Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Cripple Creek vicinity
- Man and woman seated in horse-drawn pony surrey in front of residence, Cripple Creek, Colorado; man, wearing an overcoat and derby holds reins while woman, wearing overcoat and hat sits in backseat; children and a woman stand in doorway of house...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Dwellings--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1893 and 1896]
- Church group
- A church choir poses for a group photo in an unidentified church in Denver, Colorado. A woman poses by a piano, another woman behind the choir sits near the church organ. Two men and a woman, possibly church officials, stand in front of the stage.
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Choirs (Music)--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Churches--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Ute Indians at play posing
- Native American (Ute) men and a woman, Towee, and John (Jim) Taylor, aBlack man, pose outdoors, possibly at the old Broadmoor Hotel, Colorado Springs, Colorado; five unidentified Ute men, one on horseback who aims a shotgun, surround Jim Taylor,...
- Indians of North America--Women--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Performances & portrayals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Tableaux--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.;...
- 1894
- Ute camp old zoo park, near Colo. Springs
- Outdoor portrait (standing), Native American (Ute) man, woman, and baby, near a tepee at old Zoo Park, Colorado Springs, Colorado; woman holds scarf above baby's head; metal pan and blanket lie on either side of tepee entrance; man wears dark suit,...
- Indians of North America--Children--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Ute Indians--Women--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cradleboards--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.;...
- 1906
- Confederate reunion
- View of a conventioneers in Trinidad, Colorado. A laughing woman is dressed in a plaid cowboy shirt and bandana, and leather chaps. A gentleman with his back to the camera is in a Confederate uniform with embroidered sleeve; just next to his head...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Military uniforms--Confederate.; Reunions--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.; Finn, Eileen.
- August, 1939
- Women weaving near Butlers trading post
- View of 2 Native American (Navajo) women, a girl, and a baby sitting and standing outside of an adobe and wood building with a brush and wood porch, at Butlers trading post, possibly in New Mexico; one woman, who sits on a fringed blanket, weaves a...
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--Women--1900-1910.; Navajo Indian Reservation--1900-1910.; Looms--1900-1910.; Weaving--1900-1910.
- [1908?]
- San Juan Indians- cliff dwellings at Manitou, Colo. family group
- A Native American (Tewa) man, woman, and children pose near the ruins of ancient cliff dwellings, (Manitou Cliff Dwellings Museum) near Manitou Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. Chief Juan Cruz wears beaded moccasins, leggings, and vest, a long...
- Manitou Cliff Dwellings Museum (Manitou Springs, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--Women--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--1910-1920.; Tewa Indians--Children--1910-1920.; Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cliff...
- 1915 September 14
- San Juan Indians at cliff dwellings in Manitou, Colo. family group
- Native American (Tewa) man, woman, and children pose near the ruins of ancient cliff dwellings (Manitou Cliff Dwellings Museum), near Manitou Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. Chief Juan Cruz wears beaded moccasins, leggings, and vest, a long dark...
- Manitou Cliff Dwellings Museum (Manitou Springs, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--Women--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--1910-1920.; Tewa Indians--Children--1910-1920.; Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cliff...
- 1915 September 14
- Navajo girl mixing fresh corn batter on sheep skin [sic] over her lap
- Interior view of a Native American (Navajo) woman who sits in a brush shelter, and prepares ground cornmeal; a pile of corncobs and husks and a pile of ground cornmeal lie on outspread blankets in front of the woman; above the woman's head is a...
- Indians of North America--Domestic life--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--Women--1900-1910.; Home food processing--1900-1910.
- [1908?]
- Indian bakery, Pueblo, Taos, N.M.
- Native American (Pueblo) woman and three children stand by a beehive oven (horno), north plaza, Taos Pueblo, New Mexico. The woman wears a shawl covering her head and shoulders, there is a basket of bread by her feet. An adobe pueblo cluster is in...
- Indians of North America--Women--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Domestic life--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1900-1910.; Taos Indians--Children--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1900-1910.; Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Baking--New...
- 1902 September 29
- Siksika Indians
- Sitting portrait of a Native American (Blackfeet, Siksika) woman, Kate Clears Up, holding a baby in her lap, Blackfeet Agency, Montana. She is in front of a hewn log cabin and wears a dress and long braids. A woman stands in the door of the cabin.
- Indians of North America--Montana--1920-1930.; Siksika Indians--Montana--1920-1930.; Blackfeet Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1920-1930.; Infants--Montana--1920-1930.; Log cabins--Montana--1920-1930.; Clears up, Kate.; United States. Office of Indian...
- 1926?
- Merry Widow cast, Central City
- Eight actors in the Play Festival look for gold in a creek on stage in Central City, Colorado. Three of the five men stand in the water wearing swimming trunks. Two other men stand on the banks of the creek. One man crouches by the creek, looking...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Theatrical productions--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- 1933
- Residence in Central City, Colorado
- A one story, clapboard house with a side gable is partly visible on the crest of a hill in Central City, Colorado. The house has a walk-out basement with a door, rectangular windows, a paneled door with a makeshift tin roof over the top, and a...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1930-1950.; Maintenance & repair--Colorado--Central City--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950]
- 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]
- Camp in Monument Valley Park
- Native American (Ute) woman and girl stand near bushes at Monument Valley Park, El Paso County, Colorado. The woman wears a dress and a fringed shawl. The girl wears moccasins, leggings, and a dress. A water pot stands near the woman.
- Indians of North America--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--Women--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Monument Valley Park (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Girls--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.
- August, 1912
- San Ildefonso
- Native American (Tewa) man, woman, and child, San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico. The man wears a shirt, pants and a headband, he holds a baby in a hooded gown. The woman wears a dark shawl over her head and shoulders, and a dress with an apron; she...
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--San Ildefonso--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--San Ildefonso--1910-1920.; Tewa Indians--Women--New Mexico--San Ildefonso--1910-1920.; San Ildefonso (N.M.)--1910-1920.; Infants--New Mexico--San...
- 1918
- Santa Clara, mother and child.
- Native American (Pueblo, Tewa) woman and child pose outdoors at Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico. The woman holds the child and both are wrapped in a fringed blanket. The woman wears wrapped boots and a dress. The photographer's shadow is visible.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Santa Clara Pueblo--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Children--New Mexico--Santa Clara Pueblo--1910-1920.; Tewa Indians--Women--New Mexico--Santa Clara Pueblo--1910-1920.; Santa Clara Pueblo (N.M.)--1910-1920.;...
- [1910]
- Santa Clara Indian.
- Native American (Pueblo, Tewa) woman and child pose outdoors at Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico. The woman holds the child's hands. She wears a shirt and a manta. The girl wears shoes and a dress.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Santa Clara Pueblo--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Children--New Mexico--Santa Clara Pueblo--1910-1920.; Tewa Indians--Women--New Mexico--Santa Clara Pueblo--1910-1920.; Santa Clara Pueblo (N.M.)--1910-1920.;...
- [1910]
- Scenes of the Historic Parade Given Annually by the Mormons on Pioneer Day, at Fruitland
- Women sit and stand on a flatbed wagon with a canopy cover, which displays a sign that reads: "Relief Society," as part of the Mormon Pioneer Day Parade at Fruitland, New Mexico. One woman holds a wooden staff topped with a heart. She wears a sash...
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints--Commemoration--1890-1900.; Fruitland (N.M.)--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--New Mexico--Fruitland--1890-1900.; Floats (Parades)--New Mexico--Fruitland--1890-1900.; Parades & processions--New...
- [1910]
- Chief Gary (?)
- A Spokane Native American man, woman, and child with two white men, one in a military uniform, and a woman, pose outdoors, Washington State. The Spokane man, possibly Chief Spokane Garry, wears a feather headdress, leggings, kilt, and moccasins;...
- Indians of North America--Children--Washington (State)--1880-1900.; Spokane Indians--Women--Washington (State)--1880-1900.; Spokane Garry, 1811?-1892.
- [between 1882 and 1892?]
- Parade entry, Flower Carnival
- A man and woman pose in a four wheel buggy decorated with flowers and greenery as part of the Sunflower (Flower) Carnival in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. The buggy is pulled by a two horse team. The man holds a whip. The woman holds...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Awards--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Colorado...
- [between 1893 and 1906?]
- Parade entry, Flower Carnival
- A man, a woman, and a girl sit in a four wheel buggy decorated with flowers and butterflies as part of the Sunflower (Flower) Carnival in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. The buggy is hitched to a two horse team with decorated tack. The...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Girls--Colorado--Colorado...
- [1899]
- Central City Play Festivals
- Two people buy tickets from a woman behind a counter at the ticket office in Central City, Colorado. The woman, who has her back toward the camera, wears a jacket and print shirt, and the man wears a suit jacket, a white shirt with a pointed...
- Central City (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Theater audiences--Colorado--Central City--1960-1970.; Theatrical productions--Colorado--Central City--1960-1970.
- 1965
- Navajo women and children
- A group of Native American (Navajo) women and children pose in front of an adobe building. An elderly women, wrapped in a patterned blanket, sits beneath a paned glass window. One woman stands, she wears a dark shirt, necklace, silver bracelets,...
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Navajo Indians--Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Adobe buildings--1890-1900.; Children--1890-1900.; Women--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Sitting Bull, his wife, and twins
- Sitting Bull and his family, Native American (Hunkpapa Sioux) man, woman, and children, pose with a white woman and girl near a tepee. A white man on horseback stands nearby. The Native Americans are wrapped in blankets. The white woman wears a hat...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Hunkpapa Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Children--1880-1890.; Horseback riding--1880-1890.; Military officers--1880-1890.; Tipis--1880-1890.; Women--1880-1890.; Sitting Bull,...
- [1882]
- Native American men
- Native American (Plains) men and a woman pose outdoors. The two men sit on a bench and the woman stands behind them. One man wears chaps, a fur-lined coat, and a cap with a feather in it. The woman wears a scarf on her head and a medal on her shirt.
- Indians of North America--Great Plains--1880-1910.; Great Plains--1880-1910.; Women--Great Plains--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Native Americans, Yosemite National Park, California
- A Native American (Miwok) woman sits on the ground in front of a dilapidated wooden shack as a white woman looks on in Yosemite National Park, California. The Native American wears loose clothing, the white woman wears a long, dark skirt, a dark...
- Indians of North America--California--1890-1910.; Miwok Indians--California--1890-1910.; Yosemite National Park (Calif.)--1890-1910.; Huts--California--1890-1910.; National parks & reserves--California--1890-1910.; Women--California--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Pima family
- A Native American (Pima) woman poses with her three children in front of a thatch wigwam. The woman and two of the children wear dresses, a young boy wears pants and a print shirt, and the infant in the woman's arms wears a body suit. The wigwam...
- Indians of North America--1870-1900.; Pima Indians--1870-1900.; Boys--1870-1900.; Girls--1870-1900.; Infants--1870-1900.; Wigwams--1870-1900.; Women--1870-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- Neighborhood Health Center
- An African American woman helps white and African American clients at the Neighborhood Health Center at 2900 Welton Street in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Another African American woman types as a woman sits at a table.
- Neighborhood Health Center (Denver, Colo.)--People--1970-1980.; African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Clinics--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.;...
- [between 1970 and 1975?]
- Chair of Ester Hobard Morris
- An elderly woman identified as Mrs. M.C. Keith sits in a large hand-carved wood chair probably in Lander, Wyoming. Mrs. Keith wears a hat, floral dress, dark colored coat, and holds a purse on her lap. The chair is identified as having once...
- Lander (Wyo.)--1930-1950.; Chairs--Wyoming--Lander--1930-1950.; Women--Wyoming--Lander--1930-1950.; Morris, Esther Hobart, 1814-1902--Associated objects.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Bird in a gilded cage
- Holding a parakeet on her finger, this female inmate at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, aims a kiss at its beak. A potted philodendron and toothbrush are on the interior sill; bars and screen block the window.
- Canon City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Prisoners--Colorado--Canon City--1950-1960.; Women--Colorado--Canon City--1950-1960.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1959
- 7th Avenue & 9th Street
- View of the newly settled community of Greeley, Colorado, in Weld County. An L-shaped, wood frame house is situated across the street from a one-story commercial, false-fronted, lumber storefront; a man and a woman stand in front of the building....
- Greeley (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Greeley--1870-1880.; Houses--Colorado--Greeley--1870-1880.; Lumber industry--Colorado--Greeley--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880]
- Mother at 24; a friend
- Sarah Garrett (later Anderson) at age 24, an African American woman, mother of Marie Anderson (later Marie L. Greenwood), poses with a woman friend in Los Angeles, California. Sarah wears a three-quarter length coat with a dress that has a wide...
- Greenwood, Marie L.--Family.; African Americans--California--Los Angeles--1910-1920.; Los Angeles (Calif.)--1910-1920.; Women--California--Los Angeles--1910-1920.; Anderson, Sarah Garrett.
- 1915
- Camp Nizhoni
- Text and annotations on album page read: "[ARL-197] [Camp Nizhoni], [ARL-198] [Jessie Sharp], [ARL-199] [Mother Gross], [ARL-200] [Camp Nizhoni]." The photographic prints on album page show: Mother Gross, Frances Elliott and an unknown African...
- 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.; Camp counselors--Colorado--Lincoln Hills--1930-1940.;...
- [between 1937 and 1940]
- Indians, Pueblo, Acoma, missions
- A Native American woman walks up a dirt trail, possibly the "Camino del Padre," Acoma Pueblo, New Mexico. The woman wears a long-sleeved shirt, a long skirt, a cloth veil on her head, a necklace, a bracelet, and appears to be barefoot.
- Acoma (N.M.)--1920-1930.; Indians of North America--Women--1920-1930.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Acoma--1910-1930.; Trails & paths--New Mexico--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1926]
- USO show musical number
- a GI uniform playing a slide trombone while kneeling turned toward the woman lunging so that the slide almost touches her knee.; Seven members of a United Service Organizations, USO troop, perform a musical number on stage. Shows left to right: a...
- Military life--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United Service Organizations (U.S.); World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- Bonnie
- A man and woman sit on horses; the woman rides sidesaddle. The woman wears a long dress and a bowler hat. The man wears a cap.
- Horseback riding--1880-1890.; Sidesaddle riding--1880-1890.; Women--1880-1890.
- Souvenir bien an Colonel Cody Verona 1890
- Sioux Chief Rocky Bear stands in front of a group of Native American men and one woman in front of a group of tents in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show while touring in Verona, Italy. Standing on the far left slightly removed from the group...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Rocky Bear.; McKuhn, Bill.; Nelson, John Young, b. 1826.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.; Indians of North America.
- [1890?]
- Street in camp
- A woman sits in the center foreground resting her hand on a large chair next to a dirt road running through a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show near Earl's Court in England. Another woman walks in the right foreground holding a parasol. A man...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Umbrellas--1890-1900.; Women--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1892?]
- McCreedy Residence, Georgetown, Colorado
- View of three houses along Rose Street in Georgetown, Colorado. The middle house is brick, with a full-length gable on the left, two double-hung windows and a round window above, and a porch across the section to the right. There is a flower garden...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Fences--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1900.
- [between 1874 and 1900?]
- Grand Central Hotel, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of the Grand Central Hotel, Georgetown, Colorado. the wood construction building has a hipped roof with a brick chimney and overhanging eaves, a balcony, and a small room added on the back. A large sign hanging from a post at the...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1910.; Grand Central Hotel (Georgetown, Colo.)
- [between 1870 and 1910?]
- Johnson Residence, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of a wood construction house in Georgetown, Colorado. The facade of the gable-roofed building includes a two-story gable front with a shed section on the left, barge boards and canopy decorated in a carved vine pattern, and first...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1900-1940.; Children--Colorado--Georgetown--1900-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1900-1940.
- [between 1900 and 1940?]
- Street in camp
- A woman sits in the center foreground resting her hand on a large chair next to a dirt road running through a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show near Earl's Court in England. Another woman walks in the right foreground holding a parasol over...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Camps.; Tipis.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1892?]
- Buffalo Bill on train, Mrs. Cody?
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody sits at a table inside a train car, probably his private car for touring with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. A woman, possibly his wife, Louisa, or his sister, Nellie, sits with him at the table. A man sits in...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Railroad cars--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Mr. Murphy (plant mgr), Linnie, North American Mine, Summit County, Colo.
- A man, woman, and child pose for a studio portrait in Frisco, Colorado. The seated woman wears a dark lace dress with a high ruffled collar and has a chain around her neck; the man wears a checked jacket, a shirt with a high collar, a tie with a...
- Frisco (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Families--Colorado--Frisco--1900-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Frisco--1900-1910.; Murphy, Mr.
- between 1906 and 1909
- Governor John Love presents a proclamation
- Colorado Governor John Love presents a copy of an executive order declaring "Know Your America Week," to three members of the Disabled American Veterans Auxiliary in his office in the Colorado State Capitol in Denver, Colorado. One woman wears a...
- Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Governors--Colorado--1960-1970.; Interiors.; Veterans' organizations.; Women.; Love, John A., 1916-; DAV Auxiliary--People--1960-1970.
- [1968]
- Fashion models at Goodro Ford 2650 E. 45th Av.
- Women fashion model pose with Ford automobiles for a public relations photo shoot at Goodro Ford located at 2650 E. 45th (Forty-fifth) Avenue in the Elyria Swansea neighborhood in Denver, Colorado. One woman wears a blouse and flared skirt with...
- Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Elyria Swansea (Denver, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Fashion models.; Fashion shows.; Interiors.; Station wagons.; Goodro Ford (Denver, Colo.)--Public relations--1960-1970.
- 1968 Sept. 25
- Central City Opera House staircase
- A man and a woman stand on one of the two staircases in the Central City Opera House in Central City, Colorado. The staircase curves at the landing to the second floor. A second entry to the staircase is in the background. The woman, holding the...
- Central City Opera House--1930-1940.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors--1930-1940.; Opera houses--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Stairways--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- 1933
- Summer cottages at Norrie, Colo. Midland Ry.
- View of three summer cottages or cabins, Norrie, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; men and women stand around yard area; an older woman rocks in a rocking chair; a man holds a fishing pole, a woman holds an umbrella for shade, and a...
- Norrie (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Cabins--Colorado--Norrie--1900-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1900 and 1919]
- Philips School office
- Photograph of the main office in Philips Elementary School in Denver, Colorado. In the photo a male and female student stand at the reception desk talking to an unidentified woman. Behind the woman and unidentified woman stands talking on the...
- Philips School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- undated