Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Little Eagle
- Little Eagle, Native American Dakota Sioux man poses in front of a tepee. He wears a shirt and vest with fabric wrapped around his waist and over one shoulder, leggings, a bear claw necklace, and a feather in his hair.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Tipis--1880-1900.; Little Eagle, Dakota Indian.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Custer's battlefield near Crow Agency, Mont. cross where Custer fell
- A man stands on the hill overlooking "Custer's Last Stand," the site of the Battle of the Little Bighorn, southeast of the Crow Agency, Montana. Tombstones mark the graves of troops of Lt. Col. George A. Custer's 7th U.S. Cavalry who fought Native...
- Cheyenne Indians--War--Montana--1920-1930.; Dakota Indians--War--Montana--1920-1930.; Indians of North America--War--Montana--1920-1930.; Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876--Commemoration--Montana--1920-1930.; Little Bighorn Battlefield...
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Unidentified Dakota men
- Four Native American Dakota Sioux men and a boy pose by tepees. Their clothing includes: beaded vests, a hair pipe breastplate, moccasins, and blankets with bead bands wrapped around their waists.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1910.; Indians of North America--1880-1910.; Boys--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Pine Ridge Indians Pine Ridge Indian Resv. So. Dak.
- A Native American (Sioux) man and woman pose outdoors at the Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota. The man wears traditional clothes that include a feather headdress, beaded moccasins and leggings, and a necklace made of teeth. The woman wears...
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency--1930-1940.; Dakota Indians--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1930-1940.; Pine Ridge (S.D.)--1930-1940.; Shelters--South...
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Altman street scene
- View down a busy main street in Altman, Colorado, located three miles north of Victor, on a saddle between Bull Hill and Bull Cliff, Teller County, includes men, boys, a few girls in dresses and horse-drawn wagons. Wood frame false fronts, front...
- Altman (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- 1896
- Iron Mask Mill, Eagle Canon, Col.
- Iron Mask Mill by Eagle River, Eagle County, Colorado; shows mining processing sheds, rail tracks, and snow.
- Eagle County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Eagle River (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Buildings--Colorado--Eagle County--1890-1910.; Mills--Colorado--Eagle County--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Eagle County--1890-1910.
- [between 1898 and 1905?]
- Men at Fort Morgan depot
- Lieutenant Biglow, Lieutenant Benidict, Mr. L. C. Paddock, Wm. Waddell, and Dr. Woods pose near the Fort Morgan railroad depot. A sign reads: "American Telephone and Telegraph and Associated Companies Long Distance Telephone Bell System Western...
- Fort Morgan (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Telegraph offices--Colorado--Fort Morgan--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--Fort Morgan--1910-1920.; Benidict.; Biglow.; Paddock, L. C.; Waddell, William.; Woods.
- [1914]
- Luthier's shop
- Interior view of a violin repair shop in Denver, Colorado; shows violins, cellos, a balalaika, a clock, and a man working.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Musical instrument industry--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Musical instruments--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Navajos- Ship Rock, N. M. in the distance
- Native American (Navajo) men pose on horseback near Ship Rock and other rock formations in New Mexico.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--1900-1940.; Navajo Indians--New Mexico--1900-1940.; Ship Rock (N.M.)--1900-1940.; Horseback riding--New Mexico--1900-1940.; Rock formations--New Mexico--1900-1940.
- [between 1904 and 1932]
- Where silence speaks [graphic] : The ancient sign language, being used by these Navajo Indians seems a part of the ageless brooding desert
- Native American (Navajo) men pose outdoors in New Mexico. They crouch near a mule and wear blankets.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--1900-1940.; Navajo Indians--New Mexico--1900-1940.; Men--New Mexico--1900-1940.
- [between 1904 and 1932]
- A Navajo
- Studio portrait (sitting) of an elderly Native American (Navajo) man. He wears a blanket, bead necklaces, and a cloth headband.
- Indians of North America--1900-1940.; Navajo Indians--1900-1940.; Aged persons--1900-1940.
- [between 1904 and 1932]
- Many Whiskers
- Studio portrait (sitting) of Many Whiskers, an elderly Native American (Navajo) man. He wears a blanket, a squash blossom necklace, and a cloth headband.
- Indians of North America--1900-1940.; Navajo Indians--1900-1940.; Aged persons--1900-1940.; Necklaces--1900-1940.; Many Whiskers.
- [between 1904 and 1932]
- Navajo men
- Native American (Navajo) men pose on horseback near Ship Rock in New Mexico.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--1900-1940.; Navajo Indians--New Mexico--1900-1940.; Ship Rock (N.M.)--1900-1940.; Horseback riding--New Mexico--1900-1940.; Rock formations--New Mexico--1900-1940.
- [between 1904 and 1932]
- Peshcliklime
- Studio portrait (sitting) of Peshcliklime (Bah-Ulth-Chin-Thlan), an elderly Native American (Navajo) man. He wears a blanket, a squash blossom necklace with naja pendant, and a cloth headband.
- Indians of North America--1900-1940.; Navajo Indians--1900-1940.; Aged persons--1900-1940.; Peshcliklime.
- [between 1904 and 1932]
- A Navajo
- Studio portrait (sitting) of a Native American (Navajo) man. He wears a blanket and a cloth headband.
- Indians of North America--1900-1940.; Navajo Indians--1900-1940.; Men--1900-1940.
- [between 1904 and 1932]
- Judge Klah and his wives
- Studio portrait (sitting) of Judge Klah, a Native American (Navajo) Judge or Justice of the Peace. He poses with his two wives on, and in front of, Navajo woven blankets. The women wear machine made blankets and heishi bead necklaces. Judge Klah,...
- Indians of North America--1900-1940.; Navajo Indians--1900-1940.; Judges--1900-1940.; Spouses--1900-1940.; Women--1900-1940.; Judge Klah.
- [between 1904 and 1932]
- Be-zhosie's son
- Studio portrait of Be-zhosie's son, a Native American (Navajo) man. He wears a blanket and a cloth headband.
- Indians of North America--1900-1940.; Navajo Indians--1900-1940.; Men--1900-1940.; Be-zhosie--Family.
- [between 1904 and 1932]
- Judge Klah Navajo Judge
- Studio portrait (sitting) of Judge Klah, a Native American (Navajo) Judge or Justice of the Peace. He wears a blanket, bead necklaces, a squash blossom necklace, and a cloth headband.
- Indians of North America--1900-1940.; Navajo Indians--1900-1940.; Men--1900-1940.; Judge Klah.
- [between 1904 and 1932]
- Navajo children
- Native American (Navajo) children pose indoors. Both children wear Navajo blankets, one wears moccasin boots.
- Indians of North America--1900-1940.; Navajo Indians--1900-1940.; Children--1900-1940.; Navajo textile fabrics--1900-1940.
- [between 1904 and 1932]
- Navajo woman and child in cradleboard
- A Native American (Navajo) woman poses with a child in a cradleboard on her back. The woman wears a blanket.
- Indians of North America--1900-1940.; Navajo Indians--1900-1940.; Cradleboards--1900-1940.; Infants--1900-1940.; Mothers & children--1900-1940.; Women--1900-1940.
- [between 1904 and 1932]
- Navajo woman and child
- A Native American (Navajo) woman holds a baby on her lap. They are both wrapped in a blanket.
- Indians of North America--1900-1940.; Navajo Indians--1900-1940.; Infants--1900-1940.; Mothers & children--1900-1940.; Women--1900-1940.
- [between 1904 and 1932]
- Desert Madonna a Navajo
- Studio portrait (standing) of a Native American (Navajo) woman who holds a sleeping child on her back with a fringed blanket.
- Indians of North America--1900-1940.; Navajo Indians--1900-1940.; Mothers & children--1900-1940.; Sleeping--1900-1940.; Women--1900-1940.
- [between 1904 and 1932]
- Navajo silversmith
- A Native American (Navajo) silversmith works indoors. The man stamps conchos on an anvil.
- Indians of North America--1900-1940.; Navajo Indians--1900-1940.; Silversmiths--1875-1939.; Silverwork--1900-1940.
- [between 1904 and 1932]
- Navajo weaver
- A Native American (Navajo) woman sits at a loom and weaves. A wooden crate that reads: "Charles Unsweetened Evaporated Milk" is near the woman. A herd of sheep walk on a ledge nearby. A stone and earth hogan is near the sheep.
- Indians of North America--1900-1940.; Navajo Indians--1900-1940.; Navajo women weavers--1900-1940.; Hogans--1900-1940.; Sheep--1900-1940.; Weaving--1900-1940.
- [between 1904 and 1932]
- Silver Plume
- View looking north, of Silver Plume, Colorado; shows the central business district, the lower slope of Republican Mountain, and silver mines including: the Diamond Tunnel, the Baxter, and the Payrock. The access road cuts across the entire image.
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Business districts--Colorado--Silver Plume--1870-1880.
- [187-?]
- Navajo women
- Native American (Navajo) women and a boy pose near an earthen hogan in either Arizona or New Mexico. The women wear blankets and bead necklaces.
- Indians of North America--1900-1940.; Navajo Indians--1900-1940.; Hogans--1900-1940.; Boys--1900-1940.; Women--1900-1940.
- [between 1904 and 1932]
- Navajo mother
- Studio portrait (sitting) of a Native American (Navajo) mother and child. The baby is in a cradleboard. The mother wears necklaces and silver bracelets.
- Indians of North America--1900-1940.; Navajo Indians--1900-1940.; Cradleboards--1900-1940.; Infants--1900-1940.; Mothers & children--1900-1940.; Women--1900-1940.
- [between 1904 and 1932]
- Pahaka's (Buffalo Bill) farewell salute
- Buffalo Bill (William F. Cody) rides at the head of a group of Native American (Sioux) men on horseback as part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The Sioux men hold staffs decorated with feathers and wear moccasins, beaded leggings, and feather...
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.; Dakota Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Clothing & dress--1900-1910.; Horseback riding--1900-1910.; Wild west shows--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.
- [1907?]
- Portal Argo Tunnel Idaho Springs, Colo.
- Miners pose on electric velocipede cars and a tram engine near the entrance to the Argo Tunnel near Idaho Springs (Clear Creek County), Colorado. The tram engine pulls loaded mine ore cars.
- Mine railroads--Cars--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1910-1920.; Argo Tunnel Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Miners--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1910-1920.
- 1915
- Interior of the Opera House, scenery project, 1933
- In the interior view of the Tabor Opera House, Leadville, Colorado, the stage is full of painted drops and flats of ornate doorways, columns, and balustrades. Frank Geck is seated on the left while Newton Winburne and Eugene Iray, stage crew...
- Tabor Opera House--1930-1940.; Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors.; Opera houses--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theaters--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theatrical productions--1930-1940.; Wolle, Muriel Sibell, 1898-1977.
- 1933
- Leadville Opera House project, 1933
- Photoprint of a watercolor of Leadville, Colorado's Tabor Opera House original scenery. Painted by Muriel Wolle as part of her University of Colorado scenery project, the painting depicts two women in togas on pedestals flanking a center pedestal...
- Tabor Opera House--1930-1940.; Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors.; Opera houses--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theaters--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theatrical productions--1930-1940.; Wolle, Muriel Sibell, 1898-1977.
- 1933
- Leadville Opera House scenery project, 1933
- Photoprint of two watercolors of Leadville, Colorado's Tabor Opera House original scenery. Painted by Muriel Wolle's as part of her University of Colorado scenery project, one painting is a three panel scene of water and sky; the other is of a...
- Tabor Opera House--1930-1940.; Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors.; Opera houses--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theaters--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theatrical productions--1930-1940.; Wolle, Muriel Sibell, 1898-1977.
- 1933
- Hotel closed and boarded up at Arrow, Colorado
- A man wearing a suit, bow tie and straw hat sits outside on the boardwalk of the closed and boarded up "Arrow-Hotel," Arrow, (Arrowhead), Grand County, Colorado. The two-story false front structure with an apex gable has painted vertical board...
- Arrow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Hotels--Colorado--Arrow--1910-1920.
- 1910
- Leadville Opera House scenery project, 1933
- This watercolor of Leadville, Colorado's Tabor Opera House original scenery was painted by Muriel Wolle as part of her University of Colorado scenery project and includes details of a Rococo doorway arch and decorative panels. In December 1933 a...
- Tabor Opera House--1930-1940.; Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors.; Opera houses--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theaters--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theatrical productions--1930-1940.; Wolle, Muriel Sibell, 1898-1977.
- 1933
- Leadville Opera House scenery project, 1933
- Photoprint of a watercolor of Leadville, Colorado's Tabor Opera House original scenery. Painted by Muriel Wolle as part of her University of Colorado scenery project, the painting has four elements, each of a room interior with decorative stenciled...
- Tabor Opera House--1930-1940.; Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors.; Opera houses--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theaters--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theatrical productions--1930-1940.; Wolle, Muriel Sibell, 1898-1977.
- 1933
- Leadville Opera House scenery project, 1933
- Photoprint of watercolor of Leadville, Colorado's Tabor Opera House "Palace Drop". The painting depicts a vast hall in sharp perspective with a series of columned arches and a black and white marble floor. The original drop was lent to the Denver...
- Tabor Opera House--1930-1940.; Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors.; Opera houses--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theaters--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theatrical productions--1930-1940.; Wolle, Muriel Sibell, 1898-1977.
- [1933]
- Leadville Opera House scenery project, 1933
- Photoprint of of a watercolor of Tabor Opera House original scenery, Leadville, Colorado. Painted by Muriel Wolle as part of her University of Colorado scenery project, the painting has two elements. The left one is of a front end of locomotive...
- Tabor Opera House--1930-1940.; Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors.; Opera houses--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theaters--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theatrical productions--1930-1940.; Wolle, Muriel Sibell, 1898-1977.
- 1933
- Leadville Opera House scenery project, 1933
- Photoprint of a watercolor of the Tabor Opera House original scenery in Leadville, Colorado. Painted by Muriel Wolle's as part of her University of Colorado scenery project, the painting has three elements that include details of Lake County...
- Tabor Opera House--1930-1940.; Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors.; Opera houses--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theaters--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theatrical productions--1930-1940.; Wolle, Muriel Sibell, 1898-1977.
- 1933
- Leadville Opera House, 1933
- This interior view of the Tabor Opera House from the upper balcony across the circular loge towards the stage in Leadville, Colorado, includes a curved rail, Andrews patent ornate cast iron opera chairs with upholstered seats and backs, mounted...
- Tabor Opera House--1930-1940.; Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors.; Opera houses--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theatrical productions--1930-1940.
- 1933
- Leadville Opera House, 1933
- This interior view of the Tabor Opera House stage, in Leadville, Colorado, was taken from an upper balcony. The stage has a painted flat of an interior with a bay window and wainscoting, framed by marble columns and a painted draped curtain. The...
- Tabor Opera House--1930-1940.; Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors.; Opera houses--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theaters--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theatrical productions--1930-1940.; Wolle, Muriel Sibell, 1898-1977.
- 1933
- Leadville Opera House scenery project, 1933
- Group portrait of Muriel Wolle's December, 1933, University of Colorado scenery project team at the Tabor Opera House, Leadville, Colorado. Left to right are Max Vawter (Herald-Democrat press reporter), Frank Geck, Mr. Jolly (stage manager from...
- Tabor Opera House--1930-1940.; Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Opera houses--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Wolle, Muriel Sibell, 1898-1977.
- 1933
- Sugar beet plant
- Men stand and pose beside round, steel machinery with cog wheels, wooden scaffolding, ropes, and pulleys at the Great Western Sugar Company sugar beet factory probably in Scottsbluff (Scotts Bluff County), Nebraska. The four-story brick building...
- Great Western Sugar Company--1910-1920.; Scottsbluff (Neb.)--1910-1920.; Factories--Nebraska--Scottsbluff--1910-1920.; Sugar industry--Nebraska--Scottsbluff--1910-1920.
- 1916 September 24
- Gothic, and Gothic Mt. rising 3,000 ft. above
- Panoramic view of buildings in Gothic (Gunnison County), Colorado. Shows trees and the steep rock face of Gothic Mountain. Shows log and frame buildings and houses with windows, gabled roofs, and timber fences.
- Gothic (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Gothic Mountain (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Gothic--1880-1890.
- 1882
- Woodstock snow slide ruins
- View of a collapsed frame, probably one-story house, in Woodstock near Pitkin (Gunnison County), Colorado west of Alpine Pass. A wooden plank supports an unstable wall. A brick chimney, wooden shingles, and rafters are in the debris pile of the...
- Woodstock (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Avalanches--Colorado--Woodstock--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Woodstock--1880-1890.; Ruins--Colorado--Woodstock--1880-1890.; Snow--Colorado--Woodstock--1880-1890.
- 1884?
- Chestnut St. from Harrison Avenue, Leadville
- This early view of a busy dirt Chestnut Street in Leadville, Colorado includes horse drawn carriages, wagons loaded with goods, horses in the street, pedestrians on the boardwalks, and telephone or telegraph poles with handbills on the left. A two...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1885]
- Box Canon
- Men pose beside a Denver and Rio Grande engine and caboose in a canyon identified as Box Canyon in probably Chaffee County, Colorado. Shows steep rock walls and a creek beside the railroad grade.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company--1880-1890.; Chaffee County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Canyons--Colorado--Chaffee County--1880-1890.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Chaffee County--1880-1890.; Streams--Colorado--Chaffee County--1880-1890.
- [between 1881 and 1883?]
- From Tough Cuss Bend looking up
- A view of Colorado Central Railroad railroad tracks beside Clear Creek in Clear Creek Canyon in Jefferson County, Colorado. A flume constructed of timber is across the creek.
- Colorado Central Railroad Company--1870-1890.; Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1870-1890.; Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Canyons--Colorado--Jefferson County--1870-1890.; Railroad...
- [between 1871 and 1890]
- Interior snow sheds near the summit
- View of the interior of a Central Pacific Railroad snowshed and railroad tracks. Sunlight shines through the timber structure.
- Central Pacific Railroad Company--1860-1890.; Interiors--1860-1890.; Snowsheds--1860-1890.
- [between 1865 and 1890?]
- Idaho Springs, Colorado
- View looking west, of Idaho Springs, Colorado; shows the bath house at the foot of Soda Creek gulch, Miner Street and central business district, schoolhouse, Clear Creek, residences, and Clear Creek Valley.
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Bathhouses--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1910.; Schools--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1910.
- [between 1892 and 1901]
- Calf branding
- Cowboys brand calves in a corral in probably Wyoming. A cowboy on a horse ropes a calf, and men in hats, boots and gloves restrain calves on the ground. Cowboys sit nearby on a fence.
- Calves--Wyoming--1880-1890.; Beef cattle--Wyoming--1880-1890.; Cattle branding--Wyoming--1880-1890.; Corrals--Wyoming--1880-1890.; Cowboys--Wyoming--1880-1890.; Horseback riding--Wyoming--1880-1890.; Roping--Wyoming--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1884?]