Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 25, 1910 June 18
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 39, 1910 September 24
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 40, 1910 October 1
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 34, 1911 August 19
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Number 12, 1912 March 23
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 9, 1909 April 17
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 31, 1909 September 18
- Mrs. Gordon
- Seated studio portrait of Mrs.Gordon, from Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. She sits in front of a painted backdrop of a staircase in a folk costume decorated with ribbon. The dress has over-sized puff sleeves and she wears two lace...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Clothing & dress.; Women.; Gordon, Mrs., resident, Georgetown, Colo.; Gordon family.
- Mrs. Hines
- Studio group portrait of Mrs. Hines, her two young daughters and baby, residents of Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Mrs. Hines wears a dress with a crocheted lace collar, a fabric pin and pleated skirt. She holds a baby on her lap and...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Children.; Clothing & dress.; Families.; Girls.; Infants.; Women.; Hines, Mrs., resident Georgetown, Colo.
- Western History Subject Index
- Denver. Theaters. Tabor Grand Opera House
- Western History Subject Index
- Horse racing* Colorado
- Western History Subject Index
- Horses. biography.. Steel Dust
- Western History Subject Index
- Education. Oregon
- Western History Subject Index
- Indians. Games
- Western History Subject Index
- Indians. Games
- Western History Subject Index
- Indians. Art
- Western History Subject Index
- Indians. Art
- Western History Subject Index
- Indians. Artifacts
- Western History Subject Index
- Sarkisian, H Medill
- Western History Subject Index
- Wool. Angora
- Western History Subject Index
- Yokuts Indians
- Western History Subject Index
- Regis college. Library
- The life and times of Hon. Schuyler Colfax, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives and Republican candidate for the vice-presidency.
- 1907 Ballenger & Richards 35th Annual Denver City Directory
- Jacquard coverlet
- Woven bedspread, in navy blue and white, has a floral pattern with border.
- Bedspreads--1840-1850.
- 1846
- Jacquard coverlet
- Woven bedspread, in navy blue and white, has a floral pattern with border.
- Bedspreads--1840-1850.
- 1848
- 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
- General Sam Houston, Governor of Texas, photographed by Brady.
- Image on Harper's weekly page shows a bust portrait of Sam Houston. Houston has curly hair and mutton chops, and wears a suit, silk bow tie and a woven overcoat. He wears rings and poses with a cane and a hat.
- Governors--Texas--1860-1870.; Houston, Sam, 1793-1863.
- 1861 March 30
- Group of Pawnee Warr. & Palace Cars of U.P.R.R.
- Native American (Pawnee) men, hired for a staged performance for members of the Union Pacific excursion to the 100th meridian, wear headdresses and woven blankets, and stand in front of a Union Pacific Railroad passenger car in Nebraska. Men and...
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--Public relations--1860-1870.; Indians of North America--Nebraska--1860-1870.; Pawnee Indians--Nebraska--1860-1870.; Railroad travel--Nebraska--1860-1870.; Railroads--Nebraska--1860-1870.;...
- 1866 October
- Pawnee
- Sitting portrait of an unidentified Native American (Pawnee) man. He is shirtless and wears leggings, a blanket around his waist, necklaces, earrings, a woven sash over his right shoulder, and two feathers in his hair. He holds a tomahawk in his...
- Indians of North America--1860-1870.; Pawnee Indians--1860-1870.; Clothing & dress--1860-1870.
- 1867?
- 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
- Medicine man and wife
- A Native American (Crow) medicine man poses among trees and grass with his wife. He wears pants, a waist wrap, light colored shirt, vest, kerchief, earrings, braids, and a hat. She wears a large woven blanket over a dress and a necklace.
- Crow Indians--Women--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--Spiritual life--1870-1880.; Shamans--1870-1880.
- 1871
- Group of Pah-Ute Indians, Nevada
- Native American (Paiute) men, women and children sit or stand and pose in rows under a tree near probably Cottonwood Springs (Washoe County), Nevada. Men wear woven shirts, necklaces, scarves, ties and hats. Women wear dresses or skirts and hold...
- Indians of North America--Nevada--Washoe County--1870-1880.; Paiute Indians--Nevada--Washoe County--1870-1880.; Washoe County (Nev.)--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Nevada--Washoe County--1870-1880.; People--Nevada--Washoe County--1870-1880.;...
- 1871
- Grand Canon, mouth of Kanab Wash
- Two members of the geological survey stand or sit on boulders beside the Colorado River near the confluence with Kanab Creek in the Grand Canyon (later Grand Canyon National Park), Arizona. One of the men is wrapped in a woven blanket, and holds...
- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1870-1880.; Grand Canyon (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Boulders--Arizona--Grand Canyon--1870-1880.; Canyons--Arizona--Grand Canyon--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Arizona--Grand Canyon--1870-1880.; Rivers--Arizona--Grand...
- 1872
- Kaibab woman with cradleboard
- A Native American (Paiute) woman is seated on a rock, next to a cradleboard made of reeds with a woven hood, Kaibab Plateau, northern Arizona. She wears a belted and fringed buckskin dress with moccasins.
- Indians of North America--Arizona--1870-1880.; Paiute Indians--Women--Arizona--1870-1880.; Kaibab Plateau (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Cradleboards--Arizona--1870-1880.; Women--Arizona--1870-1880.
- 1873
- View on Apache Lake, Sierra Blanca Range [sic], Arizona
- Men sit or stand and pose beside what is identified as Apache Lake in the White Mountains in Apache County or Navajo County (later Fort Apache Indian Reservation), Arizona. Some wear hats and carry rifles, one wears a shirt with piping on the...
- Indian scouts--Arizona--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--Arizona--1870-1880.; Western Apache Indians--Arizona--1870-1880.; White Mountains (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Arizona--1870-1880.; Lakes & ponds--Arizona--1870-1880.;...
- 1873
- 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
- Alcalde, or municipal officer of the Zuni Indians
- An elderly Native American (Zuni) man identified as an Alcalde (Governor) poses at Zuni, New Mexico. The man holds a silver capped cane, sits wrapped in a woven blanket and wears a headband and a multi-strand bead necklace. People are underneath...
- 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--1870-1880.; Tribal chiefs--New Mexico--1870-1880.; Geographical Surveys West of the...
- 1873
- Lieutenant-Governor of the Zuni Indians
- A Native American (Zuni Pueblo) man, identified as the Lieutenant-governor, poses at Zuni, New Mexico. The man holds a silver capped cane, sits wrapped in a woven blanket and wears a headband and a multi-strand turquoise bead necklace. People are...
- 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--1870-1880.; Tribal chiefs--New Mexico--1870-1880.; Geographical Surveys West of the...
- 1873
- 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
- Navajoe Indian squaw and child
- A Native American (Navajo) mother and child pose seated beside large rocks in Canyon de Chelly (later Canyon de Chelly National Monument), Arizona. The woman wears a bil (dress) and a bead necklace. The boy stands on a woven blanket.
- Indians of North America--Arizona--1870-1880.; Navajo Indians--Arizona--1870-1880.; Chelly, Canyon de (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Boys--Arizona--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Arizona--1870-1880.; Mothers & children--Arizona--1870-1880.;...
- 1873
- Navajoe boys and squaw
- Two Native American (Navajo) boys and a young woman pose in front of an adobe building at old Fort Defiance (McKinley County), New Mexico. The boys hold bows and arrows and wear moccasins. The woman wears a bil and a woven blanket.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Fort Defiance--1870-1880.; Navajo Indians--New Mexico--Fort Defiance--1870-1880.; Fort Defiance (N.M.)--1870-1880.; Boys--New Mexico--Fort Defiance--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--New Mexico--Fort...
- 1873
- Domestic scene among the Navajoe Indians
- Native American (Navajo) women and men sit beside a summer hogan constructed of logs and brush, in Arizona or New Mexico. One woman weaves at a loom made of logs and sticks. Shows wool thread and woven rugs.
- Hogans--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Navajo Indians--1870-1880.; Navajo women weavers--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--1870-1880.; Weaving--1870-1880.; Women--1870-1880.; Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.)
- 1873
- Navajoe Indian Dance
- View of a Native American (Navajo) Circle Dance at Fort Defiance (McKinley County), New Mexico. The men wear woven shirts and pants, hats and necklaces. Some men are on horseback and three men sit on the ground nearby. The adobe buildings and a log...
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Fort Defiance--1870-1880.; Navajo Indians--New Mexico--Fort Defiance--1870-1880.; Fort Defiance (N.M.)--1870-1880.; Dance--New Mexico--Fort Defiance--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--New Mexico--Fort...
- 1873
- Young Apache warrior and his squaw
- A Native American (Apache) man and woman pose in a meadow near Camp Apache in Navajo County (later Fort Apache Indian Reservation), Arizona. The woman wears a dress with a gathered waist and pleated sleeves, boot moccasins, and has a burden basket....
- Apache Indians--Arizona--Navajo County--1870-1880.; Bow and arrow--Arizona--Navajo County--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--Arizona--Navajo County--1870-1880.; Navajo County (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Clothing & dress--Arizona--Navajo...
- 1873
- Apache squaw and child
- A Native American (Apache) woman sits and breast-feeds her baby in probably Arizona. The baby is in a cradleboard. The woman wears a shirt with pleats and cuffs, a striped, woven skirt and boot moccasins. Shows trees and bluffs in the distance.
- Apache Indians--Arizona--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--Arizona--1870-1880.; Breast feeding--Arizona--1870-1880.; Cradleboards--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Arizona--1870-1880.; Infants--Arizona--1870-1880.; Mothers &...
- 1873
- Cu-ra-can-to, Muache Ute war chief
- Studio portrait of Cu-ra-can-to, a Native American war chief (Muache Ute), wearing a jacket with epaulets, a stovepipe hat with an ostrich feather, and a hand woven scarf around his neck.
- Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Muache Indians--1870-1880.; Ute Indians--1870-1880.; Tribal chiefs--1870-1880.; Cu-ra-canto.
- 1873 July 4th
- Manitou House, Colorado Springs
- Interior view of the Manitou House Hotel office, in Manitou Springs (El Paso County), Colorado; decor includes taxidermy mounted squirrels, a lynx, a beaver, birds, a rabbit, and deer. A Regulator clock, rifles, pistols, a safe, and a kerosene lamp...
- Manitou House Hotel (Manitou Springs, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Hotel front desk personnel--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.; Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Hotels--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.; Interiors--Colorado--Manitou...
- 1874 August 31
- Indian troubles
- North American Indians (Bannock) pose near tepees at a camp. The men have long hair and wear shirts, woven blankets and bead necklaces, women wear blankets. A man with a derby hat sits on a horse. A man with a rifle poses on a rock above a river...
- Bannock Indians--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Craters of the Moon National Monument (Idaho)--1870-1880.; Indian encampments--1870-1880.; Volcanic rock--Idaho--Craters of the Moon National Monument--1870-1880.
- 1878 July 6
- Miniature cradleboard
- Shows a Native American (Ute) miniature cradleboard with a doll inside of it made by Chipeta. The cradleboard is decorated with multi-colored beads and thread, and buckskin fringe on the bottom. The doll has black cotton thread hair and painted...
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1890.; Ute Indians--Arts & crafts--1880-1890.; Cradleboards--1880-1890.; Dolls--1880-1890.; Chipeta--Associated objects.
- 1880