Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 52, 1910 December 24
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 17, 1911 April 22
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 40, 1909 November 20
- Morey Musings : vol. 1
- Booklet of poetry written by students of the Morey Junior High School in Denver, Colorado. The book was sponsored by the English and Miss Agnes Govreau of the Art Department. The booklet was hand set by the boys in the printing class.
- Morey Junior High School (Denver, Colo.); School prose, American--Colorado--Denver.; Schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1931 June
- The Good Old Days: Grigsby Family History
- Intensive document covering the Grisby family history starting in the early 1870's in Iowa.
- 2012 June 20
- Streets of Acoma, N.M.
- A group of Native American (Acoma) women wearing manta shawls stand by a ladder at Acoma Pueblo in New Mexico. A Native American (Acoma) man with a band wrapped around his head and a poncho over his shoulders stands nearby. Stones erode from the...
- Acoma (N.M.)--1880-1900.; Acoma Indians--New Mexico--Acoma--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--New Mexico--Acoma--1880-1900.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Acoma--1880-1900.; Children--New Mexico--Acoma--1880-1900.; Pueblos--New...
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Acomeños
- Native American women and children pose, Acoma Pueblo, New Mexico. Shows a young woman with a baby wrapped in a shawl on her back, a woman in white, and a girl in a checked dress.
- Acoma Indians--New Mexico--Acoma--1930-1950.; Indians of North America--Women--New Mexico--Acoma--1930-1950.; Pueblo Indians--Children--New Mexico--Acoma--1930-1950.; Acoma (N.M.)--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Portrait of a man
- Studio portrait of an African American (Black) man who wears a double-breasted jacket. A patterned scarf is wrapped around his neck and held in place with a pin shaped like a crescent moon.
- African Americans--1890-1910.; Men--1890-1910.
- [between 1891 and 1901?]
- Arrest of Charles Hough, bootlegger
- Four men stand near hundreds of bottles of bootlegged wine, beer, and liquor on the steps of a building in Kansas. Beer bottles wrapped in paper are arranged on a table made from barrels and a wood plank. Whiskey, gin, and wine bottles are arranged...
- Alcoholic beverages--Kansas--1920-1940.; Confiscations--Kansas--1920-1940.; Police raids--Kansas--1920-1940.; Prohibition--Kansas--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1932?]
- Billboard for Seiberling Rubber Co.
- View of a billboard in Denver, Colorado. The billboard has a frame that consists of two oversized newel posts with newel caps, and a cornice across the top with a small pediment with letters that read: "Alden Sign Co." The bottom of the sign...
- Alden Sign Co.--Products--1930-1940.; Gilbert Rugg, Inc. (Denver, Colo.)--Public relations--1930-1940.; Seiberling Rubber Company (Akron, Ohio)--Public relations--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Automobile equipment & supplies.;...
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Hotel Alvarado, Albuquerque
- Building" above another rectangular sign saying: "Indian Building Fred Harvey." Additional men and women walk along the sidewalk. Several men sit on bicycles in the left background.; Native American women with shawls wrapped over their heads...
- Alvarado Hotel (Albuquerque, N.M.)--1900-1910.; Albuquerque (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Baskets--New Mexico--Albuquerque--1900-1910.; Bicycles & tricycles--New Mexico--Albuquerque--1900-1910.; Buildings--New Mexico--Albuquerque--1900-1910.; Indians of...
- [between 1902 and 1910?]
- Hotel Alvarado, Albuquerque
- another rectangular sign saying: "Indian Building Fred Harvey." Additional men and women walk along the sidewalk looking at the displays. Several men sit on bicycles in the left background.; Native American women with shawls wrapped over their...
- Alvarado Hotel (Albuquerque, N.M.)--1900-1910.; Albuquerque (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Baskets--New Mexico--Albuquerque--1900-1910.; Bicycles & tricycles--New Mexico--Albuquerque--1900-1910.; Buildings--New Mexico--Albuquerque--1900-1910.; Indians of...
- [between 1902 and 1910?]
- Red Cross kids selling pickles
- Teenagers, Red Cross volunteers, pose near large cans of pickles, probably in Denver, Colorado. The teenagers, a young man and two young women hold up pickles wrapped in napkins.
- American Red Cross--People--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Community service.; Teenagers.; Pickles.
- [between 1965 and 1968?]
- Amitie Club
- View of an Amitie Club function. An African American (Black) woman in a party dress stands in front of a stage in a dance hall in Denver, Colorado. Her dress is strapless with a wrapped sash at the waist and shoulder. Members of a jazz band sit on...
- Amitie Club (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; African Americans--Organizations--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Clubs--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Jazz musicians--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.;...
- [1959?]
- An Apache family in winter
- Studio portrait of a Native American Apache family, a mother, two daughters, and a son wrapped in woven blankets and wearing moccasins; the mother holds a pitch covered basket jar.
- Apache Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Boys--1880-1890.; Girls--1880-1890.; Mothers & children--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Runner Ed Ladd & family
- Studio portrait of a Native American Apache family, runner Ed Ladd, his wife, and two children. They wear blankets wrapped over their Euro-American dress and traditional jewelry including chokers, necklaces, and beaded hair tubes.
- Apache Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Children--1880-1890.; Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Families--1880-1890.; Women--1880-1890.; Ladd, Ed--Family.; Ladd, Ed.
- 1886
- Apaches, Chief Garfield, Pouche Fe [sic] Foya and Sanches
- Studio portrait of Native American (Apache) men identified as Chief Garfield, Pouche de Foya, and Sanches. Men stand and wear feather headdresses, cotton shirts, leather breechcloths decorated with beads or quills and fringe, beaded moccasins,...
- Apache Indians--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Men--1880-1900.; James A. Garfield, Apache Chief.; Pouche de Foya.; Sanches.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Jas. A. Garfield
- Studio portrait of James A. Garfield, a Native American (Apache) man. Garfield sits and poses and wears face paint, a fur pelt bandolier decorated with conchos, a President James A. Garfield Indian peace medal around his neck, a hair pipe choker...
- Apache Indians--1890-1910.; Indians of North America--1890-1910.; Clothing & dress--1890-1910.; James A. Garfield, Apache Chief.
- 1899
- Apache mother and child, Apache scout
- An outdoor portrait of a Native American Apache woman wrapped in a blanket with a baby on her back and a portrait of a squatting Apache scout holding a cigarette, wearing a head scarf, vest, trousers with ammunition belt and handgun holster.
- Apache Indians--1890-1910.; Indians of North America--1890-1910.; Infants--1890-1910.; Mothers & children--1890-1910.; Smoking--1890-1910.; Women--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Elote, Subchief of Apaches
- Head and shoulders studio portrait of Elote, North American Indian subchief (Apache); he wears a headdress with feathers and buffalo horns and decorated with discs and ribbons. He wwears a hairpipe necklace and has a blanket wrapped around his...
- Apache Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1900-1910.; Headdresses--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1900-1910.; Elote.
- c1900
- Policeman Jose Montoya
- Native American (Taos or Apache) policeman, Jose Montoya, wearing uniform hat, vest and scarf and a wrapped blanket, standing, Taos Pueblo, New Mexico. Shows adobe cluster house with platforms and ladders and people on roofs; wagons; beehive ovens.
- Apache Indians--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1930.; Indians of North America--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1930.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1930.; Taos Indians--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1930.; Taos Pueblo...
- 1925 September 30
- Arapahoes Black Coal, plain
- Studio portrait (sitting) of Black Coal, a Native American (Arapaho) man. He wears a vest, a scarf around his neck, and has cloth and fur wrapped braids.
- Arapaho Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Black Coal.
- [between 1884-1885]
- Arapahoes Buffalo Wallow
- Studio portrait (standing) of Buffalo Wallow, a Native American (Arapaho) man. He stands with one foot on a log and holds a revolver. He wears moccasins, leggings, a breechcloth, an ammunition belt with a leather holster, scarf wrapped braids, and...
- Arapaho Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Headdresses--1880-1890.; Buffalo Wallow.
- [1884-1885]
- Scraper and awl
- A Native American (Sioux) scraper tool made from elk horn and a steel blade. The scraper has a natural color, dots and lines carved into the handle portion, hollow depression and there is a thong piece of buckskin wrapped around the blade. This...
- Arapaho Indians--Arts & crafts--1860-1880.; Dakota Indians--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.; Scrapers (tools)--1880-1900.; Cases (containers)--1860-1880.
- [between 1860 and 1900]
- Powder Face. (Arapahoe chief in full war dress)
- Native American (Araphoe) man, Chief Powder Face stands outdoors on a flat, grassy landscape, probably at Fort Sill, Indian Territory, (Oklahoma). He wears a full length feather headdress, a buckskin shirt with hair fringe, a hairpipe bead...
- Arapaho Indians--Oklahoma--Fort Sill--1860-1880.; Indians of North America--Oklahoma--Fort Sill--1860-1880.; Fort Sill (Okla.)--1860-1880.; Spears--Oklahoma--Fort Sill--1860-1880.; Tribal chiefs--Oklahoma--Fort Sill--1860-1880.; Powder Face.
- [between 1869-1874]
- Chief Wets It Assinniboine [sic]
- Reproduction of a head and shoulders portrait of Chief Wets It, Native American man (Assiniboine) wearing a headdress and face paint, wrapped in a blanket and holding a shield.
- Assiniboine Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Tribal chiefs--1890-1900.; Wets it, Assiniboine Chief.
- 1898
- White girl found with the Gros Ventre Indians, hand resting on top of chair, dressed in Indian garb, full length
- Unindentifed girl found with Gros Ventre, full length standing studio portrait with painted backdrop, wearing earrings, braided hair, shawl wrapped around shoulders, and moccasins; believed to have been a captive.
- Atsina Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- Black Owl, May 12th, 83, made at Buford
- Full length studio portrait of Black Owl, Gros Ventre male, wrapped in blanket, wearing feather in hair, standing in front of painted backdrop.
- Atsina Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Black Owl.
- [1883]
- Gros ventre Chief Black Owl
- Full length studio portrait of Black Owl, Gros Ventre male, wrapped in blanket, wearing feather in hair, standing in front of painted backdrop.
- Atsina Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Black Owl.
- [1883]
- Gros Ventre Group Picture - Black Owl seated (on left), Mary standing, unidentified Indian seated, full length
- Gros Ventre group portrait. Includes Black Owl, seated at left; Mary, standing; and an unidentified Indian male, seated at right. Both males wear a feather in hair, braids, and are wrapped in blankets; Mary wears braids, necklace and beaded...
- Atsina Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Women--1880-1890.; Black Owl.
- [188?]
- Shield, Gros Ventre
- Full length studio portrait of Shield, Gros Ventre male, wrapped in blanket, wearing one feather in hair, standing in front of painted backdrop.
- Atsina Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Shield.
- [188-?]
- Mary, Gros Ventre, standing behind two unidentified Indian women, full length
- Mary, Gros Ventre, full length studio portrait with painted backdrop standing behind two unidentified seated Native Americans (one holding a child); Mary wears necklace and seashell beading on shirt; two others wrapped in blankets around shoulders...
- Atsina Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Women--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Children--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Mary, Atsina Indian.
- [188-?]
- Couple in swimsuits
- A man and a woman dressed in swimsuits sit on a sand floor in a tent. The woman wears a scarf wrapped around her head.
- Bathing suits--1920-1940.; Couples--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940]
- Boulder
- A woman poses by Red Rocks in Boulder, Boulder County, Colorado, in a cloche hat and a long coat with a fur trimmed collar. She holds a blanket, some grass, and a wrapped package in her hand.
- Boulder (Colo.)--1940-1970.; Rock formations--Colorado--Boulder--1940-1970.; Women--Colorado--Boulder--1940-1970.
- [between 1945 and 1965]
- Indian boy and his dog
- A young Native American Ute man with wrapped braids, wearing leggings, and a necklace, holds his dog around the neck in one hand and a bow and arrows in the other, western slope Wasatch Mountains, Utah.
- Bow and arrow--Utah--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--Utah--1870-1880.; Uinta Indians--Clothing & dress--Utah--1870-1880.; Ute Indians--Utah--1870-1880.; Wasatch Range (Utah and Idaho)--1870-1880.; Dogs--Utah--1870-1880.
- [between 1871 and 1875]
- The Perley farm, old Bradford
- The town of Bradford, Colorado, (Huerfano County) is situated on a plain at the foot of bluffs. Buildings include one and two stories with gables. A wire fence encloses a wide field in the foreground.
- Bradford (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- Spotted Tail (Sin-te-ga-lis-ta) Chief of Brule Sioux
- Spotted Tail (Sinte Galeshka), his wife, and daughter, Native American (Brule Sioux) man and women, pose outdoors. Each person is wrapped in a blanket. Spotted Tail's daughter wears a hair pipe necklace and a dress decorated with teeth.
- Brulé Indians--1860-1880.; Dakota Indians--1860-1880.; Indians of North America--1860-1880.; Families--1860-1880.; Tribal chiefs--1860-1880.; Women--1860-1880.; Spotted Tail, 1823-1881--Family.; Spotted Tail, 1823-1881.
- [between 1869 and 1878]
- "Spotted Tail" a noted Indian Chief
- Sitting studio portrait of a Native American (Brulé Sioux) man, identified as Spotted Tail. He is wrapped in a large blanket, manta style, and wears moccasins, a shirt, a kerchief, and earrings. A hat is on the ground at his feet. He is noted for...
- Brulé Indians--1870-1880.; Dakota Indians--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Spotted Tail, 1823-1881.
- [1870 June 18]
- Spotted Tail
- Studio portrait (sitting) of Spotted Tail, a Native American (Brulé Sioux) chief. He holds a feather fan. He wears a blanket, a medal, and wrapped braids.
- Brulé Indians--1870-1880.; Dakota Indians--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Tribal chiefs--1870-1880.; Spotted Tail, 1823-1881.
- [ca. 1877]
- Spotted Tail's family
- Spotted Tail's wife and family, Native American (Sioux) woman, boys, girls, and baby pose outdoors, possibly at Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota. Each person is wrapped in a blanket. The boys wear hair pipe chokers.
- Brulé Indians--1870-1890.; Dakota Indians--1870-1890.; Indians of North America--1870-1890.; Boys--1870-1890.; Families--1870-1890.; Infants--1870-1890.; Mothers & children--1870-1890.; Spotted Tail, 1823-1881--Family.
- [between 1875 and 1885]
- Spotted Tail's wife
- Studio portrait (sitting) of Spotted Tail's wife and baby, Native American (Brulé Sioux) woman and child. She wears a dress and blanket shawl. The baby is wrapped in swaddling clothes and blankets.
- Brulé Indians--1870-1890.; Dakota Indians--1870-1890.; Indians of North America--1870-1890.; Infants--1870-1890.; Mothers & children--1870-1890.; Spotted Tail, 1823-1881--Family.
- [between 1875 and 1885]
- Mrs. Sharp Nail, Rosebud Ind.
- An elderly Native American (possibly Brule) woman, identified as Mrs. Sharp Nail, sips from a mug. She wears a print dress and is wrapped in a shawl and blankets. A saucer and donut are on a stool next to her chair.
- Brulé Indians--1880-1910.; Dakota Indians--1880-1910.; Indians of North America--1880-1910.; Aged persons--1880-1910.; Women--1880-1910.; Sharp Nail, Mrs.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Two Strikes, Chief of Sioux Nation
- Standing studio portrait of Two Strike, Nomkahpa (Knock Two off) Native American Brule Sioux (Lakota) elderly man with a feather in his hair, wrapped in a blanket and holding a walking stick. A prominent Sioux leader, earned his name in battle,...
- Brulé Indians--1890-1920.; Dakota Indians--1890-1920.; Indians of North America--1890-1920.; Aged persons--1890-1920.; Knock Two Off.
- [between 1890 and 1915?]
- London tour
- A reenactment with Native American (Sioux)men and women in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, London, England; they pose near a tepee and a painted background, shows a travois hitched to a horse with a girl on it's back. The men wear moccasins,...
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show--1900-1910.; Dakota Indians--England--London--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--England--London--1900-1910.; London (England)--19090-1910.; Girls--England--London--1900-1910.; Historical...
- [between 1900 and 1907]
- Large group of Sioux Indians, Wild West Show
- View of a group of Native American Sioux men dressed in headdresses and wrapped in blankets with a few women and children; all performers in Cody's Wild West Show.
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show--People--1900-1920.; Dakota Indians--1900-1920.; Indians of North America--1900-1920.; Children--1900-1920.; Clothing & dress--1900-1920.; Women--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Sioux Indian and squaw in Great Wild West Show
- Standing outdoor portrait of a Native American Sioux man and woman front of stone building. He holds a feathered staff and wears a headdress, quilled vest, kilt, leggings and moccasins; she is wrapped in a blanket.
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show--People--1900-1920.; Dakota Indians--1900-1920.; Indians of North America--1900-1920.; Headdresses--1900-1920.; Clothing & dress--1900-1920.; Women--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Buffalo dance, San Ildefonso
- Native American (San Ildefonso Pueblo) men and woman perform a buffalo dance at the San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico. Men wear buffalo headdresses with horns, one headdress with antlers, body paint, kilts, pelts, feathers, and carry arrows. The...
- Buffalo dance--New Mexico--San Ildefonso--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--New Mexico--San Ildefonso--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Women--New Mexico--San Ildefonso--1910-1920.; Tewa Indians--Dance--New Mexico--San Ildefonso--1910-1920.; San...
- 1918
- Buffalo dance, San Ildefonzo
- A large group of Native American (Tewa) men perform a buffalo dance, San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico. They wear buffalo headdresses, body paint, kilts, and carry bows and arrows, some wear pants and shirts. A woman in a shawl, manta and wrapped...
- Buffalo dance--New Mexico--San Ildefonso--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--New Mexico--San Ildefonso--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Women--New Mexico--San Ildefonso--1910-1920.; Tewa Indians--Dance--New Mexico--San Ildefonso--1910-1920.; San...
- 1910
- Buffalo dance, San Ildefonzo
- Native American (Tewa) men and women perform a buffalo dance at the San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico. Men wear feather headdresses, body paint, kilts, and decorated boots. They carry bows and arrows. Women wear feather headdresses, blouses, mantas...
- Buffalo dance--New Mexico--San Ildefonso--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--New Mexico--San Ildefonso--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Women--New Mexico--San Ildefonso--1910-1920.; Tewa Indians--Dance--New Mexico--San Ildefonso--1910-1920.; San...
- 1910
- San Ildefonzo buffalo dance
- Native American (Tewa) buffalo dancers, San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico. A herder dancer wears a shirt, pants and a blanket wrapped around the waist; he holds a fan of leaves in his hand. The herd dancers wear antler headdresses, kilts, body...
- Buffalo dance--New Mexico--San Ildefonso--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--New Mexico--San Ildefonso--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Women--New Mexico--San Ildefonso--1910-1920.; Tewa Indians--Dance--New Mexico--San Ildefonso--1910-1920.; San...
- 1910