Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- USO show comedy skit
- his left hand. Beside him is another woman in a cowgirl suit looks at the man in uniform. Behind her and to the right is a man in an oficer's uniform who looks at the man in the GI uniform. On the far right is a man with an accordion who is looking...
- Military life--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United Service Organizations (U.S.); World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- Portrait of a youth and his guardian, Leadville, Colorado
- In this studio portrait of a young man standing with a seated older man in Leadville, Colorado, both men wear coats, vests and hats. Both smoke cigars and have tucked their trouser legs inside their boots. The younger man wears a bandana around...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880]
- The Church Record: vol 1 no 1
- Newsletter produced by the Central Presbyterian Church in Denver, Colorado. Included in newsletter is a sermon by different religious leaders within the church, list of new members and events of different church societies.
- Presbyterian Church--Colorado--Denver--History.; Church buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Central Presbyterian Church (Denver, Colo.); Presbyterian Church--Colorado--Denver.
- 1901 February 26
- William P. Horan Burial Index 1900-1956
- Index to burial records in the Horan Mortuary Records (WH842), a manuscript collection in the Western History Dept. Gives name, age, color/race, year of burial, page number. Additional information may be found in the records.
- Funeral homes--Colorado--Denver--Records--Indexes.; Burial--Colorado--Denver--Indexes.; Registers of births, etc.--Colorado--Denver--Records--Indexes.; Denver (Colo.)--Vital records.; W.P. Horan (Firm).; W.P. Horan & Son.; Horan Mortuary.
- 2000
- Native American man with children
- A Native American man kneels on the ground next to three small children. The man's left hand is bandaged and rests in a sling hanging from around his neck. He wears a blanket around his right shoulder. The man holds his right arm around a small boy...
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Wounds & injuries--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Thos S. Old and Courtney Tyley Cooper - Idaho Springs Days of '59
- A young man shakes hands with an older man at the Idaho Springs Days of '59 Festival in Idaho Springs, Colorado. The younger man wears a cowboy hat, long sleeved shirt, gun belt, and boots with his pants tucked in the top. The older, bearded man...
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Festivals--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1910-1930.; Cooper, Courtney Ryley, 1886-1940.; Old, Thomas S.
- [between 1915 and 1930]
- Wolhurst fete
- Party guests at Wolhurst, in Littleton, Colorado, sit on the porch of a shingle style building. In a high-collared white dress and holding a broad brimmed straw hat, a lady laughs with a man in a suit holding a box camera and a cigar. He is...
- Wolcott, Edward Olive, 1848-1905--Homes & haunts.; Littleton (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Estates--Colorado--Littleton--1890-1900.; Garden parties--Colorado--Littleton--1890-1900.
- 1898
- 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 man and woman
- Full length studio portrait of a man and woman who pose near an ornate backdrop that incudes artificial grass and palm trees. The man sits on a rustic, wooden bench adorned with a plaid blanket and a hat. The man wears an unbuttoned suit jacket,...
- Couples--1890-1910.; Studio props--1890-1910.
- [between 1891 and 1901?]
- Portrait of a man and a woman
- Full length studio portrait of a woman and a man who pose in front of a studio backdrop and near a wicker chair. The woman wears a dark colored, patterned dress with pleats and a bodice. Her hair is pulled away from her face in a pompadour style....
- Couples--1900-1910.
- 1901
- Two men practice rescuing a man from the snow, Paradise, Washington
- Two soldiers from the 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment (re- enforced) practice rescuing a man from the snow using ropes. The man on the left is wearing a pith helmet and dark clothing. He is smiling and holding lightly onto a rope. The man in the...
- Paradise (Wash.)--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [1942]
- Red Tomahawk and Eagle Man, Dakota police, in uniform, full length
- and Eagle Man reputed to have helped kill Sitting Bull during his arrest in 1889.; Red Tomahawk and Eagle Man, full length standing portraits in tribal or reservation police uniform taken inside wooden frame building; Red Tomahawk, at left, in...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indian reservation police--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Eagle Man.; Red Tomahawk.
- [188-?]
- Fairmount sexton's records, 1891-1953, Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Colorado.
- Fairmount Sexton’s Records 1891-1953 list over 85,500 burials or entombments. The Fairmount Sexton Records 1891–1953 were microfilmed in 1959 by the Genealogical Society of Utah. The grave registers were arrange in rough “alphabetical...
- Fairmount Cemetery (Denver, Colo.)--Indexes.; Registers of births, etc.--Colorado--Denver--Indexes.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Denver.; Colorado--Genealogy.; Colorado--Vital records.
- 2004
- Harry was no more persuasive with Son of Medicine Man.
- Native American (Navajo) man, Son of Medicine Man, stands near a white man with a camera near Shiprock, New Mexico. The Native American man wears a squash blossom necklace and a cloth headband. Harry has on a hat.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--Men--Arizona--1900-1910.; Navajo Indian Reservation--1900-1910.; Cameras--Arizona--1900-1910.; Conversation--Arizona--1900-1910.; Photographers--Arizona--1900-1910.
- 1908
- Man with rifle
- A Native American (Sioux) man aims a rifle as another stands nearby during the 1973 AIM occupation of Wounded Knee, South Dakota. The man with the rifle looks through the scope. The rifle has a shoulder strap decorated with beads. One man wears...
- American Indian Movement--1970-1980.; Dakota Indians--South Dakota--Wounded Knee--1970-1980.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--Wounded Knee--1970-1980.; Wounded Knee (S.D.)--History--Indian occupation, 1973.; Wounded Knee (S.D.)--1970-1980.;...
- 1973 March 7
- William F. Cody and Native American man
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody sits on a dark horse leaning down to hold the arm of a Native American man standing in the right foreground. The man has a bandage on his left hand and holds his left arm in a sling hanging from around his...
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Wounds & injuries--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Rural folk band
- Brothers José Filiberto Martinez, far left with violin and Gaspar Martinez, 2nd left with guitar, play with a rural folk band in San Luis Valley, Colorado. Other musicians include a second man with a violin, a man with a washtub, and two men...
- African Americans--1910-1920.; Hispanic Americans--1910-1920.; Musicians.; Martinez, Gaspar--Pictorial works.; Martinez, Jose Filiberto--Pictorial works.; African Americans--San Luis Valley (Colo. and N.M.)--Pictorial works.; Folk musicians--San...
- [between 1915 and 1920?]
- Portrait of a family
- Studio portrait of a family. The man sits on a chair and rests a baby in a dark colored gown on his knee. The man wears plaid trousers, a jacket, a vest, shirt, necktie, and boots. He has a moustache and parts his hair down the middle. A star...
- Families--1890-1910.; Infants--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Dew Drop Mine
- A man and woman pose near a tailings pile at the Dew Drop Mine near Ward in Frances (Camp Francis, Dew Drop, Boulder County), Colorado.. The woman sits sidesaddle on a horse, the man holds the horse's bridle. The woman wears a bonnet, a jacket with...
- Dew Drop Mine (Boulder County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Frances (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Horseback riding.; Mining.; Tailings embankments.; Women.
- 1895 June 17
- A mirage on the desert. H. Betts
- Photograph of a painting by Harold Harrington Betts. Against the backdrop of a jagged mountain range, a Native American (tribe unknown) gestures as he speaks to a white man who holds a rifle. Another man sits on a rock and listens, as does a Native...
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Covered wagons--1900-1910.; Deserts--1900-1910.; Paintings--1900-1910.; Pioneers--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Chicago, Chicago & N.W. Ry. photographic car
- View of a Chicago & North Western Railway Company train and tracks in Chicago (Cook County), Illinois. A man poses with a box camera on a passenger car that reads: "Detroit Photographic Co." A passenger car has clerestory windows; a man and a water...
- Chicago and North Western Railway Company--1890-1900.; Detroit Photographic Co.--1890-1900.; Afro-Americans--Men--Illinois--Chicago--1890-1900.; Chicago (Ill.)--1890-1900.; Cameras--Illinois--Chicago--1890-1900.; Railroad passenger...
- [1898?]
- Cheyenne Mt. Country Club
- View at the Cheyenne Mountain Country Club, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado; shows a man adjusting the saddle on a blindfolded mule while another man holds the reins; a Black man holds a horse with a man in suit and tie mounted on top....
- Cheyenne Mountain Country Club--1890-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; African Americans--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Country clubs--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Donkeys--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.;...
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Ute Indians at play posing
- Native American (Ute) men and woman and a white man pose outdoors for a portrait (standing), possibly at old Broadmoor Hotel, Colorado Springs, Colorado; unidentified Native American men surround a white man, holding a revolver, on horseback; the...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Performances & portrayals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Tableaux--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.
- 1894
- Central City people
- In Central City, Colorado, a man in a suit, top hat and glasses, wearing a pin styled after a sheriff's badge and holding a cane, is surrounded by the faces of three clowns and another man in a hat. The clown on the right is holding onto the man's...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Clowns--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1957
- Console of Municipal Organ with factory crew who installed it
- Interior view at the Denver Municipal Auditorium in Denver, Colorado; shows a Wurlitzer pipe organ console (at installation) and men including David Arthur, Fred H. Meunier (of Knight-Campbell), and G. Foote.
- City Auditorium (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Organs--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Arthur, David.; Foote, G.; Meunier, Fred H.
- [1918?]
- Man is Old Man Pueblo, Pia-Dot-Ta-Vu, woman on left: Tah-Yut-Chia, wife of Tooah-nip-per
- Studio portrait of two Native American Comanche women and one man, identified as Old Man Pueblo, (Pia-Dot-Ta-Vu) and Tah-Yut-Chia, wife of Tooah-nip-per on the left. The man has a metal on his suit lapel and wears long braids, the women wear...
- Comanche Indians--1890-1910.; Indians of North America--1890-1910.; Spouses--1890-1910.; Women--1890-1910.; Old Man Pueblo.; Tah-Yut-Chia.; Tooah-nip-per--Family.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Zanetell tent at Forbes tent colony
- Striking coal miners and their families pose near Joe Zanetell's tent during the UMW labor strike against CF & I. at Forbes Camp near Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado The people are identified (left to right) as: 1) an unidentified man, 2)...
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Las Animas County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Children--Colorado--Las Animas County--1910-1920.; Miners'...
- 1914
- 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]
- Nederland, Colorado. Hotels and Motels. The Antlers (first)
- A group of men, women and children stands on the front porch and in front of The Antlers Hotel in Nederland in Boulder County, Colorado, probably in the 1890s. A man stands next to a woman holding a baby on the right side of the front porch. The...
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Nederland (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Nederland--1890-1900.; Porches--Colorado--Nederland--1890-1900.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Mount Evans picnic
- An unidentified man and three women, possibly including H.H. Lake's wife, Theodora, stop for a picnic in front of a stone building on Mount Evans in Clear Creek County, Colorado. One woman and the man sip from metal cups. The man holds a metal...
- Evans, Mount (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Clothing & dress--Colorado--1910-1930.; Men--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1910-1930.; Picnics--Colorado--Mount Evans--1910-1930.; Stone buildings--Colorado--Mount Evans--1910-1930.; Tableware--1910-1930.;...
- [between 1915 and 1930?]
- 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?]
- Wild West Show actors
- A Native American man, possibly Walks-Under-the-Ground, and Kishvardi Makharadze, a Russian Georgian Cossack, both members of the cast of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, pose in front of a log cabin with the words "Ranch Home Col. John Nelson Scout"...
- Nelson, John Young, b. 1826--Homes & haunts--1880-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Entertainers--1880-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Walks-under-the-Ground.; Makharadze, Kishvardi.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Arab acrobats
- A group of Arab acrobats poses while touring with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. One man balances six others on his shoulders. The man on the bottom stands and holds his arms up to support the group on his shoulders. Two older men and three younger...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Acrobats--1880-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.; Arabs.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Sioux
- A Sioux man, probably Chief Iron Tail, stands behind two Native American children in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Several teepees are in the background. The man and the children wear feather headdresses. The man wears a breastplate,...
- Dakota Indians--Children.; Dakota Indians--Clothing & dress.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Iron Tail.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- 1899
- Rear, 2nd from right, Dexter Fellows
- A group of five men is gathered in front of a large banner for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The man second from the right may be Dexter Fellows, press agent for the show. The banner shows admission prices to the show as 50 cents for adults and...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Advertisements--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- East High spotlight: vol 30 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.)
- 1944 May 25
- Studio portrait of a man and woman
- Full length studio portrait of a man and woman who pose near a rustic wooden bench. The man sits on the bench and wears a suit and necktie. A handkerchief is in his jacket pocket. The woman rests her hand on the shoulder of the man. She wears a...
- Couples--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Portrait of two women and a man
- Full length studio portrait of a man and two women. The man sits in an upholstered chair; he wears a suit with the jacket fastened at the top button and has a full beard and moustache that obscure his mouth. The women pose on either side of the...
- People--1890-1900.; Women--1890-1900.
- 1891
- Portrait of a man and woman
- Full length studio portrait of a man and woman who pose near an ornate backdrop. The woman wears a dress with a fitted bodice that buttons up the front. Her skirt is decorated with vertical strips of bric-a-brac. She stands with her hand resting on...
- Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Couples--1890-1900.
- 1891
- Portrait of a man and woman
- Studio portrait of a a seated man with a woman by his side. The man wears an unfastened suit jacket, a vest and a light colored shirt. The woman stands next to the man and rests her hand on his shoulder. She wears a dress with a bodice, light...
- Couples--1890-1910.
- [between 1891 and 1901?]
- Portrait of a man
- Full length studio portrait of a man who leans against a stone fence column. The man wears a plaid suit, vest, watch chain, a handkerchief in his jacket pocket, boots and parts his hair to the side. Shows artificial palm trees and an ornate...
- Men--1890-1910.; Studio props--1890-1910.
- [between 1891 and 1901?]
- Portrait of a man and woman
- Studio portrait of a man and a woman. The woman wears a light colored dress with a high collar. A flower is woven into the woman's hair. The man wears a dark colored suit, a necktie and has a moustache. The man parts his hair to the side.
- Couples--1890-1900.
- [1891]
- Portrait of a man and a woman
- Studio portrait of a man and a woman. The woman wears a light colored dress and has a flower in her hair. The man wears a dark colored suit and a necktie. The man has a moustache and parts his hair to the side.
- Couples--1890-1900.
- 1891
- Portrait of a woman and a man
- Full length studio portrait of a woman and a man who lean on a classical stone column. The woman parts her hair in the middle and wears a pleated dress, bodice, high collar and a necklace. The man wears a fastened suit jacket, vest, boots and a...
- Couples--1890-1910.; Studio props--1890-1910.
- [between 1891 and 1901?]
- Portrait of a man
- Full length studio portrait of a man who leans against a classically styled stone fence column. The man wears an unfastened suit jacket, vest, necktie and watch chain. The man has a long, styled moustache. Studio backdrop includes ornate...
- Men--1890-1910.; Mustaches--1890-1910.; Studio props--1890-1910.
- [between 1891 and 1901?]
- White Man Runs Him, another typical Crow who has the distinction of having been Custer's scout
- Head and shoulders portrait of a Native American (Crow) man, identified as White Man Runs Him. He wears a hide shirt decorated with bead work, stitching and fringe, a necklace, braids, and an eagle feather headdress. This man served as a scout for...
- Crow Indians--1910-1920.; Indian scouts--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--1910-1920.; Military scouts--American--1910-1920.; White Man Runs Him, ca. 1855-1925.; Custer, George Armstrong, 1839-1876--Staff.
- 1913
- Young-Man-Afraid, stand, Old-Man-Afraid, seated (with chief blanket)
- Chief Man Afraid of His Horses (Man of Whose Horses They are Afraid) Native American, Oglala Lakota Sioux, poses with his son, Young Man Afraid of His Horses, outside with a woven blanket backdrop on a board and batten building, Pine Ridge Agency,...
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency--1890-1900.; Dakota Indians--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Oglala Indians--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Pine...
- [1891?]
- Chief Young Man Afraid Of His Horses and village
- Young Man Afraid Of His Horses, a Native American (Oglala Sioux) man, poses with another man on horseback near a group of tepees on the Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota. Covered wagons and families are in the camp. An agency building is in the...
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency--1890-1900.; Dakota Indians--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Oglala Indians--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--South...
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Portrait of a man and a woman
- A man and woman stand and pose for a studio portrait. The man wears a suit and tie. The woman wears a crepe or silk dress with a sailor's collar, a cummerbund waist, sheer long sleeves and boots with heels.
- Couples--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Portrait of a man
- A studio portrait of a man is nailed to a wooden board. The man wears a white shirt, a black suit jacket, a vest and a necktie. The man parts his hair down the middle.
- Men--1890-1910.; Portrait photographs--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]