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]
- East High spotlight: vol 28 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.)
- 1942 March 26
- Cinco de Mayo
- View of the stage at Cinco de Mayo celebration in Denver, Colorado. An unidentified man looks over the United Farm Workers of America (UFW) information table. In the distance Father José Lara addresses the crowd. A sign over the stage reads:...
- United Farm Workers of America--People--1970-1980.; Mexican Americans--1970-1980.; Hispanic Americans--1970-1980.; Cinco de Mayo (Mexican Holiday)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Public speaking.; Priests.; Lara, José, Father--Pictorial...
- [1975]
- Carlos Lopez at ferris wheel
- Carlos Lopez, and elderly Hispanic American man, looks up at ferris wheel at a carnival in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. He wears a hat, striped shirt and suspenders. He has a full mustache. Children ride the ferris wheel, women and teenage...
- Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; San Luis (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Lopez, Carlos--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Older people--Colorado--San...
- 1950 September
- Spring Creek party at Great Divide barbecue
- Women, men and children, most in hats, gather around a picnic blanket at Great Divide (Moffat County), Colorado. Shows young children and a baby in a baby carriage, wagons and sagebrush. John A. Breach kneels, he holds his cup upside down. He wears...
- Great Divide (Colo.)--1910-1920.; People--Colorado--Great Divide--1910-1920.; Picnics--Colorado--Great Divide--1910-1920.; Breach, Glen T.; Breach, John A.; Breach, Susannah.
- 1917
- Ute Indians at play posing
- Native American (Ute) men and a woman, Towee, and John (Jim) Taylor, aBlack man, pose outdoors, possibly at the old Broadmoor Hotel, Colorado Springs, Colorado; five unidentified Ute men, one on horseback who aims a shotgun, surround Jim Taylor,...
- Indians of North America--Women--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
- Couple
- A couple pose on the porch of a house possibly in Denver, Colorado. The man smiles and looks at the camera, the woman looks away.
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Couples--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Smiling--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.
- [between 1925 and 1935]
- Indian Chiefs
- Ten Native American chiefs who met with General Nelson Miles to stop the Indian War stand in a semi-circle in front of a teepee. Among the chiefs are Standing Bull, Bear Who Looks Back Running, Has the Big White Horse, White Tail, Liver Bear,...
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Tipis--1890-1900.; Tribal chiefs.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Miles, Nelson Appleton, 1839-1925.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- 1891
- Indian Chiefs
- Ten Native American chiefs who met with General Nelson Miles to stop the Indian War stand in a semi-circle in front of a teepee. Among the chiefs are Standing Bull, Bear Who Looks Back Running, Has the Big White Horse, White Tail, Liver Bear,...
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Tipis--1890-1900.; Tribal chiefs.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Miles, Nelson Appleton, 1839-1925.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1891?]
- Indian Chiefs
- Ten Native American chiefs who met with General Nelson Miles to stop the Indian War pose for a group portrait in front of a teepee. Among the chiefs are Standing Bull, Bear Who Looks Back Running, Has the Big White Horse, White Tail, Liver Bear,...
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Tipis--1890-1900.; Tribal chiefs.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Miles, Nelson Appleton, 1839-1925.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1891?]
- Mexican Bullfight, Gillett, Colorado
- The bullfight on August 24 or 25, 1895, takes place in the wood bullring built at the race track in Gillett, Colorado, for the occasion. Joe Wolfe was the organizer of the event which caused a scandal because of its cruelty to animals. A matador...
- Gillett (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bullfighting--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.; Meadows, Charles Henson, 1860-1932.; Wolfe, Joe.
- [August 1895.]
- East High spotlight: vol 17 no 6
- 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.)
- 1930 November 26
- East High spotlight: 21st year no 9
- 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.)
- 1943 March 4
- Mah-Je-Gah-Bo (He Looks Well Standing)
- Head and shoulders studio portrait of a Native American (Chippewa) man, identified as Mahjegahbo (He Looks Well Standing). He wears a blanket around his shoulders, a fur piece, braids, and plumage in his hair. A pipe tomahawk rests in the crook of...
- Indians of North America--1870-1890.; Ojibwa Indians--1870-1890.; Headdresses--1870-1890.; Clothing & dress--1870-1890.; He Looks Well Standing.
- [between 1872 and 1890?]
- Looks Cloud
- Studio portrait (sitting) of Looks Cloud, an elderly Native American (Sioux) man. He wears a blanket, earring, and feather roach.
- Dakota Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Aged persons--1900-1910.; Clothing & dress--1900-1910.; Looks Cloud, Dakota Indian.
- 1900
- Nick Black Elk and family, Catholic catechist
- Group studio portrait of a Native American (Oglala Sioux) man, identified as Black Elk, his wife, and his daughter, Lucy Looks Twice. Black Elk wears a suit, his wife wears a long dress decorated with elk's teeth and a hair pipe necklace, and his...
- Catechists--1890-1910.; Dakota Indians--1890-1910.; Indians of North America--1890-1910.; Oglala Indians--1890-1910.; Families--1890-1910.; Black Elk, 1863-1950--Family.; Black Elk, 1863-1950.; Lucy Looks Twice.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Trinity Methodist Church, 18th at Broadway, Denver, Colorado : one hundredth anniversary 1859-1959.
- Booklet created to celebrate the one-hundredth anniversary of the Trinity Methodist Church in Denver, Colorado in 1959. Included in the booklet is a history of the church, a list of former pastors and photographs of different members of the...
- Trinity Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)--History.; Trinity Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1959
- The Scriptbook
- Booklet created by The Script Club of East High School in Denver, Colorado. Members of The Script Club, the writing club of East High, submitted their own works for create this booklet. Included are poems, essays, sketches and stories written by...
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High school students' writings--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1932 May
- East High spotlight: vol 17 no 8
- 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.)
- 1931 January 14
- East High spotlight: vol 28 no 10
- 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.)
- 1942 February
- East High spotlight: vol 29 no 24
- 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.)
- 1942 November
- East High spotlight: vol 30 no 5
- 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.)
- 1943 December 9
- Le Resume: 1938
- Yearbook for the year 1938 for Parker High School, located in Parker, Colorado.
- Parker High School (Parker, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Douglas County History Research Center (Castle Rock, Colo.); School yearbooks--Colorado--Douglas County.; High schools--Colorado--Douglas County--Periodicals.
- 1938
- Member, Guardiantes de Cultura
- An unidentified woman in a t-shirt that reads: "Guardiantes de Cultura" looks at the stage in the Concilio Superior hall of the Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos (S.P.M.D.T.U) in Antonito (Conejos County), Colorado. People sit and...
- Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos--People--2000-2010.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--2000-2010.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--2000-2010.; Antonito (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Fraternal organizations.; Women.; Sociedad Protección Mutua...
- [2002]
- Making elderberry jam
- An elderly Hispanic American woman, Eloisa Esquibel Gallegos and her teenage granddaughter Rafaelita Gallegos prepare elderberries for jam probably in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. Mrs. Gallegos stands by two enamel pots that contain...
- Hispanic Americans--1970-1980.; Mexican Americans--1970-1980.; San Luis (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Women.; Teenagers.; Girls.; Cookery.; Preserves.; Gallegos, Eloisa Esquibel--Pictorial works.; Gallegos, Rafaelita--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- [1970?]
- Carlos Lopez watches dice game
- Carlos Lopez, and elderly Hispanic American man (back row, center), watches a dice game at a carnival in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. He wears a hat, striped shirt and suspenders. He has a full mustache. One man holds dice as a group of...
- Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; San Luis (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Lopez, Carlos--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Older people--Colorado--San...
- [1950 September]
- Girl with hair rolled in rags
- A unidentified Hispanic American girl poses with her hair in rag curlers probably in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. She looks over her shoulder.
- Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; San Luis (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Girls--Colorado--San Luis--Pictorial works.;...
- [1950]
- Elderly woman in headscarf, San Luis, Colo.
- Portrait of an unidentified elderly Hispanic woman, probably of Native American descent from either San Luis or Chama in Costilla County, Colorado. She has a checkered headscarf over her gray hair.
- Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Costilla County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Older people--Colorado--Costilla County--Pictorial...
- 1950 September
- Cesar Chavez and clergy in Los Angeles
- Cesar Chavez is surrounded by Catholic priests at a news conference after the National Council of Catholic Bishops came out in support of the California farmworkers strikes. He looks on as a catholic priest is being interviewed.
- United Farm Workers of America--1970-1980.; Mexican Americans--1970-1980.; Hispanic Americans--1970-1980.; Los Angeles (Calif.)--1970-1980.; Chavez, Cesar, 1927-1993--Pictorial works.; Catholic Church--Clergy--Pictorial works.; United Farm Workers...
- 1974
- Coors Field
- View of construction at Coors Field (1995, Architects-Joseph Spear and Bradley Schrock of Hellmuth, Obata and Kassabaum, Inc.), located at 2001 Blake Street in the Ball Park Historic District, a part of the Five Points neighborhood, Denver,...
- Colorado Rockies (Baseball team)--Buildings--1990-2000.; Coors Field (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Ball Park Historic District (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Baseball.; Building...
- 1994
- Pauline and Phyllis Morales
- Pauline and Phyllis Morales pose in front of an unidentified house in the Auraria neighborhood in Denver, Colorado. Pauline wears a sleeveless striped blouse. An unidentified young girl looks on.
- Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1950-1960.; Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Families.; Women.; Morales, Pauline--Pictorial works.; Morales, Phyllis--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- [between 1960 and 1970?]
- Emmett Mine, Leadville
- A Colorado National Guardsman stands on a hill and looks over the Emmett Mine in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado. The soldier guards the mining property during a labor dispute between mine owners and miners who belonged to the Western Federation...
- Colorado. National Guard.--1890-1900.; Western Federation of Miners--Strikes--1890-1900.; Emmett Mine (Lake County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Guards--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.;...
- 1896
- Group of dressed-up boys wading in the river
- A group of boys wade in the South Platte River as their teacher looks on from the bank, Denver, Colorado. The Alameda Avenue bridge is in the distance.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1900-1910.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Clothing & dress--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Rivers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; School children--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1904 and 1909]
- Grand Junction Fruit Growers Association
- Horse-drawn wagons are beside a Grand Junction Fruit Growers Association building in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado. A man stands and looks at wagons loaded with boxes of fruit near a covered loading dock. Boxes are stacked against a wall....
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Grand Junction--1880-1890.; Fruit industry--Colorado--Grand Junction--1880-1890.; Warehouses--Colorado--Grand Junction--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Del Norte, Colorado
- View of frame and brick buildings on a street in Del Norte (Rio Grande County), Colorado. A man wears a suit and hat and sits on a hillside and looks at the town. Shows false-front frame buildings on a commercial street with signs that include:...
- Del Norte (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Del Norte--1880-1900.; Wooden buildings--Colorado--Del Norte--1880-1900.
- [between 1885 and 1895?]
- Oil from the Ginet Plant, Monarch Shale Oil Co, near De Beque, Colo.
- Men use a funnel to fill wood barrels with oil, near De Beque (Mesa County), Colorado. A man in a suit and duster hat looks on; the Roan Cliffs are in the distance.
- Monarch Shale Oil Company--Products--1910-1930.; Oil-shale industry--Colorado--De Beque--1910-1930.; Barrels--Colorado--De Beque--1910-1930.; Petroleum industry--Colorado--De Beque--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Crowd at outdoor baptism
- A man baptizes a woman in the South Platte River in Denver, Colorado. A group of spectators looks on.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1900-1920.; Baptisms--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Rivers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Loveland Pass tunnel, close up, eng. & transit
- An engineer looks through a theodolite in the interior of a tunnel as he works on the proposed Loveland Pass tunnel project in Summit or Clear Creek County, Colorado. The man wears a heavy plaid wool jacket, hat, and glasses. Pipes run along the...
- Interiors--Colorado--1940-1950.; Surveying--Colorado--1940-1950.; Surveyors--Colorado--1940-1950.; Tunnels--Colorado--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Denver Ordnance Plant, guard & plat plan
- A man stands in an open field and looks over construction at the Denver Ordnance Plant (Remington Ordnance Plant, later Denver Federal Center) in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. The man wears a uniform and rest his hand on a measuring pole....
- Denver Ordnance Plant--1940-1950.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Ordnance industry--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Surveying--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.
- [1941?]
- Portrait of a woman
- Studio portrait of a woman, she poses seated and looks down and to the side. She wears a dress decorated with a shear scarf at the neckline and bows at the shoulders. Roses are pinned on the front of the dress. Her hair is pulled back and short...
- Women--Colorado--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Fort Morgan exchange, exterior, rear lot
- View of the back of the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company exchange building in Fort Morgan (Morgan County), Colorado. The building is a two-story brick structure with a flat roof. The back of the lot is occupied by a brick garage and...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Buildings--1910-1920.; Fort Morgan (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Garages--Colorado--Fort Morgan--1910-1920.; Sheds--Colorado--Fort Morgan--1910-1920.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Fort Morgan--1910-1920.
- 1914
- Girl with cat two boys with dog woman watching them
- Outdoor portrait of two boys and a girl with a cat and dog in Denver, Colorado. A woman looks on.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Cats--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Dogs--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Families--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Portrait of a woman
- Portrait of a woman who wears a dress with a sheer scarf collar and bows on the shoulders. A rose is pinned at her bust line. Her thick hair is pulled back into a bun and her short bangs are styled over her forehead. He head is tilted and she looks...
- Women--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Portrait of a woman
- Studio portrait of a woman who sits in a chair and looks over her shoulder. She wears a dress with a lace collar and flourishes on the shoulders. Her hair is pulled back into a bun and her curly bangs are styled over her forehead.
- Women--1890-1900.
- 1891
- Portrait of a man
- Studio portrait of a man who wears a suit jacket and neck tie. His hair is short and he looks off to the side.
- Men--1890-1900.
- 1891
- Portrait of a girl
- Studio portrait of a young girl. Her long hair is draped over her shoulders and her short bangs are on her forehead as she looks to the side.
- Girls--1890-1900.
- 1891
- Portrait of a man and baby
- A man looks down at a baby in a carriage and poses for a portrait possibly in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. The baby is covered by a long sheep skin blanket and wears a light colored dress and blanket. The man wears a suit, bowler hat and...
- Baby carriages--Colorado--1890-1900.; Fathers & children--Colorado--1890-1900.; Infants--Colorado--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Studio portrait of a man
- Studio portrait of a man who looks to the side. He wears a suit jacket, vest, and neck tie. A watch chain hangs from his vest. He has short curly hair.
- Men--1890-1900.
- 1891
- Portrait of a man
- Studio portrait of a man who wears a suit jacket fastened at the top button and a necktie. He looks to the side, has a full moustache and his short hair is combed back.
- Men--1890-1900.
- 1891
- Portrait of a man
- Studio portrait of a man who wears a buttoned suit jacket and neck tie. He has a full moustache and his hair is parted to the side. He looks to the side.
- Men--1890-1900.
- 1891