Curated Galleries

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.

Feliz Cinco de Mayo

Earth Day

People crowd the 16th (Sixteenth) Street entrance of the Tabor Theater in Denver, Colorado. The marquee reads: "Joel McCrea and Wanda Hendrix on the Stage, World Premiere of Saddle Tramp."

A man and woman eat sandwiches in (probably) Denver, Colorado; a baby hangs in a canvas baby carrier (cradleboard) from a hook on the wall.

A teenage newspaper delivery boy, with a "Denver Post" newspaper bag, walks down stairs in Estes Park (Larimer County), Colorado; a Newfoundland dog is with him.

Acclaimed Western Photographers ~ Lloyd Rule

At the Gates Rubber Company's May Day celebration, several women in matching costumes, with headbands and ballet shoes, hold long ribbons attached to a Maypole. The May Day queen sits on a stage with a crown and a bouquet of flowers; John Gates stands behind her to the right. Shows interior with wall planters, sectional ceiling, and wood floor, Denver, Colorado.

Photograph of Adolph Mitterer, as he is crowned the winner of a "Beauty Contest" held at West High School in Denver, Colorado. Juanita Burke, another student at the school puts a paper crown on his head. Burke is standing on a small wooden barrel and step stool to place the crown. Mitterer is wearing a floral blouse, long black skirt and army boots.

The Hulett Rodeo Queen and her lady in waiting pose on horseback at the Hulett Rodeo in Hulett (Crook County), Wyoming.

Unique Queens

Four Native American women, including Louise Kumkumpoo Qumqmtpu, Agate Ogden Finley, Mrs. Latati and Agnes Incashola, pose with two small children on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana. The women all wear their hair in braids. Their dresses are made from floral and checkered patterned materials. Each of them also wears several necklaces around her neck. Three of the women hold patterned, wool blankets. A long, wood building is in the left background.

Antoine Ninamee and Loma Charlemain, two Native American boys on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana, sit near a creek. The young man in the foreground wears a loincloth and squats down next to the creek scooping water into his hands. The other young man sits in the left background near a pile of clothing. He wears his hair in braids. Numerous trees stand along the creek.

Red Horn and Antoine

Acclaimed Western Photographers ~ Edward H. Boos

A.D. Breed, Eben Smith, Wm. Bryant

View of Echo Lake near Mount Evans in Clear Creek County, Colorado; pine forest and narrow beaches surround the water. Cumulus clouds top snow dotted mountain peaks in the distance.

An unidentified woman sits on a large boulder near Long Lake west of Ward in Boulder County, Colorado. Additional smaller boulders are also in the foreground. Tall pine trees stand along the shore of the lake in the background. A ridge of mountains is in the distance.

Acclaimed Western Photographers ~ Donald Kemp

Elitch's Gardens

Luna Park Steamboat "frolic" Denver, CO

Jonas Bros Furs

Post cards

DPL Archives Michael Graves photo by William Taylor

DPL Archives Michael Graves March 1995

DPL Archives Western History drawings

Remembering Michael Graves