Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Our Lady of Victory Mission
- Boys and girls pose for their first communion portrait in front of Our Lady of Victory Mission, a small chapel located at 12th Avenue and Umatilla Street in the Lincoln Park neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The girls wear white dresses, most of the...
- Our Lady of Victory Mission (Denver, Colo.)--People--1940-1950.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1940-1950.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Acolytes.; Children.; Our Lady of Victory Mission (Denver,...
- [1942]
- The old blind slave's response for victory
- Soldiers ride on horseback and march behind musicians in a parade on a dirt road in front of cabins and African American slaves. Some of the slaves are on their knees, others stand nearby. Houses and trees are in the background.
- Cavalry.; Parades & processions.; Slaves.
- 1905
- Poster "Invent for victory"
- A World War II poster made by the United States Government Printing Office. The poster has images of airplanes, tanks, artillery, battleship, jeeps and blueprint of a tank. The text reads: "Invent for victory All Americans who have an invention or...
- World War, 1939-1945--Posters.
- 1942
- Put-in-Bay, Hotel Victory from Bay
- View of Put-In-Bay and the Victory Hotel, a Victorian style hotel built on the shore of South Bass Island on Lake Erie, Ottawa County, Ohio.
- Hotel Victory (Put-in-Bay, Ohio)--1880-1900.; Ottawa County (Ohio)--1880-1900.; Put-in-Bay (Ohio : Bay)--1880-1900.; Put-in-Bay (Ohio)--1880-1900.; Bays (Bodies of water)--Ohio--Put-in-Bay--1880-1900.; Hotels--Ohio--Put-in-Bay--1880-1900.;...
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- CMA 1942 parade
- View of the Colorado Mining Association convention parade as it passes spectators near Tremont and 16th (Sixteenth) Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado. Shows people, parked automobiles, a "V" float, the Tremont Hotel building, storefronts and the...
- Colorado Mining Association--Public relations--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- 1942
- CMA-1942
- A man drives a spike into a rock with a hammer as part of a contest, probably at a Colorado Mining Association convention in Denver, Colorado. Shows the men in the back of a truck and spectators. Signs on the wall read: "Produce More Metals,"...
- Colorado Mining Association--Meetings--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Contests--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Meetings--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- 1942
- U.S. Vanadium, Sept.
- A man wears a button down shirt tucked into slacks and poses in front of a sign at the U.S. Vanadium plant in Uravan (Montrose County), Colorado. The painted sign shows tanks, trucks and battleships, and reads: "Armam[ent F]or Victory, Planes,...
- U.S. Vanadium Corporation--Buildings--1940-1950.; Vanadium industry--Colorado--Uravan--1940-1950.; Uravan (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Billboards--Colorado--Uravan--1940-1950.; Mills--Colorado--Uravan--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Uravan--1940-1950.; Ore...
- [between 1941 and 1945]
- Union Square and St. Francis Hotel [sic], San Francisco, Cal.
- View of Union Square in San Francisco, California. The park has trees, palm trees, yucca plants, a Joshua tree and bushes. Men, women and boys lounge on the grass, on park benches and near the Dewey Monument. The monument is 79 foot granite...
- Dewey, George, 1837-1917--Monuments--California--San Francisco.; San Francisco (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Union Square (San Francisco, Calif.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns.; Columns.; Commercial facilities.; Hotels.; Monuments & memorials.; Parks.
- [1905?]
- San Francisco - Union Square & St. Francis Hotel
- View of Union Square and the St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco, California. The park has trees, palm trees, yucca plants, a Joshua tree and bushes. Men, women and boys lounge on the grass, on park benches and near the Dewey Monument, a 79 foot...
- Dewey, George, 1837-1917--Monuments--California--San Francisco.; St. Francis Hotel (San Francisco, Calif.)--1900-1910.; San Francisco (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Union Square (San Francisco, Calif.)--1900-1910.; Columns.; Commercial facilities.; Hotels.;...
- c1905
- Art display, Georgetown, Colorado
- Interior view of an art exhibition, possibly a classroom in a Georgetown, Colorado, school built in 1874. The room has high ceilings with picture moulding, three suspended lightbulbs, long blackboards over wainscotting, and a large window in the...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Art--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1910.; Classrooms--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- 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
- Curtis Street at dusk - early 1900's, known as "Theater Row"
- A view down Curtis Street, referred to as "Theater Row" or "Great White Way", in Denver, Colorado. It was known as the best lit street in the world and featured a string of popular movie palaces. Some of the theaters include the "State," the...
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Motion picture theaters--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Street railroads--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Sunrises &...
- [between 1927 and 1930]
- Central Savings Bank bldg. Denver Colo.
- Central Savings Bank and Trust Company at 15th (Fifteenth) and Arapahoe Streets in Denver, Colorado (opened in 1911; designed by Jules Jacques Benoit Benedict); shows streetcar no. 317, traffic cop holding "Stop" sign, Evans Block, and signs on...
- Central Savings Bank and Trust Company (Denver, Colo.)--1910- 1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Banks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1914 and 1920?]
- Univ. of Wyoming cheerleaders
- Five University of Wyoming cheerleaders wear matching cowboy hats and sweaters with wool skirts at a football game. One woman wears a tag that reads: "Stop North On Their Victory March.".
- Laramie (Wyo.)--1910-1920.; Cheerleading--Wyoming--Laramie--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- The returning war party
- A recently returned war party of Native Americans (Crow) pose side by side on horseback. All horses are light in color except for one, which may be the leader's horse. He holds what may be scalps in one hand.
- Crow Indians--War--1900-1920.; Indians of North America--1900-1920.; Scalps--1900-1920.; War--1900-1920.
- [between 1902 and 1911]
- Col. Mills, and officers of his Battallion, 3rd Cavalry
- Captain Anson Mills poses in front of a trophy tepee from the Slim Buttes battle in the southern Black Hills, Dakota Territory, with Lieutenant Colonel William B. Royall, Captain William H. Andrews, First Lieutenant Joseph Lawson, scout Frank...
- Crook, George, 1829-1890--Journeys--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; United States. Army. Cavalry, 3rd--1870-1880.; Dakota Indians--War--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--War--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Slim Buttes (S.D.),...
- 1876
- Camp Victory, Utah, the scene of Central Pacific's momentous feat of laying 10 1/2 miles of track in a single day
- View of Central Pacific Railroad workers at "Camp Victory," in Box Elder County, Utah; shows men, lumber, boxcars, tents, and a steam locomotive.
- Central Pacific Railroad Company.; Box Elder County (Utah)--1860-1870.; Railroad construction workers--Utah--Box Elder County--1860-1870.
- 1869, April
- S. H. Kress Building
- View of the S. H. Kress building on Curtis Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. Pedestrians and automobiles are in the street nearby. Signs on buildings read: "Dance," "State," "Victory," and "The May Co."
- S.H. Kress & Co.--Buildings--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Variety stores--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- 1930 May 2
- 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?]
- Victory Theater
- View of the Victory Theater in Denver, Colorado; shows the arched entry, ornate plaster work, and the ticket window. Display depicts a man and woman kissing, palm trees, and reads: "Never the Twain Shall Meet," "Peter Kyne's Romance of the South...
- Victory Theater (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Motion picture theaters--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [1925]
- Victory Theater
- View of the Victory Theater in Denver, Colorado; shows the arched entry, ornate plaster work, and the ticket window. Display depicts stone turrets and reads: "Tower of Lies," "Lon Chaney," and "Norma Shearer."
- Victory Theater (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Motion picture theaters--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [1925]
- Victory Theater
- View of the Victory Theater in Denver, Colorado; shows the arched entry, ornate plaster work, and the ticket window. Display depicts a woman and a horse drawn coach and reads: "A Kiss For Cinderella," and "Starring Betty Bronson and Esther Ralston."
- Victory Theater (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Motion picture theaters--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1926]
- Victory Theater
- View of the Victory Theater in Denver, Colorado; shows the arched entry, ornate plaster work, and the ticket window. Display depicts a cowboy with pistols and reads: "Richard Dix, in Womanhandled."
- Victory Theater (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Motion picture theaters--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [1925]
- Victory Theater
- View of the Victory Theater in Denver, Colorado; shows the arched entry, ornate plaster work, and the ticket window. Display depicts circus cages, a camel, and an elephant, and reads: "Sally of the Sawdust with Carol Dempster, Directed by D. W....
- Victory Theater (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Motion picture theaters--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [1925]
- Victory Theater
- View of the Victory Theater at 1620 Curtis Street in Denver, Colorado; shows the arched entry, entablature, and cars. Marquee and neon signs read: "Here Comes the Band, Wallace Ford, Another Face," and "Sobule's Liquors."
- Victory Theater (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Motion picture theaters--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [1935]
- Victory Theater
- View of the Victory Theater in Denver, Colorado; shows the arched entry, ornate plaster work, and the ticket window. Display depicts a woman and reads: "Lights of Old Broadway, with Marion Davies."
- Victory Theater (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Motion picture theaters--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [1925]
- Curtis Street theaters
- View of theaters on Curtis Street in Denver, Colorado; shows arched entries, entablature, and cars. Neon signs and marquees read: "State, Cimarron," "Victory, Ruth Chatterton in Unfaithful, Her Daring Escapades Shocked Society," "Princess Candy,"...
- State Theater (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Victory Theater (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Motion picture theaters--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [1931]
- Victory Theater promotional parade
- View of a parade on 15th (Fifteenth) Street in Denver, Colorado; shows trucks, a brass band, women in bathing suits, brick businesses, and signs: "The White Desert, Greatest Snow Picture Ever Made, Victory Theater Now Showing" and "The Walker Mfg....
- Victory Theater (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Bathing beauties--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Marching bands--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.;...
- [1925]
- Victory Theater
- View of the Victory Theater in Denver, Colorado; shows the arched entry, ornate plaster work, and the ticket window. Display depicts women and reads: "Romola, Henry King Productions, Lillian Gish and Dorothy Gish."
- Victory Theater (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Motion picture theaters--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [1924]
- Victory Theater
- View of the Victory Theater in Denver, Colorado; shows the arched entry, ornate plaster work, and the ticket window. Display depicts cowboys, cactus, a sunrise, and reads: "Jack Holt - Born To The West - Raymond Halton."
- Victory Theater (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Motion picture theaters--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [1926]
- Victory Theater
- View of the Victory Theater in Denver, Colorado; shows the arched entry, ornate plaster, and signs: "D. W. Griffith's That Boyle Girl, A Paramount Picture."
- Victory Theater (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Motion picture theaters--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [1925]
- Victory Theater
- View of the Victory Theater in Denver, Colorado; shows the arched entry, a display of "Egyptian" columns and Moses parting the Red Sea, and signs: "Cecil B. DeMille's The Ten Commandments, A Paramount Picture, with Richard Dix and Leatrice Joy."
- Victory Theater (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Motion picture theaters--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [1923]
- Victory Theater at night
- Night view of the Victory Theater in Denver, Colorado; neon signs and marquee read: "Victory, Girls, Fun For Adults Only, Girlesque, Acapulco Uncensored, Big Sin City, Spicy Films," and "Discount Credit Jewelers."
- Victory Theater (Denver, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Burlesque shows--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Electric signs--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Theaters--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.
- 1969 July 27
- Workers day World War II
- Mexican migrant workers sit in a bus in Colorado. They hold their hands up in a sign for "victory."
- Mexicans--Employment--Colorado--1950-1960.; Alien laborers--Mexican--Colorado--1940-1950.; Buses--Colorado--1940-1950.; Migrant agricultural laborers--Mexican--Colorado--1940-1950.
- 1945 May 1
- POWs head down and GIs up Italian trail
- Nine armed, helmeted, and wearing packs Tenth Mountain Division soldiers climb an Italian trail as five German prisoners with their hands on their heads descend it. In the background new leaves are on the trees.
- Prisoners of war--Germany--1940-1950.; Soldiers--United States--1945.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- CMO train, engine number 500, engine type 4-6-2
- Train #505, The Victory; 5 cars, 20 MPH. Photographed: leaving St. Paul, Minn., August 4, 1937.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1937.; Railroad locomotives--Minnesota--St. Paul.; Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad.
- 1937
- CMO locomotive, engine number 600, engine type 4-6-2
- Train # 515, The Victory; 12 cars. Photographed: St. Paul, Minn., July 30, 1934.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1934.; Railroad locomotives--Minnesota--St. Paul.; Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad.
- 1934
- Wood carving of the Four Freedoms
- Photograph of a wood carving depiction of the Four Freedoms by James Gertin, an African-American (Black) student, at Manual Training High School in Denver, Colorado. "The Four Freedoms" is carved at the top of the piece. A radio microphone...
- African Americans--Arts & crafts--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Wood carvings--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Whatta Game!
- People crowd Champa Street by the Denver Post newspaper headquarters in downtown Denver, Colorado, to listen to a baseball game. An electric scoreboard is above storefronts on a balcony on the Denver Post building; canopy reads: "Post." Business...
- Denver Post--Facilities--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Audiences--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Crowds--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.;...
- 1935 October 3
- Colorado Regiment arriving in San Francisco
- View of a First Colorado Regiment parade, celebrating their return from the Spanish-American war in the Philippines, on Market Street in San Francisco, California; people crowd sidewalks by storefronts, office buildings, and signs: "Weinstock," and...
- Spanish-American War, 1898--Peace.; San Francisco (Calif.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--California--San Francisco--1890-1900.; Infantry--American--Colorado--1890-1900.; Military parades & ceremonies--California--San Francisco--1890-1900.;...
- 1899
- Colorado troops going up Market Street
- View of a First Colorado Regiment parade, celebrating their return from the Spanish-American war in the Philippines, on Market Street in San Francisco, California; people crowd sidewalks by storefronts, office buildings, and signs: "Weinstock," and...
- Spanish-American War, 1898--Peace.; San Francisco (Calif.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--California--San Francisco--1890-1900.; Military parades & ceremonies--California--San Francisco--1890-1900.; Spectators--California--San...
- 1899, May 14
- Gen. Hays VI day, Lake Garda
- General George P. Hays, commander of the Tenth Mountain Division in Italy speaks into a microphone at the shores of Lake Garda to annonouce the Victory in Italy over the German Army. Eight other staff members stand near. In background the mountains...
- Military officers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Hays, George P.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- May 2, 1945
- General Hays speaking to troops, Torbole, Italy
- Using a DUWK (an amphibious army boat-truck) as a stage in the city of Torbole, Italy, General George P. Hays informs a large group of Tenth Mountain Division soldiers of the final victory over all German armies in Italy and southern Austria on May...
- Military officers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Hays, George P.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- 1945 May 3
- Sergeant in hospital bed, Italy
- Tenth Mountain Division Sergeant Cecil T. Wiley, smiles from his hospital bed, Italy, reading the "Final Victory" issue of Blizzzard; pin- up photograph is on wall behind him.
- Hospitals--Italy--1940-1950.; Medical aspects of war--1940-1950.; Military officers--United States--1940-1950.; Wiley, Cecil T.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- May 1945
- Troops learn of Final Victory, Torbole, Italy
- Standing in a plaza in Torbole, Italy, Tenth Mountain Division troops learn of the final victory from General George P. Hays. The top officers use a DUWK (an amphibious army boat-truck) as a stage. Crossing behind them is an Italian man with a...
- Military officers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Hays, George P.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- May 3, 1945
- "V for Victory"--the church at Pietra Colora, Italy
- Fallen beams form a "V" shape in the ruins of the church at Pietra Colora, Italy, which was damaged heavily by artillery fire. The Tenth Mountain Division captured the town from the Germans March 5, 1945.
- Churches--Italy--Pietra Colora--1940-1950.; War damage--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- 1945
- Woman trucker, Robic, Yugoslavia
- The Tenth Mountain Division, 87th Regiment, 3rd Battalion, was billeted in Robic, Yugoslavia, after the victory in Italy. According to the photographer, the older women and children did all the work in town including farming and trucking because...
- Robic (Yugoslavia)--1940-1950.; Women--Yugoslavia--Robic--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- 1945
- Formation (Suzid)
- View taken from above showing soldiers in formation in a green field near a road at the base of a mountain. Taken after victory in Italy.
- Military parades & ceremonies--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- June 1945
- Robic Battalion Parade
- View taken from above Tenth Mountain Division Battalion Parade in Robic, Yugoslavia. Showing soldiers in formation in a field near the base of a mountain. Taken after victory in Italy.
- Military parades & ceremonies--Yugoslavia--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Yugoslavia--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- June 1945
- Victory Sign
- The trunk of a tree, possibly a Limber Pine, splits in two to form a V-shape on a ridge at timberline near Pile Hill west of Apex in Gilpin County, Colorado. Additional pine trees stand in the foreground and background. Large clouds are in the sky....
- Limber pine--Colorado--Apex--1940-1950.; Timberline--Colorado--Apex--1940-1950.; Tree trunks--Colorado--Apex--1940-1950.; Apex (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Clouds--1940-1950.; Pines--Colorado--Apex--1940-1950.
- [1941?]