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- Leaving Grant Junior High School
- Leaving Grant Junior High School in Denver, Colorado. Two girls stand outside an open door at the top of stairs on the exterior of the school building.
- Grant Junior High School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- undated
- Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt visited Denver
- Colorado Governor William H. "Billy" Adams rides with Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt on his visit to Denver, Colorado on the campaign trail for the President. They are leaving Union Station in a automobile caravan or parade.
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Governors--Colorado--1930-1940.; Governors--New York--1930-1940.; Shaking hands--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Adams, William Herbert, 1861-1954.; Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.
- September 15, 1932
- Leaving Camp Muir at the end of the Mount Rainier expedition, Washington
- Thirteen men, expedition team members, and porters from the 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment (re-enforced) prepare to leave Camp Muir, also known as Camp One during the Mount Rainier expedition lead by Captain Albert Jackman to test field equipment...
- Camp Muir (Wash.)--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; Jackman, Albert H.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [May 20, 1942]
- Fifth cavalry leaving Custer City
- View of United States Fifth Cavalry on Native American campaigns as they ride in two columns leaving Custer City, Black Dakota Territory. Dust blows through the abandoned mining camp.
- Dakota Indians--War, 1876--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--War--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Custer City (S.D.)--1870-1880.; Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Campaigns & battles--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Cavalry--Dakota...
- 1876
- Pando Sta. Colo. leaving Camp Hale for the air corps
- A view of the Pando depot near Camp Hale (Eagle County), Colorado. A group of soldiers in uniform wait near railroad tracks. Mountains are in the distance.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Pando (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Pando--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--Pando--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- 1943 Nov
- Leaving for World War I
- Group portrait of men and women on a railroad station platform. The men wear World War I military uniforms with flat brimmed hats, buttoned jackets, jodhpurs and gaiters or tall boots. Women wear blouse and skirt outfits with belted jackets,...
- World War, 1914-1918--People.; Farewells--1910-1920.; Soldiers--1910-1920.
- 1916
- St. Louis-San Francisco Ry., the "Firefly" (train name) 1503 4-8-2 & cars leaving depot, south, Fort Scott, Kans.
- A St. Louis and San Francisco Railway train, the "Firefly," is at the passenger depot in Fort Scott (Bourbon County), Kansas. Shows locomotive #1503 with freight and passenger cars leaving the depot. A railroad worker holds a sign that reads...
- St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company--1940-1950.; Fort Scott (Kan.)--1940-1950.; Railroad locomotives--Kansas--Fort Scott--1940-1950.; Railroad stations--Kansas--Fort Scott--1940-1950.; Railroads--Kansas--Fort Scott--1940-1950.
- 1949 April 24
- The ride leaving Estes Park
- A group of Roundup Riders of the Rockies rides horseback beside a road, on their annual trail ride in Estes Park (Larimer County), Colorado. Shows buildings, corrals and utility poles beside the road and snow on mountains in the distance.
- Roundup Riders of the Rockies (Colo.)--People--1950-1960.; Trail riding--Colorado--Larimer County--1950-1960.; Estes Park (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Larimer County--1950-1960.; Organizations--Colorado--Larimer...
- 1953 July
- Steck School students leaving
- Photograph of students leaving Steck Elementary School in Denver, Colorado. The children come down the stairs wearing their coats and hats. A teacher stands by the door watching the students leave.
- Steck School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1942
- 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
- East High spotlight: vol 30 no 13
- 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.)
- 1944 May 25
- Interview with Albert Niederhut
- Antonita García (Tonie), José García
- Studio portrait of Antonita (Tonie) García and her brother José García. They pose on a prop railroad car platform in front of a painted drop of a railroad lounge car. She wears a dress with puffed sleeves and a gathered V neck, a necklace, a...
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1940-1950; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1940-1950.; García, Antonita, 1907---Pictorial works.; García, José--Pictorial works.; Families--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Women--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Brothers and...
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- José Amarante Garcia family
- Studio portrait of Hispanic American José Amarante García and his family. José served as sheriff and county judge in Conejos County, Colorado. Family members are identified as, front row L to R: José Victor García, Sofia García,...
- Hispanic Americans--1900-1910.; Mexican Americans--1900-1910.; Conejos County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Children.; Families.; Judges.; Sheriffs.; Women.; García, José Amarante--Family--Pictorial works.; García, Teodora Espinoza...
- 1912
- Superintendent's home, Saints John, Colorado
- In Saints John, Summit County, Colorado, a man poses on the porch of the Superintendent's house: a frame, gable roofed dwelling. The porch railing is of raw logs; other homes and slopes are in the background.
- Saints John (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Houses--Colorado--Saints John--1870-1880.; Mining--Colorado--Saints John--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- Ku Klux Klan rally
- Klansmen exchange documents with one another in front of a burning cross and an American flag as other members of the group watch at a rally of the Boulder Chapter of the Ku Klux Klan in Boulder County, Colorado.
- Ku Klux Klan (1915- )--Meetings--1920-1930.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--Boulder--1920-1930.; Meetings--Colorado--Boulder--1920-1930.
- [1925?]
- Allen's Park
- View of people leaving Saint James Episcopal church, Allenspark, Boulder County, Colorado; shows a log structure with a cross, a belfry, and log fence.
- Saint James Episcopal Church (Allenspark, Colo.)--1950-1970.; Allenspark (Colo.)--1950-1970.; Episcopal churches--Colorado--Allenspark--1950-1970.; Log buildings--Colorado--Allenspark--1950-1970.
- [between 1955 and 1970]
- Allen's Park
- View of people leaving Saint James Episcopal church, Allenspark, Boulder County, Colorado; shows a log structure with a cross, a belfry, and log fence.
- Saint James Episcopal Church (Allenspark, Colo.)--1950-1970.; Allenspark (Colo.)--1950-1970.; Episcopal churches--Colorado--Allenspark--1950-1970.; Log buildings--Colorado--Allenspark--1950-1970.
- [between 1955 and 1970]
- Colorado coal mining
- Two people sit on a broken ore car track at what may be an abandoned coal mine once operated by the Rocky Mountain Fuel Company in Colorado. The supports for the track have fallen away at a point just beyond where the couple sits, leaving track...
- Rocky Mountain Fuel Company--Facilities--1920-1940.; Abandoned mines--Colorado--1920-1940.; Tailings embankments--Colorado--1920-1940.; Mine railroads--Colorado--1920-1940.; Mining--Colorado--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Early Military Parade in Denver
- Spectators watch a military parade in front of the City Hall building located on 14th (Fourteenth) and Market Streets, in Denver, Colorado. The parade was to honor soldiers leaving for the Spanish American War in 1898.
- Gun-carriages--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Spanish-American War, 1898.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Military parades &...
- 1898
- "Off to War" Parade in Denver
- Spectators watch a military parade in front of the City Hall building located on 14th (Fourteenth) and Market Streets, in Denver, Colorado. The parade was to honor soldiers leaving for the Spanish American War in 1898.
- Spanish-American War, 1898--Military personnel--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Marching--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Military parades & ceremonies--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Soldiers--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.;...
- 1898
- William Jennings Bryan
- William Jennings Bryan, three time Democratic Party presidential nominee, leaves the Denver Democratic Party Club building. This photo may have been taken during the 1908 Democratic National Convention held at Denver in 1908.
- Pearce, Richard, Denver resident--Homes & haunts.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; North Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Political conventions--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Politicians--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Bryan, William Jennings, ...
- 1908?
- Two women leave a Denver residence - murder scene
- Two women are escorted from a home in Denver. One women is being led out by a police officer and the other woman is being led out by a man in plain clothes. They may be leaving the scene of a murder or suicide.
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Police--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950]
- Home of the Mountain Crows
- View of a Mountain Crow (Native American) encampment, probably in Montana, shows tepees, horses, and wagons occupying a flat clearing along a valley floor.
- Crow Indians--Montana--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Montana--1900-1910.; Indian encampments--Montana--1900-1910.; Tipis--Montana--1900-1910.
- 1907?
- Capricious at the First Creek School for Retarded Children
- Children of various ages work on wooden puzzles at a rectangular table at a school in Aurora, Colorado. Two men in suits and ties, observe the children, one leaving over a child to see his puzzle from above. Another school table, with a September...
- Aurora (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Children--Colorado--Aurora--1940-1950.; Schools--Colorado--Aurora--1940-1950.
- 1948
- Firemen probe the crumbled walls of the Paris Theater, 76 Knox Court
- Night view of the Paris Art Theater at 76 Knox Court in Denver, Colorado, after an explosion; shows firemen picking through rubble.
- Paris Art Theater (Denver, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Explosions--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Motion picture theaters--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.;...
- 1963 May 27
- House on California Street
- View of houses at 1827 California Street in Denver, Colorado. One of the houses, a two story brick building, has a covered porch and decorative trim.
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
- 1888
- C&S narrouw gauge at Waterton, Engine 69, 70
- Colorado & Southern narrow gauge freight train, eastbound, leaving Waterton, Jefferson County, Colorado. Engines 69 and 70 (Baldwin type 2-8-0) and twenty-eight cars curve round bend; smoke raises from Ridgway Spark Arrester (Bear Trap stack) of...
- Waterton (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--Waterton--1940-1950.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Waterton--1940-1950.; Railroads--Colorado--Waterton--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950]
- C&S narrow gauge at Waterton
- Colorado & Southern narrow gauge freight train eastbound leaving Waterton, Jefferson County, Colorado; Engines 69 and 70 (Baldwin type 2-8- 0)and twenty-eight cars curve round bend at 15 MPH; smoke rises from Ridgway Spark Arrester (Bear Trap...
- Waterton (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--Waterton--1940-1950.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Waterton--1940-1950.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Waterton--1940-1950.
- [1941 March 31]
- Near Embude [i.e. Embudo] N.M.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western train number 426, leaving Embudo, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico; the Chili Line; narrow gauge engine 473 (Schenectady type 2-8-2) with mixed cars runs along Embudo Creek; shows water tank tower in background.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Embudo (N.M.)--1940-1950.; Embudo Creek (N.M.)--1940-1950.; Narrow gauge railroads--New Mexico--Embudo--1940-1950.; Railroad locomotives--New Mexico--Embudo--1940-1950.; Streams--New...
- [between 1940 and 1950}
- Placer mining. Big boulder range - Knapp's Ranch, Columbia, Tuolumne County
- View of eroded pinnacles and deep gouges at "Big Boulder Range," a hydraulic gold mine at Knapp's Ranch, Columbia, Tuolumne County, California.
- Columbia (Calif.)--1860-1880.; Hydraulic mining--California--Columbia--1860-1880.; Mining--California--Columbia--1860-1880.
- [between 1865 and 1880?]
- Hydraulic mining. The sluice blocks
- View of a placer gold mine sluice between eroded embankments in California.
- Sluices--California--1860-1880.; Hydraulic mining--California--1860-1880.; Mining--California--1860-1880.
- [between 1865 and 1880?]
- Placer mining, Umcompahgre [sic] Creek, Colorado
- View of hydraulic gold placer mining in Mesa County, Colorado; shows jets of water, hills, and Uncompahgre Creek.
- Mesa County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Gold mining--Colorado--Mesa County--1880-1900.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Mesa County--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Mesa County--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Idaho waterwheel
- View of gold mine ore processing facility ruins in Idaho; men examine the collapsing frame structure and waterwheel.
- Abandoned buildings--Idaho--1940-1960.; Hydraulic mining--Idaho--1940-1960.; Mining--Idaho--1940-1960.; Waterwheels--Idaho--1940-1960.
- [between 1940 and 1960?]
- Men at Fort Morgan depot
- Lieutenant Biglow, Lieutenant Benidict, Mr. L. C. Paddock, Wm. Waddell, and Dr. Woods pose near the Fort Morgan railroad depot. A sign reads: "American Telephone and Telegraph and Associated Companies Long Distance Telephone Bell System Western...
- Fort Morgan (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Telegraph offices--Colorado--Fort Morgan--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--Fort Morgan--1910-1920.; Benidict.; Biglow.; Paddock, L. C.; Waddell, William.; Woods.
- [1914]
- Independence (Pitkin Co.) 1942
- View of a group of ruined cabins in Independence (Pitkin County), Colorado; features collapsed roofs, leaving only the framework intact.
- Independence (Pitkin County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Building deterioration--Colorado--Independence--1940-1950.
- 1942
- C&S narrow gauge train, engine number 4, engine type 2-6-0
- Train #70, Denver to Grant, Colo. train, Sunday only; 3 cars, 8 MPH. Photographed: leaving Denver, Colo., August 9, 1931.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1931.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1931
- C&S narrow gauge train, engine number 8, engine type 2-6-0
- Train #70, passenger; 2 cars, 30 MPH. Photographed: Leaving Denver, Colo., October 14, 1935.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1935.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1935
- C&S narrow gauge train, engine number 9, engine type 2-6-0
- Train #70, passenger; 4 cars, 18 MPH. Photographed: Leaving Denver, Colo., September 17, 1922.
- Locomotives--1920-1930.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1922.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1922
- C&S narrow gauge train, engine number 9, engine type 2-6-0
- Train #70, passenger; 2 cars, 30 MPH. Photographed: Leaving Denver, Colo., December 26, 1932.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1932.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1932
- C&S narrow gauge train, engine number 9, engine type 2-6-0
- Train #70, passenger; 2 cars, 20 MPH. Photographed: Leaving Denver, Colo., November 6, 1936.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1936.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1936
- C&S narrow gauge train, engine number 9, engine type 2-6-0
- Train #70, passenger; 2 cars, 20 MPH. Photographed: Leaving Denver, Colo., December 16, 1936.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1936.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1936
- C&S narrow gauge train, engine number 21, engine type 2-6-0
- Train #70, passenger; 5 cars, good smoke effect. Photographed: Leaving Denver, Colo., July 1918.
- Locomotives--1910-1920.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1918.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1918
- C&S narrow gauge train, engine number 22, engine type 2-6-0
- Train #70, passenger; 2 cars. Photographed: Leaving Denver, Colo., 1920.
- Locomotives--1920-1930.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1920.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1920
- C&S narrow gauge train, engine number 60, engine type 2-8-0 and engine number 65, engine type 2-8-0
- Freight; westbound; 17 cars, 15 MPH. Photographed: Leaving Denver, Colo., September 17, 1922.
- Locomotives--1920-1930.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1922.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1922
- C&S narrow gauge train, engine number 68, engine type 2-8-0 and engine number 69, engine type 2-8-0; engine number 8, engine type 2-6-0 and engine number 58, engine type 2-8-0
- Freight; westbound; (13+4) 17 cars, 8 MPH. Photographed: Leaving tank at Waterton, Colo., April 1, 1937.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1937.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Waterton.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1937
- C&S narrow gauge train, engine number 68, engine type 2-8-0 and engine number 69, engine type 2-8-0; engine number 8, engine type 2-6-0 and engine number 58, engine type 2-8-0
- Freight; westbound; (13+4) 17 cars, 15 MPH; fine smoke effect. Photographed: Leaving Denver, Colo., April 1, 1937.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1937.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1937
- C&S narrow gauge train, engine number 69, engine type 2-8-0 and engine number 70, engine type 2-8-0
- Freight; eastbound; 28 cars, 15 MPH. Photographed: Leaving Waterton, Colo., March 31, 1941.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1941.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Waterton.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1941
- C&S narrow gauge train, engine number 70, engine type 2-8-0; engine number 5, engine type 2-6-0 and engine number 58, engine type 2-8-0
- Freight; westbound; helpers in train. Photographed: Leaving Denver, Colo., May 2, 1935.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1935.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1935
- C&S narrow gauge train, engine number 70, engine type 2-8-0
- Freight; westbound; 7 cars, 10 MPH. Photographed: Leaving Denver, Colo., February 22, 1936.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1936.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1936