Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Arab acrobats
- A group of Arab acrobats poses while touring with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. One man balances six others on his shoulders. The man on the bottom stands and holds his arms up to support the group on his shoulders. Two older men and three younger...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Acrobats--1880-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.; Arabs.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Ute men on horseback
- Native American (Ute) scouts pose on horseback; both men look back over their shoulders, one with a rifle drawn; they wear beaded moccasins, pants, scarves , and feathers in their hair; one wears fur pelts decorated with metal hung around neck and...
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--1890-1900.; Guides & scouts--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--1890-1900.
- 1899
- Ute men on horseback
- Native American (Ute) scouts pose on horseback; both men look back over their shoulders, one with a rifle drawn; men wear beaded moccasins, pants, scarves, and feathers in their hair; one wears fur pelts decorated with metal hung around neck and...
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--1890-1900.; Guides & scouts--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--1890-1900.
- 1899
- Miss Moore, Hazel's teacher, teacher at Pleasant Park School
- Head and shoulders studio portrait of Miss Moore of Conifer, Colorado, looking down with soft light falling on her bare shoulders; she wears a cotton dress with gathered lace band off her shoulders and her hair pulled back in a bun.
- Conifer (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--Conifer--1900-1910.
- [between 1902 and 1903]
- Two Denver society girls wearing their grandmothers' wedding dresses. These weddings took place in Central City
- Women pose in a Teller House doorway, in Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado. They wear long, sleeveless wedding dresses; one has a smocked organdy blouse, a sheer overskirt, flounces, and ruffled shoulders. The other has a brocade front, a...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Wedding costume--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Women--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Juan Gabaldon and family San Juan Indians at cliff dwellings at Manitou, Colo.
- Native American (Tewa) man, woman, boys, and baby pose near the ruins of ancient cliff dwellings (Manitou Cliff Dwelling Museum), near Manitou Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. Juan Gabaldon wears beaded moccasins, dark leggings, breech cloth,...
- Manitou Cliff Dwellings Museum (Manitou Springs, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--1910-1920.; Tewa Indians--1910-1920.; Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cliff...
- 1915 September 14
- Sou-sazu [?], Flathead Indian squaw
- Head and shoulders portrait of a Native American Flathead (Salish) woman, identified as Sousazu. She is an elderly woman wearing a light colored top and an woven blanket wrapped around her shoulders.
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Sou-sazu.
- 1907
- Ignatius Skal-Ko-Orne, Blackfoot Indian
- Head and shoulders portrait of a Native American Flathead (Salish) man, identified as Ignatius Skalkoorne. He wears bead necklaces, long braids wrapped in strips of fur, and a blanket around his shoulders.
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Ignatius Skal-ko-orne.
- 1907
- Ki-on-twog-ky or Cornplant, Seneca
- Reproduction of a lithograph shows a head and shoulders portrait of Kiontwogky or Cornplant, a Native American (Seneca) man. He wears a wrap around his shoulders, a decorative collar and necklace, a nose ring, earrings, a head wrap with plumage,...
- Indians of North America--1830-1840.; Seneca Indians--1830-1840.; Ki-on-twog-ky.
- [between 1940 and 1970?]
- Crow Indians, "Mitch" Bouyer
- Head and shoulders portrait of a Native American (Crow / Sioux ) man, identified as "Mitch" Bouyer (Boyer). He wears a velvet cloth around his shoulders decorated with sequins and fringe, a polka dot kerchief, and a fur hat decorated with two...
- Crow Indians--Clothing & dress--1870-1880.; Dakota Indians--Clothing & dress--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Hats--1870-1880.; Bouyer, Mich.
- [between 1875 and 1876?]
- Crow Indians - Carries The War Staff
- Head and shoulders studio portrait of a Native American (Crow) woman, identified as Carries The War Staff. She has a blanket wrapped around her shoulders, wears a bead necklace, and wears her hair long and straight.
- Crow Indians--Women--1900-1920.; Indians of North America--1900-1920.; Carries the War Staff, Crow Indian woman.
- [between 1902 and 1911]
- Cappolas, capturer of "Captain Jack" of the Modocs.
- Head and shoulders studio portrait of Native American (Modoc) man Cappolas (Capolis) Chief of the Warm Spring Indian Scouts. He wears feathers on the side of his head, a buckskin shirt with a cutout design and feathers and hair fringe on the...
- Indian scouts--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Modoc Indians--1870-1880.; Military scouts-- 1870-1890.; Capolis.
- [1874?]
- 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
- Red Tomahawk, who killed Sitting Bull
- Head and shoulders profile studio portrait of a Native American (Sioux) man, identified as Red Tomahawk. He has a painted cloth draped over his shoulders and wears and eagle feather headdress on his head. He is known for being one of the Indian...
- Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890--Assassination.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890--Death & burial.; Dakota Indians--Clothing & dress--1890-1910.; Indian reservation police--1890-1910.; Indians of North America--1890-1910.; Red Tomahawk.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Red Tomahawk, slayer of Sitting Bull
- Head and shoulders studio portrait of a Native American (Sioux) man, identified as Red Tomahawk. He has a painted cloth draped over his shoulders and wears an eagle feather headdress. He is known for being one of the Indian police who shot and...
- Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890--Assassination.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890--Death & burial.; Dakota Indians--Clothing & dress--1890-1910.; Indian reservation police--1890-1910.; Indians of North America--1890-1910.; Red Tomahawk.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Elderly woman
- Head and shoulders studio portrait of an unidentified elderly woman. She wears a bonnet on her head and a shawl around her shoulders.
- Women--1860-1880.
- [between 1865 and 1875?]
- Santiago
- Head and shoulders portrait of Santiago, an elderly Native American (Pueblo) with white hair and crowsfeet; he wears a woven patterned blanket over his head and shoulders and a beaded choker.
- Indians of North America--1890-1920.; Pueblo Indians--1890-1920.; Santiago, Pueblo Indian.
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Middle Sky, Cocapah
- Head and shoulders studio portrait of Native American (Cocapah) man Middle Sky. His hair is long over his shoulders. He wears a button down shirt with pockets.
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Middle Sky.
- 1899
- Peatwytuck, Sac and Fox
- Head and shoulders studio portrait of Native American (Sauk [Sac] and Fox) man Peatwytuck. He wears a roach and feather on his head, a kerchief, a peace medallion, a a single long chain earring, and a buckskin shirt with beaded bands over the...
- Fox Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Sauk Indians--1890-1900.; Peatwytuck.
- 1898
- 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
- Chief Lookout
- Head and shoulders portrait of a Native American (Osage) man, identified as Chief Fred Lookout. He wears a woven blanket around his shoulders, a kerchief, and braids. He served thirty two consecutive years as principal chief of the Osage, more than...
- Indians of North America--1890-1920.; Osage Indians--1890-1920.; Tribal chiefs--1890-1920.; Lookout, Fred.
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Mah-Je-Gah-Bo (He Looks Well Standing)
- Head and shoulders studio portrait of a Native American (Chippewa) man, identified as Mahjegahbo (He Looks Well Standing). He wears a blanket around his shoulders, a fur piece, braids, and plumage in his hair. A pipe tomahawk rests in the crook of...
- Indians of North America--1870-1890.; Ojibwa Indians--1870-1890.; Headdresses--1870-1890.; Clothing & dress--1870-1890.; He Looks Well Standing.
- [between 1872 and 1890?]
- Narbona
- A head and shoulders profile portrait of an elderly Native American (Navajo) warrior and leader, identified as Narbona (Man Speaking Peace). He wears a blanket around his shoulders and a head cover.
- Indians of North America--1860-1890.; Navajo Indians--1860-1890.; Warriors--1860-1890.; Narbona.
- [between 1940 and 1970?]
- Pasqual, the Yuma chief
- Head and shoulders portrait of Pasqual, a Native American (Yuma) man. His hair is unkempt on top with tightly woven braids drape down past his shoulders. He wears a shirt with buttons and grizzled facial hair.
- Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Yuma Indians--1880-1890.; Tribal chiefs--1880-1890.; Pasqual.
- 1883?
- Rain-in-the-Face and wife outside tepee
- Rain-in-the-Face and wife, Sati, Dakota Native Americans, standing outside tepee probably on Standing Rock Reservation, North Dakota, where he lived after surrendering to General Nelson Miles at Fort Keogh, Montana in 1880 until he died in 1905;...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Tipis.; Rain-in-the-Face, ca. 1835-1905.; Sati.
- [188-?]
- Crow King, Dakota, bust
- Crow King, Dakota, head and shoulders studio portrait; wearing one feather in hair, braids wrapped in fur, breastplate; jacket has epaulets on shoulders.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Crow King.
- [188?]
- Crow King, Dakota, similar view
- Crow King, Dakota, head and shoulders studio portrait; wearing one feather in hair, braids wrapped in fur, and breastplate; jacket has epaulets on shoulders.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Crow King.
- [188?]
- Col. Cook
- Photograph of a portrait of the head and shoulders of Lieutenant William Winer Cooke, who served in the Seventh Cavalry and was killed at Little Big Horn.
- Military officers--United States--1870-1880.; Cooke, William Winer.; United States. Army. Cavalry, 7th.; Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876.
- [between 1874 and 1876]
- Goose, Dakota Chief, portrait, bust
- Goose, Dakota Chief, head and shoulders studio portrait with painted backdrop, wearing two feathers in hair, earrings, braid wrapped in fur, short beaded necklace with many wraps, and blanket wrapped around shoulders; tip of arrow in view.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Goose.
- [188?]
- Goose, Dakota Chief, similar view
- Goose, Dakota Chief, head and shoulders studio portrait with painted backdrop, left profile; wearing one feather in hair, braid wrapped in fur, earring, short beaded necklace with many wraps, blanket wrapped around shoulders; holding an arrow; tip...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Goose.
- [188?]
- Goose, Dakota Chief, wearing Indian clothing, bust
- Goose, Dakota Chief, head and shoulders studio portrait with painted backdrop; wearing two feathers in hair, earrings, short beaded necklace with many wraps, braid wrapped in fur, blanket wrapped around shoulders; holding arrow; tip of pipe in view.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Goose.
- [188?]
- Elote, Subchief of Apaches
- Head and shoulders studio portrait of Elote, North American Indian subchief (Apache); he wears a headdress with feathers and buffalo horns and decorated with discs and ribbons. He wwears a hairpipe necklace and has a blanket wrapped around his...
- Apache Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1900-1910.; Headdresses--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1900-1910.; Elote.
- c1900
- L. K. Watkins
- Studio portrait, head and shoulders, of Leonard K. Watkins, Denver resident.
- Watkins, Leonard K.
- [between 1886 and 1901]
- Crow Dog and family at home
- Jerome Crow Dog poses with his family for a group portrait in front of a teepee. The group includes three women and a young girl in the back row, each wearing blankets wrapped around their shoulders, and four small children in the front row. Crow...
- Crow Dog, Jerome--Family--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Crow Dog, Jerome.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- 1891
- Crow Dog and family at home, taken in hostile Indian camp, Jan. 16, '91, near Pine Ridge, S.D.
- Jerome Crow Dog poses with his family for a group portrait in front of a teepee. The group includes three women and a young girl in the back row, each wearing blankets wrapped around their shoulders, and four small children in the front row. Crow...
- Crow Dog, Jerome--Family--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Crow Dog, Jerome.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1891]
- Buffalo Bill and Sioux Chief Iron Tail
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody stops on his horse in the right midground in a dirt arena during a rehearsal for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Wearing a dark hat and a dark, striped suit, Cody talks with Sioux Chief Iron Tail, who stands in...
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Rehearsals--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Iron Tail.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- William F. Cody and Sioux Chief Iron Tail
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody stops on his horse in the right midground in a dirt arena during a rehearsal for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Wearing a dark hat and a dark, striped suit, Cody talks with Sioux Chief Iron Tail, who stands in...
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Rehearsals--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Iron Tail.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Colorado School of Mines
- Colorado School of Mines students practice gymnastics on a campus lawn in front of the Hall of Engineering, Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado. Three men form a human tower; one is the base, another stands on his shoulders and another on top of...
- Golden (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Gymnastics--Colorado--Golden--1900-1910.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Golden--1900-1910.; Colorado School of Mines.
- [1903?]
- Bertha L. Scobey
- Studio bust portrait of Bertha Laura Scobey, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Scobey's hair is pinned loosely back in a bun. Her dress bodice has gathered, loose, horizontal pleats from the shoulders to the front enclosure,...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Scobey, Bertha L. (Bertha Laura); Denver High School--People--1890-1900.; Denver Public Schools--People--1890-1900.
- 1891
- Searchlight
- Monthly newsletter produced by Trinity Methodist Church located in Denver, Colorado. Includes editorials, news bulletins, and general information regarding the youth of the church.
- Christians--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Youth--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Trinity United Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church (Denver, Colo.)--History.; Methodist...
- 1948 August
- Unidentified Crow woman, standing in front of shrubbery, with blanket over shoulders
- Unidentified Crow female, full length standing outside, wearing long earrings, necklace, and blanket around shoulders; trees and bushes in background, river and hills distant background.
- Crow Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Women--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- Denver Public Library 1928 obituary index : Rocky Mountain News and Denver Post.
- Index of all deaths published in the Rocky Mountain News and the Denver Post for the year 1928. Included in the index
- Denver (Colo.)--Genealogy--Indexes.; Denver (Colo.)--Vital records.; Denver Post--Indexes.; Rocky Mountain News--Indexes.;
- 2010
- El Senator Barela, esposa, hijas y nietos en Rivera Colo.
- Group portrait of Colorado State Senator Casimiro Barela, his wife Damiana Rivera de Barela, their daughters and grandchildren on the porch of their house (Rancho de Rivera) in Rivera (Las Animas County), Colorado. Senator Barela holds an...
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1910-1920.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1910-1920.; Rivera (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Legislators.; Families.; Spouses.; Barela, Casimiro--Pictorial works.; Barela, Damiana Rivera de--Pictorial works.; Mexican...
- 1912 Marzo 4
- Women students dancing
- Unidentified dance two-by-two at the San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts in San Luis (Conejos County), Colorado. The couples are in a line and one woman in each couple has her arm over her partners shoulders and holds her hand.
- San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts--People--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; San Luis (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Students.; Women.; Dance.; Interiors.; San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- [1953]
- Dad
- A man identified as "dad" poses in a field in Colorado. He wears a hat, jacket, slacks, vest and tie and smokes a pipe. A small image overlays the print. It shows an elderly Hispanic woman in a long black dress and a full, black manta or shawl that...
- Mexican Americans--1930-1940.; Hispanic Americans--1930-1940.; Women.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Minority older people--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Mexican American...
- [between 1930 and1940?]
- Manuel Olguin and Bobby Herrera
- Manuel Olguin and Bobby Herrera, pose outside 1121 Lawrence Street in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The boys pose in T-shirts, jeans and tennis shoes. They have their arms over each others shoulders.
- Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Boys.; Herrera, Bobby--Pictorial works.; Olguin, Manuel--Pictorial works.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Auraria...
- 1953
- Funeral for Albino Duran
- Julian Duran (left) and unidentified people gather around the coffin of Albino Duran outside a house in Florence (Fremont County), Colorado. Mourners include a woman with her head and shoulders covered in a shawl, a woman wearing an apron, an...
- Hispanic Americans--1920-1930.; Mexican Americans--1920-1930.; Florence (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Coffins.; Women.; Duran, Albino--Death & burial--1920-1930.; Duran, Albino--Death and burial--Pictorial works.; Duran, Julian, 1887-1933.;...
- [ca. 1926?]
- Maximiliano Anthony Gomez
- Portrait of boxer Max Maximiliano Anthony Gomez. The world featherweight champion poses with three of his title belts. He wears one around his waist and the other two are draped over his shoulders. He wears boxing trunks decorated with glitter and...
- Hispanic Americans--1990-2000.; Mexican Americans--1990-2000.; Boxers.; Gomez, Maximiliano Anthony, 1966---Pictorial works.; Hispanic American boxers--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Pictorial works.
- [1998]
- Emmett Mine, Leadville
- A Colorado National Guardsman stands on a hill and looks over the Emmett Mine in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado. The soldier guards the mining property during a labor dispute between mine owners and miners who belonged to the Western Federation...
- Colorado. National Guard.--1890-1900.; Western Federation of Miners--Strikes--1890-1900.; Emmett Mine (Lake County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Guards--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.;...
- 1896