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- 10th Mountain Division ski troops
- Uniformed ski troops, members of the 10th Mountain Division, sit and stand on a rocky mountain slope near a snow field in probably Northern Italy. Opened cans and clothing are scattered on the ground.
- World War, 1939-1945--American--Campaigns & battles.; Ski troops--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [1945]
- 1172 Gaylord
- A woman and a boy, Doug Ellis, sit on a porch bench at 1172 Gaylord Street in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Mothers & children--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Ellis, Douglas.
- [1906?]
- 1290 series lounge interior
- Interior view of a Denver and Rio Grande Western California Zephyr lounge car. Men and women sit on upholstered chairs and couches and at booths. The men wear suits and ties and the women wear dresses or skirts and sweaters. Bottles of coke are on...
- Interiors--1950-1960.; Railroad lounge cars--1950-1960.; Women--1950-1960.
- 1951 Apr
- 1421 Champa, interior offices, general plant, "engineering."
- Men and women sit at desks in a crowded office in the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company building in 1421 Champa Street in Denver, Colorado. The women work on typewriters and adding machines at library tables in the center of the room....
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--People--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Employees--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Offices--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Telephone...
- 1916 February
- 1421 Champa, operator's school
- A teacher demonstrates the operation of a switchboard at the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph building in Denver, Colorado. Women, students in the operator's training program, sit at desks.
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--People--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Classrooms--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Telephone operators--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Vocational...
- 1921 June 9
- 1421 Champa, operator's school
- Teachers stand behind a group of students who work at a switchboard at the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company operator's school at 1421 Champa Street, Denver, Colorado. The women wear headsets and sit in tall chairs facing the...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--People--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Teachers--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Telephone operators--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Telephone...
- 1921 June 9
- 1421 Champa, roof garden
- Women sit on benches and swings at the roof garden on the top floor of the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company building in Denver, Colorado. The women wear skirts and shirt waists. The swings are covered with awnings and potted trees...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--People--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Employees--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Roof gardens--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- 1913
- 14th Street Viaduct construction
- Workmen sit on a horse-drawn wagon at the 14th (Fourteenth) Street Viaduct construction site in Denver, Colorado. A traveler and cranes are in the distance. Light snow covers the ground.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bridge construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [1898]
- 14th Street Viaduct Construction - Denver, Colorado
- A construction crew works on the 14th (Fourteenth) Street viaduct in Denver, Colorado. Workers sit and stand on beams on the partially completed bridge. Other men watch below. The viaduct began at 14th and Wazee and ended at 14th and Platte Street....
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bridge construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Structural...
- 1899 January 12
- 14th Street Viaduct Construction - Denver, Colorado
- A construction crew works on the 14th (Fourteenth) Street viaduct. A traveling crane moves support beams into position. Workers sit on the bridge or watch from the dry river bed below. Railroad cars are in the background. The viaduct began at 14th...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bridge construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Structural...
- 1899 January 20
- 15th Street, Denver
- View of trolley cars on 15th (Fifteenth) Street at the intersection of Lawrence Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. Men stand beside commercial buildings; sit on horse-drawn wagons; or stand on trolley cars with numbers and lettering that read:...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Street railroads--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
- 1887
- 1865-1959, Zion Baptist Church, precentennial booklet.
- Pre-Centennial booklet produced by Zion Baptist Church in Denver, Colorado. Included in the book is a history of the church, photographs of different members of the congregations from various years, different clubs, committees, and organizations...
- Zion Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.); African American churches--Colorado--Denver.; Baptists--Colorado--Denver.
- 1959
- 1883 Corbett & Ballenger's 11th Annual Denver City Directory.
- 1884 Corbett & Ballenger's 12th Annual Denver City Directory.
- 1887 Corbett & Ballenger's 15th Annual Denver City Directory.
- 1889 Corbett & Ballenger's 17th Annual Denver City Directory.
- 1890 Corbett & Ballenger's 18th Annual Denver City Directory.
- 1891 Corbett & Ballenger's 19th Annual Denver City Directory.
- 1892 Ballenger & Richards 20th Annual Denver City Directory
- 1896 Ballenger & Richards 24th Annual Denver City Directory
- 1900 Corbett & Ballenger's 28th Annual Denver City Directory.
- 1905 Corbett & Ballenger's 32nd Annual Denver City Directory
- 1911 Corbett & Ballenger's 39th Annual Denver City Directory
- 1915 Corbett & Ballenger's 43rd Annual Denver City Directory
- 1920 Corbett & Ballenger's 48th Annual Denver City Directory
- 1923 Corbett & Ballenger's 51st Annual Denver City Directory
- 1924 Denver Householders' Directory and Street and Avenue Guide v.1
- 1924 First Baptist Church Directory
- Membership directory for the First Baptist Church located in Denver, Colorado. Included in the directory are a list of church events, officers and their reports, lists of members, and advertisements.
- First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)--Directories.; First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1924
- 1926 Denver Householders' Directory and Street and Avenue Guide v.2
- 1997 Junior Livestock Auction Hall of Education
- A large audience watches the 1997 Junior Livestock Auction in the Hall of Education at the National Western Stock Show, 4655 Humboldt Street in the Elyria-Swansea neighborhood, Denver Colorado. The prize winning steer is in the ring accompanied by...
- National Western Stock Show--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Elyria-Swansea (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Livestock auctions.; Livestock shows.; National Western Stock Show--Pictorial works.; Auctions--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.;...
- 1997
- 1st Festival of Mountain & Plain
- Native American (Ute) families sit near a group of tepees and a tent at the first Festival of Mountain and Plain in Denver, Colorado. Spectators stand nearby.
- Festival of Mountain and Plain (Denver, Colo.)--People--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Festivals--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.;...
- 1895
- 1st grade art work at Central, 1941
- Boys and girls sit around rectangular tables making art with clay in a first grade classroom at Central School in Alamosa, Colorado. Some children stand at a blackboard painting on paper with a table of paint jars and brushes behind them. An...
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Classrooms--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Interiors.; Schools--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.
- 1941
- 2 children bathing
- Two small children, possibly Popovi and Felip, sons of Maria and Julian Martinez of the San Ildefonso Pueblo in New Mexico, sit in a round, metal bath tub crying. The tub is set on a wood ledge. The younger child has his arm around the older one,...
- Children bathing--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--Children--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--1910-1920.; Martínez, Julián, San Ildefonso Pueblo potter--Family.; Martínez, María Montoya--Family.
- [1915?]
- 2 women & girls in front of stone bldg.
- Two women and two girls sit on a bench in front of a low one- story, rectangular masonry building with uniform set rock, a hipped roof and pinon pines.
- Girls--1930-1940.; Women--1930-1940.
- [1930?]
- 2135 Tremont Place
- View of an abandoned house located at 2135 Tremont Place (ca. 1883) in the Five Points neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The Denver Square style house has a hip roof, a front, a square bay, windows with keystone arches and a covered porch with square...
- Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Houses.; Abandoned buildings.; Dwellings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Abandoned houses--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.;...
- 1976
- 2nd grade at Central, 1941, Miss Monroe
- Boys and girls sit around rectangular tables and weave hot pads in Miss Monroe's second grade classroom at Central School in Alamosa, Colorado. Striped shirts are popular among the boys and floral print dresses are worn by most girls. A long coat...
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Christmas decorations--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Classrooms--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Interiors.; Schools--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Monroe, Miss.
- 1941
- 2nd Pueblo - Taos fiesta
- View of white spectators at Taos Pueblo, New Mexico, during the San Geronimo Fiesta. Well-dressed men, women, and children sit or stand on adobe pueblo dwellings; Native American (Taos Pueblo) men are with them.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1920-1930.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1920-1930.; San Geronimo Fiesta (Taos Pueblo, N.M.)--1920-1930.; Taos Indians--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1920-1930.; Taos Pueblo...
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- 300 choice recipes
- Cookbook created by the Ladies of the First Baptist Church in Denver, Colorado. Included in the cookbook are various recipes and household tips provided by the ladies.
- Cooking, American--Colorado.; First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.); First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)--History.
- 1892
- 3rd grade at Boyd, 1941
- Boys and girls sit in rows of wooden desks in a third grade classroom at Boyd School in Alamosa, Colorado. Some boys wear overalls and one wears a bow tie. The girls wear print dresses with clips or bows in their hair. Built in bookshelves with...
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Christmas decorations--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Classrooms--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Interiors.; Schools--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.
- [1941]
- 3rd grade at Central, 1941, Miss Borego
- In Miss Borego's third grade classroom, number 202, at Central School in Alamosa, Colorado, boys and girls sit in rows of wooden desks reading books. One boy reads "Sails, Wheels, and Wings." A blackboard has a scene of wisemen and their camels,...
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Christmas decorations--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Classrooms--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Interiors.; Schools--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Borego, Miss.
- [1941]
- 4th grade at Boyd, 1941
- Boys and girls sit in rows of wooden desks in a fourth grade classroom at Boyd School in Alamosa, Colorado. Built in bookshelves with jars of dried weeds on the top shelf are along the back wall. A blackboard is on the side wall near a bulletin...
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Christmas decorations--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Classrooms--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Interiors.; Schools--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.
- [1941]
- 50th anniversary of White River National Forest
- John T. Barnett, President of Colorado State Planning Commission, deliver an address on the fiftieth anniversary of the White River National Forest, on the side of the Rio Blanco County Courthouse, Meeker, Colorado. Townspeople listen to the...
- Meeker (Colo.)--1940-1950.; White River National Forest (Colo.)--Commemoration.; Barnett, John T.
- October 11, 1941
- 50th anniversary of White River National Forest
- Regional Forester Allen S. Peck responds to address of welcome at the fiftieth anniversary of the White River National Forest, on the side of the Rio Blanco County Courthouse, Meeker, Colorado. Governor Ralph L. Carr sits on left with two other...
- Meeker (Colo.)--1940-1950.; White River National Forest (Colo.)--Commemoration.; Courthouses--Colorado--Meeker--1940-1950.; Carr, Ralph L. (Ralph Lawrence), 1887-1950.; Peck, Allen S.
- 1941 October 11
- 69th Anniversary Pioneers of Colorado, Elitches Gardens [sic]
- Group portrait of men, women, and children by a gazebo at Elitch's Gardens in Denver, Colorado; bass drum reads: "Veteran Drum Corps, Denver, Colo." Girls sit in front.
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Elitch Gardens (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Amusement parks--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; People--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Pioneers--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1927 June 25
- 6th grade at Boyd, 1941
- In this sixth grade classroom at Boyd School in Alamosa, Colorado, boys and girls sit in rows of wooden desks. Two children stand and read at bookshelves built into the back of the room. A boy with a paintbrush works on a mural of the Nativity...
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Christmas decorations--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Classrooms--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Interiors.; Schools--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.
- 1941
- 7 Falls, So. Cheyenne Canon
- View of Seven Falls waterfall in South Cheyenne Canyon, southwest of Colorado Springs, Colorado, taken from mid-fall level; wooden stairway runs parallel to waterfall and crosses pool at base; steep canyon walls flank falls; two figures with...
- El Paso County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Seven Falls (Colo.)--1880-1900.; South Cheyenne Canyon (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--1880-1900.; Waterfalls--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1886 and 1901]
- 75th Anniversary Booklet for the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
- Anniversary booklet detailing the seventy five year history of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Denver, Colorado. Included are pictures of the Cathedral from its beginning to 1987.
- Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Denver, Colorado) -- History. ; Catholic churches--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Catholic Church -- Colorado -- Denver.
- 1987 October
- 7th Cavalry detachment
- Members of the United States 7th Cavalry Division pose in uniform in front of a group of teepees in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Ambrose Park in Brooklyn, New York. The men in the back row stand while those in the front sit....
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Henry, Guy Vernor, 1839-1899.; United States. Army. Cavalry, 7th.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1894?]
- 87th Mountain Infantry Battalion (reinforced), Company A
- Group Portrait of 87th Mountain Infantry Battalion (reinforced), Company A. Taken at Fort Lewis, Washington, 1942. This was the first mountain troop unit. The men sit on bleachers with barracks behind them, two groups wear white camouflage...
- Military personnel--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Battalion, 87th. Company A.; World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.
- 1942
- 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