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- 10th Mountain Division 86th Regiment Company A
- Group portrait (sitting, standing) of the 10th (Tenth) Mountain Division, 86th Mountain Infantry Regiment, Company A in uniform at Camp Hale (Eagle County), Colorado. Men are numbered in rows front to back, and from left to right: FIRST/BOTTOM ROW...
- United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 86th. Company A.; World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Military personnel--1940-1950.
- [1944]
- 10th Mountain Division 86th Regiment Headquarters 1st Battalion
- Group portrait (standing or sitting) of the 10th (Tenth) Mountain Division, 86th Regiment Headquarters Company 1st (First) Battalion in uniform at Camp Hale (Eagle County), Colorado. Men numbered from left to right are: TOP ROW 1) DeHaan, 2)...
- United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 86th.; World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Military personnel--1940-1950.
- [1944 June]
- 10th Mountain Division 87th Regiment Company I
- FRONT ROW 1) Ernst, Ed., 2) unidentified, 3) Crist, Ed, 4) unidentified, 5) unidentified, 6) Massey, 7) Cianchetti, Armond, 8) Kowolczyk, Anthony, 9) Diehl, Robert, 10) "Stomper" Barnwell, 11) Anderson, 12) Jones, Alex, 13) Stewart, Bob, 14) Ewing,...
- United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th. Company I.; World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Military personnel--1940-1950.
- [1944]
- 2 views of washout at D. & R.G. m.p. 135 + 1500', looking upstream
- A man in a vest and flat brimmed hat poses beside an eroded riverbed. Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks are washed out and submerged in the Arkansas River near milepost 135 in Pueblo County, Colorado.
- Ridgway, Arthur Osbourne, 1870-1953.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Arkansas River--1920-1930.; Pueblo County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo County--1920-1930.; Railroad...
- 1921 June
- 2nd Pueblo - Taos religion estufas
- View of Taos Pueblo, New Mexico; shows adobe pueblo dwellings, a Native American woman, and a kiva.
- Indians of North America--Structures--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Women--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Structures--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1890-1900.; Taos Indians--1890-1900.; Taos Pueblo...
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- 4 scenes
- Four photographs show: an ivy covered water wheel, a wooden picnic shelter, a mule in a pasture, and a cultivated field or orchard.
- Croplands--1890-1910.; Mules--1890-1910.; Shelters--1890-1910.; Waterwheels--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- "What Price Glory" Company, Broadway Theatre Denver, Colorado
- Panoramic view of the cast of the drama "What Price Glory," presented at the Broadway Theater, 1756 Broadway, in Denver, Colorado. Men in hats and overcoats and a woman in a white shawl at the center of the group pose in front of the theater...
- Broadway Theater (Denver, Colo.)--People--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Actors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Theaters--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1926, Jan. 23
- A bell of St. Barbara
- View of a bell in a bell tower at Mission Santa Barbara in Santa Barbara, California.
- Santa Barbara Mission--1880-1890.; Santa Barbara (Calif.)--1880-1890.; Bells--California--Santa Barbara--1880-1890.; Missions--California--Santa Barbara--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- A gathering at Custer Battlefield monument
- Full length group portrait of eight men posed near the monument to the soldiers killed at Little Big Horn. From left to right: Corporal Hall, Dr. Henry Rinaldo Porter, Captain Edward Settle Godfrey, Captain Frederick William Benteen, Captain...
- Battlefields--Montana--1880-1890.; Military personnel--1880-1890.; Monuments & memorials--Montana--1886.; White Swan, (Crow warrior), 1851 or 2-1904.; Benteen, Frederick William, 1834-1898.; Edgerly, Winfield Scott, 1846-1927.; Godfrey, Edward...
- [1886]
- A long cast
- One man fishing in South Platte River in Platte Canyon possibly near Glenisle, Colorado, reached via Colorado and Southern Railway; fisherman casting into stream with wicker creel on shoulder.
- Glenisle (Colo.)--1900-1920.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1900-1920.; Fishing--Colorado--Jefferson County--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- A moon light scene on the Moffat Road
- Night photograph of Moffat Road from tunnel number thirty-two; includes standard gauge railroad track turning right, and stars and snow illuminating mountains. Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway, Colorado; McClure used 3 1/2 hour exposure.
- Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1910.; Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway.
- 1904
- A summer scene on the grasslands south of La Junta
- View of grasslands near La Junta (Otero County), Colorado. Shows prairie with dry cracked earth, dry gasses, and bushes.
- Otero County (Colo.)--1970-1990.; Prairies--Colorado--Otero County--1970-1990.
- [between 1975 and 1981?]
- Ada May Shrock
- Studio bust portrait of Ada May Shrock, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Shrock's bangs are curled and her hair is pulled back. She wears a lace lappet probably affixed with a bar pin, and a blouse with a band collar.
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Shrock, Anna May.; Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Admiral Richard E. Byrd
- Admiral Richard E. Byrd shakes hands with an unidentified woman while on a visit to Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Admirals--American--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Shaking hands--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Byrd, Richard Evelyn, 1888-1957.
- [1930?]
- Alice Maud Woods
- Studio bust portrait of Alice Maud Woods, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Woods' bangs are curled and layered and her hair is pulled back. Her dress bodice has a front closure of pearl buttons, and brocade fabric on lapel panels...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Woods, Alice Maud.; Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Allan W. Wright
- Studio bust portrait of Allan Wicks Wright, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Portrait in profile shows Wright's short hair brushed neatly back. He wears a wool coat with a handkerchief, a shirt with an upright collar, and a...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Wright, Allan Wicks.; Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Altruistic Club, D.A.V.
- A group of African American (Black) men and women affiliated with the Altruistic Club pose in front of a stage in Denver, Colorado. The women wear white formal dresses and the men wear white suit coats and gray pants. The couples may be attending a...
- Altruistic Club (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; African Americans--Organizations--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Clubs--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Dance parties--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.
- [1955?]
- Anna May Hoag
- Studio bust portrait of Anna May Hoag, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Hoag has curled bangs, and her hair is pinned in a coronet twist. Her dress bodice has velvet lapels over a v-shaped gathered and puffed fabric panel, and a...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Hoag, Anna May.; Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Anna Scovill
- Studio bust portrait of Anna Eliza Scovill, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Scovill's bangs are layered and curled and she wears her hair in a bun. Her dress bodice has striped velvet on the vest lapels, and on the band collar....
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Scovill, Anna Eliza.; Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Annual: East Denver High School, 1917
- 1917 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1917
- Antlers fire
- Spectators stand next to the charred rubble of the Antlers Hotel in Colorado Springs (El Paso county), Colorado. The hotel was destroyed by a fire on October 1, 1898.
- Antlers Hotel (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.
- 1898 October 1
- Antlers Hotel and Pikes Peak Ave., Colo. Springs
- View of Pike's Peak Avenue towards Antlers Hotel, Colorado Springs, Colorado. Shows Colorado Springs & Interurban Railway tracks and trolleys, Elk Hotel, horse-drawn wagons, and carriages. Signs on businesses in the area read: "Stovell's Curiosity...
- Antlers Hotel (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1900.
- [between 1883 and 1910?]
- Arapahoe County courthouse
- The Arapahoe County Courthouse at 16th (Sixteenth) and Tremont streets in downtown Denver, Colorado, was built in 1883 by Lester Fillmore and Peter Gumry for $185,000 as a three-story building; the fourth level, seen here, was added 10 years later...
- Arapahoe County Courthouse (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Courthouses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Sculpture--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1902]
- Archaeology, Colorado
- Six large, pottery pots stand against a dark, wrinkled cloth backdrop. Three of the pots sit in a row on a ledge slightly above the other three. Some of the pots have small handles on them, and some of them have small holes poked next to their...
- Indian pottery--North America--1900-1930.; Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Four Corners Region--1900-1930.
- [between 1907 and 1931?]
- Archaeology, Colorado
- Three large pottery bowls are propped on their sides so their interior designs are visible. The bowl on the left is cracked and pieced back together with the exception of two small holes. The pattern is painted along the inside rim of the bowl....
- Indian pottery--North America--1900-1930.; Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Four Corners Region--1900-1930.
- [between 1907 and 1931?]
- Archaeology, Colorado
- Two large pottery bowls rest on a dark, wrinkled cloth backdrop. Both of the bowls are chipped and missing part of their rims. The piece missing from the bowl on the right side is larger and the bowl is cracked.
- Indian pottery--North America--1900-1930.; Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Four Corners Region--1900-1930.
- [between 1907 and 1931?]
- Arkansas Valley flood view near Goodnight, Colorado showing ties from second main track off grade
- View of Arkansas River flood damage near Goodnight (Pueblo County), Colorado, shows mud and debris, twisted railroad tracks and ties.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Arkansas River--1920-1930.; Goodnight (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Disasters--Colorado--Goodnight--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Goodnight--1920-1930.; Railroad...
- 1921
- Art design column
- Close-up view of an illustration that depicts a log, shovel, and pile of dirt.
- Logs--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- As we returned from a mountain picnic
- Men and women on horseback pose in a row near Saguache (Saguache County), Colorado. Women wear decorative hats and long dresses and sit sidesaddle. Men wear suits with ties and hats. A frame cabin with a chimney and fallen trees on a hillside are...
- Saguache (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Saguache--1880-1890.; Men--Colorado--Saguache--1880-1890.; Women--Colorado--Saguache--1880-1890.; Mugrage, Minnie.
- 1884 June 19
- Auraria Remembered
- Baby on the half shell
- Studio portrait of a baby, possibly the child of H.P. Mansfield. The baby is posed in a large shell in front of a backdrop painted to look like waves.
- Infants--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Balanced Rock
- View of Balanced Rock, a sandstone rock formation at Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs (El Paso County) Colorado. Shows trees and a dirt road.
- Balanced Rock (El Paso County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Rock formations--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Balanced Rock
- A stereograph view of a man who sits near Balanced Rock, Garden of the Gods, El Paso County, Colorado Springs, Colorado. A large boulder stands on a small base and appears to balance on a pedestal.
- Balanced Rock (El Paso County, Colo.)--1890-1920.; Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1890-1920.; Rock formations--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1915]
- Balanced Rock, Skelton's Mtn. Ranch, Colo. Midland Ry.
- View of group of horseback riders near Balanced Rock, Skelton's Mountain Ranch, probably Woodland Park, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; two women, a man & a dog seated on rock formation; saddled horses & riders in brush & trees near...
- Woodland Park (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Woodland Park--1900-1920.; Ranches--Colorado--Woodland Park--1900-1920.; Rock formations--Colorado--Woodland Park--1900-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1900 and 1919]
- Bayfield, San Juan Basin
- View of the town of Bayfield (La Plata County), Colorado. Shows houses, barns, commercial buildings, and possibly a school house. Cultivated fields and mountains are in the distance.
- Bayfield (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Bayfield--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Belle Phipps
- Studio bust portrait of Isabel Phipps, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Phipps' bangs are layered and curled and she wears her hair in a coronet twist. Her dress bodice has plaid lapels over a v-shaped gathered and puffed fabric...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Phipps, Isabel.; Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Bessie Simmons
- Studio bust portrait of Bessie Ottilia Simmons, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Simmons' hair is swept back in a bun. Her wool dress bodice has a front enclosure flanked on either side by a black, loop patterned passementerie.
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Simmons, Bessie Ottilia.; Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Bicycle parade float
- A man stands in a bicycle float shaped like a steam ship, Sunflower Carnival parade, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. The float is decorated with paper and flowers. One of the masts bears a flag that reads: "Colorado". A U. S. flag flies...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bicycles & tricycles--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Parades &...
- [August, between 1893 and 1900?]
- Biog. Nusbaum, Jesse
- Jesse Nusbaum stands next to a camera tripod and leans his hand on top of it pointing his index finger up. He holds a bag and some film cartridges in his other hand and has a cigarette in his mouth. He wears wire-framed glasses and a hat. A cloth...
- Cameras--1920-1930.; Photographers--Colorado--1920-1930.; Nusbaum, Jesse L. (Jesse Logan)
- [1920?]
- Biography, unidentified groups
- Three unidentified men stand in front of a screened-in porch of a house. The man in the middle wears his pants tucked into his cowboy boots. All three wear suits.
- [between 1915 and 1931?]
- Bismark, North Dakota at Main and 4th streets
- Main and Fourth streets, Bismark, North Dakota, Constitutional Convention Parade; four lines of military or soldiers parading downtown past prominent buildings followed by soldiers on horseback, buggies and wagons; groups of men, women and children...
- Parades & processions--North Dakota--Bismark--1889.; Soldiers--1880-1890.
- 1889
- Black Canyon and Curecanti Needle
- View of the pillar rock formation of Curecanti Needle and the rock walls of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison in Gunnison County, Colorado. Shows Denver and Rio Grande Railway tracks and the Gunnison River.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company--1870-1890.; Black Canyon of the Gunnison (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Curecanti Needle (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Gunnison County (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Gunnison River (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Canyons--Colorado--Gunnison...
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- Black family
- Studio portrait of an African-American family. The women wear dresses, one with a scarf around her neck. The man wears a suit and vest.
- Afro-Americans--1890-1900.; Families--1890-1900.
- [1897]
- Blizzard staff on ship to Europe
- A group portrait of the Blizzard staff on the ship to Europe. Each man is posed as though he is doing his job around a small table. Staff are: T/5 H. Richard Shea, T/4 Henry I. Moscow, 1st Lt. Muldrow Garrison, Sgt. Frank K. Kappler, T/5 W. David...
- Military life--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Troop movements--1940-1950.; Judson, Dave.; Kappler, Frank K.; Moscow, Henry.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- Bloomer Cut
- A view of the Bloomer Cut in Placer County, California along the route of the Central Pacific Railroad shows steep vertical walls with a wood flume at the top of the cut.
- Central Pacific Railroad Company--1860-1870.; Placer County (Calif.)--1860-1870.; Flumes--California--Placer County--1860-1870.; Railroad cuts--California--Placer County--1860-1870.; Railroads--California--Placer County--1860-1870.
- 1866
- Boulder Falls
- View of Boulder Falls, a waterfall on North Boulder Creek (Boulder County), Colorado. Shows rock outcroppings, trees and cliffs in the distance.
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Boulder Falls (Colo.)--1880-1890.; North Boulder Creek (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Rock formations--Colorado--Boulder County--1880-1890.; Streams--Colorado--Boulder County--1880-1890.; Waterfalls--Colorado--Boulder...
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Bridal Veil Falls
- View of Bridal Veil Falls, probably in San Miguel County, Colorado. Shows fallen trees, tall pines, rock outcroppings and high cascading falls.
- Bridal Veil Falls (San Miguel County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; San Miguel County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Waterfalls--Colorado--San Miguel County--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Bridge above Devil's Gate, U.P. Ry.
- Passengers from a Union Pacific, Denver, and Gulf Railway Company narrow gauge train stand near the tracks and near Clear Creek as a Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad Company train passes overhead on the high bridge near Georgetown (Clear...
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1890-1900.; Union Pacific, Denver, and Gulf Railway Company--1890-1900.; Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--Clear Creek...
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Bridge over the Canon Diablo, A.& P.R.R.
- A view of an Atlantic and Pacific railroad train on the trestle over Canyon Diablo (Coconino County), Arizona. Concrete pylons are at the base of steel beams.
- Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Coconino County (Ariz.)--1880-1890.; Diablo Canyon (Ariz.)--1880-1890.; Canyons--Arizona--Coconino County--1880-1890.; Railroad bridges--Arizona--Coconino County--1880-1890.;...
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Buckskin Charley, Ute Chief and To-Wee, His Squaw
- Full-length, studio portrait of Buckskin Charley (chief of Moache Ute tribe) and To-Wee, husband and wife, Ute Native Americans; he is seated and holding pipe, she is standing; painted backdrop.
- Indians of North America--Portraits--1890-1900.; Moache Indians--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Women--1890-1900.; Buckskin Charlie, Ute Chief.; To-Wee.
- c1899