Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Sleps-toc -- Coll-let
- Joseph and his wife Louise, two Native Americans on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana, pose in a field. Joseph wears a long feather headdress with ermine fur tassles hanging from its sides. He wears numerous beaded necklaces around...
- Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Montana--1900- 1910.; Indians of North America--Women--Montana--1900-1910.
- [between 1905 and 1907?]
- Pablo C. de Baca age 16 and a cousin.
- Studio portrait of Pablo C. de Baca and his cousin, possibly Hilario Delgado. Both teenage men wear flat brimmed hats. Hilario wears a plaid wool suit, tie, vest and watch fob. Pablo wears a plaid jacket with a vest, pin striped slacks and a watch...
- Mexican Americans--1890-1900.; Hispanic Americans--1890-1900.; Teenagers.; C. de Baca, Pablo, 1874-1940.; Delgado, Hilario.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic American teenage...
- 1890
- Simon Montez family
- Simon Montez and his wife Emma Valdez Montez pose with their two children. Jose A. Montez sits on his fathers lap. (6 months, born February 13, 1895) and Santiago Montez stands in front of his mother. (2 years old). Simon sits in a chair, wears a...
- Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1890-1900.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1890-1900.; Children.; Infants.; Spouses.; Women.; Montez, Emma Valdez--Family--Pictorial works.; Montez, Simon--Family--Pictorial works.; Children--Colorado--Pictorial works.;...
- [1895]
- Portrait of a man
- Studio portrait of a man who wears a plaid wool suit jacket, patterned silk vest, and plaid knotted neck tie. His hair is parted on the side and swept back from his face on one side.
- Men--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Ute family
- Studio portrait of a North American Indian (Ute) family.. A person, probably a man, holds an infant. He wears beaded moccasins, plaid pants and has a woven fabric on his lap. The infant wears a dress and beaded moccasins. A woman stand near the...
- African Americans--Colorado--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Colorado--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Colorado--1890-1900.; Families--Colorado--1890-1900.; Girls--Colorado--1890-1900.; Infants--Colorado--1890-1900.
- [ca. 1890]
- Hopi pueblo
- Native American (Hopi) man and woman kneel on a pueblo roof with a pile of peaches and remove the pits in preparation for drying, Hopi Reservation, Arizona. Shown are several completed drying racks and the stone walls, pipes and roofs of the...
- Hopi Indians--Women--Arizona--1900-1920.; Indians of North America--Arizona--1900-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Domestic life--Arizona--1900-1920.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1900-1920.; Food drying--Arizona--1900-1920.; Home food...
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Larrie K. Hawkins, Horace N. Hawkins
- Three children pose in costumes outside of the Central City Opera House near an evergreen tree and shrubs with a rock border in Central City, Colorado. The child on the left wears a patterned coat, long, leather, buttoned boots, mittens, and a...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Children performing in theatrical productions--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Costumes--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Opera houses--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- 1937
- Joseph and wife (Selfs-to and Col-la)
- Joseph and his wife, a Native American couple on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana, pose in a field. Joseph wears a long feather headdress with ermine fur tassels hanging from it, numerous beaded necklaces, and a dark vest over a...
- 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.
- [between 1905 and 1907?]
- The Dog
- Bitterroot Jim (also known as "The Dog"), a Native American man on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana, poses on a horse in front of a teepee on the reservation. He wears a patterned scarf tied around his forehead and has part of his...
- Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Montana--1900- 1910.; Bitterroot Jim.
- [between 1905 and 1907?]
- Curtis: sosh cut
- Kathy Swiers, 16 talks to Tom Wither, 16, in Denver, Colorado. Kathy wears her hair short and Tom wears his hair combed forward with bangs, a style known as the "sosh cut." He has on a plaid madras jacket and dark tie. They sit at a table with...
- Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Conversation--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Hairstyles--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Teenagers--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Swiers, Kathy.; Wither, Tom.
- 1963 September 2
- Belle Phipps
- Studio bust portrait of Isabel Phipps, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Phipps' bangs are layered and curled and she wears her hair in a coronet twist. Her dress bodice has plaid lapels over a v-shaped gathered and puffed fabric...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Phipps, Isabel.; Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Man in plaid suit
- Studio portrait of a man in a plaid suit, he has a beard and a wide brimmed hat.
- Men--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Girl in plaid dress
- Studio portrait of a girl in a plaid dress, she stands by a table with a brocade cloth.
- Girls--1860-1880.
- [between 1860 and 1880?]
- East High spotlight: vol 30 no 8
- 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 February 17
- Jim Herrera, Father Pete Garcia, and Bobby Baca
- Jim Herrera (Skip), Father Pete Garcia and Bobby Baca (Nimbo) stand near the steps of St. Cajetan's church in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. Jim Herrera wears a white jacket and bow tie. Father Garcia wears eyeglasses, a cassock and...
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1960-1970.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1960-1970.; Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Priests.; Herrera, Jim--Pictorial works.; Baca, Bobby--Pictorial works.; Garcia, Pete--Pictorial...
- [1968 June 8]
- Boy and lamb
- A young Hispanic American by poses with his arm around a lamb probably near Chama (Costilla County), Colorado. He wears a soft brimmed hat, coveralls and a plaid shirt.
- Costilla County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Boys.; Hispanic American boys--Colorado--Costilla County--Pictorial works.; Lambs--Colorado--Costilla County--Pictorial works.; Costilla County (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- [1950]
- Bill Moreno irrigates his crops
- Hispanic American Bill Moreno irrigates his field in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. He stands beside an irrigation ditch and uses rubber hoses to siphon water out of the ditch. He wears a cowboy hat, a plaid shirt and holds a shovel. Trees...
- Hispanic Americans--1970-1980.; Mexican Americans--1970-1980.; San Luis (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Irrigation.; Agriculture.; Farmers.; Irrigation canals & flumes.; Moreno, Bill--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Mexican...
- [1970?]
- Benito Gonzáles, Francisca García, and Francisco García
- Benito Gonzáles poses with his sister in law, Francisca García and her father Francisco Garcia in front of a clapboard house in Greeley, Colorado. Benito stands, he wears a shirt with an upright collar, a vest, a plaid tie and holds his hat in...
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1920-1930; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1920-1930.; Greeley (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Gonzáles, Benito, 1904-1980--Pictorial works.; García, Francisco, 1862-1928--Pictorial works.; García, Francisca, 1889---Pictorial...
- [1926?]
- Unidentified family
- Studio portrait of an unidentified family. The husband wears a jacket and vest and has short hair. His wife wears a long plaid dress with a fitted bodice, a ribbon belt and her hair is curled and pulled up. Their children sit in front. An infant ...
- Hispanic Americans--1890-1900.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Families--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Spouses--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Infants--Colorado--Pictorial works.
- [beween 1890 and 1900?]
- UFW Conference, Fresno, Calif.
- Cesar Chavez, greets a member of the Colorado delegation at the United Farm Workers of America Convention in Fresno, California. He has his arm around an unidentified, elderly woman. She has white hair, eyeglasses, a floral print dress and a...
- United Farm Workers of America--1970-1980.; Hispanic Americans--1970-1980.; Fresno (Calif.)--1950-1960.; Chavez, Cesar, 1927-1993--Pictorial works.; United Farm Workers of America--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.;...
- 1974
- St. Cajetan's School play
- Interior view of a play at Saint Cajetan's School, in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. Girls in caps, blouses and skirts stand in a row next to a sign that reads: "? St." and "Lawrence." Magdalena Gallegos poses at the end of the line in...
- Hispanic Americans--1940-1950.; Mexican Americans--1940-1950.; Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Girls.; Students.; Teenagers.; Theatrical productions.; Women.; Gallegos, Magdalena--Pictorial works.; Drama--Pictorial...
- between 1947 and 1948
- Córdova sisters
- Studio portrait of the Córdova sisters, daughters of Juan Bautista Córdova, and his wife María Quirina Sánches Córdova, from Hoehne, Las Animas County, Colorado. The young women are identified: Front row l to r: Antonia and Benigna...
- Hispanic Americans--1850-1860.; Mexican Americans--1850-1860.; Las Animas County (Colo.)--1850-1860.; Women.; Córdova, Juan Bautista--Family--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Las Animas County--Pictorial works.; Mexican...
- [between 1855 and 1860?]
- Frances Miera Montez makes tortillas
- Frances Miera Montz stands at table in her small kitchen and mixes dough for tortillas in Denver, Colorado. Her hair is pinned up and she wears a plaid dress and an apron.
- Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Cookery.; Women.; Montez, Frances Miera 1905---Pictorial works.; Cooking--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Erinea Trujillo Vigil and grandchildren
- Group portrait of Erinea Trujillo Vigil and her grandchildren in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. They are identified as Front row L to R: Jususita Romero, Tonita Romero, Adelia Vigil; Back row L to R: Luis Romero, Magdalena Vigil, Erinea...
- Hispanic Americans--1910-1920.; Mexican Americans--1910-1920.; San Luis (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Children.; Families.; Older people.; Women.; Vigil, Erinea Vigil--Pictorial works.; Grandparent and child--Colorado--San Luis--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- 1918
- Phil Torres
- Phil Torres, a elderly person affectionately known as "The Mayor of Auraria," stands in front of 1033 9th Street in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. Mr. Torres owned the home which is now part of the 9th Street Historic District on the...
- Hispanic Americans--1990-2000.; Auraria Ninth Street Historic District (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Houses.; Older people.; Torres, Phil--Pictorial works.; Dwellings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- 1990
- Old town Grand Lake, Colo.
- View of people in a street in Grand Lake (Grand County), Colorado. A woman with a straw, flat-brimmed hat and a long dress stands beside girls who wear plaid dresses and bonnets. Men sit on a burro-drawn cart, they wear suspenders and hats. A...
- Grand Lake (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Grand Lake--1870-1890.; Donkeys--Colorado--Grand Lake--1870-1890.; Log buildings--Colorado--Grand Lake--1870-1890.; Mothers & children--Colorado--Grand Lake--1870-1890.
- [between 1879 and 1885?]
- Old town Grand Lake, Colo.
- View of people in a street in Grand Lake (Grand County), Colorado. A woman with a straw, flat-brimmed hat and a long dress stands beside girls who wear plaid dresses and bonnets. Men sit on a burro-drawn cart, they wear suspenders and hats. A...
- Grand Lake (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Grand Lake--1870-1890.; Donkeys--Colorado--Grand Lake--1870-1890.; Log buildings--Colorado--Grand Lake--1870-1890.; Mothers & children--Colorado--Grand Lake--1870-1890.
- [between 1879 and 1885?]
- Family portrait
- Studio portrait of a family; a man and woman pose with teenage boys, girls, and babies. Outfits include plaid, ties, and lace yokes.
- Rifle (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Families--Colorado--Rifle--1920-1930.; Teenagers--Colorado--Rifle--1920-1930.
- 1925, May 20
- Man and dogs
- A man kneels and poses beside two dogs in probably western Colorado. The man wears a plaid cap, glasses, a vest and a bow tie. A large canvas tent is near a fence.
- Dogs--Colorado--1890-1910.; Men--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Charles Egry children
- Girls and a boy, the children of Charles Egry, pose for a portrait. The girls have hair bows or braids and wear blouses with lace or banded collars. A girl has a plaid dress with a rounded collar. A boy wears suspenders, and a tie tucked between...
- Pyramid (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Egry, Charles--Family.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Rifle, "Apple Pie Day"
- A woman and a girl hold pendants that read: "Apple Pie Day, September 22-23 1914., Rifle, Colo." and pose on horseback in Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado. A woman wears a fitted, long sleeved blouse, a skirt and a wide brimmed hat. A girl holds a...
- Rifle (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Girls--Colorado--Rifle--1910-1920.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Rifle--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--Rifle--1910-1920.
- 1914
- L.C. Phipps residence, Denver, Colorado, tennis court men's retiring room
- A telephone sits on a table in the men's lounge in the tennis pavilion on the grounds of the home of Lawrence Cowle Phipps home in the Belcaro Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows couches and tables. Plaid wall paper covers the walls and animal...
- Phipps, Lawrence Cowle, 1862-1958--Homes & haunts.; Belcaro (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Pavilions--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Rooms & spaces--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.;...
- 1933 October
- Boy and girl on chair and boy with drum
- Studio portraits, one shows a boy and girl on a chair. The boy wears a suit and knickers; the girl wears a plaid dress suit and a hair bow. In the other, a boy stands, wears a suit and knickers and holds drum sticks and a snare drum.
- Garfield (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Boys--Colorado--Garfield County--1910-1920.; Children playing with toys--Colorado--Garfield County--1910-1920.; Girls--Colorado--Garfield County--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Gladstone
- Women in dresses and hats and men in suits walk toward a gathering in Gladstone (San Juan County), Colorado. Saddled horses are on the dirt street in front of the saloon. A girl beside Silverton, Gladstone and Northerly Railroad tracks wears a...
- Gladstone (Colo.)--1890-1910.; City & town life--Colorado--Gladstone--1890-1910.; People--Colorado--Gladstone--1890-1910.; Walking--Colorado--Gladstone--1890-1910.; Wooden buildings--Colorado--Gladstone--1890-1910.
- [between 1899 and 1910?]
- Portrait of children
- Studio portrait of a boy and a girl posed in a rocking chair. The girl wears a plaid dress, leggings and a large hair bow. The boy wears a suit and a striped shirt with a matching handkerchief.
- Children--Colorado--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Unidentified family group
- A woman and children pose for a group portrait on a porch in probably western Colorado. Probably the mother sits and girls and a boy stand nearby. Girls wear plaid or dogtooth patterned dresses with ruffled collars or ties. A boy wears a shirt with...
- Children--1890-1910.; Families--1890-1910.; Women--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Loveland Pass tunnel, close up, eng. & transit
- An engineer looks through a theodolite in the interior of a tunnel as he works on the proposed Loveland Pass tunnel project in Summit or Clear Creek County, Colorado. The man wears a heavy plaid wool jacket, hat, and glasses. Pipes run along the...
- Interiors--Colorado--1940-1950.; Surveying--Colorado--1940-1950.; Surveyors--Colorado--1940-1950.; Tunnels--Colorado--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Portrait of three young women
- Studio portrait of three young women who pose near a carved stone fence prop. One girl wears a fitted bodice with pleats, high collar, and slightly puffed sleeves; another wears a plaid dress and straw hat. The third girl leans with her elbow on a...
- Teenagers--1890-1900.; Women--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Portrait of three men
- Three men pose for a studio portrait near a stone fence prop. The men wear suits, hats, and two of them hold cigars. One of the men wears a plaid jacket and striped pants.
- Men--Colorado--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Portrait of a family
- A family poses for a studio portrait near an ornate backdrop. The man sits in an upholstered chair and holds a toddler who stands on the chair next to him. A woman who wears a dress with a tight fitted bodice with puffy sleeves rests her hand on...
- Families--Colorado--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Brother and sister
- Studio portrait of children in plaid, pleats, and puff shoulders; the girl has bangs and the boy is on a fur coverlet.
- Boys--1890-1900.; Families--1890-1900.; Girls--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Dapper gentleman
- Studio portrait of a man in a suit with a plaid tie and silk top hat.
- Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Men--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Young couple
- Studio portrait of a man and woman; she wears a bodice with plaid insets and puff shoulders.
- Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Spouses--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Young couple
- Studio portrait of a man and woman; she wears a bodice with brocade insets and puff shoulders, and he wears a suit and plaid bow tie.
- Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Spouses--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Urad Mine
- View of a gable-roofed, multi-level building under construction at the Urad Mine in Clear Creek County, Colorado. Shows a carpenter, piles of wooden planks, a truck, a spool and an overturned sawhorse. The man wears a hat, a plaid shirt and an...
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Urad Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Building construction--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1940-1950.; Carpenters--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1940-1950.; Lumber--Colorado--Clear Creek...
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Group of school girls and boys, all wearing some kind of medal
- Teenaged boys and girls pose in Denver, Colorado, by the South Platte River and the Alameda Avenue bridge; costume includes plaid, wide yokes, fringe, and medals or award ribbons.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1900-1910.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Teenagers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1904 and 1910?]
- 1421 Champa, operator's school
- A woman sits at a desk and interviews an applicant for a position as an operator at the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph building, 1421 Champa Street in Denver, Colorado. The woman behind the desk wears a dress with a broad collar and has a...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--People--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Employment interviewing--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Telephone...
- 1921 June 9
- Toll switchboard (4th floor) - 1421 Champa
- Interior view of the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company exchange in Denver, Colorado; shows women working. A woman in a plaid dress and low heeled shoes is by signs: "Miss Fitzsimmons," and "Miss Andrews."
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--People--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Telephone operators--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Telephone switchboards--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.;...
- 1922
- Portrait of a man
- Studio portrait of a man who wears a heavy coat and vest made from thick, textured fabric. He wears a striped neck tie and plaid shirt. His full moustache drapes over his top lip.
- Men--1890-1900.; Mustaches--1890-1900.
- 1891
- Portrait of a man
- Studio portrait of a man who wears a suit jacket, patterned neck tie, and plaid shirt. His moustache is long and extends to the level of his chin on the sides.
- Men--1890-1900.; Mustaches--1890-1900.
- 1890