Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- American Woodmen's Life
- View of the American Woodmen's Life Building (1950; Gordon White, architect) at 2100 Downing Street in the City Park West neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. White terracotta wraps much of the exterior of the two story, Streamline Moderne building....
- American Woodmen's Life Insurance Company--Buildings--1980-1990.; City Park West (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Insurance companies.; American Woodmen's Life Insurance Company--Buildings--Pictorial works.; Insurance...
- 1994
- Crestone
- View of 108 South Alder Street, Crestone (Saguache County), Colorado. The two story Queen Anne commercial style building has a covered porch that wraps around the south and east elevations of the building. Wagon wheels are inset into the railings...
- First Amendment Liquors (Crestone, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Crestone (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Liquor stores.; First Amendment Liquors (Crestone, Colo..)--Pictorial works.; Liquor stores--Colorado--Crestone--Pictorial works.; Crestone (Colo.)--Pictorial...
- 1990
- Restaurant interior
- Men and women pose in a restaurant in Denver, Colorado. A piano, woodstove, and tables with tablecloths and chairs are nearby. The women wear mink stoles and wraps.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Restaurants--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915]
- Jamieson's
- View of a display window at Jamieson's Store in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. Dresses, coats, hats, wraps, and blouses are on display.
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Clothing stores--Colorado--Trinidad--1910-1920.; Window displays--Colorado--Trinidad--1910-1920.
- [1915]
- Moki Pueblo, woman making pottery
- Close-up view of a Native American (Hopi) woman and pottery on the Hopi Indian Reservation, Arizona. A woman holds a clay pinch pot, kneels on a blanket, and wears a woven fiber blanket or skirt, a striped shirt with buttons, and hair wraps. Large...
- Hopi Indians--Women--Arizona--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--Arizona--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Arts & crafts--Arizona--1890-1900.; Pueblo pottery--Arizona--1890-1900.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1890-1900.;...
- [1899?]
- Oraibi, thanksgiving dance
- A group of Native American (Hopi) men, women, and children watch and perform probably the Butterfly Dance, an autumn harvest dance, at Oraibi, Hopi Indian Reservation, Arizona. Women and girls have hair wraps or butterfly whorls hairstyles, stand...
- Hopi Indians--Dance--Arizona--Oraibi--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Dance--Arizona--Oraibi--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Dance--Arizona--Oraibi--1890-1900.; Oraibi (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Ceremonial dancers--Arizona--Oraibi--1890-1900.;...
- [1899?]
- Sadie Rhoads, wrapping a blanket around a female friend
- Shows the Rhoads family and others on a camping trip. Sadie Rhoads seated, to the left, wraps a blanket around a female friend. The little girl with the hat is Harry's daughter "Mitzi".
- Camps--Colorado--1920-1930.; Families--Colorado--1920-1930.; Rhoads, Harriet.; Rhoads, Mary Elizabeth.
- [between 1920 and 1940]
- Confederate reunion
- View of conventioneers in Trinidad, Colorado. Two uniformed marines with band insignias stand hats in hand talking to four young women in formal gowns. Two of the gowns are of a brocaded sheer fabric, and two of the ladies wear light colored wraps....
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Military uniforms.; Abend, Lee.; Barry, Delphine.; Gagliardi, Lucille.; Gagliardi, Marguerite.; Hines, Paul.
- August, 1939
- Baca House in Trinidad
- Exterior view of the Baca House (1869), Trinidad, Colorado, possibly the oldest structure in Trinidad. A rusticated stone retaining wall wraps the corner on which the house is situated, and large trees behind the wall obscure most of the structure...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Trinidad--1960-1970.
- July 1966
- Ute warriors, Uintah Reservation, Utah
- Native American Utes, including warriors, a Chief and a boy pose with possibly Agent Lafayette Head and Col. Berr, Uintah Reservation, Utah, next to an earth and log structure. The Utes clothing includes hair pipe breastplates and chokers and skin...
- Indians of North America--Children--Utah--1880-1890.; Ute Indians--Structures--Utah--1880-1890.; Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation (Utah)--1880-1890.; Indian agents--Utah--1880-1890.; Tribal chiefs--Utah--1880-1890.; Berr, Colonel.; Head,...
- 1887 August 20
- Cardenas Hotel - Trinidad
- Exterior view of the Fred Harvey Cardenas Hotel, in Trinidad, Colorado. This two story, mission style structure features an arcaded porch that borders the entire front side of both wings of the ell shaped building. The gabled terra-cotta roof of...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Hotels--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.; Cardenas Hotel (Trinidad, Colo.)--1930-1940.
- Nov 1933
- Hil-E-Nee-Kuhm [?], docter [sic]
- Head and shoulders studio portrait of a Native American (Crow) doctor, identified as Hileneekuhm (?). He wears a fringe shirt with decorative stitching, a multi-string necklace, braid wraps, and plumage. He holds a ceremonial object in his hands.
- Crow Indians--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--1870-1880.
- 1871
- The Owl Dance - Crow only
- Native American (Crow) men and women stand with arms around each others waists and their backs to the viewer as they perform the Owl Dance, an exclusively Crow ceremony. The wear a mix of traditional and Euro-American dress, costume items of note...
- Crow Indians--Dance--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Ceremonial dancers--1900-1910.
- 1905
- Superstition
- Three Native American women sit on a bench in the stadium at the Festival of Mountain and Plain in Denver, Colorado. Two of the women shy away and hide their faces from the camera, the other woman holds a baby in her lap. The women wear traditional...
- Festival of Mountain and Plain (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Bashfulness--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Clothing & dress--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.;...
- [1900?]
- Chief Grant Richards, Tonkawa
- Head and shoulders studio portrait of Chief Grant Richards, Native American Tonkawa, member of what once was a plains nomadic tribe, later settled on a reservation on the Ponca River in Oklahoma. He wears a shirt, vest, hair pipe breastplate,...
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Tonkawa Indians--1890-1900.; Richards, Grant.
- 1898
- John Williams, Tonkawa
- John Williams, Native American Tonkawa, member of what once was a plains nomadic tribe in Texas and Oklahoma. He wears a vest, a hair pipe breastplate, fur braid wraps, bead headpiece, and is wrapped in a blanket; he holds a feather fan.
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Tonkawa Indians--1890-1900.; Williams, John, Tonkawa Indian.
- 1898
- Ute chief
- Portrait of a Native American (Ute) man; outfit includes a beaded chest plate, hair wraps, fur, and a metal disk.
- Ute Indians--Colorado--1860-1880.
- [between 1869 and 1879]
- Antonio Romero
- Antonio Romero, a Native American (Taos Pueblo) man, poses by a scaffold at Taos Pueblo, New Mexico; his attire includes beaded moccasins and braid wraps.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.; Taos Indians--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.; Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--1910-1920.; Pueblos--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.;...
- 1917
- Antonio Romero
- Antonio Romero, a Native American (Taos Pueblo) man, poses by a scaffold at Taos Pueblo, New Mexico; his outfit includes beaded (Apache?) moccasins and braid wraps.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.; Taos Indians--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.; Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--1910-1920.; Pueblos--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.;...
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Ponca's Sun Dance, near Ponca City, Okla.
- View of Native Americans (Ponca) performing a Sun Dance near Ponca City, Oklahoma. One group of shirtless men, wearing light colored waist wraps under dark colored breechcloths, stands in a line holding ceremonial objects in their mouths and hands....
- Indians of North America--Oklahoma--Ponca City--1880-1910.; Ponca Indians--Oklahoma--Ponca City--1880-1910.; Ponca City (Okla.)--1880-1910.; Ceremonial dancers--Oklahoma--Ponca City--1880-1910.; Sun dance--Oklahoma--Ponca City--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Rain-in-the-Face and his squaw, similar view
- Rain-in-the-Face, Dakota Chief, with his wife on their wedding day, full length studio portrait with painted backdrop; Rain in the Face seated wears suit jacket, vest and slacks loaned him by D.F. Barry, hair unbraided but tied at ends, moccasins;...
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Weddings--1889.; Rain in the Face, ca. 1835-1905.; Sati.; Dakota Indians.; Indians of North America--Portraits.
- [1889?]
- Hotel at Brookvale, Hicks Mt. in the background
- A frame house and outbuildings are in a sloping field in Brookvale, Colorado. An open porch wraps around the house, and a low rock wall encloses the yard. A rough plank cottage and barn are nearby; trees and a mountain are in the background.
- Brookvale (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Brookvale--1900-1910.
- March, 1907
- Strathmore Hotel (old McClure House) Canon City
- The brick Strathmore Hotel, in Canon City, Colorado, has a flat roof, dentiled cornice, and stone sills and keystones. A second floor balcony has wrought iron railing and filigree skirting. and wraps the corner over the mitred entry. Canvas...
- Strathmore Hotel (Canon City, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Canon City (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Canon City--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Squaw of Little Soldier, Utah
- Studio portrait (sitting) of a Native American (Ute) woman. Her hair is tied in short braids and she wears a gingham print blouse with elbow length sleeves. A blanket wraps her lower body, under which appear leather leggings and moccasins. A woven...
- Indians of North America--1860-1880.; Ute Indians--1860-1880.; Women--1860-1880.; Little Soldier--Family.; Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.)
- [between 1869 and 1874.]
- Black Hawk, Colorado
- View of Bates Hill from Gregory Street in Black Hawk, Colorado; shows Church Street, residences on both streets, a sign "Parking for Black Forrest Inn," mules and horses, and an old carriage. Church Street wraps around and fronts the schoolhouse...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Blackhawk--1970-1980.; Streets--Colorado--Blackhawk--1970-1980.
- March 20, 1971
- Ute Indians
- A group of Native Americans (Ute) pose for an outdoor portrait probably in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. Chief Ouray sits and holds a felt hat and a rifle. Men have braids and wear sashes, choker necklaces, fur hair wraps, beaded...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1870-1880.; Ute Indians--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1870-1880.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Tribal chiefs--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1870-1880.; Ouray.
- [between 1872 and 1880?]
- The same 1932 "crew"
- Text and annotations on album page read: "[ARL-99] Five o'clock (A.M.) hike to Rollinsville. (Note the wraps.), [ARL-100] Ah! destination in sight-Rollinsville, at the bend of the road. It's only 8 o'clock!, [ARL-101] Don't eat the cup, Ethel,...
- Camp Nizhoni (Colo.)--People--1930-1940.; Young Women's Christian Association (Denver, Colo.). Phyllis Wheatley Branch--People--1930-1940.; African Americans--Colorado--Gilpin County--1930-1940.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1930-1940.;...
- 1932
- Thus endeth the camping adventures of the season of 1932
- Text and annotations on album page read: "[ARL-103] Rollinsville, a typical Colorado mountain town, [ARL-104] What happened to those wraps, girls? A pause to rest at the entrance of Tunnel 30 on the return to camp. Boy, were we hungry!." The...
- Camp Nizhoni (Colo.)--People--1930-1940.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1930-1940.; Young Women's Christian Association (Denver, Colo.). Phyllis Wheatley Branch--People--1930-1940.; African Americans--Colorado--Gilpin...
- 1932
- Plenty Coups, Crow, wearing beads and earrings, bust
- Plenty Coups, Crow, head and shoulders studio portrait; one feather in hair, earrings, braids, short beaded necklace with many wraps.
- Crow Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Plenty Coups, Chief of the Crows, 1848-1932.
- [188-?]
- Goose, Dakota Chief, portrait, bust
- Goose, Dakota Chief, head and shoulders studio portrait with painted backdrop, wearing two feathers in hair, earrings, braid wrapped in fur, short beaded necklace with many wraps, and blanket wrapped around shoulders; tip of arrow in view.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Goose.
- [188?]
- Goose, Dakota Chief, similar view
- Goose, Dakota Chief, head and shoulders studio portrait with painted backdrop, left profile; wearing one feather in hair, braid wrapped in fur, earring, short beaded necklace with many wraps, blanket wrapped around shoulders; holding an arrow; tip...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Goose.
- [188?]
- Goose, Dakota Chief, similar view
- Goose, Dakota Chief, 1/2 length seated studio portrait with painted backdrop, left profile; wearing earring, necklace with many wraps, fur wrapped around braid, one feather in hair; holding pipe and arrow; blanket around shoulders.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Goose.
- [188?]
- Goose, Dakota Chief, wearing Indian clothing, bust
- Goose, Dakota Chief, head and shoulders studio portrait with painted backdrop; wearing two feathers in hair, earrings, short beaded necklace with many wraps, braid wrapped in fur, blanket wrapped around shoulders; holding arrow; tip of pipe in view.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Goose.
- [188?]
- Rain-in-the-Face, Dakota Chief, seated, holding rifle, full length
- Rain-in-the-Face, Dakota Chief, full length seated studio portrait with painted backdrop holding rifle; wears two feathers in hair, scarf tied at neck, long necklace with many wraps, thick banded wrist bracelet, long shirt and trousers.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Rain in the Face, ca. 1835-1905.
- [188?]
- Rain-in-the-Face, Dakota Chief, seated, holding rifle, full length
- Rain-in-the-Face, Dakota Chief, 3/4 length seated studio portrait with painted backdrop holding rifle, wearing two feathers in hair, scarf tied at neck, long beaded necklace with many wraps, and wrist bracelets.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Weddings--1889.; Rain in the Face, ca. 1835-1905.; Sati.
- [188?]
- Rain-in-the-Face, Dakota Chief, Rain-in-the-Face in clothing of white man, full length
- Rain-in-the-Face, Dakota Chief, with his wife on their wedding day, full length studio portrait with painted backdrop; Rain in the Face, seated, wears suit jacket, vest and trousers loaned him by D.F. Barry, hair unbraided but tied at ends, and...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Weddings--1889.; Rain in the Face, ca. 1835-1905.; Sati.
- [1889?]
- High Bear, Ogallalla Sioux
- Portrait of a Native American (Oglala Sioux) man identified as High Bear; he wears a shell disk on a hair pipe and bead choker, and fur hair wraps on his braids.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Oglala Indians--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Wagon with passengers
- People, on an open horse-drawn coach, pose in front of the Oasis Hotel in Greeley (Larimer County), Colorado. The passengers and bystanders are well dressed and wear hats. An ornate wooden porch wraps around the front of the brick hotel on an...
- Greeley (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Greeley--1890-1900.; Passengers--Colorado--Greeley--1890-1900.; People--Colorado--Greeley--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Presbyterian Church steeple
- Sharp angle view up toward the Presbyterian Church steeple, Lake City, Colorado. Known as the oldest church on the Western Slope, built by George M. Darley, it shows Capenter Gothic style with clapboard siding, steeple bell tower with louvers with...
- Lake City (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Presbyterian churches--Colorado--Lake City--1960-1970.; Darley, George M.--Homes & haunts.
- 1964
- 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?]
- The Greeley Tribune
- Brick commercial buildings in Greeley, Colorado, include the Oasis Hotel, the fire department, and the newspaper office. An open porch / balcony wraps the three-story hotel; a wooden tower has a fire bell atop it. A sign reads: "The Greeley...
- Greeley (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Greeley, Colo. "Oasis"
- An ornate porch and balcony wraps the corner of the Oasis Hotel, in Greeley, Colorado. The three-story brick building has gauge arched windows, chimneys, and corbeling in the cornice. Letters incised in the stone pediment topping the mitred corner...
- Greeley (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Greeley--1900-1910.; Oasis Hotel (Greeley, Colo.)
- April 1902
- Winks Lodge: Front entrance
- Front entrance of Winks Lodge in Lincoln Hills (Gilpin County). Built in 1925 by architect Wendall Hamlet, the lodge was a place for African Americans to escape the city for rest and relaxation in the mountains. On the porch meals and dancing took...
- Lincoln Hills (Colo.)
- 2002 August
- East Denver High School Annual: 1909
- 1909 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1909
- N.D.H.S. Annual: 1912
- North Denver High School yearbook for 1912
- Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; North High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.
- 1912
- 300 choice recipes
- Cookbook created by the Ladies of the First Baptist Church in Denver, Colorado. Included in the cookbook are various recipes and household tips provided by the ladies.
- Cooking, American--Colorado.; First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.); First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)--History.
- 1892
- East High spotlight: vol 30 no 1
- Newspaper produced by East High School of Denver, Colorado. Included in the paper are photographs of students, articles on school events and sports.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1943 September 30
- Josephine Spalding Poems
- Two poems written by East High School student Josephine Spalding. Spalding was a Cellist with Denver Civic Symphony Orchestra who wrote and published poetry at the age of 13. Spalding died at the age of 16 while attending East High.
- Spalding, Josephine, 1910-1926--Archives.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1913
- McPhee and McGinnity Paint Factory/Clock tower Building/Pittsburg Plate Glass Co. Building/Styro Building
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 7, 1911 February 11