Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Cradleboard
- Show a Native American (Ute) toy cradleboard with a doll. The cradleboard is buckskin wrapped around a board and is decorated with fringe, multi-color beadwork sewn on with lazy stitch. The doll's head is possibly made of wood painted a medium...
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.; Ute Indians--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.; Cradleboards--1880-1900.; Dolls--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Chief Ouray's squaw, Chipeta
- Chipeta, a Native American (Ute) woman, poses next to rounded woven baskets with leather handles. She holds a small woven basket and wears a long calico skirt or dress with a pattern of grapes, blossoms, and leaves; a woven, patterned shawl with...
- Indians of North America--Women--1900-1910.; Ute Indians--Women--1900-1910.; Baskets--1900-1910.; Women--1900-1910.; Chipeta.
- 1907
- Ilse Velásquez
- Ilse Velásquez, a young girl, poses in a traditional Mexican regional costume at the celebration of Our Lady of Guadalupe at Holy Family Church in Fort Collins (Larimer County), Colorado. She wears a hand woven dress decorated with ribbon, a bead...
- Mexican Americans--1990-2000.; Hispanic Americans--1990-2000.; Fort Collins (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Girls.; Clothing and dress.; Velásquez, Ilse--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- [1993 December 16]
- Francisco Gallegos
- Hispanic American Francisco Gallegos, a sheep and cattle rancher, poses on horseback in San Luis, Colorado. He wear a jacket, tie and round brimmed hat, his saddle blanket is a jerga, a woven Hispanic textile in a herringbone and check pattern....
- Hispanic Americans--1880-1890.; Mexican Americans--1880-1890.; San Luis (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Adobe buildings.; Horseback riding.; Ranchers.; Gallegos, Francisco--Pictorial works.; Building, Adobe--Colorado--San Luis--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- ca. 1885
- A Navajo woman and her blanket
- A Navajo woman poses with a large woven fringed blanket with a diamond pattern. She wears a blanket wrapped around her body, a necklace and a bracelet. She has on moccasins and has her hair pulled back. She stands on a woven blanket, and another...
- Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Navajo Indian textile fabrics.; Navajo Indians--1880-1890.; Navajo Indian women weavers.
- [between 1888 and 1890?]
- Head band
- Shows a loom woven head band made by Native American Sioux, Nancy Then Elk of Rosebud, South Dakota. The head band features decorative geometric designs made of loom woven blue, red, and white beadwork and blue silk ribbon.
- Dakota Indians--Arts & crafts--1920-1940.; Dakota Indians--Clothing & dress--1920-1940.; Headbands--1920-1940.; Indians of North America--Arts & craft--1920-1940.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940]
- Coverlet
- Woven jacquard coverlet, made of blue wool and cotton wefts with cotton warp threads in the double weave technique. American spread eagle in each corner, overall geometric floral pattern and words: "United We Stand, Divided We Fall", "Eve Nellis,...
- Bedspreads--1850-1860.
- 1858
- Moki Pueblo herdsmen
- Native American (Hopi) men, probably herdsmen, pose in front of an adobe wall, probably on the Hopi Indian Reservation in Arizona. The men wear woven striped or checkered long sleeved shirts, woven blankets, pants, and moccasins. One man has a...
- Hopi Indians--Men--Arizona--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Arizona--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Men--Arizona--1890-1900.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Shepherds--Arizona--1890-1900.
- [1899?]
- Mojave runner & squaw
- A Native American (Mohave) man and woman pose by a brick wall and a strip of corrugated metal, probably in Arizona or California. The man wears a long-sleeved cotton shirt with arm bands and a fabric waist belt, a vest with a pocket watch chain,...
- Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Mohave Indians--1880-1900.; Men--1800-1900.; Women--1800-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Stone basin, woman washing clothes Moki Indians, Wolpi Pueblo, Arizona
- Native American (Hopi) woman kneels on a stone wash basin and washes clothes while a naked boy looks on, Walpi Pueblo, First Mesa, Arizona; boy stands on wash basin, holding small woven blanket; next to the basin are two metal cans, a pottery water...
- Hopi Indians--Children--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Women--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Walpi (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Laundry--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.
- 1899
- Girl at Staffords Otemina Najarito (S.C. girl)
- Outdoor portrait (standing) of a Native American (Pueblo, Tewa) woman outside a vine covered adobe brick building at Stafford's, possibly near Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico. The woman has a dark Tewa Polychrome style jar resting on her head. The...
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Santa Clara Pueblo--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Santa Clara Pueblo--1900-1910.; Tewa Indians--New Mexico--Santa Clara Pueblo--1900-1910.; Santa Clara Pueblo (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Pottery--New...
- [between 1908 and 1910]
- Feather-grass goods, also stone implements, mesa dwellers
- View of objects found at Native American (Anasazi) dwelling ruins in Colorado or Utah. Woven rugs and looms with unfinished rugs are beside a shelf that displays pottery, stone axes, a mano and metate, woven fragments (possibly yucca or bark), and...
- Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Arts & crafts--1900-1910.; Pueblo...
- [1900?]
- Governors of Zuni
- A group of secular leaders (governors or chiefs) stand or sit and posebeside an adobe wall, at Zuni Pueblo, New Mexico. The Native American (Zuni) men wear woven cotton shirts, head bands, woven striped blankets, leather leggings and moccasins....
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Zuni--1870-1880.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Zuni--1870-1880.; Zuni Indians--Political activity--New Mexico--Zuni--1870-1880.; Zuni (N.M.)--1870-1880.; Tribal chiefs--New Mexico--Zuni--1870-1880.
- [1879]
- The Governor's House, Zuni
- A Native American boy (Zuni) wears a woven shirt and leggings and poses beside a timber ladder and adobe and stone pueblo walls and buildings at Zuni, New Mexico. The structure identified as the "Governor's House" has a wooden framed doorway and...
- Indians of North America--Structures--New Mexico--Zuni--1870-1890.; Zuni Indians--Structures--New Mexico--Zuni--1870-1890.; Zuni (N.M.)--1870-1890.; Adobe buildings--New Mexico--Zuni--1870-1890.; Boys--New Mexico--Zuni--1870-1890.; Pueblos--New...
- [between 1879 and 1881?]
- The Caciques of Zuni
- Native American men, Zuni governors or chiefs, a woman and a child, stand or sit and pose in front of an adobe wall at Zuni Pueblo, New Mexico. Men wear cloth headbands, woven shirts, beaded necklaces, leather leggings and moccasins and woven,...
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Zuni--1870-1880.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Zuni--1870-1880.; Zuni Indians--New Mexico--Zuni--1870-1880.; Zuni (N.M.)--1870-1880.; Tribal chiefs--New Mexico--Zuni--1870-1880.; Women--New...
- [1879?]
- Modern pueblo, Zuni
- A Native American (Zuni) woman and child wear woven blankets and pose beside an adobe structure at Zuni, New Mexico. A building has a window, a wooden framed doorway, and a chimney pot and gutter on the roof. Pumpkin or squash plants are on the...
- Indians of North America--Structures--New Mexico--Zuni--1930-1940.; Pueblo Indians--Structures--New Mexico--Zuni--1870-1890.; Zuni Indians--Structures--New Mexico--Zuni--1870-1890.; Zuni (N.M.)--1870-1890.; Adobe buildings--New...
- [between 1879 and 1882?]
- Aboriginal life among the Navajoe [sic] Indians, near old Fort Defiance, N.M. [sic]
- Native American (Navajo) men and women sit or stand beside a loom near old Fort Defiance (McKinley County), New Mexico. A man wears a woven shirt, leather leggings and moccasins and holds a bow and arrow. A man wears a loin cloth and leans against...
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Fort Defiance--1870-1880.; Navajo Indians--New Mexico--Fort Defiance--1870-1880.; Fort Defiance (N.M.)--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--New Mexico--Fort Defiance--1870-1880.; Looms--New Mexico--Fort...
- 1873
- Nebagaman Chief, standing, wearing war bonnet with horns, 3/4 length
- Nebagaman, Dakota Chief, 3/4 length standing studio portrait with painted backdrop, wearing headdress with buffalo horns and feathers trailing down back, necklaces, woven beaded sash across chest with another sash with metal coins across opposite...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Calumets--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Nebagaman.
- [188-?]
- Unidentified Indian, wearing war bonnet, full length (studio pose)
- Unidentified Native American male, full length standing studio portrait with painted backdrop, wearing feather headdress, fur piece around yoke, necklace, earrings, breastplate, woven vest, woven armbands, bracelets, moccasins; standing on fur rug,...
- Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- An Apache wickiup on the shores of beautiful Roosevelt Lake
- A Native American (Apache) family poses beside canvas-covered wickiups and tents in Gila County, Arizona. The women and girls wear blouses with gathered yokes and ruffled skirts. Two of the girls pose with a woven olla and a woven basket. A boy...
- Southern Pacific Railroad Company--Public Relations--1910-1920.; Apache baskets--Arizona--Gila County--1910-1920.; Apache Indians--Arizona--Gila County--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--Arizona--Gila County--1910-1920.; Apache Trail...
- [1916]
- War chief of the Zuni Indians
- A Native American (Zuni Pueblo) man poses beside a ladder made of hewn timber logs and an adobe building with vigas in Zuni Pueblo, New Mexico. The man, identified as the "war chief" poses with a silver capped cane and a rifle. He wears a woven...
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Zuni--1870-1880.; Zuni Indians--New Mexico--Zuni--1870-1880.; Zuni (N.M.)--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--New Mexico--Zuni--1870-1880.; Tribal chiefs--New Mexico--Zuni--1870-1880.; Geographical Surveys West...
- 1873
- Buffalo Bill (Col. W. F. Cody)
- Woven silk ribbon souvenir portrait of William F. Cody (Buffalo Bill), with signature. United States flags, a shield, and an eagle are embroidered near the bottom.
- Celebrities--1900-1910.; Entertainers--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.
- [between 1903 and 1910?]
- Sketches in the Northwest
- Men stand beside an ox-driven wagon at Fort Garry (later Lower Fort Garry National Historic Park) in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. A man hauls a moose head on his back. Shows a silo and a frame building. A North American Indian in a woven blanket,...
- Dakota Indians--Spiritual life--North Dakota--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--Spiritual life--North Dakota--1870-1880.; Votive offerings--North Dakota--1870-1880.; Fort Garry (Man.)--1870-1880.; Missouri River--1870-1880.; Carts &...
- 1870 January 25
- Tabeguache Warrior, "Sha-wa-no," War Chief of Tabeguaches
- Studio portrait of Warets and Shavano, seated left to right, sub-chiefs of the North American IndianTabeguache (Uncompahgre) Ute band. The men wear woven tunics, buckskin leggings, moccasins, chokers, and bead necklaces. Warets wears a beaded sash,...
- Indians of North America--1860-1870.; Tabeguache Indians--1860-1870.; Ute Indians--1860-1870.; Tribal chiefs--1860-1870.; Shavano.; Warets.
- [1868?]
- Woven Indian water bottle, drum, pottery canteen
- Native American (Ute) round pottery canteen with plant motif, cork and rope; two sided rawhide drum with handles; woven water basket.
- Canteens (Beverage containers)--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Arts & Crafts--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Arts & Crafts--1890-1900.; Baskets--1890-1900.; Drums--1890-1900.
- 1895
- Photograph showing texture of a good quality Navajo rug woven from old-type Navajo wool
- Close-up view of a Native American (Navajo) rug, woven with Navajo wool.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1930-1950.; Navajo Indians--Arts & crafts--1930-1950.; Navajo textile fabrics--1930-1950.; Rugs--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950]
- Bobby and Gloria Herrera
- Toddlers Bobby and Gloria Herrera pose in bathing suits on their front porch at 1121 Lawrence Street in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. They stand on a woven rug with American Indian designs.
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1940-1950.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1940-1950.; Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Boys.; Girls.; Infants.; Herrera, Bobby--Pictorial works.; Herrera, Gloria--Pictorial works.;...
- [1947]
- María Salomé Córdova spinning wool
- Hispanic American María Salomé Córdova sits in a chair and spins yarn in her yard in Hoehne (Las Animas County), Colorado. She holds a wood spindle in one hand and the wool in the other. The spindle rests in a wood bowl in her lap. The...
- Hispanic Americans--1930-1940.; Mexican Americans--1930-1940.; Las Animas County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Weavers.; Women.; Córdova, María Salomé, 1867---Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Las Animas County--Pictorial works.; Mexican...
- [between 1930 and 1935?]
- Donaciano Córdova and Margarita Santistevan
- Studio portrait of Hispanic American Donaciano Córdova and Margarita Yasabel Santistevan Córdova. Donaciano stands beside his wife, he wears a suit and tie, his hair is parted on the side, he has a full mustache and his hand rests on his wife's...
- Hispanic Americans--1880-1890.; Mexican Americans--1890-1900.; Spouses.; Women.; Córdova, Donaciano, 1861-1941--Pictorial works.; Córdova, Margarita Yasabel Santistevan de, 1865-1943--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial...
- [1890?]
- Salazar family
- Daniel and Maruca Salazar pose with their adult children, Maruca Salome Salazar and Gabriel Numa Salazar in Denver, Colorado. Maruca, Director of the Museo de las Americas, has gray hair, wears a striped handwoven dress and a reboso over her...
- Hispanic Americans--2000-2010.; Mexican Americans--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Families.; Salazar family--Pictorial works.; Families--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Mexican...
- [2009?]
- Rio Grande style weaving Jerga.
- View of a Rio Grande style weaving known as a jerga woven around 1885 by Francisco Antonio Gallegos in Arroyo Seco (Taos County), New Mexico. The striped rug has a central seam where two narrow weavings are sewn together.
- Hispanic Americans--Arts & crafts--1880-1890.; Mexican Americans--Arts & crafts--1880-1890.; Rugs.; Textiles.; Gallegos, Francisco Antonio--Associated objects--Pictorial works.; Rugs--New Mexico--Arroyo Seco--Pictorial works.; Textile fabrics--New...
- [between 1980 and 1990?]
- Lucille Campa
- Lucille Campa, a well known dancer and teacher of Mexican, Spanish classical dance and flamenco, poses in a Peruvian Indian costume in the San Isidro District, Lima Peru. She wears a velvet dress decorated with hand woven fabric. Louise Campa was...
- Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1950-1960.; Lima (Peru)--1950-1960.; Clothing & dress.; Dancers.; Campa, Arthur L. (Arthur Leon), 1905-1978--Family--Pictorial works.; Campa, Lucille, 1919-2005--Pictorial...
- [1955?]
- Louise Campa in Mexican reboso
- Louise Campa, Lucille Campa, a well known dancer and teacher of Mexican, Spanish classical dance and flamenco, poses in a Mexican dress with woven decoration and a striped reboso over her head. She wears a silver bead necklace and oversized...
- Hispanic Americans--1940-1950.; Mexican Americans--1940-1950.; Clothing & dress.; Dancers.; Campa, Arthur L. (Arthur Leon), 1905-1978--Family--Pictorial works.; Campa, Louise, 1919-2005--Pictorial works.; Clothing and dress--Colorado--Pictorial...
- [between 1946 and 1950?]
- Parade, Gunnison, Colorado
- Native American (Jicarilla Apache) men and women walk in a parade on Main Street in Gunnison (Gunnison County), Colorado. Signs on commercial buildings read: "Miller's Dry Goods, Haberdashery," "Little Supermarket," "Endner's Hardware," and...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--Gunnison--1950-1960.; Jicarilla Indians--Colorado--Gunnison--1950-1960.; Gunnison (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Gunnison--1950-1960.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Gunnison--1950-1960.; Parades...
- 1953 July
- Toddler
- Studio portrait of a child in a pillbox turban hat, lace collar, and woven belt with knot clasp and tassels.
- Children--1890-1900.; Clothing & dress--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Portrait of a young woman
- Studio portrait of a young woman who wears a plaid dress decorated by woven cords. She wears a choker around her neck and a cross pin at her neck. Her hair is pulled back and gathered in a large bun at the back of her head. Her short bangs are...
- Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Women--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Portrait of a man and woman
- Studio portrait of a man and a woman. The woman wears a light colored dress with a high collar. A flower is woven into the woman's hair. The man wears a dark colored suit, a necktie and has a moustache. The man parts his hair to the side.
- Couples--1890-1900.
- [1891]
- Portrait of an infant
- Two studio portraits (one inverted) of a baby in a ruffled dress with a lace collar. The baby is propped in a chair covered by a woven rug.
- Infants--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Portraits of an infant
- Studio portraits (one inverted) of a baby with a curl on top of its head in a long, probably nainsook dress with a lace collar, cuffs and hem. The baby sits on a woven tapestry in front of a painted backdrop.
- Infants--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Portrait of an infant
- Studio portrait of a baby, probably a boy, with short hair in a cotton or nainsook dress with a ruffled collar, cuffs and an underskirt. The baby sits on a woven tapestry in front of a painted backdrop.
- Boys--1890-1910.; Infants--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Portraits of an infant
- Two studio portraits (one inverted) of a baby in a nainsook dress with lace ruffles and bare feet. The baby sits on a woven tapestry in front of a painted backdrop.
- Infants--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Portrait of an infant
- Studio portrait of a baby, probably a girl, in a long dress with a high yoke and lace on the bodice and around the hem. The baby has bare feet and sits on a woven rug in front of a painted backdrop.
- Girls--1890-1910.; Infants--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Portrait of an infant
- Studio portrait of a baby in a dress with lace on the bodice and around the hem. The baby is posed on a wicker chair covered with a woven rug.
- Infants--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Portrait of an infant
- Studio portrait of a baby in a dress with lace on the bodice and around the hem. The baby is posed on a woven rug and wicker chair.
- Infants--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Portrait of an infant
- Studio portrait of a baby propped in a chair covered with a woven rug. The baby wears a long dress with a lace underskirt and puffed sleeves.
- Infants--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Portrait of an infant
- Studio portrait of a baby in a long dress with a high yoke and a full skirt. The baby has curly hair and is posed on a woven rug on a chair.
- Infants--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Portraits of an infant
- Two studio portraits (one inverted) of an infant in a long white dress with a lace bertha collar and cuffs. The baby is posed on a woven rug in front of a painted backdrop.
- Infants--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Portrait of an infant
- Studio portrait of an infant in a long white dress with a bertha collar, a bar pin and a lace underskirt. Shows a woven rug and a painted backdrop.
- Infants--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Tzu-Chey (Mrs. Minnie Size), at Pueblo of Laguna, N.M.
- A portrait of Tzu-Chey (Mrs. Minnie Size), a Native American woman (Laguna), she balances a large olla on her head at the Laguna Indian Reservation in New Mexico. She wears a printed scarf over he head, bead, turquoise, and silver necklaces, hoop...
- Indians of North America--Women--New Mexico--Laguna--1890-1910.; Laguna Indians--Women--New Mexico--Laguna--1890-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Women--New Mexico--Laguna--1890-1910.; Laguna (N.M.)--1890-1910.; Pottery--New Mexico--Laguna--1890-1910.;...
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Mrs. Minnie Size, N. Mex.
- A portrait of Tzu-Chey (Mrs. Minnie Size), a Native American woman (Laguna), she balances a large olla on her head at the Laguna Indian Reservation in New Mexico. She wears a printed scarf over he head, bead, turquoise, and silver necklaces, hoop...
- Indians of North America--Women--New Mexico--Laguna--1890-1910.; Laguna Indians--Women--New Mexico--Laguna--1890-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Women--New Mexico--Laguna--1890-1910.; Laguna (N.M.)--1890-1910.; Pottery--New Mexico--Laguna--1890-1910.;...
- [between 1890 and 1910?]