Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- East High spotlight: vol 30 no 8
- Newspaper produced by East High School of Denver, Colorado. Included in the paper are photographs of students, articles on school events and sports.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1944 February 17
- William S. Hart and Chief Luther Standing Bear, Dakota
- a letter to the Western History Department dated May 24, 1968, letter continues that Chief Luther Standing Bear wrote four books titled: My people, the Sioux (1928), My Indian boyhood (1931), Land of the Spotted Eagle (1933) and Stories of the...
- Dakota Indians--1920-1930.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1920-1930.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1920-1930.; Hart, William S.; Standing Bear, Luther, 1868?-1939.
- [192-?]
- Pablo C. de Baca age 16 and a cousin.
- Studio portrait of Pablo C. de Baca and his cousin, possibly Hilario Delgado. Both teenage men wear flat brimmed hats. Hilario wears a plaid wool suit, tie, vest and watch fob. Pablo wears a plaid jacket with a vest, pin striped slacks and a watch...
- Mexican Americans--1890-1900.; Hispanic Americans--1890-1900.; Teenagers.; C. de Baca, Pablo, 1874-1940.; Delgado, Hilario.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic American teenage...
- 1890
- James Lovato and Lucille Gonzales, Aguilar, Colorado
- James Lovato and Lucille Gonzáles Lovato pose in the street near parked automobiles in Aguilar (Las Animas County), Colorado. He wears a shirt and slacks and Lucille wears a dress with a V neck and a blouse. She has long hair.
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1940-1950; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1940-1950.; Aguilar (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Lovato, James Alexander, 1927-2005--Pictorial works.; Lovato, Lucille Gonzáles, 1929---Pictorial works.;...
- 1948 July 4
- Juan Aucensio Paiz, Daniel Paiz, and Alvaro Paiz
- Studio portrait of (left to right) Juan Aucensio Paiz, his brother Daniel Paiz, and Juan Aucencio's son Alvaro Paiz. Juan Aucencio wears a suit, tie, cowboy hat and eyeglasses. His brother David wears a dark shirt and double breasted jacket, his...
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1940-1950; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1950-1950.; Paiz, Juan Aucencio, 1864-1962--Pictorial works.; Paiz, Daniel, 1872-1956--Pictorial works.; Paiz, Alvaro, 1893-1987--Pictorial works.; Families--Colorado--Pictorial...
- [ca. 1941]
- Dad
- A man identified as "dad" poses in a field in Colorado. He wears a hat, jacket, slacks, vest and tie and smokes a pipe. A small image overlays the print. It shows an elderly Hispanic woman in a long black dress and a full, black manta or shawl that...
- Mexican Americans--1930-1940.; Hispanic Americans--1930-1940.; Women.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Minority older people--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Mexican American...
- [between 1930 and1940?]
- Florence Torres Gallegos
- Florence Torres Gallegos sits in "Smitty's" backyard at 1941 9th Street in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. She wears a short sleeved white blouse and slacks and has her dark, curly hair loose. She sits on the grass near a young tree, a...
- Hispanic Americans--1940-1950.; Mexican Americans--1940-1950.; Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Women.; Gallegos, Florence Torres--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Mexican...
- 1947
- Salomé Maestas son of José Lucas & María Amada Armijo Maestas.
- Salomé (aka Samuel) Maestas plays the saxophone at probably a Lions Club event in Arvada (Jefferson County), Colorado. He wears a shirt, tie, slacks and eyeglasses. A banner that hangs behind him reads: "[L]ions Club [Ar]vada [C]olorado.
- Hispanic Americans--1980-1990.; Mexican Americans--1980-1990.; Arvada (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Portraits.; Musicians.; Maestas, Salomé 1896-1991--Pictorial works.; Hispanic American musicians--Colorado--Arvada--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- [between 1980 and 1985?]
- Shannon Garcia
- Shannon Garcia poses on the hood of his father's 1958 Chrysler Imperial in Denver, Colorado. The young boy wears a wool cap, a wool coat and slacks. He has on striped socks and shoes with buckles. Snow covered trees and a house are in the distance.
- Hispanic Americans--1960-1970.; Mexican Americans--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Automobiles.; Boys.; Garcia, Shannon--Pictorial works.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- [1964]
- Gloria Montez
- Gloria Montez poses next to a Colorado state highway sign that reads: "Welcome to Colorful Colorado." The wooden sign hangs from log posts. Gloria wears a short sleeved blouse and slacks. She holds a purse.
- Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1960-1970.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1960-1970.; Signs (Notices); Women.; Montez, Gloria--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Signs and...
- [1961?]
- Telesfor Herrera
- Telesfor Herrera poses near a wood fence in his backyard at 7th (Seventh) Street and Wazee Street in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. He wears slacks, a dress shirt and tie. He has his hands on his hips.
- Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1940-1950.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1940-1950.; Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Herrera, Telesfor--Pictorial works.; Rodriguez, Gloria--Family--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- [1947?]
- Coke ovens and Italian coke pueblo at Tercio, Colo.
- Coal miners pose in front of brick and stone coke ovens at Tercio (Las Animas County), Colorado. Possibly Hispanic or Italian men wear overalls or work shirts and ragged slacks and caps. Wheelbarrows, shovels, a hose, and piles of stone are near...
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1900-1920.; Colorado and Wyoming Railway Company--1900-1920.; Coke-ovens--Colorado--Tercio--1900-1920.; Tercio (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Coal miners--Colorado--Tercio--1900-1920.; Coke...
- [between 1902 and 1913?]
- Creede, Colorado
- Men pose beside frame and log cabins in Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. Miners wear vests or jackets, slacks, and felt hats. One man wears a waist apron. Horses are tied to a nearby tree.
- Creede (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cabins--Colorado--Creede--1880-1900.; Horses--Colorado--Creede--1880-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Creede--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Creede--1880-1900.
- [between 1889 and 1900?]
- U.S. Vanadium, Sept.
- A man wears a button down shirt tucked into slacks and poses in front of a sign at the U.S. Vanadium plant in Uravan (Montrose County), Colorado. The painted sign shows tanks, trucks and battleships, and reads: "Armam[ent F]or Victory, Planes,...
- U.S. Vanadium Corporation--Buildings--1940-1950.; Vanadium industry--Colorado--Uravan--1940-1950.; Uravan (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Billboards--Colorado--Uravan--1940-1950.; Mills--Colorado--Uravan--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Uravan--1940-1950.; Ore...
- [between 1941 and 1945]
- Portrait of boys
- Studio portrait of boys posed in front of a painted backdrop. One boy stands and wears a suit and tie. The second boy is seated on prop rocks; he wears a suit with knickers, a bow tie and leather boots with side buttons; he holds a felt hat. The...
- Boys--1890-1910.; Studio props--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Portrait of women and children
- Studio portrait of women seated beside young children. The mothers have short curled bangs, and hair pulled back and wear basques, neck scarves and full skirts. A woman with a pleated dress and overskirt is beside a girl in a pleated blouse and...
- Boys--1890-1910.; Girls--1890-1910.; Mothers & children--1890-1910.
- between 1891 and 1901
- Portrait of a man and woman
- Studio portrait of a man and woman. The man wears a long coat over a vest, slacks, a bow tie and watch chain; he holds a cane, wears rings on his fingers and a fedora. The woman wears an elaborate hat decorated with feather plumage, a belted dress...
- Clothing & dress--1890-1910.; Couples--1890-1910.; Women--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Portrait of men
- Studio portrait of two men, they both have moustaches and side parted hairstyles. One man sits on a wooden bench and wears a sack coat, tie, and wide striped slacks and boots. The second man stands, he wears a morning coat with a handkerchief,...
- Men--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Interior of tailor's shop
- A tailor irons a pair of slacks in his shop in Denver, Colorado. Jackets hang on nearby poles.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Irons (Pressing)--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Tailor shops--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Tailoring--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Mr. & Mrs. Hill
- A couple identified as Mr. and Mrs. Hill and two young girls sit on a tailings pile at the Dew Drop Mine in Ward (Boulder County), Colorado. Mrs. Hill wears a dark dress with a velvet jacket with puff sleeves. She wears a velvet hat with a large...
- Dew Drop Mine (Boulder County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Ward (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Girls.; Mining.; Spouses.; Tailings embankments.; Tipples.; Hill family.
- 1895 March 10th
- Colo. Midland Engine 38
- A young boy stands on the front end of Colorado Midland Railroad Company Engine No. 38 in Colorado. He wears a pair of slacks, jacket, and cap.
- Colorado Midland Railway Company--1890-1910.; Boys--Colorado--1890-1910.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Cowboys festival
- A group of eleven cowboys pose in front of a brick building possibly in Colorado. They all wear slacks, white shirts, ties and hats.
- Cowboys--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Silversmith
- Shows a Native American male silversmith. He is seated and holds a hammer in one hand over a small anvil, and holds a hand bellows in the other hand. He wears a loose fitted shirt, slacks, head band, silver belt and beaded necklace.
- Indians of North America--Colorado--1890-1910.; Silverwork--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Man leaning against doorway
- An unidentified man leans against a doorway. He has a moustache and wears a pair of slacks, vest, jacket, stripped shirt and hat.
- Men--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Two unidentified men shake hands
- Two unidentified men shake hands, probably Denver, Colorado. One man wears a hat, overcoat, tie and vest. The other man wears a plaid shirt, cap and slacks.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1940.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1910-1940.; Shaking hands--Colorado--Denver--1910-1940.
- [between 1910 and 1940?]
- Brothers - Harry & Bert Rhoads
- Harry and his brother Bert Rhoads pose for photo on a porch. Both men wear shirts, bow ties and slacks. Harry wears suspenders.
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Families--Colorado--1920-1940.; Rhoads, Bert.; Rhoads, Harry Mellon, 1880 or 81-1975.
- [between 1920 and 1940]
- Confederate reunion
- View of conventioneers in Trinidad, Colorado. A balding man in a dark suit with a ribbon on his lapel looks at a balding man in light colored slacks, white shirt and tie, who is holding a tobacco pipe and pouch. Other people are in the background,...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Adams, Alva Blanchard, b. 1875.; Beshoar, John.; Santelmann, Wiliam F.
- August, 1939
- Harry Mellon Rhoads
- Harry M. Rhoads leans in a chair in a workroom, possibly his darkroom. He wears an apron, short sleeved shirt, bow tie, suspenders and slacks. Rhoads was a photographer for the Rocky Mountain News from 1900 to 1969.
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Cameras--Colorado--Denver--1940-1960.; Photojournalists--Colorado--Denver--1940-1960.; Rhoads, Harry Mellon, 1880 or 81-1975.
- July 8, 1932
- A man and a dog
- A man sits on a concrete ledge as he holds the leash to his small dog. The man wears a shirt (possibly satin), tie, cap, slacks and glasses.
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Dogs--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Jury chairs at Georgetown
- An interior view of the Cleer Creek County Courthouse (?) in Georgetown, Colorado, including five Victorian rocking chairs lined up, a woman in slacks and a peasant blouse looking out the window, another rocking chair (partially visible), and...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Rocking chairs--Colorado--Georgetown--1950-1960.; Women--Colorado--Georgetown--1950-1960.
- 1959
- Two men
- Portrait of men in Colorado, in coats, vests, ties, slacks, and hats.
- Men--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Pre-Mexican Independence Day celebration
- View of performers for Mexican Independence day (Diez y Seis de Septiembre) festivities in Denver, Colorado. A man dressed in a mariachi costume plays a vihuela (small guitar), he stands next to three Mexican American women in full dresses...
- Independence Day (Mexico)--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Boulder--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Celebrations--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Costumes--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.;...
- [between 1960 and 1970]
- Rain-in-the-Face and his squaw, similar view
- Rain-in-the-Face, Dakota Chief, with his wife on their wedding day, full length studio portrait with painted backdrop; Rain in the Face seated wears suit jacket, vest and slacks loaned him by D.F. Barry, hair unbraided but tied at ends, moccasins;...
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Weddings--1889.; Rain in the Face, ca. 1835-1905.; Sati.; Dakota Indians.; Indians of North America--Portraits.
- [1889?]
- Sergeant Hopkins
- Portrait of Sergeant Arthur A. Hopkins, an Arizona Ranger, on a horse in Arizona. The man wears a cowboy hat with a flat brim, a bow tie, a jacket, leather gauntlets with fringe and a horseshoe design, and slacks tucked in tall cowboy boots with...
- Arizona Rangers--People--1900-1910.; Horseback riding--Arizona--1900-1910.; Law enforcement officers--Arizona--1900-1910.; Hopkins, Arthur A.
- [between 1902 and 1907]
- "Off to the hills" Lieutenant Wheeler, mounted, and Sergeant Hopkins, unmounted
- View of Arizona Rangers and horses in Arizona. Lieutenant Harry C. Wheeler wears a suit and tie, a cowboy hat, leather gauntlets with fringe, and sits on a horse with silver bridal details and a rifle in a leather scabbard. Sergeant Arthur A....
- Arizona Rangers--People--1900-1910.; Horseback riding--Arizona--1900-1910.; Law enforcement officers--Arizona--1900-1910.; Hopkins, Arthur A.; Wheeler, Harry C.
- [between 1903 and 1907]
- Captain Rynning, dismounted
- Portrait of an Arizona Ranger beside a horse in Arizona. Captain Thomas H. Rynning wears a cowboy hat, a neckerchief, suspenders, a jacket, slacks tucked into tall cowboy boots with spurs, leather gauntlets, and a leather cartridge belt. A horse...
- Arizona Rangers--People--1900-1910.; Horses--Arizona--1900-1910.; Law enforcement officers--Arizona--1900-1910.; Rynning, Thomas H.
- [1903?]
- "Back from the round-up", Ranger Rollins in fighting togs
- An Arizona Ranger sits and poses on a horse in Arizona. Ranger Rollins wears a striped jacket and slacks, cowboy boots, a neckerchief, a cowboy hat and gauntlets with horse shoe symbols and a leather cartridge belt. A horse has a woven saddle...
- Arizona Rangers--People--1900-1910.; Horseback riding--Arizona--1900-1910.; Law enforcement officers--Arizona--1900-1910.
- [between 1906 and 1909]
- Jimmy James and Joe "Awful" Rutofsky Coffee
- Signed photograph of Joe "Awful" Coffee and Jimmy James, identified as a Commander at Buckley Air Field in Aurora (Arapahoe County), Colorado. Joe Coffee poses and wears a leather aviator's jacket with a sheepskin collar, slacks with cuffs, and a...
- Aurora (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Admirals--Colorado--Aurora--1940-1950.; Fighter planes--American--Colorado--Aurora--1940-1950.; Men--Colorado--Aurora--1940-1950.; Military uniforms--Colorado--Aurora--1940-1950.; Coffee, Joe Awful.; James, Jimmy,...
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Dr. John Elsner
- Portrait of Dr. John Elsner. He has a moustache and wears a shirt with a starched collar, probably a silk band bow tie, a double breasted jacket with probably satin lapels, pin-striped slacks, and leather boots with covered laces. Dr. Elsner sits...
- Men--1880-1890.; Elsner, John, d. 1922.
- [between 1882 and 1890?]
- Ezra Meeker
- Men, a women, and children pose on or beside an oxen-drawn covered wagon in an eroded ravine near Bellevue (Sarpy County), Nebraska. Ezra Meeker, an elderly man, has a beard, wears a jacket and slacks, and stands beside oxen. On the wagon, a woman...
- Oregon National Historic Trail--1910-1920.; Aged persons--Men--Nebraska--1910-1920.; Canyons--Nebraska--1910-1920.; Children--Nebraska--1910-1920.; Covered wagons--Nebraska--1910-1920.; Ox teams--Nebraska--1910-1920.;...
- [between 1910 and 1912?]
- On Oregon trail, Ezra Meeker near Bellevue
- A man, a woman, children, and an ox-drawn covered wagon are in an eroded ravine or stream bed near Bellevue (Sarpy County), Nebraska. Ezra Meeker wears a hat, a jacket, and slacks and stands near a yoked team of oxen. A woman holds a baby and sits...
- Oregon National Historic Trail--1910-1920.; Aged persons--Men--Nebraska--1910-1920.; Children--Nebraska--1910-1920.; Covered wagons--Nebraska--1910-1920.; Ox teams--Nebraska--1910-1920.; Pioneers--Nebraska--1910-1920.; Women--Nebraska--1910-1920.;...
- [between 1910 and 1912?]
- Ezra Meeker on the Oregon trail, calking [sic] wagon bed to cross the Loup
- Ezra Meeker, an elderly man, kneels beside a wooden wagon bed near the Loup River in probably Nance County or Platte County, Nebraska. He has long white hair, wears a striped shirt, slacks and boots, and holds a hammer. Wooden wagon wheels on an...
- Loup River (Neb.)--1910-1920.; Oregon National Historic Trail--1910-1920.; Aged persons--Men--Nebraska--1910-1920.; Covered wagons--Nebraska--1910-1920.; Fords (Stream crossings)--Nebraska--1910-1920.; Pioneers--Nebraska--1910-1920.;...
- [between 1910 and 1912?]
- Forestry rangers
- Men sit on rusticated stone walls or stand and pose on a staircase of a brick and stone building with an arched entry and a central keystone. The men wear suits, ties, derby hats or caps or probably park ranger's uniforms with flat-brimmed hats and...
- Buildings--1890-1910.; Men--1890-1910.; Rangers--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Messengers of the Western Union Telegraph Co.
- Panoramic view of a group of young men on the steps of the United States Post Office at 1961 Stout Street in Denver, Colorado. Western Union Telegraph Company messengers pose in uniforms that include jackets with metal buttons, notepads in breast...
- United States. Post Office (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1910-1920.; Western Union Telegraph Company--People--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Messengers--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Post offices--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1917
- H-Bluebirds-J
- Young men and women stand or sit and pose near a flat-bed truck on Federal Boulevard in front of the Woodbury Branch of the Denver Public Library in the West Highland neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The panoramic group photograph shows possibly...
- Denver Public Library. Woodbury Branch--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; West Highland (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Libraries--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Trucks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Young adults--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- 1918 June 9
- The Denver Welsh Band, Director
- Men and boys stand and pose in a row for a panoramic group portrait in front of the Colorado State Capitol building staircase in Denver, Colorado. Members of the Denver Welsh Band wear uniforms with decorative frogging and piping, slacks, boots,...
- Colorado State Capitol (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1930.; Denver Welsh Band--1910-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Bands--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Capitols--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1925?]
- Buffalo Bill
- Portrait of William F. Cody by a clapboard cabin with a taxidermic mounted bison head over the door. He sits on a camp stool, he wears a jacket, slacks and a tie, his cowboy hat has embroidery.
- Celebrities--1900-1910.; Entertainers--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Picnic group at Red Rock Canon, Colo.
- Men and women sit or stand and pose on horseback on a picnic in what is identified as Red Rock Canyon in probably El Paso County, Colorado. The people pose with food, wicker picnic baskets and jug covers. One man plays a banjo. The women wear wide...
- El Paso County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Banjos--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1890.; Horseback riding--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1890.; Picnics--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1890.; Women--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1890.
- 1884 April 4
- Sitting Bull's son, a Dakota, and David F. Barry Sitting Bull's son in Indian clothing with elaborate headdress, full length.
- Sitting Bull's son Louie and David Frances Barry, full length studio portraits; Sitting Bull's son seated with four feathers in hair, hair ornamentation, fur vest with shiny metal adorments, seashells, and sheriff badge attached, loin cloth over...
- Dakota Indians--1920-1930.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1920-1930.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1920-1930.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890--Family.; Barry, D. F. (David Frances), 1854-1934.
- 1926
- Sitting Bull's family, his two wives and daughters, and an unidentified little boy
- Dakota Chief Sitting Bull's family, his two wives (Seen by the Nation and Her Four Robes) and daughters and one little boy outside tepee; women wear dresses and shawls; young male wears hat, jacket and slacks; shows drying or tanning hides on rack...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Families--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Women--1880-1890.; Tipis--1880-1890.; Her Four Robes.; Seen by the Nation.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890--Family.
- [188-?]