Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Mine rescue team
- A group of miners with rescue equipment pose near the mouth of a mine possibly in Las Animas County, Colorado. Many of the men hold face masks with tubes connected to respirator mechanisms strapped to their chests.
- Coal mining--Colorado--1900-1910.; Mine rescue work--Colorado--1900-1910.
- c 1900
- Moki Pueblo, bringing in the harvest
- A portrait of a Native American man (Hopi), on the Hopi Reservation in Arizona, with a bundle of cornstalks strapped to his head. He wears moccasins and a loin cloth.
- Hopi Indians--Men--Arizona--1890-1910.; Indians of North America--Arizona--1890-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Arizona--1890-1910.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1890-1910.; Agricultural laborers--Arizona--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Leadville, Officers of Rocky Mountain Rifles, 1887
- A group of the Rocky Mountain Rifles, Leadville Division of the Colorado National Guard, pose in a camp in Colorado. Two seated officers include Colonel R.S. Morrison and Jake Kahn. Most of the men wear uniforms and various types of hats. Some have...
- Colorado. National Guard. Leadville Division--1880-1890.; Leadville (Colo.)--1870-1880.
- 1887
- B. M. Vaughan in front of Vaughan Lodge
- B. A. Vaughan poses with his dog and horse at the hitching post, next to his lodge outside of Meeker, Rio Blanco County, Colorado. He smokes a cigarette, wears protective wrist guards, an ammunition belt, and restrains the dog by a chain. His horse...
- Meeker (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Dogs--Colorado--Meeker--1880-1890.; Horses--Colorado--Meeker--1880-1890.; Vaughan, B. A.
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- Car Show, 1:00 PM.
- People gather to look at the antique automobiles display, at first Car Club Show in Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. One man wears a baseball cap and has a 35mm camera strapped around his neck.
- Antique and classic cars--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Ouray (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Automobiles--Exhibitions--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.
- September 22, 1979
- Press crew
- Press members in military foul-weather gear, crouch in snow among rocks during the annual New Year's Eve Pikes Peak climb by the AdAmAn Club. Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. One holds food; another talks on a portable radio phone, a...
- AdAmAn Club (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Journalists--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1950-1960.; Mountaineering--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1950-1960.;...
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Evacuation of injured student near Paradise, Washington
- Seven men from the 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment (re-enforced) wearing skis pull an injured student strapped to a sled across the snow, near Paradise, Washington.
- Ski troops--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; Skiing--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.; United States. Army. Mountain...
- [1942]
- Group of Ute Indians
- Native American men, women and children (Ute) pose outdoors; (men) Louis, Moquette, Cuchacher, Dick Charlie, Pevige, Asa, Julian, Severo (Aaron Bear), Will Carter, and Polonegro, stand; some wear traditional Native American clothing, others dressed...
- Indians of North America--Women--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Children--1890-1900.
- [1894 or 1896?]
- Group of Utes
- Native American men, women and children (Ute) pose outdoors; (men) Louis, Moquette, Cuchacher, Dick Charlie, Pevige, Asa, Julian, Severo (Aaron Bear), Will Carter, and Polonegro, stand; some wear traditional Native American clothing, others dressed...
- Indians of North America--Children--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Women--1890-1900.
- 1896
- Confederate reunion
- View of a conventioneers in Trinidad, Colorado. A laughing woman is dressed in a plaid cowboy shirt and bandana, and leather chaps. A gentleman with his back to the camera is in a Confederate uniform with embroidered sleeve; just next to his head...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Military uniforms--Confederate.; Reunions--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.; Finn, Eileen.
- August, 1939
- Fire department
- Volunteer firemen in uniforms pull a water truck in (probably) Denver, Colorado; a girl sits on hoses strapped to the top. Fire helmets read: "The VVFA, Denver, Colo."
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Utes Group
- Outdoor posed setting of 23 Native American men, women and children (Ute); men,standing, include: Louis, Moquette, Cuchacher, Dick Charlie, Pevige, Asa, Julian, Severo, Will Carter, and Polonegro, some wear traditional Native American clothing,...
- Indians of North America--Children--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Women--1890-1900.
- 1896
- Utes
- Outdoor posed setting of 23 Native American men, women and children (Ute); men, standing, include: Louis, Moquette, Cuchacher, Dick Charlie, Pevige, Asa, Julian, Severo, Will Carter, and Polonegro, some wear traditional Native American clothing,...
- Indians of North America--Women--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Children--1890-1900.
- 1896
- Camp in Monument Valley Park (Amy Kent) Young mother with pappoose in Kunis (?)
- Native American (Ute) woman poses near a tepee at Monument Valley Park, El Paso County, Colorado. Amy Kent wears a cradleboard strapped to her back. She wears a dress and a fringed shawl.
- Indians of North America--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--Women--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Monument Valley Park (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cradleboards--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Kent, Amy Snow.
- August, 1912
- Government well, sole water supply for Indian village of Oraibi, Arizona
- Native American Hopi Pueblo men and women transport water from a government well below Oraibi, Third Mesa, Arizona. The water jars are tied in blankets, strapped around their heads and carried on their backs.
- Hopi Indians--Women--Arizona--Oraibi--1900-1920.; Indians of North America--Arizona--Oraibi--1900-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Arizona--Oraibi--1900-1920.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1900-1920.; Oraibi (Ariz.)--1900-1920.; Water...
- 1908
- Bur-rodeo, first annual event in Leadville
- First place finisher Steve Mathews of Denver runs alongside his burro on a gravel road in the first annual "Bur-rodeo" race, a feature of the "Boom Days" festivies in Leadville, Colorado. He wears a tee-shirt, baseball cap and running shoes. The...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Donkeys--Colorado--Leadville--1960-1970.; Running races--Colorado--Leadville--1960-1970.; Mathews, S. (Steve)
- 1969
- Horse pulls tepee poles
- A horse pulls tepee polls that are strapped to its back like a travois, blankets and supplies are on its back. A Native American (tribe unkown) man on horseback and other horses stand nearby.
- Indians of North America--1890-1920.; Horseback riding--1890-1920.; Pack animals--1890-1920.; Tipis--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1915?]
- Pahute squaws
- Seated studio portrait of an unidentified, young Native American (Paiute) woman; strapped to her back is a baby in a cradleboard. The woman wears a striped blanket shawl.
- Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Paiute Indians--Women--1870-1880.; Cradleboards--1870-1880.; Mothers & children--1870-1880.
- [1870?]
- Native American boy
- Close-up view of a Native American (Plains) boy on horseback. He holds reins. An ax and a coiled rope is strapped to the horse's saddle.
- Indians of North America--Great Plains--1880-1910.; Boys--1880-1910.; Horseback riding--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Comanchies, George Washington and mother, Martha Wa-Per, George was born July 4th
- Standing studio portrait of Martha Wa-Per with her son, George Washington in a cradleboard, with wood frame boards decorated with metal studs, strapped on her back.
- Comanche Indians--1920-1930.; Indians of North America--1920-1930.; Cradleboards--1920-1930.; Infants--1920-1930.; Women--1920-1930.; George Washington Comanche Indian.; Wa-Per, Martha.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Potawatomi man
- A Native American (Potawatomi, Prairie Band) man carries a piece of bark with cloth strapped around his head on a reservation near Mayetta, Kansas. He wears overalls.
- Prairie Band of Potawatomi Indians--People--1930-1940.; Bark--Kansas--Mayetta--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--Kansas--Mayetta--1930-1940.; Potawatomi Indians--Kansas--Mayetta--1930-1940.; Mayetta (Kan.)--1930-1940.; Potawatomi Indian...
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Old C. and S. railroad pavilion - Silver Plume, Colo.
- The pavilion at Silver Plume, Colorado, was used by the Argentine Central Railroad as a waiting area for tourists taking the ride to the top of Mt. McClellan. The building has a hipped roof, rectangular shape, one story, and arched windows and...
- Signs and signboards--Colorado--Silver Plume--1930-1950.; Silver Plume (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Advertisements--Colorado--Silver Plume--1930-1950.; Pavilions--Colorado--Silver Plume--1930-1950.; Argentine Central Railway Company.
- [between 1938 and 1950]
- Apache cradleboard
- A Native American (Chiricahua Apache) woman poses with a baby in a cradleboard strapped to her back. The hooded cradleboard is decorated with a kerchief and rattle.
- Chiricahua Indians--1880-1910.; Indians of North America--1880-1910.; Cradleboards--1880-1910.; Infants--1880-1910.; Women--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910]
- Annie Oakley, 1883, Alma Colo. Park Co. Colo.
- Annie Oakley poses with another woman, two young ladies, and a man by their mules in Alma, (10,353 feet) in Park County, Colorado. The man holds a rifle; Annie has a bullet belt (ammunition belt) around her waist, and the others carry strapped...
- Alma (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Mules--Colorado--Alma--1880-1890.; Oakley, Annie, 1860-1926.; Bross, Mount (Colo.)
- 1883
- 1st Festival of Mountain & Plain
- Native American (Ute) men and women ride on horseback in a parade as part of the first Festival of Mountain and Plain in Denver, Colorado. One woman has a baby in a cradleboard strapped to her back. Spectators line the street.
- Festival of Mountain and Plain (Denver, Colo)--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cradleboards--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Horseback...
- 1895
- First Regiment Band outside Leadville Ice Palace
- Denver's First Regiment Band poses outside the archway of Leadville, Colorado's Ice Palace, which was built for the 1896 Winter Crystal Carnival on a site known as Capitol Hill. During the formal opening ceremonies, January 8, 1896, the band...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bands--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Ice sculpture--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.
- [1896]
- Arrivals in camp City Park
- A group of campers pose in and near a car at City Park auto (motor) camp in Denver, Colorado. A man in a stained work jump suit stands by the side of the car with his hands on his hips. An elderly couple sits in the back seat and a young woman in a...
- City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Families--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1918 April
- Funeral with casket on toboggan at Hahns Peak
- A funeral party of men and a small girl somberly gathers around a casket strapped to a toboggan on a snowy field near the town of Hahn's Peak (also known as Poverty bar), Colorado, in Routt County. Two dogs stand near the group of people; the men...
- Hahns Peak (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Funeral processions--Colorado--Hahns Peak--1910-1920.; Toboggans--Colorado--Hahns Peak--1910-1920.
- 1910
- People on a stagecoach
- A man wears a suit and hat, tilts his head and poses in the driver's seat of a stagecoach. Women wear shawls and flat brimmed straw hats and pose on a passenger seat on the stagecoach roof. A man stands beside a harnessed team of horses. Hay is...
- Passengers--1880-1900.; Stagecoaches--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Ready for execution
- A man poses strapped to a chair in the gas chamber at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado. He wears pants, belt and shoes; a tube connected to his chest is linked to a stethoscope under a window on the exterior of the unit. The door has...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Gas chambers--Colorado--Canon City--1960-1970.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1966
- Gas chamber
- Rivets frame the back observation window of the gas chamber at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado. A man strapped to the chair inside the chamber faces the open door, and a window to the outside.
- Gas chambers--Colorado--Canon City--1960-1970.; Canon City (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1966
- Frank on his wheels
- A man in a suit and straw hat poses on a bicycle in (probably) Denver, Colorado. He wears spectacles and a beard; a leather case is strapped to the bike.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Bicycles & tricycles--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1915?]
- Phil O'Rourke, me 1943 in whites
- The photogapher is posed in his "whites" or winter camouflage uniform, holding his skis and poles with his rifle strapped over his shoulder. Snow and pine trees are visible behind him.
- Military uniforms--1940-1950.; Photographers--Colorado--1940-1950.; Ski troops--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- 1943
- Mesa Verde, excavating
- An excavation crew, including future park superintendent Marshall Finnan, left, stands with horses in front of the museum at Mesa Verde National Park. The horses have large packs strapped on their backs. Some of the men have ropes tied around...
- Archaeological sites--Colorado--1920-1930.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--1920-1930.; Horses--Colorado--1920-1930.; Finnan, Marshall.; Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.
- [1926?]
- Ne-Ge-Ri-Ta, Rio Pinos Pappoose, Ra-De-A
- Full-length studio portrait of Ute Native American family; husband, Ne-Ge-Ri-Ta, stands; wife, Ra-De-A, sits with her baby Rio Pinos strapped to her back; painted backdrop.
- Indians of North America--Children--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--1890-1900.; Negerita.; Pio Pinos.; Ra-De-A.
- 1899
- Pee-A-Rat and Pappoose, Utes
- Half-length, profile studio portrait of a Ute Native American woman, Pee-A-Rat, and her baby; the mother wears a blanket and her baby is in a cradleboard strapped to her back.
- Indians of North America--Portraits--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--1890-1900.; Cradleboards--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Children--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Women--1890-1900.; Mothers & children--1890-1900.; Pee-A-Rat.
- c1899
- Ra-De-Da, Squaw, Pio Pinos Pappoose
- Half-length studio portrait of Ra-De-Da, a Ute Native American woman and her baby, Pio Pinos; the baby is strapped in a cradleboard.
- Indians of North America--Children--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Women--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--1890-1900.; Pio Pinos.; Ra-De-A.
- c1899
- An Indian funeral off for the happy hunting grounds
- Native American men and women walk or ride horseback in a funeral procession. Shows a wrapped body on a wooden frame strapped to the back of a horse. A women carries a drum. People wear robes, earrings, leather moccasins, hats and feather...
- Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Dead persons--1880-1890.; Funeral processions--1880-1890.; Horseback riding--1880-1890.
- 1884 July
- Indians, Pueblo, biography
- An old man carries a large load of firewood strapped to his back, causing him to hunch over slightly, at Laguna Pueblo, New Mexico. He wears a scarf tied around his forehead, a patterned shirt and striped pants.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Laguna--1920-1930.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Laguna--1920-1930.; Laguna (N.M.)--1920-1930.; Fuelwood--New Mexico--Laguna--1920-1930.; Lifting & carrying--New Mexico--Laguna--1920-1930.; Older people--New...
- [1926?]
- Rough riders
- A group of men poses on horseback in front of a large tent for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The men wear light-colored uniforms and have ammunition belts strapped across their chests. They raise rifles with their right hands. One man in the...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Cavalry--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- A burro pack train in Gunnison Main Street looking slightly to southwest, from near corner of Tomichi Avenue
- Men gather in front of the F. D. Steele Hardware store with their burro pack train, Main Street, Gunnison, Colorado; shows empty sacks strapped on burros' backs, men on horse-drawn wagons, a bank, a bakery, and the two-story brick Hartman...
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.; Hardware stores--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.; Packtrains--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.
- April 1883
- Burros loaded with track iron for mines at Silverton
- Street scene in Silverton, Colorado; shows a train of burros loaded with track for mines and a burro with an ore car strapped to its back. Frame, gable-roof and false front buildings on Thirteenth (13th) Street include the two-story San Juan Herald...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Donkeys--Colorado--Silverton--1880-1890.; Packtrains--Colorado--Silverton--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Silverton--1880-1890.
- September, 1887
- Twenty mule team wagons
- A man stands beside a twenty mule team wagon at the abandoned Harmony Borax Works in Death Valley National Park, California. Shows two large wooden wagons with barrels strapped to the side and a large metal tank wagon. The tailings from the borax...
- Borax mines & mining--Death Valley National Park (Calif. and Nev.)--1970-1980.; Death Valley National Park (Calif. and Nev.)--1970-1980.; Harmony Borax Works (Calif.)--1970-1980.; Carts & wagons--Death Valley National Park (Calif. and...
- 1978
- Main St. Ironton, Ouray Co., Colo.
- A man stands next to a white horse at the head of a pack train of mules or horses in Ironton, Ouray County, Colorado. Boxes are strapped on the animals' backs; a man leans on a bicycle and poses. Other men gather around the front of a false-front...
- Ironton (Colo.)--1880-1920.; Pack animals--Colorado--Ironton--1880-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Ironton--1880-1920.
- [between 1880 and 1920?]
- Trinity Methodist Pioneer Day
- Transcript of the proceedings for the Pioneer Day Celebration at Trinity Methodist Church in 1894.
- Pioneers--Colorado.; Trinity United Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1894 January 7
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 41, 1911 October 7
- Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 6, 1919 June
- Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 11, 1919 November
- Municipal Facts: Volume 9 Numbers 11 and 12, 1926 November-December
- The City of Denver: Volume 1 Number 10, 1913 February 22