Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Manual High, 5 girls wearing dresses they made
- Five students pose in dresses they made in sewing class at Manual Training High School at 27th (Twenty-seventh) and Franklin Streets in the Whittier neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows muslin and cotton dresses with ribbon and lace trims. Two...
- Manual Training High School (Denver, Colo.)--People--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Whittier (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Dresses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Group of 6 girls wearing dresses they made
- Students model dresses they made in sewing class at Manual Training High School at 27th (Twenty-seventh) and Franklin Streets in the Whittier neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows six girls in shirtwaist style dresses of silk, sprigged muslin,...
- Manual Training High School (Denver, Colo.)--People--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Whittier (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Dresses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Three girls wearing dresses they made
- Students model dresses they made in sewing class at Manual Training High School at 27th (Twenty-seventh) and Franklin Streets in the Whittier neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows three girls in shirt waist style dresses with lace trim. One girl...
- Manual Training High School (Denver, Colo.)--People--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Whittier (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Dresses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Apartment House No. 1
- Women, children, and men pose near the porch of a two-story frame house in Hahns Peak (Routt County), Colorado. Women wear calico dresses with puffed sleeves and stand beside girls in dresses and boys with caps. Men wear suits or vests and hats;...
- Hahns Peak (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Children--Colorado--Hahns Peak--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Hahns Peak--1880-1890.; Women--Colorado--Hahns Peak--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Hotchkiss
- Men and women stand on sidewalks in front of the Duke-Hanson Mercantile Company store in Hotchkiss (Delta County), Colorado. Women wear long dresses and elaborate hats; a man wears a suit, and a boy is on a tricycle. Window displays show neckties,...
- Duke-Hanson Mercantile Company (Hotchkiss, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Hotchkiss (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Hotchkiss--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Coal mine
- People pose on a dirt road beside a coal processing plant probably near Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. A group of women and girls wear white dresses and veils or dark dresses and hats, probably dressed for a first communion. Men are on a...
- Las Animas County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.; Women--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.
- [between 1895 and 1915?]
- Portrait of men and women
- Studio portrait of couples, they pose in front of a painted backdrop. The men sit on chairs; they wear dark colored suits, vests and have flowers pinned to their lapels. The women stand next to the men. They wear dresses, one wears a jacket, they...
- Couples--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Dew Drop Mine, Frances, Colo.
- Two families, probably the Greulich and Lund families, are seated on a mine dump at the Dew Drop Mine near Ward in Frances (Camp Francis, Dew Drop, Boulder County), Colorado. The two men wear hats, suits and overcoats. The women wear dresses and...
- Dew Drop Mine (Boulder County)--1890-1900.; Frances (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Families.; Mining.; Tailings embankments.; Tipples.; Greulich family.; Lund family.
- 1895 May 11th
- Dew Drop Mine, Frances, Colo.
- Men, women and children pose on tailings in a mine dump, and a man poses in an ore car on a log tipple, at the Dew Drop Mine near Ward in Frances (Camp Francis, Dew Drop, Boulder County), Colorado. The men wear hats and the women wear long dresses...
- Dew Drop Mine (Boulder County)--1890-1900.; Frances (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Children.; Mining.; Tailings embankments.; Tipples.; Women.
- 1895 July 29
- Greulich, Lund, Loftus
- A man identified as Loftus and two families, probably the Greulich and Lund families, are seated on a mine dump at the Dew Drop Mine in Ward (Boulder County), Colorado. Mr. Greulich wears a hat and suit and holds a cigar. Mr. Lund wears a vest and...
- Dew Drop Mine (Boulder County)--1890-1900.; Ward (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Families.; Mining.; Tailings embankments.; Tipples.; Greulich family.; Loftus family.; Lund family.
- 1895 May 11th
- Dew Drop Mine, Frances, Colo.
- Men, women and children pose seated or standing on tailings in a mine dump, or sitting on horseback at the Dew Drop Mine near Ward in Frances (Camp Francis, Dew Drop, Boulder County), Colorado. The men wear hats and tailored or sack suits, or...
- Dew Drop Mine (Boulder County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Frances (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Children.; Mining.; Tailings embankments.; Tipples.; Women.
- 1895 July 18
- Lund, Greulich [families, Dew Drop Mine, Frances, Colo.]
- Men, women and children, who include the Lund and Greulich families, pose on tailings in the mine dump of the Dew Drop Mine near Ward in Frances (Camp Francis, Dew Drop, Boulder County), Colorado. Two women wear long dresses and capes, one woman...
- Dew Drop Mine (Boulder County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Frances (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Families.; Mine buildings.; Mining.; Tipples.; Greulich family.; Lund family.
- 1895 May 11th
- Portrait of a family
- Studio portrait of possibly the family of Tridor Gavordi. The mother wears a simple cotton dress with a high collar and sits in a chair with a child on her lap. Her four other children surround her. All of the girls wear simple cotton dresses. Two...
- Families--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1895?]
- Ute group
- Portrait of unidentified Native American (Ute) women and children, with a white man and women, on a frame porch. The Ute women wear dresses and shawls, one holds a baby with a poke bonnet; the children wear dresses. The whites are identified as...
- Indians of North America--Children--1880-1900.; Ute Indians--Women--1880-1900.; Frost, Maria.; Way, George V.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Colorado and Southern Train Depot, Georgetown, Colorado
- An exterior view of the Colorado and Southern Train Depot in Georgetown, Colorado, looking north. The train station, a one-story brick building with a gabled roof, was built in 1877. A crowd gathers around the south end of the depot; most look...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Georgetown--1920-1930.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Daniel C. Oakes Family
- A portrait of Daniel C. Oakes family, shows two women and two girls. The two girls wear dresses with jackets. The two women wear dresses with lace collars and jackets.
- Oakes, Daniel C.--Family.; Families--1850-1890.; Girls--1850-1890.; Women--1850-1890.
- [between 1850 and 1890]
- Cochiti
- Standing portrait of unidentified Cochiti men, women, and girls, Cochiti Pueblo, New Mexico, in Native American dress including dresses, woven belts, feather head dresses, squash blossom and bead necklaces.
- Cochiti Indians--Clothing & dress--New Mexico--Cochiti--1880-1910.; Indians of North America--Women--New Mexico--Cochiti--1880-1910.; Cochiti (N.M.)--1880-1910.; Girls--New Mexico--Cochiti--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Dakota mission schools
- Possibly Elizabeth Winyan, poses with two other Native American Lakota Sioux women and a young girl, in a yard with a picket fence, South Dakota. Winyan stands and holds the girl; they wear Euro-American dresses. The two seated women wear cotton...
- Dakota Indians--Nebraska--1880-1910.; Indians of North America--Nebraska--1880-1910.; Teton Indians--Nebraska--1880-1910.; Ponca Reservation (Neb.)--1880-1910.; Girls--Nebraska--1880-1910.; Women--Nebraska--1880-1910.; Winyan, Elizabeth.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Georgetown House
- Exterior view of the Georgetown House, in Georgetown, Colorado. Four women in long dresses stand on boardwalk under the veranda supported by decorative scroll brackets. The dresses have full skirts, long sleeves and prints of flowers, and plaids....
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Boardwalks--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1900.; Georgetown House (Georgetown, Colo.)
- [between 1885 and 1892]
- After a race
- View of a crowd after a race on July 4, 1897, in Georgetown, Colorado, east on Sixth (Alpine) Street. Men in dark suits or band uniforms, women in white shirtwaists or dresses and hats, and children in knickers or white dresses mill about and talk...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Racing--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1890.
- 1897
- Owl Club tea
- View of an Owl Club function. A group of African American (Black) young women pose in front of a building in Denver, Colorado. The girls wear mini dresses and other stylish elements of their clothing includes: crocheted dresses, choker necklaces,...
- Owl Club (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; African Americans--Organizations--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Clubs--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.; Teenagers--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.
- [1971?]
- Group of people, mostly Utes
- Men and women pose on a porch in front of low frame buildings, probably in western Colorado. Native American (Ute) men, women, and children wear beaded belts, necklaces, plaid shawls with fringe, hats, calico dresses, and moccasins. White men,...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--1890-1910.; Ute Indians--Colorado--1890-1910.; Children--Colorado--1890-1910.; Porches--Colorado--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Mt Pleasant Indian Industrial School
- Native American (tribe unknown) girls and boys pose for a panoramic photograph on the lawns of the Mt. Pleasant Indian Industrial School in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. Girls in long white shirtwaist dresses sit and stand in small groups; some hold...
- Mt. Pleasant Indian Industrial School--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--Michigan--Mount Pleasant--1910-1920.; Mount Pleasant (Mich.)--1910-1920.; School children--Michigan--Mount Pleasant--1910-1920.; Schools--Michigan--Mount...
- 1910
- Ute Indian Camp Garden of the Gods Shan Kive
- Panoramic view of Native American (Ute) men, women and children, and white men at the Shan Kive (Colorado Springs Carnival) in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. Utes pose in front of tipis and the sandstone rock formations of the Garden...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1920.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1920.; Tipis--Colorado--Colorado...
- 1913
- Camp gathering
- Men, women and children pose in a meadow at a camp of probably the officers of the 22nd (twenty-second) infantry at Fort Keogh (Custer County), Montana. A canvas tent has a stencil with a rifle insignia and reads: "22". Men hold cigars and wear...
- Fort Keogh (Mont.)--1890-1900.; Children--Montana--Fort Keogh--1890-1900.; Military camps--Montana--Fort Keogh--1890-1900.; Military officers--Montana--Fort Keogh--1890-1900.; Tents--Montana--Fort Keogh--1890-1900.; Women--Montana--Fort...
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Officers and families on a porch
- A group of men, women and children sit, stand and pose in front of a clapboard house and a Cottonwood tree at probably Fort Keogh (Custer County), Montana. Men wear military uniforms with shoulder straps, pants with trouser stripes, and officer's...
- Fort Keogh (Mont.)--1890-1900.; Families--Montana--Fort Keogh--1890-1900.; Military officers--Montana--Fort Keogh--1890-1900.; Women--Montana--Fort Keogh--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Maria Mitchell graduation class
- Students sit and pose on a staircase at Maria Mitchell School at 32nd (Thirty-second) and Lafayette Streets in the Cole neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Girls wear dresses with rounded collars or wide lapels, camisoles, skirts with box pleats,...
- Mitchell School (Denver, Colo.)--People--1920-1930.; African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Cole (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; School principals--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.;...
- 1923
- Nevada, Colorado
- People stand and pose in front of and atop a one-story brick and stone building with transoms above doors in Nevadaville (Gilpin County), Colorado. The triplex houses businesses, probably a store, a shoe shop and a butcher shop. Men wear suits and...
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Nevadaville--1880-1890.
- 1883 July
- Picnic
- A man, women, girls, and a boy picnic in Colorado. A cloth is spread on the ground covered with food and eating utensils. The women wear long dresses and the girls wear short dresses. The man wears a dark suit with hiking boots. They sit under...
- Eating & drinking--Colorado--1890-1900.; Families--Colorado--1890-1900.; Meadows--Colorado--1890-1900.; Picnics--Colorado--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Picnic
- A man, women, girls, and a boy picnic in Colorado. A cloth is spread on the ground covered with food and eating utensils. The women wear long dresses, one wears a hat, and the girls wear short dresses. The man wears a dark suit with hiking boots....
- Families--Colorado--1890-1900.; Meadows--Colorado--1890-1900.; Picnics--Colorado--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Indian girls
- Four unidentified Native American girls stand in front of a teepee on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana. Each of the girls has her hair in braids. The two smaller girls in the middle wear dark dresses and two strands of beads...
- Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Children--Montana--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Montana--1900- 1910.
- [between 1905 and 1906?]
- Graduates
- North American Indian and / or Spanish American teenage boys and girls pose with diplomas (probably in New Mexico in front of a sign that reads: "Having the Light, Let Us Give it to Others, 1906." Boys wear suits and ties; girls wear dresses with...
- Boys--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Girls--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Graduation ceremonies--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Students--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Teenagers--New Mexico--1900-1910.
- 1906
- Rose garden
- Women in hats and long summer dresses pose in a rose garden in a park. They wear dresses, loosely fitted blouses, skirts with ruffles, lace, pleats, and buttons. The hats include ostrich or egret feathers, lace, and artificial flowers; most have...
- Gardens--1900-1910.; Parks--1900-1910.; Roses--1900-1910.; Women--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Two women in matching dresses
- Outdoor portrait of possibly sisters who wear matching dresses in Denver, Colorado. They pose in a garden near a house.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Clothing & dress--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Two girls wearing long dresses and sun hats portraits
- Studio portrait of girls in Colorado. They wear print dresses and wide-brimmed hats.
- Girls--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Dress
- A wool dress (Native American Ute Indian) worn by Chipeta. The loose fitting dress has a cotton lining, binding, a round neck and a button closure at the back.
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1910.; Ute Indians--Clothing & dress--1880-1910.; Dresses--1880-1910.; Chipeta--Associated objects.
- [between 1880 and 1910]
- Home economics display
- View of a home economics class display probably at the Sopris School in Sopris (Las Animas County), Colorado. Dresses hang on the wall near a table with displays of canned vegetables and baked goods.
- Sopris (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Dresses--Colorado--Sopris--1910-1920.; Exhibitions--Colorado--Sopris--1910-1920.; Home economics--Colorado--Sopris--1910-1920.
- [1915]
- Two Denver society girls wearing their grandmothers' wedding dresses. These weddings took place in Central City
- Women pose in a Teller House doorway, in Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado. They wear long, sleeveless wedding dresses; one has a smocked organdy blouse, a sheer overskirt, flounces, and ruffled shoulders. The other has a brocade front, a...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Wedding costume--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Women--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Montgomery Ward department store
- Saleswomen stand by a work table in a stock room at the Montgomery Ward department store in Denver, Colorado. Dresses on racks are nearby.
- Montgomery Ward--People--1920-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Department stores--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Dresses--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Sales personnel--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Stockrooms--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.
- [between 1929 and 1935?]
- Homosexuals being punished by wearing dresses and wheeling heavy rocks
- Black men in dresses and straw hats at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, push wheelbarrows; each contains a large rock. A black man in a golf hat lifts the hat of one of the prisoners. Rock canyon and dirt road are in the background.
- Canon City (Colo.)--1900-1910.; African Americans--Punishment & torture--Colorado--Canon City--1900-1910.; Gays--Colorado--Canon City--1900-1910.; Prisoners--Colorado--Canon City--1900-1910.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- The wives "Wahinis" meet their husbands, the riders, on their return orchid leis for everyone.
- Wives of members of the Roundup Riders of the Rockies wear floral print dresses, mumus and flower leis, they pose in front of a United Airlines DC GB Mainliner jet on a runway in Colorado. The women are dressed for a Hawaiian-themed party.
- Roundup Riders of the Rockies (Colo.)--People--1950-1960.; Airplanes--American--Colorado--1950-1960.; Dresses--1950-1960.; Leis--1950-1960.; Organizations--Colorado--1950-1960.; Women--Colorado--1950-1960.
- 1956 July
- Class of 1897
- Studio group portrait of members of the class of 1897 at probably Georgetown High School in Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Professor D.R. Hatch has a moustache, wears a suit with a bow tie and sits with the students. The young women...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Dresses--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.; Teachers--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.
- 1897
- East High spotlight: vol 2 no 1
- 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.)
- 1925 April 15
- East High spotlight: vol 30 no 5
- 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.)
- 1943 December 9
- Pauline Gallegos Chavez's daughters
- The daughters of Pauline Gallegos Chavez pose outdoors for a portrait probably in Las Animas County, Colorado. They are identified, (left to right): Teenagers, Racheal Chavez and Helen Chavez; Ida Chavez, who holds a dog; and Lucy Chavez and Emma...
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1920-1930.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1920-1930.; Las Animas County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Women.; Girls.; Teenagers.; Families.; Interiors.; Chavez, Pauline Gallegos, 1887-1986--Family--Pictorial works.; Chavez...
- [between 1920 and 1925?]
- Tony Lucero family
- Studio portrait of Tony Lucero, a resident of Fort Collins, Colorado, his wife and children. Shows the couple, two young boys, a girl and an infant. Tony and the boys wear coats and ties, his wife and the girls wear dresses.
- Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Spouses.; Children.; Lucero, Tony--Pictorial works.; Lucero, Tony--Family--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial...
- [1950?]
- Ray Montoya children
- Studio portrait of boys and girls, identified as the children of Ray Montoya, in Fort Collins (Larimer County), Colorado. The girls all wear dresses and the boys wear suits and bow ties.
- Montoya, Ray--Family--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Children--Colorado--Fort Collins--Pictorial works.
- [1959?]
- Chicano theater group
- Members of a Chicano theater group identified as the National Chicano Theater, directed by Enrique Montano, pose on a rise looking over the skyline of Denver, Colorado. They lean against or stand near two automobiles from the 1940's. The men are...
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1980-1990.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Actors.; Automobiles.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Mexican American...
- [1981?]
- Mother of Sam Melendrez
- Studio portrait of two young women. They pose in long dresses with pleated skirts and wear bows in their hair. One of the woman is identified as the mother of Sam Melendrez, a worker in the Fort Collins area.
- Hispanic Americans--1900-1910.; Women.; Melendrez, Sam--Family--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Women--Colorado--Fort Collins--Pictorial works.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Unidentified family posed against adobe house
- Women and children pose against and adobe house in Colorado. A boy wears a short jacket and a shirt with a lace Bertha collar. A teenage girl wears a white dress and has her hair pulled back and secured with a large bow. Three young girls wear...
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1890-1900.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1890-1900.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Families--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Children--Colorado--Pictorial...
- [between 1890 and 1900?]