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- Gen. Hays questions German Lt. Gen. Hildebrandt
- General George P. Hays (left) questions Lt. General Hildebrandt of the Marco Polo Division of the German Army (with glasses) at Tenth Mountain Division headquarters on Lake Garda, Italy, May 1945. The generals sit in Gen. Hays' office, seven...
- Military officers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Hays, George J.; Hays, George P.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- May 1945
- GI at Trieste
- A Tenth Mountain Division soldier enjoys the beach at Trieste with a woman. Both wear bathing costumes and pose for the camera. Behind them the beach is filled with other sun worshipers.
- Trieste (Italy)--1940-1950.; Beaches--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- Inside pack mule assembly area, Italy
- Pack mule assembly area in Italian Valley; shows a large number of pack saddles, mules, and mule handlers of the Tenth Mountain Division.
- Mountain warfare--Italy--1940-1950.; Mules--Italy--1945.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- Inside Rover Joe's observation point
- Shows four soldiers facing away from the camera in observation point that controlled air support for the Tenth Mountain Division on Mt. Belvedere, Italy, under the code name: Rover Joe. The location is a hole in the ground overlooking a valley, a...
- Air warfare--Italy--1945.; Military officers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- March 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]
- Soldier with stockings and pin-ups
- Taken during the Italian campaign; Tenth Mountain Division soldier sits on crate holding up two pairs of stockings and wearing a big grin under his helmet. In back of him, tacked to a wall, are numbered pin- up photographs.
- 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 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]
- 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]
- Blizzard staff photographer, Italy
- Portrait of a photograper with a pencil thin mustache wearing army uniform, helmet and carrying a 4x5 camera with flash. Taken as he bites into a piece of bread [?]. The photographer is Pfc. Bill Thompson.
- Photographers--1940-1950.
- [1945]
- Debby with Doughnuts
- View of Deborah Bankart of the American Red Cross making doughnuts with an automatic baking machine. The machine is the size of a large stove and doughnuts emerge through a shute where she picks them up with two sticks and arranges them in neat...
- Doughnuts--Italy--1940-1950.; Military life--Italy--1940-1950.; Bankart, Deborah.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- February 1945
- Gen. Ruffner at desk, Lizzano
- General David L. Ruffner poses for a portrait at a desk with an air speed mail kit and three pens on it. Behind him are maps on a bulletin board, made from Spumanti and vermouth boxes, and a large stone fireplace.
- Military officers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Ruffner, David L.; 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]
- Half-full dance floor, Zirocco: party for Headquarters Company
- Party held by Tenth Mountain Division Headquarters Company June 8, 1945, in Zirocco, Italy. Dancers take to the floor; a band with drum, violin, bass violin, accordion, and saxophone occupies a corner platform while many faces look through the...
- Dance parties--Italy--Zirocco--1940-1950.; Dancing--1940-1950.; Military life--Italy--Zirocco--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- 1945 June 8
- Mobile orientation unit near Cividale
- Mountains, buildings, and leafy trees are in the background.; Shows the Tenth Mountain Division Information and Education section's Mobile Orientation unit's jeep-top stage parked in the middle of a grassy field during a discussion of the Pacific...
- Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Curry, Ed.; Wright, Bob.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Ocean.
- June 28, 1945
- Orientation on Pacific War near Cividale
- The Tenth Mountain Division Information and Education section's Mobile orientation unit holds a discussion of the Pacific campaign and invasion of Japan with soldiers from the 10th Mountain Division's Quartermaster Battalion. T/4 Theodore "Ted"...
- Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Curry, Ed.; Lockwood, Theodore.; Wright, Bob.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Ocean.
- June 28, 1945
- Stage and soldiers at memorial services, Castelfiorentino, Italy
- A view of the stage, flag pole, and the Tenth Mountain Division soldiers attending the Division's memorial held April 6, 1945, at the American Military cemetery in Castelfiorentino (Florence Province), Italy.
- Cemeteries--Italy--Castelfiorentino--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- April 6, 1945
- Taps at memorial service, Castelfiorentino, Italy
- A bugler plays taps beside the rows of white crosses that mark the graves of servicemen who died in the Italian campaign during a memorial service held for the men of the Tenth Mountain Division on April 6, 1945, at the American Cemetery in...
- Bugles--1940-1950.; Cemeteries--Italy--Castelfiorentino--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- April 6, 1945
- Wreath at memorial service, Castelfiorentino, Italy
- Two soldiers regard the wreath with a banner that reads: In memory of the men of the 10th Mountain Division. In the background are rows of white crosses marking the graves of Tenth Mountain Division soldiers and other servicemen buried in the...
- Cemeteries--Italy--Castelfiorentino--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- April 6, 1945
- Shells hit Rocca di Roffeno
- Shells hit Rocca di Roffeno in this view taken from a road in the valley. This area was the scene of a drive on April 14-16 spearheaded by the Tenth Mountain Division.
- Rocca di Roffeno (Italy)--1940-1950.; War destruction & pillage--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [April 1945]
- Full dance floor, Zirocco: party for Headquarters Company
- Party held by Tenth Mountain Division Headquarters Company June 8, 1945 in Zirocco, Italy. Dancers take to the floor; a band with drum, violin, bass violin, accordion, and saxophone occupies a corner platform while many faces look through the...
- Dance parties--Italy--Zirocco--1940-1950.; Dancing--1940-1950.; Military life--Italy--Zirocco--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- 1945 June 8
- Duryea Morton on the Atlantic Ocean
- Portrait of the photographer with the Atlantic Ocean behind him. Taken on the U.S.S. Marine Fox, which was transporting Tenth Mountain Division troops back to the United States after the end of the Italian Campaign.
- Transports--1940-1950.; Photographers--1940-1950.; Troop movements--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- August 1945
- Duryea Morton, shipboard
- Portrait of the photographer taken on-board the U.S.S. Marine Fox, which was enroute to the United States after the end of the Italian Campaign. Behind him are other, unidentified, Tenth Mountain Division soldiers.
- Transports--1940-1950.; Photographers--1940-1950.; Troop movements--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- August 1945
- Mo and Friend
- Portrait of the photographer with his arm around an Italian woman. He is not wearing a shirt, only khaki pants. She is wearing a red sweater and a blue skirt. Behind them another man wearing a brown shirt looks on. Taken while the photographer was...
- Military life--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- March 1945
- Part of Blizzard staff in Udine
- Group portrait of four of the Tenth Mountain Division's newspaper, the Blizzard , staff members by a fountain in Udine, Italy. The staff are: correspondent Pfc. Merrill Pollack (K-86th), staff artist Jacques Parker (C-86th), staffer T/5 H. Richard...
- Journalists--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Military life--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- Pie eating contest, Fourth of July, 1945
- Pie eating contest during a field day held by the 87th Regiment of the Tenth Mountain Division, on July 4, 1945, near Caporreto, Italy. Shows laughing people with whipped cream on their faces; a woman in a Red Cross uniform is (possibly) Deborah...
- Holidays--1940-1950.; Military life--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- 1945 July 4
- View of Abetaia, Italy
- View of the village of Abetaia, Italy, taken from the road. The Tenth Mountain Division passed through Abetaia during the Italian campaign.
- Abetaia (Italy)--1940-1950.; Mountains--Italy--1940-1950.
- [1945]
- Headquarters & Service Battery, 616th FA Bn (Pack), Camp Hale Co., 1943
- Group portrait of 616th Field Artillery Battalion (Pack), Headquarters and Service Battery, taken at Camp Hale, Colorado. TOP ROW left to right: 1) unidentified, 2) Macintosh (?), 3) Scannell, 4) Burrows, 5) Smith, Oliver, 6) Kopera, 7) Fenner, 8)...
- Military personnel--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1943.; United States. Army. Field Artillery Battalion, 616th. Headquarters and Service Battery.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United...
- 1943
- End of D Series, John W. Pollock
- John W. Pollock, sits in the snow resting against the trunk of a pine tree. This portrait was taken at the end of the exhausting winter maneuvers undertaken by the Tenth Mountain Division in the Spring of 1944, called D Series. He is wearing a cap,...
- Photographers--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; War games--Colorado--1940-1950.; Pollock, John W.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- April, 1944
- Au riva diece, Italy!
- View taken from the stern of a ship looking back towards the Italian coastline and showing the ship's wake. Taken by the photographer while serving in the Tenth Mountain Division after the end of the Italian Campaign.
- Ships--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- August 1945
- Formation (Suzid)
- View taken from above showing soldiers in formation in a green field near a road at the base of a mountain. Taken after victory in Italy.
- Military parades & ceremonies--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- June 1945
- Robic Battalion Parade
- View taken from above Tenth Mountain Division Battalion Parade in Robic, Yugoslavia. Showing soldiers in formation in a field near the base of a mountain. Taken after victory in Italy.
- Military parades & ceremonies--Yugoslavia--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Yugoslavia--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- June 1945
- Caribou, Colo. 1870-1879
- probably when this image was first taken.; The mining town of Caribou sits along the base of Caribou Hill in Boulder County, Colorado. The schoolhouse is in the left foreground on Sherman Street with three long log poles propped against one side...
- School buildings--Colorado--Caribou--1870-1880.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Caribou (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Caribou--1870-1880.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Biography. Cody, W.F. Portraits 1900 (prints)
- supplied the Kansas Pacific Railroad with buffalo. He later toured the United States and Europe with "Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show." He died Jan. 10, 1917 at the home of his sister, May Cody Decker, in Denver, Colorado. He is buried on Lookout...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Horse teams--Colorado--Boulder--1900-1910.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Boulder--1900-1910.; Stagecoaches--Colorado--Boulder--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Parsons, Mark.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Fred Walsen and John Albert
- Studio portrait of Fred Walsen (standing) and John Albert (sitting). John Albert has a white beard and wears a simple suit with boots, he holds a staff. Fred Walsen has a beard and is well dressed in a suit with a with fob chain and a medal clipped...
- Pioneers--Colorado--1890-1900.; Pioneers--Colorado--Walsenburg--1890-1900.; Albert, John David, 1806-1899.; Fred Walsen, 1841-1906.
- 1895
- Kemp Cabin just completed 1893
- The Kemp family log cabin is framed by a circle in this image taken when the cabin was first completed in 1893 near Eldora in Boulder County, Colorado. Photographer Donald C. Kemp's father John H. Kemp was a mine operator in Central City in Gilpin...
- Kemp, Donald Campbell, 1889-1975--Homes & haunts--Colorado--Eldora--1890-1900.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Eldora (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--Eldora--1890-1900.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Typical skitrooper en route
- sleeping bag, clothing and personal gear.; View of a skitrooper, possibly Nate Morrell, from the Tenth Mountain Division's Mountain Training Group taken during a training exercise. He is wearing a woollen ski uniform, a cap and sunglasses. He is...
- Military training--Colorado--1940-1950.; Ski troops--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- February 1944
- Blackhawk, Colorado, 1860-69
- The Presbyterian church in Blackhawk, Colorado, stands on a hill above Gregory Street. The empty lot adjacent to the church is the future site of schoolhouse, which opened in 1870. A wholesale and retail meat market and a dry good store face...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Blackhawk--1860-1870.; Presbyterian churches--Colorado--Blackhawk--1860-1870.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Original Deadwood Coach, most famous vehicle in the world
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody and another man sit on the Deadwood Stagecoach, which is pulled by three teams of mules. The photograph was taken in the yard of the Abbot-Downing Co., by W.G.C. Kimball, July 4, 1895. The coach was built by...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Stagecoaches--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Burke, John, d. 1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1897?]
- Murder trio on way to the penitentiary in 1933
- Three handcuffed Mexican American youths on their way to Canon City, pose as they prepare to be transported to prison, Brighton (Adams County), Colorado. The men were sentenced to hang for the brutal murder of George F. Arnold, age 74. They are...
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--Brighton--1930-1940.; Brighton (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Prisoners--Colorado--Brighton--1930-1940.; Cox, Earl.; Montoya, Candelario.; Saiz, Joseph.; Templeton, Lee.; Vigil, Roy.
- 1933
- Looking east over Black Hawk
- Looking east over Black Hawk, Colorado, down Gregory Gulch; shows Gregory Street (lower right), Church Street (middle), and High Street (left). The school house stands out in the far middle of the photo and is located between Church and High...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1880-1890]
- Original Co. B, 126th Combat Engineers
- Members of the B company of the 126th Mountain Engineer Battalion pose near barracks at Camp Hale (Eagle County), Colorado. The men wear uniforms and helmets and have gas masks in cases slung over their shoulders. The men are identified as: "Row 1...
- World War, 1939-1945--American--Military personnel.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th. Mountain Engineer Battalion, 126th.
- [1944?]
- Fulford New York Mountain in background, White Quail Gulch
- The Lannet (Lanning) Sisters Hotel and the O. W. Daggett Store Building are visable among the wood buildings in White Quail Gulch, Fulford, Colorado. Snow covers the buildings and the ground, including stumps in the foreground and New York Mountain...
- Fulford (Colorado)--1900-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Fulford--1900-1910.
- 1902
- Exterior of Grant Junior High School
- Exterior of Grant Junior High School in Denver, Colorado. An exterior view of the school building taken from a corner across the street.
- Grant Junior High School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1924
- The Trinity Bulletin: vol. VI no 15
- Bulletin produced by Trinity Methodist Church in Denver, Colorado. Included in the bulletin is a program of that Sunday's worship services, as well as announcements of activities and news for the congregation for the up coming week.
- Peak, Lottie Borum, 1867-1957--Archives.; Peake family--Archives.; Trinity United Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1921 May 8
- East High spotlight: vol 17 no 7
- Christmas edition of the newspaper produced by East High School of Denver, Colorado. Included in the paper are photographs of students, articles on school events and sports.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1930 December 17
- East High spotlight: vol 17 no 8
- Newspaper produced by East High School of Denver, Colorado. Included in the paper are photographs of students, articles on school events and sports.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1931 January 14
- East High spotlight: vol 24 no 5
- Christmas edition of the newspaper produced by East High School of Denver, Colorado. Included in the paper are photographs of students, articles on school events and sports.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1942 December 10
- North High School with shops in back
- Photograph taken of North Denver High School with the school's shops in the background.
- North High School (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings.; North High School (Denver, Colo.); Highlands (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood); Denver Public Schools.; Denver (Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public...
- undated
- South High School under construction, 1925.
- A black and white photograph of the exterior of South High School taken during construction of the building in 1925. The picture is taken from across the street. Power lines are visible along the top of the photograph. The tracts for a street...
- South High School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1925
- John and Mildred Connell
- Photograph taken by John Connell Sr, M.D. of his son John R Connell Jr, MD and his wife Mildred Kane Connell with their dog Tootsie taken as they were visiting him in Des Moines, Iowa.
- 1938