Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Black Coal
- Photomechanical reproduction of an engraving of Black Coal, a Native American (Arapaho) man. He holds a wooden pipe. He wears a vest, a watch chain, a hair pipe choker, and fur pelts over his braids.
- Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Kiowa Indians--1880-1890.; Black Coal.
- March, 1880
- Friday
- Photomechanical reproduction of an engraving of Friday, a Native American (Arapaho) man. He holds a wooden pipe. He wears a suit and a scarf over one of his braids.
- Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Kiowa Indians--1880-1890.; Friday.
- March, 1880
- Hank Enrique Roybal 11th Street.
- Hank Enrique Roybal sits on the front steps of the porch at his home on 11th Street, in the Auraria neighborhood in Denver, Colorado. He has his hair cut short and wears a polo shirt and jeans with the bottoms rolled into cuffs. The wood frame...
- Porches.; Teenagers.; Roybal, Hank Enrique--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Hispanic American teenage boys--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Auraria (Denver,...
- [1953?]
- Viola Roybal Ford front St. Cajetan's Grade School.
- Viola Roybal Ford poses on the steps of St. Cajetan's Grade School with her diploma in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado.
- Alumni & alumnae.; Women.; Ford, Viola Roybal--Pictorial works.; Elementary school graduates--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.;...
- 1953
- Washington
- Reproduction of an engraving of Washington, a Native American (Arapaho) man. He wears a vest, a tie and a hat with a feather plume.
- Arapaho Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Washington, Arapaho Indian.
- March, 1880
- 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
- Satanta
- Photomechanical reproduction of an engraving of Satanta, a Native American (Kiowa) man. He wears a military uniform coat with epaulets, a leather bandolier, and a medal on a ribbon around his neck.
- Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Kiowa Indians--1870-1880.; Satanta, Kiowa Chief, ca. 1815-1878.
- [between 1880 and 1910]
- On the cattle range what's the show for a Christmas dinner, chief?
- A man with fur chaps, gauntlets and a wide brimmed hat, holds the reins of his horse and stands in front of a Native American man at the entrance to a tepee. Shows a tomahawk on the ground and tepees at a camp in snowy woods.
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Cowboys--1890-1900.; Horses--1890-1900.; Indian encampments--1890-1900.; Tipis--1890-1900.
- 1890 December 20
- Within the kiva
- Reproduction of a drawing; interior of pueblo kiva with nude Native American (Hopi) men and women performing a religious ceremony, shows birds on sticks and a fire.
- Hopi Indians--Spiritual life--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--1890-1900.; Rites & ceremonies--1890-1900.
- [between 1895 and 1925?]
- Trio of dancers
- Photomechanical reproduction of Native American (Hopi) snake dancers dressed in body paint; blanket kilts with buckskin; fringed buckskin boots; necklaces and feathers. One dancer has a snake in his mouth, Hopi Indian Reservation, Arizona.
- Hopi Indians--Dance--Arizona--1890-1930.; Indians of North America--Arizona--1890-1930.; Pueblo Indians--Arizona--1890-1930.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1890-1930.; Snake dance--Arizona--1890-1930.
- [between 1895 and 1925?]
- Snake Dance at Mishongnovi
- Reproduction of a painting; Native American (Hopi) snake dancers at the Mishongnovi Pueblo, Arizona. Dancers wear feathers, face and body paint, armbands and necklaces, kilts. They carry sticks and snakes; a crowd of spectators stand by.
- Hopi Indians--Dance--Arizona--Mishongnovi--1890-1930.; Indians of North America--Arizona--Mishongnovi--1890-1930.; Pueblo Indians--Arizona--Mishongnovi--1890-1930.; Snake dance--Arizona--Mishongnovi--1890-1930.
- [between 1895 and 1925?]
- A nearer view of Gimry
- Photomechanical reproduction of a photograph by George Kennan shows multi-story buildings, probably in the Middle East, that resemble (Native American) Pueblos in New Mexico.
- Buildings--1910-1920.; Pueblos--1910-1920.
- [1918?]
- An architectural triumph: Machu Picchu
- Photomechanical reproduction of a photograph by Hiram Bingham shows stone masonry building ruins around the Sacred Plaza at Machu Picchu, Peru.
- Incas--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Peru--1890-1920.; Indians of South America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Peru--1890-1920.; Machu Picchu Site (Peru)--1890-1920.; Archaeological sites--Peru--1890-1920.
- [1918?]
- A Mellin's food Hopi baby, Oraibi, Arizona
- Native American (Hopi) woman leans over and stands up a large baby with her hands under his arms, Oraibi Pueblo, Arizona.
- Hopi Indians--Children--Arizona--Oraibi--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--Arizona--Oraibi--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Women--Arizona--Oraibi--1910-1920.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1910-1920.; Oraibi (Ariz.)--1910-1920.;...
- [between 1911 and 1920?]
- Country home Senator Barela
- View of Colorado Senator Casimiro Barela's country home in El Moro (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows a house with gabled roofs and an small cabin. Men and women pose near the house and near horse drawn carriages. Senator Barela poses right...
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1900-1910.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1900-1910.; El Moro (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Legislators.; Houses.; Barela, Casimiro--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- [1902]
- Young Ladies Sodality meeting St. Cajetan's Catholic Church.
- Members of the Young Ladies Sodality pose for a group portrait in at St. Cajetan's Catholic Church, 1190 Ninth (9th) Street, in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. They are identified as: back row: Ida Navarez, Marion Salas, Magdalena...
- St. Cajetan's Church (Auraria, Denver, Colo.)--People--1950-1960.; Catholic churches.; Interiors.; Teenagers.; St. Cajetan's Church (Auraria, Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Confraternities--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- 1951
- May crowning, Young Ladies Sodality meeting St. Cajetan's Catholic Church.
- Mexican Americans Frances Roybal, Sadie Gomez, and Marion Salas, members of the Young Ladies Sodality crown the statue of the Virgin Mary on May Day in Saint Cajetan's Catholic Church, 1190 Ninth (9th) Street, in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver,...
- Catholic Church--Rites & ceremonies--1950-1960.; St. Cajetan's Church (Auraria, Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Catholic churches.; Interiors.; Rites & ceremonies.; Teenagers.; Women.; Catholic Church--Liturgy--Pictorial works.; St. Cajetan's Church...
- 1952
- Parrott City, County Seat of La Plata County, Colo., June, 1881
- Reproduction of painting shows panoramic view overlooking the town of Richmond (Parrott City), Colorado in La Plata County.
- Parrott City (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [1881?]
- Mary Hallock Foote American Writer of Fiction
- Pioneer author Mary Hallock Foote (1847-1938) gazes down as she poses for a head and shoulders studio portrait. She wears a kimono-style dress with puffed sleeves.
- Authors--1880-1900.; Foote, Mary Hallock 1847-1938.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Ki-e-te-day, a Laguna maiden, from the Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico, she is wearing a Navajo blanket and Navajo silver ornaments
- Portrait of Ki-e-te-day, a Native American Laguna Pueblo woman wearing a Navajo blanket and silver armbands, bracelets and necklaces.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Laguna--1900-1910.; Laguna Indians--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Women--New Mexico--Laguna--1900-1910.; Laguna (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Ki-e-te-day.
- October 1906?
- "Lo, the poor indian," - a company of Ute braves
- Reproduction of a lithograph shows a portrait of Native American Utes standing and sitting in two rows.
- Indians of North America--1820-1830.; Ute Indians--1820-1830.
- [1826]
- Chief Wets It Assinniboine [sic]
- Reproduction of a head and shoulders portrait of Chief Wets It, Native American man (Assiniboine) wearing a headdress and face paint, wrapped in a blanket and holding a shield.
- Assiniboine Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Tribal chiefs--1890-1900.; Wets it, Assiniboine Chief.
- 1898
- 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?]
- Little Crow, a Sioux chief and leader of the Indian massacre of 1862, in Minnesota
- Sitting portrait of a Native American (Santee Sioux) chief, identified as Little Crow. He wears a blanket around his waist, a suit coat over a light colored shirt, and a neck scarf.
- Dakota Indians--1860-1870.; Indians of North America--1860-1870.; Santee Indians--1860-1870.; Little Crow, d. 1863.
- 1862
- Whites posed as Native Americans
- Reproduction of a pencil drawing is a head and shoulders portrait of an unidentified white woman posing in Native American clothing. She wears a fringed hide shirt, a bead necklace, and an eagle feather headdress.
- Indians of North America--Performances & portrayals--1910-1920.; Impersonation--1910-1920.; Women--1910-1920.
- 1912
- 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]
- Whites posed as Native Americans
- Reproduction of a pencil drawing is a head and shoulders portrait of an unidentified white woman posing in Native American clothing. She wears a fringed hide shirt with decorative beadwork on the shoulders, a bead necklace, braids, and a feather in...
- Indians of North America--Performances & portrayals--1910-1920.; Impersonation--1910-1920.; Women--1910-1920.
- 1912
- Whites posed as Native Americans
- Reproduction of a pencil drawing. A head and shoulders portrait of an unidentified white woman posing in Native American clothing. She wears a fringed hide shirt with decorative beadwork on the neck and shoulders, braids, a bead headband, and...
- Indians of North America--Performances & portrayals--1910-1920.; Impersonation--1910-1920.; Women--1910-1920.
- 1911
- Whites posed as Native Americans
- Reproduction of a hand touched photograph shows a head and chest portrait of an unidentified white woman posing in Native American clothing. She wears a bead necklace, a hide shirt with decorative beadwork along the neckline, long braids, and a...
- Indians of North America--Performances & portrayals--1910-1920.; Impersonation--1910-1920.; Women--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920]
- Whites posed as Native Americans
- Reproduction of a hand touched photograph shows a head and chest portrait of an unidentified white woman posing in Native American clothing. She wears bead necklaces, a fringed hide shirt, long braids, and a thin headband with a feather in the...
- Indians of North America--Performances & portrayals--1910-1920.; Impersonation--1910-1920.; Women--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920]
- Whites posed as Native Americans
- Reproduction of a pencil drawing is a head and shoulders portrait of an unidentified white woman posing in Native American clothing. She wears a fringed hide shirt, bound pony tails, and a headdress.
- Indians of North America--Performances & portrayals--1910-1920.; Impersonation--1910-1920.; Women--1910-1920.
- 1911
- Red Cloud, Ogalalla Sioux Indian
- Portrait of Red Cloud, (Makhpia-sha, or Maqpeya-luta) Native American Oglala Sioux (Lakota), wearing a feather headdress and buckskin coat with fringe.
- Indians of North America--1890-1910.; Oglala Indians--1890-1910.; Tribal chiefs--1890-1910.; Red Cloud, 1822-1909.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Plenty Horses, Slayer of Lieutenant Edward Casey, U. S. A.
- Head and shoulders portrait of Plenty Horses, a Native American Sioux man, wearing a neck scarf.
- Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Tribal chiefs--1890-1900.; Plenty Horses, d. 1933.
- 1891
- Custer's last battle, "boots and saddles"
- General Custer's Seventh Cavalrymen in uniforms in tall boots, rifles, and securing saddles for the battle with Native American Lakota Sioux, Crow, Northern, and Cheyenne, Little Bighorn Battlefield, June 26, 1876, Little Bighorn River, Montana.
- Cheyenne Indians--War--Montana--1870-1880.; Crow Indians--War--Montana--1870-1880.; Dakota Indians--War--Montana--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--War--Montana--1870-1880.; Teton Indians--War--Montana--1870-1880.;...
- January 1892
- Operations of the war chief when on a war excursion
- Native American Sioux symbolic drawing depicts several figures, weapons, and tepees.
- Dakota Indians--1850-1860.; Indians of North America--1860-1870.; Symbols--1850-1860.
- [1864?]
- The world and two gods of the weather
- A Native American Sioux symbolic drawing depicts several figures, birds, animals, and a tepee.
- Dakota Indians--1850-1860.; Indians of North America--1860-1870.; Symbols--1850-1860.
- [1864?]
- Custer's last charge
- General Custer on horseback with sword in hand during the the battle against Native American Lakota Sioux, Crow, Northern, and Cheyenne, Little Bighorn Battlefield, June 26, 1876, Little Bighorn River, Montana.
- Cheyenne Indians--Montana--1870-1880.; Crow Indians--Montana--1870-1880.; Dakota Indians--Montana--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--Montana--1870-1880.; Teton Indians--Montana--1870-1880.; Campaigns & battles--Montana--1870-1880.; Custer,...
- [1886?]
- Apache mother and child, Apache scout
- An outdoor portrait of a Native American Apache woman wrapped in a blanket with a baby on her back and a portrait of a squatting Apache scout holding a cigarette, wearing a head scarf, vest, trousers with ammunition belt and handgun holster.
- Apache Indians--1890-1910.; Indians of North America--1890-1910.; Infants--1890-1910.; Mothers & children--1890-1910.; Smoking--1890-1910.; Women--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Navajo sweat house
- Native American (Navajo) men stand near a camp fire and hold an animal skin. A blanket covered hogan (sweat lodge) is nearby.
- Indians of North America--1900-1920.; Navajo Indians--1900-1920.; Sweatbaths--1900-1920.
- [between 1907 and 1920?]
- Rain-in-the-Face
- Portrait (sitting, 3/4) of Rain in the Face, a Native American (Sioux) man. He wears a blanket, medal, fur pelts over his braids, and a feather in his hair.
- Dakota Indians--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Rain in the Face, ca. 1835-1905.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Situation of Indian tents and the 3rd Colorado Regiment at the beginning of the Sand Creek fight
- A drawing shows the relative locations of Native American (Cheyenne) tepees and the members of the Third Colorado Regiment at the start of the battle at Sand Creek, Colorado.
- Cheyenne Indians--Colorado--1860-1870.; Indians of North America--Colorado--1860-1870.; Massacres--Colorado--1860-1870.; Sand Creek Massacre, Colo., 1864.
- [between 1864 and 1880?]
- Indian marauders
- Two Native American men on horseback prepare to kill a head of beef with spears. As wild buffalo populations dwindled, the U. S. government issued cattle to Native Americans which they would slaughter in a traditional fashion and use for food.
- Indians of North America--1880-1910.; Horseback riding--1880-1910.; Hunting--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Donald Fletcher
- Portrait of Donald Fletcher, a wealthy real estate investor from Denver, Colorado.
- Business people--1890-1900.; Fletcher, Donald.
- [1895]
- Colorado cattle drive
- Hand colored panoramic view of Hereford cows, heifers, and steers along the Front Range in (probably) Colorado. Some of the livestock drink from a stream or ditch; cowboys on horses look on; plains are in the background.
- Front Range (Colo. and Wyo.)--1900-1930.; Cattle herding--Colorado--1900-1930.; Cowboys--Colorado--1900-1930.
- [between 1900 and 1930?]
- View in Chestnut Street
- Pedestrians walk on a sidewalk and on Chestnut Street in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado. Shows horse-drawn carriages and men with tools.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1910.; City & town life--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1910.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- View in Harrison Avenue
- View of Harrison Avenue in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado. Shows wood frame houses, log cabins, and a well with a wooden cover. People are in the street.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- The arm of the law in the west
- Men sit on the floor or at a table in a log cabin. A man in chaps and spurs wears handcuffs and stands in front of a man in a suit who holds a pipe and sits in a rocking chair. Shows papers scattered on the table and floor, and a man in a Mounties...
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Cowboys--1900-1910.; Judicial proceedings--1900-1910.; Police--1900-1910.; Prisoners--1900-1910.
- 1909, August 7
- The Ghost Dance by the Ogallala Sioux at Pine Ridge Agency, Dakota
- Native American (Dakota, Ogalala) men and women stand in a row and perform the Ghost Dance at the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. One man who is possibly in a trance has braids and a hair pipe breast plate, and dances apart from the...
- Dakota Indians--Dance--Dance--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Dance--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Oglala Indians--Dance--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (S.D.)--1890-1900.; Ceremonial dancers--Dance--South...
- 1890 December 6
- Among the Moki Indians, the Snake Dance
- Native American (Pueblo, Hopi) men, Antelope or Snake Priests, perform the Snake Dance in Walpi, First Mesa, Arizona. The men wear aprons or skirts decorated with fringe and animal pelts, face paint, feather headdresses and squash blossom...
- Hopi Indians--Dance--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Spiritual life--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Dance--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Walpi (Ariz.)--1890-1900.;...
- 1896 August 15
- An achievement of the medal of honor
- Sergeant Edward P. Grimes, Troop F, Fifth Cavalry, runs in full military uniform with a bundle of ammunition during a battle at Milk Creek in Rio Blanco County, Colorado. Shows Native American (Ute) Indians on horseback with weapons. A buffalo...
- Indians of North America--War--Colorado--Rio Blanco County--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--War--Colorado--Rio Blanco County--1910-1920.; Rio Blanco County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Ammunition--Colorado--Rio Blanco County--1910-1920.; Campaigns &...
- 1912 July 13