Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Denver Orphan's Home Historic Building Application Forms
- Playground, Berkeley Park
- Children pose near the base of a tree on the playground at Berkeley Park in Denver, Colorado. A group of children sit on a stone pedestal while others stand in an arc around them. Many of the children are smiling; one boy hugs another. Children...
- Berkeley Park (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Children--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Hugging--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Model ships--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- East High spotlight: vol 17 no 7
- Christmas edition of the newspaper produced by East High School of Denver, Colorado. Included in the paper are photographs of students, articles on school events and sports.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1930 December 17
- Children outside Central City Opera House
- Children and adults sit on a hill near the Central City Opera House. The children, including a few Black children, appear to be schoolage. A man dressed in a suit stands in the foregound. The Opera House is above a stone retaining wall behind the...
- African Americans--Children--Colorado--Central City--1890-1910.; Central City (Colo.)--[1890-1910]; Children--Colorado--Central City--1890-1910.; Opera houses--Colorado--Central City--1890-1910.; Central City Opera House.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Japanese Project at Wyman School
- Japanese project at Wyman Elementary School in Denver, Colorado. Five children wear Asian style dress while having tea. One girl stands holding an umbrella outside of the hand crafted room with lanterns and drawings on the wall. Four children are...
- Wyman School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- undated
- Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Numbers 9 and 10, 1921 September-October
- The City of Denver: Volume 1 Number 1, 1912 October 12
- Denver Public Library bookmobile
- Interior view of the Denver Public Library bookmobile in Denver, Colorado; Helen V. Watts and Ellen Berner watch Black (African American) boys and girls read books.
- Denver Public Library--Equipment & supplies--1960-1970.; African Americans--Children--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Bookmobiles--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Children--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.;...
- 1964 November 4
- Trinity United Methodist Church [Sunday service brochure].
- Service brochure for Trinity Methodist Church located in Denver, Colorado.
- Trinity United Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)--Periodicals.; Methodist Church--Liturgy--Periodicals.; Methodist Church--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church (Denver, Colorado)--1990-2000.
- 1999 December 24
- Children's Hospital
- A group of children sit around a table at Children's Hospital at Denver, Colorado. The children exhibit physical disabilities and injuries. Puzzles, dominos, and books are on the table.
- Children's Hospital (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Handicapped persons--Children--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Hospitals--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Sick...
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- The Sunshine Makers
- Text and annotations on album page read: "[ARL-42] Buddy, Rosann, Betty Jean, Donald, [ARL-43] Yvonne Belle 4 yrs, Earl Sherman 3 yrs., Mrs. Mason, [ARL-44] Little Sun Beams spreading sunshine at Fitzsimmons [sic] General Hospital (No wonder the...
- African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Children--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Teenagers--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1929 and 1930]
- Children Native American Project at Gilpin School
- Five children in a classroom dressed in Native American clothing enacting a scene outdoors. Three children are seated to the right of a fire. Two children are to the left of a tee-pee, each with a bow and arrow; one child is standing, the other is...
- Gilpin Place School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- Undated
- Children sitting on the porch of a log cabin
- African American (Black) children and a man sit in front of a log cabin in an unknown location. The man wears a jacket, short pants, and sits on the porch near wood buckets and chairs. One boy sits on a pile of rocks that serve as steps. He wears a...
- Afro-Americans--Children--1870-1900.; Children--1870-1900.; Log cabins--1870-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- Sloan place and family
- Two children, Ray and Lottie Sloan sit in a buggy behind horses in Prairie Divide (Larimer County), Colorado. A woman, Mrs. Sloan stands by the horses and her husband, Billie Sloan, sits on horseback. Shows a chinked log cabin house with a plank...
- Larimer County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Larimer County--1880-1900.; Homesteading--Colorado--Larimer County--1880-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--Larimer County--1880-1900.; Sloan, Billie.; Sloan, Lottie.; Sloan, Ray.; Sloan...
- [between 1882 and 1893?]
- Wild West Show original company, ca. 1884
- The original cast of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show poses for a group portrait. William Frederick ("Buffalo Bill") Cody sits in the center of the second row wearing a wide-brimmed hat. Seated on the ground in front of Cody is John Y. Nelson, driver...
- Bogardus, Adam--Family--1880-1890.; Nelson, John Young, b. 1826--Family.; Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Ma Whitaker.; Baker, Johnny, d. 1931.; Bogardus, Adam.; Hathaway, Seth.; Keen,...
- [1884?]
- Gilpin School students during classroom lesson
- Gilpin Elementary students in a classroom lesson. One group of children is seated around a table looking at illustrated books. Three children stand around a bird cage hanging from a stand. One child has a pointing stick pointed at a poster with...
- Gilpin Place School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; Plants.; Birds.;
- Undated
- Teller School war project
- Photograph of young children at Teller Elementary School in Denver, Colorado during a war project. Eight children, two boys and six girls, are lined up into two lines. The first two children in each line are girls wearing triangular hats and...
- Teller School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1943
- Children getting off bus
- Hispanic American school children get off a school bus in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. The young girl near the gate in the sweater and jeans with a barrette in her hair is identified as Sally Chavez. The other boys and girls wear coats,...
- Hispanic Americans--1970-1980.; Mexican Americans--1970-1980.; San Luis (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Children.; Girls.; Chavez, Sally--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; School...
- [1970?]
- José Amarante Garcia family
- Studio portrait of Hispanic American José Amarante García and his family. José served as sheriff and county judge in Conejos County, Colorado. Family members are identified as, front row L to R: José Victor García, Sofia García,...
- Hispanic Americans--1900-1910.; Mexican Americans--1900-1910.; Conejos County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Children.; Families.; Judges.; Sheriffs.; Women.; García, José Amarante--Family--Pictorial works.; García, Teodora Espinoza...
- 1912
- Children of Francisco Gallegos
- Studio portraits, mounted on a floral background, of the children of Francisco Gallegos and his wife Úrsula García. They are identified as: Top row, left to right: Lucinda Gallegos and Maclovio Gallegos; bottom row, left to right: Diego Antonio...
- Hispanic Americans--1900-1910.; Mexican Americans--1900-1910.; Boys.; Clothing & dress.; Girls.; Gallegos, Francisco, 1870-1945--Family--Pictorial works.; García, Úrsula, 1876-1973--Family--Pictorial works.; Boys--Colorado--Pictorial works.;...
- [1901?]
- Children at a farm
- Two children stand along by a dirt road probably in Colorado. In the distance are utility poles, gabled buildings and fences. The children wear hats, a dress and overalls.
- Children--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- So. Utes women & children
- A group of Native American (Southern Ute) women and children are seated together next to tents, probably at a fair in New Mexico. Beside them are several woven water baskets with straps.
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Navajo baskets--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--1900-1910.; Children--1900-1910.; Women--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- So. Ute sub-chief Nanise, with wives and children
- Native American (Southern Ute) Sub-chief Nanise sits in front of a tepee with a group of women and children at a fair in New Mexico. He wears a feather headdress, fur covered braids, a fringed buckskin shirt, hairpipe necklace, a George Washington...
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Ute Indians--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Children--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Tribal chiefs--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Women--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Nanise.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- H. F. Rhoads' "Children" (as adults) with spouses & children
- Harry M. Rhoads poses with Sadie Rhoads, their adult children and their spouses, and his grandchildren at a house in Bear Creek (Jefferson County), Colorado. From left to right Bert Rhoads' wife, Charles C. Gates, Hazel Gates, Sadie Rhoads...
- Jefferson County (Colo.)--1940-1960.; Gates, Charles Cassius, 1877-1961.; Gates, Hazel LaDora Rhoads.; Rhoads, Bert.; Rhoads, Harry Mellon, 1880 or 81-1975.; Rhoads, Sade.
- [between 1940 and 1955]
- Miss Anne Engle and her school
- Native American (Tewa) children and a white woman pose in front of a schoolhouse, Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico. The teacher, Miss Anne Engle, stands on the end of two formed rows; smaller children are seated in front of a row of older children....
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Santa Clara Pueblo--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Santa Clara Pueblo--1910-1920.; Tewa Indians--Children--New Mexico--Santa Clara Pueblo--1910-1920.; Santa Clara Pueblo (N.M.)--1910-1920.; School...
- [between 1908 and 1910?]
- Heiram and Alida Burton Elsie and Smith Payne Burton Children
- Shows Hiram and Alida Burton with their children Elsie and Smith Payne Burton. Two young children sit on the lap of the man. The young girl wears a dress, and the toddler wears a pullover with bloomers. The woman wears a dress with a lace collar...
- Burton, Alida.; Burton, Elsie.; Burton, Hiram Knight.; Burton, Smith Payne.; Children & adults--1850-1860.; Families--1850-1860.
- 1853?
- Navajo children
- Native American (Navajo) children pose indoors. Both children wear Navajo blankets, one wears moccasin boots.
- Indians of North America--1900-1940.; Navajo Indians--1900-1940.; Children--1900-1940.; Navajo textile fabrics--1900-1940.
- [between 1904 and 1932]
- Children at City Park, Denver
- Children sit on rocks near the edge of a water filled ditch or pond in City Park, Denver, Colorado. A woman walks down the sidewalk with a child. The pony track and children's farm are in the distance.
- City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Children--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Park Hill Elementary School, Activity
- Student actors pose on stage at Park Hill School in the South Park Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Three children wear judge costumes and sit in the center of the stage. One group of children point fingers at another group of children whose...
- Park Hill School (Denver, Colo.)--People--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; South Park Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Children's theater--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; School...
- 1938
- Children's Hospital
- A group of children sit in and stand beside a sandbox in Children's Hospital in Denver, Colorado. One child has a cleft palate, and another has probably Down's syndrome.
- Children's Hospital (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Cleft palate children--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Down syndrome--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Sandboxes--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Handicapped...
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Central City schoolhouse
- A young woman, probably a teacher, stands talking with a small group of children near the steps of the school.; Children play outside in the yard in front of the Clark Elementary School in Central City, Colorado, built in 1901. The stone Central...
- Central City (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Children playing outdoors--Colorado--Central City--1900- 1920.; School children--Colorado--Central City--1900-1920.; Schools--Colorado--Central City--1900-1920.; Students--Colorado--Central City--1900-1920.
- [between 1901 and 1915?]
- Children march in boycott demonstration
- Two unidentified children march with AFL-CIO United Farm Workers of America members and their supporters in support of the grape and Gallo Wine boycott through Denver, Colorado.
- United Steelworkers of America--People--1970-1980.; United Farm Workers of America--People--1970-1980.; Mexican Americans--1970-1980.; Hispanic Americans--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Demonstrations.; Boycotts.; Children.; United...
- [1975]
- Downing Street Entrance to Tammen Hall at Children's Hospital, Denver
- View of the Downing Street entrance to Tammen Hall (1930) at the Children's Hospital at 1056 East Nineteenth (19th) Avenue in the City Park West neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows the entrance to the Art Deco building. Inscribed above the...
- Children's Hospital (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1990-2000.; City Park West (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Doors & doorways.; Hospitals.; Children's Hospital (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--Pictorial works.;...
- ca. 1993
- Charles Boettcher School
- View of the Charles Boettcher School, originally named the Boettcher School for Crippled Children (1940, architect-Burnham Hoyt; 1955 addition, architect-Edwin Francis) at 1900 Downing Street in the City Park West neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. ...
- Charles Boettcher School (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1980-1990.; City Park West (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Schools.; Charles Boettcher School (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--Pictorial works.; Children with...
- [between 1980 and 1990?]
- Children's Fountain City Park, Denver
- View of a detail of the Children's Fountain in City Park, Denver, Colorado. The statue is a copy (1912) by French sculptor Max Blondet, of a Henry C. Charpeot original in Düsseldorf, Germany. The Italian white marble statue features three...
- City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Sculpture.; Vandalism.; Sculpture--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Vandalism--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; City Park (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Denver...
- 1985
- Children's Fountain City Park, Denver
- View of a detail of the Children's Fountain in City Park, Denver, Colorado. The statue is a copy (1912) by French sculptor Max Blondet, of a Henry C. Charpeot original in Düsseldorf, Germany. The Italian white marble statue features three...
- City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Sculpture.; Vandalism.; Sculpture--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Vandalism--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; City Park (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Denver...
- 1985
- Children's Fountain City Park, Denver
- View of a detail of the Children's Fountain in City Park, Denver, Colorado. The statue is a copy (1912) by French sculptor Max Blondet, of a Henry C. Charpeot original in Düsseldorf, Germany. The Italian white marble statue features three...
- City Park (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Sculpture.; Vandalism.; Sculpture--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Vandalism--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; City Park (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Denver...
- 2009
- Wetmore school
- School children of the Wetmore school in Wetmore, Custer County, Colorado, pose in four rows outside of the stone school house. The smaller children sit in the front, and the older children stand in the back.
- Wetmore (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Rural schools--Colorado--Wetmore--1890-1900.; School children--Colorado--Wetmore--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Wetmore--1890-1900.
- 1893
- Mrs. Hazel (Rhoads) Gates with Gates' employees' children
- Gates' employees' children pose for a photo with Mrs. Hazel (Rhoads) Gates. Hazel is on the right and holds a baby. This may have been a party for employees' children.
- Gates Rubber Company--People.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Infants--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Gates, Hazel LaDora Rhoads.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Denver youngsters rehearse at Centro Cultural for Los Posadas
- A group of young Chicano children rehearse for Los Posadas, a traditional Mexican Advent Christmas celebration, at the Centro Cultural. Some of the Mexican American children are dressed in ponchos and sombreros. Two boys and one girl stand in front...
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Posadas (Social custom)--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Children--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.
- 1969
- Supai Indian School, children at dinner, Cataract Canon, Arizona
- Native American Havasupai children gather around an outdoor dinner table, Supai Indian School, Cataract (Havasu) Canyon of the Grand Canyon, Arizona. The children have shaved heads; the girls wear Euro-American dresses and the boys wear shirts and...
- Havasupai Indians--Children--Arizona--Supai--1880-1910.; Indians of North America--Arizona--Supai--1880-1910.; Grand Canyon (Ariz.)--1880-1910.; Supai (Ariz.)--1880-1910.; Children eating & drinking--Arizona--Supai--1880-1910.; School...
- [between 1882 and 1910?]
- Native Americans
- Native American (tribe unknown) man, woman, and children pose against a house. The man has on a hat. The woman and children are wrapped in blankets. The children wear necklaces.
- Indians of North America--Women--1890-1920.; Children--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1915?]
- Camp Modoc, Indian Territory
- Group portrait of Native American (Modoc or Ottawa) young women and children with missionaries at the Quapaw Mission, Indian Territory (Oklahoma). In the top row stands four white women, and a white man, possibly A. C. Tuttle, who holds a small...
- Indians of North America--Indian Territory--1880-1890.; Indian Territory--1880-1890.; Missionaries--Indian Territory--1880-1890.; School children--Indian Territory--1880-1890.; Tuttle, A. C.
- 1888 or 1890 March 6
- Denver Orphans' Home
- Children eat at tables in a room at the Denver Orphans' Home (later the Denver Children's Home) at 1501 Albion Street in the South Park Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows two infants in high chairs and older boys and girls. A caregiver...
- Denver Orphan's Home (Denver, Colo.)--People--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Children eating & drinking--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Dining rooms--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Dining tables--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- [between 1910 and 1915?]
- Patients at Children's Hospital, Denver
- A group of children eat at a low table at the Children's Hospital in Denver, Colorado. The table is placed in a large, nearly empty room with large windows.
- Children's Hospital (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Children eating & drinking--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Hospitals--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Sick...
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Methodist church, Edgewater, Colorado
- A group of children in costume for a pageant or play pose on the steps of the Methodist Church in Edgewater, Jefferson County, Colorado. Most of the children wear dark fluffy tulle costumes, and many hold wands with stars and wear stars on their...
- Edgewater (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Children performing in theatrical productions--Colorado--Edgewater--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Trinity Methodist Pioneer Day
- Transcript of the proceedings for the Pioneer Day Celebration at Trinity Methodist Church in 1894.
- Pioneers--Colorado.; Trinity United Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1894 January 7
- East High spotlight: vol 30 no 9
- Newspaper produced by East High School of Denver, Colorado. Included in the paper are photographs of students, articles on school events and sports.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1944 March 2
- West Side Recorder Volume 7 No 4
- West Side Recorder Volume 7 No 9