Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Painted buffalo hide
- Native American (Hidatsa) painted bison hide shows: rows of thin parallel lines capped with circles or u-shapes and separated by rows of bold lines; some rows with stick figures; stick figures and clusters of lines border the central design....
- Wied, Maximilian, Prinz von, 1782-1867--Associated objects.; Museum für Völkerkunde (Berlin, Germany)--Exhibitions & displays--1900-1910.; Hidatsa Indians--Arts & crafts--1840-1850.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1840-1850.; Leather...
- [1900?]
- Toy cradleboard
- Shows a Native American (Ute) toy cradleboard. It is constructed of a rectangular board, buckskin, red velveteen and canvas and decorated with copper, button, fringe, white, blue, red and yellow glass beads. The cradle has a hood and the front was...
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1890.; Ute Indians--Arts & crafts--1880-1890.; Cradleboards--1880-1890.
- 1880
- Dress
- A Native American (Ute) buckskin dress used by Lauriano-I-You, Ignacio's wife. The dress is cape-like and has fringe on the bottom and the sleeves. The upper bodice is painted yellow and decorated with blue, red and green beads.
- Lauriano-I-You--Associated objects.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1910.; Ute Indians--Clothing & dress--1880-1910.; Dresses--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910]
- Cradleboard
- Show a Native American (Ute) toy cradleboard with a doll. The cradleboard is buckskin wrapped around a board and is decorated with fringe, multi-color beadwork sewn on with lazy stitch. The doll's head is possibly made of wood painted a medium...
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.; Ute Indians--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.; Cradleboards--1880-1900.; Dolls--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Drying raisins in Kings County
- Men stand in rows of grape plants, probably in Kings County, California. Wooden flats placed side-by-side cover the dirt row between the grape plants; grapes to be dried in the sun cover the flats. Other flats stand stacked in the rows. A small...
- Kings County (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Cabinet photographs--1900-1910.; Food drying--California--Kings County--1900-1910.; Grapes--California--Kings County--1900-1910.; Grapevines--California--Kings County--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Teller House conservatory, Central City hotels
- Five women stand among rows of plants in the Teller House conservatory in Central City, Colorado. Plants are in pots, and on the stairs, upon which one woman is standing, which are to the left and lead to the three rows of plants. An open door with...
- Teller House (Central City, Colo.)--Facilities--1870-1900.; Central City (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Greenhouses--Colorado--Central City--1870-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Central City--1870-1900.; Women--Colorado--Central City--1870-1900.
- [between 1872 and 1900?]
- Red Cross fruit ranch, Clifton, Colo., Colo. Midland Ry.
- Bird's eye view over orchards of Red Cross Ranch, Clifton, Colorado, reached via Colorado Midland Railway; rows and rows of fruit trees in Grand Valley; canvas structure in center of orchard; Grand Mesa, background.
- Clifton (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fruit industry--Colorado--Clifton--1900-1910.; Orchards--Colorado--Clifton--1900-1910.; Ranches--Colorado--Clifton--1900-1910.; Red Cross Ranch (Clifton, Colo.)
- [1907?]
- Citizenship picnic at Collier Park Gertude Fonda, teacher
- A group of "new" Longmont citizens pose under a shade tree, during their Citizenship Picnic, Collyer Park, Colorado. They form four rows; children sit on grass, next row sits in chairs with end kneeling and back rows stand.
- Longmont (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Immigrants--Colorado--Longmont--1930-1940.; Parks--Colorado--Longmont--1930-1940.; Picnics--Colorado--Longmont--1930-1940.
- 1939 July 2
- Camp of Colo. State Militia, Bull Hill, Colo. [?] 12 [?]
- Panoramic view, probably during a mining labor strike, of frame buildings in the town of Altman (Teller County), Colorado and tents in rows at a military encampment in a nearby meadow. A flagpole with an American flag is near tents, and soldiers in...
- Altman (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Altman--1890-1900.; Military camps--Colorado--Altman--1890-1900.; Militias--Colorado--Altman--1890-1900.
- [1894]
- Archaeology, Colorado
- Two rows of small houses face each other on a flat area surrounded by trees. Additional structures are on either end of the rows creating a rectangular common area. The site is possibly in southeastern Utah or southwestern Colorado.
- Archaeological sites--Four Corners Region--1920-1930.
- [1920?]
- Peach trees in bloom, Palisade, Colo.
- Two rows of peach trees with blooms near Palisade, Colorado; tilled soil between rows of fruit trees; peach orchard.
- Palisade (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Peach orchards--Colorado--Palisade--1900-1910.; Peach trees--Colorado--Palisade--1900-1910.; Colorado Midland Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Montrose Opera House
- View of the interior of the Montrose, Colorado, Opera House in Montrose County; shows table and chairs on stage in front of backdrop, paintings on opposite sides of the stage, wooden straightback chairs in rows in front of five rows of benches, and...
- Montrose (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Interiors.; Opera houses--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1900.
- [between 1885 and 1900]
- Knights of Columbus
- Large group of Knights of Columbus members pose in long rows, Gunnison, Colorado. First row squats, back rows stand; all wear suits, hats or caps, except the clergy man with a white collar.
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Organizations--Colorado--Gunnison--1910-1930.; Knights of Columbus--Colorado--Gunnison--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930]
- J. Belle Osgood
- Studio bust portrait of Julia Belle Osgood, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. The view, taken in profile, shows Osgood's short curly hairstyle. Her dress has a center velvet panel flanked by two rows of buttons. She wears a bar...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Osgood, J. Belle (Julia Belle); Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1883
- Prize potatoe [sic] patch, Sweet Ranch, rows 2000 ft. long, Colo. Midland Ry.
- Long rows of potato plants cultivated by Frank E. Sweet in Carbondale (Garfield County), Colorado, reached via Colorado Midland Railway; cumulus clouds fill the sky.
- Sweet, Frank E.--Homes & haunts--Colorado--Carbondale--1900-1920.; Carbondale (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Croplands--Colorado--Carbondale--1900-1920.; Potatoes--Colorado--Carbondale--1900-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1900 and 1919]
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 3, 1911 January 14
- East Denver High School Annual: 1911
- 1911 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1911
- Saint Joseph Redemptorist Catholic Church Lincoln Park.
- View of Saint Joseph Church ( St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church of Denver, Saint Joseph Redemptorist Catholic Church) located at 605 West 6th (Sixth) Ave. (NE corner Galapago St.), in the Lincoln Park neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The parish was...
- St. Joseph Church (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Lincoln Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--2000-2010.; Catholic churches.; Deterioration of buildings.; Historic buildings.; Windows.; St. Joseph Church (Denver,...
- ca. 2004
- Cemetery, Colorado Heights University
- View of the private cemetery that contains the graves of the founding Sisters of Loretto at what used to be Loretto Heights College on the Colorado Heights University campus at 3001 South Federal Boulevard in Denver Colorado. Rows of gravestones...
- Bonfils, Pancratia, Mother, 1851-1916--Tomb--2010-2020.; Sisters of Loretto--Tomb--2010-2020.; Colorado Heights University--2010-2020.; Denver (Colo.)--2010-2020. .; Cemeteries.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments.; Bonfils,...
- 2010
- Rafael Chacon
- Studio portrait of Major Rafael Chacón (retired). He is dressed in his United States Army uniform. His jackets has two rows of brass buttons, he wears a cap and has a sword at his waist. He stands in front of a painted backdrop.
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1900-1910.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1900-1910.; Chacón, Rafael, 1933-1925--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Retired military...
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Fairmount Cemetery parkway
- View of a parkway at Denver's Fairmount Cemetery, 430 South Quebec Street in the Windsor Neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. Gravestones and trees are in the parkway's grass median. Wide paved lanes are on either side of the median and rows of...
- Denver (Colo.)--2010-2020.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Parkways--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Windsor (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial...
- 2010
- Apple orchard near Cedaredge, Colo.
- Cattle graze in an apple orchard near Cedaredge (Delta County), Colorado. Shows several rows of mature apple trees.
- Cedaredge (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Apple orchards.; Apples--Colorado--Cedaredge--Pictorial works.; Orchards--Colorado--Cedaredge--Pictorial works.; Cattle--Colorado--Delta--Pictorial works.; Cedaredge (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1992
- New Terrace
- View of New Terrace (c. 1888) at 900-914 East Twentieth (20th) Street in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a part of the facade of the eight unit building which faces the street. The two-story brick building is in the Queen...
- New Terrace (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Apartment houses.; New Terrace (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Apartment houses--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Denver...
- 1976
- María Salomé Córdova
- Studio portrait of a Hispanic American woman, María Salomé Córdova. She wears a dark dress with a tight bodice with two rows of buttons, a bustle, pleated skirt and striped trim. She has curly hair and wears a broad brimmed hat with an...
- Hispanic Americans--1890-1900.; Mexican Americans--1890-1900.; Women.; Córdova, María Salomé, 1867--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Women--Colorado--Pictorial...
- [between 1890 and 1895?]
- Ballet Chicano de Aztlán
- Teenage girls, members of the Ballet Chicano de Aztlán, a Chicano dance troop and part of the Crusade for Justice, dance in Mexican costumes on a stage, in front of a painted drop in Denver, Colorado. The girls are in two rows, the front row...
- Ballet Chicano de Aztlán--1970-1980.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1970-1980.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Dancers.; Girls.; Rifles.; Teenagers.; Ballet Chicano de Aztlán--Pictorial works.;...
- [1970]
- Cherry Creek Tavern
- View of the back bar of the Cherry Creek Tavern, a lesbian bar at 1301 Lawrence Street in the Union Station neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The bar has a red flocked wall-paper behind rows of liquor bottles. A red, white, and green paper garland...
- Cherry Creek Tavern (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Union Station neighborhood (Denver, Colo.); Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Bars (Drinking establishments); Bars (Furniture).; Interiors.; Cherry Creek Tavern (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Bars...
- [1980?]
- Coke ovens during construction
- View of coke ovens in an unidentified coal camp possibly in Las Animas County, Colorado. The ovens are under construction and are made from local stone shaped into roughly square blocks. The ovens consist of two stone walls and two rows of circular...
- Coal mining--Colorado--1880-1900.; Coke industry--Colorado--1880-1900.; Coke ovens--Colorado--1880-1900.; Construction--Colorado--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Walsen
- View of the coal mining camp of Walsen, in Huerfano County, Colorado. Shows rows of wood frame one story homes and unpaved streets. Smoke rises from the power plant chimney stacks.
- Mining camps--Colorado--Colorado--Walsen--1910-1920.; Walsen (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Colorado--Walsen--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Colorado--Walsen--1910-1920.
- [1910]
- Parade in Denver
- View of a parade on Broadway in downtown Denver, Colorado. Men in probably military uniforms march in the street with drums and an American Flag. Shows possibly an Elks banner and men in rows who wear white uniforms and caps. Men in suits and hats...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Military personnel--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1901 and 1910?]
- Montrose Streets
- A boy sits in the cradle of a tree in front of a house, number "646," on an unidentified street in Montrose (Montrose County), Colorado. Shows a parked car, a sidewalk, and rows of trees along a dirt road.
- Montrose (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Dirt roads--Colorado--Montrose--1920-1930.; Houses--Colorado--Montrose--1920-1930.; Residential streets--Colorado--Montrose--1920-1930.; Trees--Colorado--Montrose--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Pueblo
- View of a street in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows pedestrians, commercial buildings, trolley cars, parked cars and rows of electric street lights. Signs (including ones with lights) on buildings read: "Pryor's," "Smoke," "117 1/2 Hotel...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Business districts--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1930.; City & town life--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1930.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1920]
- Looking south on Main Street, Pueblo, Colo.
- View of Main Street in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows commercial buildings, a trolley car, parked cars, rows of electric street lights, pedestrians (including a newspaper boy with his sack). Signs on buildings (including lighted ones)...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Business districts--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.
- 1922
- North Main Street, North from 4th St., Pueblo, Colo.
- View of North Main Street in Pueblo, (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows a commercial street lined with multi-story brick and stone buildings (including the Pueblo Opera House) and two rows of street railway tracks in center of street. Shows...
- Grand Vodevil (Pueblo, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1910-1920.; City & town life--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1920.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1920.; Theaters--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920]
- View on Main St, Pueblo
- View of a crowded Main Street filled with pedestrians in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows commercial buildings (including the Grand Opera House), horse-drawn carriages, cars, a trolley car and rows of electric street lamps. A sign on the...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1910-1920.; City & town life--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1920.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1920.
- 1918
- Opera House block & Main St looking north, Pueblo
- View of the Opera House block on Main Street in Pueblo, (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows a commercial street lined with multi-story brick and stone buildings, including the Pueblo Opera House, and two rows of street railway tracks in center of...
- First National Bank (Pueblo, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Grand Vodevil (Pueblo, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Banks--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1920.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1920.; Theaters--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920]
- Co. H. 1st Colo. Inf't., Camp Elkton
- Men from Company H of the 1st (First) Colorado Infantry stand or kneel in rows and pose with rifles during the Western Federation of Miners strike in Elkton (Teller County), Colorado. Girls and boys stand near a staircase with a painted sign that...
- Western Federation of Miners--Strikes--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Elkton (Teller County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Miners' strikes--Colorado--Elkton--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Elkton--1900-1910.;...
- [1903]
- Greeley, Colo. school
- Students and teachers stand and pose outside the brick Greeley Public School, also called the Meeker school building on Adams Street (10th, Tenth Avenue) between Maple (7th, Seventh Street) and Main (8th, Eight Street) in Greeley (Weld County),...
- Greeley (Colo.)--1870-1900.; School children--Colorado--Greeley--1870-1900.; Schools--Colorado--Greeley--1870-1900.; Students--Colorado--Greeley--1870-1900.; Teachers--Colorado--Greeley--1870-1900.
- [between 1873 and 1900]
- Miners
- Men wear jackets over trousers or overalls and hats and pose for a group photograph in front of a frame building. Miners hold candleholders and sit or stand in rows, probably in Colorado.
- Miners--Colorado--1900-1910.
- 1902 September 13
- Workers in a sugar beet field
- A boy wears overalls and a cap and poses with a large sugar beet in Brighton (Adams County), Colorado. Shows rows of harvested sugar beet plants, men and women workers in the field and a car parked near trees.
- Brighton (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Agricultural laborers--Colorado--Brighton--1920-1930.; Beets--Colorado--Brighton--1920-1930.; Boys--Colorado--Brighton--1920-1930.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Brighton--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Workers in a sugar beet field
- Farm workers are in a sugar beet field in Brighton (Adams County), Colorado. Shows rows of sugar beet plants and piles of harvested beets. A woman wears a dress; men and a boy wear overalls or work pants and hats. A truck is at the edge of the...
- Brighton (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Agricultural laborers--Colorado--Brighton--1920-1930.; Beets--Colorado--Brighton--1920-1930.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Brighton--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Workers in a sugar beet field
- Men wear overalls and hats and stand beside large sugar beets in Brighton (Adams County), Colorado. Workers are beside rows of harvested sugar beet plants on the ground.
- Brighton (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Agricultural laborers--Colorado--Brighton--1920-1930.; Beets--Colorado--Brighton--1920-1930.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Brighton--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Denver exchange equipment, York office, operating room
- Rows of operators sit at switchboards that line two walls of the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company exchange building on York Street in Denver, Colorado. The women wear headsets and sit in tall chairs that face the switchboard....
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--People--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Telephone operators--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- 1916
- Portrait of a woman
- Studio portrait of a woman who rests her hand on an upholstered chair and poses near an ornate backdrop. She wears a fitted bodice that buttons up the front. The dress has puffy sleeves and is fastened at the neck with a pin. Two rows of gathers...
- Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Women--1890-1900.
- 1891
- Portrait of a woman
- Full length studio portrait of a woman who poses near an ornate backdrop. She wears a long skirt trimmed with rows of rickrack near the hemline. A purse hangs from her waist line. Floral lace applique line the yoke of the loose fitting bodice. She...
- Clothing & dress--1890-1910.; Women--1890-1910.
- [between 1891 and 1901?]
- Ouray lumberyard
- View of a lumberyard in Ouray (Ouray County), Colorado. Men pose along railroad tracks that divide rows of stacked lumber. Shows a horse-drawn cart, wood frame buildings and a man with a suit and hat.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Lumber--Colorado--Ouray County--1890-1910.; Lumberyards--Colorado--Ouray County--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Camp Goldfield, N.G.C., Cripple Creek District
- View of "Camp Goldfield," headquarters of the Colorado National Guard during the Western Federation of Miners labor strike. Shows rows of tents, mine buildings, probably Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad cars and a trestle, smokestacks, and the...
- Colorado. National Guard--Structures--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Victor (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Military camps--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.;...
- 1903
- Palm Avenue, Los Angeles, Calif..
- Rows of palm trees line Palm Avenue in Los Angeles, California. Houses are on either side of the dirt street. Architectural features on the wood frame houses include gabled roofs, bays, chimneys, cornices, brackets, arched windows, windows with...
- Los Angeles (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Houses.; Neighborhoods.; Palms.; Residential streets.
- [1905?]
- Palm Avenue, Los Angeles, Calif.
- Rows of palm trees line Palm Avenue in Los Angeles, California. Houses are on either side of the dirt street. Architectural features on the wood frame houses include balconies, porches, bays, pilasters, cornices, and egg and dart molding. A large...
- Los Angeles (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Houses.; Neighborhoods.; Palms.; Residential streets.
- [1905?]
- Los Angeles, Calif. Palm Ave.
- Rows of palm trees line Palm Avenue in Los Angeles, California. Houses, hidden behind bushes and trees are on either side of the dirt street. Shows a small wooden bungalow with a gabled roof and bay window. A large house with a mansard roof is at...
- Los Angeles (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Houses.; Neighborhoods.; Palms.; Residential streets.
- [1905?]
- Miniature cradleboard
- Shows a Native American (Ute) miniature cradleboard with a doll inside of it made by Chipeta. The cradleboard is decorated with multi-colored beads and thread, and buckskin fringe on the bottom. The doll has black cotton thread hair and painted...
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1890.; Ute Indians--Arts & crafts--1880-1890.; Cradleboards--1880-1890.; Dolls--1880-1890.; Chipeta--Associated objects.
- 1880