Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Strur room, Western Soda Ftn. Supply Co.
- Interior view of the Strur Room, Western Soda Fountain Supply Company, 1440 Curtis or 1411-1415 Wazee, Denver, Colorado; shows a man and a woman in aprons, shelving with labeled bottles and jars, a mortar and pestle on the counter, a scale, wooden...
- Western Soda Fountain Company (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Warehouses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1907 and 1919]
- Western States Oil Exchange, interior
- Interior view of Western States Oil Exchange stock exchange room in Denver, Colorado; shows a long room with chairs, spittoons, a vault, and a chalk board with stock exchange rules, times, costs and columns for tracking current rates or price...
- Western States Oil Exchange (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Commodity exchanges--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Petroleum...
- [between 1917 and 1920]
- Western States Oil Exchange
- View of ornate doorway to Keely Building, 1641 Stout Street, Denver, Colorado; lettering reads: "Keely Building," "Western States Oil Exchange." Posters read: "First To Fight, U. S. Marine corps," and "Want to Fight? - U. S. Marines." Chalkboard...
- Western States Oil Exchange (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Commodity exchanges--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Petroleum industry--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- [between 1917 and 1920]
- Western Union, Denver
- Interior view of Western Union Telegraph and Telegram office in Denver, Colorado; shows men operating telegraph equipment and flywheels. Calendars and advertising posters are on the wall.
- Western Union Telegraph Company--Facilities--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Telegraph offices--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- July, 1915
- 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]
- 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]
- 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?]
- 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?]
- 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]
- 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]
- 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?]
- 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]
- 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?]
- 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]
- 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]
- 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]
- 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]
- 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]
- Oats raised without irrigation, Skelton Ranch, Woodland Park, Colo. Midland Ry.
- View of oat field raised without irrigation on Skelton Ranch, Woodland Park, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; two women and four men standing in waist-high oat field, 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]
- 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]
- 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]
- 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]
- 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]
- 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]
- 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]
- 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]
- 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?]
- WWI Colorado Draft Registration Cards
- Index to the World War I Draft Registration Cards for Colorado between the years of 1917-1918. During World War I there were three registrations. The first, on June 5, 1917, was for all men between the ages of 21 and 31. These men were born...
- World War, 1914-1918--Colorado.; Colorado--Genealogy--Sources.; Denver (Colo.)--History, Military.; United States. Selective Service System--Sources.; United States. Army--Recruiting, enlistment, etc.--World War, 1914-1918.; United States....
- 2005
- Nebraska World War I Selective Service Draft Registration Cards Index, 1917-1918 A-L
- The Nebraska registration cards are on 50 rolls of microfilm, Nebraska State Historical Society library microfilm catalog number RG0544.PR. They are arranged alphabetically by county or city. Within the county or city, names are listed usually...
- World War, 1914-1918--Nebraska.; Nebraska--Genealogy--Sources.; Nebraska--History, Military.; United States. Selective Service System--Sources.; United States. Army--Recruiting, enlistment, etc.--World War, 1914-1918.; United States....
- 2005
- Nebraska World War I Selective Service Draft Registration Cards Index, 1917-1918 M-Z
- The Nebraska registration cards are on 50 rolls of microfilm, Nebraska State Historical Society library microfilm catalog number RG0544.PR. They are arranged alphabetically by county or city. Within the county or city, names are listed usually...
- World War, 1914-1918--Nebraska.; Nebraska--Genealogy--Sources.; Nebraska--History, Military.; United States. Selective Service System--Sources.; United States. Army--Recruiting, enlistment, etc.--World War, 1914-1918.; United States....
- 2005
- Poster "Invent for victory"
- A World War II poster made by the United States Government Printing Office. The poster has images of airplanes, tanks, artillery, battleship, jeeps and blueprint of a tank. The text reads: "Invent for victory All Americans who have an invention or...
- World War, 1939-1945--Posters.
- 1942
- 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?]
- 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]
- 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?]
- Yarmany [sic], Colo., Moffat Road
- Yarmony, Colorado located 20 miles west of Kremmling was end of the line for Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway (later called Denver and Salt Lake) during winter of 1907 and 1908 on the Moffat Road. Construction camp, tents, lodging, store,...
- Yarmony (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Clotheslines--Colorado--Yarmony--1900-1910.; Laundry--Colorado--Yarmony--1900-1910.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Colorado--Yarmony--1900-1910.; Restaurants--Colorado--Yarmony--1900-1910.; Stores &...
- [1907 or 1908]
- Yarmany [sic], Colo., Moffat Road
- Yarmony, Colorado located 20 miles west of Kremmling was end of line for Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway (later called Denver & Salt Lake) and construction camp for winter of 1907 and 1908 on the Moffat Road. Box cars used for offices,...
- Yarmony (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Colorado--Yarmony--1900-1910.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Yarmony--1900-1910.; Restaurants--Colorado--Yarmony--1900-1910.; Tents--Colorado--Yarmony--1900-1910.; Denver,...
- [1907 or 1908]
- 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]
- 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?]
- 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]
- 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?]
- Beautiful, beautiful, zion! : the majesty of God's power and grace, First Chronicles-Chapter 20, Verse 11.
- Booklet created detailing the clerical and building history of the Zion Baptist Church located in Denver, Colorado. Included are several photographs of different pastors and their families, changes to different church buildings to the year 2003.
- Zion Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)--History.; Baptists--Colorado--Denver--History.; Zion Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 2003
- "Thy will be done" : the Prayer Band Ministry of Zion Baptist Church : 8th Annual Prayer Breakfast
- Booklet created for the 8th Annual Prayer Breakfast at Zion Baptist Church in Denver, Colorado. This breakfast was to recognize the Senior Pastor and Associate Pastors for all the work they do for the church. Included are photographs of each...
- Zion Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.); African American churches--Colorado--Denver.; African American families--Religious life--Colorado--Denver.
- 2004
- Zion Baptist Church 138th church anniversary, November 9, 2003.
- Anniversary booklet produced by Zion Baptist Church, located in Denver, Colorado for its 138th Anniversary. Included in the booklet is a brief church history, letters from various local and state politicians, worship service programs, and...
- Zion Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.); African American churches--Colorado--Denver.; Baptists--Colorado--Denver.
- 2003 November 9