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- Two German prisoners with group of 10th Mountain Division soldiers on an Italian Road
- A large group of Tenth Mountain Division soldiers stay low on an Italian road in the middle of open fields. Centered in the image, two German soldiers stand in front of a tall American soldier who has hold of the arm of one German while five...
- Mountain warfare--1940-1950.; Prisoners of war--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--German--Italy 1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- Two leaders in the establishment of the soldiers recreational center
- An African American man, in a U.S. Army uniform, and a woman, in a dress and hat, play ping pong at a soldiers recreational center in Denver, Colorado; Andrew Hester, W.P.A. Recreation Director and County Judge C. Edgar Kettering, and soldiers look...
- United States. Work Projects Administration. Colorado.--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Judges--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Table...
- [between 1940 and 1945?]
- Alpini in chow-line
- In the center of a town two Tenth Mountain Division soldiers serve food to a group of Alpini [Italian Mountain soldiers] as a young boy looks on. It was common practice to serve the civilian population once U.S. soldiers had eaten. Trees in the...
- Prisoners of war--Germany--Italy 1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Italian--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- Co I 1st Colo. in heavy marching order; Building where Private Phenix was killed Aug. 13-98; Foraging party after a two hours trip in vicinity of water works; Insurgent soldiers and block house five in the distance
- Fort Logan World War I
- Three soldiers, in uniform, proudly display armloads of fresh bread, from the post bakery, Fort Logan, Colorado, a World War I assembly point for young soldiers. The scene includes other soldiers, the Denver and Rio Grande train tracks, a harp...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1910-1920.; World War, 1914-1918--Military life--Colorado--Fort Logan.; Soldiers--Colorado--Fort Logan--1910-1920.; United States. Army. Infantry Division, 1st.; Fort Logan (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- [1917 or 1918]
- Po Bridge
- Shows pontoon bridge over the River Po. Two Tenth Mountain Division soldiers drive a jeep loaded with boxes. Four more loaded jeeps drive through a cut in an embankment. Twelve soldiers sit nearby or stand ready to work near the bridge. Italian...
- Bridges--Italy--1940-1950.; Military personnel--1940-1950.; Soldiers--United States--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Po River (Italy)
- [1945]
- Rock climbing
- Approximately twenty Tenth Mountain Division soldiers practice rock climbing near Camp Hale, Colorado; three soldiers are scaling a rope to climb onto a rock shelf a few feet above the ground. The rest of the soldiers are divided with half waiting...
- Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Military training--Colorado--1940-1950.; Rock climbing--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- 1943
- Prisoners accumulating!!!
- View of prisoners being held by a Tenth Mountain Division soldiers during the Italian Campaign. Hundreds of prisoners sit on the pavement in an unidentified Italian town. Two soldiers sit in a jeep facing the group. Three more soldiers wait near a...
- Prisoners of war--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- 1945
- Mule packing school
- Tenth Mountain Division soldiers learn how to tie boxes on pack saddles of two mules at Camp Hale, Colorado. Some of the soldiers are wearing steal helmets, others are wearing caps. The soldiers holding the mules' heads are wearing leather boots...
- Military training--Colorado--1940-1950.; Mules--Colorado--1940-1950.; Pack animals--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- 1943
- Cody with soldiers
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody stands in the center midground holding the hand of a small Native American child while touring with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Ambrose Park in Brooklyn, New York. A large group of soldiers from the...
- Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Rocky Bear.; Burke, John, d. 1917.; Remington, Frederic, 1861-1909.; Salsbury, Nate, 1846-1902.; United States. Army. Cavalry, 7th.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1894?]
- East High spotlight: vol 24 no 5
- Christmas edition of the newspaper produced by East High School of Denver, Colorado. Included in the paper are photographs of students, articles on school events and sports.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1942 December 10
- Colorado Springs, Colorado Parade
- View of a parade float, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, "title: Defenders of the West, sponsor by the United States Air Force Air Defense Command. Dominating the forward portion of the float, a revolving blue and white carousel showing...
- United States. Air Force.--1960-1970.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1960-1970.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1960- 1970.; Reviewing stands--Colorado--Colorado...
- 1965 September 4
- Pressing the search for James Sherbondy
- Responding to an escape from the State Penitentiary, in Canon City, Colorado, these soldiers carry rifles (one with a telescopic sight.) They wear helmets, double breasted trenchcoats, or fur lined jackets. One crouches over a pile of sticks; snow...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Prison escapes--Colorado--Canon City--1940-1950.
- 1947
- Fort Yates, troops being inspected
- Fort Yates, North Dakota, with officers and soldiers in full military uniform standing in line mustered for inspection on parade grounds; Ft. Yates officially designated to guard Standing Rock Agency and later Grand River Agency; portion of...
- Fort Yates (N.D.)--1870-1890.; Forts & fortifications--North Dakota--1870-1890.; Military facilities--North Dakota--1870-1890.; Military parades & ceremonies--North Dakota--1870-1890.; Officers' quarters--1870-1890.
- [between 1875 and 1889]
- 10th Mountain Division 85th Regiment Headquarters Company 2nd Battalion
- CENTER ROW 1) Fuller, Wesley, 2) Zovko, Andrew, 3) Hirtle, Bertram, 4) Barron, Wallace, 5) Baker, Wilford, 6) Goodrich, Ward, 7) Rivers, David, 8) Lucas, Robert, 9) Ferencz, Hans, 10) Daneman, Martin, 11) Tofnai, Walter, 12) Hayman, Eugene, 13)...
- United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 85th.; World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Military personnel--1940-1950.
- 1944 June 15
- Seventh Cavalry scenes
- North American Indian (Lakota, Sioux) men on horseback attack Seventh (7th) Cavalry soldiers in probably Montana. The soldiers wear military uniforms, stand or kneel in a circle and hold rifles. Eagles, dogs, rabbits, deer, coyotes or wolves gather...
- Cheyenne Indians--War--1860-1870.; Dakota Indians--War--1860-1870.; Indians of North America--War--1860-1870.; Skirmishing--1860-1870.; Cavalry--1860-1870.; Covered wagons--1860-1870.; Fighting--1860-1870.; Pets--1860-1870.; Wagon trains--1860-1870.
- 1867 August 17
- Wild West Show original company, ca. 1884
- The original cast of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show poses for a group portrait. William Frederick ("Buffalo Bill") Cody sits in the center of the second row wearing a wide-brimmed hat. Seated on the ground in front of Cody is John Y. Nelson, driver...
- Bogardus, Adam--Family--1880-1890.; Nelson, John Young, b. 1826--Family.; Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Ma Whitaker.; Baker, Johnny, d. 1931.; Bogardus, Adam.; Hathaway, Seth.; Keen,...
- [1884?]
- Soldiers in review
- View of the Seventh (7th) Cavalry? United States soldiers on horseback in formation, Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota.
- Dakota Indians--Government relations--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Government relations--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Wounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890.; Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (S.D.)--1890-1900.;...
- [1891]
- Soldiers eating around a jeep
- Five Tenth Mountain Division soldiers eat their chow around a jeep in a heavily shelled Italian town. One bites into a piece of food and holds an opened can with a spoon in it while standing beside the jeep. The second sits behind the steering...
- Soldiers--United States--1945.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- GI serving food to Italian
- A Tenth Mountain Division soldier serves food to an Italian man, possibly a member of the Alpini, Italian Mountain Troops; he wears a plaid scarf, boots, a wool jacket and carrys a rucksack. In the background is a stone building and many U.S....
- Military life--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Italian--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- Indians and soldiers 7th Cavalry Burke, Remington, Salsbury, Cody, Gen'l. Guy Henry.
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody stands holding the hand of a small Native American child in front of a large group of soldiers from the United States 7th Cavalry Division with a group of Native Americans. The group is gathered in front of a...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Black Heart.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Rocky Bear.; Burke, John, d. 1917.; Henry, Guy Vernor, 1839-1899.; Remington, Frederic, 1861-1909.; Salsbury, Nate, 1846-1902.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1894?]
- East High spotlight: vol 29 no 24
- Newspaper produced by East High School of Denver, Colorado. Included in the paper are photographs of students, articles on school events and sports.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1942 November
- Insurgent soldiers in the trenches; Aguinaldo and his advisors taken in Hong Kong
- The City of Denver: Volume 3 Number 5, 1914 December 12
- Colorado National Guard soldiers lynch labor sympathizer
- Colorado National Guard soldiers prepare to lynch a man during a labor strike in Cripple Creek, Colorado. The soldiers are positioned throughout the room and many hold rifles with bayonets. One National Guardsman holds the end of a rope that is...
- Colorado. National Guard.--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1893.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Lynchings--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Militia--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Miners'...
- [1904]
- Engineers rest behind a tank destroyer during an assult, Castel D'Aiano, Italy
- Ten Tenth Mountain Division 126th Mountain Enginers rest behind a tank destroyer on a mountain road while taking cover from German sniper fire. Those closest to the tank destroyer stand and sit upright while those farther from cover lie flat on the...
- 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
- Unloading supplies from Po River crossing near San Benedetto, Italy
- Tenth Mountain Division, 87th Mountain Infantry, Service Company soldiers with a boxes on their shoulders walk away from the northern banks of the Po in the San Benedetto area during the Italian Campaign. On the beach behind them are stacks of...
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Po River (Italy)--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- April 24, 1945
- 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
- Soldiers at scrap kitchen P.R. Ag. 1st Inf.
- View of the First Infantry camp outdoor kitchen at the Native American Lakota Sioux, Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota, includes soldiers around a cooking fire, stacks of wood, boxes labeled "McClug Cracker Co. Crackers, Omaha & Council Bluffs,"...
- United States. Army. Infantry.--People--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 America--Government...
- 1891
- Soldiers fighting over horse meat
- View of U. S. Army soldiers in a mock fight over horse meat, during the Native American campaigns, Black Hills, Dakota Territory. Soldiers in background continue to cut meat from the horse.
- Crook, George, 1829-1890--Journeys--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Dakota Indians--War--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Horsemeat--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--War--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Dakota Territory--1870-1880.;...
- 1876
- Fort Logan World War I
- A line forms along the Denver and Rio Grande depot of new soldiers ready to depart from Fort Logan, Colorado, a World War I assembly point for young soldiers. Some wear uniforms, others are in civilian clothing and carry military issue canvas bags,...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1910-1920.; Transportation, Military--Colorado--Fort Logan--1910-1920.; World War, 1914-1918--Military life--Colorado--Fort Logan.; Soldiers--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; United States. Army....
- [1917 or 1918]
- Fort Logan World War I
- Soldiers assemble around one of the post's Quartermaster warehouses, Fort Logan, Colorado, a World War I assembly point for young soldiers. They wear uniforms and carry bed rolls.
- Transportation, Military--Colorado--Fort Logan--1910-1920.; World War, 1914-1918--Military life--Colorado--Fort Logan.; Soldiers--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; United States. Army. Infantry Division, 1st.; Fort Logan (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- [1917 or 1918]
- Fort Logan World War I
- Soldiers board the Denver and Rio Grande passanger train cars ready to depart from Fort Logan, Colorado, a World War I assembly point for soldiers. Some wear uniforms, others are in civilian clothing. Many carry military issue canvas bags with...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1910-1920.; Transportation, Military--Colorado--Fort Logan--1910-1920.; World War, 1914-1918--Military life--Colorado--Fort Logan.; Soldiers--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; United States. Army....
- [1917 or 1918]
- Fort Logan World War I
- Soldiers wait to board the Denver and Rio Grande passanger train cars ready to depart from Fort Logan, Colorado, a World War I assembly point for young soldiers. Some wear uniforms, others are in civilian clothing. Many sit on their canvas duffle...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1910-1920.; Transportation, Military--Colorado--Fort Logan--1910-1920.; World War, 1914-1918--Military life--Colorado--Fort Logan.; Soldiers--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; United States. Army....
- [1917 or 1918]
- Fort Logan World War I
- A Denver and Rio Grande engine smokes, heading up a train of Pullman sleeping cars. Infantry men form line to the train ready to depart from Fort Logan, a World War I assembly point for young soldiers, Colorado. The soldiers wear uniforms...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1910-1920.; Transportation, Military--Colorado--Fort Logan--1910-1920.; World War, 1914-1918--Military life--Colorado--Fort Logan.; Soldiers--Colorado--Fort Logan--1910-1920.; United States. Army....
- [1917 or 1918]
- Fort Logan, World War I
- Soldiers wait to board the Denver and Rio Grande passanger train cars ready to depart from Fort Logan, Colorado, a World War I assembly point for young soldiers. Some wear uniforms, others are in civilian clothing. Many carry military issue canvas...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1910-1920.; Transportation, Military--Colorado--Fort Logan--1910-1920.; World War, 1914-1918--Military life--Colorado--Fort Logan.; Soldiers--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; United States. Army....
- [1917 or 1918]
- The capture and killing of Sitting Bull
- Shows the arrest attempt of Sitting Bull on December 15, 1890 and the fight that broke out between Native American Sioux and U.S. Army soldiers wearing uniforms. Sitting Bull, the Hunkpapa Lakota leader was killed by Agency police.
- Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Fighting--1890-1900.; Soldiers--1890-1900.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890--Death & burial.
- 1890
- Two Japanese-American soldiers, home on furlough, and their girlfriends, viewing the flower booth at the Arts and Crafts Festival
- Two Japanese soldiers in uniform pose with their girlfriends by a flower exhibit, at the Arts and Crafts Festival, Granada Relocation Center, Camp Amache, Prowers County, southeastern Colorado. The women wear long wool coats, white blouses, skirts,...
- Japanese--Capture & imprisonment--1940-1950.; World War, 1939-1945--Detention facilities.; World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners.; Amache (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Detention facilities--Colorado--Amache--1940-1950.; Exhibitions--Colorado--Amache--1940-1950.;...
- 1943 March 6
- Custer Battlefield, skirmish line west side of hill, 1886
- Reenactment of Battle at Little Bighorn during Tenth Anniversary and Reunion of battle on June 25, 1886; skirmish line on west side of ridge where Custer and his men dismounted and fought as told by Chief Gall during the Anniversary; reenactment...
- Battlefields--Montana--1886.; Historical reenactments--1880-1890.; Soldiers--1880-1890.; Baldwin, Frank D.; Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876.
- 1886
- Bismark, North Dakota at Main and 4th streets
- Main and Fourth streets, Bismark, North Dakota, Constitutional Convention Parade; four lines of military or soldiers parading downtown past prominent buildings followed by soldiers on horseback, buggies and wagons; groups of men, women and children...
- Parades & processions--North Dakota--Bismark--1889.; Soldiers--1880-1890.
- 1889
- Soldiers from the Uncompahgre fort in the streets on Montrose - 1905
- Soldiers and civilians march on Main(?) Street in Montrose, Colorado. A marching band leads the group, followed by soldiers and then civilians. Signs include: "The Boston, Clothes, Hats, Shoes," "Coors Golden Beer," "Mrs. Hales Home Restaurant,...
- Montrose (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Marching bands--Colorado--Montrose--1900-1910.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Montrose--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Montrose--1900-1910.
- [1905?]
- Checkpoint on Italian border
- Truckload of Tenth Mountain Division soldiers heads away from the camera toward a checkpoint. Three soldiers are waiting at the building beside checkpoint; rugged mountains and pine forest are in background. Sign reads: Italian military or...
- Mountain warfare--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- Eating chow in Italian hilltown
- Five Tenth Mountain Division soldiers eat in the shelter of an Italian stone building on packing crates surrounded by miscellaneous equipment and wooden barrels. Three soldiers in the background stand by a jeep. A hill is in the far background.
- Military cookery--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- Troops moving out on foot in Italy
- Shows Tenth Mountain Division soldiers in Italy leaving a road and moving down into a small valley. The road leads toward a shelled stone building and the soldiers are headed toward the area below the structure. One soldier stands guard over an...
- Mountain warfare--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Troop movements--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- Wreath at memorial service, Castelfiorentino, Italy
- Two soldiers regard the wreath with a banner that reads: In memory of the men of the 10th Mountain Division. In the background are rows of white crosses marking the graves of Tenth Mountain Division soldiers and other servicemen buried in the...
- Cemeteries--Italy--Castelfiorentino--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- April 6, 1945
- After Riva Ridge
- Three Tenth Mountain Division soldiers take a break near a stream after the battle for Riva Ridge. One of the three soldiers is identified by the photographer as Shaw. The soldier farthest from the stream is standing near his knapsack on a...
- Military life--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- February 1945
- Clean-up
- At least three Tenth Mountain Division soldiers wash themselves at a fountain biside a road in Italy. The fourth person is hidden by one of the soldiers; he could be an Italian or another American soldier. An orchard is behind the fountain and...
- Military life--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- 1945
- Ice practice
- A group of Tenth Mountain Division soldiers have "ice practice" near Camp Hale, Colorado. Two men are learning how to use a mountaineer's ice axe on steep ice covered slope. Twelve other soldiers are waiting for to try the proceedure or are...
- Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Military training--Colorado--1940-1950.; Rock climbing--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- 1943
- Snow shoe training
- A group of Tenth Mountain Division soldiers on snow shoes climbs up a snowy hill toward the camera. They are wearing winter camouflage uniforms, known as "whites" and carrying heavy knapsacks. In the distance, a second line of soldiers is visible...
- Military training--1940-1950.; Ski troops--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1943-1944]
- Coletti
- A Tenth Mountain Division soldier named Coletti poses holding a mule in the snow at Camp Hale, Colorado. Four other soldiers stand behind him. Deep snow covers the ground and the pine trees on the hill behind the group. The snow rises to the mule's...
- Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mules--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- 1943