Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Vest
- Shows a child's vest made by Native American Sioux, Little Hawk, from Rosebud, South Dakota. The buckskin vest features steel beads and geometric and triangular designs made from light blue, white, green, navy blue, opaque red and orange beads.
- Dakota Indians--Clothing & dress--1875-1895.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1875-1895.; Vests--1875-1895.
- [between 1875 and 1895]
- Head band
- Shows a loom woven head band made by Native American Sioux, Nancy Then Elk of Rosebud, South Dakota. The head band features decorative geometric designs made of loom woven blue, red, and white beadwork and blue silk ribbon.
- Dakota Indians--Arts & crafts--1920-1940.; Dakota Indians--Clothing & dress--1920-1940.; Headbands--1920-1940.; Indians of North America--Arts & craft--1920-1940.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940]
- Awl case
- Shows a Native American Sioux awl case made or found in Pine Ridge, South Dakota. It feature white, blue, green and red beadwork; a tassel made from quillwork dyed red, a tin jingler and a chicken feather dyed red.
- Dakota Indians--Arts & craft--1870-1890.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1870-1890.; Cases (Containers)--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890]
- Doll
- Shows a Native American (Southern Plains (Ute?)) doll. The head is buckskin with buffalo fur for hair; the body is muslin and is covered with a blue wool dress trimmed with red cotton binding. The sleeves are long with purple stripes; the yoke,...
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1870-1890.; Dolls--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890]
- Headdress
- Shows a Native American (Sioux) headdress. It is made from eagle feathers, red wool; red, blue and purple down; loom woven orange, green, red, blue, black and white Italian? beads; transparent red faceted beads, a round painted disc, fur, buckskin.
- Dakota Indians--Arts & crafts--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1890.; Headdress--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- Crazy quilt
- Shows a quilt made by Augusta Tabor in Leadville, Colorado. The quilt is made with maroon velvet, gold colored silk and solid print patches. On the quilt are embroidered appliques, paint and souvenir ribbon. The backing is possibly linen, cotton or...
- Quilts--Colorado--1880-1890.
- 1885 January 5
- American flag
- Shows the American flag made in Denver, Colorado for the First Colorado Volunteers Cavalry in the Civil War. The flag is made of wool and cotton, has 34 stars, and encased in nylon net.
- Flags--American.--1860-1870.
- [between 1861 and 1865]
- Women's dress
- A women's afternoon dress ensemble with cape. The bodice is semi-tailored with Empire? style waist, sleeveless, patterned white silk faille, a high rounded neckline, a spread collar, shoulder pads, blue piping at the armhole and waistline; down the...
- Dresses--1930-1950.
- [between 1938 and 1945]
- Railroad passes
- A Rio Grande Southern Railroad pass of the Silverton Railroad Company. The pass is made of silver with filigree, decoration done entirely with fine wire. The inscription reads: "Issued to Mrs. N. P. Hill and family, No. 534; Otto Mears". Another...
- Rio Grande Southern Railroad--Equipment & supplies--1880-1900.
- [between 1889 and 1892]
- Coverlet
- Woven jacquard coverlet, made of blue wool and cotton wefts with cotton warp threads in the double weave technique. American spread eagle in each corner, overall geometric floral pattern and words: "United We Stand, Divided We Fall", "Eve Nellis,...
- Bedspreads--1850-1860.
- 1858
- Colo. Midland RR refrigerator car
- Shows a Colorado Midland Railway refrigerator car made in Colorado City, Colorado on July 16, 1897. "Colorado 1206 Midland Refrigerator line", the company logo and "Hanrahan automatic system of refrigeration" are painted on one side of the car.
- Colorado Midland Railway Company--1890-1900.; Railroad refrigerator cars--Colorado--1890-1900.
- 1897 July 16
- Marksman
- A group of spectators watch as a Native American Sioux man stands in position to shot his bow and arrow. He wears a vest made of shell or bone; a decorative garland made of nuts, shell or bone that is around his waist, legs and ankles. Bird...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--1890-1910.; Sioux Indians--Colorado--1890-1910.; Archery--Colorado--1890-1910.; Spectators--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Pueblo, Mineral Palace, King Coal
- View of the statue of King-Coal in the Colorado Mineral Palace in Pueblo, Pueblo County, Colorado. The statue is made of coal, diamonds and diamond dust and is seated on a pedestal made of copper and nickel with glass display cases. Sign reads:...
- Mineral Palace (Pueblo, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Exhibitions--Colorado--Pueblo--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Pueblo--1890-1900.; Sculpture--Colorado--Pueblo--1890-1900.
- [1891]
- Pueblo, Mineral Palace, King Coal
- View of the statue of King-Coal in the Mineral Palace in Pueblo, Pueblo County, Colorado. Shows the statue made of coal, diamonds, and diamond dust seated on a pedestal made of copper and nickel with glass display cases. Sign reads: "King-Coal of...
- Mineral Palace (Pueblo, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Exhibitions--Colorado--Pueblo--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Pueblo--1890-1900.; Sculpture--Colorado--Pueblo--1890-1900.
- [1891]
- Living room of Martha Crane's log cabin home, Cripple Creek, Colo.
- Interior view of Mrs. Mary Crane's living room, 809 Mine Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; Mrs. Crane, her daughter Martha, and a man sit at the stretcher table playing cards; scene includes doily on top of table, ornate wallpaper, Cripple Creek...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Interiors.; Living rooms--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Stoves--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Crane, Mary.
- 1907
- Ku Klux Klan rally
- Klansmen exchange documents with one another in front of a burning cross and an American flag as other members of the group watch at a rally of the Boulder Chapter of the Ku Klux Klan in Boulder County, Colorado.
- Ku Klux Klan (1915- )--Meetings--1920-1930.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--Boulder--1920-1930.; Meetings--Colorado--Boulder--1920-1930.
- [1925?]
- Electric light plant equipment
- An electric light plant car bearing Nate Salsbury's name is in the foreground on a cobblestone street near Ambrose Park in Brooklyn, New York. Salsbury was the owner and manager of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Lettering on the side of the car...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Carts & wagons--1890-1900.; Power plants--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Salsbury, Nate, 1846-1902.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1895?]
- Mining camp, west of Eldora
- View of the Happy Valley Placer Co. mining camp in the Grand Island Mining District, Boulder County, Colorado with tents and a buggy. John H. Kemp leans on the fence to the left; Engineer August Mathez stands with a transit instrument and tripod...
- Happy Valley Placer Company (Colo.)--Facilities--1890-1900.; Mining camps--Colorado--Boulder County--1890-1900.; Boulder (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Boulder County--1890-1900.; Tents--Colorado--Boulder County--1890-1900.; Kemp, John H.;...
- Summer 1892
- Post Office, Denver
- United States Post Office located at intersection of 19th (Nineteenth) and Stout Streets (designed by New York architects Tracy, Swartwout, and Litchfield with James Knox Taylor, supervising architect for the U.S. Treasury Department); neoclassical...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Post offices--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1916 and 1920]
- Post Office, Denver
- United States Post Office in Denver, Colorado (opened in 1916); neoclassical style, made of Colorado Yule marble; designed by New York architects Tracy, Swartwout and Litchfield with James Knox Taylor, supervising architect for the Treasury...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Post offices--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1916 and 1920]
- Post Office, Denver
- United States Post Office in Denver, Colorado (opened in 1916); neoclassical design, made of Colorado Yule marble, designed by New York architects Tracy, Swartwout and Litchfield with James Knox Taylor, supervising architect for the Treasury...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Post offices--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1916 and 1920]
- Denver streets
- View shows store fronts on Fifteenth (15th) and Tremont, Denver, Colorado. Signs read: "French Art, Embroidery works, M. Silverman, designer," "Pennants," "Imperial Laundry, shirts 5 (cents) and up," "Clason (?) Map Company," "The Suess Plumbing...
- Imperial Laundry (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Suess Plumbing Co. (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Map industry and trade--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cleaning establishments--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Mercantile...
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- The Katchina dance to the rain gods, Hopi Indians at Shonghopavi, Arizona
- Native American Hopi men dressed as Kachinas dance in body paint, embroidered kilts with fox skins hanging from their belts, and masks in Shongopavi, Second Mesa, Arizona. They carry rattles made from stones in dried painted gourds and have rattles...
- Hopi Indians--Dance--Arizona--Second Mesa--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Arizona--Second Mesa--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Spiritual life--Arizona--Second Mesa--1900-1910.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; Second Mesa...
- [between 1900 and 1906?]
- Medicine tepee
- An old Native American woman (Dakota) sits in front three tepees by an animal skin staked for tanning, probably the Dakota Territory.
- Dakota Indians--Dakota Territory--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Dakota Territory--1880-1890.; Dakota Territory--1880-1890.; Hides & skins--Dakota Territory--1880-1890.; Tanning--Dakota Territory--1880-1890.; Tipis--Dakota...
- 1882?
- Nevadaville, Colo.
- Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, gold mining boom and bust town, also known as Nevada City and Nevada; view looking west over town on treeless slopes; shows a man in a horse drawn carriage on Pat Casey's road and a number of mines, mills, and...
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Nevadaville--1890-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Nevadaville--1890-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Nevadaville--1890-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Nevadaville--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Borrow pit at Sta #3152 to Sta #3154
- View in Glenwood canyon (Garfield or Eagle County) Colorado; shows men on excavated hillside by Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Glenwood Canyon (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1925 and 1929]
- Shoshone, Washakie and tepees
- Native American (Shoshone) men, women, and children and a white man pose near a group of tepees. One of the tepees is made of brush. Washakie holds a saw above a wooden pole. The men wear leggings, beaded necklaces, and wide brimmed hats. The women...
- Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Shoshoni Indians--1880-1890.; Shoshoni Indians.; Children--1880-1890.; Indian encampments--1880-1890.; Tipis--1880-1890.; Women--1880-1890.; Woodcutting--1880-1890.; Washakie, ca. 1804-1900.
- [between 1884 and 1885]
- A general all over view of a section of the Granada Relocation Center, looking north and west
- Overview of the Granada Relocation Center, Camp Amache, Prowers County, southeastern Colorado, shows rows of prefabricated army-style barracks (120 x 20 feet.) Twelve of these one-story side gable barracks with tar-paper roofs made a block which...
- Japanese--Capture & imprisonment--1940-1950.; World War, 1939-1945--Detention facilities.; Amache (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Detention facilities--Colorado--Amache--1940-1950.; Relocation camps--Colorado--Amache--1940-1950.
- 1942 December 12
- The Ninomiya family in their barracks room at the Amache Center
- Interior view of the Ninomiya family's barracks at the Granada Relocation Center, Camp Amache, southeastern Colorado; shows Tosh Ninomiya at a folding card table reading a newspaper with a pipe in his mouth, Mrs. Ninomiya across the table from him,...
- Ninomiya family--Homes & haunts--1940-1950.; Japanese--Capture & imprisonment--1940-1950.; World War, 1939-1945--Detention facilities.; World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners.; Amache (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Detention...
- 1942 December 9
- Judge Klah and his wives
- Studio portrait (sitting) of Judge Klah, a Native American (Navajo) Judge or Justice of the Peace. He poses with his two wives on, and in front of, Navajo woven blankets. The women wear machine made blankets and heishi bead necklaces. Judge Klah,...
- Indians of North America--1900-1940.; Navajo Indians--1900-1940.; Judges--1900-1940.; Spouses--1900-1940.; Women--1900-1940.; Judge Klah.
- [between 1904 and 1932]
- Monte Vista
- View of Saint Stephen's Episcopal Church, and its addition (used for Sunday school, 1962) in Monte Vista, Colorado; shows a church made of coursed, rough cut sandstone constructed to be an exact replica of a church in England; features arched...
- Monte Vista (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Anglican churches--Colorado--Monte Vista--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1967]
- Fort Laramie
- View of Fort Laramie, Wyoming with tents, one and two story frame buildings and a flagpole.
- Laramie (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Military camps--Wyoming--Laramie--1860-1870.
- [1868?]
- Cleveholm grounds, Redstone
- View of carriage house, Osgood Manor or Redstone Castle, Cleveholm estate, Redstone, Colorado; shows ornate wrought iron dragon spewing a stream of water into horse trough made of solid marble, brick courtyard area, two-story carriage house, and...
- Osgood, John Cleveland, 1851-1926--Homes & haunts.; Redstone (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Carriage houses--Colorado--Redstone--1900-1910.; Estates--Colorado--Redstone--1900-1910.
- [between 1903 and 1910]
- Pioneer Monument, Denver
- View of Pioneer Monument, triangle intersection of Colfax, Broadway & Cheyenne Place, Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Carson, Kit 1809-1868--Monuments.
- [between 1911 and 1920]
- The camp feast, Colo. Midland Ry.
- View of two outdoorsmen seated at table in camp near Norrie, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; two men seated on makeshift benches eating meal; plates, bowls, cups, jar of Kuner pickles, bread slices, bucket & utensils on table; one...
- Norrie (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Camping--Colorado--Norrie--1900-1920.; Eating & drinking--Colorado--Norrie--1900-1920.; Fishing--Colorado--Norrie--1900-1920.; Hunting--Colorado--Norrie--1900-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1900 and 1919]
- Colorado Mineral Palace
- View of the statue of King-Coal in the Mineral Palace in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows the statue made of coal, diamonds, and diamond dust seated on a pedestal made of copper and nickel with glass display cases. Sign reads: "King-Coal of...
- Mineral Palace (Pueblo, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mineral industries--Exhibitions--Colorado--Pueblo--1880-1900.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Pueblo--1880-1900.; Sculpture--Colorado--Pueblo--1880-1900.;...
- [1891]
- Colorado Mineral Palace
- View of the statue of King-Coal in the Colorado Mineral Palace in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. The statue is made of coal, diamonds and diamond dust and is seated on a pedestal made of copper and nickel with glass display cases. Sign reads:...
- Mineral Palace (Pueblo, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mineral industries--Exhibitions--Colorado--Pueblo--1880-1900.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Pueblo--1880-1900.; Sculpture--Colorado--Pueblo--1880-1900.;...
- [between 1891 and 1900?]
- Colorado Mineral Palace
- View of the statue of King-Coal in the Colorado Mineral Palace in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. The statue is made of coal, diamonds, and diamond dust, the figure is seated on a pedestal made of copper and nickel with class display cases. A...
- Mineral Palace (Pueblo, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mineral industries--Exhibitions--Colorado--Pueblo--1880-1900.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Pueblo--1880-1900.; Sculpture--Colorado--Pueblo--1880-1900.;...
- [1891]
- General Mesa Verde headquarters ruins
- cross over the building. People have made tracks walking in the snow in the foreground.; The museum at Mesa Verde National Park sits on a gently sloping hillside covered in snow. Juniper trees line the front of the museum, built by Jesse Nusbaum,...
- Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--1920-1930.; Stone buildings--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1925 and 1931?]
- Domestic scene among the Navajoe Indians
- Native American (Navajo) women and men sit beside a summer hogan constructed of logs and brush, in Arizona or New Mexico. One woman weaves at a loom made of logs and sticks. Shows wool thread and woven rugs.
- Hogans--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Navajo Indians--1870-1880.; Navajo women weavers--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--1870-1880.; Weaving--1870-1880.; Women--1870-1880.; Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.)
- 1873
- Colorado Penitentiary break 1947 Werner Schwarzmiller, convict
- Werner Carl Schwartzmiller, recaptured after leading the break from the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, glares as Warden Roy Best pulls his shirt. Blood on his head, face and clothes is the result of hammer blows dealt by Mrs. Oliver,...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Prison escapes--Colorado--Canon City--1940-1950.; Schwartzmiller, Werner Carl.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1948
- Gregory Monument dedication
- A fire hydrant stands in the foreground of this view of Gregory Diggings in Mountain City near Central City, Colorado, at the July 23, 1932 dedication of the Gregory Monument to John H. Gregory, who first discovered gold in the area in 1859. A...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Mountain City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Dedications--Colorado--Mountain City--1930-1940.; Fire hydrants--1930-1940.; Gold mining--Colorado--Mountain City--1930-1940.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--Mountain...
- [1932]
- Mountain City, Colorado
- A rundown building with part of a sign on it stands in the foreground of this view of Mountain City, a small mining district on the outskirts of Central City in Gilpin County, Colorado. The sign says "The Machinery Bargain House" and indicates that...
- Mountain City (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Mountain City--1890-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Mountain City--1890-1920.; Stone buildings--Colorado--Mountain City--1890-1920.; Wooden buildings--Colorado--Mountain City--1890-1920.
- [between 1899 and 1920?]
- Gregory Gulch, Colorado
- Fred Kruse's Grocery & Provisions Store faces a dirt road in the left foreground of this view of Gregory Gulch between Central City and Blackhawk in Gilpin County, Colorado. The gulch is the site where John H. Gregory made his historic discovery of...
- Gilpin County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Gregory Gulch (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Gilpin County--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Gilpin County--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Gregory Gulch--1890-1900.
- [1898?]
- Nederland, Colorado (prints)
- A dead tree stump lies among rocks in the foreground of this view looking toward Nederland in Boulder County, Colorado. The Caribou Mill, owned by A.D. Breed, stands in the midground in the town. A large smokestack protrudes from the roof of the...
- Nederland (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Nederland--1890-1900.; Mills--Colorado--Nederland--1890-1900.; Tree stumps--Colorado--Nederland--1890-1900.
- [1899?]
- Bucking snow on the Moffat Road
- Denver and Salt Lake Railroad's rotary snowplow #10200 bucking snow along Moffat Road, probably Rollins Pass or "Hill Hell"; 36-foot rotary snowplow #10200 nicknamed "the Red Devil" by General Manager Ridgway, he also called it "the world's most...
- Rollins Pass (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Snow removal--Colorado--1910-1930.; Denver and Salt Lake Railroad Company.
- [between 1913 and 1925]
- Four Mile Cañon from near Sunset, Colo., Colo. & N. W. Ry.
- Looking up Four Mile Canyon near Sunset, Colorado; edge of Sunset wooden water tank for Colorado and Northwestern Railway left foreground; Engine Number One with one coach approaching water tank; narrow gauge track paralleling Four Mile Creek;...
- Sunset (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Canyons--Colorado--1890-1910.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1898 and 1909]
- Four Mile Cañon on the Colo. & N.W. Ry.
- Three elevations of Colorado and Northwestern Railway narrow gauge track on both sides of Fourmile Canyon, Colorado, and along Fourmile creek (main line to Sunset, Colorado, marked by three trestles); train on right bound for Ward and train on left...
- Fourmile Canyon (Boulder County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--1890-1910.; Colorado and Northwestern Railroad Company.
- [between 1898 and 1909]
- Eldorado Camp
- View of the mining settlement of Eldorado Camp (Happy Valley, Eldora), in the Grand Island Mining District in Boulder County, Colorado. Shows log houses, a storefront, pine trees and snow.
- Happy Valley Placer Company (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Eldora (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Eldora--1890-1900.; Settlements--Colorado--Eldora--1890-1900.; Valleys--Colorado--Eldora--1890-1900.
- 1895
- Indian maiden and admirers
- A Native American woman stands between two Native American men in front of a backdrop for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Earl's Court in England. The woman has a striped blanket wrapped around her shoulders and has a long necklace, possibly made...
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Spears--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1892?]