Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Santa Fe, New Mexico
- View of Santa Fe, New Mexico. A dirt road runs between various adobe buildings. Light snow covers the ground in patches. Mountains in the distance.
- Santa Fe (N.M.)--1910-1920.; Adobe buildings--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1910-1920.; Cities & towns--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1910-1920.
- [between 1911 and 1915]
- Questa, N.M.
- View of the town of Questa (Taos County), New Mexico. Men and children pose in the dirt street near adobe buildings. Shows horse-drawn wagons. Signs read: "Shoemaker," "Saloon," "Questa Post Office," "Questa Hotel," "Black Smith." A log building...
- Questa (N.M.)--1910-1920.; Adobe buildings--New Mexico--Questa--1910-1920.; Bars--New Mexico--Questa--1910-1920.; Carts & wagons--New Mexico--Questa--1910-1920.; Commercial facilities--New Mexico--Questa--1910-1920.; Post offices--New...
- 1910 October 6
- Cochiti Pueblo
- A group of Native American women stand around a man on a wagon in Cochiti Pueblo, New Mexico. Three of the women carry baskets on their heads; one carries a child on her back, all wear print dresses, moccasins, and head coverings. Shows adobe...
- Cochiti Indians--Children--New Mexico--Cochiti--1890-1910.; Indians of North America--Women--New Mexico--Cochiti--1890-1910.; Cochiti (N.M.)--1890-1910.; Carts & wagons--New Mexico--Cochiti--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Los Pueblos de Taos N.M.
- Rooftop view of Taos Pueblo, New Mexico. A Native American (Taos) man and woman walk on the adobe buildings. The buildings have vigas and chimney pots. Wooden platforms are above the ground.
- Indians of North America--Structures--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1880-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Structures--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1880-1900.; Taos Indians--Structures--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1880-1900.; Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--1880-1900.; Pueblos--New...
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Cochiti, N. M.
- Native American men gather in a semi-circle in Cochiti Pueblo, New Mexico. Three drums are in front of the men, most of whom are wrapped in woven blankets and wear headbands. Onlookers watch from benches and ladders near adobe buildings.
- Cochiti Indians--Women--New Mexico--Cochiti--1900-1920.; Indians of North America--Music--New Mexico--Cochiti--1900-1920.; Cochiti (N.M.)--1900-1920.; Children--New Mexico--Cochiti--1900-1920.; Drums--New Mexico--Cochiti--1900-1920.
- 1918
- San Juan, N. M.
- Native American (San Juan Pueblo) women stands next to a beehive oven, San Juan Pueblo, New Mexico. She wears a manta with a woven belt, a white shirt, and wrapped boots. In the background are single story adobe buildings.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--San Juan Pueblo--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Clothing & dress--New Mexico--San Juan Pueblo--1900-1910.; Tewa Indians--Women--New Mexico--San Juan Pueblo--1900-1910.; Women--New Mexico--San Juan...
- April 21, 1908
- Burro Alley
- Pack burros crowd Burro Alley in Santa Fe (Santa Fe County), New Mexico. Men and boys in sack suits pose by the burros and adobe buildings. A North American Indian man wears a striped poncho and buckskin boots.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1880-1890.; Santa Fe (N.M.)--1880-1890.; Boys--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1870-1880.; Donkeys--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1880-1890.; Men--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1870-1880.; Pack animals--New Mexico--Santa...
- [between 1880 and 1885?]
- Prowers House, Boggsville
- View of the Prowers House on the Boggsville Historic site in Bent County, Colorado. The two story territorial style plastered, adobe structure is in deteriorated condition. Marks on the building indicate a porch is missing from the facade. Leafless...
- Prowers House (Boggsville, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Boggsville (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Historic buildings.; Adobe buildings.; Abandoned buildings.; Prowers, John W.--Homes and Haunts.; Prowers House (Boggsville, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Historic...
- 1987
- Capilla de Todos los Santos
- View of the Catholic Capilla de Todos Los Santos, a part of the Shrine of the Stations of the Cross (La Mesa de la Piedad y de la Misericordia, Hill of Piety and Mercy), in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. The Spanish Colonial style adobe...
- Capilla de Todos los Santos (San Luis, Colo.)--1990-2000.; San Luis (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Catholic church buildings.; Adobe buildings.; Sculpture.; Capilla de Todos los Santos (San Luis, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Catholic church...
- 1997
- Chief Ouray's houses in Montrose
- View of the original house owned by North American Indian (Southern Ute Tribe) Chief Ouray and his wife Chipeta (Uncompahgre Ute Tribe) on their ranch near Montrose (Montrose County) Colorado. The abandoned building is constructed of adobe brick,...
- Chipeta, 1843-1924--Homes & Haunts.; Ouray--Homes & haunts.; Indians of North America--Structures.; Ute Indians--Structures.; Montrose County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Abandoned buildings.; Adobe buildings.; Houses.
- [between 1895 and 1900?]
- Chief Ouray's houses in Montrose
- View of the original house owned by North American Indian (Southern Ute Tribe) Chief Ouray and his wife (Uncompahgre Ute Tribe) Chipeta on their ranch near Montrose (Montrose County) Colorado. The abandoned building is constructed of adobe brick,...
- Chipeta, 1843-1924--Homes & Haunts.; Ouray--Homes & haunts.; Indians of North America--Structures.; Ute Indians--Structures.; Montrose County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Abandoned buildings.; Adobe buildings.; Houses.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Keams Canyon, Government Indian School
- This reproduction of a cabinet card tacked to corkboard shows the Keams Canyon Boarding School in Keams Canyon (Navajo County), Arizona. Native American (probably Hopi) women in long dresses and hats, walk beside a long barracks-like adobe...
- Hopi Indians--Education--Arizona--Keams Canyon--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Education--Arizona--Keams Canyon--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Education--Arizona--Keams Canyon--1900-1910.; Keams Canyon (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; Boarding...
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Laguna Pueblo, New Mexico
- Men walk on Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe railroad tracks near Laguna Pueblo, New Mexico. Single and multi-storied adobe buildings are in the pueblo. Shows wood and wire and coyote fences and a house with a long portal (open porch). Vigas extend...
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad Company--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--Structures.; Laguna Indians--Structures.; Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico--1880-1900.; Adobe buildings.; Ovens.; Pueblos.; Railroad tracks.
- [between 1885 and 1895?]
- Antonito fire
- View of the aftermath of a fire in the town of Antonito (Conejos County), Colorado. Shows smoking adobe buildings destroyed by the fire. Hispanic American men, probably firefighters, stand near a wagon loaded with three large barrels filled with...
- Hispanic Americans--1900-1910.; Mexican Americans--1900-1910.; Antonito (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Adobe buildings.; Business districts.; Fire fighters.; Fires.; Building, Adobe--Colorado--Antonito--Pictorial works.; Central business...
- 1905
- Cross, Garcia Morada
- A wooden cross lies against the hard plastered adobe wall of the Garcia Morada (Los Hermanos Penitentes) in Garcia (Costilla County), Colorado. The Sangre de Cristo Mountains are in the distance.
- Hermanos Penitentes--Buildings--2000-2010.; Hispanic Americans--Structures--2000-2010.; Mexican Americans--Structures--2000-2010.; Moradas--2000-2010.; Garcia (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Adobe buildings.; Chapels.; Crosses.; Historic buildings.; Hermanos...
- [2008 February 1]
- Morada, San Francisco, Colorado
- View of a morada (Los Hermanos Penitentes) in San Francisco (Costilla County), Colorado. The one story, adobe building is mud plastered, has a pitched tin roof, shuttered windows, a wooden belfry and a narrow porch that runs the length of the...
- Hermanos Penitentes--Buildings--2000-2010.; Hispanic Americans--Structures--2000-2010.; Mexican Americans--Structures--2000-2010.; Moradas--2000-2010.; Costilla County (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Adobe buildings.; Hermanos Penitentes--Buildings--Pictorial...
- [2008 February 1]
- Morada, San Francisco, Colorado
- A large, painted wooden cross leans against the unplastered wall of a morada (Los Hermanos Penitentes) in San Francisco (Costilla County), Colorado. Lettering on the cross reads: "F.P.D.N.P.J." Shows a recessed wooden door and window.
- Hermanos Penitentes--Buildings--2000-2010.; Hispanic Americans--Structures--2000-2010.; Mexican Americans--Structures--2000-2010.; Moradas--2000-2010.; Costilla County (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Adobe buildings.; Crosses.; Hermanos...
- [2005 April]
- San Acacio Catholic Church
- View of San Acacio Catholic Church in San Acacio (Costilla County), Colorado. The adobe church has buttresses and is surrounded by and adobe wall with a gate. The building has a shingled roof and a shingled bell tower.
- Hispanic Americans--Structures--2000-2010.; Mexican Americans--Structures--2000-2010.; San Acacio (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Adobe buildings.; Catholic churches.; Adobe churches--Colorado--San Acacio--Pictorial works.; Catholic church...
- [2005 April]
- Casimiro Barela's house
- People pose on the porch of Senator Casimiro Barela's house in probably Barela (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows a cross gabled adobe house with a covered porch, wood and wire fence and out buildings.
- Barela, Casimiro--Homes & haunts--1890-1900.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1890-1900.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1890-1900.; Barela (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Adobe buildings.; Barela, Casimiro--Homes and haunts--Pictorial works.; Mexican...
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- S.P.M.T.U. Concilio # 16, La Garita
- View of the abandoned Concilio #16 (sixteen) for La Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos in La Garita (Saguache County), Colorado. Shows an adobe building with a low gabled roof, double wooden doors and signs that read: "S.P.M.D.T.U....
- Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos--People--1990-2000.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1990-2000.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1990-2000.; La Garita (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Fraternal organizations.; Adobe buildings.; Abandoned...
- [1993]
- San Acacio Mission
- View of the San Acacio Mission church on County Road 15 in Viejo San Acacio Costilla County), Colorado. The adobe church has 18 inch thick walls and a pitched roof. The structure has thick buttresses and an open bell tower above the entrance. The...
- San Acacio Mission (Viejo San Acacio, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Viejo San Acacio (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Catholic churches.; Adobe buildings.; San Acacio Mission (Viejo San Acacio, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Catholic church buildings--Colorado--Viejo San...
- 2000?
- San Acacio Mission
- View of the San Acacio Mission Church on County Road 15 in Viejo San Acacio Costilla County), Colorado. The adobe church has 18 inch thick walls and a pitched roof. The structure has thick buttresses and an open bell tower above the entrance. The...
- San Acacio Mission (Viejo San Acacio, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Viejo San Acacio (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Catholic churches.; Adobe buildings.; San Acacio Mission (Viejo San Acacio, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Catholic church buildings--Colorado--Viejo San...
- 2001?
- Morada, San Francisco, Colo.
- View of the morada in San Francisco (Costilla County), Colorado. The one story adobe structure has a stucco exterior and a pitched roof covered in tar paper. An open bell tower is on the pitched roof. The building has doors and shuttered windows....
- Hermanos Penitentes--Buildings--2000-2010.; San Francisco (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Churches.; Adobe buildings.; Historic buildings.; Hermanos Penitentes--Buildings--Pictorial works.; Moradas--Colorado--San Francisco--Pictorial works.; Adobe...
- 2001?
- Morada, San Francisco, Colo.
- View of the morada in San Francisco (Costilla County), Colorado. The one story adobe structure has a stucco exterior and a pitched roof covered in tar paper. An open bell tower is on the pitched roof. The building's roof creates an overhang...
- Hermanos Penitentes--Buildings--1970-1980.; San Francisco (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Churches.; Adobe buildings.; Historic buildings.; Hermanos Penitentes--Buildings--Pictorial works.; Moradas--Colorado--San Francisco--Pictorial works.; Adobe...
- 1972?
- Morada, San Francisco, Colo.
- View of the Morada in San Francisco (Costilla County), Colorado. The one story adobe structure has a stucco exterior and a pitched roof covered in tar paper. A white wooden cross is hung near the buildings entrance with the initials F.P.D.N.P.J....
- Hermanos Penitentes--Buildings--2000-2010.; San Francisco (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Churches.; Adobe buildings.; Historic buildings.; Hermanos Penitentes--Buildings--Pictorial works.; Moradas--Colorado--San Francisco--Pictorial works.; Adobe...
- 2001?
- Village near Chama Canyon
- Horses stand in a dirt road in a village near Chama Canyon, above Chama (Costilla County), Colorado. Shows wood and log fences, a bridge over an arroyo, Adobe houses and a haystack. The Sangre de Cristo Mountains are in the distance.
- Costilla County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Adobe buildings.; Horses--Colorado--Costilla County--Pictorial works.; Adobe houses--Colorado--Costilla County--Pictorial works.; Wooden fences--Colorado--Costilla County--Pictorial works.; Costilla County...
- [1950]
- El Convento B & B
- View of the El Convento Bed and Breakfast at 512 Church Place in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. The adobe structure was built in 1905 as a parochial school. It later became a convent for the Sisters of Mercy, and a bed-and-breakfast in the...
- San Luis (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Hotels.; Adobe buildings.; El Convento (San Luis, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Bed and breakfast accommodations--Colorado--San Luis--Pictorial works.; Building, Adobe--Colorado--San Luis--Pictorial works.; San Luis...
- 1992
- S.P.M.D.T.U. Concilio No. 31, Chama, Colo.
- View of the Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos (United Workers' Mutual Protection Society) Concilio No. 31 at the Southwest Corner of Costilla County L.7 and 22.3 in Chama (Costilla County), Colorado. The one story stuccoed adobe...
- Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos--Buildings--1990-2000.; Chama (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Fraternal organizations.; Adobe buildings.; Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos--Buildings--Pictorial works.; Fraternal...
- 1992
- S.P.M.D.T.U. Concilio Superior, Antonito, Colo.
- View of the Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos (United Workers' Mutual Protection Society) Concilio No. 1 at 601 Main Street, Antonito,Colorado. The two story Mission Revival style building is constructed of adobe and has a white...
- Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos--Buildings--1990-2000.; Antonito (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Fraternal organizations.; Adobe buildings.; Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos--Buildings--Pictorial works.; Fraternal...
- 1992
- Theresa, Felix
- Two young children identified as Theresa and Felix Lopez stand in the yard of a long adobe house probably in southern Colorado. Theresa wears a striped one piece jumpsuit with a blouse, her hair is braided and pulled up on her head. Her brother,...
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1920-1930.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1920-1930.; Boys.; Adobe buildings.; Lopez, Felix--Pictorial works.; Lopez, Theresa--Picxtorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- El Heraldo
- View of the adobe newspaper office for El Heraldo del Valle, a Spanish Language, Republican newspaper in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. The two story adobe house next to El Heraldo belongs to José Ramos Valdéz, (8th from left), a school...
- Heraldo del Valle (San Luis, Colo.)--Buildings--1900-1910.; African Americans--1900-1910.; Hispanic Americans--1900-1910.; Mexican Americans--1900-1910.; San Luis (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Adobe buildings.; Musicians.; Newspapers.; Heraldo del Valle...
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Gallegos Mercantile and Hotel
- View of the Gallegos Mercantile and Hotel on the plaza in San Luis, (Costilla County), Colorado. The two story stone building, owned by José Presentación "J.P." Gallegos, was also the telegraph and post office. The front of the building has a...
- Hispanic Americans--1900-1910.; Mexican Americans--1900-1910.; San Luis (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Adobe buildings.; General stores.; Hotels.; Gallegos, José Presentación--Homes & haunts--1900-1910.; Gallegos, José Presentación--Homes and...
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- The Cordova house
- Hispanic American José Benito Córdova and his wife Marina Rivera de Córdova pose with their families at their two story, Territorial style, adobe house in Las Córdovas, near El Moro (Las Animas County), Colorado. The house has a balcony and...
- Hispanic Americans--1890-1900.; Mexican Americans--1890-1900.; Las Animas County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Adobe buildings.; Families.; Houses.; Women.; Córdova, José Benito--Pictorial works.; Córdova, Marina Rivera de--Pictorial works.; Adobe...
- ca. 1895
- Francisco Gallegos
- Hispanic American Francisco Gallegos, a sheep and cattle rancher, poses on horseback in San Luis, Colorado. He wear a jacket, tie and round brimmed hat, his saddle blanket is a jerga, a woven Hispanic textile in a herringbone and check pattern....
- Hispanic Americans--1880-1890.; Mexican Americans--1880-1890.; San Luis (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Adobe buildings.; Horseback riding.; Ranchers.; Gallegos, Francisco--Pictorial works.; Building, Adobe--Colorado--San Luis--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- ca. 1885
- Capilla de Todos los Santos
- View of the Catholic Capilla de Todos Los Santos, a part of the Shrine of the Stations of the Cross (La Mesa de la Piedad y de la Misericordia, Hill of Piety and Mercy) in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. The Spanish Colonial style adobe...
- Capilla de Todos los Santos (San Luis, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Hispanic Americans--Structures--2000-2010.; Mexican Americans--Structures--2000-2010.; San Luis (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Adobe buildings.; Catholic churches.; Chapels.; Capilla de Todos los...
- [2005 April]
- Chief Ouray's house in Montrose
- View of the stuccoed adobe brick house built by the United States government for North American Indian (Southern Ute Tribe) Chief Ouray and his wife Chipeta (Uncompahgre Ute Tribe) in Montrose (Montrose County), Colorado. The house has a shingled...
- Chipeta, 1843-1924--Homes & Haunts.; Ouray--Homes & haunts.; Indians of North America--Structures.; Ute Indians--Structures.; Montrose County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Adobe buildings.; Houses.
- [between 1886 and 1890?]
- Adobe house
- View of an abandoned adobe house near San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. Shows an adobe brick building with a sod roof and door and window openings. Sagebrush and trees are nearby. The Sangre de Cristo Mountains are in the distance.
- Adobe buildings.; Houses.; Adobe houses--Colorado--Costilla County--Pictorial works.; Costilla County (Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Costilla County (Colo.)--2000-2010.
- [between 2005 and 2006?]