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- Broadway School Faculty
- Exterior photograph is the Broadway School Faculty. The teachers of the Broadway School are sitting in front of the door.
- Teachers.; Broadway School (Denver, Colo.); Civic Center (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1896
- W.N. Byers, Ferndale, Colorado
- William Newton Byers and possibly his grandchildren sit and stand on a bridge in Ferndale (Jefferson County), Colorado. The boys and a girl hold fishing poles, a woman stands near the bridge.
- Ferndale (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Children--Colorado--Ferndale--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--Ferndale--1890-1900.; Byers, William Newton, 1831-1903.
- 1896. May. 24
- Palace Drug Store, Midland Ticket Office
- Smouldering debris and remains of Palace Drugstore and Midland Ticket Office, Bennett Avenue and Second Street, caused by second fire on April 29, 1896, Cripple Creek, Colorado; water boiler or tank, rubble, pipe, brick school building, and other...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1896
- William N. Byers and family
- William N. Byers sits by the front porch of his residence at 171 South Washington Street in the Speer neighborhood in Denver, Colorado, with his wife, Elizabeth and possibly his sister. The porch has columns, the house is rusticated stone. Mrs....
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Speer (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1890-1900.; Business people--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Families--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- 1896 June
- W.N. Byers with friends
- A group portrait of William F. Robinson, Mary Byers Robinson, William N. Byers, and an unidentified woman and children in Ferndale (Jefferson County), Colorado. The group is dressed casually and they sit on a porch in the forest.
- Ferndale (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Children--Colorado--Ferndale--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--Ferndale--1890-1910.; Byers, William Newton, 1831-1903.
- 1896
- Cripple Creek, the famous mining town of Colorado, almost obliterated by two disastrous fires
- Views of Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado during the 1896 fire. Shows refugee housed in railroad boxcars and gathering their belongings, people fleeing as the Palace Hotel is dynamited to slow the fire, and a rescue train.
- Palace Hotel (Cripple Creek, Colo.)--Disasters--1890-1900.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Disaster victims--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Disasters--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Emergency housing--Colorado--Cripple...
- 1896 May 14
- St. Mark's Episcopal Church
- View of St. Mark's Episcopal Church at the corner of Lincoln and 12th (Twelfth) Streets in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows an ashlar stone building with towers, battlements, buttresses, decorative painted glass, crosses and...
- St. Mark's Episcopal Church (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Episcopal churches--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- 1896?
- Mr. and Mrs. William N. Byers and family
- A group portrait of the Byers family, probably in Denver, Colorado. Identification from left to right: possibly Flora Thomas - Mrs. Byers sister, Mrs. Frank Byers, Mrs. W.N. Byers (Elizabeth), Mr. William N. Byers, possibly a granddaughter and Mr....
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Families--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Byers, Elizabeth Minerva.; Byers, Frank S.; Byers, William Newton, 1831-1903.
- 1896 Jan. 1
- First church
- Exterior view of early Congregational church, "Whosoever Will," (formed by Reverend Sanderson), Cripple Creek, Colorado; church is a canvas tent on wooden frame with front wooden platform and steps leading to center entry; stacks of firewood are at...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Congregational churches--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890- 1900.
- [between 1960 and 1970]
- X-ray hand
- An X-ray of the hand of Dr. C. E. Tennant taken by Harry Buckwalter in the first week of March 1896. It was the first successful x-ray made west of the Mississippi River.
- Hands--1890-1900.; Radiography--1890-1900.; Tennant, C. E.
- 1896
- Bi-Metallic Bank
- Remaining walls of Bi-Metallic Bank after second fire of April 29, 1896, Bennett Avenue and Second (2nd) Street, Cripple Creek, Colorado; lone man surveys piles of brick, debris, possibly brick vault and utility poles with fallen wire; school...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Banks--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Bi-Metallic Bank (Cripple Creek, Colo.)
- 1896
- Cor. Tutt and Penrose blk.
- Destroyed corner section of Tutt and Penrose Building caused by second fire on April 29, 1896, Cripple Creek, Colorado; two-story commercial stone and brick building burned with corner demolished to rubble; remaining structure includes cornice with...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1896
- Part of First Street
- Smouldering remains along First Street from second fire on April 29, 1896, Cripple Creek, Colorado; three men inspect debris and destruction which includes the remains of a heating stove and two-story burned-out brick building; untouched one-story...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1896
- Part of First St. saved from the fire
- Destruction on First Street caused by second fire, April 29, 1896, Cripple Creek, Colorado; remains include stone or cement block foundations, clustered groups of high-backed chairs, tables, stool, wood commode and wagon wheels; man walks down dirt...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1896
- Cripple Creek after the fire
- View of devastation after first fire on April 25, 1896, Cripple Creek, Colorado; undamaged log cabin with falsefront and gable roof is located on outside edge of devastated area; scene includes unhitched wagon, men standing in street and sifting...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1896
- A difficult bit of railroad surveying in the Rocky Mountains
- A man on a cliff face in a canyon scales the rock with a rope, in (probably) Colorado. Surveyors are across the canyon in the distance.
- Canyons--Colorado--1890-1900.; Cliffs--Colorado--1890-1900.; Climbing--Colorado--1890-1900.; Surveying--Colorado--1890-1900.
- 1896 November 7
- Where golden bubbles are blown
- View of Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado. Shows streets, buildings, and snow covered mountains. Miners pose in a mine shaft in Cripple Creek, they hold a candle, a crowbar and a pick.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1896 March 28
- Cripple Creek
- Exterior view of Tutt and Penrose Building, South Third (3rd) Street, Cripple Creek, Colorado prior to 1896 fires; the two-story commercial flat-roof brick building is shared by three street-level businesses with separate entries and signs: "3rd...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Restaurants--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1894 and 1896]
- Dickerman residence at 136 West 9th St.
- This house, at 136 West Ninth Street, in Leadville, Colorado, was the Ezra D. Dickerman residence. Dickerman was the general manager of the Morning & Star and the Ward Consolidated Mining Companies and lived in the one story house from 1890 to...
- Dickerman, Ezra 1867-1969--Homes & haunts.; Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Dwellings--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1896]
- "The Loop" above Georgetown, Colo.
- View of the Georgetown Loop above Georgetown (Clear Creek County) Colorado. Shows a Colorado and Southern Railway train on a trestle and Clear Creek in a valley.
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1900-1920.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1910.; Trestles--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1910.
- [between 1896 and 1910?]
- View at headgate of Harriman Ditch
- Mount Vernon Creek, in Morrison, Jefferson County, Colorado, is diverted here into the Harriman irrigation canal. Tracks of the Colorado and Southern Railroad are in the foreground; trees and buildings are in the background, including the Methodist...
- Morrison (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mount Vernon Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Irrigation--Colorado--Morrison--1890-1900.; Streams--Colorado--Morrison--1890-1900.
- September 25, 1896
- Cripple Creek, Colo.
- Exterior view of Colorado Liquor House, Myers Avenue and Third (3rd) Street, Cripple Creek, Colorado; two-story frame flat roof building has recessed corner entryway, storeroom windows with transom near double-wide entry, double-sash flat windows...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bars--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Colorado Liquor House (Cripple Creek, Colo.)
- [1895 or 1896]
- University Club, Denver
- Exterior view of the University Club, southwest corner of Grant and 17th (Seventeenth), Denver, Colorado; the University Club was built in 1895 and was designed by Frederick Sterner and Ernest Phillip Varian, it opened in 1896. Shows a sidewalk...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Clubs--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Organizations' facilities--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1896 and 1910]
- Cripple Creek depot, F. & C. C. R. R.
- Exterior view of Florence & Cripple Creek Railroad station, Cripple Creek, Colorado; engine with passenger train is parked at station; three men with empty baggage cart stand on station platform; horse-drawn carriage with top is parked on street;...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1960 and 1970]
- Geer homestead barn
- View of the Geer Homestead barn in Jamestown (Boulder County), Colorado. The building is constructed of vertical wood planks with a low stone foundation and a plank roof. The barn has an open hayloft door, two large double doors and a single small...
- Geer family--Homes & haunts--1990-2000.; Jamestown (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Barns; Geer family--Homes and haunts--Pictorial works.; Barns--Colorado--Jamestown--Pictorial works.; Jamestown (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1999
- Rock Creek, Superior, Colo.
- View of the Rock Creek Community located in Superior (Boulder County), Colorado. The town of Superior was established in 1896. The master planned community of Rock Creek began development in 1987. The community is in the distance. Shows a street...
- Rock Creek (Superior, Colo.)--1990-2000; Superior (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Neighborhoods.; Planned communities--Colorado--Superior--Pictorial works.; Rock Creek (Superior, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Superior (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1999
- Rock Creek, Superior, Colo.
- View of the entrance to one of the Rock Creek planned community neighborhoods located in Superior (Boulder County), Colorado. The entrance has a low stone wall with a sign that reads: "Hillcrest." Shows a display home and large two story houses...
- Rock Creek (Superior, Colo.)--1990-2000; Superior (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Neighborhoods.; Houses.; Planned communities--Colorado--Superior--Pictorial works.; Dwellings--Colorado--Superior--Pictorial works.; Rock Creek (Superior, Colo.)--Pictorial...
- 1999
- Rock Creek, Superior, Colo.
- View of the Rock Creek Community located in Superior (Boulder County), Colorado. The town of Superior was established in 1896. The master planned community of Rock Creek began development in 1987. A road grader is on a street under construction...
- Rock Creek (Superior, Colo.)--1990-2000; Superior (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Neighborhoods.; Graders (Earthmoving machinery).; Planned communities--Colorado--Superior--Pictorial works.; Graders (Earthmoving machinery)--Colorado--Superior--Pictorial...
- 1999
- Altona Grange
- View of the Altona Grange Hall #127 at 9386 N 39th Street in Longmont (Boulder County), Colorado. The one story shingled building has a steep pitched gabled roof. An addition on the back has white siding and peeling paint with an entrance and...
- Colorado State Grange Altona Grange No. 127 (Boulder County, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Longmont (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Farmer's groups.; Buildings.; Colorado State Grange. Altona Grange No. 127 (Boulder County, Colo.)--Pictorial works.;...
- 1999
- Catholic Church
- The Catholic Church in Silver Plume, Colorado, was built in 1876, and is constructed in the Carpenter Gothic style. Its signature features include: steeply pitched roof, elaborate bargeboard design (gingerbread), arched-pointed windows, and a...
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Catholic churches--Colorado--Silver Plume--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1944]
- Ambulance at prison riot
- Parked outside the stone, barred, West Gate at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, this four-door hardtop 1920's sedan has signs with crosses in the front and side windows reading: "Ambulance." The keystone in the arched gate reads:...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Ambulances--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1930.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1930.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1929
- Hearses waiting for remains at Canon City's state prison : from the riot of 1929
- Hearses and men are outside the West Gate of the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, after the riot of 1929. Three guards were killed in battle, and four were held hostage and shot by inmates. Five convicts died; three were killed by Danny...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Hearses--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1930.; Prison riots--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1930.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1929
- Engine 607, G.N. Ry.
- Men stand beside a mangled Great Northern Railway Company locomotive in Bellingham (Whatcom County), Washington. The wrecked locomotive is overturned beside the railroad tracks.
- Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.)--1940-1950.; Bellingham (Wash.)--1940-1950.; Railroad accidents--Washington--Bellingham--1940-1950.; Railroad locomotives--Washington--Bellingham--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Ascending Pike's Peak via cog road
- Bird's eye view of Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway engine number four climbing Pike's Peak, Colorado; also called "Pike's Peak Cog Road." The nine-mile rack rail and pinion cog line was completed in October, 1890; first passenger train ran June 30,...
- Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Hiking--Colorado--1890-1910.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1890-1910.; Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company.
- [between 1892 and 1910]
- Charles R. Fish residence
- Exterior view of the Fish House, Georgetown, Colorado. The building has a full-length gable with a bay window, fish-scale shingles, and embellished barge boards, and a porch. Over the doorway there is a square tower with fish-scale shingles. A...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Fences--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1880.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1880.; Fish, Charles R.
- [between 1875 and 1877?]
- 1896 Ballenger & Richards 24th Annual Denver City Directory
- Gothic, Colo.
- View of a cabin located in the town of Gothic, Gunnison County, Colo. The single story log cabin has a stone chimney and tin metal roof and sits in a lush valley surrounded by wild flowers, Evergreen trees and a view of Gothic Mountain in the...
- Log cabins--Colorado--Gothic--2000-2010.; Gothic (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Log cabins--Colorado--Gothic--Pictorial works.; Gothic (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 2007
- Gothic, Colo. sign
- View of the town sign at Gothic, Colo. The sign reads: "Gothic, site of The Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, founded 1928." The town was established in the 1870s with the discovery of silver ore in the area, but was virtually abandoned by...
- Biological laboratories--Colorado--Gothic--2000-2010.; Gothic (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory (Gothic, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Biological laboratories--Colorado--Gothic--Pictorial works.; Gothic (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 2007
- Bank and store in Meeker showing street at right where robbers were killed.
- View along of the Hugus Block, Meeker, Rio Blanco County, Colorado; two story brick and stone building that housed a mercantile and Bank of Meeker where three bank robbers botched their crime on October 13, 1896. A horse drawn carriage parks in...
- Meeker (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Banks--Colorado--Meeker--1890-1900.
- 1897 September 8
- Interior of Fowler or Sun's [sic] Store, Cripple Creek, Colo.
- Interior view of Fowler & Son's grocery store, Fourth (4th) Street and Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; four men are identified as: Mr. Simson (behind counter), Mr. Watts (leaning on counter), a clerk and a customer; store area is stacked...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Interiors.; Simson, Mr.; Watts, Mr.
- 1895 December 25
- Ophir school, Emma Anderson Kullhem, teacher
- Emma Anderson Kullhem poses at the Ophir School, in Ophir, San Miguel County, Colorado. The schoolhouse has gable imbrication, a belltower, and sign: "Ophir School erected 1896."
- Ophir (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Schools--Colorado--Ophir--1910-1920.; Teachers--Colorado--Ophir--1910-1920.; Kullhem, Emma Anderson.
- 1914 or 1915?
- The Manitou
- Exterior view of the Manitou House, in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking northeast. This three-story gable roof structure with dormers and wrap around porches was remodelled in the shingle style around 1896. A waist high rusticated stone...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1890.; Manitou House Hotel (Manitou Springs, Colo.)
- [between 1886 and 1890?]
- Main pavilion (From S.W.)
- A view of the two story Spanish style pavilion designed by John J. Humphreys and William E. Fisher in City Park in Denver, Colorado. The building was erected on the west side of City Park Lake (Ferril Lake) in 1896.
- City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Pavilions--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Main pavilion (From N.E.)
- A view of the two story Spanish style pavilion designed by John J. Humphreys and William E. Fisher in City Park in Denver, Colorado. The building was erected on the west side of City Park Lake (Ferril Lake) in 1896.
- City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Pavilions--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Campion, John - mansion
- View of the Campion home wreckage at 800 Logan Street in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado; a wall remains standing among debris. Cardboard boxes have labels: "Qupak Contact Lens Cases."
- Campion, John Francis--Homes & haunts.; Mansions--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Ruins--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.
- 1963 December 4
- Eldora, Colorado
- Several women, one man and a young boy stand in front of a log cabin near Eldora, Colorado. The cabin is a single story structure with hewn log walls, chinking, and one visible doorway. A sign over the door reads: "Call of the West." One of the...
- Eldora (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Women--Colorado--Eldora--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1930]
- E. P. Sutton, by mother, I was born here, Jan 21-1896
- Men, women and children stand on the dock of the railroad depot in Brush, Morgan County, Colorado. The depot is a two-story frame building with signs: "Brush," and "Western Union Telegraph and Cable Office." Men and shovels are on a railroad...
- Brush (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bicycles & tricycles--Colorado--Brush--1890- 1900.; Railroad handcars--Colorado--Brush--1890-1900.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Brush--1890-1900.
- 1899
- Central City 1890s. Funeral procession
- A long funeral procession led by a band walks down Main Street in Central City, Colorado, probably during the 1890s, possibly for Sheriff R. B. Williams who was fatally shot by Samuel Covington, a quartz hauler from Nevadaville, in April of 1896....
- Horse-drawn vehicles--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Sheriffs--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bands--1890-1900.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Funeral...
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Mack's Brewery south, Winter, 1899
- Jacob Mack's Rocky Mountain Brewery stands in the foreground in this view of Eureka Gulch near Central City, Colorado. A two-story house stands in the midground. A wagon is parked in front of a tall pole in front of the house. The original brewery...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Mack, Jacob.
- [1899?]
- Mack's Brewery west, Winter, 1899
- Jacob Mack's Rocky Mountain Brewery stands in the left background of this view in Eureka Gulch near Central City, Colorado. A wood shelter stands in front of the brewery at the side of a dirt road. A windmill stands in the left background on a hill...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Brewing industry--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Shelters--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Windmills--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.
- [1899?]