Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Moccasin
- Pair of Native American (Ute) men's moccasins painted yellow ochre with rawhide soles, thong laces, blue, gold, red, green, and white beadwork.
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1890-1920.; Moccasins--1890-1920.; Ute Indians--Clothing & dress--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Toy cradleboard
- Shows a Native American (Ute) toy cradleboard. It is constructed of a rectangular board, buckskin, red velveteen and canvas and decorated with copper, button, fringe, white, blue, red and yellow glass beads. The cradle has a hood and the front was...
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1890.; Ute Indians--Arts & crafts--1880-1890.; Cradleboards--1880-1890.
- 1880
- Cradleboard
- Show a Native American (Ute) toy cradleboard with a doll. The cradleboard is buckskin wrapped around a board and is decorated with fringe, multi-color beadwork sewn on with lazy stitch. The doll's head is possibly made of wood painted a medium...
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.; Ute Indians--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.; Cradleboards--1880-1900.; Dolls--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Knife
- A Native American (Plains Indian) knife. It has a bone handle and iron blade with a slated end, curved and rounded handle and a fine wire wrapped around the upper part of the blade.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1860-1870.; Knives--1860-1970.
- [between 1860 and 1870]
- Portrait of a woman
- Studio portrait of a woman, possibly Clara Ross. She wears a white embroidered shawl around her shoulders and a beaded choker around her neck.
- Women--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- J.H. Kilday & W. Weld, prop.'s, White-House saloon, Cripple Creek, Colo.
- Interior view of White House Saloon, Cripple Creek, Colorado; J. H. Kilday & W. Weld (proprietors), group of men stand in front of bar, two men wear aprons, one of whom holds a box of open cigars; additional men stand at bar with feet propped on...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bars--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Interiors.; White House Saloon (Cripple Creek, Colo.)
- [1893 or 1894]
- Men with horse
- A group of men holds a horse on its side on the ground while one man works to either shoe or brand it in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. A large crowd of spectators is gathered around the men watching them work. One person stands next to...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Horses--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Stake race, Steamboat Spgs.
- A cowboy guides his horse around a stake during a race on the rodeo grounds, Steamboat Springs, Routt County, Colorado. Spectators gather to watch from automobiles parked around the perimeter of the field.
- Steamboat Springs (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Cowboys--Colorado--Steamboat Springs--1920-1930.; Horse racing--Colorado--Steamboat Springs--1920-1930.; Race horses--Colorado--Steamboat Springs--1920-1930.
- [1921?]
- Sellar, Colo.
- View of snow-covered Sellar, Pitkin County, Colorado, (once a station stop on the Colorado Midland Railroad); shows the coal chute, section houses, water tank and grade loops in background. The cleared power line heads for Hell Gate.
- Sellar (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Railroad facilities--Colorado--Sellar--1920-1930.; Railroads--Colorado--Sellar--1920-1930.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- January 1922
- First church in Colorado built at Conejos, 1858, Catholic Church ("Our Lady of Guadalupe")
- Shows Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in Conejos, Conejos County, Colorado, with towers, a cross, and a niche / statue.
- Our Lady of Guadalupe (Church : Conejos, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Conejos (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Catholic churches--Colorado--Conejos--1860-1870.
- [between 1860 and 1870?]
- General view of the Sunnyside Mine, southwestern Colorado
- View of Sunnyside Mine (San Juan County) Colorado; shows mining ore processing buildings and a settling pond (Lake Emma).
- Mine buildings--Colorado--San Juan County--1910-1920.; Emma, Lake (San Juan County, Colo.)--1910-1920.; San Juan County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Sunnyside Mine (San Juan County, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Lakes &ponds--Colorado--San Juan County--1910-1920.;...
- [between 1917 and 1930?]
- Returning from the frontlines
- In a view taken from above, twenty-nine Tenth Mountain Division soldiers march around a curve in a road towards a bridge over a small creek. A covered truck is begining its crossing as a soldier driving a camuflaged weasle (a treaded mitlitary...
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- 1945 February 22
- Airplane and crowd
- View of men, women, and children (including Native Americans) around a biplane in a field, possibly in New Mexico. Letters on the fuselage read: "Cassell Motors, Santa Fe, New M[exico]."
- Biplanes--New Mexico--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--New Mexico--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Stratton Park Pavilion
- Interior view of the Stratton Park Dance Pavilion, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, shows the large dance floor under the tall ceiling rafters supported by two center poles and outside walls. Light illuminates the dance floor from an...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Stratton Park (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Dance floors--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Pavilions--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.
- [between 1905 and 1908]
- Central City, 1942
- The Smith house, built by mining magnate Eben Smith, is above a masonry retaining wall overlooking Casey Avenue in Central City, Colorado. It is a gothic revival, board-and-batten house with a steeply pitched gabled roof, shingles, and gingerbread...
- Smith, Eben, 1832-1906--Homes & haunts.; Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Horsemen trailing
- View of Native American (Ute) scout party; one man wears fringed leggings, blanket tied around waist, shirt, beaded arm bands, beaded hair pipe necklace, scarf tied around neck, and wrapped braids; a rifle rests across his lap; horses with saddles...
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--1890-1900.; Guides & scouts--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--1890-1900.
- 1899
- Central City, Kruse property
- View of one-story, commercial storefront, stone and brick Kruse property in Central City, Colorado. The building, which appears at an angle, has a flat roof, a stucco and brick facade storefront with a cornice, and four doors. The two outer doors...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1953
- Juan Gabaldon and family San Juan Indians at cliff dwellings at Manitou, Colo.
- Native American (Tewa) man, woman, boys, and baby pose near the ruins of ancient cliff dwellings (Manitou Cliff Dwelling Museum), near Manitou Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. Juan Gabaldon wears beaded moccasins, dark leggings, breech cloth,...
- Manitou Cliff Dwellings Museum (Manitou Springs, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--1910-1920.; Tewa Indians--1910-1920.; Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cliff...
- 1915 September 14
- Bull Goes Hunting
- Studio portrait of a Native American (Crow) medicine man, identified as Bull Goes Hunting. He was also known to tribesmen of the Whistling Waters clan as Sees the Living Bull and Goes Around All the Time. He has a bird painted on his hide shirt,...
- Crow Indians--Spiritual life--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Aged persons--1900-1910.; Shamans--1900-1910.; Bull Goes Hunting, Crow medicine man.
- 1906
- Dancing in the firelight
- Night view of a group of Native American (Crow) men dancing around a fire near tepees. One man plays a drum which he holds in his hand as four others circle. The dancer's wear breast plates, breech cloths, feather bustles, and head wear that...
- Crow Indians--Dance--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Campfires--1900-1910.; Ceremonial dancers--1900-1910.; Tipis--1900-1910.
- 1907
- Central City drug store
- Four men in dark suits stand around a display cabinet in the back of Best's drug store in Central City, Colorado. Two display cabinets, one horizontal and one vertical, are in the foreground. The cabinet in the center of the image contains wallets...
- Central City (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Drugstores--Colorado--Central City--1870-1900.; Interiors--1870-1900.
- [between 1879 and 1891]
- Tesuque Indians decorating pottery Martin and Catherine (wife) Vigil
- Native Americans, Martin and Catherine Vigil (Tesuque), paint pottery at the Manitou Cliff Dwelling Museum, Manitou Springs, Colorado. Catherine wears a printed manta over a shirt with a necklace. Martin wears a white shirt and pants with leggings...
- Manitou Cliff Dwellings Museum (Manitou Springs, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1930-1940.; Pueblo Indians--Women--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1930-1940.; Tewa Indians--Arts &...
- August 28, 1931
- Tesuque Indians decorating pottery Martin and Catherine (wife) Vigil.
- Native Americans, Martin and Catherine Vigil (Tesuque), paint pottery at the Manitou Cliff Dwelling Museum, Manitou Springs, Colorado. Catherine wears a printed manta over a shirt, with a necklace. Martin wears a white shirt and pants with leggings...
- Manitou Cliff Dwellings Museum (Manitou Springs, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1930-1940.; Pueblo Indians--Women--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1930-1940.; Tewa Indians--Arts &...
- August 28, 1931
- Central City council
- The mayor and councilmen of Central City, Colorado, gather around an antique stove to discuss business. One of the councilmen holds a set of city maps. A balding councilman with glasses and a pinkie ring, sits to the right. The mayor of Central...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; City council members--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Central City, 1942
- A partial view of the Smith house, a Gothic Revival, board-and- batten house in Central City, Colorado, shows the gables and the front porch of the two story, L-shaped structure with a steeply pitched roof with shingles, bargeboard gingerbread...
- Smith, Eben, 1832-1906--Homes & haunts.; Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Residences in Central City, Colorado
- Two hipped box houses stand above a retaining wall in Central City, Colorado. The house on the left is a clapboard structure with a chimney, a covered porch supported by simple columns, and a balcony with a spindle railing around the perimeter. The...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1959]
- Camp in Monument Valley Park
- Native American (Ute) man and women pose outdoors near a tepee at Monument Valley Park, El Paso County, Colorado. Written on the tepee: "No 18 [...]". The man wears moccasins, leggings, breechcloth, scarf around neck, and a blanket wrapped around...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Monument Valley Park (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Tipis--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.
- August, 1912
- Camp in Monument Amy Kent sitting on the ground
- Native American (Ute) man and women pose outdoors near a tepee at Monument Valley Park, El Paso County, Colorado. Written on the tepee: "No 18 [...]". The man wears moccasins, leggings, breechcloth, scarf around neck, and a blanket wrapped around...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--Women--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Monument Valley Park (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Tipis--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Kent, Amy Snow.
- August, 1912
- The celebrated Mineral Springs at Manitou
- View of the Navajo and Soda Springs, in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking northwest. The cylindrical stone basin around Navajo Springs is in the foreground; a man in a sack suit, silk cravat and Homborg hat sits on the edge of the stone basin...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Springs--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- Cliff House and Soda Springs
- Exterior view of the Cliff House, in Manitou Springs, Colorado. Built in 1872, this three-story frame structure features hipped gable roof, widows' walk, wrap around porch, and canvas awnings. The junction of Fountain Creek and Ruxton Creek is in...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Resorts--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.; Springs--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.; Cliff House (Manitou Springs, Colo.)
- [between 1872 and 1880?]
- The Cliff House and Soda Springs, Manitou, Colorado
- Exterior view of the Cliff House Hotel in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking north, a three-story frame building with hipped gable roof, widows' walk, wrap around porch, and balcony. Ladders lean on the the south wing; horses, coaches, buggies, and...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Hotels--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.; Pedestrian bridges--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.; Resorts--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.; Cliff House (Manitou Springs, Colo.)
- [between 1872 and 1875?]
- Thomas No Water, Ogallala Sioux
- Portrait of Thomas No Water, Native American Oglala Sioux man, (Lakota) wearing a cotton shirt, hair pipe breastplate, headdress, armbands, neck scarf, and an animal fur skin around his shoulders with a blanket wrapped around his waist and one arm.
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Oglala Indians--1890-1900.; Teton Indians--1890-1900.; No Water, Thomas.
- 1899
- Joseph Help, Ogallala Sioux
- Seated portrait of Joseph Help, Native American Oglala Sioux man, (Lakota) holding a a war club (tomahawk) with a beaded handle and wearing a cotton shirt, animal fur around his shoulders, arm and wrist bands, neck scarf, feathers and beads in his...
- Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Oglala Indians--1890-1900.; Teton Indians--1890-1900.; Help, Joseph.
- 1899
- The Manitou
- Exterior view of the Manitou House, in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking northeast. This three-story gable roof structure with dormers and wrap around porches was remodelled in the shingle style around 1896. A waist high rusticated stone...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1890.; Manitou House Hotel (Manitou Springs, Colo.)
- [between 1886 and 1890?]
- Manitou Soda Spring
- View of the Manitou Soda Spring in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking northwest; shows the rustic gazebo with its branch uprights and benches, a man standing next to it, the boulder at the confluence of Ruxton and Fountai Creeke with several...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Sightseers--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.; Springs--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.
- [between 1872 and 1880?]
- Sode Spring, Manitou
- View of Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking north. The bridge across Ruxton Creek is in the foreground, and the rustic gazebo over Soda Spring is behind it. The ring around Navajo Spring is in the foreground on the right, and on the left a horse and...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Pedestrian bridges--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.; Springs--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.
- [between 1872 and 1873?]
- Soda Springs
- View in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking north at the Navajo Soda Spring and Cliff House Hotel. Men and women are gathered around the Navajo Spring stone ring. The Fountain Creek bridge is to the right, and directly behind the group is the...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Springs--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.; Cliff House (Manitou Springs, Colo.)--1870-1880.
- [between 1878 and 1880?]
- Unidentified Dakota man
- Studio portrait of an unidentified Native American Dakota Sioux man wearing a tunic shirt, feather in his hair, and a blanket wrapped around his waist; he holds a feather fan and has portrait of Ulysses S. Grant or Rutherford B. Hayes and a medal...
- Dakota Indians--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--1870-1880.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Johnnie Dewer's Place (present town hall)
- Men pose around the wooden bar in a saloon in Breckenridge, Colorado. One holds a corncob pipe. The backbar pediment has carving and spindlework; bunting is tacked around the mirror. A cash register and metal sculptures of swordsmen are on it, and...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bars--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Interiors--1890-1900.
- 1894 or 1895
- Dakota Indians
- Standing studio portrait of an unidentified, Native American (Dakota Sioux) woman. She wears moccasins, a long skirt, a fringed blanket around her shoulders, hair pipe decoration around her neck, a long belt extension with decorative discs, braids,...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1910.; Indians of North America--1880-1910.; Headdresses--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Chief Running Bird
- Studio portrait (sitting) of Running Bird, a Native American (Kiowa) man. He wears a hair pipe breast plate, a scarf around his neck, fur pelts over his braids, a Fort Harmar Treaty medal on a ribbon around his neck, and a fur pelt hat.
- Indians of North America--1910-1920.; Kiowa Indians--1910-1920.; Running Bird.
- 1913
- Little Hound, Sioux
- Sitting portrait of a Native American (Sioux) man, identified as Little Hound. He wears a blanket around his waist, a long sleeved shirt, cloth bound braids, and a kerchief. He has a bandolier around his neck and a rifle in his lap.
- Dakota Indians--1870-1890.; Indians of North America--1870-1890.; Little Hound.
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- Chief Painted Horse, Chief Little Bull
- Studio portrait of two Native American (Dakota) men, identified as Chief Painted Horse and Chief Little Bull. Painted Horse is sitting and wears moccasins, a blanket around his waist, a vest over a long sleeved shirt, and a kerchief. Little Bull is...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Little Bull.; Painted Horse.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Black Bull Sioux Chief
- Studio portrait (standing) of Black Bull, a Native American (Sioux) man. He wears moccasins and a scarf around his neck, and rests his hand on the back of a chair.
- Dakota Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Black Bull.
- 1900 July 13
- Plenty Horses trial
- Studio portrait (sitting and standing) of Plenty Horses, Living Bear, Bear-That-Lays-Down, He Dog, Jack Red Cloud, Broken Arm, White Moon, and Rock Road, Native American (Sioux, Cheyenne, and Oglala Lakota) men. The men wear suits. Four men hold...
- Cheyenne Indians--1890-1900.; Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Oglala Indians--1890-1900.; Teton Indians--1890-1900.; Bear That Lays Down.; Broken Arm.; He Dog, 1837-1936.; Living Bear.; Plenty Horses, d. 1933.;...
- 1891
- Idaho Springs 1890's
- View of the Thomas A. Bryan house in Idaho Springs, Colorado, shows a group of men, women, and children on and around a fence in front of a house that looks like a castle. The structure features a square shaped wing, a hipped roof, one circular...
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Castles & palaces--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1910.; Bryan, Thomas A.--Homes & haunts.
- [between 1895 and 1910]
- Native American man and woman
- A Native American (Seminole) man and woman pose near a brush shelter, probably in Oklahoma. The woman is on horseback and the man holds her horse. She wears a blanket around her waist, a military uniform jacket with fringed epaulets, and a medal....
- Indians of North America--Oklahoma--1900-1920.; Seminole Indians--Oklahoma--1900-1920.; Horseback riding--Oklahoma--1900-1920.; Shelters--Oklahoma--1900-1920.; Women--Oklahoma--1900-1920.
- [between 1907 and 1915?]
- Chief of Southern Cheyennes,- Stone Calf, -and wife
- Studio portrait (sitting and standing) of Stone Calf and his wife, Native American (Cheyenne) man and woman. Stone Calf wears a blanket around his waist, a patriarchal cross around his neck, and scarves that cover his braids. Stone Calf's wife...
- Cheyenne Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Spouses--1880-1890.; Tribal chiefs--1880-1890.; Women--1880-1890.; Stone Calf--Family.; Stone Calf.
- 1871
- Chippewa warrior
- Hand colored sitting portrait of an unidentified Native American (Chippewa) warrior. He wears a blanket around his waist, a jacket over a shirt, shells around his neck, a bandeau with feathers, and holds a pipe in his left hand.
- Indians of North America--1870-1890.; Ojibwa Indians--1870-1890.; Clothing & dress--1870-1890.; Warriors--1870-1890.
- [between 1872 and 1890?]
- Wash-a-kie - peace chief of the Shoshone Indians
- Reproduction of a lithograph is a sitting portrait of a Native American (Shoshone) man, identified as Washakie. He wears moccasins, leggings, a blanket around one shoulder, a shirt, pendant, and earrings. He carries a pouch and powder horn around...
- Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Shoshoni Indians--1870-1880.; Tribal chiefs--1870-1880.; Washakie, ca. 1804-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]