Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Theater in Men's Club at Redstone, Colorado
- Reproduction shows interior of the Men's Club theater at Redstone, Pitkin County, Colorado, with chairs, stage, piano, chandelier, and painted backdrop.
- Redstone (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Interiors.; Theaters--Colorado--Redstone--1900-1910.
- 1903 or 1904
- Town of Red Mountain Ouray, Co. Colorado Red Mountain, Ouray County, Colorado.
- Reproduction shows Red Mountain, Ouray County, Colorado, with traffic, people, and businesses.
- Red Mountain (Ouray County, Colo. : Town)--1890-1900.
- 1891
- View looking down the valley from bell tower
- The three-story Clarendon Hotel, in Aspen, Pitkin County, Colorado, is on a corner with a wrap around porch/balcony and a flat roof.
- Clarendon Hotel (Aspen, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Aspen (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Aspen--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- Mary Hallock Foote American Writer of Fiction
- Pioneer author Mary Hallock Foote (1847-1938) gazes down as she poses for a head and shoulders studio portrait. She wears a kimono-style dress with puffed sleeves.
- Authors--1880-1900.; Foote, Mary Hallock 1847-1938.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Arrival of the caravan at Santa Fe
- Reproduction of a lithograph. Shows members of a wagon train rejoicing as their caravan approaches Santa Fe, New Mexico. Men wave their hats in the air and fire rifles.
- Santa Fe (N.M.)--1840-1850.; Wagon trains--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1840-1850.
- [1844?]
- Wall Street
- Reproduction shows painting of Wall Street (Delphi), Boulder County, Colorado; shows Colorado and Northwestern Railroad tracks; businesses include: hotel, store, barn, boarding house, blacksmith shop, and Wall Street Tunnel.
- Colorado and Northwestern Railway Company--1890-1900.; Wall Street (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1899 and 1900?]
- The office and commissary of the Holy Moses Mine, Creede, Colorado which had been developed from N. C. Creede's discoveries: taken in the summer of 1892 when the camp was "booming"
- Reproduction of ink rendering; shows the office and commissary of Holy Moses Mine in Creede, Mineral County, Colorado.
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Holy Moses Mine (Mineral County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- 1892
- Fourth of July camp, from the south Fourth of July mine owned by the Consolidated Copper Mining Milling and Smelting Co.
- Reproduction of a half tone shows a wooden building at the camp serving the Fourth of July mine, Boulder County, Colorado. The mine is owned and operated by the Consolidated Copper Mining, Milling, and Smelting Company. The building is a single...
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Boulder County--1900-1910.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fourth of July Mine (Boulder County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Boulder County--1900-1910.
- 1904?
- Pueblo of Jemez
- Reproduction of a lithograph by R. H. Kern, shows adobe buildings of the Native American pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico; mesas and hills in the distance.
- Indians of North America--Structures--New Mexico--Jemez Pueblo--1840-1850.; Jemez Pueblo (N.M.)--1840-1850.; Pueblos--New Mexico--Jemez Pueblo--1840-1850.
- [between 1920-1950?]
- Oficina de "El Progreso," Trinidad, Colo.
- Exterior view of the office of the El Progreso newspaper in Trinidad, Colorado. This one story frame building has a false front with lettering on it that reads: El Progreso. The awning over the porch is supported by lathe turned posts, and the...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Trinidad--1910-1920.
- 1911
- Pueblo of Taos - north pueblo
- Reproduction of ink rendering; shows Taos Pueblo, New Mexico, with Native Americans and adobe pueblo dwellings.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1850-1860.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1850-1860.; Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--1850-1860.; Pueblos--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1850-1860.
- 1857
- Taos Pueblo, New Mexico
- Reproduction of drawing; shows Taos Pueblo, New Mexico, a Native American adobe dwelling. Hand-writing reads: "Wm Levy Wilson Jr. Esqr," "Major E. A. Ogden, quartermaster USA 6th Military Department R [?] 7," and "Kansas Luspoens [?] Morro N. M."
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1860-1870.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1860-1870.; Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--1860-1870.; Pueblos--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1860-1870.
- [between 1860 and 1870?]
- A Pueblo silversmith
- Reproduction of half-tone shows a Pueblo Native American silversmith working with a hammer at his bench inside an adobe structure with a boy and girl. Interior includes a fireplace, hand bellows and anvil made from a section of railroad rail, with...
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Arts & crafts--1890-1900.; Silversmiths--1890-1900.; Silverwork--1890-1900.
- 1896?
- Barela block
- Exterior view of the Denver Hotel, also known as the Barela block, in Trinidad, Colorado. Under construction, the three-story building has a florid, corbelled and pedimented cornice. Light colored stone surrounds the structure between the floors....
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Trinidad--1880-1890.; Denver Hotel (Trinidad, Colo.)
- 1882
- Indian San Juan abodes
- Reproduction of a lithograph shows San Juan Pueblo Native Americans, posed in front of an adobe house with a timber balcony and smoking chimneys.
- Indians of North America--Children--New Mexico--San Juan Pueblo--1880-1920.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--San Juan Pueblo--1880-1920.; Tewa Indians--Women--New Mexico--San Juan Pueblo--1880-1920.; San Juan Pueblo (N.M.)--1880-1920.; Pueblos--New...
- [between 1880 and 1920?]
- Indians Pueblo San Juan
- Reproduction of a lithograph of San Juan Pueblo, New Mexico, shows adobe house blocks with ladders and smoking chimneys, Native Americans, some on horseback, a wooden cart, a burro, and the mission church.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--San Juan Pueblo--1880-1920.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--San Juan Pueblo--1880-1920.; Tewa Indians--New Mexico--San Juan Pueblo--1880-1920.; San Juan Pueblo (N.M.)--1880-1920.; Pueblos--New Mexico--San Juan...
- [between 1880 and 1920?]
- Ki-e-te-day, a Laguna maiden, from the Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico, she is wearing a Navajo blanket and Navajo silver ornaments
- Portrait of Ki-e-te-day, a Native American Laguna Pueblo woman wearing a Navajo blanket and silver armbands, bracelets and necklaces.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Laguna--1900-1910.; Laguna Indians--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Women--New Mexico--Laguna--1900-1910.; Laguna (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Ki-e-te-day.
- October 1906?
- Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico
- Reproduction of a lithograph shows Native American women by a river with the Laguna Pueblo on a hill, New Mexico. A cow drinks from the water and a burro shows next to stock pen corrals.
- Indians of North America--Structures--New Mexico--Laguna --1880-1910.; Laguna Indians--Structures--New Mexico--Laguna--1880-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Structures--New Mexico--Laguna--1880-1910.; Laguna (N.M.)--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Colorado, the late outbreak and massacre at the White River Agency, the ruins after the fire and massacre
- Reproduction of a sketch of the Meeker tragedy at the White River Ute Indian Agency, September 29th 1879, Rio Blanco County, Colorado, shows soldiers surveying the destruction from the fire and battle between Native American Utes and Nathan Meeker,...
- Meeker, Nathan Cook, 1814-1879--Tomb.; United States. Office of Indian Affairs. White River Agency (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--Colorado--Meeker--1870-1880.; Ute Indians--War--Colorado--Meeker--1870-1880.; Meeker...
- [between 1940 and 1960?]
- The Ute scare in Colorado - the Indian signal fire - settlers abandoning their ranches and flying to Meeker for safety
- Reproduction of a drawing depicting settlers and ranchers fleeing from log cabins on horseback and in a wagon with belongings, to Meeker, Rio Blanco County, Colorado.
- Indians of North America--Colorado--1860-1880.; Ute Indians--War--Colorado--1860-1880.; Pioneers--Colorado--1860-1880.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Indian encampment on White River
- Reproduction of a lithograph shows Native American Utes in a camp on the White River, Colorado, with tepees and canoes. One Ute man wears a feather headdress and is wrapped in a blanket.
- Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Ute Indians--1870-1880.; White River (Colo. and Utah)--1870-1880.
- 1880?
- Captain Jack
- Reproduction of an engraving shows a head and shoulders portrait of Captain Jack, Native American Ute (White River) leader, Colorado, wearing a vest, bead necklaces and earring.
- Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Ute Indians--1880-1890.; Jack, Captain, Ute leader.
- 1880?
- Chief Douglass [sic]
- Reproduction of a engraving shows a head and shoulders portrait of Chief Douglas, Native American Ute (White River) leader, Colorado, wearing an earring, shirt and jacket with book tucked in the side.
- Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Ute Indians--1870-1880.; Douglass, Ute Chief.
- 1880?
- Joseph Walker on left, Arapeen on right
- Reproduction of a sketch shows head and shoulders portrait of mountain man Joseph Walker and Arapeen (Arrapeen,) Native American Ute.
- Indians of North America--1850-1860.; Ute Indians--1850-1860.; Arrapeen.; Walker, Joseph, Mountain man.
- [between 1930 and 1960?]
- Illustrated interview of our lady artist with the Ute Indian Chiefs and prisoners in Washington, D. C.
- Reproduction of a sketch of Miss Georgie A. Davis, artist, visiting with Native American Ute delegation, in the Tremont House bedroom, Washington D. C. The Ute chiefs, including Ouray, look at her sketch; one smokes a long pipe.
- Indians of North America--Washington (D.C.)--1870-1880.; Ute Indians--Washington (D.C.)--1870-1880.; Delegations--Washington (D.C.)--1870-1880.; Reporters--Washington (D.C.)--1870-1880.; Tribal chiefs--Washington (D.C.)--1870-1880.; Ouray.
- [between 1900 and 1940?]
- Princess Susan, sister of High Cheif [sic] Ouray, Ute
- Reproduction of a painting of Princess Susan, Native American Ute, sister of Chief Ouray, wearing buckskin with fringe, jewelry and a headband.
- Ouray--Family.; Indians of North America--1890-1910.; Ute Indians--Women--1890-1910.; Photomechanical prints.; Susan, Princess.
- [between 1925 and 1935?]
- Colorow
- Reproduction of head and shoulders portrait painting of Colorow, Native American, (White River Band) Chief of the northern Utes; he wears a hair pipe breastplate and choker.
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--1890-1900.; Colorow, ca. 1810-1888.
- [between 1930 and 1960?]
- Ute Chief and medicine men
- Reproduction of a book page shows a portrait of three Native American Ute men, including Canalla (Johnson), the medicine man, with props: scalp on a pole, guns, pipe, bow and arrows and a beaded bag.
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--1890-1900.; Canalla.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Residence of Ouray, chief of the Tabequache Utes, and head-man of the Ute Nation
- Reproduction of a sketch of the fenced residence of Ouray, Chief of the Native American Tabequache Utes, provided by the United States government includes log and wood buildings, dwellings, store-houses, underground store rooms for vegetables,...
- Ouray--Homes & haunts.; Indians of North America--Colorado--Montrose--1870-1880.; Tabeguache Indians--Colorado--Montrose--1870-1880.; Ute Indians--Colorado--Montrose--1870-1880.
- [between 1930 and 1960?]
- St. Mary's among the Flatheads
- Reproduction of a drawing by P. J. De Smet, shows missionaries and Native Americans (Flathead), on horseback among tepees and log cabins, at Saint Mary's Mission in Montana. A building foundation is in the foreground, and a sacred (shining) heart...
- Indians of North America--1840-1850.; Salish Indians--1840-1850.; Missions--Montana--1840-1850.
- [between 1940 and 1970]
- Pocahontas saves the live of Captain Smith
- Reproduction of a lithograph printed by James Reeve, shows Pocahontas, pleading with her father Powhatan, to spare the life of Captain John Smith. Other Native Americans (Powhatans) prepare to strike lethal blows with clubs, bow and arrows, and...
- Indians of North America--1600-1620.; Powhatan Indians--1600-1620.; Pocahontas, d. 1617.; Powhatan, ca. 1550-1618.; Smith, John, 1580-1661.
- [between 1940 and 1970?]
- Interior of St. Mary's church, Flat-head mission, communion at Easter
- Reproduction of a drawing by P. J. de Smet, shows a Native American (Flathead) taking communion on Easter inside of the church at Saint Mary's Mission in Montana. The Flathead taking the host is on her knees and is surrounded by an attendant and...
- Indians of North America--1840-1850.; Salish Indians--1840-1850.; Communion--Montana--1840-1850.; Interiors--Montana--1840-1850.; Missions--Montana--1840-1850.
- [between 1940 and 1970]
- Pocahontas rescuing Captain Smith
- Reproduction of a lithograph by W. Croome, shows Pocahontas, a Native American (Powhatan), on one knee, begging for the life of Captain John Smith. An elderly man, possibly her father, restrains a tomahawk wielding man before he can strike the...
- Indians of North America--1600-1620.; Powhatan Indians--1600-1620.; Pocahontas, d. 1617.; Powhatan, ca. 1550-1618.; Smith, John, 1580-1661.
- [between 1940 and 1970?]
- Powhatan
- Reproduction of a lithograph is a head and shoulders portrait of Powhatan, a Native American and father to Pocahontas. He wears a decorated shirt, face paint, and long hair.
- Pocahontas, d. 1617--Family.; Indians of North America--1590-1610.; Powhatan Indians--1590-1610.; Powhatan, ca. 1550-1618.
- [between 1940 and 1970?]
- Seattle
- Reproduction of a drawing shows a head and shoulders portrait of the Native American (Suquamish) Chief Seattle. He wears a shirt and long hair.
- Indians of North America.; Suquamish Indians.; Seattle, Chief, 1790-1866.
- [between 1940 and 1970?]
- Tuko-see-mathla, a Seminole chief
- Reproduction of a lithograph shows Tukoseemathla, a Native American (Seminole) chief standing near a tree and holding a rifle. He wears shin-high moccasins, a wrapped skirt, striped shirt, arm bands, strips of fur in his hair, and a medal around...
- Indians of North America--1830-1880.; Seminole Indians--1830-1880.; Tuko-see-mathla.
- [between 1940 and 1970?]
- 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?]
- Tecumtha
- Reproduction of a lithograph shows a head and shoulders portrait of Tecumseh, a Native American (Shawnee) chief. He wears a military uniform coat with epaulets, a medal around his neck, and a hat with plumage.
- Indians of North America--1860-1870.; Shawnee Indians--1860-1870.; Tecumseh, Shawnee Chief, 1768-1813.
- [between 1940 and 1970?]
- Portrait of Tecumseh
- Reproduction of a lithograph shows a head and shoulders portrait of Tecumseh, a Native American (Shawnee) chief. He wears a military uniform coat with epaulets, a medal around his neck, and a hat with plumage.
- Indians of North America--1860-1870.; Shawnee Indians--1860-1870.; Tecumseh, Shawnee Chief, 1768-1813.
- [between 1940 and 1970?]
- Black Hawk
- Reproduction of an engraving by T. Johnson, shows a head and shoulders portrait of a Sauk (Sac) Native American, identified as Black Hawk. He wears a blanket wrapped around one shoulder, a hair pipe necklace, earrings, a medal with a bust on it, a...
- Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Sauk Indians--1880-1890.; Black Hawk, Sauk chief, 1767-1838.
- [between 1940 and 1970?]
- Encampment of Piekann Indians, near Fort McKenzie, on the Muscleshell River
- Reproduction of a lithograph shows an encampment of Piegan (Blackfoot) Native Americans near Fort McKenzie and the Musselshell River in Montana. The image includes horses, dogs, people, and tepees.
- Indians of North America--1840-1850.; Piegan Indians--1840-1850.
- [between 1940 and 1970?]
- Blackfoot Indian on horseback
- Reproduction of an engraving by Carl Bodmer, shows a Blackfoot (Siksika) Native American man riding a horse, carrying a gun, and looking back towards another rider. He wears moccasins, leggings, hide clothing, and eagle feathers in his hair.
- Indians of North America--1840-1860.; Siksika Indians--1840-1860.
- [between 1940 and 1970?]
- Snake Indians, biography
- Reproduction of a lithograph shows a three-quarters portrait of a Native American Shoshone (Snake) woman. She wears a blanket over a fringe and bead dress, bead earrings, long braids, and face paint.
- Indians of North America--1840-1860.; Shoshoni Indians--1840-1860.
- [between 1940 and 1970?]
- The ordeal in the Sun Dance among the Blackfeet Indians
- Reproduction of a lithograph by Frederick Remington, shows a Blackfoot (Siksika) Native American man enduring a portion of the Sun Dance that includes a piercing of both nipples with thongs that are attached to ropes drawn tight. The man wears a...
- Indians of North America--Spiritual life--Montana--1890-1900.; Siksika Indians--Dance--Montana--1890-1900.; Ceremonial dancers--Montana--1890-1900.; Sun dance--Montana--1890-1900.; United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Blackfeet...
- [between 1940 and 1970?]
- Ruin (425 feet long) in Cliff Canon (View taken from opposite side of gorge.)
- Reproduction of a view of ancient Native American (Anasazi) cliff dwellings before excavation on Chapin Mesa, Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, Colorado. The stone masonry and mud mortar Cliff House stands underneath a cliffside overhang...
- Indians of North America--Structures--Colorado--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Colorado--1900-1910.; Cliff Palace (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Archaeological...
- 1901
- New Mexico Building Panama- California Exposition San Diego 1915
- Reproduction of a watercolor painting of the New Mexico Building built for the Panama-California Exposition in San Diego, California, 1915. Shows one and two story adobe Spanish Colonial building with two towers, covered balconies, and wooden...
- San Diego (Calif.)--1910-1920.; Exhibition buildings--California--San Diego--1910-1920.; Panama-California Exposition (1915 : San Diego, Calif.)
- 1915
- Snakes
- Drawing from a photo by George Wharton James.; Reproduction of a drawing; snake kiva for a Native American (Hopi) snake dance at Walpi Pueblo, Arizona.
- Hopi Indians--Structures--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1930.; Indians of North America--Structures--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1930.; Pueblo Indians--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1930.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1890-1930.; Kivas--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1930.;...
- [between 1897 and 1925?]
- A Moki Interior
- Reproduction of a photograph by Adam Clark Vroman; interior of a Hopi pueblo room, Hopi Indian Reservation, Arizona, with two Native American (Hopi) women; both wear mantas and sit with several metates. A flask hangs on a beam; a display of dolls...
- Hopi Indians--Women--Arizona--1890-1930.; Indians of North America--Arizona--1890-1930.; Metates--Arizona--1890-1930.; Pueblo Indians--Arizona--1890-1930.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1890-1930.
- [between 1895 and 1925?]
- Within the kiva
- Reproduction of a drawing; interior of pueblo kiva with nude Native American (Hopi) men and women performing a religious ceremony, shows birds on sticks and a fire.
- Hopi Indians--Spiritual life--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--1890-1900.; Rites & ceremonies--1890-1900.
- [between 1895 and 1925?]
- Trio of dancers
- Photomechanical reproduction of Native American (Hopi) snake dancers dressed in body paint; blanket kilts with buckskin; fringed buckskin boots; necklaces and feathers. One dancer has a snake in his mouth, Hopi Indian Reservation, Arizona.
- Hopi Indians--Dance--Arizona--1890-1930.; Indians of North America--Arizona--1890-1930.; Pueblo Indians--Arizona--1890-1930.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1890-1930.; Snake dance--Arizona--1890-1930.
- [between 1895 and 1925?]