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- School Dist. No. 6 Greeley, Colo.
- A student carves a sculpture of a horse out of wood in an art class at a Greeley, Colorado, arts school in Weld County. A bas relief of the "Last Supper" leans against the wall behind him. The boy wears a long- sleeved, plaid shirt.
- Mexican Americans--Education--Colorado--Greeley--1930- 1940.; Greeley (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Schools--Colorado--Greeley--1930-1940.; Sculpture--Colorado--Greeley--1930-1940.; Students--Colorado--Greeley--1930-1940.; Wood...
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Colorado portrait and biography index : gathered and arranged from histories, magazines, newspaper files, land records, and many other sources, 1931, 1932, 1933, Denver.
- Index originally created by Henrietta Bromwell in 1933 of 31,000 items regarding biographies and portraits of politicians, miners, club women, newspaper editors, artists, businessmen, legislators, early settlers, settlements, mines, geographical...
- Colorado--Biography.
- 1933, 2005
- Meeker Street in Greeley
- Stereographic view of several horse-drawn wagons and carriages stopped along Meeker Street in Greeley, Colorado. Businesses and the County Court Rooms building (with a sign for "Freeman and Buckley") are along the road. Two men stand on the...
- Greeley (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Greeley--1880-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Greeley--1880-1900.; Men--Colorado--Greeley--1880-1900.; Schools--Colorado--Greeley--1880-1900.; Trees--Colorado--Greeley--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Greeley, Colo. school
- Students and teachers stand and pose outside the brick Greeley Public School, also called the Meeker school building on Adams Street (10th, Tenth Avenue) between Maple (7th, Seventh Street) and Main (8th, Eight Street) in Greeley (Weld County),...
- Greeley (Colo.)--1870-1900.; School children--Colorado--Greeley--1870-1900.; Schools--Colorado--Greeley--1870-1900.; Students--Colorado--Greeley--1870-1900.; Teachers--Colorado--Greeley--1870-1900.
- [between 1873 and 1900]
- 1st child born in Greeley
- A couple, Horace Greeley and Bertha Dixon, pose for a formal studio portrait in Greeley, Colorado in Weld County. The man, who sits in an upholstered chair with fringe around the edge, wears a suit, a shirt, a vest, and leather gloves. The woman...
- Greeley (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Dixon, Bertha.; Greeley, Horace.
- 1870 June 18
- Occasions of note from the first and second decades of Greeley history, the 1880's and 1890's
- Photoprint of five photos depicts the early history of the town of Greeley, Colorado in Weld County.
- Greeley (Colo.)--1950-1980.
- [between 1950 and 1980]
- School Dist No. 6 Greeley, Colo.
- Elementary school children in Greeley, Colorado, in Weld County reenact the pilgrimage to Guadalupe. The children are dressed in traditional Mexican costumes, including serapes, sombreros, and mantillas. The children kneel before an altar of...
- Greeley (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Costumes--Mexico--1930-1940.; Historical reenactments--Colorado--Greeley--1930-1940.; Pilgrimages--Colorado--Greeley--1930-1940.; Schools--Colorado--Greeley--1930-1940.; Students--Colorado--Greeley--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- School Dist. No. 6 Greeley, Colo.
- Three schoolchildren, two boys and a girl, proudly pose behind their stand-up paper dolls in a schoolroom in Greeley, Colorado in Weld County. Paper hearts of construction paper and lace doilies are tacked on the wall.
- Valentine decorations--Colorado--Greeley--1930-1940.; Valentine's Day--Colorado--Greeley--1930-1940.; Greeley (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Schools--Colorado--Greeley--1930-1940.; Students--Colorado--Greeley--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Settein [sic] bed, Greeley Waterworks
- View of settling bed, Greeley Waterworks, Greeley, Colorado; irrigation canal.
- Greeley (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Canals--Colorado--Greeley--1900-1910.; Irrigation--Colorado--Greeley--1900-1910.; Waterworks--Colorado--Greeley--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- School Dist. No. 6 Greeley, Colo.
- A student welds a metal frame with a threaded t-shaped pipe on the top of it in a welding class in Greeley, Colorado in Weld County. He holds the welder in his right hand and wears a welding mask and heavy gloves that protect his hands and...
- Greeley (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Schools--Colorado--Greeley--1930-1940.; Students--Colorado--Greeley--1930-1940.; Welding--Colorado--Greeley--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- School Dist. No. 6 Greeley, Colo.
- A student welds a piece of metal in a classroom in Greeley, Colorado in Weld County. He holds the welder in his right hand and the piece of metal in a pair of tongs in his left hand. He wears a cap, goggles, and heavy work gloves. He dressed in...
- Greeley (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Schools--Colorado--Greeley--1930-1940.; Students--Colorado--Greeley--1930-1940.; Welding--Colorado--Greeley--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- School Dist. No. 6 Greeley, Colo.
- Three Greeley, Colorado kindergarteners, two girls and one boy, lovingly feed a chicken and her chicks in the schoolyard of their school in Weld County. The three childern squat near the ground. The two girls, both of whom wear large bows in...
- Greeley (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Chickens--Colorado--Greeley--1930-1940.; Schools--Colorado--Greeley--1930-1940.; Students--Colorado--Greeley--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- School Dist. No. 6 Greeley, Colo.
- Five students, four girls and one boy, browse in the school library in a Greeley, Colorado school in Weld County. Each student holds an open book. Rows of books are on the shelves behind them.
- Greeley (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Libraries--Colorado--Greeley--1930-1940.; Schools--Colorado--Greeley--1930-1940.; Students--Colorado--Greeley--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- School Dist. No. 6 Greeley, Colo.
- Elementary school children, three girls and four boys, sit at tables and read books during book week in Greeley, Colorado in Weld County. Dioramas are displayed on the table against the blackboard. A painting is over the blackboard, and a framed...
- Greeley (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Libraries--Colorado--Greeley--1930-1940.; Schools--Colorado--Greeley--1930-1940.; Students--Colorado--Greeley--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- East High spotlight: vol 30 no 13
- Newspaper produced by East High School of Denver, Colorado. Included in the paper are photographs of students, articles on school events and sports.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1944 May 25
- Greeley, Fort Latham, site of Latham Station at junction of Denver & California Overland Stage Route
- Girls pose beside a picket fence near a carved stone marker in Greeley (Weld County), Colorado that reads: "Site of Latham Station at junction of Denver & California Overland Stage Routes, 1859 to 1870. Refuge from warring Indians. Camp of...
- Greeley (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Girls--Colorado--Greeley--1950-1960.; Historical markers--Colorado--Greeley--1950-1960.
- 1955 June 13
- Greeley Water Dep't. treatment plant
- View of buildings at the Greeley Water Department treatment plant in Greeley (Weld County), Colorado. Shows holding pools with concrete retaining walls, a rounded, brick building and a car parked beside probably an administration building with a...
- Greeley (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Public utility companies--Colorado--Greeley--1930-1950.; Sewerage--Colorado--Greeley--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Greeley, Colo. education, Greeley High School
- View of the Greeley High School at 14th (Fourteenth) Avenue and (Sixteenth) 16th Street in Greeley, Colorado (later Greeley Central High School); built in 1927.
- Greeley (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Schools--Colorado--Greeley--1920-1930.
- [1927?]
- Commencement, Colorado State College, Greeley
- Dr. Darrell Holmes presents a docotral degree to William E. Rapp (wearing glasses) during the commencement ceremonies at Colorado State College (now University of Northern Colorado). Dr. Holmes wears academic regalia, including a doctoral gown with...
- Colorado State College--1950-1970.; Greeley (Colo.)--1950-1970.; Graduation ceremonies--Colorado--Greeley--1950-1970.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Greeley--1950-1970.; Holmes, Darrell.; Rapp, William E.
- [between 1957 and 1970]
- Greeley, Colo.
- View of unpaved Seventh Street (earlier known as Maple Street) in Greeley, Colorado, in Weld County. Hotels and commercial storefronts are along the street with: The Greeley House, the town fire hall, Nathan Meeker's Greeley Tribune, and a masonry,...
- Greeley (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Buildings--Colorado--Greeley--1870-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Greeley--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880]
- Meeker School in Greeley
- Two small children sit on a horse in the left midground on the shore of a small pond in front of the large Meeker School at 8th Street and 10th Avenue in Greeley, Colorado. Several trees, including one in the right foreground, stand along the shore...
- Greeley (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Children--Colorado--Greeley--1880-1900.; Horses--Colorado--Greeley--1880-1900.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Greeley--1880-1900.; Schools--Colorado--Greeley--1880-1900.; Meeker School (Greeley, Colo.)
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Greeley State Teachers College
- Bob Bartlett, Ollie Green, Mel Spencer, and Jeff Keifer, football players at the Colorado State College of Education (or University of Northern Colorado) in Greeley (Weld County) Colorado, run in their jerseys; one team member carries a football.
- Greeley (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Football players--Colorado--Greeley--1930-1940.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Greeley--1930-1940.; University of Northern Colorado.
- 1938 September 22
- Park Greeley
- Aerial view of the baseball diamond of the Colorado State College of Education (also known as the University of Northern Colorado and formerly the State Normal School, Colorado Teachers College, and Colorado State College) in Greeley, Colorado in...
- Greeley (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Baseball--Colorado--Greeley--1950-1960.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Greeley--1950-1960.; University of Northern Colorado.
- 1952 April 25
- School Dist. No. 6 Greeley, Colo.
- Three children, two boys and a girl, draw on a mural depicting a prehistoric scene in a Greeley, Colorado school in Weld County. One of the boys works on his knees.
- Greeley (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Murals--Colorado--Greeley--1930-1940.; Students--Colorado--Greeley--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- School Dist. No. 6
- Greeley, Colorado, schoolchildren, one girl and three boys, complete projects in a classroom in Weld County. One boy stands on a chair and hangs a drawing of a bird on a blackboard with other bird drawings. Another boy kneels and examines a...
- Greeley (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Birds--Colorado--Greeley--1940-1950.; Schools--Colorado--Greeley--1940-1950.; Students--Colorado--Greeley--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Greeley, Colo.
- People are on sidewalks, and cars are parked diagonally on 7th (Seventh) Street in Greeley (Weld County), Colorado. Buildings along the street include two-story commercial storefronts. The Camfield Hotel has a mansard roof, dormers with pediments,...
- Camfield Hotel (Greeley, Colo.)--1910-1930.; Greeley (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Business districts--Colorado--Greeley--1910-1930.; City & town life--Colorado--Greeley--1910-1930.; Hotels--Colorado--Greeley--1910-1930.
- [between 1917 and 1925?]
- Monfort feed lot near Greeley, Colo.
- View of a feed silo beside railroad tracks at the Monfort of Colorado Inc. feedlot in Greeley (Weld County), Colorado. Probably Union Pacific freight cars read: "Monfort Feed Lots, Greeley, Colorado." Timber and metal corrals and a feed trough are...
- Monfort of Colorado, Inc.--Facilities--1940-1960.; Union Pacific Railroad Company--1940-1960.; Feedlots--Colorado--Greeley--1940-1960.; Greeley (Colo.)--1940-1960.c.; Corrals--Colorado--Greeley--1940-1960.; Railroad freight...
- [between 1940 and 1960?]
- Monfort feed lot near Greeley, Colo.
- View of a feed silo beside railroad tracks at the Monfort of Colorado Inc. feedlot in Greeley (Weld County), Colorado. Probably Union Pacific freight cars read: "Monfort Feed Lots, Greeley, Colorado." Timber and metal corrals and a feed trough are...
- Monfort of Colorado, Inc.--Facilities--1940-1960.; Union Pacific Railroad Company--1940-1960.; Feedlots--Colorado--Greeley--1940-1960.; Greeley (Colo.)--1940-1960.; Corrals--Colorado--Greeley--1940-1960.; Railroad freight...
- [between 1940 and 1960?]
- Meeker House, Greeley
- View of the two-story stone Meeker house on 9th (Ninth) Avenue in Greeley (Weld County), Colorado, built by Nathan C. Meeker, founder of Greeley. The house has wooden shutters, a low-pitched, hipped roof and a widow's walk. A man poses beside a...
- Meeker, Nathan Cook, 1814-1879--Homes & haunts.; Greeley (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Greeley--1900-1920.
- [between 1903 and 1920?]
- Greeley High School
- View of the three-story, brick Greeley High School (later Greeley Central High School) building at 14th (Fourteenth) Avenue and 16th (Sixteenth) Street in Greeley (Weld County), Colorado. The Art Deco style building has buttresses that extend above...
- Greeley (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Schools--Colorado--Greeley--1920-1940.
- [between 1928 and 1940?]
- Greeley High School
- View of Greeley High School in Greeley (Weld County) Colorado; shows a brick building with steps, a parapet gable, pilasters, and letters: "Greeley High School."
- Greeley (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Schools--Colorado--Greeley--1920-1930.
- [1927?]
- Prohibition, seizure of still near Greeley, Colo.
- Law enforcement officers wearing suits and hats stand among barrels of liquor and a still in Greeley (Weld County), Colorado. Shows the front section of an automobile.
- Greeley (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Confiscations--Colorado--Greeley--1920-1940.; Police raids--Colorado--Greeley--1920-1940.; Prohibition--Colorado--Greeley--1920-1940.; Stills (Distilleries)--Colorado--Greeley--1920-1940.
- [between 1925 and 1933?]
- Colorado State College of Education buildings
- A somber Helen Langworthy, Theater Director, appraises the damage done by the fire in Cranford Hall in March, 1949, on the campus of the Colorado State College of Education (now the University of Northern Colorado and formerly the State Normal...
- Colorado State College of Education--1940-1950.; Greeley (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Fires--Colorado--Greeley--1940-1950.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Greeley--1940-1950.; Langworthy, Helen.
- 1949 March 12
- Greeley, Colorado, portraits
- View of portraits of fifteen Greeley people in Greeley (known initially as Union Colony), Colorado, in Weld County. Photos include one couple, three women, and eleven men.
- Greeley (Colo.)--1950-1980.
- [between 1950 and 1980]
- Linn Grove Cemetery
- Two diagrams of the cemetery plots in Linn Grove Cemetery in Greeley, Colorado in Weld County.
- Linn Grove Cemetery (Greeley, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Greeley (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Greeley--1930-1940.
- [1935?]
- S.W. corner 8th Ave. & 9th Street
- Citizens of Greeley, Colorado, in Weld County, stand in front of two commercial storefronts. Three women stand in front of a wood-frame clapboard building with a front gable. The Greeley Armory, with its door partially open, is next door and is...
- Greeley (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Armories--American--Colorado--Greeley--1870-1880.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Greeley--1870-1880.; Men--Colorado--Greeley--1870-1880.; Women--Colorado--Greeley--1870-1880.
- 1875
- Oasis Hotel Greeley Colorado
- Rogers Brashi Bazooks, a Denver drum and bugle corps, poses in Greeley, Colorado, with the Oasis Hotel in the background. Women, a girl and boy flank the uniformed band. The men hold brass horns; a bass drum reads: "Rogers [B]rashi Bazooks."...
- Greeley (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Band uniforms--Colorado--Greeley--1890-1900.; Bands--Colorado--Greeley--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Greeley--1890-1900.; Oasis Hotel (Greeley, Colo.)
- 1890
- Benito Gonzáles, Francisca García, and Francisco García
- Benito Gonzáles poses with his sister in law, Francisca García and her father Francisco Garcia in front of a clapboard house in Greeley, Colorado. Benito stands, he wears a shirt with an upright collar, a vest, a plaid tie and holds his hat in...
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1920-1930; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1920-1930.; Greeley (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Gonzáles, Benito, 1904-1980--Pictorial works.; García, Francisco, 1862-1928--Pictorial works.; García, Francisca, 1889---Pictorial...
- [1926?]
- Industrial Art Dept.
- Interior view of a classroom at the State Normal School of Colorado (later University of Northern Colorado) in Greeley (Weld County), Colorado. Students sit at wooden desks and hold pencils and paper. Ceramic pots, urns, vases or teapots are on...
- State Normal School of Colorado (Greeley, Colo.)--Buildings--1900-1910.; Greeley (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Art education--Colorado--Greeley--1900-1910.; Classrooms--Colorado--Greeley--1900-1910.; Students--Colorado--Greeley--1900-1910.; Teachers'...
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Greeley, water supply
- View of probably a Greeley Water Department treatment plant holding pool in Greeley (Weld County), Colorado. Shows concrete retaining walls around the reservoir.
- Greeley (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Hydraulic facilities--Colorado--Greeley--1930-1950.; Public utility companies--Colorado--Greeley--1930-1950.; Reservoirs--Colorado--Greeley--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Greeley Water Dep't. water treatment plant
- Bird's eye view of probably Greeley Water Department treatment plant holding pools in Greeley (Weld County), Colorado. Shows dirt roads, buildings, mesas and concrete retaining walls around reservoirs.
- Greeley (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Public utility companies--Colorado--Greeley--1930-1950.; Reservoirs--Colorado--Greeley--1930-1950.; Sewerage--Colorado--Greeley--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Olympia Candy Co.
- View of a corner storefront at Eighth Avenue, Greeley (Weld County) Colorado; shows displays of candy and bottles, a cast metal globe streetlamp, and a sign: "Olympia Candy Company."
- Olympia Candy Company (Greeley, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Greeley (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Greeley--1920-1930.; Confectioneries--Colorado--Greeley--1920-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Greeley--1920-1930.
- [between 1921 and 1924]
- Madison Ave., Greeley
- A man stands in the middle of unpaved Madison Ave. in Greeley, Colorado in Weld County. He wears trousers, a jacket, a buttoned vest, and a cap. Two and three-story commercial buildings are behind him. Two horse drawn carriages, as well as two...
- Greeley (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Greeley--1880-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Greeley--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1893]
- Greeley, Colorado people
- Photoprint of five photos depict the early history of the town of Greeley, Colorado in Weld County.
- Greeley (Colo.)--1950-1980.
- [between 1950 and 1980]
- Greeley First Brigade Band
- This band in Greeley, Colorado, carries brass horns and a clarinet. Their uniforms have trousers with sideseams, and dark jackets with brass buttons. Their hats have feather plumes; the marshal wears a busby and holds a silver topped baton. A...
- Greeley (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Band uniforms--Colorado--Greeley--1880-1890.; Bands--Colorado--Greeley--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Weld County General hospital set for its third expansion in five years, is one of the largest and most modern facilities in the Rocky Mountain region. Uniquely low patient costs have drawn attention to its policies and methods of operation.
- Hospital buildings in Greeley, Colorado, are one, four, and six- story, flat roofed brick structures. The parking lot in front is full of cars, and has mercury vapor lamps. Lawn and young trees are in the foreground; residences, water and radio...
- Greeley (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Hospitals--Colorado--Greeley--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Municipal Facts: Volume 13 Numbers 3 and 4, 1930 March-April
- Bullard and Rough Bill[i]ard Parlor, Greeley
- Men pose behind a glass counter that displays cigars at the Bullard and Rough Billiard Parlor on 9th (Ninth) Street in Greeley (Weld County), Colorado. Cigar boxes read: "Fatima, A Sensible Cigarette," "Harvester," "Meditation," "Galdos" and...
- Bullard and Rough Billiard Parlor (Greeley, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Greeley (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Billiard parlors--Colorado--Greeley--1920-1930.; Cigars--Colorado--Greeley--1920-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Greeley--1920-1930.;...
- 1920?
- Sabin dormatory [sic] at University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, Colorado
- View of Sabin Hall, a dormitory at Colorado State College of Education at Greeley (later University of Northern Colorado) in Greeley (Weld County), Colorado. The Dutch colonial style building is beside a sunken, landscaped yard, a circular pond and...
- Colorado State College of Education--Buildings--1930-1950.; Greeley (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Dormitories--Colorado--Greeley--1930-1950.; Teachers' colleges--Colorado--Greeley--1930-1950.
- [between 1936 and 1950?]
- Old administration bldg., Colo. state teacher's College, Greeley, Colo.
- View of the Cranford Hall building at Colorado State College of Education at Greeley (later University of Northern Colorado) in Greeley (Weld County), Colorado. The four-story building has columns with Corinthian capitals, pediments and finials on...
- Colorado State College of Education--Buildings--1930-1950.; Greeley (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Educational facilities--Colorado--Greeley--1930-1950.; Teachers' colleges--Colorado--Greeley--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]