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  • Dedication exercises, East High School.
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    Program for the dedication of the East High School building on Colfax and Elizabeth Street in Denver, Colorado.
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    High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
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    1925 September 25
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  • Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Number 33, 1912 August 17
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    Newsletter produced by the City of Denver highlighting the civic, administrative, and informational aspects of government within the City.
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    Local government--Colorado--Denver.; Cities and towns--Colorado--Denver.
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    1912 August 17
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  • Front view
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    Men identified as Mr. J. A. McIntyre (building superintendent), Mr. C. R. Dudley (librarian), Mr. Gustave Wilkie (contractor), and Mr. B. H. Lichter (contractor), pose near the partially constructed Denver Public Library at Colfax Avenue and...
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    Denver Public Library--Buildings--1900-1910.; Contractors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.;...
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    1907
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  • Denver Public Library construction
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    View of Denver Public Library construction at 1357 Broadway Street in the Civic Center neighborhood of Denver, Colorado; shows stone walls, window openings, a parked car, and building materials. Sign reads: "Denver Builds Denver Public Library...
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    Denver Public Library--Buildings--1950-1960.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Libraries--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.
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    1955
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  • Denver Public Library construction
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    View of Denver Public Library construction at 1357 Broadway Street in the Civic Center neighborhood of Denver, Colorado; shows stone walls, window openings, a parked car, and building materials. Sign reads: "Denver Builds Denver Public Library...
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    Denver Public Library--Buildings--1950-1960.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Libraries--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.
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    1955
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  • D&RGW
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    View of a contractor's electric diesel construction locomotive and a gondola car on Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks during construction of a new line in Arboles on the Southern Ute Indian Reservation in southern Colorado. Shows gravel...
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    Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1960-1970.; Arboles (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Southern Ute Indian Reservation (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Colorado--Arboles--1960-1970.; Railroad...
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    1962 June
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  • Western History Subject Index
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    Denver. Business
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  • Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 1, 1909 February 20
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    Newsletter produced by the City of Denver highlighting the civic, administrative, and informational aspects of government within the City.
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    Local government--Colorado--Denver.; Cities and towns--Colorado--Denver.
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    1909 February 20
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  • Letter from William Pitts to the Lincoln Hills Company
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    William Pitts (original contractor for Lincoln Hills houses) writes to the Lincoln Hills Company to describe his experience at Lincoln Hills. He also states that he is available to provide his services to others looking to build in the area.
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    African Americans--Colorado--Lincoln Hills. ; Lincoln Hills Company (Colo.) -- Archives.; Lincoln Hills (Colo.)
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    1928 February 1
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  • Contractor's office, C. Leonardt
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    Three men pose in front of a small building at the Holly Sugar Company in Swink (Otero County), Colorado. One man smokes a pipe. Sign reads: "C. Leonardt., Contractor, Los Angeles." Outside the office is a shovel, several barrels, and a wheelbarrow.
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    Holly Sugar Corporation--1900-1910.; Contractors--Colorado--Swink--1900-1910.; Swink (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Swink--1900-1910.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Swink--1900-1910.
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    1906
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  • Fred G. Zugelder, pioneer contractor
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    Head and shoulders studio portrait of Frederick G. Zugelder, pioneer stone mason contractor, Gunnison, Colorado; he wears a wool sack coat and vest with a cravat.
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    Masonry--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.; Gunnison (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Stonemasons--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.
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    [between 1883 and 1889]
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  • Stop along the trail
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    Members of the Roundup Riders of the Rockies pose on a trail ride in Colorado. The men are identified left to right as: "Bob Long (contractor), Norman Carlson (office equipment), Dave Wallace, Dave Roush (auto sales), [and] Rick [Frank H.]...
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    Roundup Riders of the Rockies (Colo.)--People--1950-1960.; Trail riding--Colorado--1950-1960.; Horseback riding--Colorado--1950-1960.; Organizations--Colorado--1950-1960.; Carlson, Norman, member Roundup Riders of the Rockies.; Long, Robert W.,...
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    1954 July
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  • Western History Subject Index
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    Streeter, D
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  • Hall of Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colo.
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    View of the Hall of Engineering located on the Colorado School of Mines campus, 15th and Arapahoe Streets, Golden, Colo. The three-story building is constructed from local, red pressed brick and has rhyolite foundations with sandstone trim around...
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    Colorado School of Mines--Buildings--2000-2010.; State universities and colleges--Colorado--Golden--2000-2010.; Golden (Colo.)--200-2010.; Colorado School of Mines--Buildings--Pictorial works.; State universities and...
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    2001
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  • Tivoli Student Union, formerly the Tivoli-Union Brewery Auraria Higher Education Center.
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    View of a flatbed truck parked near the Tivoli Student Union (formerly the Tivoli-Union Brewery), located at 900 Auraria Parkway on the Auraria Higher Education Center campus in Denver, Colorado. The brewery was built in 1881, with subsequent...
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    Auraria Higher Education Center (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Signs (Notices); Student unions.; Trucks.; Universities & colleges.; Auraria Higher Education Center (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Signs and...
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    2004
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  • Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 2, 1909 February 27
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    Newsletter produced by the City of Denver highlighting the civic, administrative, and informational aspects of government within the City.
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    Local government--Colorado--Denver.; Cities and towns--Colorado--Denver.
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    1909 February 27
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  • Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 34, 1909 October 9
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    Newsletter produced by the City of Denver highlighting the civic, administrative, and informational aspects of government within the City.
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    Local government--Colorado--Denver.; Cities and towns--Colorado--Denver.
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    1909 October 9
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  • Municipal Facts Bi-Monthly: Volume 5 Numbers 5 and 6, 1922 May-June
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    Newsletter produced every two months by the City of Denver highlighting the civic, administrative, and informational aspects of government within the City.
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    Local government--Colorado--Denver.; Cities and towns--Colorado--Denver.
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    1922 May-June
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  • Sugar mill
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    Construction site at the Holly Sugar Company in Swink (Otero County), Colorado. Shows: silos, brick mill, smokestack, pipes, a traveler with cranes, building materials, a sign reads: "C. Leonardt, Contractor, Los Angeles."
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    Holly Sugar Corporation--Buildings--1900-1910.; Swink (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Building construction--Colorado--Swink--1900-1910.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Swink--1900-1910.; Mills--Colorado--Swink--1900-1910.; Sugar...
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    1906 July 12
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  • Industries construction scene during construction on Alameda subway
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    View, facing east, of the Alameda Avenue underpass construction site near Santa Fe Drive in Denver, Colorado. Workmen use horse-drawn graders to level the ground. A man, possibly Clayton Ryan, poses near a wooden tower. Nearby signs read: "Rocky...
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    Underpasses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Graders (Earthmoving machinery)--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
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    [1909]
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  • Longmont Colo., St. Johns Church
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    Exterior of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, 305 4th Avenue, Longmont, Colorado, features the front gable stone church with Gothic details including arched stained glass windows, side bell tower with pointed steeple topped with a cross. Built...
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    Longmont (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Catholic churches--Colorado--Longmont--1920-1930.; St. John the Baptist Catholic Church (Longmont, Colo.)
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    December 4, 1926
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  • The old St. Louis Hotel
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    The St. Louis Hotel, half mile east and half mile south of Loveland, Colorado was built in 1877 by Mrs. Sullivan, before the survey for the railroad was completed. The contractor or carpenter was Mr. H. C. Smoke, father of Mrs. Fryberger and Mrs....
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    Loveland (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Hotels--Colorado--Loveland--1920-1930.; St. Louis Hotel (Loveland, Colo.)
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    August 1928
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  • Court House
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    View northeast towards the Ouray County Courthouse, 4th (Fourth) Street and 6th (Sixth) Avenue, Ouray, Colorado. Designed by F. E. Edbrook and Company of Denver, and built by local contractor Francis Carney, with a projecting entry tower with four...
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    Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Courthouses--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1910.
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    [between 1890 and 1910]
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  • Ouray
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    Two girls pose in front of their two story schoolhouse on Fourth (4th) Street and Seventh (7th) Avenue, Ouray, Colorado. Architect William Quale of Denver designed building, built in 1883 by local contractor Francis Carney with pressed brick and...
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    Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Schools--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.
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    [between 1893 and 1900]
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  • Ouray
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    Students pose in long rows outside their two story schoolhouse on Fourth (4th) Street and Seventh (7th) Avenue, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. Architect William Quale of Denver designed the 1883 building, built by local contractor Francis Carney...
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    Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Schools--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.
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    [between 1893 and 1900]
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  • Ouray
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    Two men pose in a carriage drawn by two horses in intersection of Fourth (4th) Street and Seventh (7th) Avenue in front of the schoolhouse, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. Architect William Quale of Denver designed the 1883 building, built by local...
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    Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Schools--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.
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    [1893]
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  • View of St. Joseph, Mo. from Prospect Hill
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    Left side of panorama view of Saint Joseph, Missouri from Prospect Hill, includes: a large two-story clapboard residence with decorative gable apex and roof cresting, freight and box railroad cars on tracks, downtown multi-story commercial...
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    Saint Joseph (Mo.)--1890-1910.
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    [between 1890 and 1910]
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  • Passing track at Gypsum
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    "Passing track at Gypsum, Eagle County, Colorado, extended by another contractor at a late date. Man at left at approximate location of old switch," along the Denver and Rio Grande Western railroad tracks to Glenwood Springs.
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    Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Gypsum (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Gypsum--1920-1930.
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    [between 1925 and 1929]
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  • Showing east Switch Luke
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    "Showing east Switch Luke. Material dumped by contractor in foreground," Eagle or Garfield County, Colorado, along the Denver and Rio Grande Western railroad tracks to Glenwood Springs.
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    Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Eagle County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Garfield County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Railroad signals--Colorado--Eagle County--1920-1930.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Eagle County--1920-1930.
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    [between 1925 and 1929]
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  • At Christensens Red Cut
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    "At Christensens Red Cut, Station 2479 to Station 2494 plus 95. Camera at Station 2482 looking westerly. Man at right on old grade, man on left in pit dug by contractor," Eagle or Garfield County, Colorado, along the Denver and Rio Grande Western...
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    Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Eagle County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Garfield County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Railroad cuts--Colorado--Eagle County--1920-1930.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Eagle County--1920-1930.
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    [between 1925 and 1929]
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  • Henry White Warren Branch
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    Exterior facade of the Warren Branch Library, 34th (Thirty- fourth) Avenue and High Street, Denver, Colorado; shows a Spanish style building with arched windows and entry, hipped tile roof with bracketed eaves and tile frieze; urns and lampposts...
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    Libraries--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Denver Public Library. Warren Branch.
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    [1913]
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  • Cosmopolitan Hotel under construction
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    Renovation of the Cosmopolitan Hotel, 1760 Broadway, Denver, Colorado, formally the Hotel Metropole. Signs read: "Cosmopolitan Hotel, Wm. N. Bowman Co. Architects & Engineers, Central Savings Bank Bldg., Main 976., 12 Story Fireproof, Gordon M....
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    Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
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    1926
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  • Nurses residence building, children's hospital
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    View of Tammen Hall (nurse's residence) at Children's Hospital in Denver, Colorado. The brick structure has arches, arcades, and corbeling. Sign reads: "M. H. Hoyt & B. Hoyt, Architects; Wm. Tamminga, General Contractor; Johnson & Davis, Plumbing &...
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    Children's Hospital (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Dormitories--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Hospitals--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
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    [1932]
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  • Sioux women receiving rations from commissary
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    Native American Lakota Sioux women and children receive government rations from issue agents at the Pine Ridge Agency commissary, South Dakota. Rations include loaves of bread, sacks of flour, sugar and cornmeal, labeled with: "U. S. Indian...?...
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    United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency--1890-1900.; Dakota Indians--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Teton Indians--Government relations--South Dakota--Pine...
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    1891
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  • The Sioux women receiving their rations from comm P.R. Agency
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    Native American Lakota Sioux women and children receive rations from issue agents at the Pine Ridge Agency commissary, South Dakota. Rations include loaves of bread, sacks of flour, sugar and cornmeal, labeled with: "U. S. Indian...? Pine Ridge...
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    United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency--1890-1900.; Dakota Indians--Children--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Women--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Teton Indians--Government...
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    1891
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  • Breaking ground for the new library
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    Group portrait of men, women, and girls in Denver, Colorado, at the ground breaking ceremony for the Denver Public Library, including (l to r): Jean Dudley, F. M. Richie, Mr. Frederick Ross (architect), Mr. C. R. Dudley, Helen F. Ingersoll, B. H....
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    Dudley, Charles Rowland, 1853-1921.; Dudley, Jean.; Dudley, Marion.; Ingersoll, Helen Frances, 1878-; Lichter, B. H.; Richie, F. M.; Ross, Frederick.; Denver Public Library--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.;...
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    1906, August 7
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  • Group of Japanese women, men and young girls
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    A group of Japanese-American women, men and young girls pose in front of the Colorado Times newspaper office at 1930 Lawrence in Denver, Colorado. The women and young girls wear kimonos. The men wear suits and ties. In front row, third from left is...
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    Japanese Americans--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Clothing & dress--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
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    [between 1916 and 1920]
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  • Cowgirls
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    Women pose in cowgirl clothes including ten gallon hats, boots, and embroidered dresses. They are identified as: Ber Kirnan, Prarie Rose, Mable Strickland, Princis Mohawk, Ruth Roach, Kittie Canutt, and Prarie Lillie. Bleachers are in the...
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    Cowgirls--1920-1930.; Rodeos--1920-1930.
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    1921
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  • 11 days work
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    Workmen for W. Johnson, in Brighton, Colorado, pose in bib overalls, aprons, sack suits, ties and gold chains, with a line of new houses behind them. The dwellings are frame, one-story, and gable roofed; some have covered porches, all have brick...
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    Brighton (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Construction--Colorado--Brighton--1910-1920.
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    April 9, 1917
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  • Hitchcock & Tinkler locomotive, engine type 0-4-0
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    Right side view of engine, contractor's engine. Photographed: East portal of the Moffat Tunnel, [Colo.] 1926.
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    Locomotives--1920-1930.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1926.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Moffat Tunnel.; Hitchcock and Tinkler, Inc.
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    1926
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  • Toboggan slide, Leadville Ice Palace time
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    View of West Seventh Street toboggan slide, set up for Leadville, Colorado's 1896 Winter Crystal Carnival outside the Ice Palace. H.C. Dimick, contractor, built the wooden plank with a run of 900 feet in length and a pitch of 48 feet. A group of...
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    Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Toboggans--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.
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    1896
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  • Durango, Colo.
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    The Newman Block building is located on the corner of Main Street in Durango, Colorado, in La Plata County. Architectural features of the three-story sandstone building include a bracketed cornice, voussior arches over the windows, lintels, and...
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    Durango (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Streets--Colorado--Durango--1970-1980.
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    1978 September 21
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  • Children's Hospital under construction
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    Construction workers stand on a balcony of Children's Hospital located at 2221 Downing Street in Denver, Colorado. The building, designed by Hoyt Architects and completed in 1917, has a decorative, terra-cotta entrance. Wood scaffolding is braced...
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    Children's Hospital (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Hospitals--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Scaffolding--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
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    [between 1916 and 1917?]
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  • Headquarters of the Happy Valley Placer Company, Eldorado camp
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    Men and boys stand or sit beside a horse-drawn buggy and a log cabin, possibly the home of John H. Kemp, in Eldora (Eldorado) in the Grand Island Mining District of Boulder County, Colorado. Men beside a wooden fence are identified left to right...
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    Happy Valley Placer Company (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Eldora (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Boys--Colorado--Eldora--1890-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Eldora--1890-1900.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Eldora--1890-1900.; Log...
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    1895
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  • Preparing to pave the streets in 1919
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    A sign reads "M. A. Masters General Contractor Paving District No. 1 Montrose, Colorado" near the site of paving operations along Main Street in Montrose, Colorado. A work crew is leveling cement which is being poured from a mixer, while others...
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    Montrose (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Road construction--Colorado--Montrose--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Montrose--1910-1920.
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    1919
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  • Residence of J. D. McGilvray
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    Sandstone-block residence of John D. McGilvray (architect and contractor, 1844-1901), located at 11th and Corona Streets, Denver, Colorado; constructed in 1892; demolished in 1954.
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    Houses--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Residential streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
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    [between 1892 and 1901]
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  • Arapahoe County courthouse
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    The Arapahoe County Courthouse at 16th (Sixteenth) and Tremont streets in downtown Denver, Colorado, was built in 1883 by Lester Fillmore and Peter Gumry for $185,000 as a three-story building; the fourth level, seen here, was added 10 years later...
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    Arapahoe County Courthouse (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Courthouses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Sculpture--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
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    [1902]
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  • Evening antics, "the long and short of the story" Harry Short (wholesale tile), Bob Long (general contractor), Bruce Strong, (auto dealer).
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    Harry Short, Bob Long, and Bruce Strong, members of the Roundup Riders of the Rockies, pose near tents on a trail ride in Colorado. Short is bare chested, Long holds his arm over Short's head, and Strong kneels and "makes a muscle" with his arm....
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    Roundup Riders of the Rockies (Colo.)--People--1950-1960.; Trail riding--Colorado--1950-1960.; Joking--Colorado--1950-1960.; Organizations--Colorado--1950-1960.; Long, Robert W. Colorado contractor.; Short, Harry E.; Strong, Bruce.
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    1955 July
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  • Industrial Federal Savings and Loan Association
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    View of the Industrial Federal Savings and Loan Association bank, a modern style building designed by Burnham Hoyt, at 1630 Stout Street in Denver, Colorado. The bank has tall, glass doors and matching transoms, with art deco style tracery. The two...
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    Industrial Federal Savings and Loan Association (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Architecture--Colorado--1930-1940.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Banks--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Doors &...
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    1938?
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  • D&RGW
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    A front loader dumps construction debris into a Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad gondola car at a track construction site in Arboles on the Southern Ute Indian Reservation in southern Colorado. Show an electric diesel construction locomotive,...
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    Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1960-1970.; Arboles (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Southern Ute Indian Reservation (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Construction equipment--Colorado--Arboles--1960-1970.; Railroad construction &...
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    1962 June

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