Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Cradleboard
- Shows a Native American (Arapaho?) cradleboard. It features decorative opaque, red, white, black and green beadwork in geometric designs. The cradleboard has a leather thong, stained wood, lining dark brown velveteen, canvas backing and 1 calico?.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.; Cradleboards--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- East High spotlight: vol 30 no 5
- 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.)
- 1943 December 9
- Lena Marques
- Studio portrait of Lena Marques, sister of Crisanta Montoya of Fort Collins, Colorado. Lena poses beside a wicker corner chair, she wear a long dark dress a vertical stripe and belt. The dress has a lace Bertha collar and her dark hair is pulled...
- Mexican Americans--1890-1900.; Hispanic Americans--1890-1900.; Women.; Marques, Lena--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Women--Colorado--Fort Collins--Pictorial works.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Parking sign, Riverside Park, Salida
- View of a parking sign in Riverside Park at Sackett and F Street in Salida (Chaffee County), Colorado. It reads: " No Parking From Here to Eternity" with "Eternity" scratched on to the sign by hand. The pole of the sign has scratched off paint. A...
- Salida (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Signs (Notices).; Signs and signboards--Colorado--Salida--Pictorial works.; Salida (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1994
- Portrait of a soldier
- Studio portrait of a man who wears a military uniform and a cavalry campaign hat. The man's trousers have a vertical stripe. The man crosses his arms.
- Cavalry--1900-1910.; Men--1900-1910.
- 1901
- Taken at Fort Crawford, Colo.
- A member of the U.S. Cavalry poses on horseback near Fort Crawford (Montrose County), Colorado. His uniform consists of a dark jacket with brass buttons and a single bar on the shoulder, pants with a single stripe, boots and gaiters. He wears a...
- Fort Crawford (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Montrose County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cavalry.; Forts & fortifications.; Horseback riding.; Military officers.; Cavalry horses.
- [between 1886 and 1890?]
- Pair of moccasins
- Pair of moccasins made by Native Americans of the Northern Plains with applied, multi-color beadwork in a square and stripe pattern; sole not beaded.
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1910.; Moccasins--1880-1910.; Footwear--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910]
- Water jar
- Shows a Native American (Zuni) water jar with black and red on white coloring. Designs on the jar include crook, arrow, stripe, triangle, diagonal, bow, horn and feather.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1920.; Water bottles--1880-1920.; Zuni Indians--Arts & crafts--1880-1920.; Zuni pottery--1880-1920.; Jars--1880-1920.
- [between 1880 and 1920]
- Bag
- Shows a Native American (Ute) buckskin pouch with pink, yellow and blue beadwork in triangle and stripe designs, lazy stitch and fringe.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1890.; Bags (costume accessories)--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Bag
- Shows a Native American (Ute) buckskin bag. It features ochre and yellow colored buckskin, fringe on the bottom and red, black, pink, buff and white beadwork in triangle and stripe designs.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1890.; Ute Indians--Arts & crafts--1880-1890.; Bags (costume accessories)--1880-1890.
- 1880
- Bag
- Shows a Native American (Plains) buckskin bag with scalloped fringe and multicolor beadwork in circle, arrow and stripe designs.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1890.; Bags (costume accessories)--1880-1890.
- 1880
- Pouch
- Shows a Native American (Sioux?) buckskin pouch with decorative green, blue, yellow, buff and white beadwork in triangle, cross and stripe patterns.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1870-1890.; Pouches--1870-1890.
- [between 1875 and 1885]
- Headdress
- Shows a Native American (Sioux) headdress. It is made from eagle feathers, red wool; red, blue and purple down; loom woven orange, green, red, blue, black and white Italian? beads; transparent red faceted beads, a round painted disc, fur, buckskin.
- Dakota Indians--Arts & crafts--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1890.; Headdress--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- Woman's leggings and pouch
- A pair of Native American (Arapahoe; Cheyenne) women's leggings made of buckskin. They are one-piece and painted with ochre coloring. The leggings are decorated with German silver conchas, yellow, white translucent red and blue Italian glass beads....
- Arapaho Indians--Clothing & dress--1870-1900.; Crow Indians--Arts & crafts--1870-1900.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1870-1900.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1870-1900.; Leggings--1870-1900.; Pouches--1870-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1899]
- Women's wedding dress
- Wool day dress worn as a wedding dress. The bodice is tailored light blue wool and flannel with a mock bolero jacket. The collar is rectangular with appliqued bands of ivory and cotton lace and ivory silk. The front edge is velvet with appliqued...
- Dresses--1900-1910.; Wedding costume--1900-1910.
- 1901
- Women's wedding dress
- Shows the top portion of a wool day dress worn as a wedding dress. The bodice is tailored light blue wool and flannel with a mock bolero jacket. The collar is rectangular with applique bands of ivory and cotton lace, ivory silk. On the front edge...
- Dresses--1900-1910.; Wedding costume--1900-1910.
- 1901
- Man-With-No-Hair and his squaw, Crows
- A Native American (Crow) man and woman stand and pose beside dogs, probably at Crow Agency (Big Horn County), Montana. The woman wears earrings and a cotton dress under a woven shawl with a stripe and checkerboard pattern. The man, identified as...
- Crow Indians--Structures--Montana--Crow Agency--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--Montana--Crow Agency--1880-1900.; Crow Agency (Mont.)--1880-1900.; Dogs--Montana--Crow Agency--1880-1900.; Indian encampments--Montana--Crow Agency--1880-1900.;...
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Central City home interior
- A dining room table in a Central City dining room has a white tablecloth with a brocade stripe criss-crossing it. A tea service and other silver pieces sit on a breakfront, which has a mirror and a marble top. In front of the lace curtained window...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Dining rooms--Colorado--Central City--1930-1950.; Interiors--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950]
- Sub-chief Dick Charlie and son, wife and daughter
- Native American (Ute) subchief Dick Charlie stands on a blanket in front of a tepee with his wife, Susan B. Eaton, and his son and daughter, Juana Buck. He wears a headdress, a fringed, beaded shirt, leggings, and breech cloth. His son wears...
- Indians of North America--Children--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--Women--1910-1920.; Tipis--1910-1920.; Buck, Juana.; Charlie, Dick.; Eaton, Susan B.
- 1911
- Utes-Chief Dick Charlie
- Native American (Ute) subchief Dick Charlie stands on a blanket in front of a tepee with his wife, Susan B. Eaton, son and daughter. He wears a headdress, fringed and beaded shirt and leggings, breechcloth, and beaded necklace. The blankets have...
- Indians of North America--Children--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--Women--1910-1920.; Charlie, Dick.; Eaton, Susan B.
- 1911
- Louie Judge & his family
- Studio portrait of Louie Judge and his family, Native American Spokanes; he sits and wears pin stripe trousers and vest; his wife stands beside him, she wears a Euro-American style long dress, braids and abalone shell disk earrings; she holds a...
- Indians of North America--Children--1890-1910.; Spokane Indians--Women--1890-1910.; Cradleboards--1890-1910.; Judge, Louie.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Cheyenne canon
- Poet Helen (Fiske) Hunt Jackson's grave site; a large mound of rocks and wood between a group of evergreen trees on a hillside on Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado. There are several white markers on the trees, one reads: "H H".
- Jackson, Helen Hunt, 1830-1885--Tomb--1880-1900.; Cheyenne Mountain (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Graves--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1900.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Columbine Band, Georgetown, Colorado
- The Columbine Band of Georgetown, Colorado, poses, for a group portrait. Members wear uniform jackets with a columbine flower on left side of chest, trousers with side stripe, bow or straight ties and flat top caps. Two men squat down around the...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Marching bands--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1910.; Musical instruments--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1910.
- 1978
- Georgetown, barber shops, early days
- Interior view of a barbershop in Georgetown, Colorado. The barber wearing a white jacket and dark necktie stands beside one of three ornate wooden barbershop chairs with upholstery and foot rests. Five other men and a dog stand around shop. Each...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Barbershops--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890]
- Georgetown - Colo, looking south
- View of Georgetown, Colorado, south towards Leavenworth Mountain. The valley leading to Silver Plume is to the right; Chimney Rock, a large rock formation with a tall chimney emitting smoke from a smelter is in front of the valley in the distance....
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1860-1880.
- [between 1865 and 1875?]
- Mountain skating party taken in Park Co., at Chase near Cassells, May Bonnifield on the right and friends
- May Bonnefield, two young women, and a young man stand on frozen Chase Lake in the Platte Canyon, Colorado. The women wear flared skirts; the man wears a pin stripe suit; all wear ice skates. A wood frame structure and a low slope show in...
- Chase (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Chase Lake (Colo.); Ice skating--Colorado--Chase--1900-1910.; Bonnefield, May.
- 1904
- Leadville, Colorado County Clerk and Recorder's office staff
- This group portrait of the County Clerk and Recorder's office staff in Leadville, Colorado includes Richard Caffrey, deputy, Ed Dale, deputy, Mark Carr, clerk, and John T. Joyce, deputy. Two men with long mustaches sit on wooden chairs, the other...
- Lake County (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1910.; County government--Colorado--Lake County--1880-1910.
- [between 1887 and 1901]
- Norville James Jenke, Leadville, Colorado
- Standing three-quarter view studio portrait of Norville James Jenke, Leadville, Colorado. James wears a wool coat with matching vest, pin stripe pants, silk cravat, and a gold band on his little finger. He holds his hat in his left hand and rests...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Jenke, Norville James.
- [1884 July 31]
- Gunnison Cornet Band, Champions of Gunnison, Co., 1890
- Studio portrait of the members of the Gunnison Cornet Band from Gunnison (Gunnison County), Colorado. Band members wear long trousers with a side stripe, jackets decorated with braid trim, and kepi hats. The men hold cornets, tubas, trumpets, a...
- Bands--Colorado--Gunnison--1890-1900.; Brass instruments--1890-1900.; Drums--1890-1900.; Musicians--Colorado--Gunnison--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Fire Wolf
- Portrait of Fire Wolf, a Native American man on a saddled horse outside Barthelmess' studio, Fort Keogh (Custer County), Montana. Fire Wolf wears a feather headdress, fur wrapped braids, a choker and a hair pipe breast plate over a knit shirt, a...
- Indians of North America--Montana--Fort Keogh--1890-1900.; Fort Keogh (Mont.)--1890-1900.; Headdresses--Montana--Fort Keogh--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--Montana--Fort Keogh--1890-1900.; Warriors--Montana--Fort Keogh--1890-1900.; Fire Wolf.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Mariano Madino [sic], a noted Rocky Mountain guide
- Portrait of Mariano Medina, a French / Native American guide, trapper, trader, and bounty hunter from Taos, New Mexico. He wears fringed leather coat with a fur collar and cuffs, moccasins, pants with a woven stripe, and he smokes a pipe.
- Indians of North America--1860-1870.; Clothing & dress--1860-1870.; Guides & scouts--1860-1870.; Men--1860-1870.; Smoking--1860-1870.; Trappers--1860-1870.
- [between 1860 and 1870?]
- Man on a circus horse
- A circus equestrian sits on a horse that kneels with one leg extended near a circus wagon at the Sells Floto Circus and Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The man is dressed in a jacket and pants, with a side stripe, and he holds a cap in his hand. A...
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Company--People--1910-1920.; Sells Floto Circus--People--1910-1920.; Circus performers--1910-1920.; Circuses & shows--1910-1920.; Trick riding--1910-1920.
- 1910
- Curtis: sosh cut
- Kathy Swiers, 16 talks to Tom Wither, 16, in Denver, Colorado. Kathy wears her hair short and Tom wears his hair combed forward with bangs, a style known as the "sosh cut." He has on a plaid madras jacket and dark tie. They sit at a table with...
- Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Conversation--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Hairstyles--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Teenagers--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Swiers, Kathy.; Wither, Tom.
- 1963 September 2
- Sterling High School
- The members of the marching band of Sterling High School in Sterling, Colorado (Logan County) pose sitting in three concentric circles. Each band member, with the exception of five students and a teacher, sits in a metal folding chair and holds...
- Sterling (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Marching bands--Colorado--Sterling--1960-1970.; Students--Colorado--Sterling--1960-1970.
- [between 1963 and 1965]
- William Ghost Bear, Sarah Ghost Bear
- Portrait of North American Indian (probably Standing Rock Sioux) William Ghost Bear and his wife Sarah Ghost Bear. William Ghost Bear wears a hair pipe breast plate, a shirt, beaded arm and wrist bands and a blanket wrapped around his waist...
- Dakota Indians.; Indians of North America.--1920-1930.; Clothing & dress.; Couples.; Women.; Ghost Bear, Sarah.; Ghost Bear, William.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Felix Knight
- Actor Felix Knight poses for a head and shoulders portrait in a studio in Central City, Colorado. He wears a pin stripe suit, a white shirt, and a patterned tie. His cropped hair is combed away from his face.
- Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Actors--1940-1950.; Knight, Felix.
- 1946
- Morey Musings : vol. 1
- Booklet of poetry written by students of the Morey Junior High School in Denver, Colorado. The book was sponsored by the English and Miss Agnes Govreau of the Art Department. The booklet was hand set by the boys in the printing class.
- Morey Junior High School (Denver, Colo.); School prose, American--Colorado--Denver.; Schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1931 June
- East High spotlight: vol 28 no 13
- 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.)
- 1942 March 26
- East High spotlight: vol 30 no 8
- 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.)
- 1944 February 17
- Official Souvenir Foot Ball Program, Y.M.C.B vs. Troop "I" 9th Cavalry.
- Master Property Record Parcel: 0000-06054-020-00
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 37, 1910 September 10
- Municipal Facts: Volume 11 Numbers 5 and 6, 1928 May-June
- Geo W. Cook's original Drum Corps, Leadville
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Drum majoring--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1900.
- [between 1887 and 1891]
- The Aeronaut, His Book Read Aloud: The Yearbook of the Students of South High School 1929
- South Denver High School yearbook for 1929.
- South High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1929
- Western History Subject Index
- Halleck planing mill
- Western History Subject Index
- Halleck' planing mill
- Western History Subject Index
- Hild, Frederick W
- Western History Subject Index
- Whitney mine. Central City district. Colorado
- Western History Subject Index
- Denver. Hospitals. St. Luke's