Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Denver Public Library 1938 obituary index : Rocky Mountain News and Denver Post.
- Index of all deaths published in the Rocky Mountain News and the Denver Post for the year 1938.
- Denver (Colo.)--Genealogy--Indexes.; Denver (Colo.)--Vital records.; Denver Post--Indexes.; Rocky Mountain News--Indexes.
- ca. 1994
- Arrow
- Shows nine Native American (Cheyenne) arrows and a bow. The arrows are made of willow and alder, they have grooved red shafts, iron points and eagle, hawk and turkey feathers. The bow has twisted bast, grooves and a string bow attached to polished...
- Cheyenne Indians--Arts & crafts--1860-1870.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1860-1870.; Arrows--1860-1870.; Bows (Archery)--1860-1870.
- [between 1860 and 1865]
- Open pit mining comes to Butte - to stay
- View inside the Berkeley copper open pit mine, Silver Bow County, Montana. Shows Steam shovels and trucks.
- Berkeley Pit (Silver Bow County, Mont.)--1950-1960.; Silver Bow County (Mont.)--1950-1960.; Copper mining--Montana--Silver Bow County--Butte--1950-1960.; Mining--Montana--Silver Bow County--Butte--1950-1960.; Steam shovels--Montana--Silver Bow...
- October 27, 1957
- Big Bow Kiowa Chief
- Studio portrait (sitting and standing) of Big Bow, Satanwu, Porose, and another Native American (Kiowa) man. One man wears fringed leggings and shirt, and a metal bandolier. Another man wears a sheathed knife and a hair pipe breastplate.
- Indians of North America--1880-1910.; Kiowa Indians--1880-1910.; Tribal chiefs--1880-1910.; Big Bow.; Porose.; Satanawu.
- [between 1880 and 1903]
- Big Bow
- Studio portrait of Big Bow (Zepko-eete), a Native American (Kiowa) man. He wears a vest, a medal on a ribbon around his neck, and scarf over a braid.
- Indians of North America--1860-1880.; Kiowa Indians--1860-1880.; Big Bow.
- [between 1869 and 1874]
- Camp on the Medicine Bow River
- Members of the Hayden Survey stand in a camp near the Medicine Bow River in Carbon County, Wyoming. Shows tents, wagons, and horses. Elk Mountain, part of the Medicine Bow mountain range is visible in the distance.
- Carbon County (Wyo.)--1870-1880.; Camping--Wyoming--Carbon County--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Wyoming--Carbon County--1870-1880.; Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.)
- [1870 Fall]
- Bow
- A Southern Plains Native American bow. The bow features red and green paint, and sinew.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1870-1900.; Bows (Weapons)--1870-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1900]
- Toy bow
- Native American (Apache) curved wooden bow with sinew and green, red, and gold pigment.
- Apache Indians--Arts & crafts--1870-1890.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1870-1890.; Bows (Archery)--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890]
- Bow
- Shows a wood (possibly mesquite) bow with sinew as a cord or thread (red?) and string made from gut. The bow is from the Native American Apache Indians.
- Arapaho Indians--Arts & crafts--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1890.; Bows (Archery)--1880-1890.
- 1880
- Bow
- A single bow with a sinew as the bow string attached to a long thin piece of, possibly, wood.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1890.; Bows (Archery)--1880-1890.
- 1880
- Indian boy with bow
- A small Native American boy (tribe unknown) holds a bow and looks at an arrow he has just shot into the dirt. A woman with unbound hair dressed in a skirt and shawl stands in a doorway and smiles at him; another woman carries a baby on her back in...
- Indians of North America--Children--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Women--1900-1910.; Bows (Archery)--1900-1910.; Boys--1900-1910.; Pueblos--1900-1910.; Women--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Pottawatomie [i. e. Potawatomi] Indian reservation, Jackson Co, Kans Bow & Arrow Contest
- A Native American (Potawatomi, Prairie Band) man aims a bow and arrow in a contest on a reservation near Mayetta, Kansas. Two other men, one with a bow and arrow, look on.
- Prairie Band of Potawatomi Indians--People--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--Kansas--Mayetta--1930-1940.; Potawatomi Indians--Kansas--Mayetta--1930-1940.; Mayetta (Kan.)--1930-1940.; Potawatomi Indian Reservation (Kan.)--1930-1940.;...
- 1938 October 9
- Pottawatomie [i. e. Potawatomi] Indian reservation Jackson Co, Kans Bow & Arrow shooting contest
- Clayton Bear, a Native American (Potawatomi, Prairie Band) man, a right hand amputee, draws a bow string with his teeth. Other men look on.
- Prairie Band of Potawatomi Indians--People--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--Kansas--Mayetta--1930-1940.; Potawatomi Indians--Kansas--Mayetta--1930-1940.; Mayetta (Kan.)--1930-1940.; Potawatomi Indian Reservation (Kan.)--1930-1940.;...
- 1938 October 9
- Donaciano Córdova family
- Studio portrait of Margarita Santistevan Cordova, baby Delia Cordova and Donaciano Cordova. Margarita wears a dress with leg-of-mutton sleeves, she has a bow and ribbon around her neck. Delia wears a pleated dress with a lace bertha collar....
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1900-1910.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1900-1910.; Spouses.; Infants.; Families.; Córdova, Donaciano, 1861-1941--Pictorial works.; Córdova, Delia--Pictorial works.; Córdova, Margarita Yasabel Santistevan de,...
- [1889?]
- Costilla County courtroom
- View of a trial in the Costilla County Court House in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. Judge Jesse E. Wiley, seated at a table at the back of the room wears a suit and bow tie. Members of the court stand near the judge and the Hispanic...
- Costilla County Court House (San Luis, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Hispanic Americans--1910-1920.; Mexican Americans--1910-1920.; San Luis (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Courtrooms.; Judges.; Juries.; Wiley, Jesse E.--Pictorial works.; Costilla County Courthouse...
- 1917
- Simon Montez family
- Simon Montez and his wife Emma Valdez Montez pose with their two children. Jose A. Montez sits on his fathers lap. (6 months, born February 13, 1895) and Santiago Montez stands in front of his mother. (2 years old). Simon sits in a chair, wears a...
- Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1890-1900.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1890-1900.; Children.; Infants.; Spouses.; Women.; Montez, Emma Valdez--Family--Pictorial works.; Montez, Simon--Family--Pictorial works.; Children--Colorado--Pictorial works.;...
- [1895]
- Portrait of boys
- Studio portrait of boys posed in front of a painted backdrop. One boy stands and wears a suit and tie. The second boy is seated on prop rocks; he wears a suit with knickers, a bow tie and leather boots with side buttons; he holds a felt hat. The...
- Boys--1890-1910.; Studio props--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Portrait of a young woman
- Studio bust portrait of a woman with hair pulled back in a bow, she wears a dress with puffed sleeves, a high, ruffled collar, and a bow at the neck.
- Women--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Harry M. Rhoads and others taking pictures of passing parade
- Harry M. Rhoads, in a hat and bow tie and loading film into his still camera, stands with other photographers with still cameras and movie cameras during a parade in Denver, Colorado. Spectators look on, several young boys stand near the...
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Cameras--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Motion picture cameras--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Photojournalists--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Rhoads, Harry Mellon, 1880 or 81-1975.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Blue River Hose Co 1908
- Three firemen of the Blue River Hose Company in Breckenridge, Colorado, pose against a painted backdrop in their dress uniforms, including conductor's caps with metal badges, dark pants, wide belts with edges bound in white leather, and pullover...
- Blue River Hose Company (Breckenridge, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1910.
- 1908
- Clifford Rhodes in wagon, Sam Drake standing, taken in front of Sherwood Pool Hall
- Clifford Rhodes, who wears a suit, cap, long boots, and a bow tie, holds the reins of a delivery cart of the "Basalt Supply Co." in Basalt, Colorado, in Eagle County. The cart, which has "Basalt Supply Co. and Meats" painted on the side, has spoked...
- Basalt (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Basalt--1900-1910.; Drake, Sam.; Rhodes, C. (Clifford)
- [1900?]
- Unidentified Jicarilla Apache groups
- Studio portrait of a Native American Apache family in front of a painted backdrop. The man wears leggings, moccasins, print shirt, vest, beaded tubes and holds a shield and bow case, the woman holds a bow and quiver, a young girl wears print dress,...
- Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Jicarilla Indians--1880-1890.; Quivers--1880-1890.; Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Families--1880-1890.; Girls--1880-1890.; Shields--1880-1890.; Women--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Leadville saloon
- Men in suits and hats stand at the bar in a saloon in Leadville, Colorado. Two men stand behind the long wooden bar, one wears a suit, bow tie and derby hat, the saloonkeeper wears a white jacket and bow tie. Both men have moustaches. The wooden...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Bars (Furniture)--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1910.; Bars--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910]
- The family: me at 7 yrs, mother, dad
- Marie Anderson (later Marie L. Greenwood), an African American child of seven years poses with her parents, Joseph Anderson (a Creole from Louisiana) and Sarah Garrett Anderson (from Texas) on a porch of a house. Marie wears a print dress, socks,...
- African Americans--1920-1930.; Families--1920-1930.; Anderson, Joseph; Anderson, Sarah Garrett.; Greenwood, Marie L.
- 1920
- Mr. and Mrs. John B. Outcalt
- Studio portrait of Mrs. Outcalt standing next to Mr. Outcalt, who sits in a chair. Mrs. Outcalt wears her dark curly hair up in a bun, her dress has center-front trimming with a bow around collar and flowers on bodice; horizontal and vertical...
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Spouses--Colorado--Gunnison--1870-1890.; Outcalt, John B.; Outcalt, John B. Mrs.
- [between 1875 and 1885]
- Sketches in Utah
- Mormon men bow their heads, across the table from Brigham Young and the elders, during communion. Shows a Book of Mormon and a metal container on the table. The men wear suits with scarves or bow ties. Brigham Young stands at the pulpit inside the...
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints--People--1870-1880.; Mormons--Utah--Salt Lake City--1870-1880.; Salt Lake City (Utah)--1870-1880.; Communion--Utah--Salt Lake City--1870-1880.; Families--Utah--Salt Lake City--1870-1880.; Mothers &...
- 1874 September 26
- Kate P. Mace
- Studio bust portrait of Kate Phillips Mace, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Mace wears her hair pulled back in a braid and tied with a bow. Her dress has a standing frilled lace collar tied at the throat with a ribbon bow and...
- Denver (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Mace, Kate P. (Kate Phillips); Denver High School--People--1870-1880.; Denver Public Schools--People--1870-1880.
- 1879
- Ena Louise Stone
- Studio bust portrait of Ena Louise Stone, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Stone's bangs are layered and curled and her hair is pulled back. Her dress bodice has a series of puffed pleats from the neckline, gathered with a bow in...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Stone, Ena Louise.; Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Mona Geist
- Studio portrait of Mona Geist, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Geist's hair is pulled back and tied with a bow. Her elbow rests on the arm of a chair. Geist's long dress, made with floral patterned fabric, has a bertha collar,...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Geist, Mona.; Denver High School--People--1890-1900.; Denver Public Schools--People--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Eustice
- Studio portrait of Mr. Eustice, a father, and his young son, residents of Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Mr. Eustice sits on a prop rock in front of a painted backdrop with his arm around his son. The man wears a sack coat and matching...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Boys.; Clothing & dress.; Families.; Men.; Eustace family.
- Miss Anna Ebert
- Studio portrait of Miss Anna Ebert, of Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. She poses in front of a painted backdrop of a house beside a faux wooden fence. She wears a velvet dress with a fitted, buttoned bodice and gold pin decorated with a...
- Ebert, Anna.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Clothing & dress.; Women.
- Big Bow Kiowa Chief
- Studio portrait (standing and sitting) of Big Bow (Zipkiyah, Zipkoheta, Zepko-eete), Satanwan, and Parose, Native American (Kiowa) men. The men pose near a buffalo head. One man wears fringed leggings and shirt, a leather belt, a sheathed knife,...
- Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Kiowa Indians--1880-1900.; Big Bow.; Parose.; Satanwan.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Billy Class prospector in Medicine Bow Mts
- Miner Billy Class uses a pan for hydraulic gold placer mining in the Medicine Bow Breaks range, Carbon County, Wyoming.
- Carbon County (Wyo)--1910-1920.; Medicine Bow Breaks (Wyo)--1910-1920.; Gold mining--Wyoming--Carbon County--1910-1920.; Hydraulic mining--Wyoming--Carbon County--1910-1920.; Miners--Wyoming--Carbon County--1910-1920.; Mining...
- 1910
- A camp in Medicine Bow Range
- View of a campsite in the Medicine Bow Mountains, Wyoming; shows tents and a wagon loaded with equipment.
- Medicine Bow Mountains (Colo. and Wyo)--1900-1910.; Camping--Wyoming--1900-1910.; Carts & wagons--Wyoming--1900-1910.; Tents--Wyoming--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- 1905 Corbett & Ballenger's 32nd Annual Denver City Directory
- Colorado Marriages 1858-1939 B
- Marriage records--Colorado; Colorado--Genealogy.
- Bow
- Native American (Apache) wooden bow.
- Apache Indians--Arts & crafts--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1870-1880.; Bows (archery)--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880]
- Bow case
- Shows a Native American (Apache?) buckskin bow case. The case is stitched with string, has a leather top colored pink and fringed bottom. A drawing in red, on the side is of men on horseback and steer.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1870-1890.; Cases (containers)--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890]
- Man with bow tie holding the Book of Mormon
- Outdoor portrait of a man in Denver, Colorado. He holds the Book of Mormon and wears a suit and bow tie.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Religious books--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Man in bow tie
- A man poses in a suit and bow tie.
- Men--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Indian boy and his dog
- A young Native American Ute man with wrapped braids, wearing leggings, and a necklace, holds his dog around the neck in one hand and a bow and arrows in the other, western slope Wasatch Mountains, Utah.
- Bow and arrow--Utah--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--Utah--1870-1880.; Uinta Indians--Clothing & dress--Utah--1870-1880.; Ute Indians--Utah--1870-1880.; Wasatch Range (Utah and Idaho)--1870-1880.; Dogs--Utah--1870-1880.
- [between 1871 and 1875]
- Bow, arrows, and wristguards
- Reproduction shows Native American (Zuni) arts and crafts, shows a bow, two arrows and two wristguards.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.; Zuni Indians--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.; Arrows--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Pottawatomie [i. e. Potawatomi] Indian reservation Jackson Co, Kans Bow & Arrow shooting contest
- A group of Native American (Potawatomi, Prairie Band) men, which includes Henry Bear, sit and stand near a group of automobiles on a reservation near Mayetta, Kansas. A woman carries a child near the automobiles. They are spectators for an archery...
- Prairie Band of Potawatomi Indians--People--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--Kansas--Mayetta--1930-1940.; Potawatomi Indians--Kansas--Mayetta--1930-1940.; Mayetta (Kan.)--1930-1940.; Potawatomi Indian Reservation (Kan.)--1930-1940.;...
- 1938 October 9
- Apache scout, U.S. troops
- Outdoor standing portrait of a Native American Apache policeman in uniform with a badge, ammunition belt and handgun; posed shooting a bow and arrow.
- United States. Army--People--1890-1900.; Apache Indians--1890-1900.; Bow and arrow--1890-1900.; Indian reservation police--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Police--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Navajo warrior
- A Native American (Navajo) man sits and holds a bow and arrows. He wears moccasins, a blanket, and decorated cap with a feather.
- Bow and arrow--1880-1910.; Indians of North America--1880-1910.; Navajo Indians--1880-1910.; Warriors--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910]
- Navajo capture
- Studio portrait (sitting) of a Native American (Navajo) man. He holds a bow and arrows and wears a blanket and a fur pelt hat.
- Bow and arrow--1880-1910.; Indians of North America--1880-1910.; Navajo Indians--1880-1910.; Clothing & dress--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910]
- Yellow Calf
- Portrait of Yellow Calf, a Native American (Arapaho) man. He holds a bow and arrows and wears a quill-work bandolier, necklace, and feather headdress.
- Arapaho Indians--1880-1900.; Bow and arrow--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Headdresses--1880-1900.; Clothing & dress--1880-1900.; Yellow Calf.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Yellow Calf Chief of Arapahoes
- Portrait (sitting) of Yellow Calf, a Native American (Arapaho) man. He holds a bow and arrows and wears a quill-work bandolier, beaded necklace, and feather headdress.
- Arapaho Indians--1880-1900.; Bow and arrow--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Headdresses--1880-1900.; Clothing & dress--1880-1900.; Yellow Calf.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Taos Pueblo man
- Outdoor portrait (sitting) of a Native American (Taos Pueblo) man. He holds a bow and arrows and wears a fringed shirt and blanket.
- Bow and arrow--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Pueblo Indians--1880-1890.; Taos Indians--1880-1890.; Clothing & dress--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890
- Clear Sioux
- Studio portrait (sitting) of Clear, a Native American (Sioux) man. He poses with a bow and arrows and wears body paint, a breechcloth, armbands, fur pelt decorated with medals, and a headdress with a taxidermy bird and feathers.
- Bow and arrow--1900-1910.; Dakota Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Headdresses--1900-1910.; Body painting--1900-1910.; Clothing & dress--1900-1910.; Clear Dakota Indian.
- 1900