Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 27, 1910 July 2
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 26, 1911 June 24
- Juanita Buck, wife of Tony Buck Sr.
- Sitting studio portrait of a Native American Ute woman, identified as Juanita Buck, wearing beaded moccasins, a skirt, a shirt adorned with shells, a hair pipe choker, earrings, and a feather headdress. She holds a beaded pouch in her left hand and...
- Buck, Tony--Family.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1900-1930.; Ute Indians--Women--1900-1930.; Buck, Juanita.
- [between 1900 and 1930?]
- Western History Subject Index
- Shells
- 1876 Corbett, Hoye & Co.'s 4th Annual Denver City directory
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 27, 1911 July 1
- Powhatan's mantle of deerskin with figures worked in shells
- Powhatan's deerskin mantle, with figures worked in shells, shows a central man figure flanked by two animals and surrounded by circular objects, in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, England.
- Ashmolean Museum--Exhibitions & displays--1940-1970.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1940-1970.; Powhatan Indians--Arts & crafts--1940-1970.; Capes (Clothing)--1940-1970.; Powhatan, ca. 1550-1618--Associated objects.
- [between 1940 and 1970?]
- Shells hit Rocca di Roffeno
- Shells hit Rocca di Roffeno in this view taken from a road in the valley. This area was the scene of a drive on April 14-16 spearheaded by the Tenth Mountain Division.
- Rocca di Roffeno (Italy)--1940-1950.; War destruction & pillage--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [April 1945]
- 1877 Corbett, Hoye & Co.'s 5th Annual Denver City directory
- Richthofen Fountain
- View of the Richthofen Fountain (1901, now a planter) at the intersection of Richthofen Parkway and Oneida Street in the Montclair Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. A young boy and girl sit on the edge of the former fountain's granite basin which...
- Von Richthofen, Walter, Baron, 1848-1898--Monuments.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Montclair (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Children.; Fountains.; Gardens.; Von Richthofen, Walter, Baron, 1848-1898--Monuments--Pictorial works.;...
- 1975
- Municipal Facts: Volume 10 Numbers 9 and 10, 1927 September-October
- Chs .S. Stobie, scout and "Mountain Charlie" - guide Colorado
- Profile (head and shoulders) studio portrait of Charles S. Stobie, Indian scout and western artist. He has a full gray beard and curly hair. He wears a large brimmed cowboy hat and a fringed buckskin jacket decorated with cowry shells and panels...
- Artists--American--1900-1910.; Beards.; Leather garments.; Military scouts.; Quillwork.; Stobie, Charles S., 1845-1931.
- [between 1901 and 1902?]
- Charles S. Stobie and friends
- Studio portrait of Luther S. Kelly (Yellowstone Kelly), Indian scout, Charles S. Stobie, Indian scout and western artist and John Howard, Indian scout for the district of the Yellowstone. The men pose in front of a painted backdrop near a prop...
- Artists--American--1860-1870.; Military scouts.; Howard, John, army scout.; Kelly, Luther S. (Luther Sage), 1849-1928.; Stobie, Charles S., 1845-1931.
- [between 1869?]
- Charles.S. Stobie
- Profile (head and shoulders) studio portrait of Charles S. Stobie, Indian scout and western artist. He has a full beard and long curly hair. He wears a large brimmed cowboy hat and a fringed buckskin jacket decorated with cowry shells and panels...
- Artists--American--1870-1880.; Beards.; Leather garments.; Military scouts.; Quillwork.; Stobie, Charles S., 1845-1931.
- [between 1872 and 1875?]
- Coat
- Back view of a long sleeve ochre and yellow buckskin coat made by Native American Eastern Sioux. The coat features decorative blue and white beadwork, cowrie shells attached on fringe, brown buttons and a pocket.
- Buckskin--1900-1910.; Dakota Indians--Arts & crafts--1900-1910.; Dakota Indians--Clothing & dress--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1900-1910.; Coats--1900-1910.
- [1900]
- Coat
- Front view of a long sleeve ochre and yellow buckskin coat made by Native American Eastern Sioux. The coat features decorative blue and white beadwork, cowrie shells attached on fringe, brown buttons and a pocket.
- Buckskin--1900-1910.; Dakota Indians--Arts & crafts--1900-1910.; Dakota Indians--Clothing & dress--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1900-1910.; Coats--1900-1910.
- [1900]
- Flute
- Shows a flute possibly made by the Jicarilla Apache Indians. The flute is decorated with light green and orange paint, buckskin strips, and cowrie shells. A tin vent regulator is attached at the bottom of the flute.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1920.; Flutes--1880-1920.
- [between 1880 and 1920]
- Dress
- Shows a dress, Native American (Sioux), made from blue strouding a woolen fabric. The dress is decorated with cowrie shells, brass sequin, red, white and blue ribbon and a brass bell.
- Dakota Indians--Arts & crafts--1860-1900.; Dakota Indians--Clothing & dress--1860-1900.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1860-1900.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1860-1900.; Dresses--1860-1900.
- [between 1860 and 1900]
- Pawn shop
- Interior view of a hock shop in Denver, Colorado; shows men posing, glass display cases, watches, a safe, suitcases, rifles, a guitar, and an advertisement: "Peter's Shells."
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Pawnshops--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915?]
- Interior of hardware (?) store
- Interior view of a store in (probably) Denver, Colorado; shows a man behind a counter and glass display cases with sea shells, books, canned paint, and a scale with letters: "Columbia Family Scale."
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Hardware stores--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Merchandise displays--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Duke
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody poses on his horse "Duke" in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, possibly at Ambrose Park in Brooklyn, New York. He wears a buckskin coat with tassles adorning it and also wears a hat, possibly a Stetson,...
- Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917--Animals & pets.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Horses--1880-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Nevadaville
- View of Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, shows a two-story residence, sheds of Pozo Mill, shells of stone commercial structures, including the Odd Fellows Building.
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1960-1970.
- 1960
- Nevadaville, Colorado taken from Quartz Hill
- View of the remains of Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, shows Main Street, empty shells of brick commercial buildings including the Odd Fellows Building and Redman's Lodge (with removed upper floor); frame dwellings include the Williams house...
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Streets--Colorado--Nevadaville--1940-1950.
- 1940?
- Radioman during mortar barrage, Della Vetta, Italy
- Two soldiers from the Tenth Mountain Division, 87th Regiment, Company K during a mortar barrage on Mount Della Vetta during the Italian Campaign. The soldier standing at the edge of the slope is a radioman who (according to the caption) was...
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- March 3, 1945
- A-Pat-We-Ma (squaw of Wich-Ha-Ka-Sa)
- Standing studio portrait of A-Pat-We-Ma, a Native American woman (Ute); costume includes fur, beads, shells, and braids.
- Indians of North America--1860-1870.; Ute Indians--Women--1860-1870.; A-Pat-We-Ma.; Wich-Ha-Ka-Sa--Family--1860-1870.
- [between 1860 and 1870?]
- Buckskin Charly [sic]
- Standing portrait of Native Americans (Ute) (l to r): Francis Buck, Buckskin Charly, and Sunshine Cloud; costume includes shawls, fringe, shells, eyeglasses, and a felt hat.
- Indians of North America--1930-1940.; Ute Indians--1930-1940.; Buckskin Charlie, Ute Chief.; Sunshine cloud.; Buck, Francis.
- 1932 November 8
- Ute group portrait
- Studio portrait of unidentified Native American (Ute) adults and children; costumes include hair pipe breastplates and chokers, shells, conchos, beaded belts, moccasins, and medals.
- Indians of North America--Women--1880-1900.; Ute Indians--Children--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Crow mother and child
- A Native American (Crow) woman poses in front of a tent with her baby. She wears moccasins and a long dress decorated with shells. She holds her baby on her left arm. A wooden baby carriage and decorative pillow (?) are behind her.
- Crow Indians--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Mothers & children--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Malee-Que-Sool-toom
- Head and shoulders portrait of a Native American (Crow ?) woman, identified as Maleequesooltoom. She wears a top decorated with shells, a necklace, and long, straight hair.
- Indians of North America--Women--1870-1880.; Malee-Que-Sool-Toom.
- 1871
- Crow Indian mother or the modern Madonna
- Portrait of a Native American (Crow) woman holding a baby in her lap. She sits on a buffalo hide and wears moccasins, a blanket around her waist, and a shirt decorated with shells or possibly elk teeth. The infant is wrapped in a blanket.
- Crow Indians--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--1910-1920.; Mothers & children--1910-1920.
- 1912
- Plenty Coos Chief of the Crow Indians and daughter
- Chief Plenty Coups, a Native American (Crow) man, poses with his daughter and wears moccasins, leggings, a breech cloth, gloves, a fringed shirt with bead and fur decorations, a necklace, and a headdress. He has a blanket draped over his left arm...
- Crow Indians--Children--1910-1940.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1910-1940.; Tribal chiefs--1910-1940.; Plenty Coups, Chief of the Crows, 1848-1932--Family.
- [between 1910 and 1932?]
- Parade float
- View of a parade, people in elaborate costumes ride on a float decorated with a large crab and shells, probably in Barbados.
- Barbados--1920-1930.; Costumes--Barbados--1920-1930.; Floats (Parades)--Barbados--1920-1930.; Parades & processions--Barbados--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1925?]
- Ute pouches, necklaces, ornaments
- Display of Native American handmade objects; small, fully beaded pouches; bear claw necklaces; long ornament with beaded band, claws and hair; beaded necklaces with lizard on circle design; beaded necklace with round metal plate; various small...
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1890-1930.; Ute Indians--Arts & crafts--1890-1930.; Handicraft--1890-1930.; Jewelry--1890-1930.
- [between 1890 and 1925?]
- Moon dance in Garden of the Gods
- Native American (Ute) men and women participate in a Mood Dance at Garden of the Gods, El Paso County, Colorado. Men wear feather headdresses. Women wear dresses and fringed shawls. One woman wears a metal concha belt, a shirt decorated with small...
- Indians of North America--Women--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--Dance--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Ceremonial dancers--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.;...
- August 3, 1911
- Moon dance in Garden of the Gods
- Native American (Ute) men, women, and children participate in a Moon Dance near The Gateway rock formation at Garden of the Gods, El Paso County, Colorado. Men and boys wear feather headdresses. Women wear dresses and fringed shawls. One woman...
- Indians of North America--Women--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--Dance--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Ceremonial dancers--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.;...
- August 3, 1911
- Shi-rah-rah, wife of To-ko-wah-ner
- Sitting portrait of a Native American Ute woman, identified as Shirahrah, wife of Tokowahner, western slope Wasatch Mountains, Utah. She wears a fringed hide dress decorated with beads and shells(?) and has a pouch near her feet. Trees and brush...
- Indians of North America--Utah--1870-1880.; Ute Indians--Women--Utah--1870-1880.; Utah--1870-1880.; Wasatch Range (Utah and Idaho)--1870-1880.; Shi-rah-rah, Ute Indian.; To-ko-wah-ner, Ute Indian--Family.
- [between 1871 and 1875]
- Alice Lone Bear, Sioux
- Seated portrait of Alice Lone Bear, Native American Sioux (Lakota) woman wearing rings, earrings, braids, a dress decorated with shells, and a hair pipe necklace.
- Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Teton Indians--1890-1900.; Lone Bear, Alice.
- 1898
- Ute indians
- A Native American (Ute) sits and holds a baby wrapped in decorative blankets, one covered with sea shells. Cooking implements and a tepee are behind them.
- Indians of North America--Women--Colorado--1880-1900.; Ute Indians--Children--Colorado--1880-1900.; Cradleboards--Colorado--1880-1900.; Infants--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- The Katchina dance to the rain gods, Hopi Indians at Shonghopavi, Arizona
- Native American Hopi men dressed as Kachinas dance in body paint, embroidered kilts with fox skins hanging from their belts, and masks in Shongopavi, Second Mesa, Arizona. They carry rattles made from stones in dried painted gourds and have rattles...
- Hopi Indians--Dance--Arizona--Second Mesa--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Arizona--Second Mesa--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Spiritual life--Arizona--Second Mesa--1900-1910.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; Second Mesa...
- [between 1900 and 1906?]
- Mrs. Lottie Moody (left) & Mrs. Elisabeth Wilson (right)
- Mrs. Lottie Moody, wearing a buckskin dress, leggings, and beaded headband, and Mrs. Elizabeth Wilson, wearing a fringed dress decorated with beads and shells, and hat, Nez Perce Native American women, pose in front of a tepee.
- Indians of North America--1960-1970.; Nez Percé Indians--Women--1960-1970.; Tipis--1960-1970.; Moody, Lottie.; Wilson, Elizabeth, Nez Percé Indian.
- [1961]
- Mrs. Elizabeth Wilson - age 79
- Head and shoulders portrait of Mrs. Elizabeth Wilson, Nez Perce Native American posed in front of a tepee wearing a scarf on her head and a dress decorated with fringe, beads, and shells.
- Indians of North America--1960-1970.; Nez Percé Indians--Women--1960-1970.; Wilson, Elizabeth, Nez Percé Indian.
- 1961
- Dakota child
- Standing portrait of a Native American Dakota girl in front of a tepee, wearing a buckskin dress decorated with beads and shells, beaded moccasins, and a necklace.
- Dakota Indians--Children--1890-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1890-1910.; Girls--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Unidentified Dakota girl
- Studio portrait of a Native American Dakota Sioux girl seated in a wicker chair, wearing a dress decorated with shells, a leather belt with metal disks (conchos) and beaded moccasins.
- Dakota Indians--Children--1890-1910.; Indians of North America--1890-1910.; Girls--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Taken in Omaha
- A Native American Dakota Sioux girl, wearing a dress decorated with shells and a hair pipe necklace, pulls another child in a wagon lettered "Express," Omaha, Nebraska.
- Dakota Indians--Children--Nebraska--Omaha--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Nebraska--Omaha--1890-1900.; Omaha (Neb.)--1890-1900.; Children playing outdoors--Nebraska--Omaha--1890-1900.; Girls--Nebraska--Omaha--1890-1900.
- 1898
- Taken in Omaha
- Standing outdoor portrait of a Native American Dakota Sioux girl wearing a dress decorated with shells and a hair pipe necklace, Omaha, Nebraska.
- Dakota Indians--Women--Nebraska--Omaha--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Nebraska--Omaha--1890-1900.
- 1898
- Unidentified Dakota group
- A Native American Dakota Sioux mother holds a baby and poses next to a young girl in front of a tepee with a stove pipe. The woman and baby are wrapped in a shawl and the girl wears a buckskin dress decorated with beads and shells, beaded...
- Dakota Indians--Women--1890-1910.; Indians of North America--Children--1890-1910.; Mothers & children--1890-1910.; Tipis--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Unidentified Dakota woman
- Native American Dakota Sioux woman blowing smoke from a cigarette. She wears a dress decorated with shells, concho belt, moccasins, and loose hair with middle part.
- Dakota Indians--Women--1890-1920.; Indians of North America--1890-1920.; Smoking--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920?]
- Chiefs, Mandan Indians
- Seated studio portrait of two unidentified Native American (Mandan) chiefs. The man on the left holds a bow; he wears strings of beads on either side of his face, necklaces, abalone shells, long hair extensions with painted stripes, a buckskin...
- Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Mandan Indians--1870-1880.; Tribal chiefs--1870-1880.
- 1872
- Lucy Red Cloud, Sioux
- Sitting studio portrait of a Native American (Sioux) woman, identified as Lucy Red Cloud. She wears a blanket around her knees and shoulders which is decorated with hair pipe or shells along the shoulders, a hair pipe necklace, and braids.
- Dakota Indians--Women--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Women--1890-1900.; Red Cloud, Lucy.
- 1898
- Some of the squaws
- North American Indian women (tribe unknown), performers in "The Red Man spectacle and Red Indian camp," stand in front of a painted backdrop of Yellowstone Falls, in an arena in the Empress Hall, at the Golden West and American Industries...
- Indians of North America--England--London--1900-1910.; Earl's Court (London, England)--1900-1910.; London (England)--1900-1910.; Clothing & dress--England--London--1900-1910.; Exhibitions--England--London--1900-1910.;...
- 1909