Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Santa Fe, Corpus Christi Festival
- In this reproduction of a cabinet card tacked to corkboard, onlookers and parade participants kneel as the Eucharist passes ahead on San Francisco Street in Santa Fe (Santa Fe County), New Mexico, during the feast of Corpus Christi. Parade...
- Corpus Christi Festival--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1900-1910.; Santa Fe (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Cabinet photographs--1900-1910.; Commercial streets--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1900-1910.; Parades & processions--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1900-1910.; Spectators--New...
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Strike participants
- Participants in the UMWA strike against CF&I stand in Ludlow Station and aim rifles in Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; Miners'...
- [1914]
- Community Learning Plaza Participants
- Participants learning on the laptops.
- Denver Public Library. Ford Warren Branch.
- 2011
- The Urban Dweller: A Publication by Capitol Hill United Neighborhoods Inc.
- 1987 Juneteenth Parade List
- Denver Neighborhood History Project, 1993-94: Five Points Neighborhood
- Pancake race, Alamosa, Colo.
- Women participants in the annual Alamosa Colorado pancake race pose with frying pans and numbers pinned to their aprons in Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado. A woman dressed as Aunt Jemima, in black face, a checkered dress, headscarf and an apron,...
- Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Blackface entertainers.; Women.; Jemima, Aunt--Pictorial works.; Zamora, Elizabeth--Pictorial works.; Blackface entertainers--Colorado--Alamosa--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- 1958
- Platoro mining district, 4th July celebration
- Panoramic view of a Fourth of July parade in the town of Platoro, Conejos County, Colorado. Participants ride on horses, and in cars on a dirt road past log buildings. One man sits on a horse and carries an American flag. A sign attached to the...
- Platoro (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Automobiles--Colorado--Platoro--1900-1920.; Fourth of July celebrations--Colorado--Platoro--1900-1920.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Platoro--1900-1920.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Platoro--1900-1920.
- 1913
- Cities Denver celebrations parade (Knights of Columbus) passing Wah-Chong laundry
- A marching band plays in a Knights of Columbus parade on 21st (Twenty-first) Avenue, in Denver, Colorado. Other participants hold a banner that reads: "The Landing of Columbus". Spectators line the street. Signs on the nearby buildings read:...
- Knights of Columbus--Commemoration--1900-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Marching bands--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.;...
- [between 1904 and 1915]
- Rodeo
- Rodeo participants pose on horseback in Colorado. Spectators sit in grandstands nearby.
- Horseback riding--Colorado--1890-1910.; Rodeos--Colorado--1890-1910.; Spectators--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Coxey army scenes
- Participants in Coxey's Army have a meal in camp as they pass through Colorado. An American flag is staked in the ground, laundry hangs on a clothesline.
- Coxey's Army--1890-1900.; Camping--Colorado--1890-1900.; Eating & drinking--Colorado--1890-1900.; Unemployed--Colorado--1890-1900.
- 1894 March
- Girls team, water fights from porch of Bear Creek Store, 2:00 PM.
- View from the balcony porch of the Bear Creek Store down on a large group of spectators and participants, intersection of Main Street and 6th (Sixth) Avenue, Ouray, Colorado, shows two women wrestling with a fire hose, spraying the crowd in the...
- Ouray (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Fourth of July celebrations--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Women--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.
- 1979 July 4
- Water fights, between fights, private bank party, 2:30 PM.
- Spectators and participants stand in the intersection of Main Street and 6th (Sixth) Avenue, Ouray, Colorado, during a break in water fights during the 4th of July, Independence Day celebration. People watch from the narrow balcony of the Citizens...
- Ouray (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Fourth of July celebrations--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.
- 1979 July 4
- Pioneer Day, Steamboat Springs, Colo.
- Parade participants prepare for the Pioneer Day celebrations on a muddy street in Steamboat Springs, Routt County, Colorado. Mounted horseback riders are in line with horse-drawn wagons and a large pyramid- shaped float with a large, American flag...
- Steamboat Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Celebrations--Colorado--Steamboat Springs--1900-1910.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Steamboat Springs--1900-1910.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Steamboat Springs--1900- 1910.
- 1909
- Races Taos N M
- View of Native American (Taos Pueblo) San Geronimo Day Fiesta at Taos, New Mexico; shows bough covered shrine; Native American participants costume includes breechcloths and body paint. Spectators sit on adobe pueblo dwellings.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1900-1910.; San Geronimo Fiesta (Taos Pueblo, N.M.)--1900-1910.; Taos Indians--1900-1910.; Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Festivals--New...
- 1902
- Ind-Pueblo, religion, kivas, interior, Pueblo Indians
- Interior view of kiva shows Native American Pueblo men performing a sacred rite around a smoking fire. The light from the fire illuminates the silhouetted participants and the curved walls with an access ladder.
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Spiritual life--1900-1910.; Interiors--1900-1910.; Kivas--1900-1910.; Rites & ceremonies--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Two famous veterans of the Blackfoot-Flathead Battle on the plains of Montana in the early sixties. Patee Quoo-tie-poop(?), Som-yah-we-moo(?), playing seven-up
- Two Native American Flathead (Salish) men sit on the ground in front of a tepee and play cards (Seven-up). They are described as having been participants in the Blackfoot - Flathead Battle on the plains of Montana. Somyahwemoo(?) holds a rifle in...
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Card games--1900-1910.
- 1907
- Camp dance
- View of a Native American (Crow) camp dance shows three men crouched and holding rifles as another man moves in front of them. The participants are being watched by a contingent of their tribesmen who are beneath a bough covered viewing area in the...
- Crow Indians--Dance--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Ceremonial dancers--1890-1900.; Shelters--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Mexican Independence Day
- A crowd marches down a residential street in celebration of Mexican Independence Day (Diez y Seis de Septiembre) near North High School in Denver, Colorado. The majority of the participants are Mexican American. An African American man walks in the...
- Independence Day (Mexico)--1960-1970.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Denver--1960-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Celebrations--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.;...
- 1968 September 16
- Sunflower carnival parade
- Sunflower (Flower) Carnival Parade, Colorado Springs, Colorado: two people wear animal costumes inside a cage on top of a horse drawn wagon, a banner reads: "Tigers Which We Buck." Other parade participants follow. Spectators with horses and...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cages--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Costumes--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.;...
- 1898
- Sunflower carnival parade
- A large crowd is gathered at the Sunflower (Flower) Carnival Parade, Colorado Springs, Colorado: parade participants wear white clothing and ride on horseback or in foliage covered carriages drawn by white horses. The downtown buildings are...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Colorado...
- 1899
- Sunflower carnival parade
- A large crowd is gathered at the Sunflower (Flower) Carnival Parade, Colorado Springs, Colorado: parade participants wear white clothing and ride on foliage or flower covered, horse drawn buggies. The downtown buildings are decorated with bunting...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Parades &...
- 1899
- Sunflower carnival parade
- A large crowd is gathered at the Sunflower (Flower) Carnival Parade, Colorado Springs, Colorado: parade participants wear white clothing and ride in flower covered, horse drawn buggies. The downtown buildings are decorated with bunting and American...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Parades &...
- 1899
- Sunflower carnival parade
- A large crowd is gathered at the Sunflower (Flower) Carnival Parade, Colorado Springs, Colorado: parade participants wear white clothing and ride in foliage covered, horse drawn buggies. The downtown buildings are decorated with bunting and...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Festive decorations--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Colorado...
- 1899
- Sunflower carnival parade
- A large crowd is gathered at the Sunflower (Flower) Carnival Parade, Colorado Springs, Colorado: parade participants hold parasols or umbrellas and ride in foliage covered, horse drawn buggies. The downtown buildings are decorated with bunting and...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Parades &...
- 1899
- Sunflower carnival parade
- A large crowd is gathered at the Sunflower (Flower) Carnival Parade, Colorado Springs, Colorado: parade participants ride in foliage covered, horse drawn buggies. The downtown buildings are decorated with bunting and American flags, signs on the...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Festive decorations--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Colorado...
- 1899
- Sunflower Carnival
- View of a parade on Cascade Avenue, part of the Flower Carnival in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. Participants include two men on horseback with tack decorated with flowers, a buggy decorated with flowers, a man on stilts, and a man...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Colorado...
- [August, 1898]
- Women's march
- Two women, participants in a march to free Mother Jones and support the UMW Ludlow strike against CF&I, pose on Commercial Street in Trinidad, Las Animas County, Colorado. One woman wears a sash that reads: "Trinidad".
- Jones, Mother, 1843?-1930--Capture & imprisonment.; Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal...
- [January, 1914]
- Women's march
- Women, participants in a march to free Mother Jones and support the UMW Ludlow strike against CF&I, pose on Commercial Street in Trinidad, Las Animas County, Colorado. One woman holds a sign that reads: "[?]en My Sisters [?]nd It Thus [?]ds To...
- Jones, Mother, 1843?-1930--Capture & imprisonment.; Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal...
- [January, 1914]
- Women's march
- A boy walks near a group of women, participants in a march to free Mother Jones and support the UMW Ludlow strike against CF&I, on Commercial Street, Trinidad, Las Animas County, Colorado.
- Jones, Mother, 1843?-1930--Capture & imprisonment.; Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1910-1920.;...
- [January, 1914]
- Women's march
- Women participants march to free Mother Jones and support the UMW Ludlow strike against CF&I, Commercial Street, Trinidad, Las Animas County, Colorado. Prominent signs read: "The Morning Advertiser" and "The One Newspap[er] [...]".
- Jones, Mother, 1843?-1930--Capture & imprisonment.; Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal...
- [January, 1914]
- Women's march
- Mounted members of the Colorado National Guard disperse men and women participants in a march to free Mother Jones and support the UMW Ludlow strike against CF&I, near the Post Office on Main Street in Trinidad, Las Animas County, Colorado.
- Jones, Mother, 1843?-1930--Capture & imprisonment.; Colorado. National Guard--Colorado--Trinidad--1910-1920.; Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.;...
- [January, 1914]
- Women's march
- Demonstrators, participants in a march to free Mother Jones and support the UMW Ludlow strike against CF&I, walk on either Commercial or Main Street in Trinidad, Las Animas County, Colorado. Mounted members of the Colorado National Guard stand...
- Jones, Mother, 1843?-1930--Capture & imprisonment.; Colorado. National Guard--Colorado--Trinidad--1910-1920.; Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.;...
- [January, 1914]
- Women's march
- Demonstrators, participants in a march to free Mother Jones and support the UMW Ludlow strike against CF&I, are escorted around the Christian Church on the corner of Main and Walnut Streets by mounted members of the Colorado National Guard in...
- Jones, Mother, 1843?-1930--Capture & imprisonment.; Colorado. National Guard--Colorado--Trinidad--1910-1920.; Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.;...
- [January, 1914]
- Women's march
- Men and women participants in a march to free Mother Jones and support the UMW Ludlow strike against CF&I, walk up the steps of, probably, the Post Office on Main Street, Trinidad, Las Animas County, Colorado. Mounted members of the Colorado...
- Jones, Mother, 1843?-1930--Capture & imprisonment.; Colorado. National Guard--Colorado--Trinidad--1910-1920.; Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.;...
- [January, 1914]
- Women's march
- Members of the Colorado National Guard, some on horseback, disperse demonstrators, participants in a march to free Mother Jones and support the UMW Ludlow strike against CF&I, near the Post Office on Main Street in Trinidad, Las Animas County,...
- Jones, Mother, 1843?-1930--Capture & imprisonment.; Colorado. National Guard--Colorado--Trinidad--1910-1920.; Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.;...
- [January, 1914]
- Women's march
- Mounted members of the Colorado National Guard surround a group of demonstrators, participants in a march to free Mother Jones and support the UMW Ludlow strike against CF&I, on Commercial Street in Trinidad, Las Animas County, Colorado. Prominent...
- Jones, Mother, 1843?-1930--Capture & imprisonment.; Colorado. National Guard--Colorado--Trinidad--1910-1920.; Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.;...
- [January, 1914]
- Governors Day at Georgetown
- Participants of the Governors Day festivities gather in front of the Julius Pohle (a German chemist who become manager of the Lebanon Mining Company) house in Georgetown, Colorado. Historic house in process of relocation to make room for the new...
- Pohle, Julius--Homes & haunts.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1970.
- December 15, 1968
- Gourd Clan dancers
- Native American (Kiowa) men, women, children (some of whom are descendants of the Kiowa Chief Satanta or White Bear), and white men participate in a Gourd Clan dance at Carnegie, Oklahoma. A girl holds a fringed blanket above her head. The dance...
- Clans--Oklahoma--Carnegie--1960-1970.; Indians of North America--Oklahoma--Carnegie--1960-1970.; Kiowa Indians--Oklahoma--Carnegie--1960-1970.; Carnegie (Okla.)--1960-1970.; Ceremonial dancers--Oklahoma--Carnegie--1960-1970.;...
- [July, 1969]
- London tour
- Buffalo Bill (William F. Cody) poses on horseback with some members of his Wild West Show in London, England. The participants pose near a painted background.
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.--1900-1910.; London (England)--1900-1910.; Cowboys--England--London--1900-1910.; Horseback riding--England--London--1900-1910.; Wild west shows--England--London--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show
- Native American (Sioux) men, participants in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, wash themselves from a metal basin in a tepee camp. A feather headdress is on the ground near a tepee.
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show--People--1890-1910.; Dakota Indians--1890-1910.; Indians of North America--1890-1910.; Bathing--1890-1910.; Tipis--1890-1910.
- [between 1920 and 1935]
- Rodeos and horse shows are almost a way of life at Colorado City
- Spectators, automobiles and pick up trucks line the fence of the rodeo grounds as the rodeo participants on horse-back form a line in center, Colorado City, El Paso, County, Colorado. Cowboys stand by the bronco and bull shoots below the judges...
- Colorado City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Rodeos--Colorado--Colorado City--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960]
- Frederick R. Ross Branch groundbreaking
- View of ground breaking at the Ross-Broadway Branch of the Denver Public Library in the Speer neighborhood of Denver, Colorado; participants are identified as (L to R) William F. Kreutter, Mrs. John McPhee, Davis W. Moore, Malcolm G. Wyer, Henry A....
- Ross, Frederick R.--Monuments.; Denver Public Library. Ross-Broadway Branch.--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Speer (Denver Colo. : Neighborhood)--1950-1960.; Ground breaking ceremonies--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.;...
- 1950 September 28
- First hotel, Glenwood Spgs.
- Patrons and employees stand outside Fred Barlow's Grand Springs Hotel, a one-story log cabin with a sod roof in the town of Glenwood Springs (formerly known as Defiance), Colorado, in Garfield County. Participants in the wedding celebration are...
- Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Log buildings--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1880-1890.; Sod buildings--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1880-1890.; Weddings--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1880-1890.
- 1882
- Women's Christian Temperance Union convention
- Six members of the Women's Christian Temperance Union pose outside the First Presbyterian Church at 131 N. Nevada Street in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. Participants include: Sarah I. Rounds, Nina Bear, Lillian Michener, Adrianna...
- Women's Christian Temperance Union--1930-1940.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Meetings--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1930-1940.; Public service organizations--1930-1940.; Temperance--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1930-1940.;...
- 1934
- "Christ is Risen," probably Easter program
- Members of the choir of the Presbyterian Church in Greeley, Colorado, in Weld County, pose on a circular stage for the Easter service. Numerous potted plants are around the perimeter of the stage and on tables among the members of the choir....
- Greeley (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Choirs (Music)--1890-1900.; Presbyterian churches--Colorado--Greeley--1890-1900.
- April, 1898
- Miner's contest
- Spectators watch a contest for miners, probably in rural Colorado. One man wields a sledgehammer, others stand or squat near stones. The men wear suits and the women wear dresses and hats. A rope separates the spectators from the participants....
- Contests--Colorado--1870-1890.; Miners--Colorado--1870-1890.; Spectators--Colorado--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- National Association of Local Agents' Convention, Denver, Colorado.
- Women, men and children, identified as participants in the National Association of Local Agents' Convention, sit or stand and pose for a group portrait beside a locomotive on Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway tracks on the "Moffat Road" at...
- Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway--1900-1910.; Tolland (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Meetings--Colorado--Tolland--1900-1910.; People--Colorado--Tolland--1900-1910.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Tolland--1900-1910.;...
- 1905, August
- Girl's physical education Durango, Colo.
- Girls at Durango High School in La Plata County, Colorado, participate in physical education exercises inside of the gymnasium. All of the participants wear a uniform of a sleeveless shirt and shorts. Spectators sit on the bleachers on the ground...
- Durango (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Calisthenics--Colorado--Durango--1930-1940.; Gymnasiums--Colorado--Durango--1930-1940.; Interiors.; Physical education--Colorado--Durango--1930-1940.; Students--Colorado--Durango--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Laying cornerstone
- Spectators stand in the rain and watch the dedication ceremony of the cornerstone of Cranford Hall on the campus of the State Normal School (also known as the University of Northern Colorado, Colorado Teachers College, Colorado State College of...
- Greeley (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Building dedications--Colorado--Greeley--1890-1900.; Cornerstone laying--Colorado--Greeley--1890-1900.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Greeley--1890-1900.; University of Northern Colorado.
- 1890