Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Boy and girl on chair and boy with drum
- Studio portraits, one shows a boy and girl on a chair. The boy wears a suit and knickers; the girl wears a plaid dress suit and a hair bow. In the other, a boy stands, wears a suit and knickers and holds drum sticks and a snare drum.
- Garfield (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Boys--Colorado--Garfield County--1910-1920.; Children playing with toys--Colorado--Garfield County--1910-1920.; Girls--Colorado--Garfield County--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Municipal Facts: Volume 14 Numbers 1 and 2, 1931 January-February
- Dutch Boy Donuts
- View of Dutch Boy Donuts at 6640 East Colfax Avenue in the Montclair neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. This one-story brick commercial building has a corner entrance. The entrance has a transom window. A neon-on-metal sign on the side of the...
- Dutch Boy Donuts (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Montclair (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Bakeries.; Electric signs.; Dutch Boy Donuts (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Bakeries--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Neon...
- ca. 1980
- Portrait of a man and a boy
- Studio portrait of a seated man and a boy. The man wears a suit jacket fastened at the top button, a vest and neck tie. One hand rests in his lap. The young boy is perched on the arm of the chair and his hand rests casually on the man's shoulder....
- Boys--1890-1910.; Fathers & children--1890-1910.
- [between 1891 and 1901?]
- Portrait of a boy
- Studio portrait of a boy who rests his arms upon a wall. The boy wears a dark colored jacket with a light colored collar and a plaid tie. The boy parts his hair to the side. An ornate studio backdrop is in the distance.
- Boys--1890-1910.; Studio props--1890-1910.
- [between 1891 and 1901?]
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Number 19, 1912 May 11
- Municipal Facts: Volume 10 Numbers 11 and 12, 1927 November-December
- Portrait of a boy
- Full length studio portrait of a young boy who poses against a painted backdrop. The boy wears knickers, an embroidered middy style jacket, boots and a Civil War style hat. The boy has straight hair and bangs. He leans on prop rocks and stands on...
- Boys--1890-1910.; Clothing & dress--1890-1910.; Studio props--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Portrait of a boy
- Studio portrait of a young boy who sits on a studio prop that resembles a wall against a painted backdrop. The boy wears an embroidered middy styled jacket, knickers, boots and a Civil War style hat. The boy has straight hair and bangs.
- Boys--1890-1910.; Clothing & dress--1890-1910.; Studio props--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Portrait of a boy
- Full length studio portrait of a boy who sits on a studio prop rock formation. The boy holds his shin and a dark colored hat rests nearby. The boy wears boots, dark colored tights, knickers, a jacket and a necktie.
- Boys--1890-1910.; Studio props--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Portrait girl & boy
- Studio portrait of a girl and boy in Colorado. The boy holds a fancy double harmonica and sits on a wooden bench.
- Boys--Colorado--1910-1930.; Girls--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Young girl and boy
- Studio portrait of a young girl and boy in Colorado. The girls stands next to the seated boy. She wears a dress and a bow in her hair. The boy wears a pantsuit with a lace collar.
- Boys--Colorado--1910-1930.; Girls--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930]
- Arapahoes Sharp Nose's boy
- Studio portrait (crouching and standing) of Native American (Arapaho) Sharp Nose's boy and another boy. They aim bows with arrows in them. The boys wear leggings and breechcloths. One boy wears a bead necklace and scarves over his braids.
- Arapaho Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Boys--1880-1890.; Sharp Nose--Family.
- [1884-1885]
- Exhibits of work done by the various boy scout troops at Granada.
- Boy scout troop exhibits at the Granada Relocation Center, Camp Amache, Prowers County, southeastern Colorado. A "Boy Scouts of America, Amache District" banner hangs above the exhibit, with a wooden sign "Troop 162" in front of it. A scout crest...
- World War, 1939-1945--Detention facilities.; Amache (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Detention facilities--Colorado--Amache--1940-1950.; Exhibitions--Colorado--Amache--1940-1950.; Relocation camps--Colorado--Amache--1940-1950.
- 1943 May 10
- J.M. Olguín Mercantile store
- View of the J.M. Olguín Mercantile owned by Jesús María Olguín in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. The adobe building has a wooden facade with a cornice, show windows and a recessed entry. The windows have roll down shades and the...
- J.M. Olguín Mercantile (San Luis, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Hispanic Americans--1910-1920.; Mexican Americans--1910-1920.; San Luis (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Boys.; General stores.; J.M. Olguín Mercantile (San Luis, Colo.)--Pictorial works.;...
- 1910
- Portrait of boys
- Studio portrait of boys posed in front of a painted backdrop. One boy stands and wears a suit and tie. The second boy is seated on prop rocks; he wears a suit with knickers, a bow tie and leather boots with side buttons; he holds a felt hat. The...
- Boys--1890-1910.; Studio props--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Portrait of children
- Studio portrait of a young girl, a young boy and an infant. The girl smiles and wears a dress with a lace collar and cuffs, bows tied on the shoulders and a full skirt. The boy wears a sailor shirt with a ribbon tied around the neck. The infant,...
- Boys--1890-1910.; Children--1890-1910.; Girls--1890-1910.; Infants--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Portrait of children
- Studio portrait of two girls and a boy on a faux carved stone prop in front of a lace fabric backdrop. The girls wear identical hairstyles with bangs and long hair pulled back, necklaces, lace dresses with v-necks, high yokes and capped sleeves....
- Boys--1890-1910.; Children--1890-1910.; Girls--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Stone basin, woman washing clothes Moki Indians, Wolpi Pueblo, Arizona
- Native American (Hopi) woman kneels on a stone wash basin and washes clothes while a naked boy looks on, Walpi Pueblo, First Mesa, Arizona; boy stands on wash basin, holding small woven blanket; next to the basin are two metal cans, a pottery water...
- 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.; Laundry--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.
- 1899
- McClellan Hall, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of McClellan Hall, on the south side of Sixth (6th) Street between Taos and Rose Streets, Georgetown, Colorado. The building was a movie theater which was restored as a public gathering place in 1946 and named after an earlier...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Commercial buildings--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.; Horses--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.; Motion picture theaters--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.
- 1946
- At Butlers store
- Native American (Navajo) boy poses outdoors near Butler's Trading Post in New Mexico. The boy stands near a wooden building. He wears pants and a shirt and has a large, round stomach.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Boys--New Mexico--1900-1910.
- September 21, 1908
- The hostile Apaches
- Four scenes from Crook's campaigns against the Native American Chiricahua. Top left: "A Captive White Boy In An Apache Camp," shows a white boy in an Apache wickiup camp with women and children and one warrior holding a bow and arrow. Top right:...
- Chiricahua Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Captives--1880-1890.; Horseback riding--1880-1890.; Warriors--1880-1890.; Geronimo, 1829-1909.; Nachez.; Crook, George, 1829-1890--Homes & haunts.
- 1886 April 24
- Manual High, class in carving shop
- An African-American (Black) boy and white boys and girls stand at work benches and carve wood projects in a classroom at Manual Training High School at 27th (Twenty-seventh) and Franklin Streets in the Whittier neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. One...
- Manual Training High School (Denver, Colo.)--People--1900-1910.; African Americans--Education--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Whittier (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Branding at Green's Roundup 1940
- A young boy works to hold down a calf in a corral at a ranch, probably the Green Ranch northeast of Blackhawk in Gilpin County, Colorado. A small group of ranchers sits on the ground in the corral behind the young boy. A herd of Herefords stands...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Cattle ranches--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Cattle--Colorado--1940-1950.; Corrals--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Cowboys--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Roping--1940-1950.
- [1940?]
- Native American young boys
- Three unidentified, young Native American boys stand near a wood fence on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana. The boy on the far left wears a dark suit and a hat. The boy in the middle wears a dark vest over a patterned shirt. The...
- Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Children--Montana--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Montana--1900- 1910.
- [between 1905 and 1907?]
- Yankee Boy Mine
- View of the ruins of the Yankee Boy Mine, at Yankee Boy Basin, in Ouray County, Colorado. Shows wooden debris and a tailings pile. The bare rocky slopes of a peak are in the distance.
- Ouray County (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Yankee Boy Basin (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Yankee Boy Mine (Ouray County, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Abandoned mines--Colorado--Ouray County--1960-1970.; Mining--Colorado--Ouray County--1960-1970.
- 1963
- McKinley School students in Library Corner
- The photograph is of five students, three girls and two boys using the library at McKinley Elementary School in Denver, Colorado. Along the back wall, there is one girl sitting by the window reading a book, a girl with a bow in her hair is looking...
- McKinley School (Denver, Colo.); Platt Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1932 October
- Palmer School students painting
- Photograph of several students at Palmer Elementary School in Denver, Colorado during free time. Four students sit at a table painting. Three boys stand next to a bookshelf behind them. One boy is reaching into the shelf and hands another boy a...
- Palmer School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1951
- Smedley School toy library
- Photograph of several small children using a toy library at Smedley Elementary School in Denver, Colorado. Six small children are seen in the picture. One boy stands on a stool reaching for a toy on the stop shelf. Another girl stands watching...
- Children playing with toys.; Smedley School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- Steck School students studying maps and globes
- Photograph of several students standing around some maps, globes and model ships at Steck Elementary School in Denver, Colorado. Three students hold different flags as they stand around a model ship. Two students stand next to them. One boy...
- Flags.; Globes.; Maps.; Steck School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1949
- Steck School kindergarten jelly making
- Photograph of a Kindergarten jelly Making project at Steck Elementary School in Denver, Colorado. Five students are shown in the picture. One boy stands at the edge of the table wearing a long apron, glasses and a white cap. He carries a basket...
- Home food processing.; Kindergartens.; Steck School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1932 October
- Steck School students with dog
- Photograph of three unidentified students with a dog at Steck Elementary School in Denver, Colorado. A boy and a girl sit on the floor in front of a screen. One boy is reading a book. The girl sits with a dog. She looks at a second boy who is...
- Dogs.; Steck School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- undated
- Teller School animal project
- Photograph of a class animal project at Teller Elementary School in Denver, Colorado. Two boys in the far left of the photograph work on building a cage out of wood for their animal. To their right is a girl holding the head of a lion and a boy...
- Teller School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Animals.;
- 1937
- School Review of Whittier School
- School review of Whittier Elementary School in Denver, Colorado. Three children are show in front of four drawings of different countries and continents, attached to each drawing is a string that leads to a book. The girl is standing to the left of...
- Whittier School (Denver, Colo.); Whittier (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1953
- Wood Shop at Whittier School
- Wood Shop at Whittier Elementary School in Denver, Colorado. Six children are shown at various stages of construction. On the left side a boy uses a saw to cut a piece of wood. The boy standing in the middle uses a hand drill on a piece of wood...
- Whittier School (Denver, Colo.); Whittier (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- undated
- Columbian School Kindergarten traffic problems
- Photograph of a kindergarten class at Columbian Elementary School during a traffic safety lesson dramatic play exercise. One unidentified boy stands towards the right front of the photograph dressed as a traffic policeman. He has a whistle in his...
- Kindergartens.; Traffic police.; Traffic signs and signals.; Columbian School (Denver, Colo.); Berkeley (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- circa 1934
- Ebert School color guard
- Photograph of several male students standing outside Ebert Elementary School in Denver, Colorado. One boy raises the American flag. Another boy stands facing him while saluting the flag. The remainder of the boys stand in a straight line facing...
- Flag salutes.; Flags--American.; Bugles.; Ebert School (Denver, Colo.); Five Points (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- circa 1928
- Emerson School kindergarten bakery
- Photograph of four unidentified kindergarten children at Emerson Elementary School in Denver, Colorado. One girl sites in side a play building holding a telephone. Outside the door labeled "The Ogden Bakery" a boy looks in the door towards the...
- Carriages and carts.; Delivery boys.; Kindergartens.; Emerson School (Denver, Colo.); Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- circa 1930
- Young Child with Easter Basket at Mission Viejo
- Young brunette boy standing while holding Easter basket. Boy is wearing blue and white striped baseball-style shirt with blue shorts and sneakers. Basket is mixture of pink, green, yellow, purple, and white and has green grass and candy inside....
- Easter.; Mission Viejo (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- circa 1980
- Girl and young boy in wagon
- Unidentified children, a boy and a girl, sit in a wagon in a backyard probably in Denver, Colorado. The girl wears a dress and saddle shoes. The boy wears a shirt and shorts. A brick row house is in the distance.
- Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Children.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Mexican American children--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Denver (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Portrait of a woman and a boy
- Full length studio portrait of a woman and a young boy. The boy sits on a stone pillar prop and rests his feet on a tree stump. He wears short pants, wool leggings, high button shoes, and holds a cap in his hands. The woman stands nearby and rests...
- Mothers & children--1890-1900.; Studio props--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Portrait of a boy
- Studio portrait of a boy who wears a knickerbocker suit and stands in front of a rustic wooden fence. The boy hooks one of his thumbs inside his jacket pocket. An ornate studio backdrop is in the distance.
- Boys--1890-1910.; Studio props--1890-1910.
- [between 1891 and 1901?]
- Portrait of a boy
- Studio portrait of a boy with short hair in a suit with a vest and bow tie. The boy holds a felt hat and poses beside a faux carved stone railing.
- Boys--1890-1900.
- 1891 August 11
- Gall, Dakota Chief, and an unidentified white boy (Tot Clifford?), Gall seated, white boy standing, full length
- Gall, Dakota Chief, full length seated studio portrait with painted backdrop and unidentified boy (possibly Tot Clifford?) standing beside him; Gall wears one feather in hair, braids wrapped in fur, bandana tied at neck, vest, paint or tattoos on...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Gall, ca. 1840-1894.
- [188?]
- Dutch Boy Donuts 6622-40 East Colfax Avenue, Denver
- View of a Dutch Boy Donuts store at 6622-40 East Colfax Avenue (corner Niagara Street) in the South Park Hill Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The brick building has a corner entry and other businesses including "Harold's Flowers," and "Montclair...
- Dutch Boy Donuts--Buildings--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; South Park Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Doughnuts--Colorado--Denver--1990-2000.; Storefronts--Colorado--Denver--1990-2000.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1990-2000.
- 1990 June
- East High spotlight: vol 17 no 6
- 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.)
- 1930 November 26
- East High spotlight: vol 28 no 13
- 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 March 26
- East High spotlight: vol 30 no 9
- 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.)
- 1944 March 2
- "Barnum school pupils prepare book as gift to boy, 11, in Prague," news clipping (unidentified source)
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 35, 1911 August 26