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Curated Galleries

View of a covered patio in Denver, Colorado. Coffered ceilings, wrought iron lamps, couches, chairs, potted plants, and a tile floor comprise the decor. An open plaza is to the side.

Interior view of the Henry Viley Johnson residence in Denver, Colorado; decor includes a velvet couch with pillows, a mantle with mirror, and vase of peacock feathers.

Interior view at the Claude K. Boettcher residence, in Denver, Colorado; living room decor includes curved couches, chairs, an ottoman, glass tables, Corinthian capitols, a crystal chandelier, palms, and curtains.

Luxury Interiors of the West

Twelve young women stand in a line near a leafy bush and a rock wall in Eldorado Springs, Colorado. Each of the women has her right hand on the shoulder of the girl in front of her. A pennant flag with "Eldorado Spgs.," printed on it hangs from the waist belt of a girl.

Swimmers and onlookers are at the pool in Eldorado Springs, Colorado. A sign near the pool reads: "Warning Bathers Are Not Allowed To Use Pool Except When Life Guards Are On Duty."

Crowd of people gather around the swimming pool at the resort in Eldorado Springs, Colorado. South Boulder Creek is in the foreground and has a bridge over it. Other people walk from their cars towards the pool. A building with the sign "Grand View" is in the distance.

Pool Party In Eldorado Canyon

A woman poses outdoors near a shrub at her home in Denver, Colorado. She wears a long dress and a hat decorated with flowers.

Women hold drinks in glass bottles and, probably, fly a kite in their yard in Denver, Colorado. They wear long dresses.

Women pose on the base of a statue of Robert Burns in City Park, Denver, Colorado.

Denver Album (C Photo Album 188)

A prospector with a sledgehammer stands outside his chink and log cabin in Teller County, Colorado; shows a cast-iron stove outside the door of the cabin, a jug, broom, lunch pail, pans, cans, and a dog and her puppies under a table.

View of three of the twenty-eight domes in the ceiling of the Colorado Mineral Palace, Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Each dome is decorated with Colorado wildflowers.

A view a building with four porch entrances. The sandstone row house features towers, bays, porches, recessed porches, transom windows, arches, stone chimneys and a carriage portico.

Acclaimed Western Photographers ~ William Henry Jackson

View of a Native American (Ute) scouting party mounted on horseback as they cross the Los Pinos river, La Plata County, Colorado; three men have rifles, one a pistol; men wear moccasins, fringed leggings, blankets, shirts, and braided hair; some have feathers in their hair; all horses have bridles and saddles.

View, facing southeast, of ancient Native American (Anasazi) cliff dwellings before excavation on Chapin Mesa, Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, Colorado. The stone masonry and mud mortar Cliff Palace pueblo homes stand underneath a cliffside overhang. The cylindrical and square ruins have square and T-shaped door openings. Crumbled masonry litters the ground.

Native American (Cochiti) woman and a white boy stand in front of a pueblo wall and wire fence, Cochiti Pueblo, New Mexico. The woman carries a handcrafted pot on her head. She wears a print dress with a cloth belt and ruffled hem, and a shawl over her head. The boy wears a shirt and overalls.

Acclaimed Western Photographers ~ Horace S. Poley

Women pose on exercise equipment in front of a wall mirror at the cub house in the Green Mountain Townhomes complex in Lakewood, Colorado. One woman sits on an exercise bike, another sits on the edge of a roller massager.

Fireman George R. Schaeffer works on a tricycle in Denver, Colorado; a vise and lunch box are on the work bench.

Get on your bikes and ride!

Men pose with a mother and her child, probably in Colorado.

Close-up view of flowers, a bouquet of Colorado Columbines (Blue Columbine, Colorado Blue Columbine, Rocky Mountain Columbine), arranged in a stein on a table. Some blossoms are displayed on the table next to the bouquet.

Portrait of a Native American (Crow) woman holding a baby in her lap. She sits on a buffalo hide and wears moccasins, a blanket around her waist, and a shirt decorated with shells or possibly elk teeth. The infant is wrapped in a blanket.

Happy Mother's Day

Shows a young man and woman dressed in Aztec costumes for a production presented by Fiesta Alegre de Denver and sponsored by El Centro Cultural. The man wears a feathered head piece, and carrys a shield. The woman wears a decorated bodice with fringe and a headband.

A young Mexican American boy in an Aztec dance costume dances. He wears a smock with decorative trim, a headdress with feathers and he holds an arch of paper flowers.

Members of a Chicano theater group identified as the National Chicano Theater, directed by Enrique Montano, pose on a rise looking over the skyline of Denver, Colorado. They lean against or stand near two automobiles from the 1940's. The men are dressed as Zoot suiters and the women wear vintage style dresses and skirts and blouses. Two men wear long jackets, pegged pants, long chains and hats.

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