native American (Taos Pueblo) woman putting a loaf of bread into an adobe oven (horno) at Taos Pueblo, New Mexico.
- Indians of North America--Domestic life--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Women--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1900-1910.; Taos Indians--1900-1910.; Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Baking--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Taos Pueblo
- View of Taos Pueblo, New Mexico; shows ovens, adobe pueblo dwellings, and Native Americans including boys.
- Indians of North America--Structures--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Structures--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1890-1900.; Taos Indians--1890-1900.; Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--1890-1900.; Pueblos--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Church at Taos
- View of an adobe church at Taos Pueblo, New Mexico; shows Native American (Taos Pueblo) children on the fence.
- Indians of North America--Structures--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Children--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1900-1910.; Taos Indians--1900-1910.; Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Catholic churches--New Mexico--Taos...
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Waiting for the run I see you Beam.
- View of Native American runners (Taos Pueblo) and spectators during a festival at Taos Pueblo, New Mexico; shows adobe pueblo dwellings, a United States flag, and a man with a camera.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1890-1900.; Taos Indians--1890-1900.; Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--1890-1900.; Pueblos--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1890-1900.; Runners (Sports)--New...
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- South Pueblo Taos
- View of south Taos Pueblo, New Mexico; shows Native American adobe pueblo dwellings, a United States flag, and Taos Creek.
- Indians of North America--1940-1950.; Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--1940-1950.; Pueblos--New Mexico--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Entrance of Gilsonite Mine
- A miner holds the reins of a two horse team near the Gilsonite Mine, Gilsonite (Mesa County), Colorado, mine.
- Gilsonite (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Gilsonite Mine (Mesa County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Horse teams--Colorado--Gilsonite--1900-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Gilsonite--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Gilsonite--1900-1910.
- [between 1940 and 1960]
- Wyka- Shoshone warrior
- Studio portrait (sitting) of Wyka, a Native American (Shoshone) man. He sits on a fur pelt draped over a log. He wears moccasins, a breechcloth, no shirt, metal armbands, and bead necklaces.
- Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Shoshoni Indians--1880-1890.; Men--1880-1890.; Wyka.
- [between 1884 and 1885]
- Shoshone woman Wind River Reservation, Wyo
- A Native American (Shoshone) woman poses near a tepee on the Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming. The tepee flap is open. A wooden cabinet with a metal pot on it is inside the tepee. The woman wears a dress, a blanket, and a scarf on her head.
- Indians of North America--Wyoming--1910-1930.; Shoshoni Indians--Wyoming--1910-1930.; Wind River Indian Reservation (Wyo.)--1910-1930.; Indian reservations--Wyoming--1910-1930.; Tipis--Wyoming--1910-1930.; Women--Wyoming--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- At the Sun & Moon
- Interior view of a tunnel of the Sun and Moon Mine near Idaho Springs (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Shows men on a hand car on the mine tramway.
- Handcars--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1910.; Sun and Moon Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1910.
- [between 1940 and 1960]
- Two Moon's [i. e. Moons'] lodge
- Two Moons' wife and children, Native American (Cheyenne) woman and girls, sit near a tepee frame in Lame Deer, Montana. Metal pots and pails are on the ground. A tepee and meat that dries on a rack are nearby.
- Cheyenne Indians--Montana--Lame Deer--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Montana--Lame Deer--1890-1900.; Lame Deer (Mont.)--1890-1900.; Girls--Montana--Lame Deer--1890-1900.; Tipis--Montana--Lame Deer--1890-1900.; Women--Montana--Lame...
- [1896]
- Chief Painted Hoss [i.e. Horse]
- Painted Horse, a North American Indian (Oglala Sioux, Lakota) warrior and performer in "The Red Man spectacle and Red Indian camp," poses in front of a painted backdrop in the dirt arena at Empress Hall, in the Golden West and American Industries...
- Dakota Indians--England--London--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--England--London--1900-1910.; Oglala Indians--England--London--1900-1910.; Teton Indians--England--London--1900-1910.; Earl's Court (London, England)--1900-1910.; London...
- 1909
- Blue, red white, yellow, purple
- The Fontius Shoe Co. store in the Symes Building on 16th (Sixteenth) Street is decorated with American and German bunting for the 31st Bundesturnfest in Denver, Colorado. Automobiles are parked in front of the building.
- Fontius Shoe Co. (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Bundesturnfest (31st : 1913 : Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Festivals--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Festive decorations--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Shoe...
- [June 1913]
- "Mucking" contest
- Colorado School of Mines Professor Frush, in suit and tie, and student Myron Beck, dump an ore cart load of rocks as a group of students, including George Olson and Dick Moore, look on during Engineer's Day celebrations in Golden, Jefferson County,...
- Golden (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Contests--Colorado--Golden--1960-1970.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Golden--1960-1970.; Colorado School of Mines.
- February 1968
- Gillett, Colo., Mexican bullfights
- In this view of "La Cherita" participating in a bullfight in Gillett, Colorado, a woman in Mexican dress rides sidesaddle atop a horse. Wooden bleachers are in the background of the arena, with a few observers on the wooden bleachers. Bulls are in...
- Gillett (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bullfighters--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.
- August, 1895
- Gillett, Colo., Mexican bullfights
- View of a bullfight in a small stadium in Gillett, Colorado. Two men are in Mexican bullfighting attire, one using a sword or pick (banderilla) to stab the bull. A matador and a pickador are in the wooden corral while observers watch from wooden...
- Gillett (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bullfighting--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.
- August, 1895
- Gillett, Colo., Mexican bullfights
- View of bullfighters in small stadium in Gillett, Colorado, includes a matador in Mexican attire, a wooden arena, bulls and wooden bleachers in the background. The matador's costume includes hat, vest, sash, epaulets, "pink" stockings, slippers,...
- Gillett (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bullfighters--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.
- August, 1895
- Gillett, Colo., Mexican bullfights
- View of small arena with a matador or picador in center, in Gillett, Colorado. A matador, possibly Senor Jose Marrero, in bullfighting attire, holds a banderilla (decorated pick) while bulls stand near the back of the wooden corral. Wooden...
- Gillett (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bullfighting--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.
- August, 1895
- Gillett, Colo., Mexican bullfights
- View of a bullfight in a small stadium, in Gillett, Colorado, show two men in bullfighting attire. Two matadors hold capes, a third sits atop a bull who is ready to charge. The bullfighters are in a wooden corral, while observers watch from...
- Gillett (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bullfighting--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.
- August, 1895
- Municipal Airport - Pueblo, Colorado
- View of dirt runway, Municipal Airport, Pueblo, Colorado; sign reads: "Pueblo Airport, Feb. 7. '38" near landing strip; distant background view shows airplane hangar with aviation light and Colorado Fuel & Iron Company industrial complex.
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Airports--Colorado--Pueblo--1930-1940.
- 1938 February 7
- Denver hospitals & sanatoriums, Agnes Memorial
- View of the Agnes Memorial Sanitarium in Denver, Colorado (built by Lawrence Phipps in memory of his mother, Agnes McCall Phipps; opened in 1904; closed in 1932).
- Agnes Memorial Sanatorium (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1940.; Sanatoriums--Colorado--Denver--1900-1940.
- [between 1904 and 1932]
- Denver libraries, public, branches, Woodbury
- External view of the Woodbury Branch of the Denver Public Library in Highland Park at West 33rd and Federal Boulevard, Denver, Colorado (opened 1913)
- Denver Public Library--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Libraries--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [1913?]
- Garden, City Park
- View of a garden at City Park in Denver, Colorado; saplings in foreground.
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Gardens--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.
- [between 1886 and 1901]
- Denver business, meat industry & trade, Swift & Co. interior
- Interior view of Swift & Co. meat packing plant in Denver, Colorado; workers carry carcasses into cold storage locker; carcasses are suspended on hooks.
- Swift & Company--Facilities--1900-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Interiors.; Meat industry--Colorado--Denver--1900-1930.
- [between 1900 and 1930?]
- Denver education, schools, public, Lake
- View of Lake Junior High School, 1820 Lowell Boulevard, Denver, Colorado (completed in 1926; architects Burnham and Merrill Hoyt); shows Sloans Lake in foreground.
- Denver Public Schools--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Schools--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [1926?]
- Denver business, Gano-Downs Clothing, men's clothing & Furnishings
- View of the Gano-Downs Clothing Store in the Steele Building at 16th (Sixteenth) and Stout Streets in Denver, Colorado.
- Gano-Downs Clothing Company (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Clothing stores--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1905 and 1920?]
- Denver business, Smith-Brooks Printing
- View of the Smith-Brooks Printing Company at 1733-1747 California Street in Denver, Colorado; shows automobile with 1914 license plate, advertising posters, and boarding house; businesses include: Richmond Suction Cleaners and M.L. Foss (bicycle...
- Smith-Brooks Printing Company--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Printing industry--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1914
- Denver business - clothing, men's clothing & furnishings
- Nighttime view of the Gano-Downs Clothing Company at 16th (Sixteenth) and Stout Streets in Denver, Colorado; shows shoes arranged in lighted window displays, awnings retracted, and streetcar track.
- Gano-Downs Clothing Company (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Clothing stores--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1905 and 1920?]
- Chair Mt.
- Distant view of 12,721-foot Chair Mountain near Marble, Colorado, taken from tree-lined dirt road; aerial wires visible.
- Chair Mountain (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Roads--Colorado--Marble--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920]