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- Men making bricks
- Men work a brick fabrication plant in Colorado. They stand with wheelbarrows on and near a wooden ramp near rows of bricks laid out to dry. A horse-driven arrastre (arrastra) is nearby.
- Brick industry--Colorado--1910-1930.; Grinding wheels--Colorado--1910-1930.; Laborers--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Men and women near building
- Women feed chickens while men look on by a two-story brick building, probably a school, in Parker (Parkers) (Douglas County), Colorado. Rows of desks and dressers are near the building. A horse-drawn delivery wagon that reads: "University [?]" is...
- Parker (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Animal feeding--Colorado--Parker--1890-1900.; Chickens--Colorado--Parker--1890-1900.; Couples--Colorado--Parker--1890-1900.; Schools--Colorado--Parker--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--Parker--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Bear dance
- Native American (Ute) men and women face each other in separate rows as they perform a bear dance, Ignacio (La Plata County), Colorado.
- Indians of North America--Colorado--Ignacio--1900-1910.; Ute Indians--Colorado--Ignacio--1900-1910.; Ignacio (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Ceremonial dancers--Colorado--Ignacio--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--Ignacio--1900-1910.
- [between 1901 and 1906?]
- Bear dance
- Native American (Ute) men and women face each other in separate rows as they perform a bear dance, Ignacio (La Plata County), Colorado.
- Indians of North America--Colorado--Ignacio--1900-1910.; Ute Indians--Colorado--Ignacio--1900-1910.; Ignacio (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Ceremonial dancers--Colorado--Ignacio--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--Ignacio--1900-1910.
- [between 1901 and 1906?]
- Temple organ, Salt Lake City, Utah
- Interior view of the Mormon (Latter-Day Saints) Tabernacle in Temple Square, Salt Lake City (Salt Lake County), Utah. Shows a large pipe organ in a room with a concave ceiling, pine benches, columns, and pulpit. Cloth covers three center rows of...
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints--1880-1890.; Tabernacle (Salt Lake City, Utah)--1880-1890.; Mormon tabernacles--Utah--Salt Lake City--1880-1890.; Salt Lake City (Utah)--1880-1890.; Interiors--Utah--Salt Lake City--1880-1890.;...
- [between 1882 and 1890?]
- Yellowstone Lake
- A steamboat is moored to a wooden dock at Storm Point on Yellowstone Lake, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Railroad ties are stacked on the dock. A man rows a boat on the lake, another works in a rowboat. Stevenson Island and the Absaroka Range...
- Yellowstone Lake (Wyo.)--1900-1920.; Yellowstone National Park--1900-1920.; Boats--Yellowstone National Park--1900-1920.; Lakes & ponds--Yellowstone National Park--1900-1920.; Piers & wharves--Yellowstone National Park--1900-1920.; Railroad...
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Yellowstone Lake
- A man in a rowboat rows toward the sandy shore on Yellowstone Lake, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Two small valises are in the boat. Another person sits in a boat in the distance. Shows trees, stumps, and forests on the far shore.
- Yellowstone Lake (Wyo.)--1900-1920.; Yellowstone National Park--1900-1920.; Lakes & ponds--Yellowstone National Park--1900-1920.; Rowboats--Yellowstone National Park--1900-1920.; Waterfronts--Yellowstone National Park--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Tent city, Santa Catalina Island
- View of rows of striped tents erected for summer tourists in Avalon on Santa Catalina Island (Los Angeles County), California.
- Avalon (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Tents--California--Avalon--1900-1910.
- 1904
- San Diego, Coronado Beach, Tent City
- Striped canvas tents are set up in rows on a narrow strip of land on Coronado Beach in Coronado (San Diego County), California. Laundry hangs on lines, and the door flaps of some tents are tied open. Wooden enclosures labeled: "Sink 1" and "Sink 3"...
- Coronado (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Pacific Ocean--1900-1910.; Oceans--California--Coronado--1900-1910.; Sea walls--California--Coronado--1900-1910.; Tents--California--Coronado--1900-1910.
- c1905
- Street scene, Rouse Colo.
- A group of boys in overalls stand at the end of a wide dirt road in the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company coal camp of Rouse (Huerfano County), Colorado. Shows two rows of identical miner's 4-room square clapboard houses with hipped roofs and central...
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Buildings--1900-1920.; Company towns--Colorado--Rouse--1900-1920.; Rouse (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Rouse--1900-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Rouse--1900-1920.;...
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Knights of Pythias
- Knights of Pythias, Leadville Lodge, No. 1, pose in Aspen, Colorado. The Grand Lodge of the Grand Jurisdiction of Colorado was organized in 1879. Members in full uniform including dark jackets, trousers, epaulets, striped belts, white gloves and...
- Knights of Pythias. Leadville Lodge No. 1 (Leadville, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- High School band
- The Longmont High School band poses with instruments inside a classroom, Longmont, Colorado. They form two rows, first row sits; a student in the back row poses with a starfish in his breast pocket. Instruments include: bass and snare drums,...
- Longmont (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Bands--Colorado--Longmont--1910-1920.; Interiors.; Schools--Colorado--Longmont--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920]
- Leadville Drum Corps
- Leadville Drum Corps pose in three rows in front of a vertical board structure. The young men in uniforms wear waistcoats with zig zag embroidery decoration, flat top military caps, trousers with side stripes and gaiters. The first row sits low,...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Drum majoring--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Bartholf Hose Team with a new 4 wheeled cart.
- Loveland's first fire department poses in four rows with their new four wheeled fire cart in front of the firehouse, Loveland, Colorado. They wear straight and bow ties, caps and wide belts.
- Loveland (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--1880-1890.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Loveland--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- Meal time, Rocky Mountain Rifles
- A group of the Rocky Mountain Rifles, Leadville Division of the Colorado National Guard, pose in a camp during meal time in Colorado. Most of the men wear various types of uniforms, boots and different types of hats, including flat military caps...
- Colorado. National Guard. Leadville Division--1880-1890.; Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Eating & drinking--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.
- [between 1885 and 1887]
- Mt. Harris, Colo, Colo.-Utah Coal Co. camp
- View of Mt. Harris, Colorado, town owned by the Colorado-Utah Coal Company; shows tracks of the Denver and Salt Lake Railroad (Moffat Road), rows of identical residences (some under construction), coal tipple, smokestacks in distance, and...
- Colorado-Utah Coal Company--1910-1920.; Denver and Salt Lake Railroad Company--1910-1920.; Harris, Mount (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Mount Harris--1910-1920.; Industry--Colorado--Mount Harris--1910-1920.; Railroad...
- [1915?]
- Stockyards
- View over the Denver, Colorado, stockyards and pens, shows men inspecting the cattle. Smoke rises from the smokestacks of the Colorado Packing and Provision Company in the background. The sheep market barn is beyond the rows of stock pens.
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Meat industry--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Stockyards--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940]
- Montrose, Colo.
- Main Street, Montrose, Montrose County, Colorado, patriotically decorated with flags, bunting and a welcome arch for President William H. Taft. President arrived by train for the dedication of the Gunnison Water Diversion Tunnel, a United States...
- Montrose (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Celebrations--Colorado--Montrose--1900-1910.; Festive decorations--Colorado--Montrose--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Montrose--1900-1910.
- [1909]
- Cripple Creek
- Rows of wooden frame buildings along hillside, Cripple Creek, Colorado; residences are square shaped with low and medium gable, flat and hipped roofs; man stands on roof of shanty; outhouses appear across distant hillside.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1893 and 1895?]
- Palmer Lake
- A man rows his boat, "Lizzie," across Palmer Lake, Palmer Lake, El Paso County, Colorado; shows water squirting from fountain in the center of the lake and the Denver & Rio Grande railroad depot, tank, and train.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1890-1900.; Palmer Lake (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Palmer Lake--1890-1900.
- [1895?]
- #745 Interior of Methodist Church Christmas Party
- Two rows of girls holding baby dolls perform in the Christmas pageant at the Methodist Church in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. Baby cradles and miniature brooms are in front of the girls in the front row. Christmas trees flank the stage. The...
- Paonia (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Christmas decorations--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1920.; Girls--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1920.; Methodist churches--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1915?]
- Looking to the north from Bennett Avenue along First Street
- View from corner of Teller County Courthouse on Bennett Avenue north towards First (1st) Street, Cripple Creek, Colorado; four-door sedan is parked beside cement sidewalk; background view of rows of utility poles and one-story gable, flat-roof and...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1940-1950.
- 1947 January 20
- Palm Theater
- Interior view of Palm Theater, 320 East Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; view of center aisle with long carpet runner towards the stage, rows of connected seats, piano in front of stage, and backdrop of two columns at sides, and large...
- Palm Theater (Cripple Creek, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Interiors.; Theaters--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.
- [between 1904 and 1910]
- Ouray
- Students pose in long rows outside their two story schoolhouse on Fourth (4th) Street and Seventh (7th) Avenue, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. Architect William Quale of Denver designed the 1883 building, built by local contractor Francis Carney...
- Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Schools--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.
- [between 1893 and 1900]
- Jeffers Building
- Facade view of the Albert Jeffers store, (building later housed the Kiesel's Millinery, and the Village Diner) 633 Main Street, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, features two upper bay windows, bracketed overhanging cornice, triangular rooftop sign...
- Jeffers, Albert--Homes & haunts.; Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- The central portion, Cripple Creek
- Bird's eye view across rooftops of Cripple Creek, Colorado towards Carbonate Hill and Gold Hill; scene includes Golden public school building, Saint Peters Catholic Church, and rows of flat-roof one and two- story wooden frame and brick commercial...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Buildings--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1896]
- Third Street
- Third Street from Myers Avenue towards "The Hill," Cripple Creek, Colorado; rows of one, two and three-story brick commercial buildings with flat roofs line the street; scene also includes boardwalk, horse-drawn wagons and carriages parked on sides...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1896 and 1900]
- Cripple Creek
- View of Myers Street (possibly) from elevated railroad track, Cripple Creek, Colorado; possibly High Line Electric Interurban line of Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway; scene includes hoist or headframe with tailings and rows of one...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1907]
- Winter in Cripple Creek
- Rows of one and two-story flat-roof wooden frame commercial buildings (many with false fronts) on Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; horse-drawn wagon frame, possibly an ox wagon, loaded with timber, wooden and metal barrels is on dirt road;...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1892 November 24
- Zouaves group
- A group of Zouaves poses in front of a backdrop with a landscape scene painted on it for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The costume the men wear, including red, baggy pants, gold-braided blue vests and red fez hats, was reportedly derived from the...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Zouaves--Clothing & dress.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1897?]
- C. C. H. S. foot-ball team
- Cripple Creek High School football team of 1910 at Union Park, Cripple Creek, Colorado; two rows of young male football players with sweaters, knickers, cloth-padded helmet, lace-up boots, shin pads or thick wool socks, and turtleneck sweaters or...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Football players--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.
- 1910
- Turret School
- The boys and girls of the Turret, Colorado school pose in rows outside of the brick schoolhouse in Chaffee County. Sign reads: "Turret School, District #18, Erected 1902."
- Turret (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Schools--Colorado--Turret--1900-1910.; Students--Colorado--Turret--1900-1910.
- 1902
- Site of new J. H. Wolfe Hotel, Bennett Ave., Cripple Creek
- Wintertime on Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado with rows of one and two-story flat-roof wooden frame commercial buildings with false fronts; the Palace Hotel in the foreground, a two-story flat-roof brick building with plain boxed cornice,...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts-- Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1893 and 1896]
- Wetmore school
- School children of the Wetmore school in Wetmore, Custer County, Colorado, pose in four rows outside of the stone school house. The smaller children sit in the front, and the older children stand in the back.
- Wetmore (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Rural schools--Colorado--Wetmore--1890-1900.; School children--Colorado--Wetmore--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Wetmore--1890-1900.
- 1893
- The Garden Scene
- Interior view of the Opera House, Colorado Springs, El Paso County County, Colorado, shows the Garden Scene, a painted stage curtain, the landscaped garden with a balustrade and trees, front rows of cast iron opera seats, and the box seats form the...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Interiors--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1890.; Opera houses--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1890.; Stage props--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1890.; Stages (Platforms)--Colorado--Colorado...
- [between 1880 and 1885]
- Opera House
- Interior view of the Opera House stage, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, shows the painted Venetian backdrop with water and ruins bordering painted drapes and the State of Colorado seal with mining tools and "Nil Sine Numine." The...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Interiors--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1890.; Opera houses--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1890.; Stage props--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1890.; Stages (Platforms)--Colorado--Colorado...
- [between 1880 and 1885]
- Opera House, Colorado Springs
- Interior view of the Opera House stage, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, decorated with a canon, American flags, tombstone memorial, flowers and garland. Draped upper box seats are in the proscenium which is painted with decorative...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1900.; Opera houses--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1900.; Stages (Platforms)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1900.
- 1881
- The Grand Valley at Palisade, Colo. Midland Ry.
- Right side of panorama south over Palisade, Mesa County, Colorado; shows orchards on the Colorado River, eroded slopes, frame structures and rows of fruit trees.
- Grand Valley (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Palisade (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- [1910]
- The Grand Valley at Palisade, Colo. Midland Ry.
- Left side of panorama over Palisade, Mesa County, Colorado, shows orchards along the Colorado River and Grand Mesa; frame houses are among rows of fruit trees.
- Grand Valley (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Palisade (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- [1910]
- The Grand Valley at Palisade, Colo. Midland Ry.
- Center of panorama view over Palisade, Mesa County, Colorado, shows orchards along the Colorado River, Grand Mesa, Long Mesa, frame structures are scattered among neatly spaced rows of fruit trees.
- Grand Valley (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Palisade (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- [1910]
- Harvesting celery in Colorado
- Rows of celery plants in large field ready for harvest somewhere in Colorado; horse-drawn harvester, man in rear also assisting team of horses and driver; empty wooden crates & one row of crates packed with celery, center left; men boxing and group...
- Celery--Colorado--1900-1910.; Croplands--Colorado--1900-1910.; Farming--Colorado--1900-1910.; Harvesting--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Long's Peak and agricultural scene near Longmont, Colo., C. & S. Ry.
- Panoramic view of Rocky Mountains along the Front Range, Longs Peak and agricultural field near Longmont, Colorado reached via Colorado & Southern Railway; stacks of hay in rows across several fields, barn, farm, residences.
- Front Range (Colo. and Wyo.)--1900-1910.; Longs Peak (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Croplands--Colorado--1900-1910.; Mountains--Colorado--1900-1910.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Interior Denver Auditorium
- Interior view of City Auditorium on 15th (Fifteenth) between Curtis and Champa Streets, Denver, Colorado; soon after completion in 1908 being readied for Democratic National Convention in July, 1908; shows patriotic bunting and banners, large...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Auditoriums--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Political conventions--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; City Auditorium (Denver, Colo.)
- 1908
- Boulder Wolle residence
- Interior view of the Muriel Sibell Wolle home, Boulder, Boulder County, Colorado; shows chairs, couches, Native American rugs, and bookshelves stuffed with notebooks. Rows of string display greeting cards.
- Wolle, Muriel Sibell, 1898-1977--Homes & haunts.; Boulder (Colo.)--1950-1970.; Interiors--Colorado--Boulder--1950-1970.; Living rooms--Colorado--Boulder--1950-1970.
- [between 1950 and 1970]
- Grand Valley at Palisade, Colo. Midland Ry.
- Right center of panorama view north over fertile Grand Valley, Colorado, reached via the Colorado Midland Railway, shows an irrigation canal works, orchards with rows of fruit trees and a few scattered wood frame residences, sheds and the town of...
- Grand Valley (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Palisade (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- July 12, 1911
- Grand Valley at Palisade, Colo. Midland Ry.
- Left side of panorama view over fertile Grand Valley, Colorado, reached via the Colorado Midland Railway, shows Colorado River and sandbar, orchards with rows of fruit trees and scattered wood frame residences and sheds; eroding slope of Mount...
- Grand Valley (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Palisade (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- July 12, 1911
- Grand Valley at Palisade, Colo. Midland Ry.
- Right side of panorama view north over fertile Grand Valley, Colorado, reached via the Colorado Midland Railway, shows an irrigation canal works, orchards with rows of fruit trees and a few scattered wood frame residences, tents and sheds; the...
- Grand Valley (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- July 12, 1911
- Grand Valley, Grand Junction, Colo. Midland Ry.
- Left side of panorama view south east over fertile Grand Valley, Colorado, reached via the Colorado Midland Railway, shows the irrigation canal, orchards with rows of fruit trees and wood frame residences and lean-tos. Grand Mesa rises in distance.
- Grand Valley (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- July 12, 1911
- Grand Valley, Grand Junction, Colo. Midland Ry.
- Left center of panorama view southeast over fertile Grand Valley, Colorado, reached via the Colorado Midland Railway, shows orchards with rows of fruit trees and wood frame barn and residences; Colorado River embankment is in the distance.
- Grand Valley (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- July 12, 1911
- Grand Valley, Grand Junction, Colo. Midland Ry.
- Center of panorama view south over fertile Grand Valley, Colorado, reached via the Colorado Midland Railway, shows orchards with rows of fruit trees and a few scattered wood frame residences; Colorado River embankment is in the distance.
- Grand Valley (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- July 12, 1911