Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Leroy Smith's scrapbook, "The Promoter"
- Woman outside Office of Dr. Clarence Holmes
- Philips School office
- Photograph of the main office in Philips Elementary School in Denver, Colorado. In the photo a male and female student stand at the reception desk talking to an unidentified woman. Behind the woman and unidentified woman stands talking on the...
- Philips School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
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- Smiley Junior High School ground breaking ceremony
- A group of School Board and community members at the ground breaking ceremony for Smiley Junior High School. There are three men holding shovels, and a woman and a man holding building plans.
- Smiley Junior High School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; Ground breaking ceremonies.; School board members.
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- Emily Griffith Opportunity School beauty school
- Photograph of a male student at the Emily Griffith Opportunity School's beauty program. He stands behind a woman sitting in a salon chair. She has rollers in her hair. He holds a comb is is bending close to her head . Another woman stands...
- Emily Griffith Opportunity School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
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- Emily Griffith Opportunity School beauty program
- Photograph of a female student during a class in hair dressing at the Emily Griffith Opportunity School's beauty program in Denver, Colorado. One woman sites in a salon chair and looks in the mirror while a student combs her hair.
- Emily Griffith Opportunity School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
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- Emily Griffith Opportunity School beauty program
- Photograph of a female student cutting a woman's hair during a hair dressing class at the Emily Griffith Opportunity School beauty program located in Denver, Colorado.
- Emily Griffith Opportunity School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
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- Emily Griffith Opportunity School film class
- Photograph of a film class at Emily Griffith Opportunity School located in Denver, Colorado. Pictured are two unidentified men standing near a film camera. One works the camera while the other watches. A woman sits on a stool in front of the...
- Emily Griffith Opportunity School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
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- Living Portaits of African American Women
- The Denver section of the National Council of Negro Women paid tribute to Living Portraits Honorees of African American Women at the Ford-Warren Branch. Pictured is an unidentified woman.
- Denver Public Library. Ford Warren Branch.; National Council of Negro Women. Denver Section.
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- Living Portaits of African American Women
- The Denver section of the National Council of Negro Women paid tribute to Living Portraits Honorees of African American Women at the Ford-Warren Branch. Pictured is an unidentified woman speaking to the audience.
- Denver Public Library. Ford Warren Branch.; National Council of Negro Women. Denver Section.
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- Living Portaits of African American Women
- The Denver section of the National Council of Negro Women paid tribute to Living Portraits Honorees of African American Women at the Ford-Warren Branch. Pictured is an unidentified woman speaking to the audience.
- Denver Public Library. Ford Warren Branch.; National Council of Negro Women. Denver Section.
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- Living Portaits of African American Women
- The Denver section of the National Council of Negro Women paid tribute to Living Portraits Honorees of African American Women at the Ford-Warren Branch. Pictured are three unidentified women. One woman is giving a framed award to the other women.
- Denver Public Library. Ford Warren Branch.; National Council of Negro Women. Denver Section.
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- Living Portaits of African American Women
- The Denver section of the National Council of Negro Women paid tribute to Living Portraits Honorees of African American Women at the Ford-Warren Branch. Pictured are three unidentified women. One woman is handing a framed award to another woman.
- Denver Public Library. Ford Warren Branch.; National Council of Negro Women. Denver Section.
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- Ford Warren Branch Reference Desk
- An unidentified woman stands at the reference desk at the Ford Warren Library.
- Denver Public Library. Ford Warren Branch.
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- Ford Warren Branch Event
- An unidentified woman holds up a plate at the food table during an event at the Ford Warren Branch Library.
- Denver Public Library. Ford Warren Branch.
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- Woodbury Branch outside children's activity
- Photograph of a woman wearing a renaissance inspired costume signs a piece of paper for a girl during a children's activity outside the Woodbury Branch library in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver Public Library. Woodbury Branch.
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- Decker Branch medieval re-enactors
- Photograph of four unidentified individuals standing on the steps outside of the Decker Branch library in Denver, Colorado. One of the women wears a sweatshirt that reads "friends of Bill", the other three, a woman and two men, wear medieval...
- Denver Public Library. Decker Branch.
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- Why? August Sermons
- This announcements contains the topics for the Sunday morning sermons as well for the evening services. The last page has information for upcoming activities and gives the home address of the new pastor, Brother Spencer.
- Grace Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)
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- Grace Church Call
- Reproduction of several versions of a newsletter produced by Grace Methodist Church in Denver, Colorado. Dates included in the newsletter are: October 10 1878, March 9 1889 and March 14 1943.
- Grace Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)
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- Alta Cousins
- Alta Cousins 1884-1971 A woman respected by all who knew her. She and her husband were married sixty years.
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- Major Oleta Lawanda Crain
- Major Oleta Lawanda Crain First African American Woman to enter the military from the State of Colorado (1942). Entering as a private and retiring 20 years later as a Major. Crain joined the U.S. Department of Labor in Washington D.C. as a...
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- Evie G. Dennis
- Evie G. Dennis Superintendent of Denver Public Schools As of September 1990, Dr. Dennis will be the first woman and the first minority to hold the superintendent's post in the Denver Public Schools. Presently, she serves as the district's deputy...
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- Justina L. Ford, M.D.
- Justina L. Ford, M.D. 1871-1952 Colorado's First Black Woman Physician Came to Denver in 1902; medical practice was widespread among Spanish, foreign-born and black people; spoke eleven languages. Was the attending physician at the delivery of...
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- Arie Parks Taylor
- Arie Parks Taylor March 27, 1927-September 27, 2003 Politician and Businesswoman, State Representative, Colorado House of Representatives "The "Fierce Black Woman from Colorado." Arie Parks Taylor's accomplishments are numerous and well known...
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- Wilma J. Webb
- Wilma J. Webb First Lady of Denver - Colorado State Representative First Lady of Denver since 1991. Colorado State Representative since 1980. First minority woman member of the state's powerful Joint Budget Committee, she has ensured that vital...
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- Ann Pugh as Cass Daly
- Photograph taken out of a scrap book from Saint Philomena Catholic Parish School of a woman dressed in a country costume. The caption on the picture reads: ""Celebrity Ball-Celebrity Ann Pugh as Cass Daly"".
- Saint Philomena Church (Denver, Colo.)
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- The Extension of Ninth Street Park: An International Opportunity
- National Jewish Hospital, Minnie Kushney in lab
- Paramount Theater oran with unidentified woman
- Photograph of an unidentified woman sitting at the organ in the Paramount Theater located in Denver, Colorado. Temple H. Buell, a well-known Denver architect, designed the 1930 Paramount Theater. As a representative of the Art Deco style, the...
- Paramount Theater (Denver, Colo.) Motion picture theaters--Colorado--Denver.; Buell, Temple Hoyne, 1895-1990--Homes & haunts.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.;...
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- First Church of Divine Science
- Photograph of the exterior of the First Church of Divine Science located in Denver, Colorado. The building, completed in 1922, is important for its association with the development of the Divine Science denomination and its connection with Nona...
- Divine Science Church (U.S.)--Buildings.; First Divine Science Church of Denver (Denver, Colo.); Cheesman Park (Denver, Colo.) Neighborhood).; Churches--Colorado--Denver.; Historic Buildings.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Historic...
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- Davie's Chuck Wagon Diner woman at counter
- Photograph of a woman sitting at the counter in Davie's Chuck Wagon Diner located in Lakewood, Colorado.
- Davies' Chuck Wagon Diner (Lakewood, Colo.); Restaurants--Colorado--Lakewood.; Lakewood (Colo.)
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- May Bonfils
- May Bonfils with an unidentified man and woman.
- Stanton, May Bonfils Berryman.
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- Ladies Who Made A Difference display with Betty Miller
- Photograph with Betty Miller, former council woman, posing in front of a display about her at the Lakewood Heritage Center located in Lakewood, Colorado.
- Miller, Betty.; Lakewood (Colo.)
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- Baby and Navajo woman nearer in center of summer hogan
- View of a Native American (Navajo) woman and child, they sit inside a brush covered summer hogan. The woman holds a large piece of cloth while the child looks on. Sheepskins, a blanket, and fur pelts are on the floor and hang from a wooden pole...
- Indians of North America--Children--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--Women--1900-1910.; Interiors--1900-1910.; Lodges--1900-1910.
- summer, [1908?]
- Baby and Navajo woman interior of summer hogan
- Native American (Navajo) woman and child sit inside a brush-covered summer hogan. The woman holds a large piece of cloth; the child looks at a sheepskin. Sheepskins, a blanket, and other fur pelts lie on the floor. Others hang from a wooden pole...
- Indians of North America--Children--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--Women--1900-1910.; Interiors--1900-1910.; Lodges--1900-1910.
- summer, [1908?]
- Navaho woman standing outside of summer hogan Good view of country
- View of a Native American (Navajo) woman standing outside of a brush shelter, possibly the Navajo Indian Reservation. A pile of rocks stands next to one exterior wall of the shelter. A wooden rail corral stands away from the shelter. Rocky desert...
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--1900-1910.; Navajo Indian Reservation--1900-1910.; Lodges--1900-1910.
- summer, [1908?]
- Shavano, Yega, Jim McCook and squaw
- Standing portrait of Native Americans (Ute) near Delta, Colorado, identified as (l to r): Monk Shavano (nephew of Chipeta), Yega, Jim McCook and his wife. The men's costume includes buffalo horn and feather headdresses, hair pipe breastplates, a...
- Indians of North America--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--Women--1910-1920.; Jim McCook, Ute Indian.; Monk Shavano.; Yega, Ute Indian.
- Summer, 1912
- Chipeta - Garden of the Gods
- Portrait of Chipeta, Native American woman (Ute), wearing a plaid blanket and standing in the entry of a teepee.
- Indians of North America--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--Women--1910-1920.; Tipis--1910-1920.; Chipeta.
- Summer, 1911
- Mrs. Reid Miller and her son and a part of her restaurant that was the first in Creede, Colorado.
- Reproduction of ink rendering; shows a seated woman and a boy on a burro in Creede (or Amethyst, or Willow), Mineral County, Colorado.
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- Summer 1892
- Woman weaving near Butler's Trading Post
- Interior view of a Native American (Navajo) woman and girl who sit on fringed blankets at a loom, and weave near Butler's Trading Post, possibly near Shiprock, New Mexico. The woman and girl are shaded by a dark cloth tied to wooden building...
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--Women--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Navajo Indian Reservation--1900-1910.; Looms--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Weaving--New Mexico--1900-1910.
- September, 1908
- Portrait of a woman
- Outdoor portrait (sitting) of a woman on the porch of the Snug Harbor cabin near the mining town of American City (Gilpin County), Colorado.
- American City (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Aged persons--Colorado--American City--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--American City--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--American City--1900-1910.
- September, 1900
- San Ildefonso Pueblo
- Native American (Tewa) men, women, and child pose outdoors at San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico. The men wear blankets around their waists, shirts, and head bands. The women wear wrapped boots, mantas, and shawls. The child is wrapped in a woman's...
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--San Ildefonso--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--San Ildefonso--1890-1900.; Tewa Indians--New Mexico--San Ildefonso--1890-1900.; San Ildefonso (N.M.)--1890-1900.; Children--New Mexico--San...
- September, 1895
- Taos Pueblo
- Native American (Taos) men, women, and children stand and sit near an adobe horno (oven) at Taos Pueblo, New Mexico. One man wears pants and a long shirt. The women wear shawls. The girls wear dresses. One woman holds a basket on her head. Another...
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1890-1900.; Taos Indians--Children--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1890-1900.; Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--1890-1900.; Baking--New Mexico--Taos...
- September, 1895
- Taos Pueblo
- Native American (Taos) men and woman pose outdoors at Taos Pueblo, New Mexico. The men wear no shoes, beaded leggings, blankets wrapped around their waists, shirts and vests. One man wears a hat, the other a feather in his hair and fur pelts that...
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1890-1900.; Taos Indians--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1890-1900.; Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--1890-1900.; Pueblos--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1890-1900.;...
- September, 1895
- Taos Pueblo
- A Native American (Taos) woman poses outdoors at Taos Pueblo, New Mexico. The woman wears leggings, a dress, a wide belt, and a necklace with a metal pendant. Pueblo buildings stand in the distance.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1890-1900.; Taos Indians--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1890-1900.; Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--1890-1900.; Pueblos--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1890-1900.;...
- September, 1895
- Taos Pueblo
- Native American (Taos) men, women, and girl stand and sit near an adobe horno (oven) at Taos Pueblo, New Mexico. One man wears pants and a long shirt. The women wear shawls. The girl wears a dress. One woman holds a wooden pole in the horno.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Women--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1890-1900.; Taos Indians--Children--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1890-1900.; Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--1890-1900.; Baking--New Mexico--Taos...
- September, 1895
- Taos Pueblo
- A Native American (Taos) woman poses outdoors at Taos Pueblo, New Mexico. The woman wears a manta and balances a water jar on her head. She stands near an adobe brick wall. Other pueblo buildings are stand in the distance.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1890-1900.; Taos Indians--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1890-1900.; Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--1890-1900.; Pottery--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1890-1900.;...
- September, 1895
- House of Mrs. W. B. Vickers
- A woman stands on the second-story balcony of her cabin, which is nestled in an evergreen forest in Ferndale, Colorado, in Jefferson County; branches form a type of lattice under the gable and under the balcony railings.
- Vickers, W. B. Mrs.--Homes & haunts.; Ferndale (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cabins--Colorado--Ferndale--1890-1900.
- September, 1895
- Troutdale-in-the-Pines, orchestra in ball room
- The band leader, the band, and the singer (eleven men and one woman) pose on the bandstand in mountain resort of Troutdale-in-the-Pines ball room, Troutdale, Jefferson County, Colorado. Their instruments include guitars, violins, a bass, drums,...
- Troutdale-in-the-Pines (Troutdale, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Troutdale (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Big bands--Colorado--Troutdale--1930-1940.; Interiors.; Resorts--Colorado--Troutdale--1930-1940.; Stages (Platforms)--Colorado--Troutdale--1930-1940.
- September 4, 1935
- Car show with authentic costumes, 1:00 PM., at swimming pool area, old Radium Springs Park
- Two women pose at a picnic table in front of a Jeep with sign: "This Jeep To Be Given Away By Ouray County Chamber Of Commerce," during the Car Club Show, old Radium Springs Park, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. One woman is dressed as a flapper...
- Ouray (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Automobiles--Exhibitions--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Costumes--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Jeep automobiles--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.
- September 22, 1979