Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Trousers
- Front view of a pair of children's trousers (Sioux). The trousers are made of buckskin and red cloth and are decorated with blue, green, red, yellow and white beadwork, fringe on the inseams and sides and gold color ribbon. There is an inscription...
- Dakota Indians--Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Children--Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Trousers--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Mr. Boardman Robinson house
- A two story, clapboard house with rectangular windows and shutters is built above a retaining wall in Central City, Colorado. The house has a gabled roof, a chimney, a screen door, and steps leading up to the front porch. A picket fence encloses...
- Robinson, Boardman, 1876-1952--Homes & haunts.; Scott, Walter, Mrs.--Homes & haunts.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Maintenance & repair--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- 1933
- Trousers
- Front view of a pair of Native American (Sioux) children's trouser. The trousers are made of buckskin and red cloth and are decorated with blue, green, red, yellow and white beadwork, fringe on the inseams and sides and gold color ribbon. There is...
- Dakota Indians--Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Children--Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Trousers--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Mr. Sam Jaffe & Miss Ruth Gordon on hill behind Opera House, Central City, Colo.
- Two actors, a man and a woman, from the Central City Play Festival walk together down the hill outside of the Opera House in Central City, Colorado. The woman wears a white, buttoned coat, trousers, and a bandana over her head. The man wears...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Actors--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Opera houses--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- 1937
- Aspen
- Three men, two boys, and a large dog sit and stand on a railroad handcart on the railroad tracks in Aspen, Colorado. The men are wearing trousers, overalls, long-sleeved shirts, and hats. A boy dressed in trousers, a jacket, and a cap stands on...
- Aspen (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Railroad facilities--Colorado--Aspen--1890-1900.
- [about 1895]
- Corps of Indian Scouts
- Native American military scouts, probably under the command of First Lieutenant Edward Casey at Fort Keogh (Custer County), Montana, pose on horseback. The men wear felt hats, military coats, gauntlets, striped trousers and diagonal leather chest...
- Indian scouts--Montana--Fort Keogh--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Montana--Fort Keogh--1890-1900.; Fort Keogh (Mont.)--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--Montana--Fort Keogh--1890-1900.; Military officers--Montana--Fort Keogh--1890-1900.;...
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Actors at the Central City Opera House
- Photograph of two actors in a scene from a play. The taller actor on the left is wearing a top hat, a waitcoat, a light-colored jacket with dark lapels, checkered trousers, and black, leather shoes. He has a full, graying beard, is holding a...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Actors--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Costumes--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1939?]
- Costume Party at Central City
- Two men dressed in period costumes stand on the wood plank sidewalk in front of the Teller House in Central City, Colorado. The man on the right is dressed as a mountain man in a buckskin jacket with fringe, a leather belt with a holster, leather...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Opera houses--Colorado--Central City--1930-1950.; Theater audiences--Colorado--Central City--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Edna James
- Actors from the Central City Play Festival raise their tin cups and their hats in a toast to Edna James, who stands in the center of the group in Central City, Colorado. The women wear shorts or trousers and halter tops or short-sleeved shirts. The...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Toasting--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; James, Edna Earle Lee, 1938-
- 1933
- Hugh Marlowe, C. Bancroft, K.T. Stevens, leads in And perhaps happiness, Central City
- Caroline Bancroft sits on a stone bench and holds her open book "Gulch of Gold." She wears a linen dress with a collar, a bead necklace and earrings with her hair gathered on top of her head in a braid. A woman wearing a patterned shirt with rolled...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Reading--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Bancroft, Caroline.; Marlowe, H. (Hugh); Stevens, Katharine, 1919-
- 1958
- Hugh Marlowe, Caroline Bancroft, K.T. Stevens, Central City
- Caroline Bancroft sits on a stone bench and holds her open book "Gulch of Gold" in Central City, Colorado. She wears a linen dress and her hair is gathered on top of her head in a braid. A woman wearing a patterned shirt with rolled up sleeves,...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Reading--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Bancroft, Caroline.; Marlowe, H. (Hugh); Stevens, Katharine, 1919-
- 1958
- East High spotlight: vol 30 no 9
- 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 March 2
- Mr. Days Beauty Salon
- Interior view of Mr. Days Beauty Salon located at 1600 West Evans Avenue in the College Park / South Platte neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. Mr. Day, in black trousers, and his staff pose near a counter a display case. A woman sits on a stool near...
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1950-1960; College Park - South Platte (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Women.; Beauty shops.; Interiors.; Maestas, James A.--Pictorial works.; Mr. Days...
- [1955]
- 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
- Portrait of a soldier
- Studio portrait of a man who wears a military uniform and a cavalry campaign hat. The man's trousers have a vertical stripe. The man crosses his arms.
- Cavalry--1900-1910.; Men--1900-1910.
- 1901
- Portrait of a man
- Full length studio portrait of a man who wears a dark colored jacket, a vest and watch fob, trousers, boots, a shirt and a striped necktie. The man has a moustache. A handkerchief is in his jacket pocket. His hat is on top of a studio prop that...
- Men--1890-1910.; Studio props--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Portrait of a man
- Full length studio portrait of a man who wears a jacket, vest and watch fob, striped trousers, boots, a white shirt and a checkered necktie. He stands on artificial grass and poses in front of a painted backdrop. His hat rests on top of a studio...
- Men--1890-1910.; Studio props--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Portrait of a man with a dog
- Studio portrait of a man who sits in a chair and holds a small dog (a pug) in front of a painted backdrop. The man wears a dark colored jacket, a vest, striped trousers, a shirt and a light colored necktie. A watch fob is attached to his vest.
- Pug--1890-1910.; Men--1890-1910.; Pets--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Portrait of a man
- Studio portrait of a man who wears a dark colored jacket, trousers, a vest, necktie, hat and a shirt with a high collar. He leans against a studio prop that resembles a stone column in front of a painted backdrop.
- Men--1890-1900.
- 1891 October 5
- Portrait of a man
- Full length studio portrait of a man who poses by a painted floral backdrop. He wears a dark colored jacket, trousers, a shirt and a necktie. The man has a moustache and a hat rests atop a studio prop that resembles a rock.
- Men--1890-1910.; Studio props--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Portrait of a man
- Full length studio portrait of a man who poses by a painted floral backdrop. The man wears a dark colored jacket, trousers, a necktie and a light colored shirt; he has a moustache. A watch fob is fastened to the man's vest. His hat rests atop a...
- Men--1890-1910.; Studio props--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Portrait of children
- Studio portrait of a boy, a baby and a young woman who pose in front of a floral backdrop. The boy wears striped trousers and a jacket. He rests his arm on the back of the chair, where the baby sits. The baby wears a plaid dress and boots. The...
- Boys--1890-1910.; Families--1890-1910.; Girls--1890-1910.; Infants--1890-1910.; Teenagers--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Portrait of a family
- Studio portrait of a family. The man sits on a chair and rests a baby in a dark colored gown on his knee. The man wears plaid trousers, a jacket, a vest, shirt, necktie, and boots. He has a moustache and parts his hair down the middle. A star...
- Families--1890-1910.; Infants--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Portrait of a young man
- Full length studio portrait of a young man who leans against a prop column and fence in front of a painted backdrop. The boy wears a dark colored jacket, trousers, boots, a light colored shirt and a necktie. He holds his hat.
- Boys--1890-1910.; Studio props--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Mr. Charles Humburg
- An oil portrait of Mr. Charles Humburg by Albert Salzbrenner. Mr. Humburg is seated in a chair; he has a moustache and wears a white shirt, gray cravat, tan vest, black jacket and gray trousers. The frame is plain wood.
- Humburg, Charles.; Men--1900-1910.
- 1907
- Man - seated - portrait
- Studio portrait of an unidentified man seated on a wood fence in Colorado. He wears trousers and a sweater.
- Men--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930]
- Two Chinese women
- In this reproduction of a cabinet card tacked to corkboard, two Chinese women in holiday dress pose on interior stairs. Both wear silk jackets with embroidered banding and medallions, silk trousers and embroidered slippers.
- Chinese Americans--Women--1900-1910.; Cabinet photographs--1900-1910.; Interiors--1900-1910.; Stairways--1900-1910.; Women--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- A Chinese interior
- In this reproduction of a cabinet card tacked to corkboard, two Chinese men dressed in silk jackets, dark trousers and skullcaps sit in a room on a Chinese style divan. Shows embroidered wall hangings behind the divan, ornate wood carving on the...
- Chinese Americans--Men--1900-1910.; Cabinet photographs--1900-1910.; Houses--1900-1910.; Interiors--1900-1910.; Men--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Platte Canyon near Deansburg [sic]
- A man in a vest, a derby hat, and trousers tucked into tall boots stands on a log, that is used as a pedestrian crossing over the North Fork of the South Platte River, beside Denver, Leadville, and Gunnison Railway Company tracks in Platte Canyon...
- Denver, Leadville, and Gunnison Railway Company--1890-1900.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Platte Canyon (Colo.)--1890-1900.; South Platte River, North Fork (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--Jefferson County--1890-1900.;...
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- South Park from Kenosha hill
- A man wears a derby hat with a ribbon band, a jacket, trousers tucked into tall boots, and holds a walking stick on Kenosha Pass (Lake County), Colorado. Shows meadows in a valley and snow covered mountains in distant South Park.
- Kenosha Pass (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Lake County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--Park County--1880-1900.; Valleys--Colorado--Park County--1880-1900.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Longmont Hose Company # 1 at side of old City Hall, Fourth and Kimbark.
- Hose Company #1 in front of old City Hall, 4th Avenue and Kimbark Street, Longmont, Colorado. The men are uniformed in flat top caps, shirts with breast bibs, belted dark trousers and white gloves. Their hose cart is displayed in center with a...
- Longmont (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Longmont--1880-1900.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Longmont--1880-1900.
- 1888 November 14
- Knights of Pythias
- Knights of Pythias, Leadville Lodge, No. 1, pose in Aspen, Colorado. The Grand Lodge of the Grand Jurisdiction of Colorado was organized in 1879. Members in full uniform including dark jackets, trousers, epaulets, striped belts, white gloves and...
- Knights of Pythias. Leadville Lodge No. 1 (Leadville, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- The Buckingham Hook & Ladder Company at Third and Main, Longmont.
- Twenty two members of Buckingham Hook & Ladder Company pose in a line at 3rd (Third )Avenue and Main Street, Longmont, Colorado. The men wear their new uniforms, flat fire caps, dark belted trousers and shirts decorated with breast bibs and...
- Longmont (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Longmont--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900.]
- Leadville Drum Corps
- Leadville Drum Corps pose in three rows in front of a vertical board structure. The young men in uniforms wear waistcoats with zig zag embroidery decoration, flat top military caps, trousers with side stripes and gaiters. The first row sits low,...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Drum majoring--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Charles Perrine Arnold near Meeker, Colorado
- Charles Arnold poses in a wooden rocker inside a log house, near Meeker, Rio Blanco County, Colorado. He has beard and wears a heavy wool trousers and jacket with a straight tie. Room includes a sewing machine, table with a lantern and book; a...
- Meeker (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Meeker--1900-1910.; Interiors.; Log cabins--Colorado--Meeker--1900-1910.; Arnold, Charles.
- 1901
- Joseph L. Wescott
- Outdoor standing portrait of Joseph L. Wescott, one of Grand Lake's original settlers, includes the photographer's shadow. Wescott wears trousers, vest, and a wide brim hat.
- Wescott, Joseph L.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Robert Edmund Jones background is the old safe of the Kountze Bros. Bank
- Robert Edmund Jones, member of the Play Festival Committee, poses in jacket, trousers, and tie, holding a cigarette, in Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado. Rough stone wall behind him is identified as the safe of the Kountze Brothers Bank.
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Jones, Robert Edmund 1887-1954.
- [between 1933 and 1938?]
- Tourtelotte Park
- Two men ("Uncle Joe" Sawyer, Greener) pose in a grassy slope with Queen Anne's Lace, Tourtelotte Park, Colorado in Pitkin County. They are dressed identically, wearing trousers, long-sleeved shirts, suspenders, and hats.
- Tourtelotte Park (Colo.)--1900-1910.
- 1909
- "Moccasin Bill" Perkins and daughter
- "Moccasin Bill" Perkins, his daughter (sitting side-saddle on a horse), and an unidentified man, stand in front of a tent in Wetmore, Custer County, Colorado. "Moccasin Bill" wears a hat, long boots, trousers, a coat and holds a cigar in his right...
- Perkins, Moccasin Bill--Family.; Perkins, Moccasin Bill.; Wetmore (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Fathers & children--Colorado--Wetmore--1880-1890.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Wetmore 1880-1890.; Women--Colorado--Wetmore--1880-1890.
- [1880?]
- West Creek
- Three boys fish from a footbridge in West Creek, Douglas County, Colorado, while a man stands nearby and watches. Two of the boys wear breeches; the third boy wears trousers. Tents and cabins are in the background.
- West Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Boys--Colorado--West Creek--1890-1900.; Children fishing--Colorado--West Creek--1890-1900.; Pedestrian bridges--Colorado--West Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1895 and 1900?]
- R.M.R.R. Club, Memorial 3 day trip, Vernon Hollenbeck, Sadie Minafer, 1961, Alamosa
- Vernon Hollenbeck, president of the Newton Lumber and Manufacturing Company of Colorado Springs, and Sadie Minafer pose in front of the Rio Grande offices in Alamosa, Colorado, during a Rocky Mountain Railroad Club trip to Alamosa. Vernon wears a...
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Hollenbeck, Vernon.; Minafer, Sadie.
- 1961
- Central City, Colorado buildings
- Six men pull a hose reel up the hill past the Williams' Stables building and Washington Hall in Central City, Colorado. The reel has wrought iron decoration and is being guided by a fireman dressed in fireman's coat and hat. Four other men, two...
- Central City (Colo.)--1910-1940.; Washington Hall (Central City, Colo.)--1910-1940.; Stables--Colorado--Central City--1910-1940.
- [between 1910 and 1940?]
- Frances Douglass, Union High school teacher
- In this standing protrait of Mr. and Mrs. C.H. Douglass, she wears a long dark skirt and a long-sleeved blouse with a pin on her collar. He wears a striped shirt, bow tie, and trousers with a leather belt and a waist watch chain. They stand in...
- Adams City (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Adams County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Teachers--Colorado--Adams County--1900-1920.; Douglass, Frances.
- [between 1909 and 1918]
- Instructors, educational services F. G. H., #21,
- Men (in shirts, trousers, and hats) and a woman in a nurses uniform pose at Fitzsimons Hospital in Denver, Colorado. Lawrence E. Burns stands 3rd from left.
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Military hospitals--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Teachers--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Burns, Lawrence E., 1886-1947.; Fitzsimons Army Medical Center--1920-1930.
- 1920
- Man & woman of Pueblo Laguna, New Mexico
- Standing studio portrait of Native Americans, Tzashima and her husband, governor of Laguna Pueblo, New Mexico, with painted backdrop and prop rock, pottery, bow and arrows. She wears a manta over a cotton blouse with a shawl; he wears a belted...
- Indians of North America--Women--New Mexico--Laguna --1880-1890.; Laguna Indians--1880-1890.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Laguna--1880-1890.; Laguna (N.M.)--1880-1890.; Pottery--New Mexico--Laguna--1880-1890.; Women--New Mexico--Laguna--1880-1890.;...
- [1885?]
- Indians, Pueblo, San Ildefonso, biography, Juan
- Studio portrait of Juan (?) a San Ildefonso Pueblo Native American man with a boy and girl, in Euro-American dress, including suit, vests, trousers and a dress. The elderly man is seated and wrapped in a blanket with the girl on his knee.
- Indians of North America--Children--New Mexico--San Ildefonso--1900-1930.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--San Ildefonso--1900-1930.; Tewa Indians--1900-1930.; San Ildefonso (N.M.)--1900-1930.; Boys--New Mexico--San Ildefonso--1900-1930.; Girls--New...
- [between 1900 and 1926?]
- Ind-San Juan, biog., groups (unident)
- Studio portrait of an unidentified Native American family of San Juan Pueblo, New Mexico; a woman, holding a baby in a cotton dress, and a girl wear woven dresses and shawls with moccasins and leggings, a man wears Euro-American dress including...
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--New Mexico--San Juan Pueblo--1880-1890.; Pueblo Indians--Children--New Mexico--San Juan Pueblo--1880-1900.; Tewa Indians--Women--New Mexico--San Juan Pueblo--1880-1900.; San Juan Pueblo...
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Indians, Utes, dances
- Native American Ute men dance wearing feather headdresses, kilts, bustles, moccasins, trousers and shirts.
- Indian dance--1920-1930.; Indians of North America--1920-1930.; Ute Indians--Dance--1920-1930.; Ceremonial dancers--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Indians at Atchee Colo
- Native American Utes pose outside a vertical log house in front of a wagon, Atchee, Garfield County, Colorado. The women are wrapped in blankets, the man wears a suit, and the children wear dresses and trousers.
- Indians of North America--Women--Colorado--Atchee--1880-1920.; Ute Indians--Transportation--Colorado--Atchee--1880-1920.; Atchee (Colo.)--1880-1920.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Atchee--1880-1920.; Log buildings--Colorado--Atchee--1880-1920.
- [between 1880 and 1920]
- Group of Laguna Indians
- Studio portrait of a Native American Laguna Pueblo group, New Mexico, with a painted backdrop and prop pottery, rifle, bows and arrows. Men wear bandanas, buckskin leggings, cotton shirts and trousers, bead and silver earrings and necklaces and a...
- Indians of North America--Women--New Mexico--Laguna --1880-1890.; Laguna Indians--1880-1890.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Laguna--1880-1890.; Laguna (N.M.)--1880-1890.; Women--New Mexico--Laguna--1880-1890.
- [1885?]