Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- [Two] 2 surveyors standing in front of their Model T Ford
- A surveyor and his assistant pose with striped poles by a convertible automobile on the Alameda Avenue bridge in Denver, Colorado. The license plate reads: "462[?]4 Colo 19[1]3".
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Convertible automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Surveying equipment--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Surveyors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [1913]
- "End of an Era" statue
- View of "The Closing Era," a bronze statue by Preston Powers at the State Capitol building, Denver, Colorado. It is a life-size bronze reproduction of a Native American male standing over a buffalo slain by the spear he holds in his hand.
- Indians of North America--Commemoration--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Capitols--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Powers, Preston.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- "Grandma Cox" - Sade's grandmother
- Standing studio portrait of a woman identified as Grandma Cox, the grandmother of Sade Rhoads. She holds an umbrella while standing at an open gate, and wears a full length dress and head adornment.
- Grandparents--1910-1920.; Women--1910-1920.; Cox, Grandma.; Rhoads, Sade--Family.
- [between 1917 and 1920?]
- "Lo, the poor indian," - a company of Ute braves
- Reproduction of a lithograph shows a portrait of Native American Utes standing and sitting in two rows.
- Indians of North America--1820-1830.; Ute Indians--1820-1830.
- [1826]
- "Loma" a prosperous Indian farmer
- Standing portrait of a Native American Flathead (Salish) man, identified as Loma Joscum. He stands in the entryway of a tepee shielding his eyes with his right hand. In his left hand he holds a rifle. He wears moccasins, leggings, a breech cloth,...
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Farmers--1900-1910.; Joscum, Loma.
- 1907
- "McOnagill" riding "Nancy Manks" without saddle or bridle
- Spectators watch a man on a bucking bronco from the other side of a fence in Craig, Colorado. Two men stand in the corral and watch the horse leap into the air as the rider hangs onto the animal's back. A two story, wood-frame storefront with a...
- Craig (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Broncos--Colorado--Craig--1910-1920.
- 1910
- "Na-tuen-de" Apache maiden
- Standing studio portrait of Na-tu-ende, Native American Apache woman, posed with baskets and wearing a fringed buckskin shirt over her dress.
- Apache baskets--1880-1890.; Apache Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Baskets--1880-1890.; Women--1880-1890.; Na-tuen-de.
- [1884?]
- "Nachez" Nai-chi-ti Chiricahua chief, son of Cochise
- Standing studio portrait of Nachez, (Naiche) a Native American Chiricahua Apache chief with a woven blanket wrapped over his shirt and holding a rifle.
- Chiricahua Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Tribal chiefs--1880-1890.; Cochise, Apache chief, d. 1874.--Family.; Nachez.
- 1884
- "Oke Doke" = Plenty Holes at Fort Peck Reservation, Montana
- Standing portrait of Plenty Holes, "Oke Doke", an elderly Native American Sioux man with a cane, wearing a long-sleeved shirt, trousers, and soft hat, in front of a log cabin, Fort Peck Reservation, Montana.
- Dakota Indians--Montana--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--Montana--1930-1940.; Fort Peck Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1930-1940.; Aged persons--Montana--1930-1940.; Plenty Holes.
- August 1936
- "Poised in superb dignity, moved with majestic grace," Ka-wis-che, and Kai-eis-che (Navajo mothers) Laguna Pueblo, New Mexico
- Standing studio portrait of two Native American Laguna Pueblo women, Ka-wis-che (Lulu) and Kai-eis-che wearing mantas, shawls over their heads, moccasins and leggings.
- Indians of North America--Women--New Mexico--Laguna --1880-1890.; Laguna Indians--1880-1890.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Laguna--1880-1890.; Laguna (N.M.)--1880-1890.; Women--New Mexico--Laguna--1880-1890.; Kai-eis-che.; Ka-wis-che.
- 1881
- "The Yearling" sculpture, outside Denver Public Library
- View of the sculpture "The Yearling" outside of the Children's Library of the Central Library branch of the Denver Public Library, 10 West Fourteenth (14th) Street, in the Civic Center neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a fiberglass horse...
- Denver Public Library--Buildings--2000-2010.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Public libraries.; Sculpture.; Denver Public Library--Buildings--Pictorial works.; Public libraries--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial...
- 2007
- "Thy will be done" : the Prayer Band Ministry of Zion Baptist Church : 8th Annual Prayer Breakfast
- Booklet created for the 8th Annual Prayer Breakfast at Zion Baptist Church in Denver, Colorado. This breakfast was to recognize the Senior Pastor and Associate Pastors for all the work they do for the church. Included are photographs of each...
- Zion Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.); African American churches--Colorado--Denver.; African American families--Religious life--Colorado--Denver.
- 2004
- A Century of Baptist Faith: First Baptist Church of Denver
- Book created by the Fist Baptist Church of Denver regarding the centennial anniversary of the founding of the Church. Included in the book is: a history of the church beginning in 1864, as well as photographs and lists of the different...
- Eha, Walter R. (Walter Ralph), 1891-1978--Archives.; First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)--History.; First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1963 December
- A Colo. sugar beet field
- Two men standing in large sugar beet field near Denver, Colorado; Denver Reservoir Irrigation Company.
- Beets--Colorado--1900-1910.; Croplands--Colorado--1900-1910.; Denver Reservoir Irrigation Company.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- A council, Indians and wagons in circle, tepees and fort in background
- Group of Dakota men, women and children, gathered in circle with wagons and an American flag in the center. Probably gathered for a council meeting on the Standing Rock Reservation. Tepees and buildings are in the background.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Standing Rock Indian Reservation (N.D. and S.D.)--1880-1890.; Indian reservations--Dakota Territory--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- A cowboy camp
- Cowboy camp somewhere in Colorado; man standing by campfire with numerous cooking pots hanging over it and dutch ovens nearby; canvas tents, wagon and saddled horses in background; larger group of men standing around another campfire, center...
- Campfires--Colorado--1900-1920.; Camping--Colorado--1900-1920.; Cowboys--Colorado--1900-1920.; Horses--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- A Grand Valley apple orchard, Colo. Midland Ry.
- View of apple orchard in Grand Valley, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; man standing by two rows of apple trees, numerous apples on ground underneath tree.
- Grand Valley (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Apple orchards--Colorado--Grand Valley--1910-1920.; Apples--Colorado--Grand Valley--1910-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1910 and 1918]
- A group of Co I on deck of S.S. China; Spanish guns on inside of walls surrounding old Manila.
- A miner
- Portrait (standing) of a miner who smokes a pipe and wears a sheepskin jacket, hard hat, and miner's lamp.
- Miners--Colorado--1900-1920.; Mining equipment--Colorado--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1940 and 1960]
- A part of the flood devestation [sic] in Pueblo, Colo. June 3, 1921
- Panoramic view of Arkansas River flood water around buildings and railroad tracks after the flood in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows wrecked frame buildings and standing water beside railroad tracks. Features identified in the photograph...
- Ridgway, Arthur Osbourne, 1870-1953.; Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Arkansas River--1920-1930.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Cities &...
- 1921 June 3
- A pear orchard in the Grand Valley
- Pear trees in Grand Valley near Grand Junction, Colorado, and a man standing in fruit orchard.
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Grand Valley (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Orchards--Colorado--Grand Junction--1900-1910.; Pears--Colorado--Grand Junction--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- A street scene in an Indian Agency - Pine Ridge Ag SD
- View east on the main street of the Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota, shows Native American Lakota Sioux men and women dressed in jackets and warm hats standing beside walled tents and a frame building. Horse-drawn wagons are on the muddy street...
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency--1890-1900.; Dakota Indians--Women--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Teton Indians--South Dakota--Pine...
- 1891
- A sunset on Mt. Princeton
- Evening view of Mount Princeton and Buena Vista (Chaffee County), Colorado; thought to be L.C. McClure standing behind camera & tripod; box of camera supplies, foreground left; Collegiate Range, Rocky Mountains, and dramatic clouds.
- Buena Vista (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Princeton, Mount (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Buena Vista--1900-1920.; Mountains--Colorado--1900-1920.; Photographers--Colorado--Buena Vista--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1915]
- 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
- A Walking Tour of the Ninth Street Historic Park
- A weazened [i.e. wizened] medicine man
- Studio portrait (standing) of Big Hand, a North American Indian (Sioux Arikara) man. He holds a staff and calumet and wears moccasins, leggings, robe, and feather in his headband.
- Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Aged persons--1880-1890.; Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Shamans--1880-1890.; Big Hand.
- [ca. 1880]
- 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?]
- A. G. Birch's Broncho Buster Cheyenne Frontier Days rope twister standing
- A cowboy stands on a saddled horse and performs a rope trick in an arena for Cheyenne Frontier Days in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Two of the cowboys wear woolies and cowboy hats. Spectators sit in grandstands.
- Cheyenne Frontier Days--1900-1910.; Cheyenne (Wyo.)--1900-1910.; Horse shows--Wyoming--Cheyenne--1890-1910.; Rodeos--Wyoming--Cheyenne--1890-1910.
- [1905]
- A.T. & S.F. depot Trinidad, Colo.
- View of a flood in Trinidad, Colorado, looking southwest. The depot of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad is in several feet of water, that reaches halfway up the arches of its porch. An expanse of water encompasses the entire image. The...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Trinidad--1920-1930.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Trinidad--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Abandoned log cabin, Bowman, Colorado
- An abandoned cabin of hewn logs is in front of a dirt road in the ghost town of Bowman, Colorado, in Gunnison County. The cabin has a steeply-pitched, tin roof, a flat-roofed addition at the back of the house, and a covered entry. A smaller,...
- Bowman (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Bowman--1950-1960.; Log cabins--Colorado--Bowman--1950-1960.
- 1955
- ACL train, engine number 1801, engine type 4-8-4
- Train #75, Havana Special; 14 cars. Photographed: standing at Savannah, Ga., August 1, 1939.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1939.; Railroad locomotives--Georgia--Savannah.; Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company.
- 1939
- ACL train, engine number 1802, engine type 4-8-4
- Train #71, The Tamiami. Photographed: standing at Richmond, Va., August 2, 1939.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1939.; Railroad locomotives--Virginia--Richmond.; Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company.
- 1939
- Acoma, N.M.
- View of dirt and rock street, Acoma Pueblo, New Mexico; shows two-story pueblo walls constructed of adobe and rock, log ladders extending to second stories, two burros standing next to bundled firewood stacked by beehive oven, and meat or venison...
- Acoma (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Pueblos--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Streets--New Mexico--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Adolph Zang Family
- Group studio portrait of Adolph Joseph Zang Family; seated, left to right: mother (Wilhelmina "Minnie" Louise Vogt) and youngest daughter (Louise) sharing chair, father (Adolph Joseph Zang); standing, left to right: middle daughter (Minnie...
- Morrison, Louise Zang, 1892-1974.; Patterson, Gertrude Zang.; Zang, Adolph Frank, 1890-1984.; Zang, Adolph Joseph, 1856-1916--Family.; Zang, Minnie Elizabeth, 1887-1984.; Zang, Philip Adolph, 1883-1969.; Zang, Wilhelmina Louise Vogt.
- [between 1886 and 1901]
- Adults and Children with Easter Baskets at Mission Viejo
- A large group of adults and children standing together on pavement. Easter baskets in the hands of some of the children. A street with cars visible in the background.
- Easter.; Mission Viejo (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- circa 1980
- African-American airmen
- Black airmen who include (left to right, standing) Hubert L. Jones, John W. Mosley, George H. O'Martin (left to right, kneeling) Mitchell Greene, John Bruner, and Keith I. Stanigan pose near a propeller airplane probably at Tuskegee Army Airfield,...
- United States. Army Air Forces. Fighter Group, 332nd.--People--1940-1950.; African Americans--Military service--Alabama--1940-1950.; Tuskegee Army Air Field (Ala.)--1940-1950.; Air forces--American--Alabama--1940-1950.; Military...
- 1945 July 18
- After Riva Ridge
- Three Tenth Mountain Division soldiers take a break near a stream after the battle for Riva Ridge. One of the three soldiers is identified by the photographer as Shaw. The soldier farthest from the stream is standing near his knapsack on a...
- Military life--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- February 1945
- After the race, San Geronimo Feast, Taos, N.M.
- Shows large crowd of spectators after the relay race, San Geronimo Fiesta, Taos Pueblo, New Mexico. Native American (Taos) runners in center of crowd carry branches. Men, women and children are standing, sitting in wagons, most are wearing hats,...
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1900-1910.; San Geronimo Fiesta (Taos Pueblo, N.M.)--1900-1910.; Taos Indians--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1900-1910.; Taos Pueblo...
- 1902
- Agricultural Boarding School, Standing Rock Agency, D. T.
- View of the Agricultural Boarding School at the Standing Rock Agency on the border of North and South Dakota (the Dakota Territory) shows dormitory buildings, a church, and a log building. The school catered to Native Americans (Sioux) who can be...
- United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency.--1880-1890.; Agricultural high schools--Dakota Territory--1880-1890.; Dakota Indians--Dakota Territory--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Dakota Territory--1880-1890.; Dakota...
- 1887 May 1
- Agriculture - ranching - woman in work clothes standing in doorway
- A woman stands in the door of a log house in (probably) Colorado; one of her pants legs is rolled up.
- Log cabins--Colorado--1890-1910.; Ranches--Colorado--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Ah-ah-bed-way-we-dung (Forever Noisy), Chief Sandy Lake Chippewas
- Hand colored standing studio portrait of a Native American (Chippewa) chief identified as Ahahbedwaywedung (Forever Noisy). He wears a blanket around his waist, a long sleeved shirt, a kerchief, and head adornment. He holds a pipe in his hands.
- Indians of North America--1870-1890.; Ojibwa Indians--1870-1890.; Clothing & dress--1870-1890.; Tribal chiefs--1870-1890.; Forever Noisy.
- [between 1872 and 1890?]
- Aimee healing during services in Auditorium
- Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson hugs a young girl standing up from her wicker wheelchair, during an International Church of the Foursquare Gospel meeting at the City Auditorium, Denver, Colorado. "Sister Aimee" wears a white nurse uniform. Her...
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Evangelists--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Healing--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; McPherson, Aimee Semple, 1890-1944.; Schaffer, Emma.; International Church of the Foursquare Gospel.
- January 17, 1927
- Airplane view of flooded area along river from Mo. Pac. yard north to A.T. & S.F. river bridge at 1st St.
- Aerial view of the flooded Arkansas River in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows freight cars at the Missouri Pacific Railway Company yard, railroad bridges over the river and standing flood water near the Nuckolls Packing Company plant,...
- Ridgway, Arthur Osbourne, 1870-1953.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Missouri Pacific Railroad Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Nuckolls Packing Company (Pueblo, Colo.)--Buildings--1920-1930.;...
- 1921 June
- Airplane view of flooded area from 3rd St.
- Aerial view of a flooded Arkansas River, damaged buildings and rail yards in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows the Pueblo Smelter, the Nuckolls Packing Company building, standing water identified as "Death Lake", a flooded Missouri Pacific...
- Ridgway, Arthur Osbourne, 1870-1953.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Arkansas River--1920-1930.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Business districts--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Cities &...
- 1921 June
- Airplane View of flooded area looking east across Union Depot Yard from above Mesa City Hall at upper left, D.& R.G. round house on right
- Aerial view of Union Depot and rail yard in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows bridges over Union Avenue, Main Street and C Street, the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad roundhouse, train wreckage from the flood, and standing water near...
- Ridgway, Arthur Osbourne, 1870-1953.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Union Depot (Pueblo, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Arkansas River--1920-1930.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.;...
- 1921 June
- Airplane view, Arkansas River near Nuckolls Packing Plant, D.& R.G. and A.T.& S.F. bridges in foreground
- Aerial view of the flooded Arkansas River in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows freight cars at the washed out Missouri Pacific Railway Company yard, railroad bridges over the river and the Nuckolls Packing Company building beside standing...
- Ridgway, Arthur Osbourne, 1870-1953.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Missouri Pacific Railroad Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Nuckolls Packing Company (Pueblo, Colo.)--Buildings--1920-1930.;...
- 1921 June
- Airplane view, buisness [sic] section looking south, Fountain Creek on left, Arkansas River on right, from 12th and Main Sts.
- Aerial view of churches and commercial buildings in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows flooded shores of Fountain Creek and the Arkansas River, and standing water near downtown buildings.
- Ridgway, Arthur Osbourne, 1870-1953.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Arkansas River--1920-1930.; Fountain Creek (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Business...
- 1921 June
- Airplane view, Death Lake, A.T.& S.F. and D.& R.G. Bridges across Arkansas River
- Aerial view of standing flood water identified as "Death Lake," damaged houses, rail yards and Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe and Denver and Rio Grande Western bridges beside the Arkansas River in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado.
- Ridgway, Arthur Osbourne, 1870-1953.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Arkansas River--1920-1930.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Railroad...
- 1921 June
- Aisia-i
- Studio portrait (standing) of I-See-O (Aisia-i), a Native American (Kiowa) man. He wears a suit and a watch chain.
- Indians of North America--1900-1920.; Kiowa Indians--1900-1920.; I-See-O.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Alamosa
- Several buildings were moved to Alamosa, Colorado, from Garland City in 1878. Men stand on a boardwalk, posing in front of some of them. From the left to right are Sabine, Thomas, Putnam, Hill and Anthony. Thomas has a hand trick with full sacks...
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Alamosa--1870-1880.
- [1878]