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- Moises Vialpondo walks towards Chama cemetery
- An elderly Hispanic American man (right) and Moises Vialpondo, possibly his son, walk towards the cemetery in Chama (Costilla County), Colorado. In the distance are the gate to the cemetery, crosses, tombstones and mountains.
- Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Chama (Costilla County, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Vialpondo, Moises--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.;...
- [1950]
- 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
- Evans block = photo taken on Sunday
- View shows the Evans Block on the Eleven-hundred block of Fifteenth (15th) Street, Denver, Colorado. Signs: "The Pythias Club," "The Hurlbut Grocery Co.," "Lunch, Bill keeps this place, this place keeps Bill," "Special breakfast, pork chops, hot...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Restaurants--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Street railroad tracks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- May, 1913
- Evans block
- View shows the Evans Block on the Eleven-hundred block of Fifteenth (15th) St., Denver, Colorado. Signs: "The Hurlbut Grocery Co., Columbine butter 30 [cents], Columbine milk 3 gal. for 25 [cents], Coffee 25 [cents] a pound." The Daniels and Fisher...
- Hurlbut Grocery Co. (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Street railroad tracks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- May, 1913
- Evans Block - photo taken on Sunday
- View shows the Evans Block on the Eleven-hundred block of Fifteenth (15th) Street, Denver, Colorado. Signs: "Evans Block," "Hurlbut's," "W. S. Sanderson & Bro." "Ross'," "The Busy Corner," "The Prescription Drug Store," "Cigars." A tram car is on...
- Hurlbut Grocery Co. (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Drugstores--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- May, 1913
- Lawrence between 15th & 14th
- View of Lawrence Street, in downtown Denver, Colorado; shows storefronts with signs: "Hurlbut Grocery Co," a horse and buggy, Denver Tramway Company tracks, and the Daniels and Fisher clock tower.
- Hurlbut Grocery Co. (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Clock towers--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- 1913 May
- Leadville Opera House, 1933
- This interior view of the Tabor Opera House from the upper balcony across the circular loge towards the stage in Leadville, Colorado, includes a curved rail, Andrews patent ornate cast iron opera chairs with upholstered seats and backs, mounted...
- Tabor Opera House--1930-1940.; Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors.; Opera houses--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theatrical productions--1930-1940.
- 1933
- Leadville Opera House, 1933
- This view of the Tabor Opera House in Leadville, Colorado, from the upper balcony across the loge towards the right side of the stage includes the curved balcony rail, Andrews patent ornate cast iron opera chairs with upholstered seats and backs,...
- Tabor Opera House--1930-1940.; Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors.; Opera houses--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theatrical productions--1930-1940.
- 1933
- East Denver High School: 1915
- 1915 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1915
- Columbian School Kindergarten traffic problems
- Photograph of a kindergarten class at Columbian Elementary School during a traffic safety lesson dramatic play exercise. One unidentified boy stands towards the right front of the photograph dressed as a traffic policeman. He has a whistle in his...
- Kindergartens.; Traffic police.; Traffic signs and signals.; Columbian School (Denver, Colo.); Berkeley (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- circa 1934
- Old Gilpin School interior staircase
- Photograph of an interior staircase in the old Gilpin Elementary School located in Denver, Colorado. Photograph was taken on the top of a landing looking down a single staircase towards the ground floor and up a dual staircase towards the top...
- Gilpin School (Denver, Colo.); Five Points (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- undated
- Old Gilpin School staircase
- Photograph of an interior staircase in the old Gilpin Elementary School located in Denver, Colorado. Photograph was taken on the top of a landing looking down a single staircase towards the ground floor and up a dual staircase towards the top...
- Gilpin School (Denver, Colo.); Five Points (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- Undated
- Street scene of Victor, Colo. looking towards the mines
- View down Third Street toward Diamond Avenue in downtown Victor (Teller County), Colorado. Shows pedestrians, commercial storefronts, a barber pole, mine buildings, tailings, cribbing and street railway tracks. The Gold Coin Mine sits atop the hill...
- Gold Coin Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Victor (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Cheesman Park Looking Towards Mountains
- Lettuce strike, Center, Colo.
- Members and supporters of the United Farm Workers of America join the lettuce strike against Finerman Company in Center (Saguache County), Colorado. Men and women stand neat the side of a highway. Some wear berets and armbands with the United Farm...
- Mel Finerman Company--People--1970-1980.; United Farm Workers of America--People--1970-1980.; Mexican Americans--1970-1980.; Hispanic Americans--1970-1980.; Center (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Migrant agricultural laborers.; Mel Finerman Company--Pictorial...
- [1971?]
- Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad train
- View of the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad and an unidentified, abandoned water tank in probably Conejos County, Colorado. A steam engine pulls passenger cars towards the yellow water tank.
- Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad--1990-2000.; Conejos County (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Railroads.; Water tanks.; Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad--Pictorial works.; Railroads--Colorado--Conejos County--Pictorial works.; Tanks--Colorado--Conejos...
- 1999
- Cactus motel
- View of the Cactus Motel at 10574 East Colfax Avenue in Aurora (Adams County), Colorado. The building has an office near the street and a single row of rooms that extends towards the back with the car port adjacent to the office. The building is...
- Cactus Motel (Aurora, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Aurora (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Motels.; Electric signs.; Cactus Motel (Aurora, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Motels--Colorado--Aurora--Pictorial works.; Neon signs--Colorado--Aurora--Pictorial works.; Aurora...
- 1993
- Sacred Heart of Mary Church
- View of The Sacred Heart of Mary Church and cemetery at 6739 South Boulder Road in Boulder, Colorado. Shows a headstone with a carved angel that points upward towards clouds and buildings. The church, in the distance, has a gabled roof, an arched...
- Sacred Heart of Mary Church (Boulder, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Boulder (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Catholic churches.; Cemeteries.; Sacred Heart of Mary Church (Boulder, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Catholic church buildings--Colorado--Boulder--Pictorial works.;...
- 1969
- 800 block Main Street, Springfield, Colo.
- View of the corner of the 800 block of Main Street in Springfield (Baca County), Colorado. Signs on a lamp post point towards the "Fairgrounds" and "Springfield Little Britches Rodeo." Shows one and two story, brick and rusticated stone false front...
- Springfield (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Commercial streets.; Central business districts--Colorado--Springfield--Pictorial works.; Springfield (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1988
- Arts at Silver Plume, formerly St. Patrick's Catholic Church
- View of the front and side elevations of Arts at Silver Plume (the former St. Patrick's Catholic Church) a commercial gallery on Main Street in Silver Plume (Clear Creek County), Colorado. The small frame structure, has wood siding and a shingled...
- Arts at Silver Plume (Silver Plume, Colo.)--1990-2000.; St. Patrick's Church (Silver Plume, Colo.)--Buildings--1990-2000.; Silver Plume (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Churches.; Commercial art galleries.; Bell towers.; Arts at Silver Plume (Silver Plume,...
- 1994
- Ninth Street Historic Park Auraria Higher Education Center.
- View of the Ninth Street Historic Park (Auraria Ninth Street Historic District) located on the Auraria Higher Education Center Campus in Denver, Colorado. View of Ninth Street, Spanish Colonial revival style St. Cajetan's Center (formerly St....
- Auraria Higher Education Center (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--2000-2010.; St. Cajetan's Center (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Auraria 9th Street Historic District (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Denver...
- 1998
- Colorado Historical Society and Colorado History Museum
- View of the Colorado Historical Society and the Colorado History Museum, formerly known as the Colorado Heritage Center, 1300 Broadway, in the Civic Center neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows the front (south) facade of the museum-office...
- Colorado History Museum--Buildings--2000-2010.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Galleries & museums.; Colorado History Museum--Buildings--Pictorial works.; Museums--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Civic...
- 2000
- Immigration rights reform rally
- View of a crowd at an immigration rights reform rally in Civic Center Park and on the Colorado State Capitol grounds in Denver, Colorado. Thousands of demonstrators move across Colfax Avenue towards the park and the capitol building. They carry...
- Colorado State Capitol (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Hispanic Americans--2000-2010.; Mexicans--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Demonstrations.; Illegal aliens.; Colorado State Capitol (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.;...
- [2006 March 25]
- Municipal Facts Bi-Monthly: Volume 5 Numbers 5 and 6, 1922 May-June
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 10, 1910 March 5
- Lower Downtown Denver, view
- Lower Downtown Denver, street view
- Lower Downtown Denver, northwest view
- Lower Downtown Denver, street view
- Lower Downtown Denver, street view
- Mexican settlement, near Walsenburg
- View of adobe houses in a Mexican settlement near Walsenburg (Huerfano County), Colorado. Shows a man by a horse, beehive ovens (hornos), a wooden fence, a wagon with a barrel on it and a cedar tree.
- Huerfano County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Adobe buildings--Colorado--Huerfano County--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Huerfano County--1880-1890.; Settlements--Colorado--Huerfano County--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Antlers Hotel and Pikes Peak Ave., Colo. Springs
- View of Pike's Peak Avenue towards Antlers Hotel, Colorado Springs, Colorado. Shows Colorado Springs & Interurban Railway tracks and trolleys, Elk Hotel, horse-drawn wagons, and carriages. Signs on businesses in the area read: "Stovell's Curiosity...
- Antlers Hotel (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1900.
- [between 1883 and 1910?]
- Portrait of a man and a boy
- Studio portrait of a seated man and a boy. The man wears a suit jacket fastened at the top button, a vest and neck tie. One hand rests in his lap. The young boy is perched on the arm of the chair and his hand rests casually on the man's shoulder....
- Boys--1890-1910.; Fathers & children--1890-1910.
- [between 1891 and 1901?]
- Colorado & Southern railroad, Clear Creek Canyon
- A Colorado and Southern Railway train is stopped beside Clear Creek in probably Jefferson County, Colorado. Passengers and crew stand beside the train or walk towards a handcar that is stopped on the tracks. Locomotive number "7" leads the consist...
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1900-1910.; Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad passenger cars.; Railroad section cars.; Railroads.; Streams.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Looking south from Nob Hill, San Francisco, Cal.
- Panoramic view towards the south from Nob Hill in San Francisco, California. Shows the iron fence of the Stanford Mansion, across the street are the ruins of possibly the Hopkins Art Institute. Shows burnt trees, the remains of multi-storied...
- Nob Hill (Calif.)--1900-1910.; San Francisco (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Earthquakes.; Ruins.
- c1906
- Looking from Nob Hill, San Francisco, Cal.
- Panoramic view towards the south from Nob Hill in San Francisco, California. Shows the iron fence of the Stanford Mansion, across the street are the ruins of possibly the Hopkins Art Institute. The remains of multi-storied buildings, churches,...
- Nob Hill (Calif.)--1900-1910.; San Francisco (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Earthquakes.; Ruins.
- c1906
- Moccasin
- Pair of Native American (Ute) men's moccasins painted yellow ochre with rawhide soles, thong laces, blue, gold, red, green, and white beadwork.
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1890-1920.; Moccasins--1890-1920.; Ute Indians--Clothing & dress--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Trinity Methodist Church
- Architectural drawing of Trinity Methodist Church on 18th (Eighteenth) Avenue in Denver, Colorado.
- Methodist churches--1880-1890.; Trinity Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1887 August 3
- Twin Lakes, lower lake
- View across lower Twin Lakes towards Mount Elbert and Mount Massive, Lake County, Colorado. Shows driftwood and the mountains reflected in the lake.
- Elbert, Mount (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Lake County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Massive, Mount (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Twin Lakes (Lake County, Colo. : Lake)--1880-1890.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Lake County--1880-1890.; Reflections--Colorado--Lake...
- [between 1883 and 1890?]
- Upper Twin Lake
- Pine trees frame a view across the upper lake at Twin Lakes, Lake County, Colorado, towards probably the Sawatch Range.
- Lake County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Twin Lakes (Lake County, Colo. : Lake)--1880-1900.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Lake County--1880-1900.
- [between 1881 and 1900?]
- View in Monarch Pass
- View of Monarch Pass with fallen trees, Chaffee County, Colorado.
- Chaffee County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Monarch Pass (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--Chaffee County--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Making hay in Kern County
- A man and a dog sit on an empty hay wagon in front of a large haystack in probably Kern County, California. Hay is lifted from another wagon onto the haystack with a pulley and tackle; men pitch the lifted hay level to make another layer on the...
- Kern County (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Cabinet photographs--1900-1910.; Carts & wagons--California--Kern County--1900-1910.; Haystacks--California--Kern County--1900-1910.; Hoisting machinery--California--Kern County--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Harney Peak, 3 1/2 m. from Sylvan Lake, on B. & M. R.R.
- Panoramic view of rock formations and trees on Harney Peak in the Black Hills, Pennington County, South Dakota. A man wears a vest, tie, and hat and points across a chasm probably towards granite spires on Harney Peak.
- Harney Peak (S.D.)--1890-1900.; Pennington County (S.D.)--1890-1900.; Men--South Dakota--Pennington County--1890-1900.; Rock formations--South Dakota--Pennington County--1890-1900.
- [between 1898 and 1900?]
- Lake County Courthouse fire
- View southwest towards the burning Lake County Courthouse and Court Exchange Bar on the west side of Harrison Avenue, Leadville, Colorado. Firemen with hoses spray smoking buildings. The two-story brick Courthouse has a low hip roof and central...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Courthouses--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1950.; Fires--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Louisville
- View over grassy field towards the weathered fence of the fairgrounds, Louisville, Colorado. Advertising painted on fence reads: "Newspaper, the Rocky Mountain News, Every Morning In..." The bandstand roof shows in background.
- Louisville (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Fairs--Colorado--Louisville--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930]
- Louisville
- View over grassy field towards the weathered fence of the fairgrounds, Louisville, Colorado. Advertising painted on fence reads: "All The News All The Time, The Roc..." The bandstand roof shows in background.
- Louisville (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Fairs--Colorado--Louisville--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930]
- Meeker, Colorado
- View from the parade grounds of Fort Meeker towards the remains of the J. W. Hugus Building after the 1910 or 1911 fire. The Meeker Hotel with 1904 wing addition shows next to the ruins.
- Meeker (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Fires--Colorado--Meeker--1910-1920.
- [1910 or 1911]
- Silverton and Storm Peak
- View of Silverton, Colorado, looking east towards the Animas River valley; strato cumulus clouds top Storm Peak and Kendall Mountain.
- Silverton (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Alex McLean funeral
- View of Alex McLean's funeral procession lead by a marching band on Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; crowds of men, women and children line the sidewalks of a commercial business district that includes flat-roof one and two-story brick...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Funeral processions--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; McLean, Alex.
- [betweeen 1900 and 1903]
- Big snow of December 1913 16th Street toward Broadway
- Men haul snow from the downtown area, in horse drawn wagons, along Sixteenth Street towards Broadway Avenue to dump in Civic Center, Denver, Colorado. Business signs include: "The [Y]ee Foo Lun, C.H.D. Chinese Herb Institute, Have Cured Thousands,...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Blizzards--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Snow removal--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Snow--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- December 1913