Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts
- View of the San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts, San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. Shows a modified Territorial design with vigas and stepped pediments. The building has a two story central core with two wings and entrances covered with...
- San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts (Colo.)--Buildings--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; San Luis (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Universities & colleges.; San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts...
- [1953]
- Auraria skyline Auraria Higher Education Center.
- Northeast view of the Auraria Higher Education Center from the Parking and Transportation Center (PTC) at 7th and Lawrence Streets, Denver, Colorado. Shows the Kenneth King Academic and Performing Arts Center built of steel, masonry and concrete in...
- Auraria Higher Education Center (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--2000-2010.; Kenneth King Academic and Performing Arts Center (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Building construction.; Educational facilities.;...
- 2009
- Emanuel Martinez and statue of veteran
- Sculptor Eduardo Martinez poses in his studio beside the clay model for his oversized bronze sculpture of Joe P. Martinez, the first Hispanic to receive a Congressional Medal of Honor in World War II. The sculpture was a commission for the grounds...
- Hispanic Americans--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Interiors.; Monuments & memorials.; Sculptors.; Sculpture.; Martinez, Eduardo, 1947---Pictorial works.; Martinez, Joe P., 1920-1943--Monuments--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- [2006?]
- Construction of the King Academic Performing Arts Center 855 Lawrence Way.
- Looking southwest at the Auraria Higher Education Center from the Parking and Transportation Center (PTC) at 7th and Lawrence Streets, Denver, Colorado. Construction begins on the Kenneth King Academic and Performing Arts Center, (AR7 Hoover...
- Auraria Higher Education Center (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--1990-2000.; Kenneth King Academic and Performing Arts Center (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Building construction.; Construction workers.; Educational...
- 1999
- Construction of the King Academic Performing Arts Center 855 Lawrence Way.
- View of the Auraria Higher Education Center from the Parking and Transportation Center (PTC) at 7th and Lawrence Streets in Denver, Colorado. Construction begins on the Kenneth King Academic and Performing Arts Center (AR7 Hoover Desmond...
- Auraria Higher Education Center (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--1990-2000.; Kenneth King Academic and Performing Arts Center (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Building construction.; Construction equipment.;...
- 1999
- View of the Spire Building from Cherry Creek
- View of the Spire high-rise condominium building at 891 14th Street in the Central Business District of Denver Colorado. The Spire is a 41 story high rise condominium building eight floors with parking and retail space. It has a glass exterior...
- Spire Building (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver Center for the Performing Arts--2000-2010.; Central Business District (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.;...
- 2009
- Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center
- Facade of the Fine Arts Center in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, shows the concrete structure composed of block shapes and a square columned entry with murals depicting the arts; painting, drama, dance, music. The 1936 facility was...
- Meem, John Gaw 1894--Homes & haunts.; Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center--1940-1950.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center
- The Fine Arts Center in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, is a concrete structure composed of block shapes, with a square columned entry. The 1936 facility designed by John Gaw Meem, was designed to accomodate all of the arts; drama,...
- Meem, John Gaw 1894--Homes & haunts.; Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center--1940-1950.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Founding members of Chicano Humanities and Arts Council
- The founding members of Chicano Humanities & Arts Council (CHAC), pose in front of paintings and drawings in Denver, Colorado. The artists are identified Left to right: Jerry Jaramillo, Al Sanchez, Stevon Lucero, and Carlos Sandoval.
- Chicano Humanities and Arts Council (Denver, Colo.)--People--2000-2010.; Hispanic Americans--2000-2010.; Mexican Americans--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Artists.; Chicano Humanities and Arts Council (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.;...
- [2009?]
- Display of baskets Papago- Pima baskets
- Close up view of Native American (Papago and Pima) baskets and Navajo blankets. The woven baskets have Yei, woman, lightning, and rolling log designs. The fringed blankets have rolling log and lightning designs.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1910-1920.; Navajo Indians--Arts & crafts--1910-1920.; Navajo textile fabrics--1910-1920.; Pima baskets--1910-1920.; Pima Indians--Arts & crafts--1910-1920.; Tohono O'Odham Indians--Arts &...
- 1912
- Inside a Hopi house furnished with Indian rugs, pottery and baskets, Grand Canyon, Arizona
- Interior view of Hopi House, a Fred Harvey Company curio shop, at the Grand Canyon, Arizona; a replica of a Native American pueblo room with displays of Hopi, Pueblo, and Navajo arts and crafts including rugs, baskets and pottery.
- Fred Harvey (Firm)--1900-1910.; Hopi Indians--Arts & crafts--Arizona--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--Arizona--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--Arts & crafts--Arizona--1900-1910.; Navajo textile fabrics--Arizona--1900-1910.; Pueblo...
- [between 1905 and 1910]
- Inside the Hopi Indian house-artistic handiwork of natives-Grand Canyon, Arizona
- Interior view of Hopi House, a Fred Harvey Company curio shop at the Grand Canyon, Arizona; a replica of a Native American pueblo room with displays Native American arts and crafts including rugs, baskets, beadwork and pottery.
- Fred Harvey (Firm)--1900-1910.; Hopi Indians--Arts & crafts--Arizona--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--Arizona--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--Arts & crafts--Arizona--1900-1910.; Navajo textile fabrics--Arizona--1900-1910.; Pueblo...
- [between 1905 and 1910]
- Artistic creations of Indian weavers and potters in a Hopi house, Grand Canyon, Arizona
- Interior view of Hopi House, a Fred Harvey Company curio shop at the Grand Canyon, Arizona; a replica of a Native American pueblo room with displays of Native American arts and crafts including rugs, blankets, baskets, and pottery.
- Fred Harvey (Firm)--1900-1910.; Hopi Indians--Arts & crafts--Arizona--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--Arizona--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--Arts & crafts--Arizona--1900-1910.; Navajo textile fabrics--Arizona--1900-1910.; Pueblo...
- [between 1905 and 1910]
- Guggenheim Hall of Industrial Arts
- View of Guggenheim Hall of Industrial Arts, University of Northern Colorado (Colorado State Teachers College), in Greeley (Weld County) Colorado; shows a brick building with classical entablature and a portico. Lettering reads: "Guggenheim Hall of...
- Greeley (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Educational facilities--Colorado--Greeley--1910-1920.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Greeley--1910-1920.; Colorado State Teachers College.
- [between 1912 and 1920]
- Arts and Sciences members of '98
- Graduating Arts and Sciences students (class of 1898) at the University of Colorado at Boulder in formal attire are identified as: Front row (l-r): Edith Williams (Mrs. John Bunyan), James R. Hubbard, Elinor Wise (Mrs. C. Field Clay), Beulah...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Graduation ceremonies--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.; University of Colorado (Boulder Campus)
- 1898
- Arts at Silver Plume, formerly St. Patrick's Catholic Church
- View of the front and side elevations of Arts at Silver Plume (the former St. Patrick's Catholic Church) a commercial gallery on Main Street in Silver Plume (Clear Creek County), Colorado. The small frame structure, has wood siding and a shingled...
- Arts at Silver Plume (Silver Plume, Colo.)--1990-2000.; St. Patrick's Church (Silver Plume, Colo.)--Buildings--1990-2000.; Silver Plume (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Churches.; Commercial art galleries.; Bell towers.; Arts at Silver Plume (Silver Plume,...
- 1994
- Salazar family
- Daniel and Maruca Salazar pose with their adult children, Maruca Salome Salazar and Gabriel Numa Salazar in Denver, Colorado. Maruca, Director of the Museo de las Americas, has gray hair, wears a striped handwoven dress and a reboso over her...
- Hispanic Americans--2000-2010.; Mexican Americans--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Families.; Salazar family--Pictorial works.; Families--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Mexican...
- [2009?]
- Municipal Facts: Volume 12 Numbers 5 and 6, 1929 May-June
- Omaha, Grand Court looking west
- View of the Grand Canal and Grand Court during the Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition in Omaha (Douglas County), Nebraska. Shows neo-classical structures with wooden frames and plaster of Paris and staff overlay. Shows the Mines and...
- Omaha (Neb.)--1890-1900.; Canals--Nebraska--Omaha--1890-1900.; Exhibition buildings--Nebraska--Omaha--1890-1900.; Exhibitions--Nebraska--Omaha--1890-1900.
- [1898]
- Omaha Trans-Mississippi Exposition, distant view of Grand Court
- View of the classical-style buildings constructed with plaster and staff at the Grand Court of the Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition in Omaha (Douglas County), Nebraska. Buildings around the Grand Canal are the domed U.S. Government...
- Omaha (Neb.)--1890-1900.; Canals--Nebraska--Omaha--1890-1900.; Exhibition buildings--Nebraska--Omaha--1890-1900.; Exhibitions--Nebraska--Omaha--1890-1900.; Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition (1898 : Omaha, Neb.)
- [1898]
- Blanket, saddle, bridle and stirrups
- Display of Native American (Ute) woman's saddle with bridle and beaded stirrups; (Navajo) blanket backdrop.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1890-1930.; Navajo Indians--Arts & crafts--1890-1930.; Ute Indians--Arts & crafts--1890-1930.; Blankets--1890-1930.; Saddles--1890-1930.
- [between 1890 and 1925?]
- Check to Centro Cultural
- Centro Cultural treasurer, Edward Lucero stands and holds a large sized check with Miss Charletta Espinoza and Centro director Gil Martinez. The check is Centro Cultural's share to meet a matching grant from the Colorado Council on the Arts and...
- Espinoza, Charletta.; Lucero, Edward.; Martinez, Gil.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Checks--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Gifts--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.
- 1968 October 21
- Bow, arrows, and wristguards
- Reproduction shows Native American (Zuni) arts and crafts, shows a bow, two arrows and two wristguards.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.; Zuni Indians--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.; Arrows--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- High school Sterling Colo
- View of the facade of Sterling Central Arts High School in Sterling, Colorado in Logan County, built in 1910. Shows students on lawn in front of school and a girl with umbrella walking along sidewalk in front of school. Architectural features of...
- Sterling (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Schools--Colorado--Sterling--1920-1940.; Students--Colorado--Sterling--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940]
- Trinity United Methodist Church [Sunday service brochure].
- Service brochure for Trinity Methodist Church located in Denver, Colorado.
- Trinity United Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)--Periodicals.; Methodist Church--Liturgy--Periodicals.; Methodist Church--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church (Denver, Colorado)--1990-2000.
- 1999 December 24
- Western History Subject Index
- Western states arts foundation
- Western History Subject Index
- Denver center for the performing arts
- Western History Subject Index
- Pueblo, Colorado. Art. Sangre de Cristo arts
- Bonfils Memorial Theater (Tattered Cover)
- Exterior photograph of the Bonfils Memorial Theater, current the Tattered Cover Bookstore, located in Denver, Colorado. Marguee on building reads "Lowenstein Theatre". The primary mover in the development, funding, and creative direction of the...
- Bonfils Memorial Theatre (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings.; Theaters--Colorado--Denver.; Tattered Cover (Denver, Colo.) Bookstores.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.;...
- Undated
- Bonfils Memorial Theater (Tattered Cover)
- Exterior photograph of the Bonfils Memorial Theater, current the Tattered Cover Bookstore, located in Denver, Colorado. Marguee on building reads "Lowenstein Theatre". The primary mover in the development, funding, and creative direction of the...
- Bonfils Memorial Theatre (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings.; Theaters--Colorado--Denver.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- Undated
- Bonfils Memorial Theater (Tattered Cover)
- Exterior photograph of the Bonfils Memorial Theater, current the Tattered Cover Bookstore, located in Denver, Colorado. Marguee on building reads "Lowenstein Theatre". The primary mover in the development, funding, and creative direction of the...
- Bonfils Memorial Theatre (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings.; Theaters--Colorado--Denver.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- Undated
- Bonfils Memorial Theater (Tattered Cover)
- Exterior photograph of the Bonfils Memorial Theater, current the Tattered Cover Bookstore, located in Denver, Colorado. Marguee on building reads "Lowenstein Theatre". The primary mover in the development, funding, and creative direction of the...
- Bonfils Memorial Theatre (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings.; Theaters--Colorado--Denver.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- Undated
- Auraria skyline Auraria Higher Education Center.
- Northeast view of the Auraria Higher Education Center from Saint Cajetan's Center, 1190 9th Street, Denver, Colorado. Students sit on benches and walk near the Auraria Library, a post-modern building designed by architect Helmut Jahn. The library...
- Auraria Higher Education Center (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--2000-2010.; Kenneth King Academic and Performing Arts Center (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Building construction.; Educational facilities.;...
- 2009
- Amarante Lopez
- Stdio portrait of Amarante Lopez, a student at the San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. He wears a coat and tie and has dark wavy hair.
- San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts (Colo.)--People--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Students.; Lopez, Amarante--Pictorial works.; San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts (Colo.)--Pictorial works.;...
- [1953]
- Vocational students
- Portrait of students in the General Vocational Program at the San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. The men crowd around the open hood of an automobile. The unidentified men wear jackets, hats and one...
- San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts (Colo.)--People--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; San Luis (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Students.; San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts (Colo.)--Pictorial works.;...
- [1953]
- San Luis Institute chorus
- Members of the San Luis Institute chorus pose around an upright piano at the San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts in San Luis (Conejos County), Colorado. Chorus members are identified as (top row): Mitchell Medina, Herbert Cordova, Salomon...
- San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts--People--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; San Luis (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Students.; Women.; Choirs (Music).; San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts--Choral...
- [1953]
- Irene Arguello
- Portrait of freshman Irene Arguello, a student at the San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. She sits in an arm chair and reads a book. A floor lamp and table are nearby. She wears a blouse, scarf, shirt,...
- San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts--People--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; San Luis (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Students.; Clothing & dress.; Interiors.; Arguello, Irene--Pictorial works.; San Luis...
- [1953]
- Albie R. Duarte
- Freshman Albie R. Duarte poses by a chair in a room at the San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts in San Luis (Conejos County), Colorado. He wears a jacket and patterned tie.
- San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts--People--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; San Luis (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Students.; Interiors.; Duarte, Albie R.; San Luis Institute of the Arts and...
- [1953]
- Rueben Pacheco
- Portrait of Rueben Pacheco, a student in the General Vocational Program at the San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. He stands beside a workbench, he wears a welding mask and leather gloves and holds a...
- San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts (Colo.)--People--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; San Luis (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Students.; Pacheco, Rueben--Pictorial works.; San Luis Institute of the Arts and...
- [1953]
- Vocational students
- Two students sit at a desk in a classroom in the General Vocational Program at the San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. The unidentified men fill out forms or study. Both men wear leather jackets, one...
- San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts--People--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; San Luis (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Students.; Clothing & dress.; Interiors.; San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- [1953]
- Outstanding Sophomores
- Students identified as only Ms. Cruz and Mr. Martinez, and recognized as the outstanding sophomores of their class, stand near an art-deco style jukebox at the San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts in San Luis (Conejos County), Colorado.
- San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts--People--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; San Luis (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Students.; Jukeboxes.; Interiors.; San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- [1954?]
- Freshman class officers
- Portrait of freshman class officers at the San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. They are identified (left to right) as: "Secretary-Treasurer: Irene Trujillo, Vice President Gene Medina, [and] President...
- San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts--People--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; San Luis (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Students.; Clothing & dress.; Women.; Interiors.; Trujillo, Irene--Pictorial works.; Duarte,...
- [1953]
- Outstanding Freshman
- Students identified as only Mr. McClaren and Ms. Alvarez, and recognized as the outstanding freshman of their class, stand near a console style record player at the San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts in San Luis (Conejos County), Colorado....
- San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts--People--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; San Luis (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Students.; Phonographs.; Interiors.; San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- [1953]
- Women's physical education class
- Women in a physical education class pose in a large room at the San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts in San Luis (Conejos County), Colorado. The women are identified (left to right) as: Margie Cordova, Josephine Prezzia, Lucille Ortega, Sally...
- San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts--People--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; San Luis (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Students.; Women.; Physical education.; Interiors.; San Luis Institute of the Arts and...
- [1953]
- San Luis Institute chorus
- Students in the General Vocational Program pose inside the San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts in San Luis (Conejos County), Colorado. The men are identified as, Top row: Abel Rodriguez, Abel Rena, Jose A. Lucero, Raymond Muniz, and William...
- San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts--People--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; San Luis (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Students.; San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts--Choral organizations--Pictorial...
- [1953]
- Snow, San Luis Institute
- A young couple stand on a sidewalk at the San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts in San Luis (Conejos County), Colorado. Two young men squat in the snow nearby. The Institute is modified pueblo style building with vigas and covered entrances...
- San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts--People--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; San Luis (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Students.; Women.; Snow.; San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- [1953]
- Women students dancing
- Unidentified dance two-by-two at the San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts in San Luis (Conejos County), Colorado. The couples are in a line and one woman in each couple has her arm over her partners shoulders and holds her hand.
- San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts--People--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; San Luis (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Students.; Women.; Dance.; Interiors.; San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- [1953]
- Glenwood Springs Light & Water Company Hydroelectric Plant
- View of the Glenwood Springs Light & Water Company Hydroelectric Plant, now used as the Glenwood Springs Center for the Arts, located at 601 East 6th Street, Glenwood Springs, Colorado. The one and a half story red brick, shingle style building...
- Glenwood Springs Light & Water Company Hydroelectric Plant (Glenwood Springs, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Glenwood Springs Center for the Arts (Glenwood Springs, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Glenwood Springs Light & Water...
- 2006
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Number 6, 1912 February 10
- Municipal Facts Bi-Monthly: Volume 5 Numbers 8 and 9, 1922 September-October