Shows a copy of the April 23, 1859 Rocky Mountain News, Vol.1, No.1, it's first edition. The paper is staged and clipped on a board for the photo. Under the banner "The Mines And Miners Of Nebraska;" headlines read: "The Opening Of Japan,"...
Woman wears a long dress with a shawl over her head and shoulders, her arm around a girl in a long belted dress and sandals. They stand on steps next to a wall in a stone, pueblo like dwelling with mountains in background.
View in Vanadium, San Miguel County, Colorado, shows a man posing on Rio Grande Southern Railroad tracks, a horse-drawn ore wagon, Primos Chemical Company mill buildings, and dwellings.
Rio Grande Southern Railroad--1910-1920.; Vanadium (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Buildings--Colorado--Vanadium--1910-1920.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Vanadium--1910-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Vanadium--1910-1920.
Interior of a Denver residence shows a long rectangular room with an ornate inlaided sleigh bed, rocking chair, settee, arm chairs, small tables, fireplace with screen, bellows, firewood basket and mantle covered with candlesticks and clock,...
Close-up view of a map of the Battle of Adobe Walls, Texas Panhandle, June, 1874, fought between the Army and Native Americans (Kiowa). The map depicts the area in which the battle took place. Labels in the print read: "The Quarterly Publication of...
Indians of North America--War--Texas--1870-1880.; Kiowa Indians--War--Texas--1870-1880.; Adobe Walls, Battle of, Tex., 1874.
Interior view at the Denver Municipal Auditorium in Denver, Colorado; shows the stage and a painted backdrop depicting (probably) George Washington and a soldier on horses, an eagle, buffalo skulls, angels, rocks, and trees.
City Auditorium (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Auditoriums--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Studio props--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
Union carpenter Joe Olson assists the coal miners during the UMW labor strike against CF&I, in Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado. He holds a rifle, a pistol in his ammunition belt and wears a kerchief in support of the strikers.
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Miners' strikes--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.;...
View of Native American Sioux cradleboards; shows a decorated cradleboard, a mourning cradleboard filled with grass or reeds, and women on foot and on horseback with cradleboards on their backs.
Dakota Indians--1850-1860.; Indians of North America--1850-1860.; Cradleboards--1850-1860.; Memorial rites & ceremonies--1850-1860.; Women--1850-1860.
View of a Cherry Creek flood in Denver, Colorado; shows businesses, houses, a corral, horse, and sheds. The first U.S. Denver Branch Mint is to the side; signs read: "Ladies Emporium," "Metropolitan Billiard Hall," and "F. A. Brocker Groceries."
Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Mints--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
A team of four horses runs with a wooden wagon, probably filled with ore, on a dirt road in a mountain valley. The driver wears a wide-brimmed hat and boots, and holds his foot on the brake. An onlooker with a beard leans on a post beside a dog and...
Bandits in hats and face masks hold up a stagecoach at gun point on a road at night. Stagecoach drivers and a passenger hold their hands up. Two bandits hold the reins of the two teams of spooked horses.
View of a tornado and a billow of clouds in a steep canyon in the Rocky Mountains. Shows splintered trees where the funnel touches the ground. Rocky peaks and a dark sky are in the distance.
View of the Merced River valley in Yosemite (later Yosemite National Park), California. Rock formations include South Dome and Washington Column. Shows sparse buildings and trees in the valley.
Half Dome (Calif.)--1890-1900.; Washington Column (Calif.)--1890-1900.; Yosemite National Park (Calif.)--1890-1900.; Yosemite Valley (Calif.)--1890-1900.; National parks & reserves--California--Yosemite National Park--1890-1900.; Rock...
Native American (Santa Domingo Pueblo) men and women dance in a row during a "Tablet Dance" at Santo Domingo Pueblo (New Mexico). The women wear mantas and tablitas on their heads. The men wear fringed breechcloths, hoof rattles, kilts, body paint,...
Indian dance--New Mexico--Santo Domingo Pueblo--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--New Mexico--Santo Domingo Pueblo--1890-1900.; Keresan Indians--Dance--New Mexico--Santo Domingo Pueblo--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Dance--New...
A Native American man on horseback aims a pistol at a bull on a grassy plain. The man has braids and wears an ammunition belt over a shirt and pants. Men beside a covered wagon use knives to butcher a dead bull. Shows a fence and a building in the...
Indians of North America--Subsistence activities--1890-1900.; Beef cattle--1890-1900.; Covered wagons--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--1890-1900.; Shooting--1890-1900.
Native American (Dakota, Upper Yanktonai) men, women and children are at the Standing Rock Indian Reservation in North Dakota or South Dakota. A man with a fur hat and feathers, in a robe with fringe and a hair pipe breast plate, stands beside a...
Dakota Indians--Standing Rock Indians Reservation (N.D. and S.D.)--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Standing Rock Indians Reservation (N.D. and S.D.)--1880-1890.; Yanktonai Indians--Standing Rock Indian Reservation (N.D. and S.D.)--1880-1890.;...
Young women or girls and a man ride burros on a trail on Pikes Peak (El Paso County), Colorado. The girls wear wide brimmed straw hats and dresses and ride sidesaddle. A man in a suit and overcoat rides a mule and holds a whip. One animal carries...
El Paso County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Donkeys--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1890.; Girls--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1890.; Riding--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1890.; Trails & paths--Colorado--El Paso...
An elephant pushes a railroad car with its head during a snowstorm; a trainer stands nearby. In a border, P.T. Barnum circus elephants are trained to use props and perform tricks.
Image on Harper's weekly title page shows three bighorn sheep on a steep, rock ledge in the Rocky Mountains. Shows the silhouette of two hunters and a rifle in the distance.
Image on Harper's weekly title page shows a total solar eclipse in the sky. Men and women stand on a mountain pass, probably Argentine Pass in Clear Creek County or Summit County, Colorado, and point or look up at the eclipse.
A naked man, the trapper John Colter, stands with arms raised and faces Native American (Blackfeet, Siksika) men who run toward him with spears, tomahawks and shields. Shows prickly pear cactus and shrubs on the ground in Gallatin County near the...
Indians of North America--Montana--Gallatin County--1810-1820.; Siksika Indians--Montana--Gallatin County--1810-1820.; Gallatin County (Mont.)--1810-1820.; Confrontations--Montana--Gallatin County--1810-1820.; Fighting--Montana--Gallatin...
Image on Harper's weekly title page shows a bust portrait of Major-General William T. Sherman. Sherman has a beard and wears a military uniform that includes a double-breasted jacket with a belt, an upright collar, a bow tie and officer's shoulder...
Generals--American--1860-1870.; Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891.
Image on Harper's weekly title page shows General George A. Custer in Washington D.C. Custer wears a military uniform and presents tattered Confederate battle flags held by Confederate soldiers, captured at the Battle of Cedar Creek, to dignitaries...
Washington (D.C.)--1860-1870.; Generals--American--District of Columbia--Washington--1860-1870.; Military parades & ceremonies--District of Columbia--Washington--1860-1870.; Military standards--Confederate--1860-1870.; Prisoners--District of...
Image on Harper's weekly title page is a portrait of General Nelson A. Miles. Miles has a handlebar moustache, stands with crossed arms and wears a military uniform with a cummerbund, a sash, fringed officer's epaulettes, probably velvet cuffs, and...
Generals--American--1890-1900.; Miles, Nelson Appleton, 1839-1925.
View of snow removal on the Central Pacific Railroad near Emigrant Gap in the Sierra Nevadas in Placer County, California. Chinese laborers remove snow in Blue Canyon.
Central Pacific Railroad Company--1890-1900.; Alien labor, Chinese--California--1890-1900.; Blue Canyon (Calif. : Town)--1890-1900.; Emigrant Gap (Calif.)--1890-1900.; Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.)--1890-1900.; Blizzards--California--1890-1900.;...
A group of uniformed officers maneuver a cannon at the Artillery School in Fortress Monroe, (later Fort Monroe) in Hampton, Virginia. Frame and brick buildings include barracks and officer's houses and school buildings on the military campus.
Fort Monroe (Va.)--1880-1890.; Cannons--Virginia--Fort Monroe--1880-1890.; Forts & fortifications--Virginia--Fort Monroe--1880-1890.; Military training--Virginia--Fort Monroe--1880-1890.
Summer and winter scenes in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado, show frame houses and a busy commercial district. Men and women in formal dress are beside a ditch on Capitol Hill and on row boats on Evergreen Lake. Men sit on a hillside above Fryer...
Lake County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Lake County--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.; Waterfalls--Colorado--Lake County--1880-1890.
People are on Pikes Peak Avenue in front of the Antlers Hotel in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. Shows horses, a dog, a carriage and a young girl in a mule-driven cart.
Antlers Hotel (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; City & town life--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1890.
View of the National Mining and Industrial Exposition building at the corner of South Broadway and Exposition Avenue in Denver, Colorado. The multi-story building complex is comprised of towers with belvederes, arcades, pediments, hip and gable...
National Mining and Industrial Exposition (1882 : Denver, Colo.)--Buildings.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Exhibition buildings--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
A North American Indian (Ute) man confronts a prospector on a mountain slope in Utah or Colorado. The Ute man wears a necklace with a star pendant and holds a rifle. Men with rifles stand behind him. The prospector holds a pick axe, and looks over...
Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Ute Indians--1870-1880.; Miners--1870-1880.; Mining--1870-1880.; Pack animals--1870-1880.; Thornburgh, Thomas Tipton, 1843-1879.
A group of six men is gathered in front of a log cabin used in a scene during Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. John Nelson guided Brigham Young to Utah in 1847 and was a scout with William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody at Fort McPherson in 1869. He...
Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Flags--American--1880-1900.; Flags--British--1880-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Baker, Johnny, d. 1931.; Keen, Jule.; Nelson, John Young, b. 1826.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
Studio bust portrait of Nannie Winettle Anders, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Her hair is upswept; she wears a brocade blouse and satin jacket.
Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Anders, Nannie W. (Nannie Winettle); Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
Profile studio portrait of Frances Martha Morrison, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. She wears a sheer overblouse with applique, buttons, and a high collar. Her upswept hair includes a bun and curled bangs.
Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Morrison, Frances M. (Frances Martha); Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
Studio portrait of Bertha Wilhelmina Feldwisch, a senior (Salutatorian) at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. She wears a jacket with pleats and a pointed lace collar.
Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Feldwisch, Bertha W. (Bertha Wilhelmina); Denver High School--People--1890-1900.; Denver Public Schools--People--1890-1900.
Profile studio portrait of Caroline Nelson Ballard, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. She wears a dark wool jacket; her hair is upswept with curled bangs and a bun.
Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Ballard, Caroline N. (Caroline Nelson); Denver High School--People--1890-1900.; Denver Public Schools--People--1890-1900.
Studio portrait of Cora Lee Hughes, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. She wears a jacket and blouse with puff shoulders and lace insets. Her hair is upswept; she wears earrings.
Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Hughes, Cora L. (Cora Lee); Denver High School--People--1890-1900.; Denver Public Schools--People--1890-1900.
Profile studio portrait of Antoinette Therese Pels, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. She wears a v-necked blouse with striped silk trim and a corsage.
Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Pels, Antoinette Therese.; Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
Studio portrait of Nanie (Marie) Annette Sherwin, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. She wears light colored blouse with lace, pleats, puff shoulders, and a bow.
Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Sherwin, Nanie A. (Nanie Annette); Denver High School--People--1890-1900.; Denver Public Schools--People--1890-1900.
Studio portrait of Frances Elizabeth Wilkins (Wilkens), a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. She wears a dark jacket with a pin, and a lace inset. Her hair is upswept with curls.
Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Wilkins, Frances Elizabeth.; Denver High School--People--1890-1900.; Denver Public Schools--People--1890-1900.
Profile studio portrait of Harriet (Hattie) Anna Woods, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. She wears a light colored lace blouse with a collar pin. Her hair is upswept with a pearl comb.
Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Woods, Harriet A. (Harriet Anna); Denver High School--People--1890-1900.; Denver Public Schools--People--1890-1900.
Profile studio portrait of Frances (Fannie) Bartholomew Fulham, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. She wears a lace blouse and pearl choker; her hair is upswept with a bun.
Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Fulham, Frances Bartholomew.; Denver High School--People--1890-1900.; Denver Public Schools--People--1890-1900.
Studio portrait of Jane Irwin Travelli, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. She wears a light colored blouse with puff shoulders and ruching.
Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Travelli, Jane I. (Jane Irwin); Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
Studio bust portrait of Laura Eva Bates, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Bates has curled bangs and her hair is styled up in a coronet twist. She wears drop earrings, and a lace or brocade shawl draped in a swag between her...
Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Bates, Laura E. (Laura Eva); Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.