Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Unidentified woman
- Studio portrait of an unidentified woman from Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Her dress has a tight fitting bodice, tight sleeves and buttons up front with multiple small buttons. Her dress is decorated with crocheted accents on the...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Clothing & dress.; Women.
- Unidentified woman
- Studio portrait of an unidentified woman from Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. She wears a dark silk dress with a tight bodice with ruching and loose vertical pleats. She has on a basque style jacket with buttons, wide lapels and tight...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Clothing & dress.; Women.
- Mrs. Biglow
- Studio portrait of Mrs. Biglow and probably her daughter from Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. She stands beside her daughter who is seated. They pose in front of a painted backdrop of a house and trees. Mrs. Biglow wears a dress with a...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Clothing & dress.; Families.; Women.; Biglow, Mrs.; Bigelow family.
- Denver Building Permits File, 1906-1914
- Building permits--Colorado--Denver.
- 1998
- María Salomé Córdova
- Studio portrait of a Hispanic American woman, María Salomé Córdova. She wears a dark dress with a tight bodice with two rows of buttons, a bustle, pleated skirt and striped trim. She has curly hair and wears a broad brimmed hat with an...
- Hispanic Americans--1890-1900.; Mexican Americans--1890-1900.; Women.; Córdova, María Salomé, 1867--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Women--Colorado--Pictorial...
- [between 1890 and 1895?]
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 16, 1911 April 15
- Portrait of a family
- A family poses for a studio portrait near an ornate backdrop. The man sits in an upholstered chair and holds a toddler who stands on the chair next to him. A woman who wears a dress with a tight fitted bodice with puffy sleeves rests her hand on...
- Families--Colorado--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Young woman
- Studio portrait of a girl in a tight bodice with buttons and piping. Her hair is in upswept curls.
- Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Teenagers--1890-1900.; Women--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Married couple
- Studio portrait of a woman and man; she wears a tight bodice; he has a goatee.
- Spouses--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Portrait of a woman
- Studio portrait of a woman who wears a fitted bodice with pleats, applique decoration, and collar. A bar pin holds her collar together. Her hair is pulled back straight and tight.
- Women--1890-1900.
- 1891
- Portrait of a woman
- Studio profile portrait of a woman with a pince-nez, a narrow brimmed hat decorated with a mound of flowers and feathers, a dress worn off the shoulder with tight horizontal pleats on the bodice, and lace trim.
- Women--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Rodeo
- A rodeo competitor holds tight to the reins as he rides bucking bronco horse at the Cheyenne Frontier Days in Cheyenne (Larimer county), Wyoming. The rider wears a light colored shirt, cowboy hat and fur (?) chaps. Nearby other riders, some with...
- Cheyenne Frontier Days--1900-1910.; Cheyenne (Wyo.)--1900-1910.; Broncos--Wyoming--Cheyenne--1900-1910.; Horseback riding--Wyoming--Cheyenne--1900-1910.; Rodeos--Wyoming--Cheyenne--1900-1910.; Spectators--Wyoming--Cheyenne--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Bond, J. W.
- A photo of criminal J. W. Bond. His hands are folded in his lap and he wears a jacket that is too tight, vest, hat and tie. An unidentified man is off to the side.
- Bond, J. W.; Criminals--1900-1910.
- [1902]
- Portrait of two men and a woman
- Studio portrait of two men and a woman, possibly the J.L. Parker family. One man sits on a chair that is covered with an animal fur rug, he wears striped pants, a dark jacket and a dark shirt. A woman stands at his side with her hand resting on his...
- Families--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Portrait of a woman and girl
- Studio portrait of a woman, possibly E.A. Vickers, and her daughter. Both wear white summer dresses and pose near a stone fence. The young girl has short bangs and wears her hair straight and down. Her dress has lace flounces at the shoulder, and...
- Families--1890-1900.; Girls--1890-1900.; Women--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Portrait of a man and woman
- Studio portrait of possibly W.H. Payton and a woman. The young man wears a striped suit and is seated in an upholstered chair. The woman stands near the chair and wears a tight fitting basque fastened with a row of closely set small buttons. The...
- Couples--1890-1900.; Men--1890-1900.; Women--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Goodbye Johnnie!
- Four Chinese American women stand on a wooden pier on the San Francisco Bay near San Francisco, California. They wear long dark shirts with wide sleeves. Their hair is pulled back into tight buns.
- Chinese Americans--Women--California--San Francisco--1870-1900.; San Francisco (Calif.)--1870-1900.; San Francisco Bay (Calif.)--1870-1900.; Piers & wharves--California--San Francisco--1870-1900.; Women--California--San Francisco--1870-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- Photographed at Ironton, Colorado
- In Ironton, Ouray County, Colorado, people and a dog pose by a log business with signs: "B. Ware and I. Steele. Plain Sewing;" and "Pawn Brokers Co." The men are in suits with gold chains; the women wear flounced skirts with draped overdresses,...
- Ironton (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Dogs--Colorado--Ironton--1880-1890.; Girls--Colorado--Ironton--1880-1890.; Log buildings--Colorado--Ironton--1880-1890.; Pawnshops--Colorado--Ironton--1880-1890.; Women--Colorado--Ironton--1880-1890.
- September 8, 1886
- Horseshoe curve D & S P R R Platte Canon
- Tracks of the Denver and South Park Railroad, Douglas County, Colorado, follow a tight curve on the South Platte River. A trestle traverses the water in one place; crags rise on all sides. A tent is pitched between the rails and a footbridge.
- Douglas County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1870-1880.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Douglas County--1870-1880.; Rivers--Colorado--Douglas County--1870-1880.; Tents--Colorado--Douglas County--1870-1880.;...
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- The ordeal in the Sun Dance among the Blackfeet Indians
- Reproduction of a lithograph by Frederick Remington, shows a Blackfoot (Siksika) Native American man enduring a portion of the Sun Dance that includes a piercing of both nipples with thongs that are attached to ropes drawn tight. The man wears a...
- Indians of North America--Spiritual life--Montana--1890-1900.; Siksika Indians--Dance--Montana--1890-1900.; Ceremonial dancers--Montana--1890-1900.; Sun dance--Montana--1890-1900.; United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Blackfeet...
- [between 1940 and 1970?]
- Breckenridge parlor
- A woman sits in the center of a parlor in Breckenridge, Colorado, holding an open book and wearing a bodice with high puffed shoulders, a lace collar, and a plunging, buttoned, jockey pointed closure with notched lapels. Her bishop style sleeves...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Interiors.; Parlors--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1892.
- [between 1890 and 1892?]
- Sister's Mustard Seeds
- Portrait of Agnes Finding Miner and Sister's Mustard Seeds in Breckenridge, Colorado. The founder of this girl's charitable organization is seated in the upper middle and wears a wide brimmed, feathered hat, white dress and dark bodice. The other...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Women--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1890.
- [between 1885 and 1890?]
- Minnie Dusing Thomas
- Minnie Dusing Thomas poses for a portrait in Breckenridge, Colorado, in a tight sleeved white blouse with ruffled cuffs, and a simple black dress. Her hair is swept up and back, and she has a high collar. Her arm rests on a carved wood table with...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Interiors--1880-1890.; Thomas, Minnie Dusing.
- [between 1885 and 1890?]
- Locomotive (Argentine Central) Shay No. 1
- Argentine Central Locomotive Engine Number 1, Lima 1561, constructed in 1905, first narrow-gauge Shay gear-driven engine designed for line's steep grades and tight curves, at railroad's lower terminus, Silver Plume, Clear Creek County, Colorado;...
- Argentine Central Railway Company--1900-1910.; Silver Plume (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Silver Plume--1900-1910.; Railroad shops & yards--Colorado--Silver Plume--1900-1910.; Ames, George.; Dunning, Bill.
- [between 1905 and 1909]
- Locomotive (Argentine Central) Shay No. 4
- Argentine Central Locomotive; Engine Number 4, Lima 1907 construction, narrow-gauge Shay gear-driven engine designed for line's steep grades and tight curves, in front of Silver Plume enginehouse at railroad's lower terminus, Clear Creek, Colorado;...
- Argentine Central Railway Company--1900-1910.; Silver Plume (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Silver Plume--1900-1910.; Railroad shops & yards--Colorado--Silver Plume--1900-1910.
- [between 1907 and 1909]
- Indian Sun Dance
- Native Americans (Sioux), concentrated in a tight circle, perform the Sun Dance in a dirt clearing as spectators watch. A tent with a stovepipe and a flag are in the background.
- Dakota Indians--Dance--1870-1890.; Indians of North America--1870-1890.; Ceremonial dancers--1870-1890.; Sun dance--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- Interior of Doris (?) tunnel, machine drill working
- View of three miners working a pneumatic machine drill with a column support inside of the Doris (possibly Doric) tunnel, Clear Creek County, Colorado. They work by candlelight in tight quarters.
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Drilling & boring machinery--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1890-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1890-1920.; Miners--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1890-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek...
- [between 1890 and 1920?]
- Bunk house interior, Camp Garnet, Blue Jacket mine
- Interior view shows eight miners posing in the tight confines of their bunkhouse, Camp Garnet, Blue Jacket mine (Idaho County), Idaho. Personal effects hang on hooks above bedding.
- Blue Jacket Mine (Idaho)--1880-1900.; Interiors--Idaho--Idaho County--1880-1900.; Miners--Idaho--Idaho County--1880-1900.; Mining--Idaho--Idaho County--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Bunk house interior, Camp Garnet, Blue Jacket mine - Idaho
- Interior view shows six miners posing in the tight confines of their bunkhouse, Camp Garnet, Blue Jacket mine (Idaho County), Idaho. The men sit around a wood burning stove on chairs and logs. Personal effects hang on hooks.
- Blue Jacket Mine (Idaho)--1880-1900.; Idaho County (Idaho)--1880-1900.; Interiors--Idaho--Idaho County--1880-1900.; Miners--Idaho--Idaho County--1880-1900.; Mining--Idaho--Idaho County--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Coaldale School
- Group portrait shows the Coaldale school children of various ages with their teacher, Miss Mable Cerane (? )in front of the blackboard, Fremont, Colorado. The boys wear sack jackets; some with ties; the girls have on dresses with lace, square or...
- Coaldale (Colo.)--1890-1900.; School children--Colorado--Coaldale--1890-1900.
- 1896
- Photographed at Ironton, Colo., Sept. 8th, 1886
- In Ironton (Ouray County), Colorado, people and a dog pose by a log building with signs that read: "B. Ware and I. Steele. Plain Sewing" and "Pawn Brokers Co." Men are in suits with bow ties and watch chains. Women wear box-plaited flounced skirts...
- Ironton (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Dogs--Colorado--Ironton--1880-1890.; Girls--Colorado--Ironton--1880-1890.; Log buildings--Colorado--Ironton--1880-1890.; Pawnshops--Colorado--Ironton--1880-1890.; Women--Colorado--Ironton--1880-1890.
- 1886 September 8
- Staff of Arapahoe County Hospital, Denver
- A group of nurses, administrators, and doctors pose near Arapahoe County Hospital (Denver General Hospital) located at West 6th (Sixth) Avenue and Cherokee Street in Denver, Colorado. The nurses wear uniforms with tight bodices, large puffed...
- Arapahoe County Hospital (Denver, Colo.)--People--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hospitals--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Nurses--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Physicians--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Eaton Hi
- The Eaton High School football team poses in Eaton, Weld County, Colorado; men and teenage boys wear jerseys with stripes, and the coaches wear ties and pullovers. They include, back row, left to right: Gazelle, manager; Paul Deeds, coach; Yeagy,...
- Eaton (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Football players--Colorado--Eaton--1920-1940.; Teenagers--Colorado--Eaton--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Dr. Helen Davis, Director of Instruction CSCE
- A head and shoulders studio portrait of Dr. Helen Davis of the Colorado State College of Education (now the University of Northern Colorado and formerly known as the State Normal School, Colorado Teacher's College, and Colorado State College) in...
- Colorado State College of Education--1940-1950.; Greeley (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Greeley--1940-1950.; Davis, H. (Helen)
- 1940 October 29
- Queen of the May
- Three Tenth Mountain Divsion soldiers dressed as women, in tight sweaters, short skirts and army boots, stand in the snow. The one closest to the camera is wearing a gun hoster around his waist and a wig made from a mop.
- Military life--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- [1944]
- View down midway looking west : prisoners shown leaving dining room
- Convicts at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, walk next to a pipe held aloft by plank supports. Stone walls and buildings flank the "Midway." More prisoners stand against the wall in a tight group. A guard tower, trees and hills are...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Prisoners--Colorado--Canon City--1910-1930.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1910-1930.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Street scene Canon City
- Men, women, and children in straw hats watch a man on a tightrope over Main St. in Canon City, Colorado. The rope is fixed to the brick cornice of Murry's Saloon, with its corbeled arches. Potted plants fill stone sills of arched sash windows....
- Canon City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Aerialists--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1890.
- 1884
- Life saving fence
- A man hangs from a life preserver suspended in the air by an apparatus hanging from a wire during a rehearsal for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. He holds his arms up in the air and rests his feet on a wire hanging between two log poles. (One of the...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Rescues--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Celia F. Osgood
- Studio portrait of Celia Frances Osgood, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Osgood has tight, curled bangs, and wears her hair pulled back. Her dress has velvet panels and she wears an upright lace collar and a lace scarf pinned...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Osgood, Celia F. (Celia Frances); Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1880
- Cora M. Cunningham
- Studio portrait of Cora May Cunningham, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. View in profile shows her bangs in tight curls on her forehead, and her hair pulled neatly back in a braided bun. Her dress has a front button enclosure,...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Cunningham, Cora M. (Cora May); Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1884
- Nina Brown
- Studio bust portrait of Nina Brown, valedictorian and senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Brown wears her hair pulled neatly back, with a few curly bangs on her forehead. Her dress has a large, tight row of buttons down the front, an...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Brown, Nina.; Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1885
- Alice Bliss
- Studio bust portrait of Alice Blake Bliss, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Bliss has curled bangs and her hair is pulled back. Her dress bodice has tight pleats and a standing frill collar enclosed with a bar pin. Buttons adorn...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Bliss, Alice Blake.; Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1886
- Clara M. Beardsley
- Studio bust portrait of Clara Marion Beardsley, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. She wears tight curls on her forehead, and her hair is pulled back. Beardsley has a lace scarf affixed at the throat with a bar pin.
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Beardsley, Clara M. (Clara Marion); Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1882
- Anna M. Ballard
- Studio bust portrait of Anna Margarita Ballard, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Ballard has curled bangs and she wears her hair in a coronet twist. Her fitted wool dress bodice has a front closure with a tight row of buttons.
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Mrs. Taylor
- Studio portrait of Mrs. Carrie Parker Taylor, from Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. She wears a tight fitted dress with a velvet bodice and contrasting puffed sleeves. She has on a large ruffled collar with a tucked front dickey. A...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Clothing & dress.; Women.; Taylor, Carrie Parker, d. 1896.
- Gertrude Nash Pulsifer
- Studio portrait of Mrs. Gertrude Nash Pulsifer of Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. She wears a light colored dress with puffed sleeves and with a large lace butterfly bib over the tight fitting bodice. The neck, front and sleeves are...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Clothing & dress.; Lace.; Women.; Pulsifer, Gertrude Nash.
- Annie Coughlin
- Studio portrait of Annie Coughlin from Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Her dress has a tight fitting bodice and puff sleeves, she wears a short lace over-blouse with a ruffled collar. She has a wide velvet ribbon around her neck. Her...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Clothing & dress.; Women.; Coughlin, Annie.
- Unidentified women
- Studio portrait of two women from Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. They stand in front of a painted backdrop beside a prop stone wall. The women wear long dresses with tight basque bodices. One woman's dress has a lace collar, a tucked...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Clothing & dress.; Women.
- Unidentified family
- Studio portrait of an unidentified family (a man, woman and young girl) from Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. They stand in front of a painted backdrop. The husband wears a suit with a sack coat, a vest and striped tie. He has a...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Clothing & dress.; Families.; Girls.; Women.
- Mrs. Alberta Collicott
- Studio portrait of Mrs. Alberta Collicott, a resident of Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. She wears a dark colored dress with a bloused bodice decorated with a wide ribbon. The dress has puff sleeves tight from the elbow.
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Clothing & dress.; Women.; Collicott, Alberta.