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- Western History Subject Index
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- Western History Subject Index
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- Western History Subject Index
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- Western History Subject Index
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- Western History Subject Index
- Albany mine. White . Pine. District Colorado
- Grand new year's ball : The Nevada Dancing Club will give a select party, at Nevada Hall, Nevada City, on Thursday evening, December 31st, 1863.
- Balls (Parties)--Colorado--Nevada City--1860-1870.; Nevada City (Colo.) 1863.; Nevada City (Colo.)--Social life and customs--To 1876.
- 1863
- Grand opening ball at the Griswold House : formerly the "Everett."
- Balls (Parties)--Colorado--Blackhawk--1860-1870.; Blackhawk (Colo.) 1864.; Blackhawk (Colo.)--Social life and customs--To 1876.
- 1864
- Complimentary supper to Gen. P.E. Connor.
- Parties--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Connor, P. E. (Patrick Edward), 1820-1891.; Suppers--Colorado--Denver.; Denver (Colo.)--Social life and customs--To 1876.
- 1865
- Turners' new year's ball : Monday evening, December 31, 1866.
- Balls (Parties)--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; New Year--Colorado--Denver--History.; Denver (Colo.) 1866.; Denver (Colo.)--Social life and customs--To 1876.
- 1866
- Grand inauguration hop, of the Shaffenburg National Park : on Friday evening, December 7, 1866.
- Balls (Parties)--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.) 1866.; Denver (Colo.)--Social life and customs--To 1876.
- 1866
- Inauguration ball of the Denver Turn Verein on Wednesday evening, October 13, 1866 at McClelland's Hall.
- Balls (Parties)--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.) 1866.; Denver (Colo.)--Social life and customs--To 1876.
- 1866
- Social club party.
- Parties--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--Social life and customs--To 1876.
- 1867
- Social club party.
- Parties--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--Social life and customs--To 1876.
- 1867
- Select masquerade ball given by members of the Denver Turn Verein at McClelland's Hall : on Tuesday evening, February 12, 1867.
- Balls (Parties)--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Masquerades--Colorado--Denver.; Denver (Colo.) 1867.; Denver (Colo.)--Social life and customs--To 1876.
- 1867
- Second grand annual masquerade ball of the Denver Turn Verein at Cole's Hall.
- Balls (Parties)--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Masquerades--Colorado--Denver.; Denver (Colo.) 1868.; Denver (Colo.)--Social life and customs--To 1876.
- 1868
- With compliments of the Masonic Fraternity, Friday evening, Feb. 21st, 1868 : Chivington Lodge, No. 6 A.F. and A.M., Central City Royal Arch Chapter, No. 1.
- Balls (Parties)--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.; Freemasonry--Colorado--Central City.; Central City (Colo.)--Social life and customs--To 1876.
- 1868
- 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
- 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
- Col. Geo. E. Randolph residence and Judge Witherow residence
- The gothic revival Smith house on Casey Avenue in Central City, Colorado, is built above a masonry retaining wall and is a two story structure with a steeply-pitched, gabled roof with shingles, a chimney, and bargeboard gingerbread around the...
- Randolph, Geo. E.--Homes & haunts.; Central City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.; Retaining walls--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.; Witherow, Judge--Homes & haunts.
- 1888
- Belt or Headband
- Shows a Native American (Great Lakes; Sioux? Menominee?) loom woven bead headband or belt with fringe on both ends. The beads are red, blue, green and white. The beadwork is in images of stylized leaves.
- Headbands--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1900-1910.; Belts (Clothing)--1900-1910.
- 1900
- In Denver Bottoms, Co.
- A landscape watercolor painting of a shed in a meadow with shrubbery, electric and telephone lines are nearby; a road leads up to the shed. Mountains are in the background. The colors are pale brown, blue, pink and white.
- Meadows--1900-1910.; Sheds--1900-1910.
- 1908
- Pioneer Park Lane, Aspen, Colorado
- Several women dressed in winter coats and hats gather on snowy Pioneer Park Lane in Aspen, Colorado. They are surrounded by snow covered trees and a fence.
- Aspen (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--Aspen--1900-1910.
- 1909
- Residence in Central City
- A one and one half story house with an addition is below a weed- covered hill in Central City, Colorado. The clapboard house has a front gable, shingles, a chimney, and rectangular windows. A white, wood bench sits on a concrete and masonry front...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Maintenance & repair--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- 1937
- Teller House Gen. Grant's room, Central City, 1941
- A double bed with a large, curved headboard with oval-shaped moldings and finials and a footboard with molding is in the corner of a room in the Teller House in Central City, Colorado. A large pillow is on the bed. The wall is covered with...
- Teller House (Central City, Colo.)--Facilities--1940-1950.; Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Bedrooms--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.; Hotels--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Tabor Block (16th & Larimer)
- This watercolor and gouache painting shows the Tabor Block at 16th (Sixteenth) and Larimer Streets in Denver, Colorado; features a cornice and corner entry sign: "Walgreens." Pedestrians and cars are in the street.
- Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- 1941
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 476, engine type 2-8-2
- Train #116, San Juan; 5 cars Kodacolor negative. Photographed: near Cumbres, Colo., June 9, 1942.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1942.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Cumbres.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1942
- View of Camp Hale dismantled
- View of Camp Hale after the barracks had been dismantled. Shows a group of Quonset huts in the center of the valley amid the foundations and old streets of the former headquarters of the Tenth Mountain Division. Snow in the valley is melted and...
- Military camps--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- 1945
- West High School singing Christmas Tree
- Photograph of the annual singing Christmas Tree at West High School in Denver, Colorado. Eight levels of students stand on a circular platform decorated as a Christmas Tree while singing. Beside the tree a singe female students sits on a stool...
- Christmas trees.; West High School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1946 December 19
- Elevations, section, details Gates Science Building, Graland Country Day School
- Elevations (south, west) for the modern style Gates Science Building, Graland Country Day School, 30 Birch Street, Hilltop neighborhood, Denver, Colorado, ca. 1961. The exterior is defined by a large pyramid hip roof with skylight, (need to...
- Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Hilltop (Denver, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Private schools.
- 1961, March 24
- View from southeast approach Denver Botanic Gardens Tropical Conservatory
- The drawing shows a preliminary version of the entrance and tropical conservatory buildings at the Denver Botanic Gardens, 1005 York Street, Cheesman Park neighborhood, Denver, Colorado, 1961. In contrast to the modified catenary arch eventually...
- Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Cheesman Park (Denver, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Botanical gardens.; Greenhouses.; Denver Botanic Gardens--Buildings--1960-1970.; Conservatories.
- 1961, November 30
- Perspective-southwest Morfit residence
- The drawing shows the southwest exterior elevation of the Morfit House, South Steele Street, Greenwood Village, Colorado in 1961. The overall design is horizontal in emphasis. This rear view of the structure is characterized by a flat roof line...
- Houses.; Greenwood Village (Colo.)--1960-1970.
- 1961, September
- Dubois St., Chase Gulch
- View above the entrance to Chase Gulch, near Black Hawk, Colorado, with Highway 119 and North Clear Creek on the right. A large two- story house is on the right with bay windows on first floor, double hung on second, single chimney, front porch...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Streets--Colorado--Blackhawk--1970-1980.
- 1971
- Gold Nugget Grill and Elite Liquors, Denver
- View of 1623 and 1627 (Elite Liquors) Larimer Street in the Union Station neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The Gold Nugget Grill is at 1623 Larimer Street, (constructed in 1880), the building is a four-story Italianate-style commercial structure...
- Elite Liquors (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Gold Nugget Grill (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Larimer Street (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Union Station neighborhood (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Commercial facilities.; Liquor...
- 1972
- Clarko Hotel, Denver
- View of the Clarko Hotel at 813 East Colfax in the North Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. This is a two-story twentieth-century brick building that has been painted white. The entrances to the businesses are recessed. There is a...
- Clarko Hotel (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; North Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Hotels.; Clarko Hotel (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Denver (Colo.)--Pictorial...
- 1974
- Tandy Leather Company and Broadway Hotel
- View of the Tandy Leather Company at 1535 Broadway and the Broadway Hotel at 1541 Broadway in the Central Business District of Denver, Colorado. Shows a three-story commercial block. The Nineteenth Century commercial-style building has been painted...
- Broadway Hotel (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Tandy Leather Company Buildings--1970-1980.; Central Business District (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Hotels.; Leather goods stores.; Broadway Hotel (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial...
- 1975
- Zook Building
- View of the Zook Building at 435 West Colfax in the Central Business District neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. Built in 1891, this three story brick flat-iron shaped building has two wrought-iron balconies on the southwest side of the building and...
- Zook Building (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Central Business District (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Commercial facilities.; Zook Building (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Commercial buildings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial...
- 1976
- Muddy Waters On The Platte
- View of 2557 15th Street in the Highland neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The building housed The Muddy Waters On The Platte, a coffeehouse, book shop, and home of The Slightly Off Center Theater. The two story brick building is painted white. ...
- Muddy Waters On The Platte (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Highland (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Coffeehouses.; Muddy Waters On The Platte (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Coffeehouses--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.;...
- 1977
- Joseph W. Fassett House, Denver
- View of the Joseph W. Fassett House (1890) at 50 South Alcott Street in the Valverde neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a brick residence which has been painted white. The house has hip roofs, gables, gabled dormers, bays, a balconette and...
- Fassett, Joseph W. Homes & haunts--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Valverde (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Historic buildings.; Houses.; Fassett, Joseph W.--Homes and haunts--Pictorial works.; Dwellings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.;...
- 1980
- Masonic Lodge / Springfield Schoolhouse
- View of the facade of Masonic Lodge No. 158, at 281 West 7th Street in Springfield (Baca County), Colorado. The one story front-gabled building is constructed of dark stone. It has rectangular windows and a rounded arch above the entrance. The...
- Springfield Schoolhouse (Springfield, Colo.)--Buildings--1980-1990.; Freemasons. Lodge #158 (Springfield, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Springfield (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Historic buildings.; Masonic buildings.; Springfield Schoolhouse (Springfield,...
- 1988
- Magic Hour, Delta, Colo.
- View of 1193 Highway 50 in Delta (Delta County), Colorado. A large, wooden roller-skate sits atop a sign that reads: "Magic Hour." The skate is white. The paint on the wheels is worn. There are large bushes around the sign. Another sign reads "For...
- Magic Hour (Delta, Colo.)--Public relations--1990-2000.; Delta (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Signs (Notices).; Magic Hour (Delta, Colo.)--Public relations--Pictorial works.; Signs and signboards--Colorado--Delta--Pictorial works.; Roller...
- 1992
- Virginius Miners Ouray Co. Colo
- Miners pose near the shafthouse of the Virginius Mine on Mount Sneffels near Sneffels (Ouray County), Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Sneffels (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Virginius Mine (Ouray County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.
- [1891?]
- East end of Balcony House
- A man wears a hat and laced boots and sits on a timber rafter platform at Balcony House in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado. Stone cliff dwellings with windows are near a rock wall. Graffiti on a stone wall reads: "TM McKee, SW Thomas, CH White,...
- Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Colorado--Mesa Verde National Park--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Colorado--Mesa Verde National Park--1900-1910.; Balcony House (Colo.)--1900-1910.;...
- [1900?]
- Kansas City, Mo.
- Panoramic view of downtown Kansas City, Missouri. Shows the New York Life Insurance Building designed by McKim, Mead, and White. The Italianate Renaissance Revival style building has an H-shaped footprint with a central tower and two wings. In the...
- Kansas City (Mo.)--1900-1910.; Business districts.; Cities & towns.
- [1906]
- Rowley & White, John
- J. B. Rowley and John White, pioneers of the mining town of Eldora in Boulder County, Colorado, sit at a small wood table in front of a wallpapered wall, probably in a building in Eldora. Rowley is loading bullets into a gun while White looks on...
- Holsters--1930-1940.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Eldora (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Bullets--1930-1940.; Firearms--1930-1940.; Pioneers--Colorado--Eldora--1930-1940.; Rowley, J. B.; White, John C.
- [1939?]
- View of Camp Hale dismantled
- View of Camp Hale after it had been dismantled, taken from a road. At the edge of the hills some buildings remain, and one of the old white barracks stands in the center of the valley amid the foundations of the rest. Snow in the valley is melted...
- Military camps--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- [1945]
- Ornament
- A Native American Sioux circlet ornament made or purchased in Pine Ridge, South Dakota. It features blue and white beadwork, a thong, red and white quillwork, purple buckskin, a tin jingler and chicken feathers dyed white.
- Dakota Indians--Arts & crafts--1870-1890.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1870-1890.; Ornament--1870-1890.; Rosettes--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890]
- Pouch
- A tanned leather pouch (Native American Ute) used by Chipeta. The pouch has multicolor lazy stitch beadwork in triangle, diamond and band designs, a flap, strap, thong, sinew and fringe at the bottom.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1870-1900.; Ute Indians--Arts & crafts--1870-1900.; Pouches--1870-1900.; Chipeta--Associated objects.
- [between 1875 and 1900]
- State University, Boulder, Colo.
- Old Main, at the University of Colorado at Boulder, is a four- story, ornate brick building with a stone foundation. It has arched windows and mansard roofed, ridgecrested towers. The largest, projecting from the body of the structure, houses the...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Boulder--1870-1880.; University of Colorado (Boulder Campus)
- [between 1878 and 1880?]
- War club
- Shows a war club made by Native American Sioux White Whirl Wind from Pine Ridge, South Dakota. The stone head is oval and is covered with horsehair dyed purple and an eagle feather is attached at one end. The handle is decorated with blue and black...
- Dakota Indians--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.; Clubs (Weapons)--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- War club
- Shows a Native American Sioux war club made by White Whirl Wind from Pine Ridge, South Dakota. The head is made of a round stone. The wood handle is decorated with braided horsehair dyed black and white.
- Dakota Indians--Arts & crafts--1880-1910.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1910.; Clubs (Weapons)--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910]