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- Marshall Basin in winter, from Mendota Mine
- Miners work on the partially constructed shafthouse of the Mendota Mine near Telluride (San Miguel County), Colorado. Snow covers the ground.
- Marshall Basin (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mendota Tunnel Mine (San Miguel County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Telluride (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Building construction--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.;...
- Winter [between 1900 and 1910]
- Winter scene of American City
- Panoramic view of American City (Gilpin County), Colorado. The buildings include the Snug Harbor and Louisiana cabins, the office of the American Mining Company, and the shafthouse of the Mascot Mine.
- American Mining Company (Colo.)--Buildings--1890-1910.; Mine buildings--Colorado--American City--1890-1910.; American City (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Mascot Mine (Gilpin County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--American City--1890-1910.
- Winter [between 1895 and 1905]
- View of Mammiato Alto, Italy
- View of Mammiano Alto, Italy jutting over the valley on the road to La Lima. It was a billet for the Tenth Mountain Division during the winter of 1945.
- Military camps--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- Winter 1945
- View of San Marcello Pistoiese, Italy
- View of San Marcello Pistoiese, Italy, where Tenth Mountain Division soldiers were quartered during the Italian Campaign. It was near their headquarters at Campo Tizzoro.
- Military camps--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- Winter 1945
- Spike, Cooper Hill, Colorado
- Tenth Mountain Division soldier, Spike, reclines in the sun using his skis as a backrest at Cooper Hill, near Camp Hale, Colorado. He is wearing a cap, ski jacket, and brown wool pants. He has removed his gloves and his sunglasses, which are...
- Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Military life--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- Winter 1943-1944
- First aid station, Silver Skis Race, Mount Rainier, Washington
- Two men stand at the first aid station during the Silver Skis race on Mount Rainier. Both men are wearing caps with earflaps, and anoraks. The man on the left is leaning on a ski pole. The station is located at a rock outcropping marked by a...
- Ski racing--Washington (State)--Mount Rainier--1940-1950.; Rainier, Mount (Wash.)--1940-1950.; Skiing--Washington (State)--Mount Rainier--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Washington (State)--Mount Rainier--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry...
- Winter 1942
- Nevadaville
- Snowy view of Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, includes crumbling brick walls of the Redman's Lodge and houses with retaining walls around their yards.
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- Winter 1940
- Sunnyside (Tabernash), Denver & Salt Lake Railroad
- Snowy view over a wood frame residence to the Denver and Salt Lake station yards, Tabernash ( Sunnyside ), Grand County, Colorado.
- Denver and Salt Lake Railroad Company--1910-1920.; Tabernash (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Tabernash--1910-1920.; Railroads--Colorado--Tabernash--1910-1920.
- Winter 1918
- Landmark Designation Application for Clarence Holmes' residence.
- Old State Museum, under construction
- Old State Museum, under construction
- Old State Museum, under construction
- Colorado State Capitol, under construction
- Lincoln Park Project, Denver Colorado, aerial view
- Mary Reed Library at the University of Denver
- Baby and Navajo woman nearer in center of summer hogan
- View of a Native American (Navajo) woman and child, they sit inside a brush covered summer hogan. The woman holds a large piece of cloth while the child looks on. Sheepskins, a blanket, and fur pelts are on the floor and hang from a wooden pole...
- Indians of North America--Children--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--Women--1900-1910.; Interiors--1900-1910.; Lodges--1900-1910.
- summer, [1908?]
- Baby and Navajo woman interior of summer hogan
- Native American (Navajo) woman and child sit inside a brush-covered summer hogan. The woman holds a large piece of cloth; the child looks at a sheepskin. Sheepskins, a blanket, and other fur pelts lie on the floor. Others hang from a wooden pole...
- Indians of North America--Children--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--Women--1900-1910.; Interiors--1900-1910.; Lodges--1900-1910.
- summer, [1908?]
- Navaho woman standing outside of summer hogan Good view of country
- View of a Native American (Navajo) woman standing outside of a brush shelter, possibly the Navajo Indian Reservation. A pile of rocks stands next to one exterior wall of the shelter. A wooden rail corral stands away from the shelter. Rocky desert...
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--1900-1910.; Navajo Indian Reservation--1900-1910.; Lodges--1900-1910.
- summer, [1908?]
- Frying Pan / Arkansas Rivers irrigation project Pueblo, Colo
- Governor Stephen McNichols, President John F. Kennedy, and U. S. Senator John Carroll pose outdoors near Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado.
- Carroll, John A.; McNichols, Stephen L. R.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Governors--Colorado--1960-1970.; Legislators--Colorado--1960-1970.; Presidents--Colorado--1960-1970.; Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963.
- Summer, 1963
- Big 5 mill in Idaho Springs
- View of the Big Five Mill in Idaho Springs (Clear Creek County), Colorado.
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mills--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1940-1950.
- Summer, 1942
- Interior view of diner lounge
- Interior view of Denver and Rio Grande Western dining lounge railroad car refurbished from an ex-Western Pacific dining car, which may be parked in Denver railroad yards. Interior decorated with Art Deco arm chairs, sofas, tables, lamps, smoking...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1930-1940.; Western Pacific Railroad Company--1930-1940.; Railroad dining cars--1930-1940.
- Summer, 1939?
- Interior view of diner lounge
- Women in high heels, dresses, skirts and hats pose on furniture inside the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad dining lounge car refurbished from an ex-Western Pacific dining car, possibly parked in Denver railroad yard. Interior decorated with...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1930-1940.; Western Pacific Railroad Company--1930-1940.; Railroad dining cars--1930-1940.; Women--1930-1940.
- Summer, 1939?
- Interior view of diner lounge
- Women in high heels, dresses, skirts and hats pose on furniture inside the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad dining lounge car refurbished from an ex-Western Pacific car, possibly parked in Denver railroad yard. Interior decorated with Art...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1930-1940.; Western Pacific Railroad Company--1930-1940.; Railroad dining cars--1930-1940.; Women--1930-1940.
- Summer, 1939?
- Interior view of diner lounge
- Women in high heels, dresses, skirts and hats pose on furniture inside a Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad dining lounge car, refurbished from a Western Pacific dining car, parked possibly in the Denver, Colorado railroad yards. Some of the...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1930-1940.; Western Pacific Railroad Company--1930-1940.; Railroad dining cars--1930-1940.; Women--1930-1940.
- Summer, 1939?
- Coach 1002
- View from station platform across tracks to the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Coach 1002, streamlined and air conditioned; modernized for Exposition Flyer Service, Denver, Colorado.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- Summer, 1939
- Coach 1000
- View of Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Coach 1000, streamlined and air conditioned, Denver, Colorado; modernized for Exposition Flyer Service. Small circular insert images of an interior view with passengers and drawn "Exposition Flyer,"...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Passengers--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- Summer, 1939
- Chipeta holding Jim McCook's & his wife's baby with Jim McCook's wife outside Delta, Colorado
- Portrait of Native American (Ute) women; Chipeta holds a baby.
- Indians of North America--Children--Colorado--Delta--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--Women--Colorado--Delta--1910-1920.; Delta (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Infants--Colorado--Delta--1910-1920.; Chipeta.; McCook, Jim, Chief--Family.
- Summer, 1912
- Shavano, Yega, Jim McCook and squaw
- Standing portrait of Native Americans (Ute) near Delta, Colorado, identified as (l to r): Monk Shavano (nephew of Chipeta), Yega, Jim McCook and his wife. The men's costume includes buffalo horn and feather headdresses, hair pipe breastplates, a...
- Indians of North America--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--Women--1910-1920.; Jim McCook, Ute Indian.; Monk Shavano.; Yega, Ute Indian.
- Summer, 1912
- Chipeta - Garden of the Gods
- Portrait of Chipeta, Native American woman (Ute), wearing a plaid blanket and standing in the entry of a teepee.
- Indians of North America--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--Women--1910-1920.; Tipis--1910-1920.; Chipeta.
- Summer, 1911
- Sioux Indians
- Native American (Sioux) men pose outdoors near Chadron, Nebraska. All three men wear hats. One man wears a blanket around his shoulders. A tepee is in the distance.
- Dakota Indians--Nebraska--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Nebraska--1890-1900.
- Summer, 1891
- 1308 Glenarm Street Denver, Colorado
- A man, probably Amos Steck, stands on the porch of a house at 1308 Glenarm Place in Denver, Colorado. The three-story brick masonry house has turrets, covered porch, and balconies.
- Steck, Amos,--Homes & haunts--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
- Summer, 1886
- Summer scene of American City
- Panoramic view of American City (Gilpin County), Colorado. The buildings include the Smug Harbor and Louisiana cabins, the office of the American Mining Company, and the shafthouse of the Mascot Mine.
- American City (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Mascot Mine (Gilpin County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--American City--1890-1910.
- Summer [between 1895 and 1905]
- View from the top of a small knoll south of the town of Turret, Chaffee County, Colorado.
- A grave is surrounded by a picket fence on a knoll in the ghost town of Turret, Colorado in Chaffee County. Brush grows around the grave and a dirt road winds toward the ghost town.
- Turret (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Graves--Colorado--Turret--1970-1980.
- Summer 1975
- Miss Elizabeth Kuhn taught school in this building in Turret in 1929
- View of an abandoned, dilapidated, hewn log schoolhouse in the ghost town of Turret, Colorado in Chaffee County, shows a front gable, chinking, front window and door and peeling tar paper on roof.
- Turret (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Turret--1970-1980.; Schools--Colorado--Turret--1970-1980.; Kuhn, Elizabeth--Homes & haunts.
- Summer 1974
- Animas Forks, Colo.
- View of the remains of the bustling camp of Animas Forks in the Animas River Valley, (11,300 feet) San Juan County, Colorado; shows dilapidated wood frame structures including the two-story Walsh house on a slight slope with scattered pines and low...
- Animas Forks (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Animas Forks--1950-1960.; Roads--Colorado--Animas Forks--1950-1960.
- Summer 1957
- Elk Mountain Lodge located near Ashcroft, Colorado
- View south over a small pond at Elk Mountain Lodge to the distant old mining camp of Ashcroft (Castle Forks City, Chloride) Pitkin County, Colorado; includes Elk Mountains with light snow reflected in foreground water; lodge comprised of several...
- Ashcroft (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Elk Mountains (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Ashcroft--1940-1950.; Log buildings--Colorado--Ashcroft--1940-1950.
- Summer 1948
- Jeep on Mount Mangart Road, view of mountains north of Caporetto and Plezzo
- Pictured is a jeep on the Mount Mangart road stopped to view the rugged mountains north of Caporetto and Plezzo, Slovenia. The men of the Tenth Mountain Division had a chance to go sight-seeing during the summer after the end of the war.
- Bovec (Slovenia)--1940-1950.; Kobarid, Slovenia--1940-1950.; Military life--Yugoslavia--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- Summer 1945
- And so goodbye to the mountains of Italy....
- An unidentified Tenth Mountain Division soldier with a climbing rope across his bare chest and his back to the camera looks up at the rugged rock face of an unidentified mountain.
- Mountain warfare--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- Summer 1945
- Mercantile store, Ashcroft
- Mr. Sawyer stands inside a dilapidated store in Ashcroft, (Castle Forks City, Chloride) Pitkin County, Colorado. The elderly man has a cigar in his mouth and looks up as sunlight streams in through the missing roof boards above the rafters. His...
- Ashcroft (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Ashcroft--1940-1950.; Interiors.
- Summer 1943
- Placer operation looking northward
- A frame platform supports a construction of pulleys, a motor, rocks and a pitchfork below Main Street, Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado. Buildings in the background include the City Hall - Fire Department, the Redman's and Odd Fellow's Lodges.
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1930-1940.
- Summer 1938
- Rio Grande Trailways 180 ACF Model 37P, Serial No. 047, at City Park, Denver, Colorado
- Side view of a streamlined Rio Grande Trailways 180 bus, ACF Model 37P, Serial No. 047, City Park, Denver, Colorado. Lettering on bus reads: "Rio Grande Trailways, 180, Los Angeles - Salt Lake - Grand Junction - Pueblo - Denver - Omaha - Kansas...
- Rio Grande Trailways--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Buses--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- Summer 1938
- C. S. Psychiatric Hosp. Dr. Brady
- View of the Psychiatric Hospital, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, features the three-story brick building with a terra cotta roof, hipped gables, Mission style pediment, arched entries and a landscaped lawn.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Mental institutions--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1930-1940.
- Summer 1931
- George L. Beam
- Self portrait of George Lytle Beam shows the photographer sitting under a canvas shelter which is tied between two trees. He uses a hand- held Eastman rollfilm Stereo Kodak with a release cord stretched from his left hand.
- Cameras--1910-1920.; Photographers--1910-1920.; Beam, George L. (George Lytle), 1868-1935.
- Summer 1918
- Mrs. Reid Miller and her son and a part of her restaurant that was the first in Creede, Colorado.
- Reproduction of ink rendering; shows a seated woman and a boy on a burro in Creede (or Amethyst, or Willow), Mineral County, Colorado.
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- Summer 1892
- Mining camp, west of Eldora
- View of the Happy Valley Placer Co. mining camp in the Grand Island Mining District, Boulder County, Colorado with tents and a buggy. John H. Kemp leans on the fence to the left; Engineer August Mathez stands with a transit instrument and tripod...
- Happy Valley Placer Company (Colo.)--Facilities--1890-1900.; Mining camps--Colorado--Boulder County--1890-1900.; Boulder (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Boulder County--1890-1900.; Tents--Colorado--Boulder County--1890-1900.; Kemp, John H.;...
- Summer 1892
- D. & R. G. 169
- Three-quarter view of Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad locomotive 169, narrow gauge 4-6-0, with tender, bell, diamond stack and cattle catcher, inside Burnham Locomotive back shop, Denver, Colorado.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Railroad shops & yards--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- Spring, 1939
- D. & R. G. 169
- Three-quarter front view of Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad locomotive 169, narrow gauge 4-6-0, class T-12, Baldwin Works 7028, with tender, bell and cattle catcher, at Burnham Shops, Denver railroad yards, Colorado.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Railroad shops & yards--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- Spring, 1939
- Snow scene
- Snow flies from the blade of a snowplow as it carves a path after a heavy spring snow in Crested Butte, Gunnison County, or Leadville, Lake County, Colorado.
- Snow plows--Colorado--Crested Butte--1930-1940.; Snow plows--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Crested Butte (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Blizzards--Colorado--Crested Butte--1930-1940.;...
- Spring, 1936
- Snow scene
- The "John Bazz Shoemaker" shop shows along a narrow path shoveled through deep snow after a heavy spring snow in Crested Butte, Gunnison County, Colorado. Icicles hang from the porch roof of the small wood frame house.
- Crested Butte (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Blizzards--Colorado--Crested Butte--1930-1940.; Shoe stores--Colorado--Crested Butte--1930-1940.
- Spring, 1936
- Platoro, Colorado, in the mining district southwest of Monte Vista, Colo
- View of Platoro, Conejos County, Colorado; shows log buildings, tents, men, and a buggy.
- Platoro (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Log buildings--Colorado--Platoro--1910-1920.; Tents--Colorado--Platoro--1910-1920.
- Spring, 1913