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- Industries - construction - scene at Alameda subway
- View of Alameda underpass construction in Denver, Colorado; shows excavation, men working, and the wooden bridge over the South Platte River.
- Underpasses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1900-1910.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.;...
- [1900 or 1910]
- Unidentified mine
- Miners pose near unidentified log mine buildings in San Miguel County, Colorado. Shows tailings and a log retaining wall. Horses stand near the buildings. A small waterfall, rock formations and a ridge are in the distance.
- San Miguel County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Log buildings--Colorado--San Miguel County--1890-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--San Miguel County--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--San Miguel County--1890-1900.; Tailings embankments--Colorado--San Miguel...
- [ca. 1890]
- Prospectors, Creede, Colo.
- A group of prospectors stand on the slope of a hill with their burros and a horse near Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. Some of the burros are packed with tools and equipment. Most of the men wear work clothes and some hold walking sticks in...
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Donkeys--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Pack animals--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1894?]
- East Victor showing Strong, Independence, Portland and Anna Lee mines
- Panoramic view of frame mine buildings in Victor (Teller County), Colorado. A woman is in a horse-drawn buggy near a log and frame one-story house. Mine buildings on Battle Mountain are identified as the Strong Mine, the Independence Mine, the...
- Anna Lee Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Portland Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Strong Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Mine...
- [between 1890 and 1898?]
- Mining in Central City
- A group of men pose in the interior of a shaft house at a mine in Central City (Gilpin County), Colorado. Three men stand with their hands on a chain and their feet on a large bucket that lowers into the shaft.
- Central City (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Central City--1900-1910.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Central City--1900-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Central City--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Central City--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1901?]
- Mesa Lumber Company
- Men stand and pose outside a frame Mesa Lumber Co. building in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado. Men wear suits with ties or cardigan sweaters. Signs near an awning read: "Mesa Lumber Co.," "61 Floor Varnish," and "JapaLac, a Household...
- Mesa Lumber Co. (Grand Junction, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Grand Junction (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Lumber industry--Colorado--Grand Junction--1900-1910.; Lumberyards--Colorado--Grand Junction--1900-1910.
- [between 1903 and 1910?]
- Segundo, Colorado
- View of a barn, coal mining buildings, and Colorado and Wyoming Railway tracks in Segundo (Las Animas County), Colorado. Horses are in a fenced yard beside a barn. Shows smoke above a coal processing plant, identical one-story frame houses in a...
- Colorado and Wyoming Railway Company--1900-1910.; Segundo (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Barns--Colorado--Segundo--1900-1910.; Coal mining--Colorado--Segundo--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Segundo--1900-1910.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Segundo--1900-1910.
- [between 1901 and 1910?]
- Manitou
- Panoramic view of buildings in Manitou Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. Shows the circular drive of the four-story Manitou House Hotel, the frame Hiawatha Gardens building with a sign that reads: "A Public Resort for Gentleman," the stone Denver...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1900?]
- Stonewall, Duling cave
- View of a dirt road and hill near the town of Stonewall (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows rock formations on the hill.
- Las Animas County (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Dirt roads--Colorado--Las Animas County--1910-1930.; Hills--Colorado--Las Animas County--1910-1930.; Rock formations--Colorado--Las Animas County--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1930?]
- The Junction
- Men and women stand beside Willow Creek and the rubble of a fire in the business district of Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. Smoke rises from piles of timber and metal debris. A woman wears a dress and holds probably a horseshoe in the air....
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Streams--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- [1892 June]
- El Jebel Temple, Denver
- Exterior view of El Jebel Temple on 18th (Eighteenth) & Sherman Street in Denver, Colorado. The Moorish style structure features onion domes, spires, Moorish arches, and inlaid terra cotta tiles. The building houses the Masonic lodge of El Jebel...
- Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine for North America--Buildings--1900-1920.; El Jebel Temple (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Masonic...
- [between 1907 and 1920?]
- Tenderfoot Hill, Salida
- A cable suspension bridge extends over the Arkansas River in Salida (Chaffee County), Colorado. The Denver and Rio Grande Railroad yards including a depot, wooden water tower, frame buildings, passenger coaches, and boxcars parallel the river at...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad--1890-1910.; Arkansas River--1890-1910.; Salida (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Tenderfoot Hill (Chaffee County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--Salida--1890-1910.; Rivers--Colorado--Salida--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Veta Mines - flotation cells
- Interior view at the Smuggler Union Pandora (Veta Mines) in San Miguel County, Colorado; a man monitors ore processing machinery.
- Pandora (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Pandora Mill (San Miguel County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Pandora--1940-1950.; Laborers--Colorado--Pandora--1940-1950.; Mills--Colorado--Pandora--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Pandora--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Willis Z. Kinney
- A studio portrait of probably Willis Z. Kinney. He wears a suit jacket and necktie.
- Men--1890-1910.; Kinney, Willis Z., 1860-1934.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Water Tower, Manzanola, Colo.
- View of a water tower in Manzanola (Otero County), Colorado.
- Manzanola (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Water towers--Colorado--Manzanola--1910-1920.
- 1916
- Lake City
- Bird's eye view of commercial buildings and houses in Lake City (Hinsdale County), Colorado. Shows the Lake Fork of the Gunnison River and smoke in the distance.
- Lake City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Lake Fork (Hinsdale County and Gunnison County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cites & towns--Colorado--Lake City--1880-1890.; Rivers--Colorado--Lake City--1880-1890.
- 1882?
- Operator's cafeteria - 1421 Champa
- Interior view at the Colorado Telephone Company exchange cafeteria in Denver, Colorado; shows a lunch room with a coffee machine and a potted palm.
- Colorado Telephone Company--Facilities--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Employee eating facilities--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- 1906
- Anna Kennicott mopping up spilled milk in the kitchen
- Anna Kennicott mops the floor in the kitchen at the Kennicott Ranch in Westcliffe (Custer County), Colorado; cookware is by a wood stove with letters: "Pallas."
- Westcliffe (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Children doing housework--Colorado--Westcliffe--1890-1910.; Girls--Colorado--Westcliffe--1890-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Westcliffe--1890-1910.; Kitchens--Colorado--Westcliffe--1890-1910.; Kennicott, Anna Townsend.
- [between 1899 and 1903?]
- Charles S. Stobie
- Studio portrait (head and shoulders) of Charles S. Stobie, Indian scout and western artist. He has a full beard and curly hair. He wears a round brimmed hat with a tassel. He has on a jacket with piping on the lapel and loose tied bow-tie.
- Artists--American--1860-1870.; Beards.; Military scouts.; Stobie, Charles S., 1845-1931.
- [between 1869?]
- Italian miners play boccie
- A group of Italian miners pose with boccie (bocce) balls in a coal camp probably in Las Animas County, Colorado. Some of the men wear jackets, others wear shirts and vests. Adobe houses are in the distance.
- Italian Americans--Colorado--1890-1920.; Boccie (Game)--Colorado--1890-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--1890-1920.; Miners--Colorado--1890-1920.; Mining--Colorado--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920?]
- Idaho Springs, Colo.
- Panoramic view of frame and brick commercial buildings and houses in Idaho Springs (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Shows probably Colorado Central Railroad tracks and a depot, the brick school house, a portion of Clear Creek, and storefronts on...
- Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1900.; Streams--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1891?]
- Crested Butte from the north west
- View of frame houses and commercial buildings in the Slate River valley in Crested Butte (Gunnison County), Colorado. Signs on false-front or gabled buildings read: "Bowman House" and "Butte Stable." The three-story clapboard Elk Mountain House is...
- Crested Butte (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Crested Butte--1880-1890.
- 1883 July
- Dog and rabbit in yard
- View of a dog, probably an English setter, he points at a rabbit in a fenced yard possibly in Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado.
- Garfield County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Dogs--Colorado--Garfield County--1900-1910.; Rabbits--Colorado--Garfield County--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Tinder pouch
- Shows a leather tinder pouch made by the Native American North Cheyenne. The pouch was possibly used by Chief Wooden Leg and was found on the Tongue River Reservation in Montana. It features decorative multi-colored beadwork designs and a blue,...
- Cheyenne Indians--Arts & crafts--1870-1900.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1870-1900.; Pouches--1870-1900.; Wooden Leg, 1858---Associated objects.
- [between 1875 and 1900]
- Jar
- Shows a Native American (Laguna) ceramic jar with a cream background, red and black designs and black base. Design images include stepped lines, cross hatching, dots and triangles.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1890-1930.; Laguna Indians--Arts & crafts--1890-1930.; Laguna pottery--1890-1930.; Jars--1890-1930.
- [between 1890 and 1924]
- Rocky place and junipers
- A landscape oil painting by Henrietta Bromwell of a rocky hillside dotted with juniper trees; the sky above is blue with clouds.
- [between 1885 and 1895]
- Nathan C. Miller
- Head and shoulders portrait of Nathan C. Miller, he has a moustache and wears a black suit and bow tie. The painting has a carved, gilt frame.
- Miller, Nathan C.; Men--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- East High School
- Architectural drawing shows south entrance, porch, and foundation of East Denver High School at 19th (Nineteenth) and Stout Streets in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver Public Schools--1880-1890.; Schools--1880-1890.; East Denver High School (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1880-1890.
- 1886
- Glacier
- View of patches of snow and glaciation on a mountain top in Larimer County, Colorado.
- Larimer County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Glaciers--Colorado--Larimer County--1910-1920.; Mountains--Colorado--Larimer County--1910-1920.; Snow--Colorado--Larimer County--1910-1920.
- 1916
- Mt. Rosalie & Denver from the Brown
- View of 15th (Fifteenth) Street and downtown Denver, Colorado. Buildings include the Arapahoe County Courthouse. Mount Evans (Mount Rosalie) is in the distance.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Baby girl
- Studio portrait of a baby girl. She wears a dress and necklace.
- Girls--1890-1910.; Infants--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- C&S train, engine number 374, engine type 4-6-2 and Chicago, Burlington & Quincy engine number 7003, engine type 4-8-2
- Train #7; Gulf Coast Special; 8 cars. Photographed: Leaving Denver, Colo., July 16, 1944.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1944.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- 1944
- D&RGW (2-8-2) 478, Durango, Colo., diesel #50
- Denver and Rio Grande Western diesel locomotive 50 and steam locomotive 478, with a coal tender and boxcar (3468), sit by a steel shed in Durango (La Plata County) Colorado. A sign on the shed reads: "Rio Grande Motorway, Inc." Engineers look out...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1960-1970.; Durango (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Diesel locomotives--Colorado--Durango--1960-1970.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Durango--1960-1970.; Warehouses--Colorado--Durango--1960-1970.
- 1964 August 14
- D&RGW, Sapinero, Colo. crew before departing to Gunnison with last train 268 (2-8-0).
- Denver and Rio Grande Western crew members pose by locomotive 268 (2-8-0) with coal tender, outfit car, and boxcars, at Sapinero (Gunnison County), Colorado.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Sapinero (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad employees--Colorado--Sapinero--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Sapinero--1950-1960.; Railroads--Colorado--Sapinero--1950-1960.
- 1954 October 5
- First National Bank of Georgetown [checks].
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1880.; First National Bank of Georgetown (Colo.)--History.; Banks and banking--Colorado--Georgetown.
- W. H. Stanton, Company M, 1st Colorado Volunteers - correspondence sent to Frank B. Milner: original
- Telluride, Colo.
- Funeral procession for Superintendent Charles M. Baker, murdered during a WFM labor strike, at the Smuggler-Union mine in San Miguel County, Colorado. Miners carry a flower covered casket and ride on horses.
- Baker, Charles M., mine superintendent--Death & burial.; Smuggler Union Mine (San Miguel County, Colo.)--People--1900-1910.; Western Federation of Miners--Strikes--1900-1910.; San Miguel County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Smuggler Union Mine (San Miguel...
- [1902]
- Dick Cochran in "whites" and on skis
- Tenth Mountain Division Corporal, Richard Cochran bends over his skis as though adjusting his bindings. He is wearing winter camouflage of "whites" as well as a knapsack and his rifle. Almost obscured behind him is another soldier in the same...
- Military officers--American--1940-1950.; Cochran, Richard.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [1941 or 1944]
- Glee Club of the 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment (reinforced)
- Ten soldiers from the 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment (reinforced) sing on stage at Paradise Lodge, Washington. Left to right they are: [Charles C.] Bradley, Luick, Look, John Jay, Dick Witemore, Ralph Bromaghin, Arnold Alexander, [Charles B....
- Choirs (Music)--Washington (State)--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Washington (State)--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [1942]
- Radio debut of the Latrine Quartet
- Four members of 87th Mountain Infantry sing at a microphone with the call letters KVI. They are left to right: Bradley, Glen Staney, Charles B. McLane, and Ralph Bromigan playing guitar. According to the caption: "At Christmas [1941] Lt. Look sowed...
- Radio programs--Washington (State)--1940-1950.; Vocal quartets--Washington (State)--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Washington (State)--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [1942]
- D&RGW, Alamosa - Antonito line, Hartner, Colo. D&RGW standard gauge (2-8-0) 1167 mixed gauge train, on Alamosa - Antonito line.
- View of a Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company freight train at Hartner (Alamosa County) Colorado. Locomotive 1167 (standard gauge 2-8-0) vents smoke. Boxcars read: "American Refrigerator Transit Co;" a sign reads "Hartner."
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Hartner (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Hartner--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Hartner--1950-1960.; Railroads--Colorado--Hartner--1950-1960.
- 1956