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- Colorado State Penitentiary prison guards
- Prison guards at the Colorado State Penitentiary pose for a group portrait in front a rusticated stone wall. The men wear dark uniforms with caps. Two of the men are African American (Black), they are identified (right to left) as Haley and Pate. A...
- Colorado State Penitentiary--People--1880-1900.; African Americans--Employment--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1900.; Canon City (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Prison guards--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Silver Queen guards, 1873
- The Silver Queen Guards form a long line in front of the "Assay Office" in Georgetown, Colorado. The men wear military style uniforms with long jackets, white trousers, gloves, and flat top caps with a "K" on them. They pose at attention with heads...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Bayonets--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1880.; Uniforms--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1880.
- 1873
- Central City parade
- A parade marches past Armory Hall, which has "Central City Fire Department" painted above the door, and City Hall in Central City, Colorado. The House Guards carry rifles and an American flag. They follow another column that marches down Main...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Soldiers--American--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.
- [between 1893 and 1897]
- Camp Boynton Beaver Park
- Members of Captain Smith's Veteran Company and members of the Insley Guards led by Major H. E. Insley, part of the opposition to the Cripple Creek Strike of 1894, pose outdoors near a trench at Camp Boynton, Beaver Park, Teller County, Colorado....
- Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1894.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Militias--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Miners' strikes--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Insley, H....
- 1894
- Denver High School football team of 1897
- Studio portrait of members of the 1897 Denver High School football team and their coaches. The two men wear suits and ties. The players wear striped, wool sweaters and socks, shoulder pads, padded pants, and high-top ankle boots. Two boys have nose...
- Denver High School (Denver, Colo.)--People--1890-1900.; Coaches (Athletics)--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Football players--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Colorado penitentiary escapees
- R. L. Freeman (kidnapper) is escorted by guards after his escape with 11 other inmates from the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado. His hair is close cropped and partly shaved; his pants and shirt have stencilled numbers. The guards dressed...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Prison escapes--Colorado--Canon City--1940-1950.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1948
- Western History Subject Index
- Colorado. Penitentiary. Canon City. Guards
- Guards
- Guards pose at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado. They wear khaki shirts and (some) dark pants, ties, badges, and soft or straw hats; some carry flashlights. Concrete wall with barred windows and awnings, and cast iron Corinthian...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Prison guards--Colorado--Canon City--1930-1940.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1937
- Guards of cell house No. 1
- Uniformed guards at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, pose under snow dusted, cast concrete letters reading: "Cell House No. 1." Brass buttons, stars, and oakleaves complete their outfits, and behind them are barred windows and a door.
- Canon City (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Prison guards--Colorado--Canon City--1960-1970.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1960
- Prison guards
- Posing in double breasted, brass buttoned uniforms, these guards at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, hold lead canes and have bands on their conductor's caps reading: Cell House. One has a gold watch fob and bow tie, the other has a...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Prison guards--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1900.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Central City "Home Guards" 1890's
- A procession of "Home Guards" marches in full uniform down Main Street in Central City, Colorado, in front of the Armory Hall that houses the Central City Fire Department. A small group of people stands in front of the hall. Additional people stand...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Guards--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Military parades & ceremonies--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Emmett Mine, Leadville
- A Colorado National Guardsman stands on a hill and looks over the Emmett Mine in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado. The soldier guards the mining property during a labor dispute between mine owners and miners who belonged to the Western Federation...
- Colorado. National Guard.--1890-1900.; Western Federation of Miners--Strikes--1890-1900.; Emmett Mine (Lake County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Guards--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.;...
- 1896
- Feeding prisoners Denver city jail
- Workers give water and food to prisoners that are in their cells at the city jail in Denver, Colorado. Guards stand behind and watch the workers. Shows a row of jail cells down a long hallway.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Guards--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Jails--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Prisoners--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Colorado National Bank entrance with guards
- A man carries bags of gold out of the Colorado National Bank, at 17th (Seventeenth) and Champa Streets, after the repeal of the gold standard in 1933, Denver, Colorado. Guards and spectators stand nearby.
- Colorado National Bank--Buildings--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Banks--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Gold standard--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Private police--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [1933]
- Colorado Penitentiary escapes
- Uniformed guards at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, look and point at a hole in the ground with dirt around it. In the background, men stand in the doorway of a stone building topped by power poles.
- Canon City (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Prison guards--Colorado--Canon City--1960-1970.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1962
- Outside west gate
- Shouldering rifles, officials and uniformed guards consort outside the west gate of the prison during the 1929 insurrection at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado. A man holds a bloody piece of fabric; others stand by the one-story,...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Prison guards--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1930.; Prison riots--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1930.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1929
- 1929 Prison riot at Canon City
- Guards carrying rifles and wearing ammunition belts stand outside the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, during the 1929 riot. A man in the foreground holds a camera. Others stand around a camera on a tripod, by the one-story stone shop....
- Canon City (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Prison guards--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1930.; Prison riots--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1930.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1929
- Group of officers
- Uniformed guards and a man in a suit and fedora pose at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado. Their hatbands read: "Overseer," "Cell house," and "Lieutenant." They carry canes with spherical knobs; barred windows are behind them.
- Canon City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Prison guards--Colorado--Canon City--1950-1960.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1890 and 1895?]
- Officer Payne, Anderson, Morley, Smith, Madison, Med. security
- Uniformed guards at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, pose in a landscaped area of the prison grounds. They wear sidearms and ammunition belts, ties, and fedoras. The rusticated stone wall behind them has a factory window.
- Canon City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Prison guards--Colorado--Canon City--1950-1960.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1952
- Women's crew for new prison hired by Patterson
- Female prison guards at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, pose in topcoats with prison insignia patches on their shoulders. They wear a variety of shoes, and behind them are metal doors and walls.
- Canon City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Prison guards--Colorado--Canon City--1950-1960.; Women--Colorado--Canon City--1950-1960.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Parade of Grand Valley Guards, Grand Junction, Colo.
- View of Grand Valley Guards on parade, Grand Junction, Colorado, shows a group of African-American soldiers marching in uniform and formation, all holding United States flags, one carrying a vertical "U.S. Army" banner, and one on horseback. Men,...
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Grand Junction--1880-1890.; Soldiers--Colorado--Grand Junction--1880-1890.
- 1883
- Prison workers
- Prison guards at the Colorado State Penitentiary pose for a group portrait in front a rusticated stone building with windows covered by iron bars. The men wear dark uniforms with double breasted coats, vests, ties, boots and caps. Some of the caps...
- Colorado State Penitentiary--People--1880-1900.; Canon City (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Prison guards--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Prison officers
- Prison guards at the Colorado State Penitentiary pose for a group portrait in front a rusticated stone wall and barred window of a prison building. The men wear dark uniforms with caps. Some of the caps have lettering: "C.S.P.," "Turnkey,"...
- Colorado State Penitentiary--People--1880-1900.; Canon City (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Prison guards--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- East High spotlight: vol 17 no 8
- 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.)
- 1931 January 14
- Western History Subject Index
- EATON GUARDS Eaton guards
- Loveland Pass tunnel strikers
- View of men, probably security guards, in front of tents, near the proposed Loveland Pass tunnel construction site in either Summit or Clear Creek County, Colorado. The men wear hats and leather coats. Shows snow covered ground and pine trees.
- Private police--Colorado--1940-1950.; Tents--Colorado--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1943?]
- Loveland Pass tunnel strikers
- View of men, probably security guards, and a snow covered hill near the proposed Loveland Pass tunnel site in either Summit or Clear Creek County, Colorado. Shows a road, men, an automobile, possibly tents and pine trees. A sign reads: "No Parking."
- Dirt roads--Colorado--1940-1950.; Private police--Colorado--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1943?]
- Rattlesnake on guard on outskirts of camp, Assiniboines
- A portrait of Rattlesnake a Native American man (Assiniboine) on horseback as he guards the outskirts of a camp probably in Montana. He wears a buckskin jacket, feather on his head, moccasins and holds a rifle. He sits on a Hudson Bay blanket.
- Assiniboine Indians--Montana--1890-1910.; Indians of North America--Montana--1890-1910.; Horseback riding--Montana--1890-1910.; Warriors--Montana--1890-1910.; Rattlesnake.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Depart pur la desinfection (On the way to be disinfected)
- Framed lithograph shows two guards and a group of emaciated prisoners at the World War II, Buchenwald concentration camp in Nazi Germany.
- Concentration camps--Germany--1940-1950.; Holocaust victims--Germany--1940-1950.; Buchenwald (Concentration camp); World War, 1939-1945.
- 1945
- L'arrivee au camp (Arrival at the camp)
- Framed lithograph shows prisoners attacked by guards with clubs and dogs at the World War II, Buchenwald concentration camp in Nazi Germany.
- Concentration camps--Germany--1940-1950.; Holocaust victims--Germany--1940-1950.; Buchenwald (Concentration camp); World War, 1939-1945.
- 1943
- L'evacuation des kommandos sur lea routes (Evacuated commandos on the road)
- Framed lithograph shows prisoners and guards on a road outside the World War II, Buchenwald concentration camp in Nazi Germany.
- Concentration camps--Germany--1940-1950.; Holocaust victims--Germany--1940-1950.; Buchenwald (Concentration camp); World War, 1939-1945.
- 1945 April
- Le kommando de la merde (The shit commando)
- Framed lithograph shows guards and prisoners behind a wire fence inside the World War II, Buchenwald concentration camp in Nazi Germany.
- Concentration camps--Germany--1940-1950.; Holocaust victims--Germany--1940-1950.; Buchenwald (Concentration camp); World War, 1939-1945.
- 1944
- Execution
- Framed lithograph shows two guards with a dog as they beat a prisoner in the World War II, Buchenwald concentration camp, Nazi Germany.
- Concentration camps--Germany--1940-1950.; Holocaust victims--Germany--1940-1950.; Buchenwald (Concentration camp); World War, 1939-1945.
- 1944
- Art Bible illustrations king judgment
- Guards hold a king while another king sits in a throne nearby. The caption is a quotation of 2 Kings, XXV 6 from the Bible.
- Kings--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Early Longmont Colorado home talent group, probably in Dickens Opera House
- A group of actors of various ages pose in costume on stage, probably at the Dickens Opera House, Longmont, Colorado. The center figures are of royalty, a king and queen, with guards holding halberds crossed above their heads. Young girls sit in...
- Longmont (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Actors--Colorado--Longmont--1890-1900.; Theaters--Colorado--Longmont--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- B. M. Vaughan in front of Vaughan Lodge
- B. A. Vaughan poses with his dog and horse at the hitching post, next to his lodge outside of Meeker, Rio Blanco County, Colorado. He smokes a cigarette, wears protective wrist guards, an ammunition belt, and restrains the dog by a chain. His horse...
- Meeker (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Dogs--Colorado--Meeker--1880-1890.; Horses--Colorado--Meeker--1880-1890.; Vaughan, B. A.
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- Portrait of two Ouray men
- Standing portrait of two men, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, shows them in (possibly) Knights of Pythias uniforms with cross isignia, thigh length coats, wrist guards, gloves, caps, swords and seaths hanging from their belts. Painted backdrop...
- Knights of Pythias--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.; Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1896]
- Bird's eye view of Buena Vista, Colo.
- Reproduction of lithograph of Buena Vista, Chaffee County, Colorado; shows: 1. Court House 2. School House 3. Hiller, Hallock & Co's Opera House 4. D&RGRR Depot 5. F W Ower's Sampling Works 6. Turn-Halle and Buena Vista Guards Armory, Co H; 7....
- Buena Vista (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Bows, arrows, and wristguards
- Reproduction of a photoprint shows a bow, two arrows, and two wrist guards used by Native Americans.
- Indians of North America--1920-1930.; Bows (Weapons)--1920-1930.; Arrows--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Denver
- View of Denver, Colorado; shows Guards Hall, Wolfe Hall, houses, churches, and the Rocky Mountains.
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1860-1880.
- [between 1869 and 1879]
- Dakota Indians
- Studio portrait of two unidentified Native Americans (Dakota). A woman sits wearing a fringed dress, a blanket around her shoulders, hair pipe necklace, and feathers in her hair; she holds a leather belt with decorative metallic disks in front of...
- Dakota Indians--Clothing & dress--1880-1910.; Indians of North America--1880-1910.; Women--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Apartment house being aired out after flood
- Clothes, rugs, matresses, quilts, and other items hang over clotheslines and balcony railings of an apartment building in Aurora, Colorado, after a flood. The building is a modern, L-shaped, three story, brick, with flat panels as railing guards. A...
- Aurora (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Apartment houses--Colorado--Aurora--1960-1970.; Floods--Colorado--Aurora--1960-1970.
- July 26, 1965
- Old Pres. Church at Georgetown
- Exterior view of the First United Presbyterian Church, 8th (Eighth) and Taos Streets, on the south bank of South Clear Creek, Georgetown, Colorado. First service held September 20, 1874. Minister in black suit with white collar stands outside a...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Presbyterian churches--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1910.; First United Presbyterian Church (Georgetown, Colo.)
- [between 1892 and 1901]
- Cripple Creek strike
- Uniformed militia in Camp Goldfield, Cripple Creek, Teller County, Colorado, headquarters of the Colorado National Guard during the Western Federation of Miners strike. Shows: horses, tents, mining structures, buildings and flume.
- Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Buildings--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Horses--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Militia--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Miners'...
- 1903 September 5
- Indian dancer at Craterville Park, Okla.
- A southeastern Native American (Plains probably Comanche) man dances dressed in an ornate costume in Craterville Park, Oklahoma. His costume includes fringed moccasins, feather bustle, belt with conchos, wrist guards, bells, and decorative breech...
- Comanche Indians--Oklahoma--1910-1930.; Indian dance--Oklahoma--1910-1930.; Indians of North America--Oklahoma--1910-1930.; Craterville Park (Okla.)--1910-1930.; Ceremonial dancers--Oklahoma--1910-1930.; Clothing & dress--Oklahoma--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930]
- Ludlow strike Colorado National Guard
- A member of the Colorado National Guard, called in to suppress the UMW strike against CF&I, aims an automatic rifle on a tripod, probably near Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado. Other guards stand nearby.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; Colorado. National Guard--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Machine...
- [1913 or 1914]
- Frank Begay Navajo Hoop Dancer, who toured Yugoslavia and Italy during 1962 with the Duqesne University of Pittsburgh.
- Frank Begay, a Native American (Navajo) hoop dancer poses on a stage. He holds metal hoops and wears moccasins, bells, a breechcloth, guantlet wrist guards, armbands, and a beaded feather roach.
- Indians of North America--1960-1970.; Navajo Indians--1960-1970.; Ceremonial dancers--1960-1970.; Begay, Frank.
- [between 1962 and 1970]
- Forbes
- View of Forbes Mine ruins, after the UMF labor strike against CF&I, in Forbes (Las Animas County), Colorado.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo. 1913-1914.; Forbes (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Miners' strikes--Colorado--Forbes--1910-1920.;...
- 1914
- Eldorado Springs
- Swimmers and onlookers are at the pool in Eldorado Springs, Colorado. A sign near the pool reads: "Warning Bathers Are Not Allowed To Use Pool Except When Life Guards Are On Duty."
- Eldorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Springs--Colorado--Eldorado Springs--1900-1910.; Swimming pools--Colorado--Eldorado Springs--1900-1910.
- [between 1905 and 1910?]
- Eaton Hi
- A basketball team at Eaton High School in Eaton, Weld County, Colorado, poses in two lines against a brick wall; the players wear dark, sleeveless, numbered jerseys that read "Eaton," and trunks with light colored belts. The coach and manager wear...
- Eaton (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Basketball players--Colorado--Eaton--1930-1940.
- February 19, 1935