Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Building pyramids in 8th grade gym class
- An eighth grade girl's gym class forms a human pyramid at the Central School in Alamosa, Colorado. The girls wear white, short sleeved blouses, belted dark shorts, socks and white tennis shoes. Four girls are on their hands and knees in the center....
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Acrobatics--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Schools--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.
- [1941]
- 2nd grade at Central, 1941, Miss Monroe
- Boys and girls sit around rectangular tables and weave hot pads in Miss Monroe's second grade classroom at Central School in Alamosa, Colorado. Striped shirts are popular among the boys and floral print dresses are worn by most girls. A long coat...
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Christmas decorations--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Classrooms--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Interiors.; Schools--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Monroe, Miss.
- 1941
- Red Cross girls with Christmas wrapping materials.
- Teenage girls, student Red Cross volunteers, seated at a table probably in Denver, Colorado. The girls hold Christmas decorations and lights. The table is stacked with wrapping paper, decks of playing cards, packages of sequins, toys, and cans of...
- American Red Cross--People--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Community service.; Girls.; Students.; Teenagers.
- [between 1970 and 1975?]
- Aroya school house
- View of the abandoned school house in Aroya (Cheyenne County), Colorado. The building is a clapboard building with a hipped roof. The paint on the sides of the building is peeling and windows are boarded up.. A small cupola is in the center of the...
- Aroya (Colo.)--1980-1990.; One-room schools.; Abandoned buildings.; Rural schools--Colorado--Aroya--Pictorial works.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Aroya--Pictorial works.; Aroya (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1981
- January class 1921, Ashland School, Denver, Colo.
- Students and teachers pose in front of Ashland School at West 29th (Twenty-ninth) Avenue & Firth Court in the Jefferson Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. They are identified as: "Teachers. Calla McCausland, Florence E. Lyon, Ann Tierney, Lelah...
- Ashland School (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Jefferson Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1920-1930.; Schools--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Teachers--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1921 January
- January class, 1921, Ashland School, Denver, Colo.
- Students and teachers pose in front of Ashland School at West 29th (Twenty-ninth) Avenue & Firth Court in the Jefferson Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Names inked on the back of the photoprint read: "Teachers. Lelah C. Starr, Ann Tierney,...
- Ashland School (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Jefferson Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1920-1930.; Schools--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Teachers--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1921, January
- Gillespie house
- Three men and three girls gather in front of a clapboard house in Aspen, Colorado; features two men crouched on the ground and one leaning against a hitching post; girls sit on a bench wearing plaid dresses with bows in their hair; two girls hold...
- Aspen (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Girls--Colorado--Aspen--1910-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Aspen--1910-1920.
- 1911
- Ballet Chicano de Aztlán
- Teenage girls, members of the Ballet Chicano de Aztlán, a Chicano dance troop and part of the Crusade for Justice, dance in Mexican costumes on a stage, in front of a painted drop in Denver, Colorado. The girls are in two rows, the front row...
- Ballet Chicano de Aztlán--1970-1980.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1970-1980.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Dancers.; Girls.; Rifles.; Teenagers.; Ballet Chicano de Aztlán--Pictorial works.;...
- [1970]
- Ballet Chicano de Aztlán
- Teenage boys and girls, members of the Ballet Chicano de Aztlán, a Chicano dance troop and part of the Crusade for Justice, dance in Mexican costumes on a stage, in front of a painted drop in Denver, Colorado. The girls wear print dresses...
- Ballet Chicano de Aztlán--1970-1980.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1970-1980.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Dancers.; Girls.; Teenagers.; Ballet Chicano de Aztlán--Pictorial works.;...
- [1970]
- Ballet Chicano de Aztlán
- Teenage girls, members of the Ballet Chicano de Aztlán, a Chicano dance troop and part of the Crusade for Justice, dance in Mexican costumes on a stage, in front of a painted drop in Denver, Colorado. The girls wear white blouses, long print...
- Ballet Chicano de Aztlán--1970-1980.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1970-1980.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Dancers.; Girls.; Teenagers.; Ballet Chicano de Aztlán--Pictorial works.;...
- [1970]
- Ballet Chicano de Aztlán
- Teenage boys and girls, members of the Ballet Chicano de Aztlán, a Chicano dance troop and part of the Crusade for Justice, dance in Mexican costumes on a stage, in front of a painted drop in Denver, Colorado. The boys stand behind the girls,...
- Ballet Chicano de Aztlán--1970-1980.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1970-1980.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Dancers.; Girls.; Teenagers.; Ballet Chicano de Aztlán--Pictorial works.;...
- [1970]
- The crop that's never scarce in Utah
- Photomontage of faces of children, babies, boys and girls.
- Boys--1860-1890.; Girls--1860-1890.; Infants--1860-1890.; Mormons--1860-1890.
- [between 1860 and 1890?]
- Jackson children
- Studio portrait of three children of William S. Jackson (1889-). William S. Jackson, Jr. (1920- ), wears a suit with short pants, a tie and a shirt with an over-sized collar. His brother, Richard O'Donnel Jackson, sits on a stool. He wears a loose...
- Boys.; Families.; Girls.; Infants.; Jackson, Anne Fiske, 1921-; Jackson, Richard O'Donnel, 1925-; Jackson, William S. (William Sharpless), 1920-; Jackson family.
- 1927
- Broadway Theatre Denver Colo.
- Panoramic view of the cast of "Hit the Deck," a musical presented at the Broadway Theater, 1756 Broadway, in Denver, Colorado. A parrot in a cage sits in front of men and women who sit and stand in front of the theater. Klieg lights that read "Hit...
- Broadway Theater (Denver, Colo.)--People--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Actors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Birdcages--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Parrots--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Singers--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.;...
- 1928, Apr. 11
- Hit the Deck at the Broadway Theatre
- Panoramic view of the cast of the musical comedy "Hit the Deck," presented at the Broadway Theater at 1756 Broadway in Denver, Colorado. Men dressed in sailor whites and women dressed in white middy blouses, short white skirts and gob hats pose in...
- Broadway Theater (Denver, Colo.)--People--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Actors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Costumes--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Singers--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Theaters--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.;...
- 1928, Apr. 14
- Hit the Deck at the Broadway Theatre
- Panoramic view of the cast of the musical comedy "Hit the Deck," presented at the Broadway Theater at 1756 Broadway in Denver, Colorado. Men dressed in sailor whites and women dressed in white middy blouses, short white skirts and gob hats pose in...
- Broadway Theater (Denver, Colo.)--People--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Actors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Costumes--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Singers--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Theaters--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.;...
- 1928, Apr. 14
- B.C. & G B motor car built by Four Wheel Drive Auto Co., Clintonville, Wisc. at Dundon, W. Va.
- View of Buffalo Creek & Gauley motor car "B" near Dundon (Clay County), West Virginia. A man and a young girl cross the tracks to approach the self propelled car.
- Buffalo Creek & Gauley Railroad--1940-1950.; Dundon (W.Va.)--1940-1950.; Girls.; Passengers.; Railroad motor cars.
- 1947 July 5
- Sisters
- Studio portrait of girls. The younger girl stands and holds an ostrich feather fan, she wears a dress with a lace collar and button shoes. The older girls is seated, she wears a dress with a lace collar and a tie, she wears button shoes.
- Canon City (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Clothing & dress--Colorado--Canon City--1860-1880.; Families--Colorado--Canon City--1860-1880.; Girls--Colorado--Canon City--1860-1880.
- [between 1860 and 1880?]
- Dr. Hale & class at Central City
- Central City School students pose on rocks by the Opera House, in Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado. Dr. Hale (principal) poses with the boys and girls.
- Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Opera houses--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.; School children--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.
- 1878
- Dr. Hale and class at Central City
- Central City School students pose near the Opera House in Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado. Dr. Hale (principal) poses with the boys and girls.
- Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Opera houses--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.; School children--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.
- 1878
- C.J. Chaffee, Empire
- Studio group portrait of the C.J. Chaffee family, residents of Empire (Clear Creek County), Colorado. The family poses in front of a painted backdrop. Mr. Chaffee wears a suit with a sack jacket, a vest and a loose tie, he has a full beard. His...
- Chaffee, C. J.--Family.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Clothing & dress.; Families.; Girls.; Women.; Chaffee, C. J.
- Recreation - boating - City Park
- View of people in a boat at City Park lake, Denver, Colorado; shows a man, woman, and teenaged girls.
- City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Boats--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.;...
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Picnic in Clear Creek Canyon
- An elderly man, a woman and a young girl sit on the ground and have a picnic in Clear Creek Canyon, probably in Jefferson County, Colorado. The man wears a jacket, vest and a hat; he holds a sandwich. The woman wears a wool suit with a...
- Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Girls.; Older people.; Picnics.; Women.
- [between 1900 and 1915?]
- Picnic in Clear Creek Canyon
- A woman and a teenage girl sit on the ground and have a picnic beside Clear Creek, probably in Jefferson County, Colorado. The woman wears a dark wool double-breasted jacket and a long skirt. She sits beside a leather case and a large straw sun...
- Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Girls.; Picnics.; Streams.; Teenagers.; Women.
- [between 1900 and 1915?]
- Mine, Idaho Springs District
- A woman and two girls sit on tailings in front of the shaft house of an unidentified mine in the Idaho Springs mining district in Clear Creek County, Colorado. The woman wears a dark skirt and blouse and holds an umbrella. The girls wear dresses...
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Girls.; Mine buildings.; Mining.; Women.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Colorado Dental Association, girl with toothbrush
- A girl dressed as a pixie holds an oversized toothbrush for an advertising campaign for the Colorado Dental Association, probably in Denver, Colorado. She wears a cap and cape decorated with bells and tights. She has her face painted with makeup.
- Colorado Dental Association--Public relations.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Advertising.; Costumes.; Girls.
- [between 1965 and 1970?]
- Mosca Alligator Farm
- A girl sits on the back of an alligator with the assistance of a ranch worker at the Colorado Gators Reptile Park located at 9162 County Road 9 North, Mosca (Alamosa County), Colorado. The girl has blond hair and is wearing black shorts and a blue...
- Colorado Gators Reptile Park (Mosca, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Mosca (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Alligators.; Girls.; Colorado Gators Reptile Park (Mosca, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Alligators--Colorado--Mosca--Pictorial works.; Girls--Colorado--Mosca--Pictorial...
- 2005
- Miss Myrtle Cook who taught the Conifer school in the year of 1901
- Studio portrait with Myrtle Cook of Conifer, Colorado, seated in a wicker chair, resting her chin against her hand of her upright propped arm. She wears a flower in her hair and a cotton dress with crocheted lace and stand up collar.
- Conifer (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--Conifer--1900-1910.; Cook, Myrtle.
- 1901
- 2519 California
- View of 2519 California Street in the Five Points neighborhood (Curtis Park) of Denver, Colorado. Shows a single-story vernacular Queen Anne cottage. The residence has a front -facing L plan and a cross-gabled roof. There are wood shingles in a...
- Curtis Park (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Girls.; Historic buildings.; Houses.; Secondhand sales.; African Americans--Children.; African Americans--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial...
- 1978
- Group of women and girls
- Outdoor portrait of a group of girls that includes a set of twin sisters near Archer Canal in Denver, Colorado. Some of the girls wear corsages. A bridge on Alameda Avenue over a canal is in the distance.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Twins--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1909 and 1915?]
- Curtis: sosh cut
- Kathy Swiers, 16 talks to Tom Wither, 16, in Denver, Colorado. Kathy wears her hair short and Tom wears his hair combed forward with bangs, a style known as the "sosh cut." He has on a plaid madras jacket and dark tie. They sit at a table with...
- Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Conversation--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Hairstyles--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Teenagers--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Swiers, Kathy.; Wither, Tom.
- 1963 September 2
- Denver Orphans' Home
- Children eat at tables in a room at the Denver Orphans' Home (later the Denver Children's Home) at 1501 Albion Street in the South Park Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows two infants in high chairs and older boys and girls. A caregiver...
- Denver Orphan's Home (Denver, Colo.)--People--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Children eating & drinking--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Dining rooms--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Dining tables--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- [between 1910 and 1915?]
- Decker Branch Easter Bunny visit
- Photograph of the Easter Bunny visiting the Decker Branch library in Denver, Colorado. He stands in the corner of a room, facing three unidentified girls. The bunny has its hands to its face, the three girls mimic its actions.
- Denver Public Library. Decker Branch.
- 2003
- City & County detention home
- A view of the City and County of Denver Detention School Home at 2844 Downing Street in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The three story structure served as a detention home to resident boys and girls. The home features a Tudor and...
- Detention School Home (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1950.; Juvenile detention homes--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1949]
- Bathing at Palmer Park
- A group of children stand on the shore of a pond in Palmer Park near Detroit (Wayne County), Michigan. One boy wears a white tank top, suspenders and knickers. Two girls wade in the water and another girl, wearing a white dress stands on the bank. ...
- Detroit (Mich.)--1890-1900.; Palmer Park (Detroit, Mich.)--1890-1900.; Children--Michigan--Detroit--1890-1900.; Lakes & ponds--Michigan--Detroit--1890-1900.; Parks--Michigan--Detroit--1890-1900.; Wading--Michigan--Detroit--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Prof. Weisbeck, Dew Drop Mine, Frances, Colo.
- A man in a suit stands next to a young girl mounted on a horse, in a dress and large hat, at the Dew Drop Mine near Ward in Frances (Camp Francis, Dew Drop, Boulder County), Colorado. Two men in suits, one with a walking cane and identified as...
- Dew Drop Mine (Boulder County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Frances (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Girls.; Horseback riding.; Mine buildings.; Mining.; Tipples.; Weisbeck family.
- 1895 May 5th
- Dew Drop Mine, Frances, Colo.
- A man, in a long cloak and hat, and two young girls, in long coats and hats, pose on snow covered tailings at the Dew Drop Mine near Ward in Frances (Camp Francis, Dew Drop, Boulder County), Colorado. A log and wood tipple, mine buildings and a man...
- Dew Drop Mine (Boulder County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Frances (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Girls.; Mine buildings.; Miners.; Mining.; Tailings embankments.
- [1895?]
- Dew Drop Mine, Frances, Colo.
- Men and girls pose near a mine building at the Dew Drop Mine near Ward in Frances (Camp Francis, Dew Drop, Boulder County), Colorado. Shows a tipple, a shaft house, and tailings in a mine dump. Snow covers the ground.
- Dew Drop Mine (Boulder County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Frances (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Girls.; Mine buildings.; Miners.; Mining.; Tailings embankments.
- [1895?]
- Mr. & Mrs. Hill
- A couple identified as Mr. and Mrs. Hill and two young girls sit on a tailings pile at the Dew Drop Mine in Ward (Boulder County), Colorado. Mrs. Hill wears a dark dress with a velvet jacket with puff sleeves. She wears a velvet hat with a large...
- Dew Drop Mine (Boulder County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Ward (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Girls.; Mining.; Spouses.; Tailings embankments.; Tipples.; Hill family.
- 1895 March 10th
- Grace Noel fishes Eldorado Canyon
- Grace Noel, a young girl, casts a line into South Boulder Creek in Eldorado Canyon State Park in Boulder County, Colorado. People are near her on the edge of the creek. A child is on the opposite bank. The jagged rock outcrops of the canyon walls...
- Eldorado State Park (Colo.)--1990-2000.; South Boulder Creek (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Eldorado Canyon (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Fishing; Streams.; Girls.; Noel, Grace--Pictorial works.; Fishing--Colorado--Eldorado...
- 1998
- The White Rabbit
- Women work on the front porch of "Estamere" (or Estemere), in Palmer Lake (El Paso County), Colorado. It is a lodge dedicated to teaching handicrafts to unemployed girls. The women are using looms and spinning wheels.
- Estamere (Palmer Lake, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Palmer Lake (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Handicraft--Colorado--Palmer Lake--1930-1940.; Vocational education--Colorado--Palmer Lake--1930-1940.; Women--Colorado--Palmer Lake--1930-1940.
- [1937?]
- The Factory
- View of The Factory at 3100 East Colfax Avenue in the Congress Park Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. It is a single story brick commercial building that is painted gray with black and red stripes on the facade. A sign above the door reads "The...
- Factory (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Congress Park (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Bars (Drinking establishments); Electric signs.; Nightclubs.; Factory (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Bars (Drinking...
- 1976
- The Factory
- View of The Factory at 3100 East Colfax Avenue in the Congress Park Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. It is a single story brick commercial building that is painted gray with black and red stripes on the facade. A sign above the door reads "The...
- Factory (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Congress Park (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Bars (Drinking establishments); Electric signs.; Nightclubs.; Factory (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Bars (Drinking...
- 1976
- Fairmont School westward movement panorama
- Photograph of five students from Fairmont Elementary School gathered around a class project of a panorama of the Westward Movement. Two unidentified girls stand to the side of the table with one girl holding a pointer and pointing at an object. ...
- Fairmont School (Denver, Colo.); Baker (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- undated
- Family portrait
- Studio portrait of a man, woman, and girls. The woman wears a dress and hat decorated with feathers. The girls wear dresses decorated with lace.
- Families--1890-1900.; Girls--1890-1900.
- [1897]
- Family
- Studio portrait of a man, woman, and two girls. Outfits include bangs, lace collars, shoes, and a silk tie.
- Families--1890-1900.; Girls--1890-1900.; Women--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Family
- Studio portrait of a man, woman, and girls. The woman and girls wears dresses. The man wears a suit.
- Families--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Family portrait
- Studio portrait of a man, woman, boys, toddler, and teenage girls.
- Families--1910-1920.; Teenagers--1910-1920.; Women--1910-1920.
- 1914, October 30
- Unid. family portrait
- Studio portrait of an unidentified family including a man and a woman with two boys and two girls. The girls and woman all wear dresses. The boys wear dress shirts and bow ties; the man wears a suit and tie.
- Families--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930]
- Dancers, Cinco de Mayo, Denver
- Girls, members of Jeanette Trujillo-Lucero's Fiesta Colorado Dance Company pose near Civic Center Park during Cinco de Mayo celebrations in Denver, Colorado. The girls wear traditional Mexican style dance costumes in bright colors decorated with...
- Fiesta Colorado Dance Company (Lakewood, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Cinco de Mayo (Mexican holiday)--2000-2010.; Hispanic Americans--2000-2010.; Mexican Americans--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Dancers.; Girls.; Fiesta Colorado Dance Company...
- [2009?]