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- The summit of Pikes Peak, Alt. 14,147 Feet.
- Passengers disembark from a car of the Manitou & Colorado Springs Railway at the summit of Pikes Peak, El Paso County, Colorado. They make their way to the stone signal building. Telegraph poles and the ground are covered with ice and snow. Icicles...
- United States. Army. Signal Corps.--Buildings--1890-1910.; Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--1890-1910.; Meteorological stations--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1910.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1890-1910.;...
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Pikes Peak summit, Col.
- View of the summit of Pikes Peak, the stone Army Signal Station, and smoke above a Manitou and Pikes Peak cog Railway locomotive and passenger car in El Paso County, Colorado. Wooden barrels are beside the engine and stones are scattered on the...
- United States. Army. Signal Corps.--Buildings--1890-1900.; Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--1890-1900.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1900.; Signal...
- [between 1891 and 1900?]
- Summit Pikes Peak, Col.
- Women wear dresses, hats and shawls and walk beside Manitou and Pikes Peak Railway tracks at the summit of Pikes Peak in El Paso County, Colorado. People stand on an observation platform above the stone U.S. Signal Station. American flags are on...
- United States. Army. Signal Corps.--Buildings--1900-1910.; Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--1900-1910.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--El Paso County--1900-1910.;...
- 1901
- Three 10th men at the door of the 110th Signal Corps Company Barracks, Camp Hale
- Three Members of the Tenth Mountain Division, 110th Signal Corps Company, stand outside the door of their barracks at Camp Hale, Colorado. The man on the far right is the photographer (William A. "Bill" Southworth). All are in uniform and one is...
- Military life--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Photographers--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United States. Army. Signal Corps.
- [1943 or 1944]
- William A. Southworth in camouflaged helmet
- Portrait of William A. Southworth of the Tenth Mountain Division, 110th Signal Corps Company, wearing a helmet camouflaged with pine needles and a khaki shirt.
- Camouflage (Military science)--1940-1950.; Photographers--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; Southworth, William A.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United States. Army. Signal Corps.
- [1943-1944]
- On Pikes Peak, alt. 14147 ft.
- Well dressed men, women, and a young girl pose in front of the U.S. Signal Station, a stone stone weather station building near the cog-railroad tracks of the Manitou & Pikes Peak Railway on the summit of Pikes Peak in El Paso County, Colorado. The...
- United States. Army. Signal Corps.--Buildings--1900-1910.; Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--1890-1900.; Meteorological stations--Colorado--El Paso County--1900-1910.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--El Paso...
- [1892 Sept. 1]
- Field radio telephone
- A soldier from the 10th Mountain Division at Camp Hale stands near a rock ledge and talks on a large radio telephone in Eagle County, Colorado. The radio telephone unit is on a large rock. The radio is in a case and has a tall antenna.
- World War, 1939-1945--American--Military personnel.; Eagle County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Radiophones--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--Eagle County--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [between 1944 and 1945?]
- U.S. Signal Station on Pikes Peak
- View of the United States signal station, a weather station, at the summit of Pikes Peak in El Paso County, Colorado. Shows boulders on a hillside, the stone signal station building, an out building, and men beside a horse-drawn carriage and a box...
- United States. Army. Signal Corps.--Buildings--1880-1900.; Meteorological stations--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1900.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Signal stations--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- 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]
- U. S. Signal Station, summit of Pikes Peak
- View of the United States signal station at the summit of Pikes Peak, El Paso County, Colorado. A man walks near the stone building with two chimneys. A ladder leans against the building. A telegraph pole is covered with snow and ice on one side....
- United States. Army. Signal Corps.--Buildings--1890-1910.; Meteorological stations--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1910.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Stone buildings--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1910.
- [between 1891 and 1910]
- Mountain obstacle course at Camp Hale, Colorado
- Two soldiers, members of the 10th Light Infantry Division (Alpine) [later renamed 10th Mountain Division], free climb a rock cliff on the obstacle course at Camp Hale in Eagle County, Colorado. The men wear packs and have coiled ropes and rifles...
- World War, 1939-1945--American--Military Personnel--Colorado--Camp Hale.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Cliffs--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Climbing--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Military training--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.;...
- 1943
- 10th Mountain troops debark at Leghorn, Italy
- Uniformed artillerymen, members of the 10th Mountain Division, descend a gangplank from a transport ship in the city of Livorno, Italy. The men wears uniforms and carry packs, duffel bags and rifles. Open army trucks are filled with soldiers on a...
- World War, 1939-1945--American--Campaigns & battles--Italy--Livorno.; World War, 1939-1945--American--Destruction & pillage--Italy--Livorno.; Livorno (Italy)--1940-1950.; Gangplanks--Italy--Livorno--1940-1950.; Government...
- 1945 January 24
- Apennine Mts., Italy enemy terrain from Riva Ridge, Castel D'Aiano to Vergato, IV Corps sector
- Aerial view of the Apennine Mountains, the Reno River and Reno Valley, and the towns of Castel d'Aiano and Vergato in Bologna Province, Italy.
- World War, 1939-1945.; Apennines (Italy)--1940-1950.; Bologna (Italy : Province)--1940-1950.; Castel d'Aiano (Italy)--1940-1950.; Reno River (Italy)--1940-1950.; Reno River Valley (Italy)--1940-1950.; Vergato (Italy)--1940-1950.; Cities &...
- 1945 March 13
- Tank destroyer firing near Mt. Belvedere.
- Night view of probably an M10 Tank Destroyer firing on enemy positions in the area of Mount Belvedere (Monte Belvedere) in the Province of Bologna, Italy. The tank is near a two story stone building.
- World War, 1939-1945--American--Campaigns & battles--Italy--Bologna (Italy : Province); Bologna (Italy : Province)--1940-1950.; Night warfare--Italy--Bologna (Italy : Province)--1940-1950.; Night--Italy--Bologna (Italy : Province)--1940-1950.;...
- 1945 February 20
- Kiska Island, Alaska unloading supplies at the Southern Sector Command Post.
- United States Army soldiers, members of the 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment , camp on the shore of a cove on Kiska Island, Alaska, after it was retaken by allied troops near the end of the Aleutian Islands Campaign. Tracked amphibious landing...
- World War, 1939-1945--Amphibious operations--Alaska--Kiska Island.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns & battles--Alaska--Kiska Island.; Kiska Island (Alaska)--1940-1950.; Camping--Alaska--Kiska Island--1940-1950.; Cliffs--Alaska--Kiska...
- 1945 August 16
- Engineers of the 701st Tank Destroyer Bn. 10th Mountain Div. search for mines
- A soldier with a mine detector hunts for buried mines near a damaged M10 Tank Destroyer near Mount Della Torraccia in Bologna Province, Italy. Soldiers stand with equipment and supplies on top of the tank. Parts of the damaged tank are on the...
- Mines (Military explosives)--Detection--Italy--Bologna (Italy : Province)--1940-1950.; World War, 1939-1945--American--Campaigns & battles--Italy--Bologna (Italy : Province); Bologna (Italy : Province)--1940-1950.; Mine warfare--Italy--Bologna...
- 1945 February 22
- Lt. General von Senger (left foreground) discussing surrender terms with Maj. Gen. Hays and B.G. Don Carlton [sic], 5th Army, Verona, Italy.
- German Lt. General Fridolin von Senger und Etterlin, commander of the German 14th Panzer Corps; 10th Mountain Division commander, Major General George P. Hays; and Brigadier-General Don Emerson Carleton, Chief of Staff 5th Army, Italy, discuss the...
- World War, 1939-1945--German--Surrenders.; Verona (Italy)--1940-1950.; Generals--American--Italy--Verona--1940-1950.; Generals--German--Italy--Verona--1940-1950.; Surrenders--German--Italy--Verona--1940-1950.; Carleton, Don Emerson, 1899-1977.;...
- 1945 May 3
- First American ponton bridge across Po River at San Benedetto Po, Italy
- Major General Willis D. Crittenberger and other high ranking officers watch the 5th Army, 1554th Engineering Heavy Ponton Battalion complete the first ponton bridge (an M-2 Treadway pontoon bridge) built across the Po River at San Benedetto Po...
- World War, 1939-1945--Engineering & construction--Italy--San Benedetto Po.; San Benedetto Po (Italy)--1940-1950.; Bridge construction--Italy--San Benedetto Po--1940-1950.; Military occupations--American--Italy--San Benedetto Po--1940-1950.; Pontoon...
- 1945 April 25
- Homeward bound
- United States Army Private Robert Durbeck, a member of the 10th Mountain Division, smiles and sits in a telephone booth and makes a call. He wears a uniform and combat boots.
- World War, 1939-1945--American--Military personnel.; Conversation--1940-1950.; Smiling--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--1940-1950.; Telephone booths--1940-1950.; Durbeck, Robert.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- 1945
- Snow "weasel" and troops
- Members of the 10th Light Division (Alpine), or the 10th Mountain Divison, march behind a "weasel" snow-track (snowcat) vehicle (an M-29 cargo carrier) at Camp Hale (Eagle County), Colorado. The driver of the vehicle wears a parka with the hood...
- World War, 1939-1945--Military personnel--Colorado--Camp Hale.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Military training--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Ski troops--American--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Tracklaying vehicles--Colorado--Camp...
- [between 1943 and 1944]
- Mount Belvedere in southern Italy, captured by the Allies, looms on the left.
- Two members of 10th Mountain Division string telephone wire over the branch of a tree near Mount Belvedere (Monte Belvedere) in Bologna Province, Italy. The men wear uniforms and helmets. One of the men has climbed the tree; he has a rifle slung...
- World War, 1939-1945--American--Campaigns & battles--Italy--Bologna (Italy : Province); Bologna (Italy : Province)--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--Bologna (Italy : Province)--1940-1950.; Telecommunication lines--Italy--Bologna (Italy :...
- 1945
- C Co. 85th Mtn. Inf. Regt. Camp Swift, Texas
- Members of C Company, 85th Mountain Infantry Regiment stand at ease in front of military barracks and buildings at Camp Swift (Bastrop County), Texas. The men hold rifles; some hold cigarettes. They are dressed in battle fatigues, helmets, boots...
- World War, 1939-1945--American--Military personnel--Texas--Camp Swift.; Camp Swift (Tex.)--1940-1950.; Barracks--American--Texas--Camp Swift--1940-1950.; Military camps--American--Texas--Camp Swift--1940-1950.; Military training--Texas--Camp...
- 1944
- A night on the town
- Soldiers relax in a clearing in a forest near Camp Swift (Bastrop County), Texas. They stand, sit or squat and listen to a man play the accordion. Most of the men are bare-chested, some hold cigarettes, pipes or beer. A pup tent is near the men; a...
- World War, 1939-1945--American--Campaigns & battles.; Camp Swift (Tex.)--1940-1950.; Accordions--1940-1950.; Leisure--Texas--Camp Swift--1940-1950.; Military training--Texas--Camp Swift--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Texas--Camp...
- [between 1944 and 1945?]
- Camp Hale, Colorado, 4th Gun Section, Btry. B 605
- Members of the 10th Mountain Division 605th Field Artillery Battalion, Battery B, 4th Gun Section pose with a mule packed with a field artillery weapon near Camp Hale in Eagle County, Colorado. The men wear uniforms and carry rucksacks and rifles....
- World War, 1939-1945--American--Military personnel--Colorado--Camp Hale.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Military training--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Mules--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Colorado--Camp...
- 1944
- Original Co. B, 126th Combat Engineers
- Members of the B company of the 126th Mountain Engineer Battalion pose near barracks at Camp Hale (Eagle County), Colorado. The men wear uniforms and helmets and have gas masks in cases slung over their shoulders. The men are identified as: "Row 1...
- World War, 1939-1945--American--Military personnel.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th. Mountain Engineer Battalion, 126th.
- [1944?]
- BAR practice, Camp Swift, Texas
- A soldier lies in a prone position, and holds and sights a Browning Automatic Rifle, during small weapons practice at a range at Camp Swift (Bastrop County), Texas. The instructor, an Army Staff Sergeant, holds a cigarette and looks on. Other...
- World War, 1939-1945--Military personnel--American--Texas--Camp Swift.; Camp Swift (Tex.)--1940-1950.; Military training--Texas--Camp Swift--1940-1950.; Rifles--Texas--Camp Swift--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Texas--Camp Swift--1940-1950.;...
- 1944
- The first casualty of World War II evacuated by a tramway arrives at the end of his four-minute journey.
- Medics and soldiers move towards a dead man on a stretcher hanging from a small temporary aerial tramway built by the members of the 126th Mountain Engineers at Riva Ridge in Bologna Province, Italy. The medics wear helmets with crosses painted on...
- World War, 1939-1945--American--Casualties--American--Italy--Bologna (Italy : Province); Bologna (Italy : Province)--1940-1950.; Aerial tramways--Italy--Bologna (Italy : Province)--1940-1950.; Dead persons--Italy--Bologna (Italy :...
- 1945 February 21
- Col. David Fowler, Regimental Commander, 87th Infantry Regt., 10th Mountain Division
- Bust portrait of Colonel David M. Fowler, Regimental Commander of the 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment and 10th Mountain Division. He wears a uniform and his hair is combed back.
- World War, 1939-1945--American--Military personnel.; Military officers--American--1950-1960.; Fowler, David M., U.S. Army Colonel.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.
- 1954
- Italian Campaign
- Members of the 10th Mountain Division are on a hill in the Apennine Range in Bologna Province, Italy. One soldier holds a radiophone, another rests on the ground. Smoke from probably artillery is in the distance. Snow patches are on the distant...
- World War, 1939-1945--American--Campaigns & battles.; Apennines (Italy)--1940-1950.; Bologna (Italy : Province)--1940-1950.; Campaigns & battles--Italy--Bologna (Italy : Province)--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--Bologna (Italy :...
- [1945]
- Soldiers near farm
- Members of the 10th Mountain Division crouch with rifles and a machine gun, on a dirt road in the Apennine Range in Bologna Province, Italy. Stone farm buildings with tile roofs and soldiers are in the distance. A small haystack is near the road.
- World War, 1939-1945--American--Campaigns & battles.; Apennines (Italy)--1940-1950.; Bologna (Italy : Province)--1940-1950.; Campaigns & battles--Italy--Bologna (Italy : Province)--1940-1950.; Dirt roads--Italy--Bologna (Italy :...
- [1945]
- Tank Destroyer and soldiers
- Members of the 10th Mountain Division stand, sit, and lie in ruts in the dirt road behind an M-10 Tank Destroyer in Bologna Province, Italy. Shows barren hills, a rock strewn road, and buildings on the top of a hill in the Apennine Range.
- World War, 1939-1945--American--Campaigns & battles.; Apennines (Italy)--1940-1950.; Bologna (Italy : Province)--1940-1950.; Campaigns & battles--Italy--Bologna (Italy : Province)--1940-1950.; Dirt roads--Italy--Bologna (Italy :...
- [1945]
- Company D of 85th Mountain Infantry, 10th Mountain Division
- Members of Company D of the 85th Mountain Infantry, 10th Mountain Divison wind their way up Mount Belvedere in Bologna Province, Italy. The men are in uniform and carry packs, rifles, mortars and boxes of ammunition. Some of the men smoke...
- World War, 1939-1945--American--Campaigns & battles.; Bologna (Italy : Province)--1940-1950.; Arms & armament--American--Italy--Bologna (Italy : Province)--1940-1950.; Campaigns & battles--Italy--Bologna (Italy : Province)--1940-1950.;...
- 1945 February 21
- Apennine Mts., Italy ridge line from (left) Mount della Spe to village of Suzzano, IV Corps
- Aerial view of Monte della Spe and the village of Suzzano in the Apennine Range in Bologna Province, Italy. Shows cultivated land, stone farm buildings, and roads on the slope of the mountain.
- World War, 1939-1945--American--Campaigns & battles.; Bologna (Italy : Province)--1940-1950.; Monte della Spe (Italy)--1940-1950.; Cropland--Italy--Bologna (Italy : Province)--1940-1950.; Farms--Italy--Bologna (Italy : Province)--1940-1950.; United...
- 1945 April 13
- Vedetta, Italy, three members of Co. K, 87th Mountain Inf., 10th Mountain Div. cover house in background
- Members of Company K of the 87th Mountain Infantry crouch behind a tree on the slopes of Monte della Vedetta in Bologna Province, Italy. One of the men covers a distant house with his Browning automatic rifle. Captured German soldiers are near the...
- World War, 1939-1945--American--Campaigns & battles.; Bologna (Italy : Province)--1940-1950.; Monte della Vedetta (Italy)--1940-1950.; Campaigns & battles--Italy--Bologna (Italy : Province)--1940-1950.; Farmhouses--Italy--Bologna (Italy :...
- 1945 March 3
- 60mm. mortar practice, Camp Hale
- Four men, members of the 10th Mountain Division C Company Mortar Squad, kneel or lie on the ground as they prepare to fire a practice round with a 60 mm. mortar near Camp Hale in Eagle County, Colorado. Shows dust from an explosion on a hillside...
- World War, 1939-1945--American--Military personnel.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Military training--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Mortars (Ordnance)--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; United States. Army....
- 1944
- Pfc. Lawrence Lucas
- Private First Class Lawrence Lucas, 604th Field Artillery, 10th Mountain Division, rests close to the front lines during the Italian Campaign in Bologna Province, Italy. He sits and washes his feet in his helmet. Clothing, boots, field rations,...
- World War, 1939-1945--American--Campaigns & battles.; Bologna (Italy : Province)--1940-1950.; Bathing--Italy--Bologna (Italy : Province)--1940-1950.; Campaigns & battles--Italy--Bologna (Italy : Province)--1940-1950.; Helmets--1940-1950.;...
- 1945 April 16
- Signal Corps photo from "Yank"
- Soldiers, members of Company C, 87th Mountain Regiment, walk in file through fields in Bologna Province, Italy. The men carry rifles, ammunition, packs and canteens. Shows blooming fruit trees and a farm house in the distance.
- World War, 1939-1945--American--Campaigns & battles.; Bologna (Italy : Province)--1940-1950.; Campaigns & battles--Italy--Bologna (Italy : Province)--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--Bologna (Italy : Province)--1940-1950.; United States....
- 1945 April
- Pikes Peak Toll Road, signal station
- A man sits in a mule-drawn wagon and two men stand beside the Army Signal Station located on the summit of Pikes Peak, El Paso County, Colorado. Shows a one-story stone building.
- United States. Army. Signal Corps.--Buildings--1890-1900.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Animal teams--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1900.;...
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- The Summit of Pikes Peak
- View of the stone Army Signal Corps Weather Station at the summit of Pikes Peak (El Paso County), Colorado. The stone two-story building has windows and an iron observation platform with stairs. Granite boulders and snow are on the ground.
- United States. Army. Signal Corps.--Buildings--1900-1910.; Meteorological stations--Colorado--El Paso County--1900-1910.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Signal stations--Colorado--El Paso County--1900-1910.
- [1901?]
- Summit of Pikes Peak
- Granite boulders, loose rock, and snow are on the summit of Pikes Peak (El Paso County), Colorado. The two-story stone Army Signal Corps Weather Station has windows and an iron observation platform with stairs. A Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway...
- United States. Army. Signal Corps.--Buildings--1900-1910.; Meteorological stations--Colorado--El Paso County--1900-1910.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Boulders--Colorado--El Paso County--1900-1910.;...
- 1901
- Old signal station Pikes Peak
- A man sits in a mule-drawn wagon near the Army signal station on the summit of Pikes Peak in El Paso County, Colorado. Men stand near the stone building.
- United States. Army. Signal Corps.--Buildings--1880-1900.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Animal teams--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1900.;...
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- United States Signal Station on Pikes Peak
- View of the United States signal station and boulder field at the summit of Pikes Peak, El Paso County, Colorado. Three men are near the stone building, one stands with a tripod and camera, one is in a horse-drawn buggy, another stands close by....
- United States. Army. Signal Corps.--Buildings--1880-1890.; Meteorological stations--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1890.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Signal stations--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]