Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Colorado Marriages 1858-1939 S
- Marriage records--Colorado; Colorado--Genealogy.
- Silverton brass band
- An outdoor portrait of a brass band in Silverton, Colorado; they wear sack suits with vests, gold chains and a variety of hats; all hold their instruments (including tubas, trombones, cornets, and a large bass drum with "Silverton" lettered on it)....
- Silverton (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bands--Colorado--Silverton--1890-1900.; Brass instruments--Colorado--Silverton--1890-1900.
- [between 1895 and 1900?]
- Denver Public Library 1929 obituary index : Rocky Mountain News and Denver Post.
- Index of all deaths published in the Rocky Mountain News and the Denver Post for the year 1929. Included in the index
- Denver (Colo.)--Genealogy--Indexes.; Denver (Colo.)--Vital records.; Denver Post--Indexes.; Rocky Mountain News--Indexes.;
- 2010
- Nebraska World War I Selective Service Draft Registration Cards Index, 1917-1918 M-Z
- The Nebraska registration cards are on 50 rolls of microfilm, Nebraska State Historical Society library microfilm catalog number RG0544.PR. They are arranged alphabetically by county or city. Within the county or city, names are listed usually...
- World War, 1914-1918--Nebraska.; Nebraska--Genealogy--Sources.; Nebraska--History, Military.; United States. Selective Service System--Sources.; United States. Army--Recruiting, enlistment, etc.--World War, 1914-1918.; United States....
- 2005
- Picnic in Clear Creek Canyon
- A woman and a teenage girl sit on the ground and have a picnic beside Clear Creek, probably in Jefferson County, Colorado. The woman wears a dark wool double-breasted jacket and a long skirt. She sits beside a leather case and a large straw sun...
- Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Girls.; Picnics.; Streams.; Teenagers.; Women.
- [between 1900 and 1915?]
- Hotel, Seibert Colo.
- View of people by a frame hotel in Seibert, Kit Carson County, Colorado: Kate Hutchen is identified with an X, Doctor Bloomberg wears a straw hat; letters read: "Hotel." A bell is on the porch roof.
- Hutchen, Kate--Homes & haunts.; Seibert (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Children--Colorado--Seibert--1900-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Seibert--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--Seibert--1900-1910.; Bloomberg, Dr.
- 1908 July 4
- Teller House, Central City, Colo. hotels
- A woman in a dark suit and a hat sits in the driver's seat of a four-door vintage car on Eureka Street outside of the Teller House in Central City, Colorado. The top is down on the car, and a woman in a broad- brimmed hat and a man in a suit and a...
- Teller House (Central City, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Central City (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Hotels--Colorado--Central City--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Arlington Hotel in Manitou
- Exterior view of the Arlington Hotel in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking northeast. This two-story frame structure with chimney, cross gabled roof and mitred corner window has jigsaw work in its gable peak, and a sign on the roof that reads:...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1900.; Arlington Hotel (Manitou Springs, Colo.)
- 1892
- Sunflower festival, Colo. Spgs.
- Two women and a man ride in a foliage covered, horse drawn buggy at the Flower (Sunflower) Carnival Parade, Colorado Springs, Colorado. The women wear white dresses, straw hats, and hold umbrellas; the man wears a suit, bow tie and straw hat. They...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Parades &...
- [between 1893 and 1906?]
- Group of young men & women (hats and suits)
- Three young men pose on a lawn with three young women, Colorado. The men wear suits and straw hats, the women wear skirts, dresses, and straw hats.
- Teenagers--Colorado--1890-1900.
- 1893 [?]
- Potawatomi loom
- Limp straw reeds hang from a wooden loom for making mats on the Native American (Potawatomi, Prairie Band) reservation near Mayetta, Kansas. A straw mat is near the loom.
- Prairie Band of Potawatomi Indians--Products--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--Kansas--Mayetta--1930-1940.; Mat industry--Kansas--Mayetta--1930-1940.; Potawatomi Indians--Kansas--Mayetta--1930-1940.; Mayetta (Kan.)--1930-1940.; Potawatomi...
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Potawatomi loom
- Close-up view of a Native American (Potawatomi, Prairie Band) loom for making mats on the reservation near Mayetta, Kansas. Limp straw reeds hang from the wooden frame loom. A straw mat is nearby.
- Prairie Band of Potawatomi Indians--Products--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--Kansas--Mayetta--1930-1940.; Mat industry--Kansas--Mayetta--1930-1940.; Potawatomi Indians--Kansas--Mayetta--1930-1940.; Mayetta (Kan.)--1930-1940.; Potawatomi...
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Potawatomi woman
- A Native American (Potawatomi, Prairie Band) woman sits on a straw mat on a reservation near Mayetta, Kansas. She holds a piece of string that is connected to a ball of string on the mat. She sits near a bundle of straw reeds and a pipe.
- Prairie Band of Potawatomi Indians--People--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--Kansas--Mayetta--1930-1940.; Mat industry--Kansas--Mayetta--1930-1940.; Potawatomi Indians--Kansas--Mayetta--1930-1940.; Mayetta (Kan.)--1930-1940.; Potawatomi Indian...
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Group of Zuni albinos
- Native American (Zuni) albino men, women and a child sit and pose in front of an adobe wall at Zuni, New Mexico. The men wear woven shirts, leather leggings, breeches and moccasins. The women and a child wear shawls on their shoulders. A man wears...
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Zuni--1870-1890.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Zuni--1870-1880.; Zuni Indians--New Mexico--Zuni--1870-1880.; Zuni (N.M.)--1870-1890.; Albinos--1870-1880.; Children--New Mexico--Zuni--1870-1880.; Women--New...
- [between 1879 and 1881?]
- People on a stagecoach
- A man wears a suit and hat, tilts his head and poses in the driver's seat of a stagecoach. Women wear shawls and flat brimmed straw hats and pose on a passenger seat on the stagecoach roof. A man stands beside a harnessed team of horses. Hay is...
- Passengers--1880-1900.; Stagecoaches--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Fishing trip on the Pine River
- Men, women and a boy pose on logs and boulders in Los Pinos (Pine) River in La Plata County, Colorado. Colonel Peter T. Swaine, commander of the 22nd (Twenty-second) Infantry at Fort Lewis, reclines on a log and wears a hat and an unbottoned...
- La Plata County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Rio de los Pinos (Colo. and N.M.)--1880-1890.; Boys--Colorado--La Plata County--1880-1890.; Fishing--Colorado--La Plata County--1880-1890.; Military officers--Colorado--La Plata County--1880-1890.;...
- [1887]
- Margaret Ferguson Poley and Horace Swartley Poley, Green Mnt. [sic] Falls, at Helen Hunt Fallss [sic], Colo.
- A man and woman stand on rocks and pose at a waterfall in Teller County or El Paso County, Colorado. Margaret Ferguson Poley wears a straw hat, a pince nez, a skirt, a blouse under a striped fitted jacket with puffed sleeves and a scarf worn around...
- Photographers--Colorado--1890-1900.; Spouses--Colorado--1890-1900.; Waterfalls--Colorado--1890-1900.; Poley, H. S. (Horace Swartley); Poley, Margaret Ferguson.
- 1899?
- Poley Family
- Women, a man and children sit and pose beside a canvas and timber tent in Colorado. Sue J. Fr[e?]y wears a patterned dress and wire rimmed glasses and sits on a bench made of logs and arched sticks. Mary E. Ferguson sits on a wooden porch and wears...
- Families--Colorado--1890-1900.; Photographers--Colorado--1890-1900.; Spouses--Colorado--1890-1900.; Tents--Colorado--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--1890-1900.; Poley, Frank Ferguson.; Poley, H. S. (Horace Swartley); Poley, Margaret Ferguson.;...
- 1890?
- Group portrait at a park
- A group of men and women sit or stand and pose in a clover field near trees in possibly Wolhurst (Arapahoe County), Colorado beside Wolhurst Lake. A frame building, possibly a boat house, is near the lake. Women wear dresses, puffed sleeves, fitted...
- Wolhurst (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Wolhurst Lake (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Wolhurst--1890-1900.; Meadows--Colorado--Wolhurst--1890-1900.; Men--Colorado--Wolhurst--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--Wolhurst--1890-1900.
- [between 1891 and 1900]
- Gilpin Tram excursion
- A group of people stand and sit on a Gilpin Tramway Company excursion train in Gilpin County, Colorado. Shows men, women and children dressed in formal attire. The railroad cars are open sided with rolled canvas awnings. Andy Rogers stands on the...
- Gilpin Tramway Company--1880-1910.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Passengers--Colorado--Gilpin County--1880-1910.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--Gilpin County--1880-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--Gilpin County--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910]
- Wild West Show original company
- The original cast of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show poses for a group portrait. William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody sits in the center of the second row wearing a wide-brimmed hat. Seated on the ground in front of Cody is John Y. Nelson, driver...
- Bogardus, Adam--Family--1880-1890.; Nelson, John Young, b. 1826--Family.; Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Ma Whitaker.; Baker, Johnny, d. 1931.; Bogardus, Adam.; Hathaway, Seth.; Keen,...
- [1884?]
- Rear, 2nd from right, Dexter Fellows
- A group of five men is gathered in front of a large banner for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The man second from the right may be Dexter Fellows, press agent for the show. The banner shows admission prices to the show as 50 cents for adults and...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Advertisements--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Boulder Milling & Elevator Company
- Mill buildings in Boulder, Colorado, are of brick and corrugated tin, and have gable, flat, mansard (with dormers), or monitor roofs. Full burlap sacks, brooms, and bales of straw are on the wooden dock, fronted by bare trees with stumps painted...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mills--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Girl wearing straw hat
- Studio portrait of a girl in a gingham blouse with lace cuffs, brocade fabric, and a straw hat.
- Girls--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Girl in straw hat
- Studio portrait of a girl in a gingham blouse with lace cuffs. She wears a straw hat and stands on brocade fabric.
- Girls--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Group of young men - in suits and straw hats
- Young men pose wearing suits and straw hats, Colorado.
- Men--Colorado--1890-1900.; Teenagers--Colorado--1890-1900.
- 1893 [?]
- Group of young men - in suits and straw hats
- Young men pose wearing suits and straw hats, Colorado.
- Men--Colorado--1890-1900.; Teenagers--Colorado--1890-1900.
- 1893?
- Gen. Crook, wearing straw hat, bust
- General George A. Crook, 1/2 length seated portrait, wearing straw hat, bow tie, suit jacket, and vest, holding carved walking stick in one hand; portrait was copied from 1889 Sioux Commission photograph.
- Generals--1880-1890.; Military officers--United States--1880-1890.; Military uniforms--1880-1890.; Crook, George, 1829-1890.
- 1889
- Gen. Crook, seated, wearing straw hat, holding cane, 3/4 length
- General George Crook seated, 3/4 length, holding cane in civilian clothes with straw hat; image has been cropped from Sioux Commission of 1889 group portrait.
- Military officers--United States--1880-1890.; Crook, George, 1829-1890.
- [1889]
- Cody in the mess tent, Johnny Baker next to man in straw hat
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody sits at a table in the mess tent in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. He wears a vest and striped shirt, but no hat. Seated across the table from Cody is a man wearing a straw hat. Next to that man is...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Eating & drinking--1900-1910.; Mess halls--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Baker, Johnny, d. 1931.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Unidentified woman
- Studio portrait of an unidentified woman from Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. She leans on a velvet chair arm decorated with long fringe, in front of a painted backdrop. She wears a dark dress with a tight bodice that is buttoned down...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Clothing & dress.; Straw hats.; Women.
- Unidentified man
- Studio portrait of an unidentified man from Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. He stands in front of a painted backdrop of a house and a rock formation. He rests his arm on a prop rock, a wooden prop fence and potted plants are nearby. He...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Clothing & dress.; Men.; Mustaches.; Straw hats.
- 300 choice recipes
- Cookbook created by the Ladies of the First Baptist Church in Denver, Colorado. Included in the cookbook are various recipes and household tips provided by the ladies.
- Cooking, American--Colorado.; First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.); First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)--History.
- 1892
- 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
- Nebraska Civil War Veterans' Data R-Z
- Index of names of Civil War Veterans from Nebraska
- United States History Civil War, 1861-1865--Veterans.; Veterans--Nebraska.; Grand Army of the Republic--Indexes.
- 1995
- Jesús Valderrama
- Portrait of United Farm Workers of America supporter, Jesús Valderrama. He wears a straw hat with a high crown. Valderrama was beaten and then arrested at a UFW picket line at Party Time Liquor in Denver, Colorado.
- United Farm Workers of America--People--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Agricultural laborers.; Valderrama, Jesús--Pictorial works.; United Farm Workers of America--Pictorial works.; Mexican American agricultural...
- [1975?]
- Woman on horseback
- An unidentified woman poses on horseback probably in Southern Colorado. She wears a long dress with a long, loose top with buttons, a loose collar and matching fabric tie. She has on a wide brimmed straw hat.
- Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1920-1930.; Horseback riding--Pictorial works..; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Clothing and dress--Colorado--Pictorial works.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Antonita García (Tonie), José García
- Studio portrait of Antonita (Tonie) García and her brother José García. They pose on a prop railroad car platform in front of a painted drop of a railroad lounge car. She wears a dress with puffed sleeves and a gathered V neck, a necklace, a...
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1940-1950; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1940-1950.; García, Antonita, 1907---Pictorial works.; García, José--Pictorial works.; Families--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Women--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Brothers and...
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Sign, headgate opening ceremony, Vallejos Ditch Project
- Four men pose around a sign for the completed Vallejos Ditch System, Ditch No.5 USDA Special Improvement Project in San Pedro (Costilla County), Colorado. The sign reads: "USDA," "Vallejos Ditch System Ditch No. 5," "Special Project," "ASCS,"...
- San Pedro (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Vallejos Ditch (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Signs (Notices).; Events.; Romero, George G.--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Signs and...
- 1965
- The Fort Restaurant, Morrison, Colo.
- View of The Fort Restaurant located at 19192 Colorado State Highway 8 south of Morrison, Colo. The restaurant has a single large entry gate and corner tower and was constructed of over 80,000 bricks made from local red earth and straw. A replica...
- The Fort Restaurant (Morrison, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Restaurants--Colorado--Morrison--1990-2000.; Morrison (Colo.)--1990-2000.; The Fort Restaurant (Morrison, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Restaurants--Colorado--Morrison--Pictorial works.; Morrison...
- 1992
- Statue of Saint Shinran at the Tri-State/Denver Buddhist Temple
- View of statue of Saint Shinran and gardens at the Tri-State/Denver Buddhist Temple at 1947 Lawrence Street in the Union Station neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The statue of St. Shinran, shows a man in a round straw hat ( jinbei), short robes...
- Tri-State - Denver Buddhist Temple--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Union Station neighborhood (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Buddhist temples.; Sculpture.; Shinran, 1173-1263--Statues--Pictorial works.; Shinran,...
- 1977
- Unidentified mariachi musician and teenager
- An unidentified mariachi musician and a teenage boy pose in a house probably in Denver, Colorado. The musician wears an oversized straw sombrero, and a shirt and pants decorated with buttons, metal braid and piping and holds a guitar. The teenage...
- Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Interiors.; Musicians.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Mariachi--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Denver (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Adobe house
- View of an abandoned adobe house near San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. Shows an adobe brick building with a sod roof and door and window openings. Sagebrush and trees are nearby. The Sangre de Cristo Mountains are in the distance.
- Adobe buildings.; Houses.; Adobe houses--Colorado--Costilla County--Pictorial works.; Costilla County (Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Costilla County (Colo.)--2000-2010.
- [between 2005 and 2006?]
- Mexican workers recruited and brought to the Arkansas Valley, Colorado, Nebraska and Minnesota
- An unidentified Mexican sugar beet worker, recruited by the Farm Security Administration to work in Colorado, Nebraska and Minnesota, sits in a railroad car and smokes a cigarette. He wears a leather jacket and a straw hat and is partially covered...
- Mexicans--1940-1950.; Agricultural laborers--Mexican.; Agricultural laborers, Foreign--Pictorial works.; Mexicans--Pictorial works.
- [1943 May]
- Dancers, Cinco de Mayo, Denver
- Men, women, girls and teenagers, members of Jeanette Trujillo-Lucero's Fiesta Colorado Dance Company pose on Broadway during Cinco de Mayo celebrations in Denver, Colorado. The girls and women wear traditional Mexican style dance costumes in bright...
- Fiesta Colorado Dance Company (Lakewood, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Cinco de Mayo (Mexican holiday)--2000-2010.; Hispanic Americans--2000-2010.; Mexican Americans--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Dancers.; Girls.; Fiesta Colorado Dance Company...
- [2009?]
- Mexican workers recruited and brought to the Arkansas Valley, Colorado, Nebraska and Minnesota
- Unidentified Mexican sugar beet workers, recruited by the Farm Security Administration to work in Colorado, Nebraska and Minnesota, pose near a railroad train at an unidentified railroad station. Many of the men wear straw hats.
- Mexicans--1940-1950.; Agricultural laborers--Mexican.; Agricultural laborers, Foreign--Pictorial works.; Mexicans--Pictorial works.
- [1943 May]
- Ramon Del Castillo at Santa Anna Fiesta
- Ramon Del Castillo, a professor of Chicano studies at Metropolitan State College of Denver and a well known Chicano poet, plays hand drums with an unidentified musician group at the Santa Anna Fiesta in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. He...
- Hispanic Americans--Colorado--2000-2010.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--2000-2010.; San Luis (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Hand drums.; Poets.; Teachers.; Del Castillo, Ramon, 1949---Pictorial works.; College teachers--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Drummers...
- [2001]
- Arthur L. Campa, parents and siblings
- Group studio portrait the Campa family. They are identified as Delfina Lopez de Campa, Daniel Campa, David Campa, Armida Campa, and Arthur L. Campa. Arthur L. Campa, later became a renowned scholar, historian and professor of cultural anthropology...
- Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1900-1910.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1900-1910.; Families.; Campa, Arthur L. (Arthur Leon), 1905-1978--Family--Pictorial works.; Campa family--Pictorial works.; Families--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- [1909?]
- Rural folk band
- Brothers José Filiberto Martinez, far left with violin and Gaspar Martinez, 2nd left with guitar, play with a rural folk band in San Luis Valley, Colorado. Other musicians include a second man with a violin, a man with a washtub, and two men...
- African Americans--1910-1920.; Hispanic Americans--1910-1920.; Musicians.; Martinez, Gaspar--Pictorial works.; Martinez, Jose Filiberto--Pictorial works.; African Americans--San Luis Valley (Colo. and N.M.)--Pictorial works.; Folk musicians--San...
- [between 1915 and 1920?]
- Two boys dressed as Huck Finn
- Larry Gallegos and Jack Smith participate in the 10th annual Huck Finn Day in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. One boy wears a straw hat, short sleeved shirt and jeans, rolled up and tattered. He holds a fishing pole. The other boy wears...
- Finn, Huckleberry (Fictitious character)--1940-1950.; Hispanic Americans--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Boys.; Clothing & dress.; Gallegos, Larry--Pictorial works.; Smith, Jack--Pictorial works.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.;...
- [between 1940 and 1950?]