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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
- 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
- Capitol Hill Victorian House Tour
- Capitol Hill United Neighborhoods, Inc. Historic Houses Narratives
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Denver, Colorado - northeast corner, Acoma Street at west 14th Avenue. Preparing Library Place Apartment building for move to make way for construction of Civic Center
- View of a building moving operation in Denver, Colorado; shows brick apartments on wood blocks, and men working.
- Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Moving of structures--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- Spring, 1912
- Rocky Ford sugar factory
- The American Crystal Sugar Company factory in Rocky Ford, Otero County, Colorado, consists of brick buildings with arched windows, silos, elevators, and a smokestack.
- American Crystal Sugar Company--1970-1980.; Rocky Ford (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Rocky Ford--1970-1980.
- Spring 1978
- Rocky Mountain sugar factory
- The American Crystal Sugar Company factory, Rocky Ford, Otero County, Colorado, consists of brick buildings with arched windows, silos, and a smokestack with faded lettering: "[Cry]stal Sugar."
- American Crystal Sugar Company--1970-1980.; Rocky Ford (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Rocky Ford--1970-1980.
- Spring 1978
- Rocky Mountain sugar factory
- View of the American Crystal Sugar Company factory, Rocky Ford, Otero County, Colorado, shows brick buildings with arched windows, silos, a smokestack with faded lettering: "Crystal Sugar," a semi truck lettered "Lee Way," behind a barbed wire and...
- American Crystal Sugar Company--1970-1980.; Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--1970-1980.; Rocky Ford (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Rocky Ford--1970-1980.
- Spring 1978
- National Sugar Mfg. Co., Sugar City, Co., Factory site
- View of the ruins of the multi-story National Beet Sugar Manufacturing Company factory, Sugar City, Crowely County, Colorado, shows crumbling brick walls with interior full of rubble.
- National Beet Sugar Manufacturing Company (Sugar City, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Sugar City (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Ruins--Colorado--Sugar City--1970-1980.
- Spring 1978
- Sugar City, Co. Foxley & Co. Elevator
- View of the Foxley and Company Elevator, Sugar City, Crowely County, Colorado; painted letters on a rectangular structure on top of the cylindrical towers read: "Sugar City Grain."
- Sugar City (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Grain elevators--Colorado--Sugar City--1970-1980.
- Spring 1978
- Placer mining near Hahns Peak, Colo.
- At a gold placer mine near Hahns Peak, Routt County, Colorado, miners use hydraulic nozzles (monitors) fitted with rock counterbalances and miners with shovels stand inside the wash. A man in a suit and hat watches on.
- Hahns Peak (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Gold mining--Colorado--Hahns Peak--1940-1950.; Hydraulic Mining--Colorado--Hahns Peak--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Hahns Peak--1940-1950.
- Spring 1948?
- Mountain tents
- Photograph of mountain tents set up on a hill near Camp Hale, Colorado. A group of Tenth Mountain Division soldiers is visible in the background.
- Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- Spring 1944
- 85th Regiment, Company G
- Group portrait of the Tenth Mountain Division, 85th Mountain Infantry Regiment, Company G. Taken at Camp Hale, Colorado, spring 1944. LEFT TO RIGHT TOP ROW: 1) Bennett, Henry, 2) Bergelt, Edward, 3) Berlow, Ralph F., 4) Lutz, James, 5) Gogolin,...
- Military personnel--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 85th. Company G.; World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.
- Spring 1944
- 87th Regiment, Company L
- Group portrait of the Tenth Mountain Division, 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment, Company L. Taken at Camp Hale, Spring 1944. Left to right top row: 1) Slusark, Stanley, 2) unidentified, 3) Katzman, Heinz, 4) unidentified, 5) unidentified, 6)...
- Military personnel--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th. Company L.; World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.
- Spring 1944
- Fellows, Morton, Miche, Smith
- A group of six soldiers from the Tenth Mountain Division, 85th Regiment, Company E, sit in front of small tents. Men identified are: Fellows, Morton, Miche, Smith, and center with a cigarette, is Arville Burtt. All are wear caps, khaki uniforms and...
- Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Military training--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- Spring 1944
- Nevadaville Main Street
- View of vacant commercial buildings on Main Street, Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado. Automobiles and houses are in the background.
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.
- Spring 1939
- Nevadaville Main Street
- View of the remains of Main Street, Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, shows the Redman's and Odd Fellow's Lodges and the City Hall - Fire Department with a frame belltower.
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.
- Spring 1939
- Nevadaville business district
- View towards Main Street, Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, shows remains of commercial buildings and wood frame houses on the hill to the west.
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.
- Spring 1939
- Nevadaville from "Pozo" dump "East Nevada"
- Snowy view of Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, includes vacant commercial buildings, including Redman's Lodge and the City Hall - Fire Department. Gunnell Hill is in the background.
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1930-1940.
- Spring 1938