Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- #313 Interior of Emry Shoe & Clothing Co.
- A male employee of the Emry Shoe & Clothing Company fits a customer with a jacket as the man, who wears a hat, looks at himself in the mirror. Hundreds of boxes of shoes are stacked on shelves behind the mirror. Merchandise, including shirts, is...
- Paonia (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Clothing stores--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Sales personnel--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Shoe stores--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.
- [1908?]
- #327 Interior of Emry Shoe & Clothing Co.
- A man walks through the interior of Emry Shoe and Clothing Company carrying a rectangular clothing box under his arm. He wears a suit, a hat, and holds gloves in his right hand. Items for sale include: jackets hanging on clothes racks, hats in...
- Paonia (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Clothing stores--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Hats--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Shoe stores--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.
- [1908?]
- 1 1/2 miles below Royal Gorge
- A man in uniform stands on railroad tracks near the Royal Gorge in Fremont County, Colorado. He carries a rifle and wears a cartridge belt. Shows mountains and brush.
- Fremont County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Fremont County--1890-1920.; Uniforms--Colorado--Fremont County--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920?]
- 10th Mountain Division ski trooper
- Photomechanical reproduction of a painting shows a ski trooper with the 10th Light Division (Alpine) [later renamed the 10th Mountain Division] kneeling in snow and holding a rifle. He has on skis and wears dark snow goggles and a winter jump suit...
- World War, 1939-1945--American--Campaigns & battles.; Ski Troopers--American--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Saturday evening post.
- 1943
- 10th Mountain troops debark at Leghorn, Italy
- Uniformed artillerymen, members of the 10th Mountain Division, descend a gangplank from a transport ship in the city of Livorno, Italy. The men wears uniforms and carry packs, duffel bags and rifles. Open army trucks are filled with soldiers on a...
- World War, 1939-1945--American--Campaigns & battles--Italy--Livorno.; World War, 1939-1945--American--Destruction & pillage--Italy--Livorno.; Livorno (Italy)--1940-1950.; Gangplanks--Italy--Livorno--1940-1950.; Government...
- 1945 January 24
- 1421 Champa, operator's school
- A woman sits at a desk and interviews an applicant for a position as an operator at the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph building, 1421 Champa Street in Denver, Colorado. The woman behind the desk wears a dress with a broad collar and has a...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--People--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Employment interviewing--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Telephone...
- 1921 June 9
- 1421 Champa, operator's school
- A woman measures the height of a student at the operator's school at the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company building at 1421 Champa Street in Denver, Colorado. The student wears a wool skirt and jacket. The other woman wears a cotton...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--People--1920-1930.; Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Employment interviewing--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Telephone...
- 1921 June 9
- 15th & Mapleton Mrs. Norton
- Posing on the boardwalk in her yard in Boulder, Colorado, this woman wears a white bonnet and shawl. A spinning wheel is in the foreground; fenced gardens, trees, and frame residences are in the background, including one with bargeboard.
- Boulder (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- 1905 Corbett & Ballenger's 32nd Annual Denver City Directory
- 1907 Ballenger & Richards 35th Annual Denver City Directory
- 1911 Corbett & Ballenger's 39th Annual Denver City Directory
- 1915 Corbett & Ballenger's 43rd Annual Denver City Directory
- 1930 Camp staff and visitors. White shorts! Why, Woody!!
- African American women, staff members and visitors pose together (includes "Mother" Gross the camp cook, and Mary Wood aka "Woody") at Camp Nizhoni in Lincoln Hills (Gilpin County) Colorado. They wear dresses, pants, shorts, blouses; one wears a...
- Camp Nizhoni (Colo.)--People--1920-1930.; Young Women's Christian Association (Denver, Colo.). Phyllis Wheatley Branch--People--1920-1930.; African Americans--Colorado--Lincoln Hills--1920-1930.; Lincoln Hills (Colo.)--1920-1930.;...
- 1930
- 19th & Stout St.
- Close-up view of a man beside steps of probably row houses near 19th (Nineteenth) and Stouts Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado. The man wears pants, a jacket, a cap, smokes a cigar, and leans against an iron railing in front of the stone...
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Row houses--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- 1st child born in Greeley
- A couple, Horace Greeley and Bertha Dixon, pose for a formal studio portrait in Greeley, Colorado in Weld County. The man, who sits in an upholstered chair with fringe around the edge, wears a suit, a shirt, a vest, and leather gloves. The woman...
- Greeley (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Dixon, Bertha.; Greeley, Horace.
- 1870 June 18
- 1st Festival of Mountain & Plain
- Native American (Ute) men march in a parade on Broadway as part of the first Festival of Mountain and Plain in Denver, Colorado. They carry bows and wear moccasins, beaded leggings, and feathers in their hair. One man wears a hair pipe necklace. A...
- Festival of Mountain and Plain (Denver, Colo)--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Parades &...
- 1895
- 1st Festival of Mountain and Plain
- Native American (Ute) men pose between two tents at the first Festival of Mountain and Plain in Denver, Colorado. The men wear blankets. One man wears fur pelts over his braids.
- Festival of Mountain and Plain (Denver, Colo)--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Festivals--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- 1895
- 1st office of Rocky Mt. News
- Five men stand in front of the Rocky Mountain News building near 1301 Walnut Street in the Auraria neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a single story wood frame building with brick chimney. Four men wear dark suits and straw boaters or bowlers....
- Rocky Mountain News--Buildings--1850-1860.; Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--1850-1860.; Denver (Colo.)--1850-1860.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1850-1860.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Denver--1850-1860.
- 1859
- 1st prize ponies, Master George Shields, young son of the president of the carnival. Accompanied by Miss Augusta Wright.
- George Shields and Augusta Wright ride in a pony cart, decorated with evergreen sprigs and crepe paper flowers, at the Sunflower Carnival Parade, Colorado Springs, Colorado. The children wear straw hats ; hers is wide brimmed and flowered. A man...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Children--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Colorado...
- [between 1893 and 1906?]
- 2 men
- Interior of a restaurant with two railroad men seated, one is Chief Hooley. They both wear suits with buttoned vests and ties, one wears a pocket watch, probably in Colorado. Two metal pitchers hang from a rack on the wall, sign reads: "Union Lager...
- Interiors--Colorado--1900-1910.; Railroad employees--Colorado--1900-1910.; Restaurants--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [1901 November]
- 2 men
- Two unidentified men stand in a field next to a silo, probably in Colorado. One man wears ribbons pinned to his shirt and a cowboy hat.
- Men--Colorado--1890-1910.; Silo--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- 2 unid. men in front of tipi
- Two unidentified Native American men pose in front of tipi. One man wears a wide brimmed hat, long shirt tied with a beaded belt, pants with beadwork down the sides, a scarf and beaded moccasins. The other man wears a long print shirt with beaded...
- Indians of North America--1890-1910.; Tipis--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- 2nd Pueblo - Taos
- View of Taos Pueblo, New Mexico; shows adobe pueblo dwellings, stoves, scaffolds, ladders, laundry, and wagons. Native American (Taos Pueblo) men, women, and children mingle with White visitors; a man in the foreground wears a striped blanket.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.; Taos Indians--New Mexico--1910-1920.; Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--1910-1920.; Pueblos--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.
- 1917
- 3026 Lafayette St. group
- A group of men and women stand near Edward Hildebrand's house at 3026 Lafayette Street in Denver, Colorado. One woman wears an elaborately decorated hat, fur collar, and she holds a muff. A dog stands in the foreground
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Clothing & dress--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Hildebrand, Edward--Homes & haunts.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- 31. Navajo Indians Shiprock
- A group of Native American (Navajo) men, a woman, child, and baby in a cradleboard pose outdoors near an unhitched wagon at Shiprock, New Mexico. The men are wrapped in woven blankets and wear headbands. The woman wears a dress and shawl. The girl...
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Shiprock--1890-1910.; Navajo Indians--New Mexico--Shiprock--1890-1910.; Navajo Indian Reservation--1890-1910.; Shiprock (N.M.)--1890-1910.; Cradleboards--New Mexico--Shiprock--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1908]
- 33. Navajo Indian girl at Shiprock
- Native American (Navajo) woman poses outdoors on horseback at Shiprock, New Mexico. The woman wears a dress and shirt. The horse has a saddle, bridle, and blanket.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Shiprock--1890-1910.; Navajo Indians--New Mexico--Shiprock--1890-1910.; Navajo Indian Reservation--1890-1910.; Shiprock (N.M.)--1890-1910.; Horseback riding--New Mexico--Shiprock--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1908]
- 3rd grade at Boyd, 1941
- Boys and girls sit in rows of wooden desks in a third grade classroom at Boyd School in Alamosa, Colorado. Some boys wear overalls and one wears a bow tie. The girls wear print dresses with clips or bows in their hair. Built in bookshelves with...
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Christmas decorations--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Classrooms--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Interiors.; Schools--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.
- [1941]
- 3rd St SF
- Interior view of the Southern Pacific Railroad station at Third and Townsend Streets in San Francisco (San Francisco County), California. Men and women are at the ticket counter by cast bronze lamps, a marble counter, and signs: "To Trains" and...
- Southern Pacific Railroad Company--1930-1940.; San Francisco (Calif.)--1930-1940.; Interiors--California--San Francisco--1930-1940.; Passengers--California--San Francisco--1930-1940.; Railroad stations--California--San Francisco--1930-1940.; Ticket...
- 1938
- 5th Inf. Ski Patrol in Sun Valley, during training film
- A member of the Mountain Division, 15th Infantry Ski Patrol (later the 10th Mountain Division) adjusts his rifle during filming for an Otto Lang training film at Sun Valley (Blaine County), Idaho. He stands on skis and wears a winter jacket and...
- Sawtooth Mountains (Idaho)--1940-1950.; Sun Valley (Idaho)--1940-1950.; Infantry--American--Idaho--Sun Valley--1940-1950.; Military training--Idaho--Sun Valley--1940-1950.; Motion picture industry--Idaho--Sun Valley--1940-1950.; Ski...
- 1941
- [A]llan B. MacNeill
- Studio bust portrait of Allan Benjamin MacNeill, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. MacNeill's hair is parted to the side, and he wears a morning coat, a necktie and a shirt with an upright collar.
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; MacNeill, Allan B. (Allan Benjamin); Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1886
- [Dic]kerson, Thos "L" 12th Ky. Urt
- Studio portrait of Thomas Dickerson, a member of Farragut Post Number 46, G. A. R. He wears a medal in the shape of an eagle with a U. S. flag and a star pendant on his shirt.
- African Americans--1890-1910.; Insignia--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- [E]dwin S. Kassler
- Studio bust portrait of Edwin Stebbins Kassler, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Kassler's hair is parted in the middle and he has a moustache. He wears a morning coat, a cravat with a tie pin made to look like an insect, and a...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Kassler, Edwin S. (Edwin Stebbins); Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1886
- [Three] 3 children portrait
- Studio portrait of a girl, boy, and baby in Colorado. The boy wears knickers and a shirt with a broad collar.
- Boys--Colorado--1910-1930.; Children--Colorado--1910-1930.; Girls--Colorado--1910-1930.; Infants--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- [Three] 3 men standing outside company building
- Outdoor portrait of men at a foundry building in Denver, Colorado. One man wears a vest, tie, and watch chain and rests his foot on a crucible. A sign on the building read: "Positively No Admittance Ring Bell".
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Foundries--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- [Two] 2 girls one boy seated portrait
- Studio portrait of girls and a boy in Colorado. The girls wear dresses with lace collars and cuffs. The boy wears a shirt decorated with embroidery.
- Boys--Colorado--1910-1930.; Girls--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910-1930]
- [Two] 2 men carrying overcoats on Alameda Ave bridge
- Outdoor portrait of men on the wooden sidewalk of the Alameda Avenue bridge over the South Platte River in Denver, Colorado. They wears three-piece suits, ties, and bowlers.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1904 and 1909]
- [Young] White Bull
- Studio portrait of Young White Bull a Native American (Minniconjou Sioux) boy in a squatted action pose on a woven blanket, holding a rattle. He wears a roach with feathers, kilt, fur belt, moccasins, face paint, beaded arm and wrist bands, and a...
- Dakota Indians--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--1910-1920.; Boys--1910-1920.; Young White Bull.
- [1913?]
- "Andy Family" First week
- Six African American campers of various ages in the "Andy" family (Andy is counselor Marie Anderson, later Marie L. Greenwood) pose near a wire fence on the grounds of Camp Nizhoni in Lincoln Hills (Gilpin County), Colorado. Some wear dresses, two...
- Camp Nizhoni (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Young Women's Christian Association (Denver, Colo.). Phyllis Wheatley Branch--People--1930-1940.; African Americans--Colorado--Lincoln Hills--1930-1940.; Lincoln Hills (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Camps--Colorado--Lincoln...
- 1935
- "Back from the round-up", Ranger Rollins in fighting togs
- An Arizona Ranger sits and poses on a horse in Arizona. Ranger Rollins wears a striped jacket and slacks, cowboy boots, a neckerchief, a cowboy hat and gauntlets with horse shoe symbols and a leather cartridge belt. A horse has a woven saddle...
- Arizona Rangers--People--1900-1910.; Horseback riding--Arizona--1900-1910.; Law enforcement officers--Arizona--1900-1910.
- [between 1906 and 1909]
- "Big Alec's" wife and her garden
- A Native American (Paiute) woman, identified as the wife of Big Alec, stands in a cultivated garden, Deep Creek, Nevada. She wears a scarf over her head, and a print blouse and skirt, and holds a garden tool. Family members stand in the background.
- Indians of North America--Nevada--Deep Creek--1910-1920.; Paiute Indians--Women--Nevada--Deep Creek--1910-1920.; Deep Creek (Nev.)--1910-1920.; Gardening--Nevada--Deep Creek--1910-1920.; Women--Nevada--Deep Creek--1910-1920.; Big Alex--Family.
- 1913
- "Big Alec", wife, three sons, and daughters-in-law
- Native American (Paiute) man, identified as Big Alec, with his wife, three sons, and two daughters-in-law, in Deep Creek, Nevada. The men wear shirts and dungarees, Big Alec wears suspenders, the youngest son wears a jacket with a ribbon on the...
- Indians of North America--Nevada--Deep Creek--1910-1920.; Paiute Indians--Nevada--Deep Creek--1910-1920.; Deep Creek (Nev.)--1910-1920.; Boys--Nevada--Deep Creek--1910-1920.; Families--Nevada--Deep Creek--1910-1920.; Women--Nevada--Deep...
- 1913
- "Big Jim's" cabin and daughter
- A Native American (Shawnee) woman holds a baby, identified as the grandson of Chief Tecumseh, outside of a small log cabin, possibly in Oklahoma. She wears a full length print dress and a scarf around her neck. A white woman stands next to her.
- Tecumseh, Shawnee Chief, 1768-1813--Family.; Indians of North America--Women--Oklahoma--1880-1910.; Shawnee Indians--Children--Oklahoma--1880-1910.; Log cabins--Okahoma--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- "Billy" a Shoshone warrior
- Studio portrait (sitting) of Billy, a Native American (Shoshone) man. He wears a blanket over his lap, a shirt, scarves over his braids, and a beaded necklace.
- Indians of North America--1860-1870.; Shoshoni Indians--1860-1870.; Billy Shoshone Indian.
- 1867
- "Cecile," a Flathead belle
- Sitting portrait of a Native American Flathead (Salish) woman, identified as Cecile. She wears an elaborately stitched and beaded dress, large circular earrings, a necklace, and a long, patterned bone (?) ornament around her neck.
- Indians of North America--1880-1910.; Salish Indians--Women--1880-1910.; Cecile,--Salish woman.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- "Dick" Wilson- controversial council pres
- Dick Wilson, a Native American (Oglala Sioux) man, president of the Oglala Sioux Tribal Council, and a white man stand near a marble monument during the 1973 AIM occupation of Wounded Knee, South Dakota. Dick Wilson wears a beaded necklace with a...
- American Indian Movement--1970-1980.; Dakota Indians--South Dakota--Wounded Knee--1970-1980.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--Wounded Knee--1970-1980.; Oglala Indians--South Dakota--Wounded Knee--1970-1980.; Wilson, Dick, Dakota Indian.
- [1973]
- "Flatheads," So-Sa and family
- A Native American Flathead (Salish) man, identified as Sosa, poses with his family in front of a tepee. There are two men, a woman, and two children. The men wear moccasins, leggings, shirts, necklaces, and fur bound braids. One of them wears a...
- Indians of North America--Children--1900-1910.; Salish Indians--Women--1900-1910.; Families--1900-1910.; So-sa.
- 1907
- "Good-bye" Joseph
- "Good-bye" Joseph (Joe Isadore Woodcock), a Native American young man on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana, poses for an informal portrait. The young man wears his hair in braids, has several beaded necklaces hanging around his...
- Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Montana--1900-1910.; Woodcock, Joe Isadore.
- [between 1905 and 1907?]
- "Gramp" and the burro
- An man sits on a burro, probably in Colorado. He wears a suit, a bowler hat, and has a white beard.
- Aged persons--Colorado--1900-1910.; Donkeys--Colorado--1900-1910.; Riding--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [1906?]
- "Grandma Cox" - Sade's grandmother
- Standing studio portrait of a woman identified as Grandma Cox, the grandmother of Sade Rhoads. She holds an umbrella while standing at an open gate, and wears a full length dress and head adornment.
- Grandparents--1910-1920.; Women--1910-1920.; Cox, Grandma.; Rhoads, Sade--Family.
- [between 1917 and 1920?]
- "Happy Home Bread" - horse drawn wagon
- A man holds the reins of a horse harnessed to a wagon in the stable for the Happy Home Bread Company, probably Denver, Colorado. The man wears a suit, bow tie and hat. Additional wagons for the company are lined up behind him in a covered garage.
- Happy Home Bread Company--1900-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1900-1930.; Horses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1930.; Stables--Colorado--Denver--1900-1930.
- [between 1900 and 1930?]