Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Charles S. Stobie, Chief Piah and Antelope
- Studio group portrait of Charles S. Stobie, Indian scout and western artist and North American Indian men, Wanzito or Antelope (White River Ute) and Chief Piah (Middle Park Ute). The men sit in front of a painted backdrop, Stobie has long hair and...
- Indians of North America.; Ute Indians.; Artists--American--1880-1890.; Clothing & dress.; Military scouts.; Tribal chiefs.; Piah, Ute chief.; Wanzito.; Stobie, Charles S., 1845-1931.
- [between 1869 and 1875?]
- No Neck and family, Spotted Tail and family
- Sioux leader No Neck and his family sit with Spotted Tail and his family on a wood platform in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Ambrose Park in Brooklyn, New York. No Neck sits in the left foreground wearing a feather headdress and...
- No Neck--Family.; Spotted Tail, 1823-1881--Family.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; No Neck.; Spotted Tail, 1823-1881.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1894?]
- No Neck
- No Neck, a Native American member of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, poses in front of a group of teepees in a camp for the show near Earl's Court in England. He wears a breastplate, possibly made from bone, and has a blanket wrapped around his...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; No Neck.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1892?]
- No Neck, Yankton Charlie, Flat Iron, Spotted Tail, Standing Bear
- A group of Sioux leaders, including from left, No Neck, Yankton Charlie, Flat Iron, Spotted Tail and Standing Bear, is gathered on a wood platform in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Ambrose Park in Brooklyn, New York. Both No Neck and...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Flat Iron.; No Neck.; Spotted Tail, 1823-1881.; Standing Bear.; Yankton Charlie.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.; Dakota Indians.
- [1894?]
- N. Salsbury, No Neck and squaw, J.M. Burke
- Nate Salsbury, owner and manager of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, stands with John Burke, press agent for the show, and a Native American man, possibly No Neck, and woman. The four stand in front of a group of teepees in a camp for the show near...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Burke, John, d. 1917.; Salsbury, Nate, 1846-1902.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1892?]
- María Virginia Juana Montoya and María Encarnación Quintana
- Portrait of Hispanic American women María Virginia Juana Montoya de Duran and María Encarnación Quintana de Gallegos, residents of southern Colorado. María Duran wears a blouse with a gathered neck and three quarter length sleeves, a skirt...
- Hispanic Americans--1900-1910.; Mexican Americans--1900-1910.; Women.; Duran, María Virginia Juana Montoya de--Pictorial works.; Gallegos, María Encarnación Quintana de--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.;...
- [ca. 1900?]
- Portrait of a man and woman
- Studio portrait of a man and woman who pose near an ornate backdrop. The man wears a suit and neck tie and is seated in an upholstered chair. The woman rests her hand on his shoulder. She wears a fitted bodice and scarf around her neck. Her hair is...
- Couples--Colorado--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Portrait of a man
- Studio portrait of a man who wears a double-breasted jacket with wide lapels. A broad neck tie is knotted around his neck and held in place with a pin. His hair is parted on the side and he has a thin moustache.
- Men--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Portrait of a man
- Full length studio portrait of a man who poses near an ornate backdrop and leans on a carved stone pillar prop. He wears a suit with striped pants and a jacket fastened at the top button. A watch chain dangles from his vest and a broad neck tie is...
- Men--1890-1900.; Studio props--1890-1900.
- 1891
- Portrait of a man and woman
- Full length studio portrait of a man and woman. The man wears a suit, neck tie, boutonniere and sits in an upholstered chair. He rests his foot on a cushion. The woman stands to the side of the chair. She wears a pleated skirt and laced bodice....
- Couples--1890-1900.; Women--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Portrait of a man
- Studio portrait of a man with a long, unkempt beard and moustache. He wears a suit jacket fastened at the top button and a neck tie. His beard and moustache completely obscure his neck and lips. His hair is short and parted on the side.
- Beards--1890-1900.; Men--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Portrait of a young woman
- Studio portrait of a young woman who wears a plaid dress decorated by woven cords. She wears a choker around her neck and a cross pin at her neck. Her hair is pulled back and gathered in a large bun at the back of her head. Her short bangs are...
- Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Women--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Portrait of a woman
- Studio portrait of a woman who wears a dress with full sleeves and a loose bodice. The dress has a high collar around the back of her neck and v-neckline. She wears a bead choker around her neck. Her short bangs are curled on her forehead.
- Women--1890-1900.
- 1891
- Portrait of a man
- Studio portrait of a man who leans his elbow on the back of an upholstered chair and poses near an ornate backdrop. He wears striped pants and crosses one leg casually in front of the other. A watch chain dangles from his buttoned vest. He wears a...
- Men--1890-1900.; Standing--1890-1900.
- 1891
- Portrait of a man
- Studio portrait of a man who wears a suit jacket, vest, and neck tie. A watch chain hangs from his vest. His striped neck tie is held in place with a pin. His hair is thin and parted on the side.
- Men--1890-1900.
- 1891
- Portrait of a man
- Studio portrait of a man who wears a pin-striped jacket fastened at the top button. A patterned neck tie is knotted around his neck. The ends of his moustache extend to his chin.
- Men--1890-1910.; Mustaches--1890-1910.
- [between 1891 and 1901?]
- Portrait of a woman
- Studio portrait of a woman with hair parted in the middle and braids worn at the nape of the neck. The woman wears a patterned dress with a full skirt and a loose fitting bodice, a scarf and bar pin at the neck.
- Women.--1860-1880.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Portraits of a woman
- Studio bust portraits of a women (one inverted). She wears probably a linen blouse with a square sailor collar and a high, starched neck with a broach. In one image the woman wears a flat brimmed, straw hat with a ribbon band, and a scarf around...
- Women--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Dress
- A wool dress (Native American Ute Indian) worn by Chipeta. The loose fitting dress has a cotton lining, binding, a round neck and a button closure at the back.
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1910.; Ute Indians--Clothing & dress--1880-1910.; Dresses--1880-1910.; Chipeta--Associated objects.
- [between 1880 and 1910]
- Portrait of a woman and girl
- Studio portrait of a woman, possibly the wife of W.X. Wilder and a girl. The woman wears a print cotton dress with a slightly puffed sleeve at the shoulder. The girl stands at her side and wears a loose fitting gray dress that is gathered at the...
- Children & adults--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Hunting
- Native American (Ute) hunter poses (crouched) near his horse, with rifle drawn; a rope attatched to horse's neck hangs on his arm; man wears moccasins, fringed and beaded leggings and shirt, scarf tied around neck, and fur pelts decorated with...
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--1890-1900.; Hunting--1890-1900.
- 1899
- Juan Gabaldon and family San Juan Indians at cliff dwellings at Manitou, Colo.
- Native American (Tewa) man, woman, boys, and baby pose near the ruins of ancient cliff dwellings (Manitou Cliff Dwelling Museum), near Manitou Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. Juan Gabaldon wears beaded moccasins, dark leggings, breech cloth,...
- Manitou Cliff Dwellings Museum (Manitou Springs, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--1910-1920.; Tewa Indians--1910-1920.; Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cliff...
- 1915 September 14
- Catherine Vienna Flynn, Central City biog.
- Catherine Vienna Flynn poses for a portrait wearing a floor-length dress with a high neck and beading on the bodice and skirt in Central City, Colorado. She wears a choker with a pendant around her neck, earrings, a bracelet, and a ring. She holds...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Flynn, Catherine Vienna.
- [1890?]
- Chief Running Bird
- Studio portrait (sitting) of Running Bird, a Native American (Kiowa) man. He wears a hair pipe breast plate, a scarf around his neck, fur pelts over his braids, a Fort Harmar Treaty medal on a ribbon around his neck, and a fur pelt hat.
- Indians of North America--1910-1920.; Kiowa Indians--1910-1920.; Running Bird.
- 1913
- Portrait of a woman
- Head and shoulders portrait of a young woman wearing a high neck blouse with a ruffled breastpiece; floral pattern on the puffed sleeves and sides of the blouse; dark curly hair pulled back away from her face and held in place with hair combs;...
- Aspen (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Women--Colorado--Aspen--1880-1890.
- [about 1885]
- Group of unidentified Indians, Sioux, full length
- Group of unidentified Native Americans, Dakota or possibly Crow, full length studio portraits with painted backdrop; group of three, two men and one woman; Native American man standing behind seated pair with two feathers in hat, muffler around...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- Antoine and Paul Pichette
- Paul Pichette and Paul Charley, two Native American men on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana, stand on a striped blanket near a creek on the reservation. Pichettewears a wide-brimmed hat and a dark vest. He has a scarf tied around...
- Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Montana--1900- 1910.; Charley, Paul.; Pichette. Paul.
- [between 1905 and 1907?]
- Grizzley Bear and Marie Stere-ich-im
- Studio portrait of Grizzley Bear and Marie, two Native Americans (Blackfoot Dakota). They pose in front of a painted canvas drop. Grizzley Bear holds a ceremonial pipe and wears a woven fringed tunic and has his long hair in braids, he has a scarf...
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1900- 1910.; Indians of North America--Women--1900-1910.; Sihasapa Indians--1900-1910.; Calumets--1900-1910.; Spouses--1900-1910.
- [between 1905 and 1907?]
- Marie
- Marie (also known as "Old Lady Grizzly Bear"), a Native American woman on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana, poses in front of a wood structure on the reservation. She holds a long, ceremonial pipe in her left hand. She wears her...
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Montana--1900-1910.; Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Women--Montana--1900-1910.; Old Lady Grizzly Bear.
- [between 1905 and 1907?]
- Geo. Shanton, Jack Burke, Burt Schenck
- Three cowboys, including from left George Shanton, Jack Burke and Burt Schenck, pose on horseback in a dirt arena of the Wild West Show at Ambrose Park in Brooklyn, New York. Shanton wears sheepskin chaps and has a scarf tied around his neck....
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Cowboys--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Burke, John, d. 1917.; Schenck, Burt.; Shanton, George.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1894?]
- Walter Scotts, Gus Uhl
- Two cowboys pose with their horses in a dirt arena of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Ambrose Park in Brooklyn, New York. Walter Scott sits on his horse's side as it lies on the ground in the left midground. Scott wears sheepskin chaps and has a...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Cowboys--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Scott, Walter.; Uhl, Gus.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1894?]
- Rena Landon
- Studio bust portrait of Irene Barbara Landon, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. She wears her bangs curled and her hair pulled back. Her dress has an open neck with bows on the shoulder and probably gathered ribbon along the neck...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Landon, Irene Barbara.; Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1887
- R.H. Laydon's daughter, Nellie
- Studio portrait of a young woman, Nellie Laydon, daughter of R.H. Laydon of Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. She wears a cotton print dress gathered at the neck and wrists with a crocheted collar. She has on a wide pleated fabric belt...
- Laydon, R. H.--Family.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Clothing & dress.; Teenagers.; Women.; Laydon, Nellie.
- Mrs. Putt
- Studio portrait of Mrs. Putt, from Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. She wears a dark velvet dress with a tight bodice, the neck is decorated with cord and secured with a pin. She has on a jacket with wide lapels decorated with embroidery...
- Putt, Mrs., resident of Georgetown, Colo.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Clothing & dress.; Women.
- The new baby
- Informal portrait of the George D. McLaughlin family. George D. McLaughlin sits beside his wife and admires his new baby. He wears a suit and has a mustache. General D.M. Frost, the baby's grandfather stands behind him, he wears a suit, is balding...
- Jackson, William S. (William Sharpless), 1920- --Family.; Families.; Infants.; Women.; Fordyce family.; Frost family.; Hardin family.; McLaughlin family.
- 1898
- Intensive irrigated cultivation of crooked neck squash
- Large crooked neck squash plants on eastern Colorado plains river valley; man holds back leaves to present squash.
- Croplands--Colorado--1920-1930.; Squash--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [1921]
- Neck piece, a "stale"
- Native American (Great Plains) beaded neck piece with geometric designs, light fringe, undecorated flaps.
- Indian beadwork--Great Plains--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--Great Plains--1890-1900.
- 1895
- Unidentified Indian, with fur piece hanging from neck
- Full length studio portrait of Native American male, wearing fur piece around neck and wrapped in blanket. Standing in front of backdrop, next to rocks.
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits.
- [188-?]
- Harry Eaton, Dakota, standing, wearing fur neck piece, full length
- Harry Eaton, Dakota, full length standing studio portrait with painted backdrop; fur neck piece, shirt, metal armbands, beaded sash, holding pipe and woven band with fringe, moccasins.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Eaton, Harry.
- [188-?]
- Harry Eaton, Dakota, seated, wearing fur neck piece, full length
- Harry Eaton, Dakota, full length seated studio portrait with painted backdrop; fur neck piece, beaded sash, metal armbands, holding pipe and woven band with fringe, moccasins.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Eaton, Harry.
- [188-?]
- Gall, Dakota Chief, wearing leather jacket and crucifix around neck, full length
- Gall, Dakota Chief, full length studio portrait with painted backdrop; wearing one feather in hair, braids wrapped in fur, large crucifix around neck, buckskin leather coat and pants.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Gall, ca. 1840-1894.
- [188?]
- Break neck hollow
- People pose in a ravine identified as Break Neck Hollow, probably near Pilot Knob in Dakota County, Minnesota. Shows a large, lichen-covered rock, dense shrubs and a layered rock formation. The men and a boy wear sack suits or vests; the women and...
- Dakota County (Minn.)--1880-1900.; Pilot Knob (Minn.)--1880-1900.; People--Minnesota--Dakota County--1880-1900.; Rock formations--Minnesota--Dakota County--1880-1900.; Rocks--Minnesota--Dakota County--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- No Neck's family
- Two women, one holding a small child, stand in front of a group of teepees in a camp for the show near Earl's Court in England. The group is probably the family of No Neck, a Native American member of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The teepees are...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Tipis.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1892?]
- East Denver High School Annual: 1912
- 1912 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1912
- Denver High School: East Side Annual 1913
- 1913 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1913
- East High spotlight: vol 30 no 10
- Newspaper produced by East High School of Denver, Colorado. Included in the paper are photographs of students, articles on school events and sports.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1944 March 23
- Capitol Hill Newsletter: Volume 1 Number 1
- Impersonating Zeezo the Clown
- United Farm Workers of America (UFW) organizer Jerry Ryan, dressed as "Zeezo" the clown, stands outside a Safeway store in Denver, Colorado. The store was running a promotion with it's own clown to entertain customers. Ryan, dressed as the clown,...
- Safeway Stores, Inc.--1970-1980.; United Farm Workers of America--People--1970-1980.; Hispanic Americans--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Boycotts.; Supermarkets.; Pickets.; Impersonation.; Clowns--Colorado.; Ryan, Jerry--Pictorial works.;...
- [1975]
- Damiana Rivera de Barela
- Studio portrait of Damiana Rivera de Barela. wife of Colorado State Senator Casimiro Barela. She wears a black lace dress with a high neck, pearl earrings and her hair pulled back and waved.
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1910-1920.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1910-1920.; Women.; Barela, Damiana Rivera de--Pictorial works.; Barela, Casimiro--Family--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- [1910?]
- Donaciano Córdova family
- Studio portrait of Margarita Santistevan Cordova, baby Delia Cordova and Donaciano Cordova. Margarita wears a dress with leg-of-mutton sleeves, she has a bow and ribbon around her neck. Delia wears a pleated dress with a lace bertha collar....
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1900-1910.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1900-1910.; Spouses.; Infants.; Families.; Córdova, Donaciano, 1861-1941--Pictorial works.; Córdova, Delia--Pictorial works.; Córdova, Margarita Yasabel Santistevan de,...
- [1889?]