Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- 10th Mountain Division ski trooper
- Photomechanical reproduction of a painting shows a ski trooper with the 10th Light Division (Alpine) [later renamed the 10th Mountain Division] kneeling in snow and holding a rifle. He has on skis and wears dark snow goggles and a winter jump suit...
- World War, 1939-1945--American--Campaigns & battles.; Ski Troopers--American--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Saturday evening post.
- 1943
- State Normal School, Greeley, Colo.
- Women stand at the entrance to the Cranford Hall building on the State Normal School (later University of Northern Colorado) campus in Greeley (Weld County), Colorado. The four-story brick classroom, library and administration building has a hipped...
- State Normal School of Colorado (Greeley, Colo.)--Buildings--1890-1920.; Greeley (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Students--Colorado--Greeley--1890-1920.; Teachers' colleges--Colorado--Greeley--1890-1920.; Women--Colorado--Greeley--1890-1920.
- [between 1895 and 1911]
- Pike's Peak from Colorado City, Col.
- Photomontage of Pike's Peak from Colorado City (El Paso County), Colorado. Probably Fountain Creek is nearby. The photomontage also includes a portrait of Zebulon Pike.
- El Paso County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fountain Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mountains--Colorado--El Paso County--1900-1910.; Streams--Colorado--El Paso County--1900-1910.; Pike, Zebulon Montgomery, 1779-1813.
- 1907
- Town of Red Mountain Ouray, Co. Colorado Red Mountain, Ouray County, Colorado.
- Reproduction shows Red Mountain, Ouray County, Colorado, with traffic, people, and businesses.
- Red Mountain (Ouray County, Colo. : Town)--1890-1900.
- 1891
- Corner of 15th & Arapahoe
- View of the corner of 15th (Fifteenth) and Arapahoe streets in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Snakes
- Drawing from a photo by George Wharton James.; Reproduction of a drawing; snake kiva for a Native American (Hopi) snake dance at Walpi Pueblo, Arizona.
- Hopi Indians--Structures--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1930.; Indians of North America--Structures--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1930.; Pueblo Indians--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1930.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1890-1930.; Kivas--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1930.;...
- [between 1897 and 1925?]
- Basket weaver
- Native American (Hopi) woman weaving a basket with several baskets around her; she wears a manta with a long-sleeve shirt, Hopi Indian Reservation, Arizona.
- Hopi Indians--Women--Arizona--1890-1930.; Indians of North America--Arizona--1890-1930.; Pueblo Indians--Arts & crafts--Arizona--1890-1930.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1890-1930.; Basket making--Arizona--1890-1930.
- [between 1895 and 1925?]
- A Moki Interior
- Reproduction of a photograph by Adam Clark Vroman; interior of a Hopi pueblo room, Hopi Indian Reservation, Arizona, with two Native American (Hopi) women; both wear mantas and sit with several metates. A flask hangs on a beam; a display of dolls...
- Hopi Indians--Women--Arizona--1890-1930.; Indians of North America--Arizona--1890-1930.; Metates--Arizona--1890-1930.; Pueblo Indians--Arizona--1890-1930.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1890-1930.
- [between 1895 and 1925?]
- A Hopi matron preparing corn for the mill stone
- Reproduction of a painting; Native American (Hopi) woman prepares corn on a metate. Behind her is an adobe building, ristras, and pottery.
- Hopi Indians--Women--1890-1930.; Indians of North America--1890-1930.; Pueblo Indians--Domestic life--1890-1930.
- [between 1895 and 1925?]
- Oraibi girls grinding corn
- Native American (Hopi) girls grind corn with metates on a table, Hopi Indian Reservation, Arizona. Both have side whorl hairstyles and wear mantas with long sleeve shirts and shawls.
- Hopi Indians--Women--Arizona--1890-1930.; Indians of North America--Arizona--1890-1930.; Metates--Arizona--1890-1930.; Pueblo Indians--Domestic life--Arizona--1890-1930.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1890-1930.; Home food...
- [between 1895 and 1925?]
- The blanket weaver
- Reproduction of a lithograph; Native American (Navajo) blanket weaver works at a loom.
- Indians of North America--1890-1930.; Navajo Indians--Arts & crafts--1890-1930.; Looms--1890-1930.; Weaving--1890-1930.
- [between 1895 and 1925?]
- Participants taking the emetic at Walpi
- Native American (Hopi) snake dancers in body paint and kilts stand or lean over the side of a cliff vomiting; white men in shirts, pants, boots and hats look on, Walpi Pueblo, Arizona. Spectators sit on buildings.
- Hopi Indians--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1930.; Indians of North America--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1930.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1890-1930.; Walpi (Ariz.)--1890-1930.; Snake dance--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1930.; Spectators--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1930.
- [between 1895 and 1925?]
- Corn carrier
- Native American (Hopi) man uses a head band to carry a large bundle of corn stalks, he wears a kilt.
- Hopi Indians--1890-1930.; Indians of North America--1890-1930.; Pueblo Indians--1890-1930.; Agricultural laborers--1890-1930.
- [between 1895 and 1925?]
- Covered wagon
- A four wheel covered wagon, with a team of horses, crosses a desert landscape, shows luggage tied to the back, wheel ruts on the ground.
- Covered wagons--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920?]
- Jedediah Smith The great explorers
- Jedediah Smith in a line of men on horseback, riding against the wind and dust, impression of mesas in the background.
- Horseback riding--1810-1830.; Smith, Jedediah Strong, 1799-1831.
- [between 1890 and 1920?]
- "I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills" : Illustrating the one hundred and twenty-first Psalm
- Woman wears a long dress with a shawl over her head and shoulders, her arm around a girl in a long belted dress and sandals. They stand on steps next to a wall in a stone, pueblo like dwelling with mountains in background.
- Women--Israel--1900-1910.
- [between 1906 and 1920?]
- The day of law
- Native American (Hopi) man sits crossleg on a mesa, a small fire in front of him, overlooking a valley. He wears a loin cloth and a knife on his belt, a feather on his head.
- Hopi Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--1900-1910.
- [1906?]
- Castle of the Kaid of Glawa, Atlas Mountains
- Castle of the Kaid of Glawa, multi-story structure with walls and towers, in the Atlas Mountains, Morocco, North Africa.
- Atlas Mountains--1880-1900.; Castles & palaces--Morocco--1880-1900.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- She led him up the ancient stairway
- A Native American (Hopi) couple hold hands and walk up a trail between natural rock walls. The woman wears a long, dark, fringed dress, the man appears to carry a shield on his back.
- Hopi Indians--Women--1900-1920.; Indians of North America--1900-1920.; Pueblo Indians--1900-1920.
- [between 1900-1920?]
- Hopi man at Grand Canyon
- Native American (Hopi) man in a loincloth, stands on an outcropping overlooking the Grand Canyon, Arizona. One arm is outstretched.
- Hopi Indians--Arizona--1900-1920.; Indians of North America--Arizona--1900-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Arizona--1900-1920.; Grand Canyon (Ariz.)--1900-1920.
- [between 1905 and 1913?]
- And reached his hands to his brothers-the stars
- Side view of a Native American (Hopi) man, in a loincloth and headband, standing on a rock with both arms stretched out above his head.
- Hopi Indians--1900-1920.; Indians of North America--1900-1920.; Pueblo Indians--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Antelope altar at Mishongnovi
- Native American (Hopi) antelope altar shows sandpainting, clay pedestals, crooks (ceremonial bows), antelope tiponi, medicine bowl, corn stalks, rattles, basket, water gourds, and ears of corn; Mishongnovi pueblo, Arizona.
- Hopi Indians--Spiritual life--Arizona--Mishongnovi--1900-1920.; Indians of North America--Arizona--Mishongnovi--1900-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Arizona--Mishongnovi--1900-1920.; Altars--Arizona--Mishongnovi--1900-1920.; Rites &...
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Antelope altar at Walpi
- Native American (Hopi) antelope altar shows sandpainting; clay pedestals and crooks (ceremonial bows) around painting, water gourds, corn stalks, baskets, medicine bowl, rattles; Walpi pueblo, Arizona.
- Hopi Indians--Spiritual life--Arizona--Walpi--1900-1920.; Indians of North America--Arizona--Walpi--1900-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Arizona--Walpi--1900-1920.; Altars--Arizona--Mishongnovi--1900-1920.; Rites & ceremonies--Arizona--Walpi--1900-1920.;...
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Circular room in Mancos Cañon
- A Man stands by kiva ruins at Anasazi Native American cliff dwellings, Mesa Verde National Park, in Mancos Canyon, Montezuma County, Colorado. Shows rock wall of canyon.
- Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Colorado--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Colorado --1910-1920.; Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Archaeological sites--Colorado--1910-1920.;...
- [between 1912 and 1920?]
- Mancos canyon [sic] Aztec
- Three women, in white dresses, pose by the stone wall ruins of the Aztec Ruins cliff dwellings, San Juan Couny, New Mexico.
- Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--New Mexico--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--New Mexico--1910-1920.; Aztec Ruins National Monument (N.M.)--1910-1920.; Archaeological sites--New...
- [between 1912 and 1920?]
- Cliff house in Mancos cañon
- A man, possibly an archeologist, poses in front of cliff dwelling ruins in Mancos Canyon, Colorado. Shows Native American Anasazi stone wall ruins, vegetation, and rock cliff walls.
- Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Colorado--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Colorado --1910-1920.; Archaeological sites--Colorado--1910-1920.; Cliff dwellings--Colorado--1910-1920.
- [between 1912 and 1920?]
- Pueblo Indian dance at Taos, N. M.
- Native American (Taos) dancers wear feathers, body paint, kilts, necklaces, leg bells, and moccasins for San Geronimo Day in Taos Pueblo, New Mexico. The men dance in a single line and carry gourd rattles in their hands. In the background,...
- Indian dance--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1900-1910.; San Geronimo Fiesta (Taos Pueblo, N.M.)--1900-1910.; Taos Indians--Dance--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1900-1910.; Taos Pueblo...
- [1902?]
- Colorado Springs map
- View of a bird's eye map of Colorado Springs, Colorado City, and Manitou (El Paso County), Colorado.
- Maps--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1870-1880.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1870-1880.
- 1874
- Large group of Cheyenne Indians, Wild West Show
- A photomechanical reproduction of a stereographic view; shows a group of Native American (Cheyenne) men, women, and children as they pose on a sidewalk near a building. The men all wear feather headdresses and fur pelts over their braids. The women...
- Cheyenne Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Headdresses--1900-1910.; Children--1900-1910.; Women--1900-1910.
- 1901
- Quanah Parker
- Head and shoulders portrait of Chief Quanah Parker, a Native American Comanche chief led the last tribe in the Staked Plain to come into the reservation system. Parker wears a buckskin shirt with a neck scarf and animal fur wrapped braids.
- Comanche Indians--1870-1890.; Indians of North America--1870-1890.; Tribal chiefs--1870-1890.; Parker, Quanah, 1845?-1911.
- [between 1940 an 1970?]
- Modern Comanche
- Reproduction of a 1890 painting of a Native American Comanche on horseback along a windy trail. The Comanche man wears a feather in his hair, shirt with neck scarf, blanket around his leggings and has rifle in his saddle.
- Comanche Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Conjuring back the buffalo
- A Native American Sioux man wearing leggings stands on a slope with buffalo skulls; he raises a skull above his head.
- Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Shamans--1890-1900.
- 1892
- Dr. Carlos Montezuma as a boy in the Apache Indian camp, Arizona
- Head and shoulders portrait of Native American Apache Dr. Carlos Montezuma as a young boy, he wears a fringed buckskin.
- Apache Indians--1890-1910.; Indians of North America--1890-1910.; Boys--1890-1910.; Physicians--1890-1910.; Montezuma, Carlos, 1866-1923.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Colorado the late Ute outbreak and massacre at the White River Agency
- Native Americans (Ute), Ouray, Jack, Piah, and Sarah; Douglass, a white man, a saddle, and a beaded necklace.
- Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Ute Indians--1870-1880.; Women--1870-1880.
- 1879 November 15
- Title page of the Wheeler album
- Title page from the Wheeler album reads: "Photographs showing landscapes, geological and other features, of portions of the western territory of the United States. Obtained in connection with Geographical and Geological Explorations and Surveys...
- Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.)
- 1876
- From Point Sublime, Colorado
- Panoramic view of telegraph lines and poles, trees on a rocky ridge and Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway tracks at Point Sublime in El Paso County, Colorado. Shows buildings in Colorado Springs, the Broadmoor Hotel and Casino,...
- Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway--1900-1910.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Point Sublime (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Cliffs--Colorado--El...
- 1901
- Church of San Miguel at Santa Fe oldest Pueblo [sic] church antedates landing of Pilgrims.
- View of the San Miguel Mission (Church, Chapel) at 401 Old Santa Fe Trail in Santa Fe (Santa Fe County), New Mexico. The church is constructed of adobe and has buttresses, battlements, and a stone retaining wall. Logs help prop up an adobe wall....
- Mission San Miguel (Santa Fe, N.M.)--1880-1890.; African Americans--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1880-1890.; Spanish Americans--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1880-1890.; Santa Fe (N.M.)--1880-1890.; Adobe buildings--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1880-1890.; Boys--New...
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Ruby Castles, Canyon of the Grand, Utah
- A Denver & Rio Grande railway train makes its way along the Colorado River in Ruby Canyon, in Utah. Sandstone cliffs and vegetation flank the water.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company--1880-1890.; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1880-1890.; Ruby Canyon (Colo. and Utah)--1880-1890.; Canyons--1880-1890.; Railroad locomotives--Utah--1880-1890.; Railroads--Utah--1880-1890.; Rivers--1880-1890.
- 1900
- State insane asylum, at the Pueblos
- An illustration depicting an exterior view of Colorado's insane asylum, the Colorado State Hospital, in Pueblo, Colorado shows the four- story hippped cross gable roof with roof cresting and towers with hipped roofs.
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hospitals--Colorado--Pueblo--1880-1890.; Mental institutions--Colorado--Pueblo--1880-1890.
- [between 1887 and 1888?]
- Saint Bartholomew's Episcopal Chapel
- St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Chapel in Estes Park, Colorado, is a one-story brick and stone building with a gable roof. A peaked roof is over the entrance, and a large simple wooden cross is in front. A sign reading "Saint Bartholomew's Episcopal...
- Estes Park (Colo.)--1950-1970.; Episcopal churches--Colorado--Estes Park--1950-1970.
- [between 1958 and 1970?]
- Colorado Springs map
- View of a bird's eye map of Colorado Springs, Colorado City, and Manitou (El Paso County), Colorado.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1870-1880--Maps.;
- 1874
- Colorado Fifteenth General Assembly
- Poster shows photo vignettes of members of the Colorado Fifteenth General Assembly. "Senators," "members of the "House of Representative 1905-1906," "Lieut. Gov. Arthur Cornworth," and "Three Governors in 24 Hours : Alva Adams, Ex. Gov, Jesse...
- Colorado. General Assembly--1900-1910.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1900-1910.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1900-1910.; Legislators.; Barela, Casimiro--Pictorial works.; Colorado. General Assembly--Pictorial works.; Mexican...
- [1905?]
- El Paso and South Western Depot, Tucson, Arizona
- View of the El Paso and Southwestern Railroad (Phelps Dodge Co.) depot in Tucson (Pima County), Colorado; the building has classical entablature and columns. People are by palm trees.
- El Paso and Southwestern Railroad Company--1910-1920.; Tucson (Ariz.)--1910-1920.; Railroad stations--Arizona--Tucson--1910-1920.
- [between 1913 and 1920?]
- Jamestown, Boulder County, the new mining center
- Reproduction of a drawing of the new mining community of Jamestown, Colorado, in Boulder County, shows buildings and mines situated in a narrow mountain valley. Miners work near a shaft in the foreground.
- Jamestown (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Jamestown--1880-1890.
- March 18, 1883
- The Horseshoe, from West Ouray, Colorado
- View of Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, and the Horseshoe, also called the Amphitheater. Town buildings are in the foreground.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Moki Indians Walpi Pueblo, Arizona Desert
- View, facing west, Walpi Pueblo, First Mesa, Arizona, shows pueblo houses and the side of the mesa; four adobe brick cisterns hold water at the base of the mesa.
- Cisterns--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.; Hopi Indians--Structures--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Walpi (Ariz.)--1890-1900.;...
- 1899
- Pueblo farmers watching their crops
- Cover of "Harper's Weekly A Journal of civilization, Vol. XXXIV.-No. 1763... New York, Saturday, October 4, 1890." Reproduction of a lithograph shows Native American Pueblo Indians by a branch-shelter and tilled fields.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--1890-1900.; Farms--New Mexico--1890-1900.
- 1890 October 4
- Christmas dance, Pueblo Indians, Espanola, New Mexico
- View of Native American (Pueblo) Matachines dancers; a man drums, costumes include feathers and headdresses.
- Indians of North America--Dance--New Mexico--Santa Clara Pueblo--1880-1910.; Matachines (Dance)--New Mexico--Santa Clara Pueblo--1880-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Dance--New Mexico--Santa Clara Pueblo--1880-1910.; Espanola (N.M.)--1880-1910.; Santa Clara...
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Indian buck and two daughters
- Portrait of Native Americans (Taos Pueblo) at Taos Pueblo, New Mexico, by an adobe wall; costume includes women's blanket and deerskin boots.
- Indians of North America--Women--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1880-1890.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1880-1890.; Taos Indians--1880-1890.; Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--1880-1890.; Fathers & children--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1880-1890.;...
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Pueblo indians, Taos, N. M.
- Portrait of a Native American (Taos Pueblo) adult and child at Taos Pueblo, New Mexico.
- Indians of North America--Children--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1880-1890.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1880-1890.; Taos Indians--1880-1890.; Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]