Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- East High spotlight: vol 2 no 1
- 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.)
- 1925 April 15
- Chicano theater group
- Members of a Chicano theater group identified as the National Chicano Theater, directed by Enrique Montano, pose on a rise looking over the skyline of Denver, Colorado. They lean against or stand near two automobiles from the 1940's. The men are...
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1980-1990.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Actors.; Automobiles.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Mexican American...
- [1981?]
- Mother of Sam Melendrez
- Studio portrait of two young women. They pose in long dresses with pleated skirts and wear bows in their hair. One of the woman is identified as the mother of Sam Melendrez, a worker in the Fort Collins area.
- Hispanic Americans--1900-1910.; Women.; Melendrez, Sam--Family--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Women--Colorado--Fort Collins--Pictorial works.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- St. Cajetan's School play
- Interior view of a play at Saint Cajetan's School, in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. Girls in caps, blouses and skirts stand in a row next to a sign that reads: "? St." and "Lawrence." Magdalena Gallegos poses at the end of the line in...
- Hispanic Americans--1940-1950.; Mexican Americans--1940-1950.; Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Girls.; Students.; Teenagers.; Theatrical productions.; Women.; Gallegos, Magdalena--Pictorial works.; Drama--Pictorial...
- between 1947 and 1948
- Conejos Junior High School, class of 1926
- Hispanic American teacher Erinea García (later Erinea García de Gallegos) poses with her students from the Junior High Class of 1926 on the steps of Conejos Junior High School, Conejos, Colorado. She wears a jumper with a checked pattern and a...
- Costilla Junior High School (Conejos, Colo.)--People--1920-1930.; Hispanic Americans--1920-1930.; Mexican Americans--1920-1930.; Conejos (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Teachers.; Gallegos, Erinea García de--Pictorial works.; García, Castelar--Pictorial...
- 1910
- Córdova sisters
- Studio portrait of the Córdova sisters, daughters of Juan Bautista Córdova, and his wife María Quirina Sánches Córdova, from Hoehne, Las Animas County, Colorado. The young women are identified: Front row l to r: Antonia and Benigna...
- Hispanic Americans--1850-1860.; Mexican Americans--1850-1860.; Las Animas County (Colo.)--1850-1860.; Women.; Córdova, Juan Bautista--Family--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Las Animas County--Pictorial works.; Mexican...
- [between 1855 and 1860?]
- 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?]
- Auraria Casa Mayan Dancers Curtis Park 16th Sept.
- The Auraria Casa Mayan dancers entertain at a 16th of September (Diez y Seis de Septiembre) Mexican Independence Day celebration in Curtis Park in the Five Points neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. Dancers include Magdalena Gallegos and Alice...
- Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Dance.; Holidays.; Women.; Gallegos, Magdalena--Pictorial works.; Montoya, Alice--Pictorial works.; Dance--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.;...
- between 1952 and 1953
- Ballet Chicano de Aztlán
- Teenage girls, members of the Ballet Chicano de Aztlán, a Chicano dance troop and part of the Crusade for Justice, dance in Mexican costumes on a stage, in front of a painted drop in Denver, Colorado. The girls wear white blouses, long print...
- Ballet Chicano de Aztlán--1970-1980.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1970-1980.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Dancers.; Girls.; Teenagers.; Ballet Chicano de Aztlán--Pictorial works.;...
- [1970]
- Ballet Chicano de Aztlán
- Teenage boys and girls, members of the Ballet Chicano de Aztlán, a Chicano dance troop and part of the Crusade for Justice, dance in Mexican costumes on a stage, in front of a painted drop in Denver, Colorado. The boys stand behind the girls,...
- Ballet Chicano de Aztlán--1970-1980.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1970-1980.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Dancers.; Girls.; Teenagers.; Ballet Chicano de Aztlán--Pictorial works.;...
- [1970]
- Ballet Chicano de Aztlán
- Teenage girls, members of the Ballet Chicano de Aztlán, a Chicano dance troop and part of the Crusade for Justice, dance in Mexican costumes on a stage, in front of a painted drop in Denver, Colorado. The girls are in two rows, the front row...
- Ballet Chicano de Aztlán--1970-1980.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1970-1980.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Dancers.; Girls.; Rifles.; Teenagers.; Ballet Chicano de Aztlán--Pictorial works.;...
- [1970]
- 16th & Stout Streets, Denver
- View of the intersection of 16th and Stout Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado. Women with puffed shirt sleeves and skirts and men in suits and hats are in the street near horse-drawn wagons, a bicycle, and trolley tracks. Multi-story commercial...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1896 and 1897?]
- Twin Lakes summer home
- People pose on the porch of the Dexter Cabin at the Interlaken Resort in Twin Lakes (Lake County), Colorado. Identified people include: "J.V. Dexter's wife, twin daughters, and James Dexter." The log house has a mansard, shingled roof with dormer...
- Dexter, James V.--Homes & haunts.; Twin Lakes (Lake County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Families--Colorado--Twin Lakes--1880-1900.; Log houses--Colorado--Twin Lakes--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Broadmoor Hotel near the terrace
- Men and women walk on a sidewalk beside Cheyenne Lake at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. Women wear skirts, sweaters, and sun hats. Men wear suits. A women walks beside a child. Another woman sits in a lawn chair...
- Broadmoor (Hotel : Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Cheyenne Lake (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1920-1930.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Colorado...
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- San Acacio, Co.
- Men and women stand near a rusticated stone, two-story commercial building in San Acacio (Costilla County), Colorado. The men wear suits, and the women wear long skirts with fitted jackets. Dogs and a horse-drawn wagon are near a crowd of people.
- San Acacio (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--San Acacio--1910-1920.
- 1910 April 14
- People on horses
- A woman and girls in skirts and blouses pose on horseback in a meadow possibly near Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado. The girls ride double on a horse. A man stands and poses between the horses.
- Garfield County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Girls--Colorado--Garfield County--1900-1910.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Garfield County--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--Garfield County--1900-1910.
- [1905?]
- Family, Rifle area
- A group of people sit or stand for an outdoor group portrait near Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado. The men wear suits and ties or suspenders and hats. The women wear blouses with puffed sleeves, banded collars with broaches or scarves and skirts....
- Garfield County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Families--Colorado--Garfield County--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- 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?]
- Portrait of women
- Women, possibly a mother and daughter, pose for a studio portrait. The women have short, upswept hairstyles, narrow waisted skirts and puffy blouses. One woman wears a sailor blouse and scarf.
- Women--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Greeley, Colo., Trinity Church
- People stand and pose outside the brick Trinity Episcopal Church in Greeley (Weld County), Colorado. The church has a steep pitched roof, roman arches above windows, brick corbelling, a round stained glass window and a separate wooden bell tower. A...
- Greeley (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Episcopal churches--Colorado--Greeley--1870-1890.; People--Colorado--Greeley--1870-1890.; Priests--Colorado--Greeley--1870-1890.
- [between 1875 and 1881?]
- Baptist S.S., Lake City, Colo.
- Sunday school students and probably parents and teachers pose outside the Lake City Baptist Church in Lake City (Hinsdale County), Colorado. Women and girls wear ruffled dresses or skirts and decorative hats. Men and boys wear knickers and jackets...
- Lake City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Baptist churches--Colorado--Lake City--1890-1900.; Sunday schools--Colorado--Lake City--1890-1900.
- 1898 November
- Exchange equipment, operating room
- A row of operators work at a switch board at the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company exchange building in Fort Collins (Larimer County), Colorado. Plugs and cords are stretched over the work surface. The women sit on tall chairs and...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--People--1910-1920.; Fort Collins (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Fort Collins--1910-1920.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Fort Collins--1910-1920.; Telephone operators--Colorado--Fort...
- 1914
- 1421 Champa, roof garden
- Women sit on benches and swings at the roof garden on the top floor of the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company building in Denver, Colorado. The women wear skirts and shirt waists. The swings are covered with awnings and potted trees...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--People--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Employees--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Roof gardens--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- 1913
- Portrait of two women
- Studio portrait of two women who wear skirts and shirt waists with puffy sleeves. They sit casually on an upholstered chair and a stool. An ornate bow is tied around one of the woman's neck.
- Sitting--1890-1910.; Women--1890-1910.
- [between 1891 and 1901?]
- Portrait of women and children
- Studio portrait of women seated beside young children. The mothers have short curled bangs, and hair pulled back and wear basques, neck scarves and full skirts. A woman with a pleated dress and overskirt is beside a girl in a pleated blouse and...
- Boys--1890-1910.; Girls--1890-1910.; Mothers & children--1890-1910.
- between 1891 and 1901
- Portrait of women
- Two studio portraits (one inverted) of two women in dresses with shiny, solid and checkered fabrics, loose fitting or front fastening bodices, fitted waists and full skirts. A dress has puffed shoulders and fitted sleeves.
- Women--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Group portrait
- Studio group portrait of women and children. The women and girls wear blouses with high collars in silk, lace, and polka dot fabrics and flared skirts. The women wear their hair pulled back in twists or buns tied with single ribbons. The girls wear...
- Boys--1890-1910.; Children--1890-1910.; Girls--1890-1910.; Women--1890-1910.
- [between 1895 and 1905?]
- Portraits of women
- Studio portraits (one inverted) of two women with upswept, loose hairstyles in wool fitted skirts with fabric belts. One woman wears a blouse with a bertha collar and ruffled sleeves. The other woman wears a plaid blouse with a high collar,...
- Women--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Portraits of women
- Two studio portraits (one inverted) of women seated in front of a painted backdrop. The women have upswept hairstyles and wear blouses with loose bodices, pleats or ruffles, high necks, cummerbunds and full skirts.
- Women--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Portrait of young women
- Two women stand and pose for a studio portrait. The women have bangs and wear corseted dresses with long skirts. One dress has passementerie details on the basque and puffed sleeves. The plaid dress has a silk scarf tied at the neck, a rounded...
- Women--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Group portrait
- Studio portrait of a man, women and children. A man wears a wide brimmed hat, a suit and tie, and poses with arms around two women in corseted dresses with fitted sleeves and full skirts with bustles or box pleated flounces. The boys sit on the...
- Boys--1890-1910.; Families--1890-1910.; Girls--1890-1910.; Men--1890-1910.; Women--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Telluride Colorado
- North American Indian (Navajo) men and women pose on horseback on a dirt street near wood frame and brick commercial buildings in the business district of Telluride (San Miguel County), Colorado. The women wear their hair in buns and have on...
- Indians of North America.; Navajo Indians.; (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- 2 women & 1 child
- Portrait of two unidentified women seated in front of lace curtains, one holds a boy on her lap, the other holds a rolled up magazine, probably in Denver, Colorado. The women wear long skirts and blouses with large sleeves and lace.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [1895?]
- Women
- Studio portrait of a group of women. They wear blouses trimmed with lace and pleated skirts.
- Women--1890-1900.
- [1890]
- Portrait of two women
- Studio portrait of two women, one is possibly J. Morris. Both women wear skirts and cotton shirtwaists. One woman has her blouse gathered at the waist with a thick black belt. The other woman wears a short bolero jacket.
- Women--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- John Brown's sons at home
- A group of visitors gathers around an old man on a hill identified as Brown's Peak near Altadena (Los Angeles County), California. The women wear bonnets and their skirts have bustles. The wood frame house is propped up with poles and belongs to...
- Brown, Jason, California resident--Homes & haunts.; Brown, Owen--Homes & haunts.; Los Angeles County (Calif.)--1870-1900.; Guests--California--Los Angeles County--1870-1900.; Houses--California--Los Angeles County--1870-1900.; Men--California--Los...
- [between 1870 and 1889?]
- Madison Street cable incline
- Men and women stand on Madison St. as passengers aboard a cable car descend a hill in Seattle (King County), Washington. The women wear long, dark colored skirts, shirtwaist blouses, and hats. The men wear suits, vests and hats. Signs along the...
- Seattle (Wash.)--1900-1910.; Cable railroads--Washington (State)--Seattle--1900-1910.; Commercial streets--Washington (State)--Seattle--1900-1910.; Pedestrians--Washington (State)--Seattle--1900-1910.
- 1902
- Women of Acoma Pueblo, N.M.
- Two barefoot Native American (Acoma) women sit on a rock at Acoma Pueblo (Cibola County), New Mexico and pose for the camera. They wear cotton skirts and blouses and leggings. They hide their faces with shawls.
- Acoma Indians--Women--New Mexico--Acoma--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Women--New Mexico--Acoma--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Women--New Mexico--Acoma--1900-1910.; Acoma (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Women--New Mexico--Acoma--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Pueblo Laguna, old cart
- Native American (Pueblo, Laguna) children pose on an ox cart at Laguna Pueblo (Cibola County), New Mexico. Girls wear skirts and fringed shawls or blankets. Boys wear pants, open front shirts, moccasins or boots. Adobe buildings, stone walls and...
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Laguna--1880-1900.; Laguna Indians--New Mexico--Laguna--1880-1900.; Laguna (N.M.)--1880-1900.; Carts & wagons--New Mexico--Laguna--1880-1900.; Children--New Mexico--Laguna--1880-1900.; Pueblos--New...
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- On Marshall Pass above Mears
- Men and women pose on a passenger car of a Denver and Rio Grande Railway train on Marshall Pass (Saguache County), Colorado. The locomotive reads "D.& R.G.R.W., 273." The women wear hats, jackets, skirts or dresses. The town of Mears (Chaffee...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company--1880-1890.; Marshall Pass (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Saguache County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Passengers (Colo.)--Colorado--Saguache County County--1880-1890.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--Saguache County...
- [between 1881 and 1886]
- Chief Sevara [sic] and family
- Studio portrait of Chief Severo and Native American (Ute) men, women and children identified as Severo family members. Chief Severo stands and wears probably a military or law enforcement uniform, a hat, jacket, vest and neckerchief. Men beside...
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--1890-1900.; Cradleboards--1890-1900.; Families--1890-1900.; Tribal chiefs--1890-1900.; Severo, Chief.
- 1899
- Pueblo Laguna, old cart
- Native American (Pueblo, Laguna) children pose on an ox cart at Laguna Pueblo (Cibola County), New Mexico. The girls wear skirts and fringed shawls or blankets. The boys wear pants, open front shirts, moccasins or boots. Adobe buildings, stone...
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Laguna--1880-1900.; Laguna Indians--New Mexico--Laguna--1880-1900.; Laguna (N.M.)--1880-1900.; Carts & wagons--New Mexico--Laguna--1880-1900.; Children--New Mexico--Laguna--1880-1900.; Pueblos--New...
- [Between 1882 and 1900?]
- Julesburg, Colorado
- Elementary school students wearing costumes stand in a line in a classroom in Julesburg, Colorado in Sedgwick County. The boys wear breeches and waistcoats and two girls wear eighteenth-century period costumes with long skirts, long-sleeved...
- Julesburg (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Students--Colorado--Julesburg--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1925]
- Cripple Creek, biography
- Group view of nine females, Cripple Creek, Colorado; women posed standing with arms around each other's shoulders or waists; partial view of wooden frame residence in the background; women identified on back of photoprint as: June Kennedy, Donna...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Crane, Mary.; Herron, Amelia.; Joyce, Gertrude.; Kennedy, June.; McDonald, Donna.; McDonald, Fay.; Welty, Ruth.
- 1910
- Sioux Chief Long Wolf and family Buffalo Bill's Wild West
- Sioux Chief Long Wolf poses with his family, his wife and three children for a studio portrait for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. An adobe-style facade is painted on the backdrop behind them. Long wolf wears a shirt, leggings, moccasins, an...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Families--1880-1890.; Indian children--1880-1890.; Wild west shows--1880-1890.; Long Wolf.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Mildred & Mary at Masonville
- In Masonville, Clear Creek County, Colorado, two young women wade in a stream. They lift their skirts, eat apples, and laugh; one wears an oversized, soft, billed cap.
- Masonville (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--Masonville--1910-1920.
- 1918
- Mildred & Mary at Masonville
- In Masonville, Clear Creek County, Colorado, two young women wade in a stream. They lift their skirts and laugh.
- Masonville (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--Masonville--1910-1920.
- 1918
- Mildred & Mary at Masonville
- In Masonville, Clear Creek County, Colorado, two young women wade in a stream. They lift their skirts; one wears an oversized, soft, billed cap. This double exposure has a third, ghostlike wader in it.
- Masonville (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--Masonville--1910-1920.
- 1918
- Mildred & Mary at Masonville
- In Masonville, Clear Creek County, Colorado, two young women wade in a stream. They lift their skirts and eat apples; one wears an oversized, soft, billed cap.
- Masonville (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--Masonville--1910-1920.
- 1918
- Photographed at Ironton, Colorado
- In Ironton, Ouray County, Colorado, people and a dog pose by a log business with signs: "B. Ware and I. Steele. Plain Sewing;" and "Pawn Brokers Co." The men are in suits with gold chains; the women wear flounced skirts with draped overdresses,...
- Ironton (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Dogs--Colorado--Ironton--1880-1890.; Girls--Colorado--Ironton--1880-1890.; Log buildings--Colorado--Ironton--1880-1890.; Pawnshops--Colorado--Ironton--1880-1890.; Women--Colorado--Ironton--1880-1890.
- September 8, 1886