Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Jack Dempsey, heavyweight boxing champ
- Heavyweight boxing champ, Jack Dempsey, shakes hands with an unidentified man at Union Station in Denver, Colorado. Estelle Taylor, Dempsey's wife, stands next to Jack.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Boxers--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Shaking hands--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Dempsey, Jack, 1895-; Taylor, Estelle, 1894-1958.
- [between 1919 and 1926]
- Confederate reunion
- View of conventioneers in Trinidad, Colorado. A Boy Scout looks on as an elderly gentleman with a striped tie shakes the hand of a seated woman. Other persons are seated in the room.
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Burrough, Margaret.; Nash, Burrell.
- August, 1939
- William F. Cody with horse
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody stands holding his horse's reins inside a dirt arena for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. He shakes hands with a man standing outside the arena with John Burke, press agent for the Wild West Show. Cody wears a...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Horses.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Burke, John, d. 1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- The white man and Indian at peace, shaking hands
- A Canadian in his World War I uniform shakes hands with Hopi Native American, an attorney from Seattle, adorned with beads and feather headdress in front of the Thornburgh Monument. The Canandian's wife sits on base below the men. The two part...
- Hopi Indians--1910-1920.; Milk Creek (Rio Blanco County and Moffat County, Colo.), Battle of, 1879--Monuments.; Meeker (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--Colorado--Meeker--1910-1920.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--Meeker--1910-1920.
- [between 1915 and 1918]
- The Depot Drive-In, Ouray, Colo. 1:25 PM.
- Two customers stand outside the "Arrival" window of the Depot Drive-In, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. The "Bill of Fare" includes "Hamburger, Cheeseburger, Bar-B-Que Beef, Ham'n'Cheese, French Fries, Onion Rings, Coke, Root Beer, Coffee, 7 Up,...
- Depot Drive-In (Ouray, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Ouray (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Drive-in restaurants--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.
- 1979 September 12
- Governor "Billy" Adams posed on rear of train
- Governor William H. "Billy" Adams shakes hands with a man on the caboose of a train possibly to commemorate the opening of the Moffat Tunnel near East Portal (Gilpin County), Colorado. Other men are on the train car platform.
- East Portal (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Governors--Colorado--1920-1930.; Railroad cabooses--Colorado--East Portal--1920-1930.; Shaking hands--Colorado--East Portal--1920-1930.; Adams, William Herbert, 1861-1954.
- [February 1928?]
- Edward Costigan - elected senator 1930 died 1939
- Edward P. Costigan, a Colorado U.S. Senator, shakes hands near a caboose on a train at Union Station in Denver, Colorado. Other men are nearby on the train car and on the platform. A Black porter stands nearby.
- African Americans--Employment--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Legislators--United States--1920-1930.; Railroad cabooses--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Shaking hands--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Costigan, Edward...
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Charles Spaulding [sic] Thomas sitting on piano bench. Others unknown
- Interior view of Charles Spalding Thomas, Governor of Colorado from 1899-1901, he sits at a piano bench while he shakes the hand of an unknown man, probably Denver, Colorado. A unidentified woman stands behind the two men.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Governors--Colorado--1910-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Shaking hands--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Thomas, Charles Spalding, 1849-1934.
- [between 1900 and 1930?]
- Mayor Ben Stapleton(right) greeting unknown man outside of Union Station
- Denver Mayor Benjamin Stapleton (on right) shakes hands with an unknown man at Union Station in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Mayors--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Shaking hands--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Stapleton, Benjamin Franklin, 1869-1950.
- [between 1933 and 1937]
- President Theodore Roosevelt arriving at Union Station (Denver)
- President Theodore Roosevelt greets well wishers from his car on his arrival at Union Station, Denver, Colorado. He shakes hands with an admirer.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Presidents--United States--1910-1920.; Shaking hands--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Charles Boettcher II (on right) with possibly John Andrew, well-known doctor from Longmont
- Charles Boettcher II (on right), shakes hands with (possibly) John Andrew in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Capitalists & financiers--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Shaking hands--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Boettcher, Charles, 1902-1963.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Admiral Richard E. Byrd
- Admiral Richard E. Byrd shakes hands with an unidentified woman while on a visit to Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Admirals--American--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Shaking hands--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Byrd, Richard Evelyn, 1888-1957.
- [1930?]
- President Franklin D. Roosevelt with the Rev. Charles A. Bennett, rector of St. Marks Episcopal Church
- United States president Franklin Delano Roosevelt shakes hands with the Reverend Charles A. Bennett in Cheyenne, Wyoming; Police officers, men and women look on.
- Cheyenne (Wyo.)--1930-1940.; Presidents--United States.; Shaking hands--Wyoming--Cheyenne--1930-1940.; Spectators--Wyoming--Cheyenne--1930-1940.; Bennett, Charles A., Rev.; Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.
- 1936 October 11
- General John J. "Black Jack" Pershing
- World War I hero, General John J. "Black Jack" Pershing shakes hands with Army soldier Van Salantes of San Francisco, California, on the General's visit to the U.S. Army General Hospital No. 21 (renamed Fitzsimons) in Denver, Colorado. Reporters...
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Military hospitals--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Shaking hands--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Soldiers--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Fitzsimons Army Medical Center--1920-1930.; Pershing, John J. (John Joseph),...
- January 13, 1920
- Speer in car?
- Denver Mayor Robert Speer (possibly) holds a stovepipe hat and shakes a woman's hand in Denver, Colorado; a (possibly) Catholic dignitary is beside him; men and a policeman are in the background.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Mayors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Speer, Robert Walter, 1855-1918.
- [between 1904 and 1918?]
- Pres. William H. Taft
- United States President William Howard Taft shakes hands with a dignitary in Denver, Colorado; men wear stovepipe and uniform officer hats, one man wears a ribbon that reads: "Official Fan Club".
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Presidents--United States--1900-1920.; Taft, William H., (William Howard), 1857-1930.; United States. President (1908-1912 : Taft)
- [between 1908 and 1912?]
- Gov. Morely (?) in cowboy hat and other westerners
- Governor Clarence J. Morley shakes hands with a woman as men look on, Denver, Colorado. Each one wears a cowboy hat and western wear.
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Clothing & dress--Colorado--1920-1930.; Governors--Colorado--1920-1930.; Shaking hands--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Morley, Clarence J.
- [between 1925 and 1927?]
- J. Bradley Williams and Willie E. Anthony
- J. Bradley Williams, left, shakes hands with Willie E. Anthony. J. Bradley Williams was the former candidate for Colorado House of Representative for District 15 until he withdrew in favor of Willie E. Anthony on the right. Williams acted as the...
- African Americans--Men--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Campaign managers--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Political elections--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Shaking hands--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Anthony, Willie E.;...
- [between 1960 and 1970]
- Loretto Heights Service camp, World War I
- Commander Scotland (possibly), matron in charge, sits on a wire bench, Mrs. Sharp stands behind, and another woman (in uniform) holds a ball behind her back as she shakes the paw of a dog at Loretto Heights service camp grounds, Denver, Colorado.
- Loretto Heights College--1910-1920.; World War, 1914-1918--Military life--Colorado--Denver.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Dogs--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [1917 or 1918]
- White Bull, nephew of Sitting Bull, at Little Eagle Sun Dance, South Dakota
- A white man shakes the hand of White Bull, a Native American, Minniconjou Lakota Sioux man, wearing a buckskin shirt and leggings, long feather headdress, and a hair pipe breastplate, at the Sun Dance, Little Eagle , South Dakota.
- Dakota Indians--South Dakota--Little Eagle--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--Little Eagle--1930-1940.; Little Eagle (S.D.)--1930-1940.; Shaking hands--South Dakota--Little Eagle--1930-1940.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890--Family.;...
- August 1936
- White Bull, nephew of Sitting Bull, at Little Eagle Sun Dance, South Dakota
- A white man shakes the hand of White Bull, a Native American, Minniconjou Lakota Sioux man, wearing buckskin shirt and leggings, long feather headdress, and a hair pipe breastplate, at the Sun Dance, Little Eagle, South Dakota,
- Dakota Indians--South Dakota--Little Eagle--1930-1940.; Hunkpapa Indians--South Dakota--Little Eagle--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--Little Eagle--1930-1940.; Little Eagle (S.D.)--1930-1940.; Shaking hands--South Dakota--Little...
- August 1936
- Little Soldier who fought Custer in Custer Battle - lives at Standing Rock Agency
- A man wearing a shirt, tie and hat shakes hands with Little Soldier or White Bull?, an elderly Native American Sioux or Cheyenne man who fought in the Little Bighorn, wearing a feather headdress, buckskin, and hair pipe breastplate, Standing Rock...
- United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency.--1930-1940.; Dakota Indians--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--1930-1940.; Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876--Veterans.; Aged persons--1930-1940.; Little Soldier.
- [1936]
- Friendship- white and Indian
- A Native American (Cheyenne) man shakes hands with a white man on the Cheyenne River Agency in South Dakota. The Native American man holds a kerchief, wears scarves over his braids and feathers in his hair. Spectators stand and sit in hitched...
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Cheyenne Agency--1900-1920.; Cheyenne Indians--South Dakota--1900-1920.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--1900-1920.; Cheyenne River Indian Reservation (S.D.)--1900-1920.; Shaking hands--South...
- [between 1902 and 1916]
- Burnt All Over Cheyenne 78 years of age and his steadfast friend DeWitt C. Hayes Estate Clerk Cheyenne and Arapaho Agency- Oklahoma
- Burnt All Over, a Native American (Cheyenne) man shakes hands with DeWitt C. Hayes, a white man, at the Cheyenne and Arapahoe Agency in Darlington, Oklahoma. Burnt All Over holds a wooden cane decorated with feathers. He wears a military uniform, a...
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Cheyenne and Arapaho Agency--1880-1920.; Cheyenne Indians--Oklahoma--1880-1920.; Indians of North America--Oklahoma--1880-1920.; Clothing & dress--Oklahoma--1880-1920.; Shaking hands--Oklahoma--1880-1920.;...
- [between 1880 and 1913]
- Peace Sign Shoshone Indians conclude unique treaty of peace with whites
- Chief Tendoy III, a Native American (Shoshone) man, shakes hands with A. C. Hinckley a representative of the Union Pacific Railway( from Pocatello, Idaho) in Fort Hall, Idaho. Chief Tendoy III wears moccasins, leggings, a beaded and fringed...
- Indians of North America--Idaho--Fort Hall--1920-1930.; Shoshoni Indians--Idaho--Fort Hall--1920-1930.; Fort Hall (Idaho)--1920-1930.; Peace treaties--Idaho--Fort Hall--1920-1930.; Shaking hands--Idaho--Fort Hall--1920-1930.; Tribal...
- 1927 April 8
- 11th U.S. Cavalry arriving at Trinidad
- A member of the 11th U.S. Cavalry, shakes hands with a man as the Cavalry arrives in Trinidad, Las Animas County, Colorado. The 11th Cavalry was called in at the request of Colorado Governor Ammons, to restore order in the coal fields after the...
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cavalry--Colorado--Trinidad--1910-1920.; Miners'...
- [1914]
- Head Chief Black Horse shaking hands with missionary and promising friendship
- Black Horse, a Native American (Navajo) man, shakes hands with a white missionary near a brush shelter. Spectators and an interpreter stand nearby.
- Indian interpreters--1880-1910.; Indians of North America--1880-1910.; Navajo Indians--1880-1910.; Missionaries--1880-1910.; Translators--1880-1910.; Tribal chiefs--1880-1910.; Black Horse, Navajo Chief.
- [between 1880 and 1910]
- Cheyenne and white men
- Native American (Cheyenne) men pose outdoors with a white man. The Cheyenne men wear moccasins, leggings, fringed and beaded shirts, and feather headdresses. One man holds a beaded tobacco bag, the other shakes hands with the white man. Tepees and...
- Cheyenne Indians--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Headdresses--1880-1900.; Clothing & dress--1880-1900.; Shaking hands--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Magpie
- Magpie, a Native American (Cheyenne) man poses outdoors and shakes a white man's hand. He wears beaded moccasins, fringed leggings, hair pipe breastplate, and feather headdress. He poses near a U. S. flag.
- Cheyenne Indians--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--1930-1940.; Headdresses--1930-1940.; Clothing & dress--1930-1940.; Magpie, Cheyenne Indian man.
- [1935]
- William F. Cody and a Native American man
- Buffalo Bill shakes hands with a Native American (Shoshone) man near a tepee camp. The Shoshoni man wears leggings, a fur pelt, fringed shirt, bead necklaces, and a feather in his wide brimmed hat. Another Native American man with a feather...
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Shoshoni Indians--1900-1910.; Indian encampments--1900-1910.; Shaking hands--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Colonel Theodore Roosevelt shaking hands with heroes of '61 Denver, Colo.
- Former president Theodore Roosevelt shakes hands with a military veteran at a celebration in Denver, Colorado. Other men stand nearby.
- Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Shaking hands--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Veterans--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1910
- Benjamin Britten and Ned Ames
- Composer Benjamin Britten shakes the hand of Ned Ames in front of a United Airlines jet in Aspen, Colorado. Both men are wearing suits and smiling. A worn, leather garment bag is on the ground next to Britten.
- Aspen (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Britten, Benjamin.
- July 30, 1964
- Mercy Hospital
- Sister Mary Kieran shakes hands with Neil R. Cullen in front of a sign for Mercy Hospital at 1619 Milwaukee Street in the City Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Sister Kieran, a nun, is in full habit, and Neil Cullen wears a suit, tie, and...
- Mercy Hospital (Denver, Colo.)--People--1960-1970.; Hospital administrators--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; City Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Hospitals--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.;...
- 1966 February
- Cheyenne Wyo. fifty yearly [sic] old and rearing to go! and the Denver Post is Ther [sic] to help them
- Panoramic view of a crowd looking on as a woman representative of the Denver Post shakes hands with Mr. C. Shokley who sits in a Stutz automobile near the Union Pacific Train Station in Cheyenne, Wyoming. The car is labeled with the number "3" and...
- Denver Post--Public relations--1910-1920.; Stutz automobile--Wyoming--Cheyenne--1910-1920.; Cheyenne (Wyo.)--1910-1920.; Automobiles--Wyoming--Cheyenne--1910-1920.; Boys--Wyoming--Cheyenne--1910-1920.; Press agents--Wyoming--Cheyenne--1910-1920.;...
- [between 1915 and 1920?]
- Col. Tomlinson with Gen. Hays
- General George P. Hays, commander of the Tenth Mountain Division in Italy, shakes hands with Col. Clarence Tomlinson, commander of the 86th Mountain Infantry Regiment; probably at an awards ceremony.
- Military officers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Hays, George P.; Tomlinson, Clarence.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- General Hays making an award, Italy
- General George P. Hays commander of the Tenth Mountain Division in Italy shakes a soldiers hand in a field with an Italian farm on a hill in the background.
- Military officers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Hays, George P.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- Thos S. Old and Courtney Tyley Cooper - Idaho Springs Days of '59
- A young man shakes hands with an older man at the Idaho Springs Days of '59 Festival in Idaho Springs, Colorado. The younger man wears a cowboy hat, long sleeved shirt, gun belt, and boots with his pants tucked in the top. The older, bearded man...
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Festivals--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1910-1930.; Cooper, Courtney Ryley, 1886-1940.; Old, Thomas S.
- [between 1915 and 1930]
- Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, Denver Zephyr, contestants boarding
- Female beauty contestants, fashionably dressed, board the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, Denver Zephyr in Chicago, Illinois. "Queen Virginia Roper" wears a crown and shakes hands with Ralph Budd the president of the railroad. The other contestants...
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company--Public relations--1930-1940.; Denver Zephyr (Express train)--Illinois--Chicago--1930-1940.; Chicago (Ill.)--1930-1940.; Beauty contestants--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Business...
- 1936 Nov. 13
- William F. Cody with Chief Joseph
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody shakes hands with Nez Perce Chief Joseph in the center foreground, possibly in Chicago during the World's Columbian Exposition. Cody wears thigh boots and a buckskin coat with tassles and beads. He also has a...
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Nez Perce Indians--1890-1900.; Wild west shows--1890-1900.; Shaking hands--1890-1900.; Tipis--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Joseph, Nez Percé Chief, 1840-1904.; Buffalo Bill's Wild...
- [1898?]
- Wrangler of the year Lloyd Carr, Dick Dickson, Rube Craig, Sage Kester.
- Roundup Riders of the Rockies members from left to right: Dick Dickson, Lloyd Carr and Rube Craig, pose on horseback at Folsom Field at the University of Colorado in Boulder (Boulder County), Colorado. The men wear western attire and cowboy hats....
- Roundup Riders of the Rockies (Colo.)--People--1950-1960.; Boulder (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Folsom Field (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Awards--1950-1960.; Entertainment--Colorado--Boulder--1950-1960.; Flags--American--1950-1960.; Horseback...
- 1957 July 20
- At the Estes Park show
- Members of the Roundup Riders of the Rockies pose probably at a rodeo in Estes Park (Larimer County), Colorado. Men and boys, members of the Ki-Ann Indian Dancers are dressed as North American Indians with feather headdresses, beaded panels on...
- Roundup Riders of the Rockies (Colo.)--People--1950-1960.; Indians of North America--Performances & portrayals--1950-1960.; Estes Park (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Impersonation--Colorado--Estes Park--1950-1960.; Organizations--Colorado--Estes...
- 1953 July
- Ballad of Baby Doe Leadville scene, Central City
- Cast members perform a campaign rally scene from the opera "The Ballad of Baby Doe" in Central City, Colorado. Signs used in the scene include "Vote for W.J. Bryan," "Free Silver," "Bryan for President" and "Vote for Bryan." A man and woman stand...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Theatrical productions--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1956
- East Denver High School: 1915
- 1915 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1915
- Pour Aeronaut's Almanac: The Yearbook 1927
- South Denver High School yearbook for 1927.
- South High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1927
- Josephine Spalding Poems
- Two poems written by East High School student Josephine Spalding. Spalding was a Cellist with Denver Civic Symphony Orchestra who wrote and published poetry at the age of 13. Spalding died at the age of 16 while attending East High.
- Spalding, Josephine, 1910-1926--Archives.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1913
- Western History Subject Index
- Earthquakes colorado
- Western History Subject Index
- Earthquakes. Colorado
- Western History Subject Index
- Earthquakes. Denver
- Western History Subject Index
- Earthquakes. Utah
- A Walk on the West Side : The Story of an American High School
- Book regarding the history of West High School in Denver, Colorado from 1884 to 1984. Included are photographs of students and student publications.
- West High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1984