Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Woman with bicycle in front of porch
- Outdoor portrait of a woman with a bicycle in (probably) Denver, Colorado; vines cover a brick wall in the background.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Bicycles & tricycles--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1904 and 1910?]
- Woman with child
- A woman stands next to a baby carriage with a small child sitting up in it. The woman wears a plaid poncho and a small hat. Several teepees are set up in the background in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show while touring in Paris. Lettering...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Baby carriages--1880-1890.; Infants--1880-1890.; Women--1880-1890.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1889?]
- 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'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 dorm
- Tuscan and square columns support this arched portico at the west entry of the women's dormitory at the University of Colorado at Boulder. The surrounding wall is of random coursed, rusticated local sandstone, and has a terra-cotta stepped roof....
- Boulder (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Dormitories--Colorado--Boulder--1940-1950.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Boulder--1940-1950.; University of Colorado (Boulder Campus)
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Wood Shop at Whittier School
- Wood Shop at Whittier Elementary School in Denver, Colorado. Six children are shown at various stages of construction. On the left side a boy uses a saw to cut a piece of wood. The boy standing in the middle uses a hand drill on a piece of wood...
- Whittier School (Denver, Colo.); Whittier (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- undated
- Wooden decoration Fort Collins
- One-story stone house in Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado, has bargeboard in the eaves. A church is in the background; cars are parked in the street.
- Fort Collins (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Fort Collins--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960]
- Woodland Flats 1937
- Trees with bare branches stand along a ridge at Woodland Flats west of Eldora in Boulder County, Colorado. Snow covers the ground and the ridge in the background, where pine trees stand.
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Eldora (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Pines--Colorado--Eldora--1930-1940.; Winter--Colorado--Eldora--1930-1940.
- [1937?]
- Woodland Flats 1937
- Tall, thin pine trees with bare branches stand in the foreground near several tree stumps and smaller pine trees at Woodland Flats, possibly in Boulder County, Colorado. Snow covers the hillside in the background leading up to another ledge where...
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Pines--Colorado--1930-1940.; Tree stumps--Colorado--1930-1940.; Winter--Colorado--1930-1940.
- [1937?]
- Woodland Flats 1937
- An unidentified man wearing snowshoes stands along a snow-covered path near Woodland Flats west of Eldora in Boulder County, Colorado. Large rocks covered with several feet of snow also stand along the path. Pine trees stand along the ridge in...
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Eldora (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Snowshoeing--Colorado--Eldora--1930-1940.; Trails & paths--Colorado--Eldora--1930-1940.; Winter--Colorado--Eldora--1930-1940.
- [1937?]
- Woodland Park C M Ry
- View of Woodland Park, Colorado; tracks of the Colorado Midland Railway at right; various commercial buildings, including General Merchandise store; foothills in background.
- Woodland Park (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Woodland Park--1880-1900.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1887 and 1901]
- 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
- Workmen at 10th and Lawrence in Denver, Colorado
- Workmen pose in front of a crane with surveying equipment. The Congregation of Shomro Amunoh (probably a synagogue) at 10th and Lawrence Street, is in the background, a plaque on the building reads: "1888". Another sign reads: "Butters and Braun...
- Congregation Shomro Amunoh (Denver, Colo.); Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bridge construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.;...
- August 19 1898
- Workmen posing on a rickety, temporary footbridge leading to a construction site
- Group portrait of men on boards over Archer Canal in Denver, Colorado; a cement mixer and Alameda Avenue underpass construction are in the background.
- Underpasses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Canals--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Pedestrian...
- [1909 or 1910]
- Wounded soldier with medics
- A wounded Tenth Mountain Division soldier lies on a stretcher surrounded by medical personnel in a small plaza in an Italian village. They are examining his leg. A medical jeep with a large red cross flag is parked nearby and three medics are...
- Ski troops--1940-1950.; Medical aspects of war--1940-1950.; Soldiers--United States--1945.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Medicine, Military.; Mountain warfare.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- WP and pullman equipment at auto racing grounds on Salt Flats west of Salt Lake City, Utah
- View of a Western Pacific passenger train (including pullman cars Phillipston and Rawson) stopped on the Bonneville Salt Flats, Tooele County, Utah. Passengers pose by automobiles; the Silver Island Mountains are in the background.
- Western Pacific Railroad Company--1910-1920.; Bonneville Salt Flats (Utah)--1910-1920.; Automobiles--Utah--1910-1920.; Railroad passenger cars--Utah--1910-1920.; Railroads--Utah--1910-1920.
- 1914?
- Wreath at memorial service, Castelfiorentino, Italy
- Two soldiers regard the wreath with a banner that reads: In memory of the men of the 10th Mountain Division. In the background are rows of white crosses marking the graves of Tenth Mountain Division soldiers and other servicemen buried in the...
- Cemeteries--Italy--Castelfiorentino--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- April 6, 1945
- Wreckage, D.& R.G. repair yard, roundhouse in background
- View of scattered lumber, overturned freight cars, mud and water from the Arkansas River flood in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows the Denver and Rio Grande Western roundhouse and houses on a bluff in the distance.
- Ridgway, Arthur Osbourne, 1870-1953.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Arkansas River--1920-1930.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Debris--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.;...
- 1921 June
- Wrecked D. & R.G. bridge, A.S. & R. smelter in background Messrs. Jones and Wheatlake in foreground.
- Two men sit on a concrete piling near a collapsed Denver and Rio Grande Western railroad bridge after a flood on the Arkansas River in Pueblo, Colorado. Debris is washed up against the bridge. The American Smelting and Refining Company smelter is...
- American Smelting and Refining Company--Buildings--1920-1930.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Arkansas River--1920-1930.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Bridge failures--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.;...
- [1921 June]
- Wreckers at work on Missouri Pacific taken from top of overturned D. & R. G. Pullman. D & RG crane no. 024.
- Cranes work at the railroad yard in Pueblo, Colorado, after the flood of 1921. Dwellings, bridges and hills are in the background, and overturned passenger cars are in the foreground.
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Railroad shops & yards--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.
- 1921
- Wyandott Mission, Dr. Kirk, principal teaching Indian boys to chop wood
- Principal Kirk has Native American Huron (Wyandot or Wyandotte) boys chop wood, in front of a full wood shed, on the grounds of the Wyandotte Mission School, Kansas. The boys wear jackets and hats and hold axes. Women and girls in dresses with...
- Indians of North America--Kansas--1880-1900.; Wyandot Indians--Kansas--1880-1900.; Missions--Kansas--1880-1900.; School children--Kansas--1880-1900.; Schools--Kansas--1880-1900.; Woodcutting--Kansas--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Yampa Canon Dotsero Cutoff
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks follow the Colorado River, in Yampa Canyon of the Dotsero Cutoff. "Pagoda" formations are in the background.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.--1930-1940.; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1930-1940.; Dotsero Cutoff (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Eagle County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Canyons--Colorado--Eagle County--1930-1940.; Railroad...
- 1934
- Yampa, Colo.
- View northeast over Yampa (Egeria), Routt County, Colorado, shows the stage-stop town with Antlers Hotel, Congregational Church, saloons, residences and barns. Green Ridge is in the background.
- Yampa (Colo.)--1900-1910.
- [1902]
- Yankee Hill
- A large pine tree stands among rocks on Yankee Hill northwest of Central City on the border of Gilpin and Clear Creek counties in Colorado. Additional pine trees stand in the background.
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Pines--Colorado--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Yankee Hill Monument 1941
- A pile of small, white rocks stands on top of a large boulder on Yankee Hill west of Central City on the border of Gilpin and Clear Creek counties in Colorado. The branches of a pine tree protrude into the right foreground, and a large pine tree is...
- Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Cairns--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Central City--1940- 1950.
- [1941?]
- Yankee Hill, Village of Ninety Four
- Several log cabins stand among pine trees in the Village of Ninety-four on Yankee Hill on the border of Clear Creek and Gilpin Counties in Colorado. Large tree stumps stand in the foreground. A small building stands on the hillside in the...
- Mining camps--Colorado--1900-1920.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Log cabins--Colorado--1900-1920.; Pines--Colorado--1900-1920.; Tree stumps--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Yellowstone park
- Yellowstone lake with shore line, island, mountains in background, at Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
- Yellowstone Lake (Wyo.)--1890-1900.; Yellowstone National Park--1890-1900.; Islands--Wyoming--1890-1900.; Lakes & ponds--Wyoming--1890-1900.; National parks & reserves--Wyoming--1890-1900.
- 1898
- YMCA Littleton Branch
- Boys and girls in bathing caps play at this swimming pool in Littleton, Colorado. Lifeguards are on elevated chairs with umbrellas; a residence and the YMCA clubhouse are in the background. Signs read: "Do Not Run," and "Stay Off Ropes."
- Littleton (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Children playing in water--Colorado--Littleton--1960-1970.; Swimming pools--Colorado--Littleton--1960-1970.; Young Men's Christian Association (Littleton, Colo.)
- 1961?
- YMCA Littleton Branch
- Boys and girls play at this YMCA swimming pool in Littleton, Colorado. Some wear face masks; letters in the tile siding read: "5 feet." A brick wall, chain link fence, and YMCA club buildings are in the background.
- Littleton (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Children playing in water--Colorado--Littleton--1960-1970.; Swimming pools--Colorado--Littleton--1960-1970.; Young Men's Christian Association (Littleton, Colo.)
- 1961?
- YMCA Littleton Branch
- Boys and girls play at this YMCA swimming pool in Littleton, Colorado. A girl leaps from a diving board in the foreground, and a lifeguard stands atop an elevated chair. A clock and a United States flag are on the brick wall behind him, and houses...
- Littleton (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Children playing in water--Colorado--Littleton--1960-1970.; Swimming pools--Colorado--Littleton--1960-1970.; Young Men's Christian Association (Littleton, Colo.)
- 1961?
- 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]
- 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?]
- 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 England asking questions
- A young boy stands with a cowboy in front of a building in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show near Earl's Court in England. The young boy wears a hat and knickers. The cowboy wears a cowboy hat and has a scarf tied around his neck. A sign...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Cowboys.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1892?]
- Young girl portrait (older woman out of focus in background)
- Studio portrait of a girl in Colorado. An older woman with a long scarf on her head stands nearby.
- Girls--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Young girl putting flag on grave, Armistice Day
- A young girl places a flag on a grave on Armistice Day, probably Denver, Colorado. Additional gravestones and a canon are in the background. Some of the graves have small flags and flowers on them.
- Armistice Day--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.
- [between 1918 and 1930]
- Young girl putting flag on grave, Armistice Day
- A young girl places a flag on a grave on Armistice Day, probably Denver, Colorado. Additional gravestones and a canon are in the background. Some of the graves have small flags and flowers laid on them.
- Armistice Day--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.
- [between 1918 and 1930?]
- Young Ute brave and his squaw visiting
- The painting shows a Native American camp, four lodges, Native Americans, two are on horseback (one male and the other is female), rocks, plains vegetation, mountains in the background and a blue sky with clouds.
- Horseback riding--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--1910-1920.; Tipis--1910-1920.
- 1915
- Young woman and girl in background
- Outdoor portrait of a girl and woman in Denver, Colorado. They wear dresses.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Young woman and girl in Wild West Show camp
- A young woman and girl stand near a group of teepees in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Another larger tent is in the right foreground while another is in the left background. Several round, Native American shields hang from ropes behind...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Camps--1900-1910.; Tipis--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Yount flour mill in Mouth of Boulder Canon University in distance.
- Panoramic view of the town of Boulder, Colorado in Boulder County. University of Colorado is in background.
- Boulder (Colo.)--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- Yount mill at mouth of Boulder [canyon], operated by water power
- Built on the sloping bank of Boulder Creek, this gambrel-roofed frame flour mill, operated by water power, in Boulder, Colorado, is supported at the end by piers. A horse and wagon are in the foreground, and a frame residence with an open porch is...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mills--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- 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?]
- Yule-Marble finishing mill
- The Colorado-Yule Marble Company's finishing mill in Marble, Gunnison County, Colorado under construction; lumber and company houses are nearby. Freight cars are on the tracks of the Crystal River & San Juan Railroad near the Crystal River. The...
- Colorado Yule Marble Company--1900-1910.; Crystal River & San Juan Railroad Company--1900-1910.; Crystal River (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Marble (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Marble quarrying--Colorado--Marble--1900-1910.
- [between 1906 and 1909?]
- Zang's Hotel as it looked after it was first erected
- Four men and two dogs stand on the porch of "Zang's Hotel and Bar" in the town of Creede, Colorado, in Mineral County. A saddled horse is hitched to a sidewalk. Architectural elements of the building include two stories, false fronts, cornices,...
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Horses--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- 1892
- Zang's Hotel, Creede, Colo.
- People stand in a row in front of "Zang's Hotel" and "Zang's Hotel Annex" in the town of Creede, Colorado, in Mineral County. A horse is hitched to a wagon near two dogs. A man sits in the window of the main hotel building. Architectural features...
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- [1892?]
- Zouaves group
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody stands on the far left of a group of Zouave posing in three rows. The back row is standing, the middle row kneeling and the front row sitting. The costume the Zouaves wear, including red, baggy pants,...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Zouaves--Clothing & dress.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Salsbury, Nate, 1846-1902.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1898?]
- Zuni Indians, bead driller
- A Native American man sits on a wood stool and drills a hole into a bead using another stool as his work table. He uses a long spindle with a needle on the end to pierce the bead. Another stool stands in the foreground. A fireplace is in the...
- Beads--1920-1930.; Zuni Indians--1920-1930.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1920-1930.; Jewelry making--1920-1930.
- [1926?]