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- Monastery at Saint Elizabeth Catholic Church Auraria Higher Education Center
- View of the Friary, at Saint Elizabeth of Hungary Roman Catholic Church (St. Elizabeth's Church), designed by architect Jacques Benedict in 1936 and located at 1060 St. Francis Way, on the Auraria Higher Education Center campus, Denver, Colorado....
- Auraria Higher Education Center (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--1990-2000.; St. Elizabeth's Church (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Catholic churches.; Colonnades.; Historic buildings.; Monasteries.; Sculpture.; Auraria Higher...
- Family portrait
- Studio portrait of a family; a man and woman pose with boys and girls.
- Rifle (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Families--Colorado--Rifle--1920-1930.
- Haying on the Egry Ranch
- A hay loader is beside a haystack in a meadow at Charles Egry's ranch in Pyramid (Rio Blanco County), Colorado. A man is beside a team of horses and a hay rake.
- Pyramid (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Harvesting--Colorado--Pyramid--1900-1910.; Hay stacks--Colorado--Pyramid--1900-1910.; Egry, Charles--Homes & haunts.
- Sultan Mt., Baker's Park
- View of the Animas Valley, the Animas River, snow on Sultan Mountain, and Silverton (Bakers Park) in the distance (San Juan County), Colorado. Shows rock formations, a dirt road, and trees. A man stands by a wooden bridge.
- Animas River (Colo. and N.M. )--1880-1890.; San Juan County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Silverton (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Sultan Mountain (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Canyons--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1890.; Rivers--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1890.; Rock...
- Smuggler mine, Aspen
- Interior view of the inside of probably the Smuggler Mine, Aspen (Pitkin County), Colorado. Men wear hats and pose next to a mounted diamond drill.
- Aspen (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Smuggler Mine (Pitkin County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Drilling & boring machinery--Colorado--Aspen--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Aspen--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Aspen--1890-1900.
- Mormon Temple and Tabernacle, Salt Lake City, Utah
- View of the Mormon (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints) Temple, Tabernacle and Assembly Hall in Salt Lake City (Salt Lake County), Utah. Shows the arched and round windows and spires of the Gothic style Temple, the oval dome roof of the...
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints--Buildings--1900-1910.; Salt Lake Temple--1900-1910.; Tabernacle (Salt Lake City, Utah)--1900-1910.; Mormon temples--Utah--Salt Lake County--1900-1910.; Salt Lake City (Utah)--1900-1910.; Temple Square...
- Harvest scene near Brookings, South Dakota
- Workers harvest hay on a farm near Brookings, South Dakota. A farm house, horse-drawn equipment and a hay wagon are near the work site.
- Brookings (S.D.)--1880-1890.; Farms--South Dakota--Brookings--1880-1890.; Harvesting--South Dakota--Brookings--1880-1890.; Hay--South Dakota--Brookings--1880-1890.
- Yellowstone Canon
- A view of a wall of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
- Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone (Wyo.)--1870-1900.; Yellowstone National Park--1870-1900.; Canyons--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1900.; National Parks & reserves--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1900.
- Sunshine Peak from Illium Curve
- View of Sunshine Peak from San Miguel County, Colorado. Shows a Denver and Rio Grande railroad loop around a small ranch with frame buildings, pole fence, and a bridge.
- Rooster Rock, Columbia River, Oregon
- View of Rooster Rock, a basalt pillar beside the Columbia River in Multnomah County, Oregon. Shows wooden scaffolding on a sandbar.
- Columbia River--1890-1900.; Multnomah County (Or.)--1890-1900.; Rooster Rock (Multnomah County, Or. : Pillar)--1890-1900.; Rivers--Oregon--Multnomah County--1890-1900.; Rock formations--Oregon--Multnomah County--1890-1900.
- Boulder Creek
- View of probably Middle Boulder Creek in Boulder County, Colorado. Rocks and boulders dot water flanked by trees and brush.
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Middle Boulder Creek (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Streams--Colorado--Boulder County--1890-1920.
- On the Arkansas
- View of the Arkansas River after a flood, near (probably) Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado; washed out banks and a fallen tree are by sand bars.
- Arkansas River--1890-1900.; Pueblo County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo County--1890-1900.; Rivers--Colorado--Pueblo County--1890-1900.
- Sunshine Peak from Illium Curve
- View of Sunshine Peak with Denver and Rio Grande railroad loop around small ranch with frame buildings, pole fence, bridge, San Miguel County, Colorado.
- The trapper and the Indians
- 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...
- 1856 May 10
- Denver
- Horse-drawn wagons are parked near buildings on Blake Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. Oxen and horses are beside wagons. Signs on frame and brick commercial buildings read: "Wholesale Groceries," "H. Burton Storage & Commission," and "Missouri...
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1860-1870.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Commercials streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 1860
- Gregory Lode looking south Gregory store & F. Smith Bank.
- Miners pose outside the Gregory Store and the F. Smith Bank at Gregory Gulch near Central City in Gilpin County, Colorado. Frame mine buildings, probably the Gregory Mine, are on the treeless hillside. Shows tailings piles, stone retaining walls,...
- Gilpin County (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Gregory Gulch (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Banks--Colorado--Gregory Gulch--1860-1870.; Gold mining--Colorado--Gregory Gulch--1860-1870.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Gregory Gulch--1860-1870.; Miners--Colorado--Gregory...
- 1861
- General Sam Houston, Governor of Texas, photographed by Brady.
- Image on Harper's weekly page shows a bust portrait of Sam Houston. Houston has curly hair and mutton chops, and wears a suit, silk bow tie and a woven overcoat. He wears rings and poses with a cane and a hat.
- Governors--Texas--1860-1870.; Houston, Sam, 1793-1863.
- 1861 March 30
- Planters House
- View of people, horses, and covered wagons on a dirt street in Denver, Colorado. Shows men, carriages, and wagons in front of the Planters' House building; a two-story, frame hotel and stage stop at the corner of 16th (Sixteenth) Street and Blake...
- Overland Stage Line--Buildings--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.;...
- 1864
- Major-General William T. Sherman
- 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.
- 1864 June 4
- General Custer presenting captured battle-flags at the War Department, Washington
- 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...
- 1864 November 12
- Pearl St., 13th looking west
- Men and women pose on Pearl Street at the intersection of 13th (Thirteenth) Street in Boulder (Boulder County), Colorado. People are on the porch of the two-story Colorado House hotel with a gabled roof. The first brick commercial building in...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Boulder--1860-1870.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Boulder--1860-1870.; Corrals--Colorado--Boulder--1860-1870.; Hotels--Colorado--Boulder--1860-1870.; Streets--Colorado--Boulder--1860-1870.
- 1866
- Brown Company's Works at Georgetown, Colo.
- Smoke rises from a smokestack at what is identified as "Brown Company's" reduction works in Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Men stand beside wooden mine or processing buildings. Shows a tower on scaffolding and vented, gable roofs.
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Georgetown--1860-1870.; Mining--Colorado--Georgetown--1860-1870.; Ore industry--Colorado--Georgetown--1860-1870.
- 1867
- Stewart's reduction works at Georgetown, Colo.
- View of wooden mine processing buildings, identified as "Stewart's reduction works," beside Clear Creek in Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Shows a horse-drawn wagon beside the reduction works, and brick chimneys on the buildings. Snow is...
- Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Georgetown--1860-1870.; Mining--Colorado--Georgetown--1860-1870.; Ore industry--Colorado--Georgetown--1860-1870.
- 1867
- "Barton House" at Georgetown, Colo.
- Men and women pose in front or on the second-story balcony of the Barton House hotel in Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Men sit on a horse-drawn stagecoach. The frame hotel has a hipped roof with dormer windows, brackets and overhanging...
- Barton House (Georgetown, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Hotels--Colorado--Georgetown--1860-1870.; People--Colorado--Georgetown--1860-1870.
- 1867
- Georgetown Silver Works at Georgetown, Colo.
- Men pose in front of frame silver processing buildings identified as the "Georgetown Silver Works" in Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Shows a smokestack, icicles on a wooden flume and frame buildings with vented, gable roofs.
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Georgetown--1860-1870.; Mining--Colorado--Georgetown--1860-1870.; Ore industry--Colorado--Georgetown--1860-1870.; Smokestacks--Colorado--Georgetown--1860-1870.
- 1867
- Douglas Mt. near Georgetown, Colo., Stagecoach
- Men in hats and overcoats pose beside a horse-drawn stagecoach in front of Douglas Mountain in Jefferson County near Georgetown, Colorado. Shows snow on the ground and men in the driver's seat wrapped in blankets.
- Douglas Mountain (Jefferson County, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Men--Colorado--Jefferson County--1860-1870.; Stagecoaches--Colorado--Jefferson County--1860-1870.
- 1867
- Georgetown Colorado in 1867
- View of frame houses, log cabins and commercial buildings in Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Shows snow on the streets and in the valley. Commercial buildings read: "Billiards," and "Livery Feed & Sale Stable." Shows the painted, frame...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Georgetown--1860-1870.
- 1867
- Sid's Store at Blackhawk, Colo.
- View of storefronts in Black Hawk (Blackhawk, Gilpin County), Colorado. A round clock hangs from an iron hook outside a frame building with a false front and a sign that reads: "Enterprise Book Store." Signs on brick buildings read: "F.W....
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Book stores--Colorado--Blackhawk--1860-1870.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Blackhawk--1860-1870.
- 1867
- International Hotel, Omaha, Nebraska
- Men in suits and overcoats stand on the porch of the International Hotel (Herndon House) in Omaha (Douglas County), Nebraska. The four-story hotel has center balconies, a flat roof, and signs on first-floor businesses that read: "Union Pacific...
- International Hotel (Omaha, Neb.)--1860-1870.; Omaha (Neb.)--1860-1870.; Carriages & coaches--Nebraska--Omaha--1860-1870.; Hotels--Nebraska--Omaha--1860-1870.; People--Nebraska--Omaha--1860-1870.
- 1867
- U.P.R.R. Station, Willow Island, Nebr. in 1867
- View of Union Pacific Railroad car roofs and tracks in Willow Island (Dawson County), Nebraska. Shows a windmill and frame railroad buildings. People stand on the depot platform.
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--1860-1870.; Willow Island (Neb.)--1860-1870.; Railroad stations--Nebraska--Willow Island--1860-1870.; Railroads--Nebraska--Willow Island--1860-1870.; Windmills--Nebraska--Willow Island--1860-1870.
- 1867
- Mud house at Ogalalla, Nebraska
- Two women and a child sit on the ground beside a frame house with a shingle roof and sod siding in Ogallala (Keith County), Nebraska. The women wear dresses with full skirts. The house has a wooden lintel above a window, and a bench, a barrel and a...
- Ogallala (Neb.)--1860-1870.; Houses--Nebraska--Ogallala--1860-1870.; Sod buildings--Nebraska--Ogallala--1860-1870.; Women--Nebraska--Ogallala--1860-1870.
- 1867
- Plum Creek with soldiers encamped
- Soldiers sit or stand outside canvas tents in Plum Creek (Lexington) in Dawson County, Nebraska. Rows of tents are near a windmill and probably a water tank. Shows Union Pacific Railroad passenger cars, a frame depot and false front commercial...
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--1860-1870.; Plum Creek (Neb.)--1860-1870.; Military camps--American--Nebraska--Plum Creek--1860-1870.; Railroad stations--Nebraska--Plum Creek--1860-1870.; Tents--Nebraska--Plum Creek--1860-1870.;...
- 1867
- Sioux tepees at North Platte, Nebr.
- Native American (Sioux) women and men and soldiers in uniform stand near tepees in North Platte (Lincoln County), Nebraska. The women wear shawls and skirts and hold young children. Shows dogs, possibly wagons and equipment.
- Dakota Indians--Nebraska--North Platte--1860-1870.; Indians of North America--Nebraska--North Platte--1860-1870.; North Platte (Neb.)--1860-1870.; Indian encampments--Nebraska--North Platte--1860-1870.; Tipis--Nebraska--North Platte--1860-1870.
- 1867
- North Platte Bridge
- View of a wooden bridge over the North Platte River in North Platte (Lincoln County), Nebraska. Union Pacific Railroad tracks are on the narrow bridge.
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--1860-1870.; North Platte (Neb.)--1860-1870.; North Platte River--1860-1870.; Railroad bridges--Nebraska--North Platte--1860-1870.; Rivers--Nebraska--North Platte--1860-1870.
- 1867
- Grand Island, Nebraska in 1867
- View of frame buildings in Grand Island (Hall County), Nebraska. People are on the porch of the "OK Store" and a horse drawn wagon is parked in the street. Shows a "Saloon," wooden sidewalks, houses with fenced yards, a church with a bell tower...
- Grand Island (Neb.)--1860-1870.; Bars--Nebraska--Grand Island--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Nebraska--Grand Island--1860-1870.
- 1867
- Fremont, Nebraska in 1867
- View of frame houses, stacked lumber, fenced yards, a windmill and a water tank probably beside Union Pacific Railroad tracks in Fremont (Dodge County), Nebraska.
- Fremont (Neb.)--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Nebraska--Fremont--1860-1870.
- 1867
- Bridge over Loup Forks at Columbus, Nebraska
- Men and saddled horses stand on a wooden bridge over the Loup River in Columbus (Platte County), Nebraska. Shows horse-drawn carriages on the bridge and trees at the edge of the river in the distance.
- Columbus (Neb.)--1860-1870.; Loup River (Neb.)--1860-1870.; Bridges--Nebraska--Columbus--1860-1870.; Rivers--Nebraska--Columbus--1860-1870.
- 1867
- Elkhorn Station, Nebraska
- View of frame and log buildings and probably a Union Pacific Railroad water tower at Elkhorn Station in Douglas County, Nebraska. Shows people near buildings, a horse-drawn wagon, laundry on a clothesline, livestock in a meadow, and grassy hills.
- Elkhorn Station (Neb.)--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Nebraska--Elkhorn Station--1860-1870.; Water tanks--Nebraska--Elkhorn Station--1860-1870.
- 1867
- Seventh Cavalry scenes
- North American Indian (Lakota, Sioux) men on horseback attack Seventh (7th) Cavalry soldiers in probably Montana. The soldiers wear military uniforms, stand or kneel in a circle and hold rifles. Eagles, dogs, rabbits, deer, coyotes or wolves gather...
- Cheyenne Indians--War--1860-1870.; Dakota Indians--War--1860-1870.; Indians of North America--War--1860-1870.; Skirmishing--1860-1870.; Cavalry--1860-1870.; Covered wagons--1860-1870.; Fighting--1860-1870.; Pets--1860-1870.; Wagon trains--1860-1870.
- 1867 August 17
- Buffalo-hunting on the plains by officers of the United States Army
- United States Army officers on horseback hunt buffalo on the plains. Soldiers in uniform take tongues from dead animals and drink a toast at a dinner table in a tent under United States flags. Includes portraits of Major Albert P. Morrow and...
- Bison hunting--1860-1870.; Eating & drinking--1860-1870.; Horseback riding--1860-1870.; Military officers--American--1860-1870.; Cooper, Wyckliffe.; Morrow, Albert P.
- 1867 July 6
- Our Indian war sketches
- North American Indian (Arapahoe) men sit with military men in uniform, and smoke a calumet (pipe) near an Indian camp. The Indian men have long hair, necklaces or earrings, and sit wrapped in robes. One man wears a feather in his military hat....
- Indians of North America--1860-1870.; Calumets--1860-1870.; Horseback riding--1860-1870.; Indian encampments--1860-1870.; Military scouts--1860-1870.; Smoking--1860-1870.
- 1867 June 29
- Central City, Colorado
- View of brick, stone and frame commercial buildings and houses in Central City (Gilpin County), Colorado. Shows fences, houses, road grades and mine operations on treeless hillsides. Buildings include a church with a bell tower and cross and the...
- Central City (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.; Mining--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.
- 1868
- Golden, Colorado in 1868
- Side view of the two-story Loveland Block, (W.A.H. Loveland Building and Territorial Capitol Building) with a gambrel roof, dormer windows and Queen Anne arches in Golden (Jefferson County), Colorado. The stone Astor House Hotel on 2nd (Second)...
- Golden (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Golden--1860-1870.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Golden--1860-1870.
- 1868
- Golden, Colorado
- View of buildings and houses in Golden (Jefferson County), Colorado. Shows the back of the W.A.H. Loveland Building, the stone Astor House Hotel on 2nd (Second) Street (later 12th, Twelfth Street), and probably a flour mill. Shows Clear Creek in...
- Golden (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Golden--1860-1870.
- 1868
- Wolf [sic] Hall, Denver, Colo.
- The three-story Wolfe Hall school building, an Episcopal school for girls at 17th (Seventeenth) and Champa Streets in Denver, Colorado. Boys stand in front of a picket fence. The brick building has windows with hood molding, sills and tracery,...
- Wolfe Hall (Denver, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Church schools--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 1868
- United States Branch Mint at Denver
- Men pose in front of the brick United States Mint at 16th (Sixteenth) Street and Holladay Street (later Market Street) in Denver, Colorado. Men wear hats or caps and suits. The building has a central tower with battlements and a round window, a...
- United States Mint (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Flags--American--1860-1870.; Mints--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 1868
- Denver in 1868
- View of a wooden bridge over the South Platte River, possibly at 15th (Fifteenth) Street, near the confluence with Cherry Creek in Denver, Colorado. Horses drink from the river. Shows buildings and houses in Denver in the distance, wheel ruts in...
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; South Platte River (Colo and Neb.)--1860-1870.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Rivers--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 1868
- Street view in Green River, Wyoming Territory
- Men wear sack suits and overcoats, and hats or caps and pose in a row in front of businesses in Green River (Sweetwater County), Wyoming. Shows a saddled horse, a wagon, and commercial signs that read: "Dixon & Grimes Groceries and Provisions,"...
- Green River (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Clothing stores--Wyoming--Green River--1860-1870.; General stores--Wyoming--Green River--1860-1870.; Men--Wyoming--Green River--1860-1870.
- 1868
- Benton, Wyoming Territory
- View of log and frame buildings and canvas tents in Benton (Carbon County), Wyoming. Shows a Union Pacific Railroad building or depot, freight cars, and businesses with signs that read: "U.P.R.R.[?]" and "N.C. Worth." Shows covered wagons parked on...
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--Buildings--1860-1870.; Benton (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Wyoming--Benton--1860-1870.; Railroad facilities--Wyoming--Benton--1860-1870.
- 1868
- The first engine of the U.P.
- Men pose on Union Pacific Railroad pony locomotive no. 1 (later named the "Utah") and on the platform at a passenger depot probably in Benton (Carbon County), Wyoming. A conductor in uniform stands beside men in sack suits or vests. The frame...
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--1860-1870.; Benton (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Railroad depots--Wyoming--Benton--1860-1870.; Railroad employees--Wyoming--Benton--1860-1870.; Railroad locomotives--Wyoming--Benton--1860-1870.
- 1868