Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Gem view, Zuni Pueblo fort in front of church
- Zuni Pueblo is comprised of a series of flat-roofed stone and adobe buildings with round, covered ovens on their roofs. A wagon holding long sticks sits in the foreground near two horses.
- Zuni Indians--1920-1930.; Zuni (N.M.)--1920-1930.; Carts & wagons--New Mexico--Zuni--1920-1930.; Indians of North America--Structures--New Mexico--Zuni--1920- 1930.; Pueblos--New Mexico--Zuni--1910-1920.
- [1926?]
- The Bread maker - Zuni
- A Native American woman prods the fire in a round, covered oven on the roof of a house at the Zuni Pueblo in New Mexico. Smoke wafts from the pipe behind where she leans over. A wood tray of unbaked loaves of bread sits near her bare feet.
- Zuni (N.M.)--1920-1930.; Adobe buildings--New Mexico--Zuni--1920-1930.; Bread--New Mexico--Zuni--1920-1930.; Pueblos--New Mexico--Zuni--1920-1930.; Zuni Indians--Structures--1920-1930.
- [1926?]
- 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?]
- Temple Square, Salt Lake City
- Aerial view of Temple Square at the corner of Main and South Temple Streets in Salt Lake City (Salt Lake County), Utah. Shows the granite, six-spire Salt Lake Mormon Temple with the Angel Moroni sculpture, the Mormon Tabernacle, the Brigham Young...
- Young, Brigham, 1801-1877--Monuments.; Assembly Hall (Salt Lake City, Utah)--1900-1910.; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints--Buildings--1900-1910.; Salt Lake Temple--1900-1910.; Tabernacle (Salt Lake City, Utah)--1900-1910.; Mormon...
- 1900
- The Lion House, Salt Lake City
- View of the stone Lion House in Salt Lake City (Salt Lake County), Utah. The residence, built by Brigham Young on South Temple Street, has a gabled roof and dormers, a lion sculpture on a balcony battlement, a manicured lawn, and wrought iron or...
- Young, Brigham, 1801-1877--Homes & haunts.; Lion House (Salt Lake City, Utah)--1900-1910.; Salt Lake City (Utah)--1900-1910.; Houses--Utah--Salt Lake City--1900-1910.; Sidewalks--Utah--Salt Lake City--1900-1910.
- [1900?]
- Brigham Young's old mill, Liberty Park, Salt Lake City
- View of an adobe and timber building, the Chase grist mill, at Liberty Park in Salt Lake City (Salt Lake County), Utah. The barn-like building has a gable roof with a raised center and clerestory windows, windows with wooden sills and lintels, a...
- Young, Brigham, 1801-1877--Homes & haunts.; Liberty Park (Salt Lake City, Utah)--1900-1910.; Salt Lake City (Utah)--1900-1910.; Mills--Utah--Salt Lake City--1900-1910.
- [1900?]
- Bee Hive [sic] House, Salt Lake City
- View of the classical-style Beehive House on South Temple Street in Salt Lake City (Salt Lake County), Utah. The residence of Brigham Young has squared columns, lower and upper story porches, a spindle railing, pediments, pendants, and dentils. A...
- Young, Brigham, 1801-1877--Homes & haunts.; Beehive House (Salt Lake City, Utah)--1900-1910.; Salt Lake City (Utah)--1900-1910.; Houses--Utah--Salt Lake City--1900-1910.; Sidewalks--Utah--Salt Lake City--1900-1910.
- [1900?]
- 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]
- The Yosemite Falls
- View of granite rock walls and Yosemite Falls, a waterfall on Yosemite Creek, at Yosemite National Park, California. Shows the waterfall behind trees, rocks, and a wooden fence in Yosemite Valley.
- Yosemite Creek (Calif.)--1880-1910.; Yosemite Falls (Calif.)--1880-1910.; Yosemite National Park (Calif.)--1880-1910.; Cliffs--California--Yosemite National Park--1880-1910.; Fences--California--Yosemite National Park--1880-1910.; National parks &...
- [between 1885 and 1902?]
- 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?]
- 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]
- 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?]
- James Peak and Yankee Doodle Lake, Moffat Road
- Distant view of James Peak with some snow; standard gauge railroad track looping around Yankee Doodle Lake. Moffat Road, Denver and Salt Lake Railroad, Colorado.
- Yankee Doodle, Lake (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--1900-1930.; Denver and Salt Lake Railroad Company.
- [between 1904 and 1925]
- Station at Yampa, Denver & Salt Lake R. R.
- View of the brick train depot at Yampa, Colorado, reached via the Moffat Road; shows two standard-gauge tracks (one with smoking locomotive no. 302 attached to passenger cars), railroad employees (including a conductor), and a crate with sign:...
- Yampa (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Yampa--1910-1920.
- [1915?]
- The Indian, City Park, Denver
- View of Chicago World's Columbian Exposition's sculpture, "The Indian", in City Park, Denver, Colorado; shows a Native American man on a horse.
- World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)--Exhibitions & displays--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Commemoration--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.;...
- [1893]
- The Cowboy, City Park, Denver
- View of a Chicago World's Columbian Exposition's sculpture, "The Cowboy", in City Park, Denver, Colorado; shows a man on a horse.
- World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)--Exhibitions & displays--1890-1900.; City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cowboys--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.;...
- [1893]
- Fort Logan, Colo.
- Soldiers wearing World War I uniforms play bugles and stand around a flagpole at Fort Logan, southwest Denver, Colorado. Brick military camp buildings show in background.
- World War, 1914-1918--Military life--Colorado--Fort Logan--1910-1920.; Fort Logan (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Soldiers--American--Colorado--Fort Logan--1910-1920.; United States. Army.
- [1917 or 1918]
- Luck
- Three cavalry soldiers lead a parade of army troops in formation along a Denver street, August 1, Colorado Day. The men are from Fort Morgan, a WWI assembly point. Spectators, including bicyclists, look on from the sidewalks.
- World War, 1914-1918--Military life--Colorado--Denver.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Military parades & ceremonies--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Soldiers--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; United States. Army. Infantry Division, 1st.
- 1917 August 1
- 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?]
- Chicken house, Skelton's Mtn. Ranch, Colo. Midland Ry.
- View of chicken house on Skelton's Mountain Ranch, probably Woodland Park, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; adobe or cement chicken house with padlocked door, chicken wire over windows and long row of small open doors near base; edge...
- Woodland Park (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Poultry houses--Colorado--Woodland Park--1900-1920.; Ranches--Colorado--Woodland Park--1900-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1900 and 1919]
- Balanced Rock, Skelton's Mtn. Ranch, Colo. Midland Ry.
- View of group of horseback riders near Balanced Rock, Skelton's Mountain Ranch, probably Woodland Park, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; two women, a man & a dog seated on rock formation; saddled horses & riders in brush & trees near...
- Woodland Park (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Woodland Park--1900-1920.; Ranches--Colorado--Woodland Park--1900-1920.; Rock formations--Colorado--Woodland Park--1900-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1900 and 1919]
- Balanced Rock, Skelton's Mtn. Ranch, Colo. Midland Ry.
- View of group of horseback riders on base of Balanced Rock, Skelton's Mountain Ranch, probably Woodland Park, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; men & women standing near or seated on saddled horses; rock formation amongst trees.
- Woodland Park (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Woodland Park--1900-1920.; Ranches--Colorado--Woodland Park--1900-1920.; Rock formations--Colorado--Woodland Park--1900-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1900 and 1919]
- Bridal dell, Skelton's Mtn. Ranch, Colo. Midland Ry.
- View of Bridal dell, Skelton's Mountain Ranch, probably Woodland Park, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; group of men & women seated on large rock ledge of boulder amongst Aspen trees; wooded glen.
- Woodland Park (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Woodland Park--1900-1920.; Ranches--Colorado--Woodland Park--1900-1920.; Rock formations--Colorado--Woodland Park--1900-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1900 and 1919]
- Solomon's gate and temple, Skelton's Mtn. Ranch, Colo. Midland Ry.
- View of rock formation Solomon's gate & temple with group of horseback riders passing through gap and atop temple area, Skelton's Mountain Ranch, probably Woodland Park, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; men & women atop horses,...
- Woodland Park (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Woodland Park--1900-1920.; Ranches--Colorado--Woodland Park--1900-1920.; Rock formations--Colorado--Woodland Park--1900-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1900 and 1919]
- Buena Vista Point, Skelton's Mtn. Ranch. Colo. Midland Ry.
- View of horseback riders on Buena Vista Point, Skelton's Mountain Ranch, probably Woodland Park, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; man on boulder holding reins to saddled horse pointing to view of forested foothills; woman horseback...
- Woodland Park (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Woodland Park--1900-1920.; Ranches--Colorado--Woodland Park--1900-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1900 and 1919]
- Shady trail on Skelton Mtn. Ranch, Colo. Midland Ry.
- View of horseback riders passing through pine trees, Skelton Mountain Ranch, probably Woodland Park, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; men & women on saddled horses.
- Woodland Park (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Woodland Park--1900-1920.; Ranches--Colorado--Woodland Park--1900-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1900 and 1919]
- Wagon Wheel Pass, Skelton's Mtn. Ranch, Colo. Midland Ranch
- Group of men & women on horseback at Wagon Wheel Pass, Skelton's Mountain Ranch, probably Woodland Park, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; dirt path through rock outcroppings & huge boulders, saddled horses.
- Woodland Park (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Woodland Park--1900-1920.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--Woodland Park--1900-1920.; Ranches--Colorado--Woodland Park--1900-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1900 and 1919]
- Dining room, Skelton's Mtn. Ranch, Colo. Midland Ry.
- View of group of horseback riders in front of the dining room log building, Skelton's Mountain Ranch, probably Woodland Park, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; log cabin with covered front porch, men & women on horseback, unbridled...
- Woodland Park (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Dining rooms--Colorado--Woodland Park--1900-1920.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Woodland Park--1900-1920.; Ranches--Colorado--Woodland Park--1900-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1900 and 1919]
- Wheat raised without irrigation, Skelton Ranch, Woodland Park, Colo. Midland Ry.
- View of men & women standing in chest-high wheat field on Skelton Ranch, Woodland Park, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; wheat raised without irrigation, dry-land farming; distant view of Pikes Peak (elevation 14,110 feet).
- Woodland Park (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Croplands--Colorado--Woodland Park--1900-1920.; Ranches--Colorado--Woodland Park--1900-1920.; Wheat--Colorado--Woodland Park--1900-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1900 and 1919]
- Oats raised without irrigation, Skelton Ranch, Woodland Park, Colo. Midland Ry.
- View of men & women standing in chest-high oat field on Skelton Ranch, Woodland Park, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; oats grown without irrigation, dry-land farming.
- Woodland Park (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Croplands--Colorado--Woodland Park--1900-1920.; Oats--Colorado--Woodland Park--1900-1920.; Ranches--Colorado--Woodland Park--1900-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1900 and 1919]
- Skelton Ranch, Woodland Park, Colo. Midland Ry.
- View of partially cut agricultural field on Skelton Ranch, Woodland Park, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; two men on horseback, horse-drawn carriage with female passengers, and a dog in recently cut field of barley, oats or wheat;...
- Woodland Park (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Croplands--Colorado--Woodland Park--1900-1920.; Grains--Colorado--Woodland Park--1900-1920.; Ranches--Colorado--Woodland Park--1900-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1900 and 1919]
- The milk herd, Skelton Mountain Ranch, Colo. Midland Ry.
- View of small herd of dairy cattle, Skelton Mountain Ranch, probably Woodland Park, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; one goat & calf amidst herd, man on horseback behind herd, barbed wire fence; cut agricultural field on hillside...
- Woodland Park (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Cattle--Colorado--Woodland Park--1900-1920.; Croplands--Colorado--Woodland Park--1900-1920.; Dairy farming--Colorado--Woodland Park--1900-1920.; Ranches--Colorado--Woodland Park--1900-1920.; Colorado Midland...
- [between 1900 and 1919]
- The barn, Skelton's Mtn. Ranch, Colo. Midland Ry.
- View of large barn with underground storage or stable area, horseback riders, & group in horse-drawn carriage, Skelton's Mountain Ranch, probably Woodland Park, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; dogs in carriage and on ground, carriage...
- Woodland Park (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Barns--Colorado--Woodland Park--1900-1920.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Woodland Park--1900-1920.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Woodland Park--1900-1920.; Ranches--Colorado--Woodland Park--1900-1920.; Colorado...
- [between 1900 and 1919]
- Assembly hall, Skelton's Mtn. Ranch, Colo. Midland Ranch
- View of Assembly Hall with group of horseback riders gathered near front porch, Skelton's Mountain Ranch, probably Woodland Park, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; wooden frame building with steep-pitched roof & stone chimney nestled...
- Woodland Park (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Auditoriums--Colorado--Woodland Park--1900-1920.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Woodland Park--1900-1920.; Ranches--Colorado--Woodland Park--1900-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1900 and 1919]
- Threshing on Lloyd Wood ranch
- Men stand on grain stack and at horse-drawn wagon while using threshing machine; a child and two women stand at center; engine belches smoke at right.
- Wood, Lloyd--Homes & haunts.; Croplands--Colorado--1910-1920.; Threshing--Colorado--1910-1920.
- [1917]
- Denver residences after 1900
- View of the residence of Margaret Long, a Denver physician, at 2070 North Colorado Boulevard in Denver, Colorado; a woman (possibly Margaret Long) sits in an automobile parked in the driveway.
- Women physicians--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Long, Margaret, b. 1873--Homes & haunts.
- [1910?]
- Portrait of a woman
- Montage of studio portraits of a woman in Colorado. She wears a dress and lace scarf.
- Women--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Mrs. Barry
- Studio portrait, 3/4 length, of Margaret Young Barry, seated, wearing plumed hat, gloves and jacket with lace.
- Women--Clothing & dress--1910-1920.; Barry, Margaret Young.
- [191-?]
- Geo. Wolf homestead, 8 miles west of Craig Colo.
- View of fenced rangeland on the George Wolf homestead, eight miles west of Craig, Colorado.
- Wolf, George, Colorado homesteader--Homes & haunts.; Craig (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Homesteading--Colorado--Craig--1910-1920.
- [between 1911 and 1920]
- Wolhurst
- Wolhurst, in Littleton, Colorado, is a three-story mansion with half-timbering and multiple wings. Bare trees dot lawn in the foreground.
- Wolcott, Edward Olive, 1848-1905--Homes & haunts.; Littleton (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Estates--Colorado--Littleton--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- 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?]
- Williams Cañon
- Williams Canyon near Colorado Springs, Colorado; shows switchback dirt road in the canyon, vertical rock walls, and horse-drawn wagon and carriage pulled over at switchback.
- Williams Canyon (El Paso County Colo.)--1900-1910.; Canyons--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- W. A. Hover & Company building
- View of William A. Hover & Company building, 14th (fourteenth) and Lawrence Street, Denver, Colorado, a four-story brick structure with signs: "Buy Colorado Made Goods and Boost Home Industry," "W. A. Hover & Co., Wholesale Druggists," horse-drawn...
- William A. Hover & Company (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1901 and 1920]
- William F. Cody, on horseback, supposedly his last appearance, full length
- William Frederick Cody "Buffalo Bill" atop horse, supposedly his last appearance with the Wild West Show and Sells Floto Circus in Superior, Wisconsin; wears beaded gloves, wide belt, pants tucked in thigh high boots; hat is in hand.
- Wild West shows--1910-1920.; Entertainers--1910-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.
- [1916?]
- Rodeo wild horse roping
- Spectators watch as a group of men, three on foot and one on horseback, rope a wild horse possibly at the Cheyenne Frontier Days in Cheyenne (Larimer county), Wyoming. A saddle is on the ground. Signs above the grandstand read: "Horse Not in it"...
- Wild horses--Wyoming--Cheyenne--1900-1920.; Cheyenne (Wyo.)--1900-1920.; Horseback riding--Wyoming--Cheyenne--1900-1920.; Horses--Wyoming--Cheyenne--1900-1920.; Roping--Wyoming--Cheyenne--1900-1920.; Spectators--Wyoming--Cheyenne--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Wideawake, Colo.
- A woman drives a horse and buggy along a dirt road into Wideawake, Colorado. A mine shafthouse is in the left midground, and several log structures stand in the background. A second mine shafthouse stands on the hill in the distance. A man stands...
- Wideawake (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Wideawake--1899-1900.
- [1899?]
- Canon of the White River Denver & Salt Lake R. R.
- View of the White River Canyon in Rio Blanco County, Colorado or Uintah County, Utah. Sage brush and junipers fill the foreground; stratus clouds top deep valleys.
- White River (Colo. and Utah)--1910-1920.
- [1915?]
- Whale Lake
- View of Whale Lake, located in Jackson County, Colorado near Buffalo Pass on the Continental Divide.
- Whale Lake (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Jackson County--1910-1920.
- [between 1911 and 1920?]
- Westminster Universaty [sic], Denver & Interurban Ry.
- View of Westminster University or College (renamed Belleview College by Pillar of Fire Church), at 3455 West 83rd Avenue in Westminster (Adams County), Colorado; rain clouds fill the sky.
- Westminster (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Westminster--1900-1910.; Westminster College (Westminster, Colo.)
- [between 1908 and 1910]
- Westminster, Denver & Interurban Ry.
- Westminster, Colorado, reached via Denver and Interurban Railroad; view of railroad station located just north of West 72nd (Seventy-second) Avenue at Connecticut Avenue (later Bradburn Bouvelard), wooden frame buildings, overhead electrified...
- Westminster (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Westminster--1900-1910.; Denver & Interurban Railroad.
- [between 1908 and 1910]