Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Cup & pin game
- Shows a cup and pin game of the Native American Sioux . The game has a metal pin, small bone cups, rawhide, a loop and pink, red, white and blue beadwork.
- Dakota Indians--Arts & crafts--1860-1880.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1860-1880.; Games--1860-1880.
- [between 1860 and 1880]
- Elderly Hispanic man near coyote fence
- An elderly Hispanic American man, probably Mr. Atencio, walks on a dirt road near a coyote fence (stick fence) near Chama (Costilla County), Colorado. He wears a shirt, ragged pants and a hat.
- Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Chama (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Older people--Colorado--Chama--Pictorial works.; Wooden...
- [1950]
- Mrs. J. J. Brown
- Studio portrait of Margaret "Molly" Tobin Brown in Denver, Colorado. She wears a velvet coat with fox trim, a velvet hat, and holds a swagger stick.
- Clothing & dress--1920-1930.; Women--1920-1930.; Brown, Margaret Tobin 1867-1932.
- [1927]
- Painted buffalo hide
- Native American (Hidatsa) painted bison hide shows: rows of thin parallel lines capped with circles or u-shapes and separated by rows of bold lines; some rows with stick figures; stick figures and clusters of lines border the central design....
- Wied, Maximilian, Prinz von, 1782-1867--Associated objects.; Museum für Völkerkunde (Berlin, Germany)--Exhibitions & displays--1900-1910.; Hidatsa Indians--Arts & crafts--1840-1850.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1840-1850.; Leather...
- [1900?]
- Comanche peyoist
- Studio portrait of a Native American (Comanche) man, a leader in the peyote cult. He holds a beaded leader stick and a rattle. He wears a fringed shirt, fur pelts over his braids, a scarf with a metal clasp around his neck, and a feather headdress.
- Comanche Indians--1880-1910.; Indians of North America--1880-1910.; Peyotism--1880-1910.; Headdresses--1880-1910.; Clothing & dress--1880-1910.; People associated with religion--1880-1910.; Staffs (Sticks)--1880-1910.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- "Smitty" Eleanor Smith, "Hawky" Eleanor Hawkins, "Woody" Mary E. Wood
- Three African American camp counselors identified as: "Smitty" (Eleanor Smith), "Woody" (Mary E. Wood) and "Hawky" (Eleanor Hawkins) stand in South Boulder Creek wearing swim suits and swim caps on the grounds of Camp Nizhoni in Lincoln Hills...
- Camp Nizhoni (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Young Women's Christian Association (Denver, Colo.). Phyllis Wheatley Branch--People--1930-1940.; African Americans--Colorado--Lincoln Hills--1930-1940.; Camp counselors--Colorado--Lincoln Hills--1930-1940.;...
- 1932
- Sioux Commission - Gen. Crook, Gov. Foster, Sen. Warner, all sitting, full length
- Full length portrait of the Sioux Commission of 1889, all seated, wooden railing of front porch in background; left to right: General George Crook holding carved walking stick or cane, Charles Foster of Ohio holding walking stick or cane, and...
- Crook, George, 1829-1890.; Foster, Charles, 1828-1904.; Warner, William, 1840-1916.; United States. Sioux Commission (1889)
- 1889
- Throwing Stick, Dakota, seated, holding stick in hand, full length
- Full length studio portrait of Throwing Stick, Dakota, wearing beads and earrings, reclining against wooden table, in front of painted backdrop.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Throwing Stick.
- [188-?]
- Pottery burner, Laguna, N.M. on the Santa Fe Ry.
- Distant view of smoking kiln taken from Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway railroad line near Laguna, New Mexico; Laguna Pueblo woman stands next to kiln and rock wall, unhitched wagon, adobe/rock building, and four post structure with stick...
- Laguna (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Kilns--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Pottery--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Pueblos--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Women--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- The Scriptbook
- Booklet created by The Script Club of East High School in Denver, Colorado. Members of The Script Club, the writing club of East High, submitted their own works for create this booklet. Included are poems, essays, sketches and stories written by...
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High school students' writings--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1932 May
- Throwing Stick
- Studio portrait, head and shoulders, of Throwing Stick, Dakota, wearing beads and earrings, in front of painted backdrop.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Throwing Stick.
- [188-?]
- Throwing Stick
- Studio portrait, head and shoulders, of Throwing Stick, Dakota, wearing beads and earrings.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Throwing Stick.
- [188-?]
- Throwing Stick
- Full length studio portrait of Throwing Stick, Dakota, wearing beads and earrings, standing behind wooden fence, in front of painted backdrop.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Throwing Stick.
- [188-?]
- The Aeronaut, His Book of Golden Days: The Yearbook of the Students of South High School 1928
- South Denver High School yearbook for 1928.
- South High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1928
- Young man with stick by the river
- Outdoor portrait of a man near the edge of the South Platte River in Denver, Colorado. He holds a stick and wears a suit, tie, and cap. The Alameda Avenue bridge is in the distance.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1910-1920.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Rivers--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Pounding acorns, shaman, using split stick rattle
- Shows a Wintuk Native American shaman wearing a kilt, shirt, feather headdress and collar holding a split rattle stick.
- Indians of North America--1930-1940.; Wintun Indians--1930-1940.; Shamans--1930-1940.; Pounding Acorns.
- [1935?]
- East Denver High School Annual: 1910
- 1910 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1910
- East Denver High School Annual: 1912
- 1912 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1912
- Cary (Carey) children play "stick up"
- Two small children, play stick up on the front porch of a house.
- crica 1940
- Pennsylvania Mining Accidents 1869 - 1916
- History of mines and mining in Pennsylvania, and an alphabetical index by miner’s name for fatal and non-fatal mine accidents in Pennsylvania for the years 1869, 1871, 1872, 1874 (partial), 1875, 1877, 1879, 1880, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1887, 1888,...
- Mine accidents--Pennsylvania--Indexes.
- 2007
- Grand Lake Yacht Club
- View of the Grand Lake Yacht Club located at 1128 Lake Avenue, Grand Lake, Colo. The two-and-one-half story simple Victorian Stick Style weathered wooden structure has clapboards on the first story and vertical slab log siding on the second. An...
- Grand Lake Yacht Club (Grand Lake, Colo.)--2010-2020.; Yacht clubs--Colorado--Grand Lake--2010-2020.; Grand Lake (Colo.)--2010-2020.; Grand Lake Yacht Club (Grand Lake, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Yacht clubs--Colorado--Grand Lake--Pictorial works.;...
- 2005
- Elkhorn Lodge Church, Estes Park, Colo.
- View of the Elkhorn Lodge Church located at 530 West Elkhorn Avenue, Estes Park, Colo. The late 19th century structure has simple stick style architectural elements. Part of the Elkhorn Lodge and Guest Ranch complex, the building is a guest house...
- Elkhorn Lodge and Guest Ranch (Estes Park, Colo.)--2010-2020.; Mountain churches--Colorado--Estes Park--2010-2020.; Estes Park (Colo.)--2010-2020.; Elkhorn Lodge and Guest Ranch (Estes Park, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Mountain...
- 2011
- Casimiro Barela Colorado's Hispanic "perpetual senator" from Colorado.
- Studio portrait of Casimiro Barela, Colorado state senator for over 37 years. He poses in a suit with a morning coat and wears a top hat, a tie and stick pin and holds a walking cane with a decorated metal top. He has gray hair and a full, trimmed...
- Hispanic Americans--1910-1920.; Mexican Americans--1910-1920.; Legislators--Colorado.; Mustaches.; Barela, Casimiro--Pictorial works.; Hispanic American legislators--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.;...
- ca. 1910
- José Vivián Abeyta
- Studio portrait of Hispanic American José Vivián Abeyta, a barber, he represented Las Animas County in the Colorado General Assembly House of Representatives. He wears a jacket, upright collar and necktie with a stick pin. He has a full...
- Hispanic Americans--1880-1890.; Mexican Americans--1880-1890.; Barbers.; Legislators--Colorado.; Mustaches.; Abeyta, José Vivián--Pictorial works.; Barbers--Colorado--Las Animas County--Pictorial works.; Hispanic American...
- [beween 1883 and 1885?]
- Bonanza
- Men and women pose on a dirt street in Bonanza (Saguache County), Colorado. Frame buildings have false fronts and signs that read: "F.F. Roby Assayer" and "Second Hand Goods." Miners hold pick axes, shovels, sledge hammers and pose near a pile of...
- Bonanza (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Assayers--Colorado--Bonanza--1880-1890.; False fronts--Colorado--Bonanza--1880-1890.; Miners--Colorado--Bonanza--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Bonanza--1880-1890.; People--Colorado--Bonanza--1880-1890.
- [between 1882 and 1890?]
- Old Las Animas, Colo.
- View of the main street in the town of Las Animas (Bent County), Colorado. Shows wood frame buildings including the "People's Hotel" and the "Merchant's Hotel." Horses and covered wagons are on the dirt road. A sign on one of the shops reads...
- Las Animas (Colo.)--1870-1880.; City & town life--Colorado--Las Animas--1870-1880.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Las Animas--1870-1880.; Covered wagons--Colorado--Las Animas--1870-1880.
- 1874
- North Main Street, North from 4th St., Pueblo, Colo.
- View of North Main Street in Pueblo, (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows a commercial street lined with multi-story brick and stone buildings (including the Pueblo Opera House) and two rows of street railway tracks in center of street. Shows...
- Grand Vodevil (Pueblo, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1910-1920.; City & town life--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1920.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1920.; Theaters--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920]
- Trinidad residents
- Women wear fitted dresses, aprons, and boots and pose in front of a stick fence and a one-story adobe house in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. A woman wears a scarf around her head and holds a baby who wears a ruffled cap and a dress. A boy...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Adobe houses--Colorado--Trinidad--1890-1910.; Boys--Colorado--Trinidad--1890-1910.; Infants--Colorado--Trinidad--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--Trinidad--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Main St. looking East
- Boys wear knickers, jackets, ties and caps, and stand near a dog on Main Street in Canon City (Fremont County), Colorado. A boy holds a hoop and a stick. Brick and stone commercial buildings have flat roofs or decorative pediments with overhanging...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Boys--Colorado--Canon City--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Canon City--1890-1900.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Canon City--1890-1900.
- 1896 April 3
- Children playing with toys
- Children sit and play with toys on a table probably in Garfield County, Colorado. A girl holds a doll. A boy holds a wooden stick from a Tinkertoy set. Shows a metal roller-skate, a gyroscope, pictures of Santa Claus on the table, and a Tinkertoy...
- Garfield County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Children playing with toys--Colorado--Garfield County--1910-1920.
- [between 1913 and 1920?]
- Dome Rock, 11 Mile Canon, Col. Midland R.R.
- A man holds a stick and stands on a rock in the South Platte River in Elevenmile Canyon (Park County), Colorado. Colorado Midland Railway locomotive number "17" is on tracks near the river. Shows a rock formation and utility poles nearby.
- Colorado Midland Railway Company--1880-1900.; Elevenmile Canyon (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Park County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Railroads--Colorado--Park County--1880-1900.; Rock formations--Colorado--Park County--1880-1900.
- [between 1887 and 1900?]
- Wolf Tongue
- A team of workers set charges at the Wolf Tongue tungsten mine in Nederland (Boulder County), Colorado. One man places explosives in bored holes and the other holds a tamping stick. Both men wear work overalls, jackets, hard hats, and carbide lamps.
- Nederland (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Wolf Tongue Mine (Boulder County, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Explosives--Colorado--Nederland--1930-1940.; Miners--Colorado--Nederland--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Nederland--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- W. Morgan, exchange equipment, terminal room
- View of the terminal room in the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph exchange building in Morgan (Conejos County), Colorado. A candle stick telephone sits on a desk near other switchboard equipment. Wires, circuits, and control panels line the...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Equipment & supplies--1910-1920.; Morgan (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Morgan--1910-1920.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Morgan--1910-1920.; Telephone...
- 1914
- Publicity, old window display, Kohler-McLister Paint Co.
- Cans of paint and candle stick telephones are arranged in a display at the Kohler McLister Paint Company at 1623 Arapahoe Street in Denver, Colorado. Paint cans are stacked in columns and pyramids. Signs in the window read: "Main 4747," "This Store...
- Kohler-McLister Paint Co.--Public relations--1910-1920.; Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Products--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Paint industry--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Paints &...
- 1916
- Kramer mill
- A man wears work clothes and a hat and poses beside a rotary filter in an interior view of the Kramer Mines Inc. mill in Salida (Chaffee County), Colorado. The man holds a stick, probably to demonstrate the thickness of the fluorspar concentrate on...
- Fluorspar industry--Colorado--Salida--1940-1950.; Salida (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Salida--1940-1950.; Mills--Colorado--Salida--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Salida--1940-1950.; Ore industry--Colorado--Salida--1940-1950.
- [between 1942 and 1950?]
- Wolf Tongue Mine, Nederland
- A miner stands next to a box of explosives in a tunnel at the Wolf Tongue Mine, a tungsten mine, in Nederland (Boulder County), Colorado. The man wears a hard hat with a head lamp, holds a stick of dynamite and stands beside a wooden box that...
- Nederland (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Wolf Tongue Mine (Boulder County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Explosives--Colorado--Nederland--1940-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Nederland--1940-1950.; Miners--Colorado--Nederland--1940-1950.;...
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Station equipment, booth, #2 type
- View of three telephone booths inside a building in Denver, Colorado. Both are lined with tin with molded designs. Candle stick telephones sit on small wooden shelves. Numbers are mounted above the entrance of each booth.
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Equipment & supplies--1900-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Telephone booths--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- 1915
- Portrait of a man
- Studio portrait of a man who wears a suit jacket, buttoned vest, and striped shirt. His striped necktie is held in place by a horseshoe shaped pin. His short hair is parted on the side and styled in a slight wave. His ears stick out.
- Men--1890-1900.
- 1891
- Ute Chief's (Buckskin Charley) [sic] Squaw
- A portrait of a Native American (Ute) woman, identified as Buckskin Charlie's wife, probably in Colorado. The woman stands in front of a tepee and wears a full length, animal hide dress with hemline fringes, a decorative belt, a hair pipe choker,...
- Smith-Hassell Co.; Indians of North America--Colorado--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Colorado--1890-1900.; Clothing & dress--Colorado--1890-1900.; Tipis--Colorado--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--1890-1900.; Buckskin Charlie, Ute Chief--Family.
- 1899
- Portrait of a man
- Studio bust portrait of a man with a side parted hairstyle and a moustache in a coat and a wide tie with a stick pin.
- Men--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Portrait of a man
- Studio bust portrait of a man with a wide, striped tie, a vest and coat, a watch chain with a diamond shaped fob, a stick pin, and a handkerchief.
- Men--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Portrait of a man
- Studio bust portrait of a man with upswept bangs in a plaid coat and vest, a shirt with a high collar and a wide tie with a stick pin.
- Men--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Portrait of a man
- Studio bust portrait of a young man with a side-parted hairstyle in a wool sack coat and a silk tie with a horse head stick pin.
- Men--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Hotel del Monte, Monterey
- A view of the Hotel Del Monte in Monterey, California. Shows an Eastlake style building with gabled roofs, towers, stick decoration, and arched windows and porch decorations. The landscaped grounds, designed by Rudolph Ulrich, have small palm trees...
- Hotel Del Monte (Monterey, Calif.)--1890-1900.; Monterey (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Gardens--California--Monterey--1890-1900.; Hotels--California--Monterey--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Portrait of a man
- Studio bust portrait of a man with a handlebar moustache and hair parted on the side, he wears probably a sack suit with a plaid tie, a stick pin, and a watch chain.
- Men--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Portrait of a man
- Studio portrait of a man with a handlebar moustache, he wears a sack suit, a tie with a stick pin, and a handkerchief. The man leans on a wooden fence prop.
- Men--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Portrait of a man
- Studio bust portrait of a man with short hair and a handlebar moustache. He wears a coat with probably grosgrain binding on the seams, a tie with a stick pin, and a starched collar.
- Men--1890-1910.; Mustaches--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Two men and three women in the mountains
- Outdoor portrait of men and women in the mountains of Colorado. One man wears a wide-brimmed hat and holds a walking stick.
- Men--Colorado--1900-1920.; Women--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Woman near the river
- Outdoor portrait of a woman near a concrete drainage spillway by the South Platte River in Denver, Colorado. She holds a stick and wears a jacket with collar.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1900-1920.; Rivers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Two women seated in a tree
- Outdoor portrait of two women near a tree in Denver, Colorado. One woman holds a stick and the other holds an arrangement of greenery.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]