Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Check to Centro Cultural
- Centro Cultural treasurer, Edward Lucero stands and holds a large sized check with Miss Charletta Espinoza and Centro director Gil Martinez. The check is Centro Cultural's share to meet a matching grant from the Colorado Council on the Arts and...
- Espinoza, Charletta.; Lucero, Edward.; Martinez, Gil.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Checks--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Gifts--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.
- 1968 October 21
- Sara Amter
- Studio bust portrait of Sara Amter, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Amter has curled bangs, and her hair is pulled back in a bun or braid. Her dress bodice has a gathered, crocheted front panel, and matching crocheted puffed...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Amter, Sara.; Denver High School--People--1890-1900.; Denver Public Schools--People--1890-1900.
- 1892
- Family in Front of Tree at Mission Viejo
- Family of four standing in front of large pine tree with Christmas lights. Man wearing tan jacket and tan pants holding small boy wearing blue sweater with design and matching hat. Woman wearing dark blue shirt, red pants, and white furry jacket....
- Christmas..; Mission Viejo (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- circa 1980
- Two women in matching dresses
- Outdoor portrait of possibly sisters who wear matching dresses in Denver, Colorado. They pose in a garden near a house.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Clothing & dress--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- 2357 and 2361 Curtis Street
- View of 2357 and 2361 Curtis Street in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a pair of matching Queen Anne-style single family residences. The one-story brick houses have a pedimented front gable window bay, scroll-sawn...
- Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Houses.; Dwellings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Denver (Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- [between 1960 and 1970?]
- Deday and Chuckie Baca
- Brothers Deday Baca and Chuckie Baca pose in front of a telephone pole near their house at 1118 Lawrence Street in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The boys appear to be twins and wear matching shirts and cowboy hats. A brick commercial...
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1940-1950.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1940-1950.; Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Boys.; Baca, Deday--Pictorial works.; Baca, Chuckie--Pictorial works.; Mexican...
- [1949]
- Castellanos children
- Portrait of Joe and Helen Castellanos, a young boy and girl, children of Joe and Aurelia Castellanos of Fort Collins (Larimer County), Colorado. They sit together in a wooden chair. Joe wears a matching shirt and pants. His sister, Helen, wears a...
- Mexican Americans--1930-1940.; Hispanic Americans--1930-1940.; Fort Collins (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Children.; Castellanos, Helen, 1930---Pictorial works.; Castellanos, Joe, 1932- Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.;...
- [1937?]
- Woman on horseback
- An unidentified woman poses on horseback probably in Southern Colorado. She wears a long dress with a long, loose top with buttons, a loose collar and matching fabric tie. She has on a wide brimmed straw hat.
- Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1920-1930.; Horseback riding--Pictorial works..; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Clothing and dress--Colorado--Pictorial works.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Lace House, Black Hawk, Colo.
- View of the Lace House at its original location on 161 Main Street, Black Hawk, Colorado. Constructed in 1863, the two-story vertical board-and-batten structure sits on a stone foundation and is an example of Carpenter Gothic architecture. The...
- Dwellings--Colorado--Black Hawk--1990-2000.; Black Hawk (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Houses--Colorado--Black Hawk; Lace House (Black Hawk, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Dwellings--Colorado--Black Hawk--Pictorial works.; Black Hawk (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1998
- Linden Hotel, Fort Collins, Colo.
- View of the Linden Hotel located at 201 Linden Street, Fort Collins, Colo. Built by William Quayle in 1883 as the Loomis Block, the structure housed the Poudre Valley National Bank on the first floor and a Masonic Lodge on the third. In 1904 ...
- Historic hotels--Colorado--Fort Collins--2000-2010.; Fort Collins (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Old Town Historic District (Fort Collins, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Linden Hotel (Fort Collins, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Historic hotels--Colorado--Fort...
- 2000
- Ninth Street Historic Park the Schulz House (1045/47 Ninth Street)
- View of the restored Schulz House (architect J.J. Backus, 1890), 1045/47 Ninth (9th) Street, located in the Ninth Street Historic Park, Auraria Ninth Street Historic District, Auraria Higher Education Center, Denver, Colorado. Shows a brick double...
- Auraria Higher Education Center (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--2000-2010.; Auraria 9th Street Historic District (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Ninth Street Historic Park (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Conservation &...
- 2009
- Leta Valdez, Isabel Nieto 9th St.
- Leta Valdez and Isabel Nieto walk hand-in-hand down 9th (Ninth) Street in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. Leta wears a matching, check patterned skirt and blouse. Isabel wears a striped dress. Houses, a commercial building and St....
- Hispanic Americans--1940-1950.; Mexican Americans--1940-1950.; Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Holding hands.; Walking.; Women.; Nieto, Isabel--Pictorial works.; Valdez, Leta--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- 1949
- José de la Cruz Páiz and daughter María
- Studio portrait of Hispanic American José de la Cruz Páiz and his teenage daughter María Dolores Páiz, Apishapa (Las Animas County), Colorado. An elderly José wears a jacket, and matching vest and pants. He has thick gray hair and a...
- Hispanic Americans--1910-1920.; Mexican Americans--1910-1920.; Apishapa (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Families.; Older people.; Teenagers.; Páiz, José de la Cruz--Pictorial works.; Páiz, María Dolores--Pictorial works.; Fathers and...
- ca. 1860
- Córdova sisters
- Studio portrait of the Córdova sisters, daughters of Juan Bautista Córdova, and his wife María Quirina Sánches Córdova, from Hoehne, Las Animas County, Colorado. The young women are identified: Front row l to r: Antonia and Benigna...
- Hispanic Americans--1850-1860.; Mexican Americans--1850-1860.; Las Animas County (Colo.)--1850-1860.; Women.; Córdova, Juan Bautista--Family--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Las Animas County--Pictorial works.; Mexican...
- [between 1855 and 1860?]
- Orahood House 2903 Champa St.
- View of the front and side elevation of the Orahood House, located at 2903 Champa Street, in the Five Points neighborhood (Curtis Park) of Denver, Colorado. Harper M. Orahood, a prominent attorney, had this house built in 1882. The structure is an...
- Orahood, Harper, 1841-1914--Homes & haunts.; Curtis Park (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Historic buildings.; Houses.; Dwellings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Historic...
- 2008
- Lucia Maria Gomez Smith born in Stonewall, Colorado.
- Studio portrait of Lucia Maria Gomez Smith. She wears a dark dress with cut-away pockets, a contrasting collar and matching scarf. The pockets and bodice are decorated with buttons. She has curly hair and wears buttoned boots..
- Hispanic Americans--1910-1920.; Mexican Americans--1910-1920.; Clothing & dress.; Women.; Smith, Lucia Maria Gomez, 1892-1970--Pictorial works.; Clothing and dress--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Mexican...
- [ca. 1915?]
- Auraria Casa Mayan Dancers Curtis Park 16th Sept.
- The Auraria Casa Mayan dancers entertain at a 16th of September (Diez y Seis de Septiembre) Mexican Independence Day celebration in Curtis Park in the Five Points neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. Dancers include Magdalena Gallegos and Alice...
- Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Dance.; Holidays.; Women.; Gallegos, Magdalena--Pictorial works.; Montoya, Alice--Pictorial works.; Dance--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.;...
- between 1952 and 1953
- Mrs. Sanchez and child
- Studio portrait of a woman identified as Mrs. Sanchez of Sugar City (Crowley County), Colorado. She sits in a long, dark colored dress with a V-shaped bodice and pleated skirt decorated with buttons. She wears a lace blouse and a necklace. Her dark...
- Hispanic Americans--1970-1880.; Mexican Americans--1870-1880.; Studio portraits.; Boys.; Families.; Women.; Sanchez family--Pictorial works.; Boys--Colorado--Sugar City--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Sugar City--Pictorial works.;...
- 1875 October 19
- Edward "Eddie" Jaramillo
- Studio portrait Edward "Eddie" Jaramillo of Colorado. A soldier, he served in World War II. He poses in a matching shirt, tie and cap.
- Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1940-1950.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers.; Jaramillo, Edward--Pictorial works.; Hispanic American soldiers--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Mexican...
- [between 1942 and 1945?]
- Family group
- Studio portrait of a family. The man wears a suit, the woman wears a long dark dress, one of the boys wears knee pants and a matching shirt with a lace trimmed collar and a scarf.
- Families--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Portrait of children
- Studio portrait of a boy and a girl posed in a rocking chair. The girl wears a plaid dress, leggings and a large hair bow. The boy wears a suit and a striped shirt with a matching handkerchief.
- Children--Colorado--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Circus performers
- Women circus performers stand and pose balanced on the shoulders of men circus performers in front of a canvas tent at probably the Dokey Circus in Denver, Colorado. Women wear tights and satin leotards with matching headbands. Men wear acrobat...
- Dokey Circus--People--1920-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Acrobats--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Circus performers--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Circuses & shows--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.
- [between 1927 and 1931?]
- Portrait of a woman
- Studio portrait of a woman who poses near an ornate backdrop. She rests her arm on the back of an upholstered chair. She wears a dress with a zig-zag hemline and matching short jacket. She has a pin at her hip and a bow around her neck. Her short...
- Women--1890-1900.
- 1891
- Portrait of a boy
- Full length studio portrait of a boy who lounges on a stone fence and pillar prop. He wears short corduroy pants, matching jacket with a belt, knit stockings, and high button boots.
- Boys--1890-1900.; Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Studio props--1890-1900.
- 1891
- Portrait of a woman and a girl
- Studio portrait of a woman and her daughter who pose near a rustic wooden fence prop. The young girl wears a plaid dress and matching hat with a feather. She rests her hand on her mother's neck. The woman wears a bold check and dot patterned...
- Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Mothers & children--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Portrait of a girl
- Studio portrait of a young girl who stands with her hands clasped behind her back. She wears a broad plaid skirt with pleats, a matching cape, and hat. A scarf is knotted around her neck and her straight, shoulder length hair rests on her shoulder.
- Girls--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Portrait of a man with a tennis racquet
- Full length studio portrait of a man who stands near a rustic fence with a tennis racket in his hand. He wears a boldly striped jacket and matching cummerbund. He holds a tennis ball in the other hand and wears a hat on his head.
- Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Men--1890-1900.; Tennis players--1890-1900.
- 1891
- Portrait of a woman and an infant
- Studio portrait of a woman and a baby. The woman sits in front of a painted studio drop, she wears a narrow-brimmed hat decorated with ribbon and tied under the chin and a dress with a matching scarf. The young boy has a side-parted hairstyle and...
- Boys--1890-1920.; Infants--1890-1920.; Women--1890-1920.
- between 1891 and 1913
- Portrait of boys
- Studio portrait of four boys with short hair parted in the middle. The younger boys wear matching houndstooth check jackets and knickers, striped ties, wool leggings and leather laced boots. The older boy wears a wool suit with a vest, knickers and...
- Boys--1890-1910.; Clothing & dress--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Portrait of boys
- Studio bust portrait of four boys with short hair parted in the middle. The younger boys wear matching houndstooth check jackets and striped ties. The older boy wears a wool suit with a vest and tie.
- Boys--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Portrait of boys
- Studio portrait of two boys with their hair combed forward and parted on the side. They wear matching striped sailor shirts with ties, tweed shorts, stockings and leather boots. The boys sit and pose on faux carved stone pillars.
- Boys--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Portrait of boys
- Boys in matching outfits pose for a studio portrait near a wooden fence prop. The younger boy sits on a wooden bench by a painted backdrop. The boys, probably brothers, have short hair and wear striped sailor shirts with bows, striped wool...
- Boys--1890-1900.; Families--1890-1900.; Studio props--1890-1900.
- 1891
- Portrait of children and dogs
- Studio portrait of children and dogs. The boys wear matching shirts with rounded collars, loose bow ties, wool knickers, stockings and leather boots. The girl has long hair, she holds a dog and wears a dress. Two of the boys sit on a wooden bench,...
- Boys--1890-1910.; Dogs--1890-1910.; Girls--1890-1910.
- 1891
- Profile portrait of a woman
- Studio profile portrait of a woman with curled bangs and hair pulled back in a bun. She wears a dress with a low, gathered neckline, and a decorative metal necklace and matching shoulder sash.
- Women--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Dew Drop Mine, Frances, Colo.
- Two families, probably the Greulich and Lund families, are seated on a mine dump at the Dew Drop Mine near Ward in Frances (Camp Francis, Dew Drop, Boulder County), Colorado. The two men wear hats, suits and overcoats. The women wear dresses and...
- Dew Drop Mine (Boulder County)--1890-1900.; Frances (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Families.; Mining.; Tailings embankments.; Tipples.; Greulich family.; Lund family.
- 1895 May 11th
- Greulich, Lund, Loftus
- A man identified as Loftus and two families, probably the Greulich and Lund families, are seated on a mine dump at the Dew Drop Mine in Ward (Boulder County), Colorado. Mr. Greulich wears a hat and suit and holds a cigar. Mr. Lund wears a vest and...
- Dew Drop Mine (Boulder County)--1890-1900.; Ward (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Families.; Mining.; Tailings embankments.; Tipples.; Greulich family.; Loftus family.; Lund family.
- 1895 May 11th
- Lund, Greulich [families, Dew Drop Mine, Frances, Colo.]
- Men, women and children, who include the Lund and Greulich families, pose on tailings in the mine dump of the Dew Drop Mine near Ward in Frances (Camp Francis, Dew Drop, Boulder County), Colorado. Two women wear long dresses and capes, one woman...
- Dew Drop Mine (Boulder County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Frances (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Families.; Mine buildings.; Mining.; Tipples.; Greulich family.; Lund family.
- 1895 May 11th
- D&RG engine #267, Cimarron, Colorado
- View of Denver & Rio Grande Railway narrow gage steam locomotive and tender, # 267 (2-8-0), in Cimarron (Montrose County), Colorado. Men and boys pose on or near the locomotive and a woman poses in the window of the cab. The woman wears a floral...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company--1880-1890.; Cimarron (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Boys.; Railroad employees.; Railroad locomotives.; Women.
- 1885 August
- University of California, Berkeley, Cal.
- View of the University of California campus at Berkeley, California. Buildings include South Hall, a Victorian Second Empire style building with mansard hip roofs, cast-iron cresting, string coursing, round dormers, and arched roof dormers, windows...
- University of California (1868-1952)--1900-1910.; Berkeley (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Educational facilities.; Universities & colleges.
- [between 1905 and 1910?]
- University of California, Berkeley, Cal.
- View of the University of California campus at Berkeley, California. Buildings include North Hall, in the Victorian Second Empire style, it has mansard hip roofs with cast iron cresting, an attic with round arched dormers with hood molding and...
- University of California (1868-1952)--1900-1910.; Berkeley (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Educational facilities.; Universities & colleges.
- [between 1905 and 1910?]
- Two women with two burros and a dog
- Women pose with donkeys and a dog in Denver, Colorado. The women wear matching gowns over their dresses.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Dogs--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Donkeys--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- 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]
- Baby Doe Tabor
- Portrait of Elizabeth Bonduel McCourt "Baby Doe" Tabor, second wife of millionaire Horace Tabor. Her hair is curled in an upsweep style. She wears earrings, a necklace with a matching broach, and a yellow dress with a low neckline.
- Baby Doe, d. 1935.
- 1935
- Portrait of a girl
- Studio portrait of a smiling girl, possibly the daughter of Mrs. Luke McGuire. She leans her head on her hand and is seated in an upholstered chair with fringe. She wears a plaid skirt and matching jacket.
- Girls--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Portrait of a girl
- Portrait of a smiling girl, possibly the daughter of Mrs. Luke McGuire. She wears a plaid skirt, matching jacket and is seated on an upholstered chair decorated with fringe.
- Girls--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Salvation Army String Band, Silverton, Colo.
- Studio portrait of the Salvation Army String Band in Silverton, Colorado. Eleven young ladies and one little girl with instruments are in front of a painted backdrop of an open, hexagonally parqueted door and window. They are in matching uniforms...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1880-1900.; African Americans--Colorado--Silverton--1880-1900.; Bands--Colorado--Silverton--1880-1900.; Girls--Colorado--Silverton--1880-1900.; Stringed instruments--Colorado--Silverton--1880-1900.
- [between 1885 and 1895?]
- Salida parlour
- This interior in Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado, features a matching balloon backed settee and chair, spindle rocker, banquet lamp, framed pictures, floral wallpaper, oriental and bear rugs, and electric ceiling lamp.
- Salida (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Salida--1890-1900.; Parlors--Colorado--Salida--1890-1900.; Rocking chairs--Colorado--Salida--1890-1900.; Sofas--Colorado--Salida--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Maud & Ruby Price, Ruby the first girl born in Ruby, Colo.
- Studio portrait of the Price sisters, Maud and Ruby, in matching plaid dresses with lace collars and trim in Ruby (or Irwin), Gunnison County, Colorado.
- Ruby (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Families--Colorado--Ruby--1880-1890.; Pioneers--Colorado--Ruby--1880-1890.; Price, Maud.; Price, Ruby.
- 1885
- George L. Beam
- Head and shoulders self portrait of George Lytle Beam; he wears a jacket with matching vest, plaid bow tie and a wing-tip collar.
- Photographers--1890-1900.; Beam, George L. (George Lytle), 1868-1935.
- 1895?
- Mrs. Harry M. (Sade) Rhoads with daughters, "Mitzi" Mary Elizabeth and Harriet
- Standing portrait of Mrs. Harry M. (Sade) Rhoads, and daughters Mary Elizabeth and Harriet. Mrs. Rhoads wears a dress with a pearl necklace, the sisters wear matching ruffled dresses with ballet shoes.
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Mothers & children--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Rhoads, Harriet.; Rhoads, Harry Mellon, 1880 or 81-1975--Family.; Rhoads, Mary Elizabeth.;...
- [1928?]