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    • Railroad being constructed

    • Railroad being constructed

    • Men in overalls push a handcar on tracks under construction by the Work Projects Administration at Lowry Army Air Force Base in the Lowry Field neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Construction workers are on tracks in the distance. Shows a railroad...

    • Union Pacific Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Lowry Air Force Base (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Military facilities--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Railroad...

    • 1941 May 27
    • Train at Lowry

    • Train at Lowry

    • Men in military uniforms walk beside Union Pacific locomotive number "451" at Lowry Air Force Base in the Lowry Field neighborhood of Denver, Colorado.

    • Union Pacific Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Lowry Air Force Base (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Military facilities--Colorado--Lowry Air Force Base--1940-1950.; Railroad Signals--Colorado--Lowry Air Force Base--1940-1950.;...

    • 1941 May 27
    • WPA railroad at Lowry

    • WPA railroad at Lowry

    • View of railroad tracks under construction by the Work Projects Administration (WPA) from the Union Pacific Railroad line to Lowry Air Force Base in the Lowry Field neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows railroad construction workers near the...

    • Union Pacific Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Lowry Air Force Base (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Railroad...

    • 1941 May 27
    • Railroad construction at Lowry

    • Railroad construction at Lowry

    • Work Projects Administration (WPA) railroad construction workers in overalls and fedoras use a hammers and a crowbar to install rails at a switch on railroad tracks near Lowry Air Force Base in the Lowry Field neighborhood of Denver, Colorado....

    • Union Pacific Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Lowry Air Force Base (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Crowbars--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Railroad construction...

    • 1941 May 27
    • Man on railroad bridge near Lowry

    • Man on railroad bridge near Lowry

    • A man in a suit stands on a wooden railroad bridge and track constructed by the Work Projects Administration (WPA) over an irrigation ditch near Lowry Air Force Base in the Lowry Field neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows telephone lines beside...

    • Union Pacific Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Lowry Air Force Base (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Irrigation canals & flumes--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Railroad...

    • 1941 May 27
    • Colorado, Pueblo steel mills

    • Colorado, Pueblo steel mills

    • View of Colorado Fuel and Iron Company blast furnace and stoves, Pueblo, Colorado; shows steel manufacturing and industrial area with smokestacks and elevated railroad track, piles of rock and gravel with Colorado and Southern Railway hopper cars...

    • Pueblo (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Steel industry--Colorado--Pueblo--1930-1940.; Colorado Fuel and Iron Company.

    • [between 1930 and 1940?]
    • Mesa College

    • Mesa College

    • Partial view of campus building, Mesa College, Grand Junction, Colorado, shows a multi-story flat-roof brick building with pivoted windows; two women are on the front steps.

    • Mesa College--1940-1950.; Grand Junction (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Grand Junction--1940- 1950.

    • [between 1940 and 1950]
    • Mesa College

    • Mesa College

    • View of campus building, Mesa College, Grand Junction, Colorado, shows a two-story flat-roof brick building with adjoining wings or additions and pivoted windows. Two women are on the front steps. The front area is landscaped and has a United...

    • Mesa College--1940-1950.; Grand Junction (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Grand Junction--1940- 1950.

    • [between 1940 and 1950]
    • Tope public school, Grand Junction

    • Tope public school, Grand Junction

    • Exterior view of Tope elementary school, North 7th (Seventh), Grand Junction, Colorado, shows a one-story flat-roof brick public school building with a series of single double-hung windows, a brick smokestack, and a front entryway with a series of...

    • Grand Junction (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Schools--Colorado--Grand Junction--1980-1990.

    • 1980
    • New Sheridan, Telluride, Colo

    • New Sheridan, Telluride, Colo

    • Townspeople line boardwalk in front of the New Sheridan and adjacent two-story Sheridan commercial block on Colorado Avenue, Telluride, Colorado, possibly for a funeral procession. A casket is in a decorative horse-drawn coach in front of hotel....

    • Telluride (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Telluride--1890-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Telluride--1890-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Telluride--1890-1910.

    • [between 1899 and 1910?]
    • Telluride, Colo.

    • Telluride, Colo.

    • Exterior view of H. E. Herbert Feed and Sale Stable, Telluride, Colorado, a vertical board and batten false-front store with a corbel-step gable and large central door. People with horses, wagons, and buggy rentals line street in front of livery...

    • Telluride (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Feed stores--Colorado--Telluride--1880-1900.

    • [between 1892 and 1900]
    • Black Hawk, Colo., early days, 1860's

    • Black Hawk, Colo., early days, 1860's

    • View west up Gregory Gulch toward Central City, Colorado; shows Chas. Leitzman's blacksmith shop, "Wholesale & Retail Meat Market" (with a horse in front and men sitting on the steps), a building that housed many saloons (most notably Jesse...

    • Blackhawk (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Floods--Colorado--Blackhawk--1860-1870.

    • [between 1863 and 1869]
    • Central City, Colorado streets

    • Central City, Colorado streets

    • View of the back of storefront buildings in Central City, Colorado. Garbage and vegetation litter the foreground. A telephone post stands near the row of brick and wood buildings on the left. A wooden fire escape is attached to the back of each...

    • Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.

    • [between 1930 and 1939]
    • Victor, Colo.

    • Victor, Colo.

    • View across residential rooftops towards commercial district of Victor, Colorado; shows one and two-story wooden frame residences, City Hall, Gold Coin Club, and edge of Bank block building. Mine headframes, surface buildings and tailings are on...

    • Victor (Colo.)--1930-1940.

    • [between 1930 and 1940]
    • Colo. School of Mines, Golden, Stratton Hall

    • Colo. School of Mines, Golden, Stratton Hall

    • Exterior of 1904 Stratton Hall, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Jefferson County, shows the two-story with basement designed by architect Harlan Thomas. Mission style features include curvilinear parapet, Lyons sandstone base topped with gray...

    • Colorado School of Mines--Buildings--1930- 1940.; Golden (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Golden--1930-1940.; Colorado School of Mines.

    • [between 1930 and 1940]
    • Colo. School of Mines, Golden, Gugenheim Hall

    • Colo. School of Mines, Golden, Gugenheim Hall

    • View of the central stepped entrance and square bell tower with gold domed cupola of 1905 Guggenheim Hall, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Jefferson County; James Murdoch architect; named by smelting magnate and U.S. Senator Simon Guggenheim, who...

    • Colorado School of Mines--Buildings--1930- 1940.; Golden (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Golden--1930-1940.; Colorado School of Mines.

    • [between 1930 and 1940]
    • Colorado School of Mines training mine, Idaho Springs

    • Colorado School of Mines training mine, Idaho Springs

    • Interior view of the Colorado School of Mines Edgar Experimental Mine, Idaho Springs, Colorado, shows students with a drilling machine.

    • Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1930-1940.; Colorado School of Mines.

    • [between 1930 and 1940?]
    • Golden, Colorado

    • Golden, Colorado

    • View north from South Table Mountain over Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado, includes the Adolph Coors Brewery, greenhouses and residence, Colorado and Southern (formerly Colorado Central) Railroad, depot and trains, North Table Mountain and the...

    • Adolph Coors Company--1930-1940.; Golden (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Brewing industry--Colorado--Golden--1930-1940.

    • [between 1908 and 1920]
    • Students of School of Mines in training tunnel

    • Students of School of Mines in training tunnel

    • Interior view of the Colorado School of Mines Edgar Experimental mine in Idaho Springs, Colorado, shows a figure holding a spotlight on students who push an ore cart through timber bracing.

    • Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1930-1940.; Colorado School of Mines.

    • [between 1930 and 1940]
    • School of Mines training mine

    • School of Mines training mine

    • Two men stand outside the entrance to the Colorado School of Mines Edgar experimental mine in Idaho Springs, Colorado. One man leans on an ore cart on tracks, the other wears jodhpurs and stands by the boiler's water tank with a pipe leading into...

    • Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1930-1940.; Colorado School of Mines.

    • [between 1930 and 1940]
    • Red light district, Leadville

    • Red light district, Leadville

    • A person walks on the snow-covered sidewalk in front of a row of dilapidated one and two-story false fronts on West 2nd (Second) Street in Leadville, Colorado. This neighborhood was once known as State Street, and was the home of the 'Red Light...

    • Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Brothels--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.

    • [between 1930 and 1940]
    • Colorado School of Mines

    • Colorado School of Mines

    • View along the side of the 1905 Assay Building of Chauvenet Hall, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado; shows the low brick structure with multiple chimneys and front curvilinear parapet; Stratton Hall shows in background.

    • Golden (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Buildings--Colorado--Golden--1930-1940.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Golden--1930-1940.; Colorado School of Mines.

    • [between 1930 and 1940]
    • Colorado tour 7, Advanced Chemistry Building, School of Mines, Golden

    • Colorado tour 7, Advanced Chemistry Building, School of Mines, Golden

    • Exterior view of the Colorado School of Mines chemistry building, Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado, shows the circular arch entrance with three windows above, corbelling and the stepped parapet through the trees. Robert S. Roeschlaub architect...

    • Golden (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Buildings--Colorado--Golden--1930-1940.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Golden--1930-1940.; Colorado School of Mines.

    • [between 1930 and 1940]
    • Colorado tour 7, Experimental Plant, School of Mines, Golden

    • Colorado tour 7, Experimental Plant, School of Mines, Golden

    • Exterior view of the Colorado School of Mines 1912 Experimental Plant of the School of Mines Research Institute in Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado, shows the multi-story structure with sloping and monitor roofs with outbuildings, automobiles and...

    • Golden (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Buildings--Colorado--Golden--1930-1940.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Golden--1930-1940.; Colorado School of Mines.

    • [between 1930 and 1940]
    • Coors brewery, Golden

    • Coors brewery, Golden

    • View southeast of the Adolph Coors Company brewery, Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado, shows the cooling pond, tall smokestack and multi-story brick plant buildings.

    • Adolph Coors Company--1930-1940.; Golden (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Brewing industry--Colorado--Golden--1930-1940.

    • [between 1930 and 1940]
    • School of Mines, Golden

    • School of Mines, Golden

    • Exterior of Berthoud Hall, Sixteenth and Illinois, Colorado School of Mines campus, Golden, Jefferson County, shows the three-story plus basement Beaux Arts building by Denver architect Temple Hoyne Buell. Named for Golden pioneer, Edward R....

    • Golden (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Buildings--Colorado--Golden--1930-1940.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Golden--1930-1940.; Colorado School of Mines.

    • [between 1938 and 1940]
    • School of Mines, Golden, geophysics lab building

    • School of Mines, Golden, geophysics lab building

    • Exterior view of the Colorado School of Mines, geophysics lab building, Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado, shows the two-story brick structure with hip roof, stone foundation, quoins and keystones. Table Mountain shows in background.

    • Golden (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Buildings--Colorado--Golden--1930-1940.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Golden--1930-1940.; Colorado School of Mines.

    • [between 1930 and 1940]
    • Kokomo, Colorado

    • Kokomo, Colorado

    • Frame commercial buildings line this sloping street in Kokomo, Summit County, Colorado. The two-story buildings have half-height false fronts, cornices, awnings, and signs: "The Palace of Fashion Fancy Staple and Dry Goods Dressmaking," "Oak Hall...

    • Kokomo (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Kokomo--1880-1890.

    • 1881
    • Colorado, Independence, Pitkin Co.?

    • Colorado, Independence, Pitkin Co.?

    • Abandoned log and board buildings in Independence, Pitkin County, Colorado; one has a sagging roof and boards have fallen off another. A man and woman are looking at buildings, and the hillside rises steeply behind the town.

    • Independence (Pitkin County, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Independence--1930-1940.

    • [between 1930 and 1940?]
    • Independence, Colo. Pitkin Co.?

    • Independence, Colo. Pitkin Co.?

    • Small abandoned and dilapidated wood cabins and buildings are at the base of a hill in Independence, Pitkin County, Colorado. The hillside, marked by two horizontal roads, has only a few trees, and new trees have been planted. A snowy mountain is...

    • Independence (Pitkin County, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Independence--1930-1940.

    • [June 5, 1939]
    • The Land, Colorado, Ironton Colo. and Red Mountains.

    • The Land, Colorado, Ironton Colo. and Red Mountains.

    • The mountain behind Ironton, Ouray County, Colorado, is covered with flattened tree trunks; the river at the bottom appears to have been widened into a sandy area. Small gable-roofed buildings are along the main street, and a larger building sits...

    • Ironton (Colo.)--1880-1890.

    • September 8, 1886
    • Augusta Tabor, Leadville residence

    • Augusta Tabor, Leadville residence

    • Exterior view of Horace A.W. Tabor and his first wife, Augusta's, house at 160 East 5th (Fifth) Street in Leadville, Colorado. Built in 1877 and moved from Harrison Avenue to allow room for his opera house, the small, dilapidated two-story...

    • Tabor, Augusta, d. 1895--Homes & haunts.; Tabor, Horace Austin Warner, 1830-1899--Homes & haunts.; Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Dwellings--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.

    • [between 1930 and 1940]
    • Irene McWilliams

    • Irene McWilliams

    • Irene McWilliams Musician, Teacher and Churchwoman W.P.A. music teacher, 1933-1939; director of Denver U.S.O., WWII: taught at Littlejohn School of Music (a federal project to rehabilitate wounded soldiers through music); conducted choirs for...
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