Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Prowers House, Boggsville
- View of the Prowers House on the Boggsville Historic site in Bent County, Colorado. The two story territorial style plastered, adobe structure is in deteriorated condition. Marks on the building indicate a porch is missing from the facade. Leafless...
- Prowers House (Boggsville, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Boggsville (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Historic buildings.; Adobe buildings.; Abandoned buildings.; Prowers, John W.--Homes and Haunts.; Prowers House (Boggsville, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Historic...
- 1987
- 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
- School District no. 33 May '03
- View of the Orodell School house in Orodell (Boulder), Colorado. The one room school has a gable roof, a brick chimney, white clapboard and a porch with turned columns and a low railing. A sign above the porch roof reads: "School District No. 33...
- Orodell School (Orodell, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Orodell (Colo.)--1990-2000.; One-room schools.; Orodell School (Orodell, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Rural schools--Colorado--Orodell--Pictorial works.; Orodell (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1999
- Matilija Mountain, Nordhoff, California
- View of a mountain identified as Matilija Mountain near Ojai (formerly Nordhoff), Ventura County, California. Shows pasture, residences in the distance, and leafless trees.
- Ventura County (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Farms--California--Ventura County--1900-1910.; Trees--California--Ventura County--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Matilija Mountain, Nordhoff, California
- View of a mountain identified as Matilija Mountain near Ojai (formerly Nordhoff) in Ventura County, California. Shows a pasture, residences at a great distance, and a leafless tree.
- Ventura County (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Farms--California--Ventura County--1900-1910.; Trees--California--Ventura County--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Trees cut by beavers
- Close view of leafless trees gnawed by beavers, probably in Colorado; trees and foothills in background.
- Trees--Colorado--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Explosion used to detonate German mines
- A black cloud from an explosion rises in the middle ground of the image. Leafless trees and snow covers the ground. In the background buildings stand on the ridge above the valley in the vicinity of Mount Belvedere during the Italian Campaign....
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Explosions--Italy--1940-1950.; Mines (Warfare)--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- February 21, 1945
- Men, mules and ammunition move forward
- Three men from the Tenth Mountain Division, 86th Mountain Infantry Regiment, Company H (wearing combat fatigues and helmets, and carrying rifles) walk down a country road lined with leafless trees. One leads a pack mule bearing supplies. More mules...
- 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 14, 1945
- Maxwell Residence, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of the Maxwell House, Georgetown, Colorado, at 409 Fourth (4th) Street. Construction began in 1870; house was acquired by B.F. Potter in 1891, who added the tower and decorative elements to the facade. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Maxwell...
- Maxwell, Frank--Homes & haunts.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1950-1960.
- 1951
- Spring Street, Central City streets
- View of a brick house the edge of a hill on Spring Street in Central City, Colorado. The house is a one-story structure with a porch, a bay window with large rectangular windows, and a flat roof. A stone wall is on the left side of the house, and...
- Central City (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.
- 1967
- The Manitou
- Exterior view of the Manitou House, in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking northeast. This three-story gable roof structure with dormers and wrap around porches was remodelled in the shingle style around 1896. A waist high rusticated stone...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1890.; Manitou House Hotel (Manitou Springs, Colo.)
- [between 1886 and 1890?]
- Cliff House
- Exterior view of the Cliff House in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking northeast. This four-story frame building with wrap around open air porch, balcony, bays, and dormers features a turret with conical roof on the near corner and a projecting...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Hotels--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1960-1970.; Cliff House (Manitou Springs, Colo.)
- [between 1962 and 1969?]
- Manitou in winter
- View of Manitou Springs, Colorado, in winter. Unstripped rail and barbed wire fence is in the foreground, and snowy fields with two two- story frame buildings partly obscured by trees are in the midground. Foothills are in the background. Men in...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1870-1880.
- [1878?]
- Mountains, winter
- View of mountain scenery, probably in Colorado; shows leafless aspen forest, pines, rock outcroppings, and a river.
- Forests--Colorado--1920-1940.
- [between 1922 and 1935?]
- Lake
- View of a lake, possibly Green Lake near Georgetown, Colorado. The surface of the water reflects the trees along the edge, the mountains covered with pines and leafless tree trunks beyond, and the bright sky. Tall pines are on the left, in the...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Green Lake (Clear Creek County, Colo.); Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1900.; Rowboats--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- Tucker-Rutherford House, Georgetown, Colorado
- View of the Tucker-Rutherford House in Georgetown, Colorado. The house was built by James F. and Albert C. Tucker, who came to the area before 1870. In 1977 the structure was donated to Georgetown Society, Inc. The one-story wood building has a...
- Tucker, Albert C.--Homes & haunts.; Tucker, James F.--Homes & haunts.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Aspen, Colo. Fire Dept.
- The firemen of the Aspen, Colorado, Fire Department sit in a sledge drawn by two horses. Men are in uniform including long coats and hats. Two men sit on the front of the sledge; one holds a horse whip. A small boy stands in the sledge with his...
- Aspen (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Aspen--1880-1890.; Sleds & sleighs--Colorado--Aspen--1880-1890.
- [1886?]
- Hallum Avenue, Aspen
- Snow-covered Hallum Avenue in Aspen, Colorado, is lined with snow-covered, leafless trees. The houses, which are only partially visible, are covered with snow; the sky is gray; mountains are not visible.
- Aspen (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Aspen--1910-1920.
- 1910
- GI shaving in foxhole using helmet as basin
- Tenth Mountain Division soldier, Pfc. Ralf Lamping shaves in his foxhole using his helmet as a basin during the Italian campaign. In the background is a pile of miscellaneous equipment, and leafless trees.
- Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--United States--1945.; Lamping, Ralf.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.
- [1945]
- Mule encampment, Italy
- View of a Tenth Mountain Division mule encampment is in a valley surrounded by wooded mountains with pines and leafless deciduous trees. Three assembly lines are visible as the mule drivers saddle the mules. Rows of unsaddled mules, pack saddles...
- Mules--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--United States--1945.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- 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]
- Belvedere, troops before a battle
- A company of the 85th Regiment, twelve in number, moves out across a ridge on Mount Belvedere while a larger group of roughly twenty Tenth Mountain Division soldiers wait in reserve, some in fox holes the rest in sheltered positions, including a...
- Campaigns & battles--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--United States--1945.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 86th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- February 1945
- Castle Rock, Col., natural formation of rocks, Jan. 1894
- View north beside the standard and narrow gauge railroad tracks of Denver and Rio Grande Western and Colorado and Southern towards Castle Rock, a rhyolite lava rock formation, in Castle Rock, Douglas County, Colorado, includes gabled wood frame...
- Castle Rock (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Castle Rock (Douglas County, Colo. : Rock Formation)--1890-1900.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Castle Rock--1890-1900.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.
- 1894
- Methodist church, Edgewater, Colorado
- A group of children in costume for a pageant or play pose on the steps of the Methodist Church in Edgewater, Jefferson County, Colorado. Most of the children wear dark fluffy tulle costumes, and many hold wands with stars and wear stars on their...
- Edgewater (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Children performing in theatrical productions--Colorado--Edgewater--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- 75mm howitzer in action
- Six soldiers of the Tenth Mountain Division fire a 75mm howitzer uphill from a shelter made of sandbags. One gives orders to fire while the others crouch against the blast. In the background downslope are a few Italian farm houses, a dirt road, a...
- Mountain warfare--1940-1950.; Artillery (Weaponry)--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- Chow line, Lizzano in Belvedere
- Shows approximately twenty Tenth Mountain Division soldiers; some wait in a chow line holding mess kits, two serve food, others eat or stand around. Up a dirt road is a town, possibly Lizzano, Italy. Also visible are three jeeps and the edge of...
- Mess halls--Italy--1940-1950.; Military camps--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- Foxholes beside road, Italy
- A person in a coat and hat carrys a large box and walks down a steep dirt road as Tenth Mountain Division soldiers, dug into fox holes on the Italian hillside, look on. Trees at the top of the hill are leafless.
- Ski troops--1940-1950.; Foxholes--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- Haircut in the field
- One Tenth Mountain Division soldier gives another a haircut as they stand in a clearing during the Italian Campaign. In the background are jeeps and trees, the deciduous ones are leafless.
- Military life--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; 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]
- Mules and mule drivers in Italian Hills
- Shows four packed mules following a steep trail and one grazing without load while a Tenth Mountain Division mule driver holds its tether. Two mule drivers struggle with a pack saddle in the middle of the trail a few feet away. Photographed in the...
- Mountain warfare--1940-1950.; Mules--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- Practicing evacuation techniques
- Twelve Tenth Mountain Division soldiers practice evacuation techniques. One holds a rope upslope from the medic carrying a "wounded" soldier down a steep hill; the rope steadies the man with the load, which is called belaying. Trees in the...
- Rock climbing--Training--1940-1950.; Medical aspects of war--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- Soldiers coming out of woods
- Small group of five Tenth Mountain Division soldiers walks out of the woods along a trail in Italy. A small hill is behind them and the trees are leafless.
- Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- Soldiers with mules in the Italian hills
- Shows sixteen mules with roughly twice as many Tenth Mountain Division soldiers either resting or preparing for the next advance during the Italian Campaign. Hills are covered with leafless trees.
- Mules--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- Thirteen German Prisoners on Italian Road
- Thirteen German prisoners march toward the camera on a small road in Italy. They carry one of their number on a stretcher. Three Tenth Mountain Division soldiers watch over the group. In the background are open fields lined with barbed wire...
- Prisoners of war--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--German--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- Two soldiers reading magazines
- Taken during the Italian campaign, the photograph shows two Tenth Mountain Division soldiers relaxing in a haystack by reading magazines. In the background are mountains and leafless trees.
- Military life--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- Two soldiers with liquor and cigars
- Two soldiers of the Tenth Mountain Division enjoy liquor and cigars for the camera in a fenced in area. In the background is a building, a leafless tree filled with wires, an Italian hillside and miscellaneous equipment. Soldier holding bottle is...
- Military life--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- View of pack mule assembly area, Italy
- Wide view of Tenth Mountain Division's pack mule assembly area in Italian valley; shows numerous mules in line, two soldiers beside a creek, tents, forest, and mountains. Deciduous trees are leafless.
- Mountain warfare--Italy--1940-1950.; Mules--Italy--1945.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- Bogged tank, Italy 1945
- curved road. Trees and shrubs near the tank and on the higher hills are leafless.; Shows a frontal view of six Tenth Mountain Division soldiers in a tank on a steep and rocky road on Mt. Belvedere, Italy. All wear helmets, except one who seems to...
- Mountain warfare--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Tanks (Military science)--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [February] 1945
- Evacuation by litter basket
- Pfc. Robert Schutte is lowered to the ground over leafless trees in a litter basket during a rock climbing school for Tenth Mountain Division medics held during the Italian Campaign under the direction of Captain John Weaver, Jr. Three soldiers...
- Rock climbing--Training--1940-1950.; Medical aspects of war--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- April 1945
- Troops moving out on foot in Italy
- Shows Tenth Mountain Division soldiers in Italy leaving a road and moving down into a small valley. The road leads toward a shelled stone building and the soldiers are headed toward the area below the structure. One soldier stands guard over an...
- Mountain warfare--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Troop movements--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- Alpini in chow-line
- In the center of a town two Tenth Mountain Division soldiers serve food to a group of Alpini [Italian Mountain soldiers] as a young boy looks on. It was common practice to serve the civilian population once U.S. soldiers had eaten. Trees in the...
- Prisoners of war--Germany--Italy 1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Italian--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- Castel D'Aiano, Italy
- A leafless tree frames a view of Castel D'Aiano, Italy, scene of a major Tenth Mountain Division battle. The village lies in hilly country with larger mountains in the distance.
- Battlefields--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- April, 1945
- GI in foxhole with equipment, Italy
- Tenth Mountain Division soldier, Pfc. Charles Herman smiles from foxhole, surrounded by miscellaneous equipment. Trees in background are leafless.
- Foxholes--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Herman, Charles.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- GI leads POWs up hill
- View taken at a distance across a farm field of a Tenth Mountain Division soldier leading a line of German Prisoners of war single file up a hill through a stand of leafless tress; mountain village in distance.
- Prisoners of war--Germany--Italy 1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- GI lying in woods
- A Tenth Mountain Division soldier lies face down on the ground amid fallen branches in the Italian woods with his helmet and rifle beside him. The trees are leafless and three directly behind him are broken.
- Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- GI painting sign Headquarters 10th Mountain Division, Italy
- Sgt. John K. Coyle painting sign for Tenth Mountain Divison Headquarters in steep mountainous area during Italian Campaign. Trees are leafless; foot trails and sandbags in background.
- Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Coyle, John K.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- Guarding five tagged POWs
- Five Tenth Mountain Division soldiers guard five tagged German prisoners on an Italian hill. Trees in the background are leafless. Photographer's shadow is visible in lower left corner.
- Prisoners of war--Germany--Italy 1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--German--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- Machine gunners digging in
- Two Tenth Mountain Division soldiers prepare a machine gun emplacement in the Italian woods. Man closest to camera digs with a small shovel behind the gun while the other holds a pick. A rucksack and wooden box are on the ground beside them. Man...
- Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- Troops on the move in woods, Italy
- Tenth Mountain Division troops on the move in the Italian woods. Roughly twenty soldiers walk single file far into the distance, some carry shovels in addition to their rifles and rucksacks. The trees are leafless.
- Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Troop movements--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- Five GIs acsending steep hill, Italy
- Taken from a distance, shows five GIs making an acsent of a steep, brush-covered Italian hillside, with snow on the upper slope, leafless trees nearby. Probably taken during the attack on Mt. Belevedere.
- Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]