Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- 2 women, side saddle & 2 men
- Two men and two women ride donkeys on a dirt street with wooden sidewalks, probably in Colorado. Behind them is a brick building with a porch and columns.
- Donkeys--Colorado--1890-1910.; Riding--Colorado--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Agriculture - ranching - 2 women with horsedrawn hay rake
- Women pose with a horse and a hay rake in (probably) Colorado; both wear overalls.
- Hay--Colorado--1890-1910.; Horses--Colorado--1890-1910.; Ranches--Colorado--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Men women and children
- A group of men and women who include Frank and Mae Woodward stand around young children outdoors, probably in Colorado. The women wear hats and dresses with bustles.
- Children--Colorado--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--1890-1910.; Woodward, Frank Lincoln, 1866-1930.; Woodward, Mae.
- [between 1895 and 1910]
- Men women and children
- A group of men and women, who include Frank and Mae Woodward, pose with a group of children probably in Colorado. The women wear hats decorated with feathers and dresses with bustles.
- Children--Colorado--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--1890-1910.; Woodward, Frank Lincoln, 1866-1930.; Woodward, Mae.
- [between 1895 and 1910]
- Agriculture - ranching - women in work clothes eating watermelon in front of log house
- Women and a man pose by a log house in (probably) Colorado, eating watermelon and wearing bib overalls.
- Log cabins--Colorado--1890-1910.; Ranches--Colorado--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Women beside passenger cars
- Two women pose beside Denver and Rio Grande Railroad passenger car number "702" in probably Colorado. The women have upswept hairstyles and wear blouses with loose-fitting bodices and sleeves, and long, fitted skirts.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company--1890-1910.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Bedroom interior
- Interior view of a bedroom, probably in Colorado. A woman, in a dress, holds a book and stares out the window. Items in the room include a bed with pillows and a blanket, rocking chairs, an ornate rug, patterned carpet, wall furnishings and a table...
- Bedrooms--Colorado--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Colorado Midland car "Starlight"
- Two women and two men pose on the back platform of the Starlight car of the Colorado Midland Railroad Company, Colorado. Another women stands next to the on the back platform. All of the women wear full length dresses; two of them wear hats. The...
- Colorado Midland Railway Company--1890-1910.; Clothing & dress--Colorado--1890-1910.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Maiden voyage to Cripple Creek
- A group of men and women pose in front of a Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek Railroad passenger train on its maiden voyage to Cripple Creek, Colorado. The men wear suits, ties and hats, the women wear full length dresses and hats. A plume of smoke...
- Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway--1890-1910.; Passengers--Colorado--1890-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Woman sitting beside gas heater
- Studio portrait of a woman in Colorado. She poses near a heater embossed with: "[De]troit Jewel."
- Radiators--Colorado--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Group sitting in front of hotel
- A group of women, a man, and boy pose outdoors, possibly near the Hotel Colorado in Glenwood Springs (Garfield County), Colorado. One woman holds a camera and an umbrella.
- Boys--Colorado--1890-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Native American Woman
- A Native American (Ute) woman, identified at Mrs. Buckskin Charlie (To-Wee), poses in front of a tepee possibly in Colorado. She wears a dress (buckskin?) with fringe on the sleeves, bodice and skir, beaded moccasins, a belt with a beaded pouch and...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--1890-1910.; Ute Indians--Colorado--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--1890-1910.; To-Wee.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Elderly Native American woman
- An elderly Native American (Ute) woman, identified at Mrs. Buckskin Charlie, poses in front of a tepee possibly in Colorado. She wears a long patterened dress, a belt and a beaded bag and her hair is in braids.
- Indians of North America--Colorado--1890-1910.; Ute Indians--Colorado--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--1890-1910.; To-Wee.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Navajo hogan family in front
- A Navajo Indian family poses in front of a hogan. The hogan is dome shaped and is constructed from mud, wood and other raw materials.
- Indians of North America--Colorado--1890-1910.; Navajo Indians--Colorado--1890-1910.; Families--Colorado--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Meal wagon, woman & baby
- A woman holds a baby in her lap while she stirs the contents of a large jar (pottery). She is seated in front of a meal wagon; in front of her is a log, debris and a coffee pot.
- Indians of North America--Colorado--1890-1910.; Chuckwagons--Colorado--1890-1910.; Infants--Colorado--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Couple sitting next to house
- A husband and wife sit outside, near their house, in Colorado. The man wears a wide-brimmed hat and coat. The woman wears a high collared dress.
- Spouses--Colorado--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Man & woman theatrical act
- A man presents a woman who stands in a basket on a table in Colorado. The man wears a tuxedo and top hat and the woman wears a dress with decorated collar.
- Theatrical productions--Colorado--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Unid. young woman
- A young African-American (Black) woman stands on steps by a brick building in (probably) Colorado. Her costume consists of an elaborate hat and a ruffled dress with a striped sash.
- Afro-Americans -- Colorado -- Denver -- 1890-1900.; Clothing & dress--Colorado--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Unk. persons
- Group portrait of a family and a dog seated on the porch of a wooden house with bay windows, probably in Colorado. One boy sits on a burro, one woman holds an umbrella.
- Children--Colorado--1890-1910.; Donkeys--Colorado--1890-1910.; Families--Colorado--1890-1910.; Houses--Colorado--1890-1910.; Riding--Colorado--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Agriculture - ranching - water - well house
- A woman draws water from a covered well in (probably) Colorado. A bucket is by a spout, and a log wall is in the background.
- Ranches--Colorado--1890-1910.; Wells--Colorado--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Agriculture - ranching - woman churning butter
- A woman cranks a butter churn in (probably) Colorado. She wears an apron and upswept hair; a log house and washtub are in the background. Alphabet letters are drawn on an inner wall.
- Churns--Colorado--1890-1910.; Ranches--Colorado--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Agriculture - ranching - woman milking a cow
- A woman milks a cow in (probably) Colorado. Cows and a sod roofed log barn are in the background.
- Cows--Colorado--1890-1910.; Milking--Colorado--1890-1910.; Ranches--Colorado--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Agriculture - ranching - woman sawing a log
- A woman saws a log in (probably) Colorado. She wears bib overalls; stacked hay is in the background.
- Ranches--Colorado--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--1890-1910.; Woodcutting--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Agriculture - ranching - woman lifting hay
- A woman holds a rope connected to a hay lift in (probably) Colorado. Horses in harness are in the background.
- Hay--Colorado--1890-1910.; Ranches--Colorado--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Agriculture - ranching - ranch house people in windows
- View of a log house in (probably) Colorado; women look out from the doors and windows, and a butter churn is in front. A mirror and brush are on the wall.
- Log cabins--Colorado--1890-1910.; Ranches--Colorado--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Agriculture - ranching - woman in work clothes standing in doorway
- A woman stands in the door of a log house in (probably) Colorado; one of her pants legs is rolled up.
- Log cabins--Colorado--1890-1910.; Ranches--Colorado--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Actress
- An unidentified actress sits by the door of a log house in (probably) Colorado; her pants legs are rolled up and her hair is loose and frizzy.
- Actresses--Colorado--1890-1910.; Log cabins--Colorado--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Mining families
- Mining families pose near their house probably in Las Animas County, Colorado. The families are probably Italian and include men, women, and children. One man wears work overalls the others wear pants with suspenders. The women wear work dresses...
- Children--Colorado--1890-1910.; Coal mining--Colorado--1890-1910.; Miners--Colorado--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Mining household
- A group of miners, a woman, and children pose on the porch of a clapboard house probably in Las Animas County, Colorado. One man slings a gun over his shoulder and another pours beer from a bottle into a glass. A man standing on the porch pretends...
- Children--Colorado--1890-1910.; Coal mining--Colorado--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Italian mining families
- A group of Italian families pose near a shop in a coal camp probably in Las Animas County, Colorado. One woman holds a baby in her arms and smiles. The children, dressed in sweaters, coats, and dresses also smile. The men stand behind the women.
- Italian Americans--Colorado--1890-1910.; Children--Colorado--1890-1910.; Coal mining--Colorado--1890-1910.; Miners--Colorado--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- A horse with ride pulling sled
- A man on horseback poses, his horse pulls a woman on a sled; a second man steers the sled, and a woman walks behind, possibly near the mining town of Apex (Gilpin County), Colorado.
- Horseback riding--Colorado--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--1890-1910.; Sleds & sleighs--Colorado--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1895 and 1905]
- Men and woman with bicycle
- Men and a woman pose by a safety bicycle possibly in the mining town of Central City (Gilpin County), Colorado.
- Aged persons--Colorado--1890-1910.; Bicycles & tricycles--Colorado--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1895 and 1905]
- Sarah Louise McCarty and others
- Women who include Sarah Louise McCarty, men, and a Black boy pose outdoors near a team of oxen and a wooden rail fence possibly in Colorado.
- McCarty, Sarah Louise.; African Americans--Colorado--1890-1910.; Ox teams--Colorado--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Silverton RR. Engine #100
- Silverton Railroad Engine 100 (Baldwin narrow gauge type 2-8-0), with the number on an old-fashioned kerosene headlight, pulls one freight and one passenger car, Colorado; the train pauses on a steep slope with tracks built up with rock and...
- Silverton Northern Railroad Company--1890-1910.; Passengers--Colorado--1890-1910.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--1890-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--1890-1910.; Mears, Otto, 1840-1931.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- A miner's home in Colorado
- A miner and his family pose on the porch of their cabin in Colorado. The man holds a lunchbox and sits on a wheelbarrow.
- Cabins--Colorado--1890-1910.; Children--Colorado--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Woman and girl
- A woman poses outdoors with a child proably in Denver, Colorado. She wears a hat decorated with feathers.
- Children--Colorado--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1895 and 1910]
- Group of people, mostly Utes
- Men and women pose on a porch in front of low frame buildings, probably in western Colorado. Native American (Ute) men, women, and children wear beaded belts, necklaces, plaid shawls with fringe, hats, calico dresses, and moccasins. White men,...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--1890-1910.; Ute Indians--Colorado--1890-1910.; Children--Colorado--1890-1910.; Porches--Colorado--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Our camp this year
- Men and women pose at camp in (possibly) Colorado. The men are identified as Wallace and Nat Farnham; the women wear sun bonnets, one is identified as Mrs. Bennett.
- Camping--Colorado--1890-1910.; Families--Colorado--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--1890-1910.; Farnham, Nat, 1876-1909.; Farnham, Wallace, 1871-1946.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Picnic coffee
- Women picnic by an abandoned stone building in (probably) Colorado. They wear large hats; one pours a cup of coffee. One woman sits on a wooden seat from a wagon, the others sit on the ground.
- Picnics--Colorado--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Miss Josephine Roche
- Josephine A. Roche reads a folded paper and has a book in her lap. Her hair is upswept, and her blouse has lace trim.
- Activists--Colorado--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--1890-1910.; Roche, Josephine A. (Josephine Aspinwall), 1886-1976.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Mrs. John Prowers
- Portrait of Amache Ochinee Prowers, a North American Indian (Cheyenne) and daughter of Ochinee (Lone Bear), a Cheyenne subchief, and wife of John W. Prowers. She wears earrings, a dark dress with a lace collar, a ring, and a necklace with a cameo,...
- Cheyenne Indians--1890-1910.; Indians of North America--1890-1910.; Spouses--Colorado--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--1890-1910.; Prowers, Amache Ochinee.; Prowers, John Wesley, 1838-1884--Family.
- [between 1925 and 1939?]
- Ute Jim, policeman with a hand out at Alamo Ranch, Colo.
- Jim, a Native American Ute policeman sits with a woman wrapped in a blanket sharing milk and bread (?) Alamo Ranch, Colorado. Another person is in a hammock wrapped in a blanket.
- Indians of North America--Colorado--1890-1910.; Ute Indians--Women--Colorado--1890-1910.; Colorado--1890-1910.; Police--Colorado--1890-1910.; Jim, Ute Tribal policeman.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Woman wearing beaver top hat leaning on small cooking stove
- Studio portrait of a girl who poses by an oven in Colorado. She wears a dress.
- Women--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Woman
- Studio portrait of a woman in Colorado. She wears a choker with pendant.
- Women--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Men and women outdoors
- A group of men and women sit outside probably in Colorado. A hammock is nearby.
- Women--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1895 and 1910]
- Mae Woodward
- May Woodward, Frank Woodward's wife, poses on the porch of a house in either Colorado Springs or Denver, Colorado. She holds a parasol and wears gloves, a hat decorated with flowers, and dress with a bustle.
- Women--Colorado--1890-1910.; Woodward, Frank Lincoln, 1866-1930.--Family.; Woodward, Mae.
- [between 1895 and 1910]
- Women and men outdoors
- A man and woman sit in chair outdoors probably in Colorado. Another woman rests in a hammock nearby.
- Women--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1895 and 1910]