Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 13, 1910 March 26
- The Good Old Days: Grigsby Family History
- Intensive document covering the Grisby family history starting in the early 1870's in Iowa.
- 2012 June 20
- Indians, Pueblo, Acoma, missions
- A Native American woman walks up a dirt trail, possibly the "Camino del Padre," Acoma Pueblo, New Mexico. The woman wears a long-sleeved shirt, a long skirt, a cloth veil on her head, a necklace, a bracelet, and appears to be barefoot.
- Acoma (N.M.)--1920-1930.; Indians of North America--Women--1920-1930.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Acoma--1910-1930.; Trails & paths--New Mexico--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1926]
- Maude Fealy
- Maude Fealy poses for a studio bust portrait, possibly for the role of "Filiberta" in "The Cardinal." She has long, wavy hair; wears a bracelet, a pearl necklace, and a dress with gathered, sheer fabric and beadwork; and holds a bouquet of lilies.
- Actresses--1900-1910.; Fealy, Maude, 1881-1971.
- [1900?]
- African-American girl
- Studio portrait of a Black girl in Freehold, New Jersey. She wears a dress, a watch chain necklace, and a cloth belt with decorated buckle.
- African Americans--1870-1890.; Girls--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- The family: me at 7 yrs, mother, dad
- Marie Anderson (later Marie L. Greenwood), an African American child of seven years poses with her parents, Joseph Anderson (a Creole from Louisiana) and Sarah Garrett Anderson (from Texas) on a porch of a house. Marie wears a print dress, socks,...
- African Americans--1920-1930.; Families--1920-1930.; Anderson, Joseph; Anderson, Sarah Garrett.; Greenwood, Marie L.
- 1920
- Evelyn Clark, speaking of grace!
- Evelyn Clark, an African American teenager and friend of Marie Anderson (later Marie L. Greenwood), poses near an ivy covered brick wall in Denver, Colorado. She wears a blouse, long skirt and necklace.
- African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Teenagers--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Clark, Evelyn.
- 1932
- American Horse bed room...P.R. Res. S.D.
- Interior of the frame dwelling built for Chief American Horse, Native American Oglala Lakota Sioux on the Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota, shows cloth covered walls, a bed, a framed photograph of himself, cabinet cards, trunk, wood cooking stove,...
- American Horse, Dakota Chief, 1840-1908--Homes & haunts.; United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency--1890-1900.; Dakota Indians--Government relations--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Government...
- 1891
- "Dick" Wilson- controversial council pres
- Dick Wilson, a Native American (Oglala Sioux) man, president of the Oglala Sioux Tribal Council, and a white man stand near a marble monument during the 1973 AIM occupation of Wounded Knee, South Dakota. Dick Wilson wears a beaded necklace with a...
- American Indian Movement--1970-1980.; Dakota Indians--South Dakota--Wounded Knee--1970-1980.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--Wounded Knee--1970-1980.; Oglala Indians--South Dakota--Wounded Knee--1970-1980.; Wilson, Dick, Dakota Indian.
- [1973]
- Apache Indian maiden
- Standing studio portrait of an unidentified Native American Apache woman posed with a pitch covered basket jar and other baskets; she wears a dress with a fringed buckskin poncho with tin cones and a necklace.
- Apache baskets--1880-1890.; Apache Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Baskets--1880-1890.; Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Women--1880-1890.
- [between 1883 and 1888?]
- Apache man and woman
- Studio portrait (sitting and standing) of a Native American (Apache) man and woman. The man holds a bow and quiver while the woman holds a woven basket. The man wears leggings, a breechcloth, and a feather roach. The woman wears a medal pendant on...
- Apache baskets--1880-1890.; Apache Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Quivers--1880-1890.; Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Women--1880-1890.
- [between 1940 and 1960?]
- Feather Earring
- Feather Earring, a Native American (Apache) man, poses on horseback. He wears a breechcloth and beaded necklace.
- Apache Indians--1860-1870.; Indians of North America--1860-1870.; Horseback riding--1860-1870.; Feather Earing.
- [between 1862 and 1870]
- Shing-e-shi, young Apache
- Seated studio portrait of Shing-e-shi, a Native American Mescalero Apache boy, naked with a short cropped haircut an a bead necklace with a shell pendant.
- Apache Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Boys--1880-1890.; Nudes--1880-1890.; Shing-e-shi.
- [between 1883 and 1888?]
- Chief Garfield & family
- Native American (Apache) Chief Garfield and his family (man, woman, and girl) pose near a tepee. He wears beaded moccasins, leggings, a breechcloth, vest with a medal, bead necklace, and a feather war bonnet headdress. His wife and daughter wear...
- Apache Indians--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Headdresses--1880-1900.; Families--1880-1900.; Girls--1880-1900.; Tribal chiefs--1880-1900.; Women--1880-1900.; James A. Garfield, Apache Chief.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Garfield & family
- Chief Garfield and his family pose near a tepee. He wears beaded moccasins, leggings, a breechcloth, vest with a medal, bead necklace, and a feather war bonnet headdress. His wife and daughter wear dresses and blanket shawls.
- Apache Indians--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Headdresses--1880-1900.; Families--1880-1900.; Girls--1880-1900.; Tribal chiefs--1880-1900.; Women--1880-1900.; James A. Garfield, Apache Chief.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- James A. Garfield and wife
- Studio portrait (standing and sitting) of Native Americans (Apache) James A. Garfield and his wife. He wears beaded moccasins, leggings, breechcloth, fur pelt bandolier, hair pipe choker, face paint, and a feather in his hair. She wears a blanket,...
- Apache Indians--1880-1910.; Indians of North America--1880-1910.; Clothing & dress--1880-1910.; Spouses--1880-1910.; Women--1880-1910.; James A. Garfield--Family.; James A. Garfield, Apache Chief.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Elote, Subchief of Apaches
- Head and shoulders studio portrait of Elote, North American Indian subchief (Apache); he wears a headdress with feathers and buffalo horns and decorated with discs and ribbons. He wwears a hairpipe necklace and has a blanket wrapped around his...
- Apache Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1900-1910.; Headdresses--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1900-1910.; Elote.
- c1900
- Jicarilla Apache
- Portrait of a Native American (Jicarilla Apache) man and women by an adobe wall; attire includes a felt hat, leggings, and a hair pipe necklace.
- Apache Indians--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--1910-1920.; Jicarilla Indians--1910-1920.; Women--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Bird Chief, War-Chief of the Arrapahoes
- Photomechanical reproduction of an engraving of Bird Chief, a Native American (Arapaho) man. He wears a vest and a bead necklace.
- Arapaho Indians--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Bird Chief.
- 1871 June 24
- Arapahoes Sharp Nose's boy
- Studio portrait (crouching and standing) of Native American (Arapaho) Sharp Nose's boy and another boy. They aim bows with arrows in them. The boys wear leggings and breechcloths. One boy wears a bead necklace and scarves over his braids.
- Arapaho Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Boys--1880-1890.; Sharp Nose--Family.
- [1884-1885]
- Arapahoe Yellow Eyes
- Studio portrait (standing) of Grey [or Yellow] Eyes, a Native American (Arapaho) man. He holds a war bonnet feather headdress and a revolver. One of his feet rests on a log. He wears moccasins, leggings, a breechcloth, metal armbands, a metal bead...
- Arapaho Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Headdresses--1880-1890.; Grey Eyes.
- [between 1880-1890?]
- Yellow Calf
- Portrait of Yellow Calf, a Native American (Arapaho) man. He holds a bow and arrows and wears a quill-work bandolier, necklace, and feather headdress.
- Arapaho Indians--1880-1900.; Bow and arrow--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Headdresses--1880-1900.; Clothing & dress--1880-1900.; Yellow Calf.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Yellow Calf Chief of Arapahoes
- Portrait (sitting) of Yellow Calf, a Native American (Arapaho) man. He holds a bow and arrows and wears a quill-work bandolier, beaded necklace, and feather headdress.
- Arapaho Indians--1880-1900.; Bow and arrow--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Headdresses--1880-1900.; Clothing & dress--1880-1900.; Yellow Calf.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Native American family
- A Native American (Arapaho) family poses outdoors near a teepe. The man wears beaded moccasins, leggings, a breechcloth, quill-work vest, fur pelts over his braids, and a warbonnet headdress. The woman wears a wide belt decorated with metal beads...
- Arapaho Indians--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Children--1880-1900.; Clothing & dress--1880-1900.; Families--1880-1900.; Headdresses--1880-1900.; Women--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Native American man
- A Native American (Arapaho) man poses by a tepee. He holds a bow and arrows and wears moccasins, leggings, a bead bandolier, necklace, and a beaded feather headdress. The tepee is painted with images of birds and horses.
- Arapaho Indians--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Headdresses--1880-1900.; Tipis--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Yellow Calf Chief of Arapahoes
- Yellow Calf, a Native American (Arapaho) man poses outdoors near a tepee. He holds a bow and arrows and wears beaded moccasins, leggings, a bandolier, necklace, and feather headdress.
- Arapaho Indians--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Headdresses--1880-1900.; Tribal chiefs--1880-1900.; Yellow Calf.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Yellow Calf Chief of Arapahoe
- Portrait of Yellow Calf, a Native American (Arapahoe) man. He holds a bow and arrows and wears a quill-work bandolier, necklace, and feather headdress.
- Arapaho Indians--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Headdresses--1880-1900.; Tribal chiefs--1880-1900.; Yellow Calf.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Freckled Face -Arapahoe-
- Studio portrait (sitting) of Freckled Face, a Native American (Arapaho) woman. She wears a dress decorated with elk teeth, a hair pipe necklace and choker, and bead necklaces.
- Arapaho Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Women--1890-1900.; Freckled Face.
- 1898
- Little Raven's Sons
- Possibly Little Bear and Shield, Native American (Arapaho) men pose near a wooden building, probably at Camp Supply, Oklahoma. The men wear blankets. One man wears a scarf and a necklace with a pendant around his neck, he holds a fan made of...
- Arapaho Indians--Oklahoma--1860-1870.; Indians of North America--Oklahoma--1860-1870.; Little Raven--Family.
- [1868?]
- Mrs. Gilbert McClurg
- Studio portrait, head and shoulders, of Mrs. Gilbert McClurg (nee Mary Virginia Donaghe) resident of Colorado Springs; poet, journalist, archaeologist and lecturer; arrived in Colorado 1882; married Gilbert McClurg in 1889; organized Colorado...
- Archaeologists--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1900.; Donaghé, M. Virginia, 1858-1931.; Colorado Cliff Dwellings Association.
- [between 1886 and 1901]
- The last lodge of the Mandan
- Fighting Bear, a Native American (Mandan) man, and his family (Ree) pose outdoors at Fort Berthold, Dakota Territory. He holds a calumet and wears moccasins, a breechcloth, leggings, bead and tooth necklace, and feather roach. His wife wears a...
- Arikara Indians--Dakota Territory--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Dakota Territory--1880-1890.; Mandan Indians--Dakota Territory--1880-1890.; Dakota Territory--1880-1890.; Boys--Dakota Territory--1880-1890.; Clothing & dress--Dakota...
- [between 1880 and 1889]
- Crow Flies High, Gros Ventre, wearing Indian headdress, bust
- Crow Flies High, Gros Ventre, 1/2 length studio portrait; wearing feather headdress, short necklace, decorated shirt, and unbraided hair.
- Atsina Indian--1880-1890s.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Crow Flies High.
- [188?]
- Crow Flies High, Gros Ventre, similar view
- Crow Flies High, Gros Ventre, 1/2 length seated studio portrait, wearing feather headdress, hair loose around shoulders, necklace, and embroidered shirt with fringe.
- Atsina Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Crow Flies High.
- [188-?]
- Crow Flies High, Gros Ventre, similar view
- Crow Flies High, Gros Ventre, 1/2 length seated studio portrait, wearing feather headdress, hair loose around shoulders, necklace, embroidered shirt with fringe, sword tucked under left arm.
- Atsina Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Crow Flies High.
- [188-?]
- Crow Flies High, Gros Ventre, seated, holding sword, 3/4 length
- Crow Flies High, Gros Ventre, 3/4 length seated studio portrait, wearing feather headdress, hair loose around shoulders, necklace, and embroidered shirt with fringe; holding sword in left hand.
- Atsina Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Crow Flies High.
- [188-?]
- Crow Flies High, Gros Ventre, similar view
- Crow Flies High, Gros Ventre, 1/2 length seated studio portrait; wearing feather headdress, short beaded necklace, decorated shirt, and unbraided hair.
- Atsina Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Crow Flies High.
- [188?]
- Gros Ventre Group Picture - Black Owl seated (on left), Mary standing, unidentified Indian seated, full length
- Gros Ventre group portrait. Includes Black Owl, seated at left; Mary, standing; and an unidentified Indian male, seated at right. Both males wear a feather in hair, braids, and are wrapped in blankets; Mary wears braids, necklace and beaded...
- Atsina Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Women--1880-1890.; Black Owl.
- [188?]
- Mary, Gros Ventre, standing behind two unidentified Indian women, full length
- Mary, Gros Ventre, full length studio portrait with painted backdrop standing behind two unidentified seated Native Americans (one holding a child); Mary wears necklace and seashell beading on shirt; two others wrapped in blankets around shoulders...
- Atsina Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Women--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Children--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Mary, Atsina Indian.
- [188-?]
- Freckles
- Two girls dressed in costumes sit side by side at a table at the Aurora Public Library in Aurora, Colorado. One girl wears a dress with a dark bodice and polka-dotted, puffed sleeves and skirt. Her hair is pulled back from her face and a large...
- Aurora Public Library (Aurora, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Aurora (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Girls--Colorado--Aurora--1960-1970.; Interiors--1960-1970.; Libraries--Colorado--Aurora--1960-1970.
- 1962
- Baby Doe Tabor
- Portrait of Elizabeth Bonduel McCourt "Baby Doe" Tabor, second wife of millionaire Horace Tabor. Her hair is curled in an upsweep style. She wears earrings, a necklace with a matching broach, and a yellow dress with a low neckline.
- Baby Doe, d. 1935.
- 1935
- We'wha weaving belt
- We'wha, a Native American (Zuni), sits and weaves a belt on a backstrap loom, Zuni Pueblo, New Mexico. We'wha is a berdache, a man who prefers women's work and adopts female dress; he is dressed as a woman and wears a woven manta, moccasins, and...
- Berdaches--New Mexico--Zuni--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--New Mexico--Zuni--1880-1890.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Zuni--1880-1890.; Zuni Indians--Arts & crafts--New Mexico--Zuni--1880-1890.; Zuni (N.M.)--1880-1890.; Cross dressing--New...
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Indian boy and his dog
- A young Native American Ute man with wrapped braids, wearing leggings, and a necklace, holds his dog around the neck in one hand and a bow and arrows in the other, western slope Wasatch Mountains, Utah.
- Bow and arrow--Utah--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--Utah--1870-1880.; Uinta Indians--Clothing & dress--Utah--1870-1880.; Ute Indians--Utah--1870-1880.; Wasatch Range (Utah and Idaho)--1870-1880.; Dogs--Utah--1870-1880.
- [between 1871 and 1875]
- Portrait of children
- Studio portrait of a boy and a girl. The boy leans on a faux wall and wears a pleated jacket over a shirt with a rounded collar, and a scarf tied in a bow around the neck. The girl has bangs and long hair, holds a bouquet of flowers and wears drop...
- Boys--1890-1910.; Girls--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Zuni and Navajo jewelry
- Several pieces of Native American (Zuni and Navajo) jewelry: sand cast bracelets, a concho belt, a squash blossom necklace, Zuni inlaid bracelet and needlepoint bracelet, and bead necklaces (heishi).
- Bracelets--1960-1970.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1960-1970.; Pueblo Indians--Arts & crafts--1960-1970.; Zuni Indians--Arts & crafts--1960-1970.; Jewelry--1960-1970.; Necklaces--1960-1970.
- 1961
- Embroidered shawl Navajo belt & necklace and 2 decorated bridles
- Display of Native American handmade objects include; fully beaded shawl with triangle and diamond designs and fringe (Ute); bridles with silver conchas; silver concha belt; necklace with silver beads and crosses (Navajo).
- Bridles--1890-1930.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1890-1930.; Navajo Indians--Arts & crafts--1890-1930.; Ute Indians--Arts & crafts--1890-1930.; Belts (Clothing)--1890-1930.; Handicraft--1890-1930.; Jewelry--1890-1930.
- [between 1890 and 1925?]
- Spotted Tail (Sin-te-ga-lis-ta) Chief of Brule Sioux
- Spotted Tail (Sinte Galeshka), his wife, and daughter, Native American (Brule Sioux) man and women, pose outdoors. Each person is wrapped in a blanket. Spotted Tail's daughter wears a hair pipe necklace and a dress decorated with teeth.
- Brulé Indians--1860-1880.; Dakota Indians--1860-1880.; Indians of North America--1860-1880.; Families--1860-1880.; Tribal chiefs--1860-1880.; Women--1860-1880.; Spotted Tail, 1823-1881--Family.; Spotted Tail, 1823-1881.
- [between 1869 and 1878]
- Stella Yellow Shirt and baby
- Studio portrait (sitting) of Stella Yellow Shirt and her baby, a Native American (Brule Sioux) woman and child. Stella Yellow Shirt wears a hair pipe necklace and a dress decorated with elk teeth.
- Brulé Indians--1890-1900.; Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Mothers & children--1890-1900.; Women--1890-1900.; Yellow Shirt, Stella.
- 1899
- Lakota Sioux man
- Studio portrait (sitting) of a Native American (Brulé Sioux) man. He wears a beaded and fringed shirt, a bead and shell necklace, and feathers in his hair.
- Brulé Indians--1900-1920.; Dakota Indians--1900-1920.; Indians of North America--1900-1920.
- [between 1950 and 1970?]
- Cute, isn't she? Yvonne Mason
- An African American girl, identified as Yvonne Mason, poses on the grounds of Camp Nizhoni in Lincoln Hills (Gilpin County), Colorado. She wears a large check-patterned blouse and shorts with a necklace, bracelet, watch and a ribbon headband.
- Camp Nizhoni (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Young Women's Christian Association (Denver, Colo.). Phyllis Wheatley Branch--People--1930-1940.; African Americans--Colorado--Lincoln Hills--1930-1940.; Lincoln Hills (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Girls--Colorado--Lincoln...
- 1936
- Nick Black Elk and family, Catholic catechist
- Group studio portrait of a Native American (Oglala Sioux) man, identified as Black Elk, his wife, and his daughter, Lucy Looks Twice. Black Elk wears a suit, his wife wears a long dress decorated with elk's teeth and a hair pipe necklace, and his...
- Catechists--1890-1910.; Dakota Indians--1890-1910.; Indians of North America--1890-1910.; Oglala Indians--1890-1910.; Families--1890-1910.; Black Elk, 1863-1950--Family.; Black Elk, 1863-1950.; Lucy Looks Twice.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]