Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Pouch
- Shows doeskin pouch made by the Native American Mescalero Apache. The pouch is decorated with multi-colored beadwork sewn on in the shapes of flowers or sun shapes; a sunflower is in the center. Fringe with tin jinglers on the ends is attached at...
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1910.; Mescalero Indians--Arts & crafts--1880-1910.; Pouches--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910]
- Columbian Hotel, Trinidad, Colorado
- Interior view of a leaded glass window in the Columbian Hotel, in Trinidad, Colorado. Vertical panels of "ice" frosted glass contain leaf shapes interlocked with stirrup shapes at the top; a border with arches at regular intervals crosses the...
- Columbian Hotel (Trinidad, Colo.)--1960-1980.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Interiors.; Leaded glass windows--Colorado--Trinidad--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 9, 1909 April 17
- Colorado Springs welcome sign
- View of the plastered concrete welcome sign located on I-25 at the entrance to Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. The sign consists of vertical umber and white geometric shapes that suggest Garden of the Gods rock formations. Painted...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Signs (Notices).; Signs and signboards--Colorado--Colorado Springs--Pictorial works.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1999
- Basket
- A coiled basket (Native American Apache Indian) possibly used as a bowl. The basket is willow and devil's claw and the foundation is rod and welt. Shows a circular pattern in a flower shape with additional shapes of the sun, and crescent triangles...
- Apache baskets--1870-1900.; Apache Indians--Arts & crafts--1870-1900.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1870-1900.; Baskets--1870-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1900]
- Jar
- A Native American Zuni Indian jar with images of frogs and birds; designs elements include crooks, triangles and other geometric shapes. The images are painted on in colors of red, brown and dark brown. The jar is a molded pottery piece.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1900-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Arts & crafts--1900-1920.; Zuni Indians--Arts & crafts--1900-1920.; Jars--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Toy bow
- Native American (Apache) curved wooden bow with sinew and green, red, and gold pigment.
- Apache Indians--Arts & crafts--1870-1890.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1870-1890.; Bows (Archery)--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890]
- Pouch
- Shows a Native American (Crow) cloth pouch, possibly made of buckskin, with multicolor beadwork and fringe. Design patterns on the pouch include stripes and abstracted hour glass shapes.
- Crow Indians--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.; Pouches--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Trousers
- Front view of a pair of Native American (Sioux) children's trouser. The trousers are made of buckskin and red cloth and are decorated with blue, green, red, yellow and white beadwork, fringe on the inseams and sides and gold color ribbon. There is...
- Dakota Indians--Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Children--Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Trousers--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Trousers
- Front view of a pair of children's trousers (Sioux). The trousers are made of buckskin and red cloth and are decorated with blue, green, red, yellow and white beadwork, fringe on the inseams and sides and gold color ribbon. There is an inscription...
- Dakota Indians--Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Children--Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Trousers--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Dress
- Shows a Native American (Sioux) doeskin dress decorated with fringe, rhinestone and light blue, white, red, green, blue and orange beadwork. The sleeve is cape like and the beadwork design is in bands, hourglass design and geometric shapes.
- Dakota Indians--Clothing & dress--1910-1960.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1910-1960.; Dresses--1910-1960.
- [between 1915 and 1955]
- Vest
- A Native American (Ute) beaded vest worn by Buckskin Charley. The vest is made of buckskin which is entirely covered with multicolor beadwork in designs of stylized American flags and geometric shapes on a white background. The interior of the vest...
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1900-1930.; Ute Indians--Clothing & dress--1900-1930.; Vests--1900-1930.; Buckskin Charlie, Ute Chief--Associated objects.
- [between 1900 and 1930]
- Pouch
- Shows a Native American (Ute) buckskin pouch. It features multi-color beadwork in floral patterns, a brass nail at the base, fringe and a strap.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1860-1880.; Ute Indians--Arts & crafts--1860-1880.; Pouches--1860-1880.
- [between 1865 and 1875]
- Paramount Theater
- Two women organists sit in front of the twin Wurlitzer organs inside of the Paramount Theater designed by Temple Hoyne Buell at the intersection of Sixteenth (16th) Street and Glenarm Street in the City and County of Denver, Colorado. Built in...
- Buell, Temple Hoyne, 1895-1990--Homes & haunts.; Paramount Theater (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Motion picture theaters--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.;...
- [between 1930 and 1941?]
- Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center
- Men work by trucks and graded earth below the Fine Arts Center, built on a bluff overlooking Monument Creek, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. The 1936 concrete structure composed of block shapes, with arcaded, square columned porches,...
- Meem, John Gaw 1894--Homes & haunts.; Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center--1940-1950.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center
- Exterior view of the Fine Arts Center, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, shows the concrete structure composed of block shapes, with an arcaded porch. The 1936 facility was designed by John Gaw Meem.
- Meem, John Gaw 1894--Homes & haunts.; Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center--1940-1950.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center
- Men work by trucks and graded earth at the edge of Monument Creek, below the Fine Arts Center in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. The 1936 concrete structure composed of block shapes, with arcaded, square columned porches, was designed...
- Meem, John Gaw 1894--Homes & haunts.; Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center--1940-1950.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Monument Creek (El Paso County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Construction--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1940-1950.; Galleries &...
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center
- Facade of the Fine Arts Center in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, shows the concrete structure composed of block shapes and a square columned entry with murals depicting the arts; painting, drama, dance, music. The 1936 facility was...
- Meem, John Gaw 1894--Homes & haunts.; Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center--1940-1950.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center
- The Fine Arts Center in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, is a concrete structure composed of block shapes, with a square columned entry. The 1936 facility designed by John Gaw Meem, was designed to accomodate all of the arts; drama,...
- Meem, John Gaw 1894--Homes & haunts.; Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center--1940-1950.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Gilpin County, Colo.
- A gravestone in a Gilpin County, Colorado, cemetery has triangular shapes and reads: "Forrest Sisler(?), Died Nov. 8, 1883, Aged 1 Yr. 2 Mos."
- Gilpin County (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Gilpin County--1930-1970.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Gilpin County--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1969]
- Central City residence interiors
- Keys of many different shapes hang on the back of a paneled door. Parts of furniture are visible of either sides of the door. There is a framed piece of embroidery with a cross, a crown, and "No no" hanging on the wall. The wallpaper is patterned...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1960.; Interiors--1930-1960.; Keys (Hardware)--Colorado--Central City--1930-1960.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Idaho Spgs house
- View of a house on Colorado Street in Idaho Springs (Clear Creek County), Colorado. The two story building has chimneys, a bay window, and decorative barge board with stars, arrows, flowers, and geometric shapes.
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1930-1940.
- 1938
- Residence in Central City, Colorado
- A front gable, one and one half story clapboard house is built on a masonry foundation in Central City, Colorado, and has a stovepipe chimney and decorative bargeboard around its eaves. An arched attic window is above the covered porch. The posts...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Columbian Hotel, Trinidad, Colorado
- Detail of a frosted window in the Columbian Hotel, in Trinidad, Colorado. Simple geometric borders consisting of triangular elements, dots and florets enclose flowers in an urn, fan shapes, flourishes and crosshatching.
- Columbian Hotel (Trinidad, Colo.)--1960-1980.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Windows--Colorado--Trinidad--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Columbian Hotel, Trinidad, Colorado
- Interior view of a leaded glass transom in the Columbian Hotel, in Trinidad, Colorado. The central motif is a lyre shape crowned with a stylized hydrangea and flanked by spreading leaves. Horizontal and vertical panels of various shades of milk...
- Columbian Hotel (Trinidad, Colo.)--1960-1980.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Leaded glass windows--Colorado--Trinidad--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Columbian Hotel, Trinidad, Colorado
- Interior view of a leaded glass cabinet door in the Columbian Hotel, in Trinidad, Colorado. A lyre shape crowned with a stylized hydrangea and flanked by spreading leaves is the central motif in this window. Horizontal and vertical panels of...
- Columbian Hotel (Trinidad, Colo.)--1960-1980.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Doors & doorways--Colorado--Trinidad--1960-1980.; Interiors.; Leaded glass windows--Colorado--Trinidad--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Painted buffalo hide, (also worked with quills), Piegan Indians
- View of a painted and quill-worked buffalo hide created by Native Americans of the Piegan (Blackfoot) tribe, specimen no. IV-B 201, Museum fur Volkerkunde, Berlin. It depicts arrow shapes lined up in columns and separated by a strip of quill work...
- Museum für Völkerkunde (Berlin, Germany)--Exhibitions & displays--1900-1920.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1900-1920.; Leather painting--1900-1920.; Piegan Indians--Arts & crafts--1900-1920.; Hides & skins--1900-1920.
- [1900-1920?]
- Pictographs
- Close-up view of Native American (Anasazi) petroglyphs at Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico. Holes for vigas are near the petroglyphs that depict spiral and linear shapes.
- Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--New Mexico--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--New Mexico--1910-1920.; Bandelier National Monument (N.M.)--1910-1920.; Archaeological sites--New...
- 1915
- Mandan painted buffalo hide
- Native American (Mandan) painted bison hide shows: outline border with geometric figures connected to a double rectangle panel of stripes and triangle shapes. Collected by Maximilian Prince of Wied from the upper Missouri riverbanks around 1844.
- Wied, Maximilian, Prinz von, 1782-1867--Associated objects.; Museum für Völkerkunde (Berlin, Germany)--Exhibitions & displays--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1840-1850.; Leather painting--1840-1850.; Mandan Indians--Arts &...
- [1900?]
- Georgetown stores
- View of a storefront in Georgetown, Colorado. A sign on the false front reads, "Boots, Shoes, O.K Dry Goods." A center door is flanked by two windows, which reflect a white wall with windows across the street and display shoes, shirts, and other...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- Residence of John Owen, Idaho Springs, Colorado
- Interior view of an intricately forged light, made of copper or brass (?), hanging from the ceiling in the John Owen house in Idaho Springs, Colorado; features five leaves connecting the ceiling to the pedicle of a flower (stem); four carved leaves...
- Owen, John--Homes & haunts.; Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Interiors.; Light fixtures--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1960-1980.
- [between 1965 and 1980]
- Residence of John Owen, Idaho Springs, Colorado
- View of the two story John Owen house in Idaho Springs, Colorado; features a cross gable roof and overhanging cornice, gable ornamentation under the overhang, wooden quoins at the corners, horizontal clapboard siding, and rectangular bay opening...
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1960-1980.; Owen, John--Homes & haunts.
- [between 1965 and 1980]
- Collection of Pima baskets
- A display of Native American (Pima) baskets. They are woven in different shapes and sizes, and all have a unique design. The colors are always black and white, with the white coming from either willow or yucca, and the black coming from the pods of...
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1910.; Pima baskets--1880-1910.; Pima Indians--Arts & crafts--1880-1910.; Baskets--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Anasazi pottery
- View of two Native American (Anasazi Pueblo) clay vessels in animal shapes.
- Indian pottery--North America--1900-1940.; Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--1900-1940.; Pueblo Indians--Arts & crafts--1900-1940.; Pottery--1900-1940.
- [between 1900 and 1940?]
- Castle Rock cemetery, poor condition, Jan. 31, 35
- View of the unkept Castle Rock cemetery, Douglas County, Colorado includes: stone and marble gravestones with crosses, obelisks, column-like pillars with finials, low wedge-shape, and upright rectangular shapes. Some have small American flags on...
- Castle Rock (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Castle Rock--1930-1940.; Rock formations--Colorado--Castle Rock--1930-1940.
- January 31, 1935
- Crested Butte, Colorado, Jacob Kochevar residence
- View of dilapidating clapboard residence of Jacob and Maija Kochevar, Yugoslavian settlers, Elk Avenue, Crested Butte, Gunnison County, Colorado. Their son Jacob, "Jakie" built them the false front with three evenly spaced side entrances and...
- Crested Butte (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Building deterioration--Colorado--Crested Butte--1960-1970.; Clapboard siding--Colorado--Crested Butte--1960-1970.; False fronts--Colorado--Crested Butte--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1965]
- Crested Butte, Colorado, Jacob Kochevar residence
- Detail of the first-story broken windows and frame with decorative spools of the 1913 dilapidating clapboard residence of Jacob and Maija Kochevar, (Yugoslavian immigrants) Elk Avenue, Crested Butte, Gunnison County, Colorado; shows part of...
- Crested Butte (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Building deterioration--Colorado--Crested Butte--1960-1970.; Windows--Colorado--Crested Butte--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1965]
- Crested Butte, Colorado, Jacob Kochevar residence
- Detail of the ornamented gable with "1912" date on the house young Jacob Kochevar built for his sister across Elk Avenue from his parents' home, Crested Butte, Gunnison County, Colorado; shows decorative handcut imbrication; the wood shingles in...
- Crested Butte (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Gables--Colorado--Crested Butte--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1965]
- Crested Butte, Colorado, Jacob Kochevar residence
- View includes the dilapidating clapboard residences of Jacob and Maija Kochevar, (Yugoslavian immigrants) Elk Avenue, Crested Butte, Gunnison County, Colorado. Their son Jacob, "Jakie" built the newer false front and decorated the second-story with...
- Crested Butte (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Building deterioration--Colorado--Crested Butte--1960-1970.; Clapboard siding--Colorado--Crested Butte--1960-1970.; False fronts--Colorado--Crested Butte--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1965]
- Jacob Kochevar residence
- View of the dilapidating wood frame residence of Jacob and Maija Kochevar, (Yugoslavian immigrants) Elk Avenue, Crested Butte, Gunnison County, Colorado; shows window frames with decorative spools and handcut imbrication on the second-story made...
- Crested Butte (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Building deterioration--Colorado--Crested Butte--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Crested Butte--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1965]
- Jacob Kochevar residence
- View of the two-story dilapidating wood frame residence of Jacob and Maija Kochevar, (Yugoslavian immigrants) Elk Avenue, Crested Butte, Gunnison County, Colorado; shows window frames with decorative spools and handcut imbrication made with...
- Crested Butte (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Building deterioration--Colorado--Crested Butte--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Crested Butte--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1965]
- Scroll-sawn siding done with hand-made tools
- Detail of the upper portion of the dilapidating clapboard residence of Jacob and Maija Kochevar, (Yugoslavian immigrants) Elk Avenue, Crested Butte, Gunnison County, Colorado; shows broken windows, window frames with decorative spools and handcut...
- Crested Butte (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Building deterioration--Colorado--Crested Butte--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Crested Butte--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1965]
- Jacob Kochevar residence
- Facade and side view of the two-story dilapidating wood frame residence of Jacob and Maija Kochevar, (Yugoslavian immigrants) Elk Avenue, Crested Butte, Gunnison County, Colorado; features: window frames with decorative spools, handcut imbrication...
- Crested Butte (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Crested Butte--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1965]
- Crested Butte, Colorado, Jacob Kochevar residence
- View along Elk Avenue includes both of the dilapidating clapboard residences of Jacob and Maija Kochevar, (Yugoslavian immigrants) Crested Butte, Gunnison County, Colorado. Both of the weathered wood false fronts have broken windows and sagging...
- Crested Butte (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Building deterioration--Colorado--Crested Butte--1960-1970.; False fronts--Colorado--Crested Butte--1960-1970.; Wooden buildings--Colorado--Crested Butte--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1965]
- Danforth Chapel, FLC, Durango
- Two paned glass walls of the chapel at Fort Lewis College in Durango, La Plata County, Colorado, intersect; some of the panes are translucent, and are decorated with patterns of lines and shapes. A parking lot with a pickup truck and other 1940s...
- Durango (Colo.)--1950-1970.; Churches--Colorado--Durango--1950-1970.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Durango--1950-1970.; Fort Lewis College.
- [between 1959 and 1970?]
- Danforth Chapel, FLC, Durango
- In this exterior detail of the chapel at Fort Lewis College in Durango, La Plata County, Colorado, the roof slants upward dramatically, with paned glass walls beneath it intersecting at an angle. Some of the panes are translucent, and are decorated...
- Durango (Colo.)--1950-1970.; Churches--Colorado--Durango--1950-1970.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Durango--1950-1970.; Fort Lewis College.
- [between 1959 and 1970?]
- Danforth Chapel, FLC, Durango
- The chapel at Fort Lewis College in Durango, La Plata County, Colorado, is a one-story building with a steep asymetrical ribbed roof and with natural stone supports; stone at a corner of the building continues on the roof to form a tower which...
- Durango (Colo.)--1950-1970.; Churches--Colorado--Durango--1950-1970.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Durango--1950-1970.; Fort Lewis College.
- [between 1959 and 1970?]
- Mount Vernon Gardens at Washington Park
- View of the Mount Vernon Gardens at Washington Park in Denver, Colorado. Flowers and ground cover are arranged in complex geometric shapes. Shows a cut stone retaining wall, trees and sprinklers.
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Washington Park (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1940.; Gardens--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Garden at Washington Park
- View of planting beds, possibly the Mount Vernon Gardens, at Washington Park in Denver Colorado. Flowers are planted in complex geometric shapes. Shows a cut stone wall.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1940.; Washington Park (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1940.; Gardens--Colorado--Denver--1910-1940.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1940.
- [between 1910 and 1940?]
- Picture writing, Balcony House
- Close-up view of a Native American (Anasazi) cliff dwelling ruin and pictograph at Balcony House, Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado; shows triangular shapes painted on an interior stone wall.
- Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Colorado--Mesa Verde National Park--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Colorado--Mesa Verde National Park--1900-1910.; Balcony House (Colo.)--1900-1910.;...
- [1900?]