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- Morrison 7 miles up Bear River (Creek) Parmby Gulch - Pennyweight Gulch.
- Morrison, Jefferson County, Colorado, is dusted in snow. Tracks of the Colorado and Southern Railroad are in the foreground near a frame dwelling with a square tower and balcony. The school is on a rise, and foothills are in the background.
- Morrison (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Morrison, Colorado
- Morrison, Jefferson County, Colorado, consists of frame dwellings and commercial buildings. A line of beehives fronts a house in the foreground; a yard nearby has freightcars in it. A three-story stone building on a rise has a clipped, cross-gabled...
- Morrison (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Morrison, Colorado
- Morrison, Jefferson County, Colorado, consists of commercial buildings and dwellings with fenced yards. A three-story stone building on a rise has a clipped, cross-gabled roof and an open porch. This structure was built by George Morrison (the...
- Morrison (Colo.)--1870-1880.
- [between 1875 and 1880?]
- Morrison, Colorado
- Morrison, Jefferson County, Colorado, consists of commercial buildings and dwellings with fenced yards. A three-story stone building on a rise has a clipped, cross-gabled roof and an open porch. This structure was built by George Morrison (the...
- Morrison (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Sneffels Colo #5
- Men, women, children and a dog pose in Mount Sneffels, Ouray County, Colorado, on boardwalk fronting frame businesses and dwellings. The Porter store has a false front with retracted canvas awnings; a dial thermometer hangs on the doorframe. A...
- Sneffels (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- 1897
- View of Morrison Colorado
- Frame or brick houses and commercial buildings of Morrison, Jefferson County, Colorado, are ranged along Bear Creek Avenue and tracks of the Colorado and Southern Railroad. The depot is a one-story structure with a gable roof; the turntable is...
- Morrison (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- September 25, 1896
- Morrison Railroad Station
- Well dressed people mill on the dock of the one-story Colorado and Southern Railroad depot in Morrison, Jefferson County, Colorado. A sign on the building reads:"Morrison;" tracks, a harp switch and passenger coach are in the foreground. Frame...
- Morrison (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Morrison--1890-1900.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1892 and 1898?]
- Hay Train in Silverton
- Scene in Silverton, Colorado, of men and their burros loaded with bales of hay. Simple, gable roofed frame buildings and woodpiles are behind the burro train, and pine dotted foothills rise in the background. The men wear dark jackets, pants, and...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Donkeys--Colorado--Silverton--1870-1880.; Packtrains--Colorado--Silverton--1870-1880.
- [between 1875 and 1879?]
- Jackson Lake
- A man is in a row boat in the middle of Jackson Lake, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming. The jagged mountain peaks of the Tetons rise from treelined shore.
- Grand Teton National Park (Wyo.)--1910-1930.; Teton Range (Wyo. and Idaho)--1910-1930.; Rowboats--Wyoming--1910-1930.
- [between 1916 and 1930]
- Marble, Colorado
- Ruins in Marble, Gunnison County, Colorado, are of the Colorado- Yule Marble Company finishing shed. Piers of marble blocks rise from a long, shared base. Bare trees are to the side, and clouds top snowy crags in the background.
- Quarries and quarrying--Colorado--Marble--1960-1970.; Marble (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Marble quarrying--Colorado--Marble--1960-1970.; Colorado Yule Marble Company.
- 1965?
- Nevadaville, Colo.
- Main Street Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, is flanked by businesses and residences; City Hall-Fire Department shows with a frame bell tower atop the gable roof; the William's house on corner has a hip roof, and a privy is on a rise above a...
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.
- [1931?]
- Water system of town of Nevadaville barrel holds 13 gallons sold 2 barrels for 25 cts.
- A young man holds the reins of the burro pulling his water delivery cart in Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado. He sits on a wooden barrel, and buckets hang from the back of the conveyance. Snow is on the ground and in the spokes of the...
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Boys--Colorado--Nevadaville--1910-1920.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Nevadaville--1910-1920.; Donkeys--Colorado--Nevadaville--1910-1920.; Water carriers--Colorado--Nevadaville--1910-1920.
- 1914
- Palmer Lake
- Vacationers row boats on Palmer Lake, Palmer Lake, El Paso County, Colorado. Women and girls wear bonnets; one holds a parasol; men and boys wear staw hats. Puffs of smoke rise out of Denver & Rio Grande locomotive smokestack across the lake.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Palmer Lake (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Families--Colorado--Palmer Lake--1880-1890.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Palmer Lake--1880-1890.; Rowboats--Colorado--Palmer Lake--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1895?]
- Leadville Ice Palace in Construction
- Reproduction shows the Leadville, Lake County, Colorado, Ice Palace under construction. Men work among blocks of ice; wooden poles rise in the background.
- Leadville Crystal Carnival Association--1890-1900.; Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Construction workers--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Construction--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Ice sculpture--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.
- 1896
- No. 62 Ophir, Colo, West End
- Ophir, Ouray County, Colorado, consists of frame houses, outhouses, and mining facilities. Frame towers support cables on pulleys; ore buckets hang at intervals. Laundry is in fenced yards; a schoolhouse tops a rise; mules stand by piled firewood....
- Ophir (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Ophir--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Fort Arnett Red Cliff
- People crowd Fort Arnett, a rock formation in Red Cliff (or Redcliff), Eagle County, Colorado; shows rifles and a surveyor's tripod. An American flag is on a pole.
- Red Cliff (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Rock formations--Colorado--Red Cliff--1900-1910.
- [1879]
- Redcliff looking up the Eagle
- View of Red Cliff (or Redcliff), Eagle County, Colorado; shows tents and frame buildings by Eagle River.
- Eagle River (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Red Cliff (Colo.)--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- Horseshoe curve D & S P R R Platte Canon
- Tracks of the Denver and South Park Railroad, Douglas County, Colorado, follow a tight curve on the South Platte River. A trestle traverses the water in one place; crags rise on all sides. A tent is pitched between the rails and a footbridge.
- Douglas County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1870-1880.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Douglas County--1870-1880.; Rivers--Colorado--Douglas County--1870-1880.; Tents--Colorado--Douglas County--1870-1880.;...
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- Colorado scenery
- View of snow-capped peaks that rise above timberline and the foothills that lead up to them somewhere in Colorado.
- Colorado--1930-1970.; Mountains--Colorado--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1970]
- Colorado scenery
- View across the Colorado foothills toward snow-capped peaks that rise above timberline.
- Colorado--1930-1970.; Mountains--Colorado--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1970]
- Instructors, Paradise, Washington
- Nineteen instructors from the 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment (re-enforced) stand at ease on their skis, or sit in a snow covered valley. One man practices a snow-plough stop. All are wearing caps, dark wool uniforms and shoe-packs. Snow covered...
- Ski troops--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; Skiing--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.; United States. Army. Mountain...
- [1942]
- First Battalion, 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment re-enforced, 1942, Paradise, Washington
- View of a group of skitroopers from 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment (re-enforced) in the first winter camouflage uniforms or "whites" with rifles standing at ease in a snow covered field in the mountains. Taken, according to the photographer,...
- Ski troops--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; Skiing--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.; United States. Army. Mountain...
- [May] 1942
- View of Camp Two looking through Cadaver Gap at Camp One, Mount Rainer, Washington
- View of Camp Two looking through Cadaver Gap at Camp Muir, (also known as Camp One during the Mount Rainier Test Expedition conducted by men from the 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment, re-enforced). Two pyramid tents are pitched in the snow in the...
- Camp Muir (Wash.)--1940-1950.; Rainier, Mount (Wash.)--1940-1950.; Tents--Washington (State)--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [1942, May]
- Mt San Rafael Hospital 1888
- Exterior view of the San Rafael Hospital in Trinidad, Colorado. This three story rusticated stone building has a hipped gable roof and features a central wing with an arcaded porch topped by a balustraded terrace, and two end wings. The wing in the...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hospitals--Colorado--Trinidad--1880-1890.
- 1889
- Fig. 116. Interior lodge.
- Reproduction of a book illustration of the interior of a Native American (Navajo) medicine lodge. The illustration shows a small fire in the center of the building. A hole in the roof allows the smoke to rise out of the building.
- Indians of North America--1890-1920.; Navajo Indians--Spiritual life--1890-1920.; Interiors--1890-1920.; Lodges--1890-1920.
- [between 1895 and 1915]
- Manitou - from Cave of the Winds
- View of Manitou Springs, Colorado, from Cave of the Winds, looking south east. Eroded sandstone cliffs are in the foreground, and Williams Canyon leads towards the town of Manitou Springs which is scarcely discernable. Behind the town, the...
- El Paso County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Williams Canyon (El Paso County, Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1899?]
- Birds eye view of 7th Cav camp at Wounded Knee S.D. before the fight with Chief Big Foots band
- Bird's eye view over the U. S. Army, Seventh Cavalry camp, Native American Lakota Sioux Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota, shows a photographer with a camera on a rise, dozens of round wall tents with the soldiers' horses between them and the...
- United States. Army. Cavalry, 7th.--Facilities--1890-1900.; Dakota Indians--Government relations--South Dakota--Wounded Knee--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Government relations--South Dakota--Wounded Knee--1890-1900.; Teton...
- 1890? December 29
- Breckenridge, Colorado
- View of Breckenridge, Colorado, looking west; shows the schoolhouse, belfry of the Fireman's Hall, the Denver Hotel, the Arlington House, a frame building with a curvelinear false front and a wide cornice. The Methodist Church and the...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Tenmile range (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1895?]
- Carter Museum, Breckenridge
- The Carter Museum, in Breckenridge, Colorado, is a one story, hewn log house with white chinking and a shed roofed addition built on the side. A sash window is next to an open door, and stovepipes rise from the roof. A pile of rounded rocks and...
- Edwin Carter Museum (Breckenridge, Colo.)--1920-1970.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1920-1970.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Breckenridge--1920-1970.
- [between 1920 and 1970?]
- Breckenridge, looking west
- This view of Breckenridge, Colorado, looking west along Lincoln Avenue includes the two story, frame school with its ornamented gable, and to the north, the brick upper school with its curvelinear, corniced pediments. The Summit County Courthouse...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Tenmile Range (Colo.)--1900-1920.
- [between 1909 and 1915?]
- County Hospital (was Charlie Sutton house) [graphic]
- Built as a residence for Charlie and Mary Sutton, the Summit County Hospital in Breckenridge, Colorado, is a two story, gable roofed, frame structure with a shed roofed side extension and a gable roofed addition in back. An open porch extends the...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Hospitals--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1910.
- [between 1906 and 1910?]
- Breckenridge residence
- An open porch with Ionic columns and a balustrade surrounds a frame residence in Breckenridge, Colorado, and shelters a bay window in the near end. A wreath is on the wall next to it, and a door on the other side is decorated with pine branches....
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Dwellings--Colorado--Breckenridge--1970-1980.
- 1970 Feb 6
- Breckenridge
- In a snow trench in Breckenridge, Colorado, a man stands at the end of the shoveled path. Behind him the gabled entry of a house is hung with icicles. Trees and a power pole rise from the flanking snow, and a man and two women stand atop the bank...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Snow--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Winter--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.
- [1898 or 1899]
- Breckenridge homestead
- A two story frame residence in Breckenridge, Colorado, has a shed roofed addition with a sash window extending from the side of this gable roofed structure. Stovepipes rise from the roof ridge. A sash window is centered in the upper end wall,...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Dwellings--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1893?]
- Main street
- On Main Street in Breckenridge, Colorado, a frame, two-story, gable roofed residence with bay windows flanking its entry is half buried in snow. Built in an 'ell' shape with a partially enclosed porch in the inside corner, the house has a square...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Dwellings--Colorado--Breckenridge--1910-1920.; Winter--Colorado--Breckenridge--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Bluff City, Utah
- Overview of Bluff, Utah, shows the Navajo Twins, a natural rock tower, on a hill in foreground; a valley with trees, streets, and houses; and the San Juan River with Casa del Eco Mesa in background.
- Bluff (Utah)--1900-1910.; Casa del Eco Mesa (Utah)--1900-1910.; Navajo Twins (Utah)--1900-1910.; San Juan River (Colo.-Utah)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Utah--Bluff--1900-1910.; Mesas--Utah--Bluff--1900-1910.; Rivers--Utah--Bluff--1900-1910.; Rock...
- [1900?]
- Burros
- Two burros in a field of short grass. Hills rise above the field in the distance.
- Donkeys--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1915]
- Columbine - 1942
- View of a dog on the porch of a gas station in Columbine (Routt County), Colorado; shows dog looking at a car and occupants while standing on the plank boards of a shaded porch; inclues gasoline pump, bench in front of the store windows, and a...
- Columbine (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Automobile service stations--Colorado--Columbine--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Bonanza, 1942
- View of a false fronted building in Bonanza, Colorado; shows a single, square,structure with false front (cornice, entabulature), and two large windows (four panes each) on either side of a single, double leaf door with transom and lights; vertical...
- Bonanza (Colo.)--1940-1950.; False fronts--Colorado--Bonanza--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Bridge piers on Cutoff
- Concrete pylons for a Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Dotsero Cutoff bridge rise from the Colorado River in Eagle County, Colorado.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1930-1940.; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1930-1940.; Dotsero Cutoff (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Eagle County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Eagle County--1930-1940.;...
- 1933
- Eureka 1942
- View of a residence in Eureka, Colorado showing a steep, front gable with projecting eave atop a two story house with horizontal clapboard siding; features a second floor rectangular window and first floor bay window; pine trees on either side of...
- Eureka (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Eureka--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Eureka 1942
- View of a dirt road with residences and sheds in Eureka, Colorado; residences feature medium gable, horizontal clapboard siding, open front porches (two with pedimented gables), and a bay window; snow capped mountains rise steeply behind the houses.
- Eureka (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Eureka--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Eureka 1942
- View of three false fronted structures, single and two-story, in Eureka, Colorado; features bracketted cornice, horizontal clapboard siding, covered porches, and rectangular bays; hills rise sharply behind the structures and in the distance; corner...
- Eureka (Colo.)--1940-1950.; False fronts--Colorado--Eureka--1940-1950.; Streets--Colorado--Eureka--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Eureka 1942
- View of four residences and one shed fronting a dirt road in Eureka, Colorado; features a medium gable, horizontal clapboard siding, open front porches (two with pedimented gables), and a bay window; railroad tracks in front of the houses;...
- Eureka (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Eureka--1940-1950.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Eureka--1940-1950.
- 1942
- D&RGW 762 and 787, ten wheelers, doubleheading west with train#1, the 'Scenic Limited,' at Hanging Bridge, Colorado, in the Royal Gorge of the Arkansas River
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad locomotives with the "Scenic Limited" passenger train by the Arkansas River at Hanging Bridge, Fremont County, Colorado. Granite cliffs of Royal Gorge rise on both sides.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.--1920-1930.; Arkansas River--1920-1930.; Fremont County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Royal Gorge (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Canyons--Colorado--Fremont County--1920-1930.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Fremont...
- 1925?
- D&RGW 1607, 3 cylinder 4-8-2, westbound with train #1, the Scenic Limited, at Hanging Bridge, Colorado, in the Royal Gorge of the Arkansas River
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad locomotive 1607 stops with the "Scenic Limited" passenger train by the Arkansas River, at Hanging Bridge, Fremont County, Colorado. Granite cliffs of Royal Gorge rise on both sides; men and women stand behind...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.--1920-1930.; Arkansas River--1920-1930.; Fremont County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Royal Gorge (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Canyons--Colorado--Fremont County--1920-1930.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Fremont...
- 1927?
- D&RGW 762 and 787, ten wheelers, westbound with train #1 the Scenic Limited, at Hanging Bridge, Colorado, in the Royal Gorge of the Arkansas River
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad locomotives with the "Scenic Limited" passenger train by the Arkansas River at Hanging Bridge, Fremont County, Colorado. Granite cliffs of Royal Gorge rise on both sides.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.--1920-1930.; Arkansas River--1920-1930.; Fremont County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Royal Gorge (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Canyons--Colorado--Fremont County--1920-1930.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Fremont...
- 1925?
- Royal Gorge
- View of Denver and Rio Grande Railroad tracks beside the Arkansas River; walls of Royal Gorge rise on either side.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company.--1900-1910.; Arkansas River--1900-1910.; Fremont County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Royal Gorge (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Canyons--Colorado--Fremont County--1900-1910.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Fremont...
- between 1900 and 1911?
- Denver Red Light district "Blue Row"
- A man looks at a brick wall in Denver, Colorado, with gauge arch windows and bricked in door openings, purported to be "Blue Row," an early prostitution section of the city.
- Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- 1944 August 1
- Stout Street
- View of Stout Street in Denver, Colorado. Shows the Bradford-Robinson Printing Company, parked cars, and a high rise building with a sign: "W".
- Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Printing industry--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Skyscrapers--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.
- 1967