Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Padilla family
- Members of probably the Padilla family pose for a portrait with an unidentified older priest, in Fort Collins (Larimer County), Colorado. Two of the women are nuns, and they wear habits. An older woman in a print dress and an older man in a white...
- Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Fort Collins (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Priests.; Older people.; Nuns.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Priests--Colorado--Fort...
- [between 1950 and 1958?]
- Older female at desk
- An older women sits at a desk. She wears a loose fitted blouse, glasses and a beaded necklace.
- Women--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930]
- Family portrait
- Studio portrait of a woman, possibly Petrita Chacon, and her three children. The woman wears a dress embellished with embroidery and sits on an upholstered chair. The youngest child sits on an ottoman near her feet, and the two older children...
- Mothers & children--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- St. Mark's, Durango
- A roofed colonnade connects two sections of St. Mark's Church in Durango, La Plata County, Colorado; the older section, the front of the church, with a bell tower, is at one end of the walkway; the new section, which is faced with rusticated stone...
- Durango (Colo.)--1950-1970.; Churches--Colorado--Durango--1950-1970.; St. Mark's Church (Durango, Colo.)
- [between 1950 and 1970?]
- Thos S. Old and Courtney Tyley Cooper - Idaho Springs Days of '59
- A young man shakes hands with an older man at the Idaho Springs Days of '59 Festival in Idaho Springs, Colorado. The younger man wears a cowboy hat, long sleeved shirt, gun belt, and boots with his pants tucked in the top. The older, bearded man...
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Festivals--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1910-1930.; Cooper, Courtney Ryley, 1886-1940.; Old, Thomas S.
- [between 1915 and 1930]
- Pony Express rider Gordon Welles
- A pony express rider wearing jeans, a short sleeved shirt, cowboy hat, and cowboy boots, sits on top of a horse, as he hands a mailbag to an older man in a suit in Central City, Colorado. The older man stands on the bottom step of a marble stairway...
- Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Historical reenactments--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.; Pony express--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.
- August, 1940
- Father José Lara
- Father José Lara wears vestments with the United Farm Workers of America Aztec eagle on them as he removes a tortilla from a basket probably in Denver, Colorado. An older woman sits in a wheelchair nearby.
- United Farm Workers of America--People--1970-1980.; Hispanic Americans--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Older people.; Priests.; Lara, José, Father--Pictorial works.; United Farm Workers of America--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- [between 1970 and 1975?]
- Hermanos del Concilio #19, Alamosa, Colorado
- Members of the Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos Concilio #19 pose in a park in Alamosa, Colorado. The middle aged and older men are identified left to right as: Larry Romero, Alonzo Lopez, Gene Gonzales, Herman Martinez Jr.,...
- Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos--2000-2010.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--2000-2010.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--2000-2010.; Antonito (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Fraternal organizations.; Older people.; Banners.; Sociedad...
- [2000?]
- Concilio Superior, Antonito, Colorado
- Group portrait of members of the Concilio Superior of the Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos (S.P.M.D.T.U) pose in the office of the Concilio Superior hall in Antonito (Conejos County), Colorado. Shows middle aged and older men and...
- Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos--People--2000-2010.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--2000-2010.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Antonito--2000-2010.; Antonito (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Fraternal organizations.; Women.; Older people.;...
- [2004]
- S.P.M.D.T.U. Concilio Superior meeting
- Middle aged and older men and women, members of the Concilio of the Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos in Antonito (Conejos County), Colorado, pose in their meeting hall in Antonito (Conejos County), Colorado. Many wear ribbons or...
- Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos--People--2000-2010.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--2000-2010.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--2000-2010.; Antonito (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Fraternal organizations.; Older people.; Women.; Sociedad...
- [2000]
- Hispanic baseball team at Coors Field
- Former members of teams from the Sugar Beet League (Rocky Mountain League of National Semi-Pro Baseball Congress) attend a Colorado Rockies' game dedicated in their honor at Coors Field in Denver, Colorado. Shows older men and women, the stand and...
- Mexican Americans--2000-2010.; Hispanic Americans--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Baseball players.; Older people.; Suniga, Lee--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial...
- [between 2000 and 2010?]
- Serapio Miera, Gloria Montez and Connie Montez
- Serapio Miera poses with two young girls, Gloria and Connie Montez. Mr. Montez, an older man, wears a tie and hat. The girls are dressed in their first communion dresses. He holds Connie's hand.
- Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Clothing & dress.; Girls.; Older people.; Miera, Serapio--Pictorial works.; Montez, Connie--Pictorial works.; Montez, Gloria--Pictorial...
- [1950]
- Women, Auraria neighborhood, Denver
- Three women stand together outside a building in the Auraria neighborhood in Denver, Colorado. They are identified left to right: Josephine Montoya, Ms. Rivera, an older woman with gray hair, and Mary Baca.
- Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1940-1950.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1940-1950.; Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Older people.; Women.; Baca, Mary--Pictorial works.; Montoya, Josephine--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- [1942]
- Minutes of the Meeting of the Capitol Hill United Neighborhoods (CHUN)
- Young girl portrait (older woman out of focus in background)
- Studio portrait of a girl in Colorado. An older woman with a long scarf on her head stands nearby.
- Girls--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Older woman
- An older woman sits in a garden as she holds a small bunch of flowers. She wears a dress, blouse and a broach.
- Aged persons--1920-1950.; Gardens--1920-1950.; Women--1920-1950.
- [between 1920 and 1950?]
- First Annual Older Boys and Girls Conference, Calvary Baptist Church
- Panoramic view of young men and women in front of Calvary Baptist Church at 1567 Downing Street in the North Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Women pose and wear tea-length dresses and sun hats. Men wear suits and ties and stand on...
- Calvary Baptist Church (North Capitol Hill, Denver, Colo.)--1910-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; North Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1930.; Baptist churches--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Religious meetings--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.;...
- [between 1918 and 1921]
- Home Missionary Society
- A card for the Home Missionary Society of Central Presbyterian Church. It contains the date, subject, and leader of the devotional for each meeting through out the year. The back cover has a list of the officers for the group, and their home...
- Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Central Presbyterian Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1893, 1894
- 11th Annual Capitol Hill People's Fair
- Minutes of the Meeting of the Capitol Hill United Neighborhoods (CHUN)
- Moises Vialpondo walks towards Chama cemetery
- An elderly Hispanic American man (right) and Moises Vialpondo, possibly his son, walk towards the cemetery in Chama (Costilla County), Colorado. In the distance are the gate to the cemetery, crosses, tombstones and mountains.
- Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Chama (Costilla County, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Vialpondo, Moises--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.;...
- [1950]
- Montgomery Hall, Colorado College
- View of the facade and side elevation of Montgomery Hall located on the Colorado College Campus at 1030 North Cascade Avenue, Colorado Springs, Colorado. Designed by the firm of Douglas and Hetherington in 1891, the first two floors of the Tudor...
- Montgomery Hall (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Montgomery Hall (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Dormitories--Colorado--Colorado Springs--Pictorial works.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--Pictorial...
- 1981
- The Cactus Club
- View of the Cactus Club (1990, architect-Peter Dominick), a private literary and social club, at 1621 Blake Street, in the Union Station neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a two-story Neo-Victorian building constructed of gray brick with...
- Cactus Club (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Lower Downtown (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Union Station neighborhood (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Clubs.; Cactus Club (Denver, Colo.); Private clubs--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial...
- ca. 2000
- Excelso Manzanares and his family
- Studio portrait of Hispanic American Excelso Manzanares, his wife Senaida Roybal de Manzanares , his sons José Gaspar and Zacarías and his daughter, Aurelia. Excelso has a full mustache and wears a suit and tie. His wife, Senaida wears a long...
- Hispanic Americans--1900-1910.; Mexican Americans--1900-1910.; Families.; Manzanares, Excelso--Family--Pictorial works.; Manzanares, Senaida Roybal de--Pictorial works.; Families--Colorado--Costilla County--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- ca. 1906
- 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?]
- Lobato family
- Studio portrait of the Lobato Family from San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. Shows men, women, older people, boys and girls. They are identified as: Front row, left to right: Adela and Eufelia Espinoza, Manuelita Jaramillo, María Odila,...
- Hispanic Americans--1900-1910.; Mexican Americans--1900-1910.; Families.; Lobato family--Pictorial works.; Hispanic American families--Colorado--San Luis--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Mexican...
- [1908?]
- Frances Montez family
- Unidentified members of the Frances Montez family gather around a table filled with food in Denver, Colorado. Shows an older woman, middle aged women and a young girl. The girl reaches for the hand of a young boy who hides in the doorway of the...
- Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1980-1990.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Children.; Families.; Women.; Montez, Frances--Family--Pictorial works.; Montez family--Pictorial works.;...
- [1987?]
- 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?]
- Cactus Club
- View of the Cactus Club (1990; Architect-Peter Dominic), a literary and social club, located at 1621 Blake Street in the Union Station neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a brick two-story neo-Victorian building. This private clubhouse is an...
- Cactus Club (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Lower Downtown (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Union Station neighborhood (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Clubs.; Cactus Club (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.;...
- 1990
- Trinidad Advertiser office, Trinidad, Colorado
- Men, a woman, and a boy stand and pose in front of the Morning Advertiser newspaper office in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. Mrs. Sam Schuyler wears a pleated dress, a fitted shirt with a bow, and a decorated hat. S.H. Stevens, the...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Boys--Colorado--Trinidad--1890-1900.; Men--Colorado--Trinidad--1890-1900.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Trinidad--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--Trinidad--1890-1900.
- 1892
- Portrait of women
- Women, possibly a mother and daughter, look at a book and pose for a studio portrait. The women have short, upswept hairstyles, wear narrow waisted skirts and puffy blouses. The young woman rests her arm on the older woman's shoulders and wears a...
- Women--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Man squatting beside small boy in a garden
- Outdoor portrait of an older man and a boy in a garden in Denver, Colorado. The man wears a wide-brimmed hat and glasses.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Gardens--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Portrait of children
- Studio portrait of two children who stand on a stone block surrounded by a baluster and railing. The younger child who sits, wears a sleeveless dress with a horizontal design of lace and eyelets on the front. The older child stands and wears a...
- Children--1890-1910.; Studio props--1890-1910.
- [between 1891 and 1901?]
- Portrait of a family
- Full length studio portrait of a family who pose amidst ornate studio props that include artificial grass and a stone wall. A bearded man wears a buttoned suit, boots and a vest. A woman holds a baby in a light colored dress. The woman wears a...
- Children--1890-1910.; Families--1890-1900.
- 1891
- Portrait of girls
- Studio portrait of a young girl and a child. The older girl wears a dark colored dress with a light colored yoke and cuffs. Her hair is pulled back into a bun that rests on the crown of her head. The younger girl who leans on an artificial stone...
- Girls--1890-1910.
- [between 1891 and 1901?]
- Portrait of women
- Studio portrait of two young girls and an older woman. The woman sits and wears a dark colored dress with puffy sleeves, a decorative high collar and a pleated bodice. The woman's hair is pulled back on the sides and curled on top. The two younger...
- Girls--1890-1910.; Women--1890-1910.
- [between 1891 and 1901?]
- 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?]
- Family portrait
- Studio portrait of a man, woman and children. The man has short hair, a moustache, and wears a suit with a watch chain. The young girls wear dresses with lace collars; one has a lace-trimmed short jacket over the bodice. An older girl wears a hat...
- Families--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Portrait of girls
- Studio portrait of girls in dresses with decorative stitching and pin tucked details, puffed sleeves and lace collars. The baby girl has one curl on her forehead; the older girl has long ringlets. Shows a lace fabric backdrop.
- Children--1890-1910.; Girls--1890-1910.; Hairstyles--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Portrait of girls
- Studio portrait of girls in dresses with decorative stitching and pin tucked details, puffed sleeves and lace collars. The baby girl has one curl on her forehead; the older girl has long ringlets. They embrace.
- Children--1890-1910.; Girls--1890-1910.; Hairstyles--1890-1910.; Hugging--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Portrait of boys
- Studio bust portrait of boys with short hair parted in the middle. The older boy wears a double breasted coat and probably a bow tie. The younger boy wears a sailor shirt with chevrons on the lapels.
- Boys--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Portrait of children
- Studio portrait of a young girl, a young boy and an infant. The girl smiles and wears a dress with a lace collar and cuffs, bows tied on the shoulders and a full skirt. The boy wears a sailor shirt with a ribbon tied around the neck. The infant,...
- Boys--1890-1910.; Children--1890-1910.; Girls--1890-1910.; Infants--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Portrait of a family
- Studio portrait of a family. A bald man with a long beard stands and wears a sack suit with a tie and watch chain. A woman, with her hair parted in the middle and pulled back, wears a dress with puffed sleeves, velvet lapels and a bar pin. The...
- Boys--1890-1910.; Families--1890-1910.; Infants--1890-1910.; Women--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- 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?]
- Family near house
- An unidentified family poses near a brick house and roses in a yard in Denver, Colorado. A young woman poses next to a woman in a large hat, she stands with a young girl in a baby carriage and a young boy. A older couple is nearby. The man wears a...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Children--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Families--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Spouses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1904 and 1909?]
- Man seated - portrait
- Seated studio portrait of an older man in Colorado. He has a trimmed and styled moustache, and wears a suit and tie.
- Men--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930]
- Line drawings cartoons
- View of four cartoons that depict men in a general store, a cowboy with a man and older woman, a man on the street with a shovel who talks to a man in a top hat, and women who quarrel.
- Caricatures and cartoons--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Portrait of two men and a boy
- Full length studio portrait of two men and a boy, they wear high button suits and vests. The group is gathered around a low stone pillar with a hat resting on top. One man holds a cigar and has his hand on the shoulder of an older man. All three...
- Boys--1890-1910.; Men--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Portrait of two women
- Studio portrait of two women, one is possibly S. Cordova. The older of the two wears a dress of black and gray fabric. her basque bodice is fastened with small closely set buttons. The younger woman wears a light colored dress with shoulders that...
- Women--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]