Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- 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]
- USO show musical number
- a GI uniform playing a slide trombone while kneeling turned toward the woman lunging so that the slide almost touches her knee.; Seven members of a United Service Organizations, USO troop, perform a musical number on stage. Shows left to right: a...
- Military life--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United Service Organizations (U.S.); World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- Sunday haircut in camp
- Stereographic view of a man shaving the hair from another man's head in front of a large tent, probably at a camp near the foothills of Denver, Colorado. A third man sits in the right foreground smoking a pipe and watching the hair cut. Two...
- Barbering--Colorado--1870-1900.; Men--Colorado--1870-1900.; Tents--Colorado--1870-1900.
- [between 1875 and 1900?]
- Mitchell School students in Santa's Toy Shop
- The photograph is of students from Mitchell Elementary in Santa Claus' toy shop located on 32nd and Lafayette Street in Denver, Colorado. There are five students, two boys and three girls, each are holding a toy. Santa Claus is standing next to...
- Mitchell School (Denver, Colo.); Five Points (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; Students.; Christmas decorations.; Christmas.; Santa Claus.;Children...
- undated
- Two unidentified Indians, one seated, one kneeling, full length
- Full length studio portrait of two unidentified Dakota males. One seated, one kneeling, in front of painted backdrop.
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Dakota Indians.; Indians of North America--Portraits.
- [188-?]
- Greeley, Colorado Saddle Horse "Chief Squirrel" kneeling
- Kneeling for a crowd in Greeley, Colorado, this horse bears a rider in a white suit and hat. Spectators watch from an elevated bandstand; others hold umbrellas.
- Greeley (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Horses--Colorado--Greeley--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Diamond jubilee of the Cathedral parish, Denver, Colorado...1860-1935.
- Book created by Retired Reverend Monsignor Hugh L. McMenamin, LLD. for the Diamond Jubilee of the Cathedral Parish of Denver, Colorado. It covers the years of 1860 to 1935. Included in the book are sections dedicated to: Bishop Machebeuf, a...
- Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Denver, Colo.); Catholic Church Colorado.
- 1935
- Fred Paiz
- Four men pose in a corral probably on a ranch in Gulnare (Las Animas County), Colorado. Two of the men are on horseback, one in a checked cap and jacket is identified as Fred Paiz who aims a rifle, the other wears a cowboy hat and has a rifle on...
- Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1910-1920.; Gulnare (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Horseback riding.; Paiz, Silfredo, 1904-1919--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Shooting--Colorado--Gulnare--Pictorial works.;...
- [ca. 1918]
- Pittsburg Mine, Central City
- A group of fourteen miners in work clothes, including overalls, pose near the Pittsburg Mine in Central City (Gilpin County), Colorado. Shows a dog (with a miner's cap on its head). One miner holds a wrench, another holds a sledge hammer and a...
- Central City (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Pittsburg Mine (Gilpin County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Central City--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Central City--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Zouaves group
- A group of Zouaves poses in front of a backdrop with a landscape scene painted on it for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The costume the men wear, including red, baggy pants, gold-braided blue vests and red fez hats, was reportedly derived from the...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Zouaves--Clothing & dress.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1897?]
- Weaving hot pads, 2nd grade at Central, 1941, Miss Monroe
- Boys and girls in Miss Monroe's second grade classroom, at Central School in Alamosa, Colorado, weave hot pads at small rectangular tables. Several boys wears overall and the girls wear print or plaid dresses. One girl wears braids. A board on the...
- Potholders--1940-1950.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Christmas decorations--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Classrooms--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Interiors.; Schools--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Monroe, Miss.
- 1941
- 10th Mountain Division 86th Mountain Infantry Regiment Company E
- Group portrait (standing, kneeling, sitting ) of the Tenth Mountain Division, 86th Mountain Infantry Regiment, Company E holding rifles. The four officers, seated on folding chairs, do not have rifles. Taken at Camp Hale, Colorado, June 1944. Most...
- United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 86th. Company E.; World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Military personnel--1940-1950.
- June 1944
- Severo, Capt. of Indian Police
- Outdoor portrait (sitting, kneeling) of Native American (Ute) man, woman, child and baby in a cradleboard; unidentified child wears moccasins, fringed pants and shirt, necklace decorated with beads and possibly teeth, metal earring, and braided...
- Indians of North America--Women--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Children--1890-1900.; Natz-chi-ve-rat.; Severo, Chief.
- 1896
- Woman posing
- A woman holds a pose as a man kneeling nearby sketches her on a pad of paper, Colorado.
- Artists' models--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Artists--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Processions & ceremonies Taos [sic] N.M.
- View of kneeling Native American Matachines dancers at Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico, shows adobe building and spectators; costumes include ribbons, feathers and headdresses.
- Indians of North America--Dance--New Mexico--Santa Clara Pueblo--1900-1910.; Matachines (Dance)--New Mexico--Santa Clara Pueblo--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Dance--New Mexico--Santa Clara Pueblo--1900-1910.; Santa Clara Pueblo (N.M.)--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Indians, Utes
- Group of Native American (Ute) men, women and children pose in front of tepees among trees. From left is Beta Colorow, Yoha, Antonio Buck holding a mirror, John Deal, Naneece's son in headdress, the Cook, Juanita, Mrs. Luke Snow, baby Snow, Ocapoor...
- Indians of North America--Children--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--Women--1910-1920.
- 1911
- A Ute squaw and papoose
- Sitting portrait of a Native American Ute woman and a baby in a cradleboard posing next to the Los Pinos(?) River near Ignacio, La Plata County, Colorado. Shows a person kneeling to dip water from the river, buildings in background.
- Indians of North America--Children--Colorado--1880-1910.; Ute Indians--Women--Colorado--1880-1910.; Ignacio (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Cradleboards--Colorado--1880-1910.; Infants--Colorado--1880-1910.; Rivers--Colorado--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Navajo Spring, 1874
- View of Navajo Spring, in Manitou Springs, Colorado. The basin in which the spring originates is on a large boulder on the south bank of Fountain Creek, and a kneeling man drinks from it. A log bridge is across the creek; trees, rocks, and...
- Fountain Creek (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Springs--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.
- [1874?]
- Si-O-Has-Ka's wife
- Portrait of a Native American Dakota Sioux woman kneeling wrapped in a blanket wearing a dress, leather belt, hair bone choker, and earrings.
- Dakota Indians--Women--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Si-O-Has-Ka--Family.
- [between 1870 and 1880]
- Arrastre at Buckskin Creek
- View of an arrastre (or arrastra) used by miners for grinding ore, beside Buckskin Creek, Park County, Colorado; shows a man kneeling by a water-filled, circular hole in rock.
- Buckskin Creek (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Park County (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Grinding wheels--Colorado--Park County--1920-1940.; Mining equipment--Colorado--Park County--1920-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Park County--1920-1940.; Streams--Colorado--Park...
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Arastra in Buckskin Gulch above Alma
- View of an arrastre (or arrastra) by Buckskin Creek, Park County, Colorado; shows a man kneeling by a water-filled, circular hole, used by miners for grinding ore.
- Buckskin Creek (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Park County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Grinding wheels--Colorado--Park County--1920-1930.; Mining equipment--Colorado--Park County--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Park County--1920-1930.; Streams--Colorado--Park...
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Boulder
- View of a gravemarker sitting atop a pedestal stone in a cemetery in Boulder, Colorado; features the image of a church with a steep gable with crocketts rising above an arched pointed frame, inside of which is the raised image of a person...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Boulder--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1966]
- Arapahoes Weensizeneet Arapahoe boy
- Studio portrait of Weensizeneet, a Native American (Arapaho) boy kneeling on an animal skin. He holds a revolver. He wears a fur pipe bandolier, metal armbands, and bead necklaces.
- Arapaho Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Boys--1880-1890.; Weensizeneet.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Paul Bear Robe Ogalla [sic] Sioux Tribe South Dakota
- Studio portrait (kneeling) of Paul Bear Robe, a Native American (Oglala Sioux) man. He wears fringed leggings, a beaded vest, cloth armbands, a bead necklace, fur pelts over his braids, and a feather war bonnet headdress. He holds a wooden staff.
- Dakota Indians--1900-1920.; Indians of North America--1900-1920.; Oglala Indians--1900-1920.; Bear Robe, Paul.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- African-American airmen
- Black airmen who include (left to right, standing) Hubert L. Jones, John W. Mosley, George H. O'Martin (left to right, kneeling) Mitchell Greene, John Bruner, and Keith I. Stanigan pose near a propeller airplane probably at Tuskegee Army Airfield,...
- United States. Army Air Forces. Fighter Group, 332nd.--People--1940-1950.; African Americans--Military service--Alabama--1940-1950.; Tuskegee Army Air Field (Ala.)--1940-1950.; Air forces--American--Alabama--1940-1950.; Military...
- 1945 July 18
- Camp Weld Council, Denver
- Group portrait of the Camp Weld Council, Denver, Colorado, shows white and Native American men arranged in three rows. Identification: "Standing (back row) l. to rt.: 1. unidentified, 2. unidentified, 3. John Simpson Smith, interpreter, 4. White...
- Arapaho Indians--1860-1870.; Cheyenne Indians--1860-1870.; Indians of North America--1860-1870.; Organizations--1860-1870.
- September 28, 1864
- Citizenship picnic at Collier Park Gertude Fonda, teacher
- A group of "new" Longmont citizens pose under a shade tree, during their Citizenship Picnic, Collyer Park, Colorado. They form four rows; children sit on grass, next row sits in chairs with end kneeling and back rows stand.
- Longmont (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Immigrants--Colorado--Longmont--1930-1940.; Parks--Colorado--Longmont--1930-1940.; Picnics--Colorado--Longmont--1930-1940.
- 1939 July 2
- Mescalero Indians preparing for an attack
- Staged view of unidentified Native American Mescalero Apache, men posed with rifles and axes, with two armed U. S. soldiers kneeling behind them in a camp with a round walled tent, New Mexico.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--1890-1900.; Mescalero Indians--New Mexico--1890-1900.; Soldiers--New Mexico--1890-1900.; Tents--New Mexico--1890-1900.
- 1898
- Silver Plume, Redmen band
- The Silver Plume Redmen Band poses in Silver Plume, Colorado. Nineteen men with instruments are standing, kneeling, and sitting on a grassy lawn in front of a brick building. The bass drum occupies the center; the rest of the men carry brass...
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Bands--Colorado--Silver Plume--1890-1910.; Children--Colorado--Silver Plume--1890-1910.
- [between 1895 and 1905]
- Eaton Hi
- A basketball team at Eaton High School in Eaton, Weld County, Colorado, poses in two lines against a brick wall; the players wear dark, sleeveless, numbered jerseys that read "Eaton," and trunks with light colored belts. The coach and manager wear...
- Eaton (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Basketball players--Colorado--Eaton--1930-1940.
- February 19, 1935
- Unidentified Indian man, woman & child, full length
- Full length studio portrait of unidentified Dakota woman, child and man, who is partially out of the photograph. Woman is leaning down to reach the child; both are standing. Male is kneeling on ground. Woman and child both 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-?]
- Red Cross aide playing guitar
- American Red Cross aide Dorothy "Dot" Nielson, sits playing a guitar for three members of the Tenth Mountain Division from the Quartermasters Battalion: t/5 Arnold Carpenter (left), T/Sergeant Wilbert Rittmueller (kneeling), and T/5 Bennie Levine...
- Battlefields--Italy--1940-1950.; Mountains--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- February 1945
- Mesa Verde, excavations
- Deric Nusbaum, Jesse's stepson, uses a brush to clean the dirt from a pottery water jar found in the ruins of the Bone Awl House, a cliff dwelling in Mesa Verde National Park. Deric wears a large sweater, a wool hat and gloves and a respirator over...
- Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Archaeological sites--Colorado--1920-1930.; Cliff dwellings--Colorado--1920-1930.; Pottery--Colorado--1920-1930.; Nusbaum, Deric.; Bone Awl House (Mesa Verde National Park, Colo.)
- [1926?]
- 10th Mountain Division 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment Company C
- FRONT ROW 1) Webb?, 2) unidentified, 3) unidentified, 4) unidentified, 5) unidentified, 6) unidentified, 7) unidentified, 8) Sadler, Robert R., 9) unidentified, 10) unidentified, 11) unidentified, 12) unidentified, 13) Nelson, Morley, 14) Preston,...
- United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th. Company C.; World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Military personnel--1940-1950.
- 1944
- 10th Mountain Division 87th Regiment Company I
- FRONT ROW 1) Ernst, Ed., 2) unidentified, 3) Crist, Ed, 4) unidentified, 5) unidentified, 6) Massey, 7) Cianchetti, Armond, 8) Kowolczyk, Anthony, 9) Diehl, Robert, 10) "Stomper" Barnwell, 11) Anderson, 12) Jones, Alex, 13) Stewart, Bob, 14) Ewing,...
- United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th. Company I.; World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Military personnel--1940-1950.
- [1944]
- 10th Mountain Division 87th Regiment Company M
- FOURTH ROW 1) Rude, 2) Hollinger, 3) Sidmore, 4) unidentified, 5) Coletti, 6) Short, 7) Grubb, 8) Devereaux, 9) Southards, 10) Watts, 11) Day, 12) Lucas, 13) Raines, 14) unidentified, 15) Brown R., 16) Ceperley, 17) Toomey, 18) Reybelle, 19)...
- United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th. Company M.; World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.; Fort Carson (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Military personnel--1940-1950.
- 1944
- Caribou Mill Crew 1882
- A group of mine workers poses in front of the Caribou Consolidated Mining Company office in Nederland in Boulder County, Colorado, probably in the 1880s. The man at the far left in the doorway is James Cowie, an assayer who later became the...
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Nederland--1880-1890.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Nederland (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Miners--Colorado--Nederland--1880-1890.; Bryant, J. A.; Bryant, William.; Chance, Tom.; Churchill, H. J.; Clark, Bryant Bessie.;...
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Ute Indian portrait
- A Ute man poses with a cocked bow and arrow in front of a large teepee, possibly in Colorado. The man is kneeling on a blanket. He wears a vest with a medal hanging on his right breast pocket.
- Ute Indians--1870-1900.; Bows (Weapons)--1870-1900.; Arrows--1870-1900.; Indians of North America--Colorado--1870-1900.
- [between 1875 and 1900?]
- Altar of the old San Miguel Church, Santa Fe, New Mexico
- Interior view of the adobe San Miguel Mission (Church, Chapel) at 401 Old Santa Fe Trail in Santa Fe (Santa Fe County), New Mexico. Shows the altar, communion rail, a tabernacle and candlesticks. Paintings or prints hang on the wall over and beside...
- Mission San Miguel (Santa Fe, N.M.)--1880-1900.; Santa Fe (N.M.)--1880-1900.; Adobe buildings--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1880-1900.; Altars--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1880-1900.; Catholic churches--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1880-1900.; Interiors--New...
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Altar of the old San Miguel Church, Santa Fe, N. Mex.
- Interior view of the adobe San Miguel Mission (Church, Chapel) at 401 Old Santa Fe Trail in Santa Fe (Santa Fe County), New Mexico. Shows the altar, communion rail, a tabernacle and candlesticks. Paintings or prints hang on the wall over and beside...
- Mission San Miguel (Santa Fe, N.M.)--1880-1900.; Santa Fe (N.M.)--1880-1900.; Adobe buildings--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1880-1900.; Altars--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1880-1900.; Catholic churches--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1880-1900.; Interiors--New...
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Iron Shield with group
- A large group of Native American men poses in front of a group of teepees in a camp for the cast of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Several of the men in the back row wear feather headdresses and hold round shields. Iron Shield is kneeling down on...
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Iron Shield.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1893?]
- Zouaves group
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody stands on the far left of a group of Zouave posing in three rows. The back row is standing, the middle row kneeling and the front row sitting. The costume the Zouaves wear, including red, baggy pants,...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Zouaves--Clothing & dress.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Salsbury, Nate, 1846-1902.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1898?]
- Death of the horse thief
- Two cowboys, one walking, the other kneeling on the ground, scurry near a log pole from which a man hangs with a noose around his neck during a performance of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Earl's Court in England. The hanging man's hands are...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Hangings--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1892?]
- 10th Mountain Division ski trooper
- Photomechanical reproduction of a painting shows a ski trooper with the 10th Light Division (Alpine) [later renamed the 10th Mountain Division] kneeling in snow and holding a rifle. He has on skis and wears dark snow goggles and a winter jump suit...
- World War, 1939-1945--American--Campaigns & battles.; Ski Troopers--American--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Saturday evening post.
- 1943
- Civic Center, "The Prospector," Colonade [sic] of Civic Benefactors
- View of an Allen True mural in a niche in the Greek Theater and Colonnade of Civic Benefactors in Civic Center park, Denver, Colorado. The mural shows a prospector with a gold pan kneeling beside a creek in a stand of Aspen trees, and a pack mule...
- Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Murals--Colorado--1920-1930.; Prospecting--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Production of The Lark starring Julie Harris
- A medieval coronation ceremony, in which an archbishop crowns a king, is performed during a production of "The Lark" at the Central City Opera House in Central City, Colorado. With an altar to the left and a large banner decorated with fleur-de-lis...
- Central City Opera House--1950-1960.; Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Theatrical productions--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1956
- Gilpin School students during classroom lesson
- Gilpin Elementary students in a classroom lesson. One group of children is seated around a table looking at illustrated books. Three children stand around a bird cage hanging from a stand. One child has a pointing stick pointed at a poster with...
- Gilpin Place School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; Plants.; Birds.;
- Undated
- McKinley School students making Japanese kites
- The photograph shows a teacher from McKinley Elementary School in Denver, Colorado, kneeling beside two students as they make kites while another student watches. There are several finished kites hanging on the wall behind the students. `
- Kites (Toys); McKinley School (Denver, Colo.); Platt Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- undated
- Mitchell School students with a model of New Amsterdam
- The photograph is of five students from Mitchell Elementary School located on 32nd and Lafayette Street in Denver, Colorado. The students are standing behind a large model of New Amsterdam. The two girls are kneeling holding dolls. The three boys...
- Mitchell School (Denver, Colo.); Five Points (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; Students.; Historical sites.;Windmills
- undated
- Steele School students in library
- Photograph of an unidentified boy and girl in the library of Steele Elementary School in Denver, Colorado. The boy is kneeling down looking at an open book on his lap. The girl stands behind him and is reaching for a book that is above her head.
- Libraries.; Steele School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1937 February 5