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- Reinforcements move up the ridge, Mount Belvedere in background, Italy
- A line of Tenth Mountain Division soldiers climb up a ridge wearing helmets, combat fatigues, large knapsacks during the Italian Campaign. According to the caption the peak of Mount Belvedere rises in the distance. The ground is partially covered...
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- February 21, 1945
- Company D of 85th Mountain Infantry, 10th Mountain Division
- Members of Company D of the 85th Mountain Infantry, 10th Mountain Divison wind their way up Mount Belvedere in Bologna Province, Italy. The men are in uniform and carry packs, rifles, mortars and boxes of ammunition. Some of the men smoke...
- World War, 1939-1945--American--Campaigns & battles.; Bologna (Italy : Province)--1940-1950.; Arms & armament--American--Italy--Bologna (Italy : Province)--1940-1950.; Campaigns & battles--Italy--Bologna (Italy : Province)--1940-1950.;...
- 1945 February 21
- Litter bearers evacuate wounded on Mount Belvedere, Italy
- Two soldiers from the Tenth Mountain Division, 85th Regiment, 1st Battalion, walk in front of a wounded soldier on a litter carried by five others. According to the caption the soldier had been wounded in the attack on Mount Belvedere during the...
- Medicine, Military--Italy--1940-1950.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Medical aspects of war--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- February 20, 1945
- Wounded men cross snowy field to the Battalion Aid Station, Mount Belvedere, Italy
- Eight men walk in a straight line on a trail across a snow covered field. According to the caption, they are both walking wounded and a litter squad, accompanying a wounded enemy soldier on a litter to the Tenth Mountain Division, 85th Mountain...
- Medicine, Military--Italy--1940-1950.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Medical aspects of war--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- February 20, 1945
- Medical Aid Station on Mount Belvedere, Italy
- Tenth Mountain Division medical aid station on Mount Belvedere. Groups of litter bearers wait for calls to bring in the wounded near a tent set up as an aid station. In the distance troops move toward the front lines during the Italian Campaign.
- Medicine, Military--Italy--1940-1950.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Medical aspects of war--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- February 21, 1945
- Bogged tank, Italy 1945
- curved road. Trees and shrubs near the tank and on the higher hills are leafless.; Shows a frontal view of six Tenth Mountain Division soldiers in a tank on a steep and rocky road on Mt. Belvedere, Italy. All wear helmets, except one who seems to...
- Mountain warfare--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Tanks (Military science)--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [February] 1945
- Tank destroyer firing near Mt. Belvedere.
- Night view of probably an M10 Tank Destroyer firing on enemy positions in the area of Mount Belvedere (Monte Belvedere) in the Province of Bologna, Italy. The tank is near a two story stone building.
- World War, 1939-1945--American--Campaigns & battles--Italy--Bologna (Italy : Province); Bologna (Italy : Province)--1940-1950.; Night warfare--Italy--Bologna (Italy : Province)--1940-1950.; Night--Italy--Bologna (Italy : Province)--1940-1950.;...
- 1945 February 20
- Hotel Belvedere, Montrose
- Men and women pose near the Belvedere Hotel in Montrose (Montrose County), Colorado. The hotel has a sign: "Belvedere," and a mansard roof. A girl poses with a a bicycle; women and children sit in a buggy; a boy holds a bucket.
- Belvedere Hotel (Montrose, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Montrose County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Bicycles & tricycles--Colorado--Montrose--1900-1910.; Boys--Colorado--Montrose--1900-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Montrose--1900-1910.;...
- 1900 September
- Mount Belvedere in southern Italy, captured by the Allies, looms on the left.
- Two members of 10th Mountain Division string telephone wire over the branch of a tree near Mount Belvedere (Monte Belvedere) in Bologna Province, Italy. The men wear uniforms and helmets. One of the men has climbed the tree; he has a rifle slung...
- World War, 1939-1945--American--Campaigns & battles--Italy--Bologna (Italy : Province); Bologna (Italy : Province)--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--Bologna (Italy : Province)--1940-1950.; Telecommunication lines--Italy--Bologna (Italy :...
- 1945
- Explosion used to detonate German mines
- A black cloud from an explosion rises in the middle ground of the image. Leafless trees and snow covers the ground. In the background buildings stand on the ridge above the valley in the vicinity of Mount Belvedere during the Italian Campaign....
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Explosions--Italy--1940-1950.; Mines (Warfare)--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- February 21, 1945
- Returning from the frontlines
- In a view taken from above, twenty-nine Tenth Mountain Division soldiers march around a curve in a road towards a bridge over a small creek. A covered truck is begining its crossing as a soldier driving a camuflaged weasle (a treaded mitlitary...
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- 1945 February 22
- View of Riva Ridge with jeep, Italy
- View of Riva Ridge lightly dusted with snow. In the foreground a covered jeep is parked pointing toward the mountains along a gravel road. An open field covered with snow and some woods fill the middle ground.
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [February] 1945
- Sgt. George D. Orrell
- Sergeant George D. Orrell, a member of the 10th Mountain Division 85th Regiment, Company I, shaves at a campsite possibly on Mount Belvedere in Italy. A Jeep and woodstove are nearby.
- World War, 1939-1945--Military personnel--Italy--1940-1950.; Italy--1940-1950.; Infantry--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Military personnel--Italy--1940-1950.; Shaving--Italy--1940-1950.; Orrell, George D.; United States. Army. Mountain Division,...
- 1945
- Belvedere
- View of Monte Belvedere, Italy. The mountain was the first objective for the Tenth Mountain Division during the Italian Campaign.
- Mountains--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Belvedere, Battle of, 1944.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- February 1945
- Village of Gaggio-Montano, Italy
- View of Gaggio-Montano, Italy, on the south east slopes of Monte Belvedere, which was a target during the Tenth Mountain Division's battle for Belvedere. Shows the town's major landmark, a rock formation with a chapel on top, and a church with a...
- Gaggio Montano (Italy)--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [February 1945]
- Belvedere Hotel
- The Belvedere Hotel in Montrose, Colorado, features a mansard roof, dormers, a second floor balcony, balustrade, an open front porch, brick walls, and a small yard. The building is on a corner bordered by dirt roads.
- Montrose (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Montrose--1890-1900.; Belvedere Hotel (Montrose, Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [1890?]
- Taking prisoners on Belvedere
- A pair of soldiers from the Tenth Mountain Division's 85th Regiment move a group of German prisoners down Mount Belvedere's wooded slopes. The trees have budding leaves.
- Prisoners of war--Germany--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--German--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Belvedere, Battle of, 1944.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- February 1945
- The dead on Monte Belvedere
- Sunset of the first day of the World War II attack on Mount Belvedere, the dead of both sides remain where they had fallen. Two corpses lie in the snow at the base of a slope.
- Monte Belvedere (Italy)--1940-1950.; War casualties--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- February 1945
- Monte Belvedere from Vidiciatico, Italy
- View of Monte Belvedere from Vidiciatico, Italy taken the day before the attack. Shows the ridge, which extends from the summit on the right and ends at Rocca Coronetta on the left, that the troops of the Tenth Mountain Division, 87th Regiment,...
- Monte Belvedere (Italy)--1940-1950.; Vidiciatico, Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- February 19, 1945
- Arapahoe Street
- A horse-drawn wagon and streetcar make their way past the Belvedere Hotel on Arapahoe Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. The Mining Exchange building is nearby. A sign on the streetcar reads: "Broadway Athletic Park Base-ball Today."
- Belvedere Hotel (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Street railroads--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1891 and 1910?]
- Belvedere, troops before a battle
- A company of the 85th Regiment, twelve in number, moves out across a ridge on Mount Belvedere while a larger group of roughly twenty Tenth Mountain Division soldiers wait in reserve, some in fox holes the rest in sheltered positions, including a...
- Campaigns & battles--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--United States--1945.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 86th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- February 1945
- Montrose, Colorado
- The brick shell of a building remains after being burned out by fire, in Montrose, Colorado. The building has a plaque near an entrance that reads, "Belvedere," and painted on the side of the building is, "Hotel Rail-Road Eating House." Four brick...
- Belvedere Hotel (Montrose, Colo.)--Disasters--1890-1910.; Montrose (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Fires--Colorado--Montrose--1890-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Montrose--1890-1910.; Ruins--Colorado--Montrose--1890-1910.
- [between 1890-1910?]
- Swing shift on Belvedere
- A Tenth Mountain Division infantry man naps in a fox-hole with his rifle and rucksack nearby after being relieved during the fighting on Belvedere.
- Foxholes--Italy--1940-1950.; Military life--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- February 1945
- View of Vidiciatico, Italy
- View of the town of Vidiciatico, Italy, where soldiers of the Tenth Mountain Division prepared for their first battle, the attack on Belvedere. Shows the town and its distinctive tower. the ground outside the town is covered with snow; trees are...
- Vidiciatico, Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Belvedere, Battle of, 1944.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- February 1945
- "Digging in" under shell-fire near Corona, Italy
- Tenth Mountain Division, 87th Regiment, 3rd Battalion troops "digging in" near the newly captured village of Corona, Italy, on Monte Belvedere as German shells fall among them.
- Corona (Italy)--1940-1950.; Monte Belvedere (Italy)--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- February 1945
- Monte Belevedere afternoon of the attack
- View of battlefield on Mount Belvedere, Italy, taken in the afternoon of the attack. The photographer's unit had been in reserve in the morning at the start of attack and so this field, which had seen heavy fighting, looked peaceful by the time he...
- Mountains--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Belvedere, Battle of, 1944.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- February 1945
- The tower of Vidiciatico, Italy
- View of the tower from the snow-packed plaza of Vidiciatico, Italy, with a jeep parked beside it. From here the Tenth Mountain Division made preparations to capture Monte Belvedere from the Germans.
- Vidiciatico (Italy)--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Belvedere, Battle of, 1944.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- February 1945
- Patrols securing Corona, Italy
- Shows Tenth Mountain Division troops in the early morning of February 20, 1945, securing the battered stone houses of Corona, Italy, which had been captured from the Germans during a night attack on Monte Belvedere.
- Corona (Italy)--1940-1950.; Monte Belvedere (Italy)--1940-1950.; Soldiers--United States--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- 1945 February 20
- View of Gaggio Montana, Italy
- View of Gaggio, Montana, Italy, located on the southeast slope of Monte Belvedere which became a landmark to Tenth Mountain Division troops on the way from Lizzano to Abetaia and Castel D'Aiano.
- Monte Belvedere (Italy)--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [February] 1945
- Ute Iron Spring Chateau
- View of the Ute Iron Spring Chateau and Iron Springs Hotel in Manitou Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. The two-story, shingle style Iron Springs Chateau has a hip roof, dormer windows, an awning, a roof porch, a belvedere with a conical roof,...
- Iron Springs Hotel (Manitou Springs, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Ute Iron Spring Chateau (Manitou Springs, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Buildings--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Manitou...
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- First Congregational Church, Colorado Springs
- View of the First Congregational Church at St. Vrain and Tejon Streets in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. The Richardsonian-style church has a cross-gable roof, painted, arched windows, a bell tower with a tent roof that rises from the...
- First Congregational Church (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Congregational churches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Big snow of December 1913
- A man stands with his two horses and delivery wagon across Fifthteenth (15th) Street from the La Court and Belvedere Hotels, Denver, Colorado. The horses are fed from feed bags and hay placed on street in front of them. The sides of the street are...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Animal feeding--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Blizzards--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Horse teams--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Snow--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- December 1913
- Residence of Jonah Maurcie Finn, Cripple Creek, Colorado
- Exterior view of Jonah Maurice Finn's neglected residence, Placer Street and Pikes Peak Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; nicknamed "the Towers" or "Finn's Folly"; this twenty-six room mansion completed by 1901 was torn down in 1920; features...
- Finn, Jonah Maurice--Homes & haunts.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920]
- Artesian Well No 2 Montrose, Colo
- In Montrose, Montrose County, Colorado, men, girls, and dogs pose with a pump house behind them. A frame tower supports the well shaft used to access artesian well no. 2; a projecting boom is over sheds with flywheels, pipes, and tanks. A...
- Montrose (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Artesian wells--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Drilling & boring machinery--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Girls--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.
- 1887 May 1
- The Towers
- Exterior view of Jonah Maurice Finn's residence, Placer St. and Pikes Peak Ave., Cripple Creek, Colorado; the three-story palatial twenty- six room mansion was completed by 1901 and torn down in 1920; also called "The Towers" or "Finn's Folly";...
- Finn, Jonah Maurice--Homes & haunts.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1920.
- [between 1901 and 1920]
- The Towers, palatial home of J. Maurice Finn, Cripple Creek
- Exterior view of Jonah Maurice Finn's residence, Placer Street and Pikes Peak Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; nicknamed "The Towers" or "Finn's Folly"; palatial twenty-six room mansion was completed by 1901 and torn down in 1920; features include...
- Finn, Jonah Maurice--Homes & haunts.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1920.
- [between 1901 and 1920]
- Zoo office & bird cages (from the south)
- Shows a single story building with two bird gazebos on both ends, a long covered porch and a belvedere (rooftop gazebo). The building was built in 1893 and was originally the first pavilion in City Park, it was torn down in 1973.
- Animal cages--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Denver Zoo--1930-1950.; Offices--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Zoos--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Zoo office & bird cages (from the N.E.)
- Shows a single story building with two bird gazebos on both ends, a long covered porch and a belvedere (rooftop gazebo). The building was built in 1893 and was originally the first pavilion in City Park, it was torn down in 1973.
- Animal cages--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Denver Zoo--1930-1950.; Offices--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Zoos--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Park Floral Company
- View of Park Floral Company buildings in Petersburg, now Sheridan, (Arapahoe County) Colorado; shows a frame tower with octagonal cupola and a belvedere.
- Park Floral Company (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Petersburg (Arapahoe County, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Nurseries (Horticulture)--Colorado--Petersburg--1920-1930.; Towers--Colorado--Petersburg--1920-1930.
- [between 1923 and 1930]
- Ground Observation Point, Air Corps, Rover Joe
- U.S. Air corps and other allied pilots provided bombing and strafing support for the Tenth Mountain Division on Mt. Belvedere, Italy, under the code name: Rover Joe. Shown facing camera in the observation point are Lt. Robert Egner, of the South...
- Air warfare--Italy--1945.; Military officers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Badenhorst, W.; Egner, Robert.; Gaber, Edward.; Liversidge, Law.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- March 1945
- Inside Rover Joe's observation point
- Shows four soldiers facing away from the camera in observation point that controlled air support for the Tenth Mountain Division on Mt. Belvedere, Italy, under the code name: Rover Joe. The location is a hole in the ground overlooking a valley, a...
- Air warfare--Italy--1945.; Military officers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- March 1945
- Italian farm, site of battle
- Division's newspaper each week.; Shows a farm and a cornfield which had briefly been a battleground during the fight for the mountains, Pizzo di Campiano, Belvedere and Torraccia. The farm consists of two haystacks, a small stone building, a larger...
- Battlefields--Italy--1940-1950.; Mountains--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- March 1945
- View of Vidiciatico, Italy
- View of Vidiciatico, Italy, with snow covered ground. The Tenth Mountain Division gathered here to prepare for the attack on Mount (or Monte) Belvedere in February, 1945.
- Vidiciatico, Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- February, 1945
- Adolph Coors residence
- View along gated drive to Adolph Coors residence, Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado, shows the one-story wood frame house with wraparound porch, belvedere or widows walk and landscaped yard.
- Coors, Adolph--Homes & haunts.; Golden (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Golden--1880-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Golden, Colo., Coors' brewery
- View across landscaped lawn to the Adolph Coors residence, Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado, shows men in a horse-drawn carriage on the drive, round mounded flower beds, urns, and the one-story wood frame house with a belvedere and front...
- Coors, Adolph--Homes & haunts--1880-1900.; Golden (Colo.)--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Golden, Colo., Coors' brewery
- View across landscaped lawn to the Adolph Coors residence and Golden Brewery, Jefferson County, Colorado, shows a man in a horse-drawn carriage on the drive, round mounded flower beds and the one-story wood frame house with a belvedere.
- Coors, Adolph--Homes & haunts--1880-1900.; Golden (Colo.)--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Western History Subject Index
- Central City Colorado. Theaters. Belvedere
- Western History Subject Index
- Belvedere (Gilpin County)
- Western History Subject Index
- Central City, Colorado. 'Restaurants Belvedere
- Western History Subject Index
- Central City, Colorado. Restaurants. Belvedere