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- The houses on Glenarm Street
- View of people and brick houses on Glenarm Place, Denver, Colorado. Standing at 2104 are (possibly) John and Martha Shrock with Bina May Conrad in white dress. In front of 2130 is Mary Rebecca Shrock Conrad with children John, Martha, and baby...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Children--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Families--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1900]
- Eldora, Colorado
- Interior view of the schoolhouse at Eldora, Colorado, shows a classroom full of children, most of whom are seated at wooden desks. Their teacher and other students are standing against the far walls.
- Eldora (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Classrooms--Colorado--Eldora--1900-1910.; Interiors.; School children--Colorado--Eldora--1900-1910.
- [1906?]
- The Church Record: Vol. II No. 12
- Newsletter produced by the Central Presbyterian Church in Denver, Colorado. Included in newsletter is a sermon by different religious leaders within the church, list of new members and events of different church societies.
- Presbyterian Church--Colorado--Denver--History.; Church buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Central Presbyterian Church (Denver, Colo.); Presbyterian Church--Colorado--Denver.
- 1903 June
- Ady & Crowe Mercantile Company grain elevator
- View of the Ady & Crowe Mercantile Company grain elevator (later known as the Farmers' Grain and Bean Company elevator) at 1900 Fifteenth (15th) Street in the Union Station neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a multi-story wood grain elevator...
- Ady & Crowe Mercantile Company--Buildings--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Union Station neighborhood (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Grain elevators.; Ady & Crowe Mercantile Company--Buildings--Pictorial works.; Grain...
- 1987
- William Allen West outside the Scobey House
- View of the Scobey House (c. 1882) at 2826 Curtis Street in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. It is believed that this house was designed and built by Orlando Scobey.This one-and-one-half-story brick residence shows characteristics...
- Curtis Park (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Authors.; Houses.; West, William Allen.; Authors, American--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Dwellings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial...
- 2000
- Cipriano Gallegos and Mayor Hickenlooper
- American GI Forum Mile High Chapter Commander Cipriano Griego and Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper set fire to rolled up papers during the AGIF Mortgage burning ceremony at AGIF headquarters at 1717 Federal Boulevard in the West Colfax neighborhood, ...
- American GI Forum (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Hispanic Americans--2000-2010.; Mayors--Colorado--Denver.; Veteran's organizations.; Griego, Cipriano--Pictorial works.; Hickenlooper, John W.--Pictorial works.; American GI Forum (Denver,...
- 2008 February 29
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 20, 1909 July 3
- Municipal Facts: Volume 12 Numbers 8 and 8, 1929 July-August
- Main St. Telluride, Colo.
- View of commercial buildings on Main Street (Colorado Avenue) in Telluride (San Miguel County), Colorado. Shows multi-story frame or brick commercial buildings with striped awnings, the stone First National Bank with a square tower, and utility...
- Ajax Peak (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Telluride (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.
- [1902?]
- The Colorado Sugar Manufacturing Co.
- View of brick structures and a building under construction at the Colorado Sugar Manufacturing Company plant in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado. Shows piles of bricks, iron scaffolding on a stone foundation and mesas in the distance.
- Colorado Sugar Manufacturing Company--Buildings--1890-1900.; Grand Junction (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Building construction--Colorado--Grand Junction--1890-1900.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Grand Junction--1890-1900.
- 1899 July 1
- Mining district
- View of a wood frame building, possibly an ore processing facility, in Colorado. Shows Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad freight cars, smokestacks, dirt road and hills.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--1920-1930.; Ore industry--Colorado--1920-1930.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Mining buildings
- View of wood frame, gabled buildings, smokestacks and possibly mining equipment in Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--1890-1920.
- [1890 and 1920?]
- Mill buildings
- A view of an elevated trestle, mill processing facilities, wood frame buildings and smokestacks in Colorado.
- Mills--Colorado--1890-1920.; Mining--Colorado--1890-1920.; Ore industry--Colorado--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920?]
- Interior of mill
- Interior view of a processing facility probably in Colorado. A man poses next to machinery, possibly an engine or pump, levers and wheels. The man wears a hat and suspenders.
- Industrial facilities--Colorado--1890-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920?]
- Head frame
- View of a mine head frame in Colorado. Shows ore cars, tracks, a gabled, wood frame building, a shed and a ladder.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Snow covered mountains
- View of snow covered mountains and trees, probably in Colorado.
- Mountains--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Canyon and tracks
- View of a tree spotted hillside, railroad tracks and a rock canyon wall, possibly Phantom Canyon in Teller County, Colorado.
- Canyons--Colorado--1890-1900.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Mining buildings
- View of a mining compound, smokestacks, gabled, wood frame processing buildings and tailings in Colorado.
- Mills--Colorado--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--1890-1900.; Ore industry--Colorado--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Mill buildings
- View of a mining compound, smokestacks, gabled, wood frame processing buildings and tailings in Colorado.
- Mills--Colorado--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--1890-1900.; Ore industry--Colorado--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Two-story house
- View of a two-story, cross-gabled house with an encircling porch, probably in Colorado. Shows sash and dormer windows and buildings nestled in between trees.
- Houses--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Pinewood School District No. 19, Rattlesnake Park Pinewood, Colo.
- View of Pinewood, Larimer County, Colorado, shows the frame schoolhouse with a shingle roof, inset porch, double hung windows, and a sign: "Pine Wood School Dist No 19." It was built in 1873 by Amos Penoyer, a pioneer rancher.
- Penoyer, Amos--Homes & haunts.; Pinewood (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Schools--Colorado--Pinewood--1930-1940.
- 1933
- Dumping slag
- Horace Tabor empties a slag carrier at the smelter in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Legislators--United States--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Tabor, Horace Austin Warner, 1830-1899.
- [between 1893 and 1900?]
- The babies on the block
- Portrait in front of McClures studio at 2128 Glenarm Place, Denver, Colorado, shows Mary Rebecca "Pinkie" Shrock (McClure's sister-in- law) with her children seated on the door step to the studio. Possibly Mary Rebecca seated holding "Doc"...
- McClure, Louis Charles, 1867-1957.--Homes & haunts.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Children--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Families--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Photographic studios--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.;...
- [1900]
- Georgetown, Colorado, looking south
- View of Georgetown, Colorado, looking southwest toward the valley leading to Silver Plume, where the High Bridge of the Georgetown Loop is visible. View is from Griffith Mountain early in the morning, looking down on the grid-patterned town. ...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1900-1910.
- [1903?]
- Early pioneers and trappers, Sacajawea, the bird woman
- Sacajewa, a Native American (Shoshone) woman, looks over a broad valley.
- Indians of North America--1800-1850.; Shoshoni Indians--1800-1850.; Women--1800-1850.; Sacagawea, 1786-1884.
- [between 1800 and 1850?]
- Eldora Colorado Labor Day 1899 -
- Men, women and children in the middle of Main Street in Eldora, Colorado focus on the band. Street is lined with evergreen trees in honor of the Labor Day celebration.
- Eldora (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Celebrations--Colorado--Eldora--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Eldora--1890-1900.
- 1899
- Historical artifacts
- Edward Santarpio (with bottles) and Gerard H. Fischer pose with patent medicines and an advertising sign for the Denver Post newspaper in (probably) Georgetown, Colorado. The sign bears a likeness of Uncle Sam.
- Denver Post--1940-1950.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Antiques--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.; Book & magazine posters--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.; Patent...
- 1947 August 2
- White girl found with the Gros Ventre Indians, hand resting on top of chair, dressed in Indian garb, full length
- Unindentifed girl found with Gros Ventre, full length standing studio portrait with painted backdrop, wearing earrings, braided hair, shawl wrapped around shoulders, and moccasins; believed to have been a captive.
- Atsina Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- Building bypass road in mined farm field, near Rocca di Roffeno
- Approximately thirty men at work examining the ground for mines, or taping out a new road; bulldozer is in background; possibly the Tenth Mountain Division's 126th Engineers building a bypass road in an area believed to be heavily mined. According...
- Mines (Warfare)--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [April 1945]
- Curley, Crow Scout, and Comanche, (horse), full length, (separate pictures made into one plate)
- Curley, Crow Scout, full length standing studio portrait, and Comanche, a horse, two separate portraits combined to make one image side by side; Curley, Crow Scout with General George Custer at Little Bighorn was believed by many to be only known...
- Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Horses--1880-1890.; Curly.; Crow Indians--1880-1890.
- [188?]
- Blackhawk - Iron City Stamp Mill (Int.)
- mortars and amalgamated with the gold in the ore. The stamps were periodically stopped and the amalgam was retrieved and then sold to banks or the mint.; The interior of a stamp mill, possibly the Iron City Stamp Mill in Blackhawk, Colorado, shows...
- Ore-dressing plants--Colorado--Blackhawk--1870-1910.; Ore-dressing--Colorado--Blackhawk--1870-1910.; Blackhawk (Colo.)--1870-1910.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1870-1910.; Gold mining--Colorado--Blackhawk--1870-1910.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Lieutenant-Governor of the Zuni Indians
- A Native American (Zuni Pueblo) man, identified as the Lieutenant-governor, poses at Zuni, New Mexico. The man holds a silver capped cane, sits wrapped in a woven blanket and wears a headband and a multi-strand turquoise bead necklace. People are...
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Zuni--1870-1880.; Zuni Indians--New Mexico--Zuni--1870-1880.; Zuni (N.M.)--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--New Mexico--1870-1880.; Tribal chiefs--New Mexico--1870-1880.; Geographical Surveys West of the...
- 1873
- Central City. Saratoga Mine (C-46)
- A group of miners stands in a cage inside a mine, possibly the Saratoga Mine in Russell Gulch near Central City in Gilpin County, Colorado, probably in the 1880s or 1890s. Cages such as this replaced bucket hoists by the 1880s in many mines, and...
- Mine hoisting--Colorado--Colorado--Central City--1880- 1900.; Central City (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Hoisting machinery--1880-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Central City--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Central City--1880-1900.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- The Roadmaster, Argentine Central Ry.
- Man standing on push car with derby hat believed to be Arthur Chapman (author of "Out Where the West Begins") posed with a burro foal; Argentine Central Railway, Colorado; three workmen gathered around push car; unidentified wooden frame building...
- Donkeys--Colorado--1900-1920.; Railroad handcars--Colorado--1900-1920.; Chapman, Arthur 1873-1935.; Argentine Central Railway Company.
- [between 1906 and 1913]
- Central City, Colo.
- An early view of Central City, Colorado, probably taken in the early 1870s. In the foreground is a rocky hillside with a view that looks down the hill toward the town; shows many wood-framed buildings, most of which did not survive the fire of...
- Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.
- [between 1872 and 1874?]
- Grace Church Call
- Reproduction of several versions of a newsletter produced by Grace Methodist Church in Denver, Colorado. Dates included in the newsletter are: October 10 1878, March 9 1889 and March 14 1943.
- Grace Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)
- undated
- Gully Family House
- This photo shows the Gully Family Homestead House in its original location near the present intersection of Chambers Road and Mississippi Avenue in Aurora.The City of Aurora relocated the house in 1983 to the newly opened DeLaney Open Space Area...
- Circa 1925
- Office of Civil Defense Emergency Operations Center
- Photograph of the Office of Civil Defense Emergency Operations Center located in Lakewood, Colorado. The circa 1960, bunker-like building is associated with Cold War Era military history. Designed for temporary use during an emergency, the...
- Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Lakewood.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Lakewood.; Architecture--Colorado--Lakewood--History.
- 1999
- Office of Civil Defense Emergency Operations Center
- Photograph of the Office of Civil Defense Emergency Operations Center located in Lakewood, Colorado. The circa 1960, bunker-like building is associated with Cold War Era military history. Designed for temporary use during an emergency, the...
- Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Lakewood.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Lakewood.; Architecture--Colorado--Lakewood--History.
- 1998
- Office of Civil Defense Emergency Operations Center
- Photograph of the Office of Civil Defense Emergency Operations Center located in Lakewood, Colorado. The circa 1960, bunker-like building is associated with Cold War Era military history. Designed for temporary use during an emergency, the...
- Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Lakewood.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Lakewood.; Architecture--Colorado--Lakewood--History.
- 1999
- Office of Civil Defense Emergency Operations Center
- Photograph of the Office of Civil Defense Emergency Operations Center located in Lakewood, Colorado. The circa 1960, bunker-like building is associated with Cold War Era military history. Designed for temporary use during an emergency, the...
- Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Lakewood.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Lakewood.; Architecture--Colorado--Lakewood--History.
- 1999
- Office of Civil Defense Emergency Operations Center
- Photograph of the Office of Civil Defense Emergency Operations Center located in Lakewood, Colorado. The circa 1960, bunker-like building is associated with Cold War Era military history. Designed for temporary use during an emergency, the...
- Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Lakewood.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Lakewood.; Architecture--Colorado--Lakewood--History.
- 1998
- Davies' Chuck Wagon Diner
- Photograph of the Davies' Chuck Wagon Diner located in Lakewood, Colorado. The diner is an exceptionally well-preserved example of prefabricated stainless steel diner construction. Even at the time of its completion in 1957, it was a rare western...
- Davies' Chuch Wagon Diner (Lakewood, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Restaurants.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Lakewood.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Lakewood.;...
- 1997 January
- Davies' Chuck Wagon Diner
- Photograph of the Davies' Chuck Wagon Diner located in Lakewood, Colorado. The diner is an exceptionally well-preserved example of prefabricated stainless steel diner construction. Even at the time of its completion in 1957, it was a rare western...
- Davies' Chuch Wagon Diner (Lakewood, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Restaurants.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Lakewood.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Lakewood.;...
- 1997 January
- Davies' Chuck Wagon Diner
- Photograph of the Davies' Chuck Wagon Diner located in Lakewood, Colorado. The diner is an exceptionally well-preserved example of prefabricated stainless steel diner construction. Even at the time of its completion in 1957, it was a rare western...
- Davies' Chuch Wagon Diner (Lakewood, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Restaurants.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Lakewood.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Lakewood.;...
- 1997 January
- Davies' Chuck Wagon Diner
- Photograph of the Davies' Chuck Wagon Diner located in Lakewood, Colorado. The diner is an exceptionally well-preserved example of prefabricated stainless steel diner construction. Even at the time of its completion in 1957, it was a rare western...
- Davies' Chuch Wagon Diner (Lakewood, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Restaurants.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Lakewood.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Lakewood.;...
- 1997 January
- Davies' Chuck Wagon Diner
- Photograph of the Davies' Chuck Wagon Diner located in Lakewood, Colorado. The diner is an exceptionally well-preserved example of prefabricated stainless steel diner construction. Even at the time of its completion in 1957, it was a rare western...
- Davies' Chuch Wagon Diner (Lakewood, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Restaurants.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Lakewood.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Lakewood.;...
- 1997 January
- Davies' Chuck Wagon Diner store room
- Photograph of the store room in the Davies' Chuck Wagon Diner located in Lakewood, Colorado. The diner is an exceptionally well-preserved example of prefabricated stainless steel diner construction. Even at the time of its completion in 1957, it...
- Davies' Chuch Wagon Diner (Lakewood, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Restaurants.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Lakewood.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Lakewood.;...
- 1997 January
- Davies' Chuck Wagon Diner kitchen
- Photograph of the kitchen in the Davies' Chuck Wagon Diner located in Lakewood, Colorado. The diner is an exceptionally well-preserved example of prefabricated stainless steel diner construction. Even at the time of its completion in 1957, it was...
- Davies' Chuch Wagon Diner (Lakewood, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Restaurants.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Lakewood.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Lakewood.;...
- 1997 January
- Davies' Chuck Wagon Diner kitchen
- Photograph of the kitchen in the Davies' Chuck Wagon Diner located in Lakewood, Colorado. The diner is an exceptionally well-preserved example of prefabricated stainless steel diner construction. Even at the time of its completion in 1957, it was...
- Davies' Chuch Wagon Diner (Lakewood, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Restaurants.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Lakewood.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Lakewood.;...
- 1997 January