Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Marker on spot of Thornburgh Battle ground, monument, Sept 24 to Oct. 5 - 1879
- View of a weathered sandstone marker commemorating the battle between Major Thomas T. Thornburgh's troops and Native American Utes at Milk Creek, Rio Blanco County, Colorado. Inscription reads: "In Memory Of Officers, Soldiers And Civilians Of The...
- Thornburgh, Thomas Tipton, 1843-1879--Monuments.; Indians of North America--Colorado--1920-1940.; Milk Creek (Rio Blanco County and Moffat County, Colo.), Battle of, 1879--Monuments.; Ute Indians--War--Colorado--1920-1940.;...
- [between 1927 and 1940?]
- Geronimo- the greatest Indian chief- as a U. S. prisoner
- Geronimo, a Native American (Chiricahua Apache) man, a U. S. prisoner, poses outdoors near a group of tents. He wears a woven blanket and beaded cap.
- Chiricahua Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Prisoners--1900-1910.; Shamans--1900-1910.; Geronimo, 1829-1909--Capture & imprisonment--1900-1910.
- 1909
- Navajo brave and his mother
- A Native American (Navajo) man and his mother pose outdoors in either Arizona or New Mexico. He holds a bow and arrow.
- Bow and arrow--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Navajo Indians--1870-1880.; Warriors--1870-1880.; Women--1870-1880.
- 1873
- Tombstone
- View of a memorial tombstone for two soldiers of the Native American Sioux wars; it is set in fresh cement with an inscription: "To The Glory Of God And In Memory Of Lieut. N. P. Daniels, U.S.A., Sergt. Terrel, U.S.A. Killed On This Spot, July 20th...
- Dakota Indians--War--1900-1920.; Indians of North America--War--1900-1920.; Monuments & memorials--1900-1920.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--1900-1920.; Daniels, N. P.--Monuments--1900-1920.; Terrel, Sergeant--Monuments--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Annie Oakley poster
- Copy of poster with drawing of Phoebe Anne "Annie Oakley" Moses holding her rifle propped on its end on the ground. Oakley wears a hat and a skirt. She has numerous medals pinned to her shirt. Drawings in the background depict scenes of Oakley...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Sharpshooting--1900-1930.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Oakley, Annie, 1860-1926.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1900 and 1925?]
- Johnnie Baker poster
- Copy of poster with drawing of Johnnie Baker holding his rifle in his left hand. Baker wears a hat and a thigh boots. Drawings in the background depict scenes of Baker shooting at glass balls in the air. "Buffalo Bill's Wild West Congress, Rough...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Sharpshooting--1900-1930.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Baker, Johnny, d. 1931.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1900 and 1925?]
- Civil War veterans
- A large group of men is gathered outside in a grove of trees at Ambrose Park in Brooklyn, New York. The group is probably comprised of Civil War veterans invited to see Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show as guests of Nate Salsbury, owner and manager of...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Veterans.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1894?]
- D&RGW, U.S. Army Transportation Corps steel narrow gauge box car 75003
- View of a U.S. Army Transportation Corps steel narrow gauge box car in probably Colorado. Lettering on the car reads: "U.S.A. 750003," and a logo with "Transportation Corps."
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--1950-1960.
- 1954?
- The Salmson
- View of a Salmson single engine airplane in Warvillers (or Warfuilliers), Somme, Picardie, France; hangar tents are in the background.
- Reconnaissance aircraft--France--1910-1920.; Salmson airplanes--France--1910-1920.; Biplanes--French--France--1910-1920.
- 1918, May 25
- Parade to battle
- Native American (Crow) and white men ride on horseback, in a parade, as part of the reenactment of the Battle of Little Bighorn in Sheridan, Wyoming. One man carries a U. S. flag and wears a feather headdress. Spectators line the street. Prominent...
- Crow Indians--Wyoming--Sheridan--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Wyoming--Sheridan--1900-1910.; Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876--Commemoration.; Sheridan (Wyo.)--1900-1910.; Headdresses--Wyoming--Sheridan--1900-1910.; Horseback...
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Medicine Crow
- Medicine Crow, a Native American (Crow) man poses on horseback near Sheridan, Wyoming. He holds a U. S. flag and wears moccasins, beaded leggings, blanket, a shirt fringed with ermine, and a feather in his hair.
- Crow Indians--Wyoming--Sheridan--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Wyoming--Sheridan--1900-1910.; Sheridan (Wyo.)--1900-1910.; Clothing & dress--Wyoming--Sheridan--1900-1910.; Flags--American--Wyoming--Sheridan--1900-1910.; Horseback...
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Attack on flag
- Native American (Crow) and soldiers in uniform reenact the Battle of Little Bighorn near Sheridan, Wyoming. Soldiers, sitting and on horseback, protect a U. S. flag while a Crow man attacks with a staff decorated with ermine fringe.
- Crow Indians--Wyoming--Sheridan--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Wyoming--Sheridan--1900-1910.; Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876--Commemoration.; Sheridan (Wyo.)--1900-1910.; Historical reenactments--Wyoming--Sheridan--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Indian going to battle
- Native American (Crow) men ride on horseback in a parade as part of the reenactment of the Battle of Little Bighorn in Sheridan, Wyoming. One man carries a U. S. flag. The men wear moccasins, leggings, and feather headdresses. Spectators line the...
- Crow Indians--Wyoming--Sheridan--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Wyoming--Sheridan--1900-1910.; Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876--Commemoration.; Sheridan (Wyo.)--1900-1910.; Flags--American--Wyoming--Sheridan--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Capture of flag
- Native American (Crow) men on horseback capture a U. S. flag from soldiers in uniform as part of the reenactment of the Battle of Little Bighorn near Sheridan, Wyoming. The Crow men carry revolvers and rifles and wear moccasins, leggings, and...
- Crow Indians--Wyoming--Sheridan--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Wyoming--Sheridan--1900-1910.; Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876--Commemoration.; Sheridan (Wyo.)--1900-1910.; Historical reenactments--Wyoming--Sheridan--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Invasion U.S.A.
- A dwarf hands flyers to a man at the Tabor Theater, 1014 16th (Sixteenth) Street in Denver, Colorado. Signs read: "Invasion U.S.A.," "Prince of Pirates," "A Bomb Blasts in U.S. Cities," and "On Stage Tonite 8:15 p.m. in Person! General Henry...
- Tabor Grand Opera House (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Dwarfs--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Publicity--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Theaters--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.
- [1953?]
- U. S. troops going to battle
- U. S. soldiers in uniform ride on horseback in a parade as a part of the reenactment of the Battle of Little Bighorn in Sheridan, Wyoming. Spectators line the streets. Prominent signs read: "New York Store", "[Ci]ty Bakery", "Hudson Groceries", and...
- Indians of North America--Commemoration--Wyoming--Sheridan--1900-1910.; Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876--Commemoration.; Sheridan (Wyo.)--1900-1910.; Horseback riding--Wyoming--Sheridan--1900-1910.; Parades &...
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Leadville, Col. U.S.A.
- View northeast across Leadville, Colorado, shows two-and-a- half-story brick Ninth Street School with belltower and decorative vents among two-story wood frame residences and false front businesses. A large poster on a board fence reads "...lton...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Schools--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1885]
- Troop ship docking in U.S.A.
- Tenth Mountain Division troops fill every available space on the lower deck of a troop ship, as it docks in the U.S.A. Dock has sign: Welcome home, well done. Another ship is docked; the land nearby appears flat and industrial with a water tower...
- Troop movements--1940-1950.; Warships--United States--1945.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.
- [1945]
- Royal Gorge, Grand Canyon of the Arkansas, Colorado, U.S.A.
- View of the Hanging Bridge and the Arkansas River in the Royal Gorge in Fremont County, Colorado. Shows the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad line with three rails and a stone retaining wall. The snow-covered granitic walls of the canyon are beside...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1890-1900.; Arkansas River--1890-1900.; Fremont County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Royal Gorge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--Fremont County--1890-1900.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Fremont...
- 1898
- Tabor Theater
- View of the Tabor Theater entrance at 1014 16th (Sixteenth) Street in Denver, Colorado. Signs and marquee read: "Pioneer Theater of the West," "Invasion U.S.A.," "Prince of Pirates," "A Bomb Blasts in U.S. Cities," and "Highlander Blue and Gold...
- Tabor Grand Opera House (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Marquees--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Theaters--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.
- [1952?]
- 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]
- Coors Night Club
- View of the Coors Night Club located at 3400 Navajo Street in the Highland neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The one story brick commercial style building has been altered to include six rectangular windows. The facade has been painted white in most...
- Coors Night Club (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Highland (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Bars (Drinking establishments); Nightclubs.; Coors Night Club (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Bars (Drinking...
- 1996
- Battle of the Big Horn
- Shows the smoking guns of General Custer and his U. S. Army troops being defeated in battle with Native American Lakota Sioux, Crow, Northern, and Cheyenne, Little Bighorn Battlefield, June 26, 1875 Little Bighorn River, Montana.
- Cheyenne Indians--Montana--1870-1880.; Crow Indians--Montana--1870-1880.; Dakota Indians--Montana--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--Montana--1870-1880.; Teton Indians--Montana--1870-1880.; Campaigns & battles--Montana--1870-1880.; Custer,...
- [between 1940 and 1960?]
- The Midway, East Avenue, Omaha
- View of the East Avenue from the Grand Plaza during the Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition in Omaha, (Douglas County) Nebraska. Shows a theater marquee that reads: "The Dancing Girl Illusion." People sit at tables in an open dining area...
- Omaha (Neb.)--1890-1900.; Exhibition buildings--Nebraska--Omaha--1890-1900.; Exhibitions--Nebraska--Omaha--1890-1900.; Midways--Nebraska--Omaha--1890-1900.; Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition (1898 : Omaha, Neb.)
- [1898]
- Colorado & Southern Cars
- View of railroad yard in Denver, Colorado; shows Colorado & Southern Railroad box cars, factory buildings, a crane, and signs: "Colorado Iron Works Co. Mining Machinery Denver, Colo. U. S. A.," "Colorado Iron Works Mining Machinery - Smelting...
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1900-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Railroad shops & yards--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Railroad...
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Native American women cook outdoors
- Native American (Plains) women cook outdoors over a fire. One woman sits on a blanket and rolls a piece of dough with a jar. Another woman stands nearby. The woman, who sits, wears a knit hat and a dress; the other woman wears beaded moccasins, a...
- Indians of North America--Great Plains--1880-1910.; Great Plains--1880-1910.; Clothing & dress--Great Plains--1880-1910.; Outdoor cookery--Great Plains--1880-1910.; Women--Great Plains--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Buell Mine Central City, Colorado
- Interior of a building at the Buell Mine near Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado. Machinery in the building includes and engine with a placard that reads: "Standard Sioux Corliss Engine Murray Iron Works Burlington, Iowa U. S. A.", flywheels,...
- Mine buildings--1900-1930.; Mining machinery--1900-1930.; Buell Shaft Mine (Gilpin County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Interiors--1900-1930.; Mining--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Shoshone Power House
- Interior view of Shoshone Hydroelectric Plant power house in Garfield County, Colorado; shows turbines, generators, governor pumps, and a crane with sign, "Whiting Foundry Equipment Co, Harvey Ill. U.S.A. Chicago Suburb, Cap'y 30 Tons."
- Electric generators--Colorado--Garfield County--1900-1910.; Garfield County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Shoshone powerplant (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Garfield County--1900-1910.; Hydroelectric power--Colorado--Garfield...
- [1909]
- A corner, St. Vincent's Orphanage printery
- Boys work in the printery of Mount St. Vincent's Home at 4159 Lowell Boulevard in the Berkeley neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a printing machine that reads: "Chandler & Price Co., Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A." and a statue of St. Joseph on a...
- Mount St. Vincent's Home (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--1910-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Orphanages--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.;...
- [between 1909 and 1925?]
- Troops homebound by ship
- Tenth Mountain Division troops fill the entire frame, except for a small triangle of water in the upper right corner; troops are returning by ship to the U.S.A. All are in uniform, most wear helmets and some wear life vests. Some are reading, some...
- Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Troop movements--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- 1945
- Court House Holyoke, Col
- The Phillips County Court House in Holyoke, Colorado, is a two- story frame building with hipped gable roofs, a wrap around open porch, widows' walk, brick chimney, and flagpole with United States flag. A man stands by entry steps, and a power pole...
- Holyoke (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Courthouses--Colorado--Holyoke--1880-1890.
- 1904
- Holyoke, Colorado
- Brick and frame buildings of Holyoke, Phillips County, Colorado, include churches with steeples, commercial buildings, and the two-story Court House, with a covered porch. People walk in fields; trees and lawn are in the foreground.
- Holyoke (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- 1904
- Holyoke, Colorado
- Brick and frame buildings of Holyoke, Phillips County, Colorado, include a church with steeple, dwellings, and a water tower. Trees and lawn are in the foreground.
- Holyoke (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- 1904
- M. E. Church Holyoke, Col.
- This frame church in Holyoke, Phillips County, Colorado, has a belfry and a chimney. A circular window is over the projecting entry, residences are in the background, and a fire hydrant is in the foreground.
- Holyoke (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Churches--Colorado--Holyoke--1900-1910.
- 1904
- Main Street Holyoke, Col
- Main Street, in Holyoke, Phillips County, Colorado, is a dirt thoroughfare flanked with frame commercial buildings. Trees grow along the boardwalk.
- Holyoke (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Holyoke--1900-1910.
- 1904
- School House Holyoke, Col
- The Holyoke, Phillips County, Colorado, school is a large scale two-story brick building with a hipped gable roof, projecting wings, and an ornate belfry topping the entry. Lawn and young trees are in the foreground.
- Holyoke (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Schools--Colorado--Holyoke--1880-1890.
- 1904
- R R Park Holyoke, Col
- Trees and lawn fill this park in Holyoke, Phillips County, Colorado. Boys sit in a tree, and the photographer's shadow falls across the foreground.
- Holyoke (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [1904?]
- Sopris School
- Girls attend to a doll at a first aid station at the Sopris School in Sopris (Las Animas County), Colorado. Boys stand nearby with a toy stretcher. A bust of President Abraham Lincoln is nearby. Lettering on the first aid kit reads: "B & B First...
- Sopris (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Children playing adults--Colorado--Sopris--1910-1920.; First aid--Colorado--Sopris--1910-1920.
- [1915]
- Alma Regina (Shelgram) Osgood
- Standing studio portrait of Alma Regina Shelgram Osgood, second wife of John Cleveland Osgood, mining magnate of Redstone, Colorado. She is fashionably dresses in a fitted ridding jacket, bowler hat and gloves. A painted garden wall scene serves as...
- Women--Colorado--1900-1910.; Osgood, Alma Regina Shelgram.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Gold Hill Cripple Creek, Col.
- View of the Gold Hill Tunnel Mine and tramway near Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Gold Hill Tunnel Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Gold mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Mill equipment
- At an unidentified mill in Colorado, name plates embossed on an old stamp battery read: "Griffith & Wedge Co., Zanesville, Ohio, U.S.A."
- Milling machinery--Colorado--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--1940-1950.
- [1940?]
- Reflections
- Columns reflect on the Cheesman Memorial Pavilion granite floor in Cheesman Park, Denver, Colorado.
- Cheesman Park (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Columns--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Landscape pavilions--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.;...
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Testing method that makes exact comparisons possible
- John Gates, on right, and an unidentified man use stopwatches to test a tire that is set up on round track at the Gates Rubber Company roof in Denver, Colorado. Shows smokestack, hopper, brick wall, and Charles C. Gates on right with several men in...
- Gates Rubber Company--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Tire industry--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Gates, Charles Cassius, 1877-1961.; Gates, John.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- The daily trip between Ouray and Red Mountain Colorado
- Men pose on and near a horse-drawn stagecoach on the line between Ouray and Red Mountain, Colorado.
- Stagecoaches--Colorado--1900-1910.; Transportation--Colorado--1900-1910.
- 1901
- Navajo
- Studio portrait (sitting) of a Native American (Navajo) man. The man wears a woven blanket and holds a stone and wood hand drill. He sits on a wooden crate that reads: "[?] Factory Hartford [G]eneral Sales of [?] 253 Broadway [Ne]w York, U. S. A.".
- Indians of North America--1910-1920.; Navajo Indians--Men--1910-1920.; Drills (Equipment)--1910-1920.
- 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]
- Home duties of the Hopi man - a scene at the Indian village of Oraibi, Arizona
- Native American Hopi Pueblo men comb and spin wool for weaving, outside an adobe house, Oraibi, Third Mesa, Arizona.
- Hopi Indians--Arts & crafts--Arizona--Oraibi--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Arizona--Oraibi--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Arizona--Oraibi--1900-1910.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; Oraibi (Ariz.)--1900-1910.;...
- 1908
- 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]
- Group of Zuni Indian "braves," at their Pueblo, N. M.
- A group of Native American Zuni Pueblo men, boys and a few girls pose by a timber porch, Zuni Pueblo, New Mexico.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Zuni--1870-1880.; Pueblo Indians--Children--New Mexico--Zuni--1870-1880.; Zuni Indians--Women--New Mexico--Zuni--1870-1880.; Zuni (N.M.)--1870-1880.
- 1873
- Real Sioux Indians
- Old Man Spotted Owl and Charles Little Boy, Native American Dakota men, from Pine Ridge, South Dakota, pose outside a tepee while on tour in Europe. They wear feather headdresses, buckskin shirt and cotton shirts, leggings and moccasins.
- Dakota Indians--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--1930-1940.; Tribal chiefs--1930-1940.; Spotted Owl.; Little Boy, Charles.
- 1935