Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Wild West Show rehearsal
- Members of the cast of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show pose in a dirt arena during a rehearsal for the show. The group includes Native American men wearing feather headdresses and carrying long spears adorned with feathers. Also in the group are a...
- Cossacks--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Cavalry--1900-1910.; Rehearsals--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Wild West Show rehearsal
- Two Native American women stand near a tent in a dirt arena for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. A small child kneels on the ground near the woman in the left midground. A horse stands in the left midground with two logs forming a wagon behind it. A...
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Wild West Show water wagon
- A man stands in the right foreground holding the ropes of three horses drinking or eating from a wood trough. The man is a member of the staff of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. A large group of children is gathered in the left midground near...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Children--1900-1910.; Horses--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- William F. Cody
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody poses for a three-quarter length studio portrait wearing a wool overcoat over a dark suit with a long jacket. He holds his hands behind his back. The front brim of his hat, probably a Stetson, is curved...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Entertainers--1880-1890.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1889?]
- William Ghost Dog and his wife Susie and two papooses
- Studio portrait of William Ghost Dog, a North American Indian (Sioux), his wife Susie and his son and baby. William Ghost Dog wears a feather headdress, a hair pipe breast plate, and beaded moccasins. His wife wears a long dress decorated with elk...
- Dakota Indians.; Indians of North America.--1920-1930.; Boys.; Clothing & dress.; Families.; Headdresses.; Ponies.; Riding.; Women.; Ghost Dog, Susie.; Ghost Dog, William.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- William Gist Stirman
- Studio bust portrait of William Gist Stirman, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Stirman's hair is parted on the side and brushed back. He wears a coat, a vest, a shirt with an upright collar and a necktie.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Stirman, William Gist.; Denver High School--People--1890-1900.; Denver Public Schools--People--1890-1900.
- 1895
- William H. Keough
- Studio bust portrait of William Henry Keough, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Keough wears his hair parted to the side and brushed back. He wears a morning coat, a white bow tie and a shirt with a band collar.
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Keough, William H. (William Henry); Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1885
- William Herbert Rothwell
- Studio portrait of William Herbert Rothwell, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Rothwell later became a boxer and was known by the name Young Corbett. His hair is parted in the middle, and his bangs are brushed back. He wears a...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Corbett, Young, 1880-1927.; Denver High School--People--1890-1900.; Denver Public Schools--People--1890-1900.
- 1895
- William N. Byers
- Studio portrait of William Newton Byers, Denver journalist, founder of the Rocky Mountain News, civic leader, president of Festival of Mountain and Plain, and postmaster.
- Business people--1880-1890.; Journalists--1880-1890.; Byers, William Newton, 1831-1903.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- William N. Byers with friend, Ferndale, Colorado
- William N. Byers, founder of the Rocky Mountain News, Denver civic leader and postmaster, and Mrs. W.H. Wolfersberger stand in brush and wave handkerchiefs in Ferndale (Jefferson County), Colorado.
- Ferndale (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business people--Colorado--Ferndale--1880-1890.; Journalists--Colorado--Ferndale--1880-1890.; Women--Colorado--Ferndale--1880-1890.; Byers, William Newton, 1831-1903.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- William Percival Nash
- Studio bust portrait of William Percival Nash, senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Nash's hair is parted to the side and brushed back. He wears a wool coat, a shirt with an upright collar, and a necktie with a marbled pattern, affixed...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Nash, William Percival.; Denver High School--People--1890-1900.; Denver Public Schools--People--1890-1900.
- 1897
- William Van Derveer Hodges
- Studio bust portrait of William Van Derveer Hodges, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Hodges' hair is parted on the side and brushed back. He wears a coat, a vest, and a light colored neck tie.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Hodges, William Van Derveer.; Denver High School--People--1890-1900.; Denver Public Schools--People--1890-1900.
- 1895
- Willie E. Prindle
- Studio portrait (sitting) of a young woman, Willie Prindle. She wears a dark dress with lace trimmed fitted sleeves. The dress has a lace decorated open neck with a ribbon and a large bow. She wears a double strand necklace with a pendant. Her...
- Women--1870-1880.; Prindle, Willie.
- 1875
- Winifred Catharine Stahl
- Studio bust portrait of Winifred Catharine Stahl, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Stahl's hair is parted down the middle and pulled back. She wears a dress with knife pleats and lace ruffles on the bodice, large oversized puffed...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Stahl, Winifred Catharine.; Denver High School--People--1890-1900.; Denver Public Schools--People--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Winnie-the-Pooh Costume at Mission Viejo
- Person in a Winnie-the-Pooh costume standing by young children. A crowd of both children and adults visible in the background.
- Halloween.; Costumes.; Mission Viejo (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- circa 1980
- Winter march
- Six Tenth Mountain Division soldiers taken during a winter march on a snow-packed road. Members of the group are carrying snowshoes, one is carrying a small handcase and another is wearing sunglasses. Two other soldiers are walking away from the...
- Military training--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [1943-1944]
- Winter panning at Dawson
- Interior view of a Klondike gold miner's cabin in Dawson (Yukon), Canada; men pan over a wooden box. Frying pans, coffee pots, and books line shelves.
- Dawson (Yukon)--1890-1900.; Cabins--Canada--Dawson--Yukon--1890-1900.; Gold mining--Canada--Dawson--Yukon--1890-1900.; Hydraulic mining--Canada--Dawson--Yukon--1890-1900.; Miners--Canada--Dawson--Yukon--1890-1900.; Mining...
- [between 1897 and 1900?]
- Wolhurst Club Bokare Bar [sic]
- Interior furnishings of the Bokaray Room, at Wolhurst, in Littleton, Colorado, include upholstered walls and ceilings, crystal chandeliers, and carved flourishes topping the perimeter seating. A cash register, glasses, and a display rack are on the...
- Wolcott, Edward Olive, 1848-1905--Homes & haunts.; Littleton (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Estates--Colorado--Littleton--1950-1960.; Interiors.; Nightclubs--Colorado--Littleton--1950-1960.
- 1953
- Woman having her Social Security number "tattoed" (sic)
- Interior view of a tattoo parlor in Denver, Colorado; shows a man with a tattoo gun and a woman with numbers inked on her back. The woman holds a Social Security card; art and designs cover the walls.
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Tattoo parlors--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- 1934?
- Woman in Office at Mission Viejo
- Blond woman on the phone while sitting at a desk. She is wearing a dark shirt and a flowered skirt and is talking into a light colored phone. There is office equipment, books, flowers, and papers on the desk. Baskets and a poster are hung on white...
- Recreation centers--Colorado--Aurora.; Mission Viejo (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- circa 1980
- Women
- Studio portrait of women. They pose on and near a chair with a straight back. They wear pleated dresses with ruffled shoulders.
- Women--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Women and children on horseback
- An unidentified Native American woman and two children sit on a horse in front of a wood cabin on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana. Another small child stands in the right background near the cabin. The woman wears a checkered...
- Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Children--Montana--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Montana--1900- 1910.
- [between 1905 and 1907?]
- Women Walking near Building at Mission Viejo
- Two women with boxes on sidewalk in front of building. One woman is brunette and wearing red sweater and blue pants carrying a brown cardboard box. Other woman is blond and wearing white short sleeve shirt and blue pants and is carrying a white box...
- Recreation centers--Colorado--Aurora.; Mission Viejo (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- circa 1980
- Women's march
- Mounted members of the Colorado National Guard disperse men and women participants in a march to free Mother Jones and support the UMW Ludlow strike against CF&I, near the Post Office on Main Street in Trinidad, Las Animas County, Colorado.
- Jones, Mother, 1843?-1930--Capture & imprisonment.; Colorado. National Guard--Colorado--Trinidad--1910-1920.; Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.;...
- [January, 1914]
- Wright & Morgan meat market
- The interior of the Wright and Morgan Meat Market, at 328 Main Street, in Canon City, Colorado, has a hardwood and marble counter with carved columns and wreaths, and matching iceboxes with beveled mirrors. Hamburger, roasts and bacon are mounted...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1890-1930.; Butcher shops--Colorado-- Canon City--1890-1930.; Interiors.
- [between 1893 and 1921]
- Yampa Canyon Dotsero Cutoff
- View of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad tracks, Dotsero Cutoff, east of Eagle, Colorado.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1930-1940.; Dotsero Cutoff (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Eagle River(Colo.)--1930-1940.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1930-1940.
- 1934
- Yampa Canyon, Dotsero Cutoff
- View along Eagle River partially coverd with ice and the Denver and Rio Grande Western railroad grade, Dotsero Cutoff, Eagle County, Colorado.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1930-1940.; Dotsero Cutoff (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Eagle River (Colo.)--1930-1940.
- 1933
- Young boys peeking under tent
- A group of young boys lies on the ground peeking under a tent for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Several additional boys walk near them. They are wearing knickers and caps. One boy lying on the ground in the center midground has a hole near the top...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Boys--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Young Child with Easter Basket at Mission Viejo
- A young blond child sitting in front of an Easter basket on rust colored carpet. The girl is wearing a denim jumper, a white blouse, and white tights. The Easter basket is yellow with pink and green stripes woven in with a pink handle. It has pink...
- Easter.; Mission Viejo (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- circa 1980
- Young Child with Easter Basket at Mission Viejo
- Young brunette boy standing while holding Easter basket. Boy is wearing blue and white striped baseball-style shirt with blue shorts and sneakers. Basket is mixture of pink, green, yellow, purple, and white and has green grass and candy inside....
- Easter.; Mission Viejo (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- circa 1980
- Young Child with Easter Basket at Mission Viejo
- A young child standing on rust colored carpet and holding an Easter basket. The girl is wearing a light blue dress, white socks, and red shoes. She is carrying a brown basket with light yellow grass inside. Numerous adults and two couches visible...
- Easter.; Mission Viejo (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- circa 1980
- Young evacuees carrying their personal belongings into their new quarters at this relocation center just getting under construction
- Japanese men enter barracks at Camp Amache, Granada Relocation Center, Prowers County, southeastern Colorado. One carries suitcases and the other has a duffle bag over his back. Folded striped mattresses, canvas cots and a heating stove are the...
- Japanese--Capture & imprisonment--1940-1950.; World War, 1939-1945--Detention facilities.; World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners.; Amache (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Detention facilities--Colorado--Amache--1940-1950.; Political...
- August 28, 1942
- Young White Bull
- Standing studio portrait of a young Native American (Minniconjou Sioux) boy, identified as Young White Bull. He wears moccasins, fringed and beaded leggings, a dark shirt with elk tooth decoration, fur, necklaces, face paint, and beads and plumage...
- Dakota Indians--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--1910-1920.; Boys--1910-1920.; Young White Bull.
- 1913?
- Young White Bull
- Studio portrait of a Native American (Minniconjou Sioux) boy, identified as Young White Bull. He wears fur covered moccasins, a breech cloth, a hair pipe breastplate, a bear claw necklace, arm bands, leg bands with bells, face paint, and plumage in...
- Dakota Indians--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--1910-1920.; Boys--1910-1920.; Young White Bull.
- [1913?]
- Young White Bull
- Studio portrait of a Native American (Minniconjou Sioux) boy, identified as Young White Bull. He wears fur covered moccasins, a breech cloth, a hair pipe breastplate, a bear claw necklace, arm bands, leg bands with bells, a bustle, face paint, and...
- Dakota Indians--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--1910-1920.; Boys--1910-1920.; Young White Bull.
- [1913?]
- Young woman
- Studio bust portrait of an unidentified young woman, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. She wears spectacles, her bangs are curled and her hair is pulled back. Her crossover dress bodice is gathered at the shoulder with loose...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Zenaida Lemmon
- Studio bust portrait of Zenaida Lemmon, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Lemmon's bangs are curled and her hair is pulled back. She wears a dress with puffed sleeves and velvet panels on the bodice and collar.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Lemmon, Zenaida.; Denver High School--People--1890-1900.; Denver Public Schools--People--1890-1900.
- 1895
- Zoo Park, Colorado Springs, Colo.
- A group of Indians, (possibly a troupe from a Wild West show that performed in the park) pose aboard the minature train in Zoo Park, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. The engineer and a boy sit on the tender behind the locomotive. Many of...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Zoo Park (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cradleboards--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Children--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Miniature...
- [between 1906 and 1907]
- Zuni maiden, daughter of Pa-lo-wa-ti-wa
- Standing portrait of Twai-wi-hah Ditza, the daughter of Zuni governor Palowahtiwa (Pa-li-wa-tiwa, Patricio Pino) a Pueblo Native American, shows the girl wearing a dress, shawl, squash blossom necklace, rings, moccasins and leggings. She stands in...
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Zuni--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Zuni--1890-1900.; Zuni Indians--Women--New Mexico--Zuni--1890-1900.; Zuni pottery--New Mexico--Zuni--1890-1900.; Zuni (N.M.)--1890-1900.; Pottery--New...
- [1890?]