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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]
- 10th Mountain Division ski troops
- Uniformed ski troops, members of the 10th Mountain Division, stand near a rocky mountain slope and snow field in probably Northern Italy. One of the men carries skis and holds ski poles.
- World War, 1939-1945--American--Campaigns & battles.; Ski troops--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [1945]
- 10th Mountain Division troops in "whites"
- Fifteen Tenth Mountain Division soldiers pose for a picture along a snow-covered trail. They are wearing "whites," the winter camouflage uniform, and are carrying rifles.
- Soldiers--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [1943-1944]
- 10th Mountain troops debark at Leghorn, Italy
- Uniformed artillerymen, members of the 10th Mountain Division, descend a gangplank from a transport ship in the city of Livorno, Italy. The men wears uniforms and carry packs, duffel bags and rifles. Open army trucks are filled with soldiers on a...
- World War, 1939-1945--American--Campaigns & battles--Italy--Livorno.; World War, 1939-1945--American--Destruction & pillage--Italy--Livorno.; Livorno (Italy)--1940-1950.; Gangplanks--Italy--Livorno--1940-1950.; Government...
- 1945 January 24
- 10th units lead Victory Parade in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Columns of soldiers march down a crowded tree lined avenue as paper falls from the sky. A soldier in the center of the image is carrying the American flag. According to the caption: "A platoon and the Colorguard of the 10th Mountain Division lead...
- Military parades & ceremonies--American--Brazil--Rio de Janiero--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Brazil--Rio de Janiero--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- 1945 July 18
- 11th U.S. Cavalry
- A member of the 5th U. S. Cavalry poses with his rifle inside a building in Trinidad (Las Animas County) Colorado. The troops were called in at the request of Colorado Governor Ammons, to restore order in the coal fields after the Ludlow Massacre...
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cavalry--Colorado--Trinidad--1910-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.;...
- [1914]
- 11th U.S. Cavalry
- Members of the 11th U.S. Cavalry, pose inside a wooden building with their rifles and handguns, in Trinidad, Las Animas County, Colorado. The troops were called in at the request of Colorado Governor Ammons, to restore order in the coal fields...
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cavalry--Colorado--Trinidad--1910-1920.; Miners'...
- [1914]
- 11th U.S. Cavalry
- Members of the 11th U.S. Cavalry, pose their rifles at night in Trinidad, Las Animas County, Colorado. The troops were called in at the request of Colorado Governor Ammons, to restore order in the coal fields after the Ludlow Massacre at the time...
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cavalry--Colorado--Trinidad--1910-1920.; Military...
- [1914]
- 11th U.S. Cavalry
- Members of the 11th U.S. Cavalry unload supplies from a boxcar on the Colorado & Southern Railway near Trinidad, Las Animas County, Colorado. The troops were called in at the request of Colorado Governor Ammons, to restore order in the coal fields...
- Colorado and Southern Railway.; Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1910-1920.;...
- [1914]
- 11th U.S. Cavalry
- A member of the 11th U.S. Cavalry sits and dismantles his rifle near a wooden crate that reads: "Old Dutch Cleanser The Cudahy Packing Co.," in Trinidad, Las Animas County, Colorado. The troops were called in at the request of Colorado Governor...
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cavalry--Colorado--Trinidad--1910-1920.; Miners'...
- [1914]
- 1894 Corbett & Ballenger's 22nd Annual Denver City Directory
- 1896 Ballenger & Richards 24th Annual Denver City Directory
- 1899 Corbett & Ballenger's 27th Annual Denver City Directory.
- 1900 Corbett & Ballenger's 28th Annual Denver City Directory.
- 1905 Corbett & Ballenger's 32nd Annual Denver City Directory
- 1st Colo. inf. reg. in route to Manila
- The First Infantry Regiment of Colorado Volunteers parade down 17th (Seventeenth) Street in Denver, Colorado. The troops wear uniforms and hold rifles; they are enroute to the Philippines for the Spanish-American War.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Military parades & ceremonies--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; United States. Army. Colorado Infantry Regiment, 1st.
- [1898 May 15]
- 5th Inf. Ski Patrol in Sun Valley, during training film
- A member of the Mountain Division, 15th Infantry Ski Patrol (later the 10th Mountain Division) adjusts his rifle during filming for an Otto Lang training film at Sun Valley (Blaine County), Idaho. He stands on skis and wears a winter jacket and...
- Sawtooth Mountains (Idaho)--1940-1950.; Sun Valley (Idaho)--1940-1950.; Infantry--American--Idaho--Sun Valley--1940-1950.; Military training--Idaho--Sun Valley--1940-1950.; Motion picture industry--Idaho--Sun Valley--1940-1950.; Ski...
- 1941
- 75mm. pack howitzers in action along Lake Garda, Italy
- The Tenth Mountain Division drove German troops ahead of them along the east shore road of Lake Garda and harrassed German truck convoys that were moving north along the west shore road by firing at them with either tanks or 75 mm. pack howitzers.
- Garda, Lake (Italy)--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- April 1945
- 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment re-enforced, Company C preparing to support the Mount Rainier Test Expedition, Paradise, Washington
- Men from 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment (re-enforced), Company C line up beside their skis as they prepare to support the Mount Rainier Test Expedition. Behind them is Paradise Lodge, obscured by tremendous snow drifts.
- Ski troops--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; Skiing--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.; United States. Army. Mountain...
- Spring 1942
- [Fifteenth] 15th Inf.
- Members of the 15th Infantry Ski Patrol cook at a camp for a training film in Washington. Men from possibly the Signal Corps stand nearby with cameras. This ski patrol was part of the early training groups for what would become the 10th Mountain...
- Washington (State)--1940-1950.; Military training--Washington (State)--1940-1950.; Motion picture cameras--Washington (State)--1940-1950.; Outdoor cookery--Washington (State)--1940-1950.; Ski troops--American--Washington (State)--1940-1950.;...
- [1941]
- [Fifteenth] 15th Inf.
- Members of the 15th Infantry Ski Patrol set up pyramid tents with A & T (Anderson Thompson) skis on the west side of Mount Rainier in Washington. Other equipment includes backpacks and ski poles. This ski patrol was part of the early training...
- Washington (State)--1940-1950.; Military training--Washington (State)--1940-1950.; Ski troops--American--Washington (State)--1940-1950.; Tents--Washington (State)--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [1941]
- [Scouts tracking for Cavalry] [art original].
- Cavalry pioneer troops--Pictorial works.; Scouting (Reconnaissance); Military reconnaissance.; Military history in art.; Painting, American.; Watercolors (Paintings)
- 1891
- "Digging in" under shell-fire near Corona, Italy
- Tenth Mountain Division, 87th Regiment, 3rd Battalion troops "digging in" near the newly captured village of Corona, Italy, on Monte Belvedere as German shells fall among them.
- Corona (Italy)--1940-1950.; Monte Belvedere (Italy)--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- February 1945
- "Punchboard Hill" and La Serra, Italy
- View of an assembly area above Malandrone, which was named "Punchboard Hill" by Tenth Mountain Division troops because it suffered heavily from artillery barages. The village of La Serra was also shelled.
- United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- March, 1945
- "Punchboard Hill" and the road to Abetaia, Italy
- Small sector of "Punchboard Hill" site of a heavy German artillery barage. From here troops of the Tenth Mountain Division launched an attack on German positions in the towns of Monte Della Piella, Della Vedetta, and Pietra Colora. The road in the...
- United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- March 1945
- A scene from the Boy Scout Memorial Day Parade, which was held at this center on May 30
- Japanese boy scout troops stand in formation around a United States flag at half mast on the grounds of the Granada Relocation Center, Camp Amache, Prowers County, southeastern Colorado. Most of the boys wear uniforms with scarves, some have hats,...
- 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.; Political...
- 1943 May 30
- Above Cadaver Gap en route to Camp Two during the Mount Rainier expedition, Washington
- A soldier from the 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment (re-enforced) looks at Cadaver Gap en route to Camp Two during the Mount Rainier Expedition. He is wearing a cap, goggles, gloves, and an anorak and is carrying a large backpack, and rope and...
- Ski troops--Washington (State)--1940-1950.; Skiing--Washington (State)--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [May, 1942]
- Adobe Walls battlefield
- View of the battlefield of Adobe Walls near Stinnett, Texas, where Native American (Kiowa) men lead by Quanah Parker fought General Nelson A. Miles' troops. A mesa overlooks the prairie landscape.
- Miles, Nelson Appleton, 1839-1925--Homes & haunts.; Parker, Quanah, 1845?-1911--Homes & haunts.; Adobe Walls, Battle of, Tex., 1874.; Indians of North America--War--Texas--1930-1940.; Kiowa Indians--War--Texas--1930-1940.; Adobe Walls Site...
- 1935
- Annual History Book University Park P.T.A. 1961-1962
- Apache scout, U.S. troops
- Outdoor standing portrait of a Native American Apache policeman in uniform with a badge, ammunition belt and handgun.
- United States. Army--People--1890-1900.; Apache Indians--1890-1900.; Indian reservation police--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Police--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Apache scout, U.S. troops
- Outdoor standing portrait of a Native American Apache policeman in uniform with a badge, ammunition belt and handgun; posed shooting a bow and arrow.
- United States. Army--People--1890-1900.; Apache Indians--1890-1900.; Bow and arrow--1890-1900.; Indian reservation police--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Police--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Army post parade ground
- A group of men, possibly members of the First Infantry Regiment of Colorado Volunteers, pose in a line on the ground and propped on their elbows, Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Military personnel--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [1898?]
- Arnold Faucus (foreground) w / film crew a one track snowcat, steered with skis from behind the cab.
- Arnold Faucus and ski troops, members of the Mountain Division, 15th Infantry Ski Patrol (later 10th Mountain Division), and an MGM film crew stand or sit on the back of a trailer pulled by a snowcat during the filming of a training film near Sun...
- Blaine County (Idaho)--1940-1950.; Infantry--American--Idaho--Sun Valley--1940-1950.; Military training--Idaho--Sun Valley--1940-1950.; Motion picture industry--Idaho--Sun Valley--1940-1950.; Ski troops--American--Idaho--Sun Valley--1940-1950.;...
- 1942
- At Trinidad awaiting federal troops
- Coal miners marched into Trinidad from Ludlow to confront the federal troops during the UMW labor strike against CF&I, Las Animas County, Colorado. Shows men, boys and tents in Camp San Rafael.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Children--Colorado--Trinidad--1910-1920.; Miners'...
- 1913 or 1914
- AT&SF locomotive, engine number 1321, engine type 4-6-2
- Train Second #3, California Limited, troops, westbound; 7 cars. Photographed: east of Las Vegas, N.M., November 8, 1942.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1942.; Railroad locomotives--New Mexico--Las Vegas.; Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company.
- 1942
- Battle of Ash Hollow
- Shows General William S. Harney's troops at the September 1855 victory over Native American Sioux in the Battle of Ash Hollow, south side of the North Platte River, Nebraska.
- Dakota Indians--Nebraska--1850-1860.; Indians of North America--Nebraska--1850-1860.; Nebraska--1850-1860.; Campaigns & battles--Nebraska--1850-1860.; Generals--Nebraska--1850-1860.; Harney, William S. (William Selby), 1800-1889.
- [between 1940 and 1970?]
- Battle of the Big Horn
- Shows the smoking guns of General Custer and his U. S. Army troops being defeated in battle with Native American Lakota Sioux, Crow, Northern, and Cheyenne, Little Bighorn Battlefield, June 26, 1875 Little Bighorn River, Montana.
- Cheyenne Indians--Montana--1870-1880.; Crow Indians--Montana--1870-1880.; Dakota Indians--Montana--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--Montana--1870-1880.; Teton Indians--Montana--1870-1880.; Campaigns & battles--Montana--1870-1880.; Custer,...
- [between 1940 and 1960?]
- Beecher Island monument at Beecher, Colo.
- View of a concrete obelisk marker that commemorates the Battle of Beecher Island, fought between U.S. troops and some 1,000 Native Americans (Cheyenne)in Yuma County, Colorado. The marker is surrounded by an iron fence. A U. S. flag flies from an...
- Beecher Island, Battle of, 1868--Monuments.; Cheyenne Indians--Commemoration--Colorado--Yuma County--1940-1970.; Indians of North America--Commemoration--Colorado--Yuma County--1940-1970.; Yuma County (Colo.)--1940-1970.; Monuments &...
- [between 1940 and 1970]
- Belvedere, troops before a battle
- A company of the 85th Regiment, twelve in number, moves out across a ridge on Mount Belvedere while a larger group of roughly twenty Tenth Mountain Division soldiers wait in reserve, some in fox holes the rest in sheltered positions, including a...
- Campaigns & battles--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--United States--1945.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 86th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- February 1945
- Braves and Squaws
- Group portrait of three Native American Comanche women, left to right: Wap-pah, Marn-me (Morn-me), Qna-moth-kee and a young girl; they wear print dresses with blankets and long loose hair. They were taken prisoner by United States troops on the...
- Comanche Indians--1860-1880.; Indians of North America--1860-1880.; Girls--1860-1880.; Prisoners of war--Texas--1860-1880.; Women--1860-1880.; Morn-me.; Qna-moth-kee.; Wap-pah.
- [between 1869 and 1874]
- Brief histories of the Denver Public Schools
- Compiled for the administrative offices of the Denver Public Schools, this book contains brief histories for the majority of the Public Schools in Denver, Colorado up to they year 1952.
- Denver Public Schools--History.
- 1952
- Brownies
- A group of African American (Black) girls in Brownie uniforms pose near bushes in a yard Denver, Colorado. The girls wear dresses and beanies. Patches on their uniforms indicate that they may belong to different troops including Troop 844 and Troop...
- Girl Scouts of the United States of America--Branches, chapters, etc.--1960-1970.; African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Smiling--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.;...
- [between 1960 and 1965?]
- C Co. 85th, Camp Hale
- Uniformed soldiers, members of Company C of the 85th Infantry Regiment, pose on skis and snowshoes at Camp Hale in Eagle County, Colorado. The men on skis squat and hold ski-poles. Two of the men wear pullover parkas with fur lining.
- World War, 1939-1945--Military personnel--American--Colorado--Camp Hale.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Military training--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Ski troops--American--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Snowshoes &...
- 1944
- Camp Roosevelt - Boy Scout Overnight Cabin - Located in S.W. Corner, Pueblo, City Park. Used for overnight and week-end camp for Scout Troops of Pueblo District.
- Boy Scout overnight cabin in Pueblo, Colorado, is a one-story, random ashlar stone building. Vigas follow the walls which are sloped and narrower at the top. A ladder and sawhorse are in the dirt yard, and bare trees are in the foreground. Sign...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Boy scouts--Colorado--Pueblo--1930-1940.; Camping--Colorado--Pueblo--1930-1940.; Camps--Colorado--Pueblo--1930-1940.
- 1938
- Captain Paul Lafferty and ski instructors, Paradise, Washington
- Captain Paul Lafferty and five ski instructors, all from the 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment (re-enforced), stand on skis at the top of a slope in the mountains near Paradise, Washington. All are wearing caps, anoraks, wool pants and shoe-packs.
- Ski troops--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; Skiing--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; Lafferty, Paul.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.; United States....
- [1942]
- Captain Paul Lafferty, Paradise, Washington
- Portrait of Paul Lafferty, Captain in the 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment (re-enforced). He is wearing a white anorak, sun glasses, goggles, a knapsack and has a rifle over his shoulder. In the background other skitroops dressed in the same...
- Ski troops--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; Skiing--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; Lafferty, Paul.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.; United States....
- [1942]
- 1873 Corbett, Hoye & Co.'s Directory of the City of Denver for 1873 Volume 1
- Chamberlin Observatory, University of Denver 1948, brochure
- Choosing a route
- View of two Tenth Mountain Division, Mountain Training Group members during five minute break as they choose a route during a trek from Leadville to Aspen Colorado. According to the photographer, during good weather the men would try not go up and...
- Military training--Colorado--1940-1950.; Ski troops--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- February 1944
- Closing scenes of the Apache war
- Two scenes from Crook's campaigns against the Native American Chiricahua. Top: "Geronimo and His Band" shows Geronimo center on horseback, his band flanking with rifles. Bottom: "General Crook's Conference with Geronimo" shows the Apaches and U.S....
- Chiricahua Indians--Mexico--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Mexico--1880-1890.; Cañon de los Embudos (Mexico)--1880-1890.; Sonora (Mexico : State)--1880-1890.; Generals--Mexico--1880-1890.; Horseback riding--1880-1890.;...
- 1886 April 24