Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Zuni women
- Native American (Pueblo Zuni) women pose outdoors in New Mexico. They wear wrapped boot moccasins, fringed shirts, squash blossom necklaces with naja pendants, and feather headdresses. Other women pose with water jars balanced on their heads.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--1890-1910.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--1890-1910.; Zuni Indians--New Mexico--1890-1910.; Headdresses--New Mexico--1890-1910.; Clothing & dress--New Mexico--1890-1910.; Women--New Mexico--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Zuni Pueblo man
- A Native American (Pueblo, Zuni) man poses with a cane and staff near adobe cluster homes at Zuni Pueblo, New Mexico. He wears a blanket, bead necklaces, and headband.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Zuni--1870-1880.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Zuni--1870-1880.; Zuni Indians--New Mexico--Zuni--1870-1880.; Zuni (N.M.)--1870-1880.; Clothing & dress--New Mexico--Zuni--1870-1880.; Staffs (Sticks)--New...
- 1873
- Zudora Blakey, Jean Moore, Annie is the dog
- Two African American girls, Zudora Blakey and Jean Moore, pose with a dog (Annie) probably on the grounds of Camp Nizhoni in Lincoln Hills (Gilpin County), Colorado. Zudora wears a play-suit outfit; Jean wears coveralls and holds the dog.
- Camp Nizhoni (Colo.)--People--1920-1930.; Young Women's Christian Association (Denver, Colo.). Phyllis Wheatley Branch--People--1920-1930.; African Americans--Colorado--Lincoln Hills--1920-1930.; Lincoln Hills (Colo.)--1920-1930.;...
- [between 1929 and 1930]
- Zouaves group
- A group of Zouaves poses in front of a backdrop with a landscape scene painted on it for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The costume the men wear, including red, baggy pants, gold-braided blue vests and red fez hats, was reportedly derived from the...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Zouaves--Clothing & dress.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1897?]
- Zion Baptist Church Denver Colo. 4th Anniversary of Rev. W. H. Young as pastor
- Panoramic view of African American (Black) men, women, boys and girls, members of Zion Baptist Church, who pose outdoors in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Members of the choir pose in robes near the church door.
- Zion Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Baptist churches--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Choirs...
- 1938 October 30
- Zerelda Samuel at Jesse James' grave
- Zerelda Samuel, mother of Jesse and Frank James, poses by the grave marker of Jesse James, in Kearney (Clay County), Missouri. Inscription reads: "Jesse W. James, died April 13, 1889 aged 34 yrs, 6 mos., 28 days." Conch shells and a glass insulator...
- Kearney (Mo.)--1890-1900.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Missouri--Kearney--1890-1900.; Women--Missouri--Kearney--1890-1900.; James, Jesse, 1847-1882--Tomb.; Samuel, Zerelda 1825-1911.
- 1895 April 13th
- Zerelda Samuel
- Zerelda Samuel, mother of Jesse and Frank James, sits by her house in Kearney (Clay County), Missouri. Vines grow on the covered porch.
- Kearney (Mo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Missouri--Kearney--1890-1900.; Women--Missouri--Kearney--1890-1900.; James, Frank, 1844-1915--Homes & haunts.; James, Jesse, 1847-1882--Homes & haunts.; Samuel, Zerelda 1825-1911.
- 1895 April 13th
- Zamora family
- Two men and a boy pose outside an adobe house in Zamora (Las Animas County), Colorado. They are identified left to right as: Feliz Nabor Zamora, an elderly man, he wears a shirt, jeans and round, wide brimmed hat and has a mustache. Jose Placido...
- Hispanic Americans--1900-1910.; Mexican Americans--1900-1910.; Zamora (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Group portraits.; Boys.; Older people.; Zamora, Feliz Nabor, 1852-1915--Pictorial works.; Zamora, José Plácido, 1892-1955--Pictorial works.;...
- [ca 1900?]
- Yvonne; It won't bite, Sherman
- Yvonne Belle and Earl Sherman, two African American children pose together. Yvonne wears a dress and has a bow in her hair. Earl Sherman wears short pants and a long-sleeve shirt.
- African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Children--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Belle, Yvonne.; Sherman, Earl.
- [between 1929 and 1930]
- Yusef Karouma University of Boulder teacher in Graduate School
- Portrait of Lauren R. Watson (Yusef Karouma), an African American and member of the Black Panther Party, in (probably) Boulder, Colorado. He wears wire rim glasses and speaks into a microphone.
- Black Panther Party--People--1960-1970.; African Americans--Colorado--Boulder--1960-1970.; Boulder (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Activists--Colorado--Boulder--1960-1970.; Watson, Lauren R.
- 1969 March 6
- Young women
- Group studio view of eleven young women in dark dresses with lace collars, puffed sleeves, and gathered or ruche bodices. They wear their hair pulled back with curled bangs. They are identified as : "top. Mamie Oleson, Minnie Woodward, Bertha...
- Women--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1899?]
- Young woman
- Portrait of a teenage Native American girl; she wears a factory made blanket with fringe.
- Indians of North America--1900-1920.; Blankets--1900-1920.; Girls--1900-1920.; Teenagers--1900-1920.; Rodman Wanamaker Expedition.
- [between 1908 and 1913]
- Young men seated beneath a tree
- A group of young men, possibly with the Sells Floto Circus and Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, sit on grass in the woods. They wear suit coats, ties and hats.
- Men--1910-1920.; Teenagers--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1917?]
- Young men
- Studio portrait of a group of teenage men in suits, ties and caps, probably members of the Sells Floto Circus and Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Company--People--1910-1920.; Sells Floto Circus--People--1910-1920.; Men--1910-1920.; Teenagers--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Young man with rifle
- A young man with a rifle, in front of the Ludlow Saloon, wears a kerchief in support of coal miners during the UMW labor strike against CF&I, in Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Miners' strikes--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.;...
- 1913 or 1914
- Young man with rifle
- A young man in a suit and tie holds a rifle in support of coal miners during the UMW labor strike against CF&I in Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Miners' strikes--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.
- 1913 or 1914
- Young Man Afraid of His Horses, Dakota, seated, profile on oval frame
- Head and shoulders profile of Young Man Afraid of His Horses, Dakota male, holding a bird feather.
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Young Man Afraid of his Horses.; Dakota Indians.; Indians of North America--Portraits.
- [188-?]
- Young Man Afraid of His Horses, Dakota, seated, holding wing of a bird
- Head and shoulders portrait, in oval frame, of Young Man Afraid of His Horses, Dakota male, holding bird's wing.
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Young Man Afraid of his Horses.; Dakota Indians.; Indians of North America--Portraits.
- [188-?]
- Young Man Afraid of His Horses, Dakota, seated wearing a cross ornament
- Seated studio portrait, 3/4 length, of Young Man Afraid of His Horses, Dakota male, wearing a large cross ornament and earrings and holding a peace pipe.
- Calumets.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Young Man Afraid of his Horses.; Dakota Indians.; Indians of North America--Portraits.
- [188-?]
- Young Man Afraid of His Horses, Dakota, holding wing of a bird
- Head and shoulders seated studio portrait of Young Man Afraid of His Horses, Dakota male, holding bird wing.
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Young Man Afraid of his Horses.; Dakota Indians.; Indians of North America--Portraits.
- [188-?]
- Young Man Afraid of His [Horses], Pine Ridge, Sioux Chief
- Full length studio portrait of Young Man Afraid of His Horses, Dakota male, standing in front of backdrop, holding peace pipe and wearing cross ornament.
- Calumets.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Young Man Afraid of his Horses.; Dakota Indians.; Indians of North America--Portraits.
- [188-?]
- Young Ladies Sodality meeting St. Cajetan's Catholic Church.
- Members of the Young Ladies Sodality pose for a group portrait in at St. Cajetan's Catholic Church, 1190 Ninth (9th) Street, in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. They are identified as: back row: Ida Navarez, Marion Salas, Magdalena...
- St. Cajetan's Church (Auraria, Denver, Colo.)--People--1950-1960.; Catholic churches.; Interiors.; Teenagers.; St. Cajetan's Church (Auraria, Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Confraternities--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- 1951
- Young Jewish newsboy
- A boy in a felt hat and overalls holds flowers and a copy of the Denver Times, and he poses in front of a building in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver Times--People--1900-1920.; Jews--Children--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Newspaper carriers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Newspapers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1902 and 1913?]
- Young Chief Joseph
- Reproduction of a portrait drawing of Chief Joseph, In-mut-too-yah-lat-lat (Thunder coming up over the land from the water) Native America Nez Perce, wearing a plaid shirt, necklaces and fur tail in his hair.
- Joseph, Nez Percé Chief, 1840-1904.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Nez Percé Indians--1880-1890.; Tribal chiefs--1880-1890.
- [1884?]
- York Food Market, fruit basket
- A woman poses with a basket of apples and grapes at the York Food Mart at 2021 East Colfax Avenue in Denver, Colorado. She wears a hat with feathers and a veil.
- Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Fruit--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Markets--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Publicity--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Yellow Creek round up
- Cowboys sit on horses and pose in a row near Yellow Creek in Rio Blanco County, Colorado. The men wear cowboy hats, vests, and boots and carry lariats. A herd of steer is on a hillside behind men on horses.
- Rio Blanco County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cattle herding--Colorado--Rio Blanco County--1910-1920.; Cowboys--Colorado--Rio Blanco County--1910-1920.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Rio Blanco County--1910-1920.
- 1911
- Yellow Calf Chief of Arapahoes
- Portrait (sitting) of Yellow Calf, a Native American (Arapaho) man. He holds a bow and arrows and wears a quill-work bandolier, beaded necklace, and feather headdress.
- Arapaho Indians--1880-1900.; Bow and arrow--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Headdresses--1880-1900.; Clothing & dress--1880-1900.; Yellow Calf.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Yellow Calf Chief of Arapahoes
- Yellow Calf, a Native American (Arapaho) man poses outdoors near a tepee. He holds a bow and arrows and wears beaded moccasins, leggings, a bandolier, necklace, and feather headdress.
- Arapaho Indians--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Headdresses--1880-1900.; Tribal chiefs--1880-1900.; Yellow Calf.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Yellow Calf Chief of Arapahoe
- Portrait of Yellow Calf, a Native American (Arapahoe) man. He holds a bow and arrows and wears a quill-work bandolier, necklace, and feather headdress.
- Arapaho Indians--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Headdresses--1880-1900.; Tribal chiefs--1880-1900.; Yellow Calf.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Yellow Calf
- Portrait of Yellow Calf, a Native American (Arapaho) man. He holds a bow and arrows and wears a quill-work bandolier, necklace, and feather headdress.
- Arapaho Indians--1880-1900.; Bow and arrow--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Headdresses--1880-1900.; Clothing & dress--1880-1900.; Yellow Calf.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Yellow Bird
- Full length studio portrait of Yellow Bird, a Dakota male, wearing fur piece, robe and beads. Yellow Bird stands in front of ornate backdrop, next to carved bench.
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Yellow Bird.; Dakota Indians.; Indians of North America--Portraits.
- [188-?]
- Yale Glee Club
- Portrait of the Yale Glee Club visiting Manitou Springs, Colorado; shows men posing on the porch at the Cliff House. Costume includes morning coats, bowler, Homburg and duster hats, winged collars and ties. One wears a striped silk cravat.
- Music--Societies, etc.--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880- 1890.; Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Singers--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1890.; Cliff House (Manitou Springs, Colo.)
- January, 1889
- Yale 1911 at Trinity Texas
- Group portrait of Yale college men by camp tents in Trinity (Trinity County), Texas; they are identified as Bishop, Watzek, Dwight, Chandler, Jeffers, Bushnell, Stadtmiller, Newins, Spencer, Hastings, F. R. Mason, A. F. March, Walker, Hazard, Moss,...
- Yale University--People--1910-1920.; Trinity (Tex.)--1910-1920.; Camping--Texas--Trinity--1910-1920.; Students--Texas--Trinity--1910-1920.
- 1911?
- Y.W.C.A. baby health check
- Women have their infants weighed for a health check at the Y.W.C.A. in Denver, Colorado. One woman holds her baby in her arms. Posters on an interior wall read: "YWCA Community Service - Three Boarding Homes, Business Girls, Young Employed Girls,...
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Infants--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Young Women's Christian associations--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Y M C A football team
- Studio portrait of Black members of probably the Denver Y. M. C. A. football team who include Clarence F. Holmes (top row right) and William E. Parks (top row left). They pose with a pennant and football. They wear sweaters and padded pants.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Football players--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Holmes, Clarence F., 1892-1978.; Parks, William E.
- [between 1910 and 1917?]
- Wyman School, Denver, Colo.
- Wyman School class portrait in Denver, Colorado. Students are identified as: Harry Ingle, Fred Bellmar, Katherine McA., George Curtis, Rose Weiss, Rosebud Homer, Blanchard Shaw, Louise Riedel, Belle Pratt, Josephine Cooper, John Keefe, Marjorie...
- Wyman School (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; School children--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Schools--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- June 1917
- Wray High School Jr. Band, 1st prize
- The Wray High School Junior Band poses in an outdoor stadium, in Denver, Colorado, in uniforms and holding tubas, drums, saxophones, clarionets, horns and batons.
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Band uniforms--Colorado--Wray--1930-1940.; Marching bands--Colorado--Wray--1930-1940.
- August 28, 1939
- Workmen who built home sitting on porch
- Workmen pose at Wolhurst, in Littleton, Colorado. They wear aprons, straw and bowler hats, bib overalls, and suspenders. The third man from the right (front row) is identified as Eustis Morton Jones. The two- story house has slab siding, a shed...
- Wolcott, Edward Olive, 1848-1905--Homes & haunts.; Littleton (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Construction workers--Colorado--Littleton--1890-1900.; Estates--Colorado--Littleton--1890-1900.; Jones, Eustis Morton.
- 1890
- Woodie Fisher Hose Co. No. 1
- Firemen, in uniform, pose in front of the Hughes Block, a brick building with windows set in an arched facade, an outside staircase, and a covered porch, on Lawrence Street between 14th (Fourteenth) and 15th (Fifteenth) Streets, in Denver,...
- Denver (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.
- 1872
- Women's party
- Women pose in dresses, men's suits and bowler hats. Two have cigars.
- Cross dressing--1900-1920.; Smoking--1900-1920.; Women--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Women's Christian Temperance Union political rally
- Members of the Women's Christian Temperance Union gather for a political rally. They hold banners reading: "W.C.T.U. For Dry Candidates," "Dry-Clean Smith With a Hoover," "Hold Fast America, Dist. No. 2, Western Slope," "19th District, W.C.T.U."...
- Women's Christian Temperance Union--1920-1930.; Banners--1920-1930.; Boys--1920-1930.; Political parades & rallies--1920-1930.; Public service organizations--1920-1930.; Temperance--1920-1930.; Women--1920-1930.
- 1928 October
- Women's Christian Temperance Union members
- Adrianna Hungerford, president of the Women's Christian Temperance Union stands next to Jennie Cates, long time Women's Christian Temperance Union member. Adrianna Hungerford wears a dark colored dress, prominent broach, and velvet choker. Jennie...
- Women's Christian Temperance Union--People--1940-1950.; Public service organizations--Colorado--1940-1950.; Temperance--Colorado--1940-1950.; Women--Colorado--1940-1950.; Cates, Jennie.; Hungerford, Adrianna.
- 1940 June 28
- Women's Christian Temperance Union convention
- Six members of the Women's Christian Temperance Union pose outside the First Presbyterian Church at 131 N. Nevada Street in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. Participants include: Sarah I. Rounds, Nina Bear, Lillian Michener, Adrianna...
- Women's Christian Temperance Union--1930-1940.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Meetings--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1930-1940.; Public service organizations--1930-1940.; Temperance--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1930-1940.;...
- 1934
- Women's Christian Temperance Union convention
- Officers of the Women's Christian Temperance Union pose at the annual convention in Pueblo, Colorado. A few of the members identified include: Anna E. Keenan, Adrianna Hungerford, and Marie B. Nichols.
- Women's Christian Temperance Union--1920-1930.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Public service organizations--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Temperance--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Women--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.
- 1928, October
- Women's Christian Temperance Union buys war bonds
- Nina Bear, treasurer of the Colorado Women's Christian Temperance Union hands a check to Louis M. Montania, administrator of the United States War Bonds Office. In return he hands her an envelope of war bonds. Bertha Teller sits at a table with her...
- Colorado Women's Christian Temperance Union--People--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Public service organizations--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Temperance--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- 1942 April 22
- Women's Christian Temperance Union
- Five executive board members of the Women's Christian Temperance Union of Colorado pose near a desk. A woman identified as Mrs. Henry Bruce Teller is seated at a desk and holds papers in her hands. Other board members include: Grace C. Morey, in a...
- Women's Christian Temperance Union of Colorado--People--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Public service organizations--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Temperance--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- 1942 December 29
- Women, Auraria neighborhood, Denver
- Three women stand together outside a building in the Auraria neighborhood in Denver, Colorado. They are identified left to right: Josephine Montoya, Ms. Rivera, an older woman with gray hair, and Mary Baca.
- Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1940-1950.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1940-1950.; Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Older people.; Women.; Baca, Mary--Pictorial works.; Montoya, Josephine--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- [1942]
- Women students dancing
- Unidentified dance two-by-two at the San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts in San Luis (Conejos County), Colorado. The couples are in a line and one woman in each couple has her arm over her partners shoulders and holds her hand.
- San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts--People--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; San Luis (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Students.; Women.; Dance.; Interiors.; San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- [1953]
- Women spinning wool
- Hispanic American women, hand spin wool in probably Southern Colorado. The women hold wood spindles and saucers and sit on a wooden bench.
- United States. Work Projects Administration. Colorado.--1930-1950.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1930-1950.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1930-1950.; Spinning--Colorado--1930-1950.; Women--Colorado--1930-1950.
- [between 1933 and 1944?]
- Women pose in creek bed beside bridge
- Women stand in a row on rocks in a creek bed and lean on a log bridge. They wear bonnets or straw hats with decorative flowers, long skirts with pleats. One woman wears a lacy apron over a dress, another poses with her fingers curled around her...
- Bridges--1890-1910.; Women--1890-1910.; Brown, Secil Taylor.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]