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- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Number 7, 1912 February 17
- Laying the cornerstone for the Methodist-Episcopal church, Montrose, Colo.
- A large group of people gather for the laying of the cornerstone of the new Congregational church in Montrose, Colorado. Piles of dirt and broken rock fill the area near the crowd.
- Montrose (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Churches--Colorado--Montrose--1900-1910.; Cornerstone laying--Colorado--Montrose--1900-1910.
- 1903
- Laying of corner stone of Washington County Court House at Akron, Colo.
- Townspeople gather for the laying of the cornerstone of the Washington County Courthouse in Akron, Colorado. A large group of about 80 people are gathered around the upright wood framing. There is an outhouse in the foreground and one-story...
- Akron (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Washington County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Building construction--Colorado--Akron--1900-1910.; Courthouses--Colorado--Akron--1900-1910.; Courthouses--Colorado--Washington County--1900-1910.
- 1909
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 44, 1911 October 28
- Masonic Lodge F F & A M going west on Lincoln
- This view of Breckenridge, Colorado, looking northwest on Lincoln Street, is of a parade of some fifty men in suits, hats, and white Masonic aprons heading east on the dirt street toward the camera. A man with a waist-mounted bass drum leads....
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Celebrations--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1910.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1910.
- 1909
- Gilpin County
- View of two gravestones in a cemetery in Gilpin County, Colorado; stone carved like an unrolled scroll with a lamb laying on its side; inscription reads: "Lewis Grant. Son of Solomon and Adelaide Cundey. Died Sept. 1. 1880 Aged 1 YR. 16 DS";...
- Gilpin County (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Gilpin County--1930-1970.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Gilpin County--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1966]
- Laying of cornerstone at courthouse, Summit Co, Colo.
- On Main Street, in Breckenridge, Colorado, a parade of Masons approach in their aprons, led by men with tubas or cornets, bound for the cornerstone laying ceremony at the site of the new Summit County Courthouse. Men, women, children, power poles...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1910.; Rites & ceremonies--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1910.
- 1909
- Laying of cornerstone
- A group of men gathers for the laying of the cornerstone of Presbyterian Hospital at Franklin Street and 20th (Twentieth) Avenue in the City Park West neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Governor Oliver H. Shoup stands with one hand on the...
- Presbyterian Hospital (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; City Park West (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Cornerstone laying--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.;...
- 1921
- Construction scene laying pipe
- Workmen stand near a pipe laying project over the South Platte River in Denver, Colorado. The Alameda Avenue bridge is nearby.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1900-1910.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Pipes--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Rivers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1909]
- Industries - construction - pipe laying
- View of construction in Denver, Colorado; shows men laying pipe.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Pipe--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Industries - construction - pipe laying scene near Alameda
- View of construction in Denver, Colorado; shows men laying pipe.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Pipe--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Laying cornerstone of courthouse
- A large crowd is gathered on sloping ground at the ceremony for the laying of the cornerstone of the Summit County Courthouse in Breckenridge, Colorado. The men wear suits and hats and the women are in dresses and elegant hats. Within the crowded...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Courthouses--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1910.; Rites & ceremonies--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1910.
- 1909
- Laying cornerstone of courthouse
- A large crowd is gathered on sloping ground around a cordoned off area at the ceremonial laying of the cornerstone of the Summit County Courthouse in Breckenridge, Colorado. The men are in suits and hats and the women wear dresses and elegant hats....
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Courthouses--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1910.; Rites & ceremonies--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1910.
- July 31, 1909
- Laying cornerstone of courthouse
- A large crowd is gathered on sloping ground at the ceremonial laying of the cornerstone of the Summit County Courthouse in Breckenridge, Colorado. The men are in suits and hats, the women are in dresses and elegant hats. A touring car with four...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Courthouses--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1910.; Episcopal churches--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1910.; Rites & ceremonies--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1910.
- 1909
- Rail laying M. P. 686 @ bridge
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad construction in Ruby Canyon, (probably) Utah, consists of men laying track over a concrete bridge, using a rail-adapted crane. Sandstone cliffs are in the background.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Ruby Canyon (Colo. and Utah)--1920-1930.; Hoisting machinery--Utah--1920-1930.; Railroad bridges--Utah--1920-1930.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Utah--1920-1930.; Railroad...
- August, 1927
- Rail laying M. P. 686 east of bridge
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad construction in Ruby Canyon, (probably) Utah consists of men laying track over a concrete bridge, using a rail-adapted crane. Sandstone cliffs are in the background.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Ruby Canyon (Colo. and Utah)--1920-1930.; Hoisting machinery--Utah--1920-1930.; Railroad bridges--Utah--1920-1930.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Utah--1920-1930.; Railroad...
- August, 1927
- The laying of the cornerstone of the First Presbyterian church
- Spectators in Canon City, Colorado, watch a beam and pulley at the cornerstone laying ceremony for the First Presbyterian Church. Backs of women in the foreground show details of bodices, ribboned hats, fur coats, lace collars, and hairstyles...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cornerstones--Colorado--Canon City--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--Canon City--1900-1910.
- 1900
- Laying of cornerstone of the Mt. Moriah lodge. No. 89.
- A crowd in Canon City, Colorado, gathers for the laying of the cornerstone of the Mount Moriah Masonic Lodge, at the southeast corner of 5th (Fifth) and Main. People carry umbrellas and cornets, and wear uniforms, sack suits and hats. Horses and...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- 1881
- Laying 12 inch main at Howell Avenue
- Workers place wooden braces against the wall of a narrow ditch possibly in Jefferson County Colorado. A mechanical ditch excavating machine operates in front of the work crew. Sections of pipe are arranged along the side of the road in the distance.
- Trenching machinery--Colorado--1940-1950.; Pipes (Conduits)--Colorado--1940-1950.; Construction workers--Colorado--1940-1950.; Excavation--Colorado--1940-1950.; Waterworks--Colorado--1940-1950.
- 1941 February 18
- Western History Subject Index
- Mines and mineral resources. COLORADO DENVER
- The Grafton
- View of the facade and west elevation of the The Grafton (Aldine Apartments) at 1001-1020 East 17th Avenue in the North Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The brick building has several two-story semicircular bays, with two-tiered...
- Brewster, Albert W.--Homes & haunts--1970-1980.; Grafton, The (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Aldine Apartments (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; North Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Swallow Hill Historic District (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.;...
- 1974
- Sons of Italy float Saint Patrick's Day parade, Civic Center, Denver
- Close-up view of the Sons of Italy float in the Saint Patrick's Day Parade as it passes in front of the Denver City and County Building, Civic Center, Denver, Colorado. The float, decorated with crepe paper, shows a lion laying on its back, a...
- Order Sons of Italy in America--Public relations--1980-1990.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Floats (Parades); Fraternal organizations.; Parades & processions.; Order Sons of Italy in America--Pictorial...
- 1987
- Railroad workers
- View of a railroad work crew in New Mexico. A group of men and teenage boys stand with tools that include crowbars. The men are dressed for cold weather and wear hats, caps, suits, overcoats and jackets. Farmers from southern Colorado would travel...
- Hispanic Americans--1900-1910.; Railroad construction workers.; Teenagers.; Hispanic Americans--New Mexico--Pictorial works.; Railroad construction workers--New Mexico--Pictorial works.; Teenagers--New Mexico--Pictorial works.
- 1905
- Trujillo brothers
- Studio portrait of the Trujillo brothers from Mora County, New Mexico, and Las Animas County, Colorado. They are identified as: bottom row, left to right: Celedón Trujillo, Francisco Trujillo, Leopoldo Trujillo, and in the back, Benigno Trujillo....
- Hispanic Americans--1910-1920.; Mexican Americans--1910-1920.; Families.; Miners.; Trujillo family--Pictorial works.; Brothers--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Pictorial works.; Miners--Colorado--Las...
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- El Moro
- Men stand on narrow gauge tracks at the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company coal camp of El Moro in Las Animas County, Colorado. A narrow gauge engine and possibly a car associated with track laying are on the tracks. Workers are nearby. Industrial...
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Buildings--1870-1910.; El Moro (Colo.)--1870-1910.; Coal mining--Colorado--El Moro--1870-1910.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Colorado--El Moro--1870-1910.; Railroad construction workers--Colorado--El...
- [between 1876 and 1908?]
- Industries construction scene at Lipan St. and C&S Ry.
- Workmen single-jack a spike into a railroad tie near a pipe laying project at South Lipan Street in Denver, Colorado. A crane with a clamshell attachment is on the tracks nearby. The side of the crane reads: "The Dennis Gibbons Construction Co....
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Railroad maintenance & repair--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1909]
- Meeker, Colorado
- The second J. W. Hugus and Company Building, Meeker, Rio Blanco County, Colorado, (originally built in the 1890s, destroyed by fire in the 1910 or 1911, then rebuilt.) Several men and a boy pose on boardwalk in front of the Meeker Bank and Hugus...
- Meeker (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Buildings--Colorado--Meeker--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Group of Utes
- Studio portrait of Native American (Ute) women and children. Three seated women wear blanket shawls and long belted dresses, one holds a purse. Two babies are in cradleboards, two children are on the floor by the women's feet, one is sitting, the...
- Indians of North America--Women--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Children--1890-1900.
- 1894
- Grave scaffold
- The casket of a Native American (Crow) is shrouded and secured to the top of a grave scaffold with rope. It stands on an open plain in Montana. The scaffolding frame is constructed by using a "Y" shaped timber on each corner and laying support...
- Crow Indians--Spiritual life--Montana--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Montana--1900-1910.; Scaffold burial--Montana--1900-1910.
- 1907
- Ruby Canyon - tracklayer
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad construction in Ruby Canyon, (probably) Utah, consists of men laying track over a concrete bridge, using a rail-adapted crane. Sandstone cliffs are in the background.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Ruby Canyon (Colo. and Utah)--1920-1930.; Hoisting machinery--Utah--1920-1930.; Railroad bridges--Utah--1920-1930.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Utah--1920-1930.; Railroad...
- August, 1927
- Gilpin County
- View of two gravestones side by side in a cemetery in Gilpin County, Colorado; features curvilinear tops with the raised images of lambs laying down underneath; lancet arch engravings surround inscriptions that read: "In memory of Volger (?) son...
- Gilpin County (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Gilpin County--1930-1970.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Gilpin County--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1966]
- Gilpin County
- View of two gravestones in a cemetery in Gilpin County, Colorado; stone has a modified arch top with the raised image of a lamb laying on its side; inscription reads: "Thomas Albert Son of Wm. & L. Wilkinson died April 21, 1?? Aged 3 yrs. 3 ms. 4...
- Gilpin County (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Gilpin County (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Gilpin County--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1966]
- 14th Street Viaduct Construction
- A construction crew works on the 14th (Fourteenth) Street viaduct in Denver, Colorado. The crew appears to be laying the roadwork on the bridge supports. The Denver Transit Warehouse, the Congregation of Shomro Amunoh building, Cherry Creek and...
- Congregation Shomro Amunoh (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bridge construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.;...
- 1899 March 18
- Typical scene of the construction of the barracks
- Men wearing overalls and hats ready wooden forms for concrete foundations at Granada Relocation Center, Camp Amache, Prowers County, southeastern Colorado. Shovels lie on freshly dug piles of soil; wooden sawhorses, tool boxes and stacks of lumber...
- Japanese--Capture & imprisonment--1940-1950.; World War, 1939-1945--Detention facilities.; World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners.; Amache (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Detention facilities--Colorado--Amache--1940-1950.; Political...
- 1942 August 28
- Hairy Chin, Dakota, wearing an Uncle Sam outfit, full length
- Hairy Chin, Dakota, standing holding an umbrella and wearing socks and no shoes. He is dressed as Uncle Sam for a Fourth of July parade or for a cornerstone laying at the state capitol in Bismarck, North Dakota. Two days later Hairy Chin died; no...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Hairy Chin. Dakota Indian.; Indians of North America--Portraits.
- 1889
- Ashcroft, Colo. early days, street scene
- View of a false front business in Ashcroft, (Castle Forks City, Chloride) Pitkin County, Colorado; shows several men sitting and standing on front boardwalk, one loading his horse with supplies; dead trees and evergreens on background slope; a...
- Ashcroft (Colo.)--1880-1900.; False fronts--Colorado--Ashcroft--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Conduit #16
- Construction workers stand in a deep trench and shovel dirt over a large concrete pipe at a work site in Clear Creek valley in Jefferson County, Colorado. The pipe is forty-two inch diameter reinforced concrete pipe coated with coal tar enamel. The...
- Excavating machinery--Colorado--Jefferson County--1930-1940.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Pipes (Conduits)--Colorado--Jefferson County--1930-1940.; Construction workers--Colorado--Jefferson County--1930-1940.;...
- 1936 October 16
- City Park, March 1940
- Construction workers balance a large section of concrete pipe as an excavator lifts the pipe from a truck in City Park, Denver, Colorado. The workers wear hats, overalls, and gloves. A label on the truck reads: "Gallagher," and the license plate...
- Excavating machinery--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Pipes (Conduits)--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.;...
- 1940 March
- Colorado penitentiary break 1947
- Laying on a wadded, pinstriped prison mattress at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, this recaptured escapee has his hand to his mouth. Men write on pads of paper; one wears a baseball cap. A man in a tweed jacket and smoking a...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Prison escapes--Colorado--Canon City--1940-1950.; Prisoners--Colorado--Canon City--1940-1950.; Fenwick, Red.; Tolley, A. B.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1947
- White Face and family, Dakota, seated, in Indian clothing, full length
- White Face and family, Dakota, full length seated studio portrait with painted backdrop; White Face wears feather headdress, earrings, breastplate, metal bands around wrists, beaded sash laying on lap, blanket wrapped around waist, and moccasins;...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Women--Portraits--1880-1890.; Families--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; White Face--Family.
- [188-?]
- Group of Indians, shows travois
- Group of unidentified Native Americans grouped around two travois hitched to horses with one colt nursing; unhitched oxen team behind group; women and small child sit on ground with blankets wrapped around them and dogs laying next to them; men...
- Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Ox teams--1880-1890.; Prairies--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- Tepee and log cabin, Indian family and white woman on horseback
- Dakota Native American man and woman holding baby standing beside tepee and in front of log cabin with sod roof; one female atop horse on side saddle; Dakota man with fringed buckskin coat holding hat and tepee door with additional board door...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Families--1880-1890.; Indian encampments--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Log cabins--1880-1890.; Tipis--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- Tepee, log cabin and Indian family
- Dakota Native American man and woman holding baby standing next to tepee and in front of log cabin with sod roof; Dakota man with fringed buckskin coat holding hat, and tepee door with additional board door laying against cloth; Dakota male...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Families--1880-1890.; Indian encampments--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Log cabins--1880-1890.; Tipis--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- Concrete street paving in Montrose - 1919
- A street paving crew works on laying concrete over a dirt road in Montrose, Colorado. Their equipment includes a leveler, shovels, and a cement mixer. Signs in the background read: "O'Neill Bros.," "Spencer and Gage Groceries and Bakery," "West...
- Montrose (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Road construction--Colorado--Montrose--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Montrose--1910-1920.
- 1919
- Indian burial, scaffold in foreground, tepee frame in background
- Dakota Native American burial custom; bodies wrapped in blankets atop scaffold and another body wrapped in blankets laying inside tepee frame of poles; ridge in distance.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Funeral rites & ceremonies--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- Idaho Springs school
- The cornerstone to the new addition to the grade school is being laid in Idaho Springs, Colorado, in 1902. A large group of people has gathered and are standing around a triangular support apparatus made of three timbers. It is being used in the...
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cornerstones--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1900-1910.; Schools--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1900-1910.
- 1902
- Colorado prison break
- Laying inside of a soft top truck after his 1947 escape and recapture from the State Penitentiary in Canon City, John Smalley is flanked by crouching men in winter coats. The interior dashboard has "Willy's" embossed in the center over gauges.
- Canon City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Prison escapes--Colorado--Canon City--1940-1950.; Smalley, John.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1948
- Gore Cañon on the Moffat Road
- Gore Canyon, Colorado, with railroad track laying ready to begin for Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway (later became Denver and Salt Lake), Moffat Road; shows steep rugged canyon, Colorado River, railroad grading completed along parts of...
- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1900-1910.; Gore Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Canyons--Colorado--Gore Canyon--1900-1910.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Colorado--Gore Canyon-- 1900-1910.; Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway.
- [1906?]
- Gore Cano [sic], Moffat Road
- Gore Canyon and Colorado River, Colorado, with grading completed for railroad track laying for Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway (later became Denver and Salt Lake), Moffat Road; shows steep canyon walls and construction tents.
- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1900-1910.; Gore Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Canyons--Colorado--Gore Canyon--1900-1910.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Colorado--Gore Canyon-- 1900-1910.; Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway.
- [1906?]
- Mill fire at Victor, Colorado
- View across Victor, Colorado, towards Gold Coin Mill as the August 21, 1899 fire begins to sweep across town. There appears to be a horse-drawn fire hose wagon laying hose on street with a team of horses; shows wooden frame houses on hillside, man...
- Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Gold mining--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.
- 1899