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- 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
- Leadville drum corps of 1888
- Studio portrait of the Leadville Drum Corps band, who attended the National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic at Boston, Massachusetts, with their drums and drumsticks. Boys and young men pose in Zouave style uniforms with short shell...
- Drum and bugle corps--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.; Bands--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.; Drums--1880-1890.; Musicians--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.
- 1888
- 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
- Men, mules and ammunition move forward
- Three men from the Tenth Mountain Division, 86th Mountain Infantry Regiment, Company H (wearing combat fatigues and helmets, and carrying rifles) walk down a country road lined with leafless trees. One leads a pack mule bearing supplies. More mules...
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Mules--Italy--1940-1950.; Pack animals--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 86th.
- April 14, 1945
- Teachers Corps
- Group portrait of members of the Adams State College Teacher Corps Program, 1975-1977, pose in front of a building in Alamosa, Colorado. They are identified as: standing, Thom Horn; Given Bauer; Dick Richmond, Asst. Supt. Monte Vista; Larence...
- Adams State College. Teachers Corps Program--People--1970-1980.; Mexican Americans--1970-1980.; Hispanic Americans--1970-1980.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Teachers.; School superintendents.; Adams State College. Teachers Corps Program--Pictorial...
- [1977?]
- Leadville Drum Corps
- Leadville Drum Corps pose in three rows in front of a vertical board structure. The young men in uniforms wear waistcoats with zig zag embroidery decoration, flat top military caps, trousers with side stripes and gaiters. The first row sits low,...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Drum majoring--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Ground Observation Point, Air Corps, Rover Joe
- U.S. Air corps and other allied pilots provided bombing and strafing support for the Tenth Mountain Division on Mt. Belvedere, Italy, under the code name: Rover Joe. Shown facing camera in the observation point are Lt. Robert Egner, of the South...
- Air warfare--Italy--1945.; Military officers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Badenhorst, W.; Egner, Robert.; Gaber, Edward.; Liversidge, Law.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- March 1945
- First American ponton bridge across Po River at San Benedetto Po, Italy
- Major General Willis D. Crittenberger and other high ranking officers watch the 5th Army, 1554th Engineering Heavy Ponton Battalion complete the first ponton bridge (an M-2 Treadway pontoon bridge) built across the Po River at San Benedetto Po...
- World War, 1939-1945--Engineering & construction--Italy--San Benedetto Po.; San Benedetto Po (Italy)--1940-1950.; Bridge construction--Italy--San Benedetto Po--1940-1950.; Military occupations--American--Italy--San Benedetto Po--1940-1950.; Pontoon...
- 1945 April 25
- 10th moves through Badia, Italy
- A loosely organized column of eleven Tenth Mountain Division, 85th Mountain Infantry, 2nd Battalion, soldiers enter the town of Badia, during the Italian Campaign. The stone buildings are slightly damaged.
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 85th.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [April or May] 1945
- Litter bearers evacuate wounded on Mount Belvedere, Italy
- Two soldiers from the Tenth Mountain Division, 85th Regiment, 1st Battalion, walk in front of a wounded soldier on a litter carried by five others. According to the caption the soldier had been wounded in the attack on Mount Belvedere during the...
- Medicine, Military--Italy--1940-1950.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Medical aspects of war--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- February 20, 1945
- View of Riva Ridge with jeep, Italy
- View of Riva Ridge lightly dusted with snow. In the foreground a covered jeep is parked pointing toward the mountains along a gravel road. An open field covered with snow and some woods fill the middle ground.
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [February] 1945
- A Sopwith Strutter belonging to the 90th observation squadron
- View of a Sopwith Strutter, a two seat fighter airplane with a 130 horsepower Clergat engine.
- United States. Army Air Forces. Observation Group, 90th--1910-1920.; Sopwith airplanes--1910-1920.; Biplanes--English--1910-1920.; Fighter planes--English--1910-1920.
- 1919, January 25
- Navajo brave and his mother
- A Native American (Navajo) man and his mother pose outdoors in either Arizona or New Mexico. He holds a bow and arrow.
- Bow and arrow--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Navajo Indians--1870-1880.; Warriors--1870-1880.; Women--1870-1880.
- 1873
- The Grand Canon of the Colorado
- A man from the Corps of Engineers survey crew crouches behind a box camera, on a tripod, near the Colorado River and the confluence with Kanab Creek in the Grand Canyon (later Grand Canyon National Park), Arizona. Shows footprints in the sand and a...
- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1870-1880.; Grand Canyon (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Cameras--Arizona--Grand Canyon--1870-1880.; Canyons--Arizona--Grand Canyon--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Arizona--Grand Canyon--1870-1880.;...
- 1872
- Yellow Pine
- View of a tall Ponderosa pine tree on a wooded hillside. Shows a man from the Corps of Engineers beneath the tree.
- Ponderosa pine--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--1870-1880.; Pines--1870-1880.; Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.)
- 1872
- Northern wall, Grand Canyon
- A man with a beard and tall boots, a member of the Corps of Engineers, sits with crossed feet and arms, on a precipice above the Grand Canyon (later Grand Canyon National Park) in Arizona. Shows layers of rock and brush on talus in the vast valley.
- Grand Canyon (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Canyons--Arizona--Grand Canyon--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Arizona--Grand Canyon--1870-1880.; Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.)
- 1872
- Circle Wall, Cañon de Chelle
- Corps of Engineer members stand beside tents at a camp in Canyon de Chelly (later Canyon de Chelly National Monument), Arizona. Eroded walls of probably Chinle Wash are in the valley. A rounded canyon wall identified as "circle wall" is nearby.
- Chelly, Canyon de (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Chinle Wash (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Arroyos--Arizona--1870-1880.; Camping--Arizona--Canyon de Chelly--1870-1880.; Canyons--Arizona--Canyon de Chelly--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Arizona--Canyon de...
- 1873
- Apache Lake
- A man in a hat from the Corps of Engineers stands near what is identified as Apache Lake in the White Mountains in Navajo County or Apache County (later Fort Apache Indian Reservation), Arizona. Shows steep basalt bluffs and trees near the lake.
- White Mountains (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Arizona--1870-1880.; Lakes & ponds--Arizona--1870-1880.; Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.)
- 1873
- Coyotero Apache scouts at Apache Lake
- White and Native American men sit or stand with rifles, at what is identified as Apache Lake, in the White Mountains (Apache County or Navajo County, later Fort Apache Indian Reservation), Arizona. The two Native American (Coyotero Apache, Western...
- Indian scouts--Arizona--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--Arizona--1870-1880.; Western Apache Indians--Arizona--1870-1880.; White Mountains (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Arizona--1870-1880.; Lakes & ponds--Arizona--1870-1880.;...
- 1873
- Hospital Corps. Camp Boynton Beaver Park
- The Hospital Corps of the Deputy Army, there to suppress the Cripple Creek Strike of 1894, pose outdoors at Beaver Park, Teller County, Colorado. The men, which include Dr. Tucker, stand in a camp and field hospital of the Deputy Army, near pitched...
- Teller County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Emergency medical services--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.; Hospitals--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.; Medical personnel--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.; Soldiers--American--Colorado--Teller...
- 1894
- 87th Regiment Medical Corps
- Group portrait of the Tenth Mountain Division, 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment Medical Corps. Few identified. Left to right top row: twenty-third, Fitzsimmons; thirtieth, (Frias ?).
- Military personnel--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.; World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.
- [1944]
- D&RGW, U.S. Army Transportation Corps steel narrow gauge box car 75003
- View of a U.S. Army Transportation Corps steel narrow gauge box car in probably Colorado. Lettering on the car reads: "U.S.A. 750003," and a logo with "Transportation Corps."
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--1950-1960.
- 1954?
- Civilian Conservation Corps Camp SP-13-C, Morrison, Colo.
- View of a building and equipment at the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Camp SP-13-C located on Colorado State Highway 74 near Morrison, Colo. Between 1936-1941, the camp housed nearly 125 young men who participated in the construction of nearby...
- Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.). Camp SP-13-C (Morrison, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Labor camps--Colorado--Morrison--2000-2010.; Morrison (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.). Camp SP-13-C (Morrison, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Labor...
- 2009
- Civilian Conservation Corps Camp SP-13-C, Morrison, Colo.
- Overview of the buildings at the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Camp SP-13-C located on Colorado State Highway 74 near Morrison, Colo. One of the nation's best preserved CCC camps, the site contains simply constructed cottages and barracks that...
- Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.). Camp SP-13-C (Morrison, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Labor camps--Colorado--Morrison--2000-2010.; Red Rocks Park (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Morrison (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.). Camp SP-13-C...
- c. 2005
- Professor Arthur L. Campa, Sr.
- Studio portrait of elderly professor Arthur L. Campa, Sr., renowned scholar, historian and professor of cultural anthropology at the University of Denver. He poses in a jacket, dark dress shirt and patterned tie. He is balding and wears eyeglasses.
- Hispanic Americans--1970-1980.; Mexican Americans--1970-1980.; Older people.; Teachers.; Campa, Arthur L. (Arthur Leon), 1905-1978--Pictorial works.; College teachers--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Pictorial works.;...
- [between 1970 and 1975?]
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 19, 1909 June 26
- Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 7, 1919 July
- Cripple Creek
- Group portrait of members of the Colorado National Guard Medical Corps in front of a tent in the Cripple Creek mining district during the Western Federation of Miners labor strike in Teller County, Colorado. Men sit or stand in uniforms, hats, arm...
- Colorado. National Guard.--People--Colorado--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Teller County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Medical personnel--Colorado--1900-1910.; Military camps--Colorado--1900-1910.;...
- [1903]
- Explosion used to detonate German mines
- A black cloud from an explosion rises in the middle ground of the image. Leafless trees and snow covers the ground. In the background buildings stand on the ridge above the valley in the vicinity of Mount Belvedere during the Italian Campaign....
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Explosions--Italy--1940-1950.; Mines (Warfare)--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- February 21, 1945
- GIs dug in near Sassomolare, Italy
- Men from the Tenth Mountain Division, 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment, Company K, dig in on a ridge north of Sassomolare. According to the caption, they are protecting the left flank of the main column moving up the Porretta-Moderna Highway, a few...
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th. Company F.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- March 4, 1945
- Radioman during mortar barrage, Della Vetta, Italy
- Two soldiers from the Tenth Mountain Division, 87th Regiment, Company K during a mortar barrage on Mount Della Vetta during the Italian Campaign. The soldier standing at the edge of the slope is a radioman who (according to the caption) was...
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- March 3, 1945
- Reconnaissance of Po River from banks near San Benedetto, Italy
- Three Tenth Mountain Division, 85th Mountain Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion, Headquarters Company soldiers make a reconnaissance of the Po River at its banks near San Benedetto during the Italian Campaign. The banks of the river are flat. Part...
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Po River (Italy)--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 85th.
- April 23, 1945
- Reinforcements move up the ridge, Mount Belvedere in background, Italy
- A line of Tenth Mountain Division soldiers climb up a ridge wearing helmets, combat fatigues, large knapsacks during the Italian Campaign. According to the caption the peak of Mount Belvedere rises in the distance. The ground is partially covered...
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- February 21, 1945
- Men from two divisions meet at Resia Pass, Austrian-Italian border
- Patrols from two divisions meet at the Austrian-Italian border taken from the Austrian side. A sign with "HALT! Grenzkontrolle" is placed on the right side of a wide dirt road. A small wooden barrier marks the border. Seven GIs from the Seventh...
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th. Company F.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- May 7, 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
- Tramway on Riva Ridge, Italy
- View of the tramway (loaded with supplies, an Army officer, an Army photographer, and Sergeant Paul Long) on Riva Ridge, Italy, during the Italian Campaign. Also pictured, a group of approximately 10 other soldiers stand on the landing deck or man...
- Medicine, Military--Italy--1940-1950.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Aerial tramways--Italy--1940-1950.; Medical aspects of war--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- February 21, 1945
- Returning from the frontlines
- In a view taken from above, twenty-nine Tenth Mountain Division soldiers march around a curve in a road towards a bridge over a small creek. A covered truck is begining its crossing as a soldier driving a camuflaged weasle (a treaded mitlitary...
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- 1945 February 22
- Troops aboard the Marine Fox return to New York Harbor
- Hundreds of Tenth Mountain Division Troops fill the U.S.S. Marine Fox as it enters New York Harbor. All are wearing light khaki uniforms. Most of the men are face the camera. Two other ships are in the background.
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Soldiers--New York--1940-1950.; Troop movements--New York--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- 1945
- Troops along Lake Garda south of Bardolino, near Verona, Italy
- A group of Tenth Mountain Division, 86th Infantry Regiment, Company C soldiers walk in a loose formation along the banks of Lake Garda, south of Bardolino in the Verona Area during the Italian Campaign. In the background the mountainous slopes...
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 86th. Company C.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- April 26, 1945
- Wounded men cross snowy field to the Battalion Aid Station, Mount Belvedere, Italy
- Eight men walk in a straight line on a trail across a snow covered field. According to the caption, they are both walking wounded and a litter squad, accompanying a wounded enemy soldier on a litter to the Tenth Mountain Division, 85th Mountain...
- Medicine, Military--Italy--1940-1950.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Medical aspects of war--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- February 20, 1945
- The Salmson
- View of a Salmson single engine airplane in Warvillers (or Warfuilliers), Somme, Picardie, France; hangar tents are in the background.
- Reconnaissance aircraft--France--1910-1920.; Salmson airplanes--France--1910-1920.; Biplanes--French--France--1910-1920.
- 1918, May 25
- Group of Zuni Indian "braves," at their Pueblo, N. M.
- A group of Native American Zuni Pueblo men, boys and a few girls pose by a timber porch, Zuni Pueblo, New Mexico.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Zuni--1870-1880.; Pueblo Indians--Children--New Mexico--Zuni--1870-1880.; Zuni Indians--Women--New Mexico--Zuni--1870-1880.; Zuni (N.M.)--1870-1880.
- 1873
- The two "beauties," Zuni Indian belles, 16 and 18 years of age
- View of two young Native American Zuni Pueblo women wearing mantas, necklaces, leggings, moccasins and headbands, sit and observe with other spectators, Zuni Pueblo, New Mexico.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Zuni--1870-1880.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Zuni--1870-1880.; Zuni Indians--Women--New Mexico--Zuni--1870-1880.; Zuni (N.M.)--1870-1880.; Spectators--New Mexico--Zuni--1870-1880.
- 1873
- Aboriginal life among the Navajo Indians Cańon de Chelle, New Mexico [i. e. Arizona]
- A Native American (Navajo) man and woman sit near a loom and an earthen hogan near Canyon de Chelly, Arizona. A bundle of corn cobs hangs from a nearby tree.
- Indians of North America--Arizona--1870-1880.; Navajo Indians--Arizona--1870-1880.; Navajo women weavers--Arizona--1870-1880.; Chelly, Canyon de (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Looms--Arizona--1870-1880.; Weaving--Arizona--1870-1880.
- 1873
- Apache braves ready for the trail, Arizona
- Native American (Apache) men pose outdoors with rifles near a brush shelter in Arizona. They wear boot moccasins and breechcloths.
- Apache Indians--Arizona--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--Arizona--1870-1880.; Clothing & dress--Arizona--1870-1880.; Shelters--Arizona--1870-1880.
- 1873
- Cooley's Park, Sierra Blanca Range, Arizona
- View of log buildings and fences at Corydon Eliphalet Cooley's Ranch, Navajo County (later Fort Apache Indian Reservation) Arizona. Livestock, crops and log farm buildings are in a meadow near trees and hillsides of the White Mountain Range.
- Cooley, Corydon Eliphalet--Homes & haunts.; Cooley Ranch (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Navajo County (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; White Mountains (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Arizona--Navajo County--1870-1880.; Ranches--Arizona--Navajo...
- [1873]
- Distant view of Camp Apache, Arizona
- Panoramic view of log or frame buildings with gabled roofs at Fort Apache, Arizona. Shows a flagpole, dirt roads, livestock and a building, possibly a barn, under construction. Trees are on mesas.
- Fort Apache (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Arizona--1870-1880.; Forts & fortifications--Arizona--Fort Apache--1870-1880.; Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.)
- 1873
- Title page of the Wheeler album
- Title page from the Wheeler album reads: "Photographs showing landscapes, geological and other features, of portions of the western territory of the United States. Obtained in connection with Geographical and Geological Explorations and Surveys...
- Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.)
- 1876
- Shoshone Falls, Snake River, Idaho, full lateral view-on upper level
- Panoramic view of Shoshone Falls on the Snake River in Twin Falls County, Idaho. A man stands and poses near the edge of a cliff. Shows boulders in the river and eroded rock walls of the canyon.
- Shoshone Falls (Idaho)--1870-1880.; Snake River (Wyo.-Wash.)--1860-1870.; Twin Falls County (Idaho)--1870-1880.; Canyons--Idaho--Twin Falls County--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Idaho--Twin Falls County--1870-1880.; Rivers--Idaho--Twin Falls...
- 1874
- Shoshone Falls, Snake River, Idaho
- A man stands and poses in a rock crevice beside the Snake River and waterfalls at Shoshone Falls in a canyon in Twin Falls County, Idaho. Shows eroded canyon walls, rocky shores and island boulders in the river.
- Shoshone Falls (Idaho)--1870-1880.; Snake River (Wyo.-Wash.)--1860-1870.; Twin Falls County (Idaho)--1870-1880.; Canyons--Idaho--Twin Falls County--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Idaho--Twin Falls County--1870-1880.; Rivers--Idaho--Twin Falls...
- 1874