Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- DPL catalog department
- Women librarians sit at a long table and catalog books in the catalog department of the Denver Public Library (Carnegie Public Library) in Civic Center Park in Denver, Colorado. The women write on catalog cards. Card catalog drawers, boxes of...
- Denver Public Library--People--1900-1920.; Catalogers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Librarians--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Libraries--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.;...
- [between 1909 and 1915?]
- Girls employed by Arkansas Valley Ry. Lt. & Pr. Co. who helped to get under way again after the flood.
- Women employees of the Arkansas Valley Railway Light & Power Co. pose in a street near a brick building in Pueblo, Colorado. The women wear tea length dresses or skirts and blouses; some of the women wear or hold hats.
- Arkansas Valley Railway Light & Power Co.--1920-1930.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Women--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.
- [1921]
- Miss Burney's store
- Four women, probably store employees, pose in the doorway of a store identified as Miss Burney's store in Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Women's hats are displayed in the millinery store windows. The one-story building has decorative...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Millinery--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1890.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1890.; Women--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1890.
- [1889]
- Man-made lake at Tuileries seated boat are Ann Gillpatrick & Mary Pickett.
- Two young women, Ann Gillpatrick and Mary Pickett, ride in a boat on a lake at the Tuileries amusement park in Englewood, Colorado. One of the women is at the oars; the lake is surrounded by trees and dense foliage, and the reflection of the...
- Englewood (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Amusement parks--Colorado--Englewood--1910-1920.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Englewood--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--Englewood--1910-1920.; Gillpatrick Ann.; Pickett, Mary.
- [between 1906 and 1913?]
- Denver Fire Department No. 10 building
- View of the Women's Bean Project, located in the restored Denver Fire Department No. 10 building (1928), at 3201 Curtis Street in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The former fire station, a two-story red brick building, has a...
- Women's Bean Project (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Vocational education.; Women's Bean Project (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--Pictorial works.; Vocational education...
- [between 1995 and 2000?]
- Denver Fire Department No. 10 building
- Detailed view of the front entrance of the Women's Bean Project, located in the restored Denver Fire Department No. 10 building (1928), at 3201 Curtis Street in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The former fire station, a two-story...
- Women's Bean Project (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Vocational education.; Women's Bean Project (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--Pictorial works.; Vocational education...
- [between 1995 and 2000?]
- Broadmoor Hotel near the terrace
- Men and women walk on a sidewalk beside Cheyenne Lake at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. Women wear skirts, sweaters, and sun hats. Men wear suits. A women walks beside a child. Another woman sits in a lawn chair...
- Broadmoor (Hotel : Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Cheyenne Lake (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1920-1930.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Colorado...
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Family, Rifle area
- Men, women and girls pose for a family portrait. The men wear suits with bow ties. The women and girls wear dresses with pleated collars or scarf ties. The girls and young women have short bob or pageboy hairstyles.
- Families--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Portrait of three women
- Studio portrait of three women who pose near a plain backdrop. The women stand close together and wear fitted bodices. The center panel of one woman's dress is made from floral decorated fabric. A large pin anchors one woman's bodice to her skirt....
- Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Women--1890-1900.
- 1891
- Portrait of two women and a man
- Full length studio portrait of a man and two women. The man sits in an upholstered chair; he wears a suit with the jacket fastened at the top button and has a full beard and moustache that obscure his mouth. The women pose on either side of the...
- People--1890-1900.; Women--1890-1900.
- 1891
- Portrait of three women
- Studio portrait of three seated women who pose near a plain backdrop. The women wear overcoats and hats decorated with feathers and ribbons. One woman sits in a wicker chair and wears a dress with an ornate ruffled hemline. Another woman holds a...
- Women--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1901?]
- Portrait of three women
- Studio portrait of three women. One woman is seated and the others stand behind her and rest their hands on each others shoulders. The women wear their hair in loose Gibson Girl styles.
- Hairstyles--1890-1910.; Women--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1901?]
- Portraits of women
- Two studio bust portraits (one inverted) of women. The women sit or stand and wear shirtwaists with high collars, loose fitting bodices, puffed sleeves, and elaborate hats decorated with feathers and ribbon.
- Women--1890-1900.
- 1891 June 28?
- Cup & pin game
- Shows a cup and pin game of the Native American Sioux . The game has a metal pin, small bone cups, rawhide, a loop and pink, red, white and blue beadwork.
- Dakota Indians--Arts & crafts--1860-1880.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1860-1880.; Games--1860-1880.
- [between 1860 and 1880]
- Group photo
- Studio group portrait in Colorado of two women, one young girl, two men and two young boys; possibly a family. The men and boys wear suits and ties and the women and girls wear dresses. The two women wears ties.
- Families--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930]
- Tewa women and girl
- Native American (Pueblo, Tewa) women and a girl pose outdoors at San Juan Pueblo, New Mexico. The women balance water pots on their heads and wear moccasins and blankets.
- Indians of North America--Women--New Mexico--San Juan Pueblo--1880-1900.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--San Juan Pueblo--1880-1900.; Tewa Indians--New Mexico--San Juan Pueblo--1880-1900.; San Juan Pueblo (N.M.)--1880-1900.; Girls--New Mexico--San...
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Chief Sevara [sic] and family
- Studio portrait of Chief Severo and Native American (Ute) men, women and children identified as Severo family members. Chief Severo stands and wears probably a military or law enforcement uniform, a hat, jacket, vest and neckerchief. Men beside...
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--1890-1900.; Cradleboards--1890-1900.; Families--1890-1900.; Tribal chiefs--1890-1900.; Severo, Chief.
- 1899
- Grand View Rock
- View of hikers at the gazebo on Grand View Rock, near Manitou Springs, Colorado. A rustic gazebo is perched on a rugged boulder, and men in topcoats, Homburg hats, vests and gold chains, and women and children are posed in it. Women in the...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Springs--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1895?]
- Harvest Dance. Santo Domingo Pueblo.
- Native American (Pueblo, Santo Domingo) men and women take part in a Harvest Dance at Santo Domingo Pueblo, New Mexico. The men wear hoof rattles, kilts, fringed belts, body paint, fur pelts, and corn headdresses. The women wear dresses and wooden...
- Indian dance--New Mexico--Santo Domingo Pueblo--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--New Mexico--Santo Domingo Pueblo--1910-1920.; Keresan Indians--Dance--New Mexico--Santo Domingo Pueblo--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Dance--New...
- [1910]
- Harvest Dance. Santo Domingo Pueblo
- Native American (Pueblo, Santo Domingo) men and women take part in a Harvest Dance at Santo Domingo Pueblo, New Mexico. The men wear hoof rattles, kilts, fringed belts, body paint, fur pelts, and corn headdresses. The women wear dresses and wooden...
- Indian dance--New Mexico--Santo Domingo Pueblo--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--New Mexico--Santo Domingo Pueblo--1910-1920.; Keresan Indians--Dance--New Mexico--Santo Domingo Pueblo--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Dance--New...
- 1910
- Leap Year Club
- Sixteen members of the Leap Year Club in Basalt, Colorado pose in two lines. Ten women are in the first row, and six women are in the second row. Characteristic of the early twentieth century, their clothing includes long-sleeved, high-collar...
- Leap Year Club (Basalt, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Basalt (Colo.)--1900-1910.
- 1904
- Soda Spring, Manitou, Colo.
- Soda Spring at Manitou Springs, Colorado electric railway depot or trolley stop; large group of men, women and children underneath pavilion; men & women drinking from Soda Spring; young boy, newspaper carrier slung over front shoulders; women with...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Newspaper carriers--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1910.; Springs--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1910.; Street railroad stations--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890- 1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Navajo women and their friend Mrs. H. M. Peabody Bluff City, Utah.
- Mrs. H. M. Peabody poses outdoors in front of hanging Navajo rugs with Native American (Navajo) rug weavers (women) in Bluff (Bluff City), Utah. The Navajo women wear blankets and bead necklaces with naja pendants.
- Indians of North America--Utah--Bluff--1880-1910.; Navajo Indians--Utah--Bluff--1880-1910.; Navajo textile fabrics--Utah--Bluff--1880-1910.; Navajo women weavers--Utah--Bluff--1880-1910.; Bluff (Utah)--1880-1910.; Rugs--Utah--Bluff--1880-1910.;...
- [between 1880 and 1910]
- Toolhouse at Arrow, Colorado
- Two women telegraph operators (Miss Jones), hired during World War I, pose with two railroad crew members in Arrow, (Arrowhead), Grand County, Colorado. The women stand on part of a snow plow, while the men (Joe Preiss) "play" their shovels like...
- Arrow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Railroad employees--Colorado--Arrow--1910-1920.
- 1918
- Library painted by Yens Erickson [Frederick Warshauer residence].
- Interior view of a painting in the Frederick Warshauer residence in Antonito, Conejos County, Colorado features a mythological scene of three women wearing. One women wears a breast plate, wings on her flowing blond hair and holds a dagger through...
- Antonito (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Murals--Colorado--Antonito--1960-1970.;Warshauer, Frederick B., 1859-1913--Homes and haunts.
- [1964]
- Owl Club tea
- A group of African American (Black) and white men and women gather for an Owl Club event in Denver, Colorado. One young women wears a very short micro mini dress. The other women wear fashionable mini dresses and hats. One man wears a plaid blazer....
- Owl Club (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; African Americans--Organizations--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Clubs--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.; Couples--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.
- [1970?]
- Nurses in training school of hospital at front entrance
- A group of student nurses sit and stand near the entrance of Denver Homeopathic Hospital and Medical College at Park Avenue and Humboldt Street in the City Park West neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The women are dressed in white dress uniforms...
- Denver Homeopathic Hospital and Medical College--People--1900-1910.; Nursing students--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; City Park West (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Colleges & universities--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Cast of the Junior League Follies
- Panoramic view of men and women actors in the Junior League Follies presented by the Junior League of Denver; they pose outdoors in Denver, Colorado. Identification: (left to right) Muriel Williams, Kathryn Williams, Betty Bardwell, Helen...
- Junior League of Denver--People--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Actors--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Actresses--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Charitable organizations--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Costumes--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.;...
- 1930
- Ute Tribe Colorado Springs Carnival
- Panoramic view of Native American (Ute) dancers and white men at the Shan Kive (Colorado Springs Carnival) in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. Ute men, women and children pose in front of tipis in a field. The Ute women wear dresses...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1920.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cradleboards--1910-1920.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1920.;...
- 1912
- Dist. 19, "Sunnyside" Mrs. Shanahan, teacher, June 24, 1958 The name was Sunny Slopes
- Twelve young men, women, and girls stand in front of a one-story sod house with a hipped roof, used as a schoolhouse, about 18 miles southwest of Seibert, Colorado. A school bell is on the roof, with a shovel lying nearby; the building was called...
- Edgewater (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Schools--Colorado--Edgewater--1910-1920.; Students--Colorado--Edgewater--1910-1920.; Love, Mertel, Mrs.
- 1911-1912
- Women's Christian Temperance Union
- Five executive board members of the Women's Christian Temperance Union of Colorado pose near a desk. A woman identified as Mrs. Henry Bruce Teller is seated at a desk and holds papers in her hands. Other board members include: Grace C. Morey, in a...
- Women's Christian Temperance Union of Colorado--People--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Public service organizations--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Temperance--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- 1942 December 29
- Women's Christian Temperance Union buys war bonds
- Nina Bear, treasurer of the Colorado Women's Christian Temperance Union hands a check to Louis M. Montania, administrator of the United States War Bonds Office. In return he hands her an envelope of war bonds. Bertha Teller sits at a table with her...
- Colorado Women's Christian Temperance Union--People--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Public service organizations--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Temperance--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- 1942 April 22
- Women's Christian Temperance Union plants memorial tree
- Members of the Women's Christian Temperance Union gather around a small spruce tree at Elitch Gardens in Denver, Colorado. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Wilmore are seated on a park bench near the tree. A plaque reading: "8th District W.C.T.U. Honor Mr. &...
- Women's Christian Temperance Union--People--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Public service organizations--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Temperance--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Tree planting ceremonies--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.;...
- 1942 July 17
- Women's Christian Temperance Union convention
- Officers of the Women's Christian Temperance Union pose during a convention in Pueblo, Colorado. Board members include in the front row from left to right: Mrs. Henry Bruce Teller, Grace C. Moery, and Beth J. Chappell. In the back row from left to...
- Women's Christian Temperance Union--Meetings--1940-1950.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Temperance--Colorado--Pueblo--1940-1950.; Women--Colorado--Pueblo--1940-1950.
- [1947?]
- 5th annual picnic, the Colorado pond, A.H.O. of Blue Goose, Mount Morrison
- Panoramic view of members of the Colorado pond (chapter) of the Ancient and Honorable Order of the Blue Goose at their annual picnic near Mount Morrison (Jefferson County), Colorado. Men, women, and children pose near a stone structure with a...
- Ancient and Honorable Order of the Blue Goose--People--1910-1920.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--Jefferson County--1910-1920.; People--Colorado--Jefferson County--1910-1920.
- 1912 July 6
- Family of Jesse W. Nelson
- Outdoor family portrait of men and women at a 50th (Fiftieth) wedding anniversary gathering in a fenced yard in Rising Sun (Ohio County), Indiana. An elderly man and woman sit in wooden and wicker chairs. John W. Nelson wears a suit with a vest, a...
- Nelson, Jesse W.--Family.; Nelson, Sabra--Family.; Rising Sun (Ind.)--1900-1910.; Aged persons--Indiana--Rising Sun--1900-1910.; Anniversaries--Indiana--Rising Sun--1900-1910.; Families--Indiana--Rising Sun--1900-1910.
- 1908
- Performers
- Seventeen women performers of the "Broom Brigade" cast pose in two rows. Each wears a costume of a long-sleeved bodice with a mandarin collar, a cross piece across the breast, a full, pleated skirt with a dark band around the skirt, and a Civil War...
- Greeley (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Actresses--1880-1890.
- 1885
- Hot Springs Hotel, Idaho Springs, Colorado
- Seven women and two men sit on an outdoor porch at the Hot Springs Hotel in Idaho Springs, Colorado. The porch fronts Soda Creek. The men wear suits and straw hats and the women wear skirts, blouses and dresses. Two women are sitting on a covered...
- Hot Springs Hotel (Idaho Springs, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1900-1910.; Porches--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Shoshone women scraping hides
- Native American (Shoshoni) women prepare animal skins; one hide is draped over sticks. The women wear buckskin dresses with fringe and beadwork and beaded headbands. One woman holds a scraper.
- Indians of North America--1910-1930.; Shoshoni Indians--1910-1930.; Shoshoni women--1910-1930.; Hides & skins--1910-1930.; Women--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- A Chinese reception in San Francisco
- Chinese men and women are in a room decorated with lanterns, filigree wall screens and tapestries in San Francisco (Marin County), California. Men and women play stringed instruments, cymbals and drums. Some men smoke pipes; others eat rice at a...
- Chinese--California--San Francisco--1870-1880.; San Francisco (Calif.)--1870-1880.; Clothing & dress--California--San Francisco--1870-1880.; Eating & drinking--California--San Francisco--1870-1880.; Interiors--California--San Francisco--1870-1880.;...
- 1877 June 9
- Indian "Tablet Dance" at Santo Domingo, New Mexico
- Native American (Santa Domingo Pueblo) men and women dance in a row during a "Tablet Dance" at Santo Domingo Pueblo (New Mexico). The women wear mantas and tablitas on their heads. The men wear fringed breechcloths, hoof rattles, kilts, body paint,...
- Indian dance--New Mexico--Santo Domingo Pueblo--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--New Mexico--Santo Domingo Pueblo--1890-1900.; Keresan Indians--Dance--New Mexico--Santo Domingo Pueblo--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Dance--New...
- 1890 June 7
- Cabin in the desert of Arizona
- North American Indian (Navajo) and white men, women, and children pose in front of a summer hogan in Arizona. The white men and women wear overcoats and hats, one woman holds a lamb. Two of the Navajo women are wrapped in blankets.
- Indians of North America--Arizona--1910-1920.; Navajo Indians--Arizona--1910-1920.; Hogans--Arizona--1910-1920.; People--Arizona--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1917?]
- Highland Mary Falls 1940's
- Two unidentified women stand on a rock ledge near Highland Mary Falls (also known as Kemp's Falls) about 4 miles west of Eldora in Boulder County, Colorado. Tall pine trees stand near the women. Both women both wear checkered shirts and pants. One...
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Eldora (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Pines--Colorado--Eldora--1940-1950.; Rock formations--Colorado--Eldora--1940-1950.; Waterfalls--Colorado--Eldora--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- City Park, Denver
- View of City Park, Denver, Colorado, probably taken from north tower of City Park pavilion. Shows men, women, and children strolling in City Park; rows of wrought iron benches near edge of lake; women being helped off an early automobile; pony or...
- City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Health Training at Whittier School
- Health training at Whittier Elementary School in Denver, Colorado. Two women sit in chairs, one is wearing a nurse uniform and is wrapping the second women's ankle with gauze. Behind the nurse stands two women watching the nurse and holding first...
- Nurses.; Whittier School (Denver, Colo.); Whittier (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- undated
- Henry Junior High sewing project
- Photograph of several unidentified women working on a sewing project at Henry Junior High School in Denver, Colorado. Two women sit at two different tables using sewing machines. Two other women stand at a table behind them.
- Henry Junior High School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- circa 1975
- Mother of Sam Melendrez
- Studio portrait of two young women. They pose in long dresses with pleated skirts and wear bows in their hair. One of the woman is identified as the mother of Sam Melendrez, a worker in the Fort Collins area.
- Hispanic Americans--1900-1910.; Women.; Melendrez, Sam--Family--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Women--Colorado--Fort Collins--Pictorial works.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Students at St. Cajetan's School
- Young women students and Theatine priest, Father John Ordinas, pose on the steps of Saint Cajetan's School, located at Lawrence and 8th (Eighth) Streets in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. Magdalena Gallegos is in the front row, she...
- Hispanic Americans--1940-1950.; Mexican Americans--1940-1950.; Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Priests.; Students.; Teenagers.; Women.; Gallegos, Magdalena--Pictorial works.; Ordinas, John, Father--Pictorial works.;...
- 1949
- St. Cajetan's School play
- Interior view of a play at Saint Cajetan's School, in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. Girls in caps, blouses and skirts stand in a row next to a sign that reads: "? St." and "Lawrence." Magdalena Gallegos poses at the end of the line in...
- Hispanic Americans--1940-1950.; Mexican Americans--1940-1950.; Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Girls.; Students.; Teenagers.; Theatrical productions.; Women.; Gallegos, Magdalena--Pictorial works.; Drama--Pictorial...
- between 1947 and 1948
- Córdova sisters
- Studio portrait of the Córdova sisters, daughters of Juan Bautista Córdova, and his wife María Quirina Sánches Córdova, from Hoehne, Las Animas County, Colorado. The young women are identified: Front row l to r: Antonia and Benigna...
- Hispanic Americans--1850-1860.; Mexican Americans--1850-1860.; Las Animas County (Colo.)--1850-1860.; Women.; Córdova, Juan Bautista--Family--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Las Animas County--Pictorial works.; Mexican...
- [between 1855 and 1860?]