Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Nick-a-a-god, Utah
- Studio portrait (standing) of Native American (Yampah Ute) chief Nick-a-a-god (Green Leaf). His hair falls loose to his chest. He wears metal hoop earrings and a multi-strand hair pipe choker necklace with contrasting stations. His v-neck buckskin...
- Indians of North America--1860-1880.; Ute Indians--1860-1880.; Yampa Indians--1860-1880.; Clothing & dress--1860-1880.; Tribal chiefs--1860-1880.; Nick-a-a-god.; Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.)
- [between 1869 and 1874.]
- Kwa-ko-nut and Mose, Utah
- Studio portraits (sitting) of two Native American (Muache Ute) warriors, Kwa-jo-nut and Mose. One has beads in his hair and long, fur wrapped braids. He wears a contrast beaded hair pipe breastplate with a choker collar neck detail, a deerskin...
- Indians of North America--1860-1880.; Moache Indians--1860-1880.; Ute Indians--1860-1880.; Clothing & dress--1860-1880.; Warriors--1860-1880.; Kwa-jo-nut.; Mose, Ute warrior.; Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.)
- [between 1868 and 1874.]
- Soldier
- Studio portrait of an unidentified soldier from Colorado. He wears a uniform with a tunic, jodhpers, gaiters and a flat brimmed hat.
- Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1910-1920.; Soldiers.; United States. Army--Uniforms.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic American soldiers--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Military uniforms--Pictorial works.
- [between 1913 and 1920?]
- Benedictine nun
- An unidentified Benedictine nun poses outside of probably St. Cajetan's Catholic Church in the Auraria Neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. She wears a white coif and wimple and a black veil and tunic. A teenage girl is nearby.
- Hispanic Americans--1940-1950.; Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Girls.; Nuns.; Teenagers.; Benedictine nuns--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Teenage...
- 1949
- José "George" Lopez
- Studio (bust) portrait of Corporal; José "George" Lopez, a resident of the Auraria neighborhood in Denver, Colorado. He poses in a United States Marine corps dress uniform. He wears a tunic with two stripes, epaulets, and bar and two medals and...
- Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1940-1950.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1940-1950.; Marines (Military personnel); Lopez, José--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Marines--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Mexican...
- [1953]
- Portrait of an infant
- Studio portrait of a baby in a knit tunic with capped sleeves and a ribbon tied around the neck. Shows a lace fabric covered pedestal and a lace curtain backdrop.
- Infants--1890-1910.; Studio props--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Portrait of a man
- Studio portrait of a man, probably an actor, with wavy hair. He wears a silk or satin jacket with embroidered flowers, satin knickers, an embroidered, possibly velvet tunic with lace cuffs, stockings and slippers. The man poses with an arm extended...
- Actors--1890-1910.; Costumes--1890-1910.; Men--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Portrait of a man
- Studio portrait of a man, probably an actor, with wavy hair. He wears a silk or satin jacket with embroidered flowers, satin knickers, an embroidered, possibly velvet tunic with lace cuffs, stockings and slippers. The man poses with an arm raised,...
- Actors--1890-1910.; Costumes--1890-1910.; Men--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- D.C. Bristol, "Omaha Charlie"
- An oil portrait of D.C. Bristol "Omaha Charlie". He has long wavy hair, a mustache, a pendant earring and wears a beaded and fringed tunic and a hat. The frame is rectangular varnished wood.
- Bristol, D. C. (D. Charles); Men--1890-1900.; Mustaches.; Indian traders.
- 1891
- Chief Sitting Bull
- An oil portrait of Chief Sitting Bull by Charles S. Stobie. Chief Sitting Bull wears a headdress with feathers, necklace, sash, fringed tunic and hold a smoking pipe in his hands. The painting has a rectangular varnished wood frame.
- Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Tribal chiefs--1890-1900.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Chief Standing Bear
- An oil painting portrait (profile) of Oga-Lala Lakota Chief Standing Bear by Charles S. Stobie. Chief Standing Bear wears a tunic and beaded necklace. The rectangular frame is varnished wood.
- Teton Indians--1890-1900.; Tribal chiefs--1890-1900.; Standing Bear, Luther, 1868?-1939.
- 1891 May
- Chief Black Tail Deer
- An oil portrait (three quarters view) of Chief Black Tail Deer. He wears a necklace, red tunic and pendant. The rectangular painting is unframed.
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Black Tail Deer, Chief.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Indian Chief
- An unfinished oil portrait of a Native American chief. He wears a feather headdress, necklace and beaded tunic. The rectangular painting is unframed.
- Tribal chiefs--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Man & woman of Pueblo Laguna, New Mexico
- Standing studio portrait of Native Americans, Tzashima and her husband, governor of Laguna Pueblo, New Mexico, with painted backdrop and prop rock, pottery, bow and arrows. She wears a manta over a cotton blouse with a shawl; he wears a belted...
- Indians of North America--Women--New Mexico--Laguna --1880-1890.; Laguna Indians--1880-1890.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Laguna--1880-1890.; Laguna (N.M.)--1880-1890.; Pottery--New Mexico--Laguna--1880-1890.; Women--New Mexico--Laguna--1880-1890.;...
- [1885?]
- Santa Clara, Buffalo Dance, 2nd from right end Cleto Tafoya(?) end man at right end governor, the Santa Clara tribe came down from La Puye
- Native Americans of Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico, pose in Buffalo Dance costumes. The women wear woven skirts and tops, feather headdresses and bead necklaces; men wear buffalo skin headdresses and dark face paint; one wears a kilt, buckskin...
- Buffalo dance--New Mexico--Santa Clara Pueblo--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Dance--New Mexico--Santa Clara Pueblo--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Santa Clara Pueblo--1890-1900.; Tewa Indians--New Mexico--Santa Clara...
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- San Domingo Pueblo, New Mexico
- A Native American of Santo Domingo Pueblo, New Mexico, poses wearing a tunic and holding a rifle.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Santo Domingo Pueblo--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Santo Domingo Pueblo--1910-1920.; Santo Domingo Pueblo (N.M.)--1910-1920.; Tewa Indians--New Mexico--Santo Domingo Pueblo--1910-1920.
- 1913?
- Ute family
- Full-length studio portrait of a Native American Ute family in front of a painted backdrop; the mother holds a baby; the father's dress includes a vest with painted American flags, bone pipe choker, armbands and moccasins; the young boy wears a...
- Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Ute Indians--1880-1900.; Families--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Mercury by Paschal Quackenbush, Teller House, Central City
- Mercury, who stands on a stone in a darkened arch, holds his torch and is painted in a corner of the Teller House bar in Central City, Colorado. He is wearing a tunic with a sash and holding a lit torch in his left hand. He looks toward the left. A...
- Teller House (Central City, Colo.)--Facilities--1930-1940.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Hotels--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Murals--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Mercury (Roman deity)
- 1932
- Corn ceremonial
- View of Native American(Hopi) men and a boy during a ceremony; one puts a corncob into a clay vessel. The men wear breechcloths and have feathers in their hair. The boy wears a cotton tunic and bead necklaces. Shows prayer sticks.
- Hopi Indians--Spiritual life--Arizona--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Children--Arizona--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Arizona--1890-1900.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Rites &...
- 1899 or 1900?
- Thomas American Horse, Sioux
- Standing portrait of Thomas American Horse, Native American Sioux, holding a blanket and wearing a cotton tunic, quilled vest, animal fur bandolier, leggings, moccasins, and feathers and bead string in his hair. A headdress prop is on the floor in...
- Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Tribal chiefs--1890-1900.; American Horse, Dakota Chief, 1840-1908.
- 1899
- Joe Moses
- Joe Moses, Native American Spokane, poses, on a blanket, with a horse in front of a tepee, Washington State. He wears a headdress with upright feathers, kilt, tunic and hair pipe breastplate; the horse has a brand.
- Indians of North America--Washington (State)--1890-1910.; Spokane Indians--Washington (State)--1890-1910.; Moses, Joe.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Strong Eagle, Simon Silas
- Strong Eagle, Simon Silas and a Native American Spokane woman pose in front of a row of tepees, Washington State. She wears braids wrapped in fur skin, a dress, shawl, abalone disks, and holds an embroidered friendship bag. One man wears a dance...
- Indians of North America--Washington (State)--1890-1910.; Spokane Indians--Women--Washington (State)--1890-1910.; Strong Eagle.; Silas, Simon.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Nasuteas [Kichia woman] Wichita
- Head and shoulders studio portrait of Nasuteas, Native American Wichita woman of the Kichai sub-tribe, shows her hair parted down middle and graying, wrinkled face, and wearing a cotton tunic and shawl.
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Wichita Indians--Women--1890-1900.; Aged persons--1890-1900.
- 1898
- Chief Kicking Bear, Young Man Afraid, Chief of all Sioux's [sic] Standing Bear
- Three Native American Sioux chiefs, leaders of the Ghost Dance, pose outside a building in front of a covered wagon, Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota. Chief Kicking Bear (left) wears a breechcloth, tunic and vest with his blanket on the ground;...
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency--1890-1900.; Dakota Indians--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Pine Ridge (S.D.)--1890-1900.; Tribal chiefs--South...
- 1891? January 30
- Portrait of a man
- Standing portrait a Native American, possibly Lakota Sioux, wearing a striped tunic, leggings, moccasins, feather headdress; holding a wooden handle whip, and prop wood rifle in front of a painted backdrop.
- Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.
- [1890 or 1891]
- Sioux Chief; son Ma-za-oo-me (the little bird hunter)
- Studio portrait of Ma-za-oo-me (Little Bird Hunter), a Native American Santee Sioux (Dakota) boy, seated on a animal fur. This son of a chief wears a headdress, striped cotton tunic, leggings and bead necklaces.
- Dakota Indians--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Santee Indians--Children--1870-1880.; Boys--1870-1880.; Little Bird Hunter.
- 1871
- Unidentified Dakota man
- Studio portrait of an unidentified Native American Dakota Sioux man wearing a tunic shirt, feather in his hair, and a blanket wrapped around his waist; he holds a feather fan and has portrait of Ulysses S. Grant or Rutherford B. Hayes and a medal...
- Dakota Indians--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--1870-1880.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Mounted Sioux and camp
- A Native American Dakota Sioux man and boy pose mounted on horses outside their tepee camp. The man wears a jacket and hat and holds a child wearing buckskin. The boy wears a roach, cotton tunic, vest, leggings and moccasins.
- Dakota Indians--Children--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Horseback riding--1880-1900.; Indian encampments--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Unidentified Dakota man
- Standing portrait of an unidentified Native American Dakota Sioux man wearing a tunic, leggings, long kilt, hair pipe breastplate, and parted long loose hair.
- Dakota Indians--Clothing & dress--1870-1890.; Indians of North America--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- Unidentified Potawatomi man
- Outdoor standing portrait of an elderly unidentified Native American Potawatomi (Prairie Band) man and a boy. The man wears trousers, an embroidered vest, hat, bead necklaces, and a woven stole; the young boy wears a roach, tunic, breechcloth, and...
- Prairie Band of Potawatomi Indians--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--Kansas--Mayetta--1930-1940.; Potawatomi Indians--Kansas--Mayetta--1930-1940.; Mayetta (Kan.)--1930-1940.; Potawatomi Indian Reservation (Kan.)--1930-1940.; Aged...
- [between 1930 and 1940?]]
- Healy House
- In this interior view of the parlor in the Healy House State Museum, on the northwest corner of Harrison Avenue and East Tenth Street in Leadville, Colorado, is a faux-marble fireplace mantle with a candelabra and a gilt bronze clock. Two male...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Candelabras.; Clocks & watches.; Fire screens--1880-1920.; Fireplaces--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1920.; Interiors.; Parlors--1880-1920.; Healy House State Museum.
- [between 1960 and 1970]
- John, Utah
- Studio portrait (sitting) of a Native American (Yampa Ute) warrior. He wears a cylindrical seed bead choker necklace and a long sleeve hide tunic and fringed deerskin vest, densely sewn with row upon row of seed beads. His braids are wrapped in...
- Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Ute Indians--1870-1880.; Yampa Indians--1870-1880.; Clothing & dress--1870-1880.; John, Yampa Indian.; Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.)
- [1871]
- Mautchick, Utah
- A studio portrait (standing) of Mautchick, a young Native American chief (Muache Ute), a delegate to Washington, D.C. in 1873. He has martin fur wrapped braids, metal hoop earrings, a short beaded hair pipe breastplate, a woven and beaded tunic...
- Indians of North America--1860-1880.; Moache Indians--1860-1880.; Ute Indians--1860-1880.; Clothing & dress--1860-1880.; Tribal chiefs--1860-1880.; Mautchick.; Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.)
- [between 1869 and 1874.]
- Suriap, Utah
- A studio portrait (standing) of Suriap (Su-ru-ipe), a Native American (Yampah) warrior, son of Lodge Pole, a prominent chief and warrior. Suriap wears his long hair secured in ties. He has small metal hoop earrings, wears a deerskin tunic with...
- Ute Indians--1860-1880.; Yampa Indians--1860-1880.; Clothing & dress--1860-1880.; Warriors--1860-1880.; Suriap.; Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.)
- [between 1869 and 1874.]
- Chippin, Utah
- A studio portrait (standing) of Chippin (Always Riding), a Native American (Ute) warrior. He wears a bead and naja ornament woven into his shoulder length hair. He has several large metal hoop earrings and a multi-strand hair pipe (bone) choker...
- Indians of North America--1860-1880.; Ute Indians--1860-1880.; Clothing & dress--1860-1880.; Warriors--1860-1880.; Chippin.; Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.)
- [between 1869 and 1874.]
- John Grass, Dakota Chief, wearing war bonnet, bust
- John Grass, Dakota Chief, head and shoulders studio portrait, wearing feather headdress and embroidered tunic.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Grass, John.
- [188-?]
- Mr. and Mrs. Purdy and son Harry
- Studio portrait of the Purdy family; Mr. and Mrs. Purdy are seated and their son Harry stands behind them. The men wear sack jackets with top buttons fastened. Mrs. Purdy wears a long dark tunic over her skirt and a long ribbon tied around her neck.
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Families--Colorado--Gunnison--1870-1880.
- [between 1875 and 1885]
- War chief of the Zuni Indians
- A Native American (Zuni Pueblo) man poses beside a ladder made of hewn timber logs and an adobe building with vigas in Zuni Pueblo, New Mexico. The man, identified as the "war chief" poses with a silver capped cane and a rifle. He wears a woven...
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Zuni--1870-1880.; Zuni Indians--New Mexico--Zuni--1870-1880.; Zuni (N.M.)--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--New Mexico--Zuni--1870-1880.; Tribal chiefs--New Mexico--Zuni--1870-1880.; Geographical Surveys West...
- 1873
- Coyotero Apache scouts
- Men sit or stand and pose with rifles at what is identified as Apache Lake in the White Mountains in Apache County or Navajo County (later Fort Apache Indian Reservation), Arizona. Two Native American, Coyotero Apache (Western Apache) men, military...
- Indian scouts--Arizona--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--Arizona--1870-1880.; Western Apache Indians--Arizona--1870-1880.; White Mountains (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Arizona--1870-1880.; Lakes & ponds--Arizona--1870-1880.;...
- 1873
- Coyotero Apache scouts at Apache Lake
- White and Native American men sit or stand with rifles, at what is identified as Apache Lake, in the White Mountains (Apache County or Navajo County, later Fort Apache Indian Reservation), Arizona. The two Native American (Coyotero Apache, Western...
- Indian scouts--Arizona--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--Arizona--1870-1880.; Western Apache Indians--Arizona--1870-1880.; White Mountains (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Arizona--1870-1880.; Lakes & ponds--Arizona--1870-1880.;...
- 1873
- Grizzley Bear (Stere-itch-im)
- Studio portrait of Grizzley Bear, a Native American (Blackfoot Dakota) man. He poses in front of a painted canvas drop and holds a ceremonial pipe, wears a woven fringed tunic and has his hair in braids.
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1900-1910.; Sihasapa Indians--1900-1910.; Calumets--1900-1910.; Grizzley Bear.
- [between 1905 and 1907?]
- Grizzley Bear and Marie Stere-ich-im
- Studio portrait of Grizzley Bear and Marie, two Native Americans (Blackfoot Dakota). They pose in front of a painted canvas drop. Grizzley Bear holds a ceremonial pipe and wears a woven fringed tunic and has his long hair in braids, he has a scarf...
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1900- 1910.; Indians of North America--Women--1900-1910.; Sihasapa Indians--1900-1910.; Calumets--1900-1910.; Spouses--1900-1910.
- [between 1905 and 1907?]
- Grizzley Bear Stere-ich-im
- Studio portrait of Grizzley Bear, a Native American (Blackfoot Dakota) man also known as "Stere-ich-im." He poses in front of a painted drop, holds a ceremonial pipe in his hands, wears a woven fringed tunic, has his hair in long braids, and has a...
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1900-1910.; Sihasapa Indians--1900-1910.; Calumets--1900-1910.; Grizzley Bear.
- [between 1905 and 1907?]
- Central City, theaters, Opera House
- Seen from the back of the auditorium, the seating area of the Central City Opera House in Central City, Colorado, is filled with wood chairs with arched backs. A wood partition separates the section below the balcony from the main floor. On either...
- Central City Opera House--1930-1950.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Interiors--1930-1950.; Opera houses--Colorado--Central City--1930-1950.
- [between 1932 and 1950?]
- Opera house at Central City, Colo., interior after restoration in 1932
- View of the stage and the lower seating level of the Central City Opera House in Central City, Colorado. Empty wood chairs that face the stage are in the foreground with a partition. A classical winged pegasus being held by a man in a tunic is...
- Central City Opera House--1930-1950.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Opera houses--Colorado--Central City--1930-1950.; Stages (Platforms)--1930-1950.
- [between 1932 and 1950?]
- Larry Bolton, Edwina Eustice, Anna Kaskis, Margit Bokar
- Two photoprints of actors from "Orpheus" and "The Barber of Seville" are clipped to a board in Central City, Colorado. Two actresses, one in an iridescent tunic with a floor-length cloak draped over a shoulder and the other in a long, sleeveless...
- Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Actors--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Diamond jubilee of the Cathedral parish, Denver, Colorado...1860-1935.
- Book created by Retired Reverend Monsignor Hugh L. McMenamin, LLD. for the Diamond Jubilee of the Cathedral Parish of Denver, Colorado. It covers the years of 1860 to 1935. Included in the book are sections dedicated to: Bishop Machebeuf, a...
- Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Denver, Colo.); Catholic Church Colorado.
- 1935
- Western History Subject Index
- Tourists. Denver