Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Nal-Tzuck-ichm, Apache squaw, spy in Chiricahua Campaign
- Seated studio portrait of Nal-Tzuck-ich, (Cut Nose) a Native American Chiricahua Apache woman wearing a ruffled skirt and polka-dot blouse, posed with a beaded bag, prop cactus and a pitched basket jar. The fleshy part of her nose has been cut off...
- Chiricahua Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Noses--1880-1890.; Women--1880-1890.; Cut Nose.
- 1883
- Sharp Nose, Chief of the Arapahoes Ft. Washakie, Wyoming
- Sharp Nose, a Native American (Arapaho) man, poses indoors at Fort Washakie, Wyoming. He wears a scarf around his neck.
- Arapaho Indians--Wyoming--Fort Washakie--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Wyoming--Fort Washakie--1890-1900.; Fort Washakie (Wyo.)--1890-1900.; Tribal chiefs--Wyoming--Fort Washakie--1890-1900.; Sharp Nose.
- [between 1890-1900?]
- Arapahoe men
- Friday, Sharp Nose, Black Coal, Six Feathers, and other Native American (Arapaho) men pose outdoors with white men at Fort Robinson, Nebraska. Some of the Arapahoe men hold rifles, they wear moccasins, leggings, blankets, vests, hair pipe chokers,...
- Arapaho Indians--Nebraska--Fort Robinson--1880-1910.; Indians of North America--Nebraska--Fort Robinson--1880-1910.; Fort Robinson (Neb.)--1880-1910.; Black Coal.; Sharp Nose.; Six Feathers.; Friday, Bill.
- [between 1880 and 1910]
- "Nal-Tzuck-chi" Apache squaw, spy in Chiricahua campaign
- Seated studio portrait of Nal-Tzuck-ich, (Cut Nose) a Native American Chiricahua Apache woman posed wearing a ruffled skirt and polka-dot blouse, with a beaded bag, prop cactus and a pitch covered basket jar. The fleshy part of her nose has been...
- Chiricahua Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Noses--1880-1890.; Women--1880-1890.; Cut Nose.
- 1883
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 2, 1910 January 8
- Arapahoes Sharp Nose
- Studio portrait (sitting) of Sharp Nose, a Native American (Arapahoe) man. He wears a military uniform jacket.
- Arapaho Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Sharp Nose.
- [between 1884-1885]
- Arapahoes Sharp Nose's boy
- Studio portrait (crouching and standing) of Native American (Arapaho) Sharp Nose's boy and another boy. They aim bows with arrows in them. The boys wear leggings and breechcloths. One boy wears a bead necklace and scarves over his braids.
- Arapaho Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Boys--1880-1890.; Sharp Nose--Family.
- [1884-1885]
- Strike With Nose
- Studio portrait (3/4, standing) of Strike With Nose, a Native American (Sioux) man. He poses with a calumet, beaded tobacco bag, and feather fan and wears a blanket, shirt with shell pendant and quill-work, and feather headdress.
- Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Strike With Nose.
- 1899
- The defiance of Roman Nose
- Shows Roman Nose, a Native American (Cheyenne) man, on horseback at the Battle of Beecher Island. A group of spectators on horseback cheer him on.
- Cheyenne Indians--War--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--War--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--1890-1900.; Roman Nose.; Beecher Island, Battle of, 1868.
- [between 1940 and 1960]
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 12, 1910 March 19
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 13, 1910 March 26
- Annual: East Denver High School, 1917
- 1917 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1917
- 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
- Colorado Marriages 1858-1939 N
- Marriage records--Colorado; Colorado--Genealogy.
- Denver and Pueblo Naturalization Index
- Children's Fountain City Park, Denver
- View of a detail of the Children's Fountain in City Park, Denver, Colorado. The statue is a copy (1912) by French sculptor Max Blondet, of a Henry C. Charpeot original in Düsseldorf, Germany. The Italian white marble statue features three...
- City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Sculpture.; Vandalism.; Sculpture--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Vandalism--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; City Park (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Denver...
- 1985
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 43, 1911 October 21
- Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Number 8, 1921 August
- Central Block, Pueblo
- A crowd of men, women, and children stand on sidewalks, possibly to watch a parade, in front of the Thurlow-Hutton Central Block Building on 2nd (Second) and Main Streets in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. The rusticated stone office building has...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1920.; Office buildings--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915?]
- London Mine, women workers
- A woman worker sorts through rocks on a conveyor belt at a mill building for a London Mine near Alma (Parker County), Colorado. She wears work overalls, heavy gloves, and a cap. Glasses rest on her nose.
- Women employees--Colorado--Alma--1940-1950.; Alma (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Alma--1940-1950.; Mills--Colorado--Alma--1940-1950.; Ore industry--Colorado--Alma--1940-1950.; Women--Colorado--Alma--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Portrait of a middle-aged woman
- Full length studio portrait of a middle-aged woman who poses with her arm resting on an upholstered chair. She wears a simple dark colored dress with a double row of buttons on the bodice. Her hair is parted in the middle and pulled back. Eye...
- Women--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Portrait of a man
- Double exposure studio portrait of a man who wears a buttoned suit jacket and neck tie. Eyeglasses are balanced on his nose and his hair is parted on the side.
- Men--1890-1910.
- [between 1891 and 1901?]
- Agriculture - livestock - cattle
- Young men hold a (Holstein?) bull with ropes and a nose ring, in (probably) Denver, Colorado; barns and silos are in the background.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Cattle--Colorado--Denver--1900-1930.
- [between 1904 and 1925?]
- Flute
- Shows a flute possibly made by the Jicarilla Apache Indians. The flute is decorated with light green and orange paint, buckskin strips, and cowrie shells. A tin vent regulator is attached at the bottom of the flute.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1920.; Flutes--1880-1920.
- [between 1880 and 1920]
- Head stall
- From Colorado Historical Society notes: "Head stall (bridle) for horse. This belonged to Chipeta. Loomed beadwork sewn on cotton cloth, designs range from simple floral (green and red alternating flowers on nose cross-piece) to more intricate leaf...
- Bridles--1875-1915.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1875-1915.; Ute Indians--Arts & crafts--1875-1915.; Chipeta--Associated objects.
- [between 1875 and 1915]
- Actor Leadville
- Portrait of an actor in Leadville (Lake County) Colorado; he wears a suit and a Comedia dell ̓Arte type mask with a prominent nose and sideburns.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Actors--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1900.; Masks--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1900.
- [between 1881 or 1892?]
- Cripple Creek, 1895
- Two-story wooden frame flat-roof commercial buildings on southwest corner of Bennett Avenue and Second (2nd) Street, Cripple Creek, Colorado; horse-drawn wagon is tethered to fire hydrant at corner of street; lettering on windows include: "Palace...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Drugstores--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1895
- Cripple Creek, S.W. corner of Bennett and 2nd, before the fire, 1893
- One and two-story row of wooden frame and brick commercial buildings on the southwest corner of Bennett Avenue and Second (2nd) Street, Cripple Creek, Colorado; horse-drawn wagons are parked along boardwalk; corner building has a recessed...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Drugstores--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1895]
- Burns building, Colorado Springs
- Facade view of the Burns Building, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, shows the three story Beaux Arts opera house with overhanging bronze roof entrance. Lettering on upper windows reads: "Dr. Lennox, Dr. Baker," "Dr. C. T. Cain, Dentist,"...
- Burns Building (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Theaters--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1920-1930.
- [between 1921 and 1928]
- Ward family at Briarhurst Mansion
- A group of people sit in front of a fireplace at Briarhurst Mansion in Manitou Springs, Colorado. Men in tuxedoes and women in puff shouldered, satin and lace jabot necked bodices lounge on the floor, looking quite relaxed. A tophat sits brim up on...
- Bell, William Abraham--Homes & haunts.; Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1900.; Ward family.
- [between 1892 and 1896?]
- Confederate reunion
- View of horse race bettors in Trinidad, Colorado. A woman wearing a white straw cowboy hat stands in line while a man behind her holds her striped hand bag and looks on. He has a watch chain looped from his pocket to his waist. Another woman in a...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Gambling--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.
- August, 1939
- Man covering mouth
- A man walks out of a restroom with his mouth and nose covered by his hands, probably in Denver, Colorado. Also shows numbered lockers and a water fountain.
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Cripple Creek, Colorado
- South Second St. at the corner of Beunett Ave., Cripple Creek, Colorado. Men sit on a stagecoach, on horses and stand on sidewalk. Shows an open wagon and brick buildings with awnings and business signs: "Ardell [Harne]ss and Saddles", "National...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Stagecoaches--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1897 and 1898?]
- Ki-on-twog-ky or Cornplant, Seneca
- Reproduction of a lithograph shows a head and shoulders portrait of Kiontwogky or Cornplant, a Native American (Seneca) man. He wears a wrap around his shoulders, a decorative collar and necklace, a nose ring, earrings, a head wrap with plumage,...
- Indians of North America--1830-1840.; Seneca Indians--1830-1840.; Ki-on-twog-ky.
- [between 1940 and 1970?]
- Children with clown
- A group of (possibly) Down's Syndrome boys and girls watch as a boy squeezes a clowns nose in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Clowns--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Kuykendall Transportation Co. Cripple Creek
- Men pose outside, near, and on the Kuykendall Transportation Company's stagecoach, "Andy Hughes" in Cripple Creek, Teller County, Colorado. The hitched stagecoach, with a team of five horses, stands in the street, near brick buildings with awnings....
- Kuykendall Transportation Company.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Liquor stores--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Stagecoaches--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1894 or 1895?]
- Central City people
- In Central City, Colorado, a man in a suit, top hat and glasses, wearing a pin styled after a sheriff's badge and holding a cane, is surrounded by the faces of three clowns and another man in a hat. The clown on the right is holding onto the man's...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Clowns--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1957
- Mask Day prize winners, Festival of Mtn. & Plain
- A participant in Mask Day at the Festival of Mountain and Plain in Denver, Colorado, wears a costume of tattered pants and jacket, an oversized hat, and a mask. The mask is a caricature of a hobo, with large lips and nose, and a cigarette in its...
- Festival of Mountain and Plain (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Costumes--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Festivals--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Masks--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Tramps--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- 1899
- Pancho, Maricopa
- Head and shoulders studio portrait of Pancho, a Native American (Maricopa) man. He wears his hair in long braids with bangs. His face is tattooed or painted with lines that extend from the corners of his mouth down to his chin, out to his ears; a...
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Maricopa Indians--1890-1900.; Aged persons--1890-1900.; Body marking--1890-1900.; Pancho, Maricopa Indian.
- 1899
- Site of the Battle of Beecher's Island as it appears in 1917. The south channel of the Arickaree has been closed, owing to the sifting sands of the stream. Taken at one of the annual reunions of the scouts
- View of tents, buildings, horses, and cattle at an annual scout reunion to commemorate the Battle of Beecher Island near Wray, in Yuma County, Colorado. The Arickaree flows near the camp. The Battle of Beecher Island monument is visible in the...
- Beecher Island, Battle of, 1868--Monuments.; Cheyenne Indians--Commemoration--Colorado--Yuma County--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--Commemoration--Colorado--Yuma County--1910-1920.; Yuma County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Monuments &...
- 1917
- Exhibit, Ice Palace, Leadville Colo.
- Cropped copy image of an 1896 W.H. Jackson photo of a taxidermied wolves exhibit inside Leadville, Colorado's Ice Palace, which was built for the Winter Crystal Carnival. Three wolves on ice blocks are covered with snow. The wolf on the left...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Ice sculpture--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Taxidermy--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Wolves--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.
- [between 1940 and 1960?]
- Denver High School football team of 1897
- Studio portrait of members of the 1897 Denver High School football team and their coaches. The two men wear suits and ties. The players wear striped, wool sweaters and socks, shoulder pads, padded pants, and high-top ankle boots. Two boys have nose...
- Denver High School (Denver, Colo.)--People--1890-1900.; Coaches (Athletics)--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Football players--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- 1897
- VGN locomotive, engine number 702, engine type 2-8-8-2
- Three-quarter view of right side of engine, from front end, nose in roundhouse. Photographed: Page, W. Va., July 9, 1953.
- Locomotives--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1953.; Railroad locomotives--West Virginia--Page.; Virginian Railway.
- 1953
- Parade, opening of Ice Palace, Leadville, Colo.
- Street scene of people dressed in winter coats and hats at a parade for the Ice Palace opening in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado. People are on horses or burros, in wagons, or beside commercial businesses. Signs read: "Eye, Ear, Nose & Throat,"...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.
- 1896 January 1
- Activity sheepherding
- Numbers are printed on the striped shirt of this inmate at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado. He crouches, wearing a straw hat and holding a lamb with a dark nose and legs.
- Canon City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Prisoners--Colorado--Canon City--1930-1940.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1937
- Toro, Toro! an old time Californian vaquero after a wild steer
- View of a Mexican American cowboy with a lasso on horseback. Longhorn cattle are in the distance. The vaquero wears a sombrero, a woven blanket over his shoulders, pants or chaps with buttons along the seam and fringe over boots, and a cloth mask...
- Mexican Americans--California--1890-1900.; Cowboys--California--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--California--1890-1900.; Roping--California--1890-1900.
- 1893 December 9
- Downtown Denver street scene
- View of 16th (Sixteenth) and Stout Streets in downtown Denver. The Gano & Company Men's Outfitters occupies the first floor of the Steele Building on the southeast corner; awnings hang over the windows, a sign advertises furnished rooms, and...
- Signs and signboards--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Awnings--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Bicycles & tricycles--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Business...
- [between 1896 and 1897?]
- Vice president Joe H. Dekker
- Joe H. Dekker, vice president of the Roundup Riders of the Rockies, poses on horseback near a corral in Colorado. He wears a cowboy hat, bandana, western shirt, chaps and gloves. His horse has a tooled western saddle with stirrup covers, a...
- Roundup Riders of the Rockies (Colo.)--People--1940-1950.; Trail riding--Colorado--1940-1950.; Clothing & dress--Colorado--1940-1950.; Horseback riding--Colorado--1940-1950.; Horses--Colorado--1940-1950.; Organizations--Colorado--1940-1950.;...
- 1948 July
- Joe Dekker and "El Segundo"
- Joe Dekker, vice president of the Roundup Riders of the Rockies, sits astride his horse "El Segundo," as he makes him rear up on his hind legs. Dekker wears a cowboy hat, western shirt, and chaps. The horse tack includes a martingale and a...
- Roundup Riders of the Rockies (Colo.)--People--1940-1950.; Trail riding--Colorado--1940-1950.; Horseback riding--Colorado--1940-1950.; Horses--Colorado--1940-1950.; Organizations--Colorado--1940-1950.; Dekker, Joe H.
- 1948 July
- Tony Archer, theater owner, partner with Joe Dekker
- Tony Archer, a member of the Roundup Riders of the Rockies, poses on horseback on a dirt road on a trail ride in Colorado. Archer wears jeans, a western shirt, a bandana, and a cowboy hat. His paint horse has a tooled saddle and martingale, and a...
- Roundup Riders of the Rockies (Colo.)--People--1940-1950.; Trail riding--Colorado--1940-1950.; Clothing & dress--Colorado--1940-1950.; Horseback riding--Colorado--1940-1950.; Organizations--Colorado--1940-1950.; Archer, Anthony P.
- 1948 July