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- Zoroastr [sic] from the river, Grand Cañon, Ariz.
- View towards Zoroaster Point (or Temple) from Colorado River in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona.
- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1900-1910.; Grand Canyon (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; Zoroaster Temple (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; National parks & reserves--Arizona--Grand Canyon--1900- 1910.
- [between 1905 and 1910]
- Zig zag Bright Angel Trail, Grand Canon, Arizona
- Bright Angel Trail, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, with pack mules being walked down one of many switchbacks on dusty trail.
- Grand Canyon (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; Mules--Arizona--Grand Canyon--1900-1910.; Pack animals--Arizona--Grand Canyon--1900-1910.; Trails & paths--Arizona--Grand Canyon--1900-1910.
- [between 1905 and 1910]
- Zig Zag Bright Angel Trail, Grand Canõn, Arizona
- Hikers descend Bright Angel Trail with pack horses in Grand Canyon (later National Park), Arizona.
- Grand Canyon (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; Pack animals--Arizona--Grand Canyon--1900-1910.; Trails & paths--Arizona--Grand Canyon--1900-1910.
- [between 1905 and 1910]
- Yucca
- Close view of a blooming yucca plant, probably in Colorado; dirt road and mountains in background.
- Yucca--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Young Womans Christian Association Bldg, Denver
- Exterior view of Young Women's Christian Association (Y.W.C.A.) building, 18th (Eighteenth) Avenue and Sherman, Denver, Colorado; built in 1899, dedicated in 1900, and torn down in 1971; brick residences adjacent to both sides of building.
- Young Women's Christian associations--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Young cherry orchard, Morrisania Ranch, Grand Valley, Colo. Midland Ry.
- View of immature cherry orchard, Morrisania Ranch, Grand Valley, Garfield or Mesa County, Colorado, reached via Colorado Midland Railway; shows fruit trees and mesa in background.
- Grand Valley (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cherry orchards--Colorado--Grand Valley--1910-1920.; Ranches--Colorado--Grand Valley--1910-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [1911?]
- York Theater, Denver
- View of York Theater, 2221 Colfax Avenue, Denver, Colorado; shows a brick building with bracketed eaves, awnings, and signs: "Matinee Every Day," "York," "Vitagraph Presents the Broadway Star Feature - A Million... - Thursday," "4 Reels Today,"...
- York Theater (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Motion picture theaters--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1914 and 1919?]
- York St., Denver
- View of tree-lined York Street, Denver, Colorado; shows dirt street with cement curbs, sidewalks, hitching posts, corner of brick residence with column on right edge, and distant edge of McLellan Gate at 18th (Eighteenth) Avenue to City Park,...
- McLellan, William W.--Monuments.; City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Gates--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1920]
- Yarmony Creek Canon [sic], Moffat Road
- View of Denver & Salt Lake (formerly Denver, Northwestern & Pacific) passenger train number one entering tunnel, Yarmony Creek Canyon, Colorado, Moffat Road; after trestle, standard gauge crosses over creek (not in view) the track rounds bend,...
- Yarmony Creek (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--1900-1920.; Trestles--Colorado--1900-1920.; Tunnels--Colorado--1900-1920.; Denver and Salt Lake Railroad Company.
- [between 1907 and 1915]
- Yarmany [sic], Colo., Moffat Road
- Yarmony, Colorado located 20 miles west of Kremmling was end of line for Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway (later called Denver & Salt Lake) and construction camp for winter of 1907 and 1908 on the Moffat Road. Box cars used for offices,...
- Yarmony (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Colorado--Yarmony--1900-1910.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Yarmony--1900-1910.; Restaurants--Colorado--Yarmony--1900-1910.; Tents--Colorado--Yarmony--1900-1910.; Denver,...
- [1907 or 1908]
- Yarmany [sic], Colo., Moffat Road
- Yarmony, Colorado located 20 miles west of Kremmling was end of the line for Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway (later called Denver and Salt Lake) during winter of 1907 and 1908 on the Moffat Road. Construction camp, tents, lodging, store,...
- Yarmony (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Clotheslines--Colorado--Yarmony--1900-1910.; Laundry--Colorado--Yarmony--1900-1910.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Colorado--Yarmony--1900-1910.; Restaurants--Colorado--Yarmony--1900-1910.; Stores &...
- [1907 or 1908]
- Yankee Doodle Lake from Rollins Pass, Moffat Road
- Standard gauge railroad track looping around ice covered Yankee Doodle Lake; photographed from Rollins Pass on Moffat Road. Denver and Salt Lake Railroad, Colorado.
- Lakes & ponds--Colorado-- 1900-1930.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--1900-1930.; Denver and Salt Lake Railroad Company.; Rollins Pass (Colo.); Yankee Doodle Lake (Colo.)
- [between 1904 and 1925]
- Yankee Doodle Lake and James Peak, Moffat Road
- Three elevations of standard gauge railroad track seen on Moffat Road and looping around Yankee Doodle Lake, Colorado; includes James Peak in distance and retouched train exiting from Tunnel Number thirty-two, nicknamed Needle's Eye Tunnel. Denver,...
- Yankee Doodle, Lake (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--1900-1930.; Tunnels--Colorado--1900-1930.; Denver and Salt Lake Railroad Company.
- [1904?]
- Yankee Doodle Lake and James Peak, Moffat Road
- Right side of panorama shows two elevations of Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway tracks on the Moffat Road looping around Yankee Doodle Lake, Boulder County, Colorado; shows Tunnel number thirty- two (32, Needle's Eye Tunnel).
- Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway--1900-1910.; Yankee Doodle Lake (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--1900-1910.; Tunnels--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [1904?]
- Yankee Doodle Lake and James Peak, Moffat Road
- Left side of panorama shows two elevations of Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway tracks on the Moffat Road looping around Yankee Doodle Lake, Boulder County, Colorado; James Peak in distance.
- Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway--1900-1910.; James Peak (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Yankee Doodle Lake (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--1900-1910.; Tunnels--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [1904?]
- Yankee Doodle Lake and James Peak, Denver, Northwester [sic] & Pacific Ry., the Moffat Road
- Bird's eye view of Yankee Doodle Lake, James Peak, & Denver, Northwestern & Pacific Railway (later Denver & Salt Lake) retouched passenger train leaving "Needles Eye" tunnel, tunnel number 32, reached via Moffat Road, Colorado; standard gauge...
- James Peak (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Yankee Doodle Lake (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Railroads--Colorado--1900-1920.; Tunnels--Colorado--1900-1920.; Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway.
- [between 1904 and 1913]
- Yampa St., Craig, Colo.
- View down Yampa Avenue, Craig, Colorado; wooden frame & brick buildings, boardwalk, horse-drawn wagons & carriages; businesses on left include Bank of Craig, J.W. Hugus & Company (general merchandise), & Baker house; businesses on right include a...
- Craig (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Craig--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Craig--1910-1920.
- [between 1913 and 1915]
- Yacht race, Grand Lake
- View of yacht racing on Grand Lake, Colorado; partial view of Grand Lake, man in rowboat; forested mountain ridge.
- Grand Lake (Colo. : Lake)--1910-1920.; Grand Lake (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Grand Lake--1910-1920.; Yacht racing--Colorado--Grand Lake--1910-1920.
- [between 1912 and 1920]
- Y.M.C.A. House, School of Mines, Golden Colo.
- View of a house on the Colorado School of Mines campus, Jefferson County, Golden, Colorado; letters on the porch read: "Y.M.C.A.," a fountain with statue of a boy and goose is in the lawn.
- Colorado School of Mines--1910-1920.; Y.M.C.A. (Golden, Colo.)--Buildings--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Golden--1910-1920.; Young Men's Christian associations--Colorado--Golden--1910- 1920.
- [between 1912 and 1915]
- Y.M.C.A. Bldg., Denver
- Exterior view of Young Men's Christian Association (Y.M.C.A.) building, East 16th (Sixteenth) Avenue and Lincoln Street, Denver, Colorado; designed by architects Willis Adams Marean and Albert Julius Norton (Marean-Norton firm), built in 1907,...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Organizations' facilities--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Young Men's Christian associations--Colorado--Denver--1900- 1910.
- [between 1907 and 1910]
- World renowned [sic] loop, Denver, Northwestern & Pacific Ry., Moffat Road
- View of Denver, Northwestern & Pacific Railway (later Denver & Salt Lake) Hill Hell, "Loop", wooden trestle and tunnel number 33, Moffat Road, Colorado; passenger train crossing over trestle and another passenger train approaching tunnel; standard...
- Railroads--Colorado--1900-1920.; Trestles--Colorado--1900-1920.; Tunnels--Colorado--1900-1920.; Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway.
- [between 1904 and 1913]
- Workshop at Colorado School of Mines
- Interior view of a mining workshop at the Colorado School of Mines in Golden (Jefferson County), Colorado. Shows a large room with machinery, catwalks, a hopper and chute, work benches, light weight ore cars, and pipes.
- Colorado School of Mines--Facilities--1910-1920.; Golden (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Golden--1910-1920.; Machinery--Colorado--Golden--1910-1920.; Mine railroad cars--Colorado--Golden--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Golden--1910-1920.;...
- [between 1915 and 1920?]
- Working towards Elderado [sic] Springs on the Community Canal
- View of wagons and digging equipment in an irrigation trench (Community Ditch) at Eldorado Springs, Colorado; rocky walls of Eldorado Canyon in background.
- Community Ditch (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Eldorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Eldorado Springs--1900-1910.; Irrigation--Colorado--Eldorado Springs--1900-1910.; Machinery--Colorado--Eldorado Springs--1900-1910.
- November 21, 1908
- Working on the breast of a tunnel
- Underground mine shaft or tunnel somewhere in Colorado; miner at end of tunnel with sledge mallet or hammer driving a spike in rock wall; shovel and other long spikes stored at side, candle stuck in wall.
- Miners--Colorado--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1922]
- Woods Lake, Colo. Midland Ry.
- Wood's Lake, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; lake surrounded by mountains; summer resort with cabins and lodge on opposite shore, eight miles from Thomasville.
- Cabins--Colorado--1900-1920.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--1900-1920.; Lodges--Colorado--1900-1920.; Mountains--Colorado--1900-1920.; Resorts--Colorado--1900-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway.
- [between 1903 and 1919]
- Woods Lake, Colo. Midland Ry.
- Partial view of Woods Lake and Woods Lake Resort (a summer fishing resort), eight miles from Thomasville, Colorado, reached via Colorado Midland Railway; shows eight or more log cabins nestled near opposite shore of the pristine mountain lake.
- Thomasville (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Woods Lake (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Thomasville--1900-1920.; Log cabins--Colorado--Thomasville--1900-1920.; Resorts--Colorado--Thomasville--1900-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1903 and 1919]
- Woods Lake, Colo. Midland Ry.
- Partial view of Woods Lake and Woods Lake Resort (a summer fishing resort), eight miles from Thomasville, Colorado, reached via Colorado Midland Railway; shows boats on pristine mountain lake, over twelve log cabins, a split rail fence, stack of...
- Thomasville (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Woods Lake (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Thomasville--1900-1920.; Log cabins--Colorado--Thomasville--1900-1920.; Resorts--Colorado--Thomasville--1900-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1903 and 1919]
- Woodman of the World bldg., looking north on 15th St., Omaha, Neb.
- View of 15th (fifteenth) Street, Omaha (Douglas County) Nebraska, stone and brick buildings in a commercial business district; shows Woodman of the World building, men and women in street, horse-drawn wagon, streetcar tracks, and neon sign:...
- Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Co.--Buidlings--1890- 1910.; Omaha (Neb.)--1890-1910.; Buildings--Nebraska--Omaha--1890-1910.; Business districts--Nebraska--Omaha--1890-1910.
- [between 1895 and 1910?]
- Woodbury Branch Public Library
- Exterior of Woodbury Branch of Denver Public Library, West 33rd and Federal Boulevard, Highland Park, Denver, a one-story brick Renaissance villa with tile roof, arched windows, front balustrade with urns; named for Roger W. Woodbury.
- Denver Public Library. Woodbury Branch--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Libraries--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Woodbury, Roger Williams, 1841-1903--Monuments.
- [between 1913 and 1920]
- Woodbury Branch Public Library
- Interior of Woodbury Branch of Denver Public Library, West 33rd and Federal Boulevard, Highland Park, Denver, Colorado; one-story brick Renaissance villa; reading room features: high beamed ceiling with hanging globe lamps, large arched windows,...
- Denver Public Library. Woodbury Branch--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Libraries--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Woodbury, Roger Williams, 1841-1903--Monuments.
- [between 1913 and 1920]
- Wood's Lake, Colo. Midland Ry.
- Wood's Lake, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; summer resort with lodge and cabins on opposite shore; lake surrounded by snow covered mountains; eight miles from Thomasville.
- Cabins--Colorado--1900-1920.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--1900-1920.; Lodges--Colorado--1900-1920.; Mountains--Colorado--1900-1920.; Resorts--Colorado--1900-1920.; Snow--Colorado--1900-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway.
- [between 1903 and 1919]
- Wood's Lake
- Wood's Lake, Colorado reached via Colorado and Midland Railway, eight miles from Thomasville; man fishing in boat on lake surrounded by snowy mountains; summer resort with cabins, center left.
- Cabins--Colorado--1900-1920.; Fishing boats--Colorado--1900-1920.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--1900-1920.; Mountains--Colorado--1900-1920.; Resorts--Colorado--1900-1920.; Snow--Colorado--1900-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway.
- [between 1903 and 1919]
- Wood's Lake
- Wood's Lake, Colorado, reached via Colorado Midland Railway; shows summer resort with cabins and lodge across lake on opposite shore nestled in trees and lake surrounded by snow covered mountains. Location is eight miles from Thomasville.
- Cabins--Colorado--1900-1920.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--1900-1920.; Lodges--Colorado--1900-1920.; Mountains--Colorado--1900-1920.; Resorts--Colorado--1900-1920.; Snow--Colorado--1900-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway.
- [between 1903 and 1919]
- Wood-Morris-Bonfils residence
- The Helen Bonfils residence at 707 Washington Street, Denver, Colorado; features tile roof, lunette windows, formal terraced gardens, balustraded balconies and pergolas.
- Bonfils, Helen, 1889-1972--Homes & haunts.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1935?]
- Wood ladened burrow [sic]
- Two boys with a wood ladened burro stand between adobe structures, with a small cat at a doorway, possibly southern Colorado or New Mexico.
- Boys--1890-1930.; Donkeys--1890-1930.; Fuelwood--1890-1930.; Pack animals--1890-1930.
- [between 1890 and 1930?]
- Womans Club, Denver
- Denver Woman's Club building, Denver, Colorado, a three-story brick building with plaque at doorway entrance inscibed "Cleaves School, Expression & Acting" (possibly remodeled armory building on Glenarm between 14th and 15th). The club was founded...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Women--Societies and clubs--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Decker, Sarah Platt.; Woman's Club (Denver, Colo.)
- [between 1902 and 1910]
- Wolfe Hall, private school
- View of Wolfe Hall, on Clarkson Street, in Denver, Colorado, a stone parochial school building with weather vanes, turrets, a cross, and dormers.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Church schools--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1906?]
- Wolcott Private School, Denver
- View of Wolcott School, 1400 Marion Street, Denver, Colorado; shows a brick building with molding on cornice, arched windows, recessed entryway with pilasters, columns, balustrade, balconies and leaded glass windows. A bicycle is by a fire hydrant.
- Wolcott School (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Schools--Colorado--Denver--1900-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1930.
- [between 1900 and 1930?]
- Within the Portals of Hercules Pillars, Cheyenne Cañon
- View of Cheyenne Canyon, Colorado; shows rock walls and one lane dirt road.
- Canyons--Colorado--1890-1940.
- [between 1890 and 1935]
- Winter sport
- Three nordic skiers on a flat of a well-tracked slope with sparse treesin Colorado; two women dressed in skirts, jacket, sunglasses and hats use poles, a man in a stocking cap and jacket is without poles.
- Cross-country skiing--1930-1930.; Skiers--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1925]
- Winter sport
- Three nordic skiers on a flat of a well-tracked slope with sparse trees in Colorado; two women dressed in skirts, jacket, sunglasses and hats use poles, a man in a stocking cap and jacket is without poles.
- Cross-country skiing--1930-1930.; Skiers--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1925]
- Winter sport
- Three nordic skiers on a well-tracked slope with sparse trees; two women use poles and wear skirts, jackets, and hats; a man without poles wears a stocking cap and jacket.
- Cross-country skiing--1910-1930.; Skiers--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1925]
- Winter sport
- View of snowy slope and nordic skiers (two woman in skirts, jackets and hats on skis with poles; one man on skis without poles).
- Cross-country skiing--Colorado--1920-1930.; Skiers--Colorado--1920-1930.; Skiing--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1928]
- Winter emer [sic]
- Winter emmer (wheat) field, agriculture on eastern Colorado plains; farm in distant background includes house, barn, windmill, farm machinery, and a haystack.
- Croplands--Colorado--1920-1930.; Farms--Colorado--1920-1930.; Wheat--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [1921]
- Windy Point near summit of Pike's Peak
- View of Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway (also called Pikes Peak Cog Road) engine number six and passenger car on Windy Point (elevation 12,129 feet) near summit of Pikes Peak, Colorado. The engine was built by Baldwin in 1906, converted to coal...
- Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--1900-1920.; Railroad employees--Colorado--1900-1920.; Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company.
- [between 1906 and 1915]
- Windy Gap, Sulphur Springs, Moffat Road
- View of Hot Sulphur Springs, Colorado, Colorado River and Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway (later became Denver and Salt Lake) station taken from a point overlooking the river valley; shows standard gauge track and siding; identifiable...
- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1900-1910.; Hot Sulphur Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Hot Sulphur Springs--1900-1910.; Springs--Colorado--Hot Sulphur Springs--1900-1910.
- [1907?]
- Winding of the Platte River in South Park, Colo. Midland Ry.
- Hartsel, Colorado in South Park and South Fork of South Platte River viewed from Colorado Midland Railway; standard gauge tracks, water tower, train station, farm or ranch house and meanders; distant view of Rocky Mountains.
- Hartsel (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Farmhouses--Colorado--Hartsel--1890-1920.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Hartsel--1890-1920.; Rivers--Colorado--Hartsel--1890-1920.; Water towers--Colorado--Hartsel--1890-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway.
- [between 1890 and 1919]
- Williams Canon, Manitou Colo.
- View of dirt road winding through base of Williams Canyon, north of Manitou (later Manitou Springs), Colorado; shows steep canyon walls and switchback with guardrail.
- El Paso County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Williams Canyon (El Paso County, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Roads--Colorado--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Williams Canon, Manitou Colo.
- View from rim of Williams Canyon north of Manitou (later Manitou Springs), Colorado; shows Cave of the Winds building and parking lot with automobiles at west rim of canyon and dirt road with guardrails along side of steep canyon and at base.
- Cave of the Winds (COlo.)--Buildings--1910-1920.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Williams Canyon (El Paso County, Colo.)--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Williams Canon
- View from rim of Williams Canyon, north of Manitou (later Manitou Springs), Colorado.
- El Paso County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Williams Canyon (El Paso County, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Roads--Colorado--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]