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- Municipal Facts Bi-Monthly: Volume 5 Numbers 11 and 12, 1922 November-December
- Sugar beet dump
- An enormous pile (50,000 tons) of sugar beets is near the Great Western Sugar Co. plant in Ft. Morgan, Colorado. A portable piler works in a clearing between piles.
- Fort Morgan (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Beets--Colorado--Fort Morgan--1930-1940.
- 1931
- Clear Creek House, Black Hawk, Colo.
- Early view of Clear Creek, the Clear Creek House (sign), and the Eagle Mill operating on North Clear Creek, Colorado, situated between Gregory Gulch and Chase Gulch near Black Hawk. In the near right foreground is a small carriage with "views"...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1860-1870.; North Clear Creek (Gilpin County-Jefferson County, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Mills--Colorado--Clear Creek--1860-1870.
- [1860?]
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Number 34, 1912 August 24
- Municipal Facts Bi-Monthly: Volume 5 Numbers 1 and 2, 1922 January-February
- Montclair Community Center/ Molkerei under restoration
- View of the Montclair Community Center/ Molkerei under restoration at 6820 East 12th Avenue in the Montclair neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The building is a two story clapboard structure with a rhyolite foundation and basement. The building has a...
- Montclair Community Center (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Montclair (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Community centers.; Conservation & restoration.; Von Richthofen, Walter, Baron, 1848-1898--Homes and haunts.; Montclair...
- 2004
- Restaurant, Sargents, Colo.
- View of an unidentified restaurant in Sargents (Saguache County), Colorado. The two story wooden building has a gable roof, a shingled overhand with a gable and a one story addition. A sign on the building reads: "Elks Ro[???] Sargent, Colorado,...
- Sargents (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Restaurants.; Restaurants--Colorado--Sargents--Pictorial works.; Sargents (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1993
- Highland Tavern
- View of the entrance to the Highland Tavern at 3400 Navajo Street in the Highland Neighborhood, Denver Colorado. The building is a single story red brick structure with large windows facing an outdoor seating area. A sign above the door is...
- Highland Tavern (Denver, Colo.)--2010-2020.; Highland (Denver, Colo.)--2010-2020.; Denver (Colo.)--2010-2020.; Bars (Drinking establishments); Highland Tavern (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Bars (Drinking...
- 2010
- Saint Joseph Redemptorist Catholic Church restoration of tower, Lincoln Park.
- View of Saint Joseph Church (St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church of Denver, Saint Joseph Redemptorist Catholic Church) located at 605 West 6th (Sixth) Ave. (NE corner Galapago St.), in the Lincoln Park neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The parish was...
- Saint Joseph Church (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Lincoln Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--2000-2010.; Catholic churches.; Conservation & restoration.; Historic buildings.; Leaded glass windows.; Stained glass.;...
- ca. 2004
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 36, 1910 September 3
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 43, 1910 October 22
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 1, 1910 December 31
- 1909-1922 Index to the Denver Municipal Facts
- Thor Power Tool Co.
- View of the Thor Power Tool Company probably in Colorado. Shows a brick building, signs read: "Thor Portable Power Tools."
- Equipment industry--Colorado--1940-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Boiler room
- Interior view of the boiler room of possibly the Gold Prince Mill in Gladstone (San Juan County), Colorado. Shows a man, the steel support frame of the building and possibly a tubular portable boiler and mechanical roasting furnace.
- Gladstone (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Boilers--Colorado--Gladstone--1900-1920.; Gold mining--Colorado--Gladstone--1900-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Gladstone--1900-1920.; Mills--Colorado--Gladstone--1900-1920.; Ore industry--Colorado--Gladstone--1900-1920.
- [between 1907 and 1917]
- Cosmic Ray Machine, D.U.
- A man squats near equipment that measures cosmic radiation in a tent probably at the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado. The portable machine has cathode ray and metal tubes attached to a wheel like structure. Fans and tools lay near or on...
- University of Denver--People--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Measuring--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Scientific equipment--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950]
- Advertisement "Reliable" stove Maternal Wisdom
- View of a framed advertisement for a gas heater in a room probably in Denver, Colorado. The advertisement depicts a child near a stove and reads: "This portable gas heater is just the thing for baby these cold mornings and evenings" and "Maternal...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Advertisements--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Children--1890-1910.; Radiators--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Windy Gap
- A dog poses on a portable canvas footstool at Windy Gap, Grand County, Colorado.
- Grand County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Dogs--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.
- [1922]
- Miners
- Miners pose on a portable rail hopper at a mine probably near Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. The men wear jackets and hats.
- Las Animas County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1910.; Railroad cars--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Bedrooms in the noted "Palace of Pleasure", the Homestead
- Interior view of second-story bedroom of the Old Homestead, 353 (or 367) Myers Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; prominent "parlor or sporting" house of red-light district operated for nearly 20 years until closed in 1916; later became a residence...
- Old Homestead ( Cripple Creek, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Bedrooms--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.; Brothels--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.; Galleries & museums-- Colorado--Cripple Creek.; Interiors.
- [between 1960 and 1969?]
- Latrine facitilies for occasion, after the fights, 3:45 PM.
- Pedestrians walk along Main Street and intersection of 6th (Sixth) Avenue, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, after the parade and water fights of the 4th (Fourth) of July, Independence Day celebration. A portable toilet is set on corner near sign for...
- Ouray (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Fourth of July celebrations--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Privies--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.
- 1979 July 4
- Turret, Colo.
- Men, women, and children of the mining community of Turret, Chaffee County, Colorado, pose with an American flag in front of the "Grocery And Meat Market." One woman plays a portable organ.
- Turret (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Families--Colorado--Turret--1890-1900.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Turret--1890-1900.; Organs--Colorado--Turret--1890-1900.
- 1897
- AdAmAn Climbers
- Two AdAmAn club members stand in front of a ice wall with icycles and prepare for the annual New Year's Eve Pikes Peak climb, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. The men wear parkas and mittens; one has a backpack with an antenna, the other...
- AdAmAn Club (Colorado Springs, Colo.); Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Clubs--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1950-1960.; Ice--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1950-1960.; Mountaineering--Colorado--Colorado...
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Press crew
- Press members in military foul-weather gear, crouch in snow among rocks during the annual New Year's Eve Pikes Peak climb by the AdAmAn Club. Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. One holds food; another talks on a portable radio phone, a...
- AdAmAn Club (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Journalists--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1950-1960.; Mountaineering--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1950-1960.;...
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Rocky Mountain Fuel Company mine
- View of a portable head frame by a mine shaft in Boulder County, Colorado. A miners' camp is nearby.
- Rocky Mountain Fuel Company--Facilities--1910-1920.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Boulder County--1910-1920.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Boulder County--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Boulder County--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920]
- Mineral Park open cut lead mine above Buckskin, Colo.
- View of a group of portable conveyers and an ore loader at the Mineral Park Mine near Buckskin Joe (Park County), Colorado. A crane is nearby.
- Ore handling--Equipment and supplies--Colorado--Buckskin Joe--1940-1950.; Buckskin Joe (Park County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mineral Park Mine (Park County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Conveying systems--Colorado--Buckskin Joe--1940-1950.; Hoisting...
- [1940]
- Musicians testing sound board at early Red Rocks site
- Men and women sing, play a portable piano and cello at the Garden of Angels (Red Rocks Amphitheater) near Morrison (Jefferson County), Colorado.
- Denver Mountain Parks--1900-1910.; Red Rocks Amphitheater (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Morrison (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Red Rocks Park (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Amphitheaters--Colorado--Morrison--1900-1910.; Pianos--Colorado--Morrison--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1906 and 1910]
- Red Rock Sounding Board
- Four musicians (two women and two men) pose for a photo at Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison, Colorado, near a sounding board. One man holds a cello, a woman sits at a portable piano, and two singers stand Wooden planks are on the ground in the...
- Morrison (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Pianos--Colorado--Morrison--1910-1930.; Singers--Colorado--Morrison--1910-1930.; Violoncellos--Colorado--Morrison--1910-1930.; Women--Colorado--Morrison--1910-1930.; Red Rocks Amphitheater (Colo.)
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Checking Red Rocks' Sounding Board for amphitheater
- A man stands and sings in the Red Rocks Amphitheater to test the sound, Morrison, Colorado. Two musicians sit nearby, one plays a cello and the other a portable piano. A man and a woman are seated to either side of the musicians. Shows red rock...
- Red Rocks Amphitheater (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Morrison (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Amphitheaters--Colorado--Morrison--1910-1930.; Cellos--Colorado--Morrison--1910-1930.; Pianos--Colorado--Morrison--1910-1930.; Singers--Colorado--Morrison--1910-1930.;...
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Miss E..? M, Perry?
- Standing studio portrait of Miss Perry, a Native American Creek woman wearing an Euro-American style dress and hair style posed at a prop stairway newel post.
- Creek Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Perry, Miss, Creek Indian.
- [between 1888 and 1900?]
- Parks department
- Employees of the City of Denver Parks Department march in the Denver Police and Firemen's Parade on 17th (Seventeenth) Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. Horse-drawn wagons which include one loaded with palm trees and another that reads: "City...
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Bandstands--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Horse teams--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Palms--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.;...
- [1921 May 17]
- 14th Street Viaduct Construction
- Workmen construct the 14th (Fourteenth) Street Viaduct in Denver, Colorado. Shows Cherry Creek, pulleys, cranes and a small portable coal engine with wheels. The Denver City Hall, the Denver Wire and Ironworks Co., Congregation of Shomro Amunoh,...
- Congregation Shomro Amunoh (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1890-1900.; African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.;...
- 1898 September 3
- Gas and Electric Building
- Rooftop view of the Gas and Electric Building at 15th (Fifteenth) and Champa Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado. The building is decorated with light bulbs and has electric signs that read "Use a Gas Water Heater Us[e Gen]uine [...]," "Good News...
- Lighting, Architectural and decorative--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Electric lighting--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Public utility companies--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Marble quarry
- View of the Kerr Stone Company marble quarry near Howard (Fremont County), Colorado. A portable fire box boiler is suspended by a hand powered guy derrick nearby.
- Marble (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Boilers--Colorado--Marble--1890-1910.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Marble--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Marble--1890-1910.; Quarrying--Colorado--Marble--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Bull Moose Club
- View of a Bull Moose Club function. An African American (Black) man and a white woman stand next to each other in the living room of a house in Denver, Colorado. Several African American women in dresses sit on couches nearby. A portable record...
- Bull Moose Club (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; African Americans--Organizations--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Clubs--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Couples--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Bull Moose Club
- View of a Bull Moose Club function shows a group of African American (Black) men in the living room of a house in Denver, Colorado. The men wear suits and narrow neckties. A portable record player and a cabinet radio are against the wall.
- Bull Moose Club (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; African Americans--Organizations--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Clubs--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Expedition of 1870
- Members of the Hayden Expedition team sit around a table in an open field in either Albany County or Natrona County, Wyoming. Plates, cups, bowls, a coffee pot, and cans sit on the table. Two men tend to pots on a portable stove, while another man...
- Camping--Wyoming--1870-1880.; Eating & drinking--Wyoming--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Wyoming--1870-1880.; Men--Wyoming--1870-1880.; Outdoor cookery--Wyoming--1870-1880.; Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.)
- [1870]
- Yale College scientific party camp near the Uintah Mountains
- View of a Yale College Scientific Expedition encampment near the Uinta(Uintah) Mountains in Utah; men relax by tents, horses, and a portable cook stove.
- Yale College (1718-1887)--People--1870-1880.; Uinta Mountains (Utah and Wyo.)--1870-1880.; Camping--Utah--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Utah--1870-1880.; Outdoor cookery--Utah--1870-1880.; Scientists--Utah--1870-1880.;...
- 1870 September
- Dale Creek bridge, Wyoming
- A view of the Dale Creek ridge shows a train trestle on the Union Pacific Railroad line in Albany County, Wyoming. Rock formations and a photographer with a camera or portable darkroom are near the bridge. The wooden case is inscribed with "Jackson...
- Albany County (Wyo.)--1860-1880.; Dale Creek (Colo. and Wyo.)--1860-1880.; Photographers--Wyoming--Albany County--1860-1880.; Railroad bridges--Wyoming--Albany County--1869-1880.; Trestles--Wyoming--Albany County--1860-1880.
- [between 1869 and 1880?]
- Easter, 1945
- have budding leaves.; One of many Easter services held on Appenine mountainsides by the Tenth Mountain Division April 1, 1945; conducted by Caplain William H. Bell for the 605th Artillery Battalion at Rocca Pitigliano. A large group of soldiers sit...
- Rocca Pitigliano (Italy)--1940-1950.; Religious services--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Bell, William H.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- 1945 April 1
- Protestant Easter Service in Appennines, Italy
- background are trees and buildings.; Members of the Tenth Mountain Division, 605th Artillery Battalion, attend a Protestant Easter religious service at Rocca Pitigliano, Italy, conducted by Chaplain William H. Bell. In the foreground, four men bow...
- Rocca Pitigliano (Italy)--1940-1950.; Religious services--Italy--1940-1950.; Bell, William H.; Squires, Ralph.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- April 1, 1945
- Orientation on Pacific War near Cividale
- The Tenth Mountain Division Information and Education section's Mobile orientation unit holds a discussion of the Pacific campaign and invasion of Japan with soldiers from the 10th Mountain Division's Quartermaster Battalion. T/4 Theodore "Ted"...
- Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Curry, Ed.; Lockwood, Theodore.; Wright, Bob.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Ocean.
- June 28, 1945
- Campers in the shade
- Women sit at a table covered with pots and pans under a canvas tent canopy in (probably) Colorado. Shows portable stove with a stovepipe, a log cabin is in the distance.
- Camping--Colorado--1900-1910.; Stoves--Colorado--1900-1910.; Tents--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Sunday morning in camp
- View of a camp camp, probably in Colorado. Two men stand near a portable stove. A man shaves a man seated on a stump near a tent erected on a log frame.
- Camping--Colorado--1880-1890.; Shaving--Colorado--1880-1890.; Tents--Colorado--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Comfortable campsite
- A man walks by a tent in (probably) Colorado; women cook by a folding chair, portable stove, and horse drawn covered wagon.
- Camping--Colorado--1920-1930.; Tents--Colorado--1920-1930.; Travel--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Mountain campers
- People pose at a campsite, a man is on horseback. Shows a tent and an awning, and a portable cooking cabinet. The men and women wear hats, the women wear long dresses.
- Camping--1870-1890.; Horseback riding--1870-1890.; Storage furniture--1870-1890.; Tents--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- Campsites among the foothills
- Stereographic view of five men, one woman, and a small boy posing in front of a campsite near the Garden of the Gods in the foothills near Colorado Springs, Colorado. One man sits at a low table near the remains of a fire in the foreground; others...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Camps--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1870-1900.; Covered wagons--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1870-1900.; Men--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1870-1900.; Women--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1870-1900.
- [between 1875 and 1900?]
- Trout dinner
- A man is served a fried trout in (probably) Colorado; cooked fish are on a portable camp stove.
- Outdoor cookery--Colorado--1910-1920.; Stoves--Colorado--1910-1920.; Trout--Colorado--1910-1920.
- Elk Falls Ranch: Elmer Berg's BBQ rig, Ozzie and his steaks
- An African American (Black) man, identified as Ozzie, grills steaks on a portable barbecue rig on the Elk Falls Park Guest Ranch in Park County, Colorado. The cook wears a white shirt, apron and white chef's hat. The Barbecue rig is a wheeled...
- Elk Falls Park Guest Ranch (Colo.)--People--1950-1960.; Roundup Riders of the Rockies (Colo.)--Facilities--1950-1960.; African Americans--Colorado--Park County--1950-1960.; Park County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Barbecue grills--Colorado--Park...
- 1954 July
- Opening the first 3R store Jack Lantz (real estate), John Bruno (real estate), Roy Miller (J.C. Penny, Phoenix).
- Three men, identified left to right as Jack Lantz, John Bruno, and Roy Miller, members of the Roundup Riders of the Rockies, stand and pose behind a glass counter in probably a portable trailer. The men have on cowboy hats, neckerchiefs with the...
- Roundup Riders of the Rockies (Colo.)--People--1950-1960.; Clothing & dress--Colorado--1950-1960.; Organizations--Colorado--1950-1960.; Showcases--Colorado--1950-1960.; Souvenir shops--Colorado--1950-1960.; Stores & shops--Colorado--1950-1960.;...
- 1954 July