Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- East High spotlight: vol 17 no 8
- 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.)
- 1931 January 14
- Watson's store
- In a clothing store in Breckenridge, Colorado, eight men in suits and hats sit and stand around a drum shaped parlor stove at the center of this well stocked business. Piles of folded trousers are in the left foreground, shelves are loaded with hat...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Clothing stores--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1900.; Interiors.
- [between 1888 and 1895?]
- Group of unidentified Indians, Sioux, full length
- Group of unidentified Native Americans, Dakota or possibly Crow, full length studio portraits with painted backdrop; group of three, two men and one woman; Native American man standing behind seated pair with two feathers in hat, muffler around...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- Native American man with children
- A Native American man kneels on the ground next to three small children. The man's left hand is bandaged and rests in a sling hanging from around his neck. He wears a blanket around his right shoulder. The man holds his right arm around a small boy...
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Wounds & injuries--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Charles S. Stobie, Chief Piah and Antelope
- Studio group portrait of Charles S. Stobie, Indian scout and western artist and North American Indian men, Wanzito or Antelope (White River Ute) and Chief Piah (Middle Park Ute). The men sit in front of a painted backdrop, Stobie has long hair and...
- Indians of North America.; Ute Indians.; Artists--American--1880-1890.; Clothing & dress.; Military scouts.; Tribal chiefs.; Piah, Ute chief.; Wanzito.; Stobie, Charles S., 1845-1931.
- [between 1869 and 1875?]
- Office of Palace Hotel, Cripple Creek
- Interior view of lobby area in Palace Hotel, Cripple Creek, Colorado; group of men are seated around fireplace (not in view); area is divided by three turned wooden columns and two posts with connecting railings; room consists of a wall clock,...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Interiors.; Lobbies--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1895?]
- Residence in Central City, Colorado
- A two story, masonry house is built above a retaining wall at the intersection of two streets in Central City, Colorado. The house has a flat roof, a chimney, two side bay windows, rectangular windows with lintels, and a covered porch that extends...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Las Animas County Bloom mansion, Trinidad
- Frank G. Bloom residence, in Trinidad, Colorado is listed on the National Register of Historic Buildings. Built in 1882, this four story brick, French Victorian residence has metal-covered mansard roofs and widow's walk railing on the top two...
- Bloom, Frank G.--Homes & haunts.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Trinidad--1960-1970.
- July 1966
- Las Animas County Bloom mansion in Trinidad
- Frank G. Bloom residence, in Trinidad, Colorado is listed on the National Register of Historic Buildings. Built in 1882, this four story brick, French Victorian residence has metal-covered mansard roofs and widow's walk railing on the top two...
- Bloom, Frank G.--Homes & haunts.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Trinidad--1960-1970.
- July 1966
- Manitou Soda Springs and Cliff House
- Exterior view of the Cliff House Hotel in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking north, a three-story frame building with hipped gable roof, widows' walk, wrap around porch, and balcony. The one-story gable roof south wing is partly obscured by trees....
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Hotels--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.; Pedestrian bridges--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.; Resorts--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.; Springs--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.; Cliff...
- [between 1872 and 1880?]
- Astro Jets Club Christmas
- View of an Astro Jets Social Club function. A crowd of African American (Black) club members gather around a table with hors d'oeurvres at a home in Denver, Colorado. The smiling party goers pose with their arms around each other. One man wears a...
- Astro Jets Social Club (Denver, Colo.)--1960-1970.; African Americans--Organizations--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Clubs--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Parties--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.;...
- [1969?]
- Long Feather, Dakota, same, bust
- Long Feather, Dakota, 1/2 length seated studio portrait with painted backdrop; one feather in hair, hair loose around shoulders, necklace and crucifix around neck, fringed leather shirt with decorations and fur around cuffs, holding pipe.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Calumets--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Long Feather.
- [188-?]
- Unidentified Indian man and woman, Crows, seated, full length
- Unidentified Crow man and woman, full length seated studio portrait with painted backdrop; man with feathers in hair, necklace, shirt, muffler around neck, blanket wrapped around waist, pants with fringe, and moccasins; woman with ornamentation on...
- Crow Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- Red Cloud, John Burke, and American Horse, full length
- Red Cloud, Dakota Chief, seated on left, John Burke, standing in center, and American Horse, seated on right during Wild West Show in Madison Square Garden, New York; Red Cloud wears feather headdress, breastplate, blanket wrapped around waist,...
- Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Wild West shows--1890-1900.; Entertainers--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; American Horse, Dakota Chief, 1840-1908.; Red Cloud, 1822-1909.; Burke, John, d. 1917.
- [1897 or 1898]
- White Face and family, Dakota, seated, in Indian clothing, full length
- White Face and family, Dakota, full length seated studio portrait with painted backdrop; White Face wears feather headdress, earrings, breastplate, metal bands around wrists, beaded sash laying on lap, blanket wrapped around waist, and moccasins;...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Women--Portraits--1880-1890.; Families--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; White Face--Family.
- [188-?]
- Unidentified Crow, seated, in Indian clothing, 3/4 length
- Unidentified Crow male, 3/4 length seated studio portrait with painted backdrop; wears one feather in hair, fur wrapped around braids, necklace, cloth sash around chest and shoulders, bracelets, holding pipe and slender stick, beaded bag or tobacco...
- Crow Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- Mesa Verde, Indians
- Zuni Dick, a Native American man, wears a patterned bandana tied around his neck and earrings in both ears as he stands on a ledge in Mesa Verde National Park. He wears a light-weight coat over a striped shirt. Wrinkles have formed in his brow and...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--1920-1930.; Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Archaeological sites--Colorado--1920-1930.; Zuni Dick.
- [between 1923 and 1927?]
- Antoine and Paul Pichette
- Paul Pichette and Paul Charley, two Native American men on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana, stand on a striped blanket near a creek on the reservation. Pichettewears a wide-brimmed hat and a dark vest. He has a scarf tied around...
- Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Montana--1900- 1910.; Charley, Paul.; Pichette. Paul.
- [between 1905 and 1907?]
- Kae-Kae-She
- Flathead Baptiste Ka-Ka-She (possibly spelled Kae-Kae-She), a Pend d'Oreille judge in the Flathead Indian Reservation court, poses on the reservation in western Montana. He holds a ceremonial pipe and a beaded pipe bag with tassels hanging from the...
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Montana--1900-1910.; Kalispel Indians--1900-1910.; Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.
- [between 1905 and 1907?]
- Louis Charlemain
- Louis Charlemain, a Native American man on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana, stands with a young girl and a young child in front of a teepee on the reservation. Charlemain, also known as Louie Molman, holds a long knife in his...
- Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Children--Montana--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Montana--1900- 1910.; Indians of North...
- [between 1905 and 1907?]
- The Dog
- Bitterroot Jim (also known as "The Dog"), a Native American man on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana, poses on a horse in front of a teepee on the reservation. He wears a patterned scarf tied around his forehead and has part of his...
- Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Montana--1900- 1910.; Bitterroot Jim.
- [between 1905 and 1907?]
- Sleps-toc -- Coll-let
- Joseph and his wife Louise, two Native Americans on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana, pose in a field. Joseph wears a long feather headdress with ermine fur tassles hanging from its sides. He wears numerous beaded necklaces around...
- Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Montana--1900- 1910.; Indians of North America--Women--Montana--1900-1910.
- [between 1905 and 1907?]
- Chief Eagle
- Flathead Chief Eagle poses with a young girl on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana. He wears a feather headdress and has strips of fur wrapped around his braids. He also has an otter sash across his chest and wears several beaded...
- Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Children--Montana--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Montana--1900- 1910.
- [between 1905 and 1907?]
- Demolished railroad station Independence, Teller County, Colorado.
- The railroad station in Independence, Teller County, Colorado, is in ruins after being destroyed by strikers; fourteen men were killed on the platform. Doors are off their hinges, all glass in windows and doors is broken, torn shingles lie on the...
- Independence (Teller County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Independence--1900-1910.; Railroad strikes--Colorado--Independence--1900-1910.
- [1904?]
- Gilpin School students during classroom lesson
- Gilpin Elementary students in a classroom lesson. One group of children is seated around a table looking at illustrated books. Three children stand around a bird cage hanging from a stand. One child has a pointing stick pointed at a poster with...
- Gilpin Place School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; Plants.; Birds.;
- Undated
- East High spotlight: vol 28 no 13
- 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.)
- 1942 March 26
- East High spotlight: 21st year no 9
- 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 March 4
- East High spotlight: vol 30 no 13
- 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.)
- 1944 May 25
- 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]
- March of snake priests around altar rock the Moki Indians, Wolpi
- View, at Walpi Pueblo, First Mesa, Arizona, of Native American (Hopi) snake priests, who dance in a single file around snake or dance rock; they wear fur moccasins, kilts, fur pelts which hang from woven leather belts, body paint, beaded...
- Hopi Indians--Dance--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Spiritual life--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Walpi (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Snake dance--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.
- August, 1899
- Soldiers eating around a jeep
- Five Tenth Mountain Division soldiers eat their chow around a jeep in a heavily shelled Italian town. One bites into a piece of food and holds an opened can with a spoon in it while standing beside the jeep. The second sits behind the steering...
- Soldiers--United States--1945.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- Montclair Community Center/ Molkerei under restoration
- View of the of the Montclair Community Center/ Molkerei at 6820 East 12th (Twelfth) Avenue in the Montclair neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The building is a two story clapboard structure with a rhyolite foundation and basement. The building has a...
- Montclair Community Center (Denver, Colo.)--2010-2020.; Montclair (Denver, Colo.)--2010-2020.; Denver (Colo.)--2010-2020.; Community centers.; Von Richthofen, Walter, Baron, 1848-1898--Homes and haunts.; Montclair Community Center (Denver,...
- 2010
- Montclair Community Center/ Molkerei under restoration
- View of the Montclair Community Center/ Molkerei under restoration at 6820 East 12th Avenue in the Montclair neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The building is a two story clapboard structure with a rhyolite foundation and basement. The building has a...
- Montclair Community Center (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Montclair (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Community centers.; Conservation & restoration.; Von Richthofen, Walter, Baron, 1848-1898--Homes and haunts.; Montclair...
- 2004
- San Acacio Mission
- View of the San Acacio Mission Church on County Road 15 in Viejo San Acacio Costilla County), Colorado. The adobe church has 18 inch thick walls and a pitched roof. The structure has thick buttresses and an open bell tower above the entrance. The...
- San Acacio Mission (Viejo San Acacio, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Viejo San Acacio (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Catholic churches.; Adobe buildings.; San Acacio Mission (Viejo San Acacio, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Catholic church buildings--Colorado--Viejo San...
- 2001?
- Little Church in the Pines
- View of the Little Church in the Pines at 414 Gold Run Road in Salina (Boulder County), Colorado. The wood church has clapboard siding on the ground floor and fishscale shingling around the bell tower. There is a stone retaining wall around the...
- Little Church in the Pines (Salina, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Salina (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Churches.; Little Church in the Pines (Salina, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Church buildings--Colorado--Salina--Pictorial works.; Salina (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1990
- Ronald C. grave, Fairmount cemetery
- View of the dark round table shaped memorial for Ronald C. in Fairmount Cemetery, 430 South Quebec Street in the Windsor Neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The marker is shaped like a table, with a stone pillar that has a carved stone cloth draped...
- Fairmount Cemetery (Denver, Colo.)--2010-2020.; Denver (Colo.)--2010-2020.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments.; C., Ronald, 1961-1994.; Fairmount Cemetery (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Sepulchral...
- 2010
- Williams' Stables, Central City, Colo.
- View of the Williams' Stables after exterior restoration. Located at 124 Eureka Street, Central City, Colo., the two-story stone and brick structure built in 1876 has rounded windows and doorways with a decorative brick cornice. "Williams'...
- Williams' Stables (Central City, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Stables--Colorado--Central City--2000-2012.; Central City (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Williams' Stables (Central City, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Stables--Colorado--Central City--Pictorial works.;...
- 2011
- Field Officer's quarters, Fort Logan restoration
- View of the Field Officer's Quarters (1889: Frank J. Grodavent, architect) at 3742 West Princeton Circle in the Fort Logan neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The Field Officer's Quarters is a three story, brick Queen Anne Style building with granite...
- Field Officer's Quarters (Fort Logan, Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Fort Logan (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Conservation & restoration.; Historic buildings.; Houses.; Scaffolding.; Field Officer's Quarters (Fort Logan,...
- 1994
- Auraria Casa Mayan Dancers Curtis Park 16th Sept.
- The Auraria Casa Mayan dancers entertain at a 16th of September (Diez y Seis de Septiembre) Mexican Independence Day celebration in Curtis Park in the Five Points neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. Dancers include Magdalena Gallegos and Alice...
- Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Dance.; Holidays.; Women.; Gallegos, Magdalena--Pictorial works.; Montoya, Alice--Pictorial works.; Dance--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.;...
- between 1952 and 1953
- Peter Solano and Della Lareato
- Mexican Americans Peter Solano and Della Lareato pose after their wedding in front of 1109 8th Street, in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The bride wears a lace wedding dress and veil. She has pearls around her neck. The groom wears a...
- Brides.; Grooms (Weddings); Solano, Della Lareato--Pictorial works.; Solano, Peter--Pictorial works.; Bridegrooms--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Brides--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--1920-1930.; Hispanic...
- 1929
- Leo's Place
- View of Leo's Place at 4 East 16th (Sixteenth) Street in the North Capitol Hill Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The bar, restaurant occupies the 1st floor of the three-story brick commercial style building. The brick is painted black and...
- Leo's Place (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; North Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Bars (Drinking establishments); Restaurants.; Commercial facilities.; Leo's Place (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Bars (Drinking...
- 1973
- Ladies Choice
- View of the Ladies Choice night club at 2549 Welton Street in the Five Points Neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The club owned by Charles (Detroit Red) Young & Patsy Gross, is a one story theater with a stucco exterior and a marquis above the...
- Ladies Choice (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Nightclubs.; Marquees.; Ladies Choice (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Nightclubs--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.;...
- 1985
- 818 25th Street
- View of 818 25th Street in the Five Points Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. This Richardsonian Romanesque style three-story sandstone and brick building has no glass left in the widows and the first story windows have been boarded up. The first...
- Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Apartment houses.; Abandoned buildings.; Apartment houses--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Five Points (Denver,...
- 1979
- Portrait of four girls
- Studio portrait of four girls who pose near carved stone props and ornate backdrops. One girl wears a cap-like hat and rests her gloved hand on a stone column. Another girl wears a broad brimmed hat and dress that laces up the front, she sits on a...
- Girls--Colorado--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Portrait of a woman
- Studio portrait of a woman. She wears a fitted bodice with ornate beaded applique. Lace covers the open neckline. A thick choker necklace with a large locket hangs around her neck. Her short bangs are curled around the front of her head.
- Women--Colorado--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Portrait of a boy
- A young boy poses for a studio portrait with his hand resting on a rustic wooden fence. He wears a costume with knickers, high button shoes, and top decorated with bric-a-brac. A sash is tied around his waist and a lace collar around his neck.
- Boys--1890-1900.; Clothing & dress--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Portrait of a woman
- Studio portrait of a woman who wears a shawl around her shoulder and a choker around her neck. Her hair is pulled back and parted in the middle.
- Women--1890-1900.
- 1891
- Portrait of a woman
- Studio portrait of a woman who poses with an embroidered shawl around her shoulders. She wears a choker around her neck and her thick hair is pulled back on her head. Her short, full bangs are styled above her forehead.
- Women--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Portrait of a woman
- Studio portrait of a woman who wears a dress with full sleeves and a loose bodice. The dress has a high collar around the back of her neck and v-neckline. She wears a bead choker around her neck. Her short bangs are curled on her forehead.
- Women--1890-1900.
- 1891
- Pouch
- A tanned leather pouch (Native American Ute) used by Chipeta. The pouch has multicolor lazy stitch beadwork in triangle, diamond and band designs, a flap, strap, thong, sinew and fringe at the bottom.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1870-1900.; Ute Indians--Arts & crafts--1870-1900.; Pouches--1870-1900.; Chipeta--Associated objects.
- [between 1875 and 1900]