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- [Pike's P]eak from near Colorado City
- View of trees beside Fountain Creek near Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. Snow covered Pikes Peak is in the distance.
- El Paso County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Fountain Creek (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Streams--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Royal Gorge
- View of the Royal Gorge, Fremont County, Colorado. Shows Denver & Rio Grande track and the Arkansas River.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company--1880-1900.; Arkansas River--1880-1900.; Fremont County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Royal Gorge (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--Fremont County--1880-1900.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Fremont...
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Yosemite Falls
- View of Yosemite Falls on Yosemite Creek and granite cliffs at Yosemite National Park, California. Shows trees and a dirt path below the falls in Yosemite Valley.
- Yosemite Creek (Calif.)--1880-1910.; Yosemite Falls (Calif.)--1880-1910.; Yosemite National Park (Calif.)--1880-1910.; Cliffs--California--Yosemite National Park--1880-1910.; National parks & reserves--California--Yosemite National...
- [between 1885 and 1902?]
- Mission of San Fernando
- View of Mission of San Fernando in San Fernando (Los Angeles County), California. A long arcade is in a state of disrepair. Bricks at the base of the columns are decayed and plaster peals off the walls. Wood planks, an animal watering trough, and a...
- San Fernando, Rey de España (Mission : San Fernando, Calif.)--1880-1890.; San Fernando (Calif.)--1880-1890.; Arcades (Architectural components)--California--San Fernando--1880-1890.; Missions--California--San Fernando--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Parking sign, Riverside Park, Salida
- View of a parking sign in Riverside Park at Sackett and F Street in Salida (Chaffee County), Colorado. It reads: " No Parking From Here to Eternity" with "Eternity" scratched on to the sign by hand. The pole of the sign has scratched off paint. A...
- Salida (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Signs (Notices).; Signs and signboards--Colorado--Salida--Pictorial works.; Salida (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1994
- Tunnel 4 and Cameron's Cone on the line of the Colorado Midland R.R.
- View of Colorado Midland Railroad tracks and Tunnel 4 (four) in probably Teller County, Colorado. Men pose in engine "31," on a flat bed Colorado Midland car, or on a rock formation across a chasm. Cameron Cone is in the distance. Shows canvas...
- Colorado Midland Railway Company--1880-1900.; Cameron Cone (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Teller County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Railroads--Colorado--Teller County--1880-1900.; Tunnels--Colorado--Teller County--1880-1900.
- [between 1887 and 1900?]
- Portrait of a woman and child
- Studio portrait of a woman and child. The woman wears a dress with dropped shoulders, wide, open sleeves, a lace collar, and a crucifix around her neck. The face of the baby who sits on her lap is scratched out. Shows the molded design of the...
- Mothers & children--1890-1900.
- [between 1860 and 1870?]
- Man portrait
- Studio portrait of a man in Colorado. He wears a suit, tie, and wide-brimmed hat.
- Men--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- We helped to build Pikes Peak R.R.
- View of adult and baby burros at Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway tracks, El Paso County, Colorado. Adult burro has pack of tools with lettering that reads: "helped build Pike's Peak Ry".
- Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--1880-1900.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Donkeys--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1900.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1900.; Pack animals--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1900.;...
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Twin Lakes, lower lake
- View across lower Twin Lakes towards Mount Elbert and Mount Massive, Lake County, Colorado. Shows driftwood and the mountains reflected in the lake.
- Elbert, Mount (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Lake County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Massive, Mount (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Twin Lakes (Lake County, Colo. : Lake)--1880-1890.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Lake County--1880-1890.; Reflections--Colorado--Lake...
- [between 1883 and 1890?]
- The Arkansas Valley Smelter
- View of Arkansas Valley Smelter in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado. Shows large frame and brick buildings, brick and iron smokestacks, and log and frame houses.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1900.; Smelters--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Evergreen Lake and Mt. Massive
- View of Evergreen Lakes with two-story frame hotel and Mount Massive, Lake County, Colorado.
- Evergreen Lakes (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Lake County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Massive, Mount (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Lake County--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Garfield Bathing House
- People walk on the dock of the Garfield Bathing House, and people swim in the waters of the Great Salt Lake, Salt Lake County, Utah. The bathhouse is a wood frame structure built on piers and features high pitched roofs and towers.
- Great Salt Lake (Utah)--1880-1900.; Salt Lake County (Utah)--1880-1900.; Bathhouses--Utah--Salt Lake County--1880-1900.; Lakes & ponds--Utah--Salt Lake County--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Climbing Marshall Pass
- View of Denver and Rio Grande train with two locomotives as it climbs Marshall Pass, Saguache County, Colorado.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Marshall Pass (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Saguache County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--Saguache County--1880-1890.; Railroads--Colorado--Saguache County--1880-1890.
- [between 1882 and 1890?]
- North from the summit of Mt. Ouray
- View of alpine mountain landscape from Mount Ouray, Chaffee County, Colorado.
- Chaffee County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Ouray, Mount (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Mountains--Colorado--Chaffee County--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Currecanti [i.e. Curecanti] Needle
- View of Curecanti Needle, the Gunnison River, and a Denver & Rio Grande Railroad locomotive in the Black Canyon of the Gunnison, Gunnison County, Colorado.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Black Canyon of the Gunnison (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Curecanti Needle (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Gunnison County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Gunnison River (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Canyons--Colorado--Gunnison...
- [between 1881 and 1888?]
- Currecanti Canon
- View of Curecanti Canyon (Currecanti Canon) and a cataract on an unidentified stream near the Black Canyon of the Gunnison, Gunnison County, Colorado.
- Gunnison County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Canyons--Colorado--Gunnison County--1880-1890.; Streams--Colorado--Gunnison County--1880-1890.; Waterfalls--Colorado--Gunnison County--1880-1890.
- [between 1881 and 1888?]
- Black Canon near Cimarron
- View of a Denver & Rio Grande Railroad bridge near Cimarron, Montrose County, Colorado. Shows a stream and the floor of a side canyon of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison and rocky slopes.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1900.; Black Canyon of the Gunnison (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Montrose County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--Montrose County--1880-1900.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Montrose County--1880-1900.;...
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Ouray Col.
- View of Ouray (Ouray County) Colorado. Landmark buildings include: the public school, Western Hotel, County Courthouse and the Beaumont Hotel. The Amphitheater rock formation is in the distance.
- Amphitheater, The (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1900?]
- Ouray and Mt. Potosi
- View of Ouray (Ouray County), Colorado. Shows Potosi Peak and the Otto Mears Toll Road.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Potosi Peak (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Buena Vista Mine and Pikes Peak, Wilson Creek
- Six men stand around a partially constructed shafthouse at the Buena Vista Mine in Teller County, Colorado. A horse stands near a windlass. Pikes Peak is in the distance.
- Buena Vista Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Teller County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Teller County--1880-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Teller County--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Teller County--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Manitou & Pikes Peak Railway nearing Windy Point
- View of Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway train on Pikes Peak, El Paso County, Colorado.
- Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--1880-1890.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1890.
- [between 1882 and 1890?]
- M. & P.P. Ry around Windy Point
- A group of men stand in a boulder field near a Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway locomotive on Pikes Peak, El Paso County, Colorado.
- Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--1880-1890.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1890.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1890.;...
- [between 1882 and 1890?]
- Around Windy Point, Manitou and P.P. Ry
- A group of men stand and wave near a Manitou and Pikes Peak railway train on Pikes Peak, El Paso County, Colorado. Boulder fields surround the train. Lettering on the side of the locomotive reads: "Manitou and Pikes Peak Ry" and "John Hulbert."
- Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--1880-1890.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1890.; Passengers--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1890.; Railroad...
- [between 1882 and 1890?]
- Pikes Peak sunrise
- View of low stratus clouds and cloud tops from Pikes Peak, El Paso County, Colorado. Tracks of the Manitou and Pikes Peak Railway Company are in the foreground.
- El Paso County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Clouds--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1890.; Sunrises & sunsets--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1890.
- [between 1882 and 1890?]
- Cathedral Spires from Rocky Point
- View of the Ophir Needles (Cathedral Spires) rock formation and Rio Grande Southern trestle and bridge, San Miguel County, Colorado.
- Rio Grande Southern Railroad--1880-1900.; Ophir Needles (Colo.)--1880-1900.; San Miguel County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--San Miguel County--1880-1900.; Rock formations--Colorado--San Miguel County--1880-1900.;...
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Reflections, Seven Lakes
- Trees are reflected in a small mountain lake near Seven Lakes, in Teller County, Colorado. Shows rocks, deforestation, and smoke from a small fire.
- Teller County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Teller County--1880-1890.; Reflections--Colorado--Teller County--1880-1890.
- [between 1882 and 1890?]
- Lake Morain [i.e. Moraine], Pikes Peak
- View of Lake Moraine near Pikes Peak, El Paso County, Colorado. Shows dead and fallen trees.
- El Paso County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Moraine, Lake (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1890.
- [between 1881 and 1890?]
- Mancos Valley and Mesa Verde
- View of Mancos Valley near Mesa Verde with Denver & Rio Grande railroad tracks, Montezuma County, Colorado.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1900.; Montezuma County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Montezuma County--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Wagon Wheel Gap
- View of Wagon Wheel Gap, shows a valley with frame ranch house, outbuildings and probably the Rio Grande river, Mineral County, Colorado.
- Mineral County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Rio Grande--1880-1900.; Wagon Wheel Gap (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Ranches--Colorado--Mineral County--1880-1900.; Rivers--Colorado--Mineral County--1880-1900.; Valleys--Colorado--Mineral County--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Wagon Wheel Gap below THT station
- View of Wagon Wheel Gap valley and probably the Rio Grande river and ranch buildings, Mineral County, Colorado.
- Mineral County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Rio Grande--1880-1900.; Wagon Wheel Gap (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Rivers--Colorado--Mineral County--1880-1900.; Valleys--Colorado--Mineral County--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Excelsior Geyser Basin
- View of the Excelsior Geyser Basin (Midway Geyser Basin), Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Shows the Firehole River.
- Firehole River (Wyo.)--1870-1880.; Midway Geyser Basin (Wyo.)--1870-1880.; Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; Geysers--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; Rivers--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.
- [between 1871 and 1878?]
- Lone Star Geyser
- A man stands beside the Lone Star Geyser in Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Steam rises from the geyser vent.
- Lone Star Geyser (Wyo.)--1870-1880.; Upper Geyser Basin (Wyo.)--1870-1880.; Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; Geysers--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.
- [between 1871 and 1878?]
- Wawona
- A man in a wagon drawn by a team of horses passes through a tunnel cut into the base of a giant Sequoia tree, possibly part of the Mariposa Grove in Yosemite National Park (Mariposa County), California. Snow is on the ground, and large wagon wheel...
- Yosemite National Park (Calif.)--1870-1900.; Carts & wagons--Yosemite National Park--1870-1900.; Dirt roads--Yosemite National Park--1870-1900.; Giant sequoias--Yosemite National Park--1870-1900.; Snow--Yosemite National Park--1870-1900.;...
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- The Cypress of Monterey
- Cypress trees stand on a rocky slope in Monterey County, California. The water in the distance is probably Carmel Bay.
- Carmel Bay (Calif.)--1870-1900.; Monterey County (Calif.)--1870-1900.; Bays (Bodies of water)--California--Monterey County--1870-1900.; Cypresses--California--Monterey County--1870-1900.; Waterfronts--California--Monterey County--1870-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- Diamond Creek Canon
- A man stands in the dry stream bed of Diamond Creek Canyon, near the Grand Canyon, in Mohave or Coconino County, Arizona. Shows a narrow canyon with steep walls. Large rock formations are in the distance.
- River channels--Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.)--1870-1900.; Diamond Creek (Ariz.)--1870-1900.; Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.)--1870-1900.; Canyons--Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.)--1870-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- Mt. Tacoma (Rainier)
- View of snow-covered Mount Rainier in Pierce County, Washington. Shows a stream.
- Pierce County (Wash.)--1890-1910.; Rainier, Mount (Wash.)--1890-1910.; Mountains--Washington (State)--Pierce County--1890-1910.; Streams--Washington (State)--Pierce County--1890-1910.
- c1899
- Adirondack stage
- Men and women sit on top of a stagecoach drawn by a team of four horses in the Adirondack Mountains, New York. Shows dirt road and woods.
- Adirondack Mountains (N.Y.)--1890-1900.; New York (State)--1890-1900.; Stagecoaches--New York (State)--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Cheyenne Falls with flowers
- A live primrose is positioned around the edges of a photograph of Cheyenne Falls on South Cheyenne Creek in South Cheyenne Canyon (El Paso County), Colorado. Objects are placed on a black cloth background with a frame.
- Primroses--1890-1910.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; South Cheyenne Canyon (Colo.)--1890-1910.; South Cheyenne Creek (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Photographic prints--1890-1910.; Waterfalls--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Fort Point, Cal.
- Waves splash against the seawall at Fort Point located at the mouth of the San Francisco Bay in San Francisco, California. The brick fortification features small slit windows and beveled corners decorated with contrasting white stone.
- Fort Point (San Francisco, Calif.)--1870-1900.; San Francisco (Calif.)--1870-1900.; San Francisco Bay (Calif.)--1870-1900.; Bays (Bodies of water)--California--San Francisco--1870-1900.; Capes (Coasts)--California--San Francisco--1870-1900.; Forts...
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- Phoebe's Arch near Palmer Lake, Col.
- View of Elephant Rock Arch (Phoebe's Arch) near Palmer Lake (El Paso County), Colorado. A fallen and a standing tree are visible, and a man leans against the sandstone formation under the arch.
- El Paso County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Elephant Rock Arch (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Rock formations--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1900.
- [between 1887 and 1894?]
- "The Old Roadmaster", Clear Creek
- View of Clear Creek, a rock formation identified as "The Old Roadmaster," and Union Pacific, Denver, and Gulf Railway tracks in Clear Creek Canyon (Clear Creek County or Jefferson County), Colorado.
- Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Canyons--Colorado--1890-1900.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1890-1900.; Rock formations--Colorado--1890-1900.; Streams--Colorado--1890-1900.; Union Pacific,...
- 1894
- Major Domo, Glen Eyrie
- View of a sandstone rock formation identified as "Major Domo" and other rock formations near Glen Eyrie (El Paso County), Colorado.
- El Paso County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Rock formations--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Denver Globe Smelter
- View of Globe Smelter at 52nd (Fifty-second), Logan and Washington Streets in Denver, Colorado. Shows numerous brick masonry buildings, smelter chimneys, plumes of smoke, and a mule-drawn ore cart on the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad tracks near a...
- Globe Smelter--1880-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Smelters--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.
- [between 1889 and 1910?]
- Globe Smelter
- View of Globe Smelter at 52nd (Fifty-second), Logan, and Washington Streets in Denver, Colorado. Men work in the yard. Shows brick masonry buildings, furnaces, tall smelter chimneys, ladders, tailing piles, and carts. Several large ore crucibles...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1920.; Globe Smelter--1880-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1920.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Denver--1880-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Denver--1880-1920.; Smelters--Colorado--Denver--1880-1920.
- [between 1889 and 1920?]
- Box Canon, Ouray
- View of the narrow rock walls of Box Canyon near Ouray (Ouray County), Colorado. Shows a wooden catwalk and reinforced wood supports around a water pipe of the Ouray Electric Power & Light Company. A wooden ladder scales a cliff near a waterfall on...
- Ouray Electric Power & Light Company--Facilities--1880-1900.; Box Canyon (Ouray County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Canyon Creek (Ouray County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Ouray County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.;...
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- On the road to Sneffles [sic]
- View of a gorge and a dirt road carved from a rocky cliff in either San Miguel County or Ouray County, Colorado. A horse-drawn surrey stops past a reinforced log embankment, and passengers stand on the road.
- Canyons--Colorado--1880-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--1880-1900.; Dirt roads--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Durango, Colorado
- View from a hillside of Durango (La Plata County), Colorado; shows wide dirt avenues, residences, commercial buildings, La Plata County Courthouse, the Presbyterian church, and the Strater Hotel. Smoke rises from the San Juan Smelting and Mining...
- Durango (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Durango--1890-1900.
- [between 1897 and 1900?]
- Castle Geyser and Crested Spring
- View of Crested Pool hot spring and Castle Geyser in the Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
- Castle Geyser (Wyo.)--1880-1890.; Crested Pool (Wyo.)--1880-1890.; Upper Geyser Basin (Wyo.)--1880-1890.; Yellowstone National Park--1880-1890.; Geysers--Yellowstone National Park--1880-1890.; Springs--Yellowstone National Park--1880-1890.
- [1882]
- The Gateway and Pike's Peak
- View of Gate Rock, a sandstone rock formation at the entrance to Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. Shows a horse-drawn buggy, dirt roads, trees, and brush. Pikes Peak in the distance.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Gate Rock (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Rock formations--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]