Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- White Ticket Wagon
- Men pose by a painted ticket sales wagon for the Buffalo Bill and Pawnee Bill Show; they include: (L to R) Charles Metius, Ben Keeler, John Stevens, Ed Dowling, and Harry Kiel. Painted signs on the wagon read: "Reserved Seats," "Buffalo [B]ills...
- Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917--Staff.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Pawnee Bill's Great Far East Show--People.; Carts & wagons--1900-1910.; Ticket offices--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- 1909
- Whitman Mission, Wash.
- View of the Whitman Mission, "Waiilatpu" in the Walla Walla Valley in Walla Walla County, Washington. Shows wagons camped near the mission and on the Oregon Trail. The mission has log buildings with pitched roofs. A circular corral and a grist mill...
- Oregon National Historic Trail--1840-1850.; Walla Walla County (Wash.)--1840-1850.; Walla Walla River (Or. and Wash.)--1840-1850.; Walla Walla Valley (Or. and Wash.)--1840-1850.; Whitman Mission National Historic Site (Wash.)--1840-1850.;...
- 1930
- Whitney haunted house on beach, Grand Lake
- View of two-teamed horse-drawn wagon in front of the Whitney home, in Grand Lake, Colorado, shows a side-seated platform wagon with roll-down canvas sides and roof and a woman in the driving seat holding reins to two pairs of horses. Passengers...
- Grand Lake (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Buildings--Colorado--Grand Lake--1890-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Grand Lake--1890-1910.; Haunted houses--Colorado--Grand Lake--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Wild West Show camp
- A man stands in the left center midground near a stopped wagon in front of a large tent in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The man is reading a newspaper he holds in his hands. Two workers carry wood buckets from underneath the tent....
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Laborers--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Wild West Show camp
- A group of men and women is gathered under a tent in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Three men lean against a log pole in the left background. A wagon is in the center background with the words "Buffalo Bill's Wild West" painted on it.
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Show tents--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Wild West Show camp
- A group of men works to cook food in the kitchen wagon for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show in a camp for the show. Two smokestacks protrude from the top of the wagon. The large stoves are wood-fired. A large tent is set up in the background. The Wild...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Outdoor cookery--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Wild West Show camp
- A man drives a round wagon pulled by two teams of horses through a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Lettering on the side of the wagon reads "Buffalo Bill's Wild West." A woman, possibly William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody's wife, Louisa...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Carts & wagons--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Wild West Show cooks
- Two cooks from Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show stand near a kitchen wagon in the right midground in a camp for the show. The man on the far right wears a long white coat. Another cook prods a fire in a large stove in the left midground. Several...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Chefs--1900-1910.; Cookery--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Wild West Show covered wagon
- Two members of the cast of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show sit on the buckboard of a covered wagon. A third man is stopped on a horse in the left midground near the back of the covered wagon. A landscape scene is painted on the backdrop behind where...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Covered wagons--1880-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Wild West Show parade
- Two teams of horses pull a wagon with a boat on it during a parade for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. One man in uniform sits on the buckboard of the wagon. Additional men in uniform sit inside the boat on top of the wagon. Several women on...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Boats--1900-1910.; Carts & wagons--1900-1910.; Parades & processions--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Wild West Show performance
- A group of men runs next to a horse pulling a wagon in a dirt arena during a performance of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The men wear white uniforms resembling those of sailors. One man sits on the wagon and holds the horse's reins. The Wild West...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Carts & wagons--1900-1910.; Music ensembles--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Wild West Show rehearsal
- Two Native American women stand near a tent in a dirt arena for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. A small child kneels on the ground near the woman in the left midground. A horse stands in the left midground with two logs forming a wagon behind it. A...
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Wild West Show water wagon
- A man stands in the right foreground holding the ropes of three horses drinking or eating from a wood trough. The man is a member of the staff of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. A large group of children is gathered in the left midground near...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Children--1900-1910.; Horses--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- William Cody with group
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody poses on horseback with members of the cast of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, probably while touring in Paris. A dog sled and several dogs are in the foreground. The driver of the sled stands in the left...
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Dog teams--1880-1900.; Horses--1880-1900.; Sleds & sleighs--1880-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Burke, John, d. 1917.; Nelson, John Young, b. 1826.; Salsbury, Nate,...
- [1889?]
- William S. Hart and Chief Luther Standing Bear, Dakota
- a letter to the Western History Department dated May 24, 1968, letter continues that Chief Luther Standing Bear wrote four books titled: My people, the Sioux (1928), My Indian boyhood (1931), Land of the Spotted Eagle (1933) and Stories of the...
- Dakota Indians--1920-1930.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1920-1930.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1920-1930.; Hart, William S.; Standing Bear, Luther, 1868?-1939.
- [192-?]
- 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]
- Wilson Creek, on road from Garden Park to Cripple Creek. Survey team and outfit. Teller County. Gorge in granite.
- View of a horse drawn covered wagon in Wilson Creek gorge, Teller County, Colorado; cliffs are in the background.
- Teller County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Covered wagons--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.; Horses--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.; Transportation--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.
- 1894
- Windham Smelting Works, 3 miles from Ouray. Bull team and pack train unloading ore.
- View of the Windham Smelting Works near Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado shows the smelter with a brick chimney, water, a burro pack train and a bull-drawn wagon.
- Ouray County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Donkeys--Colorado--Ouray County--1870-1880.; Mining--Colorado--Ouray County--1870-1880.; Pack trains--Colorado--Ouray County--1870-1880.; Smelters--Colorado--Ouray County--1870-1880.
- between 1877 and 1879
- Windsor Farm Dairy delivery wagon
- View of a Windsor Farm Dairy horse drawn wagon, in Denver, Colorado, decorated with flowers. Brick dairy buildings at 1855 Blake Street are in the background.
- Windsor Farm Dairy Company--Equipment & supplies--1900-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Dairying--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Windsor Farm Dairy delivery wagon
- View of a Windsor Farm Dairy horse drawn wagon, in Denver, Colorado, with lettering: "Windsor Farm Dairy, Cheese, Buttermilk, Milk, Cream, Butter, The Perfect Ice Cream." Women and men pose; brick dairy buildings at 1855 Blake Street are in the...
- Windsor Farm Dairy Company--Equipment & supplies--1900-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Dairying--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Windsor Farm Dairy president and delivery wagon
- Brown H. Cannon, president of Windsor Farm Dairy, is by a horse drawn milk delivery wagon at 1855 Blake Street in Denver, Colorado; dairy buildings are in the background.
- Windsor Farm Dairy Company--People--1900-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Businessmen--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Dairying--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Cannon, Brown H.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Winfield & Hodges, 366 Larimer Street, Denver, Colorado
- Composite photograph shows a man in a horse drawn wagon with letters: "F. Winfield," and oversized potatoes.
- Winfield & Hodges--Buildings--1860-1880.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1860-1880.; Horses--Colorado--Denver--1860-1880.; Potatoes--Colorado--Denver--1860-1880.
- [between 1869 and 1879]
- Winks Lodge: Old sign
- Photograph of an old sign for Winks Lodge in Lincoln Hills (Gilpin County) sites on top of an old Radio Flyer wagon. Built in 1925 by architect Wendall Hamlet, the lodge was a place for African Americans to escape the city for rest and relaxation...
- Lincoln Hills (Colo.)
- 2011 August
- Winter in Cripple Creek
- Rows of one and two-story flat-roof wooden frame commercial buildings (many with false fronts) on Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; horse-drawn wagon frame, possibly an ox wagon, loaded with timber, wooden and metal barrels is on dirt road;...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1892 November 24
- Winter view of Central City, 1899
- Main Street in Central City, Colorado, is covered with a blanket of snow. St. Mary's Catholic Church is in the left midground. The Teller House, named for Henry M. Teller, one of Colorado's first senators, is in the left background across Eureka...
- Signs and signboards--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Catholic churches--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Churches--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.;...
- [1899?]
- Within the gates Garden of the Gods
- A woman sits in a horse-drawn wagon near the Gateway rock formation (Gate Rock), Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. Sandstone formations are in the distance.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Gate Rock (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1900.; Rock formations--Colorado--Colorado...
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Woman driving horse drawn wagon
- Outdoor portrait of a woman driving a horse drawn vegetable wagon, on the Alameda Avenue / Archer Canal bridge, in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Canals--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Woman on horseback
- A woman equestrian with the Sells Floto Circus and Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show sits on a white stallion in costume. She wears a small hat with an ostrich feather and a long dress with a fitted bodice. Sequins embellish the shoulders, bust and hem...
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Company--People--1910-1920.; Sells Floto Circus--People--1910-1920.; Circus animals--1910-1920.; Circus performers--1910-1920.; Circuses & shows--1910-1920.; Costumes--1910-1920.; Horseback riding--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1917?]
- Women hunters
- Women pose in rugged costume with rifles and ammunition belts by a horse drawn camp wagon at Williams Fork (Grand County), Colorado. A man and dog are by the horses.
- Williams Fork (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Williams Fork--1880-1900.; Hunting--Colorado--Williams Fork--1880-1900.; Rifles--Colorado--Williams Fork--1880-1900.; Transportation--Colorado--Williams Fork--1880-1900.;...
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Women performers outside circus tent
- Two women circus performers, with the Sells Floto Circus and Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, rehearse near a circus tent and wagon. People watch the women practice.
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Company--People--1910-1920.; Sells Floto Circus--People--1910-1920.; Circus performers--1910-1920.; Circuses & shows--1910-1920.; Show tents--1910-1920.; Women--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1917?]
- Wooden wheel
- A wooden wagon wheel protrudes from the ground in Colorado. Mountains are in the distance.
- Wheels--Colorado--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920?]
- Woodie Fisher Hose Co. No. 1
- Firemen, in uniform, pose in front of the Hughes Block, a brick building with windows set in an arched facade, an outside staircase, and a covered porch, on Lawrence Street between 14th (Fourteenth) and 15th (Fifteenth) Streets, in Denver,...
- Denver (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.
- 1872
- 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?]
- Woodmen of the World
- Men pose in Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado, by a team of horses and a wagon. Uniforms include kepi hats and ritual gowns; a mesa is in the distance.
- Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Co.--People--1900-1920.; Rifle (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Clubs--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1920.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1920.; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- World War I Civilian Registration Index of Colorado Minorities.
- List of men of ethnic minority between the ages of 18 and 45 who were required to register for the United State Selective Service during World War I. List is taken from Microfilm Rolls # 1509 CO 1-CO 2, and CO 6-CO 9, for Alamosa, Arapahoe,...
- 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....
- undated
- Writing home to... and he got her, too, Oz wagon, two day camp
- Wagon boss, Stan (Stanford) Sherman, sits with his back resting on camp supplies and writes a letter; another man reaches for food [?] inside a wooden box, at their two day camp, Colorado. Their wagon is equipped with rope; a large sheet of canvas...
- Carts & wagons--Colorado--1900-1910.; Sherman, Stan.
- June 1903
- Wyandott Mission, Dr. Kirk, principal teaching Indian boys to chop wood
- Principal Kirk has Native American Huron (Wyandot or Wyandotte) boys chop wood, in front of a full wood shed, on the grounds of the Wyandotte Mission School, Kansas. The boys wear jackets and hats and hold axes. Women and girls in dresses with...
- 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.; Woodcutting--Kansas--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Wyatt School fifth grade pioneer project
- Photograph students from Wyatt Elementary School's fifth grade class during a pioneer class project in Denver, Colorado. Three girls sit on the floor wearing gingham dressed and sunbonnets. In the middle is a rocking cradle with a doll. On the...
- Wyatt School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1934 May
- Wyoming- Colorado line homeward bound on the state dividing line
- A man poses near a horse-drawn covered wagon on the state line between Colorado and Wyoming. A sign posted near a rock marker reads: "Wyoming."
- Boundaries--Colorado--1890-1900.; Boundaries--Wyoming--1890-1900.; Covered wagons--1890-1900.; Transportation--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- 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
- Yount mill at mouth of Boulder [canyon], operated by water power
- Built on the sloping bank of Boulder Creek, this gambrel-roofed frame flour mill, operated by water power, in Boulder, Colorado, is supported at the end by piers. A horse and wagon are in the foreground, and a frame residence with an open porch is...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mills--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Zang's Hotel, Creede, Colo.
- People stand in a row in front of "Zang's Hotel" and "Zang's Hotel Annex" in the town of Creede, Colorado, in Mineral County. A horse is hitched to a wagon near two dogs. A man sits in the window of the main hotel building. Architectural features...
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- [1892?]
- 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?]