Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- 1421 Champa, interior, offices, general plant, "engineering."
- Men work at desks in an office at the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company Building at 1421 Champa Street in Denver, Colorado. Most of the desks are arranged in the center of the room. The men work on papers that are organized on the...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--People--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Employees--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Offices--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Telephone...
- 1916 February
- Large group having a picnic
- Group portrait of men, women, and children with food and picnic baskets in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Picnics--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Large group having a picnic
- Group portrait of men, women, and children with a cake, fruit, and picnic baskets in Denver, Colorado; costume includes hats with flowers.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Picnics--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Small group having a picnic. Man is wearing a Scottish Highlander outfit
- Group portrait of a man, women, a boy and girl in Denver, Colorado, with a cake, fruit, and picnic baskets; costume includes applique, a cape and garrison cap. The man has bagpipes.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Picnics--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Large group having a picnic
- Group portrait of men and women with picnic baskets in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Picnics--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Large group having a picnic
- Group portrait of men, women, and children with food and picnic baskets in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Picnics--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Beckwith guest house Indian room
- Interior view of the Beckwith residence in (probably) Westcliffe (Custer County), Colorado; decor includes Native American rugs, pottery, and baskets. A bust of a man with a claw necklace is on a pedestal.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1890-1910.; Westcliffe (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Westcliffe--1890-1910.; Rooms & spaces--Colorado--Westcliffe--1890-1910.
- [between 1899 and 1903?]
- San Diego, Hotel del Coronado
- View of a section of the Hotel del Coronado in Coronado (San Diego County), California. The frame multi-story hotel has dormers, polygonal turrets, elaborate brick chimneys, and porches with spindle or cut-out patterns between balusters. The...
- Hotel del Coronado (Coronado, Calif.)--1900-1910.; Coronado (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Hotels.; Resorts.
- [1900?]
- Group outing people seated or standing by dock at riverside
- Outdoor portrait of men and women at a South Platte River dock in Denver, Colorado; costume includes large hats, puff shoulders, flowers, feathers, fishing poles, picnic baskets, and cigars.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1900-1910.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1904 and 1910?]
- Variety store
- Interior view of a store in Denver, Colorado. Gift baskets, food, canned goods, and a lamp are on display. Men stand near a display of boxed candy. Signs read: "Coca-Cola," "Drink Old Orchard Pure Sweet Apple Cider It's Good," and "Austin's Old...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915]
- Miss Wolcott's school
- Several young women parade in a circle, possibly for a May Day festival, at the Miss Wolcott School, 1400 Marion Street, Denver, Colorado. The women wear white dresses with bows in their hair and carry baskets of flowers.
- Wolcott School (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Clothing & dress--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Dance--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Schools--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Denver interior scene in jail
- Men hand out possibly food to inmates in a prison in Denver, Colorado. Baskets and a metal tub are nearby in the hallway.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Prisons--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Stanley Hoister 350 hp
- A miner poses on a platform near Stanley engines in the shaft house of a mine probably in Colorado. Plants and baskets are near the window.
- Hoisting machinery--Colorado--1890-1910.; Miners--Colorado--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Miss Wolcott's School Denver
- Young women parade in a circle, possibly for a May Day festival, at the Miss Wolcott School at 1400 Marion Street in Denver, Colorado. The girls carry baskets of flowers.
- Wolcott School (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Schools--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Recreation picnic group on picnic in mountains
- Outdoor portrait of a group of well-dressed men and women near a lake in the mountains of Colorado. They pose near picnic baskets and pails. The women wear dresses and hats decorated with flowers. One man wears a military uniform while another...
- Clothing & dress--Colorado--1900-1920.; Men--Colorado--1900-1920.; Picnics--Colorado--1900-1920.; Uniforms--Colorado--1900-1920.; Women--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Taxidermy
- A man poses near taxidermy animals which include mountain lions on woven baskets and a moose possibly at the Carter Museum in Breckenridge (Summit County), Colorado.
- Hides & skins--Colorado--1890-1910.; Taxidermy--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Taxidermy man & animals
- A man poses near taxidermy animals which include mountain lions on woven baskets and a moose possibly at the Carter Museum in Breckenridge (Summit County), Colorado.
- Hides & skins--Colorado--1890-1910.; Taxidermy--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Statue of Indian City Park Denver
- Women and children with box lunches gather at the base of "The Indian Scout," a statue by Alexander Phimister (A.P.) Proctor in City Park, Denver Colorado. In the distance, women and children with picnic baskets and bag lunches sit on the grass, on...
- City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cowboys--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Picnics--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Sculpture--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1894 and 1900?]
- Moosongnave from Shepaulave
- View of a Hopi pueblo identified as Moosongnave (Musangnuvi or Mishongnovi) in Arizona. The pueblo structures are on the Second Mesa. Shows utilitarian pottery, baskets, grinding stones (matate), and a pathway between two pueblo complexes.
- Hopi Indians--Structures--Arizona--Mishongnovi--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--Structures--Arizona--Mishongnovi--1880-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Structures--Arizona--Mishongnovi--1880-1900.; Mishongnovi (Ariz.)--1880-1900.;...
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Recreation - picnic - large group
- Outdoor portrait of men, women, boys, girls, and teenagers, in a Denver, Colorado, park. They have picnic baskets, bread, tin cups, newspapers, diplomas [?], and large hats.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Picnics--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Teenagers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.;...
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Oraibi, thanksgiving dance
- A group of Native American (Hopi) men, women, and children watch and perform probably the Butterfly Dance, an autumn harvest dance, at Oraibi, Hopi Indian Reservation, Arizona. Women and girls have hair wraps or butterfly whorls hairstyles, stand...
- Hopi Indians--Dance--Arizona--Oraibi--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Dance--Arizona--Oraibi--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Dance--Arizona--Oraibi--1890-1900.; Oraibi (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Ceremonial dancers--Arizona--Oraibi--1890-1900.;...
- [1899?]
- Hotel Green from Raymond St., Pasadena Cala.
- View of the Hotel Green located on Green Street in Pasadena (Los Angeles County), California. The hotel is a four-story structure with a two-tier arched arcade. A pedestrian bridge with a tile roof, dome, and arched windows extends over Raymond...
- Hotel Green (Pasadena, Calif.)--1890-1900.; Pasadena (Calif.)--1890-1900.; Commercial streets--California--Pasadena--1890-1900.; Hotels--California--Pasadena--1890-1900.; Pedestrian bridges--California--Pasadena--1890-1900.;...
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Two boys [sic] with ice skates
- A boy and girl on ice skates pose on probably the South Platte River in Denver, Colorado. The girl holds small baskets.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1900-1920.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Ice skating--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Rivers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915]
- Picnic near Silverton
- A large group picnics in the woods near Silverton, Colorado. The women are dressed in a variety of hats, puff-shouldered blouses and piped collars; men wear bowler hats; children wear dresses, sailor suits and straw, felt, and cloth hats. Rustic...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Picnics--Colorado--Silverton--1890-1900.
- [between 1893 and 1898?]
- First class work guaranteed when the right subject is being taken this is not an excellent photo
- The president of Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado, poses at his desk. Wicker baskets, shelves of books, a safe and printing press comprise interior furnishings.
- Colorado State University--1900-1910.; Fort Collins (Colo.)--1900-1910.; College presidents--Colorado--Fort Collins--1900-1910.
- [1901?]
- Fort Collins, Colorado
- The interior of the State Mercantile Company in Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado, has bolts of fabric and cedar chests on display. Stools front a counter; baskets on pulleys are overhead.
- Fort Collins (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Fort Collins--1910-1920.
- [1915?]
- School at Petersburg, Colo
- Children holding hats, lunch pails and baskets pose with their teachers in front of a frame schoolhouse, Petersburg (later became Englewood), Arapahoe County, Colorado. The schoolhouse has double hung windows, shutters, doors with transoms, a...
- Petersburg (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Schools--Colorado--Petersburg--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Petersburg--1890-1900.; Teachers--Colorado--Petersburg--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Bear Creek Store and proud Ouray citizen, Peggy Cox!
- Customers including Peggy Cox, with a straw hat with flags, show inside the Bear Creek Store, Ouray, Colorado. Merchandise includes bells, wind chimes, lanterns, baskets, weavings, figurines and books.
- Bear Creek Store (Ouray, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Ouray (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Cox, Peggy.
- July 4, 1979
- Bear Creek Store "one beat proprietor, proprietor heck, she owns the place"
- Customers browse merchandise in the Bear Creek Store, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, as the owner looks on. Displays include: Indian baskets, rugs and dolls, pocket knives, paintings, books, pottery and knick knacks.
- Bear Creek Store (Ouray, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Ouray (Colo.)--1970-1980.; General stores--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.
- July 1978
- American Bankers Association at Broadmoor, Colorado Springs
- American Bankers Association conventioneers and Ute entertainers pose on front porch and balcony of the Broadmoor Casino, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. The Native Americans wear costumes with blankets and hold drums, shields, and...
- American Bankers Association. Convention.--1890-1900.; Broadmoor Hotel and Casino (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1890- 1900.; Indians of North America--Performances & portrayals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Colorado Springs...
- 1898
- Broadmoor Casino, Convention of American Bankers Assn., some Ute Indians brought up to entertain them
- American Bankers Association conventioneers and Ute entertainers pose on front porch and balcony of the Broadmoor Casino, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. The Native Americans wear costumes with blankets and hold drums, shields, and...
- American Bankers Association. Convention.--1890-1900.; Broadmoor Hotel and Casino (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--Buildings--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Performances & portrayals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Broadmoor (Colo.)--1890-1900.;...
- [1898]
- Parade entry, Flower Carnival
- Child entrants wearing wide brimmed straw hats pose in a buggy in the Sunflower Carnival Parade, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. One boy is on a burro loaded with flower baskets; a girl in white rides sidesaddle.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Children & animals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Children riding horses--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890- 1910.; Donkeys--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado...
- [between 1893 and 1906?]
- A Colorado strawberry patch
- View of large strawberry field, West Lake Ranch, possibly Adams County, Colorado; numerous men & women picking strawberries; small wooden frame shed and canvas tent, background left; straw hats & bonnets, dog seated amidst pickers, wooden baskets...
- Adams County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fruit industry--Colorado--Adams County--1900-1910.; Harvesting--Colorado--Adams County--1900-1910.; Ranches--Colorado--Adams County--1900-1910.; Strawberries--Colorado--Adams County--1900-1910.
- [1910.]
- Typing class at Alamosa High School, 1941
- Girls sit at typewriters in a classroom at Alamosa High School, Alamosa County, Colorado. Some of the girls wear glasses, some have curled hair. A blackboard in the background has a bulletin board along the upper edge with two 1941 calendars, one...
- Alamosa High School (Alamosa, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Classrooms--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Typewriting--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Mesa Verde Spruce Tree Hs.
- View of a girl with a human skull and bones, baskets, pottery, and woven reeds, at Mesa Verde National Park. Spruce Tree House is in the background.
- Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Spruce Tree House (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Archaeological sites--Colorado--1910-1920.; Children--Colorado--1910-1920.; Cliff dwellings--Colorado--1910-1920.; Skeletons--Colorado--1910-1920.;...
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Mesa Verde Spruce Tree House
- View of a girl with a human skull and bones, baskets, pottery, and woven reeds, at Mesa Verde National Park, New Mexico. Spruce Tree House is in the background.
- Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Spruce Tree House (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Archaeological sites--Colorado--1910-1920.; Children--Colorado--1910-1920.; Cliff dwellings--Colorado--1910-1920.; Skeletons--Colorado--Mesa Verde National...
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Charles C. Gates in his office
- Interior view of an office at the Gates Rubber Company, Denver, Colorado with Mr. Charles C. Gates seated at a desk, he holds a pen and paper. Items on the desk include: carnations in a vase, a telephone, a framed family photograph, and baskets of...
- Gates Rubber Company--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Businessmen--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Offices--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Gates, Charles Cassius, 1877-1961.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Towaoc
- Interior view; shows a fireplace decorated with kachina dolls, baskets, pottery, a mantel with a Native American border design, wicker sofa, blanket and rug, Towaoc, Montezuma County, Colorado.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--Colorado--Towaoc--1900-1920.; Ute Indians--Education--Colorado--Towaoc--1900-1920.; Towaoc (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Towaoc--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Utes, showing interior of tepee Dick Charlie and family
- Native American (Ute) subchief Dick Charlie poses with his wife, Susan B. Eaton, son and daughter, Juana Buck, inside a tepee. Objects in the tepee include a fringed shawl, clothing and water baskets.
- Indians of North America--Children--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--Women--1910-1920.; Tipis--1910-1920.; Buck, Juana.; Charlie, Dick.; Eaton, Susan B.
- 1911
- Utes- early morning (Amy S. Kent, Maggie)
- Native American (Ute) women, Amy S. Kent and Maggie, with water baskets by open tepee. Possibly at Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs, Colorado. The women are probably in Colorado Springs for the Shan Kive (Colorado Springs Carnival).
- Indians of North America--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--Women--1910-1920.; Tipis--1910-1920.; Maggie, Ute woman.; Kent, Amy Snow.
- 1911
- Rowboats on lake
- Groups of Black men and boys ride in rowboats with oars and baskets of fruit, probably in the Caribbean.
- Blacks--Caribbean Area--1920-1930.; Caribbean Area--1920-1930.; Boys--Caribbean Area--1920-1930.; Men--Caribbean Area--1920-1930.; Rowboats--Caribbean Area--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1925?]
- Group & people in front of church
- View of Black men, women, and children in a church courtyard with stone monuments, probably Barbados. The women carry baskets on their heads.
- Blacks--Barbados--1920-1930.; Barbados--1920-1930.; Children--Barbados--1920-1930.; Monuments & memorials--Barbados--1920-1930.; Women--Barbados--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1925?]
- Idaho vegetable peddler
- A Chinese man carries vegetables in wicker baskets with a yoke on a street in Idaho City, Idaho. Wood frame houses are nearby.
- Chinese-Americans--Idaho--Idaho City--1890-1910.; Idaho City (Idaho)--1890-1910.; Peddlers--Idaho--Idaho City--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Gilpin County Art Gallery interior
- The walls of the Gilpin County Art Gallery in Central City, Colorado, are covered with paintings and other artwork. A door that leads into another section of the gallery is in the corner of the room. A square, glass display case in the foreground...
- Gilpin County Art Gallery--1960-1970.; Central City (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Interiors--1960-1970.
- 1961
- Basket weaver
- Native American (Hopi) woman weaving a basket with several baskets around her; she wears a manta with a long-sleeve shirt, Hopi Indian Reservation, Arizona.
- Hopi Indians--Women--Arizona--1890-1930.; Indians of North America--Arizona--1890-1930.; Pueblo Indians--Arts & crafts--Arizona--1890-1930.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1890-1930.; Basket making--Arizona--1890-1930.
- [between 1895 and 1925?]
- Antelope altar at Walpi
- Native American (Hopi) antelope altar shows sandpainting; clay pedestals and crooks (ceremonial bows) around painting, water gourds, corn stalks, baskets, medicine bowl, rattles; Walpi pueblo, Arizona.
- Hopi Indians--Spiritual life--Arizona--Walpi--1900-1920.; Indians of North America--Arizona--Walpi--1900-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Arizona--Walpi--1900-1920.; Altars--Arizona--Mishongnovi--1900-1920.; Rites & ceremonies--Arizona--Walpi--1900-1920.;...
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Interior, Pease Store, Georgetown, Colorado
- Interior view of Pease Store, in Georgetown, Colorado. A long counter runs the length of the room on the left, with large jars and a paper rack on top. Crates, boxes, and signs read: "Denver, Colo.," "Butter Nut Bread," "Auto Service," "Soda...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Merchandise displays--Colorado--Georgetown--1910-1920.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Georgetown--1910-1920.
- 1915
- Antelope altar sand painting - old cave. Mesa no. 2
- View of a Native American (Hopi) sand painting and altar, Second Mesa, Arizona. Shows baskets, pottery, sage bundles, clay holders, and prayer sticks with feathers.
- Hopi Indians--Spiritual life--Arizona--Second Mesa--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Arizona--Second Mesa--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Arts & crafts--Arizona--Second Mesa--1890-1900.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Second Mesa...
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Baking paper bread - Mesa No. 2
- Interior view of a Native American (Hopi) dwelling, Second Mesa, Arizona; an unidentified woman bakes paper bread (piki bread). Shows a fireplace, pottery, baskets, and a stack of piki bread.
- Hopi Indians--Domestic life--Arizona--Second Mesa--1890-1910.; Indians of North America--Arizona--Second Mesa--1890-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Women--Arizona--Second Mesa--1890-1910.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1890-1910.; Second Mesa...
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Medicine man
- Interior view of a cave with Native American men (Hopi) during a ceremony, Second Mesa, Arizona. Bundles, baskets, corn meal, candles, and feathers are on the floor; one man holds a basket and puts something in his mouth. Shows a sandpainting and...
- Hopi Indians--Spiritual life--Arizona--Second Mesa--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Arizona--Second Mesa--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Arizona--Second Mesa--1890-1900.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Second Mesa...
- 1899 or 1900?