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- George Washington Carver day care center ground breaking
- Lillian Bondurant uses a shovel at the ground breaking ceremony of the George Washington Carver Day Nursery at 2260 Humboldt Street in the City Park West neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Reverend M. C. Williams, Dorothy Reeves, and a group of...
- City Park West (Denver, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Ground breaking ceremonies--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Bondurant, Lillian.; George...
- [1965]
- Senator Elmer Merritt
- State senator and real estate developer Elmer Merritt holds a shovel full of dirt at a ground breaking ceremony in Denver, Colorado. Sign in background reads: "Park Hill, This Property Will Be Sold On Easy Terms With Building Restrictions, Modern...
- Real estate developers--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Ground breaking ceremonies--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Legislators--Colorado--1890-1900.; Merritt, Elmer W.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Senator Elmer Merritt
- Senator and real estate developer Elmer W. Merritt holds a shovel full of dirt at a ground breaking ceremony in Denver, Colorado. Sign in background reads: "Park Hill, This Property Will Be Sold On Easy Terms With Building Restrictions, Modern...
- Real estate developers--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Ground breaking ceremonies--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Legislators--Colorado--1890-1900.; Merritt, Elmer W.
- [between 1895 and 1900?]
- Senator Elmer Merritt
- Senator and real estate developer Elmer W. Merritt holds a shovel full of dirt at a ground breaking ceremony in Denver, Colorado. Sign in background reads: "Park Hill, This Property Will Be Sold On Easy Terms With Building Restrictions, Modern...
- Real estate developers--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Ground breaking ceremonies--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Legislators--Colorado--1890-1900.; Merritt, Elmer W.
- [between 1895 and 1900?]
- Lamb Memorial Hospital
- A group of men and women pose in front of a backhoe for the ground breaking ceremony of an addition to Lamb Memorial Hospital at 1560 Humboldt Street in the North Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Some men wear suits and ties, others...
- Lamb Memorial Hospital (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Backhoes--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; North Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Ground breaking ceremonies--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.;...
- 1953 November
- Breaking ground for the new library
- Group portrait of men, women, and girls in Denver, Colorado, at the ground breaking ceremony for the Denver Public Library, including (l to r): Jean Dudley, F. M. Richie, Mr. Frederick Ross (architect), Mr. C. R. Dudley, Helen F. Ingersoll, B. H....
- Dudley, Charles Rowland, 1853-1921.; Dudley, Jean.; Dudley, Marion.; Ingersoll, Helen Frances, 1878-; Lichter, B. H.; Richie, F. M.; Ross, Frederick.; Denver Public Library--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.;...
- 1906, August 7
- Ground breaking for the Mayo-Schlessman Building
- Ralph B. Mayo and Gerald L. Schlessman participate in a ground breaking ceremony for the Mayo-Schlessman Building on Sherman Street between 17th and 18th Streets in the North Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Ralph Mayo holds a shovel...
- Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; North Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Ground breaking ceremonies--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Mayo, Ralph B.; Schlessman, Gerald L.
- [1953?]
- Mayor Stapleton breaking ground for new City Hall
- Mayor Benjamin Stapleton shovels dirt at the ground breaking ceremony for the City and County Building on Bannock Street in the Civic Center neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. A group of men who wear overcoats and wide-brimmed hats stand nearby. The...
- City and County Building (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; City & town halls--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Ground breaking ceremonies--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.;...
- [1929 March 26]
- Mayor Stapleton breaking ground for new City Hall
- Mayor Benjamin Stapleton holds a shovel at the ground breaking ceremony for the City and County Building on Bannock Street in the Civic Center neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. A group of men stand nearby and look on. The Denver Public Library and...
- City and County Building (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; City & town halls--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Ground breaking ceremonies--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.;...
- [1929 March 26]
- Ceremonies of breaking ground for the new City Hall
- Men and women stand near a steam shovel at the ground breaking ceremony for the City and County Building on Bannock Street in the Civic Center neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The Greek Theater and Colonnade of Civic Benefactors in Civic Center...
- City and County Building (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; City & town halls--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Ground breaking ceremonies--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1929 March 26
- Ground breaking
- A group of men and women stand around a backhoe during the ground breaking ceremony for the construction of an addition to Lamb Memorial Hospital at 1560 Humboldt Street in the North Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Some of the men...
- Lamb Memorial Hospital (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Backhoes--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; North Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Ground breaking ceremonies--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.;...
- 1953 November
- Ground breaking
- A group of men in suits pose in front of a backhoe at a ground breaking ceremony for an addition to Lamb Memorial Hospital at 1560 Humboldt Street in the North Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The men wear suits and ties. A man sits...
- Lamb Memorial Hospital (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Backhoes--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; North Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Ground breaking ceremonies--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.;...
- 1953 November
- Ground breaking at Swedish Hospital
- A man in a suit smiles and digs up a shovel full of dirt during the ground breaking ceremony at Swedish Hospital (Swedish Medical Center) in Englewood (Arapahoe County), Colorado. Men who have already moved a shovel full of dirt file away from the...
- Swedish Hospital (Englewood, Colo.)--Buildings--1960-1970.; Englewood (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Ground breaking ceremonies--Colorado--Englewood--1960-1970.; Hospitals--Colorado--Englewood--1960-1970.; Men--Colorado--Englewood--1960-1970.;...
- [between 1960 and 1963?]
- Edgewater, Colorado, ground breaking ceremony for new Fire Hall
- Fire Chief Robert Gard (or Gord), Mayor Ed Rozmarck, and Charter Member Tony Noll, who joined the Fire Department in 1915, pose with a shovel full of dirt at the ground breaking ceremonies for the new Fire Hall in Edgewater, Jefferson County,...
- Edgewater (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Fire stations--Colorado--Edgewater--1970-1980.; Ground breaking ceremonies--Colorado--Edgewater--1970-1980.
- 1970
- Edgewater, Colorado, King Soopers ground breaking, December 1977
- City Clerk Charles Kucci, Mayor Bonnie Allison, King Soopers Vice-President Jim Baldwin, and Police Chief Robert Sordonier shake hands and hold the handle of a tool at the ground breaking of the new King Soopers supermarket in Edgewater, Jefferson...
- King Soopers, Inc.--1970-1980.; Edgewater (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Ground breaking ceremonies--Colorado--Edgewater--1970-1980.; Allison, Bonnie.; Baldwin, Jim.; Kucci, Charles.; Sordonier, Robert.
- December 1977
- Breaking Camp
- View of a group of over fifty Tenth Mountain Division soldiers breaking camp somewhere in Italy.
- Military camps--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- 1945
- Smiley Junior High School ground breaking ceremony
- A photograph at the ground breaking ceremony for Smiley Junior High School. There is a large group of people seated on a mound of dirt watching a ditch being dug at the construction site.
- Smiley Junior High School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; Ground breaking ceremonies.
- undated
- Smiley Junior High School ground breaking ceremony
- A group of School Board and community members at the ground breaking ceremony for Smiley Junior High School. There are three men holding shovels, and a woman and a man holding building plans.
- Smiley Junior High School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; Ground breaking ceremonies.; School board members.
- undated
- Fairmont School addition ground breaking
- Photograph of students from Fairmont Elementary School during a ground breaking ceremony of the school's addition in Denver, Colorado. In the foreground of the photograph is a shovel stuck in the dirt with the words "Fairmont Addition Feb. 7 1972"...
- Ground breaking ceremonies.; Fairmont School (Denver, Colo.); Baker (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1972 February 2
- Breaking camp
- A survey team breaks camp near Fourmile Creek in Fremont County, Colorado. Burros are loaded with equipment, bedrolls, and a table. A team of railroad surveyors stand interspersed with the burros. One man holds a stadia rod in his hand. A canvas...
- Fourmile Creek (Fremont County and Custer County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Fremont County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Camping--Colorado--Fremont County--1880-1890.; Donkeys--Colorado--Fremont County--1880-1890.; Packtrains--Colorado--Fremont...
- [between 1881 and 1884?]
- 1st Inf. breaking camp at P.R. S.D. Agency, S.D.
- First Infantry of the United States Army breaks camp at the Native American Lakota Sioux Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota. The men load sacks filled with gear into wagon pulled by a team of horses; wooden crates on the snow covered ground read:...
- United States. Army. Infantry.--People--1890-1900.; United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency--1890-1900.; Dakota Indians--Government relations--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Government...
- 1891 February 26
- Ground-breaking for new City Hall
- Men who include Mayor Benjamin Stapleton pose outdoors at the ground breaking ceremony for the City and County Building on Bannock Street in the Civic Center neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Other men stand nearby and look on. The Denver Public...
- City and County Building (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; City & town halls--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Ground breaking ceremonies--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.;...
- 1929 March 26
- Ground-breaking ceremonies at site of new City Hall
- A group of men and women stand and sit on horseback to view the ground breaking ceremony for the City and County Building on Bannock Street in the Civic Center neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. A steam shovel is at the site. The Denver Public...
- City and County Building (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; City & town halls--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Ground breaking ceremonies--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.;...
- 1929 March 26
- Ground-breaking ceremonies for new City Hall
- Men who include Mayor Benjamin Stapleton pose outdoors at the ground breaking ceremony of the City and County Building on Bannock Street in the Civic Center neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. A man in a police uniform is in the group of men. The...
- City and County Building (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; City & town halls--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Ground breaking ceremonies--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.;...
- 1929 March 26
- Ceremonies at site of new City Hall
- View of men who attend the ground breaking ceremony of the City and County Building on Bannock Street in the Civic Center neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The men wear overcoats and wide-brimmed hats. The Denver Public Library and Colorado State...
- City and County Building (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; City & town halls--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Ground breaking ceremonies--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1929 March 26
- Groundbreaking, Denver City and County Building
- Mayor Benjamin Stapleton, surrounded by onlookers, digs a shovelful of dirt at the ground breaking ceremony for the Denver City and County Building, Denver, Colorado.
- City and County Building (Denver, Colo.)--Rites & ceremonies--1920-1930.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; City & town Halls--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Ground breaking...
- 1929 March 26
- Groundbreaking, Denver City and County Building
- Mayor Benjamin Stapleton, surrounded by a large group of onlookers, dumps a shovelful of dirt during the ground breaking ceremony for the Denver City and County Building, Denver, Colorado.
- City and County Building (Denver, Colo.)--Rites & ceremonies--1920-1930.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; City & town Halls--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Ground breaking...
- 1929 March 26
- Frederick R. Ross Branch groundbreaking
- View of ground breaking at the Ross-Broadway Branch of the Denver Public Library in the Speer neighborhood of Denver, Colorado; participants are identified as (L to R) William F. Kreutter, Mrs. John McPhee, Davis W. Moore, Malcolm G. Wyer, Henry A....
- Ross, Frederick R.--Monuments.; Denver Public Library. Ross-Broadway Branch.--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Speer (Denver Colo. : Neighborhood)--1950-1960.; Ground breaking ceremonies--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.;...
- 1950 September 28
- Denver Urban Renewal, Whittier project
- African Americans Omar Blair, representing the Denver Urban Renewal Authority and the Rev. Cecil W. Howard, of the Shorter Community AME Church, along with Denver Mayor William H. McNichols hold shovels at the ground breaking for the Denver Urban...
- African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Clergy--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Ground breaking ceremonies--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Housing--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.;...
- 1969 April 13
- Kitchen in the field; Breaking camp at Camp Dewey
- Hoffman Heights Development, Ground Breaking
- Black and white print of five individuals at Hoffman Heights Development ground breaking in December 1950. Woman at left holding a small bottle in each hand. Man in chef's hat passing a bottle to another gentleman. Woman in a clown suit standing...
- Hoffman Heights (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- Dec-50
- Ground Breaking for Lakewood Heritage Center expansion
- Photograph of Councilman Steve Burkholder, Mayor Linda Morton, and Councilwoman Carol Kesselman breaking ground for the expansion of the Lakewood Heritage Center located in Lakewood, Colorado.
- Lakewood Heritage Center (Lakewood, Colo.); Lakewood (Colo.)
- Undated
- Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Numbers 1 and 2, 1921 January-February
- North from Gaviota
- The sunset reflects on the breaking waves of the Pacific Ocean near Gaviota (Santa Barbara County), California. Shows a rocky shore and cliffs.
- Gaviota (Calif.)--1870-1900.; Pacific Ocean--1870-1900.; Cliffs--California--Gaviota--1870-1900.; Seas--California--Gaviota--1870-1900.; Sunrises & sunsets--California--Gaviota--1870-1900.; Waterfronts--California--Gaviota--1870-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- Meeker, Colorado
- View of Troop D, National Guard, as they organize to march to Cripple Creek to assist in breaking the strike there, Meeker, Rio Blanco County, Colorado. A group of boys and a few men look on as the Guard assembles mounted on horses.
- Meeker (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Strikes--Colorado--Meeker--1900-1910.; United States. National Guard Bureau.
- March 1904
- Butterfly Mill
- View of the Butterfly Mill after the flood of Trout Lake near Ophir, (San Miguel County), Colorado.
- San Miguel County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Floods--Colorado--San Miguel County--1900-1910.; Mills--Colorado--San Miguel County--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--San Miguel County--1900-1910.
- [between 1934 and 1941]
- Ute Iron Spring, Manitou, Colo.
- Exterior view of Ute Iron Spring (or Iron Spring), Manitou Springs, Colorado; men & women with umbrellas standing & seated in front of pavilion & curio store entrance; signs advertising "Postcards five cents per dozen", "No soliciting allowed...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Pavilions--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1900-1910.; Springs--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1900-1910.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Auto race
- A man and woman pose by an automobile in Denver, Colorado. "[Re]cord Breaking Holder Of Denver, Bear Creek Canon, [Lo]okout [Mo]untain And Pike's Peak" is painted on the side door.
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Couples--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Racing automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Female christening airplane
- A woman christens an airplane by breaking a bottle over its propeller as men in uniform and a woman look on in possibly Denver, Colorado.
- Airplanes--Colorado--1930-1940.; Rites & ceremonies--Colorado--1930-1940.; Women--Colorado--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Austin flood
- Water flows through the streets of Austin, Colorado, in Delta County, after a reservoir broke through its walls. Boards, debris, rocks, and mounds of dirt litter the main street. Citizens stand along the street in front of the commercial...
- Austin (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Austin--1930-1940.
- 1937
- "Abie's Irish Rose" at the Broadway Theatre
- Panoramic view of the cast of "Abie's Irish Rose," a comedy presented at the Broadway Theater, 1756 Broadway, in Denver, Colorado. Men and women pose at the theater's front entrance; two little girls stand at center. A sign above the door reads:...
- Broadway Theater (Denver, Colo.)--People--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Actors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Theaters--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1925, July 22
- Denver, 16th Street, great storm
- View of a Denver City Tramway snowplow breaking through the remains of a snowstorm on Sixteenth (16th) Street in Denver, Colorado. Shows the Kittredge Building.
- Denver City Tramway Company (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Blizzards--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Snow...
- 1913 December
- UP train, engine number LA-1 + additional diesel units, engine type EMC E2
- Train #111, breaking in on the City of Denver, 10 cars, 60 MPH. Photographed: near Denver, Colo., November 25, 1937.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1937.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver.; Union Pacific Railroad Company.
- 1937
- Trinidad 1913, coal strike
- Men, probably in Colorado National Guard uniforms with flat brimmed hats and knickers, stand and pose on a Denver and Rio Grande Railroad locomotive derailed in deep snow in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado.
- Colorado. National Guard.--1910-1920.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Militias--Colorado--Trinidad--1910-1920.; Railroad accidents--Colorado--Trinidad--1910-1920.; Snow--Colorado--Trinidad--1910-1920.
- 1913
- Sterling Kahn,vice-chairman of Denver Urban Renewal Authority, speaking in the main auditorium/chapel of Tri-State Buddhist Church.
- A black and white photograph of Sterling Kahn speaking to a group at the Buddhist temple. He is standing at a podium in front of the altar.
- Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Tri-State Buddhist Church--1970-1980.; Japanese Americans--Colorado.; Buddhists--Colorado.; Tri-State Buddhist Church.
- 1971 March 19
- Early Denver School
- Reproduction of an exterior photograph of one of the original schools in Denver, Colorado. The picture was taken from across the street and the three stories of the building as well as the white picket fenced yard can be seen. Students are...
- Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1868 May 18
- Western History Subject Index
- Catching and breaking a wild horse. Essay on return
- Western History Subject Index
- Denver. Churches. Christian
- Denver and Intermountain Railway Interurban No. 25
- Photograph of the undercarriage, breaking mechanism, and axles on the Denver and Intermountain Railway Interurban Car No. 25 car Interurban No. 25 operated over the interurban rail network which provided passenger service during the first half of...
- Denver and Intermountain Railway Company.; Denver & Interurban Railroad--1990-2000.; Electric railroads--Colorado--Denver--1990-2000.; Electric railroads--Colorado--Golden--1990-2000.; Historic Buildings.; Historic...
- 1997 August 2
- Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 11, 1919 November