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- Wounded men cross snowy field to the Battalion Aid Station, Mount Belvedere, Italy
- Eight men walk in a straight line on a trail across a snow covered field. According to the caption, they are both walking wounded and a litter squad, accompanying a wounded enemy soldier on a litter to the Tenth Mountain Division, 85th Mountain...
- Medicine, Military--Italy--1940-1950.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Medical aspects of war--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- February 20, 1945
- Litter bearers evacuate wounded on Mount Belvedere, Italy
- Two soldiers from the Tenth Mountain Division, 85th Regiment, 1st Battalion, walk in front of a wounded soldier on a litter carried by five others. According to the caption the soldier had been wounded in the attack on Mount Belvedere during the...
- Medicine, Military--Italy--1940-1950.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Medical aspects of war--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- February 20, 1945
- Medical Aid Station on Mount Belvedere, Italy
- Tenth Mountain Division medical aid station on Mount Belvedere. Groups of litter bearers wait for calls to bring in the wounded near a tent set up as an aid station. In the distance troops move toward the front lines during the Italian Campaign.
- Medicine, Military--Italy--1940-1950.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Medical aspects of war--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- February 21, 1945
- The first casualty of World War II evacuated by a tramway arrives at the end of his four-minute journey.
- Medics and soldiers move towards a dead man on a stretcher hanging from a small temporary aerial tramway built by the members of the 126th Mountain Engineers at Riva Ridge in Bologna Province, Italy. The medics wear helmets with crosses painted on...
- World War, 1939-1945--American--Casualties--American--Italy--Bologna (Italy : Province); Bologna (Italy : Province)--1940-1950.; Aerial tramways--Italy--Bologna (Italy : Province)--1940-1950.; Dead persons--Italy--Bologna (Italy :...
- 1945 February 21
- Western History Subject Index
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- Western History Subject Index
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- Western History Subject Index
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- The Urban Dweller: A Publication by Capitol Hill United Neighborhoods Inc., Issue 18
- Medics belay litter for practice
- Fifteen Tenth Mountain Division medics watch as Pfc. Earnest Marshal of Company C., lashed to a litter and belayed from above, is lowered joltlessly over steep rock. This rock climbing school was organized during the Italian Campaing under the...
- Rock climbing--Training--1940-1950.; Medical aspects of war--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- April 1945
- Practicing evacuation by litter basket
- A soldier is lowered to the ground in a litter basket by two others. A rock climbing school for Tenth Mountain Division medics was held during the Italian Campaign in April 1945. This photograph was probably taken at that time.
- Rock climbing--Training--1940-1950.; Medical aspects of war--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- April 1945
- Evacuation by litter basket
- Pfc. Robert Schutte is lowered to the ground over leafless trees in a litter basket during a rock climbing school for Tenth Mountain Division medics held during the Italian Campaign under the direction of Captain John Weaver, Jr. Three soldiers...
- Rock climbing--Training--1940-1950.; Medical aspects of war--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- April 1945
- Western History Subject Index
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- Western History Subject Index
- Laws. Colorado. Litter
- Chance and Amethyst - Mines of Fire
- Men stand near a horse drawn wagon on a dirt road that weaves past buildings of the Last Chance and Amethyst Mines in Weaver near Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. Split logs, industrial buildings, and mining equipment litter the slopes nearby....
- Amethyst Mine (Mineral County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Last Chance Mine (Mineral County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Weaver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Weaver--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Weaver--1890-1900.
- [between 1893 and 1894?]
- Machine mining in tunnel, Georgetown, Colo.
- Interior view of three miners who stand near a rock face in a mine shaft in Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. The men stand near an iron tunnel brace and machinery. Boulders and rocks litter the ground.
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Slide Mine, jumbo, close-up, 3/4 rear
- Two men work with compressed air, percussion-type rock drills called a stopers in the Slide Mine in Boulder County, Colorado. The men wear work clothes, hard hats, and electric mine lamps. Rocks and boulders litter the floor of the shaft.
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Slide Mine (Boulder County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Boring--Colorado--Boulder County--1940-1950.; Drilling & boring machinery--Colorado--Boulder County--1940-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Boulder County--1940-1950.;...
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Ironton, Colo. and Red Mountain, no. 54
- Aerial view of the mining town of Ironton (Ouray County), Colorado. Frame and log commercial buildings and cabins line a single dirt street. Red Mountain looms over the town. The mountain side above the town has been deforested. Dead and downed...
- Deforestation.; Ironton (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Red Mountain (Ouray County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cities & towns.; Cutover lands.
- 1886 September 8th
- Keyhole Longs Peak Colo.
- Enos Mills and another man stand in the Keyhole Rock formation on Longs Peak in Boulder County, Colorado. Boulders litter the mountainside.
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Longs Peak (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Rock formations--Colorado--Boulder County--1900-1910.; Mills, Enos Abijah, 1870-1922.
- [1904 August]
- Street in Lower Creede
- Pedestrians and horse-drawn carts proceed down a busy street in the town of Creede (Lower Creede, Mineral County), Colorado. Several buildings are under construction. Architectural elements of the existing buildings include clapboard siding,...
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Building construction--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; City & town life--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1900?]
- Silverton - Grand Imperial Hotel 9/21/78
- Exterior view of the Grand Imperial Hotel, in Silverton, Colorado, looking north; shows storefronts with inset doors, pilasters with acanthus capitals, and the stepped semicircular arches over the second floor sash windows. The mansard roof,...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Hotels--Colorado--Silverton--1970-1980.; Grand Imperial Hotel (Silverton, Colo.)
- 1978 September 21
- #129 Fruit Sheds on 2nd Street
- View of fruit warehouses in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. Scaffolding and boards are in front of the building in the foreground. Planks, boards, and debris litter the foreground in front of the outhouses. Other warehouses in the background.
- Paonia (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Food industry--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1920.; Food storage buildings--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1920.
- [1911?]
- After the barbecue, Swink, Colo.
- Paper plates and stacks of tin cups litter the tables set up for the free barbecue during the town lot auction, Swink, Otero County, Colorado. Two boys climb on the tables, others gather and eat around center food table. Temporary walled tent...
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--1900-1910.; Swink (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Auctions--Colorado--Swink--1900-1910.; Barbecues--Colorado--Swink--1900-1910.; Boys--Colorado--Swink--1900-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--Swink--1900-1910.
- February 21, 1906
- Gladstone
- A boiler tank, lumber, and a shed litter the site of Gladstone, San Juan County, Colorado.
- Gladstone (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Gladstone--1970-1980.
- 1972
- Central City after fire 1874
- View of Central City, Colorado, after the fire of 1874. A burned out brick building is surrounded by debris in the foreground. Burned out buildings litter the background. Smoke rises from one of the buildings in the center of the photograph. A...
- Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Fires--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.
- 1874
- Tramway on Riva Ridge, Italy
- View of the tramway (loaded with supplies, an Army officer, an Army photographer, and Sergeant Paul Long) on Riva Ridge, Italy, during the Italian Campaign. Also pictured, a group of approximately 10 other soldiers stand on the landing deck or man...
- Medicine, Military--Italy--1940-1950.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Aerial tramways--Italy--1940-1950.; Medical aspects of war--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- February 21, 1945
- Colorado mining
- Ore car tracks disappear into a tunnel at an unidentified gold mine owned by Orizaba Mines Company, Grand County, Colorado. Surface structures and lumber litter the surrounding area.
- Orizaba Mines Company (Colo.)--Facilities--1920-1930.; Grand County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Gold mining--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.; Mine railroads--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.; Railroad...
- 1921?
- Central City transportation
- Two stagecoaches are in the foreground. One is being drawn by four horses and is pulling out of a wood barn with a chimney and a gabled roof. The driver sits on top of the cab. The second stagecoach is parked alongside the front of the barn, with...
- Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Stagecoaches--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.
- 1875
- Central City Opera House
- View of Central City Opera House on Eureka Street in Central City, Colorado, after 1930's renovation. Designed by Architect Robert S. Roeschlaub, the oldest opera house in Colorado is constructed of Gilpin County granite. The main roof, a shingled,...
- Central City Opera House--1930-1940.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Opera houses--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- [1932?]
- Central City Opera House
- View of Central City Opera House on Eureka Street in Central City, Colorado, after 1930's renovation. Designed by Architect Robert S. Roeschlaub, the oldest opera house in Colorado is constructed of Gilpin County granite. The main roof, a shingled,...
- Central City Opera House--1930-1940.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Opera houses--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Theaters--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- [1935?]
- Cliff Palace before excavation
- View of Cliff Palace, a group of cliff dwellings before excavation, Chapin Mesa, Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, Colorado. Window holes are visible throughout the adobe homes' walls. The wall of one tower is almost completely missing....
- Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Colorado--1900-1910.; Cliff Palace (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Archaeological...
- [1908?]
- Cliff Palace before excavation
- View of Cliff Palace, a group of Native American (Anasazi) cliff dwellings, before excavation, Chapin Mesa, Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, Colorado. Window holes are visible throughout the adobe homes' walls. The wall of one tower is...
- Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Colorado--1900-1910.; Cliff Palace (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Archaeological...
- [1908?]
- Ruins McElmo Dist.
- View of an ancient Native American (Anasazi) ruin, a masonry cylindrical tower at Hovenweep National Monument, Motezuma County, Colorado. Two men stand, one on each side, near the tower. Cut stone and rocks litter the hill upon which the ruin...
- Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Colorado--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Colorado--1900-1910.; Hovenweep National Monument (Utah and Colo.)--1900-1910.; Archaeological...
- [1908?]
- The Narrows William's Canyon
- View of Williams Canyon near Manitou Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. A narrow dirt path leads between to sides of a canyon. Rocks litter the sides of the path. Trees and scrub bushes grow on the sides and near the edge of the canyon.
- Williams Canyon (El Paso County, Colo.)--1890-1920.; Canyons--Colorado--1890-1920.; Trails & paths--Colorado--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1915?]
- Cliff Palace before excavation
- View of Cliff Palace, a group of Native American (Anasazi) cliff dwellings, before excavation, Chapin Mesa, Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, Colorado. Window holes are visible throughout the masonry homes' walls. One wall has a large...
- Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Colorado--1900-1910.; Cliff Palace (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Archaeological...
- [1908?]
- Step House, Mesa Verde
- View of Stephouse ruin on Wetherhill Mesa, at Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, Colorado. The Native American (Anasazi) ruins of a two story stone and mud pueblo building with two window holes stand near other one story pueblo ruins that...
- Indians of North America--Structures--Colorado--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Colorado--1910-1920.; Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Step House (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Archaeological...
- 1915
- Spring House
- View of ancient Native American (Anasazi) stone and mud cliff dwellings at Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, Colorado. The Spring House ruins stand on two levels underneath a cliff overhang. The pueblo homes on the upper level have wooden...
- Indians of North America--Structures--Colorado--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Colorado--1910-1920.; Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Spring House (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Archaeological...
- 1915
- Tower House, Fewkes Canyon
- View, from the top of Chapin Mesa, of Native American (Anasazi) cliff dwelling ruins at Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, Colorado. A stone and mud ruin stands on a cliffside. The pueblo home has two door holes. Cut stones litter the...
- Indians of North America--Structures--Colorado--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Colorado--1910-1920.; Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Archaeological sites--Colorado--1910-1920.; Cliff...
- 1915
- Round Tower from N. C. P.
- View, facing southeast, of Native American (Anasazi) cliff dwelling ruins before excavation on Chapin Mesa, Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, Colorado. The stone masonry ruins stand underneath a cliffside overhang. The Round Tower ruin at...
- Indians of North America--Structures--Colorado--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Colorado--1900-1910.; Cliff Palace (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Archaeological...
- 1901
- Denver Viaduct from end at bank
- View of the construction of the 14th (Fourteenth) Street Viaduct near the South Platte River in Denver, Colorado. Construction materials litter the area near railroad tracks. The 16th (Sixteenth), and 19th (Nineteenth) Street Viaducts are nearby.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1890-1900.; Bridge construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- November 15, 1898
- Autumn
- Shows a field in autumn with barren trees and litter, Colorado.
- Autumn--Colorado--1900-1910.; Trees--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [1900?]
- Pueblo Bonito
- View of Native American (Anasazi) talus dwellings near Pueblo Bonito, Chaco Culture National Historical Park, New Mexico. The stone masonry dwellings stand on two levels. Stone bricks litter the rocky desert landscape.
- Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Chaco Culture National Historical Park (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Pueblo Bonito...
- [either 1909 or 1910]
- North Cheyenne Canon Creek in City Park Colorado Springs
- View of North Cheyenne Creek, City Park, North Cheyenne Canyon, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. The creek flows near a dirt road. Rocks and timber litter the creek.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; North Cheyenne Canyon (Colo.)--1890-1910.; North Cheyenne Creek (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Parks--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Streams--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Man reads in his study
- A man sits in a rocking chair and reads a newspaper in his home in Denver, Colorado. A fireplace is in the room and photographs and portaits hang on the walls. Newspapers litter the floor.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Living rooms--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Reading--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Equitable Building construction
- A U. S. flag and banners fly from a crane at the Equitable Building construction site at 17th (Seventeenth) and Stout Streets in Denver, Colorado. Construction materials litter the area.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Denver Equitable Building Company--1890-1900.
- 1891, September 7
- Equitable Building construction
- Workmen work at the Equitable Building construction site at 17th (Seventeenth) and Stout Streets in Denver, Colorado. Construction materials and equipment litter the area.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Denver Equitable Building Company--1890-1900.
- 1891, October 2
- Carson, 1946
- View looking out a doorway in Carson, Colorado showing the rectangular window and door moulding; features buildings with vertical board siding and medium/steep gabled roofs; fallen timbers litter the area and a tall stand of pine trees in the...
- Carson (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Building deterioration--Colorado--Carson--1940-1950.
- 1946
- Nevadaville, Colorado
- Unpaved Main Street is bordered by commercial, clapboard storefronts with false fronts and cornices in Nevadaville, Colorado (also known as Bald Mountain, Nevada, and Nevada City), a small town located in Gilpin County. The "Bald Mt. Post Office"...
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Business districts--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.; Post offices--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.
- 1934 September 9
- Stretcher with wounded man, from Battle of Slim Buttes
- View a two-horse litter with a wounded soldier, possibly First Lieutenant Adolphus H. Von Luettwitz, and an attendant along French Creek, Black Hills, Dakota Territory. The soldier is covered with a plaid blanket and tree boughs serve as a head...
- Dakota Territory--War--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--War--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Slim Buttes (S.D.), Battle of, 1876--Casualties--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Litters--Dakota...
- 1876
- Austin flood from breaking reservoir
- Men and women stand at the edge of a river of water that flows down the streets of Austin, Colorado, in Delta County. Rocks, boards, and debris litter the street. Buildings include a one story, L-shaped, wood- frame church with rectangular windows...
- Austin (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Austin--1930-1940.
- 1937