Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Margaret Jane Ferguson Poley and Horace S. Poley
- A man and woman stand and smile arm in arm beside a log pile and a clapboard building. Margaret Jane Ferguson Poley wears a cap, wire rimmed glasses, a tea length dress with a ruffled v-neck, stockings and laced shoes. Horace S. Poley wears a suit...
- Photographers--Colorado--1930-1940.; Women--Colorado--1930-1940.; Poley, H. S. (Horace Swartley); Poley, Margaret Ferguson.
- 1939 June
- 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
- Bobby Herrera
- Studio portrait of Bobby Herrera, a resident of the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The 3-years-old, sits in a wooden high chair, he wears shorts, a short sleeved shirt, laced boots, and striped socks. He has curly hair.
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1950-1960.; Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Boys.; Herrera, Bobby--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- [between 1952 and 1960?]
- Fort Bellamy
- Women and children pose beside a two-story log cabin in Hahns Peak (Routt County), Colorado. Young women wear calico dresses with puffed sleeves and ruffled collars or shoulders, stockings, and laced boots. A man wears an apron and stands nearby....
- Hahns Peak (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Children--Colorado--Hahns Peak--1880-1890.; Log buildings--Colorado--Hahns Peak--1880-1890.; Women--Colorado--Hahns Peak--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Portrait of a man and woman
- Full length studio portrait of a man and woman. The man wears a suit, neck tie, boutonniere and sits in an upholstered chair. He rests his foot on a cushion. The woman stands to the side of the chair. She wears a pleated skirt and laced bodice....
- Couples--1890-1900.; Women--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Portrait of boys
- Studio portrait of four boys with short hair parted in the middle. The younger boys wear matching houndstooth check jackets and knickers, striped ties, wool leggings and leather laced boots. The older boy wears a wool suit with a vest, knickers and...
- Boys--1890-1910.; Clothing & dress--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Portrait of a boy
- Studio portrait of a boy in a sailor suit. The boy has his hair parted and wears a sailor cap, a probably wool jacket with high cuffs, stripes and a star, knickers, stockings, laced boots, he has a braided cord tucked in his pocket; he holds a whip.
- Boys--1890-1910.; Clothing & dress--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Portrait of a boy
- Studio portrait of a boy in a sailor suit. The boy has his hair parted on the side and wears a sailor cap, a probably wool jacket with high cuffs, stripes and a star, knickers, stockings, laced boots, and a braided cord tucked in his pocket; he...
- Boys--1890-1910.; Clothing & dress--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Obtosoway, Indian Chief
- Portrait of Obtosoway a Native American Ojibwa chief. He wears a yoke with beaded embroidery and a buck skin shirt with fringe, laced at the neck. He wears a headdress with fur and feathers.
- Indians of North America--Men--1890-1910.; Ojibwa Indians--Men--1890-1910.; Tribal chiefs--1890-1910.; Obtosoway.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Boy portrait
- Studio portrait of a boy in Colorado. He wears a shirt with a wide collar and a laced front.
- Boys--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Stock saddle
- Shows a saddle made by E. L. Gallatin & Co. from Cheyenne, Wyoming. The saddle has a double rig wood stirrup, the horn is covered with leather and the cantle is covered with laced rawhide. Inscription on the skirt reads: "E. L. Gallatin & Co....
- Saddles--1870-1900.
- [between 1871 and 1896]
- Native American baby on a cradle board
- A Native American baby, probably from one of the Pueblo Indian groups in New Mexico, is laced into a cradle board and leans against a split log wall. The cradle board is made of leather and only the face of the baby is exposed.
- Cradleboards--New Mexico--1870-1900.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--New Mexico--1870-1900.; Indians of North America--Children--New Mexico--1870-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Children--New Mexico--1870-1900.; Infants--New Mexico--1870-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- Indians, papoose, N.M.
- A Native American (tribe unknown) papoose (infant) is laced into a cradleboard that leans against a log cabin wall with chinking in New Mexico. Shows a hide-covered wooden cradleboard with fringe and woven textile adornments.
- Indians of North America--Children--New Mexico--1870-1900.; Cradleboards--New Mexico--1870-1900.; Infants--New Mexico--1870-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- Lee Whitney as Gianetta - Gilbert and Sullivan's "The Gondoliers"
- Actress Lee Whitney poses as Gianetta, in Gilbert and Sullivans' "The Gondoliers," in Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado. Her folk costume is made of sateen fabric with appliqued strips of brocade and embroidery, puffed short sleeves with...
- Whitney, Lee--Performances--1930-1940.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Actresses--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Costumes--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- 1936
- Louise Bernhardt as Tessa - Gilbert and Sullivan's "The Gondoliers"
- Actress Louise Bernhardt poses as Tessa, in Gilbert and Sullivans' "The Gondoliers," in Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado. Her folk costume is made of sateen fabric with appliqued strips, puffed short sleeves with ruffles, an apron, and a laced...
- Bernhardt, Louise--Performances--1930-1940.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Actresses--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Costumes--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- 1936
- First cabin on site of town built in 1879 by Wm Gremer & Gilbert Da Lee
- In Red Cliff (or Redcliff), Eagle County, Colorado, a man in a leather vest and high laced boots poses by a log cabin, the first in town.
- Red Cliff (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Log cabins--Colorado--Red Cliff--1900-1910.; Pioneers--Colorado--Red Cliff--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- AdAmAn Club Colorado Springs, Colorado, leaving the "City of Sunshine" bound for the snow banks on the summit of Pikes Peak to hold its annual New Year's meeting a unique fireworks display
- The AdAmAn Club poses in winter clothes including laced boots, fur collared parkas, striped knit hats, and mittens, above Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. The log house, base camp behind with the sign: "Barr's Camp."
- AdAmAn Club (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--People--1920-1940.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Clubs--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1920-1940.; Log buildings--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1920-1940.; Mountaineering--Colorado--Colorado...
- [between 1925 and 1940?]
- AdAmAn Club
- Members of the AdAmAn Club put leggings onto a blanketed horse, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. They wear laced boots and striped knit hats; a dog, sheds, and a trailer are in the background.
- AdAmAn Club (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1920-1950.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1920-1950.; Clubs--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1920-1950.; Horses--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1920-1950.
- [between 1925 and 1940?]
- AdAmAn Club hike
- The AdAmAn Club pose on their annual hike up Pike's Peak, above Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. They wear laced boots, striped, knit hats, and tall socks; one holds skis and a dog; another has a bedroll on his back.
- AdAmAn Club (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--People--1920-1930.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Clubs--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1920-1930.; Mountaineering--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1920-1930.
- 1926 or 1927
- Group posed in costume
- Men and women pose in costume including swimming suits, garters, high button or laced shoes.
- Bathing suits--1920-1930.; Costumes--1920-1930.; Women--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Couple in costume
- A man and woman pose in swimming suits. The man wears laced boots and the woman wears high heels.
- Bathing suits--1920-1930.; Couples--1920-1930.; Men--1920-1930.; Women--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Trio in costume
- A man and two women pose in swimming suits. The man wears laced boots and the women wear high heels.
- Bathing suits--1920-1930.; Women--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Boxer
- An unidentified, lightweight boxer poses with one arm extended and the other drawn back, Denver, Colorado. He wears a tank shirt with leggings, laced boxing shoes, and half gloves.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Boxers (Sports)--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Couple posed in swim suits
- A teenaged boy and girl pose in swimming suits; he wears a stocking cap, she wears a broad brimmed cap and high laced shoes.
- Bathing suits--1910-1930.; Couples--1910-1930.; Teenagers--1910-1930.; Women--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Couple in costume
- A teenaged boy and girl pose in swimming suits; her outfit includes fringe, high laced shoes, and a card reading: "Identification Tag."
- Bathing suits--1910-1930.; Couples--1910-1930.; Teenagers--1910-1930.; Women--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Baby carrier "Ute Kuneo"
- Native American (Ute) cradleboard for newborn, with beaded and laced buckskin over cloth and a slotted wooden hood decorated with metal tip fringe.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Arts & crafts--1890-1900.; Cradleboards--1890-1900.
- 1895
- Baby carrier
- Native American (Ute) cradleboard for newborn with wicker hood, laced buckskin with fringe, beaded border design and beaded leaf motif. A doll is inside.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Arts & crafts--1890-1900.; Cradleboards--1890-1900.
- 1895
- West High School girl's team
- West High School women's basketball team pose in uniforms with scarves and laced boots, includes one African-American, Denver, Colorado. Shows art classroom interior with reliefs and drawings.
- West High School (Denver, Colo.)--People--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Basketball players--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Classrooms--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.;...
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- West high school, girl's team
- West High School women's basketball team pose in uniforms with scarves and laced boots, includes one African-American, Denver, Colorado. Shows art classroom interior with reliefs and drawings.
- West High School (Denver, Colo.)--People--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Basketball players--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Classrooms--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.;...
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Camp in Monument Valley Park
- Native American (Ute) women and children pose outside a tepee at Monument Valley Park, El Paso County, Colorado. They are identified as, back row, left to right: Ruby (Stone) Kent and Amy (Kent) Snow. Front row, left to right: Amy Snow's daughters...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Monument Valley Park (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Children--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Cradleboards--Colorado--El Paso...
- August, 1912
- Camp in Monument Valley Park Amy Kent in dark shawl and her mother
- Native American (Ute) women and children pose outside a tepee at Monument Valley Park, El Paso County, Colorado. They are identified as, back row, left to right: Ruby (Stone) Kent and Amy (Kent) Snow. Front row, left to right: Amy Snow's daughters...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Monument Valley Park (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Children--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Cradleboards--Colorado--El Paso...
- August 29, 1912
- San Ildefonso
- Portrait of unidentified Native American children (San Ildefonso Pueblo); costumes include laced shoes, a sweater, skirt, and bib overalls.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--San Ildefonso--1930-1940.; Pueblo Indians--Children--New Mexico--San Ildefonso--1930-1940.; San Ildefonso (N.M.)--1930-1940.
- April, 1938
- Santa Claus on Denver's Civic Center
- Night view of Greek Theater and Colonnade of Civic Benefactors, West Fourteenth (14th) and Acoma Street, Civic Center, Denver, Colorado; Christmas decorations on the Colonnade include: spotlit Santa Claus and his reindeer top arch; "Merry...
- Greek Theater and Colonnade of Civic Benefactors (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Christmas decorations--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Colonnades--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [1929]
- Lee Whitney and Louise Bernhardt in The Gondoliers - Central City
- Two actresses from the Central City Play Festival pose in gypsy costumes outdoors in front of a deciduous tree in Central City, Colorado. They wear skirts decorated with embroidered horizontal stripes, laced bodices, ruffled shirts, and bandannas...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Actresses--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Costumes--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- 1936
- Compressor Pandora Mine
- A man wearing laced up boots, and soiled clothing stands next to the Pandora Mine compressor inside a log structure, San Miguel County, Colorado. The large machine with flywheel and belt is mounted in center of the room. Tools around room include a...
- Jewel Mines & Reduction Co. (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Pandora Mine (San Miguel County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; San Miguel County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Air compressors--Colorado--San Miguel County--1890-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--San Miguel...
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Whites posed as Native Americans
- Reproduction of a hand touched photograph, a head and chest portrait of an unidentified white woman posing in Native American clothing. She wears bead necklaces, ribbon laced into her braids, and a cloth tiara with decorative beadwork and a feather.
- Indians of North America--Performances & portrayals--1910-1920.; Impersonation--1910-1920.; Women--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920]
- Comanche papoose and carrier
- Studio portrait of baby Larry Saupitti, Native American Comanche, laced in a cradleboard propped on a animal fur skin. The boy has short bangs with some hair gathered into a tail over his forehead. The wood frame boards are decorated with metal...
- Comanche Indians--1920-1930.; Indians of North America--1920-1930.; Cradleboards--1920-1930.; Infants--1920-1930.; Saupitti, Larry.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Comanche kid & carrier, Lawton, Okla.
- Studio portrait of a baby laced in a cradleboard propped on an animal fur skin, Lawton, Oklahoma. The cradleboard is beaded and has wood frame boards decorated with metal studs.
- Comanche Indians--1920-1930.; Indians of North America--1920-1930.; Cradleboards--1920-1930.; Infants--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Comanche cradleboard
- Studio portrait of a Native American Comanche baby laced into a cradleboard propped against a stool; the wood frame boards are decorated with metal studs.
- Comanche Indians--1920-1930.; Indians of North America--1920-1930.; Cradleboards--1920-1930.; Infants--1920-1930.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- East end of Balcony House
- A man wears a hat and laced boots and sits on a timber rafter platform at Balcony House in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado. Stone cliff dwellings with windows are near a rock wall. Graffiti on a stone wall reads: "TM McKee, SW Thomas, CH White,...
- Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Colorado--Mesa Verde National Park--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Colorado--Mesa Verde National Park--1900-1910.; Balcony House (Colo.)--1900-1910.;...
- [1900?]
- Cowgirl, Lillian Bergerhoff
- Lillian Bergerhoff, a cowgirl in "The Red Man Spectacle and Red Indian camp," poses in front of a painted back drop in the dirt arena at Empress Hall, at the Golden West Exhibition at Earl's Court in London, England. She wears a cowboy hat, scarf,...
- Earl's Court (London, England)--1900-1910.; London (England)--1900-1910.; Cowgirls--England--London--1900-1910.; Bergerhoff, Lillian.; Golden West and American (U.S.A.) Industries Exhibition (1909 : London, England)
- 1909
- Dagmar Jensen shaking hands
- Governor William Herbert "Billy" Adams and Dagmar Jensen, the Colorado Senate Docket Clerk, shake hands and pose in a receiving line in an unidentified room in probably Denver, Colorado. Dagmar Jensen wears a fur coat, leather gloves, a cloche,...
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Receiving lines--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Adams, William Herbert, 1861-1954.; Jensen, Dagmar.
- 1925?
- Lowell School, Englewood, Colorado
- Boys and girls stand on steps and pose for a school picture in front of the brick Lowell School at 3500 S. Sherman Street in Englewood (Arapahoe County), Colorado. Girls wear knee-length plaid or solid color dresses with high waists or no waists,...
- Lowell School (Englewood, Colorado)--People--1920-1930.; Englewood (Colo.)--1920-1930.; School children--Colorado--Englewood--1920-1930.; Schools--Colorado--Englewood--1920-1930.; Teachers--Colorado--Englewood--1920-1930.;...
- 1924?
- Kansas vs. Colorado
- A group of mostly members of Colorado and Kansas legal teams sit or stand and pose on the front (east) portico of the United States Capitol building in Washington D.C. The men wear suits with neck ties or bow ties, wire-rimmed spectacles, watch...
- United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)--1900-1910.; Attorneys general--Washington (D.C)--1900-1910.; Washington (D.C.)--1900-1910.; Capitols--Washington (D.C)--1900-1910.; Judicial proceedings--Washington (D.C)--1900-1910.; Lawyers--Washington...
- 1906 Dec
- Man at a mountain lake
- A man wears a hat, pants tucked into laced up boots, and a sweater and poses beside a mountain lake in possibly King County, Washington. The man stands on a fallen log. Shows trees and mountains reflected in the lake.
- Hiking--Washington (State)--1910-1920.; Lakes & ponds--Washington (State)--1910-1920.; Men--Washington (State)--1910-1920.
- [1917?]
- Thos S. Old and Courtney Tyley Cooper - Idaho Springs Days of '59
- A young man shakes hands with an older man at the Idaho Springs Days of '59 Festival in Idaho Springs, Colorado. The younger man wears a cowboy hat, long sleeved shirt, gun belt, and boots with his pants tucked in the top. The older, bearded man...
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Festivals--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1910-1930.; Cooper, Courtney Ryley, 1886-1940.; Old, Thomas S.
- [between 1915 and 1930]
- Campers fireplace, Echo Lake
- People gather around a stone fireplace at Echo Lake Park in Clear Creek County, Colorado. The women, with bobbed hair, wear shirts, ties, long blazers or cardigans, and jodhpurs and high laced boots. The man wears a jacket with slacks. Food...
- Denver Mountain Parks--1920-1930.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Echo Lake Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Clothing & dress--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1920-1930.; Dogs--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1920-1930.; Fireplaces--Colorado--Clear...
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Altar of Loretto Academy in Pueblo, Colo.
- Laden with flowers, this altar in Pueblo, Colorado, is topped by a cross against the interior wall. A sign on the low wooden partition reads: "J. J. Lambert," and pews are in the foreground.
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Altars--Colorado--Pueblo--1880-1900.; Catholic churches--Colorado--Pueblo--1880-1900.; Interiors.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Arapahoe Peaks, Moffat Road
- Looking to snow-covered Arapahoe Peaks, Colorado, from Denver and Salt Lake Railroad's Moffat Road; two men posed at boulders right foreground, one in suit and derby hat, and the other in knee-high laced boots, trousers tucked in boots, suspenders,...
- North Arapaho Peak (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Denver and Salt Lake Railroad Company.
- [between 1904 and 1925]
- Examening [sic] the ore vein
- Underground in a mine, somewhere in Colorado; two men examining vein at end of tunnel or shaft, support timbers in shaft and extra ones on floor; miners with felt hats, suit jackets and pants tucked in laced up boots holding candles for...
- Miners--Colorado--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]