Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Sigma Pi Phi
- Panoramic photomontage of African American members of Sigma Pi Phi fraternity who are identified as (left to right) V. B. Spratlin, A.B.A.M., C. F. (Clarence) Holmes, B.S.D., D.S., H. E. Rahmine, D. B. S. T. M., E. W. D. Abner, M.D., C. E. Terry,...
- Sigma Pi Phi--People--1920-1930.; African Americans--Men--1920-1930.; Fraternities & sororities--1920-1930.
- 1921
- S.P.M.D.T.U. carved emblem
- View of the S.P.M.D.T.U. (Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos) emblem carved in 1928 by Jose Lauriano Lopez, then a member of Capulin Concilio #2 in the Concilio Superior Hall, Antonito (Conejos County), Colorado. The clasped,...
- Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos--1990-2000.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Arts & crafts--1990-2000.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Arts & crafts--1990-2000.; Antonito (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Fraternal organizations.; Emblems.;...
- [1993?]
- Came to Canon City
- Eighteen studio portraits from Canon City, Colorado, are montaged in rows and identified with dates of arrival as follows: left to right: Mrs. M. D. Swisher 1860, M. D. Swisher 1860, Mrs. Wm. Sheperd 1868, Wm. Sheperd 1868, Mrs. W. R. Fowler 1860,...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Portrait of two men
- Full length studio portrait of two men, one possibly is M.D. Daily. A tall thin man in a gray colored suit sits on a stone fence, he wears a black bow tie. A short man dressed in a light colored broad plaid suit leans on a stone pillar.
- Men--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Laundry, J.C.R.S.
- Exterior view of the one story brick laundry building at the Jewish Consumptive Relief Society (J.C.R.S.) sanatorium, 1600 Pierce Street, Lakewood, Colorado. Small dormers extend from the low pitched roof. Carved stone over the entrance reads: "The...
- Jewish Consumptive Relief Society (U.S.)--Buildings--1910-1950.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1910-1950.; Cleaning establishments--Colorado--Lakewood--1910-1950.; Sanatoriums--Colorado--Lakewood--1910-1950.
- [between 1912 and 1940?]
- S.P.M.D.T.U. Concilio Superior meeting
- Middle aged and older men and women, members of the Concilio of the Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos in Antonito (Conejos County), Colorado, pose in their meeting hall in Antonito (Conejos County), Colorado. Many wear ribbons or...
- 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.; Older people.; Women.; Sociedad...
- [2000]
- M.D. Van Horn [sic], 1893-95
- Studio portrait of M.D. VanHom, Mayor of Denver, Colorado, from 1893 to 1895. Mayor VanHom has a mustache, he wears a coat, a shirt with an upright collar and a necktie.
- Mayors--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; VanHom, M. D.
- [between 1893 and 1895?]
- S.P.M.D.T.U. Concilio No. 31, Chama, Colo.
- View of the Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos (United Workers' Mutual Protection Society) Concilio No. 31 at the Southwest Corner of Costilla County L.7 and 22.3 in Chama (Costilla County), Colorado. The one story stuccoed adobe...
- Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos--Buildings--1990-2000.; Chama (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Fraternal organizations.; Adobe buildings.; Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos--Buildings--Pictorial works.; Fraternal...
- 1992
- S.P.M.D.T.U. Concilio Superior, Antonito, Colo.
- View of the Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos (United Workers' Mutual Protection Society) Concilio No. 1 at 601 Main Street, Antonito,Colorado. The two story Mission Revival style building is constructed of adobe and has a white...
- Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos--Buildings--1990-2000.; Antonito (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Fraternal organizations.; Adobe buildings.; Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos--Buildings--Pictorial works.; Fraternal...
- 1992
- Magdalena Arellano Aguayo shown on the occasion of her retirement as a Physicians Assistant in pediatrics.
- Pediatric Physician Assistant Magdalena Arellano Aguayo poses with Mayor John Hickenlooper and Sandos Westside Family Health Center Director, Mary O'Connor, M.D., on her retirement after 25 (twenty-five) years of service with the Denver Health...
- Hispanic Americans--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Mayors--Colorado--Denver--2000-2010.; Medical personnel.; Physicians.; Women.; Aguayo, Magdalena Arellano--Pictorial works.; Hickenlooper. John W.--Pictorial works.; O'Connor, Mary E.,...
- 2007
- Original S.M.P.D.T.U. membership ledger
- View of the original membership ledger of the Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos (S.P.M.D.T.U.) in the office at the Concilio Superior hall, Antonito (Conejos County), Colorado. Shows a large, handwritten ledger on a stove.
- 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.; Registers.; Sociedad Protección...
- [2002]
- Gilpin County
- View of a gravestone in a cemetery in Gilpin County, Colorado; shows a single stone, ornately carved with the raised image of a hand holding open a bible surrounded by tassels and curtains; inscription reads: "S. W. Lincoln. M. D. Born in Saratoga...
- Gilpin County (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Gilpin County--1930-1970.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Gilpin County--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1966]
- Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Mardi Gras Ball
- Concilio Superior meeting hall
- View of the Concilio Superior for La Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos on main street in Antonito (Conejos County), Colorado. Shows a two story plastered building with a shaped parapet, pilasters topped with spheres, and a recessed...
- Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos--Buildings--2000-2010.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--2000-2010.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--2000-2010.; Antonito (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Fraternal organizations.; Buildings.; Sociedad Protección...
- 2005 June 26]
- Tomas Romero
- Tomas Romero, secretary for the Concilio Superior for La Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos sits at a computer his office in Antonito (Conejos County), Colorado. He wears glasses and a sweater and has gray hair. A painting of...
- 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.; Office workers.; Older people.;...
- 2005 June 14]
- Bust portrait of Celedonio Mondragon
- Bust portrait of Celedonio Mondragon, founder of la Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos, this portrait hangs in the Concilio Superior Hall in Antonito (Conejos County), Colorado. Shows a man in a suit and tie, he has a full mustache,...
- Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos--1990-2000.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1990-2000.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1990-2000.; Antonito (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Fraternal organizations.; Portrait paintings.; Mondragon, Celedonio,...
- [1993?]
- Concilio Superior, Antonito, Colorado
- Group portrait of members of the Concilio Superior of the Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos (S.P.M.D.T.U) pose in the office of the Concilio Superior hall in Antonito (Conejos County), Colorado. Shows middle aged and older men and...
- Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos--People--2000-2010.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--2000-2010.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Antonito--2000-2010.; Antonito (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Fraternal organizations.; Women.; Older people.;...
- [2004]
- 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]
- S.P.M.T.U. Concilio # 16, La Garita
- View of the abandoned Concilio #16 (sixteen) for La Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos in La Garita (Saguache County), Colorado. Shows an adobe building with a low gabled roof, double wooden doors and signs that read: "S.P.M.D.T.U....
- Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos--People--1990-2000.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1990-2000.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1990-2000.; La Garita (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Fraternal organizations.; Adobe buildings.; Abandoned...
- [1993]
- Michael Atencio
- Portrait of Michael Atencio, he wears a devisa (ribbon and badge) at a convention of the Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos in Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico. The ribbon belonged to his grandfather, Fredrico Ortiz, Jr. of Ortiz,...
- Ortiz, Frederico--Associated objects.; Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos--People--2000-2010.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--2000-2010.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--2000-2010.; Ranchos de Taos (N.M.)--2000-2010.; Fraternal...
- [2006]
- Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos
- Hispanic American men pose at a meeting of the S.P.M.D.T.U. or Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos (Society for Mutual Protection of United Workers) in their building in Antonito (Conejos County), Colorado. The men sit or stand near...
- Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos--People--1930-1940.; Hispanic Americans--1930-1940.; Mexican Americans--1930-1940.; Antonito (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Fraternal organizations.; Interiors.; Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores...
- [1935?]
- Charles S. Stobie and his two Indian scouts
- Photograph of a newspaper clipping. Illustration shows Charles S. Stobie flanked by his North American Indian (Ute) scouts. (Left) Wanzito (Antelope), and (right) Chief Piah (Black Tail Deer.
- Indians of North America.; Ute Indians.; Artists--American--1860-1870.; Clippings.; Military scouts.; Piah, Ute chief.; Wanzito.; Stobie, Charles S., 1845-1931.
- [between 1865 and 1869?]
- Longmont National Bank
- View from intersection of the exterior of the two-story Longmont National Bank, Colorado, housed in the corner of a brick block with decorative tiles and marble entry surround. Bronze plaque on corner reads: The Longmont National Bank, Savings...
- Longmont (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Banks--Colorado--Longmont--1920-1930.
- 1926 November 23
- Thatcher
- View of the rectangular two story Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad depot, Thatcher, Las Animas County, Colorado. The station features board and batten siding, bay window, bracketed gable roof and double hung pane windows. Town named for M. D....
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--1900-1920.; Thatcher (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Thatcher--1900-1920.; Railroads--Colorado--Thatcher--1900-1920.
- [between 1905 and 1920]
- 727th AAA MG Battalion, Officers
- Group portrait of the officers of the 727th AAA MG Battalion taken at Camp Hale, Colorado. The men are identified Left to right standing BACK ROW: 1) Moore, Arthur E., (2 Nixon, Joe, (3 Jackson, Dudley, (4 McKinstry, Neal, 5( Kirk, James, 6)...
- Military officers--1940-1950.; World War, 1939-1940--Regimental histories--United States.; United States. Army. Antitank Battalion, 727th.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [June, 1944]
- Symes Block Denver
- Rooftop view of the Symes Block at 16th (Sixteenth) and Champa Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado. Pedestrians walk nearby. Signs read: "M. Philipsbor[n] Cigars [...]," "A. T. Lewis & Son," and "M. D. Barnett (Of Course) Will Occupy Nov. 1st Hats...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Mine tramway
- A miner steers a mine tramway engine, it pulls loaded mine ore cars, at a mine near Idaho Springs (Clear Creek County), Colorado. The side of the engine reads: "Argo M. D. T. & T. Co." A sign over the tunnel entrance reads: "Positively No...
- Argo Tunnel Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mine railroads--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1900.
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Interior, St. John's Cathedral, Denver, Colo.
- Interior view of the Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist (also known as St. John's Church in the Wilderness and Saint John's Cathedral)in Denver, Colorado; shows the altar, apse, arcades, groin vaults, pews, and stained glass.
- Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Cathedrals--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.; Episcopal churches--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.
- [between 1881 and 1903?]
- Colo. City Vol. Hose Co. team
- Colorado City Hose Team pose in front of the diagonal batten door outside the brick fire station, South Twenty-sixth and Cucharas streets, El Paso County, Colorado. The men stand wearing dark underwear shirts and shorts with arms crossed and their...
- Colorado City (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Colorado City--1900-1910.; Men--Colorado--Colorado City--1900-1910.
- September 1901
- Colo. City Vol. Hose Co. in running postion
- Colorado City Hose Team are harnessed to their hose cart with flexed muscles outside the fire station, South 26th (twenty-sixth) Street at Cucharas, El Paso County, Colorado. The captain in a light colored turleneck sweater and long pants stands in...
- Colorado City (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Colorado City--1900- 1910.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Colorado City--1900-1910.
- 1901
- Gunnison, Colo. Volunteer Fire Department
- The Buck Hose Company, Gunnison Volunteer Fire Department, financed by Elisa Buck, Gunnison businessman, on Main Street and Virginia, in front of the First Nation Bank, Gunnison, Colorado. The long line of fire fighters in uniform stand with...
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.
- [between 1882 and 1884]
- Sunday morning in camp
- View of a camp camp, probably in Colorado. Two men stand near a portable stove. A man shaves a man seated on a stump near a tent erected on a log frame.
- Camping--Colorado--1880-1890.; Shaving--Colorado--1880-1890.; Tents--Colorado--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Glen Eyrie, Residence of Gen'l Palmer No. 403.
- View of Glen Eyrie, near Manitou Springs, Colorado; a frame residence built in 1871 by General William Palmer, founder of Colorado Springs and prominent Manitou Springs citizen. It has bays, dormers, balustrades and covered porches. The lookout of...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1890.; Palmer, William Jackson, 1836-1909--Homes & haunts.
- [between 1871 and 1887?]
- Green Mt Falls Colo. C. M. Ry.
- View overlooking the community of Green Mountain, Colorado, in both Teller and El Paso Counties. Landmarks include: the tracks of the Colorado and Midland Railroad, the train depot, and equipment house, and the town high school.
- Green Mountain Falls (Colo.)--1900-1910.
- [1900?]
- J. Ford home, 2335 Arapahoe Street, Denver
- View of the home of Justina Laurena Carter Ford, M.D., Denver's first African American woman doctor, at 2335 Arapahoe Street, in the Five Points Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The abandoned brick house has a covered porch, brick ornaments, and a...
- Ford, Justina, 1871-1952--Homes & haunts.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.
- 1983 July
- Hugo, Colo. hospital
- The hospital in Hugo, Colorado, has a sign which reads, "Hospital, Leslie J. Parker, M. D." The stucco building has an arched false front with dark geometric wood trim and three stories of double-hung windows. The entrance is covered by an arched...
- Hugo (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Hospitals--Colorado--Hugo--1930-1940.
- 1930
- Denver Public Schools Board of Education group photo
- Group photograph of the Denver Public School board of Education from May 1965 to May 1867. From left to right are: John H Amesse, M.D.; James D. Voorhees, Jr.; Mrs. Allegra Saunders; Kenneth R. Gher, Secretary; Palmer L. Burch, President; Dr....
- Denver Public Schools. Board of Education.; Denver Public Schools.; Denver (Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- circa 1966
- John and Mildred Connell
- Photograph taken by John Connell Sr, M.D. of his son John R Connell Jr, MD and his wife Mildred Kane Connell with their dog Tootsie taken as they were visiting him in Des Moines, Iowa.
- 1938
- Bernard F. Gipson, M.D.
- Bernard F. Gipson, M.D. Physician Studied at Howard University; first chief of surgery, Lowry Air Force Base, 1954-1956; first black doctor in the West to become a member of the American College of Surgeons; presently a diplomat of the American...
- undated
- Justina L. Ford, M.D.
- Justina L. Ford, M.D. 1871-1952 Colorado's First Black Woman Physician Came to Denver in 1902; medical practice was widespread among Spanish, foreign-born and black people; spoke eleven languages. Was the attending physician at the delivery of...
- undated
- Joseph H. P. Westbrooke, M.D.
- Joseph H. P. Westbrooke, M.D. Physician Came to Denver in 1907 to practice medicine; infiltrated the Ku Klux Klan as a member in order to apprise blacks of the Klan's plans; active civic leader; responsible for naming Dearfield, Colorado.
- undated
- S.P.M.D.T.U., Chama
- Juan Olivas poses near the La Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos, Concilio # 2 hall in Chama (Costilla County), Colorado. He wears a cap, suit and tie, and dark eyeglasses. The hall is a simple adobe building with a low pitch roof.
- Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos--People--1990-2000.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1990-2000.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1990-2000.; Antonito (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Fraternal organizations.; Sociedad Protección Mutua de...
- [between 1990 and 1995?]
- S.P.M.D.T.U. Concilio Superior meeting
- View of a Concilio Superior meeting of the Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos in Antonito (Conejos County), Colorado. Superior President Rogelio Briones wears a shirt made for the SPMDTU centennial anniversary in 2000. Other members...
- 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.; Meetings.; Women.; Briones,...
- [2000]
- First National Bank, Pueblo, Colorado. J. A. Thatcher, pres't. M. D. Thatcher, cashier.
- View of a bank in Pueblo, Pueblo County, Colorado; shows men posing by a brick building with arched windows and signs: "First National Bank."
- First National Bank (Pueblo, Colo.)--Buildings--1860-1880.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Banks--Colorado--Pueblo--1860-1880.
- [between 1869 and 1879]
- Western History Subject Index
- M. D. (Cripple Creek)
- Western History Subject Index
- M.D.C.. CORPORATION
- Western History Subject Index
- M.D.C. CORPORATION
- Western History Subject Index
- M.D.C. CORPORATION
- Western History Subject Index
- M.D.C. CORPORATION
- Western History Subject Index
- Healy, M. D