Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Pouch
- A tanned leather pouch (Native American Ute) used by Chipeta. The pouch has multicolor lazy stitch beadwork in triangle, diamond and band designs, a flap, strap, thong, sinew and fringe at the bottom.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1870-1900.; Ute Indians--Arts & crafts--1870-1900.; Pouches--1870-1900.; Chipeta--Associated objects.
- [between 1875 and 1900]
- Salazar family
- Daniel and Maruca Salazar pose with their adult children, Maruca Salome Salazar and Gabriel Numa Salazar in Denver, Colorado. Maruca, Director of the Museo de las Americas, has gray hair, wears a striped handwoven dress and a reboso over her...
- Hispanic Americans--2000-2010.; Mexican Americans--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Families.; Salazar family--Pictorial works.; Families--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Mexican...
- [2009?]
- Pouch
- Shows a Native American Sioux buckskin pouch made by Lucy Knife of Pine Ridge, South Dakota. The pouch features decorative multicolor and white beadwork in geometric designs, a doeskin carrying strap and a flap.
- Dakota Indians--Arts & crafts--1890-1920.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1890-1920.; Pouches--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Burden basket
- Shows a Native American (Apache) diagonal twined burden basket. The basket is made of willow and devil's claw with a metal rim and a leather strap dyed natural brown. Design images on the basket include horizontal bands and vertical lines.
- Apache baskets--1870-1900.; Apache Indians--Arts & crafts--1870-1900.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1870-1900.; Baskets--1870-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1900]
- Pouch
- Shows a Native American (Ute) buckskin pouch. It features multi-color beadwork in floral patterns, a brass nail at the base, fringe and a strap.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1860-1880.; Ute Indians--Arts & crafts--1860-1880.; Pouches--1860-1880.
- [between 1865 and 1875]
- Charm; watch fob
- Shows a Native American (Ute) charm or watch fob. It is decorated with multi-color beads. Strings of beads are attached to the side of the watch fob or charm. It has a strap at the top, possibly animal hide.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1890-1920.; Ute Indians--Arts & crafts--1890-1920.; Watch fobs--1890-1920.; Charms--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Jar
- A Native American jar found in Montezuma, Colorado. The jar was used to carry water, and feature a flared rim and a handle strap. The designs on the jar are hatching, turkey foot tracks and a key.
- Indian pottery--North America--1000-1300.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1000-1300.; Jars--1000-1300.
- [between 1000 and 1300]
- Powder horn
- Shows a powder horn with a string strap used by Kit Carson.
- Powder flasks--1820-1880.; Carson, Kit, 1809-1868.--Associated objects.
- [between 1826 and 1874]
- Ute child in front of tent
- A Native American (Ute) child holds the strap to a woven water basket and stands in front of a tent, probably in New Mexico.
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Ute Indians--1900-1910.; Children--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Moki pueblo, patient toil
- View of a Native American (Hopi) woman and a boy on the Hopi Indian Reservation, Arizona. The woman wears a dress and a shawl and has a fabric strap balanced on her head to support a fabric bundle with probably a baby inside. She holds a cup in her...
- Hopi Indians--Women--Arizona--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Arizona--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Children--Arizona--1890-1900.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Boys--Arizona--1890-1900.; Women--Arizona--1890-1900.
- [1899?]
- Moki pueblo, bringing in the harvest
- A man carries a bundle of dried, harvested corn probably at Hopi Indian Reservation, Arizona. The man wears moccasins and a breechcloth and has a leather strap balanced on top of his head to carry corn stalks on his back.
- Hopi Indians--Men--Arizona--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Men--Arizona--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Men--Arizona--1890-1900.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Corn--Arizona--1890-1900.; Harvesting--Arizona--1890-1900.;...
- [1899?]
- #313 Interior of Emry Shoe & Clothing Co.
- A male employee of the Emry Shoe & Clothing Company fits a customer with a jacket as the man, who wears a hat, looks at himself in the mirror. Hundreds of boxes of shoes are stacked on shelves behind the mirror. Merchandise, including shirts, is...
- Paonia (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Clothing stores--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Sales personnel--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Shoe stores--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.
- [1908?]
- Bone-breast plates and two necklaces
- Close-up view of two hair pipe necklaces and breastplate. The necklaces are made of hair pipe and round beads and each has a small possibly leather pouch attatched to it. The hair pipe breastplate has a bead and fur pelt neck strap and possibly...
- Breastplates--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1890-1900.; Jewelry--1890-1900.
- 1895
- Apollo by St. George Stanley, Teller House, 1932
- A fresco of Apollo is painted on a wall in the Teller House bar in Central City, Colorado. Apollo stands on a pedestal in a darkened arch, holding an object in his left hand as he leans back on his right foot. He wears a cloak gathered around his...
- Teller House (Central City, Colo.)--Facilities--1930-1940.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Hotels--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Murals--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Apollo (Greek deity)
- 1932
- Grey-wolf, Indian policeman, Crow Indian Reservation, near Pryor, Montana
- A Native American (Crow) man, identified as Grey-wolf, a policeman, poses on the Crow Reservation near Pryor, Montana. He wears moccasins, a breech cloth, a belt with round ornamentation and similar side strap extending from the belt to the ground,...
- Crow Indians--Montana--1880-1910.; Indians of North America--Montana--1880-1910.; Indian reservations--Montana--1880-1910.; Police--Montana--1880-1910.; Grey Wolf, Crow policeman.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Baby carrier
- Native American (Great Plains) baby carrier with back strap, fully beaded with geometric design and hood, laces, cloth lining, doll inside.
- Indian beadwork--Great Plains--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--Great Plains--1890-1900.; Cradleboards--Great Plains--1890-1900.
- 1895
- Ketona Navajo Chief 54.
- Studio portrait (sitting) of a Native American (Navajo) man. Ketona wears pants, a concha belt, a leather bag strap as a bandolier, a shirt, necklaces, and a cloth headband.
- Indians of North America--1890-1920.; Navajo Indians--1890-1920.; Ketona, Navajo Indian.
- [between 1890 and 1915]
- Governor Vigil, Tesuque
- Studio portrait of Governor Elario Vigil, Native American man (Tewa), Governor of Tesuque Pueblo, New Mexico. He stands with his arms crossed and wears a headband, long white shirt, vest, pouch, shoulder strap with a silver border, flared leggings...
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Tesuque Pueblo--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Men--New Mexico--Tesuque Pueblo--1910-1920.; Tewa Indians--New Mexico--Tesuque Pueblo--1910-1920.; Vigil, Elario.
- [1910?]
- Governor Vigil, pueblo of Tesuque
- Standing studio portrait of Governor Elario Vigil, Native American man (Tewa, Tesuque Pueblo) wears a headband, bead necklace, long white shirt, vest, flared leggings with beaded border, and moccasins. His right hand rests on a pouch with an over...
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Tesuque Pueblo--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Men--New Mexico--Tesuque Pueblo--1910-1920.; Tewa Indians--New Mexico--Tesuque Pueblo--1910-1920.; Vigil, Elario.
- [1910?]
- Governor Vigil, Tesuque Pueblo
- Seated studio portrait of Governor Elario Vigil, Native American man (Tewa, Tesuque Pueblo), he wears a headband, white shirt, vest, bead necklace, and a strap, decorated with silver conchas, across his chest.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Tesuque Pueblo--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Men--New Mexico--Tesuque Pueblo--1910-1920.; Tewa Indians--New Mexico--Tesuque Pueblo--1910-1920.; Vigil, Elario.
- [1910?]
- Tomas Vigil Tesuque son of governor of pueblo
- Seated studio portrait of Tomas Vigil, son of Governor Elario Vigil, Native American man (Tewa, Tesuque Pueblo), he wears dark shirt, bead necklace, earrings, cloth in his braids, and a shoulder strap decorated with silver conchas.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Tesuque Pueblo--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Men--New Mexico--Tesuque Pueblo--1910-1920.; Tewa Indians--New Mexico--Tesuque Pueblo--1910-1920.; Vigil, Elario--Family.; Vigil, Tomás.
- [1910?]
- Indians counting
- Two Native American Ute men stand on a buffalo hide, talking, western slope Wasatch Mountains, Utah. One of the men, wearing a shirt and leggings, leans on a rifle and carries a powder horn with a beaded strap, as the other man, wearing a fringed...
- Indians of North America--Utah--1870-1880.; Uinta Indians--Utah--1870-1880.; Ute Indians--Clothing & dress--Utah--1870-1880.; Wasatch Range (Utah and Idaho)--1870-1880.
- [between 1871 and 1875]
- Under the patronage of Royalty and the Marquis & Marchioness of Bute
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody stands in front of the Deadwood Stagecoach, which was used in an act of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Cody wears thigh boots and a buckskin coat decorated with beaded flowers and tassles. He holds a long whip...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Stagecoaches--1880-1890.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Nelson, John Young, b. 1826.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- The water carriers
- Two young Native American (Paiute) women and a girl on the Kaibab Plateau, northern Arizona; the women carry basket water vessels on their backs by a strap that is attached to the handles and placed on their heads. They wear belted, fringed...
- Indians of North America--Arizona--1870-1880.; Southern Paiute Indians--Women--Arizona--1870-1880.; Kaibab Plateau (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Girls--Arizona--1870-1880.; Water carriers--Arizona--1870-1880.; Women--Arizona--1870-1880.
- 1874
- É-nu-ints-i-gaip, or one of the ancients
- Seated elderly Native American (Paiute) man, Énuintigaip, The Meadows, southwestern Nevada. He wears fringed leggings, a skin cap with ears and horns attached, probably from a mountain sheep, and a chin strap. He holds a bow and several arrows...
- Indians of North America--Nevada--1870-1880.; Paiute Indians--Clothing & dress--Nevada--1870-1880.; Meadows, The (Nev.)--1870-1880.; Aged persons--Nevada--1870-1880.; É-nu-ints-i-gaip.
- 1874
- Man walking through snow
- A man stands on path in the snow. He wears a suit, coat, and bowler hat and carries a large box with a strap over his shoulder. In the background are snow covered trees, utility poles and mountains, probably Colorado.
- Snow--Colorado--1890-1910.; Winter--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Kó-mo-hoats
- A young Native American (Paiute) woman, Kómohoats, kneels on the ground holding a bow and arrow, The Meadows, southwestern Nevada. She wears a skin cap with a chin strap and a fringed buckskin dress.
- Indians of North America--Nevada--1870-1880.; Paiute Indians--Nevada--1870-1880.; Meadows, The (Nev.)--1870-1880.; Arrows--Nevada--1870-1880.; Women--Nevada--1870-1880.; Kó-mo-hoats.
- 1874
- Actress
- Lucille Ferry poses in a costume from the play "The Sunbird," produced in Denver, Colorado, by the Denver Community Players. Outfit includes gauze, strap sandals, and a sunburst hat.
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Actresses--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Costumes--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Ferry, Lucille.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Kiowa dancer
- Native American (Kiowa) dancer, he holds a leather strap with bells attached to it and crouches near the ground. He wears moccasins, leggings, a beaded breechcloth, armbands, a shirt, a feathered shield on his arm, a feathered bustle, a headband,...
- Indians of North America--1910-1930.; Kiowa Indians--1910-1930.; Ceremonial dancers--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Man with rifle
- A Native American (Sioux) man aims a rifle as another stands nearby during the 1973 AIM occupation of Wounded Knee, South Dakota. The man with the rifle looks through the scope. The rifle has a shoulder strap decorated with beads. One man wears...
- American Indian Movement--1970-1980.; Dakota Indians--South Dakota--Wounded Knee--1970-1980.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--Wounded Knee--1970-1980.; Wounded Knee (S.D.)--History--Indian occupation, 1973.; Wounded Knee (S.D.)--1970-1980.;...
- 1973 March 7
- Native American man
- A Native American (Plains) man poses near an adobe wall. He wears a fur pelt blanket and a sheathed bow that is held by a strap around his shoulders.
- Indians of North America--Great Plains--1880-1910.; Great Plains--1880-1910.; Men--Great Plains--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Buck with buffalo robe
- A Native American (Plains) man poses outdoors near an adobe wall. He wears moccasins, leggings, a fur pelt blanket, and a sheathed bow and arrows that are held by a strap around his shoulders.
- Indians of North America--Great Plains--1880-1910.; Great Plains--1880-1910.; Men--Great Plains--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Hit The Mark Mike
- Hit The Mark Mike, a Native American (Plains) man, poses near a tepee, probably near Omaha, Nebraska. He holds an eagle feather fan or wing and a sheathed bow that is attached to a strap he wears as a bandolier. He wears moccasins, leggings, a...
- Indians of North America--Great Plains--1890-1900.; Clothing & dress--Nebraska--1890-1900.; Tipis--Nebraska--1890-1900.; Hit the Mark Mike.
- 1898
- Fireman, Georgetown, Colorado
- View of a Georgetown, Colorado, fireman with a white bushy moustache holding an American flag. He wears a conductor-type hat and a shirt on which the emblem of the Star Hook and Ladder Company, two crossed ladders superimposed on a five-pointed...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1910-1940.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Georgetown--1910-1940.; Flags--Colorado--Georgetown--1910-1940.
- [between 1910 and 1940?]
- Sun Bird
- Group theater portrait in Denver, Colorado; costumes include feathers, conchos, a cowboy hat, lace, and strap sandals. These Denver Community Players are identified as: "Lucille Ferry," "Helen Wilcox," "Virginia Grant," "Dorothy Tennant," and...
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Actresses--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Costumes--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Theatrical productions--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1928 July 28
- San Carlos Apache woman
- Standing studio portrait vignette of a Native American San Carlos Apache woman posed in profile carrying a pitch covered basket jar with a head strap and wearing patterned blouse and skirt; props include baskets, cactus and brush.
- San Carlos Apache Tribe--1880-1890.; Apache baskets--1880-1890.; Apache Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Baskets--1880-1890.; Lifting & carrying--1880-1890.; Women--1880-1890.
- [between 1883 and 1888?]
- Nalte & brother, White Mountain Apache scouts, San Carlos
- Studio portrait of Nalte and Gud-i-zz-ah, Native American White Mountain Apache men from San Carlos, Arizona; one holds a rifle and wears a concho-decorated buckskin war shirt and a war amulet strap in his hair, the other has a medicine cord for...
- Indian scouts--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; White Mountain Apache Indians--1880-1890.; Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Military scouts--1880-1890.; Gud-i-zz-ah.; Nalte.
- 1883
- Me, Charlotte, Margie, aren't we hot stuff?
- Marie Anderson (later Marie L. Greenwood), Margaret Mackey, and Charlotte, three African American teenage girls pose in front of the house of Virginia Woodward, their Sunday School teacher. They wear dresses, stockings, and shoes with either a bow...
- African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Teenagers--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Greenwood, Marie L.; Mackey, Margaret, Denver resident.; Woodward, Virginia--Homes & haunts.
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Armed forces service centers
- African American soldiers in uniform and women laugh as they stand near, or sit on, a piano at a W.P.A. armed forces center in Denver, Colorado. The women wear dresses, one has on strap heeled shoes.
- United States. Army.--People.; United States. Work Projects Administration. Colorado.--1940-1950.; African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.;...
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Archaeology, Colorado
- Human skeletal remains lie in the fetal position next to a pottery bowl at an excavation site, possibly at Hawikuh in New Mexico. Boots protrude into the frame from the upper edge. A digging tool lies on the ground, and a satchel strap appears in...
- Hawikuh (N.M.)--1900-1920.; Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--New Mexico--1900-1920.; Skeletons--New Mexico--1900-1920.
- [between 1907 and 1917?]
- Ute Indians
- An unidentified, Native American man poses for a full-length, studio portrait. He wears a feather headdress and a large woven blanket over his shoulders. He stands on a bear skin rug, wears beaded moccasins, and holds a long pipe in his left hand....
- Indians of North America--Portraits--1910-1940.; Ute Indians--1910-1940.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1910-1940.
- [between 1915 and 1937?]
- Ute Indians
- An unidentified, Native American man poses for a full-length, studio portrait wearing a feather headdress. He holds his hands on his hips, showing the length of the tassels that hang from the shoulders of his buckskin shirt. His pant legs have...
- Indians of North America--Portraits--1910-1940.; Ute Indians--1910-1940.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1910-1940.
- [between 1915 and 1937?]
- Apache squaw and pappoose
- A Native American (Apache) woman sits and poses with a baby in a cradleboard. The mother carries the cradleboard by a leather strap over her forehead. She wears a dress with wide sleeves and a gathered waist, and leather moccasins.
- Apache Indians--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Cradleboards--1870-1880.; Infants--1870-1880.; Mothers & children--1870-1880.; Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.)
- 1873
- Native American performers
- A North American Indian man and boy, probably part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Company, sit on a horse; they wear leggings, a feather headdress and a roach. The horse has bells on a strap around his neck.
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Company--People--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--1910-1920.; Entertainers--1910-1920.; Horseback riding--1910-1920.
- [between 1913 and 1915?]
- Chief Eagle
- Flathead Chief Eagle poses with a young girl on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana. He wears a feather headdress and has strips of fur wrapped around his braids. He also has an otter sash across his chest and wears several beaded...
- Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Children--Montana--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Montana--1900- 1910.
- [between 1905 and 1907?]
- Joe Dekker and "El Segundo"
- Joe Dekker, vice president of the Roundup Riders of the Rockies, sits astride his horse "El Segundo," as he makes him rear up on his hind legs. Dekker wears a cowboy hat, western shirt, and chaps. The horse tack includes a martingale and a...
- Roundup Riders of the Rockies (Colo.)--People--1940-1950.; Trail riding--Colorado--1940-1950.; Horseback riding--Colorado--1940-1950.; Horses--Colorado--1940-1950.; Organizations--Colorado--1940-1950.; Dekker, Joe H.
- 1948 July
- Tony Archer, theater owner, partner with Joe Dekker
- Tony Archer, a member of the Roundup Riders of the Rockies, poses on horseback on a dirt road on a trail ride in Colorado. Archer wears jeans, a western shirt, a bandana, and a cowboy hat. His paint horse has a tooled saddle and martingale, and a...
- Roundup Riders of the Rockies (Colo.)--People--1940-1950.; Trail riding--Colorado--1940-1950.; Clothing & dress--Colorado--1940-1950.; Horseback riding--Colorado--1940-1950.; Organizations--Colorado--1940-1950.; Archer, Anthony P.
- 1948 July
- Elmer Berg's Elk Falls Ranch, Ruben [sic] Craig with horsemanship trophy on Snooper
- Rubin Craig, a member of the Roundup Riders of the Rockies, sits atop his horse "Snooper" and holds a metal trophy of a horse at the Elk Falls Park Guest Ranch in Park County, Colorado. Craig wears a western shirt and pants, a beaded belt, cowboy...
- Elk Falls Park Guest Ranch (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Roundup Riders of the Rockies (Colo.)--People--1950-1960.; Trail riding--Colorado--1950-1960.; Park County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Awards--Colorado--Park County--1950-1960.; Horseback...
- 1954 July
- Sioux Chief Iron Tail
- Sioux Chief Iron Tail stands in front of a teepee in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. He wears a feather headdress and a breastplate, possibly made from bone. He holds a long spear adorned with feathers in his left hand and holds his right...
- Dakota Indians--Clothing & dress--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1900-1910.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Iron Tail.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Cowboy trying to saddle horse
- A cowboy pulls on a saddle strap when his horse attempts to pull away from him in a dirt arena for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The man wears a cowboy hat and sheepskin chaps. A man stands in the left midground pulling on the horse's reins. A...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Cowboys--1900-1910.; Horses--1900-1910.; Saddles--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]