Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Woodmen of the World convention
- Montage of a group of women attending the Woodmen of the World Convention (World Order of Woodmen) in Denver, Colorado. The women wear pins that read: "Denver, Guest, WOW." Some women wear sashes and ribbons printed with the names of their home...
- Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Co.--People--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Meetings--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1916 July 18
- National Education Association Estes Park, Colorado.
- People pose in front of the new one story board-and-batten school house in Estes Park, Colorado. The men, women, and a few children are attending a summer meeting of the National Education Association. Many of the women wear dark basque jackets...
- Estes Park (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Teachers--Colorado--Estes Park--1880-1890.; Women--Colorado--Estes Park--1880-1890.; National Education Association of the United States.
- 1888
- Women's Christian Temperance Union members
- Adrianna Hungerford, president of the Women's Christian Temperance Union stands next to Jennie Cates, long time Women's Christian Temperance Union member. Adrianna Hungerford wears a dark colored dress, prominent broach, and velvet choker. Jennie...
- Women's Christian Temperance Union--People--1940-1950.; Public service organizations--Colorado--1940-1950.; Temperance--Colorado--1940-1950.; Women--Colorado--1940-1950.; Cates, Jennie.; Hungerford, Adrianna.
- 1940 June 28
- Some Indians in the desert of Arizona
- North American Indian (Navajo) and white men, women, and children pose in front of a summer hogan in Arizona. The white men and women wear overcoats and hats, one woman holds a lamb. Two of the Navajo women are wrapped in blankets.; North American...
- Indians of North America--Arizona--1910-1920.; Navajo Indians--Arizona--1910-1920.; Looms--Arizona--1910-1920.; People--Arizona--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1917?]
- Pancake race, Alamosa, Colo.
- Women participants in the annual Alamosa Colorado pancake race pose with frying pans and numbers pinned to their aprons in Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado. A woman dressed as Aunt Jemima, in black face, a checkered dress, headscarf and an apron,...
- Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Blackface entertainers.; Women.; Jemima, Aunt--Pictorial works.; Zamora, Elizabeth--Pictorial works.; Blackface entertainers--Colorado--Alamosa--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- 1958
- Women's physical education class
- Women in a physical education class pose in a large room at the San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts in San Luis (Conejos County), Colorado. The women are identified (left to right) as: Margie Cordova, Josephine Prezzia, Lucille Ortega, Sally...
- San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts--People--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; San Luis (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Students.; Women.; Physical education.; Interiors.; San Luis Institute of the Arts and...
- [1953]
- Group of Utes
- Studio portrait of Native American (Ute) women and children. Three seated women wear blanket shawls and long belted dresses, one holds a purse. Two babies are in cradleboards, two children are on the floor by the women's feet, one is sitting, the...
- Indians of North America--Women--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Children--1890-1900.
- 1894
- Hopi Indians Snake Dance
- View of Native American (Hopi) men and women who prepare for the Snake Dance at Walpi Pueblo, First Mesa, Arizona. One man sits and two men stand near a pile of folded blankets while a group of women stand in line near the blankets. Both men and...
- Hopi Indians--Dance--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Spiritual life--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Women--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Walpi (Ariz.)--1890-1900.;...
- [August, 1899]
- Hopi Indians
- Native American (Pueblo, Hopi) men and women sit, crouch, and stand near the edge of the mesa at Walpi Pueblo, First Mesa, Arizona. The women administer an emetic to those who have participated in the Snake Dance. Men and women wear breechcloths....
- Hopi Indians--Dance--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Spiritual life--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Women--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Walpi (Ariz.)--1890-1900.;...
- August, 1899
- Ku Klux Klan montage
- Photomontage of Ku Klux Klan women members, who include Mrs. Gano Senter, as they prepare to distribute baskets of food for Thanksgiving in Denver, Colorado. One portion of the montage shows a baby, Master Richard, dressed in a robe and hood.
- Ku Klux Klan (1915- )--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Infants--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- November 26, 1925
- Loretto Heights, service camp, World War I
- Women trainees enjoy an ice cream cone and tea break under a tent awning, Loretto Heights service camp, a WWI training center for women, Denver, Colorado; some of the women knit with yarn and needles. The women wear military uniform skirts, blouses...
- Loretto Heights College--1910-1920.; World War, 1914-1918--Military life--Colorado--Denver.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [1917 or 1918]
- D & R. G. R. R. excursion trains 100th run to the Hanging Bridge
- Men and women pose on a rock during an excursion on the 100th run to Hanging Bridge on the Arkansas River, in the Royal Gorge, Fremont County, Colorado. Other men, women, and children walk on or near the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad tracks that...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1890-1910.; Arkansas River--1890-1910.; Royal Gorge (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Anniversaries--Colorado--Fremont County--1890-1910.; Passengers--Colorado--Fremont County--1890-1910.; Railroad...
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Cast of Junior League Follies
- Panoramic view of men and women actors in the Junior League Follies presented by the Junior League of Denver; they pose outdoors in Denver, Colorado. The women wear costumes that include dresses, hats, feather headdresses, and cowgirl outfits. The...
- Junior League of Denver--People--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Actors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Actresses--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Charitable organizations--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Costumes--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.;...
- 1928
- Women's Christian Temperance Union convention
- Officers of the Women's Christian Temperance Union pose at the annual convention in Pueblo, Colorado. A few of the members identified include: Anna E. Keenan, Adrianna Hungerford, and Marie B. Nichols.
- Women's Christian Temperance Union--1920-1930.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Public service organizations--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Temperance--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Women--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.
- 1928, October
- Women's Christian Temperance Union mission
- A large group of women and young children stands in front of the Women's Christian Temperance Union Mission at 1100 10th Street in Denver, Colorado. (The mission was reloatced to 11th Street in 1902.) A sign reading "W.C.T.U. Mission" hangs from...
- Women's Christian Temperance Union--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Children--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1900?]
- Colorado Women's College - hazing frosh students
- Women crawl with books at Colorado Women's College in Denver, Colorado; other women shout at them.
- Colorado Women's College--People--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Crawling & creeping--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Fraternities & sororities--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Hazing--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.;...
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Portrait of a man and two women
- Studio portrait of two women and a man with their backs to the camera. The man, who sits between the two women, wears a straw hat and faces straight ahead. The faces of the two women are shown in profile. One woman wears a light colored print dress...
- Men--1890-1900.; Women--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Women at Union Station in Denver, Colorado
- Four Indian women walk through Union Station in Denver, Colorado. Three of the women wear sarees and one is dressed in a dress and hat.
- East Indians--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Three women in swimsuits
- Three women pose for a photo on a pier. They all wear swimsuits, two women wear swimcaps.
- Bathing suits--1920-1940.; Piers & wharves--1920-1940.; Women--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940]
- Hopi women
- Native American (Hopi) women and children pose in front of a stone building, probably Walpi Pueblo, Arizona. The women wear belted mantas and shawls. One woman holds a baby.
- Hopi Indians--Women--Arizona--Walpi--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--Arizona--Walpi--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Children--Arizona--Walpi--1910-1920.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1910-1920.; Walpi (Ariz.)--1910-1920.
- [1918?]
- Cochiti women
- Native American (Cochiti) women and child stand in a doorway of an adobe building, Cochiti Pueblo, New Mexico. The women wear print dresses with cloth belts and white wrap moccasins. One holds a small girl in a dress.
- Cochiti Indians--Women--New Mexico--Cochiti--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--New Mexico--Cochiti--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Children--New Mexico--Cochiti--1910-1920.; Cochiti (N.M.)--1910-1920.
- [1912?]
- Hopi women
- Two Native American (Hopi) women stand in a pueblo plaza with a small girl between them. Women wear dark, belted mantas, and beaded necklaces; girl wears a printed dress, Hopi Indian Reservation. Arizona. Shows ladder and a man leaning on wall...
- Hopi Indians--Women--Arizona--1900-1920.; Indians of North America--Arizona--1900-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Children--Arizona--1900-1920.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1900-1920.; Girls--Arizona--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Weavers of Blankets at leisure
- Native American (Navajo) women and children pose on and near a covered wagon. A woman and a girl stand near the rear wheel of the wagon, one woman sits in the wagon covering her face and body with a woven blanket. Women wear beaded necklaces. A dog...
- Indians of North America--Children--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--Women--1900-1910.; Navajo women weavers--1900-1910.; Carts & wagons--1900-1910.
- [between 1901 and 1908]
- Six women and one girl
- A portrait of six women and one girl. The women stand and sit and they all wear dresses. A young girl kneels on the floor next to one of the women. Tintype is mounted on a page inside of the Morgan and Evans album.
- Girls--1850-1900.; Women--1850-1900.
- [between 1850 and 1900?]
- Girls and women on donkeys
- Women and girls sit on saddled donkeys and mules on a dirt road as part of the Sunflower Carnival in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. One mule has a large cloth blanket that extends from its neck to its rear legs. Some women ride...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Donkeys--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Riding--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.;...
- [August, between 1893 and 1900?]
- Native American women and children
- Studio portrait (sitting and standing) of Native American (Shoshone) women and children. The women wear dresses, one decorated with elk teeth, and beaded necklaces. One child is in a beaded cradleboard.
- Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Shoshoni Indians--1880-1890.; Children--1880-1890.; Cradleboards--1880-1890.; Infants--1880-1890.; Women--1880-1890.
- [between 1884 and 1885]
- Shoshone women at Fort Hall
- A group of Native American (Shoshone) women on horseback stand near a group of Shoshone men. The women wear moccasins, leggings, and dresses decorated with beads and elk teeth. The men wear feather headdresses.
- Indians of North America--Idaho--Fort Hall--1900-1920.; Shoshoni Indians--Idaho--Fort Hall--1900-1920.; Fort Hall (Idaho)--1900-1920.; Clothing & dress--Idaho--Fort Hall--1900-1920.; Horseback riding--Idaho--Fort Hall--1900-1920.;...
- [between 1902 and 1920?]
- Citizen's Mission
- Two women eat Christmas dinner at the Citizen's Mission at 1617 Larimer Street in Denver, Colorado. Shows a Christmas table decoration of pine bough and colored bulbs. The women wear scarves and winter coats.
- Citizen's Mission (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Christmas--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Aged persons--Women--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Asylums--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Christmas...
- 1951 Dec. 25
- Group of Indian women, probably a Catholic society
- Two rows of Dakota Native American women sitting and standing in front of long brick building, probably Standing Rock Agency, North Dakota; many of the women with head coverings, shawls around shoulders, medallions or medals on ribbons around neck,...
- Indians of North America--Children--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Women--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- Rock climbing, men and women
- Three women and a man climb a rock formation. The women wear light colored outfits with long skirts and the man wears a shirt, tie, slacks, and hiking boots. He assists one of the women up the rock.
- Hiking--1910-1920.; Rock formations--1910-1920.; Women--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Native American women on horseback
- Three Native American women, Cecille Magpie Vanderburg, Felicity Delaware, and Sara Ogden Magpie, pose on horseback on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana. The women sit in wood-framed saddles. The blankets underneath the saddles are...
- Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Montana--1900- 1910.; Indians of North America--Women--Montana--1900-1910.
- [between 1905 and 1907?]
- Indian women
- A group of Native American women poses on horseback in front of a backdrop with a landscape scene painted on it for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Earl's Court in England. Two of the women wear striped shirts. Each of the women wears her hair in...
- Indians of North America.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Entertainers.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1892?]
- Native American women
- Four Native American women pose in front of a teepee with horses and a star painted on it. The women are in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Each of the women has a blanket wrapped around her shoulders. The woman on the far left holds a...
- Indians of North America--Women--1880-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- The Denver Star
- Women students dancing
- Unidentified dance two-by-two at the San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts in San Luis (Conejos County), Colorado. The couples are in a line and one woman in each couple has her arm over her partners shoulders and holds her hand.
- San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts--People--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; San Luis (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Students.; Women.; Dance.; Interiors.; San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- [1953]
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Number 16, 1912 April 20
- 1909-1922 Index to the Denver Municipal Facts
- Cabin at curve station, Amethyst tramway near Creede, Colo.
- Men and women, who include Jim Grant and Mrs. J. Grand, pose near a log cabin, part of the aerial tramway of the Amethyst Mine, in Weaver, near Creede, (Mineral County), Colorado. The women wear dresses and coats. Two women sit on a wood bridge...
- Weaver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Aerial tramways--Colorado--Weaver--1890-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Weaver--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Weaver--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--Weaver--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Group portrait
- Studio group portrait of women and children. The women and girls wear blouses with high collars in silk, lace, and polka dot fabrics and flared skirts. The women wear their hair pulled back in twists or buns tied with single ribbons. The girls wear...
- Boys--1890-1910.; Children--1890-1910.; Girls--1890-1910.; Women--1890-1910.
- [between 1895 and 1905?]
- Colorado Midland car "Starlight"
- Two women and two men pose on the back platform of the Starlight car of the Colorado Midland Railroad Company, Colorado. Another women stands next to the on the back platform. All of the women wear full length dresses; two of them wear hats. The...
- Colorado Midland Railway Company--1890-1910.; Clothing & dress--Colorado--1890-1910.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Navajo camp fire
- Native American (Navajo) women sit near a large campfire at night on Tovar Mesa (Navajo County), Arizona. A man and other women sit under trees nearby. Shows two hogans with a basket and pottery jar at the doorway. The women wear squash blossom...
- Hogans--Arizona--Navajo County--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Structures--Arizona--Navajo County--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--Structures--Arizona--Navajo County--1900-1910.; Navajo County (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; Tovar Mesa (Ariz.)--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- The Merced near Wawona
- View of woods and the South Fork Merced River probably near Wawona in Yosemite National Park, California. A man, women, and a boy look at a man and women who stand on a fallen log by the river. The men wear suits and hats, and women wear dresses...
- Merced River, South Fork (Calif.)--1880-1900.; Yosemite National Park (Calif.)--1880-1900.; Forests--California--Yosemite National Park--1880-1900.; National parks & reserves--California--Yosemite National Park--1880-1900.;...
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Pueblo women grinding corn in the matate [sic]
- Native American, Pueblo (possibly Laguna) women kneel on the floor of an adobe room and grind corn with manos and metates. A basket and ceramic pot are arranged near their work area. Meat strips hang to dry over their heads and a box of crackers...
- Indians of North America--Women--New Mexico--1880-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Women--New Mexico--1880-1900.; Grinding--New Mexico--1880-1900.; Home food processing--New Mexico--1880-1900.; Interiors--New Mexico--1880-1900.; Rooms & spaces--New...
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- Gates' "War Garden" Effort
- Women from Gates Rubber Company tend to a war garden plot. Some women wear coveralls with "Gates half-50lb tire" printed on the back. Other women wear dresses and loose blouses while they harvest, hoe, and dig in the garden. The Gates Rubber...
- Gates Rubber Company--People--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Gardening--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1914 and 1919]
- Moki Indians Walpi family about their doorway
- Native American (Hopi) women, one (possibly Nampeyo), and children, sit and stand outside a Pueblo home at Walpi Pueblo, First Mesa, Arizona; the adobe home is next to a stone and adobe building; the home has two paned windows, an open door, thin...
- Hopi Indians--Children--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Women--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Walpi (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Adobe buildings--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.;...
- 1899
- Ute group
- Portrait of unidentified Native American (Ute) women and children, with a white man and women, on a frame porch. The Ute women wear dresses and shawls, one holds a baby with a poke bonnet; the children wear dresses. The whites are identified as...
- Indians of North America--Children--1880-1900.; Ute Indians--Women--1880-1900.; Frost, Maria.; Way, George V.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Swimmers picnicking
- Women dressed in swimsuits gather around a blanket for a picnic in a park. Some of the women wear swim caps. On the blanket are food, dishes, and cups. A young girl and young boy stand next to one of the women.
- Bathing suits--1920-1940.; Boys--1920-1940.; Girls--1920-1940.; Parks--1920-1940.; Picnics--1920-1940.; Women--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940]
- Hopi Indians
- View of Native American (Pueblo, Hopi) women who carry water containers in cloth slings and a pail near the Snake Shrine at Walpi Pueblo, First Mesa, Arizona. The Snake Shrine is a large pile of stones in which the jars for the snake washing...
- Hopi Indians--Women--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Domestic life--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Walpi (Ariz.)--1890-1900.;...
- August, 1899
- Hopi Indians Snake Dance
- View of Native American (Hopi) women who prepare for the Snake Dance at Walpi Pueblo, First Mesa, Arizona. Women stand and dress near a covered passageway between a pueblo building and the edge of the mesa. A pile of folded blankets sits on a large...
- Hopi Indians--Dance--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Spiritual life--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Clothing & dress--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Walpi...
- [August, 1899]
- Hopi Indians
- Native American (Pueblo, Hopi) women and girls sit and stand on the road to Second Mesa, Arizona. Two women wrapped in blankets crouch by a small fire while two girls who wear dresses, blankets, and hair in side whirls walk on the rocky desert...
- Hopi Indians--Clothing & dress--Arizona--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Children--Arizona--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Women--Arizona--1890-1900.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Second Mesa (Ariz.)--1890-1900.;...
- August, 1899