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- Salida apartments
- Two dogs are leashed to a iron fence in front a of two-story brick apartment building with arched windows and inset porch entries, Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado.
- Salida (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Apartment houses--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.; Dogs--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Float for 4th of July parade at Barr
- A man and children sit in a horse-drawn cart decorated as an automobile for a Fourth of July parade in Barr, Colorado. The man wears a vest, long-sleeved shirt, bow tie, driving goggles, and hat. The children wear stovepipe hats with stars and...
- Barr (Colo.)--1900-1908.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Barr--1900-1910.; Fourth of July celebrations--Colorado--Barr--1900-1910.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Barr--1900-1910.
- 1908 July 4
- Portrait of a man
- A portrait of a man. He has a mustache and wears a jacket, dress shirt and tie.
- Men--1850-1900.
- [between 1856 and 1900?]
- Johnnie Dewer's Place (present town hall)
- Men pose around the wooden bar in a saloon in Breckenridge, Colorado. One holds a corncob pipe. The backbar pediment has carving and spindlework; bunting is tacked around the mirror. A cash register and metal sculptures of swordsmen are on it, and...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bars--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Interiors--1890-1900.
- 1894 or 1895
- Johnnie Dewer's Place
- Two men with long white beards sit on the wooden bar in a saloon in Breckenridge, Colorado. One holds a cane and one holds a corncob pipe. The backbar pediment has carving and spindlework; bunting is tacked to the mirror border. A cash register and...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bars--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Interiors--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1899?]
- Lower Main Street, Breckenridge
- Buildings line either side of the dirt Main Street in Breckenridge, Colorado. The Arlington House on the left has a curvelinear false front with a wide cornice and an open porch with a balcony. Other half false fronted buildings flank it; one with...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1900.
- [between 1885 and 1891?]
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Tramway on Riva Ridge, Italy
- View of the tramway (loaded with supplies, an Army officer, an Army photographer, and Sergeant Paul Long) on Riva Ridge, Italy, during the Italian Campaign. Also pictured, a group of approximately 10 other soldiers stand on the landing deck or man...
- Medicine, Military--Italy--1940-1950.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Aerial tramways--Italy--1940-1950.; Medical aspects of war--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- February 21, 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
- 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
- 3/4 mile up mt. toward North Empire
- Mining ruins are next to a two track dirt road near North Empire, Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Empire--1950-1960.; Empire (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Building deterioration--Colorado--Empire--1950-1960.
- 1960
- Ruins of cliff dwellings in De Chelly Canon
- View of Native American (Anasazi) ruins at Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona. Shows the White House Ruins and deteriorated, multi-story stone and adobe buildings on the ground beside a steep rock wall. Grass, cactus and scattered stones...
- Canyon de Chelly National Monument (Ariz.)--1880-1890.; White House Ruins (Ariz.)--1880-1890.; Cliff dwellings--Arizona--Canyon de Chelly National Monument--1880-1890.; Cliffs--Arizona--Canyon de Chelly National Monument--1880-1890.
- [1881]
- The main street, Leadville, Colorado
- A variety of signs hang perpendicular to buildings and are large as part of the automobile age in advertising. On the right side, there are "G.Z. Garage Storage," "Texaco, gasoline, motor oil," "Cities Service," "Hotel Vendome," "Bus Depot,"...
- Signs and signboards--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1950.; Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Automobiles--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1950.; Business districts--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1950.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1941]
- (Cripple Creek District) Independence Station (after destruction by strikers) wrecked platform where 14 men were killed.
- The railroad station in Independence, Teller County, Colorado, is in ruins after being destroyed by strikers; fourteen men were killed on the platform. Doors are off their hinges, all glass in windows and doors has been broken out, torn shingles...
- Independence (Teller County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Independence--1900-1910.; Railroad strikes--Colorado--Independence--1900-1910.
- [1904?]
- Leadville, Officers of Rocky Mountain Rifles, 1887
- A group of the Rocky Mountain Rifles, Leadville Division of the Colorado National Guard, pose in a camp in Colorado. Two seated officers include Colonel R.S. Morrison and Jake Kahn. Most of the men wear uniforms and various types of hats. Some have...
- Colorado. National Guard. Leadville Division--1880-1890.; Leadville (Colo.)--1870-1880.
- 1887
- 16th Street decorated for Christmas
- A view of 16th (Sixteenth) Street in Denver, Colorado, decorated for Christmas. Garlands and a large bell hang over the streets from buildings. The Daniels and Fisher Tower (D&F Tower) is in the background. Shows automobiles, trolley cars and...
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Christmas decorations--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1927 November 30
- Royal Gorge, Grand Canyon of the Arkansas
- Well dressed people, probably part of an excursion, pose near a locomotive and train near Hanging Bridge, on the Arkansas River, in Royal Gorge, Fremont County, Colorado. Shows steep canyon walls.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Arkansas River--1880-1890.; Fremont County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Royal Gorge (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Railroads--Colorado--Fremont County--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- View of Harrison Avenue in Leadville
- Looking north on Harrison Avenue, Leadville, Colorado up a wide dirt street lined with one and two-story brick blocks and wood frame false fronts is the three story brick Tabor Opera House on the right with a painted sign "Opera, Herm[...],...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1885]
- Lower Creede
- Pedestrian and horse-drawn carts proceed down a bustling street in the town of Creede (Lower Creede), Colorado, in Mineral County. Several buildings are under construction. Architectural elements of the existing buildings includes clapboard siding,...
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1900.]
- Leadville, two miles high
- A truck with chains on its back tires and a water tank with "Leadville, two miles high" painted on it sprays water on a snow-dusted 3rd (Third) Street in Leadville, Colorado. A two-story brick building on the corner has large storefront windows,...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Business districts--Colorado--Leadville--1920-1940.; Street cleaning--Colorado--Leadville--1920-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Favorite sport, Indian Hills, Colo.
- One man and eight young women on horseback pose in a row in front of a log building in Indian Hills, Colorado. A sign on the building reads "Ho Cha Nee Stea" and has images of Native Americans in profile. The horseman is possibly named Walker. The...
- Indian Hills (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Indian Hills--1920-1930.; Post offices--Colorado--Indian Hills--1920-1930.; Women--Colorado--Indian Hills--1920-1930.
- July 24, 1925
- Colorado Central R.R. train from Black Hawk to Golden
- A view of a Colorado Central Railroad train beside Clear Creek in Clear Creek Canyon in Jefferson County, Colorado. Men pose beside the train, shows a wooden shack.
- Colorado Central Railroad Company--1870-1890.; Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1870-1890.; Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Canyons--Colorado--Jefferson County--1870-1890.;...
- [between 1871 and 1890?]
- Earliest Rocky Mountain News building
- A view of the earliest Rocky Mountain News building in Denver, Colorado. The building was built on stilts in the bed of Cherry Creek, it was washed away in the flood of 1864.
- Rocky Mountain News--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Newspapers--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- [between 1900 and 1950?]
- Prison workers
- Prison guards at the Colorado State Penitentiary pose for a group portrait in front a rusticated stone building with windows covered by iron bars. The men wear dark uniforms with double breasted coats, vests, ties, boots and caps. Some of the caps...
- Colorado State Penitentiary--People--1880-1900.; Canon City (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Prison guards--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Police force
- The Leadville, Colorado, Police Force poses on wooden stairs. J.A. Kelly was Marshal and J.W. Frazer, Captain. Policemen include W.W. Butler, C. Dwyer, J. Dwyer, O. Heller, R. Monteith, Thomas McCulloch, George O'Connor, Cliff Perkins, Thomas...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Police--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.
- [between 1878 and 1879]
- Harrison Ave looking up from junction with Chestnut St.
- Early view of booming Harrison Avenue, Leadville, Colorado. Men with horse drawn wagons fill foreground. Wood frame buildings with false fronts bear signs "Crockery and glassware, chandeliers and lamp goods, cutlery and plated ware," "Wholesale...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Business districts--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.
- 1879
- Beaver Brook Station
- A view of the Beaver Brook station on the Colorado Central Railroad in Clear Creek Canyon, Jefferson County, Colorado. Shows an excursion train with passenger cars beside Clear Creek. A pile of logs is beside the train. A pavilion, water tank and...
- Colorado Central Railroad Company--1870-1880.; Beaver Brook (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Canyons--Colorado--Beaver Brook--1870-1880.; Pavilions--Colorado--Beaver...
- [between 1871 and 1880?]
- Main St 1936
- View of Main Street in Breckenridge, Colorado. A path has been cleared in deep snow which is piled onto both sides of the street. The Denver Hotel and part of the cornice of the Arlington House are on the left; a triangular "Conoco" sign is mounted...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Breckenridge--1930-1940.; Winter--Colorado--Breckenridge--1930-1940.
- 1936
- Harrison St., Leadville
- Looking north on Harrison Street in Leadville, Colorado is a view of horse drawn wagons and carriages in the street, pedestrians along the boardwalks, and a group of men, one with a burro, in the middle of the street. False front businesses line...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Business districts--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.
- [1879]
- Herman Hauser's jewelry store, Chestnut St., about 1880-1882
- View of businesses on Chestnut Avenue in Leadville, Colorado; shows storefront windows and signs: "Watchmaker & Jeweler," "Leadville Loan Office," "Stratton & Mead, Mining Engineers and Surveyors," "S.M. Newcomb, Assayer" and "Jolin Headquarters,...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.; Jewelry stores--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.; Hauser, Herman.; Hauser, Irving.
- [between 1880 and 1882]
- Silver Dollar Saloon
- The Silver Dollar Saloon, 315 Harrison, Leadville, Colorado, was known as the Clipper building when George King built it in 1883. It originally housed the Board of Trade Saloon. The exterior front facade is shown here covered with weathered board...
- Silver Dollar Saloon (Leadville, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Leadville (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Bars--Colorado--Leadville--1980-1990.
- [1981]
- Pioneer and Pastime Clubs
- This view of Leadville, Colorado looks northwest toward the front facades of the Pioneer Club and the Pastime Club on West Second Street in Leadville, Colorado. Located in what was once the center of the red light district, the Pioneer Club is a...
- Pastime Cafe, Bar, Club--1980-1990.; Pioneer Club, Bar, Cafe--1980-1990.; Leadville (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Bars--Colorado--Leadville--1980-1990.
- [1981]
- Pioneer Club
- This view to the northeast in Leadville, Colorado, looks toward the fron facade of the Pioneer Club on West Second Street in Leadville, Colorado. Located in what was once the center of red light district, the bar is a two-story brick building built...
- Pioneer Club, Bar, Cafe--1980-1990.; Leadville (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Bars--Colorado--Leadville--1980-1990.
- [1981]
- Pioneer Club
- This view towards the upper front facade of the Pioneer Club Bar Cafe, on West Second Street in Leadville, Colorado, shows the bracketed cornice, upper story windows with stone sills and lintels, and transom window above the lintel of a two-story...
- Pioneer Club, Bar, Cafe--1980-1990.; Leadville (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Bars--Colorado--Leadville--1980-1990.
- [1981]
- Denver, South Park & Pacific Railroad at the Hancock Station
- Two freight trains of the Denver, South Park & Pacific Railroad are stopped on the tracks at the Hancock Station in Chaffee County, Colorado. Several men stand in front of the westbound double-header in the center midground. The lead engine is...
- Hancock Station (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Chaffee County--1870-1900.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Chaffee County--1870-1900.; Railroads--Colorado--Chaffee County--1870-1900.; Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad...
- [between 1875 and 1900?]
- Scenery project
- Photoprint of a watercolor of Leadvill, Colorado's opera house scenery. The painting is a part of the "Gothic set", used during the Elks era (after 1903). The scene looks down the East Fifth Street business district to the Leadville Courthouse on...
- Tabor Opera House--1930-1940.; Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors.; Opera houses--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theaters--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theatrical productions--1930-1940.; Wolle, Muriel Sibell, 1898-1977.
- 1933
- Leadville, 1933 scenery project
- Photoprint of a watercolor of Leadville, Colorado's opera house scenery. The painting depicts a scene with marble columns, balustrade and archways with a castle in the background with onion and hemispheric domes. Draped curtains frame the scene. In...
- Tabor Opera House--1930-1940.; Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors.; Opera houses--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theaters--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theatrical productions--1930-1940.; Wolle, Muriel Sibell, 1898-1977.
- 1933
- Scenery project
- Photoprint of a watercolor of Leadville, Colorado's Tabor Opera House scenery. The painting includes a formal garden scene used with Metroplitan Opera Company productions, a balustrade, foliage and potted urns, a fountain, tall trees, and a castle...
- Tabor Opera House--1930-1940.; Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors.; Opera houses--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theaters--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theatrical productions--1930-1940.; Wolle, Muriel Sibell, 1898-1977.
- 1933
- R.R. graders dining hall
- Union Pacific Railroad construction workers sit and eat at rustic wooden tables in a wood and canvas lean-to in Rawlins (Carbon County), Wyoming. The men wear hats and work clothes. The table is set with metal eating implements and dishes.
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--People--1880-1890.; Rawlins (Wyo.)--1880-1890.; Eating & drinking--Wyoming--Rawlins--1880-1890.; Employee eating facilities--Wyoming--Rawlins--1880-1890.; Lean-tos--Wyoming--Rawlins--1880-1890.; Railroad...
- [between 1883 and 1887?]
- Scenery project
- Photoprint of a watercolor of Leadville, Colorado's Tabor Opera House scenery. The painting is of four flats of a penitentiary set, including stone block walls, two flats with iron doors, an arched transom window with bars, and one flat with large...
- Tabor Opera House--1930-1940.; Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors.; Opera houses--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theaters--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theatrical productions--1930-1940.; Wolle, Muriel Sibell, 1898-1977.
- 1933
- Rock Creek bridge No. [?]
- Construction workers stand on the wooden Rock Creek trestle on Denver, Northwestern & Pacific Railway tracks near McCoy in Routt County, Colorado. Shows construction timber beside the twenty-nine panel trestle on a steep slope.
- Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway--Facilities--1900-1910.; Routt County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Bridge construction--Colorado--Routt County--1900-1910.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Routt County--1900-1910.; Railroad construction &...
- [1908]
- Scenery project
- Photoprint of a watercolor of Leadville, Colorado's Tabor Opera House scenery. The painting depicts sea waves with large clouds in the sky. In December, 1933, a group of students, a former Tabor stage manager, and professors set up original canvas...
- Tabor Opera House--1930-1940.; Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors.; Opera houses--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theaters--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theatrical productions--1930-1940.; Wolle, Muriel Sibell, 1898-1977.
- 1933
- Hopi woman
- Portrait of unidentified Native American woman (Hopi) making a basket.
- Hopi Indians--Arts & crafts--Arizona--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Arizona--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Arizona--1890-1900.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Basket making--Arizona--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Scenery project
- Photoprint of watercolor of Leadville, Colorado's Tabor Opera House scenery. The painting includes a road crossing a river with tree lined banks. In December, 1933, a group of students, a former Tabor stage manager, and professors set up original...
- Tabor Opera House--1930-1940.; Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors.; Opera houses--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theaters--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theatrical productions--1930-1940.; Wolle, Muriel Sibell, 1898-1977.
- 1933
- Scenery project
- Photoprint of a watercolor of Leadville, Colorado's Tabor Opera House scenery. The painting depicts a Rococo interior with an ornate doorway and cupids atop the decoration. In December, 1933, a group of students, a former Tabor stage manager, and...
- Tabor Opera House--1930-1940.; Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors.; Opera houses--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theaters--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theatrical productions--1930-1940.; Wolle, Muriel Sibell, 1898-1977.
- 1933
- Group of Pah-Ute Indians, Nevada
- Native American (Paiute) men, women and children sit or stand and pose in rows under a tree near probably Cottonwood Springs (Washoe County), Nevada. Men wear woven shirts, necklaces, scarves, ties and hats. Women wear dresses or skirts and hold...
- Indians of North America--Nevada--Washoe County--1870-1880.; Paiute Indians--Nevada--Washoe County--1870-1880.; Washoe County (Nev.)--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Nevada--Washoe County--1870-1880.; People--Nevada--Washoe County--1870-1880.;...
- 1871
- Scenery project
- Photoprint of watercolor of Leadville, Colorado's Tabor Opera House scenery. The painting has two elements. The large one contains marble columns and draped curtains, with decorative borders above kick molding. The smaller band depicts the bottom...
- Tabor Opera House--1930-1940.; Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors.; Opera houses--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theaters--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theatrical productions--1930-1940.; Wolle, Muriel Sibell, 1898-1977.
- 1933
- Scenery project
- Photoprint of a watercolor of Leadville, Colorado's Tabor Opera House scenery. The painting has four elements of room interiors. The two end ones have marble columns, draped curtains, and decorative borders above the wainscot. The center left one...
- Tabor Opera House--1930-1940.; Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors.; Opera houses--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theaters--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theatrical productions--1930-1940.; Wolle, Muriel Sibell, 1898-1977.
- 1933