Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- 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]
- Zuni Pueblo
- A group of unidentified Native American Zuni Pueblo young men sit on a rooftop, Zuni Pueblo, New Mexico; one has a gun in a holster. Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe mission church and the multi-story pueblo houses with access ladders and chimney pots...
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--1890-1910.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--1890-1910.; Zuni Indians--Structures--New Mexico--1890-1910.; Zuni (N.M.)--1890-1910.; Pueblos--New Mexico--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- 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]
- Zouaves group
- A group of Zouaves poses in front of a backdrop with a landscape scene painted on it for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The costume the men wear, including red, baggy pants, gold-braided blue vests and red fez hats, was reportedly derived from the...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Zouaves--Clothing & dress.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1897?]
- Zouaves group
- A group of Zouave poses in a row in front of a large set of bleachers in an arena for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The costume the men wear, including red, baggy pants, gold-braided blue vests and red fez hats, was reportedly derived from the...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Zouaves--Clothing & dress.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1898?]
- Zouaves group
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody stands on the far left of a group of Zouave posing in three rows. The back row is standing, the middle row kneeling and the front row sitting. The costume the Zouaves wear, including red, baggy pants,...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Zouaves--Clothing & dress.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Salsbury, Nate, 1846-1902.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1898?]
- Zouave Club Scrapbook
- Portraits, group portraits and snapshots of the Zouave Club, a girls athletic (gymnastic) and social club, at Manual Training High School in Denver, Colorado. Images of members of the club and club activities.
- Manual Training High School (Denver, Colo.); Manual Training High School (Denver, Colo.)--History--Pictorial works.; Girls--Societies and clubs--Pictorial works.; Denver (Colo.)--History--Pictorial works.; Gymnastics for...
- between 1919 and 1927?
- Zouave Club Group Photo
- Group photograph of the Zouave Club, a girls athletic club at Manual High School in Denver, Colorado.
- Manual Training High School (Denver Colo.); Girls--Societies and clubs--Pictorial works.; Gymnastics for girls--History--Pictorial works.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)
- undated
- 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]
- Zoberski & Faucus MGM training film
- Ray Zoberski and Arnold Faucus, members of the 10th Mountain Division, 15th Infantry Ski Patrol, an early group for what would become the 10th Mountain Division, demonstrate cross-country skiing techniques during the filming of a training film in...
- Cross-country skiing--Idaho--Sun Valley--1940-1950.; Sun Valley (Idaho)--1940-1950.; Military training--Idaho--Sun Valley--1940-1950.; Motion picture industry--Idaho--Sun Valley--1940-1950.; Ski troops--American--Idaho--Sun Valley--1940-1950.;...
- [1942]
- Zion Natl. Park - group on horseback
- View of people on horseback at the Temple of Sinawava, Zion National Park, Utah.
- Zion National Park (Utah)--1910-1930.; Horseback riding--Utah--1910-1930.; National parks & reserves--Utah--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930]
- 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
- Zion - group on horseback
- View of people riding horses on the valley floor between towering cliffs at Zion National Park, Utah.
- Zion National Park (Utah)--1910-1930.; Horseback riding--Utah--1910-1930.; National parks & reserves--Utah--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930]
- 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?]
- 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?]
- 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]
- 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]
- Young women on a tree near the river
- Outdoor portrait of a group of girls on a tree near the South Platte River in Denver, Colorado. They wear dresses and scarves around their necks.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1910-1920.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Rivers--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Teenagers--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Trees--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Young women in swimming attire
- Outdoor portrait of a group of young women in swimming dresses, they stand in water in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Bathing suits--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Swimmers--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Young women
- Group studio view of eleven young women in dark dresses with lace collars, puffed sleeves, and gathered or ruche bodices. They wear their hair pulled back with curled bangs. They are identified as : "top. Mamie Oleson, Minnie Woodward, Bertha...
- Women--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1899?]
- Young woman and girl in Wild West Show camp
- A young woman and girl stand near a group of teepees in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Another larger tent is in the right foreground while another is in the left background. Several round, Native American shields hang from ropes behind...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Camps--1900-1910.; Tipis--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Young men seated beneath a tree
- A group of young men, possibly with the Sells Floto Circus and Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, sit on grass in the woods. They wear suit coats, ties and hats.
- Men--1910-1920.; Teenagers--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1917?]
- Young men
- Studio portrait of a group of teenage men in suits, ties and caps, probably members of the Sells Floto Circus and Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Company--People--1910-1920.; Sells Floto Circus--People--1910-1920.; Men--1910-1920.; Teenagers--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- 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 boys peeking under tent
- A group of young boys lies on the ground peeking under a tent for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Several additional boys walk near them. They are wearing knickers and caps. One boy lying on the ground in the center midground has a hole near the top...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Boys--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- YMCA Glenarm Branch Group Photo in front of Log Cabin
- Yep, this is 1935
- Text and annotations on album page read: "[ARL-125] The first week group ready to go home, [ARL-126] Just hold those poses a moment, please. My, my, such figures!, [ARl-127] 'Andy Family' First week, [ARL-128] A good old water fight. You get wet...
- Camp Nizhoni (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Young Women's Christian Association (Denver, Colo.). Phyllis Wheatley Branch--Facilities--1930-1940.; African Americans--Colorado--Lincoln Hills--1930-1940.; Camp counselors--Colorado--Lincoln Hills--1930-1940.;...
- 1935
- 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 - Buffalo herd near Fort Yellowstone
- View of a herd of American Bison (American buffalo) near Fort Yellowstone in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Shows bulls, cows and calves. A group of tourists looks on. A ridge with limestone cliffs is in the distance.
- Yellowstone National Park--1900-1910.; Bison.; National parks & reserves.
- c1905
- Yellowstone
- A group of tourists stand by Emerald Pool, a large crystal clear basin on Black Sand Basin Loop, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
- Yellowstone National Park--1910-1930.; National parks & reserves--Wyoming--1910-1930.; Sightseers--Wyoming--1910-1930.; Springs--Wyoming--1910-1930.; Women--Wyoming--1910-1930.
- [between 1916 and 1930]
- Yellowstone
- Group shot of possibly President Harding and cabinet members on their 1923 tour of Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. The driver stands beside the long touring automobile filled with men, parked on at a lookout over eroded canyon cliffs. Emblem on...
- Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923--Journeys --Wyoming.; Yellowstone National Park--1910-1930.; Cabinet officers--United States--1910-1930.; Convertible automobiles--Wyoming--1910-1930.; National parks & reserves--Wyoming--1910-1930.;...
- [between 1916 and 1930]
- Yellow Rock - I'kaubut S'shensh
- Yellow Rock (also known Joe Vanderburg and I'kaubut S'shensh), a Native American man on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana, stands in a field on the reservation. He wears large round earrings, numerous beaded necklaces, a choker...
- Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Montana--1900- 1910.; Yellow Rock.
- [1907]
- 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
- Yates shaft, mill & cyanide group, Homestake Mining Co., Lead, So. Dak.
- View of the Yates shaft group includes the shafthouse, the mill, and the cyanide leeching plant, Homestake mine, Lead, South Dakota.
- Homestake Mining Company--Facilities--1940-1950.; Mine buildings--South Dakota--Lead--1940-1950.; Homestake Mine (S.D.)--1940-1950.; Lead (S.D.)--1940-1950.; Mills--South Dakota--Lead--1940-1950.; Mining--South Dakota--Lead--1940-1950.
- [between 1941 and 1950?]
- 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]
- Yale Glee Club
- Portrait of the Yale Glee Club visiting Manitou Springs, Colorado; shows men posing on the porch at the Cliff House. Costume includes morning coats, bowler, Homburg and duster hats, winged collars and ties. One wears a striped silk cravat.
- Music--Societies, etc.--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880- 1890.; Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Singers--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1890.; Cliff House (Manitou Springs, Colo.)
- January, 1889
- Yale 1911 at Trinity Texas
- Group portrait of Yale college men by camp tents in Trinity (Trinity County), Texas; they are identified as Bishop, Watzek, Dwight, Chandler, Jeffers, Bushnell, Stadtmiller, Newins, Spencer, Hastings, F. R. Mason, A. F. March, Walker, Hazard, Moss,...
- Yale University--People--1910-1920.; Trinity (Tex.)--1910-1920.; Camping--Texas--Trinity--1910-1920.; Students--Texas--Trinity--1910-1920.
- 1911?
- Y.W.C.A. baby health check
- Women have their infants weighed for a health check at the Y.W.C.A. in Denver, Colorado. One woman holds her baby in her arms. Posters on an interior wall read: "YWCA Community Service - Three Boarding Homes, Business Girls, Young Employed Girls,...
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Infants--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Young Women's Christian associations--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- 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?]
- Xmas lights
- Nighttime view of a group of houses decorated with Christmas lights in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Christmas decorations--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Lighting--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Night--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.
- 1954 January 1
- Wyman School, Denver, Colo.
- Wyman School class portrait in Denver, Colorado. Students are identified as: Harry Ingle, Fred Bellmar, Katherine McA., George Curtis, Rose Weiss, Rosebud Homer, Blanchard Shaw, Louise Riedel, Belle Pratt, Josephine Cooper, John Keefe, Marjorie...
- Wyman School (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; School children--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Schools--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- June 1917
- Wyandott [sic] Mission School, Huron
- Native American Huron (Wyandot or Wyandotte) students perform outdoors while instructors look on, Wyandotte Mission School, Kansas. The girls, holding books, form a large group and the boys perform in several smaller groups.
- 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?]
- 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
- Wray High School Jr. Band, 1st prize
- The Wray High School Junior Band poses in an outdoor stadium, in Denver, Colorado, in uniforms and holding tubas, drums, saxophones, clarionets, horns and batons.
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Band uniforms--Colorado--Wray--1930-1940.; Marching bands--Colorado--Wray--1930-1940.
- August 28, 1939
- 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
- Wounded Knee, South Dakota
- Two Native American (Sioux) men stand in a corral during the 1973 AIM occupation of Wounded Knee, South Dakota. A group of horses runs away from the men. Buildings and houses of the town are in the distance. Automobiles are parked near houses....
- American Indian Movement--1970-1980.; Dakota Indians--South Dakota--Wounded Knee--1970-1980.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--Wounded Knee--1970-1980.; Wounded Knee (S.D.)--History--Indian occupation, 1973.; Wounded Knee (S.D.)--1970-1980.;...
- 1973 March 2
- 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 posing on a rickety, temporary footbridge leading to a construction site
- Group portrait of men on boards over Archer Canal in Denver, Colorado; a cement mixer and Alameda Avenue underpass construction are in the background.
- Underpasses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Canals--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Pedestrian...
- [1909 or 1910]
- 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?]