Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Bar interior
- Interior view of a saloon, probably in a Colorado mountain town. One Tenth Mountain Division soldier looks toward the camera as he sits at the corner of an ornate mirrored wooden bar with a neon sign and a row of bottles against the back of it. The...
- Barrooms--Colorado--1940-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--1940-1950.; Military life--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [1943-1944]
- Bridge over Eagle Creek, Camp Hale, Colorado
- View of a wooden bridge over Eagle Creek. The barracks at Camp Hale are on the left, beside a wide dirt road, poles for electricity or telephone wires follow both the road and the creek. In the distance on the right side of the creek are various...
- Eagle Creek (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Barracks--Colorado--1940-1950.; Bridges--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- [1943-1944]
- Camp Hale traverse
- A Tenth Mountain Division soldier traverses rocks at Camp Hale, Colorado; buildings in the background. This close up provides a clear view of the rope harness.
- Military training--Colorado--1940-1950.; Rock climbing--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- May 1943
- Camp Hale, rock climbing
- Nine Tenth Mountain Division soldiers practice rock climbing with ropes on a steep cliff at Camp Hale, Colorado. They are wearing a variety of clothing, including denim jeans, in addition to khaki uniforms.
- Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Rock climbing--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- 1943
- Card game
- Eight Tenth Mountain Division soldiers sit on the ground playing a card game. All are wearing khaki uniforms and caps.
- Military life--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [1943-1944]
- 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
- Chow line, Colorado
- A chow line near Camp Hale, Colorado. The tables serving food are set up in the snow. Seven Tenth Mountain Division soldiers are serving food and three are getting food. A many other soldiers are standing back from the serving area. A table with...
- Military life--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- [1943-1944]
- Chow!!
- A group of nineteen Tenth Mountain Division soldiers wait to enter a dining hall at Camp Hale, Colorado. One soldier playfully holds another off the ground. All are wearing brown wool uniforms. Snow covers the ground.
- Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Military life--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- 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
- D Series
- Pack mules graze on a snowy hill during D Series winter training maneuvers held by the Tenth Mountain Division near Camp Hale, Colorado. Buildings, men and temporary buildings are in a field.
- Mules--Colorado--1940-1950.; Pack animals--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- Spring 1944
- David B. Allen in "whites"
- Portrait of David B. Allen in his "whites" or winter uniform posed in the same postion as the "Ski Trooper" cover of the Saturday Evening Post. He is crouching close to the ground and carrying a knapsack with a white cover, a rifle and is holding...
- Barracks--Colorado--1940-1950.; Military camps--Colorado--1940-1950.; Photographers--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- [1943-1944]
- David B. Allen
- Portrait of the photographer in front of the door to a barracks. He is wearing a cap and a field jacket and is standing in such a manner that the Tenth Mountain Division insignia, "the mountain patch," on his sleeve faces the camera.
- Photographers--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [1943-1944]
- Eleven skiers in "whites" ascending a slope
- Eleven Tenth Mountain Division soldiers wearing white camouflage uniforms or "whites" and brown knapsacks ascend a mountain slope during training, near Camp Hale, Colorado. Taken from a distance the photograph gives an indication of the the...
- Ski troops--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- [1943-1944]
- Eleven skitroopers
- Eleven Tenth Mountain Division soldiers pose on skis for a photograph with pine trees and snow covered mountains in the background. Fifth from left is Earl D. Cloud Jr. of the 85th Regiment, Company B. The men wear khaki pants and sweaters. Most...
- Ski troops--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; Cloud, Earl D.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- 1944
- End of D Series, John W. Pollock
- John W. Pollock, sits in the snow resting against the trunk of a pine tree. This portrait was taken at the end of the exhausting winter maneuvers undertaken by the Tenth Mountain Division in the Spring of 1944, called D Series. He is wearing a cap,...
- Photographers--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; War games--Colorado--1940-1950.; Pollock, John W.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- April, 1944
- Fellows, Morton, Miche, Smith
- A group of six soldiers from the Tenth Mountain Division, 85th Regiment, Company E, sit in front of small tents. Men identified are: Fellows, Morton, Miche, Smith, and center with a cigarette, is Arville Burtt. All are wear caps, khaki uniforms and...
- Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Military training--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- Spring 1944
- Floyd Simmons
- Tenth Mountain Division soldier, Floyd Simmons, poses looking toward the camera. He is wearing a cap and a white anorak. Behind him a group of approximately nine other soldiers look in the opposite direction toward distant snow covered mountains....
- Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Military life--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- 1943-1944
- Four "Mountaineers" hiking through the golden aspens
- Four Tenth Mountain Division soldiers, also known as "Mountaineers," walk down a trail lined with golden aspen trees; they wear knapsacks and khaki uniforms.
- Military life--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [1943-1944]
- Group of soldiers on Mount of the Holy Cross, Colorado
- Seven Tenth Mountain Division soldiers are dressing and playfully posing for the camera in this photograph, which was taken on the slopes of the Mount of the Holy Cross. One is identified, Earl Clark, second from the right of the image. He is...
- Military life--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; Clark, Earl.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- February 1944
- Group portrait at the Company M, 87th Regiment barracks
- Six men belonging to the Tenth Mountain Division, 87th Regiment, Company M pose for a photograph outside of their barracks at Camp Hale, Colorado. The men wear slightly different versions of the basic khaki uniform. Staff Sgt. Eldon Metzger stands...
- Military uniforms--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- 1944
- Here's the way I spend my time
- in the woods. Taken during training near Camp, Hale, Colorado; snow covers the ground.; View of a Tenth Mountain Division soldier, either the photographer or his brother Kenny Molenaar, sitting on his knapsack with his chin resting on his hand and...
- Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Military life--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- February 1943
- 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
- Joe Stettner, rock climber deluxe
- Tenth Mountain Division soldier, Joe Stettner, climbs a steep rock face near Camp Hale, Colorado. He wears a cap, khaki uniform, and soft-soled shoes. Hammer and carabiners hang from his belt as he clips a carabiner to a piton.
- Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Military training--Colorado--1940-1950.; Rock climbing--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; Stettner, Joe.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- May 1943
- John W. Pollock at Camp Hale, Colorado
- John W. Pollock of the Tenth Mountain Division, 86th Regiment, stands with his thumbs holding his belt in the middle of a road at Camp Hale, Colorado. He is wearing a army pullover sweater, over a shirt and tie, wool pants and boots with shoe...
- Photographers--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; Pollock, John W.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- 1943-1944
- K with mules
- Portrait of K. Molenaar holding the leads of two mules at the mule barns, Camp Hale, Colorado. He is wearing a knapsack and carrying a rifle. The two mules are wearing loaded pack saddles. In the background another soldier is also holding a mule....
- Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mules--Colorado--1940-1950.; Ski troops--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- February 1943
- Kenny Molenaar regarding the Mount of the Holy Cross, Colorado
- Snapshot portrait of Tenth Mountain Division soldier, Kenny Molenaar taken as he sits on a rock looking up at the snow covered face of the Mount of the Holy Cross, according to the photographer's caption. He is wearing a cap, a khaki uniform, and...
- Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; Molenaar, Kenny.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- February 1945
- Leg show
- Six Tenth Mountain Division soldiers pose for a picture while having a "leg show." All have their pant legs raised to above the knee and pose like dancers in a chorus-line with their right foot forward. All are wearing dress uniforms and wearing...
- Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Military life--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- 1944
- Mail-call at Camp Hale, Colorado
- Mail-call at Camp Hale, Colorado. A Tenth Mountain Division soldier distributes mail in the street. Gathered around him are a group of soldiers waiting for letters from the stack he holds in his hand. Some of the men are holding red slips of paper....
- Military life--Colorado--1940-1950.; Military uniforms--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- 1944
- Maneuvers
- Tenth Mountain Division soldiers on snowshoes during maneuvers, near Camp Hale, Colorado. Shows two groups each on a different trail passing through a snow filled valley near snow covered pine trees.
- Ski troops--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- 1944
- Maneuvers
- A large group of Tenth Mountain Division soldiers sit or stand in rows on the snow near Camp Hale, Colorado. Probably they are waiting for manuevers to begin.
- Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- 1944
- Maneuvers
- A large group of Tenth Mountain Division soldiers sit in the snow by the side of a slush covered road. The man closest to the camera has turned his head to watch a "weasle," a snowy terrain vehicle, that is driving down the road. One soldier is...
- Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- 1944
- Me on maneuvers
- John C. "Jack" Caldwell poses for a portrait while on maneuvers at Camp Hale, Colorado, in 1943. He is standing on a trail surrounded by golden aspen and pine trees. He is wearing a helmet, khaki shirt and pants, and carrying a rifle. Behind him is...
- Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Photographers--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; Caldwell, John C.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- 1943
- Mess hall, Camp Hale, Colorado
- View of the tables set with white ceramic plates for a meal in a mess hall at Camp Hale, Colorado. One Tenth Mountain Division soldier is setting a table in the center of the image. Pictures are placed on the walls in between the windows and a pot...
- Mess halls--Colorado--1940-1950.; Military life--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- [1943-1944]
- Mountain tents
- Photograph of mountain tents set up on a hill near Camp Hale, Colorado. A group of Tenth Mountain Division soldiers is visible in the background.
- Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- Spring 1944
- Mountain Training Group trip from Leadville to Aspen, Colorado
- A line of about twenty skiers climbs up a slope. The men are members of the Tenth Mountain Division, Mountain Training Group during winter training exercise designed to test the men's readiness for winter conditions in the mountains by having them...
- Military training--Colorado--1940-1950.; Ski troops--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- February 1944
- Mountaineering above camp
- A Tenth Mountain Division Solder uses a rope to climb a rocky cliff. He is wearing a helmet and field jacket. An orderly camp is visible in the valley below.
- Rock climbing--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [1943-1944]
- Mountaineering training
- Four Tenth Mountain Division soldiers practice rock climbing skills, including hoisting bundles with ropes. In the foreground, a soldier holds one end of a rope and a bundle is suspended above his head. Behind him, another soldier is holding a...
- Military training--Colorado--1940-1950.; Rock climbing--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [1943-1944]
- 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
- On the way
- A Tenth Mountain Division soldier practices ski jumping, which was officially forbidden, on a ski slope near Camp Hale.
- Ski troops--Colorado--1940-1950.; Skiing--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [1943-1944]
- Our climbing outfits, just plain GI
- A Tenth Mountain Division soldier poses as he climbs a large rock formation. He has a coil of rope at his hip that hangs down out of the picture frame. He is wearing a helmet, a khaki field jacket and pants, and boots with gaiters.
- Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Rock climbing--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [1943-1944]
- Pack mules during D Series
- A line of pack mules loaded with wooden crates, moves through the snowy pine woods guided by a Tenth Mountain Division soldier riding a mule. The mules were transporting supplies during the winter maneuvers called D Series held near Camp Hale.
- Mules--Colorado--1940-1950.; Pack animals--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- [Spring 1944]
- Packing up
- Twelve Tenth Mountain Division soldiers put their duffle bags in a pile beside a barracks building as they prepare to leave Camp Hale, Colorado.
- Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Barracks--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- 1944
- Pill box
- A Tenth Mountain Division soldier moves past a pill box, located near Camp Hale, Colorado. Barbed wire fills the foreground and the hills in the background are covered with pine and leafless aspen trees. He is wearing a khaki uniform, with a cap...
- Military uniforms--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- [1944]
- Queen of the May
- Three Tenth Mountain Divsion soldiers dressed as women, in tight sweaters, short skirts and army boots, stand in the snow. The one closest to the camera is wearing a gun hoster around his waist and a wig made from a mop.
- Military life--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- [1944]
- Ration Sergeant, James Shea during D Series
- Tenth Mountain Division Ration Sergeant, James Shea poses for a picture during D Series, which was a winter war game held at Camp Hale. He is wearing a cap, parka, pants, boots and snow shoes and, according to the photographer, he is carrying a...
- Photographers--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; War games--Colorado--1940-1950.; Shea, James.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- April, 1944
- Richard Fogarty poses beside two "weasels"
- Richard Foggarty of the Tenth Mountain Division poses beside two "weasels", [a snow vehicle designed by Studebaker] without canvas covers, near the S4 warehouse and 86th Regiment Headquarters at Camp Hale, Colorado. He is wearing a cap, a pullover...
- Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Military vehicles--Colorado--1940-1950.; Photographers--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; Foggarty, Richard.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- 1943, 1944
- Rock climber
- View taken from above of a Tenth Mountain Division soldier rock climbing at Camp Hale, Colorado. He is wearing a helmet and khaki uniform.
- Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Rock climbing--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [1943-1944]
- Rock climbing
- A Tenth Mountain Division soldier searches for handholds as he climbs a steep rock face near Camp Hale, Colorado. A piton and carabiner are visible in the rock below him. A second soldier is climbing behind him but facing away from the camera. Both...
- Military training--Colorado--1940-1950.; Rock climbing--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- 1943
- Rock climbing school
- Approximately thirty-five Tenth Mountain Division soldiers learn how to rock climb near Camp Hale, Colorado. Twenty-five the men are at the base of a rock, nine more are on a rock shelf a few feet above. Ropes hang down to the group below. The...
- Military training--Colorado--1940-1950.; Rock climbing--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- 1943
- 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