Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Bobby Herrera
- Bobby Herrera, poses on a pony in front of a house at 10th (Tenth) and Lawrence Streets in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. Bobby is dressed as a cowboy, he wears a western hat and a leather vest and chaps decorated with metal conchos....
- Hispanic Americans--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Boys.; Horseback riding.; Ponies.; Herrera, Bobby--Pictorial works.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.;...
- 1948
- Unidentified mariachi musician and teenager
- An unidentified mariachi musician and a teenage boy pose in a house probably in Denver, Colorado. The musician wears an oversized straw sombrero, and a shirt and pants decorated with buttons, metal braid and piping and holds a guitar. The teenage...
- Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Interiors.; Musicians.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Mariachi--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Denver (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Harem Lounge
- View of the south elevation of the Harem Lounge at 3301 East 1st (First) Avenue in the Cherry Creek neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The one story building has a corrugated metal and wood facade with a large roof overhang. The name of the bar is...
- Harem Lounge (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Cherry Creek (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Bars (Drinking establishments); Electric signs.; Harem Lounge (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Bars (Drinking...
- 1973
- At the camp above plant of Index Oil Shale Co., De Beque, Colo.
- Men wear suits, ties, overcoats, and felt hats and stand beside trees outside the Index Oil Shale Company plant in De Beque (Mesa County), Colorado. Shows metal and frame buildings and tall smokestacks. A flag above a building reads "Index." Metal...
- Index Oil Shale Company--1920-1930.; Oil-shale industry--Colorado--De Beque--1920-1930.; De Beque (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--De Beque--1920-1930.; Refineries--Colorado--De Beque--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Plant under construction, Continental Oil Shale Co.
- View of a metal smokestack, part of a Continental Oil Shale Company processing plant in possibly Rangely Oil Field in Rio Blanco County, Colorado. An American flag is on scaffolding around the smokestack. Metal machinery parts and a frame shack are...
- Oil-shale industry--Colorado--Rio Blanco County--1900-1920.; Rio Blanco County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Building construction--Colorado--Rio Blanco County--1900-1920.; Refineries--Colorado--Rio Blanco County--1900-1920.; Smokestacks--Colorado--Rio...
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Continental Oil Shale and Refining Co.
- View of a plant of the Colorado Oil Shale Mining & Refining Company near a layered shale cliff near Rifle in Rio Blanco County, Colorado. Shows the brick smokestack of probably a retort, timber scaffolding, ladders, pulleys, and hoists. A man...
- Oil-shale industry--Colorado--Rio Blanco County--1920-1930.; Oil-shales--Colorado--Rio Blanco County--1920-1930.; Rio Blanco County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Cliffs--Colorado--Rio Blanco County--1920-1930.; Refineries--Colorado--Rio Blanco...
- [1920 August]
- Leadville - water supply
- Men in suits supervise workmen as they install a water pipeline for Leadville (Lake County), Colorado. The pipeline is made of wooden staves and reinforced with metal bands (probably steel). One workman balances a wooden plank on his shoulder while...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Leadville--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Leadville--1900-1910.; Penstocks--Colorado--Leadville--1900-1910.; Water supply--Colorado--Leadville--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Camp Hale, construction
- A man wears a welding mask and welds a metal I beam to probably a cable at a construction site at Camp Hale (Eagle County), Colorado. The man carries a wrench and works beside tanks, possibly boilers. Shows the metal frame of a roof.
- Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Construction--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Military facilities--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Welding--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.
- [1942?]
- Pueblo railroad yards and Union Avenue viaduct
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad freight cars are parked in the Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado, freight yard under the Union Avenue Viaduct. Lettering on boxcars reads: "C.R.S. Trust," "4512," "3571," "2453," "4061." Lettering on flatcars reads:...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Hotel Victoria (Pueblo, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hotels.; Railroad freight cars.; Railroad shops & yards.; Truss bridges.
- [between 1886 and 1890?]
- Sargents tank 7
- Men, women and children pose in front of a tent probably near Sargent in Saguache County, Colorado. An older woman stands near a wicker baby carriage, she wears a blouse with a large ruffled bertha collar. A teenage girl, in a dark dress with...
- Saguache County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Camping.; Families.; Teenagers.; Tents.; Women.
- [between 1901 and 1910?]
- Scalp ornament
- Native American (Sioux) scalp ornament made of rawhide and buckskin with red, white, and blue dyed porcupine quills, maroon dyed feathers, metal jinglers, and a green dyed, horse hair tail.
- Dakota Indians--Clothing & dress--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1900.; Headdress--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Mine after explosion or fire
- View of a demolished mine possibly in Hastings (Las Animas County), Colorado. Scraps of metal and the remnants of a building are near the metal smokestack. Houses and other buildings are in the distance.
- Las Animas County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Abandoned mines--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1910.; Disasters--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Council Bluffs, Iowa, C. & N.W. Ry. tic[ket office]
- Close-up view of a corner entrance to the ticket office for Chicago and North Western Railway Company and Union Pacific Railroad in Council Bluffs (Pottawattamie County), Iowa. The brick building has a turret with metal Sullivanesque geometric...
- Chicago and North Western Railway Company--Facilities--1890-1900.; Union Pacific Railroad Company--Facilities--1890-1900.; Council Bluffs (Iowa)--1890-1900.; Ticket offices--Iowa--Council Bluffs--1890-1900.
- [1898]
- Lace House in Leadville
- View of the facade of the Lace House in Leadville, Colorado, shows the clapboard false front structure with jigsaw carving, a paired bracketed cornice with wood shingle roof, a central entry with metal screen door and transom, two tall flanking...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Dwellings--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Early day grocery store at Lyons, Colo
- Interior view of a grocery store, Lyons, Colorado, operated by Major Small, far left, next to him is a small boy, Harry St. Clair, and other men unidentified. They pose a dog on a chair with a hat on its head and a pipe in its mouth. Merchandise...
- Lyons (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Dogs--Colorado--Lyons--1870-1880.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Lyons--1870-1880.; Interiors.; Small, Major.; St. Clair, Harry.
- [between 1870 and 1880]
- U S Post Office in Stark Bros Merc Co St Elmo Colo. Annabelle Stark Ward last postmistress
- Saint Elmo, Chaffee County, Colorado, Post Office, metal, locking mailboxes flank ticket windows in an interior paneled wall. A rack holds postcards; signs read: "War Savings," "Buy War Stamps Here," "Special Postal Protection at low cost." A paper...
- Saint Elmo (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Mailboxes--Colorado--Saint Elmo--1960-1970.; Post offices--Colorado--Saint Elmo--1960-1970.
- 1965
- Auditorium, Alamosa High School, Apr 26, 1930
- Interior view of the burned out auditorium in the Alamosa High School in Alamosa, Alamosa County, Colorado includes partial outside walls around rubble, charred wood beams and bent metal structural interior supports. The metal framework of...
- Alamosa High School (Alamosa, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Auditoriums--Colorado--Alamosa--1930-1940.; Fires--Colorado--Alamosa--1930-1940.; Schools--Colorado--Alamosa--1930-1940.
- [1930]
- Severo's wife
- Studio portrait (sitting) of Severo's wife (Natz-chi-ve-rat), Native American woman (Ute); wears printed blouse, wide leather belt decorated with metal, printed clasped shawl, hair pipe choker, and metal and bead earrings.
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--1890-1900.; Natz-chi-ve-rat.
- 1894
- Capitanito, Piah, Severo, and family
- Native American men, woman and children (Ute), pose for a portrait (standing) near a tepee; Capitanito wears beaded moccasins, beaded pants, long shirt, hair pipe breast plate and choker, necklace decorated possibly with teeth, and braided hair;...
- Indians of North America--Children--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Women--1890-1900.
- 1894
- Buckskin Charley and wife
- Buckskin Charlie and Towee Native Americans (Ute) pose outdoors for a portrait (standing), near tepee, possibly at the old Broadmoor Hotel, Colorado Springs, Colorado; Buckskin Charley wears beaded moccasins and leggings, dark shirt, leather belt...
- Indians of North America--Children--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Women--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Buckskin Charlie, Ute Chief.; To-Wee.
- 1894
- Buckskin Charley and wife
- Buckskin Charlie and Towee, Native Americans (Ute), pose outdoors for a portrait (standing, sitting), possibly at the old Broadmoor Hotel, Colorado Springs, Colorado; Buckskin Charley, mounted on horse with leather saddle and bridle decorated with...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Women--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Buckskin Charlie, Ute...
- 1894
- Ute Indians at play - posing
- Native American (Ute) men and woman and a white man pose outdoors, possibly at old Broadmoor Hotel, Colorado Springs, Colorado; Native American men surround unidentified white man on horseback holding revolver; the men hold a spear, a shotgun, and...
- Indians of North America--Women--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Performances & portrayals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Tableaux--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.;...
- 1894
- Ute Indians at play posing
- Native American (Ute) men and woman and a white man pose outdoors for a portrait (standing), possibly at old Broadmoor Hotel, Colorado Springs, Colorado; unidentified Native American men surround a white man, holding a revolver, on horseback; the...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Performances & portrayals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Tableaux--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.
- 1894
- Ute men on horseback
- Native American (Ute) scout party pose on horseback; men wear moccasins, leggings, amunition belts, scarves around necks, braided hair and feathers in hair; two men wear hair pipe breast plates, one man wears a dark shirt with long strand of large...
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--1890-1900.; Guides & scouts--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--1890-1900.
- 1899
- Ute camp
- Outdoor portrait (standing), Native American (Ute) men and women, near a tepee, old Zoo Park, Colorado Springs, Colorado; men wear pants, shirts, and hats; two men wear metal rings; one man has braided hair partially covered with scarves and wears...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Ute Indians--Women--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Tipis--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Severo, Chief.; Buck, Mary Tobias.
- 1906
- Ute men on horseback
- Native American (Ute) scout party pose outdoors on horseback; all men have rifles; men wear moccasins, leggings, amunition belts, scarves around necks, braided hair and feathers in hair; one man wears a dark shirt with long strand of large beads...
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--1890-1900.; Guides & scouts--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--1890-1900.
- 1899
- Ute man with rifle
- Native American (Ute) man poses on horseback; he holds a rifle and looks into the distance; he wears beaded moccasins, beaded and fringed leggings and shirt, fur pelts decorated with metal hang around his neck, in front of his shoulders, and...
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--1890-1900.
- 1899
- Ute men on horseback
- Native American (Ute) scouts pose on horseback; both men look back over their shoulders, one with a rifle drawn; they wear beaded moccasins, pants, scarves , and feathers in their hair; one wears fur pelts decorated with metal hung around neck and...
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--1890-1900.; Guides & scouts--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--1890-1900.
- 1899
- Hunting
- Native American (Ute) man poses near his horse; he looks down and holds a rope; he wears beaded and fringed leggings and shirt, fur pelts decorated with metal discs draped over shoulders, and a feather in his hair; horse has bridle decorated with...
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--1890-1900.; Hunting--1890-1900.
- 1899
- Ute men on horseback
- Native American (Ute) scouts pose on horseback; both men look back over their shoulders, one with a rifle drawn; men wear beaded moccasins, pants, scarves, and feathers in their hair; one wears fur pelts decorated with metal hung around neck and...
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--1890-1900.; Guides & scouts--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--1890-1900.
- 1899
- Hunting
- Native American (Ute) hunter poses (crouched) near his horse, with rifle drawn; a rope attatched to horse's neck hangs on his arm; man wears moccasins, fringed and beaded leggings and shirt, scarf tied around neck, and fur pelts decorated with...
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--1890-1900.; Hunting--1890-1900.
- 1899
- Moki Indians Walpi family about their doorway
- Native American (Hopi) women, one (possibly Nampeyo), and children, sit and stand outside a Pueblo home at Walpi Pueblo, First Mesa, Arizona; the adobe home is next to a stone and adobe building; the home has two paned windows, an open door, thin...
- Hopi Indians--Children--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Women--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Walpi (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Adobe buildings--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.;...
- 1899
- Group of Utes
- Two unidentified Native American (Ute) men pose outdoors; one man wears a dark three piece suit with tie, vest with medal and decorated watch chain, jacket deocrated with fringed pennant, metal earrings, wide-brimmed hat, and scarves tied to...
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--1890-1900.
- 1896
- Sevaro's wife Ute
- Outdoor portrait (sitting, 3/4) of Severo's wife (Natz-chi-ve-rat), a Native American woman (Ute), possibly at the old Broadmoor Hotel, Colorado Springs, Colorado; she sits in front of tepee and wears print dress, metal ring and bracelets, hair...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Women--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Natz-chi-ve-rat.; Severo, Chief--Family.
- 1894
- Mrs. Severo, Cerette, Severo
- Severo (Aaron Bear), Severo's wife (Natz-chi-ve-rat), and Cerette (Isareta), Native American man, woman, and child (Ute), sit outdoors for a portrait, possibly at the old Broadmoor Hotel, Colorado Springs; Severo's wife wears beaded moccasins,...
- Indians of North America--Children--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Women--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Isareta.; Natz-chi-ve-rat.; Severo, Chief.
- 1894
- American Reduction Company's Works Florence, Fremont County
- View of the American Reduction Company's works near Florence, Fremont County, Colorado (probably abandoned); a one story sloping metal building with a lean-to roof, built into the side of a hill, has anchored smokestacks, sliding windows, a shaft...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1890-1910.; Florence (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Florence--1890-1910.; Smelters--Colorado--Florence--1890-1910.
- [between 1892 and 1901?]
- Hefferman's Trading Post - inside corral
- View of two white men standing outside of Hefferman's Trading Post, a brush and branch roofed porch surrounded by a wood and wire fence, possibly near Shiprock Agency, New Mexico. A one story adobe and stone building behind the porch has a gable...
- Navajo Indian Reservation--1900-1910.; Trading posts--New Mexico--1900-1910.
- [1908?]
- Butler's trading post, two dogs
- View of Butler's Trading Post, possibly near Shiprock, New Mexico. A Native American (Navajo) woman sits on a wooden crate near a wooden slat covered porch surrounded by a wood pole fence. The porch stands near a wood and adobe building with a...
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--Women--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Navajo Indian Reservation--1900-1910.; Trading posts--New Mexico--1900-1910.
- [1908?]
- Toltec Hotel, Trinidad, Colorado
- The Toltec Hotel in Trinidad, Colorado is a three story structure built in 1910-11, and is a Victorian adaptation of the Tudor style. Finished with glazed tile, it has a slightly projecting cornice with square ornaments and dentils. The main floor...
- Toltec Hotel (Trinidad, Colo.)--1960-1980.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Hotels--Colorado--Trinidad--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Georgetown Park
- A view of the city park in Georgetown, Colorado; shows two sidewalks converging to form the corner of the block, and a metal and wire fence and gate which opens onto a path which cuts through the park to the opposite corner. A thin metal arch...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Parks--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1590.
- 1942
- Confederate reunion
- View of parade in Trinidad, Colorado. A two horse team, surrey, and passengers in gingham dresses and straw hats drive on the bricks of Commercial Street. Brick buildings in the background are draped in bunting, and painted letters under the...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.
- August, 1939
- Portland- Black Diamond- Victor, Colo.
- View of the Portland, Bobtail, and Black Diamond mines in the Cripple Creek Mining District, Victor, Teller County, Colorado. A large mound of mine dumps and tailing stands next to the slant roofed metal building of the Black Diamond mine. Three...
- Spoil banks--Colorado--Victor--1890-1910.; Victor (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Victor--1890-1910.
- [between 1892 and 1910?]
- Ute pouches, necklaces, ornaments
- Display of Native American handmade objects; small, fully beaded pouches; bear claw necklaces; long ornament with beaded band, claws and hair; beaded necklaces with lizard on circle design; beaded necklace with round metal plate; various small...
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1890-1930.; Ute Indians--Arts & crafts--1890-1930.; Handicraft--1890-1930.; Jewelry--1890-1930.
- [between 1890 and 1925?]
- Hamill House, Georgetown, Colorado
- Interior view of the Hamill House, in Georgetown, Colorado, built by Joseph Watson and acquired by mine owner William A. Hamill; shows a bathroom which includes a built-in metal bathtub with metal faucets, wood panelling, flowered wallpaper, towel...
- Hamill, William A. (William Arthur), 1836-1904--Homes & haunts--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1980.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Bathrooms--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1980.; Interiors.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Studio portrait of a soldier
- Studio portrait (sitting) of a U. S. military soldier. He wears a uniform and a metal belt buckle.
- Men--1850-1870.; Military personnel--1850-1870.
- [between 1856 and 1865]
- Caspar Collins family
- Studio portrait of Mary, Josephine and Caspar Collins (later an Army Lieutenant for whom Casper, Wyoming is named.) The the girls wear their hair parted in the center and pulled loosely back, and pinafores or tunics over their dresses. The younger...
- Collins, Caspar Wever, 1844-1865--Family.; Families--1850-1870.
- [between 1856 and 1865]
- George D. Begole's uncle
- Studio portrait of George Davis Begole's uncle. He wears a suit and bow tie.
- Men--1850-1870.; Begole, George D. (George Davis), 1877-1956--Family.
- [between 1854 and 1865]
- Portrait of a woman
- Studio portrait of a woman. She wears a lace collar and a brooch.
- Women--1840-1860.
- [between 1840 and 1858]
- Sioux Indians
- Three Native American Sioux women pose outside in front of a of a woven blanket, hung over a painted backdrop of an Indian war record in the Lakota style, on a fur skin rug , Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota. The women wear dresses, shawls, leather...
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency--1890-1900.; Dakota Indians--Women--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Pine Ridge (S.D.)--1890-1900.
- [1891?]
- Mrs Thunder Bear, the famous interpite [sic] among the Sioux's
- Seated studio portrait of Thunder Bear's wife, a Native American Sioux interpreter, wearing braids, hair pipe earrings and necklace, a plaid dress with a leather belt with metal disks (conchas) and a blanket around her waist, metal bracelets and...
- Dakota Indians--Women--1890-1900.; Indian interpreters--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Translators--1890-1900.; Thunder Bear--Family.
- [1891?]