Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Unidentified - thought to be Henry Bray
- Portrait of an unidentified man, possibly Henry Bray. He wears a jacket and tie.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Four unidentified men, two seated and two standing, full length
- Full length studio portrait of four unidentified men, all wearing suits, in front of painted backdrop. Two men are seated; two are standing.
- [188-?]
- Biography, unidentified groups
- A large group of unidentified men in suits poses in rows on the steps leading up to an entrance with a pointed arch on top.
- [between 1910 and 1931?]
- Biography, unidentified groups
- Three unidentified men stand in front of a screened-in porch of a house. The man in the middle wears his pants tucked into his cowboy boots. All three wear suits.
- [between 1915 and 1931?]
- Biography, unidentified groups
- A large group of unidentified men in suits poses in three rows in front of a large doorway with a round arch of windows on its top. The men in the front row kneel on one knee.
- [between 1910 and 1931?]
- Biography, unidentified groups
- A large group of unidentified men in suits pose in rows in front of a large stone wall. The men in the front row sit on a ledge with their legs dangling.
- [between 1910 and 1931?]
- A. T. Lewis drivers
- Group portrait of A. T. Lewis & Son Dry Goods Store drivers and trucks, in Denver, Colorado. A boy is with the men; brick apartments are in the background.
- A. T. Lewis & Son Dry Goods Company--People.--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Dry goods stores--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Employees--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Trucks--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1925 and 1930?]
- Abbey Theatre Irish Players
- Group portrait of the Abbey Theatre Irish Players in Denver, Colorado; shows men and women in winter coats. The Broadway Theater entrance is in the background.
- Abbey Theatre--People--1930-1940.; Broadway Theater (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Actors--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- 1932 February 11-13
- Abbey Theatre Irish Players
- Group portrait of the Abbey Theatre Irish Players in Denver, Colorado; shows men and women in winter coats. The Broadway Theater entrance is in the background.
- Abbey Theatre--People--1930-1940.; Broadway Theater (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Actors--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- 1932 February 11-13
- Roseann Abrahamson - Blackfoot
- Abrahamson, Roseann--Pictorial works.; Indians of North America--Pictorial works.
- 1988
- Miners
- Men surround an injured man (in shock?) in a mine in (possibly), Colorado. One holds a pitcher and a spoon, another has his eyes opened wide and holds a candle.
- Accidents--Colorado--1890-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--1890-1910.; Miners--Colorado--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1895 and 1901?]
- Female swimmers on picnic
- Women and a man (performing a headstand) pose in swimsuits during a picnic in Colorado.
- Acrobatics--Colorado--1910-1920.; Bathing suits--1910-1920.; Men--Colorado--1910-1920.; Picnics--Colorado--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Theater students
- Men and women students pose with their teachers near the entrance to the "School of the Theatre Class Room" in Denver, Colorado. A trellis is over the walkway near the entrance to the building.
- Acting teachers--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Actors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Ned Buntline, Buffalo Bill & Texas Jack
- Studio portrait of Ned Buntline (E.Z.C. Judson), Buffalo Bill (W.F. Cody) and Texas Jack (J.B. Omohundro). They acted in a dramatic play entitled, "The Scouts of the Prairie."
- Actors--1870-1880.; Celebrities--1870-1880.; Entertainers--1870-1880.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buntline, Ned, 1822 or 3-1886.; Omohundro, John Burwell, 1846-1880.
- [1872]
- His Name on the Door
- Men and women pose on a stage for a production of "His Name on the Door" in (probably) Colorado; stage features desks, telephone, newspaper rack, portrait of Lincoln, a water cooler, and signs: "Mr. Brent," and "Library." The performers are (L to...
- Actors--Colorado--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--1900-1910.; Theaters--Colorado--1900-1910.; Caldara, Orme.; Clayton, Ethel, 1884-1966.; Gaston, George.; Goodwin, J. H.; Green, Walter D.; Lee, Ralph, actor.; Sheridan, Frank.; Stone, Mason.;...
- 1909-1910
- His Name on the Door
- Men and a woman pose on a stage for a production of "His Name on the Door" in probably Colorado; stage features a desk, telephone, newspaper rack, portrait of Lincoln, and sign: "Library." The performers are (L to R) Jerome Storm, George Gaston,...
- Actors--Colorado--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--1900-1910.; Theaters--Colorado--1900-1910.; Gaston, George.; Hale, Louise Closser, 1872-1933.; Lee, Ralph, actor.; Storm, Jerome.
- 1909-1910
- Actors and actresses
- An man and woman clown for the camera in a dressing room possibly in Denver, Colorado. He wears a top hat and house coat; she wears a dancers costume with a feathered boa and applies makeup to his face with a powder puff. Mr. Rhoads' reflection is...
- Actors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Rhoads, Harry Mellon, 1880 or 81-1975.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- AdAmAn Club
- AdAmAn Club members wait in sweaters, jackets, and flannel shirts, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. One stands by radios; a hand-lettered notice on the interior wall reads: "Car Stickers 2 for 5 cents."
- AdAmAn Club (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Clubs--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1950-1960.; Radios--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Press crew
- Press members in military foul-weather gear, crouch in snow among rocks during the annual New Year's Eve Pikes Peak climb by the AdAmAn Club. Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. One holds food; another talks on a portable radio phone, a...
- AdAmAn Club (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Journalists--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1950-1960.; Mountaineering--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1950-1960.;...
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- AdAmAn Club Colorado Springs, Colorado, leaving the "City of Sunshine" bound for the snow banks on the summit of Pikes Peak to hold its annual New Year's meeting a unique fireworks display
- The AdAmAn Club poses in winter clothes including laced boots, fur collared parkas, striped knit hats, and mittens, above Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. The log house, base camp behind with the sign: "Barr's Camp."
- AdAmAn Club (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--People--1920-1940.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Clubs--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1920-1940.; Log buildings--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1920-1940.; Mountaineering--Colorado--Colorado...
- [between 1925 and 1940?]
- Teachers Corps
- Group portrait of members of the Adams State College Teacher Corps Program, 1975-1977, pose in front of a building in Alamosa, Colorado. They are identified as: standing, Thom Horn; Given Bauer; Dick Richmond, Asst. Supt. Monte Vista; Larence...
- Adams State College. Teachers Corps Program--People--1970-1980.; Mexican Americans--1970-1980.; Hispanic Americans--1970-1980.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Teachers.; School superintendents.; Adams State College. Teachers Corps Program--Pictorial...
- [1977?]
- Where Walter and Anna Halsey first met
- View of a (possibly Presbyterian) mission school in probably northern New Mexico. Men and women, boys and girls, teachers and students pose in front of the adobe building with a pitched roof. An adobe house and a two story building are beside the...
- Adobe buildings--New Mexico--1880-1890.; Church schools--New Mexico--1880-1890.; Students--New Mexico--1880-1890.; Teachers--New Mexico--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- [Ninth] 9th annual convention 11th district Advertising Federation of America Denver, Colo.
- Panoramic view of men and women, members of the Advertising Federation of America, 11th District, who pose near the Brown Palace Hotel at 17th (Seventeenth) Street and Broadway in downtown Denver, Colorado. The men wear suits and coats. The women...
- Advertising Federation of America--People--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Business people--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- 1931 March
- Group of Browns Park men before the turn of the century
- Group portrait of cowboys in Brown's Park (Moffat County), Colorado, or (Daggett County) Utah; shows men identified as "Joe Davenport, George Brown, John Dempshire, Felix Meyers, Isom Dart (a Black man, a.k.a. Ned Huddleston), 'Tall' Wilson, Frank...
- African Americans--1860-1880.; Horseback riding--1860-1880.; Men--1860-1880.
- [between 1865 and 1875?]
- John Taylor and Dick Charlie
- Standing portrait of a Native American Ute man, identified as Dick Charlie and an African American man, John Taylor. Charlie is a full-blooded Ute, Taylor, a Black man, is a Ute by marriage. Both men wear vested suits; Charlie with earrings and a...
- African Americans--1880-1910.; Indians of North America--1880-1910.; Ute Indians--1880-1910.; Charlie, Dick.; Taylor, John.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Rural folk band
- Brothers José Filiberto Martinez, far left with violin and Gaspar Martinez, 2nd left with guitar, play with a rural folk band in San Luis Valley, Colorado. Other musicians include a second man with a violin, a man with a washtub, and two men...
- African Americans--1910-1920.; Hispanic Americans--1910-1920.; Musicians.; Martinez, Gaspar--Pictorial works.; Martinez, Jose Filiberto--Pictorial works.; African Americans--San Luis Valley (Colo. and N.M.)--Pictorial works.; Folk musicians--San...
- [between 1915 and 1920?]
- Mine and miners
- Men (one Black) pose by a mine entrance, ore car tracks, a shed, and tools including a knife sharpening wheel, and milling machinery. Letters on an ore car read: "B. H. Peoples."
- African Americans--1910-1930.; Mine buildings--1910-1930.; Miners--1910-1930.; Mining--1910-1930.
- [between 1919 and 1930?]
- The family: me at 7 yrs, mother, dad
- Marie Anderson (later Marie L. Greenwood), an African American child of seven years poses with her parents, Joseph Anderson (a Creole from Louisiana) and Sarah Garrett Anderson (from Texas) on a porch of a house. Marie wears a print dress, socks,...
- African Americans--1920-1930.; Families--1920-1930.; Anderson, Joseph; Anderson, Sarah Garrett.; Greenwood, Marie L.
- 1920
- Olin T. Ward and Clarence Watkins
- Olin T. Ward (left) and Clarence Watkins pose for a studio portrait in Honolulu, Hawaii. The African American men wear uniforms, award ribbons, and garrison caps.
- African Americans--1940-1950.; World War, 1939-1945--African Americans.; Soldiers--1940-1950.; Ward, Olin T.; Watkins, Clarence.; United States. Army.--People--1940-1950.
- between 1940 and 1945
- Daddy Bruce Randolph
- Portrait of Daddy Bruce Randolph, African-American restaurateur and philanthropist, in (possibly) Denver, Colorado.
- African Americans--1980-1990.; Men--1980-1990.; Philanthropists--1980-1990.; Randolph, Bruce, 1900-
- 1980
- Indian sisters
- Studio portrait of Native American (Ute) sisters, an infant and a Black girl. Kitty Cloud Taylor has her hand on the shoulder of her African American daughter, Enterpe Taylor. Her sister holds an infant.
- African Americans--Children--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--Children--1880-1900.; Infants--1880-1900.; Ute Indians--Women--1880-1900.; Taylor, Enterpe.; Taylor, Kitty Cloud.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Picnicing [sic] in the mountains
- People pose during a picnic in Colorado; men, women, and a girl sit by wicker baskets, jugs, and kegs. A Black woman is by a buggy.
- African Americans--Colorado--1880-1890.; Girls--Colorado--1880-1890.; Picnics--Colorado--1880-1890.; Women--Colorado--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Children
- Four unidentified girls (two are African-American) pose with their arms around each other at a park or camp, probably in Colorado.
- African Americans--Colorado--1930-1940.; Girls--Colorado--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Children
- Two unidentified girls (one is African-American) sit on porch steps with their arms around each other, probably in Colorado.
- African Americans--Colorado--1930-1940.; Girls--Colorado--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Children
- Four unidentified girls (two are African-American) sit on porch steps with their arms around each other, probably in Colorado.
- African Americans--Colorado--1930-1940.; Girls--Colorado--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Children
- Four unidentified girls (two are African-American) sit on porch steps with their arms around each other, probably in Colorado.
- African Americans--Colorado--1930-1940.; Girls--Colorado--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Children
- Three unidentified girls (one African-American) sit on porch steps with their arms around each other, probably in Colorado.
- African Americans--Colorado--1930-1940.; Girls--Colorado--1930-1940.; Hugging--Colorado--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Blues Brothers impersonators
- Richard Castro, civil rights leader and Colorado legislator, and Michael Simmons perform as the "Blues Brothers" at a fund raiser for Federico Peña, candidate for Mayor of Denver, at the Denver Hilton Hotel in Denver, Colorado. Both men sing in...
- African Americans--Colorado--1980-1990.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Entertainers.; Politicians.; Castro, Richard Thomas, 1946-1991--Pictorial works.; Simmons, Michael--Pictorial works.; African...
- [1983?]
- Rev. and Mrs. Ollie Brown Colorado Springs
- Reverend Ollie Brown and his wife, pose near a rock formation in Colorado Springs. Mrs. Brown wears a dress, stockings and ankle-strap shoes. Rev. Brown wears a suit, tie, stiff-collared shirt, vest with a watch fob that has a cross on it and a...
- African Americans--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1920-1930.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Clergy--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1920-1930.; Spouses--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1920-1930.; Brown, Ollie.
- 1929
- Employees of U.S. Mint, Denver
- Men and women employees of the Denver Mint, who include two African Americans (Blacks), pose on the steps of the entrance to the United States Mint at Cherokee and Colfax Streets in Denver, Colorado. Shows friezes over the arched windows and...
- African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Employees--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Mints--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; United States Mint (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.
- 1915
- Annual outing for Colorado Tire & Leather, Co. later to become Gates Rubber Co.
- Men, women, and children pose by a railroad passenger coach in Denver, Colorado, at the Colorado Tire and Leather Company annual employee outing. Three African-American men hold musical instruments.
- African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Employees--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Recreation--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1917 or 1918
- Police officers
- Five police officers stand on the sidewalk near a large glass window in Denver, Colorado. The men wear uniform jackets with two rows of buttons. One of the men is an African American (Black) officer. Signs on the window read: "Chas. [?] Mus[?],"...
- African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Police--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1925?]
- Sacred Thirty Six - Denver Country Club
- Group portrait of guests and African American (Black) waiters at a dinner party at the Denver Country Club in Denver, Colorado; decor includes nouveau borders, light fixtures, and a taxidermied fish. Legible identification reads: "Right hand wing,...
- African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Denver Country Club (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Banquets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Country clubs--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.;...
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Fancy dress
- An African American (Black) woman and girl pose by a fence on Lafayette Street in Denver, Colorado; outfits include lace and a straw hat.
- African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Soup kitchen for unemployed
- Interior view of a soup kitchen for the unemployed in Denver, Colorado; African American (Black) and white men and boys sit or stand at tables with bowls of soup and bread. Shows a coffee urn and cafeteria employees.
- African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Cafeterias--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Food relief--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Unemployed--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1921?
- Yvonne; It won't bite, Sherman
- Yvonne Belle and Earl Sherman, two African American children pose together. Yvonne wears a dress and has a bow in her hair. Earl Sherman wears short pants and a long-sleeve shirt.
- African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Children--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Belle, Yvonne.; Sherman, Earl.
- [between 1929 and 1930]
- What a class!!
- African American teenage girls, who include Margaret Mackey, June and Charlotte, and a young girl sit on the steps of the house of Virginia Woodward, their Sunday School teacher. They wear dresses, stockings and "pump" shoes with ankle straps; one...
- African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Porches--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Mackey, Virginia, Denver resident.; Woodward,...
- [between 1929 and 1930]
- Me, Charlotte, Margie, aren't we hot stuff?
- Marie Anderson (later Marie L. Greenwood), Margaret Mackey, and Charlotte, three African American teenage girls pose in front of the house of Virginia Woodward, their Sunday School teacher. They wear dresses, stockings, and shoes with either a bow...
- African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Teenagers--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Greenwood, Marie L.; Mackey, Margaret, Denver resident.; Woodward, Virginia--Homes & haunts.
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Bet it was Charlotte's idea
- Margie, June and Charlotte, three teenage African American girls, pose in front of the home of Virginia Woodward, their Sunday School teacher, in Denver, Colorado. They wear dresses and stockings; one wears a jacket; they stand in a circle and hold...
- African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Teenagers--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Woodward, Virginia--Homes & haunts.
- [between 1929 and 1930]
- Remember those good old days, Margie and Eleanor?
- Two African American teenage girls identified as Margie and Eleanor, sit atop a slide at Rocky Mountain Lake Park, Denver, Colorado. One wears a "sailor" style blouse and skirt; the other wears a "sailor" hat, shirt and overalls.
- African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Sliding boards--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Teenagers--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- 1930 May