Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Navajo women and their friend Mrs. H. M. Peabody Bluff City, Utah.
- Mrs. H. M. Peabody poses outdoors in front of hanging Navajo rugs with Native American (Navajo) rug weavers (women) in Bluff (Bluff City), Utah. The Navajo women wear blankets and bead necklaces with naja pendants.
- Indians of North America--Utah--Bluff--1880-1910.; Navajo Indians--Utah--Bluff--1880-1910.; Navajo textile fabrics--Utah--Bluff--1880-1910.; Navajo women weavers--Utah--Bluff--1880-1910.; Bluff (Utah)--1880-1910.; Rugs--Utah--Bluff--1880-1910.;...
- [between 1880 and 1910]
- Navajo women at a Navajo fair in Bluff City, Utah
- Native American (Navajo) women weavers and girls sit near a display of blankets at a Navajo fair in Bluff City, Utah.
- Indians of North America--Utah--Bluff--1880-1910.; Navajo Indians--Utah--Bluff--1880-1910.; Navajo textile fabrics--Utah--Bluff--1880-1910.; Navajo women weavers--Utah--Bluff--1880-1910.; Girls--Utah--Bluff--1880-1910.;...
- [between 1880 and 1910]
- Artistic creations of Indian weavers and potters in a Hopi house, Grand Canyon, Arizona
- Interior view of Hopi House, a Fred Harvey Company curio shop at the Grand Canyon, Arizona; a replica of a Native American pueblo room with displays of Native American arts and crafts including rugs, blankets, baskets, and pottery.
- Fred Harvey (Firm)--1900-1910.; Hopi Indians--Arts & crafts--Arizona--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--Arizona--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--Arts & crafts--Arizona--1900-1910.; Navajo textile fabrics--Arizona--1900-1910.; Pueblo...
- [between 1905 and 1910]
- Rio Grande style blanket and beater
- View of a hand-woven Rio Grande style blanket made at a WPA sponsored weaving project in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. Shows a multi colored striped blanket and two chain rug beaters with wooden handles.
- Hispanic Americans--Arts & crafts--1940-1950.; Mexican Americans--Arts & crafts--1940-1950.; Blankets.; Tools.; Blankets--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.;...
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Harrison Avenue, Leadville 1948
- This view looking south on Harrison Avenue in Leadville, Colorado includes several landmark buildings. The Hotel Vendome, and the Delaware Hotel, both with mansard roofs, and the American National Bank with tower dome are included. Business signs...
- American National Bank (Leadville, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Delaware Hotel (Leadville, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Vendome Hotel--1940-1950.; Signs and signboards--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1950.; Leadville (Colo.)--1940-1950.;...
- 1948
- María Salomé Córdova spinning wool
- Hispanic American María Salomé Córdova sits in a chair and spins yarn in her yard in Hoehne (Las Animas County), Colorado. She holds a wood spindle in one hand and the wool in the other. The spindle rests in a wood bowl in her lap. The...
- Hispanic Americans--1930-1940.; Mexican Americans--1930-1940.; Las Animas County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Weavers.; Women.; Córdova, María Salomé, 1867---Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Las Animas County--Pictorial works.; Mexican...
- [between 1930 and 1935?]
- Weavers of Blankets at leisure
- Native American (Navajo) women and children pose on and near a covered wagon. A woman and a girl stand near the rear wheel of the wagon, one woman sits in the wagon covering her face and body with a woven blanket. Women wear beaded necklaces. A dog...
- Indians of North America--Children--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--Women--1900-1910.; Navajo women weavers--1900-1910.; Carts & wagons--1900-1910.
- [between 1901 and 1908]
- Navajo weavers
- Native American (Navajo) women sit at two looms near a rock ledge in either Arizona or New Mexico. A baby in a cradleboard is propped against one of the looms. A herd of goats and sheep stand on the ledge.
- Indians of North America--1900-1940.; Navajo Indians--1900-1940.; Navajo women weavers--1900-1940.; Cradleboards--1900-1940.; Infants--1900-1940.; Looms--1900-1940.; Weaving--1900-1940.; Women--1900-1940.
- [between 1904 and 1932]
- Navajo blanket weavers. Arizona
- Native American (Navajo) women sit at a loom attached to a brush shelter in Arizona. A timber and earth hogan is nearby.
- Indians of North America--Arizona--1880-1890.; Navajo Indians--Arizona--1880-1890.; Navajo women weavers--Arizona--1880-1890.; Hogans--Arizona--1880-1890.; Weaving--Arizona--1880-1890.; Women--Arizona--1880-1890.
- [between 1885 and 1890]
- Western History Subject Index
- Chimayo, New Mexico
- Western History Subject Index
- TEWA WEAVERS
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 30, 1911 July 22
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 34, 1911 August 19
- Municipal Facts: Volume 8 Numbers 1 and 2, 1925 January-February
- Municipal Facts: Volume 10 Numbers 11 and 12, 1927 November-December
- Municipal Facts: Volume 10 Numbers 1 and 2, 1927 January-February
- Municipal Facts: Volume 9 Numbers 11 and 12, 1926 November-December
- History of Denver
- A Navajo woman and her blanket
- A Navajo woman poses with a large woven fringed blanket with a diamond pattern. She wears a blanket wrapped around her body, a necklace and a bracelet. She has on moccasins and has her hair pulled back. She stands on a woven blanket, and another...
- Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Navajo Indian textile fabrics.; Navajo Indians--1880-1890.; Navajo Indian women weavers.
- [between 1888 and 1890?]
- Navajo blanket weaver
- View of a Native American Navajo woman weaving a blanket.
- Indians of North America--Women--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--Women--1900-1910.; Navajo women weavers--1900-1910.; Weaving--1900-1910.; Women--1900-1910.
- [1901?]
- Navajo blanket weavers
- Two Native American (Navajo) women weave blankets from wool. Their looms hang from sticks supported by trees or posts.
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--1900-1910.; Navajo textile fabrics--1900-1910.; Weaving--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Tribes Navajo weaver
- A Native American (Navajo) woman weaves at a loom. Another woman and a horse are nearby.
- Indians of North America--1890-1910.; Navajo Indians--1890-1910.; Navajo weavers--1890-1910.; Women--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Indian manufacture, Pueblo Indian blanket loom [sic], weavers, Territorial Fair
- A Native American man stands by a Territorial Fair arts and crafts exhibit with labeled items including manos and metates, weaving loom with Navajo blankets, coiled rope, and bead work, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Sign reads: "The Navajoe Indians of...
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Albuquerque--1880-1890.; Navajo Indians--Arts & crafts--New Mexico--Albuquerque--1880-1890.; Pueblo Indians--Arts & crafts--New Mexico--Albuquerque--1880-1890.; Albuquerque (N.M.)--1880-1890.; Fairs--New...
- October 1881
- Woman weaving near Butler's Trading Post
- Native American (Navajo) woman and girl sit and weave at a loom at Butlers Trading Post, probably near Shiprock, New Mexico. A cloth tied between the building and the porch shade the woman and girl who sit on a fringed blanket. The girl points to...
- Butlers Trading Post (Navajo Indian Reservation)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--Women--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Navajo women weavers--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Navajo Indian...
- [1908?]
- Navajo Weaver
- A Native American (Navajo) woman sits on a woven blanket near a loom. The loom stands near a pile of brush and rocks. Either a hide or cloth is stretched behind the loom, from post to post.
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--Arts & crafts--1900-1910.; Navajo textile fabrics--1900-1910.; Navajo women weavers--1900-1910.; Looms--1900-1910.; Weaving--1900-1910.
- [between 1901 and 1908]
- Navaho weaver
- Native American (Navajo) woman and girl sit and weave at Butler's Trading post, near Shiprock, New Mexico. A cloth tied between the building and the porch shade them as they sit on a fringed blanket at the loom.
- Butlers Trading Post (Navajo Indian Reservation)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Women--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--Arts & crafts--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Navajo women weavers--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Weaving--New...
- 1908
- Navaho weaving right out in the Painted Desert
- Native American (Navajo) woman and girls sit on blankets near a loom in the Painted Desert, Arizona. The wood loom hangs from a horizontal pole supported by two vertical poles.
- Indians of North America--Women--Arizona--1910-1920.; Navajo Indians--Arts & crafts--Arizona--1910-1920.; Navajo women weavers--Arizona--1910-1920.; Painted Desert (Ariz.)--1910-1920.; Looms--Arizona--1910-1920.; Weaving--Arizona--1910-1920.
- [1908?]
- Navaho weaving out in Painted Desert.
- Native American (Navajo) woman sits on a blanket near a loom in the Painted Desert, Arizona. Three white men look on. The woman is shaded by a large piece of cloth hung over wood poles.
- Indians of North America--Arizona--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--Women--Arizona--1900-1910.; Navajo women weavers--Arizona--1900-1910.; Painted Desert (Ariz.); Weaving--Arizona--1900-1910.
- [1908?]
- Navajo weaver
- Seated studio portrait of a Native American (Navajo) woman. She wears a velvet burgundy blouse with silver buttons and silver studs on the collar and front, a dark skirt, and a concho belt. Her hair is pulled back and she has a striped wool blanket...
- Indians of North America--1930-1940.; Navajo Indians--Women--1930-1940.; Navajo women weavers--1930-1940.
- [1931?]
- Navajo weaver
- Native American (Navajo) women sit at a two sided loom and weave. They sit near a pile of wooden crates and blankets.
- Indians of North America--1890-1920.; Navajo Indians--1890-1920.; Navajo women weavers--1890-1920.; Looms--1890-1920.; Weaving--1890-1920.; Women--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Navajo weaver
- A Native American (Navajo) woman sits at a loom near a brush shelter, New Mexico or Arizona.
- Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Navajo Indians--1880-1900.; Navajo women weavers--1880-1900.; Looms--1880-1900.; Weaving--1880-1900.; Women--1880-1900.
- [between 1878 and 1898]
- Navajo home
- Native American (Navajo) women and children sit outside their home in either Arizona or New Mexico. One of the woman sits at a loom.
- Indians of North America--1910-1920.; Navajo Indians--1910-1920.; Navajo women weavers--1910-1920.; Aged persons--1910-1920.; Children--1910-1920.; Looms--1910-1920.; Weaving--1910-1920.
- 1910
- Navajo weaver
- A Native American (Navajo) woman sits at a loom and weaves. A wooden crate that reads: "Charles Unsweetened Evaporated Milk" is near the woman. A herd of sheep walk on a ledge nearby. A stone and earth hogan is near the sheep.
- Indians of North America--1900-1940.; Navajo Indians--1900-1940.; Navajo women weavers--1900-1940.; Hogans--1900-1940.; Sheep--1900-1940.; Weaving--1900-1940.
- [between 1904 and 1932]
- Navajo weaver
- Close-up view of a Native American (Navajo) woman as she weaves at a loom.
- Indians of North America--1880-1910.; Navajo Indians--1880-1910.; Navajo women weavers--1880-1910.; Weaving--1880-1910.; Women--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910]
- Navajo woman weaving a rug
- A Native American (Navajo) woman sits near a loom, probably in New Mexico. A log and earthen hogan is nearby.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--1920-1940.; Navajo Indians--New Mexico--1920-1940.; Navajo women weavers--New Mexico--1920-1940.; Looms--New Mexico--1920-1940.; Weaving--New Mexico--1920-1940.; Women--New Mexico--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940]
- Navajo weaver
- A Native American (Navajo) woman poses near a loom. She is wrapped in a blanket.
- Indians of North America--1880-1910.; Navajo Indians--1880-1910.; Navajo women weavers--1880-1910.; Weaving--1880-1910.; Women--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910]
- Mabel Burnside Myers, (Navajo) leading weaver of vegetable dye materials, displays craft at Denver Museum of Nat. History
- Mabel Burnside Myers, a Native American (Navajo) woman weaves at a loom in the Denver Museum of Natural History in Denver, Colorado. Boys and girls look on.
- Denver Museum of Natural History--1960-1970.; Indians of North America--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Navajo Indians--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Navajo women weavers--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.;...
- 1968 July 15
- Aboriginal life among the Navajo Indians Cańon de Chelle, New Mexico [i. e. Arizona]
- A Native American (Navajo) man and woman sit near a loom and an earthen hogan near Canyon de Chelly, Arizona. A bundle of corn cobs hangs from a nearby tree.
- Indians of North America--Arizona--1870-1880.; Navajo Indians--Arizona--1870-1880.; Navajo women weavers--Arizona--1870-1880.; Chelly, Canyon de (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Looms--Arizona--1870-1880.; Weaving--Arizona--1870-1880.
- 1873
- Navajos
- A Native American (Navajo) woman and girl sit near a loom, probably in Arizona or New Mexico. The loom is near a tepee. An automobile is parked in the distance.
- Indians of North America--1910-1930.; Navajo Indians--1910-1930.; Navajo women weavers--1910-1930.; Girls--1910-1930.; Weaving--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930]
- Navajo woman weaving blanket
- A Native American (Navajo) woman sits at a loom near an earth and timber hogan in either Arizona or New Mexico.
- Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Navajo Indians--1880-1890.; Navajo women weavers--1880-1890.; Hogans--1880-1890.; Looms--1880-1890.; Women--1880-1890.
- [between 1885 and 1890]
- Navajo woman weaving a belt
- A Native American (Navajo) family poses outdoors near an earth and timber hogan. The woman sits at a loom for weaving belts. The man wears moccasins and a blanket.
- Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Navajo Indians--1880-1890.; Navajo women weavers--1880-1890.; Hogans--1880-1890.; Looms--1880-1890.; Weaving--1880-1890.
- [between 1885 and 1890]
- Typical Navajo Indian camp showing summer and winter hogans
- View of a Native American (Navajo) camp. Women and children sit near a partially woven blanket on a loom. Another woman walks near a summer hogan.
- Indians of North America--1910-1930.; Navajo Indians--1910-1930.; Navajo women weavers--1910-1930.; Hogans--1910-1930.; Looms--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Navajo hogan and family Navajo reservation, Arizona
- A Native American (Navajo) family (man, women, and children) pose by a loom near their earthen hogan in Arizona. The man stands near the hogan entrance and holds a blanket.
- Indians of North America--1910-1930.; Navajo Indians--1910-1930.; Navajo women weavers--1910-1930.; Hogans--1910-1930.; Looms--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930]
- Spinning wool into yarn to be used in Navajo Indian rug weaving
- Native American (Navajo) women spin wool near a loom in Arizona. A rug hangs behind her.
- Indians of North America--Arizona--1890-1910.; Navajo Indians--Arizona--1890-1910.; Navajo textile fabrics--Arizona--1890-1910.; Navajo women weavers--Arizona--1890-1910.; Rugs--Arizona--1890-1910.; Spinning--Arizona--1890-1910.;...
- [between 1910 and 1930]
- Dying wool for Navajo Indian Rugs- Arizona
- Native American (Navajo) women dye wool in preparation for weaving in Arizona. A rug is on a nearby loom.
- Indians of North America--Arizona--1890-1910.; Navajo Indians--Arizona--1890-1910.; Navajo women weavers--Arizona--1890-1910.; Dyeing--Arizona--1890-1910.; Women--Arizona--1890-1910.
- [between 1910 and 1930]
- Navajo family
- A Native American (Navajo) family sits in and near their summer hogan in either Arizona or New Mexico. One woman weaves at a loom.
- Indians of North America--1890-1920.; Navajo Indians--1890-1920.; Navajo women weavers--1890-1920.; Hogans--1890-1920.; Families--1890-1920.; Women--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Navajo blanket weaving an Indian Hogan (hut) on the Navajo reservation, Arizona
- A Native American (Navajo) family poses near a summer hogan in Arizona. One woman sits at a loom. The man holds a bow and arrows and wears a feather headdress.
- Indians of North America--1890-1910.; Navajo Indians--1890-1910.; Navajo women weavers--1890-1910.; Headdresses--1890-1910.; Weaving--1890-1910.; Women--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Navajo blanket weaver
- A Native American (Navajo) woman weaves a blanket on a loom near a palm tree. Spectators stand nearby.
- Indians of North America--1890-1910.; Navajo Indians--1890-1910.; Navajo women weavers--1890-1910.; Looms--1890-1910.; Weaving--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Weavers
- A Hispanic American man and woman work on traditional wooden treadle looms probably in Southern Colorado. The woman works on a Rio Grande style weaving.
- United States. Work Projects Administration. Colorado.--1930-1950.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1930-1950.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1930-1950.; Looms--Colorado--1930-1950.; Weaving--Colorado--1930-1950.; Women--Colorado--1930-1950.
- [between 1933 and 1944?]
- Domestic scene among the Navajoe Indians
- Native American (Navajo) women and men sit beside a summer hogan constructed of logs and brush, in Arizona or New Mexico. One woman weaves at a loom made of logs and sticks. Shows wool thread and woven rugs.
- Hogans--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Navajo Indians--1870-1880.; Navajo women weavers--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--1870-1880.; Weaving--1870-1880.; Women--1870-1880.; Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.)
- 1873