Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- 1923 Corbett & Ballenger's 51st Annual Denver City Directory
- 1924 Denver Householders' Directory and Street and Avenue Guide v.1
- 1933 Denver Householders' Directory and Street and Avenue Guide v.9
- 1934 Denver Householders' Directory and Street and Avenue Guide v.10
- 1935 Denver Householders' Directory and Street and Avenue Guide v.11
- 1936 Denver Householders' Directory and Street and Avenue Guide v.12
- 1983 Capitol Hill People's Fair Guide
- 28. Young Indian and Navajo blankets at Shiprock Fair.
- A Native American (Navajo) boy stands in a dirt courtyard at the Shiprock Fair, Shiprock, New Mexico. He stands near a wooden building which displays Navajo rugs and blankets outspread and hung from the roof. Men stand inside the three wall...
- Indians of North America--Children--New Mexico--Shiprock--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--Arts & crafts--New Mexico--Shiprock--1900-1910.; Navajo textile fabrics--New Mexico--Shiprock--1900-1910.; Shiprock (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Fairs--New...
- [between 1903 and 1908]
- A Navajo woman and her blanket
- A Navajo woman poses with a large woven fringed blanket with a diamond pattern. She wears a blanket wrapped around her body, a necklace and a bracelet. She has on moccasins and has her hair pulled back. She stands on a woven blanket, and another...
- Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Navajo Indian textile fabrics.; Navajo Indians--1880-1890.; Navajo Indian women weavers.
- [between 1888 and 1890?]
- Artistic creations of Indian weavers and potters in a Hopi house, Grand Canyon, Arizona
- Interior view of Hopi House, a Fred Harvey Company curio shop at the Grand Canyon, Arizona; a replica of a Native American pueblo room with displays of Native American arts and crafts including rugs, blankets, baskets, and pottery.
- Fred Harvey (Firm)--1900-1910.; Hopi Indians--Arts & crafts--Arizona--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--Arizona--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--Arts & crafts--Arizona--1900-1910.; Navajo textile fabrics--Arizona--1900-1910.; Pueblo...
- [between 1905 and 1910]
- Blanket
- A Native American (Navajo) wool woven blanket. Colors on the piece are blue, indigo?, natural white and aniline red. The wool is handspun, one ply and Z spun.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1870-1890.; Navajo Indians--Arts & crafts--1870-1890.; Navajo textile fabrics--1870-1890.; Blankets--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1885]
- Blanket
- A Native American (Rio Grande) handspun and woven blanket found in Ortiz, New Mexico. It is a two piece blanket with a two ply warp and a double warp; the weft is one ply. The colors are natural color and indigo and commercial dyes of light red,...
- Indian textile fabrics--North America--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1870-1880.; Blankets--1870-1880.
- [between 1875 and 1880]
- Blanket
- A Native American (Rio Grande) handspun and woven blanket found in Ortiz, New Mexico. It is a two piece blanket with a two ply warp with S twist and Z spun; the weft is one ply and is Z spun. The colors are natural white and brown with commercial...
- Indian textile fabrics--North America--1880-1910.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1910.; Blankets--1880-1910.
- [between 1885 and 1910]
- Buffalo Bill (Col. W. F. Cody)
- Woven silk ribbon souvenir portrait of William F. Cody (Buffalo Bill), with signature. United States flags, a shield, and an eagle are embroidered near the bottom.
- Celebrities--1900-1910.; Entertainers--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.
- [between 1903 and 1910?]
- Calletano & Jake- Navajo's [sic]
- Studio portrait (sitting and standing) of Calletano and Jake, Native American (Navajo) men. Both men wear moccasins, blankets, and hats.
- Indians of North America--1880-1910.; Navajo Indians--1880-1910.; Navajo textile fabrics--1880-1910.; Calletano.; Jake, Navajo Indian.
- [between 1880 and 1910]
- Chindy blanket (Navajo)
- Native American (Navajo) woven wool blanket with a stepped border around a large, horned figure holding arrows.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1890-1930.; Navajo Indians--Arts & crafts--1890-1930.; Navajo textile fabrics--1890-1930.; Blankets--1890-1930.
- [between 1895 and 1925?]
- Decoration 3d story of square tower- Cliff Pal.
- Close-up view of Square Tower, Cliff Palace, Native American (Anasazi) cliff dwelling ruins before excavation on Chapin Mesa, Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, Colorado. The adobe stone masonry square tower building has a painted wall on...
- Indians of North America--Structures--Colorado--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Colorado--1900-1910.; Cliff Palace (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Archaeological...
- 1901
- Display of baskets Papago- Pima baskets
- Close up view of Native American (Papago and Pima) baskets and Navajo blankets. The woven baskets have Yei, woman, lightning, and rolling log designs. The fringed blankets have rolling log and lightning designs.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1910-1920.; Navajo Indians--Arts & crafts--1910-1920.; Navajo textile fabrics--1910-1920.; Pima baskets--1910-1920.; Pima Indians--Arts & crafts--1910-1920.; Tohono O'Odham Indians--Arts &...
- 1912
- Francisco Gallegos
- Hispanic American Francisco Gallegos, a sheep and cattle rancher, poses on horseback in San Luis, Colorado. He wear a jacket, tie and round brimmed hat, his saddle blanket is a jerga, a woven Hispanic textile in a herringbone and check pattern....
- Hispanic Americans--1880-1890.; Mexican Americans--1880-1890.; San Luis (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Adobe buildings.; Horseback riding.; Ranchers.; Gallegos, Francisco--Pictorial works.; Building, Adobe--Colorado--San Luis--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- ca. 1885
- Hilltopper, Volume 1 Number 1
- Hilltopper, Volume 1 Number 4
- Hilltopper, Volume 1 Number 5
- Hilltopper, Volume 1 Number 6
- History of Denver
- Indians, papoose, N.M.
- A Native American (tribe unknown) papoose (infant) is laced into a cradleboard that leans against a log cabin wall with chinking in New Mexico. Shows a hide-covered wooden cradleboard with fringe and woven textile adornments.
- Indians of North America--Children--New Mexico--1870-1900.; Cradleboards--New Mexico--1870-1900.; Infants--New Mexico--1870-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- Indians, Pueblo Hopi, arts & crafts, kachina dolls
- View of a display of Native American Hopi Pueblo kachina dolls, baskets, and a woven blanket in front of a mirror backdrop.
- Hopi baskets--1900-1930.; Hopi Indians--Arts & crafts--1900-1930.; Hopi textile fabrics--1900-1930.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1900-1930.; Kachina dolls--1900-1930.; Pueblo Indians--Spiritual life--1900-1930.
- [between 1900 and 1930?]
- Indians, Pueblo Hopi, arts & crafts, kachina dolls
- View of Native American Hopi Pueblo kachina dolls displayed with a woven blankets and a basket.
- Hopi baskets--1900-1930.; Hopi Indians--Arts & crafts--1900-1930.; Hopi textile fabrics--1900-1930.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1900-1930.; Kachina dolls--1900-1930.; Pueblo Indians--Spiritual life--1900-1930.
- [between 1900 and 1930?]
- Indians, Pueblo Hopi, arts & crafts, kachina dolls
- View of two Native American Hopi Pueblo kachina dolls displayed with a woven blanket.
- Hopi Indians--Arts & crafts--1900-1930.; Hopi textile fabrics--1900-1930.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1900-1930.; Kachina dolls--1900-1930.; Pueblo Indians--Spiritual life--1900-1930.
- [between 1900 and 1930?]
- Indians, Pueblo Hopi, arts, kachina dolls
- View of a display of Native American Hopi Pueblo kachina dolls, pottery, and a woven blankets.
- Hopi Indians--Arts & crafts--1900-1930.; Hopi pottery--1900-1930.; Hopi textile fabrics--1900-1930.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1900-1930.; Kachina dolls--1900-1930.; Pueblo Indians--Spiritual life--1900-1930.; Pottery--1900-1930.
- [between 1900 and 1930?]
- Inside a Hopi house furnished with Indian rugs, pottery and baskets, Grand Canyon, Arizona
- Interior view of Hopi House, a Fred Harvey Company curio shop, at the Grand Canyon, Arizona; a replica of a Native American pueblo room with displays of Hopi, Pueblo, and Navajo arts and crafts including rugs, baskets and pottery.
- Fred Harvey (Firm)--1900-1910.; Hopi Indians--Arts & crafts--Arizona--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--Arizona--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--Arts & crafts--Arizona--1900-1910.; Navajo textile fabrics--Arizona--1900-1910.; Pueblo...
- [between 1905 and 1910]
- Inside the Hopi Indian house-artistic handiwork of natives-Grand Canyon, Arizona
- Interior view of Hopi House, a Fred Harvey Company curio shop at the Grand Canyon, Arizona; a replica of a Native American pueblo room with displays Native American arts and crafts including rugs, baskets, beadwork and pottery.
- Fred Harvey (Firm)--1900-1910.; Hopi Indians--Arts & crafts--Arizona--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--Arizona--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--Arts & crafts--Arizona--1900-1910.; Navajo textile fabrics--Arizona--1900-1910.; Pueblo...
- [between 1905 and 1910]
- Interior view of Trinidad Country Club, Trinidad, Colorado
- The Trinidad Country Club, in Trinidad, Colorado, has an open log beam ceiling; squared beams with corbel ends run the other direction at a lower level. An adobe fireplace fitted with andirons is in back, with trophies on its mantle; Navajo urns...
- Trinidad Country Club (Trinidad, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Country clubs--Colorado--Trinidad--1920-1930.; Interiors.; Navajo textile fabrics--Colorado--Trinidad--1920-1930.
- [between 1921 and 1925?]
- Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 8, 1920 August
- Navajo blanket red, white and black
- Close-up view of an outspread Native American (Navajo) blanket. The blanket has a diamond pattern surrounded by rectangles. Each corner has fringe tassles.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1890-1910.; Navajo Indians--Arts & crafts--1890-1910.; Navajo textile fabrics--1890-1910.; Blankets--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Navajo blanket weavers
- Two Native American (Navajo) women weave blankets from wool. Their looms hang from sticks supported by trees or posts.
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--1900-1910.; Navajo textile fabrics--1900-1910.; Weaving--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Navajo blanket white, grey, brown
- Close-up view of a Native American (Navajo) woven blanket, probably wool. The blanket is stretched and hanging on the wall and has a repeat diamond pattern.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1890-1910.; Navajo Indians--Arts & crafts--1890-1910.; Navajo textile fabrics--1890-1910.; Blankets--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Navajo children
- Native American (Navajo) children pose indoors. Both children wear Navajo blankets, one wears moccasin boots.
- Indians of North America--1900-1940.; Navajo Indians--1900-1940.; Children--1900-1940.; Navajo textile fabrics--1900-1940.
- [between 1904 and 1932]
- Navajo Indians exhibiting their blankets and offering same for sale at "Holley's" trading store, near Bluff City, Utah
- Native American (Navajo) men and women sit near a display of blankets (rugs) at Holley's Store near Bluff City, Utah. Some men are on horseback.
- Indians of North America--Utah--Bluff--1880-1910.; Navajo Indians--Utah--Bluff--1880-1910.; Navajo textile fabrics--Utah--Bluff--1880-1910.; Rugs--Utah--Bluff--1880-1910.; Women--Utah--Bluff--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910]
- Navajo Weaver
- A Native American (Navajo) woman sits on a woven blanket near a loom. The loom stands near a pile of brush and rocks. Either a hide or cloth is stretched behind the loom, from post to post.
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--Arts & crafts--1900-1910.; Navajo textile fabrics--1900-1910.; Navajo women weavers--1900-1910.; Looms--1900-1910.; Weaving--1900-1910.
- [between 1901 and 1908]
- Navajo women and their friend Mrs. H. M. Peabody Bluff City, Utah.
- Mrs. H. M. Peabody poses outdoors in front of hanging Navajo rugs with Native American (Navajo) rug weavers (women) in Bluff (Bluff City), Utah. The Navajo women wear blankets and bead necklaces with naja pendants.
- Indians of North America--Utah--Bluff--1880-1910.; Navajo Indians--Utah--Bluff--1880-1910.; Navajo textile fabrics--Utah--Bluff--1880-1910.; Navajo women weavers--Utah--Bluff--1880-1910.; Bluff (Utah)--1880-1910.; Rugs--Utah--Bluff--1880-1910.;...
- [between 1880 and 1910]
- Navajo women at a Navajo fair in Bluff City, Utah
- Native American (Navajo) women weavers and girls sit near a display of blankets at a Navajo fair in Bluff City, Utah.
- Indians of North America--Utah--Bluff--1880-1910.; Navajo Indians--Utah--Bluff--1880-1910.; Navajo textile fabrics--Utah--Bluff--1880-1910.; Navajo women weavers--Utah--Bluff--1880-1910.; Girls--Utah--Bluff--1880-1910.;...
- [between 1880 and 1910]
- Painted room, Cliff Palace, Mesa Verde, Colo.
- Close-up view of Native American (Anasazi) pictographs at Cliff Palace, Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado. Geometric, possibly textile symbols are painted on a stone wall below a window.
- 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.; Cliff Palace (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mesa...
- [1900?]
- Papago baskets and Navajo blanket
- Display of a Native American (Navajo) blanket with a diamond pattern, three (Papago) woven baskets and one large kiaha basket with geometric patterns.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--Arts & crafts--1900-1910.; Navajo textile fabrics--Arizona--Tucson--1900-1910.; Tohono O'Odham Indians--Arts & crafts--1900-1910.; Baskets--1900-1910.; Rugs--1900-1910.
- [1900?]
- Photograph showing texture of a good quality Navajo rug woven from old-type Navajo wool
- Close-up view of a Native American (Navajo) rug, woven with Navajo wool.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1930-1950.; Navajo Indians--Arts & crafts--1930-1950.; Navajo textile fabrics--1930-1950.; Rugs--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950]
- Picture Painting, Cliff Palace
- Close up view of a Native American (Anasazi) pictograph at Cliff Palace, Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado. A geometric, possibly textile symbol is painted on a 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.; Cliff Palace (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mesa...
- [1900?]
- Potawatomi weaver
- A Native American (Potawatomi, Prairie Band) woman sits at a loom and finger weaves on a reservation near Mayetta, Kansas. The loom consists of textile fibers stretched between two sticks.
- Prairie Band of Potawatomi Indians--People--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--Kansas--Mayetta--1930-1940.; Potawatomi Indians--Kansas--Mayetta--1930-1940.; Mayetta (Kan.)--1930-1940.; Potawatomi Indian Reservation (Kan.)--1930-1940.;...
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Potawatomi weaver
- A Native American (Potawatomi, Prairie Band) woman finger weaves on a reservation near Mayetta, Kansas. The loom consists of textile fibers stretched between two sticks.
- Prairie Band of Potawatomi Indians--People--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--Kansas--Mayetta--1930-1940.; Potawatomi Indians--Kansas--Mayetta--1930-1940.; Mayetta (Kan.)--1930-1940.; Potawatomi Indian Reservation (Kan.)--1930-1940.;...
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Potawatomi weaver
- A Native American (Potawatomi, Prairie Band) woman finger weaves on a reservation near Mayetta, Kansas. The loom consists of textile fibers stretched between two sticks. A blanket hangs behind her.
- Prairie Band of Potawatomi Indians--People--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--Kansas--Mayetta--1930-1940.; Potawatomi Indians--Kansas--Mayetta--1930-1940.; Mayetta (Kan.)--1930-1940.; Potawatomi Indian Reservation (Kan.)--1930-1940.;...
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Rio Grande style weaving Jerga.
- View of a Rio Grande style weaving known as a jerga woven around 1885 by Francisco Antonio Gallegos in Arroyo Seco (Taos County), New Mexico. The striped rug has a central seam where two narrow weavings are sewn together.
- Hispanic Americans--Arts & crafts--1880-1890.; Mexican Americans--Arts & crafts--1880-1890.; Rugs.; Textiles.; Gallegos, Francisco Antonio--Associated objects--Pictorial works.; Rugs--New Mexico--Arroyo Seco--Pictorial works.; Textile fabrics--New...
- [between 1980 and 1990?]
- Rocky Mt. Textile Co.
- Interior view of the Rocky Mountain Textile Company factory in Denver, Colorado; shows a man working with a (probably) weaving machine.
- Rocky Mountain Textile Company--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Factories--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Textile industry--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Textile...
- 1947 February 20