Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Zula Simmons
- Studio bust portrait of Zula Abbie Simmons, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Simmons' bangs are curled and tousled, and her hair is pinned neatly back in a bun. Her dress bodice has a front closure and buttons with starburst...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Simmons, Zula Abbie.; Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1888
- 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]
- Zitella Ebert
- Studio portrait of Zitella Engletine Ebert, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. She wears a light colored blouse with pleats, puff shoulders, and a chiffon inset. Her choker has a pendant.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Ebert, Zitella Engletine.; Denver High School--People--1890-1900.; Denver Public Schools--People--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Zion's Cooperative Merchantile [sic] Association
- View of the Zion's Cooperative Mercantile Institution on Main Street between South Temple and South First Streets, Salt Lake City (Salt Lake County), Utah. Shows an Italianate style building with parapet, finials and pediment. Horse-drawn buggies...
- Zion's Co-operative Mercantile Institution--Buildings--1890-1900.; Salt Lake City (Utah)--1890-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Utah--Salt Lake City--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Utah--Salt Lake City--1890-1900.; Department stores--Utah--Salt Lake...
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Zigzag trail to Marshall Basin
- View of mountain valley with zigzag dirt trail near large frame hillside buildings of the Pandora Mill of the Smuggler-Union Mine, near Pandora, San Miguel County, Colorado.
- Pandora Mill (San Miguel County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; San Miguel County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Mills--Colorado--San Miguel County--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--San Miguel County--1880-1890.; Trails & paths--Colorado--San Miguel County--1880-1890.
- [between 1882 and 1890]
- Zett Auto, Bdwy.
- A man sits behind the wheel of a Denver General Hospital ambulance in Denver, Colorado. A bell is mounted on the hood of the car with a cord leading to the drivers seat. The side of the vehicle is labeled: "City & County Hospital." A frame...
- Denver General Hospital--Equipment & supplies--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Ambulances--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1924 February 22
- Z. Adele Ruter
- Studio portrait of Zelie Adele Ruter, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Her blouse is of a crescent pattern fabric with a double line of buttons and a ribbon closure. Her upswept hair includes curled bangs.
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Ruter, Z. Adele (Zelie Adele); Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1889
- 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]
- Yvonne Belle 4 yrs., Earl Sherman 3 yrs., Mrs. Mason
- Two African American children, identified as Yvonne Belle and Earl Sherman, pose with Mrs Mason, an African American woman. Mrs. Mason wears a polka-dot dress, stockings and ankle-strap shoes with a "cloche" hat. Yvonne Belle wears a dress, socks,...
- African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Children--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Belle, Yvonne.; Sherman, Earl.
- [between 1929 and 1930]
- Yucca or Spanish Bayonet
- Close up of a large yucca plant in bloom, Colorado. A man sits on a low hill behind the plant.
- Yucca--Colorado--1880-1900.; Men--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Ypsilon Peak from Sprague
- View of Ypsilon Mountain with road and stagecoach, shows woman, men, dog, stream, Larimer County, Colorado.
- Larimer County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; People--Colorado--Larimer County--1880-1900.; Stagecoaches--Colorado--Larimer County--1880-1900.; Streams--Colorado--Larimer County--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Young woman in a hat
- Studio bust portrait of an unidentified young woman, possibly either Marian Beatrice Miller or Edith Pleasance Miller, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. She wears a hat with a warped brim, topped with flowers and ribbon. Her dress...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Young woman in a hat
- Studio bust portrait of an unidentified young woman, possibly either Marian Beatrice Miller or Edith Pleasance Miller, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. She wears a hat with a warped brim, topped with flowers and ribbon. Her...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Young woman
- Head and shoulders studio portrait of an unidentified woman. She wears a dress with a lace collar.
- Women--1860-1880.
- [between 1865 and 1875?]
- Young woman
- Studio bust portrait of an unidentified young woman, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Her hair is styled in a coronet twist with curled bangs. She wears a loose lace collar tied high on her neck and draped down in the front.
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1887
- 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
- Young Native American man
- A Native American young man stands on one foot in the midground in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show near Earl's Court in England.
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.; Indians of North America.
- [1892?]
- Young man
- Studio portrait of an unidentified young man, possibly John Reser Sumner, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. He has his hands in his pockets and wears a jacket over a double breasted vest, a striped shirt with an upright collar and...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Young man
- Studio bust portrait of an unidentified man, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. His hair is parted to the side, and he wears a coat, vest, and a patterned silk necktie.
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Young girl
- Sitting studio portrait of an unidentified girl.
- Girls--1860-1880.
- [between 1865 and 1875?]
- 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 braves of Brule Tribe
- Two Native American men pose on horseback behind the arena for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Earl's Court in England. The men wear single feathers on the backs of their heads and are bare-chested. The man in the right foreground holds a round...
- Brulé Indians--1890-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1892?]
- Young brave
- A Native American man poses in front of a backdrop with a landscape scene painted on it in a dirt arena for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Earl's Court in England. The man holds a round shield in his right hand. He wears a striped loincloth and...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.; Indians of North America.
- [1892?]
- Young boy
- Frank and May Woodward's son poses outdoors on the grass probably in Colorado.
- Children--Colorado--1890-1910.; Woodward, Frank Lincoln, 1866-1930.--Family.
- [between 1895 and 1910]
- Yosemite Paiute acorn granaries
- View of three North American Indian (Yosemite-Mono Paiute) acorn granaries in Yosemite National Park, California. The tall structures consist of four standing pine or fir boughs and deerbrush. Canvs covers the acorns on two of the graneries.
- Indians of North America--California--1890-1910.; Paiute Indians--California--1890-1910.; Yosemite National Park (Calif.)--1890-1910.; Granaries--California--1890-1910.; National parks & reserves--California--1890-1910.; Storage...
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Yellowstone River above the falls
- View of the Yellowstone River at Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming.
- Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; Yellowstone River--1870-1880.; National parks & reserves--Wyoming--1870-1880.; Rivers--Wyoming--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880]
- Yellowstone National Park
- View of geysers in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
- Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; Geysers--Wyoming--1870-1880.; National parks & reserves--Wyoming--1870-1880.
- [between 1872 and 1880]
- Yellowstone Lake
- View of Yellowstone Lake at Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming.
- Yellowstone Lake (Wyo.)--1870-1880.; Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; Lakes & ponds--Wyoming--1870-1880.; National parks & reserves--Wyoming--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880]
- Yankee Girl Mines
- View of Yankee Girl mines with frame buildings, house, winding railroad tracks, boxcar and iron smokestacks, possibly San Juan County, Colorado.
- Mining--Colorado--1880-1890.; Ore industry--Colorado--1880-1890.
- [between 1882 and 1890?]
- Yankee Girl Mine Red Mountain
- View of the Yankee Girl Mine on Red Mountain, Guston (Ouray County), Colorado. A shafthouse, mine railroad, standard gauge railroad tracks, and wood frame buildings are nearby.
- Guston (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Yankee Girl Mine (Ouray County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Guston--1880-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Guston--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Guston--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Yankee Girl Mine Red Mountain
- View of the Yankee Girl Mine on Red Mountain, Guston (Ouray County), Colorado. A shafthouse, mine railroad, standard gauge railroad tracks, and wood frame buildings are nearby.
- Guston (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Yankee Girl Mine (Ouray County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Guston--1880-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Guston--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Guston--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Yankee Girl Mine
- Miners pose near buildings and mine railroad tracks at the Yankee Girl Mine in Guston (Ouray County), Colorado. Most of the men wear hats and sack jackets. Shows probably a mill with two smokestacks surrounded by a log retaining wall, headframe,...
- Guston (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Guston--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Guston--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Guston--1890-1900.
- [ca. 1890]
- Yankee Girl Mine
- View of the Yankee Girl Mine in Guston (Ouray County), Colorado. Shows mills with smokestacks, one has a log retaining wall, a headframe, shaft house, sheds, frame houses, a tipple, tailings and a building under construction. Most of the...
- Guston (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mills--Colorado--Guston--1890-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Guston--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Guston--1890-1900.; Ore industry--Colorado--Guston--1890-1900.
- [ca. 1890]
- Wyrast
- Studio portrait of Wyrast. He wears a suit, tie, and wide-brimmed hat.
- Men--1860-1880.
- [between 1860 and 1880]
- 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]
- Wrecked snowshed cribbing
- View of rocks, dirt and timber debris from a retaining wall for a snowshed near Stevens Pass (King County), Washington. Shows eroded slopes and damaged wooden cribbing.
- Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.)--1910-1920.; King County (Wash.)--1910-1920.; Debris--Washington (State)--King County--1910-1920.; Landslides--Washington (State)--King County--1910-1920.; Railroad facilities--Washington (State)--King...
- 1917 July 20
- Wrecked D. & R.G. bridge, Santa Fe standing, Pueblo
- View of an intact Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad bridge, and a Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad bridge collapsed in the current of the flooded Arkansas River in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows piles of rubble and lumber near the...
- Ridgway, Arthur Osbourne, 1870-1953.; Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Arkansas River--1920-1930.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.;...
- 1921 June 6
- Wreckage, Walker Yard, looking south from "C" St. viaduct
- View of overturned Denver and Rio Grande Western railroad freight cars and lumber wreckage from the Arkansas River flood in a rail yard in Pueblo (Pueblo Colorado), Colorado.
- 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
- Wreckage, Walker Yard, looking N.E. from C St. viaduct
- View of wrecked Denver and Rio Grande Western freight cars and frame buildings after the Arkansas River flood in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Piles of lumber and debris, mud and silt are in the Walker rail yard. A smokestack is beside a...
- 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
- Wreckage, Walker Yard looking southwest from "C" St. viaduct
- View of overturned railroad freight cars and lumber wreckage from the Arkansas River flood in the Walker rail yard in Pueblo (Pueblo Colorado), Colorado.
- 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
- 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
- Wreck at Union Depot, June 3 1921, Pueblo, Colo.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western freight cars are wrecked on mud covered tracks at Union Depot in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows mud and water from the Arkansas River flood. Passenger cars and the brick "Reed Bros. Eclipse Garage" are in the...
- Ridgway, Arthur Osbourne, 1870-1953.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Union Depot (Pueblo, Colo.)--Disasters--1920-1930.; Arkansas River--1920-1930.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.;...
- 1921 June
- Wounded men cross snowy field to the Battalion Aid Station, Mount Belvedere, Italy
- Eight men walk in a straight line on a trail across a snow covered field. According to the caption, they are both walking wounded and a litter squad, accompanying a wounded enemy soldier on a litter to the Tenth Mountain Division, 85th Mountain...
- Medicine, Military--Italy--1940-1950.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Medical aspects of war--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- February 20, 1945
- Worthington Pump Co.
- Interior view of the Worthington Pump and Machinery Corporation machine shop at 435 17th (Seventeenth) Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. Metal pipe connectors, machinery, and supplies are in the shop. Tracks for a mobile ceiling crane are...
- Worthington Pump and Machinery Corporation--1920-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Machine shops--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Worthen Hood
- Studio bust portrait of Worthen Hood, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. He wears his hair parted to the side, a coat, vest, cravat and a shirt with an upturned collar.
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Hood, Worthen.; Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1881
- Workmen, 14th Street Viaduct
- Two workmen pose under a bridge on the South Platte River in Denver (Denver County) Colorado. One man wears a hat, work pants, boots and suspenders. The other man wears a hat, a pair of denim overalls and work boots. Cables hang from under the...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; South Platte River (Colo.and Neb.)--1890-1900.; Bridge construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.;...
- July 1899
- Workmen, 14th Street Viaduct
- Two workmen pose under a bridge on the South Platte River in Denver (Denver County), Colorado. One man wears a pair of work pants with suspenders, boots, and a hat. The other man wears a pair of denim work pants, boots, and a hat. The men are...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1890-1900.; Bridge construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.;...
- July 1899
- 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
- Woolworth main entrance
- Men in suits pose on Pearl Street in Boulder, Colorado. The storefront behind them has ornate wood pilasters flanking the entry; a thermometer is mounted on the doorframe. Framed prints and books are displayed behind the plate glass, and lettering...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Wooden flume
- A man stands on a wooden flume and walkway in possibly Glenwood Canyon, Garfield County, Colorado. Trees and scrub bushes are nearby.
- Flumes--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]