Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Zuni, looking S.E.
- Panoramic view of the Native American, Zuni Pueblo in New Mexico. Shows rooftops of adobe and stone buildings with timber rafters (vigas), windows, chimneys and ladders. A woven rug and pottery are near a rooftop entrance. People and a tree are...
- Indians of North America--Structures--New Mexico--Zuni--1870-1890.; Zuni architecture--New Mexico--Zuni--1870-1890.; Zuni Indians--Structures--New Mexico--Zuni--1870-1890.; Dowa Yalanne (McKinley County, N.M.)--1870-1890.; Zuni (N.M.)--1870-1890.;...
- [between 1879 and 1881?]
- Zuni Pueblo
- Native American (Pueblo, Zuni) children and women and white men and women stand on and near adobe and stone cluster homes at Zuni Pueblo, New Mexico. The buildings have chimney pots, vigas, and wooden ladders.
- Indians of North America--Structures--New Mexico--Zuni--1880-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Structures--New Mexico--Zuni--1880-1900.; Zuni Indians--Structures--New Mexico--Zuni--1880-1900.; Zuni (N.M.)--1880-1900.; Adobe buildings--New...
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Youthful Penitentes at Abiquiu, N.M.
- Young men, members of the Hermanos Penitentes, climb up a dirt path between sandstone rock formations in Abiquiu (Rio Arriba County), New Mexico. The men are barefoot and bare chested, they wear loose fitting white pants and have white cloth or...
- Hermanos Penitentes--Buildings--1890-1910.; Abiquiu (N.M.)--1890-1910.; Crosses--New Mexico--Abiquiu--1890-1910.; Religious processions--New Mexico--Abiquiu--1890-1910.; Rites & ceremonies--New Mexico--Abiquiu--1890-1910.; Rock formations--New...
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Young woman graduation portrait
- Studio portrait of a girl in Colorado. She poses near a diploma on a wooden bench and holds a bouquet of flowers.
- Alumni & alumnae--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Young girl seated
- Studio portrait of a young girl seated on a wooden platform [?]. She wears a bow in her hair and a dress.
- Girls--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930]
- Young couple man seated woman standing portrait
- Studio portrait of a husband and wife in Colorado. The man sits on a wooden bench and the woman wears a corsage at her waist.
- Spouses--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Young child standing beside small chair
- Studio portrait of a boy in Colorado. He poses near a miniature chair and wooden bench.
- Boys--Colorado--1910-1930.; Chairs--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Young boy standing portrait
- Studio portrait of a boy in Colorado. He stands on a wooden bench and wears knickers.
- Boys--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Yosemite Valley, South Dome and Glacier Point from trail to Columbia Rock
- View of Half Dome (South Dome) and Glacier Point; shows Yosemite Valley, the Merced River, a bridge and wooden buildings, Yosemite National Park, California.
- Yosemite National Park (Calif.)--1870-1900.; National parks & reserves--California--Yosemite National Park--1870-1890.; Rock formations--California--Yosemite National Park--1870-1890.; Valleys--California--Yosemite National Park--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1900]
- Yosemite Valley, McCauley's Glacier Point
- View of men, a woman, boys and horses outside the Mountain House (McCauley) Hotel. This wooden building with a wrap-around porch surrounded by large pine trees was run by James McCauley, Glacier Point, Yosemite National Park, California.
- Glacier Point (Calif.)--1880-1900.; Yosemite National Park (Calif.)--1880-1900.; Hotels--California--Yosemite National Park--1880-1900.; National parks & reserves--California--Yosemite National Park--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1897]
- York House pool
- View at the York House Apartments in Denver, Colorado; shows the swimming pool and wooden balconies.
- Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Apartment houses--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Swimming pools--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- YMCA, lounge
- Men read and sit in the lounge at the Young Men's Christian Association (Y.M.C.A.) building at East 16th (Sixteenth) Avenue and Lincoln Street in the North Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows magazines on wooden tables, rocking...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Lounges--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Organizations' facilities--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Young Men's Christian...
- 1907
- YMCA, game room
- View of the game room at the Young Men's Christian Association (Y.M.C.A.) at East 16th (Sixteenth) Avenue and Lincoln Street in the North Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a round table with chess pieces, a wooden ping pong...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Board games--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Organizations' facilities--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Recreation rooms--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Table...
- 1907
- YMCA, Denver
- Interior view of the Young Men's Christian Association (Y.M.C.A.) at East 16th (Sixteenth) Avenue and Lincoln Street in the North Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a long hallway with high back wooden chairs and wicker armchairs....
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Chairs--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Organizations' facilities--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Young Men's Christian associations--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- 1907
- YMCA main building
- Interior view of the Young Men's Christian Association (Y.M.C.A.) building on East 16th (Sixteenth) Avenue and Lincoln Street in the North Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a meeting room with rows of wooden folding chairs and a...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Conference rooms--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Organizations' facilities--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Young Men's Christian associations--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- 1907
- YMCA Littleton Branch
- This three-story brick clubhouse in Littleton, Colorado, has a flat roof and wooden doors on the first floor. Plate glass windows are on all levels; some of them are boarded over. Metal and neon letters on the roof read: "YMCA."
- Littleton (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Young Men's Christian Association (Littleton, Colo.)
- 1961?
- Yellowstone Park
- View of Yellowstone National Park. A wooden raised walkway leads away from a corner of a one story building with a pitched roof and small porch. The walkway is parallel to a wooden rail fence. A wooden bench creates a break in the fence. Steam...
- Yellowstone National Park--1890-1900.; Buildings--Wyoming--1890-1900.; National parks & reserves--Wyoming--1890-1900.; Springs--Wyoming--1890-1900.
- 1898
- Yellowstone Lake, landing at Stormy [sic] Point
- View of a wooden boat dock in Yellowstone Lake with rowboats on the shore at Storm Point, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. A steam-driven sightseeing boat with men and women passengers approaches the dock. A man and woman stand on a dock stacked...
- Yellowstone Lake (Wyo.)--1900-1920.; Yellowstone National Park--1900-1920.; Boats--Yellowstone National Park--1900-1920.; Lakes & ponds--Yellowstone National Park--1900-1920.; Piers & wharves--Yellowstone National Park--1900-1920.; Railroad...
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Yellowstone Lake, landing at Stormy [sic] Point
- A group of passengers disembark from a steamboat to the wooden dock at Storm Point, Yellowstone Lake, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Men and women walk toward the shore. Railroad ties are stacked on the dock and rowboats rest on the shoreline....
- Yellowstone Lake (Wyo.)--1900-1920.; Yellowstone National Park--1900-1920.; Boats--Yellowstone National Park--1900-1920.; Lakes & ponds--Yellowstone National Park--1900-1920.; Piers & wharves--Yellowstone National Park--1900-1920.; Railroad...
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Yellowstone Lake
- A steamboat is moored to a wooden dock at Storm Point on Yellowstone Lake, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Railroad ties are stacked on the dock. A man rows a boat on the lake, another works in a rowboat. Stevenson Island and the Absaroka Range...
- Yellowstone Lake (Wyo.)--1900-1920.; Yellowstone National Park--1900-1920.; Boats--Yellowstone National Park--1900-1920.; Lakes & ponds--Yellowstone National Park--1900-1920.; Piers & wharves--Yellowstone National Park--1900-1920.; Railroad...
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- 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]
- Yates House, Georgetown
- View of the two story Yates House hotel in Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. The clapboard sided building has a covered porch and a second story balcony, a false front and a widow's walk with a flagpole on the roof. Signs painted on the...
- Yates House (Georgetown, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Hotels--Colorado--Georgetown--1860-1870.
- 1873?
- Yankee Boy Mine
- View of the ruins of the Yankee Boy Mine, at Yankee Boy Basin, in Ouray County, Colorado. Shows wooden debris and a tailings pile. The bare rocky slopes of a peak are in the distance.
- Ouray County (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Yankee Boy Basin (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Yankee Boy Mine (Ouray County, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Abandoned mines--Colorado--Ouray County--1960-1970.; Mining--Colorado--Ouray County--1960-1970.
- 1963
- Yampa St., Craig, Colo.
- View down Yampa Avenue, Craig, Colorado; wooden frame & brick buildings, boardwalk, horse-drawn wagons & carriages; businesses on left include Bank of Craig, J.W. Hugus & Company (general merchandise), & Baker house; businesses on right include a...
- Craig (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Craig--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Craig--1910-1920.
- [between 1913 and 1915]
- Wyo. state hunters, Eagles Nest Nov. 1921 catch, 80 coyotes, 1 bobcat, 2 badgers.
- Three tiers of coyote pelts hang from a wood and stone slab frame near Wamsutter in Sweetwater County, Wyoming. Two bandoliers of rifle cartridges stretched between boards hang below a bobcat pelt. Two badgers lie on the ground near axes stuck in...
- Coyote--Control--Wyoming--Sweetwater County--1920-1930.; Sweetwater County (Wyo.)--1920-1930.; Coyote hunting--Wyoming--Sweetwater County--1920-1930.; Dead animals--Wyoming--Sweetwater County--1920-1930.; Hides & skins--Wyoming--Sweetwater...
- 1921 Nov
- 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
- Wright's Trading Post
- View of the Pueblo style Wright's Trading Post & Curios (designed by Charles Wright) at 324 West Gold in Albuquerque (Bernalillo County), New Mexico. The adobe style building has vigas, balconies, a wooden ladder and an horno (oven) on the corner...
- Wright's Trading Post & Curios--Buildings--1950-1960.; Albuquerque (N.M.)--1950-1960.; Commercial facilities--New Mexico--Albuquerque--1950-1960.; Ovens--New Mexico--Albuquerque--1950-1960.; Souvenir shops--New Mexico--Albuquerque--1950-1960.;...
- 1958 August?
- Wrecked snowshed cribbing
- View of rocks, dirt and timber debris from a retaining wall for a snowshed near Stevens Pass (King County), Washington. Shows eroded slopes and damaged wooden cribbing.
- Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.)--1910-1920.; King County (Wash.)--1910-1920.; Debris--Washington (State)--King County--1910-1920.; Landslides--Washington (State)--King County--1910-1920.; Railroad facilities--Washington (State)--King...
- 1917 July 20
- Wreck on D. & R.G.W. near Aspen
- People stand on tracks beside an overturned Central Vermont Railway freight car near Aspen in Pitkin County, Colorado. The wrecked freight car is wedged in an embankment near a Denver and Rio Grande Western wooden trestle. Shows snow on mountains...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Pitkin County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Railroad accidents--Colorado--Pitkin County--1920-1930.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Pitkin County--1920-1930.; Trestles--Colorado--Pitkin...
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Wreck of Gilpin Tramway engine in Prosser Gulch
- A view of an accident in Prosser Gulch on the Gilpin Tramway line in Gilpin County, Colorado. Shows a heavily damaged locomotive and cars. Officials and workers stand on a wooden trestle with cribbed retaining walls and observe the overturned...
- Gilpin Tramway Company--1890-1900.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Prosser Gulch (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--Gilpin County--1890-1900.; Railroad accidents--Colorado--Gilpin County--1890-1900.;...
- 1897 Dec. 30
- WPCD locomotives in yard
- View of the locomotive yard at the West Portal construction site of the Alva B. Adams Tunnel (Continental Divide Tunnel) of the Colorado Big Thompson project in Grand County, Colorado. Shows men, mine locomotives, corrugated sheds, power station, a...
- Alva B. Adams Tunnel (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Grand County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mine railroads--Colorado--Grand County--1940-1950.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Grand County--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1942?]
- WPCD
- Workers stand beside railroad tracks, tools and ladders inside the the west portal of the Alva B. Adams Tunnel of the United States Reclamation Bureau Colorado Big Thompson Project water diversion tunnel (west portal of the Continental Divide...
- Colorado-Big Thompson Project (U.S.)--People--1940-1950.; Alva B. Adams Tunnel (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Grand County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Employees--Colorado--Grand County--1940-1950.; Hydraulic facilities--Colorado--Grand County--1940-1950.;...
- [between 194 and 1947]
- Worthington Pump Co.
- Interior view of the Worthington Pump and Machinery Corporation warehouse at 435 17th (Seventeenth) Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. Metal pipe connectors and wooden crates are in the room.
- Worthington Pump and Machinery Corporation--1920-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Warehouses--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- World renowned [sic] loop, Denver, Northwestern & Pacific Ry., Moffat Road
- View of Denver, Northwestern & Pacific Railway (later Denver & Salt Lake) Hill Hell, "Loop", wooden trestle and tunnel number 33, Moffat Road, Colorado; passenger train crossing over trestle and another passenger train approaching tunnel; standard...
- Railroads--Colorado--1900-1920.; Trestles--Colorado--1900-1920.; Tunnels--Colorado--1900-1920.; Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway.
- [between 1904 and 1913]
- Workshop for playground equipment
- Interior view of a man at a vise in a workshop used to repair playground equipment in Denver, Colorado. The man, who possibly is superintendent Thornton, wears overalls, a sweater and a cap. Saws, drill bits, hammers, wrenches and other tools are...
- Denver (Colo.). Dept. of Parks and Recreation--People--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Employees--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- 1918, May
- Workmen at 10th and Lawrence in Denver, Colorado
- Workmen pose in front of a crane with surveying equipment. The Congregation of Shomro Amunoh (probably a synagogue) at 10th and Lawrence Street, is in the background, a plaque on the building reads: "1888". Another sign reads: "Butters and Braun...
- Congregation Shomro Amunoh (Denver, Colo.); Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bridge construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.;...
- August 19 1898
- Woodstock snow slide ruins
- View of a collapsed frame, probably one-story house, in Woodstock near Pitkin (Gunnison County), Colorado west of Alpine Pass. A wooden plank supports an unstable wall. A brick chimney, wooden shingles, and rafters are in the debris pile of the...
- Woodstock (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Avalanches--Colorado--Woodstock--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Woodstock--1880-1890.; Ruins--Colorado--Woodstock--1880-1890.; Snow--Colorado--Woodstock--1880-1890.
- 1884?
- 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?]
- Wooden pipe
- Construction workers lash together wooden planks to form a large diameter pipe probably in Denver, Colorado. The workers use metal braces to piece together the pipe in a deep trench. Planks are stacked on the side of the trench.
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Pipes (Conduits)--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.; Lumber--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.; Waterworks--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Wooden lattice on North West porch building for Mr. D.A. Millett
- This item (1 of approximately 1000 items) is from Fisher and Fisher's Architectural Records 1892-1997 collection (C MSS WH932). This drawing shows lattice work for a residence at 860 Vine Street in the Cheesman Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado...
- Millett, Daniel Appleton, 1879-1955--Homes & haunts.; Cheesman Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood))--1920-1930.; Houses.; Porches.; Trellises.
- 1920 March 25
- Wooden house
- View of a two story Native American wooden house. The house has a covered porch and one chimney. A utility building is near the house.
- Indians of North America--Structures--1880-1910.; Houses--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Wooden flume
- A man stands on a wooden flume and walkway in possibly Glenwood Canyon, Garfield County, Colorado. Trees and scrub bushes are nearby.
- Flumes--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Wooden door at the William Owens Estate
- Color photograph of the interior of a wooden door at the William Owens Estate located in Cherry Hills Village, Colorado. Built in 1923, the Owen Estate is located on approximately five acres of extensively landscaped grounds. Designed by Denver...
- Owen, William Roland--Homes & haunts.; Cherry Hills Village (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Houses--Colorado--Cherry Hills Village--1990-2000.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Englewood.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Englewood.;...
- 1999
- Wooden decoration Fort Collins
- One-story stone house in Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado, has bargeboard in the eaves. A church is in the background; cars are parked in the street.
- Fort Collins (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Fort Collins--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960]
- Wooden cabin
- View of a Native American (Shoshone) one story wooden house. The house has a stove pipe and a lean-to extension. Laundry hangs on a clothesline near the house. A pile of wood is in the distance.
- Indians of North America--Structures--1880-1910.; Shoshoni Indians--Structures--1880-1910.; Houses--1880-1910.; Log buildings--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Wooden bridge, Camp Hale, Colorado
- View of skitroopers testing an experimental wooden bridge built by the Tenth Mountain Division, Engineering Battalion at Camp Hale Colorado. A line of men are crossing the bridge and more troops wait below. Snow covers the ground.
- Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Military training--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [1943-1944]
- Wooden banisters in the David W. Brown House
- Interior photograph of wooden banisters in the David W. Brown House in Englewood, Colorado. Built in the Prairie style by David Brown, a founder of the Rocky Mountain Fuel Company. George Williamson was the architect. A semi-octagonal turret...
- Brown, David W.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Englewood.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Englewood.; Architecture--Colorado--Englewood--History.
- 1978 September
- Woodbury Branch remodeling
- Photograph of the main circulation area of the Woodbury Branch library located in Denver, Colorado during the remodeling of the building. See is the wooden circulation desk with, large arch doorways behind it.
- Denver Public Library. Woodbury Branch.
- 1993 September 18
- Woodbury Branch Public Library
- Interior of Woodbury Branch of Denver Public Library, West 33rd and Federal Boulevard, Highland Park, Denver, Colorado; one-story brick Renaissance villa; reading room features: high beamed ceiling with hanging globe lamps, large arched windows,...
- Denver Public Library. Woodbury Branch--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Libraries--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Woodbury, Roger Williams, 1841-1903--Monuments.
- [between 1913 and 1920]
- Women's toilet west side
- View of the women's restroom on the west side of the Wellshire Golf Course (Wellshire Country Club) in Denver, Colorado. The wooden building has a privacy screen near the entrance.
- Golf courses--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Wellshire Municipal Golf Course (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Public comfort stations--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]