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- Frisco Hotel - Frisco, Colo.
- The Frisco Hotel in Frisco, Colorado, is a two-story gable-roofed building with an entrance under a steep gabled canopy, with a neon sign "Frisco Hotel." The windows have awnings, and three metal chimneys are on the roof. The entrance is at the...
- Frisco (Colo.)--1920-1960.; Hotels--Colorado--Frisco--1920-1960.; Frisco Hotel (Frisco, Colo.)
- [between 1925 and 1955?]
- Panoramic view of the mountains at Frisco
- A panorama of Frisco, Colorado, includes the mountains that surround the town. Caption under the image reads: "Panoramic view of the mountains at Frisco. From left to right is Peak One, Victoria, Royal, Wichita, Chief, Little Buffalo and Buffalo...
- Frisco (Colo.)--1900-1910.
- 1909
- The Main St. of Frisco I suppose Frisco Hotel on the right. (1906?) 1900-1910.
- A view down the main street of Frisco, Colorado, includes log and false front buildings; a sign reading "Frisco Hotel" is on the right. Men walk down the board sidewalk, and a carriage is in the middle of the dirt road. Mountains are behind.
- Frisco (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Frisco--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Frisco--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Old blacksmith's shop Frisco, Colo.
- View of an abandoned blacksmith's shop in Frisco (Summit County), Colorado. The wood building has a false front, two wide gate-style doors, and a wagon wheel propped against a door.
- Frisco (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Frisco--1940-1950.; False fronts--Colorado--Frisco--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Frisco--1940-1950.
- 1940
- School at Frisco, Miss Lynch, teacher
- A group of fifteen children and their teacher, Miss Lynch, pose in front of the schoolhouse in Frisco, Colorado. The teacher's sister, Von Turner, is fourth from the right, and her brother, Ralph Turner, is fifth from the right. The school has a...
- Frisco (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Schools--Colorado--Frisco--1910-1920.; Students--Colorado--Frisco--1910-1920.; Teachers--Colorado--Frisco--1910-1920.
- 1910
- Three Peaks at Frisco
- Two boys pose by the narrow gauge tracks of the Denver and Rio Grande railroad between Main Street and Galena in Frisco, Colorado. One boy wears overalls, a checked shirt, and a hat; the other boy wears a rounded hat and kneels by a dog. The town...
- Frisco (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Children--Colorado--Frisco--1880-1900.; Dogs--Colorado--Frisco--1880-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Frisco--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Frisco School 1906
- A group of twenty-two schoolchildren pose on a snow-covered field in front of the schoolhouse in Frisco, Colorado. The boys wear suspenders, sweaters, jackets, or bow ties; the girls wear print or calico dresses, pinafores, and hair bows. The...
- Frisco (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Schools--Colorado--Frisco--1900-1910.; Students--Colorado--Frisco--1900-1910.
- 1906
- Gennie Thomas & son Walter of Frisco she had boarding house.
- Gennie Thomas, who ran a boarding house in Frisco, Colorado, sits on the arm of a chair where her son Walter is seated; they both look at a paper that he holds. He also holds his hat, and wears a dark suit; she wears a skirt and blouse with a tie....
- Frisco (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Families--Colorado--Frisco--1900-1920.; Women--Colorado--Frisco--1900-1920.; Thomas, Gennie.
- Osborne, Lucy, teacher at Frisco
- Lucy Osborne (or Orsburn), a teacher in Frisco, Colorado, is seen in a seated three-quarter length studio portrait. She sits in an elaborately carved chair, and wears a dark high-collared blouse with three- quarter length sleeves and a dark skirt....
- Frisco (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Teachers--Colorado--Frisco--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--Frisco--1900-1910.
- between 1906 and 1909
- King Solomon Mine
- Miners and employees pose by a burro and a mine ore car at the entrance to the King Solomon Mine near Frisco (Summit County), Colorado. A sign above the tunnel reads: "King Solomon Tunnel and Development Co."
- Frisco (Colo.)--1900-1910.; King Solomon Mine (Summit County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Frisco--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Frisco--1900-1910.
- 1905
- Community Church, Frisco
- The Community Church, a gable-roofed one-story building with an elaborate bell tower, sits by the side of a road in Frisco, Summit County, Colorado. Tall craggy mountains are behind the church and in the distance.
- Frisco (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Churches--Colorado--Frisco--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Frisco, Colo.
- A huge pile of snow blocks the entrance to a two-story gable- roofed building with a sign that reads "Groceries" in Frisco, Colorado. A tall pole protrudes from the pile and a road, plowed but still snow- covered.
- Frisco (Colo.)--1940-1960.; Snow--Colorado--Frisco--1940-1960.
- [between 1940 and 1960?]
- Looking down valley from plant, Frisco, Colo.
- A view down a valley towards Frisco, Colorado, includes pink and green hillsides and a road with telephone poles along it; a craggy rock cliff in next to the road in the foreground. White clouds are in the blue sky.
- Frisco (Colo.)--1930-1960.; Valleys--Colorado--Frisco--1930-1960.
- [between 1930 and 1960?]
- Main Street, Frisco, Summit County, Colorado
- A reproduction from Breckenridge Bulletin newspaper shows the main street of Frisco, Colorado. Log buildings with gable roofs are along the dirt road, with telephone poles nearby; Royal, Wichita and Chief mountains are around the town.
- Frisco (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Frisco--1900-1910.
- 1909
- Mr. Murphy (plant mgr), Linnie, North American Mine, Summit County, Colo.
- A man, woman, and child pose for a studio portrait in Frisco, Colorado. The seated woman wears a dark lace dress with a high ruffled collar and has a chain around her neck; the man wears a checked jacket, a shirt with a high collar, a tie with a...
- Frisco (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Families--Colorado--Frisco--1900-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Frisco--1900-1910.; Murphy, Mr.
- between 1906 and 1909
- Lucy Osborne's niece (teacher at Frisco, Colorado) 1906-1909 Lucy Mar
- Lucy Mar, the niece of Lucy Osborne, a teacher in Frisco, Colorado, poses behind a decorative iron railing for her studio portrait. She wears a white ruffled dress with lace, beads, and a ring, and holds her teddy bear; her curly light-colored hair...
- Frisco (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--Frisco--1900-1910.; Mar, Lucy.
- [between 1906 and 1909]
- Mary Verna Tunnel #1
- View of the tailings and entrance to the Mary Verna Tunnel Mine near Frisco (Summit County), Colorado.
- Frisco (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mary Verna Tunnel Mine (Summit County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Frisco--1900-1910.
- [between 1906 and 1909]
- Frisco mill after explosion
- View of the Frisco mine, mill and tram after an explosion, Shoshone County, Idaho.
- Frisco Mine (Shoshone County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Idaho--1890-1900.; Explosions--Idaho--1890-1900.; Mills--Idaho--1890-1900.; Mine railroads--Idaho--1890-1900.; Mining--Idaho--1890-1900.
- July 11, 1892
- Early fall Oct.
- A man in a dark suit, vest, bow tie, and hat strides through an October snowstorm in Frisco, Colorado. He follows footprints in the snow which run parallel to a small stream; telephone poles are by the water; a man watched from the porch of a wood...
- Frisco (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Blizzards--Colorado--Frisco--1900-1910.
- 1908?
- Depot
- The train depot in Frisco, Colorado, is a small board-and-batten gable-roofed building with a double-hung window and a metal chimney; a sled leans against the building, and a barrel is nearby. Evergreens grow on the snow-covered mountain behind.
- Frisco (Colo.)--1880-1920.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Frisco--1880-1920.
- [between 1882 and 1920?]
- Frisco, Colo.
- Small wood buildings are between tall evergreen trees in snow- covered Frisco, Colorado. The mountain behind is also covered with snow.
- Frisco (Colo.)--1920-1980.
- [between 1920 and 1980?]
- Frisco, Colo.
- Wood and log buildings are on either side of a snow-covered road in Frisco, Colorado. Telephone poles, evegreens, and the mountains behind are covered with snow.
- Frisco (Colo.)--1920-1980.
- [between 1920 and 1980?]
- Frisco, Colorado
- A panorama of Frisco, Colorado, shows the intersection of two dirt roads; a gable-roofed log building surrounded by a board fence is at the corner, and a gable-roofed building with an elaborate bell tower is down the road. Other small buildings are...
- Frisco (Colo.)--1900-1930.
- [between 1900 and 1930?]
- Frisco, Colorado
- Small wood buildings in Frisco, Colorado, including a shed and a gable-roofed house, have evergreens and other trees growing between them; tracks are visible in the snow covering the ground, and the mountains behind are covered in snow.
- Frisco (Colo.)--1900-1950.
- [between 1900 and 1950?]
- Mildred Alexander
- Mildred Alexander of Frisco, Colorado, is shown in a head and shoulders studio portrait. The girl wears a light colored blouse with ruffles around the neck and across the front, and a large bow in her hair, which is in dark ringlets.
- Frisco (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Girls--Colorado--Frisco--1880-1910.; Alexander, Mildred.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- School
- Snow covers the ground around the schoolhouse in Frisco, Colorado. The school has a gable roof with an elaborate bell tower; a person is on the roof near the chimney. A person on the ground walks away towards evergreen trees. An American flag on a...
- Frisco (Colo.)--1910-1970.; Schools--Colorado--Frisco--1910-1970.
- [between 1920 and 1970?]
- Western History Subject Index
- Frisco, Colorado
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- Shedd, C F
- Western History Subject Index
- Frisco, Colorado
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- Frisco, Colorado
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- FRISCO, COLORADO
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- FRISCO, COLORADO. APARTMENTS
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- Frisco belle mine. Frisco district colorado
- Power house
- A family poses on the railroad tracks in front of the Mary Verna mine, Summit County, Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Summit County--1900-1910.; Mary Verna Tunnel Mine (Summit County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Summit County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Families--Colorado--Summit County--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Summit County--1900-1910.; Railroad...
- between 1906 and 1909
- North American tunnel #2 on right
- Homer McAlister (Thornwell) drives a horse drawn buggy by the Mary Verne mine and power plant in Summit County, Colorado.
- Mary Verna Tunnel Mine (Summit County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Summit County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Summit County--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Summit County--1900-1910.; McAlister, Homer Thornwell.
- between 1906 and 1909
- Denver theaters, Rivoli
- View of the (William Fox) Rivoli Theater at 1751 Curtis Street in Denver, Colorado; sign advertises the film "Passion", starring "Pola Negri & cast of 5,000." Landmarks include Original Frisco Restaurant, Cosmos Hotel, Chas. Bomash Loan Office,...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Motion picture theaters--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.
- [between 1919 and 1922?]
- Toltec Bldg 17th & Stout now razed
- View of the Toltec Building in Denver, Colorado, at 17th (Seventeenth) and Stout Streets; shows offices, storefronts, and signs: "Rock Island Frisco Lines, and "Manhattan Hotel." Pedestrians, horses, and buggies comprise traffic.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Showing white flag to try & get by Nat'l guard to go to town
- A UMWA coal miner on strike against CF&I in Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado, poses with a woman and white flag in a wagon; railroad coal car reads: "Frisco."
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Flags of truce--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Carts &...
- 1913 or 1914
- Tabor Theater
- View of the Tabor theater and the intersection of 16th (Sixteenth) and Curtis Streets in Denver, Colorado. Pedestrians and automobile traffic are by storefronts and signs: "Harry Huffman's Tabor Now Musical Comedy," "F & C Shoes," "Stage Show Hello...
- Tabor Grand Opera House (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Theaters--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- 1933 May 2
- Tabor Theater
- View of the Tabor theater and the intersection of 16th (Sixteenth) and Curtis Streets in Denver, Colorado. Pedestrian and automobile traffic is by storefronts and signs: "Harry Huffman's Tabor Now Musical Comedy," "F & C Shoes," "Stage Show Hello...
- Tabor Grand Opera House (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Theaters--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- 1933 May 2
- Engine No. 5
- Interior view of fire station number 5 (Five) in Denver, Colorado. Men lower a harness onto horses, while other men slide down poles. A "Frisco Systems" calendar is on the wall.
- Denver (Colo.). Fire Department.--People--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Fire stations--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Horse teams--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.;...
- 1905 February
- St. Louis-San Francisco Ry., the "Firefly" (train name) 1503 4-8-2 & cars leaving depot, south, Fort Scott, Kans.
- A St. Louis and San Francisco Railway train, the "Firefly," is at the passenger depot in Fort Scott (Bourbon County), Kansas. Shows locomotive #1503 with freight and passenger cars leaving the depot. A railroad worker holds a sign that reads...
- St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company--1940-1950.; Fort Scott (Kan.)--1940-1950.; Railroad locomotives--Kansas--Fort Scott--1940-1950.; Railroad stations--Kansas--Fort Scott--1940-1950.; Railroads--Kansas--Fort Scott--1940-1950.
- 1949 April 24
- St. Louis-San Francisco Ry. Joplin train leaving local train Fort Scott to Joplin, Mo., Fort Scott, Kans.
- St. Louis and San Francisco Railway locomotive #182, 4-4-0, and a baggage and a passenger car, are at the passenger depot in Fort Scott (Bourbon County), Kansas. Passengers are on the platform. Workers are on or beside the train and a baggage cart....
- St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company--1940-1950.; Fort Scott (Kan.)--1940-1950.; Railroad locomotives--Kansas--Fort Scott--1940-1950.; Railroad stations--Kansas--Fort Scott--1940-1950.; Railroads--Kansas--Fort Scott--1940-1950.
- 1949 April 24
- Western History Subject Index
- Frisco
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- Frisco, Colorado
- Western History Subject Index
- Frisco, Colwwdo
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- FRISCO, COLORADO
- Western History Subject Index
- FRISCO, COLORADO
- Western History Subject Index
- FRISCO, COLORADO
- Western History Subject Index
- FRISCO, COLORADO