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Curated Galleries

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

Portrait of John Kernan Mullen, Denver, Colorado business man and philanthropist, in a tuxedo and black tie.

Studio bust portrait of Catherine Smith Mullen (Mrs. John Kernan Mullen) in a lace blouse and dress with a banded collar and a necklace. Mrs. Mullen has short, wavy hair.

View of the John Kernan Mullen house at Lawrence and 9th (Ninth) Streets in the Auraria neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The two-story brick house has a hip roof, chimneys, and covered porches.

J.K. Mullen

View of a heavy snowfall on Sixth (6th, Alpine) Street in Georgetown, Colorado. The Spruance Building and Kneisel-Curtis-Seifeld building are on the south side of the street. Five men ride large horses; five men stand (wearing heavy coats and hats) surrounded by piles of snow.

View of a nude woman sculpted from snow during the snowstorm of 1913 in Denver, Colorado.

Pedestrians trudge through snow on Welton and Sixteenth (16th) streets in the snowstorm of 1913 in Denver, Colorado. Shows a Denver City Tramway trolley car and snow-laden electrical wires, lamp posts and buildings. The Daniels and Fisher building is in the distance.

The biggest snowstorm in Denver history, 1913

St. Patrick's Day 2015

St. Patrick's Day Denver Times Coverage 1910

St. Patrick's Day Denver Times Coverage 1902

Colorado and the Irish - A Match Made in Heaven