Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- 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
- 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
- Alberto "Albert" Lobato and María Odila Lobato
- Studio portrait of a young Alberto "Albert" Lobato and his sister, the infant, María Odila Lobato. He wears a velvet Little Lord Fauntleroy suit with elbow length sleeves and knickers, an oversized lace collar and a shirt with puffed sleeves. His...
- Hispanic Americans--1890-1900.; Mexican Americans--1890-1900.; Boys.; Clothing & dress.; Girls.; Infants.; Lobato, Alberto, 1895-1976--Pictorial works.; Lobato, María Odila, 1899-1993--Pictorial works.; Boys--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Clothing...
- [1899?]
- Amanda "Mandy" Maestas daughter of Sam Maestas, Jr. and Alice Ebel.
- Studio portrait of Amanda (Mandy) Maestas, a resident of Denver, Colorado. She poses in her first communion dress, she wears a crown shaped veil and holds a missal and rosary. She sits on a bench in front of a backdrop of Christ holding a chalice.
- First communion--1940-1950.; Hispanic Americans--1940-1950.; Mexican Americans--1940-1950.; Studio portraits.; Girls.; Maestas, Amanda--Pictorial works.; Maestas family--Pictorial works.; First communion--Pictorial works.;...
- [between 1947 and 1950?]
- Ann Aguayo Laguna, Linda Aguayo
- Studio portrait of Hispanic girls Ann Aguayo (later Laguna) and her sister Linda Aguayo, Denver, Colorado. Both young girls wear ribbons and bows in their hair and patterned dresses with oversize collars.
- Hispanic Americans--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Girls.; Aguayo, Linda--Pictorial works.; Laguna, Ann Aguayo--Pictorial works.; Girls--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Denver...
- ca. 1934
- 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
- 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
- Baby Mary Trujillo with a basket
- Nine month old Mary Trujillo, a fourth generation resident of the Auraria neighborhood, hangs on to a basket in the yard of her house at 943 1/2 10th (Tenth) Street, Denver, Colorado. Shows a wooden fence and flagstones.
- Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Baskets.; Girls.; Infants.; Trujillo, Mary--Pictorial works.; Baskets--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.;...
- 1956
- 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]
- 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]
- 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?]
- Benedictine nun
- An unidentified Benedictine nun poses outside of probably St. Cajetan's Catholic Church in the Auraria Neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. She wears a white coif and wimple and a black veil and tunic. A teenage girl is nearby.
- Hispanic Americans--1940-1950.; Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Girls.; Nuns.; Teenagers.; Benedictine nuns--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Teenage...
- 1949
- Bobby and Gloria Herrera
- Toddlers Bobby and Gloria Herrera pose in bathing suits on their front porch at 1121 Lawrence Street in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. They stand on a woven rug with American Indian designs.
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1940-1950.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1940-1950.; Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Boys.; Girls.; Infants.; Herrera, Bobby--Pictorial works.; Herrera, Gloria--Pictorial works.;...
- [1947]
- 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
- Brownies
- A group of African American (Black) girls in Brownie uniforms pose near bushes in a yard Denver, Colorado. The girls wear dresses and beanies. Patches on their uniforms indicate that they may belong to different troops including Troop 844 and Troop...
- Girl Scouts of the United States of America--Branches, chapters, etc.--1960-1970.; African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Smiling--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.;...
- [between 1960 and 1965?]
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show
- Group portrait of William F. Cody (Buffalo Bill), Annie Oakley, Native Americans, soldiers, cowboys, men in suits, boys and girls. Individuals musical instruments, rifles, lances, crutches, and a United States flag.
- Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Oakley, Annie, 1860-1926.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- 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]
- 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.
- Children and Christmas tree
- Children group around a Christmas tree on Christmas day in a living room in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. They are identified left to right as: (back row) Bobby Herrera and Lydia Herrera, (front row) Dolores Herrera, Evelyn Olguin,...
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1950-1960.; Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Boys.; Girls.; Christmas trees.; Herrera family--Pictorial works.; Olguin family--Pictorial works.;...
- [1957 December 25]
- Children getting off bus
- Hispanic American school children get off a school bus in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. The young girl near the gate in the sweater and jeans with a barrette in her hair is identified as Sally Chavez. The other boys and girls wear coats,...
- Hispanic Americans--1970-1980.; Mexican Americans--1970-1980.; San Luis (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Children.; Girls.; Chavez, Sally--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; School...
- [1970?]
- Children of Francisco Gallegos
- Studio portraits, mounted on a floral background, of the children of Francisco Gallegos and his wife Úrsula García. They are identified as: Top row, left to right: Lucinda Gallegos and Maclovio Gallegos; bottom row, left to right: Diego Antonio...
- Hispanic Americans--1900-1910.; Mexican Americans--1900-1910.; Boys.; Clothing & dress.; Girls.; Gallegos, Francisco, 1870-1945--Family--Pictorial works.; García, Úrsula, 1876-1973--Family--Pictorial works.; Boys--Colorado--Pictorial works.;...
- [1901?]
- 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]
- 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?]
- Confederate reunion
- View of horse race bettors in Trinidad, Colorado. A woman wearing a white straw cowboy hat stands in line while a man behind her holds her striped hand bag and looks on. He has a watch chain looped from his pocket to his waist. Another woman in a...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Gambling--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.
- August, 1939
- Corrine Baca, First Communion St. Cajetan's Church.
- Studio portrait of Corrine Baca on the occasion of her First Communion at St. Cajetan's Church in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. She leans on a prop and wears a white dress and veil and holds a missal.
- Hispanic Americans--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Clothing & dress.; Girls.; Baca, Corrine--Pictorial works.; Clothing and dress--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- 1947
- 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
- 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?]
- Dancers, Cinco de Mayo, Denver
- Men, women, girls and teenagers, members of Jeanette Trujillo-Lucero's Fiesta Colorado Dance Company pose on Broadway during Cinco de Mayo celebrations in Denver, Colorado. The girls and women wear traditional Mexican style dance costumes in bright...
- 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?]
- Daniel C. Oakes Family
- A portrait of Daniel C. Oakes family, shows two women and two girls. The two girls wear dresses with jackets. The two women wear dresses with lace collars and jackets.
- Oakes, Daniel C.--Family.; Families--1850-1890.; Girls--1850-1890.; Women--1850-1890.
- [between 1850 and 1890]
- 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
- Della Ferrell
- Della Ferrell, a native of Colorado and member of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, poses on horseback in front of a backdrop with a landscape scene painted on it in a dirt arena at Earl's Court in England. Ferrell joined the who in 1887 as one of the...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Cowgirls.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Ferrell, Della.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1892?]
- Della Ferrell and Georgia Duffy
- Cowgirls Della Ferrell and Georgia Duffy stand at the back of a covered wagon in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show near Earl's Court in England. Ferrell, a native of Colorado, joined the cast in 1887 as one of the show's "Western Girls."...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Cowgirls.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Duffy, Georgia.; Ferrell, Della.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1892?]
- Della Ferrell and Georgia Duffy
- Della Ferrell and Georgia Duffy stand at the back of a covered wagon in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show near Earl's Court in England. Ferrell, a native of Colorado, joined the cast in 1887 as one of the show's "Western Girls." She wears a...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Cowgirls.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Duffy, Georgia.; Ferrell, Della.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1892?]
- Della Marie Lovato
- Studio portrait of baby Della Marie Lovato of Trinidad (Las Animas Couty), Colorado. She sits in a large wicker chair and wears a loose fitting dress and a large bow in her hair.
- Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1910-1920.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1910-1920.; Girls.; Infants.; Lovato, Della Marie, 1910-2005--Pictorial works.; Girls--Colorado--Trinidad--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.;...
- [1911?]
- 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?]
- 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?]
- Dolores and Tom Herrera
- Dolores and Tom Herrera stand in front of their home at 1117 Lawrence Street in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. Dolores watches as her younger brother Tom crosses his arms and gives a shy smile.
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1950-1960; Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Boys.; Girls.; Smiling.; Herrera, Dolores--Pictorial works.; Herrera, Tom--Pictorial works.; Mexican...
- [1958]
- Dora Moore School scrap metal drive
- Photograph of students at Dora Moore Elementary School in Denver, Colorado collection scrap metal for the War Effort. Pictured are two boys holding pieces of metal. One of the boys puts a metal disc into a wooden basket held by two girls. The...
- World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects.; Dora Moore School (Denver, Colo.); Corona School (Denver, Colo.); Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1943 April
- 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
- Duffy [i.e. Della Ferrell]
- Della Ferrell, a native of Colorado and member of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, poses in front of a covered wagon at Earl's Court in England. Ferrell joined the show in 1887 as one of the "Western Girls." She was a trick rider and roper. She...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Cowgirls.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Ferrell, Della.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1892?]
- E. Wold
- Studio group portrait of the E. Wold family, residents of Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Mr. E. Wold wears a single breasted suit and a bow tie. His hair is parted to the side and he has a mustache. His wife wears a dark dress with a...
- Wold, E.--Family.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Clothing & dress.; Families.; Girls.; Women.; Wold, E.
- 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
- 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 family; a man and woman pose with boys and girls.
- Rifle (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Families--Colorado--Rifle--1920-1930.
- 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 portrait
- Studio portrait of a family in Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado; a man and woman pose with teenage boys and girls.
- Rifle (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Families--Colorado--Rifle--1920-1930.; Teenagers--Colorado--Rifle--1920-1930.
- 1923, November 18