Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Workmen on cage
- Miners wear helmets and headlamps while they pose inside a cage or landing chair inside a mine, possibly in Colorado. A group of men and one woman stand by. Signs read: "In Case of Accident, Fire, Or Danger, Blow 9 Blasts Then Blow Station...
- Industry--Colorado--1900-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--1900-1920.; Miners--Colorado--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--1900-1920.; Women--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- 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
- 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
- Workshop of Navajo silversmith Boy is blowing a small fire with strange looking bellows of Navajo construction, near Bluff City, Utah.
- A Native American (Navajo) silversmith and a boy pose with a hammer, pliers, a bellows, and other silver jewelry tools near Bluff City (Bluff), Utah.
- Indians of North America--Utah--Bluff--1880-1910.; Navajo Indians--Utah--Bluff--1880-1910.; Silversmiths--Utah--Bluff--1880-1910.; Boys--Utah--Bluff--1880-1910.; Equipment--Utah--Bluff--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910]
- 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?
- Wrangler of the year Lloyd Carr, Dick Dickson, Rube Craig, Sage Kester.
- Roundup Riders of the Rockies members from left to right: Dick Dickson, Lloyd Carr and Rube Craig, pose on horseback at Folsom Field at the University of Colorado in Boulder (Boulder County), Colorado. The men wear western attire and cowboy hats....
- Roundup Riders of the Rockies (Colo.)--People--1950-1960.; Boulder (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Folsom Field (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Awards--1950-1960.; Entertainment--Colorado--Boulder--1950-1960.; Flags--American--1950-1960.; Horseback...
- 1957 July 20
- Wrecked Denver and Rio Grande Railroad locomotive
- Well dressed men and women pose on an overturned, wrecked Denver and Rio Grande railroad locomotive on Poncha Pass (Saguache County or Chaffee County), Colorado.The women wear dresses and elaborate hats. George McLean holds a flag. A number on the...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--Colorado--1900-1910.; Poncha Pass (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--1900-1910.; Railroad accidents--Colorado--1900-1910.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--1900-1910.;...
- [1903]
- Wyandotte Mission
- Native American Huron (Wyandot or Wyandotte) students pose in rows beside a school building on the grounds of the Wyandotte Mission School, Kansas. The girls wear dresses and the boys have on trousers and shirts; many are barefooted. A dog sleeps...
- 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.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- 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?]
- 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]
- Yaquina Bay
- Men and women pose by rocks at Yaquina Bay, near Newport (Lincoln County), Oregon. Ocean water is visible through an eroded hole; the women's clothing includes bodices, flounces, and hats with feathers.
- Newport (Or.)--1880-1900.; Yaquina Bay (Or.)--1880-1900.; Bays (Bodies of water)--Newport--Oregon--1880-1900.; Rock formations--Newport--Oregon--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Yates Terrace
- Women pose on the covered porches of a two-story brick apartment building, Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado. Features include: a corbel cornice, beltcourses and plank fence in front landscaped yard; addresses read: "321," "321 1/2," "323," "323...
- Salida (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Apartment houses--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.
- 1901
- Yellow Creek round up
- Cowboys pose beside or on horses near Yellow Creek in Rio Blanco County, Colorado. A steer is on the ground, tied with ropes. A man holds a branding iron to the steer's flank, and another man leans over the steer. Kettles and an iron bar are over a...
- Rio Blanco County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cattle branding--Colorado--Rio Blanco County--1910-1920.; Cowboys--Colorado--Rio Blanco County--1910-1920.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Rio Blanco County--1910-1920.
- 1911
- 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 Creek round up
- Cowboys pose near a herd of horses on a hillside in Rio Blanco County, Colorado near Yellow Creek. The men are on horseback or stand nearby and wear cowboy hats, jackets, boots with spurs, chaps, gloves and carry lariats. Horses are in a temporary...
- Rio Blanco County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cattle herding--Colorado--Rio Blanco County--1910-1920.; Corrals--Colorado--Rio Blanco County--1910-1920.; Cowboys--Colorado--Rio Blanco County--1910-1920.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Rio Blanco...
- 1911
- Yellow Jacket mine
- Miners pose at the Yellow Jacket mine on King Solomon Mountain, San Juan County, Colorado.
- King Solomon Mountain (Colo.)--1900-1910.; San Juan County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Yellow Jacket Mine (San Juan County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Miners--Colorado--San Juan County--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--San Juan County--1900-1910.
- [1900?]
- Yellowstone
- Four tourists pose on Castle Geyser, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Steam rises from one of the oldest geysers in the park.
- Yellowstone National Park--1910-1930.; Geysers--Wyoming--1910-1930.
- [between 1916 and 1930]
- Yosemite, Wawona Hotel, near view
- View of the two-story frame Wawona Hotel and a circular pool with a fountain in Wawona, Yosemite National Park, California. Men and women pose near suitcase trunks on the wrap-around porch. Doors on the balcony have transoms. An ornate iron fence...
- Wawona Hotel--1880-1910.; Wawona (Calif.)--1880-1910.; Yosemite National Park (Calif.)--1880-1910.; Fountains--California--Wawona--1880-1910.; Hotels--California--Wawona--1880-1910.
- [between 1887 and 1902?]
- Young Apache warrior and his squaw
- A Native American (Apache) man and woman pose in a meadow near Camp Apache in Navajo County (later Fort Apache Indian Reservation), Arizona. The woman wears a dress with a gathered waist and pleated sleeves, boot moccasins, and has a burden basket....
- Apache Indians--Arizona--Navajo County--1870-1880.; Bow and arrow--Arizona--Navajo County--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--Arizona--Navajo County--1870-1880.; Navajo County (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Clothing & dress--Arizona--Navajo...
- 1873
- 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 couple
- A teenaged man and woman pose by an automobile in (probably) Colorado.
- Automobiles--Colorado--1920-1930.; Teenagers--Colorado--1920-1930.; Women--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Young Indian with hat and coat, long hair, studio pose
- Head and shoulders portrait of a Native American Lakota Sioux, man wearing long loose hair, a felt hat, with a striped jacket, vest and neck scarf.
- Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Teton Indians--1890-1900.
- [1890 or 1891?]
- Young ladies at the Teller House
- Women pose in a Teller House doorway, in Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado. They wear long, sleeveless dresses with smocked blouses, flounces, ruffled shoulders and yokes. One wears white gloves and holds a fan; boys to the side wear sweaters,...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Costumes--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Women--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- 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 men and a car
- Young men, members of the Sells Floto and Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, pose near and on a Ford convertible car. A house is in the distance.
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Company--People--1910-1920.; Sells Floto Circus--People--1910-1920.; Convertible automobiles--1910-1920.; Employees--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1917?]
- Youngest group of boys in dormitory Clayton school
- Boys pose on a carpet with toys in the Clayton College dormitory in Denver, Colorado. The toys include trucks, blocks, and tops.
- George W. Clayton College (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Dormitories--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.;...
- [1927 November 6]
- 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]
- 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]
- 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?]
- Zanetell tent at Forbes tent colony
- Striking coal miners and their families pose near Joe Zanetell's tent during the UMW labor strike against CF & I. at Forbes Camp near Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado The people are identified (left to right) as: 1) an unidentified man, 2)...
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Las Animas County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Children--Colorado--Las Animas County--1910-1920.; Miners'...
- 1914
- 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
- Zobo trio
- Colorado National Guard soldiers pose with trumpets in Leadville, Lake County, Colorado, during a mining labor strike of the Western Federation of Miners. A rack of rifles are against interior canvas tent walls.
- Colorado. National Guard--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bands--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Militia--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Miners'...
- [1896 or 1897?]
- 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]
- Zouaves and covered wagon
- The Devlin's Zouaves, members of the Sells Floto Circus and Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, pose near a Conestoga wagon in Vallejo (Solano County), California. The young men wear fez hats, inscribed with "D" and "Z," short jackets with trim, baggy...
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Company--People--1910-1920.; Devlin's Zouaves--People--1910-1920.; Sells Floto Circus--People--1910-1920.; Vallejo (Calif.)--1910-1920.; Bugles--California--Vallejo--1910-1920.; Circus...
- [between 1910 and 1917?]
- 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]
- Zumploble
- A bride and groom pose for a wedding studio portrait in (probably) Denver, Colorado. The bride's wedding dress has a puddle train; she wears a wide brimmed hat and carries a trailing orchid bouquet. The man wears a suit and tie.
- Denver (Colo.)--1940-1960.; Brides--Colorado--Denver--1940-1960.; Grooms (weddings)--Colorado--Denver--1940-1960.; Wedding clothing & dress--Colorado--Denver--1940-1960.
- [between 1948 and 1955?]
- 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]