Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 42, 1910 October 15
- East Denver High School Annual: 1911
- 1911 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1911
- Anna Grace White
- Studio bust portrait of Anna Grace White, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. White's bangs are layered and curled and her hair is pulled back. She wears a dress with a velvet, rounded collar affixed with a circle pin, and a ruffled...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Eyeglasses--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; White, Anna Grace.; Denver High School--People--1890-1900.; Denver Public Schools--People--1890-1900.
- 1895
- 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?]
- Portrait of a woman
- A woman sits and poses for a studio portrait. The woman smiles, she wears a dress with a ruffled scoop neck, a gathered waist and gathered, ruffled short sleeves.
- Women--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Portrait of a child
- A child sits and poses for a studio portrait. The girl smiles, she wears a hair bow, a light colored dress with a ruffled, rounded collar and leather boots with buttons.
- Girls--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Profile portrait of a woman
- A studio bust portrait of a woman. She has an upswept hairstyle and wears a dress with a gathered, scoop neck and ruffled, short sleeves.
- Women--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Ada H. Burchard
- Studio bust portrait of Ada Herbert Burchard, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Burchard's bangs are curled and her long hair is pulled back and tied with a ribbon. Her dress bodice has a ruffled, v-shaped yoke, puffed sleeves and...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Burchard, Ada H. (Ada Herbert); Denver High School--People--1890-1900.; Denver Public Schools--People--1890-1900.
- 1891
- Astrea Twambley Nickerson
- Studio bust portrait of Astrea (Astraea) Twambley Nickerson, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Nickerson's hair is parted in the middle and pulled back, and her bangs are curled. Her dress has a gathered, ruffled neckline and...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Nickerson, Astrea Twambley.; Denver High School--People--1890-1900.; Denver Public Schools--People--1890-1900.
- 1895
- Ferrell and Duffy
- Georgia Duffy and Della Ferrell, both members of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, pose on horseback in front of a backdrop with a landscape scene painted on it in a dirt arena at Earl's Court in England. Both women joined the show in 1887 as two of...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Cowgirls.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Duffy, Georgia.; Ferrell, Della.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1892?]
- Della Ferrell and Georgia Duffy
- Della Ferrell and Georgia Duffy stand at the back of a covered wagon in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show near Earl's Court in England. Ferrell, a native of Colorado, joined the cast in 1887 as one of the show's "Western Girls." She wears a...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Cowgirls.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Duffy, Georgia.; Ferrell, Della.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1892?]
- Della Ferrell and Georgia Duffy
- Cowgirls Della Ferrell and Georgia Duffy stand at the back of a covered wagon in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show near Earl's Court in England. Ferrell, a native of Colorado, joined the cast in 1887 as one of the show's "Western Girls."...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Cowgirls.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Duffy, Georgia.; Ferrell, Della.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1892?]
- Besmath Amorette Houghton
- Studio portrait of Besmath Amorette (or Amarette) Houghton, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. She wears a ruffled blouse with epaulettes and puff shoulders. She has lace and a pin at her collar.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Houghton, Besmath Amorette.; Denver High School--People--1890-1900.; Denver Public Schools--People--1890-1900.
- 1893
- Mexican Independence Day
- Two Mexican American perform a traditional dance in celebration of Mexican Independence Day. They perform in the Colorado Grange Building located at 2475 West 26th (Twenty-sixth) Avenue in Denver, Colorado. The men wear sombreros and charros or...
- Independence Day (Mexico)--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Boulder--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Celebrations--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Costumes--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.;...
- 1968
- Central City
- A woman and men stand or sit in front of a brick building on Main Street in Central City (Gilpin County), Colorado. Signs on brick or glass panes read: "The Observer Publishing Co., Book & Job Printing, est. P.T.S." Men wear suits, vests, ties,...
- Observer Publishing Co. (Central City, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Central City (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Men--Colorado--Central City--1900-1910.; Publishing industry--Colorado--Central City--1900-1910.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Central City--1900-1910.;...
- 1900?
- Clara Louise McLeod
- Studio portrait of Clara Louise McLeod, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Her hair is upswept with curled bangs; she wears a ruffled blouse.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; McLeod, Clara Louise.; Denver High School--People--1890-1900.; Denver Public Schools--People--1890-1900.
- 1893
- Edith Sindlinger
- Studio bust portrait of Edith Sindlinger, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Sindlinger wears her hair in a bun on top of her head. Her dress has a ruffled collar and oversized bows on the shoulders.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Eyeglasses--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Sindlinger, Edith.; Denver High School--People--1890-1900.; Denver Public Schools--People--1890-1900.
- 1895
- Edna Muriel Case
- Studio bust portrait of Edna Muriel Case, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Case's wavy hair is pulled back. Her dress has a high band collar with a bow tied in back. She has puffed sleeves and a loose bodice with three tiers of...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Case, Edna Muriel.; Denver High School--People--1890-1900.; Denver Public Schools--People--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Elizabeth Warnecke
- Studio bust portrait of Elizabeth Clara Warnecke, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Portrait in profile shows Warnecke's curly bangs, and her wavy hair pinned back in a braided twist. Her dress has a ruffled collar, puffed sleeves...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Warnecke, Elizabeth (Elizabeth Clara); Denver High School--People--1890-1900.; Denver Public Schools--People--1890-1900.
- 1892
- Elizabeth Poley Schrader
- A girl poses with a metal doll carriage in a studio portrait. Elizabeth Poley Schrader wears a cap with a rolled brim, a wool double breasted jacket with oversized buttons over a pleated skirt with vertical stripes, and leather ankle boots. The...
- Poley, H. S. (Horace Swartley)--Family.; Dolls--Colorado--1890-1900.; Girls--Colorado--1890-1900.; Toys--Colorado--1890-1900.; Schrader, Elizabeth Ferguson Poley.
- 1895?
- Ethel P. Hamer
- Studio bust portrait of Ethel Price Hamer, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Hamer's bangs are layered and curled and she wears her hair pulled back. Her checkered dress bodice has lapels and a flounce at the bust line. A ruffled...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Hamer, Ethel P. (Ethel Price); Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Eugenie West Nathan
- Studio bust portrait of Eugenie West Nathan, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Nathan's hair is parted in the middle and fastened in back with a comb. Her dress has a gathered, ruffled neckline adorned with bows, and oversized...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Nathan, Eugenie West.; Denver High School--People--1890-1900.; Denver Public Schools--People--1890-1900.
- 1895
- Evaline Moore
- Studio bust portrait of Evaline Parthenia Moore, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Moore's curly hair is pulled back. Her dress has large, puffed sleeves, and a sheer, ruffled collar with a scalloped edge. She wears a brooch and a...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Moore, Evaline (Evaline Parthenia); Denver High School--People--1890-1900.; Denver Public Schools--People--1890-1900.
- 1892
- Horace Poley and his children
- Studio, bust portrait of a man, a boy and a girl. Horace Swartley Poley has a moustache and wears a shirt with a starched, straight collar, and sits between his son and daughter. Frank Ferguson Poley wears a shirt with probably a rounded lace...
- Children--Colorado--1890-1900.; Families--Colorado--1890-1900.; Photographers--Colorado--1890-1900.; Poley, Frank Ferguson.; Poley, H. S. (Horace Swartley); Schrader, Elizabeth Ferguson Poley.
- 1894?
- Georgia Ruth Jackson
- Studio portrait of Georgia Ruth Jackson, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Jackson's hair is parted in the middle and pulled back. She poses seated in an upholstered armchair. Her dress bodice is finished with a loosely fitted...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Jackson, Georgia Ruth.; Denver High School--People--1890-1900.; Denver Public Schools--People--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Gertrude Morris
- Studio bust portrait of Gertrude Morris, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Morris has short, curly hair and bangs. Her dress has a ruffled collar and ruffled hem on the bodice. A dark netting fabric is gathered in pleats at the...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Morris, Gertrude.; Denver High School--People--1890-1900.; Denver Public Schools--People--1890-1900.
- 1892
- Grace E. Baxter
- Studio portrait of Grace Elizabeth Baxter, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. She wears a blouse with ruffled silk inset; her hair is upswept with curled bangs and a bun.
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Baxter, Grace E. (Grace Elizabeth); Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1889
- Helene Hanigan
- Studio bust portrait of Helene Hanigan, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Hanigan's hair is curled in front and pulled back. Her dress is made of a sheer fabric with stripes of stain ribbon, puffed sleeves, and a ruffled, upright...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Hanigan, Helene.; Denver High School--People--1890-1900.; Denver Public Schools--People--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Ida May Lydon
- Studio bust portrait of Ida May Lydon, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Lydon's hair is parted in the middle and her bangs are curled. Her dress bodice has a ruffled lace collar, and ribbon bows on the shoulders.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Lydon, Ida May.; Denver High School--People--1890-1900.; Denver Public Schools--People--1890-1900.
- 1895
- Isa Margaret Stearns
- Studio bust portrait of Isa Margaret Stearns, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Stearns' hair is parted down the middle and affixed with a comb in a bun on top of her head. Her dress has a ruffled collar.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Stearns, Isa Margaret.; Denver High School--People--1890-1900.; Denver Public Schools--People--1890-1900.
- 1895 June 13
- Iva M. Shepard
- Studio bust portrait of Iva Mae Shepard, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Shepard has curly bangs and her hair is pulled back. Her dress bodice is gathered and tightly ruffled around the collar, and has a matching jacket with...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Shepard, Iva M. (Iva Mae); Denver High School--People--1890-1900.; Denver Public Schools--People--1890-1900.
- 1892
- Katharine A. Detrick
- Studio bust portrait of Katharine [or Katherine] Augusta Detrick, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Her bangs are curled and layered, and her hair is pulled back. Detrick wears a dress with a wide, ruffled collar, and large puffed...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Detrick, Katharine A. (Katharine Augusta); Denver High School--People--1890-1900.; Denver Public Schools--People--1890-1900.
- 1892
- Lucile Charlotte Cady
- Studio bust portrait of Lucile Charlotte Cady, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Cady's wavy hair is parted down the middle and affixed in a bun on top of her head. Her dress has a ruffled collar and puffed sleeves.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Cady, Lucile Charlotte.; Denver High School--People--1890-1900.; Denver Public Schools--People--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Mabel Wayne Hagerman
- Studio portrait of Mabel Wayne Hagerman, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Hagerman's wavy hair is pulled neatly back. She wears a dress with an embroidered flower pattern, puffed short sleeves, ruffled shoulder panels and a...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Hagerman, Mabel Wayne.; Denver High School--People--1890-1900.; Denver Public Schools--People--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Mabel Patton
- Studio bust portrait of Sara Mabel Patton, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Patton has wavy bangs and wears her hair pinned back. Her dress bodice has tightly gathered ruffles on the bodice, velvet lapels and velvet collar, and...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Patton, Mabel (Sara Mabel); Denver High School--People--1890-1900.; Denver Public Schools--People--1890-1900.
- 1892
- Mabel Marilla Spearin
- Studio bust portrait of Mabel Marilla Spearin, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Spearin has wire rimmed eyeglasses and wears her bangs curled, and her hair parted in the middle and pulled back. Her dress has a two-tiered ruffled...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Eyeglasses--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Spearin, Mabel Marilla.; Denver High School--People--1890-1900.; Denver Public Schools--People--1890-1900.
- 1895
- Mexican Independence Day, 1968
- A group of six men and women pose for a group photo. Two men and two women are dressed in dancers costumes in celebration of Mexican Independence day. The men wear sombreros and charros or horseman's costumes. The women wear multi-color skirts...
- Independence Day (Mexico)--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Celebrations--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Costumes--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.;...
- 1968
- Poley family portrait
- Studio bust portrait of the Poley family. Margaret Ferguson Poley has short bangs and wears a pince nez, a blouse and jacket with puffed sleeves and a ruffled lace collar with a flower or heart charm. Frank Ferguson Poley has short hair and wears a...
- Families--Colorado--1890-1900.; Photographers--Colorado--1890-1900.; Spouses--Colorado--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--1890-1900.; Poley, Frank Ferguson.; Poley, H. S. (Horace Swartley); Poley, Margaret Ferguson.; Schrader, Elizabeth Ferguson Poley.
- 1893?
- Maude M. Bingner
- Studio bust portrait of Maude Mae Bingner, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Bingner has curly hair pulled back in a braid and short bangs. Her dress bodice has ruffled panels over the shoulders, a gathered and pleated v-neck, and...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Bingner, Maude M. (Maude Mae); Denver High School--People--1890-1900.; Denver Public Schools--People--1890-1900.
- 1892
- Stella Andreva, Margit Boker, Anna Kaskas
- Three head and shoulder, studio portraits of actors are clipped to a board in Central City, Colorado. Two of the prints are clipped next to each other, the third is sideways under the other two. One actress wears a chiffon dress with a square...
- Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Actresses--1940-1950.; Andreva, Stella.; Boker, Margit.; Kaskas, Anna.
- May, 1941
- Mirta Angie Carter
- Studio bust portrait of Mirta Angie Carter, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Carter's wavy hair is pulled back. Her dress has patterned fabric and a striped band collar with matching ribbon bows. The loosely fitted, pleated...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Carter, Mirta Angie.; Denver High School--People--1890-1900.; Denver Public Schools--People--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Myrtle L. Ruble
- Studio bust portrait of Myrtle Lota Ruble, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Ruble has curled bangs and her hair is pulled back. Her dress bodice has a two tiered lace, ruffled collar, and the dress is gathered with dense pleats...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Ruble, Myrtle L. (Myrtle Lota); Denver High School--People--1890-1900.; Denver Public Schools--People--1890-1900.
- 1892
- Susie Emanuel
- Studio bust portrait of Susie Dora Emanuel, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Her bangs are curled and her hair is pinned loosely back. Emanuel's dress is gathered in pleats at the neckline, and has ruffled panels of striped...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Emanuel, Susie D. (Susie Dora); Denver High School--People--1890-1900.; Denver Public Schools--People--1890-1900.
- 1892
- Mr. and Mrs. Joel Estes
- Portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Joel Estes, founders of Estes Park (Larimer County), Colorado. She wears a ruffled bonnet.
- Spouses--1880-1890.; Estes, Joel.
- 1897
- Our shanty
- A woman, identified as Mrs. John Reider, sits and poses with a dog on the steps of a house in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado. Shows a cross gabled house with a screened porch, bay windows, clapboard siding with a sunburst below the eaves,...
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Dogs--Colorado--Grand Junction--1890-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Grand Junction--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--Grand Junction--1890-1910.; Reider, John, Mrs.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Julesburg, Colo., all aboard for the picnic
- Children and men sit and pose in a horse-drawn wagon on a dirt road in Julesburg (Sedgwick County), Colorado. Girls wear ruffled bonnets; boys wear felt hats. A foal is beside the team of horses.
- Julesburg (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Julesburg--1890-1900.; Children--Colorado--Julesburg--1890-1900.; Horses--Colorado--Julesburg--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--Julesburg--1890-1900.
- 1893 August 13
- Baptist S.S., Lake City, Colo.
- Sunday school students and probably parents and teachers pose outside the Lake City Baptist Church in Lake City (Hinsdale County), Colorado. Women and girls wear ruffled dresses or skirts and decorative hats. Men and boys wear knickers and jackets...
- Lake City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Baptist churches--Colorado--Lake City--1890-1900.; Sunday schools--Colorado--Lake City--1890-1900.
- 1898 November
- Woman
- Studio portrait of a Hispanic woman. She wears a dress with ruffled shoulders and a hat decorated with embroidery and flowers.
- Hispanic Americans--Women--1890-1900.; Women--1890-1900.; Gallegos, Nellie.
- [1893 May 30]
- Kids
- Studio portrait of girls. They wear dresses with ruffled collars. One girl wears a necklace.
- Girls--1890-1900.
- [1894]
- Mothers and children
- Studio portrait of women and a baby. The women wear dresses with high lace collars. The baby wears a gown with ruffled sleeves.
- Children & adults--1900-1910.; Infants--1900-1910.; Women--1900-1910.
- [1906]