Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Buddy, Rosann, Betty Jean, Donald
- Buddy, Rosann, Betty Jean and Donald, four white children, pose with a dog named Spot. Buddy wears a sweater, pants and a cap. Donald, who sits in a sand box with toys, wears a sweater and a hat. Rosann wears pants, a sweater and a bonnet. Betty...
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Children & animals--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Children playing outdoors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Dogs--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1929 and 1930]
- Andy and Jose Trujillo
- Studio portrait of brothers Andy and José Trujillo, sons of Acacio Trujillo, of Fort Collins, Colorado. Andy stands and wears a flat brimmed, hat, a sweater and striped pants. A pin is attached to his sweater and he has a mustache. José sits...
- Mexican Americans--1890-1900.; Hispanic Americans--1890-1900.; Families.; Trujillo, Andy--Pictorial works.; Trujillo, José--Pictorial works.; Trujillo, Acacio--Family--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Cowboys at the Golden West Exhibition
- Two cowboys from "The Red Man spectacle and Red Indian camp" pose near a painted backdrop in the dirt arena in Empress Hall, at the Golden West and American Industries Exhibition in Earl's Court, London, England. One wears goat fur chaps...
- Earl's Court (London, England)--1900-1910.; London (England)--1900-1910.; Clothing & dress--England--London--1900-1910.; Cowboys--England--London--1900-1910.; Exhibitions--England--London--1900-1910.; Golden West and American (U.S.A.) Industries...
- 1909
- Buddy, Rosann, Spot, Betty Jean
- Buddy, Rosann and Betty Jean, three white children, pose together with a dog named Spot. Buddy wears a cap, sweater and pants. Rosann wears a bonnet, sweater and pants. Betty Jean wears a dress and high socks, and holds a tennis racket. Spot lies...
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Children & animals--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1929 and 1930]
- East High spotlight: 21st year no 9
- 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 March 4
- Family in Front of Tree at Mission Viejo
- Family of four standing in front of large pine tree with Christmas lights. Man wearing tan jacket and tan pants holding small boy wearing blue sweater with design and matching hat. Woman wearing dark blue shirt, red pants, and white furry jacket....
- Christmas..; Mission Viejo (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- circa 1980
- Man wearing heavy sweater
- Studio portrait of an unidentified man in Colorado. He wears a heavy button up sweater, a vest, a dress shirt, a tie (knitted) and a cap.
- Men--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930]
- East High spotlight: vol 29 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.)
- 1943 May 27
- Johnny Baca
- Photo booth portrait of Johnny Baca a resident of the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The twelve year old boy wears a t-shirt and a v-neck sweater.
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1950-1960.; Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Boys.; Baca, Johnny--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- [between 1952 and 1960?]
- Tomas Romero
- Tomas Romero, secretary for the Concilio Superior for La Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos sits at a computer his office in Antonito (Conejos County), Colorado. He wears glasses and a sweater and has gray hair. A painting of...
- Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos--People--2000-2010.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--2000-2010.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--2000-2010.; Antonito (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Fraternal organizations.; Office workers.; Older people.;...
- 2005 June 14]
- William Allen West
- William Allen West, author and historic preservation advocate, poses on the porch of his home in the Curtis Park-Champa Street Historic District, in the Five Points neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. He is balding, has a beard and mustache and wears a...
- Curtis Park (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Authors.; Baldness.; Beards.; West, William Allen.; Authors, American--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Baldness--Pictorial works.;...
- 2000
- Commission on Community Relations
- Hispanic American members of the Denver Mayor's Commission on Community Relations, a civil rights organization, pose in Denver, Colorado. Emilio Dominguez, on the left holds a day planner, he has a mustache. Anita Alire, center, holds a pencil and...
- Denver Commission on Community Relations--People--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Interiors.; Dominguez, Emilio--Pictorial works.; Alire, Anita--Pictorial works.; Navarro, Ramon--Pictorial works.; Denver Commission on Community...
- 1966
- Children getting off bus
- Hispanic American school children get off a school bus in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. The young girl near the gate in the sweater and jeans with a barrette in her hair is identified as Sally Chavez. The other boys and girls wear coats,...
- Hispanic Americans--1970-1980.; Mexican Americans--1970-1980.; San Luis (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Children.; Girls.; Chavez, Sally--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; School...
- [1970?]
- Lucy Jacquez and Jay Alire
- An elderly Lucy Jacquez and Jay Alire pose in front of a Christmas tree in Denver, Colorado. Mrs. Jacquez wears a white shift with blue flowers, Jay wears a sweater and has a mustache.
- Denver (Colo.)--1980--1990.; Jacquez, Lucy--Pictorial works.; Alire, Jay--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Christmas--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Christmas...
- 1982?
- Gloria Herrera and her grandmother
- Mexican Americans Gloria Rodriguez, née Herrera and her grandmother, Tillie Rivera, pose in front of a brick house at 1121 Lawrence Street in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. Gloria wears blouse, skirt, sweater, bobby-socks and tennis...
- Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Families.; Girls.; Grandparents.; Older people.; Rivera, Tillie--Pictorial works.; Rodriguez, Gloria--Pictorial works.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial...
- 1955
- Pete Baca, Bobby and Gloria Herrera, and Robert Marquez
- Children Pete Baca, Bobby Herrera, Gloria Rodriguez, née Herrera and Robert Marquez sit on the front steps at 1121 Lawrence Street in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. Pete wears a striped shirt and shorts and has curly hair, Bobby...
- Hispanic Americans--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Boys.; Girls.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Auraria (Denver,...
- 1947
- The Hustler
- The owner of the West Side Hustler, a weekly newspaper, stands in front of his building at 652 Santa Fe Avenue in the Lincoln Park neighborhood in Denver, Colorado. The man wears a cardigan sweater and glasses. A sign on a nearby window reads:...
- West Side Hustler (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Lincoln Park (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Business people.; Newspapers.; West Side Hustler (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; American...
- [between 1955 and 1960?]
- Students from Martínez School
- Anglo American and Hispanic American school students from the Martínez School pose in Martínez Plaza near the village of Plaza de los Martínez (Las Animas County), Colorado. The boys and teenagers, one on horseback, sit on the ground or...
- Hispanic Americans--1910-1920.; Mexican Americans--1910-1920.; Martinez Plaza (Colo.)--1910-1920.; School children.; Students.; Teenagers.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Martinez Plaza--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Martinez...
- 1910
- Teresa Vigil
- Portrait of Teresa Vigil, an expert in medicinal herbs (curandera) in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. She poses in her kitchen in a blouse and sweater. A stove, cutting board and pots and pans are nearby.
- Hispanic Americans--2000-2010.; Mexican Americans--2000-2010.; San Luis (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Healers.; Interiors.; Older people.; Women.; Vigil, Teresa--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Mexican...
- [2005 April 16]
- Judge Celeste C. de Baca
- Denver County Court Judge Celeste C de Baca reads an edition of La Voz in her office in the Denver City and County Building in Denver, Colorado. Judge C de Baca wears a turtle neck sweater.
- Hispanic Americans--1980-1990.; Mexican Americans--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Interiors.; Judges.; C. de Baca, Celeste--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Mexican American...
- [1989?]
- Miners Eloy Cruz and Leandro Vigil
- Coal miners Eloy Cruz (left) and his brother-in-law Leandro Vigil pose near the entrance to the Frederick Mine in Valdez (Las Animas County), Colorado. Eloy wears a jacket, a cap with a battery operated lantern, safety boots and holds a bucket and...
- Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1920-1930.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1920-1930.; Frederick Mine (Las Animas County, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Las Animas County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Coal miners.; Cruz, Eloy--Pictorial works.; Vigil, Leandro--Pictorial...
- [1920?]
- A family outing
- Men, a woman, and a boy pose in a car and a delivery truck in New Castle (Garfield County), Colorado; outfits include a knit sweater and cigar. Letters and signs read: "Shredded Wheat Biscuit and Triscuit The Shredded Wheat Co., Niagara Falls,...
- New Castle (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Automobiles--Colorado--New Castle--1910-1920.; Families--Colorado--New Castle--1910-1920.; Trucks--Colorado--New Castle--1910-1920.
- 1915, March 6
- Rifle Bachelors' Club basketball team
- Teenage boys pose in Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado; sports gear includes jerseys, shorts, a sweater, skullcaps, and a pennant: "Rifle Bachelors Club." A basketball reads: "RBC 17."
- Rifle (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Basketball players--Colorado--Rifle--1910-1920.; Clubs--Colorado--Rifle--1910-1920.; Teenagers--Colorado--Rifle--1910-1920.
- 1917
- M.S.T. & T. Co., Gallup office baseball team
- Members of the Mountain State Telephone and Telegraph Company Gallup (later Zuni St.) office baseball team pose in a park probably in Denver. The stand in a line and wear striped socks, pinstripe uniforms with knickers and jerseys with the word...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--People--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Baseball players--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Employees--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Uniforms--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1917 April
- M.S.T. & T. Co., south offices baseball team
- Members of the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company south office baseball team pose in a park probably in Denver, Colorado. The men wear striped socks and pinstriped uniforms with knickers and jerseys with the word "South" emblazoned...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--People--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Baseball players--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Employees--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Uniforms--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1917, April
- Portrait of an infant
- Studio portrait of a baby in a long dress and a probably crocheted sweater. Shows a lace fabric backdrop.
- Infants--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Group of young men standing before American flag backdrop
- Group portrait of teenaged boys by a United States flag in Denver, Colorado; costume includes duster hats, a knit sweater, and a cigarette.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Flags--American--Colorado--Denver--1900-1930.; Teenagers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1930.
- [between 1904 and 1925?]
- Vaughn, Ives, Daniels, McKinly
- View of the Dew Drop Mine in Frances (also known as Camp Francis, Dew Drop, Boulder County), Colorado near Ward. Five men pose in front of the tailings pile near a log retaining wall. Four of the men (left to right) are identified as Vaughn, Ives,...
- Dew Drop Mine (Boulder County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Frances (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Miners.; MIning.; Tailings embankments.; Tipples.
- 1895 February 28
- Messenger with his bicycle
- A man poses with his bicycle near a building in Denver, Colorado. He wears a cardigan sweater and a peaked cap that reads: "222".
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Bicycles & tricycles--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Messengers--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Man - seated - portrait
- Studio portrait of an unidentified man seated on a wood fence in Colorado. He wears trousers and a sweater.
- Men--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930]
- Man standing
- Studio portrait of a man in Colorado. He wears pin-striped jacket, hat, sweater, tie and dress shirt.
- Men--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930]
- Two men portrait
- Studio portrait of men in Colorado. One man wears a sweater and tie.
- Men--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Man portrait
- Studio portrait of a man in Colorado. He has a moustache and wears a sweater with large buttons.
- Men--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Group portrait
- Men and women pose on the porch of a house in (probably) Colorado; one wears a sweater with letters: "JHS."
- Men--Colorado--1920-1930.; Teenagers--Colorado--1920-1930.; Women--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Group portrait
- Teenaged boys and girls pose with a dog on the porch of a house in (probably) Colorado; one wears a sweater with letters: "JHS."
- Dogs--Colorado--1920-1930.; Men--Colorado--1920-1930.; Teenagers--Colorado--1920-1930.; Women--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Group portrait
- Men and women pose on the porch of a house in (probably) Colorado; one wears a sweater with letters: "JHS."
- Men--Colorado--1920-1930.; Teenagers--Colorado--1920-1930.; Women--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Hands (farm)
- Studio portrait of a group of men, possibly farm hands. One man wears a sweater and watch chain.
- Agricultural laborers--1890-1900.; Men--1890-1900.
- [1896]
- Large group of people riding on a horse drawn flatbed wagon
- Outdoor portrait of men and women riding on a flatbed wagon on Alameda Avenue in Denver, Colorado; one man's sweater has a letter: "S."
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915?]
- Colorado-Yule Marble finishing mill
- Men work in Marble, Gunnison County, Colorado, at the Colorado- Yule Marble finishing plant. Wearing aprons, sweater and hats, they hold scrapers and sponges, and tend a block of stone supported by wooden beams. Windows line the upper interior...
- Quarries and quarrying--Colorado--Marble--1900-1920.; Marble (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Marble quarrying--Colorado--Marble--1900-1920.; Colorado Yule Marble Company.
- [between 1908 amd 1920?]
- Benjamin Duke
- Ben Duke, posing in a sweater, clear-rimmed glasses, goggles and cap, was a businessman (President of Gates Corporation), outdoorsman, 10th Mountain Division veteran, and community service volunteer in Denver, Colorado.
- Businessmen--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Duke, H. Benjamin.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Paul Chambers
- Paul Chambers, a Black man, is at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado. This spokesperson for the Black Student Alliance wears a shirt, sweater, leather jacket, and dark glasses.
- Colorado State University--1960-1970.; Fort Collins (Colo.)--1960-1970.; African Americans--Colorado--Fort Collins--1960-1970.; Interiors.; Students--Colorado--Fort Collins--1960-1970.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Fort Collins--1960-1970.;...
- [1968?]
- Mayor Paul Luedtke
- Mayor Paul Luedtke poses in Nederland, Boulder County, Colorado, wearing horn-rimmed glasses, a sweater, and tie. He has ball point pens in his shirt pocket.
- Nederland (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Mayors--Colorado--Nederland--1970-1980.; Luedtke, Paul.
- May 30, 1970
- Lester Griswold and Ray Ryerson
- Lester Griswold, on left, developed many of the facilities at Camp Alexander, poses in a vest and felt hat in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. Ray Ryerson, in a buttoned sweater, was the Scout Executive of the Pikes Peak Council, 1943 to...
- Griswold, Lester.; Ryerson, Ray.; Boy Scouts of America. Pikes Peak Council--People.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1940-1980.
- [between 1943 and 1973?]
- Warden Roy Best
- Roy Best, Warden of the State Penitentiary, sits at his desk, wearing a tie and sweater, Canon City, Fremont County, Colorado. Smoking, he holds weapons crudely fashioned by inmates. The mess on his desk includes a letter opener, a matchbook, packs...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Prison wardens--Colorado--Canon City--1940-1950.; Interiors.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1940-1950.; Best, Roy.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1945 and 1950?]
- 6th grade at Boyd, 1941
- In this sixth grade classroom at Boyd School in Alamosa, Colorado, boys and girls sit in rows of wooden desks. Two children stand and read at bookshelves built into the back of the room. A boy with a paintbrush works on a mural of the Nativity...
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Christmas decorations--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Classrooms--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Interiors.; Schools--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Alice, Colorado, 1904, Mrs. Harper's cabin
- A long log cabin with a corrugated sheet metal roof on Fall River in Alice, Colorado was a post office in Clear Creek County. Once one of the largest mining camps in the valley below Saint (St.) Mary's Glacier, Alice was settled in the early 1880s....
- Alice (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Post offices--Colorado--Alice--1900-1910.
- [1904]
- Ski girl
- Profile of a young woman on skis at the base of the ski course at Steamboat Springs, Colorado; she holds bamboo poles and wears a knit cap, sweater, ankle-length skirt, gloves and boots; shows spectators along slope and ski jump platforms and trees...
- Steamboat Springs (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Skiing--Colorado--Steamboat Springs--1910-1930.
- [between 1916 and 1923?]
- Ski girl
- A young woman stands on skis at the base of the ski course at Steamboat Springs, Colorado; she holds bamboo poles and wears ankle-length skirt, sweater, knit cap, gloves and boots; spectators line the slope and a jumping platform is at top.
- Steamboat Springs (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Skiing--Colorado--Steamboat Springs--1910-1930.; Women--Colorado--Steamboat Springs--1910-1930.
- [between 1916 and 1923?]
- Ski jumper
- Profile of a skier poised over skis on a snowy slope in Steamboat Springs, Colorado; he wears a cap, belted sweater, knickers, and lace-up boots.
- Steamboat Springs (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Skiing--Colorado--Steamboat Springs--1910-1930.
- [between 1916 and 1923?]
- Ski girl
- A girl stands on skis at the base of the ski course at Steamboat Springs, Colorado; she holds bamboo poles and wears boots, stockings, knee- length skirt, sweater, knit cap, and mittens; spectators line the slope behind her; ski jump platforms and...
- Steamboat Springs (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Skiing--Colorado--Steamboat Springs--1910-1930.
- [between 1916 and 1923?]