Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Bliss House
- McNulty House
- "Canon City" publicity shot
- Film star Scott Brady poses in handcuffs, with a man and several women dressed in prison uniforms and caps, near a United Air Lines airplane in (probably) Denver, Colorado. The women wear sashes that read: "Welcome Scott Brady, Star of "Canon...
- Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Actors--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Airplanes--American--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Publicity--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Brady, Scott, 1924-1985.; Canon City (Motion picture)
- [1948?]
- Ambassadors Club
- View of an Ambassadors Club function. A group of African American (Black) men in tuxedos stand in a line in a large public building in Denver, Colorado. The men wear sashes that read: "ambassadors" under their jackets.
- Ambassadors Club (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; African Americans--Organizations--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Clubs--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.
- [1955?]
- Ambassadors Club
- View of an Ambassadors Club function. Two African American (Black) men wear tuxedos and sashes that read: "Ambassadors," they stand in a house in Denver, Colorado. hors d'oeuvres and cocktails are on tables nearby.
- Ambassadors Club (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; African Americans--Organizations--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Clubs--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Parties--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.
- [1957?]
- An Indian communion
- Group portrait of Native American men and women in front of large tepees probably in Big Horn County, Montana; they wear shawls decorated with quillwork, feather headdresses, buckskins, ermine fringe, and beaded sashes. Many hold coup sticks.
- Indians of North America--1900-1920.; Clothing & dress--1900-1920.; Rodman Wanamaker Expedition.
- [between 1908 and 1913]
- Arabs
- A group of Arabs poses in the foreground in a dirt arena for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Ambrose Park in Brooklyn, New York. The men and young boys wear turbans and have sashes tied around their waists. They wear baggy pants. One man in the...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.; Arabs.
- [1894?]
- Ballet Chicano de Aztlán
- Teenage girls, members of the Ballet Chicano de Aztlán, a Chicano dance troop and part of the Crusade for Justice, dance in Mexican costumes on a stage, in front of a painted drop in Denver, Colorado. The girls are in two rows, the front row...
- Ballet Chicano de Aztlán--1970-1980.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1970-1980.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Dancers.; Girls.; Rifles.; Teenagers.; Ballet Chicano de Aztlán--Pictorial works.;...
- [1970]
- Buchtel House
- Canton - Odd Fellows at state meeting in Colo. Spgs.
- Members of the Independent Order of Oddfellows pose in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. Men's uniforms include brass buttonedtopcoats, sashes, white belts, calvary, bicorne, helmet and busby hats, medals, braiding and swords.
- Independent Order of Odd Fellows--1890-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890- 1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Canton Colfax No. 2 Colorado Spirngs
- Captain A. H. Waite and members of the Independent Order of Oddfellows pose in a line, in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. Men's uniforms include brass buttoned topcoats, sashes, white belts and gloves, bicorne hats, braiding and swords.
- Waite, A. H.; Independent Order of Odd Fellows--People--1890-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890- 1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Canton State Meeting at C. S.
- Members of the Independent Order of Oddfellows pose in a line, in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. Men's uniforms include brass buttoned topcoats, sashes, white belts and gloves, bicorne hats, braiding and swords. A standard reads:...
- Independent Order of Odd Fellows--1890-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890- 1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Carmelo parade
- Women participate in a parade in honor of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Denver, Colorado. They carry banners and flags and wear sashes, one of which reads: "President". Automobiles line the street.
- Italian Americans--Spiritual life--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Mount Carmel, Our Lady of.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Religious processions--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- 1873 Corbett, Hoye & Co.'s Directory of the City of Denver for 1873 Volume 1
- Central City 1890s. Funeral procession
- A long funeral procession led by a band walks down Main Street in Central City, Colorado, probably during the 1890s, possibly for Sheriff R. B. Williams who was fatally shot by Samuel Covington, a quartz hauler from Nevadaville, in April of 1896....
- Horse-drawn vehicles--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Sheriffs--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bands--1890-1900.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Funeral...
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Chief Buckskin Charlie and band of Ute Indians
- Group portrait of North American Indian (Ute) men, women, children, a baby, and white men. Buckskin Charlie, with fur wrapped braids, a hairpipe breastplate, concho belt and a feather in his hair, stands. The men wear hair pipe breastplates, beaded...
- Indians of North America--1870-1890.; Ute Indians--1870-1890.; Clothing & dress--1870-1890.; Women--1870-1890.; Buckskin Charlie, Ute Chief.
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- Chief Colorow, Captain Jack, Piah and others
- Group portrait of Native American men (Ute): Chief Colorow (with a felt hat on his knee); Captain Jack, left top row; and Piah, fourth from left on top row, pose in front of the B.H. Gurnsey studio in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado....
- Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Ute Indians--1870-1880.; Colorow, ca. 1810-1888.; Jack, Captain, Ute leader.; Piah, Ute Chief.
- [ca 1875?]
- Chief Two Moons addressing the council
- Native American Cheyenne Chief Two Moons (Ish Hayu Nishus) stands beside seated men next to a large tepee probably in Big Horn County, Montana; the men wear feather headdresses, hide shirts, beads, sashes, hair pipe breastplates, and ermine fringe....
- Cheyenne Indians--1900-1920.; Indians of North America--1900-1920.; Clothing & dress--1900-1920.; Headdresses--1900-1920.; Meetings--Montana--1900-1920.; Tribal chiefs--United States--1900-1920.; Two Moons, Cheyenne chief.; Rodman Wanamaker...
- [between 1908 and 1913]
- Chiefs on horses
- Native American men sit on horseback probably in Big Horn County, Montana; they wear beaded sashes, hide shirts with ermine tassels, and feather headdresses.
- Indians of North America--1900-1920.; Clothing & dress--1900-1920.; Headdresses--1900-1920.; Horseback riding--Montana.; Tribal leaders--United States--1900-1920.; Rodman Wanamaker Expedition.
- [between 1908 and 1913]
- Chippewa delegation
- Studio portrait of North American Indian (Chippewa / Ojibwa) and white men. The men wear suits. Some of the Indians wear beaded or woven sashes and bags, carved peace pipes, leggings, and braids. One of the white men reclines and leans on a cushion...
- Indians of North America--1860-1890.; Ojibwa Indians--1860-1890.; Calumets--1860-1890.; Clothing & dress--1860-1890.; Warriors--1860-1890.
- [between 1860 and 1890?]
- Colorado - Georgetown
- View of the corner of Taos and Sixth (6th, Alpine) Streets, south up Taos, in Georgetown, Colorado. The lot on the left was the site of the McClellan Opera House, which burned in 1892; remnants of floors are visible. The side of the building beyond...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1910.
- [between 1892 and 1910?]
- Comision Honorifica Mexicana de Brighton, Colo.
- Men and women pose with a banner for the "Cruz Azul Mexicana, Brigada No. 68, 3 Division, Brighton, Colo." on a stage or possibly an alter in Brighton (Adams County), Colorado. Members of La Cruz Azul Mexicana, a women's charitable organization...
- Cruz Azul Mexicana. Brigada No. 68. 3 División (Brighton, Colo.)--People--1920-1930.; Brighton (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Charitable organizations--Colorado--Brighton--1920-1930.; Meetings--Colorado--Brighton--1920-1930.;...
- 1927 September 16
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 43, 1909 December 11
- Denver Neighborhood History Project, 1993-94: Five Points Neighborhood
- Denver pioneers
- Group portrait of men wearing Masonic regalia including sashes, stars, and medals, in Denver, Colorado. They are (L to R): Edward H. Collins, art supply dealer, Lawrence N. Greenleaf, toy store owner, and William N. Byers, founder of the Rocky...
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Business people--American--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Pioneers--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Byers, William Newton, 1831-1903.; Collins, Edward H., 1829-1920.;...
- [between 1865 and 1870?]
- Denver, societies & clubs, Freemasons, shrines, El Jebel
- A group of of unidentified freemasons (Shriners) pose for a standing group portrait on the steps of the State Capitol building in Denver, Colorado; they wear matching uniforms, including hats and sashes with El Jebel insignia.
- Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine for North America--People--1900-1920.; Colorado State Capitol (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Capitols--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Fraternal...
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Fort Lewis Indian School Band
- The Fort Lewis School Indian Band poses outdoors with their instruments, part of the Sunflower Carnival parade, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. One boy holds a drum major's baton. The Native American (tribe unknown) boys wear uniforms...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bands--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Colorado...
- [August, 1896]
- Geo W. Cook's original Drum Corps, Leadville
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Drum majoring--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1900.
- [between 1887 and 1891]
- Glenarm USO Club Hose Co. No. 3 Fire Station
- Group of Indians at a pow-wow
- Group portrait of Native American Ute men in (probably) Colorado, with a drum, bows and arrows, feather headdresses, a shield, hairpipe sashes, and a quill vest.
- Indians of North America--Colorado--1900-1910.; Ute Indians--Colorado--1900-1910.; Clothing & dress--Colorado--1900-1910.; Headdresses--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [between 1901 and 1906?]
- Group of Tesuque Indians (children) as buffalo dancers
- Four Native American (Tesuque) boys are dressed as buffalo dancers at the Manitou Cliff Dwelling Museum, Manitou Springs, Colorado. They wear feather or horned buffalo fur headdresses; body paint; buckskin and blankets tied around their waists with...
- Manitou Cliff Dwellings Museum (Manitou Springs, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Buffalo dance--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--Dance--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1930-1940.; Pueblo Indians--Colorado--Manitou...
- August 28, 1931
- Group of Young Girls going to a Special Mass for Bishop Matz in 1917 at the Cathedral of Immaculate Conception
- A black and white photograph of a line of young girls dressed in white dresses with black sashes. Inscription on the back reads "Special children's service on the death of Bishop Matz".
- Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; North Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cathedrals--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Catholic churches--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- Circa 1880's
- Human pyramid
- Members of the Devlin's Zouaves, in costume, form a human pyramid. Charles Orville "Dutch" Walters is in the center and stands on the shoulders of a another performer. Their costumes consist of fez hats, short jackets, baggy pants, leggings and...
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Company--People--1910-1920.; Devlin's Zouaves--People--1910-1920.; Sells Floto Circus--People--1910-1920.; Acrobatics--1910-1920.; Circus performers--1910-1920.; Costumes--1910-1920.; Zouaves--United States--1910-1920.;...
- [between 1910 and 1917?]
- Idaho Springs - St. Paul's Catholic Church (1884-1984)
- Saint Paul's Catholic Church in Idaho Springs, Colorado, features: a single story, Greek Revival style architecture, a medium gable roof, clapboard siding, rectangular bays with pediments, and double hung windows with two sashes and no mullion. A...
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1920-1960.; Catholic churches--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1920-1960.
- [between 1920 and 1954]
- Indian Band, Ft. Lewis School
- The Fort Lewis School Indian Band poses outdoors with their instruments near Fort Lewis, La Plata County, Colorado. One boy holds a drum major's baton. The Native American (tribe unknown) boys wear uniforms with hats. Pins on their hats read:...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--Fort Lewis--1890-1910.; Fort Lewis (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Fort Lewis--1890-1910.; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--Fort Lewis--1890-1910.; Marching bands--Colorado--Fort...
- [between 1892 and 1910]
- Indian Joseph Society, group of Indians with priest
- Group portrait of Native American males and white priest, outside in front of brick building. Men are all wearing hats and sashes with buttons and crosses. Behind the group is a banner with picture of St. Joseph and infant Jesus.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Missions--1880-1890.; Religious groups--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- Jamestown, Colorado
- Members of a fraternal organization pose as a group in front of a commercial building in Jamestown (also known as Jimtown and Elysian Fields), Colorado, in Boulder County. Most of the men wear suits and sashes with gold medallions. Several sit in...
- Jamestown (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Organizations--Colorado--Jamestown--1880-1890.
- [1883?]
- La Cruz Azul Mexicana
- Men and women pose with a banner for the "Cruz Azul Mexicana, Brigada No. 68, 3 Division, Brighton, Colo." on a stage or possibly an alter in Brighton (Adams County), Colorado. Members of La Cruz Azul Mexicana, a women's charitable organization...
- Cruz Azul Mexicana. Brigada No. 68. 3 División (Brighton, Colo.)--People--1920-1930.; Brighton (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Charitable organizations--Colorado--Brighton--1920-1930.; Meetings--Colorado--Brighton--1920-1930.;...
- [1927 September 16]
- Landmark Designation Application for Clarence Holmes' residence.
- Longmont School Band
- An elementary school drum corp poses at night on the High School athletic field, Longmont, Colorado. The band members wear vests, waist sashes, bow ties and hats with balls around edge of brim. A baton twirler wears a short skirt and cowboy boots...
- Longmont (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Drum majorettes--Colorado--Longmont--1920-1930.; Students--Colorado--Longmont--1920-1930.; Youth bands--Colorado--Longmont--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- 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
- Monte Vista High School Band
- Uniformed band members in Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colorado, pose in a darkened stadium. Some have waist mounted drums, sashes reading: "John F. Green," and garrison caps. At center, the majorette is in satin shorts and blouse, white boots,...
- Monte Vista (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Band uniforms--Colorado--Monte Vista--1930-1940.; Marching bands--Colorado--Monte Vista--1930-1940.
- August 28, 1939
- Montrose County highschool (sic) band : winners of first place in Western Colorado and Utah
- The Montrose High School band poses on the steps of their high school in Montrose, Colorado. Instruments include tubas, trombones, french horns, trumpets, clarinets, saxophones, flutes, tympani, snare drums, bells, and a bass drum with the band's...
- Montrose (Colo.)--1920-1950.; Bands--Colorado--Montrose--1920-1950.
- [between 1920 and 1950]
- Motion picture tent
- Men and women pose near a tent used to display movies probably in Denver, Colorado. Two women pose near motion picture cameras with sashes that read: "Art-O-Graf". Another woman poses near a poodle and wears a leopard print coat and elaborately...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Actresses--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Motion picture cameras--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Motion picture industry--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920]
- Municipal Facts: Volume 14 Numbers 3 and 4, 1931 March-April
- Native American clothes and accessories
- Interior view of a Native American tepee; hide shirts, beaded sashes, feather headdresses, hair pipe breastplates, and ermine fringe hangs on ropes. Coup sticks and a wooden horse effigy or fetish surround a fire pit.
- Indians of North America--1900-1920.; Clothing & dress--1900-1920.; Headdresses--1900-1920.; Interiors--1900-1920.; Tipis--1900-1920.; Rodman Wanamaker Expedition.
- [between 1908 and 1913]
- Native American men
- Native American men approach on horseback probably in Big Horn County, Montana; they wear beaded sashes and ermine fringe. One holds a coup stick.
- Indians of North America--1900-1920.; Horseback riding--Montana--1900-1920.; Rodman Wanamaker Expedition.
- [between 1908 and 1913]
- Nebagaman Chief, seated, wearing warbonnet with horns, 3/4 length
- Studio portrait, 3/4 length, of Nebagaman Chief, Dakota (?), wearing warbonnet with horns, decorated sashes and holding a peace pipe, sitting in front of painted backdrop.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Calumets--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Nebagaman.
- [188-?]
- Nebagaman Chief, seated, wearing warbonnet with horns, closeup, bust
- Studio portrait of Nebagaman Chief, Dakota (?), wearing warbonnet with horns and decorated sashes, seated in front of painted backdrop.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Nebagaman.
- [188-?]
- Odd Fellows Hall in background is Geyser Mine
- Odd Fellows pose in Silver Cliff, Custer County, Colorado, wearing fringed sashes with stars; one wears a tophat. Identification includes: "B. Rick," "Emil Vorhedick," "J. First," "H. Stewart," "G. Phillips," and "Crawford (?)." Lettering reads:...
- Independent Order of Odd Fellows--1890-1900.; Silver Cliff (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1890-1900.
- 1890