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- Overlook Point, Denver Mountain Park Auto Road
- View of Rocky Mountains from Overlook Point along the Denver Mountain Park Automobile Road west of Denver, Colorado; in foreground, a pine tree grows at a diagonal angle with "Overlook Point" sign posted on its trunk; at center is a fenced and mown...
- Overlook Point (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Roads--Colorado--1910-1920.
- [between 1913 and 1920]
- Overlook Point, Denver Mountain Park Auto. Road
- View of the Rocky Mountains from Overlook Point along the Denver Mountain Park Automobile Road west of Denver, Colorado; in foreground, a pine tree grows at a diagonal angle, with "Overlook Point" sign posted on its trunk; pine trees at center, and...
- Overlook Point (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Roads--Colorado--1910-1920.
- [between 1913 and 1920]
- Tour car parked on mountain road
- Mountain tour car number 17 is parked on the side of a mountain road next to an overlook probably in Colorado. Men and women sit and stand on the overlook to enjoy the view. A woman stands near the tour car. The letters "J.H.," are possibly carved...
- Convertible automobiles--Colorado--1920-1940.; Graffiti--Colorado--1920-1940.; People--Colorado--1920-1940.; Scenic overlooks--Colorado--1920-1940.; Women--Colorado--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- On Denver Mtn. Park Auto Road
- View of Rocky Mountains from Overlook Point along the Denver Mountain Park Automobile Road west of Denver, Colorado; in foreground, a pine tree grows at a diagonal angle with "Overlook Point" sign posted on its trunk; mountains are in distance.
- Overlook Point (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Roads--Colorado--1910-1920.
- [between 1914 and 1920]
- Overlook Pt. Denver Mtn. Park
- View of snow-covered peaks along the Continental Divide, Rocky Mountains, taken from Overlook Point along the Denver Mountain Park Auto Road, west of Denver, Colorado.
- Continental Divide (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- [1916]
- Grand Canon of the Colorado
- View of rock formations from an overlook in the Grand Canyon in what became Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona.
- Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.)--1880-1890.; Canyons--Arizona--Grand Canyon National Park--1880-1890.; National parks & reserves--Arizona--Grand Canyon National Park--1880-1890.; Rock formations--Arizona--Grand Canyon National Park--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- Cripple Creek
- Overlook view of Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado with Mount Pisgah. Building signs read: "Sands Bros. Clothiers", "The Paul Wilson", and "Casey's Second Hand Store."
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Pisgah, Mount (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1893 December 18
- Rico
- Overlook view of Rico (Dolores County) Colorado. Shows buildings in valley with surrounding mountains.
- Rico (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Rico--1890-1900.
- 1898 May
- Cripple Creek
- Overlook view of Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado. Shows buildings and houses, signs read: "Drugs", "Shillings Dry Goods", "Groceries, Miners Supplies", and "I. W. Harper Whiskey." Laundry hangs from a clothesline.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1899 June 14
- Ouray
- Overlook view of Ouray (Ouray County), Colorado. Shows buildings and streets surrounded by mountains.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.
- 1898
- Durango
- Overlook view of Durango (La Plata County), Colorado and surrounding mountains.
- Durango (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Durango--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Sunshine
- Overlook view of the Sunshine mining camp in Boulder County, Colorado. Shows buildings and tailings on a hillside.
- Mining camps--Colorado--Sunshine--1890-1900.; Sunshine (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Sunshine--1890-1900.
- 1898
- Buena Vista
- Overlook view of Buena Vista in the Arkansas River Valley with Mt. Princeton (center) and the Collegiate Range, Chaffee County, Colorado.
- Buena Vista (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Collegiate Peaks (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Princeton, Mount (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Buena Vista--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Leadville
- Overlook view of Leadville (Lake County), Colorado, shows buildings, tailings, mills, smokestacks, and Mount Massive.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Massive, Mount (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Ouray
- Overlook view of Ouray (Ouray County), Colorado. Shows houses, buildings, and surrounding mountains. Signs read: "Western Hotel", "San Juan Drug Co.", "H. W. Haskins Hardware", "Beaumont", and "Delmonico."
- Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Leadville, Colo.
- Overlook view of Leadville (Lake County), Colorado, shows buildings, tailings, mills, smokestacks, and Mount Massive.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Massive, Mount (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1910.; Mills--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Nevadaville
- Overlook view of Nevadaville (Gilpin County), Colorado with surrounding mountains. Shows houses, buildings, mine structures, and tailings.
- Mining camps--Colorado--Nevadaville--1890-1900.; Nevadaville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Nevadaville--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Nevadaville--1890-1900.
- 1896 March
- Glenwood Springs
- Overlook view of Glenwood Springs (Garfield County), Colorado. Bridges cross the Colorado River; shows the Colorado Hotel and surrounding mountains.
- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1890-1910.; Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1910.; Rivers--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1910.
- 1900 October 1
- Leadville
- Overlook view of Leadville (Lake County), Colorado, shows buildings, tailings, mills, smokestacks, and Mount Massive.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Massive, Mount (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1910.; Mills--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Robinson, Colorado
- Overlook view of Robinson (Summit County), Colorado shows mountains, houses, mill, and train. Painting has an ornate carved and bronzed frame.
- Robinson (Summit County)--1880-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Robinson--1880-1890.
- 1885
- Denver, Leadville & Gunnison at Robinson
- Overlook view from the top of a Denver, Leadville and Gunnison train of Robinson (Summit County), Colorado. Shows mining buildings and smokestacks.
- Denver, Leadville, and Gunnison Railway Company--1890-1910.; Robinson (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Robinson--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Robinson--1890-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--Robinson--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1898?]
- Ouray, Colo.
- Overlook view of Ouray (Ouray County), Colorado. Shows houses, buildings, and surrounding mountains.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Ouray
- Overlook view of Ouray (Ouray County), Colorado. Shows houses, buildings, and surrounding mountains.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Rico, Colo.
- Overlook view of Rico (Dolores County), Colorado. Shows distant houses and buildings with surrounding mountains.
- Rico (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Rico--1890-1910.
- 1898
- Ouray, Colo.
- Overlook view of Ouray (Ouray County), Colorado. Shows buildings, Uncompahgre River, and surrounding mountains.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Wall Street, Colo. in Boulder Canyon
- Overlook view of mine buildings and tailings at Boulder Canyon (Boulder County), Colorado.
- Tailings embankments--Colorado--Boulder County--1890-1910.; Boulder Canyon (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Boulder County--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Manitou, Iron Springs Hotel
- Northwest overlook view of Manitou Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. Shows the Ute Iron Springs Hotel and the Pikes Peak Cog Railway depot.
- Iron Springs Hotel (Manitou Springs, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--Buildings--1890-1900.; Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1900.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Manitou...
- 1897 June
- Colorado Hotel and pool
- Overlook view of Glenwood Springs and the Grand (Colorado) River in (Garfield County), Colorado. Shows railroad trestle, bridge, Hotel Colorado, and Hot Springs Pool.
- Hotel Colorado (Glenwood Springs, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1890-1910.; Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1910.;...
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Unid.
- Overlook view of De Beque (Mesa County), Colorado. Shows houses, log cabins, barns, fences, and cultivated fields.
- De Beque (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--De Beque--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Fishing Cheeseman [sic.] Res.
- Overlook view of two men fishing from a boat in Cheesman Reservoir (Douglas County), Colorado.
- Cheesman Lake (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Douglas County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fishing--Colorado--Douglas County--1890-1900.; Reservoirs--Colorado--Douglas County--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Unidentified scene
- Overlook view of a river with a high embankment and a wooden irrigation flume, probably in Colorado.
- Rivers--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Colo. & Southern Georgetown loop
- Overlook view of the Georgetown Loop railroad tracks in Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado.
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Pueblo, Colorado
- View of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad yard in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows freight trains and locomotives. Lettering on freight cars reads: "Denver & Rio Grande," "Furniture and Vehicle Car," and "Palace Stock (Car)." Horses and...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1900-1910.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad shops & yards--Colorado--Pueblo--1900-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--Pueblo--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone
- View of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone River in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Shows a fence by an overlook on the edge of a cliff. A thick forest of pine trees grows on the slope of the canyon.
- Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone (Wyo.)--1870-1900.; Yellowstone National Park--1870-1900.; Canyons--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1900.; Cliffs--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1900.; National parks & reserves--Yellowstone National...
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- Great Canon of the Colorado near Peach Springs
- Men wear hats and stand or recline at an overlook at Grand Canyon National Park probably near Peach Springs Canyon, Arizona. A man looks through a hand-held telescope. Shows steep cliff walls, talus and the Colorado River.
- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1890-1900.; Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Canyons--Arizona--Grand Canyon National Park--1890-1900.; Rivers--Arizona--Grand Canyon National Park--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Mirror Signals
- Photograph of a painting entitled "The Mirror Signals" by E. Irving Couse. Two Native American (Taos) men sit on an overlook above a river and a prairie landscape. The men wear wrapped braids and fringed leather leggings (chaps). One holds a bow...
- Indians of North America--1900-1920.; Pueblo Indians--1900-1920.; Taos Indians--1900-1920.; Paintings--1900-1920.
- [between 1906 and 1920?]
- Portland gold mining co. (top center) south slope
- Overlook view of the Portland Gold Mining Co. mine and mill buildings with tailings and snow covered roads on Battle Mountain, Cripple Creek District, Teller County, Colorado.
- Portland Gold Mining Company--Buildings--1890-1900.; Teller County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Gold mining--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.
- 1895
- Battle Mountain mines, Cripple Creek, Col.
- Overlook view of the Portland Gold Mining Co. mine and mill buildings with smokestacks, tailings, and other Battle Mountain mines, Cripple Creek District, Teller County, Colorado.
- Portland Gold Mining Company--Buildings--1900-1910.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Teller County--1900-1910.; Tailings embankments--Colorado--Teller County--1900-1910.; Teller County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Gold mining--Colorado--Teller...
- 1900
- "Goldfield" near Victor, Colo.
- Overlook view of mines, tailings, and houses in Goldfield, (Teller County) Colorado.
- Tailings embankments--Colorado--Goldfield--1930-1940.; Goldfield (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Gold mining--Colorado--Goldfield--1930-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Goldfield--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Goldfield--1930-1940.
- [1930?]
- Page mine
- Overlook view of the American Smelting and Refining Co.'s Page Mine in Shoshone County, Idaho shows: buildings, head frame.
- American Smelting and Refining Company--Facilities--1950-1960.; Mine buildings--Idaho--1950-1960.; Idaho--1950-1960.; Page Mine (Shoshone County, Idaho)--1950-1960.; Mining--Idaho--1950-1960.
- September 20, 1955
- Camp Bird mine
- Overlook view of the Camp Bird mine housing complex in Camp Bird, Ouray County, Colorado shows the superintendent's house and miner's houses.
- Camp Bird (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cabins--Colorado--Camp Bird--1900-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Camp Bird--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Camp Bird--1900-1910.
- [1900?]
- Nevadaville, Colo.
- Overlook view of abandoned houses, businesses, and mines in the ghost town of Nevadaville (Gilpin County), Colorado.
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Abandoned Buildings--Colorado--Nevadaville--1940-1950.; Ghost towns--Colorado--Nevadaville--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Nevadaville--1940-1950.
- 1940
- Georgetown
- Overlook view of Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado with houses, businesses, streets, mines and tailings.
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.
- [1940?]
- Empire
- Overlook view of Empire (Clear Creek County), Colorado and surrounding mountains.
- Empire (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Empire--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Empire--1940-1950.; Valleys--Colorado--Empire--1940-1950.
- [1940?]
- Central City, Colo.
- Overlook view from a dirt road of Central City (Gilpin County), Colorado shows: houses, businesses, the "Teller House", St. Mary's of the Assumption Catholic church, and the "Coeur d' Alene" mine with tailings.
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- 1939
- C. F. & I. mine on Monarch Pass
- Overlook view of the Colorado Fuel & Iron mine at Monarch Pass in Chaffee County, Colorado shows: shaft house, tailings, and railroad tracks with cars full of ore.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Chaffee County--1940-1950.; Tailings embankments--Colorado--Chaffee County--1940-1950.; Chaffee County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Colorado Fuel & Iron Mine (Chaffee County, Colo.)--1940-1950.;...
- [1940?]
- Clear Creek Canon from Coleraw Pt. Denver Mtn. Park
- View of Clear Creek Canyon, west of Denver, Colorado, taken from Coleraw Point, an overlook along the Denver Mountain Park Auto Road; shows Clear Creek and narrow-gauge tracks of the Colorado & Southern Railway.
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1910-1920.; Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Clear Creek Canyon--1910-1920.
- [1916]
- Sheep Mountain, Trout Lake on Lizard Head Pass
- Overlook view of buildings on the shore of Trout Lake with the long, snow covered ridge of Sheep Mountain and Lizard Head Pass, San Miguel County, Colorado.
- Lizard Head Pass (Colo.)--1940-1950.; San Miguel County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Sheep Mountain (San Miguel County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Trout Lake (San Miguel County, Colo. : Lake)--1940-1950.; Buildings--Colorado--San Miguel County--1940-1950.;...
- [1940?]
- Telluride
- Overlook view of Telluride (San Miguel County), Colorado with the Pandora Mill and surrounding San Juan Mountains.
- San Juan Mountains (Colo. and N.M.)--1940-1950.; Telluride (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Telluride--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Telluride--1940-1950.
- [1940?]
- Bear Creek Canyon
- Overlook view of Bear Creek Canyon in Jefferson or Clear Creek County, Colorado; shows a shed, an automobile, and a dirt road.
- Bear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]