Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Unidentified Indian, wearing band of beads
- Studio portrait of unidentified Native American male, seated, wearing a band of beads across chest, necklace and scarf.
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits.
- [188-?]
- Men with bucking horse
- A cowboy sits on a horse next to another horse bucking in the air during a rehearsal for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. A Native American man is in the center foreground watching the cowboy. A large tent canopy is in the background.
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Broncos--1900-1910.; Cowboys--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Round up
- View of cattle round-up somewhere probably in Colorado; shows three men on horseback, a large herd of cattle covering an open range, a man in a mule-drawn wagon (probably a cook with supplies), cowboys, and men men on horseback in distance heading...
- Cattle-herding--Colorado--1900-1920.; Cowboys--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Pike's Peak,
- View of snow-covered Pikes Peak from bluff above Monument Creek north of Colorado Springs, Colorado.
- Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1927]
- D. E. Houck Dry Goods Company store, Victor
- Exterior view of D.E. Houck Dry Goods Company building, Victor, Colorado, a three-story commercial brick building with flat roof, street- level storefront display windows with transoms, entablature with architrave, frieze and cornice, arched quions...
- Victor (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Commercial buildings--Colorado--Victor--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1902]
- State Universaty[sic], Boulder, Colo.
- Looking across University Lake (now called Far City Pond) to University of Colorado's Old Main hidden from view and rising from trees, Boulder, Colorado; cornerstone laid in 1875; campus built on land donated by Marinus G. Smith, George Asa Andrews...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1890-1910.; University of Colorado (Boulder campus)
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Elevations, section, details Gates Science Building, Graland Country Day School
- Elevations (south, west) for the modern style Gates Science Building, Graland Country Day School, 30 Birch Street, Hilltop neighborhood, Denver, Colorado, ca. 1961. The exterior is defined by a large pyramid hip roof with skylight, (need to...
- Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Hilltop (Denver, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Private schools.
- 1961, March 24
- Wolhurst fete
- Ladies pose at a Wolhurst party in Littleton, Colorado, in white dresses, with puffed sleeves, and ruffled, pleated, or jabot collars. Their straw hats are bedecked with flowers.
- Wolcott, Edward Olive, 1848-1905--Homes & haunts.; Littleton (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Estates--Colorado--Littleton--1890-1900.; Garden parties--Colorado--Littleton--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--Littleton--1890-1900.
- 1898
- Navajo youngsters at a campfire
- Night view of Navajo boys and girls and Ataloa, a Native American Chickasaw artist and folklorist sitting at a campfire, Santa Fe Indian School, New Mexico. The boys wear headbands; one plays a drum. The girls wear fiesta dresses and Ataloa wears...
- Institute of American Indian Arts--1950-1960.; Santa Fe Indian School--1950-1960.; Chickasaw Indians--Women--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1950-1960.; Indians of North America--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1950-1960.; Navajo Indians--Women--New Mexico--Santa...
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Nez Perce belles participating in the Lewis & Clark Centennial at Lewiston
- Two Nez Perce Native American girls carrying decorated bags (left), wearing headbands with two feathers pose on a street corner with two white girls wearing headdresses; all have on buckskin dresses with fringe and beads, Second Street, Lewiston,...
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Idaho--Lewiston--1930-1940.; Nez Percé Indians--Women--Idaho--Lewiston--1930-1940.; Lewiston (Idaho)--1930-1940.; Costumes--Idaho--Lewiston--1930-1940.
- 1934
- Mexican consulate - old Helen Bonfils h 707 Washington
- View of the Guilford Wood (Helen Bonfils) house at 707 Washington Street in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The Italian Renaissance Revival style house has a tile roof, quoins, roof line balustrades, and ornate terra cotta trim.
- Bonfils, Helen, 1889-1972--Homes & haunts.; Wood, Guilford--Homes & haunts.; Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.
- [between 1970 and 1980?]
- The Antlers, Colorado Springs, Colo.
- View across the landscaped southern lawn with stepped embankments, to the Antlers Hotel, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado; shows boys with bows and arrows and the five-story stone structure with dormers, covered porches and balconies,...
- Antlers Hotel (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--Buildings--1890- 1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Boys--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Children playing--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado...
- [between 1890 and 1898?]
- New York Central R.R. Gallipolis Special, engine at coaling track not close up, 4-6-2 #4751 Gallipolis, Ohio.
- New York Central Railroad Company locomotive #4751 is on a coaling track in Gallipolis (Gallia County), Ohio. Railroad workers and other men are near frame buildings at the coaling station. Shows a railroad turntable, and a water pipe.
- New York Central Railroad Company--1930-1940.; Gallipolis (Ohio)--1930-1940.; Railroad locomotives--Ohio--Gallipolis--1930-1940.; Railroad shops & yards--Ohio--Gallipolis--1930-1940.
- 1939 June 17
- Fairy Falls, Cascade Canon, C M Ry
- Close view of Fairy Falls waterfall in Cascade Canyon, northwest of Manitou, Colorado, served by the Colorado Midland Railway; water tumbles over boulders; tangled brush in foreground.
- Cascade Canyon (El Paso County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--1880-1900.; Waterfalls--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1887 and 1901]
- Heebe-Tee-Tse, Shoshone
- Full-length studio portrait of Heebe-Tee-Tse, a Shoshone Native American man; subject wears a headdress, stands on fur rug, and holds a hatchet and blanket; painted backdrop depicts window.
- Indians of North America--Portraits--1890-1900.; Shoshoni Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Heebe-Tee-Tse.
- c1899
- Vapor Cave, Glenwood
- View of the Vapor Cave building (built over hot springs) at Glenwood Springs, Colorado; two women stand, and three women sit under the porch.
- Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Caves--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1900.; Resorts--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1900.; Springs--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1900.
- [between 1887 and 1901]
- Glenwood Springs
- Panoramic, northwestward view of Glenwood Springs, Colorado; Hotel Colorado visible at distant right; the Grand Avenue Bridge crosses the Grand River (now Colorado River) at center of image.
- Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bathhouses--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1900.; Springs--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1900.; Hotel Colorado (Glenwood Springs, Colo.)
- [between 1892 and 1901]
- Pikes Peak Avenue, Colo. Springs
- Westward view of Pikes Peak Avenue in Colorado Springs, Colorado; Antlers Hotel (built in 1883; designed by Peabody and Stearns of Boston; burned in 1898) at end of Avenue with Rocky Mountains in distance; blurred horse-drawn carriage at left;...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Antlers Hotel (Colorado Springs, Colo.); Peabody & Stearns (Boston, Mass.)
- [between 1890 and 1898]
- Upper Falls, Green Mtn. Falls, C. M. Ry
- View of Upper Falls waterfall at Green Mountain Falls, a resort northwest of Manitou, Colorado, served by Colorado Midland Railway; boulder in foreground; pine trees on steep mountainside in background.
- Green Mountain Falls (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Upper Falls (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Resorts--Colorado--1880-1900.; Waterfalls--Colorado--1880-1900.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1887 and 1901]
- The Mansion, Baltimore Resort Tolland Colo.
- A man smokes a pipe in front of a rustic log cabin in Tolland, Gilpin County, Colorado (served by the Denver & Salt Lake Railway, aka Moffat Road)
- Tolland (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Log cabins--Colorado--Tolland--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Baltimore Resort, Tolland Colo.
- View of the Baltimore Resort in Tolland, Gilpin County, Colorado; shows rustic log buildings, an automobile parked near flagpole, and pine trees.
- Baltimore Resort (Tolland, Colo.)--1910-1930.; Tolland (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Log buildings--Colorado--Tolland--1910-1930.; Resorts--Colorado--Tolland--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- W. N. Bowman Co. Architects
- View of the Colburn Hotel at 10th Avenue and Grant Street, Denver, Colorado.
- Colburn Hotel (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [1924?]
- Platt-Fawcett Motor Co. Denver
- View of the Platt-Fawcett Motor Company at 1249-1255 Broadway, Denver, Colorado; shows parked cars, and rooftop sign: "Jewett."
- Platt-Fawcett Motor Co. (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Automobile dealerships--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1924?]
- Grand Valley, Grand Junction, Colo., Colo. Midland Ry.
- Bird's eye view of Grand Valley near Grand Junction, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; shows fruit orchards, agricultural land with some wood buildings, and stratus and cirrus clouds.
- Fruit--Colorado--1900-1910.; Orchards--Colorado--1900-1910.; Valleys--Colorado--1900-1910.; Colorado Midland Railway.
- 1908
- Hanging Rock Falls, Green Mtn. Falls, C. M. Ry
- Close view of Hanging Rock Falls waterfall at Green Mountain Falls, a resort northwest of Manitou, Colorado, served by Colorado Midland Railway; hanging rock at center right.
- Bridal Veil Falls (El Paso County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Green Mountain Falls (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Resorts--Colorado--1880-1900.; Waterfalls--Colorado--1880-1900.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1887 and 1901]
- Peacock Fall, C M Ry, Green Mtn Falls
- Uphill view of Peacock Fall waterfall at Green Mountain Falls, a resort northwest of Manitou, Colorado, served by the Colorado Midland Railway; steep mountainside with shrubs, trees and rocks above waterfall.
- Green Mountain Falls (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Peacock Falls (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Resorts--Colorado--1880-1900.; Waterfalls--Colorado--1880-1900.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1887 and 1901]
- Mystic Falls, Green Mtn. Falls, C M Ry
- Close view of Mystic Falls waterfall at Green Mountain Falls, Colorado, a resort northwest of Manitou, Colorado; water cascades down rocks; shrubbery at top of falls.
- Green Mountain Falls (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Mystic Falls (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Resorts--Colorado--1880-1900.; Waterfalls--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1887 and 1901]
- Lullaby Falls, Cascade Canon, C. M. Ry
- Upstream view of Lullaby Falls waterfall, at Cascade Canyon, northwest of Manitou, Colorado, served by the Colorado Midland Railway; waterfall strewn with fallen logs and flanked by trees and brush.
- Cascade Canyon (El Paso County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Lullaby Falls (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--1880-1900.; Waterfalls--Colorado--1880-1900.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1887 and 1901]
- Depot, C. M. Ry
- The Cascade Canon, Colorado, depot and outbuilding of the Colorado Midland Railway; track in foreground; tree-covered foothill in background; one man, four women, and a dog are standing in front of depot; main signage reads: Colo. Sprgs. 11 miles /...
- Cascade Canyon (El Paso County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--1880-1900.; Railroad stations--Colorado--1880-1890.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1887 and 1901]
- America's greatest Colorado's grandest health and summer resort Hot Sulphur Spring Park
- Panoramic view of Hot Sulphur Springs (Grand County), Colorado. Wood frame buildings, one with a sign that reads: "Park Hotel" are in the town. The Colorado River and a Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company train are nearby. Light snow covers the...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1910-1920.; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1910-1920.; Hot Sulphur Springs (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Railroads--Colorado--Hot Sulphur Springs--1910-1920.; Resorts--Colorado--Hot Sulphur Springs--1910-1920.;...
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Flood scene at Alamosa looking north from main highway bridge
- Floodwaters of the Rio Grande River threaten Alamosa, Colorado, near the old Highway 160 bridge. Two men holding shovels sit on sawhorses along a levee built of sandbags and wooden planks. Powerline poles are along the edge of the river. Board and...
- Rio Grande--1920-1930.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Bridges--Colorado--Alamosa--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Alamosa--1920-1930.; Levees--Colorado--Alamosa--1920-1930.
- 1927
- Scene at Wolcott, Colo. Highway U. S. 24 on the Eagle River
- View of a gas station in Wolcott, Eagle County, Colorado; shows a log and frame building. Signs read: "Willard Storage Batteries," "Dreamland Dance," "Only 3.2% Beer Sold Here," and "Penz Oil;" plaster birds perch on eaves.
- Wolcott (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Automobile service stations--Colorado--Wolcott--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Wachitas, squaws
- Studio portrait of two Native American Wichita women with long loose hair parted down middle, bare breasted, wearing dresses (pulled down), moccasins, necklaces, earrings, armbands, rings and bracelets; one is wrapped in a blanket. Woman the left...
- Lone Wolf, Kiowa Indian--Family.; Indians of North America--1860-1880.; Wichita Indians--Women--1860-1880.
- [between 1869 and 1875]
- Wachitas, squaws
- Studio portrait of three Native American Wichita women with long loose hair parted down middle, bare breasted, wearing dresses (pulled down), moccasins, necklaces, earrings, armbands, rings and bracelets; one wears a blanket.
- Indians of North America--1860-1880.; Wichita Indians--Women--1860-1880.
- [between 1869 and 1875]
- Mrs. Joseph Street, Winnebago
- Head and shoulders studio portrait of Mrs. Joseph Street, Native American Winnebago, with gray hair and wrinkled skin, wearing shell necklaces and earrings.
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Winnebago Indians--Women--1890-1900.; Aged persons--1890-1900.; Street, Joseph, Winnebago Indian, Mrs.
- 1898
- Decker Hotel, Siera [sic] Blanco, Colo. 1899
- A woman, men, and children pose by the Decker Hotel, Sierra Blanco, possibly Huerfano County, Colorado; one hoists a whiskey jug, others carry lunch buckets and drinking cups; hats include a bowler and a sombrero.
- Children--Colorado--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--1890-1900.
- South end Walapi [sic]
- View of the south end of Native American (Hopi) pueblo, Walpi, First Mesa, Arizona, shows children on the plaza area between adobe house blocks.
- Hopi Indians--Structures--Arizona--Walpi--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Arizona--Walpi--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Arizona--Walpi--1900-1910.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; Walpi (Ariz.)--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1900 and 1902?]
- Indians, Pueblo, Hopi, religion
- View of Hopi Native American men, women and children wearing ceremonial costumes including kilts, mantas, blankets, face paint, bead necklaces and feathers, as they hike up a trail to a mesa top, Hopi Mesas, Arizona.
- Hopi Indians--Arizona--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Arizona--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Spiritual life--Arizona--1890-1900.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Rites & ceremonies--Arizona--1890-1900.
- [1899 or 1900]
- Peter Iron Shell, Sioux
- Head and shoulders portrait of Peter Iron Shell, Native American Sioux (Lakota) man wearing a shirt, vest with quillwork, a hair bone breastplate, animal fur skins, and loose hair decorated with bead strings and feathers.
- Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Teton Indians--1890-1900.; Iron Shell, Peter.
- 1898
- Swift Dog, Sioux
- Standing portrait of Swift Dog, Native American Sioux (Lakota) wearing a headdress, fringed shirt, kilt, leggings, hair pipe breastplate. He holds a shield with a painted bird on it and a staff.
- Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Teton Indians--1890-1900.; Swift Dog.
- 1898
- Afraid of Eagle, Sioux
- Head and shoulders portrait of Afraid of Eagle, Native American Sioux (Lakota) wearing a headdress, cotton shirt and a quilled vest.
- Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Teton Indians--1890-1900.; Afraid of Eagle.
- 1898
- Band of Sioux warriors
- A group of Native American Sioux (Lakota) warriors pose in a long line with ceremonial staffs, and rifles. The wear headdresses, cotton shirts, vests, hair pipe breastplates and quilled vests. Their tepee camp and men on horseback show in...
- Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Teton Indians--1890-1900.; Indian encampments--1890-1900.
- 1898
- Chief Goes To War, Sioux
- Head and shoulders portrait of Chief Goes To War, Native American Sioux (Lakota) man wearing a buckskin with quillwork, feathers and fringe, hair pipe breastplate, neck scarf and feather in his loose hair.
- Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Teton Indians--1890-1900.; Goes to War.
- 1898
- Poor Dog, (Sioux)
- Standing portrait of Poor Dog, Native American Sioux (Lakota) man wrapped in a blanket, wearing a headdress, fringed shirt, bandoliers with quillwork, neck scarf and medal pendant.
- Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Teton Indians--1890-1900.; Poor Dog.
- 1898
- Broken Arm, Sioux
- Broken Arm, Native American Sioux (Lakota) poses on a horse with a hand symbol painted on it. He wears a headdress, leggings, and shirt decorated with quillwork and fringe.
- Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Teton Indians--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--1890-1900.; Broken Arm.
- 1899
- Bone Necklace, Sioux
- Head and shoulders portrait of Bone Necklace, Native American Sioux (Lakota) wearing a hair pipe breastplate, cotton shirt, quillwork vest, armbands, neck scarf, and feathers and bead strings in his hair.
- Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Teton Indians--1890-1900.; Bone Necklace.
- 1899
- Shot in the Eye, Sioux
- Head and shoulders portrait of Shot in the Eye, Native American Sioux (Lakota) man with a disfigured left eye, wearing a headdress, fringed shirt breastplate with quill work, and a fur choker with bear claws holding a smoking pipe.
- Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Teton Indians--1890-1900.; Shot in the Eye.
- 1898
- Alice Lone Bear, Sioux
- Seated portrait of Alice Lone Bear, Native American Sioux (Lakota) woman wearing rings, earrings, braids, a dress decorated with shells, and a hair pipe necklace.
- Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Teton Indians--1890-1900.; Lone Bear, Alice.
- 1898
- Bear Foot, Sioux
- Portrait of Bear Foot, Native American Sioux (Brulé) wearing a hair pipe breastplate, striped cotton shirt, neck scarf, and a headdress.
- Brulé Indians--1890-1900.; Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Bear Foot.
- 1899
- Conquering Bear, Ogalalla Sioux
- Head and shoulders portrait of Conquering Bear, (Brave Bear) Native American Oglala Sioux (Lakota) man holding a ceremonial pipe and wearing a headdress, fur collar and quillwork on his shirt.
- Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Oglala Indians--1890-1900.; Teton Indians--1890-1900.; Brave Bear.
- 1899