Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Soldier Summit - terminal
- Soldier Summit, Utah, is a Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad terminal/switch yard covered in snow. Locomotives, freight and passenger cars, and cabooses are on the tracks, and men work picking ice from the switches. Passengers emerge at the...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Soldier Summit (Utah)--1920-1930.; Passengers--Utah--Soldier Summit--1920-1930.; Railroad employees--Utah--Soldier Summit--1920-1930.; Railroad shops & yards--Utah--Soldier...
- [between 1922 and 1929?]
- Soldier Summit - terminal
- Soldier Summit, Utah, is a Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad terminal/switch yard covered in snow. Locomotives, freight and passenger cars, and cabooses are on the tracks, and men work picking ice from the switches. Passengers emerge at the...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Soldier Summit (Utah)--1920-1930.; Railroad freight cars--Utah--Soldier Summit--1920-1930.; Railroad shops & yards--Utah--Soldier Summit--1920-1930.; Railroad stations--Utah--Soldier...
- [between 1922 and 1929?]
- Soldier Summit, Utah from west side
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad freight and coal cars wait in snow at Soldier Summit, Utah, between the depot and the engine house. Employee houses are to the side.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Soldier Summit (Utah)--1920-1930.; Houses--Utah--Soldier Summit--1920-1930.; Railroad freight cars--Utah--Soldier Summit--1920-1930.; Railroad shops & yards--Utah--Soldier...
- 1926?
- Book of words of the festival opening of the great organ
- Program for a concert given at Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church in 1888.
- Trinity United Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church (Denver, Colo.) -- History. ; Methodist churches--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
- 1888 December 21
- The birth of "Sven", 1942
- A 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment (re-enforced) soldier wearing snowshoes attempts to climb a steep snowbank behind another soldier who offers his hand to help. Two men walking on snowshoes are partially visible in the background. The soldier in...
- Ski troops--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; Snowshoeing--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.; United States. Army. Mountain...
- 1942
- Soldier Summit - depot in snow
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad coal cars wait in snow by the depot at Soldier Summit, Utah; one car has lettering: "Utah Idaho Central 1055."
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Soldier Summit (Utah)--1920-1930.; Railroad freight cars--Utah--Soldier Summit--1920-1930.; Railroad stations--Utah--Soldier Summit--1920-1930.; Railroads--Utah--Soldier...
- [between 1922 and 1929?]
- E.B. passenger Soldier Summit 766 on point
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad locomotive 766 pulls a passenger train past the depot through snow at Soldier Summit, Utah. Employee houses are in the background.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Soldier Summit (Utah)--1920-1930.; Railroad locomotives--Utah--Soldier Summit--1920-1930.; Railroad stations--Utah--Soldier Summit--1920-1930.; Railroads--Utah--Soldier Summit--1920-1930.;...
- [between 1922 and 1929?]
- Travois with wounded man, from Battle of Slim Buttes
- View a wounded soldier on a travois constructed of two long poles pulled by a mule or horse with an attendant, along French Creek, Black Hills, Dakota Territory. The soldier is covered with a plaid blanket and is propped up with his pack.
- Dakota Territory--War--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--War--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Slim Buttes (S.D.), Battle of, 1876--Casualties--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Litters--Dakota...
- 1876
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Congress of Rough Riders of the World
- Color drawing depicting William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody on horseback holding his hat in the air in his right hand. A British and an American soldier ride on either side of Cody. The British soldier carries a British flag while the American...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Flags--American--1900-1910.; Flags--British--1900-1910.; Soldiers--American--1900-1910.; Soldiers--British--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1925 and 1950?]
- Soldiers with mules in Camp Hale
- A Tenth Mountain Division soldier stands holding a mule at Camp Hale, Colorado. The mule is wearing a pack saddle, with two cases on top that are secured with rope. The soldier holding the mule is also wearing a knapsack with a waterbottle and...
- Barracks--Colorado--1940-1950.; Military camps--Colorado--1940-1950.; Mules--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- [1943-1944]
- Long Soldier
- Seated studio portrait, 3/4 length, of Long Soldier a Native American (Gros Ventre) male. Long Soldier is wearing a top hat and a fur piece around neck.
- Atsina Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Long Soldier.
- [188-?]
- Portrait of a soldier
- A man wears a World War I soldier's uniform and stands at attention in a studio portrait. The soldier holds a rifle and wears jodhpur pants, boots with gaiters, a long buttoned jacket and a felt hat.
- Soldiers--1900-1910.
- [between 1915 and 1920?]
- 1400 class engine climbing Soldier Summit at Gilluly, Utah
- View from hillside over Gilluly station looks south across Soldier Creek, Utah. A Denver and Rio Grande F-81 Class 2-10-2 Engine makes its way up on one of the three levels of track required for the new two-percent grade up Soldier Summit.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1910-1930.; Gilluly (Utah)--1910-1930.; Railroad locomotives--Utah--1910-1930.
- [between 1913 and 1928]
- Passenger train in snow Soldier Summit Utah
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad passenger train "The Scenic Limited" heads west in a blizzard at Soldier Summit, Wasatch County,Utah.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Soldier Summit (Utah)--1920-1930.; Blizzards--Utah--Soldier Summit--1920-1930.; Railroads--Utah--Soldier Summit--1920-1930.
- 1924
- Wounded soldier with medics
- A wounded Tenth Mountain Division soldier lies on a stretcher surrounded by medical personnel in a small plaza in an Italian village. They are examining his leg. A medical jeep with a large red cross flag is parked nearby and three medics are...
- Ski troops--1940-1950.; Medical aspects of war--1940-1950.; Soldiers--United States--1945.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Medicine, Military.; Mountain warfare.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- Soldier boarding transport ship
- A U.S. Army soldier walks up a gangplank as he boards a transport ship at an unidentified port in the United States. He carries a pack and a barracks bag and has a rifle slung over his shoulder. He wears a uniform and helmet. A sign on the...
- World War, 1939-1945--American--Transportation.; Gangplanks--United States--1940-1950.; Government vessels--American--United States--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--United States--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- 1946 April 10
- Blanket tossing a rookie
- Members of D Company, 1st Infantry of the Colorado National Guard, stand in a circle, hold a blanket and toss a soldier in the air in Teller County, Colorado, during the Western Federation of Miners strike. The men wear uniforms with suspenders....
- Colorado. National Guard.--Colorado--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Teller County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Hazing--Colorado--Teller County--1900-1910.; Military camps--Colorado--Teller County--1900-1910.;...
- [1903]
- Scraper and awl
- A Native American (Sioux) scraper tool made from elk horn and a steel blade. The scraper has a natural color, dots and lines carved into the handle portion, hollow depression and there is a thong piece of buckskin wrapped around the blade. This...
- Arapaho Indians--Arts & crafts--1860-1880.; Dakota Indians--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.; Scrapers (tools)--1880-1900.; Cases (containers)--1860-1880.
- [between 1860 and 1900]
- 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
- 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
- Stab, Bob Tail Bull, Yellow Wolf, Little Brave
- Portrait of Native American men (Arikara or Ricaree): (left to right) Stab, Bob Tail Bull, Yellow Wolf, and Little Brave (Little Soldier); costume includes a feather headdress, a fur hat, a uniform jacket with epaulets, leggings, moccasins, a...
- Arikara Indians--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Bob Tail Bull.; Little Brave.; Stab.; Yellow Wolf.
- 1876
- Stretcher with wounded man, from Battle of Slim Buttes
- View a two-horse litter with a wounded soldier, possibly First Lieutenant Adolphus H. Von Luettwitz, and an attendant along French Creek, Black Hills, Dakota Territory. The soldier is covered with a plaid blanket and tree boughs serve as a head...
- Dakota Territory--War--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--War--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Slim Buttes (S.D.), Battle of, 1876--Casualties--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Litters--Dakota...
- 1876
- Dakota Indians
- Two white men pose with four Native American (Sioux) men on the Standing Rock Reservation, Fort Yates, North Dakota. The men, dressed in suits, are identified as: "L. F. Crawford, Bear Soldier, Frank Zahn, Little Soldier, W. L. Burdick, and...
- Dakota Indians--North Dakota--Fort Yates--1890-1920.; Indians of North America--North Dakota--Fort Yates--1890-1920.; Fort Yates (N.D.)--1890-1920.; Monuments & memorials--North Dakota--Fort Yates--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920?]
- Reality on the plains
- A uniformed soldier with head bandages stands over the body of a shirtless dead man. The soldier has a saber at his side and a hat in his hand, the dead man has an arrow in his chest and a picture of a girl near his outstretched hand.
- Indians of North America--War--1870-1880.; Soldiers--1870-1880.
- [1940-1970?]
- Soldiers eating around a jeep
- Five Tenth Mountain Division soldiers eat their chow around a jeep in a heavily shelled Italian town. One bites into a piece of food and holds an opened can with a spoon in it while standing beside the jeep. The second sits behind the steering...
- Soldiers--United States--1945.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- Margaret Bourke-White photographing ski troops
- Margaret Bourk-White, photographer for Life magazine, faces away from the camera in this image of her photographing four Tenth Mountain Division soldiers skiing in Italy. All the skiers wear white camouflage coats, three carry rifles and one wears...
- Mountain warfare--Italy--1940-1950.; Ski troops--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- Soldiers with two tanks
- Photograph of the back of two tanks on a rocky Italian dirt road. One tank has slipped off. Two soldiers of the Tenth Mountain Division appear to be having a discussion near the tank that has slid, another soldier is walking toward them. A soldier...
- Mountain warfare--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1945.; Tanks (Military science)--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- 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
- 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]
- Sandy White
- Portrait of Sandy White, Tenth Mountain Division soldier from California, smoking a cigar and wearing a cap and "whites," the winter camouflage uniform. Behind him another soldier, wearing the same uniform and sunglasses, clowns for the camera and...
- Ski troops--1940-1950.; Soldiers--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [1943-1944]
- Two soldiers near a snowbank
- Two Tenth Mountain Division Soldiers stand near a snow bank, at their feet is a piece of equipment that could possibly be the Kennedy mortar sight, which was developed by a soldier at Camp Hale. Both men are wearing white pants and khaki shirts....
- Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- [1943-1944]
- William F. Cody with group
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody stands on the far right of a group of five men, including three Native Americans, possibly George Hungry, Pretty Soldier and Joe Custer. Nate Salsbury, owner and manager of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, stands...
- Dakota Indians--1900-1910.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Burke, John, d. 1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- William F. Cody and group on beach
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody poses on horseback in the left center midground of a panoramic view of a beach, probably in Europe. A long row of Native American men and women also on horseback line the shore behind Cody. A man wearing a...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Major Burke (lightning drill)
- A soldier performs a rifle drill on a small platform in a dirt arena during Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Earl's Court in England. Another man sits on a log platform in the left center background behind the soldier. A small, log cabin is in the...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Soldiers.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1892?]
- The Scriptbook
- Booklet created by The Script Club of East High School in Denver, Colorado. Members of The Script Club, the writing club of East High, submitted their own works for create this booklet. Included are poems, essays, sketches and stories written by...
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High school students' writings--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1932 May
- Soldier
- Studio portrait of an unidentified soldier from Colorado. He wears a uniform with a tunic, jodhpers, gaiters and a flat brimmed hat.
- Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1910-1920.; Soldiers.; United States. Army--Uniforms.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic American soldiers--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Military uniforms--Pictorial works.
- [between 1913 and 1920?]
- Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 2, 1918 April
- D&RGW train #1, the Scenic Limited, westbound up Soldier Summit at Castle Gate, Utah, with three engines on the point
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad train number one, the Scenic Limited, at Castle Gate, Utah, flanked by rock cliffs.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.--1920-1930.; Soldier Summit (Utah)--1920-1930.; Cliffs--Utah--Soldier Summit--1920-1930.; Railroad locomotives--Utah--Soldier Summit--1920-1930.; Railroads--Utah--Soldier Summit--1920-1930.
- 1924?
- Little Soldier who fought Custer in Custer Battle - lives at Standing Rock Agency
- Three-quarter standing portrait of Little Soldier or White Bull?, an elderly Native American Sioux or Cheyenne man who fought in the Little Bighorn, wearing a sweater, trousers, and holding his hat, Standing Rock Agency, North Dakota or South...
- United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency.--1930-1940.; Dakota Indians--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--1930-1940.; Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876--Veterans.; Aged persons--1930-1940.; Little Soldier.
- [1936]
- Little Soldier who fought Custer in Custer Battle - lives at Standing Rock Agency
- Standing portrait of Little Soldier or White Bull?, an elderly Native American Sioux or Cheyenne man who fought in the Little Bighorn, wearing a sweater, and trousers, holding his hat, Standing Rock Agency, North or South Dakota.
- United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency.--1930-1940.; Dakota Indians--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--1930-1940.; Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876--Veterans.; Aged persons--1930-1940.; Little Soldier.
- [1936]
- Little Soldier who fought Custer in Custer Battle - lives at Standing Rock Agency
- A man wearing a shirt, tie and hat shakes hands with Little Soldier or White Bull?, an elderly Native American Sioux or Cheyenne man who fought in the Little Bighorn, wearing a feather headdress, buckskin, and hair pipe breastplate, Standing Rock...
- United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency.--1930-1940.; Dakota Indians--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--1930-1940.; Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876--Veterans.; Aged persons--1930-1940.; Little Soldier.
- [1936]
- Long Soldier
- Photograph of a studio portrait, 3/4 length, of Long Soldier, Gros Ventre male, seated, holding peace pipe.
- Atsina Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Long Soldier.
- [188-?]
- Long Soldier, Gros Ventre, seated, holding peace pipe, 3/4 length
- Photograph of a studio portrait, 3/4 length, of Long Soldier, Gros Ventre male, seated, holding peace pipe.
- Atsina Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Long Soldier.
- [188-?]
- Soldier in a snow trench with sleeping bag
- View of a sunburned Tenth Mountain Division soldier posing for a photograph in a snow trench with his sleeping bag in front of him. It is placed on top of pine boughs. Taken near Camp Hale, Colorado.
- Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Military life--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [1943-1944]
- Silhouette of soldier with rifle
- Silhouette of a Tenth Mountain Division soldier in helmet and rifle with a sunset or sunrise in the background.
- Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [1943-1944]
- Soldier with mule
- A Tenth Mountain Division soldier with closely cropped hair poses holding a mule's bridle tightly to bring its head close to his face. He is wearing a kakhi anorak. Behind him is a wooden building and a hill at Camp Hale Colorado. The ground...
- Mules--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [1943-1944]
- The Tales of the Aeronaut: The Yearbook of 1924
- South Denver High School yearbook for 1924.
- South High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1924
- The Denver Star
- Soldier, sailor
- Studio portrait of a sailor and a soldier; the young men's uniforms include gaiters, a garrison cap, a sailor's jersey, and rank insignia.
- Sailors--1920-1930.; Soldiers--1920-1930.; Teenagers--1920-1930.
- 1920
- Marble block for Tomb of Unknown Soldier
- In Marble, Gunnison County, Colorado, a 56 ton block of marble is on a flatbed railcar, with a frame crate and steps built around it. A sign reads: "Marble Block for Tomb of Unknown Soldier Arlington Cemetery Vermont Marble Company Colorado...
- Colorado Yule Marble Company--1930-1940.; Crystal River & San Juan Railroad Company--1930-1940.; Tomb of the Unknowns (Va.)--1930-1940.; Marble (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Marble quarrying--Colorado--Marble--1930-1940.
- 1931