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- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 42, 1911 October 14
- The Broadway viaduct at Blake Street
- A view of the Broadway viaduct, Blake street, a brick building with clock tower, trucks, and cars, in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Business enterprises--Colorado--Denver--1900-1930.; Clock towers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1930.
- [between 1900 and 1930]
- Locomotive (Argentine Central) Shay No. 4
- Argentine Central Locomotive; Engine Number 4, Lima 1907 construction, narrow-gauge Shay gear-driven engine designed for line's steep grades and tight curves, in front of Silver Plume enginehouse at railroad's lower terminus, Clear Creek, Colorado;...
- Argentine Central Railway Company--1900-1910.; Silver Plume (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Silver Plume--1900-1910.; Railroad shops & yards--Colorado--Silver Plume--1900-1910.
- [between 1907 and 1909]
- Compressor and motor, Cash Mine
- Interior view of Cash Mine structure in Boulder County, Colorado; men in caps stand behind hoist and motors.
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Cash Mine (Boulder County, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Boulder County--1900-1920.; Machinery--Colorado--Boulder County--1900-1920.; Miners--Colorado--Boulder County--1900-1920.;...
- [between 1905 and 1915]
- Washakie, Chief of Shoshones
- Studio portrait, head and shoulders, of Washakie, Chief of the Shoshone Native American tribe (name means, "rawhide rattle").
- Indians of North America--Portraits--1900-1910.; Shoshoni Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1900-1910.; Washakie, ca. 1804-1900.
- c1900
- The Ouray Band at the Elks State Convention, held in Ouray Colo. Sep. 14 to 15th, 1911
- The Ouray Band poses in uniform in front of the Ouray City Hall, Ouray County, Colorado, during the Elks State Convention. Their leader Thomas B. Mitchell sits center with Arthur Grabow to his right. Instruments include bass and snare drums,...
- Elks (Fraternal order)--Colorado--Ouray--1910-1920.; Ouray (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Marching bands--Colorado--Ouray--1910-1920.; Grabow, Arthur.; Mitchell, Thomas B.
- 1911
- Panoramic view of Denver
- Left side of panorama view from Capitol building shows Colfax Avenue, cable car powerhouse, the Mint and distant snowy Rocky Mountains, Denver, Colorado. Engine Company No. 1's Victorian firehouse is across the intersection of Broadway and Colfax,...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Near the Summit of Rollins Pass
- Right side of the panorama along the Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway's Moffat Road, Rollins Pass, Colorado, shows a railroad construction tent, railroad tracks, telephone poles and mountain slopes.
- Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway--1900-1910.; Rollins Pass (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--1900-1910.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1910.; Tents--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [1905]
- Gunnison Butte, Green River
- Expansive view of Green River and distant rock formation Gunnison Butte, Emery County, Utah; McClure photographed William H. Jackson's original photoprint.
- Emery County (Utah)--1890-1910.; Green River (Wyo.-Utah)--1890-1910.; Rivers--Utah--Emery County--1890-1910.; Rock formations--Utah--Emery County--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Sweet Ranch, Carbondale Dist.
- Left side of panorama view looks south over pioneer agriculturalist F. E. Sweet's potato fields, near Carbondale, Colorado, to Mount Sopris.
- Sweet, Frank E.--Homes & haunts--Colorado--Carbondale--1900-1920.; Carbondale (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Potatoes--Colorado--Carbondale--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1919]
- Sweet Ranch, Carbondale Dist.
- Right side of panorama view looks south over pioneer agriculturalist F. E. Sweet's potato fields, near Carbondale, Colorado, to Mount Sopris.
- Sweet, Frank E.--Homes & haunts--Colorado--Carbondale--1900-1920.; Carbondale (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Potatoes--Colorado--Carbondale--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1919]
- Jackson Lake and the Teton Mtns.
- View southwest across Jackson Lake to Grand Teton Mountain Group, Wyoming.
- Jackson Lake (Teton County, Wyo.)--1920-1930.; Teton Range (Wyo. and Idaho)--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Red Cloud, Maj. Burke
- Red Cloud, Native American, Oglala Lakota Sioux chief, and Major John Burke, general manager of Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West show, pose outside a Pine Ridge Agency building, South Dakota. Red Cloud wears sunglasses, overcoat, hat, trousers and...
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show--People--1890-1900.; Dakota Indians--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Teton...
- [February 1891]
- Big Foot
- View of the slain body of Chief Big Foot, Native American, Miniconjou Lakota Sioux, propped up in the snow on the Wounded Knee battleground, Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota. U. S. soldiers, civilian burial party members, and a stovepipe from...
- United States. Army.; Dakota Indians--South Dakota--Wounded Knee--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--Wounded Knee--1890-1900.; Miniconjou Indians--War--South Dakota--Wounded Knee--1890-1900.; Wounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890.;...
- [1891? January 3]
- Pine Ridge Agency, S.D., group of men including Burke, Alf Bruckholder (?), Gilbert Bailey, James Cook, and W. F. Kelly
- A group of reporters and others pose, in a Sioux tepee camp on the Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota. They include left to right C. H. Cressey, Omaha Bee correspondent; William F. Kelley, Nebraska State Journal; Major John Burke, (general...
- 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 relations--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Pine Ridge...
- [1890]
- Chief Little Wound
- A group of Native American Sioux gather in Chief Little Wound's tepee camp around two white men on horseback, Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota.
- Dakota Indians--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Oglala Indians--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (S.D.)--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Indian...
- [1890?]
- Ration day at the commissary at Pine Ridge Agcy S.D.
- Native American Sioux women, children, a few men, with dogs, line up outside on the commissary platform to receive United States government rations, Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota.
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency--1890-1900.; Dakota Indians--Women--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Children--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Pine Ridge (S.D.)--1890-1900.; Food...
- [1890 or 1891]
- Indian scouts returning from drill, P.R. Ag S.D.
- View over a snow covered field of U. S. Army Native American Sioux horse mounted scouts returning to Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota; the two-story school, army tent camp, and tepees show to the north.
- United States. Army.--1890-1900.; United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency--1890-1900.; Dakota Indians--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Indian scouts--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--South...
- [1891]
- Ration day, Pine Ridge Agcy
- View of a crowd of Native American Sioux, lined up outside the commissary to receive United States government rations, Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota.
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency--1890-1900.; Dakota Indians--Women--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Children--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Pine Ridge (S.D.)--1890-1900.; Food...
- [1890]
- Friendly Indians at dinner
- Native American men, probably Sioux and Cheyenne, wearing trousers, jackets and hats, and one white U.S. Army officer in uniform, pose at the Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota. Some of the men hold drinking cups and plate tins, one holds an axe, and...
- United States. Army.--People--1890-1900.; United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency--1890-1900.; Cheyenne Indians--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Dakota Indians--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Indians of North...
- [1891]
- Denver
- Northwestward view of downtown Denver, Colorado, taken from dome of State Capitol building, intersection of Lincoln Street and Colfax Avenue; landmarks include Pioneer Monument, Hotel Metropole, County Courthouse, Daniels & Fisher tower, Majestic...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1913 and 1915]
- Locomotive (D & SL) (#408)
- Builder style photograph of Denver and Salt Lake Moffat Road Locomotive; Engine 408, class 63, after delivery to Denver, Colorado, railyard; man in suit stands at rear of engine.
- Denver and Salt Lake Railroad Company--1900-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [1916]
- Old Locomotive (Moffat Road, D.N.W & P #200)
- Denver Northwestern & Pacific Locomotive Number 200 at Utah Junction, Adams County, Colorado, shortly after delivery in 1908 (Moffat Road type 0-6-6-0, later pilot trucks were added making them 2-6-6-0s, Schenectady number 45604); the first of...
- Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway--1900-1910.; Utah Junction (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Boys--Colorado--Utah Junction--1900-1910.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Utah Junction--1900-1910.
- [1908]
- Adams County Court House Brighton Colo.
- View of Adams County Court House at Bridge and South Fourth Avenue, Brighton (Adams County) Colorado; shows a brick and stone municipal structure with a cupola. Northeast Elementary school and residences are in background.
- Brighton (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Courthouses--Colorado--Brighton--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Brighton--1910-1920.
- January 22, 1910
- Colorado miners
- Miners pose by sheds and an ore cart in (probably) Colorado.
- Miners--Colorado--1890-1920.; Mining--Colorado--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1915]
- Gilluly residence
- View of D. Gilluly residence, 101 Humboldt Street, Denver, Colorado, a masonry home with a tile roof, a round bay, French doors, and balustrades.
- Gilluly, D.--Homes & haunts.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Olympia Candy Co.
- View of a corner storefront at Eighth Avenue, Greeley (Weld County) Colorado; shows displays of candy and bottles, a cast metal globe streetlamp, and a sign: "Olympia Candy Company."
- Olympia Candy Company (Greeley, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Greeley (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Greeley--1920-1930.; Confectioneries--Colorado--Greeley--1920-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Greeley--1920-1930.
- [between 1921 and 1924]
- Street scene, Brighton Colo.
- View of Division Street (later North Main) in Brighton (Adams County) Colorado; shows pedestrians, cars, a clock, and signs: "Confectionary," "Herman Jeweler," "Barbershop," "Elite Laundry," "State Bank and Gem Pharmacy," "Carmichael Building," and...
- Brighton (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Business districts--Colorado--Brighton--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Brighton--1910-1920.
- January 22, 1910
- Jackson Lake of the Teton Mtns.
- View of Jackson Lake (elevation 6025 feet), Carbon & Natrona counties, Wyoming with Tetons in background; photograph of a photograph attributed to McClure.
- Carbon County (Wyo.)--1900-1920.; Jackson Lake (Teton County, Wyo.)--1900-1920.; Natrona County (Wyo.)--1900-1920.; Teton Range (Wyo. and Idaho)--1900-1920.; Lakes & ponds--Wyoming--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Red Cloud, Dakota Chief, seated in clothing of white man, 3/4 length
- Studio portrait, 3/4 length, of Red Cloud, Dakota Chief, seated, wearing suit and holding peace pipe.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Calumets--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Red Cloud, 1822-1909.
- [188-?]
- I. Berlin (started John Thompson Grocery)
- Studio portrait, head and shoulders, of Isaac Berlin, retail grocer of Boulder and Denver; owner of John Thompson grocery.
- Grocers--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Businessmen--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Berlin, Isaac, 1847-1918.
- [between 1886 and 1901]
- Prospect Dome So. Cheyenne
- View, through brush and pine trees, of the Prospect Dome rock formation in South Cheyenne Canyon, southwest of Colorado Springs, Colorado.
- South Cheyenne Canyon (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Rock formations--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1886 and 1901]
- Memorial Arch, Stanford University
- horseback and a Central Pacific Railroad locomotive titled "The Progress of civilization in America." The arch and numerous other campus structures were heavily damaged in the "great earthquake" of April, 1906.; The back of a statue, probably...
- Stanford, Jane Lathrop, 1828-1905--Statues.; Stanford, Leland, 1824-1893--Statues.; Stanford University--1900-1910.; Memorial arches--California--Palo Alto--1900-1910.; Universities & colleges--California--Palo Alto--1900-1910.
- [between 1903 and 1906?]
- Memorial Church interior, Stanford University
- Memorial Church was completed at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, in 1903 and was dedicated by Jane Stanford to the memory of her late husband, Leland Stanford. The Stanfords founded the university in 1885. The tops of carved wooden...
- Stanford University--1900-1910.; Churches--California--Palo Alto--1900-1910.; Interiors.; Universities & colleges--California--Palo Alto--1900-1910.; Stanford Memorial Church (Palo Alto, Calif.)
- [between 1903 and 1906?]
- Memorial Church interior, Stanford University
- Memorial Church was completed at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, in 1903 and was dedicated by Jane Stanford to the memory of her late husband, Leland Stanford. The Stanfords founded the university in 1885. Wooden pews line the aisle...
- Stanford University--1900-1910.; Churches--California--Palo Alto--1900-1910.; Interiors.; Universities & colleges--California--Palo Alto--1900-1910.; Stanford Memorial Church (Palo Alto, Calif.)
- [between 1903 and 1906?]
- Memorial Church, Stanford University
- Memorial Church was completed at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, in 1903 and was dedicated by Jane Stanford to the memory of her late husband, Leland Stanford. The Stanfords founded the university in 1885. Four large statues, one of...
- Stanford University--1900-1910.; Churches--California--Palo Alto--1900-1910.; Universities & colleges--California--Palo Alto--1900-1910.; Stanford Memorial Church (Palo Alto, Calif.)
- [between 1903 and 1906?]
- 2nd cutting, alfalfa, Westlake Ranch
- View of alfalfa field with three large stacks of alfalfa in background, Westlake (or West Lake) Ranch, Larimer County, Colorado; man stands in thigh-high alfalfa; field is ready for second seasonal cutting.
- Larimer County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Agriculture--Colorado--Larimer County--1900-1910.; Alfalfa--Colorado--Larimer County--1900-1910.; Croplands--Colorado--Larimer County--1900-1910.
- [1909?]
- Wheat field
- View across wheat field, somwhere in Colorado, possibly Westlake (or West Lake) Ranch, Larimer County or Eastern Colorado; shows wood frame residence and on farm in distant right.
- Larimer County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Agriculture--Colorado--Larimer County--1900-1910.; Croplands--Colorado--Larimer County--1900-1910.; Wheat--Colorado--Larimer County--1900-1910.
- 1909
- View from Inspiration Point, Denver
- Left side of panorama view from Denver Mountain Park "Inspiration Point" west, just beyond Lakeside Park, across Clear Creek Valley farmlands to Golden, Colorado and the Front Range. North and South Table Mountain divide entrance to valley. Street...
- Clear Creek Valley (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- [1910]
- Porcupine Butte north view P.R. Reserve S.D.
- View of Porcupine Butte from the north, Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota, here Native American Lakota Sioux encountered a column of the Seventh Cavalry and were ordered to a camp on Wounded Knee Creek the night before the massacre.
- Indians of North America--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Teton Indians--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Wounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890.; Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (S.D.)--1890-1900.; Porcupine Butte (S.D.)--1890-1900.; Buttes--South Dakota--1890-1900.
- 1891
- Plenty Horses at an Omaha Dance
- Plenty Horses and Native American Lakota Sioux dancers wearing breechcloths, bustles, animal fur skins, leg bands with bells and feathers in their hair, sit in a circle during the Omaha dance, Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota. One figure stands...
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency--1890-1900.; Dakota Indians--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Teton Indians--Dance--South Dakota--Pine...
- 1891 June 18
- Indians skinning a beef
- Three Native American Lakota Sioux men skin and dress an animal rationed by the United States government at the Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota. Distribution of meat rations imitated a buffalo hunt in which a herd of beef cattle was released in a...
- Dakota Indians--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Teton Indians--Government relations--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Pine Ridge (S.D.)--1890-1900.; Beef cattle--South...
- 1891 June 18?
- Valley where Battle of Mission was fought
- Two Native American Lakota Sioux men wrapped in blankets, stand on a ridge overlooking the valley below the Holy Rosary Catholic Mission where the Sioux ambushed U.S. troops the day after Wounded Knee, Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota.
- Dakota Indians--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Teton Indians--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Wounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890.; Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (S.D.)--1890-1900.; Battlefields--South...
- [1890 or 1891]
- An Omaha Dance P.R. Agency, S.D.
- View of Native American Lakota Sioux dancers at the Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota, performing the Omaha Dance, wearing headdresses, roaches, feathers in their hair, bustles, moccasins, breechcloths and some shirts. The Agency boarding school...
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency--1890-1900.; Dakota Indians--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Teton Indians--Dance--South Dakota--Pine...
- 1891 September 2
- Pine Ridge Agency S.D.
- Bird's eye view west over the Native American Lakota Sioux, Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota, shows people on main street, agency buildings including the boarding school on the far end, water tank, and United States Army wall tents.
- 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 relations--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Teton...
- 1891
- Omaha Dance P.R. Agency S.D.
- Native American Sioux men and boys perform the Omaha Dance, Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota; spectators including whites look on. The dancers wear headdresses, roaches, breechcloths, kilts, legbands and belts with bells. A United States flag shows...
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency--1890-1900.; Dakota Indians--Dance--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Pine Ridge (S.D.--1890-1900.; Boys--South...
- 1891 July 18
- The Sioux women receiving their rations from comm P.R. Agency
- Native American Lakota Sioux women and children receive rations from issue agents at the Pine Ridge Agency commissary, South Dakota. Rations include loaves of bread, sacks of flour, sugar and cornmeal, labeled with: "U. S. Indian...? Pine Ridge...
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency--1890-1900.; Dakota Indians--Children--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Women--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Teton Indians--Government...
- 1891
- Red Clouds home PR Ag SD
- View of a two-story board and batten dwelling built in 1879 for Chief Red Cloud, Native American Oglala Lakota Sioux near the Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota, includes fenced yard, an American flag, wood pile and meat (pemmican) drying on a rack.
- 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 relations--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Oglala...
- June 1891
- Interior of Red Clouds house - P.R. Agency, S.D.
- Interior of the frame dwelling built in 1879 for Chief Red Cloud, Native American Oglala Lakota Sioux near the Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota, includes a bed, wood chairs, religious pictures of Virgin Mary and Christ: "Ecco Homo", photographs,...
- 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 relations--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Oglala...
- 1891
- Pine Ridge Agency S.D. looking west
- View west over the Native American Lakota Sioux, Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota, shows people on main street, agency buildings including the boarding school on the far end, water tank, and wall tents of the U.S. Army.
- United States. Army.--Facilities--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--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...
- 1891