Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Crosses outside an Hermanos Penitentes morada
- View of hand hewn timber crosses aligned near an adobe morada in Northern New Mexico. A pile of firewood is seen near the crosses. The arid landscape is dotted with chamisa, chollo and prickly pear cactus.
- Hermanos Penitentes--Buildings--1890-1900.; Chapels--New Mexico--1890-1900.; Crosses--New Mexico--1890-1900.; Moradas--New Mexico--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- San Luis from the Shrine of the Stations of the Cross
- View of San Luis from the Shrine of the Stations of the Cross (La Mesa de la Piedad y de la Misericordia, Hill of Piety and Mercy), in Costilla County, Colorado. Two wooden crosses are on the side of the hill, and houses, businesses, fields, farms...
- Sangre de Cristo Mountains (Colo. and N.M.)--1990-2000.; San Luis (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Crosses.; Cities & towns.; Crosses--Colorado--San Luis--Pictorial works.; Cities and towns--Colorado--San Luis--Pictorial works.; Sangre de Cristo Mountains...
- 1997
- Saddle blanket
- A Native American (Sioux) saddle blanket, made from white canvas and buckskin. It is decorated with red, blue, yellow, green, bronze and white faceted Italian glass beadwork and faceted brass beads; all of the beadwork is attached with lazy...
- Dakota Indians--Arts & crafts--1880-1910.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1910.; Saddle blankets--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910]
- Rear Guard at Midland
- Members of the Rear Guard of the Deputy Army, sent to suppress the Cripple Creek Strike of 1894, pose at Midland, Teller County, Colorado. Some men shoulder rifles, others wear armbands with crosses. Three men lie on a pile of bedrolls and other...
- Midland Terminal Railway--1890-1900.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1894.; Midland (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Militia--Colorado--Midland--1890-1900.; Miners' strikes--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Railroad...
- 1894
- Holy Ghost Church Denver, Colorado
- View of the entrance to Holy Ghost Church at 633 19th (Nineteenth) Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. The arched entryway is decorated with terra-cotta filigree and crosses.
- Holy Ghost Church (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Catholic churches--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Doors & doorways--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Indian Joseph Society, group of Indians with priest
- Group portrait of Native American males and white priest, outside in front of brick building. Men are all wearing hats and sashes with buttons and crosses. Behind the group is a banner with picture of St. Joseph and infant Jesus.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Missions--1880-1890.; Religious groups--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- Hermanos Penitentes in field
- Hermanos Penitentes gather around a wooden cross on a hillside in Northern New Mexico for a Good Friday ceremony. Some of the men hold crosses. Shirtless men, in white pants, flagellate themselves.
- Hermanos Penitentes--People--1890-1900.; Flagellation--New Mexico--1890-1900.; Adoration--New Mexico--1890-1900.; Religious groups--New Mexico--1890-1900.; Rites & ceremonies--New Mexico--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Crucifixion scene in Riverside Cemetery
- View of a marble sculpture of the crucifixion in block 13, lot 41, of Riverside Cemetery (incorporated 1876) at 5201 Brighton Boulevard in the Elyria-Swansea neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a life-size crucifixion scene with the Virgin at...
- Riverside Cemetery (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Elyria Swansea neighborhood (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Cemeteries.; Crosses.; Sculpture.; Riverside Cemetery (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.;...
- 2003
- Saint Joseph Redemptorist Catholic Church Lincoln Park.
- View of Saint Joseph Church ( St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church of Denver, Saint Joseph Redemptorist Catholic Church) located at 605 West 6th (Sixth) Ave. (NE corner Galapago St.), in the Lincoln Park neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The parish was...
- St. Joseph Church (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Lincoln Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--2000-2010.; Catholic churches.; Crosses.; Deterioration of buildings.; Historic buildings.; Priests.; Fisher, Father, C. S. R....
- ca. 2000
- Saint Joseph Redemptorist Catholic Church Lincoln Park.
- View of Saint Joseph Church ( St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church of Denver, Saint Joseph Redemptorist Catholic Church) located at 605 West 6th (Sixth) Ave. (NE corner Galapago St.), in the Lincoln Park neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The parish was...
- St. Joseph Church (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Lincoln Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--2000-2010.; Catholic churches.; Conservation & restoration.; Crosses.; Historic buildings.; Priests.; Fisher, Father, C. S. R....
- ca. 2004
- Saint Joseph Redemptorist Catholic Church Lincoln Park.
- View of Saint Joseph Church ( St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church of Denver, Saint Joseph Redemptorist Catholic Church) located at 605 West 6th (Sixth) Ave. (NE corner Galapago St.), in the Lincoln Park neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The parish was...
- St. Joseph Church (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Lincoln Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--2000-2010.; Catholic churches.; Conservation & restoration.; Crosses.; Dormers.; Historic buildings.; Steeples.; St. Joseph...
- ca. 2004
- Saint Joseph Redemptorist Catholic Church Lincoln Park.
- View of Saint Joseph Church ( St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church of Denver, Saint Joseph Redemptorist Catholic Church) located at 605 West 6th (Sixth) Ave. (NE corner Galapago St.), in the Lincoln Park neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The parish was...
- St. Joseph Church (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Lincoln Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--2000-2010.; Catholic churches.; Crosses.; Dormers.; Historic buildings.; Steeples.; St. Joseph Church (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial...
- ca. 2000
- Cross, Garcia Morada
- A wooden cross lies against the hard plastered adobe wall of the Garcia Morada (Los Hermanos Penitentes) in Garcia (Costilla County), Colorado. The Sangre de Cristo Mountains are in the distance.
- Hermanos Penitentes--Buildings--2000-2010.; Hispanic Americans--Structures--2000-2010.; Mexican Americans--Structures--2000-2010.; Moradas--2000-2010.; Garcia (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Adobe buildings.; Chapels.; Crosses.; Historic buildings.; Hermanos...
- [2008 February 1]
- Capilla de Todos los Santos
- View of the Catholic Capilla de Todos Los Santos, a part of the Shrine of the Stations of the Cross (La Mesa de la Piedad y de la Misericordia, Hill of Piety and Mercy), in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. The Spanish Colonial style adobe...
- Capilla de Todos los Santos (San Luis, Colo.)--1990-2000.; San Luis (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Catholic church buildings.; Adobe buildings.; Sculpture.; Capilla de Todos los Santos (San Luis, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Catholic church...
- 1997
- Annunciation Church, Denver
- View of Annunciation Catholic Church located at 3621 Humboldt Street in the Cole neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. This red brick Romanesque Revival church has a massive three-story tower for a never installed steeple, a large rose window, cornices,...
- Annunciation Church (Denver, Colo.)--2010-2020.; Cole (Denver, Colo.)--2010-2020.; Denver (Colo.)--2010-2020.; Catholic churches.; Annunciation Church (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Catholic church buildings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.;...
- 2011
- Monastery at Saint Elizabeth Catholic Church Auraria Higher Education Center.
- View of the Friary, at Saint Elizabeth of Hungary Roman Catholic Church (St. Elizabeth's Church), designed by architect Jacques Benedict in 1936 and located at 1060 St. Francis Way, on the Auraria Higher Education Center campus, Denver, Colorado....
- Auraria Higher Education Center (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--2000-2010.; St. Elizabeth's Church (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Apses.; Catholic churches.; Doors & doorways.; Historic buildings.; Monasteries.; Statues.;...
- 2009
- Morada, San Francisco, Colorado
- A large, painted wooden cross leans against the unplastered wall of a morada (Los Hermanos Penitentes) in San Francisco (Costilla County), Colorado. Lettering on the cross reads: "F.P.D.N.P.J." Shows a recessed wooden door and window.
- Hermanos Penitentes--Buildings--2000-2010.; Hispanic Americans--Structures--2000-2010.; Mexican Americans--Structures--2000-2010.; Moradas--2000-2010.; Costilla County (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Adobe buildings.; Crosses.; Hermanos...
- [2005 April]
- Hermanos Penitentes, Stations of the Cross
- Members of the Hermanos Penitentes walk along a dirt trail during the Stations of the Cross observance on Good Friday in Costilla County, Colorado. The men carry booklets and one man carries a large, carved cross. Shows snow covered hills.
- Hermanos Penitentes--2000-2010.; Hispanic Americans--2000-2010.; Mexican Americans--2000-2010.; Costilla County (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Crosses.; Hermanos Penitentes--Pictorial works.; Crosses--Colorado--Costilla County--Pictorial works.; Good...
- [2005 March 25]
- Hermanos Penitentes, Stations of the Cross
- Members of the Hermanos Penitentes walk along a dirt trail during the Stations of the Cross observance on Good Friday in Costilla County, Colorado. The middle aged and old men carry booklets (probably alabados) and a young man carries a large,...
- Hermanos Penitentes--2000-2010.; Hispanic Americans--2000-2010.; Mexican Americans--2000-2010.; Costilla County (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Crosses.; Hermanos Penitentes--Pictorial works.; Crosses--Colorado--Costilla County--Pictorial works.; Good...
- [2005 March 25]
- Church of Santa Cruz N.M.
- View of the Iglesia de Santa Cruz de la Cañada (Holy Cross Church) in Santa Cruz, New Mexico. The adobe and brick church has towers with belfries topped with crosses. A low adobe wall is nearby.
- Santa Cruz Parish (Santa Cruz, N.M.)--1880-1900.; Santa Cruz (N.M.)--1880-1900.; Catholic churches--New Mexico--Santa Cruz--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Carmel Mission near Monterey, Mission San Carlos, California
- A man sits in front of the Mission San Carlos Borromeo in Carmel, California, a Moorish (Mudejar) style building of stone and adobe construction with bell towers, a star window, dome, and crosses.
- Mission San Carlos Borromeo (Carmel, Calif.)--1880-1910.; Carmel (Calif.)--1880-1910.; Catholic churches--California--Carmel--1880-1910.; Missions--California--Carmel--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1902]
- Sister's Hospital
- Reproduction shows a rendering of Sister's Hospital in Leadville, Lake County, Colorado, a two-story frame building with bays, a covered porch, chimneys, and crosses. Printing reads: Colo. Eng. Co.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hospitals--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- 2nd Pueblo - Taos missions
- View of San Geronimo de Taos Mission at Taos, New Mexico; shows Native American (Taos Pueblo) men, women, and children wearing blankets, and carrying branches. The church is an adobe structure with a belfry, entrada, and crosses.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.; Taos Indians--New Mexico--1910-1920.; Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--1910-1920.; Missions--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.; Pueblos--New...
- 1917
- 2nd Pueblo - Taos missions
- View of the San Geronimo de Taos Mission at Taos Pueblo, New Mexico; shows Native American (Taos Pueblo) men, women, and children. The church is an adobe structure with a belfry, entrada, and crosses.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.; Taos Indians--New Mexico--1910-1920.; Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--1910-1920.; Missions--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.; Pueblos--New...
- 1917
- Ruins San Geronimo de Taos
- View of San Geronimo church ruins, Taos Pueblo, New Mexico (Native American); shows adobe walls, tower, and crosses.
- Catholic churches--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Structures--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1900-1910.; Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Ruins--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- New Mexico - missions - Taos
- View of church ruins at Taos Pueblo, New Mexico (Native American); shows adobe walls, tower, and crosses.
- Catholic churches--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Structures--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1900-1910.; Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Ruins--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Ruined church Taos
- View of church ruins at Taos Pueblo, New Mexico (Native American) ; shows adobe walls, tower, and crosses.
- Catholic churches--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Structures--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1900-1910.; Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Ruins--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Santa Ana
- View of the mission church, Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico, an adobe building with vigas and twin belltowers topped with crosses. Shows a Native American and a white man wearing a short sleeved shirt and hat.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Santa Ana Pueblo--1920-1930.; Pueblo Indians--Structures--New Mexico--Santa Ana Pueblo--1920-1930.; Tewa Indians--New Mexico--Santa Ana Pueblo--1920-1930.; Santa Ana Pueblo (N.M.)--1920-1930.; Catholic...
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Laurena Senter
- Studio portraits of Laurena Senter, the Imperial Commander of the Colorado Women's Order of the Ku Klux Klan. She wears light colored silk robes, a pointed hat, and cape decorated with crosses. She poses seated, standing, and standing with arm...
- Ku Klux Klan (1915- )--1920-1930.; Hate groups--1920-1930.; Costumes--1920-1930.; Organizations--1920-1930.; Senter, Laurena.
- 1925
- Road camp
- Canvas tents of the State Penitentiary road construction camp are built on the bank of the Arkansas River near Canon City, Colorado. Tracks of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad edge the other bank, and a hanging footbridge crosses. Men...
- Road construction workers--Colorado--Canon City--1910-1920.; Canon City (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Tents--Colorado--Canon City--1910-1920.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1915 and 1920?]
- Church at oldest Antigua
- The Church at Oldest Antigua in Mexico stands several stories high topped by two crosses. A large arch frames the main entrance. Figures of saints decorate the walls on either side of the door and above it. Branches from a nearby tree protrude into...
- Churches--Mexico--1910-1920.; Saints.
- [1910?]
- Sterling - St. Anthony's Catholic Church
- Situated on South Third (3rd) Street in Sterling, Colorado, in Logan County, St. Anthony's Catholic Church was rebuilt in 1936 after a fire. The masonry building is L-shaped with two towers on opposite sides of the entrance; one tower is...
- Sterling (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Catholic churches--Colorado--Sterling--1960-1970.; Streets--Colorado--Sterling--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1970]
- St. Anthony's Church
- Situated on South Third Street in Sterling, Colorado in Logan County, St. Anthony's Catholic Church was rebuilt in 1936 after a fire. The masonry building is L-shaped with two towers on opposite sides of the entrance; one tower is roof-level, and...
- Sterling (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Churches--Colorado--Sterling--1960-1970.; Streets--Colorado--Sterling--1960-1970.
- [between 1963 and 1965]
- St. Thomas Aquinas church after Oct 1985 fire, Boulder
- Soot blackens the wall above a round gable window of the St. Thomas Aquinas church in Boulder, Colorado. The flagstone building has a terra cotta, gabled roof, a square tower with a statue of Mary in a niche, an arcade, and crosses. A fire truck is...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Churches--Colorado--Boulder--1980-1990.; Fires--Colorado--Boulder--1980-1990.
- 1985
- Good Friday pilgrimage, Costilla County
- Members of the Sangre de Cristo Parish in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado, walk in a Good Friday pilgrimage from San Francisco to San Luis with Father Pat Valdez "Father Pat" (second from left). A woman crucifer carries a processional cross...
- Sangre de Cristo Church (San Luis, Colo.)--People--2000-2010.; Hispanic Americans--2000-2010.; Mexican Americans--2000-2010.; Costilla County (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Crosses.; Pilgrimages.; Priests.; Sangre de Cristo Church (San Luis,...
- [2005 March 25]