Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Salazar family
- Daniel and Maruca Salazar pose with their adult children, Maruca Salome Salazar and Gabriel Numa Salazar in Denver, Colorado. Maruca, Director of the Museo de las Americas, has gray hair, wears a striped handwoven dress and a reboso over her...
- Hispanic Americans--2000-2010.; Mexican Americans--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Families.; Salazar family--Pictorial works.; Families--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Mexican...
- [2009?]
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 11, 1909 May 1
- Portrait of a girl
- Studio portrait of a young girl who stands with her hands clasped behind her back. She wears a broad plaid skirt with pleats, a matching cape, and hat. A scarf is knotted around her neck and her straight, shoulder length hair rests on her shoulder.
- Girls--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Women's dress
- A women's afternoon dress ensemble with cape. The bodice is semi-tailored with Empire? style waist, sleeveless, patterned white silk faille, a high rounded neckline, a spread collar, shoulder pads, blue piping at the armhole and waistline; down the...
- Dresses--1930-1950.
- [between 1938 and 1945]
- Portrait of a couple
- Studio portrait of a couple, possibly Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Meredith. He wears a dark checked suit and sits with his legs crossed in an upholstered chair. She stands at his side with her hand on his shoulder. Her dress is a black velvet bodice with...
- Couples--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Portrait of a man and woman
- Studio portrait of a man, possibly W.X. Wilder, and his wife. The man wears a gray wool suit and sits in an upholstered chair; he has a long beard and moustache. The woman stands at his side with her hand on his shoulder; she wears a cotton print...
- Spouses--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Portrait of a young girl
- Studio portrait of a young girl, possibly the daughter of Oscar Troy. She wears a cotton dress with puffs at the shoulder and an ornate white lace collar. Her hair hangs straight to her shoulder and curls up at the ends.
- Girls--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Antonio Abeyta, Laguna pueblo
- Seated studio portrait of Antonio Abeyta, Native American man (Laguna). He wears a shirt, pants, blanket kilt, headband, and fur pelt with a tail over one shoulder. On his other shoulder rests a rifle.
- Indians of North America--1900-1920.; Laguna Indians--1900-1920.; Pueblo Indians--1900-1920.; Abeyta, Antonio.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Timothy, Nez Perce
- Seated studio portrait of Native American (Nez Perce) man, Timothy (Ta-Mu-Son). He wears a choker with a bear claw, a fringed buckskin shirt with beaded bands over the shoulder and beaded triangles on the chest, fringed leggings with beaded bands...
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Nez Percé Indians--Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Ta-Mu-Son.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Group of miners and hunters, Miners Basin
- Three men stand as one holds the reins of a horse nearby, another has a rifle over his shoulder, another has a pick ax on his shoulder; and, two men and one woman sit in the grass by blankets and a saddle in Miners Basin in the La Sal Mountains,...
- Grand County (Utah)--1890-1900.; Miners Basin (Grand County, Utah : Valley)--1890-1900.; Hunters--Utah--Grand County--1890-1900.; Horses--Utah--Grand County--1890-1900.; Meadows--Utah--Grand County--1890-1900.; Miners--Utah--Grand...
- 1897 Aug.17
- Alex, Katherine, Katherine, Lucy
- Alex, Katherine, Katherine and Lucy, four Native Americans on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana, stand in front of a teepee on the reservation. Alex stands at the far left holding a striped blanket in his right hand and a...
- Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Montana--1900- 1910.; Indians of North America--Women--Montana--1900-1910.
- [between 1905 and 1907?]
- The Modoc war, soldiers recovering the bodies of the slain
- Cavalry soldiers in military uniforms hold swords and rifles, and stand beside men killed by North American (Modoc) Indians in California. Bust portraits show Captain Evan Thomas with muttonchop whiskers and a moustache, a bow tie and shoulder...
- Indians of North America--War--California--1870-1880.; Modoc Indians--Wars, 1873--California.; Battlefields--California--1870-1880.; Dead bodies--California--1870-1880.; Military officers--1870-1880.; Soldiers--California--1870-1880.;...
- 1873 May 17
- Prospecting on the Ute Reservation, an ominous meeting
- A North American Indian (Ute) man confronts a prospector on a mountain slope in Utah or Colorado. The Ute man wears a necklace with a star pendant and holds a rifle. Men with rifles stand behind him. The prospector holds a pick axe, and looks over...
- Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Ute Indians--1870-1880.; Miners--1870-1880.; Mining--1870-1880.; Pack animals--1870-1880.; Thornburgh, Thomas Tipton, 1843-1879.
- 1879 October 25
- Helen? Wm. in Scottish.
- Probably Helen Jackson and her brother William S. Jackson (1889-1981), pose in the backyard of their house at 228 Kiowa Street in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. Helen wears a loose fitting dress belted at the waist. She has a woven...
- Jackson, William S. (William Sharpless), 1920- --Family.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Costumes.; Families.; Teenagers.; Jackson, Helen, 1890-1987.; Jackson, William S. (William Sharpless), 1836-1919--Family.; Jackson, William S. (William...
- 1902
- Municipal Facts: Volume 9 Numbers 11 and 12, 1926 November-December
- MacNamara [i.e. McNamara] demonstrating climbing tech. with a Swiss shoulder belay MGM training film in Sun Valley.
- Members of the Army Ski Troops (later the 10th Mountain Division) watch as a man identified as McNamara demonstrates the use of a "Swiss" shoulder belay in rock climbing for an MGM training film in Sun Valley (Blaine County), Idaho. The men wear...
- Bald Mountain (Blaine County, Idaho)--1940-1950.; Sun Valley (Idaho)--1940-1950.; Climbing--Idaho--Sun Valley--1940-1950.; Infantry--American--Idaho--Sun Valley--1940-1950.; Military training--Idaho--Sun Valley--1940-1950.; Motion picture...
- 1942
- Denver High School: East Side Annual 1913
- 1913 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1913
- East High spotlight: vol 17 no 7
- Christmas edition of the newspaper produced by East High School of Denver, Colorado. Included in the paper are photographs of students, articles on school events and sports.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1930 December 17
- Casimiro Barela, his wife Damiana Rivera Barela and daughter
- Studio portrait of Colorado State Senator Casimiro Barela from Las Animas County, Colorado, his wife Damiana Rivera de Barela and his second daughter by his first wife, Juanita Barela. They pose in front of a painted drop. Damiana wears a black...
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1900-1910.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1900-1910.; Women.; Families.; Legislators.; Barela, Casimiro--Pictorial works.; Barela, Damiana Rivera de--Pictorial works.; Barela, Juanita--Pictorial works.; Mexican...
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Fred Paiz
- Four men pose in a corral probably on a ranch in Gulnare (Las Animas County), Colorado. Two of the men are on horseback, one in a checked cap and jacket is identified as Fred Paiz who aims a rifle, the other wears a cowboy hat and has a rifle on...
- Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1910-1920.; Gulnare (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Horseback riding.; Paiz, Silfredo, 1904-1919--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Shooting--Colorado--Gulnare--Pictorial works.;...
- [ca. 1918]
- Girl with hair rolled in rags
- A unidentified Hispanic American girl poses with her hair in rag curlers probably in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. She looks over her shoulder.
- Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; San Luis (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Girls--Colorado--San Luis--Pictorial works.;...
- [1950]
- Martin Luther King Memorial in City Park
- View of the Martin Luther King Memorial (1976; Sculptor-Ed Rose) in City Park, Denver, Colorado. Shows a bronze and sheet metal statue of civil rights leader Martin Luther King with his hand on the shoulder of Emmitt Till. Till was murdered in...
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968--Monuments.; Till, Emmett, 1941-1955--Monuments.; City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Monuments & memorials.; Parks.; Pavilions.; Sculpture.; King, Martin Luther, Jr.,...
- 1978
- Francisco and Raymundo Gallegos
- Studio portrait of Hispanic American brothers and ranchers, Francisco and Raymundo Gallegos from San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. The men wear suits and ties. Francisco is seated in a chair and Raymundo stands beside him with his hand on his...
- Hispanic Americans--1890-1900.; Mexican Americans--1890-1900.; San Luis (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Families.; Ranchers.; Gallegos, Francisco--Pictorial works.; Gallegos, Raymundo--Pictorial works.; Brothers--Colorado--San Luis--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- ca. 1895
- Donaciano Córdova and Margarita Santistevan
- Studio portrait of Hispanic American Donaciano Córdova and Margarita Yasabel Santistevan Córdova. Donaciano stands beside his wife, he wears a suit and tie, his hair is parted on the side, he has a full mustache and his hand rests on his wife's...
- Hispanic Americans--1880-1890.; Mexican Americans--1890-1900.; Spouses.; Women.; Córdova, Donaciano, 1861-1941--Pictorial works.; Córdova, Margarita Yasabel Santistevan de, 1865-1943--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial...
- [1890?]
- 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?]
- Quirina de la Luz Espinoza and Teodoro Lobato
- Studio portrait of Quirina de la Luz Espinoza and her cousin, Teodoro Lobato. Quirina wears a modified pinafore with pleats, ruffles, and wide straps that go over the shoulder connected with a large, flat bow and a blouse with smocking on the puff...
- Hispanic Americans--1900-1900.; Mexican Americans--1900-1910.; Group portraits.; Boys.; Clothing & dress.; Girls.; Espinoza, Quirina de la Luz, 1898---Pictorial works.; Lobato, Teodoro, 1892-1955--Pictorial works.; Boys--Colorado--Pictorial works.;...
- [1904]
- Serapio and Frances Montez
- Portrait of Serapio and Frances Montez of Denver, Colorado. They sit on a sofa covered with a blanket. Serapio has his arm over his wife's shoulder. He wears a striped suit, tie and hat. Frances wears a dark dress.
- Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Spouses.; Women.; Montez, Frances--Pictorial works.; Montez, Serapio--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.;...
- [1950?]
- 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]
- 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]
- Football team
- A football team sits and poses for a group portrait on a staircase in front of a building entrance probably in western Colorado. Young men wear knickers with elastic at the knee, leather boots, shoulder pads under striped sweaters and leather...
- Football players--Colorado--1910-1920.; Students--Colorado--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Portrait of a man and woman
- A woman and man pose for a studio portrait near a carved stone column prop. The woman wears an ornate skirt with ruffles and a fitted bodice. A scarf is tied around her neck and she wears her hair pulled back into a bun. She rests her hand on the...
- Couples--Colorado--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Portrait of a young girl
- Studio portrait of a young girl who wears a dress with a crochet collar. A ringlet of her long hair is draped over her shoulder. She rests one arm on a carved stone pillar prop.
- Girls--Colorado--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Portrait of three men
- Three men pose for a studio portrait near a carved stone fence prop. One man in a striped suit, bow tie, and hat rests his arm on a stone pillar. A watch chain and fob are attached to the vest of the man who wears a checked suit and hat, he rests...
- Men--Colorado--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Portrait of a man and woman
- Studio portrait of a man and woman. The man wears a striped jacket, bow tie, and is seated in a chair. The woman rests her hand on his shoulder. She wears a dress with a fitted bodice, slightly puffy sleeves, and gathers. Her bangs hang in ringlets...
- Spouses--Colorado--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Portrait of a man and woman
- Studio portrait of a man and woman who pose near an ornate backdrop. The man wears a suit and neck tie and is seated in an upholstered chair. The woman rests her hand on his shoulder. She wears a fitted bodice and scarf around her neck. Her hair is...
- Couples--Colorado--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Portrait of a family
- A family poses for a studio portrait near an ornate backdrop. The man sits in an upholstered chair and holds a toddler who stands on the chair next to him. A woman who wears a dress with a tight fitted bodice with puffy sleeves rests her hand on...
- Families--Colorado--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Teenaged girl
- Studio portrait of young woman in a puff shoulder blouse of brocade and needleworked fabric. Chain jewelry and an upswept hair style complete her outfit.
- Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Teenagers--1890-1900.; Women--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Teenaged girl
- Studio portrait of a young woman in a dress with print fabric, lace, pleats, and a puff shoulder blouse with ruching. Props include a stone railing with a dragon motif, and a painted backdrop depicting a town street.
- Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Teenagers--1890-1900.; Women--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Young couple
- Studio portrait of a man and woman by a carved wood table. Outfits include a puff shoulder bodice and silk tie.
- Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Spouses--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Women friends
- Studio portrait of women in puff shoulder bodices and pleated dresses.
- Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Women--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Elegant group
- Studio portrait of women and men; outfits include puff shoulder bodices, print dresses, and capote hats. They hold umbrellas.
- Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Couples--1890-1900.; Women--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Prosperous couple
- Studio portrait of a man and woman. She wears a puff shoulder jacket over her bodice; he wears gold chain jewelry and a three piece suit.
- Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Spouses--1890-1900.; Women--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Elegant group
- Studio portrait of men and a woman; outfits include a puff shoulder bodice and a pearl choker.
- Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Couples--1890-1900.; Women--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Husband and wife
- Studio portrait of a man and woman; her puff shoulder blouse has an artificial flower clasp.
- Spouses--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Family portrait
- Studio portrait of a boy, girl, baby, woman and man. Mother's outfit includes a puff shoulder bodice.
- Families--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Elegant couple
- Studio portrait of a man and woman; she wears a puff shoulder satin blouse with applique and a collar with tassels.
- Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Men--1890-1900.; Spouses--1890-1900.; Women--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Woman
- Studio portrait of a woman in a puff shoulder blouse with ruching, ribbons, and cameo jewelry.
- Women--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Woman in elegant blouse
- Studio portrait of a woman in a puff shoulder blouse with applique and pleats. She wears cameo jewelry.
- Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Women--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Woman in elegant blouse
- Studio portrait of a woman in a puff shoulder blouse with applique and pleats. She wears cameo jewelry.
- Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Women--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Married couple
- Studio portrait of a man and a woman; she wears a puff shoulder bodice with a pleated inset, pince-nez, and a jeweled sash buckle. He has a goatee and watch fob jewelry.
- Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Men--1890-1900.; Spouses--1890-1900.; Women--1890-1900.
- 1890