Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Ute Indians
- An unidentified, Native American man poses in ceremonial dress for a full-length, studio portrait. He wears a feather headdress tied under his chin and a woven blanket draped over his shoulders and reaching the floor. A thin stick resembling an...
- Indians of North America--Portraits--1910-1940.; Ute Indians--1910-1940.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1910-1940.
- [between 1915 and 1937?]
- 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]
- Portrait of a woman
- A woman with curly hair poses on a bench and wears a dress with gathered shoulders, v-neck, sleeves and waist. The woman wears beaded shoes with straps and a flared skirt with a shortened hemline.
- Women--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Portrait of a woman
- A woman with curly hair poses on a bench and wears a dress with gathered shoulders, a v-neck, and gathered sleeves and waist. The woman wears shoes with straps and a flared skirt with a shortened hemline.
- Women--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Portrait of a woman in a chair
- A woman sits in a chair and poses for a studio portrait. The woman's dress has a gathered v-neck, sleeves and cuffs and a narrow waist. She wears a tiara and shoes with narrow straps.
- Women--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Portrait of a child
- Studio portrait of a child who wears a light colored gown with bows for straps. Her hair is curled on top of her head.
- Girls--1890-1900.; Hairstyles--1890-1900.
- 1891
- Portrait of a child
- Studio portrait of a girl who wears a light colored gown with bows for straps. Her short bangs are curled on top of her head.
- Girls--1890-1900.; Hairstyles--1890-1900.
- 1891
- Portrait of a woman
- Full length studio portrait of a woman who wears a light colored dress that has layered ruffles around the shoulder sleeves and cuffs. Striped straps hang on the woman's shoulders. The hemline is pleated and has horizontal trim. The woman holds...
- Clothing & dress--1890-1910.; Women--1890-1910.
- [between 1891 and 1901?]
- Portrait of a child
- Studio portrait of a young girl in a lace dress with a scalloped hem and bows on shoulder straps, a necklace and a bracelet. She poses on a bale of hay and sits by prop rocks and a painted backdrop. She holds an apple.
- Girls--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Portrait of a girl
- Studio portrait of a young girl in a dress with ribbon straps tied at the shoulders, a fitted bodice and a ruffled skirt with a lace hem. Shows a lace fabric backdrop.
- Children--1890-1910.; Girls--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Six schoolgirls posed by a barbed wire fence
- Outdoor portrait of a group of girls near Archer Canal in Denver, Colorado. They hold books held together by book straps. A nearby sign reads: "No Trespassing In The Pasture Keep Out".
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Six schoolgirls posed by the river
- Outdoor portrait of a group of girls near Archer Canal in Denver, Colorado. They hold books kept together by book straps. A bridge on Alameda Avenue is in the distance.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Canals--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1904 and 1909]
- Skirt
- Front view of a buckskin women's skirt made by the Native American Mescalero Apache. The skirt features decorative beadwork, fringe, straps and a tin jingler.
- Buckskin--1880-1920.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1920.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1920.; Mescalero Indians--Arts & crafts--1880-1920.; Mescalero Indians--Clothing & dress--1880-1920.; Skirts--1880-1920.
- [between 1880 and 1920]
- Skirt
- Back view of a buckskin women's skirt made by the Native American Mescalero Apache. The skirt features decorative beadwork, fringe, straps and a tin jingler.
- Buckskin--1880-1920.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1920.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1920.; Mescalero Indians--Arts & crafts--1880-1920.; Mescalero Indians--Clothing & dress--1880-1920.; Skirts--1880-1920.
- [between 1880 and 1920]
- Moccasins
- Shows a pair of Native American (Sioux) cloth moccasins possibly worn by a man. They feature rawhide soles, green and white beadwork and straps.
- Dakota Indians--Arts & crafts--1880-1910.; Dakota Indians--Clothing & dress--1880-1910.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1910.; Moccasins--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910]
- Shirt
- Shows a Native American (Mescalero Apache) buckskin woman's shirt, it features decorative beadwork, fringe and straps.
- Blouses--1880-1920.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1920.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1920.; Mescalero Indians--Arts & crafts--1880-1920.; Mescalero Indians--Clothing & dress--1880-1920.; Shirts--1880-1920.
- [between 1880 and 1920]
- Pouch
- Front view of a pouch made by the Native American Jicarilla Apache. The pouch features decorative multi-colored beadwork, tin jinglers attached at the straps on the bottom of the pouch, shell and a flap.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1900-1910.; Jicarilla Indians--Arts & crafts--1900-1910.; Pouches--1900-1910.
- [1900]
- Pouch
- Back view of a pouch made by the North American Jicarilla Apache. The pouch features decorative multi-colored beadwork, tin jinglers attached at the straps on the bottom of the pouch, shell and a flap.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1900-1910.; Jicarilla Indians--Arts & crafts--1900-1910.; Pouches--1900-1910.
- [1900]
- Ornament
- Shows a circular ornament, a circlet, made or purchased in Rosebud, South Dakota by Native American Sioux. The ornament has blue, red and yellow beadwork, buckskin and rawhide straps, a tin jingler and dyed red horsehair.
- Dakota Indians--Arts & crafts--1880-1910.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1910.; Ornament--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910]
- Boy's vest
- A Native American (Sioux) boy's vest with faceted red, blue, gold and white beadwork attached with lazy stitching. Fringe is on the bottom edge of the vest and straps tie the front together. The beadwork is in designs of triangles and images of an...
- Dakota Indians--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Vests--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1889]
- So. Utes women & children
- A group of Native American (Southern Ute) women and children are seated together next to tents, probably at a fair in New Mexico. Beside them are several woven water baskets with straps.
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Navajo baskets--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--1900-1910.; Children--1900-1910.; Women--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Patterson's Harness Shop, Longmont, Colo.
- Interior view of the James Patterson Harness Shop, Longmont, Colorado, shows "Jimmy" on the left and another man, both wearing overhalls at the rear to the shop filled with leather harnesses and assorted tack, bridles, horse collars, hames, whips...
- Patterson, James E.--Homes & haunts.; Longmont (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Interiors.; Leather industry--Colorado--Longmont--1890-1910.; Saddlery--Colorado--Longmont--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Private Paul Estes attaching crampons, Camp Two, Mount Rainier, Washington
- Private Paul Estes of the 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment (re- enforced) attaches crampons to his boots at Camp Two during the Mount Rainier Test Expedition. Estes is wearing a cap, goggles, khaki anorak, pants, and boots. The crampons are metal...
- Rainier, Mount (Wash.)--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Washington (State)--Mount Rainier--1940-1950.; Estes, Paul.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [May 1942]
- Female posed
- A teenaged girl poses in a short dress or swimming suit with fringe, shoulder straps, and shoes with calf laces and low heels.
- Clothing & dress--1920-1930.; Women--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Group in costume
- Men and women pose in swimming suits, with stripes, beads, fur, hats, a wreath, and shoulder straps.
- Bathing suits--1920-1930.; Costumes--1920-1930.; Women--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Confederate reunion
- View of two couples seated at the convention, Trinidad, Colorado. The men are in uniforms with brass buttons and elaborate sleeve stitching. One woman wears a full length satin gown with puffed shoulders and short sleeves, and has lettered ribbons...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Military uniforms--Confederate.; Burrough, Margaret.; Howell, Julius Franklin.
- August, 1939
- Fort Logan World War I
- Soldiers board the Denver and Rio Grande passanger train cars ready to depart from Fort Logan, Colorado, a World War I assembly point for soldiers. Some wear uniforms, others are in civilian clothing. Many carry military issue canvas bags with...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1910-1920.; Transportation, Military--Colorado--Fort Logan--1910-1920.; World War, 1914-1918--Military life--Colorado--Fort Logan.; Soldiers--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; United States. Army....
- [1917 or 1918]
- U. S. Marshalls- roadblock Armored personnel carriers moved in
- U. S. Marshals stand on a road during the 1973 AIM occupation of Wounded Knee, South Dakota. The men hold rifles on their shoulders with shoulder straps. They wear combat boots, jumpsuits, and baseball caps with badges. Road signs read: "Big Foot...
- United States. Marshals Service--South Dakota--Wounded Knee--1970-1980.; American Indian Movement--1970-1980.; Dakota Indians--South Dakota--Wounded Knee--1970-1980.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--Wounded Knee--1970-1980.; Roadblocks...
- 1970 March 3
- Picking peaches on the Red Cross Ranch, Clifton, Colo. Midland Ry.
- View of six men picking peaches, Red Cross Ranch, Clifton, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; ladders, empty wooden crates & others filled with peaches, each man with canvas bags with straps around shoulders or necks, background view of...
- Clifton (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Grand Valley (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Harvesting--Colorado--Clifton--1910-1920.; Peaches--Colorado--Clifton--1910-1920.; Ranches--Colorado--Clifton--1910-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1910 and 1918]
- Healy House, Leadville, 1940
- In this interior view of a room in the Healy House Museum, on the northwest corner of Harrison Avenue and East Tenth Street in Leadville, Colorado, is a close view of a dilapidated wooden rocker with an upholstered back, and a trunk with leather...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1950.; Interiors.; Healy House State Museum.
- 1940
- Community church, Edgewater, Colorado, ladies aid
- Women of the ladies' aid group at the community church in Edgewater, Jefferson County, Colorado, pose on the steps of a stuccoed building and stand nearby. The women wear patterned and solid-color dropped-waist dresses, straw hats, beads, shoes...
- Edgewater (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Children--Colorado--Edgewater--1920-1940.; Women--Colorado--Edgewater--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Jensen's house, [Cast]le Rock, Colo.
- A family poses outside a one-story frame farm house with a hipped roof and flared eaves in Castle Rock (Douglas County), Colorado. A man in overalls sits and holds a canvas hat. A woman stands and wears a blouse with puffed sleeves and a long...
- Castle Rock (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Families--Colorado--Castle Rock--1900-1910.; Farm houses--Colorado--Castle Rock--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Sergeant Hopkins
- Portrait of Sergeant Arthur A. Hopkins, an Arizona Ranger, on a horse in Arizona. The man wears a cowboy hat with a flat brim, a bow tie, a jacket, leather gauntlets with fringe and a horseshoe design, and slacks tucked in tall cowboy boots with...
- Arizona Rangers--People--1900-1910.; Horseback riding--Arizona--1900-1910.; Law enforcement officers--Arizona--1900-1910.; Hopkins, Arthur A.
- [between 1902 and 1907]
- Men, women and girls on a porch
- People pose on the front porch of a clapboard house with shutters at probably Fort Keogh (Custer County), Montana. Women wear patterned blouses with scarves, jackets with pointed lapels, puffed sleeves, decorated straw hats, belted skirts, and pose...
- Fort Keogh (Mont.)--1890-1900.; Children--Montana--Fort Keogh--1890-1900.; Families--Montana--Fort Keogh--1890-1900.; Military officers--Montana--Fort Keogh--1890-1900.; Porches--Montana--Fort Keogh--1890-1900.; Women--Montana--Fort...
- [between 1892 and 1895?]
- Cast and stage
- Women and men, probably cast members for a play, sit or stand and pose on a stage in the post hall at Fort Keogh (Custer County), Montana. Some of the men wear tuxedos; officers of the 22nd (twenty-second) infantry wear military uniforms and...
- Fort Keogh (Mont.)--1890-1900.; Actors--Montana--Fort Keogh--1890-1900.; Interiors--Montana--Fort Keogh--1890-1900.; Military officers--Montana--Fort Keogh--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1895]
- Camp gathering
- Men, women and children pose in a meadow at a camp of probably the officers of the 22nd (twenty-second) infantry at Fort Keogh (Custer County), Montana. A canvas tent has a stencil with a rifle insignia and reads: "22". Men hold cigars and wear...
- Fort Keogh (Mont.)--1890-1900.; Children--Montana--Fort Keogh--1890-1900.; Military camps--Montana--Fort Keogh--1890-1900.; Military officers--Montana--Fort Keogh--1890-1900.; Tents--Montana--Fort Keogh--1890-1900.; Women--Montana--Fort...
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Corps of Indian Scouts
- Native American military scouts, probably under the command of First Lieutenant Edward Casey at Fort Keogh (Custer County), Montana, pose on horseback. The men wear felt hats, military coats, gauntlets, striped trousers and diagonal leather chest...
- Indian scouts--Montana--Fort Keogh--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Montana--Fort Keogh--1890-1900.; Fort Keogh (Mont.)--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--Montana--Fort Keogh--1890-1900.; Military officers--Montana--Fort Keogh--1890-1900.;...
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Officers and families on a porch
- A group of men, women and children sit, stand and pose in front of a clapboard house and a Cottonwood tree at probably Fort Keogh (Custer County), Montana. Men wear military uniforms with shoulder straps, pants with trouser stripes, and officer's...
- Fort Keogh (Mont.)--1890-1900.; Families--Montana--Fort Keogh--1890-1900.; Military officers--Montana--Fort Keogh--1890-1900.; Women--Montana--Fort Keogh--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Gas chamber
- Guards adjust straps on a man posed in the chair in the gas chamber at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado. He wears pants, belt, shoes, and a tube connected to his chest. Flashbulb glare reflects from interior glass, and a perforated...
- Gas chambers--Colorado--Canon City--1960-1970.; Canon City (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1966
- Lowell School, Englewood, Colorado
- Boys and girls stand on steps and pose for a school picture in front of the brick Lowell School at 3500 S. Sherman Street in Englewood (Arapahoe County), Colorado. Girls wear knee-length plaid or solid color dresses with high waists or no waists,...
- Lowell School (Englewood, Colorado)--People--1920-1930.; Englewood (Colo.)--1920-1930.; School children--Colorado--Englewood--1920-1930.; Schools--Colorado--Englewood--1920-1930.; Teachers--Colorado--Englewood--1920-1930.;...
- 1924?
- Forestry rangers
- View of possibly forest rangers and pack horses at a camp site on a hillside near aspen trees. The men wear trousers tucked into tall boots, shirts, and wide brimmed hats. Pack horses have halters and lead ropes, blankets, and leather pack straps....
- Horses--1890-1910.; Pack animals--1890-1910.; Rangers--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- What a class!!
- African American teenage girls, who include Margaret Mackey, June and Charlotte, and a young girl sit on the steps of the house of Virginia Woodward, their Sunday School teacher. They wear dresses, stockings and "pump" shoes with ankle straps; one...
- African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Porches--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Mackey, Virginia, Denver resident.; Woodward,...
- [between 1929 and 1930]
- Group of Indian dancers, standing in straight row, full length
- Group of Dakota Native American males in dance costume standing outside log building, Standing Rock Agency, Dakota Territory; feathers in hair, loin cloths, straps of bells around legs and ankles, metal studded belts, moccasins, holding various...
- Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Dance--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- Group of Indians sitting inside large tepee, full length
- Large group of Dakota Native American males sitting in a circle inside large open-sided tepee, council or meeting of some type; feathers in hair, blankets wrapped around shoulders or waists, straps of bells wrapped around some individuals' knees.
- Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Indian councils--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Dance--1880-1890.; Tipis--1880-1890.; Standing Rock Sioux Tribal Council.
- [188-?]
- Group of Indians standing in straight row, full length
- Group of Native American Dakota males in loin cloths, straps of bells, moccasins, and feathers in hair preparing to dance; probably Standing Rock Agency, Dakota Territory, possibly ration day when Native Americans would stay several days to feast...
- Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Dance--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- Large group of Indians, similar view
- Group of Dakota Native Americans gathered to dance, many holding long narrow sticks, straps of bells around legs, feathers in hair, loin cloths, and a flag attached to one pole blowing in the wind; probably Standing Rock Agency, Dakota Territory,...
- Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Dance--1880-1890.
- [between 1880-1889]
- Large group of Indians, some dancing
- Group of Dakota Native Americans gathered to dance; many holding long narrow sticks, feathers in hair, loin cloths, and straps with bells around legs; probably Standing Rock Agency, Dakota Territory, possibly ration day when Native Americans would...
- Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Dance--1880-1890.
- [between 1880-1889]
- Sioux Indian dancers, standing in straight row, full length
- Group of Dakota Native American males lined up against wall of log building in dance costume, Standing Rock Agency, Dakota Territory; feathers in hair, loin cloths, straps of bells around legs, beaded moccasins, blankets on ground around feet;...
- Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Dance--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- American Horse, Dakota, seated, wearing Indian headdress, holding peace pipe, 3/4 length, (oval frame)
- American Horse, Dakota, 3/4 length seated studio portrait; wearing feather headdress, breastplate, holding straps to beaded bag; oval frame; photograph of a portrait.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; American Horse, Dakota Chief, 1840-1908.
- [188?]
- American Horse, Dakota, seated, wearing Indian headdress, holding peace pipe, 3/4 length
- American Horse, Dakota, 3/4 length seated studio portrait with oval frame; wearing feather headdress, breastplate; holding straps to beaded bag; photograph of a portrait.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; American Horse, Dakota Chief, 1840-1908.
- [188?]