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?]
- Zook Building
- View of the Zook Building at 435 West Colfax in the Central Business District neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. Built in 1891, this three story brick flat-iron shaped building has two wrought-iron balconies on the southwest side of the building and...
- Zook Building (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Central Business District (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Commercial facilities.; Zook Building (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Commercial buildings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial...
- 1976
- Habitat - Sea Lion & bear
- Three men and a boy stand next to the fence of the old bear and sea lion habitat at the Denver Zoo in City Park in Denver, Colorado. Trees and foliage cover the rocks and boulders. The steel and plaster structure was completed in 1918 at the size...
- Zoo visitors--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Denver Zoo--1930-1950.; Animal housing--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Zoos--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Unit no. 1 - monkey cages
- Zoo visitors watch a monkey hang from a perch as they stand next to the monkey cage at the Denver Zoo in City Park, Denver, Colorado. Building Unit #1 is behind the monkey cages.
- Zoo visitors--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Denver Zoo--1930-1950.; Animal housing--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Monkeys--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Zoo...
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- 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?]
- Massive sandstone, Taylor's Creek, Utah
- View of a sandstone rock formation near Taylors Creek in Zion National Park, Utah. Shows steep cliffs, eroded rock towers and canyons.
- Zion National Park (Utah)--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Utah--Zion National Park--1870-1880.; Rock formations--Utah--Zion National Park--1870-1880.; Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.)
- 1872
- 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
- Zebu
- Shows zebu in a habitat at the Denver Zoo in City Park, Denver, Colorado.
- Zebus--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Denver Zoo--1930-1950.; Animal housing--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Cattle--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Zoo...
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Zebu
- Shows a group of zebu in their habitat at the Denver Zoo in City Park, Denver, Colorado. A peacock strolls past the group of zebu. A sign on a rock reads "Zebu Asia".
- Zebus--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Denver Zoo--1930-1950.; Animal housing--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Cattle--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Zoo...
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Zebu
- Shows a group of zebu's in their habitat in the Denver Zoo in City Park, Denver, Colorado.
- Zebus--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Denver Zoo--1930-1950.; Animal housing--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Cattle--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Zoo...
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Zanza Bar
- View of Zanza Bar at 10601 East Colfax in Aurora (Adams County), Colorado. Shows a one story commercial building with no windows. A sign on top of the building is shaped like mountains; painted on it is a man with a guitar, floating piano keys, a...
- Zanza Bar (Aurora, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Aurora (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Bars (Drinking establishments); Zanza Bar (Aurora, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Bars (Drinking establishments)--Colorado--Aurora--Pictorial works.; Aurora (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1987
- Zang Brewery Company stables
- View of the former Zang Brewery Company stables, in Denver, Colorado; shows a brick building with a turret and signs: "The Dinette Factory," and "Empire Furniture Sales Co."
- Zang Brewing Company--Buildings--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Furniture stores--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.
- 1977 November 27
- The John Zanett family owned and lived in this house from 1918 - 1953
- Exterior view of the John Zanett house, 529 Fourth (4th) Street, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. Two men, a young boy on a rocking horse, a woman and young girl on a two-seat swing glider pose in the front yard.
- Zanett, John--Family--Colorado--Ouray--1910-1930.; Zanett, John--Homes & haunts--Colorado--Ouray--1910-1930.; Ouray (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Children--Colorado--Ouray--1910-1930.; Gliders (Outdoor furniture)--Colorado--Ouray--1910-1930.; Hobby...
- [between 1919 and 1925]
- Valley St. looking west from Weld Ave. showing debris from Left Hotel piled in thorofare [sic]
- Men survey Valley Street, full of boards from the Left Hotel, after the tornado in Yuma, Yuma County, Colorado.
- Yuma (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Yuma--1910-1920.; Tornadoes--Colorado--Yuma--1910-1920.
- 1916
- Section of principle business st.
- Tornado damage in Yuma, Yuma County, Colorado, consists of roofless storefronts, rubble, and broken trees.
- Yuma (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Storefronts--Colorado--Yuma--1910-1920.; Tornadoes--Colorado--Yuma--1910-1920.
- 1916
- Wreckage of Conrad & French Garage
- People survey damage caused by a tornado in Yuma, Yuma County, Colorado. The Conrad and French Garage is in ruins; bricks and boards are on top of automobiles.
- Yuma (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Garages--Colorado--Yuma--1910-1920.; Tornadoes--Colorado--Yuma--1910-1920.
- May 22, 1916
- Yuma, Colorado!
- Reproduction of a broadside advertising Yuma, Yuma County, Colorado; descriptive text surrounds printed lithographs of the Yuma School House and Weld Avenue.
- Yuma (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Advertisements--Colorado--Yuma--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- The old plank road
- View of plank road in sand dunes near Yuma (Yuma County), Arizona. Cars are in the distance.
- Yuma (Ariz.)--1920-1930.; Dunes--Arizona--Yuma--1920-1930.; Plank roads--Arizona--Yuma--1920-1930.
- 1926 August 21st
- Bridge across the Colorado River at Yuma, Arizona
- A view of a Southern Pacific locomotive and tender near the newly constructed wooden trestle bridge over the Colorado River at Yuma (Yuma County), Arizona. Men and a boy are near and on the engine. Railroad ties, timbers, and a handcar are near the...
- Yuma (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Railroad bridges--Arizona--Yuma--1870-1880.; Railroads--Arizona--Yuma--1870-1880.; Trestles--Arizona--Yuma--1870-1880.
- [1877]
- Playing in the Yugoslav clover
- After the end of the war the Tenth Mountain Division was posted in Yugoslavia to defend U.S. interests over the partition of the Italian- Autrian-Yugoslavian border. This duty left the men with ample time to relax. Pictured is a man wearing only...
- Yugoslavia--1940-1950.; Military life--Yugoslavia--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Yugoslavia.
- May-June 1945
- 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?]
- 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?]
- 2721 Welton Street, Five Points
- View of 2721 Welton Street in the Five Points neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The one story brick commercial style buildings have decorative corbeling. A hand painted sign for "Young's Soul Food Cafe" is hung on the facade of the building, next...
- Young's Soul Food Cafe (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; 20th Century Barber Shop (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Kapre Lounge (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Commercial facilities.;...
- 1978
- Ruth Young as "The Duchess"
- Actress Ruth Young poses in courtier costume as the Duchess, in Gilbert and Sullivan's "The Gondoliers," in Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado. Her dress has a wide sprawling hem; her jacket has flared cuffs and a lace yoke. Her broad-brimmed...
- Young, Ruth--Performances--1930-1940.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Actresses--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Costumes--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- 1936
- F. H. Young [residence]
- View of the F. H. Young house on 3rd (Third) Avenue in Durango (La Plata County), Colorado. The three story house has stick style elements that include cross gables, horizontal siding with vertical studs, a porch with arched brackets, geometric...
- Young, F. H.--Homes & haunts.; Durango (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Durango--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1900?]
- Brigham Young's Grave
- View of a cemetery and the grave site of Brigham Young, Salt Lake City (Salt Lake County), Utah. Shows a row of graves and a marble slab enclosed by a high ornate wrought iron fence, a large unenclosed marble slab grave marker and a new grave. A...
- Young, Brigham, 1801-1877--Tomb.; Salt Lake City (Utah)--1890-1900.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Utah--Salt Lake City--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- The Lion House, Salt Lake City
- View of the Lion House, built by Brigham Young, a brick structure with a pitched roof and covered entry with a lion statue, Salt Lake City, Utah; shows an iron fence, another house, a stone wall, a chain fence with concrete posts, a sidewalk, and...
- Young, Brigham, 1801-1877--Homes & haunts.; Salt Lake City (Utah)--1890-1900.; Houses--Utah--Salt Lake City--1890-1900.
- 1900
- The Bee Hive House, Salt Lake City
- View of the Beehive House, the home of Brigham Young, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Shoes a two story house with a covered front porch and balcony, an iron fence, concrete post fence with chains, sidewalk, pedestrians, arched gateway and trees, Salt...
- Young, Brigham, 1801-1877--Homes & haunts.; Salt Lake City (Utah)--1890-1900.; Houses--Utah--Salt Lake City--1890-1900.
- 1900
- The "Lion House", Salt Lake City
- View of the Lion House built by Brigham Young, Salt Lake City (Salt Lake County), Utah. Shows a frame and stucco residence with dormers, chimneys, behind a brick wall and gate. Shows a wide dirt avenue, street car or trolley tracks, trees.
- Young, Brigham, 1801-1877--Homes & haunts.; Lion House (Salt Lake City, Utah)--1890-1900.; Salt Lake City (Utah)--1890-1900.; Houses--Utah--Salt Lake City--1890-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- The Gardo House or Amelia's Palace
- View of the Gardo House, built by Brigham Young, Salt Lake City (Salt Lake County), Utah. Shows a large Second Empire, Victorian style house with tall arched windows, a veranda, balconies and widow's walks behind a wrought iron fence.
- Young, Brigham, 1801-1877--Homes & haunts.; Gardo House (Salt Lake City, Utah)--1890-1900.; Salt Lake City (Utah)--1890-1900.; Houses--Utah--Salt Lake City--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 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]
- Denver Y W C A
- Women who include Fairfax B. Richey (Holmes) eat in the dining room the Phyllis Wheatley Branch of the Young Women's Christian Association in Denver, Colorado.
- Young Women's Christian Association (Denver, Colo.). Phyllis Wheatley Branch--People--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Dining rooms--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.;...
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Girl Reserve Conference, Estes Park
- Text and annotations on album page read: "[ARL-49] Dam at entrance of Big Thompson Canon, [ARL-50] Guess why this was taken! - chipmunk!, [ARL-51] Alberta Falls - near timberline." The photographic prints on album page show: a dam on the Big...
- Young Women's Christian Association (Denver, Colo.). Phyllis Wheatley Branch--People--1920-1930.; African Americans--Colorado--Larimer County--1920-1930.; Larimer County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Chipmunks--Colorado--Larimer County--1920-1930.;...
- 1929, August 20-30
- Y.M.C.A. Glenarm branch at 2800 Glenarm
- View of the Y. M. C. A., a brick building with a fire escape, at 28th (Twenty-eighth) and Glenarm Streets in Denver, Colorado. Shows: mailbox on corner, sign reads: "Dedication Formal Opening Of This Buil[ding], Sunday, Dec. [?] At 3 P. M.,...
- Young Men's Christian Association (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Young Men's Christian associations--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [1923?]
- Horse and rider, Yosemite National Park
- View of a woman on horseback and a wagon somewhere in Yosemite National Park, California. The woman wears a hat, long sleeved coat, skirt, and boots.
- Yosemite National Park (Calif.)--1890-1910.; Carts & wagons--California--1890-1910.; Horseback riding--California--1890-1910.; Women--California--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Horseback riders, Yosemite National Park
- Five women, a boy, and a man pose mounted on horseback in Yosemite National Park, California. Two other men stand in front of the horses. The women wear dresses and hats, the boy wears a suit, and the men wear western style clothing.
- Yosemite National Park (Calif.)--1890-1910.; Boys--California--1890-1910.; Horseback riding--California--1890-1910.; National parks & reserves--California--1890-1910.; Women--California--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Half Dome, 5,000 ft. and Glacier Point
- View of Yosemite National Park, in Mariposa County, California; shows a man atop Glacier Point, and the Half Dome formation in the background.
- Yosemite National Park (Calif.)--1890-1900.; Rock formations--California--Yosemite National Park--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Breaking New Ground
- A man swings a pick ax at a large rock in Nepera Park, upper Yonkers, New York. The rock sits in an indentation in a small cliff. The man wears a hat.
- Yonkers (N.Y.)--1890-1920.; Miners--New York--Yonkers--1890-1920.; Mining--New York--Yonkers--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1915]
- John F. Yoho residence
- View of the John F. Yoho house at 851 Leyden Street in the Montclair neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The Queen Anne style house has ornate bargeboard, a tower with conical roof, a pediment, and a covered porch.
- Yoho, John F.--Homes & haunts.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Montclair (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.
- 1976
- Y.M.C.A.-near Estes Park, Conference Headquarters
- Text and annotations on album page read: "[ARL-57] Administration Building, [ARL-58] Our cabin; Mrs. Bondurant and Margaret S., [ARL-59] Margaret Shelton and me at Lock Vale, [ARL-60] Cafeteria, Lodge-Clinic." The photographic prints on album page...
- YMCA of the Rockies--Buildings--1920-1930.; Young Women's Christian Association (Denver, Colo.). Phyllis Wheatley Branch--People--1920-1930.; African Americans--Colorado--Estes Park--1920-1930.; Estes Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Organizations'...
- 1929 August 20-30
- Music school, Greeley, Colorado
- People pose on the steps of two-story brick music academy of B. H. Yerkie in Greeley, Colorado. The building has a cottage roof with a chimney, gauge arched windows on both floors, and a bay window. A man in a suit and bowler stands in the yard;...
- Yerkie, B. H.--Homes & haunts.; Greeley (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Music education--Colorado--Greeley--1870-1880.; Schools--Colorado--Greeley--1870-1880.
- [1878]
- Downtown Yerington, Nev prospector & outfit.
- A prospector poses on a burro-drawn trap in downtown Yerington, Lyon County, Nevada. Spectators look on. A sign reads: "[M]ontana Cafe".
- Yerington (Nev.)--1880-1910.; Animal teams--Nevada--Yerington--1880-1910.; Carts & wagons--Nevada--Yerington--1880-1910.; Donkeys--Nevada--Yerington--1880-1910.; Miners--Nevada--Yerington--1880-1910.; Mining--Nevada--Yerington--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910]
- Along Yellowstone Trail
- A woman and man eat at a campsite along the Yellowstone Trail in Wyoming. Metal cookware and dishes are on a blanket by bottles of milk and catsup and slices of bread.
- Yellowstone Trail (Wyo.)--1920-1930.; Couples--Wyoming--1920-1930.; Picnics--Wyoming--1920-1930.; Trails & paths--Wyoming--1920-1930.
- 1923 August 23
- Along Yellowstone Trail
- A man watches a woman stir food over a campfire at a campsite on the Yellowstone Trail in Wyoming.
- Yellowstone Trail (Wyo.)--1920-1930.; Couples--Wyoming--1920-1930.; Outdoor cookery--Wyoming--1920-1930.; Trails & paths--Wyoming--1920-1930.
- 1923 August 23
- Along Yellowstone Trail
- Men watches a woman prepare food at a campsite on the Yellowstone Trail in Wyoming.
- Yellowstone Trail (Wyo.)--1920-1930.; Camping--Wyoming--1920-1930.; Outdoor cookery--Wyoming--1920-1930.; Trails & paths--Wyoming--1920-1930.; Women--Wyoming--1920-1930.
- 1923 August 23
- Unidentified canyon
- View of probably the Yellowstone River in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming or Montana.
- Yellowstone River--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; Rivers--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.)
- [1871?]
- Yellowstone National Park
- Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River, Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
- Yellowstone National Park--1910-1930.; Yellowstone River--1910-1930.; National parks & reserves--Wyoming--1910-1930.; Waterfalls--Wyoming--1910-1930.
- [between 1916 and 1930]
- Yellowstone National Park
- The Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River, Grand Canyon, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, show in the distance, in a canyon of cliffs, slopes and pinnacles of disintegrated rhyolite.
- Yellowstone National Park--1910-1930.; Yellowstone River--1910-1930.; National parks & reserves--Wyoming--1910-1930.; Waterfalls--Wyoming--1910-1930.
- [between 1916 and 1930]
- Yellowstone
- Upper Falls of the Yellowstone River, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, shows the raging waterfall with a wooden stairway on a rocky cliff leading to a vantage point.
- Yellowstone National Park--1910-1930.; Yellowstone River--1910-1930.; National parks & reserves--Wyoming--1910-1930.; Waterfalls--Wyoming--1910-1930.
- [between 1916 and 1930]