Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Women's wedding dress
- Wool day dress worn as a wedding dress. The bodice is tailored light blue wool and flannel with a mock bolero jacket. The collar is rectangular with appliqued bands of ivory and cotton lace and ivory silk. The front edge is velvet with appliqued...
- Dresses--1900-1910.; Wedding costume--1900-1910.
- 1901
- Francisco Rivera and Benigna Rivera family
- Studio portrait of Hispanic American Francisco Rivera, his wife Benigna Córdova de Rivera and their children, a boy and three girls. Identification: Front row Adelina. Back row, left to right: Francisco, Tobias, Lucinda, Cidelia, and Benigna...
- Hispanic Americans--1880-1890.; Mexican Americans--1880-1890.; Children.; Spouses.; Women.; Rivera, Benigna Cordova de--Family--Pictorial works.; Rivera, Francisco--Family--Pictorial works.; Children--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- ca. 1887
- Freight wagon
- Hispanic American sheepherders pose near sacks of wool and with freight wagons loaded with sacks of wool near the Denver and Rio Grande railroad station in Fort Garland (Costilla County), Colorado. Shows a freight car near the wood frame station.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--Buildings--1900-1910.; Hispanic Americans--1900-1910.; Mexican Americans--1900-1910.; San Luis (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Carts & wagons.; Railroad stations.; Shepherds.; Denver and Rio Grande Railroad...
- ca. 1900
- Weaving tools
- View of a spindle and bowl made by Alberto Lobato and two hand carders used by weaver María Salomé Córdova, his mother. The spindle and bowl were used to spin the wool.
- Córdova, María Salomé, 1867-1960--Associated objects.; Lobato, Alberto, 1895-1976--Associated objects.; Hispanic Americans--1940-1950.; Mexican Americans--1940-1950.; Tools.; Córdova, María Salomé, 1867-1960--Pictorial works.; Lobato,...
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 8, 1920 August
- Dress
- A wool dress (Native American Ute Indian) worn by Chipeta. The loose fitting dress has a cotton lining, binding, a round neck and a button closure at the back.
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1910.; Ute Indians--Clothing & dress--1880-1910.; Dresses--1880-1910.; Chipeta--Associated objects.
- [between 1880 and 1910]
- Doll
- Shows a Native American (Southern Plains (Ute?)) doll. The head is buckskin with buffalo fur for hair; the body is muslin and is covered with a blue wool dress trimmed with red cotton binding. The sleeves are long with purple stripes; the yoke,...
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1870-1890.; Dolls--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890]
- Women's wedding dress
- Shows the top portion of a wool day dress worn as a wedding dress. The bodice is tailored light blue wool and flannel with a mock bolero jacket. The collar is rectangular with applique bands of ivory and cotton lace, ivory silk. On the front edge...
- Dresses--1900-1910.; Wedding costume--1900-1910.
- 1901
- Forbes Wool Company, Trinidad, Colorado
- View of the Forbes Wool Company on North Chestnut Street in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. Bags of wool are stacked on the porch and a horse-drawn buggy is nearby. A painted sign reads: "Office."
- Forbes Wool Company (Trinidad, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Wool industry--Colorado--Trinidad--1890-1910.
- [between 1897 and 1909?]
- Portrait of a family
- Studio portrait of possibly the Horea Baskes (Vasquez) family (Hispanic). The man wears a dark wool suit, a wide brimmed hat, and sits in an upholstered chair. His wife stands at his side. She wears a two-piece dark colored dress with a fitted...
- Families--1890-1900.; Hispanic Americans--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Navajo Indians weaving
- Two Native American women and a young girl weave blankets from wool. One woman sits in front of a loom with a patterned blanket. She wears a belt with a row of silver buckles adorning it. The young girl combs out wool with a large, flat brush. The...
- Navajo Indians--1920-1930.; Indians of North America--Women--1920-1930.; Weaving--1920-1930.
- [between 1921 and 1931?]
- Western History Subject Index
- WOOL
- East High spotlight: vol 24 no 5
- Christmas edition of the newspaper produced by East High School of Denver, Colorado. Included in the paper are photographs of students, articles on school events and sports.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1942 December 10
- Western History Subject Index
- Wool
- Western History Subject Index
- Wool
- Tractor powered sheep shearing (No. Fork Valley)
- View of a sheep shearing operation in (probably) Colorado or Utah; shows men passing a bundle of wool, a tractor connected to belts and pulleys, sheds, penned sheep, and bags of wool. Mountains are in the background.
- Sheep shearing--1920-1940.; Tractors--1920-1940.; Wool industry--1920-1940.
- [between 1922 and 1935?]
- Western History Subject Index
- Colorado wool marketing association
- Western History Subject Index
- Wool
- Western History Subject Index
- Wool
- Shannon Garcia
- Shannon Garcia poses on the hood of his father's 1958 Chrysler Imperial in Denver, Colorado. The young boy wears a wool cap, a wool coat and slacks. He has on striped socks and shoes with buckles. Snow covered trees and a house are in the distance.
- Hispanic Americans--1960-1970.; Mexican Americans--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Automobiles.; Boys.; Garcia, Shannon--Pictorial works.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- [1964]
- Portrait of boys
- Studio portrait of four boys with short hair parted in the middle. The younger boys wear matching houndstooth check jackets and knickers, striped ties, wool leggings and leather laced boots. The older boy wears a wool suit with a vest, knickers and...
- Boys--1890-1910.; Clothing & dress--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Group portrait
- Studio portrait of a man, women and children. A man wears a wide brimmed hat, a suit and tie, and poses with arms around two women in corseted dresses with fitted sleeves and full skirts with bustles or box pleated flounces. The boys sit on the...
- Boys--1890-1910.; Families--1890-1910.; Girls--1890-1910.; Men--1890-1910.; Women--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Picnic in Clear Creek Canyon
- A woman and a teenage girl sit on the ground and have a picnic beside Clear Creek, probably in Jefferson County, Colorado. The woman wears a dark wool double-breasted jacket and a long skirt. She sits beside a leather case and a large straw sun...
- Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Girls.; Picnics.; Streams.; Teenagers.; Women.
- [between 1900 and 1915?]
- Quilt
- A rectangular quilt made from pieced commercial cotton, wool and silk cut and arranged in a log cabin and diamond design. Colors on the quilt include lavender, red, beige and blue. It is edged with black piping and braided wool.
- [between 1850 and 1860]
- Coverlet
- Shows a wool and cotton coverlet (a bedcover). The coverlet is navy blue and white cotton warp, wool weft, double weave; border three side; pattern is square, bar, diamond and zig zag.
- Quilts.--1830-1860.
- [between 1835 and 1860]
- Head stall
- From Colorado Historical Society notes: "Head stall (bridle) for horse. This belonged to Chipeta. Loomed beadwork sewn on cotton cloth, designs range from simple floral (green and red alternating flowers on nose cross-piece) to more intricate leaf...
- Bridles--1875-1915.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1875-1915.; Ute Indians--Arts & crafts--1875-1915.; Chipeta--Associated objects.
- [between 1875 and 1915]
- Saddle bag
- A saddle bag (Native American Ute Indian) used by Chipeta who died in 1924. The saddle bag is made of buckskin cut into a rectangular shape. It has a canvas backing that is edged with brass studs, wool trim and fringe. It is decorated with zigzag,...
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1870-1920.; Ute Indians--Arts & crafts--1870-1920.; Saddlebags--1870-1920.; Chipeta--Associated objects.
- [between 1875 and 1915]
- Blanket
- A Native American (Navajo) wool woven blanket. Colors on the piece are blue, indigo?, natural white and aniline red. The wool is handspun, one ply and Z spun.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1870-1890.; Navajo Indians--Arts & crafts--1870-1890.; Navajo textile fabrics--1870-1890.; Blankets--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1885]
- Table runner
- A Native American (Navajo) table runner. The warp is commercial white cotton twine and the weft is four ply, S twist, Z spun German town wool. The wool is dyed with aniline dye in red, black, mustard, maize, sienna, gray, purple, magenta and cream...
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1920-1940.; Navajo Indians--Arts & crafts--1920-1940.; Navajo textile fabrics--1920-1940.; Table settings & decorations--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940]
- Navajo rug
- Native American (Navajo) wool rug with a diamond pattern and dyed in red, brown, white, and gray.
- Navajo Indians--Arts & crafts--1890-1920.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1890-1920.; Rugs--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Forbes Wool Co. on N. Chestnut St.
- View of the Forbes Wool Company on North Chestnut Street in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. A horse-drawn buggy is nearby. A painted sign reads: "Office."
- Forbes Wool Company (Trinidad, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Wool industry--Colorado--Trinidad--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Portrait of two men
- Studio portrait of two men, one possibly V. Abeyta. One man wears a dark wool suit and sits in a chair covered with an animal fur rug; a watch fob and chain are attached to his vest and he wears a gold ring and tie pin. The other man wears striped...
- Men--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- California Street
- Pedestrians cross California Street at 16th Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. Automobiles are parked nearby. Signs on buildings read: "The Denver Dry Goods Co.," "Singer Sewing Machine Co.," "Pure Virgin Wool Woven Where the Wool is Grown,"...
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Pedestrians--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Mr. and Mrs. Owns Many Horses
- Native American (tribe unknown) Mr. and Mrs. Owns Many Horses, members of the The Red Man spectacle and Red Indian camp, stand in front of a backdrop in Empress Hall at The Golden West Exhibition, Earl's Court, London, England. Owns Many Horses...
- Indians of North America--England--London--1900-1910.; Earl's Court (London, England)--1900-1910.; London (England)--1900-1910.; Clothing & dress--England--London--1900-1910.; Exhibitions--England--London--1900-1910.;...
- 1909
- Modoc indians
- Group studio portrait of Native Americans (Modoc) Shacknasty Jim, Steamboat Frank, Scar-faced Charley, and Toby Riddle (Winema), with her husband, white man Frank Riddle and their son Jeff Riddle. The Native American men wear costumes of fringed...
- Indian interpreters--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Modoc Indians--1870-1880.; Boys--1870-1880.; Women--1870-1880.; Scarface Charlie.; Shacknasty Jim.; Steamboat Frank.; Winema, Modoc Chieftainess, 1842-1932.; Riddle, Frank.;...
- [1876?]
- Floss, Big Snow Storm of 1914 [sic] on Clarkson Street
- A woman stands in a snow drift from the great snowstorm of 1913 on Clarkson Street in Denver, Colorado. Shows a fur muffler, a possibly Persian lamb's wool coat with fur trim, leather pocketbook and wool hat.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Blizzards--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Snow--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1913 December
- Cowboys at the Golden West Exhibition
- Two cowboys from "The Red Man spectacle and Red Indian camp" pose near a painted backdrop in the dirt arena in Empress Hall, at the Golden West and American Industries Exhibition in Earl's Court, London, England. One wears goat fur chaps...
- Earl's Court (London, England)--1900-1910.; London (England)--1900-1910.; Clothing & dress--England--London--1900-1910.; Cowboys--England--London--1900-1910.; Exhibitions--England--London--1900-1910.; Golden West and American (U.S.A.) Industries...
- 1909
- Medical team treats Italian woman
- A Tenth Mountain Division medical team of five bandages the knee and hand of a woman wearing a checked jacket, wool skirt, wool socks and hiking boots. They work in an improvised operating room; instruments are laid out on a packing crate, and the...
- Hospitals--Italy--1940-1950.; Medical aspects of war--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- Mr. Scofield, storekeeper in Gunnison in early 1880's
- Three-quarters standing studio portrait of Mr. Scofield, storekeeper in Gunnison, Colorado; he wears a wool coat with small collar, narrow lapels with edges bound in wool braid; he has short cropped hair; he rests his arm on a animal fur skin...
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Merchants--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.
- [between 1884 and 1885]
- Domestic scene among the Navajoe Indians
- Native American (Navajo) women and men sit beside a summer hogan constructed of logs and brush, in Arizona or New Mexico. One woman weaves at a loom made of logs and sticks. Shows wool thread and woven rugs.
- Hogans--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Navajo Indians--1870-1880.; Navajo women weavers--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--1870-1880.; Weaving--1870-1880.; Women--1870-1880.; Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.)
- 1873
- Barrett, Ed
- Ed Barrett, a prospector from Wideawake, a small mining district in Gilpin County, Colorado, poses for an informal bust portrait. Barrett wears a wool cap with its flaps up and a leather coat with a wool collar. He wears a corduroy shirt under his...
- Gilpin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Wideawake (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Miners--Colorado--Wideawake--1940-1950.; Barrett, Ed.
- [1942?]
- Ed Barrett 1942
- Ed Barrett, a prospector from Wideawake, a small mining district in Gilpin County, Colorado, poses for an informal bust portrait. Barrett wears a wool cap with its flaps up and a leather coat with a wool collar. He wears a corduroy shirt under his...
- Gilpin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Wideawake (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Miners--Colorado--Gilpin County--1940-1950.; Barrett, Ed.
- [1942?]
- Ed Barrett 1942
- Ed Barrett, a prospector from Wideawake, a small mining district in Gilpin County, Colorado, poses for an informal bust portrait. Barrett wears a wool cap with its flaps up and a leather coat with a wool collar. He wears a corduroy shirt under his...
- Gilpin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Wideawake (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Miners--Colorado--Wideawake--1940-1950.
- [1942?]
- Ed Barrett 1942
- Ed Barrett, a prospector from Wideawake, a small mining district in Gilpin County, Colorado, poses for an informal bust portrait and looks directly at the camera. Barrett wears a wool cap with its flaps up and a leather coat with a wool collar. He...
- Gilpin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Wideawake (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Miners--Colorado--Wideawake--1940-1950.; Barrett, Ed.
- [1942?]
- Ed Barrett 1942
- Ed Barrett, a prospector from Wideawake, a small mining district in Gilpin County, Colorado, poses for an informal bust portrait. Barrett wears a wool cap with its flaps up and a leather coat with a wool collar. He wears a corduroy shirt under his...
- Gilpin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Wideawake (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Miners--Colorado--Wideawake--1940-1950.; Barrett, Ed.
- [1942?]
- Ed Barrett 1942
- Ed Barrett, a prospector from Wideawake, a small mining district in Gilpin County, Colorado, poses for an informal bust portrait. Barrett wears a wool cap with its flaps up and a leather coat with a wool collar. He wears a corduroy shirt under his...
- Gilpin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Wideawake (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Miners--Colorado--Wideawake--1940-1950.; Barrett, Ed.
- [1942?]
- Councilman Martin D. Currigan
- Denver City Councilman Martin D. Currigan poses for a studio portrait, possibly at photographer Joseph Collier's studio on Larimer Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. Currigan wears a wool coat over a plaid wool vest, a moustache, and a police...
- Currigan, Martin D., 1845-1900.; Politicians--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.
- [between 1879 and 1900?]
- Woman on horseback with baby
- An unidentified, Native American woman poses on horseback in front of a teepee on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana. A small child rests in a cradleboard adorned with beaded flowers on the side of the horse. The woman wears a...
- Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Cradleboards--Montana--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Montana--1900- 1910.
- [between 1905 and 1907?]
- Las Vegas & vicinity
- View of the plaza in Las Vegas (San Miguel County), New Mexico. People pose in front of the adobe buildings, one with a false brick front. Two of the buildings have portals with Territorial style posts and window frames. Horse-drawn covered wagons,...
- Las Vegas (N.M.)--1870-1890.; Adobe buildings--New Mexico--Las Vegas--1870-1890.; Commercial facilities--New Mexico--Las Vegas--1870-1890.; False fronts--New Mexico--Las Vegas--1870-1890.; Plazas--New Mexico--Las Vegas--1870-1890.
- [between 1875 and 1885?]
- First Baptist Church Diamond Anniversary
- Book commemorating the Diamond Anniversary of the First Baptist Church in Denver, Colorado. Included in the book is a description of the history of the church, is former locations, photographs and a list of members of the congregation.
- First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)--Directories.; First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1939