Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Pocahontas saves the live of Captain Smith
- Reproduction of a lithograph printed by James Reeve, shows Pocahontas, pleading with her father Powhatan, to spare the life of Captain John Smith. Other Native Americans (Powhatans) prepare to strike lethal blows with clubs, bow and arrows, and...
- Indians of North America--1600-1620.; Powhatan Indians--1600-1620.; Pocahontas, d. 1617.; Powhatan, ca. 1550-1618.; Smith, John, 1580-1661.
- [between 1940 and 1970?]
- Robinson, Col.
- Reproduction shows a lithograph of Robinson, Summit County, Colorado: pedestrians and wagons on a commercial street.
- Robinson (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- 1882
- Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico
- Reproduction of a lithograph shows Native American women by a river with the Laguna Pueblo on a hill, New Mexico. A cow drinks from the water and a burro shows next to stock pen corrals.
- Indians of North America--Structures--New Mexico--Laguna --1880-1910.; Laguna Indians--Structures--New Mexico--Laguna--1880-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Structures--New Mexico--Laguna--1880-1910.; Laguna (N.M.)--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Ute Indians, Chief Colorow
- Head and shoulders portrait is a photographic reproduction of a lithograph showing the Native American Ute Chief Colorow. He is wrapped in a woven blanket and wears a decorative necklace.
- Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Ute Indians--1880-1890.; Photomechanical prints.; Colorow, ca. 1810-1888.
- 1887
- The treaty with Massasoit
- Reproduction of a lithograph shows Massasoit, (grand sachem and peacekeeper of the east coast Native American Wampanoag,) and British pilgrim colonists with outstretched hands.
- Indians of North America--1600-1630.; Wampanoag Indians--1600-1630.; Peace treaties--1600-1630.; Massasoit, 1580-1661.
- [between 1940 and 1960?]
- Push-ma-ta-ha, Chactan warrior
- Reproduction of a lithograph of a painting depicts Pushmataha, Choctow Native American tribal chief, wearing a military jacket with epaulets and ruffled shirt and short cropped hair. Pushmatah (also known as Apushamatahubib, Warrior's Seat Is...
- Choctaw Indians--1830-1840.; Indians of North America--1830-1840.; Military officers--1830-1840.; Pushmataha, ca. 1764-1824.
- [between 1940 and 1960?]
- Ledagie, a Creek Chief
- Reproduction of a lithograph of a painting by C. B. King depicts Ledagie, Native American Creek, tribal chief, wearing a loose jacket with armbands, necklace, turban hat with plumes.
- Creek Indians--1840-1850.; Indians of North America--1840-1850.; Tribal chiefs--1840-1850.; Ledagie, Creek Chief.
- [between 1940 and 1960?]
- Me-na-wa, a Creek warrior
- Reproduction of a lithograph of a painting by C. B. King depicts Me-na-wa, Native American Creek warrior wearing face paint, a loose striped jacket, hat with plume, and beaded purse.
- Creek Indians--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Me-na-wa, Creek warrior.
- [between 1940 and 1960?]
- Delmonico Restaurant
- Interior view of Lake City's Delmonico Restaurant, Colorado, nameded after the elegant New York restraurant. Shows two men in jackets, ties and hats in center, tables full of seated customers, and two waiters in long aprons and jackets. Features:...
- Lake City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Restaurants--Colorado--Lake City--1880-1890.
- 1884
- Hagerman Pass, Colo. Midland Ry.
- Reproduction of promotional lithograph depicting Colorado Midland Railway at Hagerman Trestle, Tunnel & Pass, Colorado; shows Colorado Midland Railway standard gauge track over Hagerman Trestle, snowsheds, passenger train approaching Hagerman...
- Hagerman Pass (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Hagerman Pass--1900-1920.; Graham, Charles, 1852-1911.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Gubernatorial candidate
- Studio portrait of a man. He wears a suit and glasses. Lettering near the image reads: "For Governor."
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Political elections--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Depart pur la desinfection (On the way to be disinfected)
- Framed lithograph shows two guards and a group of emaciated prisoners at the World War II, Buchenwald concentration camp in Nazi Germany.
- Concentration camps--Germany--1940-1950.; Holocaust victims--Germany--1940-1950.; Buchenwald (Concentration camp); World War, 1939-1945.
- 1945
- L'arrivee au camp (Arrival at the camp)
- Framed lithograph shows prisoners attacked by guards with clubs and dogs at the World War II, Buchenwald concentration camp in Nazi Germany.
- Concentration camps--Germany--1940-1950.; Holocaust victims--Germany--1940-1950.; Buchenwald (Concentration camp); World War, 1939-1945.
- 1943
- L'evacuation des kommandos sur lea routes (Evacuated commandos on the road)
- Framed lithograph shows prisoners and guards on a road outside the World War II, Buchenwald concentration camp in Nazi Germany.
- Concentration camps--Germany--1940-1950.; Holocaust victims--Germany--1940-1950.; Buchenwald (Concentration camp); World War, 1939-1945.
- 1945 April
- Les blocks en ciment sous la neige (The cement barracks in the snow)
- Framed lithograph shows prisoners outside the barracks of the World War II, Buchenwald concentration camp in Nazi Germany.
- Concentration camps--Germany--1940-1950.; Holocaust victims--Germany--1940-1950.; Buchenwald (Concentration camp); World War, 1939-1945.
- 1944
- La petite morgue (The little morgue)
- Framed lithograph shows a pile of emaciated, dead bodies inside the World War II, Buchenwald concentration camp, Nazi Germany.
- Concentration camps--Germany--1940-1950.; Holocaust victims--Germany--1940-1950.; Buchenwald (Concentration camp); World War, 1939-1945.
- 1945 April
- La baignoire desinfection
- Framed lithograph shows prisoners in a disinfecting bath inside the World War II, Buchenwald concentration camp, Nazi Germany.
- Concentration camps--Germany--1940-1950.; Holocaust victims--Germany--1940-1950.; Buchenwald (Concentration camp); World War, 1939-1945.
- 1943 December 16
- Le kommando de la merde (The shit commando)
- Framed lithograph shows guards and prisoners behind a wire fence inside the World War II, Buchenwald concentration camp in Nazi Germany.
- Concentration camps--Germany--1940-1950.; Holocaust victims--Germany--1940-1950.; Buchenwald (Concentration camp); World War, 1939-1945.
- 1944
- Le premier lavis que J'executai dans le petit camp du block 62. Aspect de desolation. (The first wash drawing which I executed in the little camp of Block 62. Aspect of desolation.)
- Framed lithograph shows prisoners and barracks inside the World War II, Buchenwald concentration camp, Nazi Germany.
- Concentration camps--Germany--1940-1950.; Holocaust victims--Germany--1940-1950.; Buchenwald (Concentration camp); World War, 1939-1945.
- 1944 January 13
- Dans les wagons (In the railroad cars)
- Framed lithograph shows anguished people inside a boxcar at the World War II, Buchenwald concentration camp, Nazi Germany.
- Concentration camps--Germany--1940-1950.; Holocaust victims--Germany--1940-1950.; Buchenwald (Concentration camp); World War, 1939-1945.
- 1943
- Block 34 du grand camp (Block 34 in the big camp)
- Framed lithograph shows men outside the World War II, Buchenwald concentration camp barracks in Nazi Germany.
- Concentration camps--Germany--1940-1950.; Holocaust victims--Germany--1940-1950.; Buchenwald (Concentration camp); World War, 1939-1945.
- 1944
- Block on bois dans le petit camp (Wooden barracks in the little camp)
- Framed lithograph shows emaciated prisoners on bunk beds inside the World War II, Buchenwald concentration camp barracks in Nazi Germany.
- Concentration camps--Germany--1940-1950.; Holocaust victims--Germany--1940-1950.; Buchenwald (Concentration camp); World War, 1939-1945.
- 1943
- Execution
- Framed lithograph shows two guards with a dog as they beat a prisoner in the World War II, Buchenwald concentration camp, Nazi Germany.
- Concentration camps--Germany--1940-1950.; Holocaust victims--Germany--1940-1950.; Buchenwald (Concentration camp); World War, 1939-1945.
- 1944
- Blocks cu petit camp (Blocks in the little camp)
- Framed lithograph shows prisoners in fenced area of "Block 60" and "Block 55" at the World War II, Buchenwald concentration camp in Nazi Germany.
- Concentration camps--Germany--1940-1950.; Holocaust victims--Germany--1940-1950.; Buchenwald (Concentration camp); World War, 1939-1945.
- 1944
- Le dernier salon ou l'on cause (The latrine of the little camp)
- Framed lithograph shows prisoners and a communal latrine inside the World War II, Buchenwald concentration camp barracks, Nazi Germany.
- Concentration camps--Germany--1940-1950.; Holocaust victims--Germany--1940-1950.; Buchenwald (Concentration camp); World War, 1939-1945.
- 1944
- Supplice (Torture)
- Framed lithograph shows a prisoner restrained in a shackle and chain at the World War II, Buchenwald concentration camp, Nazi Germany.
- Concentration camps--Germany--1940-1950.; Holocaust victims--Germany--1940-1950.; Buchenwald (Concentration camp); World War, 1939-1945.
- 1944
- Revue do poux (Daily lice check)
- Framed lithograph shows emaciated prisoners, naked or in striped uniforms, inside the World War II, Buchenwald concentration camp barracks in Nazi Germany.
- Concentration camps--Germany--1940-1950.; Holocaust victims--Germany--1940-1950.; Buchenwald (Concentration camp); World War, 1939-1945.
- 1944
- Le "blizar" (The blizzard)
- Framed lithograph shows prisoners has they drag a cart through the snow, World War II, Buchenwald concentration camp in Nazi Germany.
- Concentration camps--Germany--1940-1950.; Holocaust victims--Germany--1940-1950.; Buchenwald (Concentration camp); World War, 1939-1945.
- 1944
- Cohue dans les blocks en ciment du grand camp (Crowd around the cement barracks in the big camp)
- Framed lithograph shows people outside the World War II, Buchenwald concentration camp barracks in Nazi Germany.
- Concentration camps--Germany--1940-1950.; Holocaust victims--Germany--1940-1950.; Buchenwald (Concentration camp); World War, 1939-1945.
- 1944
- Railroads Colo. Midland logo advertising rocky mountain lion
- Shows a Colorado Midland Railway advertisement that features a mountain lion, a Native American man on horseback, a shield, and spear. An emblem on the shield reads: "Colorado Midland Railway Pikes Peak Route."
- Colorado Midland Railway Company--Public relations--1890-1910.; Advertisements--1890-1910.; Logos--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Maysville, Colo
- Reproduction of a bird's eye view map of Maysville, Chaffee County, Colorado, shows dwellings, commercial and civic buildings, trains, and streets. Mountains are labelled: "Mt. Aetna" and "Mt. Shavano." Place names include: "School House," "Post...
- Maysville (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1942 and 1950?]
- Tompkins Real Wild West
- Lithograph of an advertisement for "Tompkins Real Wild West and Frontier Exhibition." Images include Charles M. Tompkins on horseback, Native Americans on horses, and images of cowboys and cowgirls on bucking broncos.
- Tompkins, Charles M.--Performances--1880-1890.; Advertisements--1880-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1900.
- [bewteen 1885 and 1900?]
- Arrival of the caravan at Santa Fe
- Reproduction of a lithograph. Shows members of a wagon train rejoicing as their caravan approaches Santa Fe, New Mexico. Men wave their hats in the air and fire rifles.
- Santa Fe (N.M.)--1840-1850.; Wagon trains--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1840-1850.
- [1844?]
- Bird's eye view of Buena Vista, Colo.
- Reproduction of lithograph of Buena Vista, Chaffee County, Colorado; shows: 1. Court House 2. School House 3. Hiller, Hallock & Co's Opera House 4. D&RGRR Depot 5. F W Ower's Sampling Works 6. Turn-Halle and Buena Vista Guards Armory, Co H; 7....
- Buena Vista (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Pueblo of Jemez
- Reproduction of a lithograph by R. H. Kern, shows adobe buildings of the Native American pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico; mesas and hills in the distance.
- Indians of North America--Structures--New Mexico--Jemez Pueblo--1840-1850.; Jemez Pueblo (N.M.)--1840-1850.; Pueblos--New Mexico--Jemez Pueblo--1840-1850.
- [between 1920-1950?]
- Indian San Juan abodes
- Reproduction of a lithograph shows San Juan Pueblo Native Americans, posed in front of an adobe house with a timber balcony and smoking chimneys.
- Indians of North America--Children--New Mexico--San Juan Pueblo--1880-1920.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--San Juan Pueblo--1880-1920.; Tewa Indians--Women--New Mexico--San Juan Pueblo--1880-1920.; San Juan Pueblo (N.M.)--1880-1920.; Pueblos--New...
- [between 1880 and 1920?]
- Indians Pueblo San Juan
- Reproduction of a lithograph of San Juan Pueblo, New Mexico, shows adobe house blocks with ladders and smoking chimneys, Native Americans, some on horseback, a wooden cart, a burro, and the mission church.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--San Juan Pueblo--1880-1920.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--San Juan Pueblo--1880-1920.; Tewa Indians--New Mexico--San Juan Pueblo--1880-1920.; San Juan Pueblo (N.M.)--1880-1920.; Pueblos--New Mexico--San Juan...
- [between 1880 and 1920?]
- Indian encampment on White River
- Reproduction of a lithograph shows Native American Utes in a camp on the White River, Colorado, with tepees and canoes. One Ute man wears a feather headdress and is wrapped in a blanket.
- Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Ute Indians--1870-1880.; White River (Colo. and Utah)--1870-1880.
- 1880?
- Pocahontas rescuing Captain Smith
- Reproduction of a lithograph by W. Croome, shows Pocahontas, a Native American (Powhatan), on one knee, begging for the life of Captain John Smith. An elderly man, possibly her father, restrains a tomahawk wielding man before he can strike the...
- Indians of North America--1600-1620.; Powhatan Indians--1600-1620.; Pocahontas, d. 1617.; Powhatan, ca. 1550-1618.; Smith, John, 1580-1661.
- [between 1940 and 1970?]
- Powhatan
- Reproduction of a lithograph is a head and shoulders portrait of Powhatan, a Native American and father to Pocahontas. He wears a decorated shirt, face paint, and long hair.
- Pocahontas, d. 1617--Family.; Indians of North America--1590-1610.; Powhatan Indians--1590-1610.; Powhatan, ca. 1550-1618.
- [between 1940 and 1970?]
- Tuko-see-mathla, a Seminole chief
- Reproduction of a lithograph shows Tukoseemathla, a Native American (Seminole) chief standing near a tree and holding a rifle. He wears shin-high moccasins, a wrapped skirt, striped shirt, arm bands, strips of fur in his hair, and a medal around...
- Indians of North America--1830-1880.; Seminole Indians--1830-1880.; Tuko-see-mathla.
- [between 1940 and 1970?]
- Ki-on-twog-ky or Cornplant, Seneca
- Reproduction of a lithograph shows a head and shoulders portrait of Kiontwogky or Cornplant, a Native American (Seneca) man. He wears a wrap around his shoulders, a decorative collar and necklace, a nose ring, earrings, a head wrap with plumage,...
- Indians of North America--1830-1840.; Seneca Indians--1830-1840.; Ki-on-twog-ky.
- [between 1940 and 1970?]
- Tecumtha
- Reproduction of a lithograph shows a head and shoulders portrait of Tecumseh, a Native American (Shawnee) chief. He wears a military uniform coat with epaulets, a medal around his neck, and a hat with plumage.
- Indians of North America--1860-1870.; Shawnee Indians--1860-1870.; Tecumseh, Shawnee Chief, 1768-1813.
- [between 1940 and 1970?]
- Portrait of Tecumseh
- Reproduction of a lithograph shows a head and shoulders portrait of Tecumseh, a Native American (Shawnee) chief. He wears a military uniform coat with epaulets, a medal around his neck, and a hat with plumage.
- Indians of North America--1860-1870.; Shawnee Indians--1860-1870.; Tecumseh, Shawnee Chief, 1768-1813.
- [between 1940 and 1970?]
- Encampment of Piekann Indians, near Fort McKenzie, on the Muscleshell River
- Reproduction of a lithograph shows an encampment of Piegan (Blackfoot) Native Americans near Fort McKenzie and the Musselshell River in Montana. The image includes horses, dogs, people, and tepees.
- Indians of North America--1840-1850.; Piegan Indians--1840-1850.
- [between 1940 and 1970?]
- Snake Indians, biography
- Reproduction of a lithograph shows a three-quarters portrait of a Native American Shoshone (Snake) woman. She wears a blanket over a fringe and bead dress, bead earrings, long braids, and face paint.
- Indians of North America--1840-1860.; Shoshoni Indians--1840-1860.
- [between 1940 and 1970?]
- The ordeal in the Sun Dance among the Blackfeet Indians
- Reproduction of a lithograph by Frederick Remington, shows a Blackfoot (Siksika) Native American man enduring a portion of the Sun Dance that includes a piercing of both nipples with thongs that are attached to ropes drawn tight. The man wears a...
- Indians of North America--Spiritual life--Montana--1890-1900.; Siksika Indians--Dance--Montana--1890-1900.; Ceremonial dancers--Montana--1890-1900.; Sun dance--Montana--1890-1900.; United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Blackfeet...
- [between 1940 and 1970?]
- The blanket weaver
- Reproduction of a lithograph; Native American (Navajo) blanket weaver works at a loom.
- Indians of North America--1890-1930.; Navajo Indians--Arts & crafts--1890-1930.; Looms--1890-1930.; Weaving--1890-1930.
- [between 1895 and 1925?]
- Utah Indian
- Reproduction of a lithograph shows head and shoulder portrait of a Native American man, identified as a Utah (Ute) Indian. He wears a shirt, a choker, and braid decorations (?).
- Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Ute Indians--1880-1890.
- 1887
- "Lo, the poor indian," - a company of Ute braves
- Reproduction of a lithograph shows a portrait of Native American Utes standing and sitting in two rows.
- Indians of North America--1820-1830.; Ute Indians--1820-1830.
- [1826]