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- Navajoe Indian Dance
- View of a Native American (Navajo) Circle Dance at Fort Defiance (McKinley County), New Mexico. The men wear woven shirts and pants, hats and necklaces. Some men are on horseback and three men sit on the ground nearby. The adobe buildings and a log...
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Fort Defiance--1870-1880.; Navajo Indians--New Mexico--Fort Defiance--1870-1880.; Fort Defiance (N.M.)--1870-1880.; Dance--New Mexico--Fort Defiance--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--New Mexico--Fort...
- 1873
- Fort Defiance
- View of two, two story, brick buildings and a fortification and corral at Fort Defiance, Arizona. The corral area has shelters covered with brush roofs. Fort Defiance, a boarding school for Navajo children, was formerly a fort built to suppress...
- Boarding schools--Arizona--Fort Defiance--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Government relations--Arizona--Fort Defiance--1890-1900.; Navajo Indians--Government relations--Arizona--Fort Defiance--1890-1900.; Fort Defiance (Ariz.)--1890-1900.;...
- 1896
- Fort Defiance, Arizona
- View of two brick buildings, one of which is under construction, Fort Defiance, Arizona. Native American (Navajo) girls stand between the two buildings. Fort Defiance, a boarding school for Navajo children, was formerly a fort built to suppress...
- Boarding schools--Arizona--Fort Defiance--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Arizona--Fort Defiance--1890-1900.; Navajo Indians--Government relations--Arizona--Fort Defiance--1890-1900.; Fort Defiance (Ariz.)--1890-1900.;...
- [1896]
- Fort Defiance, Arizona
- View of two brick buildings at Fort Defiance, Arizona. A woman stands near a newly finished building. Metal beds with pillows are between the buildings. Fort Defiance, a boarding school for Navajo children, was formerly a fort built to suppress...
- Boarding schools--Arizona--Fort Defiance--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Arizona--Fort Defiance--1890-1900.; Navajo Indians--Government relations--Arizona--Fort Defiance--1890-1900.; Fort Defiance (Ariz.)--1890-1900.;...
- [1896]
- Navajoe boys and squaw
- Two Native American (Navajo) boys and a young woman pose in front of an adobe building at old Fort Defiance (McKinley County), New Mexico. The boys hold bows and arrows and wear moccasins. The woman wears a bil and a woven blanket.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Fort Defiance--1870-1880.; Navajo Indians--New Mexico--Fort Defiance--1870-1880.; Fort Defiance (N.M.)--1870-1880.; Boys--New Mexico--Fort Defiance--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--New Mexico--Fort...
- 1873
- Fort Defiance
- Navajo Indians build a wood and adobe building at Fort Defiance, Arizona. Fort Defiance, a boarding school for Navajo children, was formerly a fort built to suppress Native American Navajos.
- Indians of North America--Arizona--Fort Defiance--1890-1910.; Navajo Indians--Arizona--Fort Defiance--1890-1910.; Fort Defiance (Ariz.)--1890-1910.; Building construction--Arizona--Fort Defiance--1890-1910.
- 1896
- Employee's mess house
- View of the employee's mess house at Fort Defiance, Arizona. The building has a wood and brush covering and porch. Fort Defiance, a boarding school for Navajo children, was formerly a fort built to suppress Native American Navajos.
- Indians of North America--Government relations--Arizona--Fort Defiance--1890-1900.; Navajo Indians--Government relations--Arizona--Fort Defiance--1890-1900.; Fort Defiance (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Buildings--Arizona--Fort Defiance--1890-1900.; Mess...
- 1896
- Fort Defiance, Indian Agency, Arizona
- View of Fort Defiance, a fort built to suppress Native American Navajos, Arizona. Two men sit on a bluff near the town. Fort Defiance later became a school for Navajo children.
- Indians of North America--Government relations--Arizona--Fort Defiance--1880-1890.; Navajo Indians--Government relations--Arizona--Fort Defiance--1880-1890.; Fort Defiance (Ariz.)--1880-1890.; Military camps--Arizona--Fort Defiance--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- Fort Defiance, Arizona
- View of Fort Defiance, Arizona. An orchard is near the middle of the town. Fort Defiance, a boarding school for Navajo children, was formerly a fort built to suppress Native American Navajos.
- Boarding schools--Arizona--Fort Defiance--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Government relations--Arizona--Fort Defiance--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--Government relations--Arizona--Fort Defiance--1900-1910.; Fort Defiance (Ariz.)--1900-1910.
- 1900
- At or near Ft. Defiance
- View of a Native American Apache family, Fort Defiance, Arizona, shows a mother with a young girl and boy, and a man leaning in a chair under the extended roof of their ramada (cooking area). A saddle, pots, pans and a swing hang on the structure.
- Apache Indians--Arizona--Fort Defiance--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Arizona--Fort Defiance--1880-1890.; Fort Defiance (Ariz.)--1880-1890.; Children--Arizona--Fort Defiance--1880-1890.; Families--Arizona--Fort Defiance--1880-1890.;...
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Aboriginal life among the Navajoe [sic] Indians, near old Fort Defiance, N.M. [sic]
- Native American (Navajo) men and women sit or stand beside a loom near old Fort Defiance (McKinley County), New Mexico. A man wears a woven shirt, leather leggings and moccasins and holds a bow and arrow. A man wears a loin cloth and leans against...
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Fort Defiance--1870-1880.; Navajo Indians--New Mexico--Fort Defiance--1870-1880.; Fort Defiance (N.M.)--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--New Mexico--Fort Defiance--1870-1880.; Looms--New Mexico--Fort...
- 1873
- Fort Defiance, Arizona
- View of Native American (Navajo) women and men at Fort Defiance, Arizona. People sit on the ground or on horseback, or stand beside an adobe wall and a timber wall. People are beneath a shaded stone shelter with vigas. Woven blankets and burlap...
- Navajo Indians--Arizona--Fort Defiance--1880-1910.; Fort Defiance (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Horseback riding--Arizona--Fort Defiance--1880-1910.; Shelters--Arizona--Fort Defiance--1880-1910.; Women--Arizona--Fort Defiance--1880-1910.; Geographical...
- [1873]
- Glenwood Springs - street scene - pole in street
- Snowy street in Glenwood Springs (also known as Defiance and Barlow), Colorado in Garfield County. Sings on one and two-story commercial buildings read: "Garage," "Orpheus," "Iola Rooms," and "Ford."
- Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Business districts--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1925?]
- Glenwood Springs, Colo. street scene
- Snowy street scene in Glenwood Springs (also known as Defiance and Barlow), Colorado in Garfield County. Signs on commercial buildings read: "Orpheum," "Garage," and "Ford."
- Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Glenwood Springs, Colo.
- Snowy street scene in Glenwood Springs (also known as Defiance and Barlow), Colorado in Garfield County. Signs on commercial buildings read: "Orpheum," "Garage," and "Ford."
- Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Business districts--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Glenwood Springs, Colo.
- Swimmers frolic in the Natatorium of the Hot Springs Lodge and Pool at Glenwood Springs (also known as Defiance and Barlow), Colorado in Garfield County; shows a man and a woman on a seesaw, a waterwheel, spectators, and the Stone Bath House.
- Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Springs--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1920-1930.; Swimming pools--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1920-1930.
- [between 1925 and 1930?]
- Canyon de Chelly N. E. Ariz. Entrance
- View of the entrance to Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona. An open area of muddy sand stands near a large sandstone mesa, possibly part of the Defiance Plateau.
- Canyon de Chelly National Monument (Ariz.)--1910-1920.; Canyons--Arizona--1910-1920.; National parks & reserves--Arizona--1910-1920.
- 1915
- 15 Alliot, Glenwood - Valley of the Grand
- Panoramic view overlooking the town of Glenwood Springs, Colorado (formerly known as Defiance), in Garfield County. Tracks of Denver and Rio Grande Western parallel with Colorado River. Visible landmarks: Hotel Colorado, hot springs, bathhouses,...
- Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.
- [between 1891 and 1902]
- Arbored walk Glenwood Spgs.
- View down a wooden boardwalk covered by an arbor in the town of Glenwood Springs (formerly known as Defiance), Colorado, in Garfield County. Sunlight streams through the vines as two people stand at the end of the walkway.
- Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Arbors (Bowers)--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1910.; Boardwalks--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1910.
- [between 1891 and 1910]
- The Bath House, Glenwood Springs
- The Colorado River flows past the The Stone Bath House and the Wooden Bath House at the hot springs spa in the town of Glenwood Springs, (formerly known as Defiance) Colorado, in Garfield County. A log and a stone retaining wall are built above...
- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico); Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Springs--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1900-1910.
- [1900?]
- Colorado - Glenwood Springs
- Visitors view the "cocktail springs" at the hot springs spa in the town of Glenwood Springs, Colorado (formerly known as Defiance), in Garfield County. The spring is surrounded by a circular, concrete wall. The "Natatorium," a large...
- Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bathhouses--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1900.; Springs--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1900.
- [1895?]
- Colorado - Glenwood Springs
- Panoramic view of the hot springs spa, inlcuding the Stone Bath House and the Wooden Bath House, and the Hotel Colorado in the town of Glenwood Springs (formerly known as Defiance), Colorado, in Garfield County. The Colorado River and the tracks of...
- Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.
- [about 1900]
- Colorado - Glenwood Springs
- Panoramic view overlooking the town of Glenwood Springs (formerly known as Defiance), Colorado, in Garfield County. Landmarks include: the Colorado River, the tracks of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad, the Hotel Colorado, the hot...
- Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Glenwood from the east
- A panoramic view of the town of Glenwood Springs, Colorado, (formerly known as Defiance) in Garfield County is taken from the eastern part of the town. A puff of smoke rises form the Denver and Rio Grande train. The tracks of the railroad follow...
- Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Fun for the Boys, Glenwood Springs, Col., U. S. A.
- People frolic in the pool in the hot springs spa pool in the town of Glenwood Springs, Colorado (formerly known as Defiance), in Garfield County. A large fountain in the pool sprays water into the air as children jump off of it. Others hang on to...
- Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Children playing in water--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1900.; Springs--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1900.; Swimming pools--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Glenwood Spgs, Colo.
- Water squirts out of the fountain in the center of the Natatorium at the hot springs spa in the town of Glenwood Springs (formerly known as Defiance), Colorado, in Garfield County. Swimmers frolic on the fountain and in the pool. Several swimmers...
- Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Fountains--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1920.; Swimmers--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1920.
- [between 1891 and 1915]
- Glenwood Spgs. swimming pool & bath
- View of the water fountain in the middle of the hot springs spa pool in Glenwood Springs, Colorado (formerly known as Defiance), in Garfield County; shows water slide on deck and Hotel Colorado.
- Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Children playing in water--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1910.; Springs--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1910.; Swimming pools--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1910.
- [between 1892 and 1902]
- Glenwood Spgs., Colo. arbor
- View down a wooden boardwalk covered by an arbor in the town of Glenwood Springs (formerly known as Defiance), Colorado, in Garfield County. Sunlight streams through the vines as two people stand at the end of the walkway.
- Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Arbors (Bowers)--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1910.; Boardwalks--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1910.
- [between 1891 and 1910]
- Glenwood Spings (sic.) & Bath House
- Panoramic view of the town of Glenwood Springs (formerly known as Defiance), Colorado, in Garfield County. Landmarks include: the hot springs spa (including the Natatorium), the Yampah Hot Springs, the Wooden Bath House, and the Stone Bath House,...
- Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1891-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Glenwood Springs - Colorado Midland Ry.
- Panoramic view of the town of Glenwood Springs, Colorado (formerly known as defiance), in Garfield County. Two steel bridges cross the river. Visible landmarks: Hotel Colorado with fountain, hot springs, and bath houses.
- Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.
- [1905?]
- Glenwood Springs
- Two people walk along the wooden boardwalk arbor in the town of Glenwood Springs (formerly known as Defiance), Colorado, in Garfield County. Sunlight streams through the vines that grow over the top of the canopy. Four young girls stand facing the...
- Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Arbors (Bowers)--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1900.; Boardwalks--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1900.
- [between 1895 and 1910]
- Glenwood Springs, Colo.
- The Colorado River winds through the town of Glenwood Springs (formerly known as Defiance), Colorado, in Garfield County. Two steel bridges span the river. Landmarks in the town include the Hotel Colorado, flanked by Cypres trees, the hot springs...
- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico); Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1930-1940.
- [between 1935 and 1941]
- Glenwood Springs, Colo.
- View looking across the Natatorium at the hot springs and spa in the town of Glenwood Springs (formerly known as Defiance), Colorado, in the Garfield County; shows swimmers in pool, water fountain and slide at the end of the pool, and vine-covered...
- Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Springs--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1900-1920.; Swimming pools--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1900-1920.
- [between 1906 and 1914]
- Glenwood Springs, Colo., hot baths
- Interstate 70 (prior to its renovation in the 1980s) winds past the hot springs spa and parallels the Colorado River in Glenwood Springs (formerly known as Defiance), Colorado, in Garfield County. Landmarks include the Stone Bath House. Signs: ...
- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico); Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Springs--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1970-1980.
- May 13, 1978
- Glenwood Springs, Colorado
- Panoramic view of the town of Defiance, Colorado (later changed to Glenwood Springs), in Garfield County. Structures in the new town include tents, log cabins, and wood-frame buildings.
- Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- 1884
- Glenwood Springs, Colo.
- Swimmers stand on the edges of the fountain in the center of the Natatorium at the hot springs spa in the town of Glenwood Springs (formerly known as Defiance), Colorado, in Garfield County. The men wear trunks and short-sleeved shirts; women wear...
- Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Bathing suits--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1900-1920.; Fountains--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1900-1920.; Swimmers--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1900-1920.
- [between 1906 and 1914]
- Glenwood Springs, Colorado
- Panoramic view of the town of Glenwood Springs (formerly known as Defiance), Colorado, in Garfield County. The tracks of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad parallel the course of the river. Tents are pitched among log cabins and...
- Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- Glenwood Springs, Colorado
- Three bathers, two women and a man, put their arms around each other's shoulders and stand in a line on a narrow deck between the Natatorium and the Stone Bath House at the hot springs spa in the town of Glenwood Springs, Colorado (formerly known...
- Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Bathing suits--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1910.; Springs--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1910.; Swimmers--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1910.
- [between 1892 and 1910]
- Glenwood Springs, Colorado
- Two men frolic in the natatorium at the hot springs spa in the town of Glenwood Springs (formerly known as Defiance), Colorado, in Garfield County. A man in the water holds a ladder; another man balances atop the ladder. The Stone Bath House is in...
- Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Springs--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1910.; Swimming pools--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1910.
- [between 1892 and 1910]
- Glenwood Springs, Colorado
- View overlooking the gardens surrounding the hot springs spa and bathhouses in the town of Glenwood Springs (formerly known as Defiance), Colorado, in Garfield County. Stone Bath House in backgound.
- Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Gardens--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1920-1940.; Springs--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1920-1940.
- [between 1929 and 1935]
- The hot pool at Glenwood Springs, Colorado
- Water gushes out of the fountain in the middle of the Natatorium at the hot springs spa in the town of Glenwood Springs formerly known as Defiance), Colorado, in Garfield County. The Stone Bath House and the Wooden Bath House are next to the...
- Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fountains--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1900.; Springs--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1900.
- [about 1897]
- Springs, park, and bath houses
- Water squirts out of the Swan Fountain at the hot springs spa in the town of Glenwood Springs (formerly known as Defiance), Colorado, in Garfield County. Feature include: the Stone Bath House, the Wooden Bath House, the Yampah Hot Springs, and the...
- Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fountains--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1900.; Springs--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1900.
- [1891?]
- The boys day, Glenwood Springs, Col. U. S. A.
- Children frolic in the hot springs spa pool in the town of Glenwood Springs, Colorado (formerly known as Defiance), in Garfield County. Water gushes out of the fountain in the center of the pool as boys jump off into the pool. Spectators stand at...
- Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Children playing in water--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1900.; Springs--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1900.; Swimming pools--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1900.
- 1890
- The Swimming Pool, Glenwood Springs, 1266
- Water gushes out of the fountain in the middle of the Natatorium in the hot springs spa in the town of Glenwood Springs (formerly known as Defiance), Colorado, in Garfield County. The Stone Bath House and the Wooden Bath House are next to the...
- Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fountains--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1900.; Springs--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1900.
- [March 24, 1896]
- Glenwood Springs, Colorado
- View of the park surrounding the hot springs spa in the town of Glenwood Springs (formerly known as Defiance), Garfield County, Colorado, shows trees around gate of Natatorium and stone bath house in background.
- Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Parks--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1900-1920.
- [between 1906 and 1914]
- Glenwood
- A steel, arched railroad bridge (built in 1889) of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad in the town of Glenwood Springs (formerly known as Defiance), Colorado, in Garfield County spans the Colorado River. Retaining walls are built along the...
- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico); Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1920-1950.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1920-1950.
- [between 1920 and 1950]
- Lookout Mountain from Glenwood Springs
- Panoramic view of the town of Glenwood Springs, Colorado (formerly known as Defiance), in Garfield County. Lookout Mountain is in the background.
- Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- Bathers in the pool at Glenwood Spgs.
- Swimmers frolic in the Natatorium at the hot springs spa in the town of Glenwood Springs (formerly known as Defiance), Colorado, in Garfield County. A large splash of water rises from the water beneath the pool slide; a swimmer runs on top of the...
- Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Fountains--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1920.; Springs--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1920.; Swimmers--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1920.; Swimming pools--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1920.
- [between 1891 and 1920]
- Colo. Glenwood Springs Bath House
- Children play on a floating, wooden ladder in the Natatorium at the hot springs spa in the town of Glenwood Springs (formerly known as Defiance), Colorado, in Garfield County.
- Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Children playing in water--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1920.; Springs--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1900-1940.; Swimming pools--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1920.
- [between 1891 and 1915]
- Colo. Glenwood Springs Bath House
- Seven swimmers (three women and four men) peek over the edge of the deck of the Natatorium as they bathe in the pool at the hot springs spa in the town of Glenwood Springs (formerly known as Defiance), Colorado, in Garfield County; shows the...
- Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Springs--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1900-1940.; Swimmers--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1920.; Swimming pools--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1920.
- [about 1910]