Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- ... hanging from a rafter ... the gently oscillating body of a man [art original].
- Pen drawing.; Gouache painting.; Magazine illustration.; Drawing, American.
- [n.d.]
- 11th Annual Capitol Hill People's Fair
- 15 inch vein, #3 drift
- View shows a fifteen inch vein of gold in an unidentified mine owned by the Orizaba Mines Company, Grand County, Colorado.
- Orizaba Mines Company (Colo.)--Facilities--1920-1930.; Veins (Geology)--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.; Grand County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Gold mining--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.;...
- 1921?
- 15 Years at the Fair: The People's Book
- 1980 Capitol Hill People's Fair Guide
- 1981 Capitol Hill People's Fair Guide
- 1983 Capitol Hill People's Fair Guide
- 1984 Capitol Hill People's Fair Guide
- 900 Larimer
- [Mountain scenes of Colorado] [art original].
- Mountains in art.; Mountains--West (U.S.)--Pictorial works.; Colorado--Pictorial works.; Rocky Mountains--Pictorial works.; Pastels (Visual works)
- [n.d]
- [Watercolors, miniatures] [art original].
- Series of 4 watercolors images.
- Watercolor painting, American.
- [1862?]
- "That makes it unanimous," she said [art original].
- Pen drawing.; Gouache painting.; Magazine illustration.; Drawing, American.
- [n.d.]
- A foot kicked into his side with numbing force as the rushing attacker stumbled across him [art original].
- Pen drawing.; Gouache painting.; Magazine illustration.; Drawing, American.
- [n.d.]
- A Walk on the West Side : The Story of an American High School
- Book regarding the history of West High School in Denver, Colorado from 1884 to 1984. Included are photographs of students and student publications.
- West High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1984
- Acequia, Costilla County, Colorado
- View of an acequia (irrigation ditch), possibly part of the Vallejos Ditch system in the San Luis Valley in Costilla County, Colorado. Shows grass and weeds. A wooden headgate is in the ditch. Sagebrush and pinon covered hills and the Sangre de...
- Sangre de Cristo Mountains (Colo. and N.M.)--1990-2000.; Costilla County (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Irrigation canals and flumes--Colorado--Costilla County--Pictorial works.; Sangre de Cristo Mountains (Colo. and N.M.)--Pictorial works.; Costilla County...
- [between 1990 and 2000?]
- Adelina Sandoval
- Studio portrait of Adelina Sandoval, a resident of Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. She sits in a chair, wears a simple light colored dress, and her hair is pulled back and parted in the middle.
- Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1900-1910.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1900-1910.; Women.; Sandoval, Adelina, 1890-1982--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.;...
- [1907]
- Adobe house
- View of an abandoned adobe house near San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. Shows an adobe brick building with a sod roof and door and window openings. Sagebrush and trees are nearby. The Sangre de Cristo Mountains are in the distance.
- Adobe buildings.; Houses.; Adobe houses--Colorado--Costilla County--Pictorial works.; Costilla County (Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Costilla County (Colo.)--2000-2010.
- [between 2005 and 2006?]
- Aggie Lucero and baby
- Studio portrait of Aggie Lucero of Fort Collins (Larimer County), Colorado, and her unidentified baby boy. The little boy wears a wool, billed cap.
- Mexican Americans--1940-1950.; Hispanic Americans--1940-1950.; Families.; Infants.; Lucero, Aggie--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Mothers and sons--Colorado--Fort...
- [1940?]
- Agriculture, ranches
- The first image, taken near Longmont, Colorado, shows Longs Peak, fenced cultivated fields, farm buildings, and stacked grain. Second image shows a switchback road (later Black Bear jeep road) on Ingram Peak (San Juan Range of the Rocky Mountains)...
- Ingram Peak (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Longs Peak (Colo.)--1900-1910.
- [between 1907 and 1910?]
- Alberto "Albert" Lobato and María Odila Lobato
- Studio portrait of a young Alberto "Albert" Lobato and his sister, the infant, María Odila Lobato. He wears a velvet Little Lord Fauntleroy suit with elbow length sleeves and knickers, an oversized lace collar and a shirt with puffed sleeves. His...
- Hispanic Americans--1890-1900.; Mexican Americans--1890-1900.; Boys.; Clothing & dress.; Girls.; Infants.; Lobato, Alberto, 1895-1976--Pictorial works.; Lobato, María Odila, 1899-1993--Pictorial works.; Boys--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Clothing...
- [1899?]
- Albie R. Duarte
- Freshman Albie R. Duarte poses by a chair in a room at the San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts in San Luis (Conejos County), Colorado. He wears a jacket and patterned tie.
- San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts--People--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; San Luis (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Students.; Interiors.; Duarte, Albie R.; San Luis Institute of the Arts and...
- [1953]
- Amarante Lopez
- Stdio portrait of Amarante Lopez, a student at the San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. He wears a coat and tie and has dark wavy hair.
- San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts (Colo.)--People--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Students.; Lopez, Amarante--Pictorial works.; San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts (Colo.)--Pictorial works.;...
- [1953]
- American Smelting & Refining Co.
- View of American Smelting and Refining Company, Pueblo, Colorado, a smelter and refinery; shows an industrial plant complex with warehouse style buildings, smokestacks, water tank, slag ladles on tracks in workyard, ore cart tracks leading to...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Smelters--Colorado--Pueblo--1890-1910.; American Smelting and Refining Company.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Andrea Barela and Rosemary Rodriguez
- Andrea Barela, NEWSED development director and event organizer for the annual Denver Cinco de Mayo celebration, poses with former Denver city councilwoman and vice chair of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission Rosemary Rodriguez, in the...
- Hispanic Americans--2000-2010.; Mexican Americans--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Women.; Barela, Andrea--Pictorial works.; Rodriguez, Rosemary--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Mexican...
- [2009?]
- Andres "Andy" Trujillo in his Model T Ford
- Andres "Andy" Trujillo drives his Model T Ford past the Pioneer Pharmacy in Fort Collins (Larimer County), Colorado. The young man wears a cap, coat and tie.
- Hispanic Americans--1910-1920.; Fort Collins (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Convertible automobiles.; Trujillo, Andres--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Automobiles, Convertible--Colorado--Fort Collins--Pictorial works.; Ford...
- [1910?]
- Andy and Angela Trujillo
- Studio portrait of Andy Trujillo and his daughter Angela from Fort Collins (Larimer County), Colorado. The young man wears a suit and tie. He sits in a wire chair and holds his infant daughter who sits on a table with spindle legs. Angela wears a...
- Hispanic Americans--1910-1920.; Families.; Infants.; Trujillo, Andy--Pictorial works.; Trujillo, Angela--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Fathers and daughters--Colorado--Fort Collins--Pictorial works.;...
- [between 1910 and 1915?]
- Andy and Jose Trujillo
- Studio portrait of brothers Andy and José Trujillo, sons of Acacio Trujillo, of Fort Collins, Colorado. Andy stands and wears a flat brimmed, hat, a sweater and striped pants. A pin is attached to his sweater and he has a mustache. José sits...
- Mexican Americans--1890-1900.; Hispanic Americans--1890-1900.; Families.; Trujillo, Andy--Pictorial works.; Trujillo, José--Pictorial works.; Trujillo, Acacio--Family--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Annual: North Side High School 1907
- North Denver High School yearbook for 1907
- Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; North High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.
- 1907
- Antonio Teodoro Lobato, his wife María and grandson Teodoro
- Studio portrait of Antonio Teodoro Lobato, his wife María Epemenia Córdova, and their grandson Teodoro Lobato from Conejos County, Colorado. María Córdova, stands beside her husband who sits in a wicker chair. She wears a black dress with...
- Hispanic Americans--1900-1910.; Mexican Americans--1900-1910.; Families.; Córdova, María Epemenia, 1850-1924--Pictorial works.; Lobato, Antonio Teodoro, 1840-1925--Pictorial works.; Lobato, Teodoro--Pictorial works.; Grandparent and...
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- 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?]
- 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
- Apache mother and child, Apache scout
- An outdoor portrait of a Native American Apache woman wrapped in a blanket with a baby on her back and a portrait of a squatting Apache scout holding a cigarette, wearing a head scarf, vest, trousers with ammunition belt and handgun holster.
- Apache Indians--1890-1910.; Indians of North America--1890-1910.; Infants--1890-1910.; Mothers & children--1890-1910.; Smoking--1890-1910.; Women--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Arapaho
- Two images of Little Raven, a Native American (Arapaho) man. Both images are studio portraits (standing). One image depicts his profile, the other a full portrait. Little Raven holds a cane. He wears moccasins, leggings, a coat, and a vest.
- Arapaho Indians--1880-1910.; Indians of North America--1880-1910.; Aged persons.; Little Raven.
- [between 1880-1910?]
- Arasta [sic] Gulch, on the left bank of the Animas River
- Reproduction of ink rendering; shows cabins and the Animas River in Arastra Gulch, San Juan County, Colorado.
- Arastra Gulch (Colo.)--1860-1870.
- [between 1860 and 1870?]
- Arc-welding a Chilean mill die (550 amps) Ericson
- Ericson welds a Chilean mill die in the Golden Cycle Mill in El Paso County, Colorado.
- Golden Cycle Corporation--1930-1940.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Mills--Colorado--El Paso County--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--El Paso County--1930-1940.; Smelters--Colorado--El Paso County--1930-1940.; Welding--Colorado--El Paso...
- 1932, August 12
- Archaeology, Colorado
- Petroglyphs depicting several animals and other images appear on a stone surface of a cliff dwelling ruin, probably in the Four Corners region of the Southwest.
- Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Four Corners Region--1900-1920.; Rock art--Four Corners Region--1900-1920.
- [between 1907 and 1917?]
- Archaeology, Colorado
- A large petroglyph image is surrounded by many smaller images in this close-up view of a stone surface at Hawikuh in New Mexico.
- Hawikuh (N.M.)--1900-1920.; Archaeological sites--New Mexico--1900-1920.; Rock art--New Mexico--1900-1920.
- [between 1907 and 1917?]
- Arnold Toynbee and Arthur L. Campa, Sr.
- Informal portrait of Sir Arnold J. Toynbee, British historian and Arthur L. Campa, Sr. American Cultural Attaché and Director of the USIA at the American Embassy in Lima Peru. Dr. Campa, a renowned scholar, historian and professor of cultural...
- Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1950-1960.; Historians.; Campa, Arthur L. (Arthur Leon), 1905-1978--Pictorial works.; Toynbee, Arnold Joseph, 1889-1975--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- [1957?]
- Arthur L. Campa, parents and siblings
- Group studio portrait the Campa family. They are identified as Delfina Lopez de Campa, Daniel Campa, David Campa, Armida Campa, and Arthur L. Campa. Arthur L. Campa, later became a renowned scholar, historian and professor of cultural anthropology...
- Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1900-1910.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1900-1910.; Families.; Campa, Arthur L. (Arthur Leon), 1905-1978--Family--Pictorial works.; Campa family--Pictorial works.; Families--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- [1909?]
- Assay furnace Lowell Clark
- Lowell Clark pours an ore sample from a porcelain cup near an assay furnace in the Gold Cycle Mill, El Paso County, Colorado.
- Golden Cycle Corporation--1930-1940.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Furnaces--Colorado--El Paso County--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--El Paso County--1930-1940.; Smelters--Colorado--El Paso County--1930-1940.; Lowell, Clark.
- 1932, August 5
- Augie Gost
- Studio portrait of a man. He wears a suit, shirt with high collar, and tie.
- Men--1890-1910.; Gost, Augie.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Avenue in fall
- A landscape watercolor painting by Henrietta Bromwell. Images in the painting include a row of trees, a road, meadow, field of grass, a building in the background, and blue sky. The image is pale fall colors of gold, violet and gray. The painting...
- Meadows--1890-1915.; Trees--1890-1915.
- [between 1890 and 1915]
- Baker's Park and Silverton on the right bank of the Animas River, between Cement and Mineral Creek
- Reproduction of ink rendering; shows log buildings and people in Baker's Park and Silverton, San Juan County, Colorado.
- Silverton (Colo.)--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- Ball mill
- View of a ball mill and hopper at the Golden Cycle Mill in El Paso County, Colorado.
- Golden Cycle Corporation--1930-1940.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--El Paso County--1930-1940.; Milling machines--Colorado--El Paso County--1930-1940.; Mills--Colorado--El Paso County--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--El...
- July [1932]
- Barry's photographic studio, different view
- David F. Barry's photographic studio and gallery in Superior, Wisconsin, 1312 Tower Avenue; numerous Native American artifacts (many were gifts to Barry), props used in his photographic portrait work and framed images by Barry covering walls.
- Photographic studios--Wisconsin--1890-1930.; Barry, D. F. (David Frances), 1854-1934.
- [between 1898 and 1934]
- Barry's photographic studio, different views
- David F. Barry's photographic studio and gallery in Superior, Wisconsin, 1312 Tower Avenue; numerous Native American artifacts (many were gifts to Barry by Native Americans), props used in his photographic portrait work, and framed images by Barry...
- Photographic studios--Wisconsin--1890-1930.; Barry, D. F. (David Frances), 1854-1934.
- [between 1898 and 1934]
- Barry's photographic studio, different views
- David F. Barry's photographic studio and gallery in Superior, Wisconsin, 1312 Tower Avenue; numerous Native American artifacts (many were gifts to Barry from Native Americans), props used in his photographic portrait work and framed images by Barry...
- Photographic studios--Wisconsin--1890-1930.; Barry, D. F. (David Frances), 1854-1934.
- [between 1898 and 1934]
- Basket
- Shows a coiled willow basket made by the Native American Apache Indians from the San Carlos Reservation. It features design images of human and animal figures, lines, rectangles and circles. The foundation of the basket is rod, welt (weft?) and...
- Apache baskets--1900-1920.; Apache Indians--Arts & crafts--1900-1920.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Basket
- Shows a bowl (Native American Apache Indian) from the San Carlos Reservation, Arizona. The coiled bowl is made of willow with rod and welt (weft?) foundation, devil's claw and natural brown dye. Subject matter in the design images include circles,...
- Apache baskets--1890-1920.; Apache Indians--Arts & crafts--1890-1920.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Basket
- Shows a Native American (White Mountain Apache) coiled bowl. The bowl is made of willow and devil's claw and features decorative images of circles, four point star, triangles, and diamonds. The foundation of the bowl is rod and welt (weft?).
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1900-1920.; White Mountain Apache Indians--Arts & crafts--1900-1920.; Baskets--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]