Curated Galleries

First meeting of the Washington section of the Wilderness Society (minutes)

First meeting of the Washington section of the Wilderness Society (minutes)

Minutes of 1st meeting of the Organizing Committee to found the Wilderness Society.

The Wilderness Society founding

Case for Wilderness Preservation Legislation.

Howard Zahniser discussing the proposed National Wilderness Preservation System with Senator Lee Metcalf

Howard Zahniser Memorial Collection, Denver Public Library.

Zahniser, writer for wilderness

Howard Zahniser discussing the proposed National Wilderness Preservation System with Senator Lee Metcalf

Wilderness Act (draft February 28, 1956)

Wilderness Act (draft, March 19, 1956)

Drafting the Wilderness Act

Children's toys at Healy House

Hamill House, Georgetown, Colorado

Exterior view of "Gargoyle" House, 302 West Pitkin Avenue, Pueblo, Colorado, shows a two-story rock-faced stone residence with corner tower, turret, balustrade, and semi-elliptical double-arched porch.

Acclaimed Western Photographers ~ Sandra Dallas

Outdoor portrait of a boy and his dog on the porch of a house in Denver, Colorado. The boy wears knickers and a wide-brimmed hat.

Outdoor portrait of men, women, girls, boys, and teenagers at a picnic in a Denver, Colorado park; costume includes a large hats with flowers. A man in military uniform eats a banana; a boy holds a a United States flag.

Outdoor portrait of a group of men near the South Platte River in Denver, Colorado. Some of the men wear baseball uniforms that read: "[?]land".

Acclaimed Western Photographers ~ Charles Lillybridge

View of Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona and Colorado River from Rowe's Point, also called Hopi Point.

Partial view of Lily Lake near Marble, Colorado; shows lily pads and man fishing from row boat.

Divine Science Church, Fourteenth Avenue and Williams Street, Denver, Colorado, a Beaux-Arts style structure with a flat roof, curved entry with arches, and columns with corinthian columns.

Acclaimed Western Photographers ~ Louis Charles McClure

View of a Denver and Rio Grande Railroad train at Maysville (Chaffee County), Colorado. Shows locomotive number 52 and box cars on the bridge at the North Fork of the South Arkansas River. Men in work clothes stand on and near the train, snow covered mountains are in the distance.

View of Lake Pend Oreille in Idaho shows a Northern Pacific train near the shore with a boat and boathouse nearby. Mountains are in the distance.

View of Argentine Central Railway narrow gauge track with push car near timberline, Argentine Pass, Clear Creek County, Colorado. Waldorf Mine distant center; Rocky Mountains with snowfields; man on push car with derby hat.

Railroads in the West

Jazz Enthusiast

Darkroom Sign

Darkroom Sign

Acclaimed Western Photographers ~ Burnis McCloud

Tenth Mountain Division troops fill the entire frame, except for a small triangle of water in the upper right corner; troops are returning by ship to the U.S.A. All are in uniform, most wear helmets and some wear life vests. Some are reading, some resting, others look out to sea.

View of Captain Albert Jackman and Lieutenant Paul Townsend of the 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment (re-enforced) inside a green Everest Tent during the Mount Rainier Test Expedition. Jackman is taking notes and Townsend is reading. Equipment includes a stove, boots and crampons, and a sleeping bag. Jackman is wearing a cap, a dark shirt, khaki pants, and smooth-soled black boots. Townsend is wearing khaki shirt and pants and smooth-soled black boots.

View of Camp Two looking through Cadaver Gap at Camp Muir, (also known as Camp One during the Mount Rainier Test Expedition conducted by men from the 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment, re-enforced). Two pyramid tents are pitched in the snow in the foreground. The stone cabin at Camp Muir is visible on a slight rise across a large open snow field. Beyond Camp Muir rough mountain territory stretches into the distance.

10th Mountain Division Collection