Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Kismet Club Initiation Ceremony
- This document describes the setting of the initiation ceremony and the rituals that the ceremony should include for the Kismet Club of North High School in Denver. The story behind the colors, silver and purple, that symbolize the club is included...
- North High School (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; North High School (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Schools--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Kismet Club (Denver, Colo.)--Archives.; Greek letter...
- circa 1936
- Yule log ceremony
- Two teenagers crouch by a fire and warm their hands during the Yule Log ceremony at Palmer Lake, El Paso County, Colorado, as others watch.
- Christmas--Colorado--Palmer Lake--1960-1970.; Palmer Lake (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Celebrations--Colorado--Palmer Lake--1960-1970.
- 1967 December 16
- King Jones Wedding ceremony
- Photograph taken during the wedding ceremony of Richard King and Lorraine Jones at the Scott United Methodist Church in Denver, Colorado. The couple are pictured standing in front of the minister, during the ceremony.
- Weddings--Colorado--Denver.; Weddings.; African American families--Religious life--Colorado--Denver.; African Americans--Colorado--Denver.
- 1948 June 4
- Drawing
- A Native American (Sioux?) drawing on a cotton or muslin cloth possibly of a military society ceremony. The drawing is done in crayon and ink. The subject matter in the drawing is of males and females as they participate in a ceremony or ritual.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1910.; Indians of North America--Spiritual life--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910]
- Flashlight photo of Sacred dance of the Geronimo Apache Indians
- A figure in a mask and one with a walking stick dance around a large fire, while a group of Apache girls stand together on opposite side of fire. Spectators, some wrapped in blankets, sit in ring to watch the puberty ceremony. A walled tent and a...
- Puberty rites--1890-1910.; Apache Indians--1890-1910.; Girls--1890-1910.; Indians of North America--Spiritual life--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Eureka Street, Central City
- Eureka Street, Central City, Colorado, is crowded with cars and jeeps in a view that looks toward Central Hill. Four people sit in a jeep in the foreground. A man smoking a cigarette drives the jeep; another man wearing a hat, glasses, and...
- Central City (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Flags--Colorado--Central City--1960-1970.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1960-1970.
- 1965
- Hopi Indians
- View of Native American (Pueblo, Hopi) women who carry water containers in cloth slings and a pail near the Snake Shrine at Walpi Pueblo, First Mesa, Arizona. The Snake Shrine is a large pile of stones in which the jars for the snake washing...
- Hopi Indians--Women--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Domestic life--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Walpi (Ariz.)--1890-1900.;...
- August, 1899
- Marking of Ute Pass Trail
- A boy sits on horseback below Cascade, El Paso County, Colorado during the marking ceremony for Ute Pass Trail. The boy wears fringed chaps and a toy gun in a holster. Ceremony spectators sit and stand near automobiles parked on tiered stone-walled...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--Clothing & dress--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Boys--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Horseback riding--Colorado--El Paso...
- August 39, 1912
- Clayton College
- Boys and teachers participate in a flag ceremony at Clayton College in Denver, Colorado. Members of a marching band play instruments which include trombones, a tuba, saxophones, drums, and trumpets. A group of boys salute the flag near the...
- George W. Clayton College (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Bands--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Flag salutes--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Orphanages--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.;...
- 1931 November 11
- Groundbreaking, Denver City and County Building
- Mayor Benjamin Stapleton, surrounded by onlookers, digs a shovelful of dirt at the ground breaking ceremony for the Denver City and County Building, Denver, Colorado.
- City and County Building (Denver, Colo.)--Rites & ceremonies--1920-1930.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; City & town Halls--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Ground breaking...
- 1929 March 26
- Groundbreaking, Denver City and County Building
- Mayor Benjamin Stapleton, surrounded by a large group of onlookers, dumps a shovelful of dirt during the ground breaking ceremony for the Denver City and County Building, Denver, Colorado.
- City and County Building (Denver, Colo.)--Rites & ceremonies--1920-1930.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; City & town Halls--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Ground breaking...
- 1929 March 26
- Colorado Fuel and Iron. Co. executives
- View of two Colorado Fuel and Iron Company executives in hard hats participating in ceremony marking the rolling of the 50-millionth ton of steel, Pueblo, Colorado; shows George Grosvenor, superintendent of steel production, and Jerry Lindberg,...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Businessmen--Colorado--Pueblo--1960-1970.; Steel industry--Colorado--Pueblo--1960-1970.; Colorado Fuel and Iron Company.
- [1965]
- Laying cornerstone
- Spectators stand in the rain and watch the dedication ceremony of the cornerstone of Cranford Hall on the campus of the State Normal School (also known as the University of Northern Colorado, Colorado Teachers College, Colorado State College of...
- Greeley (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Building dedications--Colorado--Greeley--1890-1900.; Cornerstone laying--Colorado--Greeley--1890-1900.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Greeley--1890-1900.; University of Northern Colorado.
- 1890
- Kismet Club Pledge Ceremony
- This is the script that should be read during the pledge ceremony of the Kismet Club from North High School in Denver. It includes the vow that the new pledges must make to join the club.
- North High School (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; North High School (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Schools--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Kismet Club (Denver, Colo.)--Archives.; Greek letter...
- circa 1936
- Headgate opening ceremony, Vallejos Ditch Project
- Two men open the headgates at a ceremony to celebrate the completion of the Vallejos Ditch System, Ditch No.5, a USDA Special Improvement Project in San Pedro (Costilla County), Colorado. Four men look on, George G. Romero is second from the right,...
- San Pedro (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Vallejos Ditch (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Irrigation canals & flumes.; Romero, George G.--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Irrigation canals...
- 1965
- Cosmopolitan Club "Heroes of Peace" Ceremony
- Sign, headgate opening ceremony, Vallejos Ditch Project
- Four men pose around a sign for the completed Vallejos Ditch System, Ditch No.5 USDA Special Improvement Project in San Pedro (Costilla County), Colorado. The sign reads: "USDA," "Vallejos Ditch System Ditch No. 5," "Special Project," "ASCS,"...
- San Pedro (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Vallejos Ditch (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Signs (Notices).; Events.; Romero, George G.--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Signs and...
- 1965
- Tobacco Society ceremony, Crow
- View of a Native American (Crow) Tobacco Society ceremony shows a group of people in a circle under a makeshift tent. One person, on the near edge of the circle, appears to be getting special treatment. He is covered by a sheet and reclines on a...
- Crow Indians--Spiritual life--1900-1920.; Indians of North America--1900-1920.; Rites & ceremonies--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1915?]
- Tobacco Society ceremony, Crow
- Native American (Crow) men and women participate in a Tobacco Society ceremony under a barrel shaped tent. Men are dressed in costumes including moccasins, leggings, breech cloths, decorative shirts, and headdresses. Women are wearing ceremonial...
- Crow Indians--Spiritual life--1900-1920.; Indians of North America--1900-1920.; Rites & ceremonies--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1915?]
- Entering the Medicine Lodge, Crow adoption ceremony
- A procession of Native Americans (Crow) lines up to enter a Medicine Lodge and participate in a "coming out" (adoption) ceremony that involves initiation into the Crow Tobacco Society.
- Crow Indians--Spiritual life--1900-1920.; Indians of North America--1900-1920.; Rites & ceremonies--1900-1920.
- [between 1905 and 1911]
- Flashlight cross erected for ceremony enacted on Golden Road in consecration of the crucifixion of Christ
- Members of the Ku Klux Klan kneel and stand around a U. S. flag in a ceremony on Golden Road near Denver, Colorado. A cross illuminated by flashlights is nearby. The men wear hoods and robes.
- Ku Klux Klan (1915- )--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Crosses--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Night--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- April 16, 1922
- Dedication ceremony opening Dotsero Cutoff at Bond
- People crowd Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks and a grandstand at the dedication ceremony for the Dotsero Cutoff, in Bond, Eagle County, Colorado. The stage is draped in bunting, United States flags, a Utah State seal, a sign: "NBC,"...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.--1930-1940.; Bond (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Dotsero Cutoff (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Dedications--Colorado--Bond--1930-1940.; Grandstands--Colorado--Bond--1930-1940.; Railroad...
- June 16, 1934
- New Hope Baptist Church mortgage burning week ceremony
- A Black (African American) man stands at the pulpit in the New Hope Baptist Church during a ceremony to commemorate the end of the church's mortgage in Denver, Colorado. A group of Black men and women sit nearby.
- New Hope Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)--People--1950-1960.; African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Baptist churches--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.;...
- 1955 November
- Arapahoe School - cornerstone ceremony
- View of the cornerstone ceremony at the Arapahoe School in Denver, Colorado; people crowd the construction site, and buggies are in the foreground.
- Arapahoe School (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1870-1880.; Denver (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Cornerstone laying--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.;...
- [1872 January 24]
- The completion of the Pacific Rail Road the ceremony at Promontory Point [sic], Utah
- Men pose at a ceremony to commemorate the completion of the trans-continental railroad at Promontory Summit (Box Elder County), Utah. Workers stand with dignitaries from the Union Pacific Railroad and the Central Pacific Railroad. Men shake hands,...
- Central Pacific Railroad Company--Rites & ceremonies--1860-1870.; Union Pacific Railroad Company--Rites & ceremonies--1860-1870.; Box Elder County (Utah)--1860-1870.; Promontory Summit (Utah)--1860-1870.; Dedications--Utah--Promontory...
- 1869 June 10
- Gilpin School cornerstone ceremony
- Photograph of the cornerstone ceremony during the construction of Gilpin Elementary School in Denver, Colorado. An unidentified man stands on a wooden platform addressing a standing room only audience.
- Gilpin Place School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1949 September
- Gilpin School cornerstone ceremony
- An unidentified man stands on a wooden platform addressing a crowd during the cornerstone ceremony at Gilpin Elementary School in Denver, Colorado. Behind him four children are seen sitting along the half constructed wall, with other members of...
- Gilpin Place School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1949 September
- Gilpin School cornerstone ceremony
- Photograph of an unidentified woman addressing an audience while standing on a wooden platform during the cornerstone ceremony at Gilpin Elementary School in Denver, Colorado. Behind her a portion of the completed school can be seen with different...
- Gilpin Place School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1949 September
- Gilpin School cornerstone ceremony
- Photograph of an unidentified woman addressing an audience while standing on a wooden platform during the cornerstone ceremony at Gilpin Elementary School in Denver, Colorado. Behind her a portion of the completed school can be seen with different...
- Gilpin Place School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1949 September
- Gilpin School cornerstone ceremony
- Photograph of an unidentified man addressing an audience while standing on a wooden platform during the cornerstone ceremony at Gilpin Elementary School in Denver, Colorado. Behind him a portion of the completed school can be seen with different...
- Gilpin Place School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1949 September
- Gilpin School cornerstone ceremony
- Photograph of an unidentified man addressing an audience while standing on a wooden platform during the cornerstone ceremony at Gilpin Elementary School in Denver, Colorado. Behind him a portion of the completed school can be seen with different...
- Gilpin Place School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1949 September
- Smiley Junior High School ground breaking ceremony
- A photograph at the ground breaking ceremony for Smiley Junior High School. There is a large group of people seated on a mound of dirt watching a ditch being dug at the construction site.
- Smiley Junior High School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; Ground breaking ceremonies.
- undated
- Smiley Junior High School ground breaking ceremony
- A group of School Board and community members at the ground breaking ceremony for Smiley Junior High School. There are three men holding shovels, and a woman and a man holding building plans.
- Smiley Junior High School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; Ground breaking ceremonies.; School board members.
- undated
- The proposed new church edifice : of the First Baptist Church, Denver, Colorado.
- Proposed architectural floor plans to the new building to be built by the First Baptist Church of Denver, Colorado.
- First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1935
- Kismet Club Initiation Ceremony Group Photo
- Kismet Club initiation ceremony group photograph. Members stand on a street corner while in their initiation costumes.
- North High School (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Schools--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Kismet Club (Denver, Colo.)--Archives.; Greek letter societies--Colorado--Denver--Archival resources.; Clubs.
- circa 1926
- Kismet Club Initiation Ceremony. Four unnamed girls standing in the street.
- Kismet Club Initiation Ceremony. Four unnamed girls are standing in the street.
- North High School (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Schools--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Kismet Club (Denver, Colo.)--Archives.; Greek letter societies--Colorado--Denver--Archival resources.; Clubs.
- circa 1926
- Kismet Club Initiation Ceremony. Group photo of the members.
- Kismet Club Initiation Ceremony. Group photograph of the members standing in the street. Four girls are seated in the front of the group.
- North High School (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Schools--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Kismet Club (Denver, Colo.)--Archives.; Greek letter societies--Colorado--Denver--Archival resources.; Clubs.
- circa 1926
- Denver Public Schools Groundbreaking Ceremony
- Group photograph of several unidentified men and women from an unknown groundbreaking ceremony for the Denver Public Schools system. Three of the men in the photograph hold shovels and schematics are held between two people.
- Ground breaking ceremonies.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- circa 1950
- Bromwell School flag retirement ceremony
- Photograph of a flag retirement ceremony at Bromwell School in Denver, Colorado. Included in the picture is an older student standing in front of the old American flag being held by another male student. Towards the front of the picture are two...
- Flags--American.; Bromwell School (Denver, Colo.);Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- circa 1900
- Western History Subject Index
- Castle Rock, Colorado. Festivals
- Letter to Nettie Moore from Mayor John Hickenlooper, honoring Nettie as an unsung hero of the city of Denver
- Dr. Clarence Holmes at Groundbreaking
- Celina Barela
- Portrait of Celina Barela a ceremony for the centennial anniversary of La Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos held in Antonito (Conejos County), Colorado. The elderly woman has curly gray hair and wears eyeglasses. Mrs. Barela was...
- Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos--People--2000-2010.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--2000-2010.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--2000-2010.; Antonito (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Fraternal organizations.; Older people.; Women.; Barela,...
- [2000 November 26]
- Gravestones, Augusta Tabor, Riverside Cemetery, Denver
- View of gravestones for August Tabor, block 7, lot 78, Riverside Cemetery, 5201 Brighton Boulevard, Elyria Swansea neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. Shows grave markers and flower arrangements. A vertical, polished granite marker has a rough-faced...
- Riverside Cemetery (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Elyria-Swansea (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Cemeteries.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments.; Tabor, Augusta, d. 1895--Tomb.; Riverside Cemetery (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial...
- 1995
- Toda grave marker
- View of Toda grave marker in Riverside Ceremony at 5201 Brighton Boulevard in the Elyria-Swansea neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a rectangular grave marker with scalloped edges. Japanese characters and decorations are on the front of the...
- Riverside Cemetery (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Elyria-Swansea (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Cemeteries.; Tombs and sepulchral monuments.; Toda family--History--Pictorial works.; Riverside Cemetery (Denver,...
- 2003
- Henry Solano and Governor Roy Romer
- Colorado Governor Roy Romer congratulates Henry Solano at a ceremony when he appoints him Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Institutions, Denver, Colorado. Mr. Solano has a beard.
- Colorado. Dept. of Institutions--People--1980-1990.; Hispanic Americans--1980-1990.; Mexican Americans--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Government officials.; Governors--Colorado.; Romer, Roy, 1928---Pictorial works.; Solano,...
- 1987
- Rich and Virginia Castro
- Portrait of Richard (Rich) T. Castro, civil rights activist , legislator and director of Denver's Agency for Human Rights and Community Relations, and his wife Virginia in Denver, Colorado. They were at a ceremony where he was awarded the Human...
- Hispanic Americans--1980-1990.; Mexican Americans--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Civil rights leaders.; Politicians.; Castro, Richard Thomas, 1946-1991--Pictorial works.; Castro, Virginia--Pictorial works.; Civil rights...
- [1986]
- Pancake race, Alamosa, Colo.
- Women participants in the annual Alamosa Colorado pancake race pose with frying pans and numbers pinned to their aprons in Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado. A woman dressed as Aunt Jemima, in black face, a checkered dress, headscarf and an apron,...
- Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Blackface entertainers.; Women.; Jemima, Aunt--Pictorial works.; Zamora, Elizabeth--Pictorial works.; Blackface entertainers--Colorado--Alamosa--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- 1958
- Cipriano Gallegos and Mayor Hickenlooper
- American GI Forum Mile High Chapter Commander Cipriano Griego and Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper set fire to rolled up papers during the AGIF Mortgage burning ceremony at AGIF headquarters at 1717 Federal Boulevard in the West Colfax neighborhood, ...
- American GI Forum (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Hispanic Americans--2000-2010.; Mayors--Colorado--Denver.; Veteran's organizations.; Griego, Cipriano--Pictorial works.; Hickenlooper, John W.--Pictorial works.; American GI Forum (Denver,...
- 2008 February 29
- President Taft in Montrose, Colo.
- President William Howard Taft addresses a crowd before the opening ceremony for the Gunnison Tunnel at the Montrose County Fairgrounds in Montrose (Montrose County), Colorado. The president stands behind a fence draped with flag bunting and fans. A...
- Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930--Public appearances.; Montrose (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Gazebos.; Presidents--United States.; Public speaking.; Racetracks (Horse racing); Rites & ceremonies.; Spectators.
- [1909 September 23]