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- Blown bridge
- View of a brige that had suffered artillery damage in Italy. Around the bridge is an orchard; a few buildings are on the other side of it. Taken while the photographer was serving in the Tenth Mountain Division during the Italian Campaign.
- Bridges--Italy--1940-1950.; War damage--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- May 1945
- Interior of no. 9
- Young women and men pose in Victorian costumes inside Pullman sleeper car, no. 9. The men are dressed in jackets and morning coats and hold top hats. The women wear long dresses and hats.
- Costumes--1920-1930.; Interiors--1920-1930.; Railroad passenger cars--1920-1930.; Women--1920-1930.
- 1923
- Ready to board "no. 9"
- Men in women in Victorian costumes pose beside a Pullman "sleeping car" no. 9. The women wear long dresses, and hats. The men wear suits and top hats. The costumes have ruffles, embroidery, and lace.
- Costumes--1920-1930.; Railroad passenger cars--1920-1930.; Women--1920-1930.
- c1923
- Along Lake Garda
- Shows a long line of more than thirty Tenth Mountain Division soldiers waiting for food. The chow-line snakes up a steep street in an Italian town; a few men are eating around a covered jeep. Above the town is a rugged mountain covered with snow;...
- Military cookery--Italy--1940-1950.; Military personnel--1940-1950.; Soldiers--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.
- April 1945
- Lake Garda
- View of Lake Garda, Italy, taken while the photographer was serving in the Tenth Mountain Division during the Italian Campaign.
- Lakes & ponds--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Garda, Lake (Italy)--1940-1950.
- April 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
- Schuck
- Portrait of the photographer with a cigar in his mouth, he holds a donkey by its ears near an orchard in Italy. Unidentified Tenth Mountain Division soldiers look on in the background. All are wearing khaki uniforms and boots.
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Donkeys--Colorado--1940-1950.; Military life--Italy--1940-1950.; Photographers--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- March 1945
- Zeroing in on a U.S. tank
- Two U.S. Army tanks on a road through rolling grass-covered hills in Italy. German artillery fire is coming close to the lead tank; a white puff of smoke is visible very close to it. Taken while the photographer was serving with the Tenth Mountain...
- Military vehicles--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- April 1945
- Molenaar's barber shop
- View of either Kenny Molenaar, or the photographer, cutting another Tenth Mountain Division soldier's hair in an Italian vineyard. Molenaar is wearing khaki shorts and boots; the man getting his haircut holds a towel around his neck, is shirtless...
- Military life--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- May 1945
- 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
- Baynam in Northern Italy
- A Tenth Mountain Division soldier, Baynham, bicycles toward the camera some where in Northern Italy. The blue sign on a red and white stripped pole reads: Al. Km. 0.095 Sottopassaggio di Altezza M.4.10. Al. Km.2.255 Sottopassaggio di Altezza...
- Military life--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- May 1945
- Below Rome
- View of an Italian town below Rome. Taken by the photographer while serving in the Tenth Mountain Division in Italy.
- United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- July 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
- Swiss border
- A group of approximately ten Tenth Mountain Division soldiers standing at the Swiss border. Across the border is a white building with the words "Monastero" and "Dogana Svizzera" painted on it. Taken while the photographer was serving in the 10th...
- Military life--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- May 1945
- Tarcento, Po Valley
- View of Tarcento, Italy, in the Po Valley. Taken by the photographer while serving in the Tenth Mountain Division during the Italian Campaign.
- Tarcento (Italy)--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- May 1945
- Toward Swiss border
- View of a Tenth Mountain Division soldier on the Swiss border. He is standing on a rock formation looking down into a green valley. He is wearing a helmet, khaki uniform and carrying a rifle. Mountains rise in the background. Taken by the...
- Military supplies--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- May 1945
- Venice
- Portrait of Kenny Molenaar in his Tenth Mountain Division uniform beside the lagoon on in Venice, Italy. Gondolas, the Campinili, the Church of Santa Maria della Salute Dorsoduro are behind him.
- Military life--Italy--Venice--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- June 1945
- Gilpin County
- View of a gravestone in a cemetery in Gilpin County, Colorado; shows an open scroll and a raised image of a wreath on top; inscription reads: "Petarnel. Dau. of John & Elizabeth Ede. Died Nov. 9. 1878 Aged 15 ys. 5 ms. 9 ds", tall grass high over...
- Gilpin County (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Gilpin County--1930-1970.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Gilpin County--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1966]
- Cape Horn - looking west
- View of Central Pacific Railroad tracks at Cape Horn (Placer County), California.
- Central Pacific Railroad Company--1860-1890.; Cape Horn (Placer County, Calif.)--1860-1890.; Railroad Tracks--California--Cape Horn--1860-1890.
- [between 1860 and 1885?]
- Cooley's Ranche [sic]
- View of log buildings and fences at Corydon Eliphalet Cooley's Ranch in Navajo County (later the Fort Apache Indian Reservation), Arizona. Livestock, crops and log farm buildings are in a meadow near trees and hillsides in the White Mountains.
- Cooley Ranch (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Navajo County (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; White Mountains (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Arizona--Navajo County--1870-1880.; Ranches--Arizona--Navajo County--1870-1880.; Cooley, Corydon Eliphalet--Homes &...
- 1873
- Harrison St. from Chestnut St.
- In this view north from the middle of paved Harrison Avenue in Leadville, Colorado, pickup trucks are filling up at gas pumps at "Clark's Shamrock self serve" gas station on the right. Prices are marked as "54.9 regular," "57.9 unleaded." Business...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Automobile service stations--Colorado--Leadville--1970-1980.; Business districts--Colorado--Leadville--1970-1980.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Leadville--1970-1980.
- 1978
- Fort Morgan exchange, exterior, rear lot
- View of the back of the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company exchange building in Fort Morgan (Morgan County), Colorado. The building is a two-story brick structure with a flat roof. The back of the lot is occupied by a brick garage and...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Buildings--1910-1920.; Fort Morgan (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Garages--Colorado--Fort Morgan--1910-1920.; Sheds--Colorado--Fort Morgan--1910-1920.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Fort Morgan--1910-1920.
- 1914
- Nederland Park
- A horse and buggy makes its way along Middle Boulder Creek, Barker Meadows with Nederland, Boulder County, Colorado in the distance and mountains beyond.
- Barker Meadow (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Middle Boulder Creek (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Nederland (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Meadows--Colorado--Boulder County--1870-1890.; Streams--Colorado--Boulder County--1870-1890.
- [between 1873 and 1892?]
- Georgetown
- An obelisk gravestone in the Georgetown, Clear Creek County, Colorado, cemetery has a carved, tasseled curtain and reads: "E. Tindall Apr. 9. 1810. Died Jan. 20. 1882," and "Father Tindall."
- Tindall, E., 1810-1882--Tomb.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Georgetown--1930-1970.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Georgetown--1930- 1970.
- [between 1933 and 1970]
- Buckskin Charly
- Studio portrait of Buckskin Charlie, a Native American man (Ute); dress includes a hair pipe breastplate, fur, he wears a moustache.
- Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Ute Indians--Clothing & dress--1880-1900.; Buckskin Charlie, Ute Chief.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- High school graduating class
- In this portrait of a graduating high school class in Breckenridge, Colorado, the man in the center wears a sack suit, silk tie and upright collar. The boys and girls around him all wear ribboned corsages, and hold their rolled diplomas. The boys...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Graduation ceremonies--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1910.; Students--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1902?]
- School, taken 20 of May, 1891
- Portrait of the students at the old school in Breckenridge, Colorado. The boys are simply dressed; most are hatless. The girls are in a variety of print frocks, many with lace collars. An adult is in the background on the right.
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; School children--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.
- 1891
- Action in the Po Valley
- Eleven Tenth Mountain Division soldiers crouch in a lush green field as smoke rises from a nearby explosion at the end of the field near some trees and houses.
- Military personnel--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Po Valley (Italy)
- April 1945
- Canon of the Grand River
- Engine 54 of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad Company travels on an embankment near the Colorado River in Glenwood Canyon, near Glenwood Springs (Garfield County), Colorado.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company--1880-1890.; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1880-1890.; Garfield County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Glenwood Canyon (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--Garfield County--1880-1900.; Cliffs--Colorado--Garfield...
- [between 1880 and 1886?]
- Del Norte
- Men and women stand along the boardwalk against the exterior of the "Asa F. Middaugh Dry Goods, Clothing, Boots & Shoes" store in the town of Del Norte, Colorado, in Rio Grande County. Architectural elements of the one-story, stone building include...
- Del Norte (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Dry goods stores--Colorado--Del Norte--1890-1900.
- [1891?]
- Elyria School, 47th and High
- View of Elyria School at 4725 High Street in the Elyria-Swansea neighborhood of Denver, Colorado; the brick building has arched windows and a tile roof. A United States flag waves on a pole.
- Elyria School (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Elyria-Swansea (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Flags--American--1920-1930.; Schools--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1925 and 1929?]
- Silhouette fireplace and parade frieze featured in the Kindergarten of the Fairmont School
- Interior view at the Fairmont School in Denver, Colorado; shows an ornate fireplace with silhouettes of nursery rhyme characters including Little Bo Peep, Jack and Jill, Mother Goose, a lion, a horse, a pig, a cat, and birds. Ceramic tiles and a...
- Fairmont School (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--1880-1890.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Fireplaces--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Friezes (Ornamental bands)--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.;...
- [ca. 1926]
- Nelson's Corner, 26th and Gray, SE Corner, Edgewater, Colorado
- Nelson's Corner, a white clapboard false front building, is a gas station in Edgewater, Jefferson County, Colorado. A man, presumably Nelson, leans jauntily against a "Serve Your Self" sign at the edge of the street, under a hanging sign reading...
- Edgewater (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Automobile service stations--Colorado--Edgewater--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Italian funeral
- A convoy of Tenth Mountain Division jeeps passes an Italian funeral procession in an unidentified town.
- Funeral processions--Italy--1940-1950.; Military vehicles--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- May 1945
- Kenny and paisan kids
- Kenny Molenaar wearing his Tenth Mountain Division uniform poses surrounded by a group of Italian children beside a large building.
- Children--Italy--1940-1950.; Military life--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- June 1945
- Litoria
- View of damaged buildings at Litoria, Italy. Taken by the photographer while serving in the Tenth Mountain Division in Italy.
- Litoria (Italy)--1940-1950.; War damage--Italy--Litoria--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- July 1945
- Peasants Florence
- Three Italian men plow a field; two men drag push the plow through the field and another guides it from behind. In the background, another man hoes the ground. Taken while the photographer was serving with the Tenth Mountain Division in Italy.
- Farmers--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- July 1945
- Winter view in Cisco - altitude 5,911 feet
- View of Cisco (Placer County), California; shows buildings and a Central Pacific Railroad train in deep snow. A man is in the foreground.
- Central Pacific Railroad Company--1870-1880.; Cisco (Calif.)--1870-1880.; Cities & towns--California--Cisco--1870-1880.; Railroads--California--Cisco--1870-1880.; Snow--California--Cisco--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1875?]
- Denver, Colorado
- Views of buildings and landmarks in Denver and Colorado, these include: 1. Oxford Hotel Office. 2. Robertson-Doll Carriage Co. 3. Colorado Dry Goods Co. 4. Jackson-Smith Photographic Co. 5. Daniels & Fishers. 6. Denver Normal and Preparatory...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- 1898, October
- Pioneer trails and scenes of the central Rocky Mountains region
- Map of the trails and landmarks in the Rocky Mountain region used by the pioneers in the westward migration shows Oregon Trail, Overland Trail, and Mormon Trail routes. Lettering reads: "1. Buffaloes roamed the plains east of the Rocky Mountains....
- Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail--1840-1870.; Oregon National Historic Trail--1840-1870.; Overland Trails--1840-1870.; West (U.S.)--1840-1870.; Maps--1840-1870.; Watercolors--1930-1940.; Westward movement--1840-1870.
- 1933
- Know all men by these presents, that John Smith claims one hundred feet in length on the Knoxville Lode ...
- Document dated April 12, 1861; recorded in Book "A", page 203; signed by J.H. Hayford, recorder, at Lump Gulch; inked on back: No. 1 N. East, Knoxville Lode, John V. Smith.
- Central Mining District (Colo.)--History--To 1876.; Mines and mineral resources--Colorado--Central Mining District--1861.
- 1861
- Alterations & additions to Steele Elementary School, Alameda Ave & Marion St., Denver
- This item (1 of an extensive collection) is from Burnham Hoyt's Architectural Records 1915-1956 collection (C MSS WH1188). This drawing shows elevation details for East, West, North and South outer walls of the main building and library as well as...
- Country Club (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Schools--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Steele Elementary School (Denver, Colo.)--Design and construction.--1920-1930.
- [1929?]
- In the Rocky Mountains
- View of a covered wagon on a trail near a lake and cliffs in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado.
- Covered wagons--Colorado--1870-1880.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--1870-1880.
- 1873 September
- Two soldiers near a snowbank
- Two Tenth Mountain Division Soldiers stand near a snow bank, at their feet is a piece of equipment that could possibly be the Kennedy mortar sight, which was developed by a soldier at Camp Hale. Both men are wearing white pants and khaki shirts....
- Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- [1943-1944]
- 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
- Choosing a route
- View of two Tenth Mountain Division, Mountain Training Group members during five minute break as they choose a route during a trek from Leadville to Aspen Colorado. According to the photographer, during good weather the men would try not go up and...
- Military training--Colorado--1940-1950.; Ski troops--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- February 1944
- Union Pacific tr. 9, City of St. Louis, north & west at Rolla, 8:40 A.M.
- Union Pacific passenger train no. 9, the "City of St. Louis, " led by an Alco Diesel 605 travels past a Great Western Sugar Company beet loader near Rolla (Adams County), Colorado. A utility building, railroad signal, dirt road and utility poles...
- Great Western Sugar Company--Equipment & supplies--Colorado--Adams County--1950-1960.; Union Pacific Railroad Company--1950-1960.; City of St. Louis (Express train)--1950-1960.; Adams County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Diesel locomotives--Colorado--Adams...
- 1954 February 12
- Union Pacific tr. 9, City of St. Louis, north & west at Rolla, 8:40 A.M.
- Union Pacific passenger train no. 9, the "City of St. Louis, " led by an Alco Diesel 605, travels past a utility building, railroad signal, dirt road and utility poles near Rolla (Adams County), Colorado.
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--1950-1960.; City of St. Louis (Express train)--1950-1960.; Adams County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Diesel locomotives--Colorado--Adams County--1950-1960.; Railroads--Colorado--Adams County--1950-1960.
- 1954 July 6
- Signal and tunnel 349.9
- A railroad signal with the "349.9" painted on, tunnel on the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad, and Glenwood Canyon (Garfield County), Colorado.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Glenwood Canyon (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Tunnels--Colorado--Garfield County--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930]