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Happy Mother's Day

Because without them, we wouldn't be here!

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.

Studio portrait of Margaret "Molly" Tobin Brown, her son, Lawrence Palmer Brown, and her sister, Catherine Ellen "Hellen" Brown Benziger in Leadville, Colorado.

A family picnic in an unidentified park, Colorado, includes, "from left to right: Mrs. Knapp (Julia's mother), Hazel (Rhoads) Gates, Charles C. Gates, Harry F., Addie, and Julia (Knapp) Rhoads." Each person holds a corn cob to their mouth.

A woman in an armchair holds a baby.

A mother walks with her son and daughter near the theater at Elitch Gardens in the West Highland neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. A sign on the theater reads: "Elitch Gardens' Players Theatre Change of Play Weekly."

Studio portrait of a woman (seated), a girl( standing) in front of a prop balustrade and potted plant. The girl holds a doll and wears a pleated skirt and a long top with a lace collar and a bow at the waist, her hair is in ringlets and she has a cord around her neck with a pendant. The woman wears a long dress with a crocheted collar and a pin, Her hair is in a bun.

A mother in a dark dress poses for a family portrait with her five young children, Silver Plume, Clear Creek County, Colorado. Four of the children are girls in light colored dresses, one is a boy with a light colored shirt, dark pants, and a large bow-tie.

A woman and a boy, Doug Ellis, sit on a porch bench at 1172 Gaylord Street in Denver, Colorado.

A woman in a gingham dress with puffed shoulders poses with a boy and girl, probably in Colorado.

Annie Colliere, a Native American (Plains) woman, poses outdoors with three children. She holds a baby wrapped in a blanket; one of the children wears a bonnet; the other has her head covered by the baby's blanket. A brush shelter and trees are in the distance.

Studio portrait of Frances (Fannie) A. Moffat (nee Buckout), and her daughter, Marcia Moffat (later McClurg).

Seated outdoor portrait of a Native American (Apache) young woman and child. The woman wears a painted and fringed buckskin poncho over a print dress. She holds the small girl on her lap, her hands are placed in front of the child and hold a woven tray basket.

Mrs. Harry M. (Sade) Rhoads, and her daughters Mary Elizabeth and Harriet, pose with a tricycle outside the family home at 642 Logan Street, Denver, Colorado.

Studio portrait (sitting) of Native Americans (Chiricahua Apache) Gazie and her two children.

A studio portrait of Elizabeth Minerva Byers (Mrs. William N. Byers) and her daughter Mary (later Mary Byers Robinson). Mrs. Byers wear a dark dress and a brooch, her daughter wears a checked off the shoulder dress.

Sitting studio portrait of Beautiful Hill, a Native American (Plains) woman, and Village Maker, a Omaha boy. The woman wears a dark dress with shoulder conchos, bead necklaces, a choker, and earrings. The child, standing next to her, wears leggings, a shirt, and bead and shell necklaces.

Studio portrait (sitting) of a Native American (Navajo) mother and child. The baby is in a cradleboard. The mother wears necklaces and silver bracelets.

A woman stands near a cannon and boosts a young boy into the muzzle. Another woman and two children stand nearby. The cannon is heavily marked with initials.

A Native American (Navajo) woman poses outdoors with her twin children. They sit near a wagon.

Mrs. John Baird and sons, John (8) and Michael (7), put books in a return slot at the Denver Public Library in the Civic Center neighborhood of Denver, Colorado.

A Native American (Navajo) woman poses with a child in a cradleboard on her back. The woman wears a blanket.

Native American (Hopi) woman leans over and stands up a large baby with her hands under his arms, Oraibi Pueblo, Arizona.

Interior view of a living room at the Gates' home in Denver, Colorado with (probably) Hazel Gates and her three daughters on a slide. Shows: fireplace, lamps, and a child's wicker chair.

A Native American (Navajo) woman and children pose on horseback near an earthen hogan.

Family portrait with grandparents, and a mother and son, probably Doug Ellis, seated on a porch bench, probably in Denver, Colorado.

Mrs. Charles (Hazel LaDora Rhoads) Gates and her newborn baby in Denver, Colorado; a nurse holds the baby next to the bed.

A Pumpkin Pie Day Parade float pauses on a street, Longmont, Colorado. Hattie Secor, Martha Donova, Louise Boynton and Harriet Smith sit in the carriage elaborately decorated with flowers. They wear white dresses and hold parasols with ruffles. Rudy Garner, the driver in a top hat, holds the reins of the horse.

View of a Native American woman and child by the Little Big Horn River probably in Big Horn County, Montana. The mother wears moccasins and a cloth wrap; the child is naked.

A woman reads a book titled "Living with Children" in the Homemakers' Alcove at the Denver Public Library at Colfax Avenue and Bannock Street in the Civic Center neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Her baby boy sits on the table and plays with a bound volume of Parents' Magazine.

Studio portrait of Elizabeth Bonduel Lillie Tabor (daughter of Horace and Baby Doe Tabor), with cut flowers.

Group studio portrait of Adolph Joseph Zang Family; seated, left to right: mother (Wilhelmina "Minnie" Louise Vogt) and youngest daughter (Louise) sharing chair, father (Adolph Joseph Zang); standing, left to right: middle daughter (Minnie Elizabeth), eldest son (Philip Adolph II), youngest son (Adolph Frank), and eldest daughter (Gertrude). Two chairs are wicker; background is bricked corner at left, three doors center and right; wood plank flooring.

Mae Woodward, Frank Woodward's wife, holds onto her son by his clothes probably in Colorado. A man and a woman stand nearby.

Close-up view of flowers, probably Thimblewee (Candle Anemone), in a field or on the plains in Colorado. The plant has cup shaped blossoms on long stalks, and fan shaped leaves low to the ground.

Text and annotations on album page read: "[ARL-88] Mother at 24; a friend, [ARL-89] The Family: Me at 7 yrs., Mother, Dad." The photographic prints on album page show: Sarah Garrett and friend, two African American women; Marie Anderson (later Marie L. Greenwood), an African American girl and her parents, Joseph and Sarah Anderson.

Mae Woodward poses in a hammock outdoors with her children probably in Colorado. She wears a hat decorated with feathers.

Close-up view of a flowering plant, probably an aster or daisy, in a field in Colorado. Stems and leaves are hairy and unopened blossoms face downward. The flowers have many lance shaped petals around dark, slightly rounded centers.