Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Billy's Inn
- View of Billy's Inn at 4403 Lowell Boulevard in the Berkeley neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a one-story commercial-restaurant building constructed in 1974. The building is a mixture of modern elements, such as the stone veneer surrounding...
- Billy's Inn (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Berkeley (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Restaurants.; Billy's Inn (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Restaurants--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Berkeley (Denver,...
- 1988
- Flour Mill Lofts formerly the Longmont Farmer's Mill and Pride of the Rockies Flour Mill
- View of the Flour Mill Lofts (1998-1999 rehabilitation by Ann Cuthbertson Architects and JV DeSousa Architects) at 2000 Little Raven Street, in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Colorado Milling and Elevator Company purchased this...
- Flour Mill Lofts (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Condominiums.; Flour Mill Lofts (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Lofts--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Denver...
- 2001
- Milliken, Colorado "The Dirty Thirties."
- The Hispanic American Zamora family poses in front their house in Milliken (Weld County), Colorado. They are identified left to right: "George Zamora (with a guitar), Felix J. Zamora (in a hat), Dan Zamora (in a baseball cap), Manuel Zamora (in a...
- Hispanic Americans--1930-1940.; Mexican Americans--1930-1940.; Milliken (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Families.; Zamora family--Pictorial works.; Zamora family--1930-1940.; Families--Colorado--Milliken--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- ca. 1938
- Baptizmal [i.e. bautismo] for Mercedes Vigil, Colorado.
- Studio group portrait taken at the time of the baptism of Mercedes Gómez in Vigil (Las Animas County), Colorado. Members of the Hispanic American Gómez family are identified: top left to right: Carolina Gómez, Lucía Gómez, Domecinda...
- Hispanic Americans--1910-1920.; Mexican Americans--1910-1920.; Vigil (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Studio portraits.; Families.; Gómez family--Pictorial works.; Gómez family--1910-1920.; Families--Colorado--Vigil--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- 1912, March 26
- Andrés Gómez
- Studio portrait of Hispanic American Andrés Gómez dressed as a cowboy. He wears a long sleeve shirt, a leather vest, sheep skin chaps (woolies), and a cowboy hat.
- Hispanic Americans--1910-1930.; Mexican Americans--1910-1930.; Chaps.; Chaps.; Cowboys.; Gómez, Andrés, 1902-; Gómez, Andrés, 1902---Pictorial works.; Cowboys--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.;...
- [between 1918 and 1925?]
- Longina L. Lobato
- Longina L. Lobato, an elderly Hispanic American woman (center) poses in front of an adobe house with two unidentified women, and a baby in Zamora (Las Animas County), Colorado. Longina Lobato wears a long dark dress, a Basque with puff sleeves, a...
- Hispanic Americans--1920-1930.; Mexican Americans--1920-1930.; Infants.; Older people.; Women.; Lobato, Longina L., 1858-1936--Pictorial works.; Lobato, Longina L., 1858-1936.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Infants--Colorado--Las...
- [between 1929 and 1932?]
- 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?]
- Juanita Girardot Gomez and Benina Gutierrez Girardot, Vigil, Colorado
- Juanita Girardot Gomez, and elderly woman, poses with Benina Gutierrez Girardot against a wooden building in Vigil (Las Animas County), Colorado. Juanita wears a headscarf, a light colored patterned blouse and a long, full skirt decorated with...
- Hispanic Americans--1900-1910.; Mexican Americans--1900-1910.; Vigil (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Older people.; Women.; Gomez, Juanita Girardot, 1874---Pictorial works.; Girardot, Benina Gutierrez, ca. 1840---Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- [ca. 1900?]
- Funeral for Albino Duran
- Julian Duran (left) and unidentified people gather around the coffin of Albino Duran outside a house in Florence (Fremont County), Colorado. Mourners include a woman with her head and shoulders covered in a shawl, a woman wearing an apron, an...
- Hispanic Americans--1920-1930.; Mexican Americans--1920-1930.; Florence (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Coffins.; Women.; Duran, Albino--Death & burial--1920-1930.; Duran, Albino--Death and burial--Pictorial works.; Duran, Julian, 1887-1933.;...
- [ca. 1926?]
- Leandro Gomez
- Studio bust portrait of Leandro Gomez of Weston (Las Animas County), Colorado. He wears a jacket with wide lapels, a decorated silk tie and a broad brimmed hat. He has a full, waxed mustache.
- Hispanic Americans--1900-1910.; Mexican Americans--1900-1910.; Jackets.; Gomez, Leandro, 1870-1952--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Jackets--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.
- [ca. 1900?]
- Leandro Gomez
- Studio bust portrait of Leandro Gomez of Weston (Las Animas County), Colorado. The elderly man wears a jacket, tie and a broad brimmed hat.
- Hispanic Americans--1940-1950.; Mexican Americans--1940-1950.; Older people.; Gomez, Leandro, 1870-1952--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Older...
- [between 1940 and 1945?]
- Francisco Gomez and Plácido Zamora
- Studio portrait of Francisco (Frank) Gomez and José Plácido Zamora. Francisco, Stonewall, Colorado, wears a dark jacket and has his shirt collar unbuttoned. He has a pin on his lapel and his hair is parted on the side. Plácido, Weston,...
- Hispanic Americans--1920-1930.; Mexican Americans--1920-1930.; Group portraits.; Gomez, Francisco, 1899-1944--Pictorial works.; Zamora, José Plácido, 1892-1955--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Mexican...
- [ca 1920?]
- Zamora family
- Two men and a boy pose outside an adobe house in Zamora (Las Animas County), Colorado. They are identified left to right as: Feliz Nabor Zamora, an elderly man, he wears a shirt, jeans and round, wide brimmed hat and has a mustache. Jose Placido...
- Hispanic Americans--1900-1910.; Mexican Americans--1900-1910.; Zamora (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Group portraits.; Boys.; Older people.; Zamora, Feliz Nabor, 1852-1915--Pictorial works.; Zamora, José Plácido, 1892-1955--Pictorial works.;...
- [ca 1900?]
- Sam Maestas Sr. (without hat), about 17, playing poker in Ocate, NM
- Three men sit at a table and play poker in Ocate (Mora County), New Mexico. Sam Maestas, Sr. (on the left), sits in a chair and holds a hand of cards. He wears a suit and smokes a cigar. Two unidentified men play with him. One man wears a suit,...
- Hispanic Americans--1900-1910.; Mexican Americans--1900-1910.; Ocate (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Group portraits.; Poker.; Smoking.; Maestas, Sam--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--New Mexico--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--New Mexico--Pictorial...
- 1904 May 2
- Sam Jr, barber shop in Globeville, Sam Maestas Jr.
- Samuel Maestas Jr. gives a customer a hair cut in his barber shop, "Sam's Barber Shop" in Globeville, Colorado. He wears a white barbers smock, barber equipment and supplies are in a case and on a counter behind him.
- Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Globeville (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Barbers.; Barbershops.; Interiors.; Maestas, Samuel--Pictorial works.; Barbers--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.;...
- ca. 1958
- Casimiro Barela Colorado's Hispanic "perpetual senator" from Colorado.
- Studio portrait of Casimiro Barela, Colorado state senator for over 37 years. He poses in a suit with a morning coat and wears a top hat, a tie and stick pin and holds a walking cane with a decorated metal top. He has gray hair and a full, trimmed...
- Hispanic Americans--1910-1920.; Mexican Americans--1910-1920.; Legislators--Colorado.; Mustaches.; Barela, Casimiro--Pictorial works.; Hispanic American legislators--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.;...
- ca. 1910
- Facundo Maestas oldest son of José Lucas & María Amada Armito Maestas.
- Portrait of Facundo Maestas, born in Ocate, New Mexico. He moved to Colorado, died at the age of 63 in Denver, and was buried at Mount Olivet Cemetery.
- Hispanic Americans--1890-1900.; Mexican Americans--1890-1900.; Portraits.; Maestas, Facundo, 1876-1939--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.
- ca. 1896
- Salomé Maestas son of José Lucas & María Amada Armijo Maestas.
- Salomé (aka Samuel) Maestas plays the saxophone at probably a Lions Club event in Arvada (Jefferson County), Colorado. He wears a shirt, tie, slacks and eyeglasses. A banner that hangs behind him reads: "[L]ions Club [Ar]vada [C]olorado.
- Hispanic Americans--1980-1990.; Mexican Americans--1980-1990.; Arvada (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Portraits.; Musicians.; Maestas, Salomé 1896-1991--Pictorial works.; Hispanic American musicians--Colorado--Arvada--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- [between 1980 and 1985?]
- Sam Maestas Jr., home on leave
- Group portrait of the Maestas family and friends in Ocate (Mora County), New Mexico. They pose in front of a large wooden cabin or house. Identification from left to right: Samuel Maestas, Jr., Rosie Maestas, Henry West in uniform), Ben Maestas...
- Hispanic Americans--1940-1950.; Mexican Americans--1940-1950.; Ocate (N.M.)--1940-1950.; Families.; Maestas, Samuel--Family--Pictorial works.; West, Henry--Family--Pictorial works.; Maestas family--Pictorial works.; Families--New...
- 1941 July 25
- Ann Aguayo Laguna, Linda Aguayo
- Studio portrait of Hispanic girls Ann Aguayo (later Laguna) and her sister Linda Aguayo, Denver, Colorado. Both young girls wear ribbons and bows in their hair and patterned dresses with oversize collars.
- Hispanic Americans--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Girls.; Aguayo, Linda--Pictorial works.; Laguna, Ann Aguayo--Pictorial works.; Girls--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Denver...
- ca. 1934
- 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
- Sugar beet workers
- Sugar beet laborers Pedro Arellano, Frank Gallegos, Felipe Arellano, Antonio Avan Arellano and Eulogio Arellano, probably in Denver, Colorado, wait to be transported to sugar beet fields near Fort Collins. The men wear hats or caps, jackets, pants,...
- Hispanic Americans--1920-1930.; Mexican Americans--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Agricultural laborers.; Agricultural laborers--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Mexican...
- ca.1929
- Ciriaco Arellano early immigrant to Colorado and self-taught artist displays two of his paintings.
- Ciriaco Arellano, a Mexican immigrant to Colorado and self tough artist, poses with two of his paintings in probably Denver, Colorado. The painting on the left shows a herd of sheep caught in a blizzard, the one on the right is the Mexican national...
- Hispanic Americans--1930-1940.; Mexican Americans--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Artists.; Paintings.; Arellano, Ciriaco--Pictorial works.; Arellano, Ciriaco.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Mexican American...
- ca.1930
- Immigrants stage their annual 16th of September parade.
- View of the annual 16th of September (Diez y Seis de Septiembre, Mexican Independence Day) parade in Sedgwick (Sedgwick County), Colorado. Shows a pickup decorated with bunting, flowers and American and Mexican flags. A woman in a white robe and...
- Hispanic Americans--1920-1930.; Sedgwick (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Floats (Parades); Parades & processions.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Sedgwick--Pictorial works.; Independence Day (Mexico)--Anniversaries, etc.--Pictorial works.; Parade...
- ca.1926
- Serapio Miera and Emelia Gonzales
- Studio portrait of Serapio Miera and Emelia Gonzales of Denver, Colorado. Emelia wears a dark dress and her hair curled and parted in the middle. Serapio wears a coat and tie, his hair is parted on the side.
- Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1910-1920.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1910-1920.; Couples.; Women.; Gonzales, Emelia--Pictorial works.; Miera, Serapio--Pictorial works.; Couples--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- [1900?]
- Interior, La Cueva restaurant
- Interior view of La Cueva restaurant located at 9742 E. Colfax Ave in Aurora, Colorado. Molly and Eva Nuñez stand behind the cash register, an older woman, owner Norma Nuñez stands with her hand on a chair. Tin mirrors are over the window to...
- La Cueva (Aurora, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1980-1990.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1980-1990.; Aurora (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Restaurants.; Women.; Nuñez, Eva--Pictorial works.; Nuñez, Molly--Pictorial works.; Nuñez,...
- [1985?]
- Simon and Emma Montez
- Studio portrait of Simon Montez and his wife Emma Valdez Montez, residents of Colorado. Simon wears a coat and tie, his hair is parted on the side and he has a waxed mustache. His wife, Emma wears a patterned dress and her hair is worn up in a bun.
- Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1890-1900.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1890-1900.; Spouses.; Women.; Montez, Emma Valdez--Pictorial works.; Montez, Simon--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Mexican...
- [between 1895 and 1900?]
- Simon Montez family
- Simon Montez and his wife Emma Valdez Montez pose with their two children. Jose A. Montez sits on his fathers lap. (6 months, born February 13, 1895) and Santiago Montez stands in front of his mother. (2 years old). Simon sits in a chair, wears a...
- Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1890-1900.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1890-1900.; Children.; Infants.; Spouses.; Women.; Montez, Emma Valdez--Family--Pictorial works.; Montez, Simon--Family--Pictorial works.; Children--Colorado--Pictorial works.;...
- [1895]
- José A. Montez in uniform
- Studio portrait of José A. Montez, born February 13, 1895, and a resident of Colorado. He served in World War I. He poses in a uniform, his jacket has a round collar and has leather buttons. He wears a flat brimmed hat.
- Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1910-1920.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1910-1920.; Military uniforms.; Soldiers.; Montez, José A., 1895---Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial...
- [between 1917 and 1918]
- Frances Miera Montez
- Portrait of Frances Miera Montez of Colorado. She poses against a house with her hand on a wooden rocking chair. She wears a dress with a short skirt and puffed sleeves, dark stockings and boots. She has ribbons in her long hair.
- Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1910-1920.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1910-1920.; Girls.; Montez, Frances Miera 1905---Pictorial works.; Girls--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Mexican...
- [1913]
- Frances Miera Montez
- Portrait of Frances Miera Montez of Denver, Colorado. She poses with he head against the shoulder of an unidentified woman. She wears a black dress with a corsage, a string of pearls and pearl earrings.
- Hispanic Americans--Colorado--2000-2010.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--2000-2010.; Older people.; Women.; Montez, Frances Miera 1905---Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.;...
- [2005]
- Frances Miera Montez makes tortillas
- Frances Miera Montz stands at table in her small kitchen and mixes dough for tortillas in Denver, Colorado. Her hair is pinned up and she wears a plaid dress and an apron.
- Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Cookery.; Women.; Montez, Frances Miera 1905---Pictorial works.; Cooking--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- José Juan Silva Torres
- Studio portrait of José Juan Silva Torres of New Mexico. he was married to Luz Lujan Torres, after his death she moved to Colorado. He wears a coat, vest and bow tie. He has a mustache and wears a broad brimmed hat.
- Hispanic Americans--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Mexican Americans--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Torres, José Juan Silva--Pictorial works.; Torres, Luz Lujan, d. 1933--Family--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--New Mexico--Pictorial works.; Mexican...
- [1900?]
- 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?]
- Magdalena Martinez Arellano, center with her adoptive parents, Porfirio and Teodora Trujillo.
- Studio portrait of Hispanic American Magdalena Martinez Arellano with her adoptive parents Porfirio and Teodora Trujillo, in, probably, Southern Colorado. Magdalena wears a pleated dress with slightly puffed sleeves and a high waist. Her father...
- Hispanic Americans--1910-1920.; Mexican Americans--1910-1920.; Families.; Girls.; Arellano, Magdalena Martinez--Pictorial works.; Trujillo, Porfirio--Pictorial works.; Trujillo, Teodora--Pictorial works.; Adoptive parents--Colorado--Pictorial...
- ca.1912
- Professor Arthur L. Campa at desk
- Professor Arthur L. Campa, Sr. sits at his desk in his office in the Spanish Department at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He would later move to the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado. He wears a light colored suit...
- University of New Mexico--People--1930-1940.; Hispanic Americans--1930-1940.; Mexican Americans--1930-1940.; Albuquerque (N.M.)--1950-1960.; Interiors.; Teachers.; Campa, Arthur L. (Arthur Leon), 1905-1978--Pictorial works.; University of New...
- [1935?]
- Rural folk band
- Brothers José Filiberto Martinez, far left with violin and Gaspar Martinez, 2nd left with guitar, play with a rural folk band in San Luis Valley, Colorado. Other musicians include a second man with a violin, a man with a washtub, and two men...
- African Americans--1910-1920.; Hispanic Americans--1910-1920.; Musicians.; Martinez, Gaspar--Pictorial works.; Martinez, Jose Filiberto--Pictorial works.; African Americans--San Luis Valley (Colo. and N.M.)--Pictorial works.; Folk musicians--San...
- [between 1915 and 1920?]
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 41, 1910 October 8
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 12, 1911 March 18
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 33, 1911 August 12
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 48, 1911 November 25
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Number 18, 1912 May 4
- The City of Denver: Volume 2 Number 16, 1914 May 23
- Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 12, 1919 December
- Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Numbers 6 and 7, 1920 June-July
- Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Numbers 9 and 10, 1921 September-October
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 13, 1909 May 15
- Municipal Facts: Volume 13 Number 7 and 8, 1930 July-August
- Municipal Facts: Volume 13 Numbers 1 and 2, 1930 January-February
- Hotchkiss
- Men and women stand on sidewalks in front of the Duke-Hanson Mercantile Company store in Hotchkiss (Delta County), Colorado. Women wear long dresses and elaborate hats; a man wears a suit, and a boy is on a tricycle. Window displays show neckties,...
- Duke-Hanson Mercantile Company (Hotchkiss, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Hotchkiss (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Hotchkiss--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]