Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Navajo women and children
- A group of Native American (Navajo) women and children pose in front of an adobe building. An elderly women, wrapped in a patterned blanket, sits beneath a paned glass window. One woman stands, she wears a dark shirt, necklace, silver bracelets,...
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Navajo Indians--Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Adobe buildings--1890-1900.; Children--1890-1900.; Women--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Navajo babes in camp
- Native American (Navajo) children pose outdoors on a blanket. They sit near various cans, pots, and pans.
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Navajo Indians--1890-1900.; Children--1890-1900.
- 1899
- Headquarters
- Three young children and a woman carrying a parasol walk with a man who wears a top hat toward the back of a tent in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show near Earl's Court in England. A large stuffed buffalo is in the grass in front of the...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Bison--1890-1900.; Children--1890-1900.; Flags--1890-1900.; Umbrellas--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1892?]
- Woman and children
- Studio portrait of a woman and toddlers on a fur rug and brocade settee.
- Boys--1890-1900.; Children & adults--1890-1900.; Mothers & children--1890-1900.; Women--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Pee-A-Rat and Pappoose, Utes
- Half-length, profile studio portrait of a Ute Native American woman, Pee-A-Rat, and her baby; the mother wears a blanket and her baby is in a cradleboard strapped to her back.
- Indians of North America--Portraits--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--1890-1900.; Cradleboards--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Children--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Women--1890-1900.; Mothers & children--1890-1900.; Pee-A-Rat.
- c1899
- Capitanito
- Standing studio portrait of Capitanito, Native American (Ute) boy, son of Chief Severo, wearing a long shirt, choker and beads, moccasins, and beaded leggings. He stands on a wicker chair with his arms crossed over his chest.
- Indians of North America--Children--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Children--1890-1900.; Capitanito.
- 1894
- Cerette
- Native American (Ute) girl, Cerette (possibly Isareta), daughter of Chief Severo, poses for a studio portrait. Standing by a wicker chair with a pillow behind her, she wears a belted dress, moccasins, beaded necklaces and choker, and a medal.
- Indians of North America--Children--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Children--1890-1900.; Isareta.; Severo, Chief--Family.
- 1894
- Woman and children
- Studio portrait of a woman, boys, and girls; outfits include brocade fabric.
- Children & adults--1890-1900.; Families--1890-1900.; Mothers & children--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Portrait of a woman and baby
- Studio portrait of a woman seated in an upholstered chair who holds a baby on her lap. The woman wears her hair pulled back and short bangs curl on her forehead. The baby wears a long, light colored dress.
- Infants--1890-1900.; Mothers & children--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Portrait of a woman and baby
- Studio portrait of a woman who sits in an upholstered chair and holds a baby in her lap. She wears her hair pulled back in a bun and short bangs curl on her forehead. The baby wears a long white dress.
- Infants--1890-1900.; Mothers & children--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Mother and child
- Studio portrait of a woman and a baby.
- Infants--1890-1900.; Mothers & children--1890-1900.; Women--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Mother and daughter
- Studio portrait of a woman and girl; jewelry includes earrings and a belt with a cameo clasp.
- Girls--1890-1900.; Mothers & children--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Father and son
- Studio portrait of a man and child. The boy wears knee pants and high button shoes, and holds a hat.
- Boys--1890-1900.; Fathers & children--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Mother and baby
- Studio portrait of a woman with an infant.
- Infants--1890-1900.; Mothers & children--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Young woman and infant
- Studio portrait of a woman in a puff shouldered blouse with a baby.
- Infants--1890-1900.; Mothers & children--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Baby and woman
- Studio portrait of a young woman with an infant.
- Infants--1890-1900.; Mothers & children--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Studio portrait of a family
- Full length studio portrait of a family who pose near an ornate backdrop. The man is seated and wears a suit and furry hat. A baby in a light colored dress sits on his lap. The woman, possibly pregnant, rests her hand on her husbands shoulder. Lace...
- Families--1890-1900.; Fathers & children--1890-1900.
- 1891
- Portrait of a woman and child
- A woman seated on a stone bench poses for a studio portrait with her arm draped around a baby. The child is propped up on the back of the stone bench and wears a light colored dress. The woman wears a fitted bodice with pleats and applique...
- Infants--1890-1900.; Mothers & children--1890-1900.
- 1891
- Portrait of a woman and child
- Studio portrait of a woman who holds a baby on her lap. The woman wears a shawl around her shoulders and a hat on her head. The baby wears a hat and light colored gown.
- Infants--1890-1900.; Mothers & children--1890-1900.
- 1891
- Portrait of a mother and child
- Studio portrait of a woman and her daughter. The young girl rests her head on her mother's shoulder and she holds a doll in her arms. Her mother wears a plaid dress with slightly puffy sleeves and gathered at the neckline. Her hair is pulled back...
- Girls--1890-1900.; Mothers & children--1890-1900.; Women--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Portrait of a woman and a girl
- Studio portrait of a woman and her daughter who pose near a rustic wooden fence prop. The young girl wears a plaid dress and matching hat with a feather. She rests her hand on her mother's neck. The woman wears a bold check and dot patterned...
- Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Mothers & children--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Child pinching father's nose [sic]
- Studio portrait of a father and daughter. The man lies on a couch covered with a fur blanket. The girl stands near a doll and circular pillow.
- Dolls--1890-1900.; Fathers & children--1890-1900.; Girls--1890-1900.
- [1892]
- Mother and daughter
- Studio portrait of a mother and daughter. The woman wears a dress and kerchief around her neck. The baby wears a dress.
- Infants--1890-1900.; Mothers & children--1890-1900.
- [1890]
- Portrait of a man and a child
- Studio portrait of a man, possibly G.A. Bushnell, and his son. The man wears a dark colored wool suit and sits in an upholstered chair with his arm around the boy who wears short pants, ribbed stockings, high button boots, and a bow.
- Boys--1890-1900.; Fathers & children--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- J.J. Brown and Larry
- Studio portrait of James Joseph "J. J." and Lawrence Brown. The boy wears knickers, a jacket with lace collar, and a hat.
- Boys--1890-1900.; Fathers & children--1890-1900.; Brown, James Joseph.; Brown, Lawrence P.; Brown, Margaret Tobin, 1867-1932--Family.
- 1892
- A photo of some of the Attawa Indian boys taken in the early opening of the school
- Native American Iowa (Ioway) boys pose with their white instructor beside their clapboard school. The boys wear short cropped hair, sack jackets and trousers, two sit in chairs.
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Iowa Indians--1890-1900.; School children--1890-1900.; Teachers--1890-1900.
- 1870
- Kickapoo school girls
- Native American Kickapoo school girls wearing cotton dresses pose in front of a frame building with two white female teachers.
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Kickapoo Indians--1890-1900.; School children--1890-1900.; Teachers--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 an 1900?]
- Eagle Feather & papoose Sioux
- Studio portrait (sitting) of Eagle Feather, a Native American (Sioux) man and his daughter. He wears a blanket and a hair pipe necklace. His daughter wears a dress decorated with elk teeth.
- Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Fathers & children--1890-1900.; Girls--1890-1900.; Eagle Feather--Family.; Eagle Feather.
- 1898
- Stella Yellow Shirt and baby
- Studio portrait (sitting) of Stella Yellow Shirt and her baby, a Native American (Brule Sioux) woman and child. Stella Yellow Shirt wears a hair pipe necklace and a dress decorated with elk teeth.
- Brulé Indians--1890-1900.; Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Mothers & children--1890-1900.; Women--1890-1900.; Yellow Shirt, Stella.
- 1899
- Short Robe and daughter in full dress
- A Native American man and his daughter pose with a horse in front of a tepee. The man is identified as Short Robe and wears leggings, a blanket, a vest, and a hat. His daughter wears a fringed hide dress and necklaces.
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Fathers & children--1890-1900.; Short Robe.
- 1900?
- Mrs. Harding & Arline & Harlowe
- Mrs. Harding, her daughter Arline, and her baby Harlowe, pose for a studio portrait. Mrs. Harding has her hair pulled back and secured with a comb; she has on pince-nez, a tailored blouse with two rows of buttons and a high collar, and a wool coat...
- Girls--1890-1900.; Infants--1890-1900.; Mothers & children--1890-1900.
- [between 1891 and 1898]
- Adobe house & oven
- This L-shaped adobe house has an oven in the yard, a ladder against the wall, and children in the doorway.
- Adobe buildings--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--children--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- 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
- Sevaro, chief of Indian police, and family
- Outdoor portrait of Native American (Ute) man, woman, child and baby (standing, sitting); unidentified child wears moccasins, beaded pants and fringed shirt, necklace decorated with beads and possibly teeth, metal earrings, and braided hair;...
- Indians of North America--Women--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Children--1890-1900.; Natz-chi-ve-rat.; Severo, Chief.
- 1896
- Severo, Capt. of Indian police and family
- Outdoor portrait (sitting, standing) of Native American (Ute) man, woman, child, and baby; unidentified child wears moccasins, beaded pants, fringed shirt, necklace decorated with beads and possibly teeth to which a small pouch is attatched, scarf...
- Indians of North America--Women--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Children--1890-1900.; Natz-chi-ve-rat.; Severo, Chief.
- 1896
- Piah and his son Capitanito
- Piah and his son Capitanito Native Americans (Ute), pose for a portrait on a porch near a tepee, possibly at the old Broadmoor Hotel, Colorado Springs, Colorado. Piah wears beaded moccasins, fringed leggings, striped shirt, blanket draped across...
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Children--1890-1900.; Capitanito.; Piah, Ute Chief.
- 1894
- Group of Ute Indians
- Native American men, women and children (Ute) pose outdoors; (men) Louis, Moquette, Cuchacher, Dick Charlie, Pevige, Asa, Julian, Severo (Aaron Bear), Will Carter, and Polonegro, stand; some wear traditional Native American clothing, others dressed...
- Indians of North America--Women--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Children--1890-1900.
- [1894 or 1896?]
- Pueblo Indians on horseback.
- Unidentified Pueblo Native Americans pose on horseback. Two women riders hold children; one is a baby on a cradleboard.
- Indians of North America--Women--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Children--1890-1900.; Cradleboards--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--1890-1900.
- [1899 or 1910?]
- Utes-Julian and family-oldest son of Buckskin Charlie
- Native American (Ute) family; man, woman and child, pose on blanket in front of house. Father (Julian) wears a headdress, hair and pipe bone breastplate, medals, shirt, breechcloth, and holds a pelt. His wife wears medals and a beaded necklace....
- Indians of North America--Women--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Children--1890-1900.; Buck, Julian.
- 1896
- Sunshine and Shadow Cerette and Capitanito
- Studio portrait of two Native Americans (Ute), children of Chief Severo, Cerette (possibly Isareta) and Capitanito, pose seated on a cushion. The boy wears a beaded choker, shirt, breastplate, leggings, necklaces, and moccasins. The girl wears a...
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Children--1890-1900.; Capitanito.; Isareta.
- 1911
- Utes
- Outdoor posed setting of 23 Native American men, women and children (Ute); men, standing, include: Louis, Moquette, Cuchacher, Dick Charlie, Pevige, Asa, Julian, Severo, Will Carter, and Polonegro, some wear traditional Native American clothing,...
- Indians of North America--Women--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Children--1890-1900.
- 1896
- The Messenger
- Posed outdoor setting of Native American (Ute) men (including Buckskin Charlie), women and children gathered around a messenger (Severo) on a horse. Severo wears a headdress and points to the background. The women wear blanket shawls and belted...
- African Americans--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Women--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Children--1890-1900.; Tableaux--1890-1900.; Buckskin Charlie, Ute Chief.; Severo, Chief.
- 1894
- The Messenger
- Posed outdoor setting of Native American (Ute) men (including Buckskin Charlie), women and children gathered around a messenger (Severo) on a horse. Severo wears a headdress and points to the background. The women wear blanket shawls and belted...
- African Americans--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Women--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Children--1890-1900.; Tableaux--1890-1900.; Buckskin Charlie, Ute Chief.; Severo, Chief.
- 1894
- Group of Utes
- Studio portrait of Native American (Ute) women and children. Three seated women wear blanket shawls and long belted dresses, one holds a purse. Two babies are in cradleboards, two children are on the floor by the women's feet, one is sitting, the...
- Indians of North America--Women--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Children--1890-1900.
- 1894
- "Home of Mrs. American Horse" visiting at Mrs. A's home in hostile camp
- View of American Horse's wife with other Native American Sioux (Lakota) women and children sitting around a cooking pot on an iron tripod inside a pole tepee framework with the canvas lowered. Other tepees, cooking pots, wagons, show in the camp.
- American Horse, Dakota Chief, 1840-1908--Family.; Dakota Indians--Women--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Women--1890-1900.; Teton Indians--Children--1890-1900.; Indian encampments--1890-1900.; Tipis--1890-1900.
- 1891
- Indians, Umatilla
- View of two crying Native American Umatilla babies tied in cradleboards and propped up against a lattice fence.
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Umatilla Indians--Children--1890-1900.; Cradleboards--1890-1900.
- 1898
- Some of the principle men of the tribe
- White Cloud, with the bear claw necklace, poses with other Native American Iowa (Ioway) men outside his log house; a young girl sits in front of them, and a boy stands off to the side. The men wear leggings, trousers, sack jackets, cotton tunics,...
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Iowa Indians--Children--1890-1900.; White Cloud, Iowa Chief.
- 1890 May 1
- Iowa Indian out hunting
- A Native American Iowa (Ioway) boy poses on his saddled horse in a field; he wears a shirt, vest, breechcloth, leggings, a feather hair ornament, and holds a bow and arrow. He has the horses reins in his mouth.
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Iowa Indians--Children--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--1890-1900.
- 1890 May 1
- The favorite, Iowa girl
- Portrait of a young Native American Iowa (Ioway) girl seated outdoors on a wooden chair. She is barefoot and wears a long dress with embroidered flowers and a ribbon in her hair.
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Iowa Indians--Children--1890-1900.; Girls--1890-1900.
- [1890]
- Cerette and Capitanito
- Studio portrait (sitting) of a Native American (Ute) boy and girl. Cerette (Isareta) wears moccasins, leggings, a dress, and beaded necklaces. She holds an umbrella. Capitanito wears moccasins, beaded leggings, a shirt, and a hair pipe breast plate...
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Children--1890-1900.; Capitanito.; Isareta.
- [between 1894 and 1900]