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- Clay "shredding" machine used to manufacture bricks
- A man monitors production from a "shredding" machine, possibly in Denver, Colorado. The machine may serve to pulverize clay to make it suitable for the manufacture of brick. Product from the machine is loaded into adjacent rail cars.
- Brick industry--Colorado--1900-1910.; Machinery--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Steel planer, J.O. Russell
- Denver Tramway Company machine shop interior; a worker operates a steel planer machine stamped "Putnam Machine Co."
- Denver City Tramway Company (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Machine shops--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Machinery--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Street railroad...
- [1910?]
- 9:35 A.M., Santa Fe ballast tamping machine at work near Tomah, Colo.
- View of an Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad ballast (gravel) tamping machine at work near Tomah (Douglas County), Colorado. Men stand or sit on the machine which has a storage tank and large pistons. The machine is pulled by a diesel...
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--1950-1960.; Tomah (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Diesel locomotives--Colorado--Tomah--1950-1960.; Machinery--Colorado--Tomah--1950-1960.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Colorado--Tomah--1950-1960.;...
- 1955 July 18
- Pvt. Barney Lane of Whitwell, Tenn.
- Private Barney Lane, a member of the 10th Infantry Division, Battery C, 727th AAA Machine Gun Battalion, poses in the snow next to a 50 caliber machine gun at Camp Hale in Eagle County, Colorado. He wears a uniform with a heavy coat, helmet, wool...
- World War, 1939-1945--American--Military personnel.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Machine guns--1940-1950.; Military training--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Snow--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Colorado--Camp...
- 1944 March 28
- Leadville, Colo
- Bird's eye view rendering shows Leadville, Lake County, Colorado, with vignettes of municipal buildings, mining facilities, and scenery. Printing reads: "Court House, Post Office, Tabor Opera House, Central School, Ninth St. School, Seventh St....
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.
- 1882
- Gay 90's miners delight
- An automatic Wurlitzer orchestra machine with a wood cabinet is against the wall next to a door at the Gold Coin Saloon in Central City, Colorado. Clear glass windows on the front of the cabinet show the inside of the machine, which includes...
- Central City (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Musical instruments--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Debby with Doughnuts
- View of Deborah Bankart of the American Red Cross making doughnuts with an automatic baking machine. The machine is the size of a large stove and doughnuts emerge through a shute where she picks them up with two sticks and arranges them in neat...
- Doughnuts--Italy--1940-1950.; Military life--Italy--1940-1950.; Bankart, Deborah.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- February 1945
- Looking north from Black hawk, Chase Gulch on left
- View to the northwest at the bottom of Gregory and Chase Gulches, near Black Hawk, Colorado. Chase Gulch is visible on the left. North Clear Creek is visible between the stamp mills, processing mills, and sampling mills that occupy the gulley. The...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1860-1880.
- [between 1865 and 1872]
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 38, 1911 September 16
- Georgetown Manufacturing Corporation, Machine Shop
- Interior view of the Georgetown Manufacturing Corporation Machine Shop in the Cushman Building on 6th (Sixth) Street, Georgetown, Colorado. A man wearing eye glasses, cap and overhalls over his belted trousers operates a "Horrison" (?) lathe....
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Factories--Colorado--Georgetown--1950-1960.; Machine shops--Colorado--Georgetown--1950-1960.
- 1982
- Machine gun squad at Civic Center
- Members of the machine gun squad of the Denver Police Department pose with weapons at Civic Center Park in Denver, Colorado. Captain George Merritt lies on the ground and leans on one elbow near officers who demonstrate the use of a machine gun....
- Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Machine guns--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Police--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [1921 March]
- Trinity fourth annual oratorio concert : Mendelssohn's Elijah
- Program for a presentation of Mendelssohn's Elijah performed at Trinity Methodist Church in Denver, Colorado on March 9, 1905. Included in the program are several pictures of prominent performers, list of performers, a detailed listing of the...
- Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847. Elias; Trinity Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.). Choir--Performances.; Oratorios--Librettos.; Trinity United Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church (Denver,...
- 1905 March 9
- Denver Public Schools Senior High School Guidance Handbook for Parents and Pupils
- Handbook created by Denver Public Schools for all High Schools within Denver.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1960
- Cripple Creek - Streets
- Men stand near and on horse-drawn wagons loaded with machinery on Bennett Street in Cripple Creek, Colorado. Shows the "Cripple Creek Machine Works Company" and the "National Hotel" building.
- Cripple Creek Machine Works Company--1900-1910.; National Hotel (Cripple Creek, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Equipment industry--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.;...
- 1903
- Tabasco, coke machine
- Miners work at the coke ovens in the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company Tabasco Mine at Tabasco (Las Animas County), Colorado. A machine is positioned near a bee-hive oven where miners unload processed coke to be loaded onto a railroad car.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--1900-1920.; Coke-ovens--Colorado--Tabasco--1900-1920.; Tabasco (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Tabasco Mine (Las Animas County, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Coal miners--Colorado--Tabasco--1900-1920.; Coal...
- [between 1902 and 1920?]
- Cosmic Ray Machine, D.U.
- A man squats near equipment that measures cosmic radiation in a tent probably at the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado. The portable machine has cathode ray and metal tubes attached to a wheel like structure. Fans and tools lay near or on...
- University of Denver--People--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Measuring--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Scientific equipment--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950]
- Denver foundry and machine shop James W. Jackson, manufacturer of steam engines, mills, mining machinery, Cheyenne Avenue, near Larimer St., Denver, Colorado
- View of Denver Foundry and Machine Shop, in Denver, Colorado; shows men posing by a brick building with boilers and a horse-drawn wagon.
- Denver Foundry and Machine Shop--Buildings--1860-1880.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Machine shops--Colorado--Denver--1860-1880.
- [between 1869 and 1879?]
- Bringing home second-hand sewing machine for wife
- Hispanic men stand near a sewing machine in a store in Colorado. A display of luggage and another sewing machine are nearby.
- Hispanic Americans--Men--Colorado--1950-1960.; Men--Colorado--1950-1960.; Sewing machines--Colorado--1950-1960.
- 1959 July 2
- Can sealing machine & cooker basket, Delta Canning Factory
- Men work at a canning machine in the Delta Canning Plant in the town of Delta, Colorado in Delta County. Vegetable pulp oozes out of the machinery as the conveyor belt shuttles cans into the machine.
- Delta (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Factories--Colorado--Delta--1930-1940.; Food industry--Colorado--Delta--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Pulping machine for making ketchup Delta Canning Factory
- A pulping machine in a canning plant in the town of Delta, Colorado, in Delta County drips juice into a large wooden vat. A worker wearing an apron and a hat dumps tomatoes into the machine's chute. Other workers are in the background.
- Delta (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Factories--Colorado--Delta--1930-1940.; Food industry--Colorado--Delta--1930-1940.; Ketchup.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- C.S.P. rimmer press, embosser press
- Interior view of the workshop where Colorado license plates are manufactured at the Colorado State Penitentiary in Canon City (Fremont County), Colorado. Men sit and stand near two large machines identified as a rimmer press and an embosser press....
- Colorado State Penitentiary--1930-1940.; Canon City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; License plates--Colorado--1930-1940.; Machine shops--Colorado--Canon City--1930-1940.; Prisoner laborers--Colorado--Canon City--1930-1940.
- 1934 June 29
- Cibola gold washer
- A man monitors a gold washing machine probably in Colorado. The machine consists of a wheel, belt, pipes and tube. A dog lays nearby.
- Gold mining--Colorado--1920-1940.; Machinery--Colorado--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Battle Mountain - Empire Zinc Co.
- View of the Wilkesberry Shaft House, machine shop, and store room of the Empire Zinc Company on Battle Mountain, Gilman, Eagle County, Colorado.
- Empire Zinc Mining Company (Colo.)--Buildings--1910-1930.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Eagle County--1910-1930.; Eagle County (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Gilman (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Eagle County--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Trinidad Stockyards and Trinidad Foundry & Machine Co.
- View of the Trinidad Stockyards and the Trinidad Foundry and Machine Company in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. Industrial buildings and smokestacks are near the buildings and wooden fence.
- Trinidad Foundry and Machine Company (Trinidad, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Foundries--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1920.; Machine shops--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1920.; Stockyards--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1920.
- [1901 and 1920?]
- Hoist, Colo.-Utah Coal Co. Mt. Harris Colo.
- Interior view of hoisting machinery owned by the Colorado-Utah Coal Company at Mt. Harris, Colorado; machine has label: "manufactured by Litchfield Foundry and Machine."
- Colorado-Utah Coal Company--1910-1920.; Harris, Mount (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Mount Harris--1910-1920.; Industry--Colorado--Mount Harris--1910-1920.; Interiors.; Mining equipment--Colorado--Mount Harris--1910-1920.
- [1915?]
- John M Dumont built this house for the Boston Mine
- This shingle sided structure in North Empire, Clear Creek County, Colorado, has one side of its gable roof built into the hillside; dormers are at ground level. John Dumont built the structure, used as a dormitory for employees of the Boston Mine...
- North Empire (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--North Empire--1960-1970.; Lodging houses--Colorado--North Empire--1960-1970.; Dumont, John M.
- June, 1960
- Dr. M. Beshoar's brick yard
- Men pose with their equipment and materials in a brickyard in Trinidad, Colorado. One stands with a shovel by a sifting machine with a large geared wheel. Other men sit on a machine that has a short, baffled smokestack. A kiln with arched openings...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Bricklaying--Colorado--Trinidad--1880-1890.
- 1880
- Georgetown Manufacturing Corporation
- View of a large crane unloading a piece of machinery for the Georgetown Manufacturing Corporation on 6th (Sixth) Street, Georgetown, Colorado. A man in overhalls, cap and gloves helps to guide the suspended machine on a pallet. McClellan Hall and...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Factories--Colorado--Georgetown--1950-1960.; Industry--Colorado--Georgetown--1950-1960.
- [1952?]
- Sugar beet industry
- Sugar beet industry, Brighton(?), Northern Colorado; several men stand around two trucks unloading beets onto a machine that sorts, bags, and piles beets at a processing factory; shows a large conical pile of beets and full bags of beets at the...
- Beets--Colorado--1900-1930.; Conveying systems--Colorado--1900-1930.; Machinery--Colorado--1900-1930.; Sugar industry--Colorado--1900-1930.; Trucks--Colorado--1900-1930.
- [between 1901 and 1927]
- 14th Street Viaduct
- Shows part of the 14th (Fourteenth) Street viaduct at Wazee Street. The completed viaduct features, a iron rod fence, asphalt roads, flagstone sidewalks and rock ashlar retaining walls. Here it crosses Cherry Creek. Local businesses are in the...
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Streams--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- 1899 October 3
- Judge Klah and his wives
- Studio portrait (sitting) of Judge Klah, a Native American (Navajo) Judge or Justice of the Peace. He poses with his two wives on, and in front of, Navajo woven blankets. The women wear machine made blankets and heishi bead necklaces. Judge Klah,...
- Indians of North America--1900-1940.; Navajo Indians--1900-1940.; Judges--1900-1940.; Spouses--1900-1940.; Women--1900-1940.; Judge Klah.
- [between 1904 and 1932]
- Denver's Auto Bandit Chaser
- Denver police officers pose with Denver's Auto Bandit Chaser in Civic Center Park in the Civic Center Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The car is a Cadillac modified by the Izett Auto Body Company to include bullet-proof armor plate, a...
- Denver (Colo.). Police Department.--Equipment & supplies--1920-1930.; Police vehicles--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.;...
- [1921 March]
- Doughnut girl at work
- Red Cross doughnut girl, Deborah Bankart, poses standing by an automatic doughnut making machine with one full and one partially-filled tray of doughnuts before her, which she handles with two sticks. She wears a sweater vest over a shirt and a...
- Doughnuts--Italy--1940-1950.; Military life--Italy--1940-1950.; Bankart, Deborah.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- February 1945
- Black Hawk, Colo.
- A flagpole bearing the American flag stands on the street. Several mines and shafthouses dot the hillsides surrounding the town.; Horse-drawn wagons travel up and down Gregory Street in Blackhawk, Colorado, in Gilpin County. Signs are on the...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Blackhawk--1890-1900.
- [1899?]
- Central City, Colo. 1890-1899 circ. (prints)
- A horse-drawn carriage travels up Eureka Street in the foreground of this view of Central City, Colorado. The stone McFarlane & Company Foundry and Machine Shop is in the right foreground at the base of a hill. Tailings from the Huddleston Mine...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.
- [1899?]
- "Barrel transfer" near Salida, Colo.
- View of a barrel transfer machine and Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks near Salida (Chaffee County), Colorado. Signs on the steel beams read: "D.& R.G.W.R.R. Royal Gorge Route, Scenic Line," and "McMyler Interstate, Cleveland, Ohio."...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1940.; Chaffee County (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Mine railroad cars--Colorado--Chaffee County--1920-1940.; Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--Chaffee County--1920-1940.; Railroad...
- [between 1925 and 1935?]
- Martin Hanson taken where Placer Inn is
- A man and a young boy are on a carriage loaded with machine parts in Idaho Springs, Colorado. Attached to the machine parts, and trailing behind the carriage, is a long timber with six horses attached to it. A seventh horse (butt end only) is...
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Bandstands--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1920.; Horse teams--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1920.; Machinery--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1915?]
- Ribbons of gold under slanting ribbons of sunshine, the metamorphosis of steel wire is completed
- Interior view of Colorado Fuel and Iron Company (Corporation), Pueblo, Colorado, a steel and iron manufacturing plant; shows male employee operating a machine which produces steel wire from steel rods.
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1950-1970.; Interiors.; Steel industry--Colorado--Pueblo--1950-1970.; Colorado Fuel and Iron Company.
- [between 1950 and 1970?]
- Sterling, Colorado business
- Two businessmen stand in the entry door of a Sterling, Colorado, business in Logan County. Two folding chairs, a wrought-iron glider with cushions, and a metal table with an adding machine are lined up along the sidewalk adjacent to the exterior...
- Sterling (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Advertisements--Colorado--Sterling--1960-1970.; Commercial buildings--Colorado--Sterling--1960-1970.
- [between 1963 and 1965]
- Adolf Coors - Wheeler testing hops
- A man (Wheeler) operates a hop testing machine at Adolph Coors company in (probably) Golden, Colorado. A label on the machine reads "Niagara."
- Adolph Coors Company--1940-1960.; Golden (Colo.)--1940-1960.; Brewing industry--Colorado--Golden--1940-1960.; Testing--Colorado--Golden--1940-1960.
- [between 1948 and 1955?]
- Pfc. Lawrence Lucas
- Private First Class Lawrence Lucas, 604th Field Artillery, 10th Mountain Division, rests close to the front lines during the Italian Campaign in Bologna Province, Italy. He sits and washes his feet in his helmet. Clothing, boots, field rations,...
- World War, 1939-1945--American--Campaigns & battles.; Bologna (Italy : Province)--1940-1950.; Bathing--Italy--Bologna (Italy : Province)--1940-1950.; Campaigns & battles--Italy--Bologna (Italy : Province)--1940-1950.; Helmets--1940-1950.;...
- 1945 April 16
- Smiley Junior High School War Bond Auction
- A photograph of a student giving a can to four teachers sitting at a table during a war bond auction. One teacher is using a machine with register tape. It may be an adding machine to record the donations.
- Smiley Junior High School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; Students.; War bonds and funds.; Auctions.
- 1945 May
- Barnum Elementary School Community Life Project
- Photograph of two girls each holding a spindle on the sides of a home made moving picture machine during a class at Barnum Elementary School in Denver, Colorado. Under the motion picture machine a and written "A" and a "B" under the table with the...
- School children.; Barnum School (Denver, Colo.); Barnum (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- circa 1929
- The City of Denver: Volume 2 Number 13, 1914 April 11
- Machine shop interior
- Machinists pose near an axle supported by oil drums in a machine shop in Denver, Colorado. A forge, ventilation hood, pressurized tanks, and workbench are nearby.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Laborers--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Machine shops--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915]
- Machine shop
- Interior view of a machine shop in Denver, Colorado; shows men, a lathe, and an automobile.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Machine shops--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915?]
- Machine shop
- Interior view of a machine shop in Denver, Colorado; shows men working, a lathe, a vise, wheel valve handles, belts and pulleys.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Machine shops--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915?]
- Machine shop
- Men and women work at benches in a machine shop, possibly in Colorado. Lamps hang from the girder ceiling. A man in the foreground works with a pneumatic tool and wears a visor.
- Machine shops--Colorado--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Machine shops Colo.-Utah Coal Co.
- View of four men working in the machine shop of the Colorado-Utah Coal Company at Mt. Harris, Colorado.
- Colorado-Utah Coal Company--1910-1920.; Mount Harris (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Mount Harris--1910-1920.; Machine shops--Colorado--Mount Harris--1910-1920.
- [1917?]
- Machine shop education dept. F. G. H.
- Interior view of machine shop at Fitzsimons Hospital in Denver, Colorado. Lawrence E. Burns stands at a lathe near the window.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors.; Machine shops--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Military hospitals--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Burns, Lawrence E., 1886-1947.; Fitzsimons Army Medical Center--1910-1920.
- [1919?]