Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Harris Block, Central City buildings
- View of the Harris block, Central City, Colorado, a two-story, brick building with a bracketed cornice, rectangular windows with sills and decorative mantles, and large rectangular glass windows that are separated by columns topped with...
- Central City (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- 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
- Washington Heights School, grade 3
- Group portrait of the teacher and students of the third grade class at Washington Heights School, 6375 W. 1st (First) Avenue, in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. The boys and girls sit and stand in rows on the steps in front of the brick...
- Jefferson County Public Schools (Jefferson County, Colo.)--People--1940-1950.; Washington Heights School (Lakewood, Colo.)--People--1940-1950.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1940-1950.; School children--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.;...
- 1948
- Bradshaw Building, Denver
- View of the three story brick Bradshaw Building, once the Kennedy Hotel, between 14th and 15th on Stout Street in the Central Business District of Denver, Colorado. The commercial building has a flat roof, and a bracketed cornice. Signs read:...
- Central Business District (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Bars--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.
- [between 1985 and 1990?]
- Thornton group portrait
- Teenager Daniel I.J. Thornton (later governor of Colorado) poses with unidentified men, women and teenage girls and boys on the steps of a brick building. One of the girls holds a sign that reads: "Texas." The women wear hats, the girls wear...
- Governors--Colorado--1950-1960.; Teenagers--1920-1930.; Women--1920-1930.; Thornton, Daniel I. J., 1911-1976.
- [between 1920 and 1924?]]
- McKinley School class weaving project
- Photograph of four students from McKinley Elementary School in Denver, Colorado during a Native American class project. Three girls, Violet Turner, Dorothy Wings and Alice Jean McKinies are seen at a vertical weaving loom. Two of the girls are...
- Indian baskets.; Indians of North America.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts.; McKinley School (Denver, Colo.); Platt Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public...
- circa 1925
- Stevens School students cleaning
- Photograph of three girls from Stevens Elementary School in Denver, Colorado, hand moping a wooden floor at the school. All three of the girls clean the floor in front of a play house. Two girls on kneeling on the floor near a metal buck and...
- Stevens School (Denver, Colo.); Congress Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- undated
- Kismet Club Group Photo
- Kismet Club group photograph. There are 12 girls standing in the back row. There are seven girls seated in chairs and two girls sitting on the floor. The members are holding candy canes or lollipops. Several members are holding teddy bears or...
- North High School (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; North High School (Denver, Colo.)--People--1920-1930.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Schools--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Kismet Club (Denver, Colo.)--Archives.; Greek letter...
- circa 1922
- Ann Aguayo Laguna, Linda Aguayo
- Studio portrait of Hispanic girls Ann Aguayo (later Laguna) and her sister Linda Aguayo, Denver, Colorado. Both young girls wear ribbons and bows in their hair and patterned dresses with oversize collars.
- Hispanic Americans--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Girls.; Aguayo, Linda--Pictorial works.; Laguna, Ann Aguayo--Pictorial works.; Girls--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Denver...
- ca. 1934
- Serapio Miera, Gloria Montez and Connie Montez
- Serapio Miera poses with two young girls, Gloria and Connie Montez. Mr. Montez, an older man, wears a tie and hat. The girls are dressed in their first communion dresses. He holds Connie's hand.
- Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Clothing & dress.; Girls.; Older people.; Miera, Serapio--Pictorial works.; Montez, Connie--Pictorial works.; Montez, Gloria--Pictorial...
- [1950]
- Ballet Chicano de Aztlán
- Teenage boys and girls, members of the Ballet Chicano de Aztlán, a Chicano dance troop and part of the Crusade for Justice, dance in Mexican costumes on a stage, in front of a painted drop in Denver, Colorado. The girls wear print dresses...
- Ballet Chicano de Aztlán--1970-1980.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1970-1980.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Dancers.; Girls.; Teenagers.; Ballet Chicano de Aztlán--Pictorial works.;...
- [1970]
- Ballet Chicano de Aztlán
- Teenage girls, members of the Ballet Chicano de Aztlán, a Chicano dance troop and part of the Crusade for Justice, dance in Mexican costumes on a stage, in front of a painted drop in Denver, Colorado. The girls wear white blouses, long print...
- Ballet Chicano de Aztlán--1970-1980.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1970-1980.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Dancers.; Girls.; Teenagers.; Ballet Chicano de Aztlán--Pictorial works.;...
- [1970]
- Ballet Chicano de Aztlán
- Teenage girls, members of the Ballet Chicano de Aztlán, a Chicano dance troop and part of the Crusade for Justice, dance in Mexican costumes on a stage, in front of a painted drop in Denver, Colorado. The girls are in two rows, the front row...
- Ballet Chicano de Aztlán--1970-1980.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1970-1980.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Dancers.; Girls.; Rifles.; Teenagers.; Ballet Chicano de Aztlán--Pictorial works.;...
- [1970]
- Girls on a fence (front)
- Group portrait of girls on a rail fence at the Kennicott Ranch in Westcliffe (Custer County), Colorado. The girls smile, their dress includes dresses with pleats, blouses with ruffles, and wide brim hats.
- Westcliffe (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Clothing & dress--Colorado--Westcliffe--1890-1910.; Fences--Colorado--Westcliffe--1890-1910.; Girls--Colorado--Westcliffe--1890-1910.; Smiling--Colorado--Westcliffe--1890-1910.
- [between 1899 and 1903?]
- Portrait of girls
- Three girls with bangs and long hair in ringlets pose for a studio portrait. The girls wear short sleeved dresses and hold bouquets of flowers. Shows a lace curtain backdrop.
- Girls--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- [Two] 2 girls one boy seated portrait
- Studio portrait of girls and a boy in Colorado. The girls wear dresses with lace collars and cuffs. The boy wears a shirt decorated with embroidery.
- Boys--Colorado--1910-1930.; Girls--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910-1930]
- Girls and boy
- Studio portrait of girls and a boy. They pose near a decorative plaster gate. They girls wear dresses with high collars and hats. The young man wears a suit, tie, and bowler.
- Boys--1890-1910.; Girls--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Costume four girls standing beside river
- Outdoor portrait of girls with flowers and an umbrella. One wears a necklace with a cross pendant. The Alameda Avenue bridge is nearby.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1904 and 1909]
- Group of Japanese women and young girls
- A group of Japanese-American women and young girls dressed in kimonos pose in the middle of a street, possibly in Denver, Colorado. Some of the women hold miniature American flags. A man stands next to the group; he wears a suit, tie and hat. Front...
- Japanese Americans--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Clothing & dress--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Flags--American--1910-1920.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1916 and 1920]
- Group of Japanese women, men and young girls
- A group of Japanese-American women, men and young girls pose in front of the Colorado Times newspaper office at 1930 Lawrence in Denver, Colorado. The women and young girls wear kimonos. The men wear suits and ties. In front row, third from left is...
- Japanese Americans--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Clothing & dress--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1916 and 1920]
- Man, woman, and two girls standing
- A Native American (possibly Apache) man, woman and two girls pose in front of a tepee frame at a fair in New Mexico. The man wears a feather headdress, a print shirt with an embroidered yoke and cuffs, a George Washington Peace Medal, beaded...
- Apache Indians--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Girls--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Tipis--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Women--New Mexico--1900-1910.
- [1900?]
- Native American boys and girls
- A group of Native American (Plains) boys, girls, and teenagers pose outdoors near a brick building. The girls wear dresses and braided hair. The boys wear suits. Some boys have short hair, others wear wide-brimmed hats.
- Indians of North America--Great Plains--1880-1910.; Great Plains--1880-1910.; Boys--Great Plains--1880-1910.; Girls--Great Plains--1880-1910.; Teenagers--Great Plains--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Man and girls at Echo Lake
- A man and girls pose near the edge of Echo Lake in Echo Lake Denver Mountain Park (Clear Creek County), Colorado. The man wears a wide-brimmed hat and the girls wear field pants. Mount Evans is in the distance.
- Denver Mountain Parks--1930-1940.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Echo Lake (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Echo Lake Park (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Evans, Mount (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.;...
- [between 1931 and 1935]
- Navajo girls arriving at T. Roosevelt school
- Native American (Navajo) girls and white men pose outdoors at Theodore Roosevelt School in Fort Apache, Arizona. The girls wear tags on their dresses. A nearby sign reads: "Headquarters".
- Indians of North America--Arizona--Fort Apache--1920-1930.; Navajo Indians--Arizona--Fort Apache--1920-1930.; Fort Apache (Ariz.)--1920-1930.; Girls--Arizona--Fort Apache--1920-1930.; School children--Arizona--Fort Apache--1920-1930.
- September, 1924
- Girls with a doll
- Two young girls sit on the front steps of a house probably in Denver, Colorado. Both girls are dressed in white and one girl holds a doll.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Children playing with dolls--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- 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?]
- Manual High, girls athletic team
- Players and coaches of the girls' basketball team pose on the steps of Manual Training High School at 27th (Twenty-seventh) and Franklin Streets in the Whittier neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The girls wear physical exercise clothing of middy...
- Manual Training High School (Denver, Colo.)--People--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Whittier (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Basketball players--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- 1910
- Manual High, girls athletic team
- Players and coaches of the girls' basketball team pose on the steps of Manual Training High School at 27th (Twenty-seventh) and Franklin Streets in the Whittier neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Some girls wear physical exercise clothing of middy...
- Manual Training High School (Denver, Colo.)--People--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Whittier (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Basketball players--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Girls' physical education Durango, Colo.
- Girls stand in a semi-circle in the center of the interior of a gymnasium in the town of Durango, Colorado in La Plata County. A woman wearing shorts, a jacket, and a top hat stands on a podium with her arms raised over her head. Girls sit along...
- Durango (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Girls--Colorado--Durango--1930-1940.; Gymnasiums--Colorado--Durango--1930-1940.; Interiors.; Students--Colorado--Durango--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Girls and women on donkeys
- Women and girls sit on donkeys and mules (some sidesaddle) during the Sunflower Carnival in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. The girls and women wear hats and carry umbrellas. Houses are among trees.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Donkeys--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Girls--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.;...
- 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
- Bath time
- A young Hispanic American girls sits in a metal wash tub balanced on a chair and is bathed by her mother in Costilla County, Colorado. The girls has long dark hair. Her mother wears a dress. The room has wallpapered walls, a calendar hangs on the...
- Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Costilla County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Bathing.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Girls--Colorado--Costilla County--Pictorial...
- [1950]
- Silverton school
- Women and girls play baseball in the dirt street in front of a school in Silverton (San Juan County), Colorado. The women and girls wear hats and dresses with aprons. Children watch near the two-story brick school building with a mansard roof and...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Baseball--Colorado--Silverton--1880-1890.; Girls--Colorado--Silverton--1880-1890.; Schools--Colorado--Silverton--1880-1890.; Women--Colorado--Silverton--1880-1890.
- 1884
- People on horses
- A woman and girls in skirts and blouses pose on horseback in a meadow possibly near Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado. The girls ride double on a horse. A man stands and poses between the horses.
- Garfield County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Girls--Colorado--Garfield County--1900-1910.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Garfield County--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--Garfield County--1900-1910.
- [1905?]
- Snowshoeing (i.e. skiing) in the Rockies, Colo.
- Two girls ski down a snow covered slope in Colorado. Both girls hold a wooden ski pole for balance.
- Girls--Colorado--1880-1900.; Skiing--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Children at Ula School
- Group portrait of well dressed students, boys and girls, at the school in Ula (Custer County), Colorado; the girls wear bonnets, dresses, and straw hats.
- Ula (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Boys--Colorado--Ula--1890-1900.; Clothing & dress--Colorado--Ula--1890-1900.; Girls--Colorado--Ula--1890-1900.; School children--Colorado--Ula--1890-1900.
- 1899 May 3
- Group portrait
- Studio group portrait of women and children. The women and girls wear blouses with high collars in silk, lace, and polka dot fabrics and flared skirts. The women wear their hair pulled back in twists or buns tied with single ribbons. The girls wear...
- Boys--1890-1910.; Children--1890-1910.; Girls--1890-1910.; Women--1890-1910.
- [between 1895 and 1905?]
- Portrait of children
- Studio portrait of girls and a boy. The girls have curled hair or ringlets and wear ruffled dresses. The boy wears a shirt patterned with anchors, a sailor collar and a plaid scarf around his neck. The children pose in front of a lace fabric...
- Boys--1890-1910.; Children--1890-1910.; Girls--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Portrait of children
- Studio portrait of two girls and a boy on a faux carved stone prop in front of a lace fabric backdrop. The girls wear identical hairstyles with bangs and long hair pulled back, necklaces, lace dresses with v-necks, high yokes and capped sleeves....
- Boys--1890-1910.; Children--1890-1910.; Girls--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Portrait of girls
- Girls, with bangs and long hair, pose arm in arm for a studio portrait. The girls wear loose fitting two piece dresses with lace trim and puffed sleeves, and fez style hats, one with stripes.
- Women--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Mr. & Mrs. Hill
- A couple identified as Mr. and Mrs. Hill and two young girls sit on a tailings pile at the Dew Drop Mine in Ward (Boulder County), Colorado. Mrs. Hill wears a dark dress with a velvet jacket with puff sleeves. She wears a velvet hat with a large...
- Dew Drop Mine (Boulder County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Ward (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Girls.; Mining.; Spouses.; Tailings embankments.; Tipples.; Hill family.
- 1895 March 10th
- Mine, Idaho Springs District
- A woman and two girls sit on tailings in front of the shaft house of an unidentified mine in the Idaho Springs mining district in Clear Creek County, Colorado. The woman wears a dark skirt and blouse and holds an umbrella. The girls wear dresses...
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Girls.; Mine buildings.; Mining.; Women.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Group of young people by the river with corncob pipes and cigarettes
- Outdoor portrait of a group of girls dressed as men and a man near the South Platte River in Denver, Colorado. The girls wear wide brimmed hats and hold pipes and cigarettes.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1900-1920.; Cross dressing--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Rivers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.;...
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Family by the river
- Outdoor portrait of a man, woman, and girls near the edge of the South Platte River in Denver, Colorado. The girls wear sun hats and dresses. The Alameda Avenue bridge is in the distance.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1900-1910.; Families--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Rivers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1904 and 1909?]
- Three girls and baby portrait [sic]
- Studio portrait of a group of girls with a doll in Colorado. The girls wear dresses and headbands with bows in their hair.
- Families--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Two young women young man wearing overcoats portrait
- Studio portrait of girls and a boy in Colorado. The girls wear coats and hats. The boy holds a cap.
- Girls--Colorado--1910-1930.; Teenagers--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Recreation picnic
- A group portrait of women and girls as they picnic outdoors possibly in City Park, Denver, Colorado. A few girls hold U. S. flags. Other groups of people have picnics nearby.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Eating & drinking--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Picnics--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Recreation picnic
- Outdoor portrait of women and girls as they eat outdoors near the South Platte River in Denver, Colorado. The girls wear ribbons in their hair.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1900-1920.; Children eating & drinking--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Picnics--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Group of children and adults in winter scene on canal at Alameda
- Outdoor portrait of a woman and group of girls near the South Platte River in Denver, Colorado. The girls wear winter coats and one wears a muffler. Men stand on the Alameda Avenue bridge in the distance.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1900-1920.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Rivers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Winter--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1909 and 1915?]
- Denver schools Miss Wollcott's
- Girls dance by a May pole in celebration of May Day at Miss Wolcott's School at 1400 Marion Street in Denver, Colorado. The girls wear dresses and ribbons in their hair.
- Wolcott School (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Celebrations--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; May poles--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Schools--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]