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- East High spotlight: vol 17 no 7
- 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.)
- 1930 December 17
- East High spotlight: vol 17 no 6
- 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.)
- 1930 November 26
- Nucla, Colo. - street scenes Mainstreet [sic]
- View of Main Street in Nucla, Montrose County, Colorado, shows a bell tower with a railed platform to accomodate musical groups in the middle of the road. Frame dwellings, businesses, and trees flank the dirt thoroughfare; signs read: "Owl Garage,"...
- Nucla (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Bandstands--Colorado--Nucla--1900-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Nucla--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?] /; Walker Art Studios, Montrose, Colo
- Nucla, Colo. and the Lone Cone in the distance
- View of Nucla, Montrose County, Colorado, shows residential and commercial buildings, desert vegetation, cottonwood trees, and the silhouette of Lone Cone mountain in the distance.
- Lone Cone (Colo.)--Colorado--Nucla--1900-1910.; Nucla (Colo.)--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?] /; Walker Art Studios, Montrose, Colo
- East High spotlight: vol 17 no 8
- 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.)
- 1931 January 14
- Silver Square 3333 Blake
- Blake street elevation of the Silver Square Lofts, located at 3333 Blake Street in the Five Points neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The early twentieth-century industrial building is constructed of red brick with a pediment and coursing. The...
- Silver Square Lofts (Denver,Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Apartment houses.; Condominiums.; Industrial facilities.; Silver Square Lofts (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Apartment...
- 2003 February
- Silver Square 3309-3333 Blake
- View of Silver Square Lofts at 3309-3333 Blake Street in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows the elevations on Blake Street. These early twentieth-century industrial buildings are constructed of red brick. One building has a...
- Silver Square Lofts (Denver,Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Apartment houses.; Condominiums.; Industrial facilities.; Silver Square Lofts (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Apartment...
- 2003 February
- Silver Square 3317 Blake St.
- View of Silver Square Lofts at 3309 Blake Street in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows the elevation on Blake Street. The early twentieth-century, two-story, industrial building is constructed of red brick. The building has a...
- Silver Square Lofts (Denver,Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Apartment houses.; Condominiums.; Industrial facilities.; Silver Square Lofts (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Apartment...
- 2006 March 20
- Mainstreet of Mesa
- Mesa, Mesa County, Colorado, consists of frame commercial buildings flanking dirt street; shows cars parked and driving, women by a glass tank gas pump, canvas awning, a flagpole, cream cans, and a false- front building with sign: "Post Office."
- Mesa (Colo.)--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Ridgway from the East
- View of Ridgway, Ouray County, Colorado; shows brick buildings, tracks and cars of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad, and the Uncompahgre River.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company--1930-1950.; Ridgway (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Uncompahgre River (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Ridgway--1930-1950.
- [between 1934 and 1941?]
- Waldorf
- View of Waldorf Mine mill ruins, Waldorf, Clear Creek County, Colorado.
- Waldorf (Colo.)--1950-1960.
- 1953
- Waldorf
- View of dilapidated Waldorf Mine buildings in Waldorf, Clear Creek County, Colorado, (11,666 feet).
- Waldorf (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Waldorf--1950-1960.
- 1953
- Waldorf
- View of dilapidated Waldorf Mine buildings, Waldorf, Clear Creek County, Colorado, (11,666 feet).
- Waldorf (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Waldorf--1950-1960.
- 1953
- Waldorf
- View of an abandoned storefront, Waldorf, Clear Creek County, Colorado.
- Waldorf (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Waldorf--1950-1960.
- 1953
- Waldorf
- View of an abandoned storefront, Waldorf, Clear Creek County, Colorado.
- Waldorf (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Waldorf--1950-1960.
- 1953
- Waldorf
- View of abandoned buildings in Waldorf, Clear Creek County, Colorado.
- Waldorf (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Waldorf--1950-1960.
- 1953
- The famous railroad Loop, near Georgetown, Colorado, U.S. A.
- A Colorado and Southern narrow gauge train makes its way east towards the Devil's Gate High Bridge of the Georgetown Loop in Clear Creek County, above Georgetown, Colorado. The railroad tracks winds its along Clear Creek and on slopes to make the...
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1890-1900.; Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1890-1900.; Railroads--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1890-1900.
- 1894
- The Alta Mine
- View of the shafthouse, buildings, and aerial tramway of the Alta Mine near Alta (San Miguel County), Colorado. A miner's tent is nearby.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Alta--1890-1910.; Alta (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Alta Mine (San Miguel County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Aerial tramways--Colorado--Alta--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Alta--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Grand Turk Vein Tidal Wave Mine Ophir, Colo.
- View of the area by the Tidal Wave Mine near Ophir (San Miguel County), Colorado.
- San Miguel County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cliffs--Colorado--San Miguel County--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--San Miguel County--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Looking east from Tidal Wave Mine Ophir, Colo.
- A miner stands near a building of the Tidal Wave Mine on the Grand Turk Vein near Ophir (San Miguel County), Colorado.
- San Miguel County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Tidal Wave Mine (San Miguel County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cliffs--Colorado--San Miguel County--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--San Miguel County--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--San Miguel County--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Looking east from Tidal Wave Mine Ophir
- View, facing east, from the Tidal Wave Mine, of probably Lookout Peak in San Miguel County, Colorado.
- San Miguel County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--San Miguel County--1890-1900.; Mountains--Colorado--San Miguel County--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Mr. Tom McKee and Cheta - Chief McCooks sister
- Studio portrait of Tom McKee and Cheta, a Native American woman (Ute) wearing a print dress and pearls.
- Indians of North America--1920-1930.; Ute Indians--Women--1920-1930.; Cheta, Chief McCook's sister.; McKee, Thomas Michael, 1854-1939.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- McCooks sister at his grave - McCook is Chipeta brother
- View of the funeral of Chief McCook, a Native American (Ute). Cheta, his sister, stands by the pine box; a crowd of white adults and children look on.
- Chipeta--Family.; McCook, Jim, Chief--Death & burial.; Indians of North America--1930-1940.; Ute Indians--Women--1930-1940.; Funeral rites & ceremonies--1930-1940.; Cheta, Chief McCook's sister.
- 1937
- Warets, Shavano, Ankatosh, Ouray, Guerro,
- Studio portrait of Chief Ouray, center, with Warets, Shavano, Ankatosh and Guerro, sub-chiefs of the Native American Tabeguache (Uncompahgre) Ute band. Clothing includes tunics, buckskin leggings, moccasins, chokers, bead necklaces, and a bandolier.
- Indians of North America--1860-1870.; Tabeguache Indians--1860-1870.; Ute Indians--1860-1870.; Tribal chiefs--1860-1870.
- [1868?]
- Georgetown, a gold mining centre on beautiful Clear Creek
- Stereograph view of Georgetown, Colorado, north. Landmarks include: the old Our lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, the old school, the Cushman Block, the Fish Block, the Masonic Lodge, and the tower of the Alpine Hose Company No. 2 firehouse.
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1920.
- [between 1891 and 1911.]
- Tepee poles still standing near Cedaredge, Colo.
- Dead trees form the framework of an abandoned Native American (Ute) hunting shelter near Cedaredge, Delta County, Colorado.
- Indians of North America--Colorado--Cedaredge--1930-1950.; Ute Indians--Colorado--Cedaredge--1930-1950.; Ruins--Colorado--Cedaredge--1930-1950.; Shelters--Colorado--Cedaredge--1930-1950.
- [between 1934 and 1941?]
- Chief McCook's funeral procession
- A group of white and Native American (Ute) men carry the coffin containing the remains of Chief John McCook, brother of Chipeta, to its final resting place near his sister and her husband, Ouray, in Montrose, Colorado.
- Indians of North America--Colorado--Montrose--1930-1940.; Ute Indians--Colorado--Montrose--1930-1940.; Montrose (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Funeral rites & ceremonies--Colorado--Montrose--1930-1940.; Chipeta--Family.; Ouray--Family.; McCook, John,...
- 1937 November 3
- Indian girls weaving baskets, village of Shipaulovi, Hopi Reservation, Arizona
- Native American Hopi Pueblo girls weave baskets from grass and split yucca leaves, Sipaulovi, Second Mesa, Arizona. They wear mantas, shawls, and side-whorled hair styles.
- Hopi Indians--Arts & crafts--Arizona--Sipaulovi--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Arizona--Sipaulovi--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Women--Arizona--Sipaulovi--1900-1910.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; Sipaulovi...
- 1906
- Hairy, the Sioux brave
- Standing studio portrait of a Native American (Sioux) man, identified as Hairy. He wears beaded moccasins, leggings, a blanket around his waist, a beaded vest over a long sleeved shirt, wrist and arm bands, a kerchief, and feathers in his hair. He...
- Dakota Indians--Clothing & dress--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Hairy. Dakota Indian.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Austin flood
- Water flows through the streets of Austin, Colorado, in Delta County, after a reservoir broke through its walls. Boards, debris, rocks, and mounds of dirt litter the main street. Citizens stand along the street in front of the commercial...
- Austin (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Austin--1930-1940.
- 1937
- Brinton Terrace 18th and Lincoln
- View of the Brinton Terrace apartments at 18th (Eighteenth) and Lincoln Streets in Denver, Colorado; features include half timbering, awnings, and stone steps. A sign above a Japanese stone lantern reads: "Arts and Crafts Studios - Boutwell...
- Brinton Terrace (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Apartment houses--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1919 June 1
- Sixteenth Street
- View of 16th (Sixteenth) Street in Denver, Colorado. Pedestrians, automobiles, and Denver Tramway street cars are in the street. Signs on buildings read: "Lees Shirt Shop," "Gold Wanted," "Ross Cigar Store," "Cavarra Studios Photographs," "Hiram...
- Denver Tramway Corporation (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; City & town life--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Pedestrians--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Street...
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Philip Return From Scout
- Standing studio portrait of a Native American (Sioux) man, identified as Philip Return From Scout. He wears beaded moccasins, leggings, a beaded vest over a long sleeved shirt, wrist and arm bands, a kerchief, a hair pipe breast plate, and plumage...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Philip Return from Scout.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Chief Painted Horse, Chief Little Bull
- Studio portrait of two Native American (Dakota) men, identified as Chief Painted Horse and Chief Little Bull. Painted Horse is sitting and wears moccasins, a blanket around his waist, a vest over a long sleeved shirt, and a kerchief. Little Bull is...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Little Bull.; Painted Horse.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Henry Lone Bear
- Studio portrait (standing) of Henry Lone Bear, a Native American (Sioux) man. He wears beaded moccasins, leggings, armbands, vest, a beaded and feathered headdress, a hair pipe breast plate, and a fur pelt decorated with metal over his shoulders....
- Dakota Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Clothing & dress--1900-1910.; Lone Bear, Henry.
- [1909?]
- Looking from Capitol N. N. W. over Denver to the mountains, Colo.
- Rooftop view of downtown Denver, Colorado. Buildings include the Arapahoe County Courthouse, Majestic Building, and the YMCA Building.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Plains Indians, abodes
- A Native American (Plains) woman, wearing a shawl, a print dress, and moccasins, poses next to a tepee with a child who wears a print dress. A horse stands behind them, and the tepee has a circle of stars around a crescent moon painted on its side.
- Indians of North America--Great Plains--1880-1910.; Girls--1880-1910.; Tipis--1880-1910.; Women--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- View from tram of Shenadoah Dives Co. Mill in distance
- View of the Shenandoah-Dives mine aerial tramway in Arrastra Basin, San Juan County, Colorado; shows a steel tower and cables, a ranch house, and Boulder Mountain. Structures for milling gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc are in the Animas River...
- Arrastra Basin (Colo.)--1920-1960.; San Juan County (Colo.)--1920-1960.; Aerial tramways--Colorado--San Juan County--1920-1960.; Mining--Colorado--San Juan County--1920-1960.
- [between 1929 and 1953?]
- Geronimo, the famous Apache chief, skinning the buffalo after the hunt Oklahoma, USA
- Geronimo, a Native American (Chiricahua Apache) man, skins a buffalo in Oklahoma. Spectators, some of whom wear feather headdresses, look on. One man holds a staff decorated with feathers.
- Chiricahua Indians--Oklahoma--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Oklahoma--1900-1910.; Headdresses--Oklahoma--1900-1910.; Bison hunting--Oklahoma--1900-1910.; Shamans--Oklahoma--1900-1910.; Geronimo, 1829-1909.
- [1909]
- Leadville, famous mining centre ($15,000,000 yearly), S.W. to Mt. Massive, Colo.
- View of the Leadville mining district, in Lake County, Colorado; shows tailings, flumes, ore processing facilities, houses, and the Sawatch Mountains.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1860-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Leadville--1860-1890.; Flumes--Colorado--Leadville--1860-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1860-1890.
- [between 1860 and 1890?]
- Eureka Sunnyside Mill
- View of the Sunnyside gold mine processing facility, in Eureka, San Juan County, Colorado; shows ore sheds on a slope with water tanks. Houses, freight cars, and automobiles are by the Animas River.
- Eureka (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Mills--Colorado--Eureka--1910-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Eureka--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Cimarron Mill near Telluride
- View of the Cimarron Mill, in San Miguel County, Colorado; shows gold and silver ore processing sheds, a parked car, lumber, mine tailings, machinery, and men.
- Tailings embankments--Colorado--San Miguel County--1880-1910.; San Miguel County (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Mills--Colorado--San Miguel County--1880-1910.; Mining--Colorado--San Miguel County--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Fun for the miner's children in the outskirts of Leadville, Colo.
- Several children ride on burros near the Wolftone Mine in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado shows: mine and mill buildings, tailings, elevated tracks.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Wolftone Mine (Leadville, Colo.); Children--Colorado--Leadville--1900-1910.; Donkeys--Colorado--Leadville--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1900-1910.; Riding--Colorado--Leadville--1900-1910.
- [1900?]
- Ore wagon leaving Camp Bird Mill with high grade
- An ore wagon pulled by a six horse team waits at Camp Bird Mine, Ouray County, Colorado, surrounded by miners' houses, a shop building with barrels on the dock, and rock cliffs.
- Camp Bird (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Camp Bird--1890-1910.; Horse teams--Colorado--Camp Bird--1890-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Camp Bird--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Camp Bird--1890-1910.
- [between 1898 and 1910?]
- Six team wagons loaded with concentrate at Camp Bird mill ready to leave for Ouray
- View of horses, ore wagons, and miners' houses at Camp Bird Mine, Ouray County, Colorado.
- Camp Bird (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Camp Bird Mine (Ouray County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Camp Bird--1900-1910.; Horse teams--Colorado--Camp Bird--1900-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Camp Bird--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Camp...
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Gen. Miles and staff viewing the largest hostile Indian camp in the U.S., near Pine Ridge, S. Dak., Jan. 16, 1891
- Gen. Nelson A. Miles and several officers on horseback stop in the midground looking toward a large Native American camp near Pine Ridge, South Dakota. A large dog stands with the group. Numerous teepees are set up across the large field.
- Indians of North America--Structures--1890-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Pine Ridge (S.D.)--1890-1900.; Cavalry--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1891?]
- Pulping machine for making ketchup Delta Canning Factory
- A pulping machine in a canning plant in the town of Delta, Colorado, in Delta County drips juice into a large wooden vat. A worker wearing an apron and a hat dumps tomatoes into the machine's chute. Other workers are in the background.
- Delta (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Factories--Colorado--Delta--1930-1940.; Food industry--Colorado--Delta--1930-1940.; Ketchup.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Grand review, U.S. troops after surrender of Indians at Pine Ridge Agency, S.D.
- A large group of U.S. troops on horseback is in the midground in front of a large Native American camp near Pine Ridge, South Dakota. A group of pack mules with packs on their backs is in the right midground. Numerous covered wagons are lined up...
- Indians of North America--Structures--1890-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Pine Ridge (S.D.)--1890-1900.; Cavalry--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1891?]
- Durango, Colo.
- Panoramic view of Durango, Colorado, in La Plata County; shows people on field in foreground and mountains around town in background.
- Durango (Colo.)--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Young mountaineers - a dangerous playground - Grand Cańon of Arizona
- Toddlers play on a rock formation on the edge of Grand Canyon (later Grand Canyon National Park) in Arizona; the boys wear sombrero hats.
- Grand Canyon (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; Children playing outdoors--Arizona--Grand Canyon National Park--1900-1910.; Children--Arizona--Grand Canyon National Park--1900-1910.; National parks &...
- 1903