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- Ayer's Butte [sic], Canon of the Colorado
- View of Ayer Point on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, Coconino County, Arizona. Shows the stratified rock of a butte.
- Ayer Point (Ariz.)--1880-1900.; Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.)--1880-1900.; Buttes--Arizona--Grand Canyon National Park--1880-1900.; Canyons--Arizona--Grand Canyon National Park--1880-1900.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- BAP car
- Butte, Anaconda & Pacific cars on train #2, at depot. Photographed: Butte, Mont., September 26, 1931.
- Railroads--Cars--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1931.; Railroad cars--Montana--Butte.; Butte, Anaconda & Pacific.
- 1931
- BAP train, engine number 66, engine type GE B-B
- Train #1; 2 cars. Photographed: leaving Butte, Mont., September 26, 1931.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1931.; Railroad locomotives--Montana--Butte.; Butte, Anaconda & Pacific.
- 1931
- Boulder Dam
- View from the top of Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam), looking over construction, in the Black Canyon, Mohave County, Arizona, shows concrete forms, scaffolding and the power plant with mouldings for generators units. The 726 foot high, Bureau of...
- Black Canyon (Ariz. and Nev.)--1930-1940.; Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.)--1930-1940.; Mohave County (Ariz.)--1930-1940.; Dam construction--Arizona--Mohave County--1930-1940.; Dams--Arizona--Mohave County--1930-1940.
- [between 1934 and 1936]
- Butte in Monument Valley
- View of probably Merrick Butte in Monument Valley in Navajo County, Arizona. Shows a large sandstone butte in the arid valley. Two horseback riders are stopped on a ridge near the butte.
- Merrick Butte (Ariz.)--1880-1890.; Monument Valley (Ariz. and Utah)--1880-1890.; Navajo County (Ariz.)--1880-1890.; Buttes.; Horseback riding.; Rock formations.
- [between 1886 and 1890?]
- Casa Blanca near Palmer Lake
- View of a limestone butte identified as Casa Blanca near Palmer Lake (El Paso County), Colorado. Two people stand on top of the butte.
- El Paso County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Buttes--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Cipauiluvi
- View of Sipaulovi (Cipaulovi), a Native American (Hopi) pueblo in Arizona. Adobe and stone, multi-story dwellings and ladders are atop a rocky butte. Loose rocks are in a ravine and narrow foot paths are near the pueblo.
- Hopi Indians--Structures--Arizona--Sipaulovi--1870-1890.; Indians of North America--Structures--Arizona--Sipaulovi--1870-1890.; Pueblo Indians--Structures--Arizona--Sipaulovi--1870-1890.; Sipaulovi (Ariz.)--1870-1890.;...
- [between 1879 and 1881?]
- CMStP&P car
- Observation car, Mountaineer; on American Legion Special. Photographed: backing into Butte, Mont., September 26, 1931.
- Railroads--Cars--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1931.; Railroad cars--Montana--Butte.; Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Railroad Company.
- 1931
- CMStP&P locomotive, engine number 10052, engine type GE B-B
- Photographed: Butte, Mont., September 26, 1931.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1931.; Railroad locomotives--Montana--Butte.; Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Railroad Company.
- 1931
- CMStP&P locomotive, engine number 10301, engine type BLW-WESTHSE 2C1+1C2
- Photographed: Butte, Mont., September 26, 1931.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1931.; Railroad locomotives--Montana--Butte.; Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Railroad Company.
- 1931
- CMStP&P locomotive, engine number 10304, engine type BLW-WESTHSE 2C1+1C2
- Photographed: Butte, Mont., September 26, 1931.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1931.; Railroad locomotives--Montana--Butte.; Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Railroad Company.
- 1931
- CMStP&P locomotive, engine number E-45, engine type GE 2-B+B
- Photographed: Butte, Mont., June 24, 1949.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1949.; Railroad locomotives--Montana--Butte.; Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Railroad Company.
- 1949
- CMStP&P train, engine number 10300, engine type BLW-WESTHSE 2C1+1C2
- Train #15, The Olympian; emerging from Pipestone Pass tunnel; 12 cars. Photographed: Butte, Mont., August 9, 1938.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1938.; Railroad locomotives--Montana--Butte.; Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Railroad Company.
- 1938
- CMStP&P train, engine number 10301, engine type BLW-WESTHSE 2C1+1C2
- American Legion special; 7 cars, 50 MPH. Photographed: leaving Butte, Mont., September 26, 1931.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1931.; Railroad locomotives--Montana--Butte.; Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Railroad Company.
- 1931
- CMStP&P train, engine number 10301, engine type BLW-WESTHSE 2C1+1C2
- Train #8, passenger; 3 cars, 10 MPH. Photographed: at Butte, Mont., September 26, 1931.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1931.; Railroad locomotives--Montana--Butte.; Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Railroad Company.
- 1931
- CMStP&P train, engine number 8-A + additional diesel unit , engine type FE A "Erie"
- Train #16, Olympian Hiawatha; 10 cars. Photographed: Butte, Mont., June 24, 1949.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1949.; Railroad locomotives--Montana--Butte.; Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Railroad Company.
- 1949
- CMStP&P train, engine number 8-A + additional diesel unit , engine type FM A "Erie"
- Train #16, Olympian Hiawatha; Pipestone Pass; 10 cars. Photographed: above Butte, Mont., June 24, 1949.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1949.; Railroad locomotives--Montana--Butte.; Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Railroad Company.
- 1949
- CMStP&P train, engine number E-36, engine type GE 2-B+B
- Freight; eastbound. Photographed: near Butte, Mont., June 24, 1949.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1949.; Railroad locomotives--Montana--Butte.; Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Railroad Company.
- 1949
- CMStP&P train, engine number E-45, engine type GE 2-B+B
- Freight; eastbound. Photographed: Butte, Mont., June 24, 1949.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1949.; Railroad locomotives--Montana--Butte.; Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Railroad Company.
- 1949
- Crested Butte
- View of the town of Crested Butte (Gunnison County), Colorado. Shows commercial buildings, churches, and houses. Prominent buildings include Union Congregational Church and Elk Mountain House. Mountains are in the distance.
- Crested Butte (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Crested Butte--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920?]
- Crested Butte
- Panoramic view of the town of Crested Butte (Gunnison County), Colorado. Prominent buildings in town include the Crested Butte Community Church, School, and Elk Mountain House. A large white house sits on a hill. Smoke rises from the smokestacks of...
- Crested Butte (Colo. : Mountain)--1890-1920.; Crested Butte (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Crested Butte--1890-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Crested Butte--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920?]
- Crested Butte
- View of the town of Crested Butte (Gunnison County), Colorado. Shows commercial buildings, churches, and houses. Prominent buildings include: Union Congregational Church, Crested Butte school house, and Elk Mountain House. Mount Crested Butte is in...
- Crested Butte (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Crested Butte (Mountain: Colo.)--1880-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Crested Butte--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Crested Butte from the north west
- View of frame houses and commercial buildings in the Slate River valley in Crested Butte (Gunnison County), Colorado. Signs on false-front or gabled buildings read: "Bowman House" and "Butte Stable." The three-story clapboard Elk Mountain House is...
- Crested Butte (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Crested Butte--1880-1890.
- 1883 July
- Crested Butte mountain
- View of the town of Crested Butte (Gunnison County), Colorado. Shows commercial buildings, churches, and houses. Prominent buildings include Union Congregational Church and Elk Mountain House. Crested Butte mountain is in the distance.
- Crested Butte (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Crested Butte (Mountain : Colo.)--1890-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Crested Butte--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920?]
- Crested Butte, 1980's
- The Crested Butte firehouse, Gunnison County, Colorado, is a three-story wood frame structure with a large scalloped sign above the cornice: "Fire Protection District 1974, Crested Butte." Features include tall panel garage doors, a bracketed...
- Crested Butte (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Fire stations--Colorado--Crested Butte--1980-1990.
- [between 1980 and 1989]
- Crested Butte, Colo.
- View of the town of Crested Butte (Gunnison County), Colorado. The house of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company superintendent sits on a hill outside town. Prominent buildings in town include Union Congregational Church, Crested Butte school house,...
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Buildings--1900-1920.; Crested Butte (Colo. : Mountain)--1900-1920.; Crested Butte (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Crested Butte--1900-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Crested Butte--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Crested Butte, Colorado looking northeast
- Panoramic view of buildings in the town of Crested Butte (Gunnison County), Colorado and the summit of Crested Butte. The Union Congregational Church with bell tower is among frame houses. Shows smoke above Colorado Fuel & Iron Company coke ovens...
- Crested Butte (Colo. : Mountain)--1900-1910.; Crested Butte (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Crested Butte--1900-1910.
- [1909?]
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 268, engine type 2-8-0
- Freight, Westbound; 13 cars, smoke effect . Photographed: near Crested Butte, Colo., October 3, 1953.
- Locomotives--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1953.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Crested Butte.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1953
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 268, engine type 2-8-0
- Freight, Eastbound; 20 cars. Photographed: at Crested Butte, Colo., depot, October 3, 1953.
- Locomotives--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1953.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Crested Butte.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1953
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 268, engine type 2-8-0
- Freight, Eastbound; 20 cars. Photographed: below Crested Butte, Colo., October 3, 1953.
- Locomotives--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1953.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Crested Butte.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1953
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 268, engine type 2-8-0
- Freight, Eastbound; 20 cars. Photographed: at Crested Butte, Colo., depot, October 3, 1953.
- Locomotives--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1953.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Crested Butte.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1953
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 474, engine type 2-8-2
- Freight, eastbound; 56 cars. Photographed: south of Crested Butte, Colo., June 12, 1941.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1941.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Crested Butte.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1941
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 474, engine type 2-8-2
- Freight, westbound; 42 cars. Photographed: near Crested Butte, Colo., June 12, 1941.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1941.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Crested Butte.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1941
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 474, engine type 2-8-2
- Freight, westbound; 42 cars, nice smoke effect. Photographed: south of Crested Butte, Colo., June 12, 1941.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1941.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Crested Butte.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1941
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 487, engine type 2-8-2
- Freight, westbound; 48 cars. Photographed: on the line to Crested Butte, Colo., September 29, 1951.
- Locomotives--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1951.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Crested Butte.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1951
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 487, engine type 2-8-2
- Freight, westbound; 48 cars. Photographed: south of Crested Butte, Colo., September 29, 1951.
- Locomotives--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1951.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Crested Butte.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1951
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 493, engine type 2-8-2
- Freight, eastbound; 43 cars. Photographed: leaving Crested Butte, Colo., May 24, 1949.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1949.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Crested Butte.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1949
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 493, engine type 2-8-2
- Freight, westbound; 49 cars. Photographed: near crested Butte, Colo., May 24, 1949.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1949.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Crested Butte.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1949
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 493, engine type 2-8-2
- Freight, westbound; 49 cars. Photographed: near Crested Butte, Colo., May 24, 1949.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1949.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Crested Butte.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1949
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 494, engine type 2-8-2
- Rocky Mountain Railroad Club excursion; 11 cars. Photographed: Crested Butte, Colo., September 18, 1948.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1948.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Crested Butte.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1948
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 498, engine type 2-8-2
- Freight, eastbound; 33 cars. Photographed: below Crested Butte, Colo., June 18, 1943.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1943.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Crested Butte.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1943
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 498, engine type 2-8-2
- Freight, westbound. Photographed: approaching Crested Butte, Colo., June 18, 1943.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1943.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Crested Butte.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1943
- Fort Meade, S.D.
- Panoramic view of buildings at Fort Meade (Meade County), South Dakota. Shows barracks, stables, and a row of two-story officers' houses with porches, mansard roofs, and dormers. Horses are beside a fence, and trees and hills are near the military...
- Fort Meade (S.D.)--1900-1910.; Barracks--South Dakota--Fort Meade--1900-1910.; Forts & fortifications--South Dakota--Fort Meade--1900-1910.; Officers' quarters--South Dakota--Fort Meade--1900-1910.
- 1900
- GN locomotive, engine number 1720, engine type 4-6-2
- Three-quarter view of right side of engine, from front end. Photographed: Butte, Mont., September 26, 1931.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1931.; Railroad locomotives--Montana--Butte.; Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.)
- 1931
- GN locomotive, engine number 1721, engine type 4-6-2
- Three-quarter view of right side of engine, from front end. Photographed: Butte, Mont., September 26, 1931.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1931.; Railroad locomotives--Montana--Butte.; Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.)
- 1931
- GN locomotive, engine number 1981, engine type 2-6-8-0
- Three-quarter view of left side of engine, from front end. Photographed: Butte, Mont., September 26, 1931.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1931.; Railroad locomotives--Montana--Butte.; Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.)
- 1931
- GN train, engine number 1720, engine type 4-6-2
- Passenger train; 3 cars, 40 MPH. Photographed: near Butte, Mont., August 7, 1938.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1938.; Railroad locomotives--Montana--Butte.; Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.)
- 1938
- Great Shoshone Falls - Idaho Ter.
- View of Shoshone Falls on the Snake River in Twin Falls County, Idaho; shows the waterfall, mist, and canyon walls and a butte.
- Shoshone Falls (Idaho)--1880-1890.; Snake River (Wyo.-Wash.)--1880-1890.; Twin Falls County (Idaho)--1880-1890.; Rivers--Idaho--Twin Falls County--1880-1890.; Waterfalls--Idaho--Twin Falls County--1880-1890.
- Green River & Gunnison's Butte
- Expansive view of the Green River and distant rock formation, Gunnison Butte, Emery County, Utah.
- Emery County (Utah)--1880-1900.; Green River (Wyo.-Utah)--1880-1900.; Gunnison Butte (Utah)--1880-1900.; Buttes--Utah--Emery County--1880-1900.; Rivers--Utah--Emery County--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Green River Butte, U.P.R.Y.
- View of a rock formation identified as Green River Butte, possibly in Sweetwater County, Wyoming. Probably a smelter, a bridge, buildings and Green River are nearby.
- Green River (Wyo-Utah.)--1890-1900.; Buttes--Wyoming--1890-1900.; Rivers--Wyoming--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]