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- A sky line boulevard
- Two men with a 1914 Cadillac automobile have stopped to view Mt. Massive from the summit of Tennessee Pass, Lake County, Colorado. The unpaved road is the abandoned right of way of the D. & R. G. (Denver & Rio Grande) railroad narrow gauge tracks.
- Cadillac automobile--Colorado--Lake County--1910-1920.; Lake County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Mountains--Colorado--1910-1920.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--Lake County--1910-1920.
- [between 1914 and 1920?]
- Grand Junction New Castle Stage
- Men pose on and near a horse-drawn stagecoach from the New Castle Stage line stopped near the Brunswick Hotel in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado.
- Brunswick Hotel (Grand Junction, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Grand Junction (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Grand Junction--1880-1890.; Stagecoaches--Colorado--Grand Junction--1880-1890.; Transportation--Colorado--Grand Junction--1880-1890.
- 1889
- Baileys
- People gather around a steam locomotive stopped at the Bailey train depot in Bailey, Colorado. The depot building is a one story building with a gable, rectangular windows and a "Baileys" sign. The locomotive has a plow and a large light at the...
- Bailey (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Bailey--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- WP and pullman equipment at auto racing grounds on Salt Flats west of Salt Lake City, Utah
- View of a Western Pacific passenger train (including pullman cars Phillipston and Rawson) stopped on the Bonneville Salt Flats, Tooele County, Utah. Passengers pose by automobiles; the Silver Island Mountains are in the background.
- Western Pacific Railroad Company--1910-1920.; Bonneville Salt Flats (Utah)--1910-1920.; Automobiles--Utah--1910-1920.; Railroad passenger cars--Utah--1910-1920.; Railroads--Utah--1910-1920.
- 1914?
- Old locomotive (Denver & Rio Grande No. 501 4-6-0)
- Old Denver & Rio Grande Locomotive 501, Baldwin construction 6534 in 1882, type 4-6-0, standard gauge with diamond stack and tender full of coal, stopped in front of a wooden engine house, Colorado.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1890-1920.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--1890-1920.; Railroad shops & yards--Colorado--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1916]
- Royal Gorge the iron bridge
- Railway employees, stand and sit, on and near a Denver & Rio Grande Railway locomotive and caboose stopped beside the Arkansas River in Royal Gorge, Fremont County, Colorado. Hanging Bridge is in the distance.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company--1880-1890.; Arkansas River--1880-1890.; Fremont County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Royal Gorge (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Canyons--Colorado--Fremont County--1880-1890.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Fremont...
- [between 1881 and 1888?]
- In Granite Canon
- Well dressed men and women pose on the back of a caboose on a Colorado Midland train stopped by rock formations beside the South Platte River in Elevenmile Canyon (Granite Canyon), Park County, Colorado.
- Colorado Midland Railway Company--1880-1890.; Elevenmile Canyon (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Park County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1880-1890.; Canyons--Colorado--Park County--1880-1890.; People--Colorado--Park...
- [between 1881 and 1885]
- Broadway Theater
- Walter R. Beaver poses in his car in Denver, Colorado with police officers Henry Diffee and Al Leavitt. He holds tickets to "Jeopardy," a film at the Broadway Theater.
- Broadway Theater (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Police--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Beaver, Walter R.; Diffee, Henry.; Leavitt, Al.
- 1953 April 16
- June 13th on the Denver, Boulder & Western Ry
- Group of men, women and children posed on Denver, Boulder & Western Railroad (formerly Colorado and Northwestern) rear car's platform; train stopped at large snowbank; train employee standing on side, right background; women and girls in...
- Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--1900-1910.; Railroad employees--Colorado--1900-1910.; Snow--Colorado--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--1900-1910.; Denver, Boulder, and Western Railroad Company.
- 1909
- Ouray County Sutton Mine
- View of the shafthouse of the Sutton Mine and mill across from Bear Creek Falls near Ouray (Ouray County), Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Ouray--1930-1940.; Ouray County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Ouray--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- North Cheyenne Canon
- A man in a wagon with a fringed top is stopped in front of a rock formation in North Cheyenne Canyon, El Paso County, Colorado.
- El Paso County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; North Cheyenne Canyon (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Canyons--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1890.; Rock formations--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1890.
- [between 1882 and 1890?]
- Cavalry charge
- A large group of U.S. cavalrymen performs a reenactment of a cavalry charge during a performance in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. probably while the show was stopped at Ambrose Park in Brooklyn, New York. The men on the right side wear dark...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Cavalry--1890-1900.; Historical reenactments--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1894?]
- Ypsolon [sic] Peak [from Sprague]
- A stagecoach is stopped on a road above a stream in Larimer County, Colorado. Men sit on and near the stagecoach and stand near the stream. Ypsilon Mountain is in the distance.
- Larimer County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Ypsilon Mountain (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Stagecoaches--Colorado--Larimer County--1880-1900.; Streams--Colorado--Larimer County--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Camp Hale headquarters
- View of the main entrance of the white painted Headquarters building at Camp Hale, Colorado, where the Tenth Mountain Division trained from 1943-1944. A sign with an seven-pointed star on one side and a skiing Panda on the other flank the words:...
- Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Military headquarters--Colorado--1940-1950.; Military personnel--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.
- 1943
- Cotopaxi, Colorado
- A train of the Denver & Rio Grande and Western railroad is stopped at the Cotopaxi, Colorado train depot in Fremont County. The depot building is a one-story, wood-frame structure with gables. Puffs of smoke and steam come out of the stacks on the...
- Cotopaxi (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Cotopaxi--1920-1930.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Cotopaxi--1920-1930.
- [1920]
- Upper tracks is Moffat headed west over cut off
- The tracks of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad follow the bends of the Colorado River in Bond, Colorado (Eagle County). A marsh is in the foreground next to the tracks. A train with many cars is stopped at the depot. The depot buildings include an...
- Bond (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Bond--1960-1970.; Water towers--Colorado--Bond--1960-1970.
- [1962?]
- Bond
- The Colorado River winds around the town of Bond, Colorado, in Eagle County. Railroad lines follow the curve of the river. A train of the Denver & Rio Grande Western is stopped at the depot. A meadow and a lake are next to the town. Hills rise from...
- Bond (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Bond--1950-1960.
- June, 1959
- D&RGW train, engine number 2, engine type BUDD
- Train #7, The Prospector, stopped for repairs; 2 cars. Photographed: West of Arvada, Colo., May 24, 1942.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1942.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Arvada.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.
- 1942
- D&RGW train, engine number 2, engine type BUDD
- Train #7, The Prospector, stopped for minor repairs; 2 cars. Photographed: West of Arvada, Colo., May 24, 1942.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1942.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Arvada.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.
- 1942
- Every kid loves to fish
- Young men of Brush, Morgan County, Colorado, pose behind trays of movable type at the Denver Post printing plant. One wears a Hawaiian shirt.
- Brush (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Printing industry--Colorado--Brush--1930-1940.
- Aug 15, 1939
- Colo. Central train
- A train of the Colorado & Southern Railroad is stopped at the depot in the town of Dillon, Colorado, in Summit County. Men stand on the train and on the tracks, as well as in a horse-drawn cart and on the deck of the depot building. A large wagon...
- Dillon (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Dillon--1880-1900.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1885 and 1900]
- Divide Depot Colorado Midland Railroad, "All change for Cripple Creek," Midland Terminal Railroad.
- Men dressed in winter clothes stand in front of the depot building at Divide, Colorado, in Teller County. A Colorado Midland Railroad train is stopped on the tracks in front of the building. Patches of snow are on the ground.
- Divide (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Railroad stations-- Colorado--Divide--1890-1900.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [1896?]
- Durango Roundhouse
- Steam locomotive #499 and U.S. Army diesel locomotive #4700N of the Rio Grande Raillroad are stopped at the turntable at Durango, Colorado in La Plata County. The steam engine has a snowplow attached to the front of it. Steam locomotive #497 and a...
- Turntables (Railroads)--Colorado--Durango--1950-1960.; Durango (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad roundhouses--Colorado--Durango--1950-1960.; Railroad snowplow locomotives--Colorado--Durango--1950-1960.; Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company.
- 1955 May 15
- Durango - Narrow Gauge Capitol of the World
- The 485 Denver & Rio Grande Western train is stopped on the tracks in front of the depot in Durango, Colorado, in La Plata County. Puffs of smoke rise off the train's smokestack; steam rises off the tracks. A conductor stands next to the engine. ...
- Durango (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Durango--1940-1950.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.
- [between 1940 and 1950]
- Great Hostile Camp, largest Indian camp in the world, near Pine Ridge, S.D., Jan. 16, 1891
- Numerous teepees are set up, spread out across a large field, in a Native American camp near Pine Ridge, South Dakota. Several of the teepees have wagons stopped next to them. A group of young children is in the right midground. Several log...
- Indians of North America--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890- 1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Pine Ridge (S.D.)--1890-1900.; Tipis--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1891?]
- Animas Canon
- View of a Denver and Rio Grande Railway locomotive, with antlers mounted on the cowcatcher, and a flatbed railroad car stopped on a sheer granite cliff near the Animas River (Rio De Las Animas) in either San Juan or La Plata Counties, Colorado....
- Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company--1880-1890.; Animas River (Colo. and N.M. )--1880-1890.; Canyons--Colorado--1880-1890.; Cliffs--Colorado--1880-1890.; Railroads--Colorado--1880-1890.; Rivers--Colorado--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1886?]
- Chipeta Falls
- Passengers and railroad employees stand and sit on a flatbed car and locomotive of a Denver and Rio Grande Railway excursion train stopped by Chipeta Falls, beside the Gunnison River in the Black Canyon of the Gunnison, Gunnison County, Colorado....
- Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company--1880-1890.; Black Canyon of the Gunnison (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Chipeta Falls (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Gunnison County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Gunnison River (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Canyons--Colorado--Gunnison...
- [between 1880 and 1886?]
- Fifth Army, Cereglio area, Italy
- View of the 5th Army in the 10th Mountain Division sector in Cereglio, Italy; shows a man on a motorcycle, jeeps, and trucks with U.S. troops stopped in heavy traffic on a dirt road.
- United States. Army. Army, 5th.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Cereglio (Italy)--1940-1950.; Military personnel--Italy--Cereglio--1940-1950.; Motorcycles--Italy--Cereglio--1940-1950.;...
- [1945 April 17]
- Stage coach at Florissant, Colo. enroute to Cripple Creek
- Two stage coaches with horse teams are stopped in Florissant (Teller County), Colorado, on their way to Cripple Creek. A sign on a building reads: "Florissant Lots For Sale Here."
- Florissant (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Horse teams--Colorado--Florissant--1860-1880.; Stagecoaches--Colorado--Florissant--1860-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Florissant--1860-1880.
- [between 1865 and 1880]
- West 26th Avenue looking west between Sheridan and Ames Street
- A group of men and women in dark clothing walk along a path at the edge of 26th Street between Ames and Sheridan Streets in Edgewater, Jefferson County, Colorado. The group, returning from services at the Methodist church, passes tall trees,...
- Edgewater (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Edgewater--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Pressing the search for James Sherbondy
- Responding to an escape from the State Penitentiary, in Canon City, Colorado, these soldiers carry rifles (one with a telescopic sight.) They wear helmets, double breasted trenchcoats, or fur lined jackets. One crouches over a pile of sticks; snow...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Prison escapes--Colorado--Canon City--1940-1950.
- 1947
- Denver Tramway trolley car, number 319, type ELECTRIC
- Rear view, stopped by fire at the Brown Palace Hotel. Photographed: Denver, Colo., May 20, 1935.
- Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1935.; Trolley cars--1930-1940.; Street railroads--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Tramway Corporation (Denver, Colo.)
- 1935
- Pickwick Stages bus
- "Ontario". Photographed: stopped at Laramie, Wyo., July 29, 1928.
- Buses--Pictorial works--1920-1930.; Buses--Wyoming--Laramie--1928.; Pickwick Stages.
- 1928
- Pickwick-Greyhound bus
- Pickwick 53-passenger Duplex Day Coach; Photographed: stopped near Columbia, Mo., September 18, 1930.
- Buses--Pictorial works--1930-1940.; Buses--Missouri--Columbia--1930.
- 1930
- Rio Grande Motorway bus
- #154, a White Bus, model 54-A, built in 1935. Photographed: stopped at Alamosa, Colo., railroad station, July 5, 1937.
- Buses--Pictorial works--1930-1940.; Buses--Colorado--Alamosa--1930-1940.
- 1937
- Devil's Gate viaduct, Ry. Georgetown to Silver Plume
- View of two excursion trains, passenger cars and railroad engines, stopped on the Devil's Gate High Bridge on the Georgetown Loop between Georgetown and Silver Plume, Clear Creek County, Colorado. The snow covered banks of Clear Creek and rocks lie...
- Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1880-1900.; Railroads--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1880-1900.; Streams--Colorado--Clear Creek...
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Windy Point cut
- A Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway (also called Pikes Peak Cog Road) car is stopped in a cut in the snow at Windy Point on Pikes Peak in El Paso County, Colorado. The conductor stands on a high snow bank beside the railroad track. Passengers stand...
- Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--1890-1900.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Windy Point (El Paso County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1900.; Snow--Colorado--El...
- 1900 May. 10
- Indians skinning beef, beef issue day at Pine Ridge, S.D.
- A group of Native Americans skins a cow in the right center background near Pine Ridge, South Dakota. Several horses and wagons are stopped near the group.
- Oglala Indians--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Pine Ridge (S.D.)--1890-1900.; Slaughtering--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1891?]
- Cottonwood against loco on northbound between Espanola & meeting point
- View of a Denver and Rio Grande Western locomotive stopped near Espanola (Rio Arriba County), New Mexico. The train conductor looks at a fallen cottonwood tree.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Espanola (N.M.)--1940-1950.; Railroad locomotives--New Mexico--Espanola--1940-1950.
- 1941 July 3
- Road repair - views along road to Mesa Verde
- A car is stopped in front of a group of men working to remove a large slab of rock resting on the road, possibly Knife Edge Road that leads into Mesa Verde National Park. The road is built into a steep hillside that continues down from where the...
- Knife Edge Road (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Mountain roads--Colorado--History--1920-1930.; Roads, Earth--Colorado--1920-1930.; Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Road construction--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1923 and 1927?]
- Central City
- The Gilpin County Courthouse with its three-arched entryway faces Eureka Street in Central City, Colorado. The Eureka House stands opposite the courthouse. Several mines stand on the ridge of Winnebago Hill above a residential neighborhood. A man...
- Central City (Colo.)--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Troop train
- View of a troop train stopped along the rails at an undetermined location probably in Italy. Tenth Mountain Division soldiers sit on the floors of box cars letting their legs dangle out of the open doors. A few men stand on the parallel tracks in...
- Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Troop movements--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- D & RG Western, trains
- A train from the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad Company passes near a cabin with a large corral next to it, possibly in Boulder or Gilpin County, Colorado. A small river is in the foreground. A horse and buggy is stopped among the shrubs on the far...
- [between 1899 and 1910?]
- Jeep on Mount Mangart Road, view of mountains north of Caporetto and Plezzo
- Pictured is a jeep on the Mount Mangart road stopped to view the rugged mountains north of Caporetto and Plezzo, Slovenia. The men of the Tenth Mountain Division had a chance to go sight-seeing during the summer after the end of the war.
- Bovec (Slovenia)--1940-1950.; Kobarid, Slovenia--1940-1950.; Military life--Yugoslavia--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- Summer 1945
- Mountain City, 1899
- The shafthouse of the Gregory-Buell Consolidated Gold Mining and Milling Company stands in the right foreground of this view of Mountain City, Colorado. Snow covers the ground and roofs of the buildings. A train has crossed over the trestle in the...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mountain City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Mountain City--1890-1900.
- [1899?]
- Mesa Verde, general views
- Knife Edge Road winds around the side of a steep cliff at Mesa Verde National Park. Two cars are stopped near the bottom of the cliff on the road. Vehicles have made ruts in the muddy, narrow road. Distant plains contrast the mesa's terrain.
- Mountain roads--Colorado--History--1920-1930.; Roads, Earth--Colorado--1920-1930.; Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Cliffs--Colorado--1920-1930.; Knife Edge Road (Colo.)
- [between 1923 and 1927?]
- Mesa Verde, general views
- Deric Nusbaum, Jesse's stepson, dangles on a rope over the side of a cliff in Mesa Verde National Park. A man sits on the top ledge of the cliff and lowers Deric down with the rope. The rope continues up the ledge behind the man. A road, possibly...
- Mountain roads--Colorado--History--1920-1930.; Roads, Earth--Colorado--1920-1930.; Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Cliffs--Colorado--1920-1930.; Nusbaum, Deric.; Knife Edge Road (Colo.)
- [between 1923 and 1927?]
- D.L. & G.R.R. in Platte Canon, at Ferndale
- A Denver, Leadville and Gunnison Railroad passenger train is stopped in Platte Canyon in Ferndale (Jefferson County), Colorado. A footbridge with a log hand-railing spans the North Fork of the South Platte River. Passengers stand on a platform...
- Denver, Leadville, and Gunnison Railway Company--1890-1900.; Ferndale (Colo.)--1890-1900.; South Platte River, North Fork (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Pedestrian bridges--Colorado--Ferndale--1890-1900.; Railroads--Colorado--Ferndale--1890-1900.;...
- 1897 August 21
- Blackhawk - Iron City Stamp Mill (Int.)
- mortars and amalgamated with the gold in the ore. The stamps were periodically stopped and the amalgam was retrieved and then sold to banks or the mint.; The interior of a stamp mill, possibly the Iron City Stamp Mill in Blackhawk, Colorado, shows...
- Ore-dressing plants--Colorado--Blackhawk--1870-1910.; Ore-dressing--Colorado--Blackhawk--1870-1910.; Blackhawk (Colo.)--1870-1910.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1870-1910.; Gold mining--Colorado--Blackhawk--1870-1910.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Man near log cabin
- A man stands with his dog by the front door of a log building probably in Colorado. Household objects are scattered near the house. The man wears a hat. The landscape is barren, mountains are in the distance.
- Log buildings--Colorado--1890-1910.; Men--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]