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    • Sugar beet workers

    • Sugar beet workers

    • Sugar beet laborers Pedro Arellano, Frank Gallegos, Felipe Arellano, Antonio Avan Arellano and Eulogio Arellano, probably in Denver, Colorado, wait to be transported to sugar beet fields near Fort Collins. The men wear hats or caps, jackets, pants,...

    • Hispanic Americans--1920-1930.; Mexican Americans--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Agricultural laborers.; Agricultural laborers--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Mexican...

    • ca.1929
    • 14th Street Viaduct construction.

    • 14th Street Viaduct construction.

    • Laborers work near Cherry Creek by the Blake Street approach to the 14th (Fourteenth) Street Viaduct in Denver, Colorado. A traveler and crane are nearby. A sign reads: "This Building For Rent [?] Lions And Johnson [?]".

    • Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bridge construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Laborers--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Streams--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.

    • [1898]
    • Farm labor camp near Palisade

    • Farm labor camp near Palisade

    • View of migrant laborers' houses near Palisade (Mesa County), Colorado. Modest frame houses are by trees and the Colorado River. Mount Garfield is in the distance.

    • Migrant agricultural laborers--Housing--Colorado--Palisade--1950-1960.; Palisade (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Palisade--1950-1960.

    • 1954
    • Old hotel at Stout, Colorado

    • Old hotel at Stout, Colorado

    • Quarriers pose on the uncovered porch and on the grounds of the stone lodging house in Stout (Larimer County), Colorado. A boy sits on a horse; a man sits in a buggy. Two men strike a pugilistic pose.

    • Stout (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Boys--Colorado--Stout--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Stout--1890-1900.; Laborers--Colorado--Stout--1890-1900.; Lodging houses--Colorado--Stout--1890-1900.

    • [1893]
    • Repairing levee near Fourth Street

    • Repairing levee near Fourth Street

    • Laborers stand near a broken levee on a rocky slope between a railroad grade and the flooded Arkansas River in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows telephone poles and a freight car that reads: "St. Louis Southwestern S.S.W. 19730" on Denver and...

    • Ridgway, Arthur Osbourne, 1870-1953.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Arkansas River--1920-1930.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Laborers--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.;...

    • 1921 June
    • Lettuce strike, Center, Colo.

    • Lettuce strike, Center, Colo.

    • A member of the United Farm Workers of America stands beside his wife and holds his baby probably during a lettuce strike in Center (Saguache County), Colorado.

    • United Farm Workers of America--People--1970-1980.; Mexican Americans--1970-1980.; Hispanic Americans--1970-1980.; Center (Colo.))--1970-1980.; Migrant agricultural laborers.; Infants.; United Farm Workers of America--Pictorial works.; Mexican...

    • [1970?]
    • Lettuce strike, Center, Colo.

    • Lettuce strike, Center, Colo.

    • Members and supporters of the United Farm Workers of America join the lettuce strike against Finerman Company in Center (Saguache County), Colorado. Men and women stand neat the side of a highway. Some wear berets and armbands with the United Farm...

    • Mel Finerman Company--People--1970-1980.; United Farm Workers of America--People--1970-1980.; Mexican Americans--1970-1980.; Hispanic Americans--1970-1980.; Center (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Migrant agricultural laborers.; Mel Finerman Company--Pictorial...

    • [1971?]
    • Clear Cr. highway tunnel

    • Clear Cr. highway tunnel

    • Laborers work on a road on the banks of Clear Creek in Jefferson or Clear Creek County, Colorado. They construct a framework and embankment on the edge of the river. A shack and steam shovel is in the distance.

    • Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Road construction--Colorado--1940-1950.; Streams--Colorado--1940-1950.

    • [between 1940 and 1950?]
    • Denver Ordnance Plant, bricklaying

    • Denver Ordnance Plant, bricklaying

    • Bricklayers work from scaffolding at the Denver Ordnance plant (Remington Ordnance Plant, later the Denver Federal Center) in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. Masons construct window casings with brick. Laborers wear work clothes and hats...

    • Denver Ordnance Plant--Buildings--1940-1950.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Bricklaying--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Building construction--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Construction workers--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Industrial...

    • [1941?]
    • Exchange construction progress

    • Exchange construction progress

    • Laborers work at the construction site of the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company exchange building in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. Shows wood framing and partial brick walls.

    • Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Buildings--1890-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Building construction--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Construction workers--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Telephone...

    • 1897 December
    • Coke Ovens at Cardiff, Colorado, Colorado Midland Railroad

    • Coke Ovens at Cardiff, Colorado, Colorado Midland Railroad

    • View of horse-drawn ore carts on top of a long line of joined stone coke ovens, shows rakes, wheelbarrows, a hose, wood piles and laborers, Cardiff (Garfield County), Colorado.

    • Coke-ovens--Colorado--Cardiff--1880-1910.; Cardiff (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Cardiff--1880-1910.; Coke industry--Colorado--Cardiff--1880-1910.

    • [between 1880 and 1910]
    • Coke ovens at Cardiff, Colo.

    • Coke ovens at Cardiff, Colo.

    • Men stand by horse-drawn ore carts atop coke ovens in Cardiff, Garfield County, Colorado; shows laborers, wheelbarrows, and wood piles.

    • Coke-ovens--Colorado--Cardiff--1890-1910.; Cardiff (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Cardiff--1890-1910.; Coke industry--Colorado--Cardiff--1890-1910.

    • [between 1890 and 1910?]
    • Industries construction scene at Alameda project

    • Industries construction scene at Alameda project

    • Laborers work on the partially constructed Alameda Avenue bridge in Denver, Colorado. Other workmen stand near an engine.

    • Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Bridge construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Engines--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.

    • [1909]
    • Railroad bridge construction

    • Railroad bridge construction

    • Laborers work on a railroad viaduct over Alameda Avenue in Denver, Colorado.

    • Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Bridge construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.

    • [1909]
    • "Native" workers, possibly rubber re: Gates rubber co.

    • "Native" workers, possibly rubber re: Gates rubber co.

    • Interior view of the Gates Rubber Company's Singapore factory in China. Chinese laborers work at a table with rectangle containers, a man runs a press, a boy kneels by several metal buckets.

    • Gates Rubber Company--1910-1920.; Singapore--1910-1920.; Interiors--Singapore.

    • [between 1910 and 1920?]
    • 14th Street Viaduct construction

    • 14th Street Viaduct construction

    • Laborers work near the pedestals and the traveler at the 14th (Fourteenth) Street Viaduct construction site near Platte Street in Denver, Colorado. Light snow covers the ground.

    • Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bridge construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Pedestals--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Sites--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.

    • 1898 November 22
    • From traveler south

    • From traveler south

    • Laborers work near the temporary rail track at the 14th (Fourteenth) Street Viaduct construction site in Denver, Colorado. Construction materials, a crane, the confluence of Cherry Creek and the South Platte River, and boxcars of the Colorado and...

    • Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1890-1900.; Bridge construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.;...

    • November 19, 1898
    • 14th Street Viaduct construction

    • 14th Street Viaduct construction

    • Laborers work on the temporary wood scaffolding at the 14th (Fourteenth) Street Viaduct in Denver Colorado. The wooden bridge crosses the South Platte River.

    • Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1890-1900.; Bridge construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Rivers--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.;...

    • November 26, 1898
    • 14th Street Viaduct construction

    • 14th Street Viaduct construction

    • Laborers work on the temporary wood scaffolding at the 14th (Fourteenth) Street Viaduct in Denver Colorado. The wooden bridge crosses the South Platte River.

    • Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1890-1900.; Bridge construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Rivers--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.

    • November 26, 1898
    • 14th Street Viaduct construction

    • 14th Street Viaduct construction

    • Laborers work on a partially constructed bridge at the 14th (Fourteenth) Street Viaduct construction site in Denver, Colorado. The bridge crosses the South Platte River. Buildings along Platte Street are at the end of the viaduct.

    • Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1890-1900.; Bridge construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Rivers--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.

    • December 5, 1898
    • 14th Street Viaduct construction

    • 14th Street Viaduct construction

    • Laborers work at the 14th (Fourteenth) Street Viaduct construction site in Denver, Colorado. The Colorado Ore Sampling Company's building, a traveler, and cranes are nearby.

    • Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bridge construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.

    • [1898]
    • 14th Street Viaduct construction

    • 14th Street Viaduct construction

    • Laborers work with a crane at the 14th (Fourteenth) Street Viaduct construction site in Denver, Colorado. Light snow covers the ground.

    • Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bridge construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.

    • [1898]
    • Strike brakers [i. e. breakers] Vulcan Mine La Fayette [i. e. Lafayette], Colo.

    • Strike brakers [i. e. breakers] Vulcan Mine La Fayette [i. e. Lafayette], Colo.

    • Coal mine strikebreakers, laborers called in to work while the UMW strikes against the RMFC, pose near the hoist building of the Vulcan Mine near Lafayette, Boulder County, Colorado.

    • Rocky Mountain Fuel Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Lafayette--1910-1920.; Strikebreakers--Colorado--Lafayette--1910-1920.; Lafayette (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Vulcan Mine...

    • [1913 or 1914]
    • Strike brakers [i. e. breakers] La Fayette [i. e. Lafayette] Colo before settlement.

    • Strike brakers [i. e. breakers] La Fayette [i. e. Lafayette] Colo before settlement.

    • Coal mine strikebreakers, laborers called in to work while the UMW strikes against the RMFC, pose near the hoist building of the Capitol Mine near Lafayette, Boulder County, Colorado.

    • Rocky Mountain Fuel Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Lafayette--1910-1920.; Strikebreakers--Colorado--Lafayette--1910-1920.; Capitol Mine (Lafayette, Colo.)--1910-1920.;...

    • [1913 or 1914]
    • Coke ovens at Cardiff

    • Coke ovens at Cardiff

    • View of horse-drawn ore carts on top of a long line of joined stone coke ovens, shows wheelbarrows, wood piles and laborers, Cardiff, Garfield County, Colorado.

    • Coke-ovens--Colorado--Cardiff--1880-1900.; Cardiff (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Cardiff--1880-1900.; Coke industry--Colorado--Cardiff--1880-1900.

    • [between 1882 and 1900?]
    • Below smelting works

    • Below smelting works

    • A view of smelting works along North Clear Creek in Gilpin County, Colorado. Shows mine processing buildings, a Colorado Central Railroad freight car and laborers. Shows railroad tracks and a bridge.

    • Colorado Central Railroad Company--1870-1890.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1870-1890.; North Clear Creek (Gilpin County-Jefferson County, Colo.)--1870-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Gilpin County--1870-1890.; Ore industry--Colorado--Gilpin County--1870-1890.;...

    • [between 1871 and 1890]
    • D. & R.G.W. passenger main lines at W. 4th St. bridge, Pueblo

    • D. & R.G.W. passenger main lines at W. 4th St. bridge, Pueblo

    • A crew works on Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks damaged by the Arkansas River flood in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Debris is on washed out tracks. Shows a locomotive near the laborers and cars and a truck on the West 4th...

    • Ridgway, Arthur Osbourne, 1870-1953.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Arkansas River--1920-1930.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Bridges--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.;...

    • 1921 June
    • Near Garden of the Gods

    • Near Garden of the Gods

    • A view of laborers and probably a Colorado Midland Railway locomotive and work car during construction of the railroad in El Paso County, Colorado. The men pose with tools.

    • Colorado Midland Railway Company--1880-1890.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1890.; Railroad construction workers--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1890.;...

    • [between 1887 and 1888?]
    • Snowshed at Embro

    • Snowshed at Embro

    • View of a wooden snowshed under construction at Embro (King County), Washington. Laborers work beside Great Northern Railway tracks, a locomotive, and freight cars filled with probably sand. Shows frame buildings, piles of rebar and lumber.

    • Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.)--1910-1920.; Embro (Wash.)--1910-1920.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Washington (State)--Embro--1910-1920.; Railroad construction workers--Washington (State)--Embro--1910-1920.; Railroad freight...

    • 1917 August 17
    • Library

    • Library

    • Exterior of the Leslie J. Savage Library, Western State College campus, Gunnison. Colorado; designed by Denver architect Temple Hoyne Buell, it was built by craftspeople and laborers of the Public Works Administration and dedicated in 1939. Large...

    • Gunnison (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Libraries--Colorado--Gunnison--1960-1970.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Gunnison--1960-1970.; Western State College of Colorado.

    • [between 1960 and 1970]
    • Library

    • Library

    • Exterior of the Leslie J. Savage Library, Western State College campus, Gunnison, Colorado; designed by Denver architect Temple Hoyne Buell, it was built by craftspeople and laborers of the Pubic Works Administration and dedicated in 1939.

    • Gunnison (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Libraries--Colorado--Gunnison--1960-1970.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Gunnison--1960-1970.; Western State College of Colorado.

    • [between 1960 and 1970]
    • Big rock cut, on mile above Cabinet, N.P.R.R.

    • Big rock cut, on mile above Cabinet, N.P.R.R.

    • View of Northern Pacific Railroad Company construction near Cabinet (Bonner County) Idaho. Construction workers excavate a railroad cut with picks, shovels and hand carts. Cranes lift a boulder and containers. Chinese laborers wear coolie hats....

    • Northern Pacific Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Chinese--Employment--Idaho--Bonner County--1880-1890.; Bonner County (Idaho)--1880-1890.; Hoisting machinery--Idaho--Bonner County--1880-1890.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Idaho--Bonner...

    • [1882 or 1883]
    • The Sierra Nevada snow blockade

    • The Sierra Nevada snow blockade

    • View of snow removal on the Central Pacific Railroad near Emigrant Gap in the Sierra Nevadas in Placer County, California. Chinese laborers remove snow in Blue Canyon.

    • Central Pacific Railroad Company--1890-1900.; Alien labor, Chinese--California--1890-1900.; Blue Canyon (Calif. : Town)--1890-1900.; Emigrant Gap (Calif.)--1890-1900.; Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.)--1890-1900.; Blizzards--California--1890-1900.;...

    • 1890
    • Road tunnel construction in Red Rocks Park

    • Road tunnel construction in Red Rocks Park

    • Laborers pose near ore cars and on stone rubble, in the entrance to a road tunnel under construction, in Red Rocks Park, a Denver Mountain Park near Morrison in Jefferson County, Colorado. Dual railroad tracks enter the tunnel. Shows a sandstone...

    • Denver Mountain Parks--1930-1940.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Red Rocks Park (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Construction workers--Colorado--Jefferson County--1930-1940.; Construction--Colorado--Jefferson County--1930-1940.;...

    • [between 1937 and 1940?]
    • United Farm Worker pickets

    • United Farm Worker pickets

    • Members and supporters of the United Farm Workers of America picket the Farm Bureau in Alamosa (Alamosa County) Colorado. Men and women carry signs that read: "Don't Support [?]" and "Farm Bureau Exploits Farm Workers." Railroad freight cars are in...

    • United Farm Workers of America--People--1970-1980.; Mexican Americans--1970-1980.; Hispanic Americans--1970-1980.; Alamosa--1970-1980.; Migrant agricultural laborers.; Pickets.; United Farm Workers of America--Pictorial works.; Mexican...

    • [1970]
    • Leroy "Korn" Maes

    • Leroy "Korn" Maes

    • Leroy "Korn" Maes, leader of the United Farm Workers of America (United Farm Workers) strike against the Finerman Lettuce Company poses with some children in Center (Sagauache County), Colorado. He has long hair, and a bushy mustache.

    • United Farm Workers of America--People--1970-1980.; Mexican Americans--1970-1980.; Hispanic Americans--1970-1980.; Agricultural laborers' unions.; Maes, Leroy--Pictorial works.; United Farm Workers of America--Pictorial works.; Mexican...

    • [1970?]
    • Jesús Valderrama

    • Jesús Valderrama

    • Portrait of United Farm Workers of America supporter, Jesús Valderrama. He wears a straw hat with a high crown. Valderrama was beaten and then arrested at a UFW picket line at Party Time Liquor in Denver, Colorado.

    • United Farm Workers of America--People--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Agricultural laborers.; Valderrama, Jesús--Pictorial works.; United Farm Workers of America--Pictorial works.; Mexican American agricultural...

    • [1975?]
    • Striking lettuce workers

    • Striking lettuce workers

    • Striking workers with the United Farm Workers of America (UFW) pray near a Mobil gas station during the Finerman lettuce strike in Center (Saguache County), Colorado. A photographer stands with the men, one man holds a sign that reads: "Farm Labor...

    • United Farm Workers of America--People--1970-1980.; Mexican Americans--1970-1980.; Hispanic Americans--1970-1980.; Center (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Strikes.; Agricultural laborers.; Prayer.; United Farm Workers of America--Pictorial works.; Mexican...

    • [1972]

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