Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Ward, Colo.
- View of buildings on a hillside in Ward (Boulder County), Colorado. Shows the frame Carpenter's Gothic Congregational Church (Community Church), log and frame buildings, a stone and timber bridge over a ravine near a building with a sign that reads...
- Ward (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Ward--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Hotel Del Monte, Monterey, Cal.
- View of the Hotel Del Monte in Monterey (Monterey County), California. The large Victorian three-story clapboard structure features a steep gabled roof, dormers, balconies, spires, decorated brick chimneys, pendants, and a porch with columns and...
- Hotel Del Monte (Monterey, Calif.)--1880-1900.; Monterey (Calif.)--1880-1900.; Hotels--California--Monterey--1880-1900.; Lawns--California--Monterey--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1891?]
- Rifle, "Apple Pie Day"
- A woman and a girl hold pendants that read: "Apple Pie Day, September 22-23 1914., Rifle, Colo." and pose on horseback in Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado. A woman wears a fitted, long sleeved blouse, a skirt and a wide brimmed hat. A girl holds a...
- Rifle (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Girls--Colorado--Rifle--1910-1920.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Rifle--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--Rifle--1910-1920.
- 1914
- Recreation picnic large group in wooded area
- Outdoor portrait of well-dressed families at a picnic probably in the mountains of Colorado. Costume includes straw and bowler hats, some decorated with flowers, pendants, and bow ties.
- Clothing & dress--Colorado--1900-1920.; Families--Colorado--1900-1920.; Picnics--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Navajo group - morning prayer
- Group portrait of Native American Navajos by looms; costume includes blankets, beads, squash blossom necklaces with naja pendants, and conchos. Girls look on.
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--1900-1910.; Clothing & dress--1900-1910.
- [between 1901 and 1906?]
- Navajo family
- Portrait of a Native American Navajo family; women and children sit by pottery and a loom; a man is on a horse. Costume includes squash blossom necklaces with naja pendants.
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--1900-1910.; Families--1900-1910.; Horseback riding--1900-1910.; Looms--1900-1910.; Women & children--1900-1910.
- [between 1901 and 1906?]
- Girl
- Studio portrait of a girl. She wears a dress, velvet wrap, and a necklace with pendants.
- Girls--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Hotel Monte Christo, Salida, Colo.
- View of the three-story Hotel Monte Christo in Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado. The hotel is half-timbered frame building with a mansard roof, pendants, a central faceted tower, a balcony and a porch. A freight car, "C.R.S. Trust Series B, D.&...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1900.; Hotel Monte Christo (Salida, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Salida (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Salida--1880-1900.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Salida--1880-1900.; Railroad...
- [between 1883 and 1900?]
- Bee Hive [sic] House, Salt Lake City
- View of the classical-style Beehive House on South Temple Street in Salt Lake City (Salt Lake County), Utah. The residence of Brigham Young has squared columns, lower and upper story porches, a spindle railing, pediments, pendants, and dentils. A...
- Young, Brigham, 1801-1877--Homes & haunts.; Beehive House (Salt Lake City, Utah)--1900-1910.; Salt Lake City (Utah)--1900-1910.; Houses--Utah--Salt Lake City--1900-1910.; Sidewalks--Utah--Salt Lake City--1900-1910.
- [1900?]
- Monterey, Hotel Del Monte
- View of the Hotel Del Monte in Monterey (Monterey County), California. The large Victorian three-story clapboard structure features a steep gabled roof, dormers, balconies, spires, decorated brick chimneys, pendants, and a porch with columns and...
- Hotel Del Monte (Monterey, Calif.)--1880-1900.; Monterey (Calif.)--1880-1900.; Hotels--California--Monterey--1880-1900.; Lawns--California--Monterey--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1891]
- Two women - seated on tree limb
- Outdoor portrait of women by the South Platte River in Denver, Colorado; costume includes a veil, purses, ribbons, heart shaped pendants, and hats.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1900-1920.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Four girls
- Outdoor portrait of four young women in Denver, Colorado. They wear dresses and necklaces with pendants. One girl wears a hat.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1925]
- Columbian Hotel, Trinidad, Colorado
- Interior details of the bar in the Columbian Hotel (1879), Trinidad, Colorado, include carved and lathe turned wood covering the front of the bar and cornices over the mirror in back. The coffered ceiling has hammered tin insets with painted scenes...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Bars--Colorado--Trinidad--1880-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Trinidad--1880-1900.; Interiors.; Columbian Hotel (Trinidad, Colo.)
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Salida, Colorado, G. R. Gray residence
- Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado, the Gray House features an ornate console portico over the entry. Wooden volutes and pendants adorn the Victorian style residence, built in the 1890's by G. R. Gray.
- Gray, G. R.--Homes & haunts.; Salida (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Salida--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1970?]
- Salida, Colorado, G. R. Gray residence
- Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado, the Gray House features an ornate console portico over the entry. Wooden volutes and pendants adorn the Victorian style residence, built in the 1890's by G. R. Gray.
- Gray, G. R.--Homes & haunts.; Salida (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Salida--1960-1970.; Porticoes (Porches)--Colorado--Salida--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1970?]
- Salida, Colorado, G. R. Gray residence
- Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado, the Gray House features an ornate console portico over the entry. Wooden volutes and pendants adorn the Victorian style residence, built in the 1890's by G. R. Gray. A covered porch and box window flank the entry;...
- Gray, G. R.--Homes & haunts.; Salida (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Salida--1960-1970.; Porticoes (Porches)--Colorado--Salida--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1970?]
- Salida, Colorado, G. R. Gray residence
- Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado, the Gray House features an ornate console portico over the entry. Wooden volutes and pendants adorn the Victorian style residence, built in the 1890's by G. R. Gray.
- Gray, G. R.--Homes & haunts.; Salida (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Salida--1960-1970.; Porticoes (Porches)--Colorado--Salida--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1970?]
- Salida, Colorado, G. R. Gray residence
- Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado, the Gray House features an ornate console portico over the entry. Wooden volutes and pendants adorn this Victorian style residence, built in the 1890's by G. R. Gray. An open porch and box window flank the entry;...
- Gray, G. R.--Homes & haunts.; Salida (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Salida--1960-1970.; Porticoes (Porches)--Colorado--Salida--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1970?]
- Hellenic Orthodox (Greek)
- Standing portrait of two Hellenic (Greek) Orthodox priests and a third, unidentified man, Denver, Colorado. The priests are dressed in robes and hats and wear symbolic pendants on chains around their necks. The third man wears a suit.
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Priests--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Frank G. Bloom residence, Trinidad, Colorado
- Interior view of a chandelier at the Frank G. Bloom residence, in Trinidad, Colorado. The central globe is of opalescent glass swirled into a downward pointing turnip shape. Its mount is probably bronze, with a border of palmettes, and above it is...
- Bloom, Frank G.--Homes & haunts.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Chandeliers--Colorado--Trinidad--1960-1980.; Interiors.--Colorado--Trinidad--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Ma Lee, Buck-skin costume
- Standing outdoor portrait of a Native American Flathead (Salish) woman, identified as Malee. She is dressed in a full length buckskin costume with fringes and beading, and wears decorative pendants and pouches. She holds the top of a cradleboard in...
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1900-1910.; Salish Indians--Women--1900-1910.; Ma-lee, Salish Indian.
- 1907
- Plenty Coos Chief of the Crow Indians and daughter
- Chief Plenty Coups, a Native American (Crow) man, poses with his daughter and wears moccasins, leggings, a breech cloth, gloves, a fringed shirt with bead and fur decorations, a necklace, and a headdress. He has a blanket draped over his left arm...
- Crow Indians--Children--1910-1940.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1910-1940.; Tribal chiefs--1910-1940.; Plenty Coups, Chief of the Crows, 1848-1932--Family.
- [between 1910 and 1932?]
- Watching the Sports, Farmington, July 4th
- Native American (Navajo) women and a girl, and white men and boys, watch a sporting event at Farmington, New Mexico, on the Fourth of July. The women and girl wear dresses, woven blankets, and necklaces with pendants. The boys wear hats.
- Indians of North America--Children--New Mexico--Farmington--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--Women--New Mexico--Farmington--1900-1910.; Farmington (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Fourth of July celebrations--New Mexico--Farmington--1900-1910.; Spectators--New...
- [between 1901 and 1908]
- Flag raising Aug. 1936 by Gov. Johnson in which the disputed strip of land was formally annexed
- This view of a flag raising ceremony outside of the Summit County Courthouse in Breckenridge, Colorado, includes the large scale two story brick structure, with a hipped gable roof and a cupola with paired sash windows on each of its four sides....
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Flags--American--1930-1940.; Rites & ceremonies--Colorado--Breckenridge--1930-1940.
- 1936
- Summit County Courthouse
- The Summit County Courthouse, in Breckenridge, Colorado, is a two story brick building with a hipped gable roof, a slightly projecting gabled entry, and a cupola with sash windows. The cornice is dentiled all around. The lintels, sills,...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Construction--Colorado--Breckenridge--1910-1920.; Courthouses--Colorado--Breckenridge--1910-1920.
- [between 1911 and 1915?]
- Summit County Courthouse, Breckenridge, Colo 1910
- In this view of the Summit County Courthouse looking northwest, the two story brick building's hipped gable roof, a slightly projecting gabled entry, and a cupola with sash windows are visible. The lintels, sills, entablature and pendants are of...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Courthouses--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1910.
- 1910
- Summit County Courthouse
- In this view of the Summit County Courthouse in Breckenridge, Colorado, the two story brick building's hipped gable roof, a slightly projecting gabled entry, and a cupola with sash windows is visible. The lintels, sills, entablature and pendants...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Courthouses--Colorado--Breckenridge--1910-1920.; Log cabins--Colorado--Breckenridge--1910-1920.
- [between 1911 and 1915?]
- Summit County Courthouse
- In this view of the Summit County Courthouse, looking northeast, the two story brick building's hipped gable roof, a slightly projecting gabled entry, and a cupola with sash windows are visible. The cornice is dentiled all around. The lintels,...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1920.; Courthouses--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1920.
- [between 1911 and 1915?]
- Leap Year Club
- Sixteen members of the Leap Year Club in Basalt, Colorado pose in two lines. Ten women are in the first row, and six women are in the second row. Characteristic of the early twentieth century, their clothing includes long-sleeved, high-collar...
- Leap Year Club (Basalt, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Basalt (Colo.)--1900-1910.
- 1904
- East High School, Denver
- View of East High School, 1545 Detroit Street, Denver, Colorado; shows a four-story brick building with arcaded entry, balcony, balustrade, pendants, clock tower, and cupola. Cars and trees are on 16th (Sixteenth) Avenue near the Esplanade.
- Denver Public Schools--Buildings--1920-1930.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Schools--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1925 and 1930]
- Gourd Clan dancers
- Native American (Kiowa) women, Gourd Clan members (some of whom are descendants of the Kiowa Chief Satanta or White Bear) participate in a dance at Carnegie, Oklahoma. One woman wears moccasins, leggings, a beaded dress and belt, pendants that hang...
- Clans--Oklahoma--Carnegie--1960-1970.; Indians of North America--Oklahoma--Carnegie--1960-1970.; Kiowa Indians--Oklahoma--Carnegie--1960-1970.; Carnegie (Okla.)--1960-1970.; Headdresses--Oklahoma--Carnegie--1960-1970.; Ceremonial...
- [July, 1969]
- Amie Kiawan
- Studio portrait (standing) of Amie, a Native American (Kiowa) woman. She leans against a tree stump. She wears a fringed dress and a cloth belt from which pendants hang.
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Kiowa Indians--1890-1900.; Women--1890-1900.; Amie.
- [between 1890 and 1895]
- Breckenridge, Colorado, hotels and motels
- In this exterior view of roof brackets in Breckenridge, Colorado, a set of four jigsaw cut ornaments is in two pairs; each pair extends from the outside face of a corner, under wide eaves. The upper parts of the cut flourishes have lathe turned...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Architectural elements--Colorado--Breckenridge--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Breckenridge, Colorado, hotels and motels
- Exterior view of roof brackets in Breckenridge, Colorado. This set of four jigsaw cut ornaments is in two pairs; each pair extends from the outside face of a corner, under wide eaves. The upper parts of the cut flourishes have lathe turned...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Architectural elements--Colorado--Breckenridge--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Julia Gerry with elk tooth dress
- Studio portrait (sitting) of Julia Gerry, a Native American (Shoshone) woman. She wears moccasins, a dress decorated with elk teeth, a leather belt decorated with metal, and bead necklaces with bead and medal pendants.
- Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Shoshoni Indians--1880-1890.; Gerry, Julia.
- [between 1884 and 1885]
- Brushing Against and Little Squint Eyes San Carlos Apaches
- Studio portrait of Brushing Against and Little Squint Eyes, Native American (San Carlos Apache) women. They wear beaded necklaces and medal pendants.
- San Carlos Apache Tribe--1890-1900.; Apache Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Jewelry--1890-1900.; Women--1890-1900.; Brushing Against.; Little Squint Eyes.
- 1898
- Thos. Torlino tribe (Navajo)
- Studio portrait of Thomas Torlino, a Native American (Navajo) man before he attended Carlisle Indian School in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. He wears a blanket, bead necklace decorated with patriarchal and other cross pendants, and a cloth headband.
- United States Indian School (Carlisle, Pa.)--People--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Navajo Indians--1880-1890.; Students--1880-1890.; Torlino, Thomas.
- [1886]
- Navajo women and their friend Mrs. H. M. Peabody Bluff City, Utah.
- Mrs. H. M. Peabody poses outdoors in front of hanging Navajo rugs with Native American (Navajo) rug weavers (women) in Bluff (Bluff City), Utah. The Navajo women wear blankets and bead necklaces with naja pendants.
- Indians of North America--Utah--Bluff--1880-1910.; Navajo Indians--Utah--Bluff--1880-1910.; Navajo textile fabrics--Utah--Bluff--1880-1910.; Navajo women weavers--Utah--Bluff--1880-1910.; Bluff (Utah)--1880-1910.; Rugs--Utah--Bluff--1880-1910.;...
- [between 1880 and 1910]
- Navajo man
- A Native American (Navajo) man stands with a walking stick. He wears bead necklaces with naja pendants, and a cloth headband with feathers in his hair.
- Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Navajo Indians--1880-1890.; Men--1880-1890.
- [between 1950 and 1990]
- Navajo Indian
- A Native American (Navajo) woman poses with a pistol and a rifle. She wears boot moccasins, a fringed blanket, and bead necklaces with naja pendants.
- Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Navajo Indians--1880-1890.; Women--1880-1890.
- [between 1887 and 1901]
- Native American family
- Studio portrait (standing and sitting) of a Native American (Plains) family. The man holds a bow and arrow and wears beaded moccasins and leggings, a vest, and feather headdress. The woman wears a fringed dress, leather belt, beaded shawl, and...
- Indians of North America--Great Plains--1880-1900.; Headdresses--1880-1900.; Children--1880-1900.; Families--1880-1900.; Women--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Zuni women
- Native American (Pueblo Zuni) women pose outdoors in New Mexico. They wear wrapped boot moccasins, fringed shirts, squash blossom necklaces with naja pendants, and feather headdresses. Other women pose with water jars balanced on their heads.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--1890-1910.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--1890-1910.; Zuni Indians--New Mexico--1890-1910.; Headdresses--New Mexico--1890-1910.; Clothing & dress--New Mexico--1890-1910.; Women--New Mexico--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Medicine men of Navajo tribe
- Native American (Navajo) men pose near an earthen hogan. Some of the men wear bead necklaces with naja pendants. One man wears a metal bead bandolier, another wears a concho belt.
- Indians of North America--1880-1910.; Navajo Indians--1880-1910.; Hogans--1880-1910.; Shamans--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910
- Washington, D. C.- Portrait of Red Dog and other prominent Indians of the Sioux Nation
- Portrait of Red Fox, Bear Skin, Red Dog, Rocky Bear and Living Bear, Native American (Sioux) men. They hold wooden pipes and beaded and fringed bags. The men wear moccasins, leggings, blankets, medal pendants, and feathers in their hair. Rocky Bear...
- Dakota Indians--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Tribal chiefs--1870-1880.
- [between 1940 and 1960]
- Jersey Street residence
- View of a house at 735 Jersey Street in the Montclair neighborhood of Denver, Colorado; it has brackets, pendants, and shingle imbrication.
- Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Montclair (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.
- [1976?]
- The southeast corner of Main and 4th Streets, 1878, showing James Clelland's store and Engleman & Thompson's store
- This two-story brick building in Canon City, Colorado, has a bracketed wood cornice with pendants and letters reading: "Engleman Clelland's." Window lettering reads: "Millinery fancy goods boots and shoes dry goods notions clothing groceries and...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Millinery--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1890.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1890.
- 1878
- Public School, Montrose, Colo.
- Children and adults pose near a covered entryway in front of Central School on Cascade Avenue in Montrose (Montrose County), Colorado. The two-story brick building has a hipped roof and pendants. A central spire has dormers, a modified mansard...
- Central School (Montrose, Colo.)--Buildings--1880-1890.; Montrose (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Children--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Schools--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.
- 1884
- Rhoads brothers, Alonzo, Justus, Halsey and Ralph
- Four brothers stand and pose for a studio portrait probably in Denver, Colorado. Men are identified, probably from left to right, as: Alonzo, Justus, Halsey, and Ralph. Men wear suits with watch chains with pendants, starched collars or upright...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Families--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Rhoads, Alonzo.; Rhoads, Halsey.; Rhoads, Justus.; Rhoads, Ralph.
- [between 1890 and 1906?]
- Unidentified Indian, Crow, seated, holding peace pipe, 3/4 length
- Photograph of a studio portrait, 3/4 length, of unidentified Crow male, wearing pendants and holding peace pipe, seated in front of painted backdrop.
- Crow Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Calumets--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- Unidentified Indian, Crow, seated, holding peace pipe, 3/4 length
- Photograph of a studio portrait, 3/4 length, of unidentified Crow male, wearing pendants and holding peace pipe, seated in front of painted backdrop.
- Crow Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Calumets--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.
- [188-?]