Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- José Amarante Garcia family
- Studio portrait of Hispanic American José Amarante García and his family. José served as sheriff and county judge in Conejos County, Colorado. Family members are identified as, front row L to R: José Victor García, Sofia García,...
- Hispanic Americans--1900-1910.; Mexican Americans--1900-1910.; Conejos County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Children.; Families.; Judges.; Sheriffs.; Women.; García, José Amarante--Family--Pictorial works.; García, Teodora Espinoza...
- 1912
- Woodbury Branch community story hour
- Photograph of Woodbury Branch librarian Miss Albert DeNio visiting the Steele Community Center for story telling session for disabled children. She stands at the front of the room. Holding a book in front of her. Talking to several children...
- Denver Public Library. Woodbury Branch.
- 1964 April
- Predecessor to Virginia Village - 1950 S. Holly
- Interior view of the South Holly Neighborhood Library in the Virginia Village neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Children read and browse bookshelves and are identified as Martha Kaplan and Terri and Dave Holland.
- Denver Public Library--Facilities--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Virginia Village (Denver, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Bookcases--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.;...
- 1964 November 4
- Ute children
- Studio portrait of Native American (Ute) children. The boys wear wrapped braids, earrings, leather pants, beaded moccasins, and chokers or necklaces with medallions. A boy wears a bone breastplate, a long-sleeved shirt with a serpentine pattern,...
- Indians of North America--Children--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--1890-1900.; Boys--1890-1900.; Girls--1890-1900.
- 1899
- Herrera and Montoya children
- Children from the Herrera and Montoya families pose on their front porch at 1121 Lawrence St., in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. They are identified left to right: Bobby and Gloria Herrera, Dorothy Montoya who holds her infant sister...
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1940-1950.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1940-1950.; Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Children.; Infants.; Herrera family--Pictorial works.; Montoya family--Pictorial works.; Mexican...
- [1946]
- Simon Montez family
- Simon Montez and his wife Emma Valdez Montez pose with their two children. Jose A. Montez sits on his fathers lap. (6 months, born February 13, 1895) and Santiago Montez stands in front of his mother. (2 years old). Simon sits in a chair, wears a...
- Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1890-1900.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1890-1900.; Children.; Infants.; Spouses.; Women.; Montez, Emma Valdez--Family--Pictorial works.; Montez, Simon--Family--Pictorial works.; Children--Colorado--Pictorial works.;...
- [1895]
- Tony Lucero family
- Studio portrait of Tony Lucero, a resident of Fort Collins, Colorado, his wife and children. Shows the couple, two young boys, a girl and an infant. Tony and the boys wear coats and ties, his wife and the girls wear dresses.
- Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Spouses.; Children.; Lucero, Tony--Pictorial works.; Lucero, Tony--Family--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial...
- [1950?]
- José Victor García
- Portrait of José Victor García, a rancher in Conejos County, Colorado, he served in the Colorado Territorial Legislature and held many political appointments. He wear a suit and tie, has thick gray hair combed back and a full mustache.
- Hispanic Americans--1890-1900.; Mexican Americans--1890-1900.; Legislators--Colorado.; Older People.; García, José Victor--Pictorial works.; Hispanic American legislators--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial...
- [between 1890 and 1896?]
- Dumont's Boarding House - the German House - in Idaho Springs about 1900.
- View in Idaho Springs, Colorado, of the German House (owned by the Dumont family in 1901) and several men, women and children standing in front of it; building constructed of horizontal clapboard with two doors (one open with electric light over...
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Lodging houses--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1900-1910.
- [1901?]
- Severo and other Utes
- Studio portrait (standing and sitting) of Severo and other Native American (Ute) men, women, and children. Severo wears a wide-brimmed hat and another man wears a hair pipe breastplate. Two children are in cradleboards.
- Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Ute Indians--1880-1890.; Children--1880-1890.; Cradleboards--1880-1890.; Tribal chiefs--1880-1890.; Women--1880-1890.; Severo, Chief.
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- Robert W. Speer Memorial Hospital Denver General
- A view of the Robert W. Speer Memorial Hospital for Children. The 2-story building was constructed in 1939 and is located on Bannock between 6th (Sixth) and 7th (Seventh) in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver General Hospital--Buildings--1930-1940.; Robert W. Speer Memorial Hospital for Children (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Children--Hospitals--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Hospitals--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Heiram and Alida Burton Elsie and Smith Payne Burton Children
- Shows Hiram and Alida Burton with their children Elsie and Smith Payne Burton. Two young children sit on the lap of the man. The young girl wears a dress, and the toddler wears a pullover with bloomers. The woman wears a dress with a lace collar...
- Burton, Alida.; Burton, Elsie.; Burton, Hiram Knight.; Burton, Smith Payne.; Children & adults--1850-1860.; Families--1850-1860.
- 1853?
- Denver Orphans' Home
- Boys and girls stand in a circle and pose in the backyard of a small house used as an orphanage while the Denver Orphans' Home is constructed. Shows children in swings on a swingset. Three women caregivers stand with the children.
- Denver Orphans' Home (Denver, Colo.)--People--1880-1890.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Backyards--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Children swinging--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.;...
- 1882
- Aftermath of Ludlow Massacre
- Coal miners, a boy, a teenager, and a young girl stand and eat slices of bread near the remnants of the tent colony destroyed in the Ludlow Massacre during the U.M.W. strike against C.F. & I. in Ludlow (Las Animas County), Colorado. Wood, pieces of...
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Children--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; Coal miners--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; Eating &...
- [1914]
- Mexico, cities, street scene, Compeche
- Two men wearing sombreros lead a wagon filled with sticks and pulled by donkeys toward a large arch entrance built into a wall protecting Compeche, Mexico. A group of children stands under the arch in the background. A building stands on top of...
- Arches--Mexico--Compeche--1910-1920.; Children playing outdoors--Mexico--Compeche--1910-1920.; City & town life--Mexico--Compeche--1910-1920.; Donkeys--Mexico--Compeche--1910-1920.; Streets--Mexico--Compeche--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1913?]
- Apaches Gazie, (Twisted) and two children wife of Chihuahua, hostile Chiricahua chief; now on war-path in New Mexico.
- Studio portrait (sitting) of Native Americans (Chiricahua Apache) Gazie and her two children.
- Chiricahua Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Children--1880-1890.; Mothers & children--1880-1890.; Women--1880-1890.; Chihuahua--Family.; Gazie Chiricahua Indian.
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Children at Mayor Currigan's office
- Boys and girls, who include an African American and a Mexican American, pose with Denver Mayor Thomas G. Currigan, in his office in the City and County Building in Denver, Colorado. They stand in front of a table covered with political posters....
- Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Children.; Interiors.; Mayors--Colorado--Denver.; Political posters.; Currigan, Thomas G.; African Americans--Children.; Mexican Americans--Children.
- [between 1965 and 1968?]
- Denver Public Library bookmobile
- Interior view of the Denver Public Library bookmobile in Denver, Colorado; Helen V. Watts and Ellen Berner watch Black (African American) boys and girls read books.
- Denver Public Library--Equipment & supplies--1960-1970.; African Americans--Children--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Bookmobiles--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Children--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.;...
- 1964 November 4
- Portrait of children
- Studio portrait of four children. Shows a young girl and probably an infant boy in white dresses with puffed sleeves and lace hems. A girl with ringlets wears a dress with a lace collar and a gathered waist and yoke. A boy wears a shirt patterned...
- Boys--1890-1910.; Children--1890-1910.; Girls--1890-1910.; Infants--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- 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?]
- Annie Colliere (quamir)
- Annie Colliere, a Native American (Plains) woman, poses outdoors with three children. She holds a baby wrapped in a blanket; one of the children wears a bonnet; the other has her head covered by the baby's blanket. A brush shelter and trees are in...
- Indians of North America--Great Plains--1880-1910.; Great Plains--1880-1910.; Children--Great Plains--1880-1910.; Infants--Great Plains--1880-1910.; Mothers & children--Great Plains--1880-1910.; Women--Great Plains--1880-1910.; Colliere, Annie.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- 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]
- Navajo woman and children
- Studio portrait (standing and sitting) of a Native American (Navajo) woman and children. She wears wrapped moccasin boots, a belt, and bead necklaces. The boy wears leggings and a headband. The girl wears a dress, wrapped moccasin boots, necklaces,...
- Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Navajo Indians--1880-1900.; Children--1880-1900.; Women--1880-1900.
- [between 1888 and 1894]
- Group of Pahute Indians
- Group studio portrait of Native American (Paiute) man, women and children. The man wears a striped shirt with leggings, and a blanket around his waist and shoulder. The women wear belted dresses; two hold babies in cradleboards, one on her back.
- Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Paiute Indians--1870-1880.; Children--1870-1880.; Cradleboards--1870-1880.; Women--1870-1880.
- [1870?]
- Tsa To Ke (Horse) Kiowa Leader
- Tsa To Ke (Hunting Horse), a Native American (Kiowa) man stands near a group of men, women and children. He wears moccasins, leggings, a fringed breechcloth, a blanket, and a warbonnet feather headdress.
- Indians of North America--1910-1920.; Kiowa Indians--1910-1920.; Children--1910-1920.; Women--1910-1920.; Tsatoke, Monroe, 1904-1937.
- [1910]
- Plains Indians
- View of a Native American (Plains) woman on horseback dragging a travois upon which sits two children. They parade with another horse in front of a grandstand.
- Indians of North America--Great Plains--1880-1910.; Children--1880-1910.; Horseback riding--1880-1910.; Travois--1880-1910.; Women--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- White Eagle, Ponca Chief
- A Native American (Ponca) man, identified as Chief White Eagle, stands posing in front of a group of seated Ponca men and children. White Eagle is wearing boots, pants, a jacket, and a hat. The group behind him is near bushes and a cloth tent.
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Ponca Indians--1900-1910.; Children--1900-1910.; Tribal chiefs--1900-1910.; White Eagle, Ponca Chief.
- 1902
- Runner Ed Ladd & family
- Studio portrait of a Native American Apache family, runner Ed Ladd, his wife, and two children. They wear blankets wrapped over their Euro-American dress and traditional jewelry including chokers, necklaces, and beaded hair tubes.
- Apache Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Children--1880-1890.; Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Families--1880-1890.; Women--1880-1890.; Ladd, Ed--Family.; Ladd, Ed.
- 1886
- Feeding time, Children's Hospital
- Interior view at Children's Hospital in Denver, Colorado. Infants and toddlers sit on the laps of nurses. The nurses hold bowls and spoons to the lips of the children. Bottles filled with milk and bowls are on a table nearby. Cribs are against the...
- Children's Hospital (Denver, Colo.)--People--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Children eating & drinking--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Hospitals--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Infants--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.;...
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Denver Orphans' Home
- Orphans at the Denver Orphans' Home (later the Denver Children's Home) at 1501 Albion Street in the South Park Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado sit on the floor and in cribs in their dormitory and pose for the camera. A woman caregiver looks...
- Denver Orphans' Home (Denver, Colo.)--People--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Children's furniture--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Infants--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- [between 1910 and 1915?]
- Group of Indian women and children, full length
- Full length group portrait, outdoors, of five Dakota women and seven Dakota children. Women are wrapped in blankets, one boy has fur cap. Three buildings are in the background.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Children & adults--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Women--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- Group of twelve Indian women & children, full length
- Full length group portrait, outdoors, of five Dakota women and seven Dakota children. Women are wrapped in blankets, one boy has fur cap. Two white men stand off to the side. Three buildings are in the background.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Children & adults--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Women--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- Children, Rifle area
- A girl and a boy pose beside a table probably in Garfield County, Colorado. Christmas decorations on the table include: a Christmas tree with a popcorn chain, pictures of Santa Claus, a doll, a lantern and an animal figurine. The boy holds a ball...
- Garfield County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Children playing with toys--Colorado--Garfield County--1910-1920.; Christmas trees--Colorado--Garfield County--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Portrait of children
- A boy and a girl pose beside a table in possibly Garfield County, Colorado. The girl wears a hair bow and holds a doll; the boy holds a ball or a Christmas ornament. Decorations on the table include a Christmas tree with a popcorn garland, a toy...
- Garfield County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Children playing with toys--Colorado--Garfield County--1910-1920.; Christmas trees--Colorado--Garfield County--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Eat Dog and family
- Sitting portrait of a Native American (Dakota) man, identified as Eat Dog, his wife, and two children. The group sits among tepees.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Children & adults--1880-1890.; Families--1880-1890.; Tipis--1880-1890.; Eat dog.
- 1882
- W. 11th Ave & Decatur
- View of the intersection of West 11th (Eleventh) Avenue and Decatur Street in Denver, Colorado; shows houses, automobiles, and children.
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Sun Valley (Denver Colo.)--1920-1930.; Children--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Residential streets--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1927 November 10
- Educating the Indians a female pupil of the Government School at Carlisle visits her home at Pine Ridge Agency.
- A Native American (Oglala Sioux) woman holds a parasol and is surrounded by men, women, and children.
- Dakota Indians--South Dakota--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--1880-1890.; Children--South Dakota--1880-1890.; Women--South Dakota--1880-1890.
- [between 1940 and 1960]
- Three unidentified Indian women, standing, two holding babies, full length
- Full length studio portrait of three unidentified Dakota women; two are holding children. Women are wearing dresses and wrapped in blankets.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Children & adults--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Women--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- Keota school group
- A woman in Keota, Weld County, Colorado, poses with children. The frame school is behind them.
- Keota (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Children--Colorado--Keota--1930-1940.; Schools--Colorado--Keota--1930-1940.; Students--Colorado--Keota--1930-1940.
- 1929
- Cascade Avenue Montrose, Colo No. 16
- Cascade Avenue in Montrose, Montrose County, Colorado, is crowded with horses, buggies, men and children. Boards cover the ditch in the foreground; a waterwagon is further back. Signs and building identification read: "Grocers," "Buddecke & Diehl,"...
- Montrose (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Children & adults--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.
- 1887 May 2
- So. Utes women & children
- A group of Native American (Southern Ute) women and children are seated together next to tents, probably at a fair in New Mexico. Beside them are several woven water baskets with straps.
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Navajo baskets--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--1900-1910.; Children--1900-1910.; Women--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Sloan place and family
- Two children, Ray and Lottie Sloan sit in a buggy behind horses in Prairie Divide (Larimer County), Colorado. A woman, Mrs. Sloan stands by the horses and her husband, Billie Sloan, sits on horseback. Shows a chinked log cabin house with a plank...
- Larimer County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Larimer County--1880-1900.; Homesteading--Colorado--Larimer County--1880-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--Larimer County--1880-1900.; Sloan, Billie.; Sloan, Lottie.; Sloan, Ray.; Sloan...
- [between 1882 and 1893?]
- "Peppard" fountain
- Shows a fountain with a statue of two children and a pool below. City Park lake (Ferril Lake) and the pavilion are in the background. The statue is in memory of John & Minnie Peppard and their children.
- City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Fountains--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Peppard, John--Monuments.; Peppard,...
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Children march in boycott demonstration
- Two unidentified children march with AFL-CIO United Farm Workers of America members and their supporters in support of the grape and Gallo Wine boycott through Denver, Colorado.
- United Steelworkers of America--People--1970-1980.; United Farm Workers of America--People--1970-1980.; Mexican Americans--1970-1980.; Hispanic Americans--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Demonstrations.; Boycotts.; Children.; United...
- [1975]
- H. F. Rhoads' "Children" (as adults) with spouses & children
- Harry M. Rhoads poses with Sadie Rhoads, their adult children and their spouses, and his grandchildren at a house in Bear Creek (Jefferson County), Colorado. From left to right Bert Rhoads' wife, Charles C. Gates, Hazel Gates, Sadie Rhoads...
- Jefferson County (Colo.)--1940-1960.; Gates, Charles Cassius, 1877-1961.; Gates, Hazel LaDora Rhoads.; Rhoads, Bert.; Rhoads, Harry Mellon, 1880 or 81-1975.; Rhoads, Sade.
- [between 1940 and 1955]
- "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
- Ute Indians
- Studio portrait of a Native American woman (Ute) and her two children. One of the children wears a print dress, a necklace and moccasins; the other is an infant bound to a cradleboard with only its face showing.
- Indians of North America--Women--Colorado--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Children--Colorado--1890-1900.; Cradleboards--Colorado--1890-1900.; Girls--Colorado--1890-1900.; Infants--Colorado--1890-1900.
- 1895 October 17
- Ute Indians, from southern Colorado.
- Studio portrait of a Native American woman (Ute) and her two children. One of the children wears a print dress, a necklace and moccasins; the other is an infant bound to a cradleboard with only its face showing.
- Indians of North America--Women--Colorado--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Children--Colorado--1890-1900.; Cradleboards--Colorado--1890-1900.; Girls--Colorado--1890-1900.; Infants--Colorado--1890-1900.
- 1895 October 17
- Family portrait
- Studio portrait of a woman, possibly Petrita Chacon, and her three children. The woman wears a dress embellished with embroidery and sits on an upholstered chair. The youngest child sits on an ottoman near her feet, and the two older children...
- Mothers & children--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Adults and Children with Easter Baskets at Mission Viejo
- A large group of adults and children standing together on pavement. Easter baskets in the hands of some of the children. A street with cars visible in the background.
- Easter.; Mission Viejo (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- circa 1980