Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Block of marble ready for shipment use on Tomb of Unknown Soldier
- Men and women pose in Marble, Gunnison County, Colorado. The 56 ton marble block on the railcar behind them was used for the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington Cemetery in Washington D. C. Locomotive number 2 of the Crystal River & San Juan...
- Colorado Yule Marble Company--1930-1940.; Crystal River & San Juan Railroad Company--1930-1940.; Quarries and quarrying--Colorado--Marble--1930-1940.; Tomb of the Unknowns (Va.)--1930-1940.; Marble (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Marble...
- 1931
- The largest single block of marble ever quarried used for the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlinton, Va, was shipped from Marble, Colo Boon to Marble's growth was the Crystal River & San Juan Railroad, completed in 1906, now abandoned.
- Men pose in Marble, Gunnison County, Colorado, by a flatbed railcar loaded with a block of marble used for the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington Cemetery in Washington D. C. An engine and coalcar of the Crystal River & San Juan Railroad...
- 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.; Quarries and...
- 1931
- Studio portrait of a soldier
- Studio portrait (sitting) of a U. S. military soldier. He wears a uniform and a metal belt buckle.
- Men--1850-1870.; Military personnel--1850-1870.
- [between 1856 and 1865]
- Soldier
- Studio portrait (sitting) of a Union soldier. He wears a military uniform and kepi hat with a metal bugle and "K" insignia.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Veterans.; Men--1860-1870.; Military personnel--1860-1870.
- [between 1860 and 1865]
- Pine Ridge Agency, S. D. trooper, Buffalo Soldier Corporal
- A Black Corporal, (Buffalo Soldier) in the Ninth Cavalry, poses on his horse on the Native American (Lakota Sioux) Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota. He wears a military uniform and has a gun in a holster on his belt. Snows covers the ground and...
- United States. Army. Cavalry, 9th.--People--1890-1900.; United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency--1890-1900.; African American soldiers--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; African Americans--Military service--South Dakota--Pine...
- [March 1891]
- Soldier shooting abandoned horse, for meat
- A soldier aims his Springfield breech-loading rifle at an emaciated horse in the Black Hills, Dakota Territory. The U. S. Army ran out of provisions during the Native American campaigns and had to rely on horse meat for a short time.
- Dakota Indians--War--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--War--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Horses--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Shooting--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Soldiers--Dakota...
- 1876
- Soldier and mountain
- Tenth Mountain Division soldier stands with his rifle and looks across snowy farm fields toward snow covered Italian mountains. Trees around him are leafy and snow partly covers the ground behind him.
- Ski troops--Italy--1945.; Soldiers--United States--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Mountain warfare.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- March 1945
- D&RGW locomotive, engine number 3509, engine type 2-8-8-2
- Three-quarter view of right side of engine, from front end, moving. Photographed: Soldier Summit, Utah, April 15,1939.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1939.; Railroad locomotives--Utah--Soldier Summit.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.
- 1939
- D&RGW train, engine number 1402, engine type 2-10-2
- Freight, eastbound; 92 cars, 35 MPH. Photographed: near Soldier Summit, Utah, July 4, 1949.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1949.; Railroad locomotives--Utah--Soldier Summit.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.
- 1949
- D&RGW train, engine number 1403, engine type 2-10-2
- Freight, eastbound; 3508 pushing, not shown. Photographed: Soldier Summit, Utah, April 15, 1939.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1939.; Railroad locomotives--Utah--Soldier Summit.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.
- 1939
- D&RGW train, engine number 3703, engine type 4-6-6-4
- Freight, eastbound; 67 cars, 3604 pushing. Photographed: near Soldier Summit, Utah, July 4, 1949.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1949.; Railroad locomotives--Utah--Soldier Summit.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.
- 1949
- D&RGW train, engine number 3705, engine type 4-6-6-4
- Train #1, Scenic Ltd.; 14 cars, snowing. Photographed: leaving Soldier Summit, Utah, April 15, 1939.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1939.; Railroad locomotives--Utah--Soldier Summit.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.
- 1939
- D&RGW train, engine number 3706, engine type 4-6-6-4
- Freight, eastbound; 59 cars, 3509 pushing. Photographed: near Soldier Summit, Utah, April 15, 1939.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1939.; Railroad locomotives--Utah--Soldier Summit.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.
- 1939
- Soldier, Colorado 1st Regiment
- Portrait of a First Colorado Infantry Regiment soldier with a pistol and ammunition belt.
- Spanish-American War, 1898--Military personnel.; Soldiers--1890-1900.; United States. Army. Colorado Infantry Regiment, 1st--People.
- [1898]
- Soldier with stockings and pin-ups
- Taken during the Italian campaign; Tenth Mountain Division soldier sits on crate holding up two pairs of stockings and wearing a big grin under his helmet. In back of him, tacked to a wall, are numbered pin- up photographs.
- Military life--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- Pioneer - soldier trees Ft. Garland, Colo
- Cottonwood trees cast shade on adobe barracks and parked cars at Fort Garland in Fort Garland (Costilla County), Colorado; across the lawn, men sit on benches.
- Cottonwood--Colorado--Fort Garland--1930-1940.; Fort Garland (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Fort Garland (Fort Garland, Colo. : Fort)--1930-1940.; Forts & fortifications--Colorado--Fort Garland--1930-1940.; Historic sites--Colorado--Fort Garland--1930-1940.;...
- 1931 August 2
- Soldier, Denver
- A young soldier in uniform walks down a street in the central Business District in Denver, Colorado. Shows a barber shop, a barber pole, and a sign for a drugstore. A woman leans against the wall of a hotel. She wears a blouse, skirt and high heels...
- Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Barber poles.; Soldiers.; Women.
- [between 1955 and 1960?]
- An Evening with Eugene Field
- Program of a poetry reading of Colorado author Eugene Field given at the First Plymouth Congregational Church in Denver, Colorado.
- Field, Eugene, 1850-1895--Archives.; Authors, American--Colorado--19th century.; Poets, American--Colorado--19th century.; Journalists--United States--19th century.; First Plymouth Congregational Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1900 March 1
- Cary family with soldier
- A woman and a man stand with a soldier on the steps of a house.
- circa 1942
- Western History Subject Index
- Brown, Robert K (Col
- Catholic church, San Francisco, Colo.
- View of the Catholic Church in San Francisco (Costilla County), Colorado. The building is constructed of cinder block with a white stucco exterior. The large steel-framed windows have clear glass. A glass block cross light the stairwell of the...
- San Francisco Church (San Francisco, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; San Francisco Church (San Francisco, Colo.)--2000-2010; San Francisco (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Catholic churches.; Catholic church buildings--Colorado--San Francisco--Pictorial works.; San...
- 2001
- San Acacio Mission
- View of the San Acacio Mission church on County Road 15 in Viejo San Acacio Costilla County), Colorado. The adobe church has 18 inch thick walls and a pitched roof. The structure has thick buttresses and an open bell tower above the entrance. The...
- San Acacio Mission (Viejo San Acacio, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Viejo San Acacio (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Catholic churches.; Adobe buildings.; San Acacio Mission (Viejo San Acacio, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Catholic church buildings--Colorado--Viejo San...
- 2000?
- San Acacio Mission
- View of the San Acacio Mission Church on County Road 15 in Viejo San Acacio Costilla County), Colorado. The adobe church has 18 inch thick walls and a pitched roof. The structure has thick buttresses and an open bell tower above the entrance. The...
- San Acacio Mission (Viejo San Acacio, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Viejo San Acacio (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Catholic churches.; Adobe buildings.; San Acacio Mission (Viejo San Acacio, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Catholic church buildings--Colorado--Viejo San...
- 2001?
- Morada, San Francisco, Colo.
- View of the morada in San Francisco (Costilla County), Colorado. The one story adobe structure has a stucco exterior and a pitched roof covered in tar paper. An open bell tower is on the pitched roof. The building has doors and shuttered windows....
- Hermanos Penitentes--Buildings--2000-2010.; San Francisco (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Churches.; Adobe buildings.; Historic buildings.; Hermanos Penitentes--Buildings--Pictorial works.; Moradas--Colorado--San Francisco--Pictorial works.; Adobe...
- 2001?
- Morada, San Francisco, Colo.
- View of the morada in San Francisco (Costilla County), Colorado. The one story adobe structure has a stucco exterior and a pitched roof covered in tar paper. An open bell tower is on the pitched roof. The building's roof creates an overhang...
- Hermanos Penitentes--Buildings--1970-1980.; San Francisco (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Churches.; Adobe buildings.; Historic buildings.; Hermanos Penitentes--Buildings--Pictorial works.; Moradas--Colorado--San Francisco--Pictorial works.; Adobe...
- 1972?
- Morada, San Francisco, Colo.
- View of the Morada in San Francisco (Costilla County), Colorado. The one story adobe structure has a stucco exterior and a pitched roof covered in tar paper. A white wooden cross is hung near the buildings entrance with the initials F.P.D.N.P.J....
- Hermanos Penitentes--Buildings--2000-2010.; San Francisco (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Churches.; Adobe buildings.; Historic buildings.; Hermanos Penitentes--Buildings--Pictorial works.; Moradas--Colorado--San Francisco--Pictorial works.; Adobe...
- 2001?
- Boulder County Courthouse
- View the Boulder County Courthouse at 1777 Sixth Street in Boulder, Colorado. The five-story Art Deco style sandstone building has cubist influences, step-backs and arched windows and clocks. A Civil War memorial with a Union soldier is on the...
- Boulder County Courthouse (Boulder, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Boulder (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Courthouses.; Monuments & memorials.; Boulder County Courthouse (Boulder, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Courthouses--Colorado--Boulder--Pictorial works.;...
- 1992
- George Wise memorial
- View of George Wise memorial in the Grand Army of the Republic section (block 17) of Riverside Cemetery (incorporated 1876) at 5201 Brighton Boulevard in the Elyria-Swansea neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a memorial capped by a large...
- Wise, George Cheyenne--Tomb--2000-2010.; Riverside Cemetery (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Elyria-Swansea (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Cemeteries.; Tombs and sepulchral monuments.; Wise, George Cheyenne--Tomb--Pictorial...
- 2003
- Gallegos brothers
- Studio portrait of brothers Antonio Tercio "Tony" Gallegos (standing) and José Salomé Gallegos (seated). Antonio wears a suit and bow tie. José, a veteran of Word War I, wears a jacket, jodhpurs and boots.
- Hispanic Americans--1920-1930.; Mexican Americans--1920-1930.; Families.; Veterans.; Gallegos, Antonio Tercio--Pictorial works.; Gallegos, José Salomé--Pictorial works.; Brothers--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic American...
- [1920?]
- José A. Montez
- José A. Montez, (right) holds a photo of himself as a World War I soldier, at his induction into the American G.I. Forum Hall of Fame in Denver, Colorado. An unidentified member of the G.I. Forum stands beside him and has a trumpet under his arm,...
- American G.I. Forum--People--2000-2010.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--2000-2010.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Rites & ceremonies.; Veterans.; Montez, Jose A. 1895---Pictorial works.; American G.I....
- [2006?]
- Edward "Eddie" Jaramillo
- Studio portrait Edward "Eddie" Jaramillo of Colorado. A soldier, he served in World War II. He poses in a matching shirt, tie and cap.
- Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1940-1950.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers.; Jaramillo, Edward--Pictorial works.; Hispanic American soldiers--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Mexican...
- [between 1942 and 1945?]
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 9, 1911 February 25
- Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Numbers 9 and 10, 1921 September-October
- 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
- Man in tails
- Studio portrait of a teenager in a tuxedo. A bust sculpture of a Roman soldier is on a brocade rug.
- Men--1890-1900.; Teenagers--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Civic Center Park
- A view from the Colorado State Capitol of Civic Center Park in Denver, Colorado before the construction of the City and County building. Shows the Civil War Memorial statue (Soldier's Monument), Voorhies Memorial Entrance, the Greek Theater and...
- Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1919 and and 1923?]
- Poster "Men working together"
- A World War II poster made by the Division of Information - Office of Emergency Management, United States Government Printing Office. It shows photos of three men; a soldier, a worker and a sailor on a gold background. The text in white lettering...
- World War, 1939-1945--Posters.
- 1942
- Red Narrows, looking up canon
- View of The Red Narrows near Soldier Creek in Spanish Fork Canyon (Utah County), Utah. Shows Denver and Rio Grande narrow gauge tracks, a fence, a telegraph pole, trees, and rocky canyon walls.
- Red Narrows, The (Utah)--1880-1900.; Spanish Fork Canyon (Utah)--1880-1900.; Utah County (Utah)--1880-1900.; Canyons--Utah--Utah County--1880-1900.
- [between 1883 and 1900?]
- Eagle River Canyon Denver & Rio Grande R. R., Gilman, Colorado
- The dark Denver and Rio Grande railroad West Belden Tunnel frames a view over the lower portal, Eagle River Canyon, Eagle County, Colorado. Gilman with tailing dumps shows on top of sunny Soldier Mountain.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1910-1930.; Mining--Colorado--1910-1930.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1910-1930.; Tunnels--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1918 and 1925]
- Big snow of December 1913
- View from in front of the State Capitol Building towards downtown Denver, Colorado, includes the bronze statue of the Civil War soldier. The Arapahoe County Courthouse and the Daniels and Fisher Tower show among the downtown buildings.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Monuments--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Blizzards--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Snow--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- December 1913
- Capitol Grounds, Denver
- View of Colorado State Capitol grounds, Denver, Colorado; dismounted Cavalry soldier bronze statue on pedestal (dedicated July 24,1909 in honor of Colorado Veterans Association, eight feet in height, 1,950 pounds), cannons, lampposts; Arapahoe...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Capitols--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Sculpture--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Colorado State Capitol (Denver, Colo.)
- [1909 or 1910]
- 10th units lead Victory Parade in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Columns of soldiers march down a crowded tree lined avenue as paper falls from the sky. A soldier in the center of the image is carrying the American flag. According to the caption: "A platoon and the Colorguard of the 10th Mountain Division lead...
- Military parades & ceremonies--American--Brazil--Rio de Janiero--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Brazil--Rio de Janiero--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- 1945 July 18
- On belay, Walter Prager
- Walter Prager during rock climbing instruction, on Mount Ranier, Washington. Prager wearing a knapsack and rifle demonstrates rock climbing techniques aided by a soldier above him on the rock.
- Rock climbing--Washinton (State)--1940-1950.; Rainier, Mount (Wash.)--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Washington (State)--1940-1950.; Prager, Walter.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [1942]
- Dick Cochran in "whites" and on skis
- Tenth Mountain Division Corporal, Richard Cochran bends over his skis as though adjusting his bindings. He is wearing winter camouflage of "whites" as well as a knapsack and his rifle. Almost obscured behind him is another soldier in the same...
- Military officers--American--1940-1950.; Cochran, Richard.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [1941 or 1944]
- Loading a 37mm pack gun to a pack mule
- A soldier from the 1st Battalion, 86th Mountain Infantry Regiment, Tenth Mountain Division ties the ropes fastening a part of 37-mm pack gun onto an American pack mule during the Italian Campaign. According to the caption the piece weighs 22 pounds...
- 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 16, 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
- 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
- Above Cadaver Gap en route to Camp Two during the Mount Rainier expedition, Washington
- A soldier from the 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment (re-enforced) looks at Cadaver Gap en route to Camp Two during the Mount Rainier Expedition. He is wearing a cap, goggles, gloves, and an anorak and is carrying a large backpack, and rope and...
- Ski troops--Washington (State)--1940-1950.; Skiing--Washington (State)--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [May, 1942]
- Evacuation of student to medic van near Paradise, Washington
- An injured student lashed to a stretcher is lowered off a snowbank approximately six feet deep by a team of ten 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment (re-enforced) soldiers into an ambulance. At the top of the image one soldier on skis stands in a deep...
- Ski troops--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; Skiing--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.; United States. Army. Mountain...
- [1942]
- Ski training: lesson in ski techniques at Camp Hale, Colorado
- Still from the Warner Brothers film: "The Fighting Mountaineers." Fifteen Tenth Mountain Division skitroopers stand at the bottom of a small hill watching as a skier practices what appears to be the side step. According to the caption this is a...
- Ski troops--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Skiing--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Fighting Mountaineers (Motion picture)
- [1943-1944]