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Throwback Thursday: Portraits of American Indians in Colorado

An old Denver studio's portraits of American Indians are now available in an online collection.
This photo depicts Southern Ute Chief Sapiah, also known as Buckskin Charley (Charlie), and his wife, To-Wee.

KUSA - An old Denver studio's portraits of American Indians are now available in an online collection, just in time for National American Indian Heritage Month.  

History Colorado recently finished processing the Rose & Hopkins photograph collection, which contains 87 studio portraits of Ute, Shoshone, Arapaho, Apache, and Pueblo American Indians.

This photo depicts Southern Ute Chief Sapiah, also known as Buckskin Charley (Charlie), and his wife, To-Wee.

The photographs were taken during Denver's Festival of Mountain and Plain between 1899 and 1900. 

The Rose & Hopkins photograph studio was located in the Tabor Block of Denver from 1896 to 1901.

The business owners, Benjamin S. Hopkins (1858-1915) and John K. Rose, were both Canadians who moved tin Colorado in 1881. Rose also operated the Rose & Company photograph studio in Denver.

Want to see more photos? The entire album is available to view at History Colorado's Collections Online at h-co.org/collections by searching "Rose & Hopkins."

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