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- Black Hawk, Colo.
- Blackhawk lies at the mouth of Chase Gulch near Central City in Gilpin County, Colorado. A railroad track forks in the foreground with one portion leading to the Polar Star Mill at right. The Empire Mill stands in the midground, and the Boiler Room...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Gilpin County--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Early placer mining
- Placer miners work near a sluice in Russell Gulch, Gilpin County, Colorado. Their tools include wheelbarrows, shovels, picks, and pitchforks. Monitors spray water, mine buildings are on the surrounding hills. David Henderson is in the foreground,...
- Russell Gulch (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Gold mining--Colorado--Russell Gulch--1860-1870.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Russell Gulch--1860-1870.; Miners--Colorado--Russell Gulch--1860-1870.; Mining--Colorado--Russell Gulch--1860-1870.;...
- [between 1860 and 1870]
- West Denver during the flood
- View of a Cherry Creek flood in Denver, Colorado; shows businesses, streets, and water. People watch from the water's edge; signs read: "Commonwealth," "J. G. Vawter & Co," "J. B. Doyle & Co," "Keller House," "American House," and "Bell's Boarding...
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.;...
- 1864 May 19
- Black Hawk, C.T.
- View north from Bobtail Hill, in Black Hawk, Colorado, up four mile Gulch to Dory Hill, where the state's first cemetery was located. Central business district includes: Undertaker, Union House (on Selak Street), Drugs (brick, arched windows and...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Business districts--Colorado--Blackhawk--1860-1870.
- 1864
- Mixed trains, Clear Creek Canon
- A view of a Colorado Central Railroad train (narrow gauge) on the west approach to Huntsman's Bridge in Clear Creek Canyon, Jefferson County, Colorado. A locomotive, open freight cars, and a passenger car are near Clear Creek.
- Colorado Central Railroad Company--1870-1890.; Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1870-1890.; Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Jefferson County--1870-1890.; Canyons--Colorado--Jefferson County--1870-1890.;...
- [between 1871 and 1890?]
- Exterior view, Crawford Hill residence, Denver
- View of the Crawford Hill residence, 969 Sherman (East 10th & Sherman), Denver, Colorado; (National Register of Historic Places 1990); shows brick residence with dormers, roundel windows on cornice, dentils, pedimented frontispiece over entryway,...
- Hill, Crawford, 1862-1922.--Homes & haunts.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Dwellings--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1906 and 1920]
- Leadville saloon
- Men in suits and hats stand at the bar in a saloon in Leadville, Colorado. Two men stand behind the long wooden bar, one wears a suit, bow tie and derby hat, the saloonkeeper wears a white jacket and bow tie. Both men have moustaches. The wooden...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Bars (Furniture)--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1910.; Bars--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910]
- Denver C.T.
- View of a Cherry Creek flood in Denver, Colorado; shows businesses, houses, a corral, horse, and sheds. The first U.S. Denver Branch Mint is to the side; signs read: "Ladies Emporium," "Metropolitan Billiard Hall," and "F. A. Brocker Groceries."
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Mints--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 1864 May 13
- Fort Abraham Lincoln, general view, winter
- Overview of Fort Abraham Lincoln, North Dakota, showing stables, barracks, officer's houses, other buildings and Missouri River; barren landscape.
- Fort Abraham Lincoln (N.D.)--1870-1890.; Forts & fortifications--North Dakota--1870-1890.; Military facilities--North Dakota--1870-1890.; Officers' quarters--1870-1890.
- [between 1874 and 1889]
- Navajoe Indian squaw and child
- A Native American (Navajo) mother and child pose seated beside large rocks in Canyon de Chelly (later Canyon de Chelly National Monument), Arizona. The woman wears a bil (dress) and a bead necklace. The boy stands on a woven blanket.
- Indians of North America--Arizona--1870-1880.; Navajo Indians--Arizona--1870-1880.; Chelly, Canyon de (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Boys--Arizona--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Arizona--1870-1880.; Mothers & children--Arizona--1870-1880.;...
- 1873
- Fruit ranch of W. B. Cross, Grand River Valley
- View of W.B. Cross' fruit orchards near Clifton, Colorado in Grand Valley; shows fruit trees, the Book Cliffs rock formation, Mount Garfield, telegraph lines, dirt road, and clouds.
- Fruit--Colorado--1900-1910.; Orchards--Colorado--1900-1910.; Ranches--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Royal Tiger Mines Co.
- View of Royal Tiger Mine, mill, and mining ore processing facility in San Juan County, Colorado; buildings include the carpenter shop, machine shop, and concentrator. A car is by tailings.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--San Juan County--1920-1930.; Royal Tiger Mine (San Juan County, Colo.)--1920-1930.; San Juan County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Mills--Colorado--San Juan County--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--San Juan County--1920-1930.
- August 22, 1923
- Taken at Lawson, Colo.
- A group of men pose in front of a brick and wood building with a tattered awning, in Lawson, Clear Creek County, Colorado. They wear suits, ribbons with American flags and fringe, and hold their hats. Identificatin reads: Row # 1, Bishop?, George...
- Lawson (Colo.)--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Lafayette coal mine
- A miner works with a pneumatic drill in a tunnel of a mine near Lafayette (Boulder County), Colorado. He wears a hat and a miner's light.
- Lafayette (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Coal mining--Colorado--Lafayette--1920-1930.; Drilling & boring machinery--Colorado--Lafayette--1920-1930.; Miners--Colorado--Lafayette--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Lafayette--1920-1930.
- 1921
- 10th Mountain Division 86th Mountain Infantry Regiment Company E
- Group portrait (standing, kneeling, sitting ) of the Tenth Mountain Division, 86th Mountain Infantry Regiment, Company E holding rifles. The four officers, seated on folding chairs, do not have rifles. Taken at Camp Hale, Colorado, June 1944. Most...
- United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 86th. Company E.; World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Military personnel--1940-1950.
- June 1944
- D.W. Griffith's two million dollar spectacle "Intolerance"
- Panoramic view of men and women, members of the the resident vaudeville cast and orchestra of the Broadway Theater at 1756 Broadway in Denver, Colorado during the run of the movie "Intolerance." Shows a canopied entrance. Signs read: "D.W....
- Broadway Theater (Denver, Colo.)--People--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Actors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Musicians--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Theaters--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1916 and 1917?]
- W.N. Byers on the porch of his daughter
- A portrait of William N. Byers, he sits in a chair with his feet elevated and a newspaper on his lap, at his daughter's log cabin in Ferndale (Jefferson County), Colorado
- Ferndale (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business people--Colorado--Ferndale--1890-1900.; Sitting--Colorado--Ferndale--1890-1900.; Byers, William Newton, 1831-1903.
- 1896 Jul. 26
- W.N. Byers with friends
- A group portrait of William F. Robinson, Mary Byers Robinson, William N. Byers, and an unidentified woman and children in Ferndale (Jefferson County), Colorado. The group is dressed casually and they sit on a porch in the forest.
- Ferndale (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Children--Colorado--Ferndale--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--Ferndale--1890-1910.; Byers, William Newton, 1831-1903.
- 1896
- W.N. Byers, Ferndale, Colorado
- William Newton Byers and possibly his grandchildren sit and stand on a bridge in Ferndale (Jefferson County), Colorado. The boys and a girl hold fishing poles, a woman stands near the bridge.
- Ferndale (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Children--Colorado--Ferndale--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--Ferndale--1890-1900.; Byers, William Newton, 1831-1903.
- 1896. May. 24
- Forks of Clear Creek C.C.R.R.
- View of Forks Creek (Jefferson County), Colorado shows a Colorado Central Railroad train on a railroad bridge. A frame building and heavy railroad equipment are by the tracks; sign reads "Fast Trains... Toledo".
- Colorado Central Railroad Company--1870-1890.; Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Forks Creek (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Canyons--Colorado--Forks Creek--1870-1890.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Forks Creek--1870-1890.; Railroad...
- [between 1871 and 1890?]
- Buggy riding
- View of a Colorado Central Railroad freight train beside Clear Creek in Clear Creek Canyon, Jefferson County, Colorado. Men sit in a carriage in an open railroad freight car. The railroad grade is near steep canyon walls.
- Colorado Central Railroad Company--1870-1890.; Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1870-1890.; Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Canyons--Colorado--Jefferson County--1870-1890.; Carriages &...
- [between 1871 and 1890?]
- Below smelting works
- A view of smelting works along North Clear Creek in Gilpin County, Colorado. Shows mine processing buildings, a Colorado Central Railroad freight car and laborers. Shows railroad tracks and a bridge.
- Colorado Central Railroad Company--1870-1890.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1870-1890.; North Clear Creek (Gilpin County-Jefferson County, Colo.)--1870-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Gilpin County--1870-1890.; Ore industry--Colorado--Gilpin County--1870-1890.;...
- [between 1871 and 1890]
- Elote, Subchief of Apaches
- Head and shoulders studio portrait of Elote, North American Indian subchief (Apache); he wears a headdress with feathers and buffalo horns and decorated with discs and ribbons. He wwears a hairpipe necklace and has a blanket wrapped around his...
- Apache Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1900-1910.; Headdresses--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1900-1910.; Elote.
- c1900
- Conductors special train in Eagle River Canon, D. & R.G. Ry.
- Denver & Rio Grande Railroad Locomotive number 507 pulls a passenger train beside the Eagle River in Eagle River Canon, Eagle County, Colorado. Head frames and mining structures are located on the steep rock faces of the canyon walls. Gilman and...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1890-1900.; Eagle County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Eagle River (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--Eagle County--1890-1900.; Railroads--Colorado--Eagle County--1890-1900.; Rivers--Colorado--Eagle...
- 1897 May 9
- Silverton R.R., transfer of passengers
- People pose with buggies, wagons, and horse teams by a Silverton Railroad Company locomotive, a Denver & Rio Grande Railway freight car, and a Silverton R.R. passenger car in Red Mountain Town, Ouray County, Colorado. The men wear suits, planter...
- Silverton Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Red Mountain (Ouray County, Colo. : Town)--1880-1890.; Business people--Colorado--Red Mountain--1880-1890.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Red Mountain--1880-1890.; Passengers--Colorado--Red...
- 1888 Sept. 17
- Looking up Fall River from James Ranch
- The James Ranch in Estes Park (Larimer County), Colorado, which later became the Elkhorn Lodge, sits at the base of a conical mountain, with mountains in the distance; Fall River is nearby. Several long gable-roofed buildings make up the ranch,...
- Estes Park (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Ranches--Colorado--Estes Park--1890-1900.; Valleys--Colorado--Estes Park--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Montgomery, Colo.
- Montgomery, Park County, Colorado, is a group of log dwellings at the base of steep mountain slopes. Grass and standing water are in the foreground. This silver boom town began in 1859, and was abandoned by 1868.
- Montgomery (Colo.)--1850-1870.
- [between 1859 and 1868?]
- 16th St. at Tremont Court House square at left
- Fashionably dressed ladies walk along 16th (Sixteenth) Street, in front of the Courthouse square, at Tremont, Denver, Colorado. The business district is busy with horse drawn wagons and pedestrians. Streator Brothers Furnishings and a drug store...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Mesa Verde
- Native Americans, wrapped in blankets and wearing headbands, pose around a kiva in the reconstructed Balcony House ruins, Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, southwestern Colorado.
- Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Archaeological sites--Colorado--1920-1930.; Cliff dwellings--Colorado--1920-1930.; Indians of North America--Colorado--1920-1930.; Kivas--Colorado--1920-1930.; National parks &...
- [between 1920 and 1925]
- A Burro and Wagon
- A burro stands hitched to a two wheeled wagon on a well-traveled dirt path. Folded blankets are on the wagon. A four wheeled wagon stands in the distance. Mountains and trees are visible in the distance.
- Carts & wagons--1890-1900.; Donkeys--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Old dredge near Fairplay, Colo.
- Abandoned hydraulic placer gold mining dredge on the frozen South Platte River near Fairplay, Park County, Colorado.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Park County--1920-1930.; Dredges--Colorado--Park County--1920-1930.; Gold dredging--Colorado--Park County--1920-1930.; Park County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1920-1930.; Hydraulic...
- January 1929
- Gunnison River near Sapinero, Colo.
- View of Lake Junction at east end of Black Canyon of the Gunnison, near Saperino, Colorado, shows three bridges: Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad's bridge erected in 1889, wooden Howe truss bridge over the Lake Fork served the narrow gauge...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Gunnison River (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Sapinero (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Bridges--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [between 1925 and 1930]
- Near Colorado Springs, Colo.
- View across evergreen covered hills to snow dusted Pikes Peak in El Paso County, Colorado.
- Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930]
- Ouray Monument Million Dollar Highway
- A man stands and looks at a stone obelisk with a metal plaque depicting Ouray, a Native American (Ute) Chief, and incised letters: "In Memory of Chief Ouray and Chipeta Erected by The State of Colo. 1926.", Montrose, Montrose County, Colorado....
- Montrose (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--Montrose--1910-1920.; Obelisks--Colorado--Montrose--1910-1920.; Chipeta--Monuments.; Ouray--Monuments.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Salida, Colo.
- View of Salida (Chaffee County) Colorado; shows the Monte Cristo Hotel, Denver & Rio Grande Railroad depot, rail yards and cars, Colorado Power Company, Red Cross Hospital, Central School, Salida High School, Arkansas River bridges, church...
- Salida (Colo.)--1900-1920.
- [between 1906 and 1920?]
- York Theater, Denver
- View of York Theater, 2221 Colfax Avenue, Denver, Colorado; shows a brick building with bracketed eaves, awnings, and signs: "Matinee Every Day," "York," "Vitagraph Presents the Broadway Star Feature - A Million... - Thursday," "4 Reels Today,"...
- York Theater (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Motion picture theaters--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1914 and 1919?]
- Radium Co. of Colo Tejon plant
- View of the Radium Company of Colorado's Tejon plant, probably in Denver, Colorado. Machinery and equipment include furnaces, engines, and funnel feeders. Placards embossed on the machinery read: "Hendrie and Bolthoff Manufacturing and Supply Co...
- Furnaces--1920-1930.; Industry--1920-1930.; Interiors--1920-1930.; Mining--1920-1930.
- [between 1921 and 1930]
- Silver Plume
- View north in Silver Plume, Colorado, shows the mines on Republican Mountain. The lowest mine on left is the Diamond Tunnel; above, and from left to right are: Pelican, Dives, Baxter, and Baxter mines; above and to the right are the Dunkirk and...
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Silver Plume--1880-1900.
- [between 1884 and 1895]
- Navajo brave and his mother
- A Native American (Navajo) man and his mother pose outdoors in either Arizona or New Mexico. He holds a bow and arrow.
- Bow and arrow--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Navajo Indians--1870-1880.; Warriors--1870-1880.; Women--1870-1880.
- 1873
- Hines and Co., London Mountain Gold Mining Company's property near Fairplay, Colo.
- View of a miner working a pneumatic drill with a double screw column support in a tunnel operated by the London Mountain Gold Mining Company near Fairplay, Colorado.
- Drilling & boring machinery--Colorado--1930-1940.; Miners--Colorado--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--1930-1940.
- December 19, 1931
- Radium Co of Colo Tejon Plant
- View of the shaft house the Radium Company of Colorado's Tejon Plant in Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1940 and 1960]
- Mine buildings
- View of a radium mine operation in Colorado. Shows wood frame buildings and smokestacks.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--1920-1930.; Smokestacks--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1940 and 1960]
- Radium mine
- View of a radium mine operation in Colorado. Two automobiles are parked near the side of a dirt road.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Radium Company of Colorado
- Assayers work in a laboratory at the Radium Company of Colorado mine in Colorado.
- Assayers--Colorado--1920-1930.; Mine buildings--Colorado--1920-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Radium Company of Colorado
- View of the shaft house and machinery of a Radium Company of Colorado mine in Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Radium mine
- View of a radium mine operation in Colorado. An automobile is parked near a dirt road.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1940 and 1960]
- Radium mine near Pueblo
- View of a radium mine probably near Pueblo, Pueblo County, Colorado. The side of a building reads: "Flour Feed Hay".
- Cities & towns--Colorado--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Birdwood Ranch, Nebr. John Bratt's outfit
- Portrait of a man on a horse at the Birdwood Ranch in Birdwood (Lincoln County), Nebraska; a cowboy and cattle are in the background.
- Ranching--Nebraska--Birdwood--1880-1890.; Birdwood (Neb.)--1880-1890.; Cowboys--Nebraska--Birdwood--1880-1890.; Horseback riding--Nebraska--Birdwood--1880-1890.
- [between 1882 and 1890?]
- May Valentine's Comic Opera Co. in the Bohemian Girl Broadway Theatre Denver, Colo.
- Panoramic view of the cast and crew of the May Valentine Comic Opera Company in "The Bohemian Girl" at the Broadway Theater, 1756 Broadway, in Denver, Colorado. Men and women in hats and coats, some with fur collars, sit and stand in front of the...
- Broadway Theater (Denver, Colo.)--People--1920-1930.; May Valentine Comic Opera Company--People--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Actors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Theaters--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1926 Dec. 10
- Ralph Dunbar's Robin Hood Co. Auditorium Denver
- Panoramic view of the cast and crew of Ralph Dunbar's Robin Hood, a comic opera presented at the Auditorium Theater at 14th (Fourteenth) and Champa Streets in Denver, Colorado. Men and women in hats and coats pose in front of the large arched...
- City Auditorium (Denver, Colo.)--People--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Actors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Opera singers--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Theaters--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1920, March 13