Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- 1981 Capitol Hill People's Fair Guide
- Official 1985 People Fair's Guide
- 1980 Capitol Hill People's Fair Guide
- 13th Annual Capitol Hill People's Fair Guide Official Program
- Capitol Hill People's Fair: Spring in the City 1977
- 1983 Capitol Hill People's Fair Guide
- Rural folk band
- Brothers José Filiberto Martinez, far left with violin and Gaspar Martinez, 2nd left with guitar, play with a rural folk band in San Luis Valley, Colorado. Other musicians include a second man with a violin, a man with a washtub, and two men...
- African Americans--1910-1920.; Hispanic Americans--1910-1920.; Musicians.; Martinez, Gaspar--Pictorial works.; Martinez, Jose Filiberto--Pictorial works.; African Americans--San Luis Valley (Colo. and N.M.)--Pictorial works.; Folk musicians--San...
- [between 1915 and 1920?]
- Escoolites Club
- Members of a teenage jazz band stand on a stage at a dance in Denver, Colorado. Some of the African American (Black) musicians have their hair styled in short Afros and wear thick framed black glasses. The saxophone players wear turtlenecks, suit...
- Escoolites Club (Denver, Colo.)--1960-1970.; African Americans--Organizations--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Clubs--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Teenagers--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.
- [between 1965 and 1975?]
- 1984 Capitol Hill People's Fair Guide
- Red Cross aide playing guitar
- American Red Cross aide Dorothy "Dot" Nielson, sits playing a guitar for three members of the Tenth Mountain Division from the Quartermasters Battalion: t/5 Arnold Carpenter (left), T/Sergeant Wilbert Rittmueller (kneeling), and T/5 Bennie Levine...
- Battlefields--Italy--1940-1950.; Mountains--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- February 1945
- Fort Sheridan Mandolin and Guitar Club, 1897
- Members of the Fort Sheridan Mandolin and Guitar Club with their instruments at Fort Sheridan, Illinois. The men, members of the Untied States Army, wear uniforms. one of the men wears a medal.
- Fort Robinson (Ill.)--1890-1900.; Clubs--Illinois--Fort Robinson--1890-1900.; Guitars--Illinois--Fort Robinson--1890-1900.; Mandolins--Illinois--Fort Robinson--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Heraldo Annual: 1901
- West Denver High School yearbook for 1901.
- West High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Periodicals.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.
- 1901
- Guardiantes de Cultura
- Unidentified musicians, members of the Guardiantes de Cultura pose in the Concilio Superior of La Sociedad Protection Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos meeting hall in Antonito (Conejos County), Colorado. An unidentified woman sits and holds a guitar,...
- 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.; Musicians.; Interiors.; Women.;...
- [2000 November 26]
- Zanza Bar
- View of Zanza Bar at 10601 East Colfax in Aurora (Adams County), Colorado. Shows a one story commercial building with no windows. A sign on top of the building is shaped like mountains; painted on it is a man with a guitar, floating piano keys, a...
- Zanza Bar (Aurora, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Aurora (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Bars (Drinking establishments); Zanza Bar (Aurora, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Bars (Drinking establishments)--Colorado--Aurora--Pictorial works.; Aurora (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1987
- Unidentified mariachi musician and teenager
- An unidentified mariachi musician and a teenage boy pose in a house probably in Denver, Colorado. The musician wears an oversized straw sombrero, and a shirt and pants decorated with buttons, metal braid and piping and holds a guitar. The teenage...
- Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Interiors.; Musicians.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Mariachi--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Denver (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- El Heraldo
- View of the adobe newspaper office for El Heraldo del Valle, a Spanish Language, Republican newspaper in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. The two story adobe house next to El Heraldo belongs to José Ramos Valdéz, (8th from left), a school...
- Heraldo del Valle (San Luis, Colo.)--Buildings--1900-1910.; African Americans--1900-1910.; Hispanic Americans--1900-1910.; Mexican Americans--1900-1910.; San Luis (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Adobe buildings.; Musicians.; Newspapers.; Heraldo del Valle...
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Milliken, Colorado "The Dirty Thirties."
- The Hispanic American Zamora family poses in front their house in Milliken (Weld County), Colorado. They are identified left to right: "George Zamora (with a guitar), Felix J. Zamora (in a hat), Dan Zamora (in a baseball cap), Manuel Zamora (in a...
- Hispanic Americans--1930-1940.; Mexican Americans--1930-1940.; Milliken (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Families.; Zamora family--Pictorial works.; Zamora family--1930-1940.; Families--Colorado--Milliken--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- ca. 1938
- Daniel Valdez
- Actor, playwright and musician, Daniel Valdez plays the guitar at a march and celebration of life observance for civil rights activist Rodolpho Corky Gonzales in Mestizo-Curtis Park, Five Points neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. Yolanda [Gutierrez or...
- Hispanic Americans--2000-2010.; Mexican Americans--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Guitars.; Memorial rights & services.; Musicians.; Gonzales, Rodolpho, 1928-2005--Death and burial--Pictorial...
- [2005 April 17]
- Gonzales family outside Casa Mayan restaurant
- Members of the Gonzales family pose outside their restaurant and cultural center the Casa Mayan located at 1020 9th Street in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. They are identified left to right, on the front stoop: Ramon and Carolina...
- Casa Mayan (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Families.; Restaurants.; Alcaro family--Pictorial works.; Gonzales...
- [1958]
- Gonzales family outside Casa Mayan restaurant
- Members of the Gonzales family pose on the porch of their restaurant and cultural center the Casa Mayan located at 1020 9th Street in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. They are identified left to right: Top row: Celia, Arnold, Marta, Ray...
- Casa Mayan (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Restaurants.; Gonzales family--Pictorial works.; Casa Mayan (Denver,...
- [1958]
- Chicano band, Brown Obsidian
- Members of the Chicano band, Brown Obsidian pose outdoors in Denver, Colorado. They are identified: Top left to right: Ron Rico with the sax, in front of him is Ramon Del Castillo with maracas, Geno Vigil, Jerry Jaron with his guitar, and Manny...
- Brown Obsidian (Musical group)--2000-2010.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--2000-2010.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Musicians.; Brown Obsidian (Musical group)--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- [2004]
- Miners above the tree line
- Men pose next to a wood frame building with gabled roof and sash windows situated above tree line in the San Juan Mountain Range, Colorado. Shows a pack train of burros with canvas ore bags, chimneys, scree rock and a man with a guitar. Animal...
- Miners--Colorado--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--1880-1900.; Packtrains--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Young woman leaning on horn chair
- Studio portrait of a woman in Colorado. She leans on a chair made of elk horns and poses near a guitar and a copy of Smith's Magazine.
- Women--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Young woman leaning against horn chair
- Studio portrait of a woman in Colorado. She leans on a chair made of elk horns and poses near a guitar and a copy of Smith's Magazine.
- Women--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Bar
- Interior view of a tavern in Denver, Colorado; shows men posing, a cash register, teddy bears, a guitar, leaded glass, and window letters: "1934."
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Bars (Furniture)--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Bars--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Bartenders--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915?]
- Pawn shop
- Interior view of a hock shop in Denver, Colorado; shows men posing, glass display cases, watches, a safe, suitcases, rifles, a guitar, and an advertisement: "Peter's Shells."
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Pawnshops--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915?]
- Men and women with musical instruments
- A man, a woman, and a boy pose with a violin, a guitar, and a mandolin, by a brick house with lathe turned porch poles in Denver, Colorado.
- City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Guitars--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Mandolins--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.;...
- [between 1904 and 1920?]
- Radio debut of the Latrine Quartet
- Four members of 87th Mountain Infantry sing at a microphone with the call letters KVI. They are left to right: Bradley, Glen Staney, Charles B. McLane, and Ralph Bromigan playing guitar. According to the caption: "At Christmas [1941] Lt. Look sowed...
- Radio programs--Washington (State)--1940-1950.; Vocal quartets--Washington (State)--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Washington (State)--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [1942]
- This photograph shows what each man does and also shows our camp
- Union Pacific railroad survey crew members pose in their camp along the Grand (Colorado) River with transits on tripods, rods, levels, chains, guitar, and axes, near Glenwood Springs, Colorado. Members include: J. I. Barlow, Lewis Blickensderfer,...
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1880-1890.; Railroad employees--Colorado--1880-1890.
- [between 1884 and 1890?]
- This photograph shows what each man does and also shows our camp
- Union Pacific railroad survey crew members pose in their camp along a river (possibly the Colorado, Grand) with transits on tripods, rods, levels, chains, guitar, and axes, near Glenwood Springs, Colorado. They include: J. I. Barlow, Lewis...
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1880-1890.; Railroad employees--Colorado--1880-1890.
- [between 1884 and 1890]
- First cabin at Glenwood
- Five men sit outside a crude log cabin, near Glenwood Springs, Garfield County, Colorado; one man plays a guitar.
- Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Log cabins--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1880-1890.
- [between 1885 and 1888?]
- On site of Redcliff, during Meeker troubles, miners dug a cave in rocks as protection against Indians
- Miners including women and children pose on Red Cliff, a rock outcropping, near Meeker, Colorado, with an American flag, rifles and a guitar. Rock structure used for fortification during the Meeker massacre with Native American Utes.
- Indians of North America--Colorado--Meeker--1870-1880.; Ute Indians--War--Colorado--Meeker--1870-1880.; Meeker (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Battlefields--Colorado--Meeker--1870-1880.; Children--Colorado--Meeker--1870-1880.;...
- 1879
- One female with trunk
- A woman poses in skirt, blouse, overcoat with fur collar, and cloche hat; luggage, a folding screen, and a guitar case are at her side.
- Interiors--1920-1930.; Luggage--1920-1930.; Women--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- A Denver family
- A Black man and women pose with mandolins and a guitar on the porch of a house in Denver, Colorado. A chicken and outhouse are near the two story wood frame house.
- African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Mandolins--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Musical instruments--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Group under tree at festival
- A Mexican American man seated under a tree with a group of women and children plays a guitar. He wears a sombrero. A young African American girl is seated on the legs of a Mexican American woman.
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Celebrations--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Children--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Guitars--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.
- August 1968
- Ladies S.J.A. glee club 1897-1900 Breckenridge, Colo
- Members of the ladies' glee club in Breckenridge, Colorado, pose at the piano while Agnes Finding Miner plays the upright, sitting on a three legged stool. They wear high collared, puff sleeved blouses in various patterns and long gold chains, and...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Guitars--1890-1900.; Pianos--1890-1900.; Singers--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.
- [between 1897-1900?]
- Raymond Middleton as "Guiseppi"
- A Central City Play Festival actor poses in gypsy costume including breeches, hose, leather shoes, a white shirt with a collar, embroidered vest, a sash, and a cap with a tassel. He has a guitar across his back.
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Actors--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Costumes--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- 1936
- Pre-Mexican Independence Day celebration
- View of performers for Mexican Independence day (Diez y Seis de Septiembre) festivities in Denver, Colorado. A man dressed in a mariachi costume plays a vihuela (small guitar), he stands next to three Mexican American women in full dresses...
- Independence Day (Mexico)--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Boulder--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Celebrations--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Costumes--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.;...
- [between 1960 and 1970]
- May D & F toy department
- Interior view of the May D & F Company toy department in Denver, Colorado; shows people, boys, an inflatable giraffe, and packaging with labels: "Marvel the Mustang," "Polychord Octave Electric Piano Organ," and "Classical Guitar."
- May Shoe & Clothing Co. (Denver, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Department stores--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Toys--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.
- 1967, December 22
- Miner's cabin, Camp Bird mine, Ouray County
- A miner relaxes with a book in his cabin, a dog sits beside him on a chair, at Camp Bird mine, Ouray County, Colorado. A guitar, books, plates, and flowers are on the table in front of him; pinup girls, and nature scenes hang on the walls.
- Ouray County (Colo.); Interiors--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1890.; Miners--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Protest for legislature to improve conditions
- White and Hispanic men and women sit and stand near a group of tents near possibly the Colorado State Capitol building in Denver, Colorado. A guitar, bongos, and a tambourine are on a table near one of the tents. A sign reads: "Denver Witnesses for...
- Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Demonstrations--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Migrant agricultural laborers--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.
- 1969 March 30
- Jimmy Garrigan & his orchestra on train
- Jimmy Garrigan stands on a miniature locomotive at Lakeside Amusement Park in Lakeside (Jefferson County), Colorado; men and women with a guitar, saxophone, trombones and drums ride passenger cars.
- Lakeside (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Lakeside Amusement Park (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Amusement parks--Colorado--Lakeside--1930-1940.; Amusement rides--Colorado--Lakeside--1930-1940.; Miniature railroads--Colorado--Lakeside--1930-1940.;...
- 1934 June 27
- Colorado delegation of the Townsend National Recovery Plan convention
- Panoramic view of men and women, members of the Townsend National Recovery Plan, Inc. (a social security organization) Colorado delegation at the second national convention. The men wear suits and ties and one man holds a guitar case. The women...
- Townsend National Recovery Plan, Inc.--Meetings--1930-1940.; Children--1930-1940.; Delegations--1930-1940.; Meetings--1930-1940.; Public service organizations--1930-1940.; Women--1930-1940.
- [1937]
- USO show musical number
- a GI uniform playing a slide trombone while kneeling turned toward the woman lunging so that the slide almost touches her knee.; Seven members of a United Service Organizations, USO troop, perform a musical number on stage. Shows left to right: a...
- Military life--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United Service Organizations (U.S.); World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- Men at a mountain cabin
- Stereographic view of unidentified men standing in front of a log cabin in the midground, possibly near the Poudre River in Colorado. The scene includes a man leaning against a covered wagon, antlers along the roofline of the cabin, a guitar, and a...
- Poudre River (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Covered wagons--Colorado--1870-1900.; Hills--Colorado--1870-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--1870-1900.
- [between 1875 and 1900?]
- Elmer Berg's Elk Falls Ranch, Ruben [sic] Craig with horsemanship trophy on Snooper
- Rubin Craig, a member of the Roundup Riders of the Rockies, sits atop his horse "Snooper" and holds a metal trophy of a horse at the Elk Falls Park Guest Ranch in Park County, Colorado. Craig wears a western shirt and pants, a beaded belt, cowboy...
- Elk Falls Park Guest Ranch (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Roundup Riders of the Rockies (Colo.)--People--1950-1960.; Trail riding--Colorado--1950-1960.; Park County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Awards--Colorado--Park County--1950-1960.; Horseback...
- 1954 July
- Sunday service, the choir Pete Smythe, John Day, Buck Evans, Verg Reynolds, Dr. Glenn Cody, Johnny Boyle.
- Members of the Roundup Riders of the Rockies stand beside a memorial to deceased riders during the Empty Saddles memorial service near Estes Park in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. Members of the "choir," identified left to right as: Pete...
- Roundup Riders of the Rockies (Colo.)--People--1950-1960.; Rocky Mountain National Park (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Memorial rites & ceremonies--Colorado--Rocky Mountain National Park--1950-1960.; Organizations--Colorado--Rocky Mountain National...
- 1957 July 14
- Webber Theater - Bob Latito
- Bob Latito poses with a guitar at the Webber Theater in Denver, Colorado; he wears a cowboy shirt embroidered with the name: "Rusty" and a cowboy hat. A poster reads: "Do You Have Talent? It May Mean Television For You!"
- Webber Theater (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Motion picture theaters--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Musicians--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Publicity--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Latito, Bob.
- [1948?]
- Parade, Estes Park, Colorado
- People watch a parade in Estes Park, Colorado. A stagecoach marked "Elkhorn Lodge and Stable," with two guitar players on top, pulled by two horses, and followed by a man with a sombrero on horseback, rolls down the street past the Hupp Hotel....
- Estes Park (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Estes Park--1970-1980.
- July 14, 1970
- Lake Junior High School
- A photograph of five students sitting around a campfire. A boy is playing the guitar. The girl wearing a cowboy hat is holding a book that has cowboys in the title; another girl is holding a song book. Behind the group of students is a drawling...
- Lake Junior High School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; Children playing musical instruments.
- undated