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- Mountain mine in Sangre de Cristo Range about 8 miles east of Villa Grove, William Hume in tunnel
- View shows William Hume pushing a full ore cart out of a tunnel at a mountain mine, Saguache County, Colorado.
- Mine railroads--Cars--Colorado--Saguache County--1880-1900.; Saguache County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Saguache County--1880-1900.; Tunnels--Colorado--Saguache County--1880-1900.; Hume, William.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Tank destroyer advances along a mountain road, Italy
- Three soldiers of the 701st Tank Destroyer Battalion advance a tank destroyer mounted with three inch guns along a mountain road located, according to the caption, in the Mount Terminale area. The 701st was attached to the Tenth Mountain Division...
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Tanks (Military science)--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- March 3, 1945
- Medical Aid Station on Mount Belvedere, Italy
- Tenth Mountain Division medical aid station on Mount Belvedere. Groups of litter bearers wait for calls to bring in the wounded near a tent set up as an aid station. In the distance troops move toward the front lines during the Italian Campaign.
- Medicine, Military--Italy--1940-1950.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Medical aspects of war--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- February 21, 1945
- Harry, with his father-in-law, Leonard Knapp (his first wife's father)
- Harry Rhoads and Leonard Knapp pose, Denver, Colorado. Harry is pushing a wheelbarrow full of coal, his father-in-law carries two additional buckets.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Wheelbarrows--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Knapp, Leonard.; Rhoads, Harry Mellon, 1880 or 81-1975.
- [between 1905 and 1915?]
- 14th Street Viaduct construction
- View of the 14th (Fourteenth) Street Viaduct construction site in Denver, Colorado. Steel beams and a temporary rail track are near the Colorado and Southern Railway (C&S) and the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company (AT&SF) tracks. A...
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--1890-1900.; Colorado and Southern Railway--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bridge construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [1898]
- Colorado and Southern Train Depot, Georgetown, Colorado
- An exterior view of the Colorado and Southern Train Depot in Georgetown, Colorado, looking north. The train station, a one-story brick building with a gabled roof, was built in 1877. A crowd gathers around the south end of the depot; most look...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Georgetown--1920-1930.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Colorado miners
- A miner emerges from the entrance to a mine tunnel pushing an ore cart full of ore somewhere in Colorado. The entrance is constructed of hewn logs and supported on the outside by timbers and rock.
- Mine railroads--Cars--Colorado--1870-1890.; Miners--Colorado--1870-1890.; Mining--Colorado--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- Workmen on cage
- Miners wear helmets and headlamps while they pose inside a cage or landing chair inside a mine, possibly in Colorado. A group of men and one woman stand by. Signs read: "In Case of Accident, Fire, Or Danger, Blow 9 Blasts Then Blow Station...
- Industry--Colorado--1900-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--1900-1920.; Miners--Colorado--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--1900-1920.; Women--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- The Witch, Grand Lake
- Partial view of Grand Lake, Colorado; wooden pier with handrailing and small pavilion at end, man pushing off sailboat named "Witch", two other men on board yacht; tree-covered ridges & distant view of Rocky Mountains.
- Grand Lake (Colo. : Lake)--1910-1920.; Grand Lake (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Piers & wharves--Colorado--Grand Lake--1910-1920.; Sailboats--Colorado--Grand Lake--1910-1920.
- [between 1912 and 1920]
- Plomo mine, San Luis, Colo.
- Four miners, one pushing a wheelbarrow full of ore, pose near the entrance to the Plomo mine near San Luis, Costilla County, Colorado. A box of dynamite and a hammer are displayed nearby.
- Costilla County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Plomo Mine (Costilla County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Costilla County--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Costilla County--1890-1900.
- 1894
- Mining, Colorado
- A miner emerges from a tunnel pushing a cart full of ore as others saw timbers nearby at an unidentified mine in Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--1900-1930.; Mine railroads--Cars--Colorado--1900-1930.; Mining--Colorado--1900-1930.
- [between 1900 and 1930?]
- C&S narrow gauge train, engine number 75, engine type 2-8-0
- Freight; westbound; 20 cars, 10 MPH, engine #72-68 pushing, not shown. Photographed: Near Grant, Colo., September 2, 1929.
- Locomotives--1920-1930.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1929.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Grant.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1929
- A Grand Valley packing house, Colo. Midland Ry.
- Interior view of fruit-packing warehouse, Grand Valley, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; dozens of stacks of wooden crates packed with peaches & pears, one man pushing dolly loaded with crates of pears labeled "Grand Valley pears...
- Grand Valley (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Fruit industry--Colorado--Grand Valley--1910-1920.; Peaches--Colorado--Grand Valley--1910-1920.; Pears--Colorado--Grand Valley--1910-1920.; Warehouses--Colorado--Grand Valley--1910-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway...
- [between 1910 and 1918]
- C&S snowplow, engine number 641, engine type 2-8- 0
- Pushing rotary 99201. Photographed: Between Leadville and Climax, Colo., 1960s.
- Locomotives--1960-1970.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1960-1970.; Railroad construction & maintenance.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroad--Snowplow locomotives.
- [196-]
- C&S snowplow, engine number 641, engine type 2-8- 0
- Pushing rotary snowplow; distant view. Photographed: On the Climax Branch, 1960s.
- Locomotives--1960-1970.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1960-1970.; Railroad construction & maintenance.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Climax.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroad--Snowplow locomotives.
- [196-]
- C&S snowplow, engine number 800, engine type 2-8- 2
- Pushing rotary snowplow; after very heavy snow. Photographed: Denver, Colo., December, 1913.
- Locomotives--1910-1920.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1913.; Railroad construction & maintenance.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroad--Snowplow locomotives.
- 1913
- C&S snowplow, engine number 641, engine type 2-8- 0
- Pushing rotary snowplow; distant view. Photographed: On the Climax Branch, 1960s.
- Locomotives--1960-1970.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1960-1970.; Railroad construction & maintenance.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Climax.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroad--Snowplow locomotives.
- [196-]
- C&S snowplow, engine number 641, engine type 2-8- 0
- Pushing rotary snowplow 99201; distant view. Photographed: On the Climax Branch, 1960s.
- Locomotives--1960-1970.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1960-1970.; Railroad construction & maintenance.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Climax.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroad--Snowplow locomotives.
- [196-]
- WP train, engine number 311, engine type 2-8-2
- Westbound freight train; 314 pushing; 71 cars, 20 MPH. Photographed: Leaving Wendover, Utah, August 6, 1935.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1935.; Railroad locomotives--Utah--Wendover.; Western Pacific Railroad Company.
- 1935
- CB&Q train, engine number 4108, engine type 2-6-6-2
- Freight, northbound; 18 cars, 15 MPH, 4106 pushing, see next photograph. Photographed: near Dumont, S. D., September 2, 1935.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1935.; Railroad locomotives--South Dakota--Dumont.; Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company.
- 1935
- CB&Q train, engine number 4107, engine type 2-6-6-2
- Freight, northbound; 31 cars, 30 MPH, 4106 pushing. Photographed: south of Mystic, S. D., September 4, 1933.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1933.; Railroad locomotives--South Dakota--Mystic.; Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company.
- 1933
- CB&Q train, engine number 6308, engine type 2-10-2
- Freight, southbound; 49 cars, 25 MPH, Colorado & Southern 646 pushing. Photographed: south of Cheyenne, Wyo., May 30, 1939.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1939.; Railroad locomotives--Wyoming--Cheyenne.; Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company.
- 1939
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 485, engine type 2-8-2
- Freight, eastbound; 12 cars, 483 pushing. Photographed: near Cresco, N.M., June 10, 1942.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1942.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--New Mexico--Cresco.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1942
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 485, engine type 2-8-2
- Freight, eastbound; 12 cars, 483 pushing. Photographed: approaching Cumbres, Colo., June 10, 1942.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1942.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Cumbres.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1942
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 487, engine type 2-8-2
- Freight, eastbound; 21 cars, 482 pushing. Photographed: east of Lobato, N.M., June 23, 1943.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1943.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--New Mexico--Lobato.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1943
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 485, engine type 2-8-2 and engine number 481, engine type 2-8-2
- Freight, eastbound; 483 pushing. Photographed: east of Gunnison, Colo., October 10, 1952.
- Locomotives--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1952.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Gunnison.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1952
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 485, engine type 2-8-2
- Freight, eastbound; 12 cars, 483 pushing. Photographed: above Lobato, N.M., June 10, 1942.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1942.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--New Mexico--Lobato.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1942
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 485, engine type 2-8-2
- Freight, eastbound; 12 cars, 483 pushing. Photographed: near Lobato, N.M., June 10, 1942.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1942.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--New Mexico--Lobato.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1942
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 489, engine type 2-8-2 and engine number 483, engine type 2-8-2 and engine number 480, engine type 2-8-2 and engine number 482, engine type 2-8-2
- Freight, eastbound; 32 cars, 4 engines, one at front, two in middle of train, and one pushing. Photographed: near top of Marshall Pass, Colo., October 9, 1953.
- Locomotives--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1953.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Marshall Pass (Colo.); Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1953
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 490, engine type 2-8-2 and engine number 491, engine type 2-8-2
- Freight, eastbound; 498 pushing. Photographed: Marshall Pass, Colo., September 30, 1939.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1939.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Marshall Pass.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1939
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 485, engine type 2-8-2
- Freight, eastbound; 20 cars, 487 pushing. Photographed: near Coxo, Colo., July 30, 1949.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1949.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Coxo.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1949
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 485, engine type 2-8-2
- Freight, eastbound; 20 cars, 487 pushing. Photographed: approaching Cumbres, Colo., July 30, 1949.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1949.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Cumbres.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1949
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 488, engine type 2-8-2 and engine number 489, engine type 2-8-2
- Freight, eastbound; 27 cars, 484 pushing. Photographed: Cresco, N.M., July 30, 1948.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1948.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--New Mexico--Cresco.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1948
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 491, engine type 2-8-2 and engine number 493, engine type 2-8-2
- Freight, eastbound; 31 cars, 498 pushing. Photographed: near Coxo, Colo., October 21, 1950.
- Locomotives--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1950.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Coxo.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1950
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 492, engine type 2-8-2 and engine number 493, engine type 2-8-2
- Freight, eastbound; 25 cars, 494 pushing. Photographed: above Lobato, N.M., October 9, 1950.
- Locomotives--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1950.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--New Mexico--Lobato.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1950
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 492, engine type 2-8-2 and engine number 493, engine type 2-8-2
- Freight, eastbound; 25 cars, 494 pushing. Photographed: near Coxo, October 9, 1950.
- Locomotives--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1950.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Coxo.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1950
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 491, engine type 2-8-2 and engine number 493, engine type 2-8-2
- Freight, eastbound, Windy Point; 31 cars, distant view, 498 pushing. Photographed: near Cumbres, Colo., October 21, 1950.
- Locomotives--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1950.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Cumbres.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1950
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 492, engine type 2-8-2
- Freight, westbound; 490 pushing. Photographed: above Garfield, Colo., May 24, 1949.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1949.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Garfield.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1949
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 492, engine type 2-8-2
- Freight, westbound, pushing at rear of extra 494; 28 cars. Photographed: at Monarch, Colo., April 12, 1946.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1946.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Monarch.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1946
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 492, engine type 2-8-2 and engine number 493, engine type 2-8-2
- Freight, eastbound, rounding Windy Point; 25 cars, distant view, 494 pushing . Photographed: near Cumbres, Colo., October 9, 1950.
- Locomotives--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1950.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Cumbres.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1950
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 494, engine type 2-8-2
- Freight, westbound; 28 cars, 492 pushing. Photographed: approaching Monarch, Colo., April 12, 1946.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1946.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Monarch.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1946
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 494, engine type 2-8-2
- Freight, westbound; 28 cars, 492 pushing. Photographed: above Maysville, Colo., April 12, 1946.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1946.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Maysville.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1946
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 487, engine type 2-8-2
- Freight, eastbound; 21 cars, 482 pushing. Photographed: near Coxo, Colo., June 23, 1943.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1943.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Coxo.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1943
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 485, engine type 2-8-2
- Freight, Eastbound; 12 cars, 483 pushing. Photographed: near Coxo, Colo., June 10, 1942.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1942.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Coxo.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1942
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 487, engine type 2-8-2
- Freight, eastbound; 16 cars, 481 pushing. Photographed: approaching Cumbres, Colo., June 20, 1945.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1945.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Cumbres.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1945
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 487, engine type 2-8-2
- Freight, eastbound; 16 cars, 481 pushing. Photographed: near Coxo, Colo., June 20, 1945.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1945.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Coxo.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1945
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 495, engine type 2-8-2
- Freight, westbound; 490 pushing. Photographed: above Maysville, Colo., June 28, 1940.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1940.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Maysville.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1940
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 499, engine type 2-8-2
- Freight, eastbound; 14 cars, 494 pushing. Photographed: above Lobato, N.M., May 29, 1954.
- Locomotives--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1954.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--New Mexico--Lobato.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1954
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 495, engine type 2-8-2
- Freight, westbound; 490 pushing. Photographed: Weof Poncha Junction, Colo., June 28, 1940.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1940.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Poncha Junction.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1940
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 498, engine type 2-8-2
- Freight, eastbound; pushing extra 490, rear view. Photographed: Marshall Pass, Colo., September 30, 1939.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1939.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Marshall Pass (Colo.); Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1939