Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- In the Cripple Creek "Boom Days," March, 1894
- Four men stand on wooden platform in front of wooden framed office building, Cripple Creek, Colorado; men are identified as: Bela Kadish, Spencer Penrose, Edward Newhouse, Charles L. Tutt, Sr.; Cripple Creek Sampling & Ore Company building is in...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Kadish, Bela.; Newhouse, Edward.; Penrose, Spencer, 1865-1939--Tomb.; Tutt, Charles L., Sr.
- March, 1894
- Stella Andreva, Margit Boker, Anna Kaskas
- Three head and shoulder, studio portraits of actors are clipped to a board in Central City, Colorado. Two of the prints are clipped next to each other, the third is sideways under the other two. One actress wears a chiffon dress with a square...
- Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Actresses--1940-1950.; Andreva, Stella.; Boker, Margit.; Kaskas, Anna.
- May, 1941
- Minnie Reynolds Scalabrino on her visit to Denver
- Seated portrait of women's suffragist Minnie Reynolds Scalabrino in Denver, Colorado; she wears a wool coat with a fur collar and cuffs, gloves, and a hat.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Suffragists--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Scalabrino, Minnie Reynolds.
- November 16, 1910
- Minnie Reynolds Scalabrino, early suffragist
- Standing portrait of women's suffragist Minnie Reynolds Scalabrino in Denver, Colorado; she wears a wool coat with a fur collar and cuffs, gloves, and a hat.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Suffragists--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Scalabrino, Minnie Reynolds.
- November 16, 1910
- The north side club
- View of Denver Tramway Company conductors in uniform at the North Side Club in Denver, Colorado. Interior shows: pool table, piano, American flag, and a heater.
- Denver City Tramway Company (Denver, Colo.)--People--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Billiard parlors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Clubs--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- November 1911
- Walgreen's Drugs Ft. Collins opening
- Employees of Walgreen's Drug store in Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado, pose; waitresses wear dresses with bow ties, boutonnieres, and aprons. Men wear suits, ties, and garrison caps.
- Fort Collins (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Drugstores--Colorado--Fort Collins--1940-1950.; Interiors.
- November 29, 1940
- Thanksgiving at Donovan's on Champa Street
- A group of men, women, and a girl pose on the porch of the Donovan house probably at 3126 Champa Street in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Families--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- November [between 1900 and 1910]
- Thanksgiving at Bagley's on York Street
- Weze Hopkins and a group of men, women, and children pose outdoors near the Bagley house on York Street in Denver, Colorado. Margaret Bagley wears a hat and a coat decorated with elaborate ribbons.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Families--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Bagley, Margaret.; Hopkins, Weze.
- November [between 1900 and 1910]
- Thanksgiving at Bagley's on York Street
- Weze Hopkins and men and women pose outdoors near the Bagley house on York Street in Denver, Colorado. The women wear dresses with high collars.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Families--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Hopkins, Weze.
- November [between 1900 and 1910]
- Thanksgiving at the Leitch's on Humboldt Street
- Weze Hopkins and a group of men, women, and children pose outdoors near the George Leitch home at 2957 Humboldt Street in Denver, Colorado. The women wear dresses with high collars.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Families--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Hopkins, Weze.; Leitch, George--Homes & haunts.
- November [between 1905 and 1910]
- George S. Minot at age 20 Pvt Signal Corps, Colorado National Guard Trinidad, Colorado.
- Private George S. Minot of the Colorado National Guard, called in to suppress the UMW strike against CF&I, poses outside in Trinidad, Las Animas County, Colorado. He wears an ammunition belt and holster with his uniform.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; Colorado. National Guard--Colorado--Trinidad--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Trinidad...
- November, 1913
- Standing Rock A Sioux visiting Washington with delegation in Oct.
- Native American (Standing Rock Sioux) men pose on and near a stage, Washington, D.C. The men wear suits with ribbons on their lapels, and hats. One man holds a beaded and fringed tobacco bag and a wooden pipe. One man holds a kerchief.
- Dakota Indians--Washington (D.C.)--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Washington (D.C.)--1880-1890.; Washington (D.C.)--1880-1890.; Delegations--Washington (D.C.)--1880-1890.; Interiors--Washington (D.C.)--1880-1890.
- October, 1888
- Mathew "Bones" Hooks
- Group portrait of men on horses near Dalhart (Dallem County) Texas; Mathew "Bones" Hooks (a Black man) is fourth from left.
- Hooks, Mathew Bones, 1867-1950.; African Americans--Texas--1900-1910.; Cowboys--Texas--1900-1910.; Horseback riding--Texas--1900-1910.
- October, 1903
- Crags of Creede
- The town of Creede, in Mineral County, Colorado, is built in a narrow valley beneath steep, jagged mountains. Several shacks and wood- frame houses are nestled in the valley among evergreen trees.
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Dwellings--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- Sept., 1896
- San Juan Indians at cliff dwellings in Manitou, Colo.
- Native American (San Juan) men and boys pose at the Manitou Cliff Dwellings Museum, Manitou Springs, Colorado. They wear long shirts, vests decorated with elk teeth, beaded chokers and necklaces, beaded arm bands and cuffs; some wear fur pelt...
- Manitou Cliff Dwellings Museum (Manitou Springs, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Boys--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1910-1920.; Tewa...
- September 14, 1915
- San Juan Indians at cliff dwellings in Manitou, Colo.
- Native American (San Juan) men, women and children pose in front of a two-story building, some on a wood platform, at the Manitou Cliff Dwelling Museum, Manitou Springs, Colorado. Three men and one boy wear headdresses. One man holds a drum with...
- Manitou Cliff Dwellings Museum (Manitou Springs, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--Children--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1910-1920.; Tewa Indians Women--Colorado--Manitou...
- September 14, 1915
- Wedding at Wolhurst lavender and pink colored dresses, pink lilies, bouquets, maid of honor, pink chrysanthemums - matron all lavender.
- Bridesmaids and groomsmen pose at Wolhurst, in Littleton, Colorado, sporting suits, taffeta, wide brimmed hats, and flowers. They are identified as: (girls) Eileen Ewing, Dorothy Riche, Phyllis Campion, Fredricka McKenney, Marion Piggot, Ivor...
- Wolcott, Edward Olive, 1848-1905--Homes & haunts.; Littleton (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Estates--Colorado--Littleton--1920-1930.; Weddings--Colorado--Littleton--1920-1930.
- September 22, 1920
- Photographed at Ironton, Colorado
- In Ironton, Ouray County, Colorado, people and a dog pose by a log business with signs: "B. Ware and I. Steele. Plain Sewing;" and "Pawn Brokers Co." The men are in suits with gold chains; the women wear flounced skirts with draped overdresses,...
- Ironton (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Dogs--Colorado--Ironton--1880-1890.; Girls--Colorado--Ironton--1880-1890.; Log buildings--Colorado--Ironton--1880-1890.; Pawnshops--Colorado--Ironton--1880-1890.; Women--Colorado--Ironton--1880-1890.
- September 8, 1886
- Navajo girls arriving at T. Roosevelt school
- Native American (Navajo) girls and white men pose outdoors at Theodore Roosevelt School in Fort Apache, Arizona. The girls wear tags on their dresses. A nearby sign reads: "Headquarters".
- Indians of North America--Arizona--Fort Apache--1920-1930.; Navajo Indians--Arizona--Fort Apache--1920-1930.; Fort Apache (Ariz.)--1920-1930.; Girls--Arizona--Fort Apache--1920-1930.; School children--Arizona--Fort Apache--1920-1930.
- September, 1924
- 85th Regiment, Company G
- Group portrait of the Tenth Mountain Division, 85th Mountain Infantry Regiment, Company G. Taken at Camp Hale, Colorado, spring 1944. LEFT TO RIGHT TOP ROW: 1) Bennett, Henry, 2) Bergelt, Edward, 3) Berlow, Ralph F., 4) Lutz, James, 5) Gogolin,...
- Military personnel--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 85th. Company G.; World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.
- Spring 1944
- 87th Regiment, Company L
- Group portrait of the Tenth Mountain Division, 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment, Company L. Taken at Camp Hale, Spring 1944. Left to right top row: 1) Slusark, Stanley, 2) unidentified, 3) Katzman, Heinz, 4) unidentified, 5) unidentified, 6)...
- Military personnel--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th. Company L.; World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.
- Spring 1944
- Chipeta holding Jim McCook's & his wife's baby with Jim McCook's wife outside Delta, Colorado
- Portrait of Native American (Ute) women; Chipeta holds a baby.
- Indians of North America--Children--Colorado--Delta--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--Women--Colorado--Delta--1910-1920.; Delta (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Infants--Colorado--Delta--1910-1920.; Chipeta.; McCook, Jim, Chief--Family.
- Summer, 1912
- Shavano, Yega, Jim McCook and squaw
- Standing portrait of Native Americans (Ute) near Delta, Colorado, identified as (l to r): Monk Shavano (nephew of Chipeta), Yega, Jim McCook and his wife. The men's costume includes buffalo horn and feather headdresses, hair pipe breastplates, a...
- Indians of North America--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--Women--1910-1920.; Jim McCook, Ute Indian.; Monk Shavano.; Yega, Ute Indian.
- Summer, 1912
- D&RGW 3500, 2-8-8-2 Mallet Compound, at Burnham Shops, Denver, Colorado
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad locomotive 3500 and coal car are at Burnham Shops, Denver, Colorado. Men pose in a line with arms outstretched and fingers touching.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- Summer, 1923
- D&RGW 3500, 2-8-8-2 Mallet Compound, at Burnham Shops, Denver, Colorado
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad locomotive 3500 and coal car are at Burnham Shops, Denver, Colorado. A crowd of men pose in a line.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- Summer, 1923
- Studio Portraits of Dr. Clarence Holmes and Fairfax Holmes
- Living Portaits of African American Women
- The Denver section of the National Council of Negro Women paid tribute to Living Portraits Honorees of African American Women at the Ford-Warren Branch. Pictured are five unidentified young people at the event.
- Denver Public Library. Ford Warren Branch.; National Council of Negro Women. Denver Section.
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- Living Portaits of African American Women
- The Denver section of the National Council of Negro Women paid tribute to Living Portraits Honorees of African American Women at the Ford-Warren Branch. Pictured is an unidentified woman.
- Denver Public Library. Ford Warren Branch.; National Council of Negro Women. Denver Section.
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- Living Portaits of African American Women
- The Denver section of the National Council of Negro Women paid tribute to Living Portraits Honorees of African American Women at the Ford-Warren Branch. Pictured are the unidentified women being honored and the audience behind them.
- Denver Public Library. Ford Warren Branch.; National Council of Negro Women. Denver Section.
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- Living Portaits of African American Women
- The Denver section of the National Council of Negro Women paid tribute to Living Portraits Honorees of African American Women at the Ford-Warren Branch. Pictured are several people around the cake table.
- Denver Public Library. Ford Warren Branch.; National Council of Negro Women. Denver Section.
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- Living Portaits of African American Women
- The Denver section of the National Council of Negro Women paid tribute to Living Portraits Honorees of African American Women at the Ford-Warren Branch. Pictured is an unidentified woman speaking to the audience.
- Denver Public Library. Ford Warren Branch.; National Council of Negro Women. Denver Section.
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- Living Portaits of African American Women
- The Denver section of the National Council of Negro Women paid tribute to Living Portraits Honorees of African American Women at the Ford-Warren Branch. Pictured is an unidentified woman speaking to the audience.
- Denver Public Library. Ford Warren Branch.; National Council of Negro Women. Denver Section.
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- Living Portaits of African American Women
- The Denver section of the National Council of Negro Women paid tribute to Living Portraits Honorees of African American Women at the Ford-Warren Branch. Pictured are two unidentified musicians playing the saxophone.
- Denver Public Library. Ford Warren Branch.; National Council of Negro Women. Denver Section.
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- Living Portaits of African American Women
- The Denver section of the National Council of Negro Women paid tribute to Living Portraits Honorees of African American Women at the Ford-Warren Branch. Pictured are four musicians performing for the audience.
- Denver Public Library. Ford Warren Branch.; National Council of Negro Women. Denver Section.
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- Living Portaits of African American Women
- The Denver section of the National Council of Negro Women paid tribute to Living Portraits Honorees of African American Women at the Ford-Warren Branch. Pictured are seven unidentified women holding hands in front of the audience with an...
- Denver Public Library. Ford Warren Branch.; National Council of Negro Women. Denver Section.
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- Living Portaits of African American Women
- The Denver section of the National Council of Negro Women paid tribute to Living Portraits Honorees of African American Women at the Ford-Warren Branch. Pictured is the audience with two unidentified women in the foreground.
- Denver Public Library. Ford Warren Branch.; National Council of Negro Women. Denver Section.
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- Living Portaits of African American Women
- The Denver section of the National Council of Negro Women paid tribute to Living Portraits Honorees of African American Women at the Ford-Warren Branch. Pictured are several people in line at the food table during the reception for the event.
- Denver Public Library. Ford Warren Branch.; National Council of Negro Women. Denver Section.
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- Living Portaits of African American Women
- The Denver section of the National Council of Negro Women paid tribute to Living Portraits Honorees of African American Women at the Ford-Warren Branch. Pictured are five unidentified women at the event. Three of the women appear to be honorees.
- Denver Public Library. Ford Warren Branch.; National Council of Negro Women. Denver Section.
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- Living Portaits of African American Women
- The Denver section of the National Council of Negro Women paid tribute to Living Portraits Honorees of African American Women at the Ford-Warren Branch. Pictured are several people around the cake table during the reception.
- Denver Public Library. Ford Warren Branch.; National Council of Negro Women. Denver Section.
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- Living Portaits of African American Women
- The Denver section of the National Council of Negro Women paid tribute to Living Portraits Honorees of African American Women at the Ford-Warren Branch. Pictured are three unidentified women. One woman is giving a framed award to the other women.
- Denver Public Library. Ford Warren Branch.; National Council of Negro Women. Denver Section.
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- Living Portaits of African American Women
- The Denver section of the National Council of Negro Women paid tribute to Living Portraits Honorees of African American Women at the Ford-Warren Branch. Pictured are three unidentified women. One woman is handing a framed award to another woman.
- Denver Public Library. Ford Warren Branch.; National Council of Negro Women. Denver Section.
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- Living Portaits of African American Women
- The Denver section of the National Council of Negro Women paid tribute to Living Portraits Honorees of African American Women at the Ford-Warren Branch. Pictured is a children's choir performing at the event.
- Denver Public Library. Ford Warren Branch.; National Council of Negro Women. Denver Section.
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- Living Portaits of African American Women
- The Denver section of the National Council of Negro Women paid tribute to Living Portraits Honorees of African American Women at the Ford-Warren Branch. Pictured is the choir director in front of the audience at the event.
- Denver Public Library. Ford Warren Branch.; National Council of Negro Women. Denver Section.
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- Living Portaits of African American Women
- The Denver section of the National Council of Negro Women paid tribute to Living Portraits Honorees of African American Women at the Ford-Warren Branch. Pictured is the audience and the children's choir.
- Denver Public Library. Ford Warren Branch.; National Council of Negro Women. Denver Section.
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