Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Huskie Highlights: 1968
- Yearbook for Douglas County High School, located in Castle Rock, Colorado, for the year 1968.
- Douglas County High School (Castle Rock, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Douglas County History Research Center (Castle Rock, Colo.); School yearbooks--Colorado--Douglas County.; High schools--Colorado--Douglas County--Periodicals.
- 1968
- The Church Record: vol 1 no 1
- Newsletter produced by the Central Presbyterian Church in Denver, Colorado. Included in newsletter is a sermon by different religious leaders within the church, list of new members and events of different church societies.
- Presbyterian Church--Colorado--Denver--History.; Church buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Central Presbyterian Church (Denver, Colo.); Presbyterian Church--Colorado--Denver.
- 1901 February 26
- Wayne all steel body, model 4330
- View of a Wayne Works bus, model 4330. The coach body is installed on a Chevrolet chassis. The Chevrolet logo is on the side of the front hood.
- Wayne Works--Products--1930-1940.; Buses--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Wayne all steel body model #4330
- View of Wayne Works passenger bus, coach model 4330. The body is installed on a Studebaker chassis model T-265 and the Studebaker logo is on the side of the front hood.
- Wayne Works--Products--1930-1940.; Buses--1930-1940.
- 1939
- Wayne all steel inter-city service body, model 4361
- View of a Wayne Works inter-city bus, body number 4361. The body is installed on a White Motor Company Chassis.
- Wayne Works--Products--1930-1940.; Buses--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Wayne all steel inter-city service body, model 5261
- View of Wayne Motor Coach inter-city bus, model 5261. The body is installed on a Dodge Chassis, Model K-34.
- Wayne Works--Products--1930-1940.; Buses--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Wayne all steel city services body, Model 5332
- View of Wayne Motor Coach bus, model number 5332. The body is installed on a Ford V-8 chassis and the Ford logo is visible on the side of the front hood.
- Wayne Works--Products--1930-1940.; Buses--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Wayne all steel body, model 4230
- View of two Wayne Works buses, model number 4230. The coach bodies are installed on an International C-30 chassis and the International logo is mounted on the side of the front hood.
- Wayne Works--Products--1930-1940.; Buses--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Denver Public Library 1935 obituary index : Rocky Mountain News and Denver Post.
- Index of all deaths published in the Rocky Mountain News and the Denver Post for the year 1935. Included in the index
- Denver (Colo.)--Genealogy--Indexes.; Denver (Colo.)--Vital records.; Denver Post--Indexes.; Rocky Mountain News--Indexes.;
- 2010
- Motor Bandit Chaser
- Denver police officers pose in the Motor Bandit Chaser car at Civic Center Park in the Civic Center Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The car, built by the Izett Auto Body Company, has a Cadillac body reinforced with bullet-proof armor plates. Spot...
- Denver (Colo.). Police Department.--People--1920-1930.; Police vehicles--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Police (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Firearms--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.;...
- [1921 March]
- Indian burial, scaffold in foreground, tepee frame in background
- Dakota Native American burial custom; three wrapped bodies atop scaffold in left foreground including smaller body with bent branches framing body; tepee frame of poles with wrapped body inside tepee frame right foreground; view of edge of ridge...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Funeral rites & ceremonies--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- 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
- The Earnest Presbyterian: Vol. I No. 1
- Newspaper produced by the Seventeenth Street Presbyterian Church, known today as Central Presbyterian, located in Denver, Colorado.
- Presbyterian Church--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Presbyterian Church--Colorado--Denver--History.; Central Presbyterian Church (Denver, Colo.); Presbyterian Church--Colorado--Denver.
- 1882 January
- Denver High School: East Side Annual 1913
- 1913 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1913
- Denver Public Library 1932 obituary index : Rocky Mountain News and Denver Post.
- Index of all deaths published in the Rocky Mountain News and the Denver Post for the year 1932. Included in the index
- Denver (Colo.)--Genealogy--Indexes.; Denver (Colo.)--Vital records.; Denver Post--Indexes.; Rocky Mountain News--Indexes.;
- 2010
- Auto body repair shop
- A pickup truck is parked near an auto body shop at 1432 Speer Boulevard in the Civic Center neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Signs on the building read: "Izett Auto Body and Repair Co. Painting Trimming Repairing Commercial Bodies."
- Civic Center (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Automobile service stations--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Trucks--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Wayne all steel city service body, Model 4332
- View of a Wayne Works bus, model number 4332, mounted on a GMC T16 chassis. A General Motors Truck logo is mounted on the side of the front hood.
- Wayne Works--Products--1930-1940.; Buses--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Galloping Goose
- View of Galloping Goose No. 5 at the railroad depot in Dolores (Montezuma County), Colorado. Letters on the motor read: "The Galloping Goose" with a picture of a goose with a banner tied to its neck that reads: "The Galloping Goose." "Rio Grande...
- Dolores (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Railroad motor cars.; Railroad motorcars--Colorado--Dolores--Pictorial works.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Dolores--Pictorial works.; Dolores (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1998
- Snow slide victims
- Men pose with the covered body of probably a dead miner killed in an avalanche near Sneffels (Ouray County), Colorado. The body is tied down to a sled. Snow covers the ground.
- Sneffels (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Dead persons--Colorado--Sneffels--1880-1890.; Miners--Colorado--Sneffels--1880-1890.; Sleds & sleighs--Colorado--Sneffels--1880-1890.; Winter--Colorado--Sneffels--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Doll
- Shows a Native American (Southern Plains (Ute?)) doll. The head is buckskin with buffalo fur for hair; the body is muslin and is covered with a blue wool dress trimmed with red cotton binding. The sleeves are long with purple stripes; the yoke,...
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1870-1890.; Dolls--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890]
- 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]
- Suicide
- Shows the body of a man on the floor of a Denver residence. A gun is on the floor next to the body.
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Dead persons--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Suicides--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Tree grave
- The shrouded body of a deceased Native American rests on a timber platform in a tree. The body is possibly that of a Blackfoot (Siksika) tribe member.
- Indians of North America--1890-1910.; Siksika Indians--Spiritual life--1890-1910.; Scaffold burial--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Corn Dance- Tabla
- Native American (Pueblo, Keresan) women and children pose outdoors at San Felipe Pueblo, New Mexico. The women wear mantas, body paint, and tablita headdresses and hold evergreen sprigs. The boys wear skunk pelts around their ankles, body paint,...
- Indians of North America--Spiritual life--New Mexico--San Felipe Pueblo--1910-1920.; Keresan Indians--Dance--New Mexico--San Felipe Pueblo--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Women--New Mexico--San Felipe Pueblo--1910-1920.; San Felipe Pueblo...
- 1915
- Tabla Dance San Felipe
- Native American (Pueblo, Keresan) men, women, and boy pose outdoors at San Felipe Pueblo, New Mexico. The women wear mantas, shawls, beaded necklaces, body paint, and tablita headdresses. The men and boy wear kilts, fur pelts that hang from leather...
- Indians of North America--Spiritual life--New Mexico--San Felipe Pueblo--1910-1920.; Keresan Indians--Dance--New Mexico--San Felipe Pueblo--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Women--New Mexico--San Felipe Pueblo--1910-1920.; San Felipe Pueblo...
- 1915
- Corn Dance San Felipe
- Native American (Pueblo, Keresan) men and women take part in a Corn Dance at San Felipe Pueblo, New Mexico. The women wear wrapped boots, mantas, shawls, body paint, and tablita headdresses. The men wear moccasins, kilts, fur pelts that hang from...
- Indians of North America--Spiritual life--New Mexico--San Felipe Pueblo--1910-1920.; Keresan Indians--Dance--New Mexico--San Felipe Pueblo--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Women--New Mexico--San Felipe Pueblo--1910-1920.; San Felipe Pueblo...
- 1915
- The Medacine [i.e. Medicine] Man taken at the battle of Wound Knee S.D.
- View of the slain frozen body of a Native American Lakota Sioux medicine man on the battlefield at the site of the Wounded Knee Massacre, Wounded Knee Creek, Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota. The body has clenched arms and is posed with a rifle.
- Dakota Indians--South Dakota--Wounded Knee--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--Wounded Knee--1890-1900.; Teton Indians--War--South Dakota--Wounded Knee--1890-1900.; Wounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890.; Wounded Knee...
- [1891? January 3]
- The Medican [i.e. Medicine] Man
- View of the slain frozen body of a Native American Lakota Sioux medicine man, Wounded Knee Creek, Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota. The body has clenched arms and is posed with a rifle.
- Dakota Indians--War--South Dakota--Wounded Knee--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--War--South Dakota--Wounded Knee--1890-1900.; Teton Indians--War--South Dakota--Wounded Knee--1890-1900.; Wounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890.; Pine Ridge Indian...
- [1891 January 3]
- D&RGW business car A-1 at Salt Lake City Union Depot, Utah
- View of a Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad passenger coach; people posed on the observation deck and the ground are identified as (l to r): Frank A. Wadleigh, Pass Traffic Mgr; A. R. Stevens Secy; Mrs Gertrude Wild; Fred Wild, Vice Pres...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.--1920-1930.; Salt Lake City (Utah)--1920-1930.; Railroad passenger cars--Utah--Salt Lake City--1920-1930.; Women--Utah--Salt Lake City--1920-1930.; Stevens, A. R., Secretary.; Wadleigh, Frank A.;...
- 1924?
- Indian burial, scaffold in foreground
- Dakota Native American burial custom; scaffold with three wrapped bodies atop in foreground including one smaller body with bent branches covering it; tepee frame of poles with one wrapped body inside frame right background.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Funeral rites & ceremonies--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- Indian burial, bodies in trees
- Dakota Native American burial custom; two trees each with one wrapped body on scaffolding on branches; tree on right might have an additional second body.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Funeral rites & ceremonies--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- Funeral of Ralph L. Carr
- People walk by the body of Ralph L. Carr, former governor of Colorado, as his body lies in an open casket at the Colorado State Capitol rotunda in Denver, Colorado. Soldiers stand at attention; floral tributes surround the coffin.
- Colorado State Capitol (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Capitols--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Coffins--Colorado--1950-1960.; Dead persons--Colorado--1950-1960.; Funeral rites & ceremonies--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.;...
- Funeral of Ralph L. Carr
- People, who include a Black woman, walk by the body of Ralph L. Carr, former governor of Colorado, as his body lies in an open casket at the Colorado State Capitol rotunda in Denver, Colorado. A soldier stands at attention; floral tributes surround...
- Colorado State Capitol (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Capitols--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Coffins--Colorado--1950-1960.; Funeral rites &...
- Alamosa, Colo.
- A float from the Narrow Gauge Museum, a caboose body mounted on a truck, and marching bands move down a street during a parade to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Alamosa's founding in Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado. Shows two brass marching...
- Narrow Gauge Museum (Alamosa, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.; Founders' Day commemorations--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.; Marching bands--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.; Parades &...
- 1953 October 24
- Teller School animal project
- Photograph of a class animal project at Teller Elementary School in Denver, Colorado. Two boys in the far left of the photograph work on building a cage out of wood for their animal. To their right is a girl holding the head of a lion and a boy...
- Teller School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Animals.;
- 1937
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 35, 1910 August 27
- Western History Subject Index
- Denver. Nightclubs.. Body shoppe
- The Auraria Project and Relocation Report on the Auraria Site by DURA's Executive Director J. Robert Cameron
- 1900 Corbett & Ballenger's 28th Annual Denver City Directory.
- 1899 Corbett & Ballenger's 27th Annual Denver City Directory.
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 29, 1909 September 4
- Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 11, 1919 November
- Body discovered in cellar
- View of a half buried, partially decomposed human body in a Denver, Colorado, cellar. Boots and clothing are by dirt and brick walls.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1950.; Dead persons--1900-1950.
- [between 1900 and 1950?]
- Viaduct approach 14th & Blake where body was found
- A crowd is gathered at the 14th (Fourteenth) Street viaduct at Blake Street in Denver, Colorado, where a body was found in flooded Cherry Creek. Sign painted on building reads: "The National Grocery Company, Largest Exclusive Wholesale Grocery...
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Streams--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- July 1912
- The warrior and his bride
- Portrait of a Native American (White River Ute) man, Gray Eagle, and his young bride, Honey Dew of the Mountains (Uinta) on horseback on the western slope of the Wasatch Range in Utah. The warrior is covered in body paint, has a roach in his hair,...
- Indians of North America--Utah--1870-1880.; Ute Indians--Women--Utah--1870-1880.; Wasatch Range (Utah and Idaho)--1870-1880.; Body painting--Utah--1870-1880.; Horseback riding--Utah--1870-1880.; Spouses--Utah--1870-1880.; Gray Eagle, White River...
- [between 1871 and 1875]
- Chief Andrew Fools Crow performs piercing rites on Ed McGaa - Oglala Sioux
- A Native American (Oglala Sioux) chief, identified as Andrew Fools Crow, is on one knee as he performs a piercing ceremony on the prostrate body of Ed McGaa. Fools Crow wears a fringed vest over a long sleeved shirt, a headband, and an arm band....
- Body piercing--1960-1970.; Dakota Indians--Spiritual life--1960-1970.; Indians of North America--1960-1970.; Oglala Indians--Spiritual life--1960-1970.; Rites & ceremonies--1960-1970.; McGaa, Ed.; Fools Crow, Andrew.
- 1970 August 14
- Ed McGaa, Oglala Sioux, with thongs attached, is led back for Sun Dance
- Ed McGaa, a Native American (Oglala Sioux), holds a ceremonial whistle in his mouth and has thongs attached to his newly pierced chest as he prepares to participate in a Sun Dance ceremony. He wears a wreath around his head, body paint, bracelets,...
- Body piercing--1960-1970.; Dakota Indians--Spiritual life--1960-1970.; Indians of North America--1960-1970.; Oglala Indians--Spiritual life--1960-1970.; Ceremonial dancers--1960-1970.; Rites & ceremonies--1960-1970.; Sun dance--1960-1970.; McGaa,...
- 1970 August 14
- Automobile body shop
- Trucks are parked in a row near an automobile body shop in Denver, Colorado. The two-story brick building has decorative brickwork and signs that read: "Automobile & Carriage Painting Trimming & Repiring [sic] a Specialty" and "DuPont Duco...
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Automobile service stations--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Trucks--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Painted boy
- Seated studio portrait of a Native American Mescalero Apache boy, he holds a quiver and wears body paint, a long shirt, breechcloth, head band, neck scarf, bead necklace, and earrings. A basket, pot, woven blanket and painted backdrop serve as...
- Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Mescalero Indians--1880-1890.; Body painting--1880-1890.; Boys--1880-1890.; Clothing & dress--1880-1890.
- [between 1883 and 1888?]
- Clear Sioux
- Studio portrait (sitting) of Clear, a Native American (Sioux) man. He poses with a bow and arrows and wears body paint, a breechcloth, armbands, fur pelt decorated with medals, and a headdress with a taxidermy bird and feathers.
- Bow and arrow--1900-1910.; Dakota Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Headdresses--1900-1910.; Body painting--1900-1910.; Clothing & dress--1900-1910.; Clear Dakota Indian.
- 1900