Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- 1896 Ballenger & Richards 24th Annual Denver City Directory
- 1923 Corbett & Ballenger's 51st Annual Denver City Directory
- A Moqui weaver at work
- A Native American (Hopi) man sits on the ground and weaves on a loom strung on an adobe wall, Walpi, First Mesa, Arizona.
- Hopi Indians--Arts & crafts--Arizona--Walpi--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--Arizona--Walpi--1870-1880.; Pueblo Indians--Arizona--Walpi--1870-1880.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Walpi (Ariz.)--1870-1880.;...
- [1879]
- A Navajo Indian Hogan Ganado, Arizona Ganado Mission Gift Shop
- Native American (Navajo) women and a girl sit and stand near a timber and earth hogan in Ganado, Arizona. One woman sits near a loom, the other near a clay water jar.
- Ganado Mission (Ganado, Ariz.)--Facilities--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--Arizona--Ganado--1910-1920.; Navajo Indians--Arizona--Ganado--1910-1920.; Hogans--Arizona--Ganado--1910-1920.; Girls--Arizona--Ganado--1910-1920.; Souvenir...
- [between 1910 and 1930]
- Aboriginal life among the Navajo Indians Cańon de Chelle, New Mexico [i. e. Arizona]
- A Native American (Navajo) man and woman sit near a loom and an earthen hogan near Canyon de Chelly, Arizona. A bundle of corn cobs hangs from a nearby tree.
- Indians of North America--Arizona--1870-1880.; Navajo Indians--Arizona--1870-1880.; Navajo women weavers--Arizona--1870-1880.; Chelly, Canyon de (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Looms--Arizona--1870-1880.; Weaving--Arizona--1870-1880.
- 1873
- Aboriginal life among the Navajoe [sic] Indians, near old Fort Defiance, N.M. [sic]
- Native American (Navajo) men and women sit or stand beside a loom near old Fort Defiance (McKinley County), New Mexico. A man wears a woven shirt, leather leggings and moccasins and holds a bow and arrow. A man wears a loin cloth and leans against...
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Fort Defiance--1870-1880.; Navajo Indians--New Mexico--Fort Defiance--1870-1880.; Fort Defiance (N.M.)--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--New Mexico--Fort Defiance--1870-1880.; Looms--New Mexico--Fort...
- 1873
- Annual: North Side High School 1907
- North Denver High School yearbook for 1907
- Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; North High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.
- 1907
- At breakfast typical desert home of Navajo Indians (S. W.) Arizona
- A Native American (Navajo) family sits near a summer hogan on the reservation in Arizona. One woman sits at a loom and another wears a beaded necklace with a naja pendant. A dog is tied to a log and sits near the family. A saddled horse stands...
- Indians of North America--Arizona--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--Arizona--1900-1910.; Navajo Indian Reservation--1900-1910.; Hogans--Arizona--1900-1910.; Families--Arizona--1900-1910.; Women--Arizona--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Bag
- Shows a Native American (Apache) bag with commercial leather, multicolor beadwork and tin jingler. The bag may have been loom woven.
- Apache Indians--Arts & crafts--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1890.; Bags (costume accessories)--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- Belt
- Shows a loom woven belt with muti-colored beads and geometric designs. The belt was made by Native American Sioux, Lucy Knife, in Pine Ridge, South Dakota.
- Dakota Indians--Arts & crafts--1900-1930.; Dakota Indians--Clothing & dress--1900-1930.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1900-1930.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1900-1930.; Belts (Clothing)--1900-1930.
- [between 1900 and 1930]
- Belt
- Shows a belt (Native American Sioux) made or purchased in Rosebud, South Dakota. The belt is constructed of loom woven multicolor beadwork and muslin.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1900-1930.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1900-1930.; Belts (Clothing)--1900-1930.
- [between 1900 and 1930]
- Belt or Headband
- Shows a Native American (Great Lakes; Sioux? Menominee?) loom woven bead headband or belt with fringe on both ends. The beads are red, blue, green and white. The beadwork is in images of stylized leaves.
- Headbands--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1900-1910.; Belts (Clothing)--1900-1910.
- 1900
- Blanket weaving-a Hopi Indian at work, Wolpi, Arizona
- Interior view of an adobe house shows a Native American Hopi Pueblo man weaving a blanket at a loom with heddles separating the wool threads, Walpi, First Mesa, Arizona.
- Hopi Indians--Arts & crafts--Arizona--Walpi--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Arizona--Walpi--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Arizona--Walpi--1900-1910.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; Walpi (Ariz.)--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Boulevard School students weaving
- Photograph of two unidentified boys and one unidentified girl standing near a window working on a weaving project at Boulevard Elementary School in Denver, Colorado. The girl uses a traditional loom while the two boys are using the window sill as...
- Boulevard School (Denver, Colo.); Sloan Lake (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1938 January
- Brief histories of the Denver Public Schools
- Compiled for the administrative offices of the Denver Public Schools, this book contains brief histories for the majority of the Public Schools in Denver, Colorado up to they year 1952.
- Denver Public Schools--History.
- 1952
- Broadway, Blanca City
- The snow-capped Sangre de Cristo mountains loom over the town of Blanca, Colorado, in Costilla County. Men in suits stand in front of two tents and a lightpost. Wood-frame structures, including one with a gable, are across grassy Broadway, which...
- Blanca (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Buildings--Colorado--Blanca--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Blanca--1900-1910.; Tents--Colorado--Blanca--1900-1910.
- September 28, 1908
- Capitol Hill Review
- 1893 Corbett & Ballenger's 21st Annual Denver City Directory
- Creede Hotel
- People stand in a row on the porch of the Creede Hotel in Creede, Colorado, in Mineral County. The building is a two-story, clapboard structure with a cornice, and an evergreen tree in front of it. The sign for the "Feed Stable" is next to the...
- Creede Hotel (Creede, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Creede (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Creede--1900-1910.
- [1900?]
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 23, 1910 June 4
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Number 10, 1912 March 9
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Number 26, 1912 June 29
- Domestic scene among the Navajoe Indians
- Native American (Navajo) women and men sit beside a summer hogan constructed of logs and brush, in Arizona or New Mexico. One woman weaves at a loom made of logs and sticks. Shows wool thread and woven rugs.
- Hogans--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Navajo Indians--1870-1880.; Navajo women weavers--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--1870-1880.; Weaving--1870-1880.; Women--1870-1880.; Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.)
- 1873
- Dying wool for Navajo Indian Rugs- Arizona
- Native American (Navajo) women dye wool in preparation for weaving in Arizona. A rug is on a nearby loom.
- Indians of North America--Arizona--1890-1910.; Navajo Indians--Arizona--1890-1910.; Navajo women weavers--Arizona--1890-1910.; Dyeing--Arizona--1890-1910.; Women--Arizona--1890-1910.
- [between 1910 and 1930]
- East High spotlight: vol 17 no 6
- 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 November 26
- Family group seated by hogan, man on horseback
- A Native American (Navajo) family (a man, women, and boys and girls) pose outdoors near an earthen hogan and a loom in either Arizona or New Mexico. The man is on horseback and holds a rifle. He wears a metal bead bandolier. His wife wears bead...
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--1900-1910.; Hogans--1900-1910.; Families--1900-1910.; Horseback riding--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Family group, Navajo ?
- A Native American (Navajo) family (a man, women, and boys and girls) pose outdoors near an earthen hogan and a loom in either Arizona or New Mexico. The man is on horseback and holds a rifle. He wears a metal bead bandolier. His wife wears bead...
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--1900-1910.; Hogans--1900-1910.; Families--1900-1910.; Horseback riding--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Head band
- Shows a loom woven head band made by Native American Sioux, Nancy Then Elk of Rosebud, South Dakota. The head band features decorative geometric designs made of loom woven blue, red, and white beadwork and blue silk ribbon.
- Dakota Indians--Arts & crafts--1920-1940.; Dakota Indians--Clothing & dress--1920-1940.; Headbands--1920-1940.; Indians of North America--Arts & craft--1920-1940.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940]
- Headdress
- Native American (Sioux) headdress with eagle feathers; red wool; red, purple and blue down; multicolor, loom woven beadwork; fur.
- Dakota Indians--Clothing & dress--1900-1930.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1900-1930.; Headdress--1900-1930.
- [between 1900 and 1930]
- Headdress
- Shows a Native American (Sioux) headdress. It is made from eagle feathers, red wool; red, blue and purple down; loom woven orange, green, red, blue, black and white Italian? beads; transparent red faceted beads, a round painted disc, fur, buckskin.
- Dakota Indians--Arts & crafts--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1890.; Headdress--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- History of Denver
- Hopi Indian blanket weaver, Ariz.
- A Native American (Hopi) man weaves a blanket on an upright loom at Oraibi (Navajo County), Arizona.
- Hopi Indians--Arts & crafts--Arizona--Oraibi--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--Arizona--Oraibi--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Arts & crafts--Arizona--Oraibi--1900-1910.; Oraibi (Ariz.)--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Indian lodge at Medicine Creek, Kansas- Scene of the late Indian Peace Council
- A Native American (Kiowa, Cheyenne, Arapahoe, Kiowa-Apache, and Comanche) camp near Medicine Creek, Kansas. A group of men form a circle near the camp. Covered wagons and horses are near the camp of tepees. One woman weaves at a loom.
- Indians of North America--Kansas--1860-1870.; Indian encampments--Kansas--1860-1870.; Tipis--Kansas--1860-1870.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Indian manufacture, Navajo blanket loom
- Probably Ben Wittick poses near a Native American (Navajo) earthen hogan and loom. Various household items that include a coffee pot and an ax are on the ground.
- Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Navajo Indians--1880-1890.; Looms--1880-1890.
- [between 1885 and 1890]
- Indian manufacture, Pueblo Indian blanket loom [sic], weavers, Territorial Fair
- A Native American man stands by a Territorial Fair arts and crafts exhibit with labeled items including manos and metates, weaving loom with Navajo blankets, coiled rope, and bead work, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Sign reads: "The Navajoe Indians of...
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Albuquerque--1880-1890.; Navajo Indians--Arts & crafts--New Mexico--Albuquerque--1880-1890.; Pueblo Indians--Arts & crafts--New Mexico--Albuquerque--1880-1890.; Albuquerque (N.M.)--1880-1890.; Fairs--New...
- October 1881
- Interior of ancient snake kiva, weaver making blanket Moki Indians, Walpi Pueblo
- Interior view of a kiva, possibly the snake kiva, at Walpi Pueblo, First Mesa, Arizona; two unidentified Native American (Hopi) men sit near a loom; a wooden ladder leans against a large opening in the ceiling; a clay bowl is next to the ladder;...
- Hopi Indians--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Walpi (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Interiors--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.;...
- 1899
- Loom of steel
- Interior view of Colorado Fuel and Iron Company, Pueblo, Colorado, a steel and iron manufacturing plant; shows male employee operating machinery which produces steel mesh (fencing) from steel wire, steel loom type of equipment.
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1950-1970.; Interiors.; Steel industry--Colorado--Pueblo--1950-1970.; Colorado Fuel and Iron Company.
- [between 1950 and 1970?]
- Loom-child-blanket
- Interior shows a Native American (Navajo) girl sitting on a blanket, under a brush shelter porch, near a loom. Near the loom in use is another unused loom. A metal pail sits near a woven blanket, outside of the brush porch. A dark blanket,...
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--Women--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Looms--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Weaving--New Mexico--1900-1910.
- [September, 1908]
- Mabel Burnside Myers, (Navajo) leading weaver of vegetable dye materials, displays craft at Denver Museum of Nat. History
- Mabel Burnside Myers, a Native American (Navajo) woman weaves at a loom in the Denver Museum of Natural History in Denver, Colorado. Boys and girls look on.
- Denver Museum of Natural History--1960-1970.; Indians of North America--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Navajo Indians--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Navajo women weavers--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.;...
- 1968 July 15
- Manitou Cliff Dwellings Museum
- View of a Native American (Tewa Pueblo) man seated on a bench, weaving on an upright loom, at the Manitou Cliff Dwellings Museum, Manitou Springs, Colorado.
- Manitou Cliff Dwellings Museum (Manitou Springs, Colo.)--1910-1930.; Indians of North America--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1910-1930.; Open-air museums--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1910-1930.; Pueblo Indians--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1910-1930.;...
- [between 1915 and 1925?]
- Manualian: 1910
- Yearbook for Denver Manual Training High School 1910.
- Manual High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.
- 1910
- María Salomé Córdova spinning wool
- Hispanic American María Salomé Córdova sits in a chair and spins yarn in her yard in Hoehne (Las Animas County), Colorado. She holds a wood spindle in one hand and the wool in the other. The spindle rests in a wood bowl in her lap. The...
- Hispanic Americans--1930-1940.; Mexican Americans--1930-1940.; Las Animas County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Weavers.; Women.; Córdova, María Salomé, 1867---Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Las Animas County--Pictorial works.; Mexican...
- [between 1930 and 1935?]
- Mat making
- A Native American (Potawatomi, Prairie Band) woman weaves a straw mat at a suspended loom on a reservation near Mayetta, Kansas.
- Prairie Band of Potawatomi Indians--People--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--Kansas--Mayetta--1930-1940.; Mat industry--Kansas--Mayetta--1930-1940.; Potawatomi Indians--Kansas--Mayetta--1930-1940.; Mayetta (Kan.)--1930-1940.; Potawatomi Indian...
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- 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
- Milton School Native American project
- Photograph of an unidentified boy and girl from Milton Elementary School, in Denver, Colorado, during a class project about Native Americans. The boy stands tying dried maize on the door frame of a real wood dwelling. He wears a woven blanket...
- Milton School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- circa 1930
- Moki blanket weaver, Oraibi
- Interior view of a pueblo room shows a Native American woman (Hopi), with an upright loom, fabric, wool, and buckets. Shows a saddle, vigas, and latillas.
- Hopi Indians--Women--Arizona--Oraibi--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Arizona--Oraibi--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Arts & crafts--Arizona--Oraibi--1890-1900.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Oraibi (Ariz.)--1890-1900.;...
- 1898
- Municipal Facts: Volume 10 Numbers 3 and 4, 1927 March-April
- Municipal Facts: Volume 12 Numbers 3 and 4, 1929 March-April
- Municipal Facts: Volume 14 Numbers 5 and 6, 1931 May-June
- Municipal Facts: Volume 9 Numbers 1 and 2, 1926 January-February