Special Collections

Colorado and the Irish - A Match Made in Heaven

View east from Pikes Peak on a moonlight night, shows the lights of Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado and snowcovered foothills. Image taken by AdAmAn Club member Harry Standley, during the annual mountaineering trek to the top of the 14,110 foot mountain to set off fireworks on New Years Eve.

Two AdAmAn club members stand in front of a ice wall with icycles and prepare for the annual New Year's Eve Pikes Peak climb, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. The men wear parkas and mittens; one has a backpack with an antenna, the other holds an ice- climbing pick, a "Motorola," portable radio and a coiled rope.

AdAmAn Club's Colorado New Year's Tradition

Dancers from the Georgia Land School of Dancing pose for a group photo in Denver, Colorado. The women, part of the Georgia Lane Group, wear short fringed skirts, bikini tops with sheer fabric overlays, and have their hair marcelled (waved). The woman posed at the extreme left is Sarah Francis "Sally" Orr.

Portrait of Denver Community Players in Denver, Colorado; William Myatt is in a jester costume, a woman in a satin flapper outfit looks on.

A studio portrait of Grayce Smith a possible student at North High School and a member of the Kismet Club. She has her hair slicked back and is wearing a black stain top with white lace pinned to it. She wearing a triple strand pearl necklace.

Ladies' hairstyles of the 1920s

Veterans of the Past - African American Soldiers

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

Front Page Images

Four African American teenage campers stand by a truck at Camp Nizhoni in Lincoln Hills (Gilpin County), Colorado. One camper holds a patterned, wide-brimmed hat. The license plate on the Ford truck reads: "Colo. 1937 1-82702."

African American teenage campers wear swim suits and swim caps as they splash in South Boulder Creek in Camp Nizhoni in Lincoln Hills (Gilpin County), Colorado. A campground building and flagpole are in the distance.

View of the dam at the entrance of Big Thompson Canyon (Larimer County), Colorado. Water flows over the dam, and a small concrete building near large pipes is shown.

Discovering Lincoln Hills: Camp Nizhoni

Blacks in Colorado Hall of Fame Inductees

Denver Post Photograph Collection

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