Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Ute Indians of southern Colorado
- Reproduction of a lithograph shows two Southern Utes, one sitting, one standing. The man sitting wears leggings, a coat, and a decorative necklace. The man standing wears a full length cape, leggings, and decorative emblems on his braid which is as...
- Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Ute Indians--1870-1880.
- 1876
- Ute Indians - mother and child
- Reproduction of a lithograph shows a Native American Ute woman holding up a baby in a cradleboard. Etched on the woman's clothing are the words: "The Nation's pet."
- Indians of North America--Children--1880-1890.; Ute Indians--Women--1880-1890.; Cradleboards--1880-1890.
- 1887
- King Phillip
- Reproduction of a lithograph shows King Phillip, son of Massasoit, grand sachem of the east coast Native American Wampanoag, who lead bloody war 1675-1676 against the English colonists. He stands holding a rifle with a powder horn and tomahawk at...
- Indians of North America--1670-1690.; Wampanoag Indians--1670-1690.; King Phillip, Chief of Wampanoag Indians.
- [between 1940 and 1960?]
- King Phillip
- Reproduction of a lithograph shows King Phillip, (son of Massasoit, grand sachem of the east coast Native American Wampanoag,) who lead bloody war of 1675-1676 against the English colonists. He stands wrapped in a blanket wearing a headdress.
- Indians of North America--1670-1690.; Wampanoag Indians--1670-1690.; King Phillip, Chief of Wampanoag Indians.
- [between 1940 and 1960?]
- Wolpi wristlets, moccasins, etc.
- Reproduction of a lithograph shows Native American Hopi arts and crafts of the Walpi Pueblo, First Mesa, Arizona, including wristlets, moccasins, and a drum.
- Hopi Indians--Arizona--Walpi--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Arizona--Walpi--1880-1890.; Pueblo Indians--Arts & crafts--Arizona--Walpi--1880-1890.
- [1880 or 1881]
- Zuni
- Reproduction of a lithograph shows Native Americans with covered wagons outside the Zuni Pueblo, New Mexico.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Zuni--1860-1870.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Zuni--1860-1870.; Zuni Indians--New Mexico--Zuni--1860-1870.; Zuni (N.M.)--1860-1870.; Pueblos--New Mexico--Zuni--1860-1870.
- 1869
- A Zuni silversmith
- Reproduction of a lithograph shows a Native American Zuni Pueblo man seated at a fire with silversmith tools including a hammer and pottery with water, New Mexico.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Zuni--1880-1890.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Zuni--1880-1890.; Zuni Indians--Arts & crafts--New Mexico--Zuni--1880-1890.; Zuni (N.M.)--1880-1890.; Silverwork--New Mexico--Zuni--1880-1890.
- 1883
- Oregon, the Modoc war, Captain Jack and his followers checking the advance of Union troops in the lava beds.
- Reproduction of a lithograph; Native American (Modoc) men with Captain Jack hide in the upper Lava Beds during the Modoc War of 1872-73 in northern California. Union troops advance in the valley below them.
- Indians of North America--California--1870-1880.; Modoc Indians--Wars, 1873--California.; Soldiers--California--1870-1880.
- 1873
- Alma, Park County, Colorado and its smelting works from the Dolly Varden Mine
- A copy of a lithograph in a circle shape shows the view from the Dolly Varden Mine down on Alma, (10,353 feet) Park County, Colorado, shows wood frame buildings, smelters, patches of evergreens, cleared areas and a creek.
- Alma (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Mining--Colorado--Alma--1870-1880.
- [between 1960-1980?]
- Pawnees torturing a female captive
- Reproduction of a lithograph shows a group of Native Americans (Pawnee) gathered in a clearing. Two men torture a female captive who is tied naked to a tree. Others in the group look on.
- Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Pawnee Indians--1880-1900.; Punishment & torture--1880-1900.
- [between 1940 and 1970?]
- Pawnee Indians
- Reproduction of a lithograph shows a head and shoulders view of three Native American (Pawnee) men. One wears a hat and crescent moon necklace, the other two have long, straight hair.
- Indians of North America--1860-1880.; Pawnee Indians--1860-1880.; Men--1860-1880.
- 1868
- King Pinx, a Pawnee brave, son of Old Knife
- Reproduction of a lithograph is a head and shoulders portrait of a Native American (Pawnee) man identified as King Pinx, son of Old Knife. He wears a robe with a fur collar, a medal, bead necklaces, and a fur trimmed headdress.
- Indians of North America--1820-1850.; Pawnee Indians--1820-1850.; Headdresses--1820-1850.; King Pinx, Pawnee Indian.; Old Knife--Family.
- [between 1940 and 1970?]
- Pawnee Indians
- Reproduction of a lithograph shows Native American (Pawnee) men, a woman, and an infant in a cradleboard wrapped in warm clothes inside a wigwam. The grand chief of the Pawnee (Pierre la Cherre) is the man in the middle of the group wearing a...
- Indians of North America--1860-1880.; Pawnee Indians--1860-1880.; Cradleboards--1860-1880.; Tribal chiefs--1860-1880.; Women--1860-1880.; La Cherre, Pierre.
- 1868
- Custer's last stand
- General Custer, and a few armed soldiers of the Seventh Cavalry, are surrounded by Native American Lakota Sioux, Crow, Northern, and Cheyenne, Little Bighorn Battlefield, June 26, 1876 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,...
- July 1926
- Golden City
- Copy of an 1873-1880 lithograph of Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado, by Crosscup and West of Philadephia, shows mills and the Brick Works along Clear Creek, with wood frame residences, businesses and the brick South School in distance below...
- Golden (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Mills--Colorado--Golden--1870-1880.; Schools--Colorado--Golden--1870-1880.
- [between 1970 and 1980]
- Golden City
- Copy of a 1860-1870 J. Bien, New York lithograph of a sketch by A.E. Mathews of Golden (Golden City), Jefferson County, Colorado, shows scattered wood frame houses, mills, sheds, businesses, fences and two bridges along Clear Creek with North and...
- Golden (Colo.)--1860-1870.
- [btween 1940 and 1970]
- The east and the west. The orient and the occident meeting after driving the last spike
- Book illustration of the completion of the trans-continental railroad at Promontory (Box Elder County), Utah. Men pose by Central Pacific Railroad and Union Pacific Railroad locomotives; some hold bottles.
- Central Pacific Railroad Company--1860-1870.; Union Pacific Railroad Company--1860-1870.; Promontory (Utah)--1860-1870.; Dedications--Utah--Promontory--1860-1870.; Railroads--Utah--Promontory--1860-1870.
- 1869, May 10
- Laying the track of the Pacific Railroad
- Book illustration of Union Pacific Railroad construction track layers, a locomotive, and freight cars. A Native American on a horse watches the men work.
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--1860-1870.; Indians of North America--1860-1870.; Horseback riding--1860-1870.; Railroad construction & maintenance--1860-1870.; Railroad construction workers--1860-1870.; Railroads--1860-1870.
- [1869?]
- Fort Union, and distribution of goods to the Assiniboines
- North American Indians (Assiniboine) are gathered near tepees and lodges outside of Fort Union, a fur trade post, near the Montana boarder in North Dakota. The Fort is a log stockade with guard towers. Trade goods in crates and barrels are on the...
- Assiniboine Indians--North Dakota--Fort Union--1850-1860.; Fort Union (N.D.)--1850-1860.; Forts & fortifications--North Dakota--Fort Union--1850-1860.; Fur trade--North Dakota--Fort Union--1850-1860.; Indian encampments--North Dakota--Fort...
- ca. 1854
- The Golden brewery, Golden, Colorado
- Copy of a 1880 lithograph of the Golden Brewery, Golden, Colorado, shows a stone building with radiating vousiors and wood additions, horse-drawn wagons, two woman with a baby carriage and a Colorado Central train on its way into town.
- Golden (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Brewing industry--Colorado--Golden--1880-1890.
- 1880
- Jarvis Hall and School of Mines, Golden City, Colorado Territory
- Copy of a 1870s lithograph of Jarvis Hall, an Episcopalian college southeast of Golden (where Lookout Mountain School for Boys was later located) with a early Colorado School of Mines building, Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado; flattened...
- Golden (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Buildings--Colorado--Golden--1870-1880.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Golden--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880]
- Jarvis Hall, School of Mines early days
- Copy of a lithograph of Jarvis Hall, an Episcopalian college southeast of Golden (where Lookout Mountain School for Boys was later located) with the early Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado; a flattened perspective is...
- Golden (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Buildings--Colorado--Golden--1870-1880.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Golden--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1875]
- Las Animas, Bent County, Colorado
- Reproduction of a lithograph printed in the Spring 1888, Illustrated Supplement of the Bent County Democrat, includes a map of Las Animas and individual drawings of some of the landmark buildings, ranches and farms by Ricker & Murphy, Del. Eastern...
- Las Animas (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1960 and 1970]
- Las Animas, Bent County, Colorado
- Reproduction of a lithograph printed in the Spring 1888, Illustrated Supplement of the Bent County Democrat, includes a map of Las Animas and individual drawings of some of the landmark buildings, ranches and farms by Ricker & Murphy, Del. Eastern...
- Las Animas (Colo.)--1880-1890--Aerial views.; Las Animas (Colo.)--1880-1890--Maps.;
- [between 1960 and 1970]
- Maysville, Colo
- Reproduction of a bird's eye view map of Maysville, Chaffee County, Colorado, shows dwellings, commercial and civic buildings, trains, and streets. Mountains are labelled: "Mt. Aetna" and "Mt. Shavano." Place names include: "School House," "Post...
- Maysville (Colo.)--1880-1890-Maps.;
- [between 1942 and 1950?]
- Bird's eye view of Buena Vista, Colo.
- Reproduction of lithograph of Buena Vista, Chaffee County, Colorado; shows: 1. Court House 2. School House 3. Hiller, Hallock & Co's Opera House 4. D & RGRR Depot 5. F W Ower's Sampling Works 6. Turn-Halle and Buena Vista Guards Armory, Co H; 7....
- Buena Vista (Colo.)--1880-1890--Maps.;
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Midnight Central City - lithograph
- Reproduction of a Boardman Robinson lithograph; shows Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado, with St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church and St. Aloysius's Academy.
- Central City (Colo.)--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Rocky Mountain News Festival of Mountain and Plain
- A lithograph poster advertising the Rocky Mountain News Festival of Mountain and Plain. Shows images of a parade. The text reads: "Rocky Mountain News Festival of Mountain and Plain/ October 7th /1896/ The queen of the plains/ The king of the...
- Festivals--1870-1880.; Publicity--1870-1880.
- 1869
- Portrait of Roman lawyer, Papinian, 212 A.D.
- Head and shoulders portrait of Roman jurist, Papinian.
- Papinian, d. 212.
- 1977
- Colo. Midland R R advertising logo
- Photonegative of a Colorado Midland Railway Company advertisement that depicts a Native American man on horseback. He holds a spear and shield that reads: "Colorado Midland Railway Pikes Peak Route."
- Colorado Midland Railway Company--Public relations--1890-1910.; Advertisements--1890-1910.; Logos--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- The Far West - shooting buffalo on the line of the Kansas- Pacific Railroad
- Reproduction shows men shooting and buffalo running and falling; coaches and a balloon-stacked locomotive of the Kansas-Pacific Railroad wait on the tracks; telegraph wires are overhead.
- Kansas-Pacific Railway Company--1870-1880.; Bison hunting--1870-1880.; Railroads--1870-1880.
- 1871
- Poncho, Colo.
- Reproduction shows lithographic bird's eye view of Poncha Springs, Chaffee County, Colorado, with tree lined streets, houses, churches, commercial buildings, and trains. Printed under image: "Published by J. J. Stoner, Madison, Wis. Beck & Pauli,...
- Poncha Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Central City from the side of Mammoth Hill looking up Gregory and Eureka Gulches
- Rendering of Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado, shows dwellings, businesses, and mining facilities. Pedestrians and wagons are in the streets and on a retaining wall housing a culvert for Clear Creek. Men and women are in the foreground;...
- Central City (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Mining--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.
- 1866
- View of Leadville from Capitol Hill
- Leadville, Lake County, Colorado, shows a "View of Leadville from Capitol Hill," and close-ups including: "Clarendon Hotel, Streeter & Chapin, Proprietors, A. R. Meyer & Co's Sampling Works, W. S. Haswell, Druggist, Lake County Sampling Works,...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Vue de Central City (Colorado) Dessin de Sabatier d'apres une photographie
- Rendering shows Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado, with frame businesses, dwellings, and mining facilties. Stairs and privies are in the yards of houses. Signature reads: "Gauchard."
- Central City (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.
- 1868
- Central City and Blackhawk, Colorado
- Rendering shows Blackhawk and Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado. Dwellings, churches, civic buildings, and mining facilities follow streets; mountains are in the background. Vignettes have labels: "Hardware Groceries," "The Daily Register,"...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.
- 1873
- Rollinsville, Colorado
- Image of a lithograph of Rollinsville, Gilpin County, Colorado, shows the Rollins stamp mill, tilled fields, and Denver & Salt Lake Railway, (Moffat Road) railroad tracks.
- Denver and Salt Lake Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Rollinsville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Rollinsville--1880-1890.
- 1880
- Colorado Springs
- Reproduction of a rendering shows a man wielding a whip over a loaded burro outside of Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. Dwellings and businesses are behind him with Pikes Peak in the distance.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Donkeys--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- Black Hawk, Colo.
- Reproduction of bird's eye view lithograph, Black Hawk, Gilpin County, Colorado; shows: 1. Methodist Church 2. Public School; (stamp mills): 3. Empire 4. Polar Star 5. Black Hawk 6. Gregory 7. New York 8. Campbell & Pierce 9. Randolf 10....
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- 1882
- Teller House
- Reproduction of lithograph; shows the four-story Teller House Hotel in Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado, with signs: "Teller House," and "Rocky Mountain National Bank." Pedestrians and traffic fill streets.
- Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- View of Black Hawk Point
- Reproduction of lithograph; shows Black Hawk, Gilpin County, Colorado, with Gregory Gulch, Chase Gulch, Clear Creek, houses, businesses, and mining facilities.
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1860-1870.
- 1862
- Elizabethtown, Clear Creek County, from the Griffith Tunnel
- Reproduction of lithograph; shows Elizabethtown (later Georgetown), Clear Creek County, Colorado, with men and ore car.
- Elizabethtown (Colo.)--1860-1870.
- 1866
- Pike's Peak and Colorado City
- Reproduction of lithograph of A. E. Mathews' drawing of Colorado City, El Paso County, Colorado; shows houses and Pikes Peak.
- Colorado City (Colo.)--1860-1870.
- [between 1860 and 1870?]
- S. H. Elbert
- Portrait of Samuel Hitt Elbert, Governor of Colorado Territory (1873-1874), wearing a beard and coat with wide lapels. Elbert also served as Chief Justice of the Colorado Supreme Court; a town, county, and the state's highest mountain are named in...
- Governors--Colorado--1880-1890.; Elbert, Samuel Hitt, 1833-1899.
- [between 1887 and 1889?]
- William Gilpin
- Portrait of Colorado Territorial Governor William Gilpin (1822-1894), with signature.
- Governors--Colorado--1850-1860.; Gilpin, William, 1822-1894.
- [between 1850 and 1860?]
- John Long Routt
- Portrait of Colorado Territorial Governor John Long Routt (1826-1907), with signature.
- Governors--Colorado--1850-1870.; Routt, John Long, 1826-1907.
- [between 1850 and 1870?]
- Pueblo farmers watching their crops
- Cover of "Harper's Weekly A Journal of civilization, Vol. XXXIV.-No. 1763... New York, Saturday, October 4, 1890." Reproduction of a lithograph shows Native American Pueblo Indians by a branch-shelter and tilled fields.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--1890-1900.; Farms--New Mexico--1890-1900.
- 1890 October 4
- Lemon Saks, director of Denver Art Galleries and Saks Galleries
- Lemon Saks, director of the Denver Art Galleries and the Saks Galleries holds up an original Toulouse-Lautrec lithograph.
- Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Art dealers--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Art--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Saks, Lemon.
- 1965 March 25
- Antelope altar at Mishongnovi
- Native American (Hopi) antelope altar shows sandpainting, clay pedestals, crooks (ceremonial bows), antelope tiponi, medicine bowl, corn stalks, rattles, basket, water gourds, and ears of corn; Mishongnovi pueblo, Arizona.
- Hopi Indians--Spiritual life--Arizona--Mishongnovi--1900-1920.; Indians of North America--Arizona--Mishongnovi--1900-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Arizona--Mishongnovi--1900-1920.; Altars--Arizona--Mishongnovi--1900-1920.; Rites &...
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Antelope altar at Walpi
- Native American (Hopi) antelope altar shows sandpainting; clay pedestals and crooks (ceremonial bows) around painting, water gourds, corn stalks, baskets, medicine bowl, rattles; Walpi pueblo, Arizona.
- Hopi Indians--Spiritual life--Arizona--Walpi--1900-1920.; Indians of North America--Arizona--Walpi--1900-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Arizona--Walpi--1900-1920.; Altars--Arizona--Mishongnovi--1900-1920.; Rites & ceremonies--Arizona--Walpi--1900-1920.;...
- [between 1900 and 1920?]