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- Carbndale [sic] district from Red Mtn.
- Center of panorama view from Red Mountain looks over Roaring Fork and Crystal River Valleys, agricultural fields and a school yard near Carbondale, Colorado.
- Carbondale (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Roaring Fork River Valley (Colo.)--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1919]
- Colo. Utah Supply Co. Coal Camp, Harris, Colo., Denver & Salt Lake R. R.
- Left side of panorama view of Camp Harris, Routt County, Colorado, a coal mining town founded by George and Byron Harris, includes: wood frame company houses with hipped roofs, gabled sheds, Denver and Salt Lake (Moffat Road) railroad tracks, coal...
- Colorado-Utah Coal Company--1910-1920.; Mount Harris (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Mount Harris--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Mount Harris--1910-1920.
- [1915?]
- Colo. Utah Supply Co. Coal Camp, Harris, Colo., Denver & Salt Lake R. R.
- Right side of panorama view of Camp Harris, Routt County, Colorado, a coal mining town founded by George and Byron Harris, includes: wood frame company houses with hipped roofs, gabled sheds, Denver and Salt Lake (Moffat Road) railroad tracks and a...
- Colorado-Utah Coal Company--1910-1920.; Mount Harris (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Mount Harris--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Mount Harris--1910-1920.
- [1915?]
- Carbndale [sic] district from Red Mtn.
- Right center of panorama view from Red Mountain looks over the confluence of the Roaring Fork and Crystal River, Colorado Midland Railway tracks and agricultural land near Carbondale, Colorado.
- Carbondale (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Roaring Fork River Valley (Colo.)--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1919]
- Narrows, Phantom
- Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad narrow gauge track in Phantom Canyon, Teller County, Colorado, spans a trestle by Eightmile Creek; a locomotive is in the distance.
- Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad Company--1890-1920.; Phantom Canyon (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Canyons--Colorado--Denver--1890-1920.; Trestles--Colorado--Phantom Canyon--1890-1920.
- [between 1894 and 1915]
- View from trail to St. Peters Dome, on the Cripple Creek Short Line
- View of St. Peter's Dome rock formation; shows Cripple Creek District Railway, with two elevations of track including Tunnels 6 (Six) and 8 (Eight), upper tunnel with train, Rock Creek Loop, two buildings next to track; plains and Colorado Springs,...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Rock formations--Colorado--1900-1920.; Tunnels--Colorado--1900-1920.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Roaring Fork River Valley , Mt. Sopris, Basalt, Colo. Midway Ry.
- View of Roaring Fork River valley, and Mount Sopris, Colorado; includes Colorado Midland Railway tracks by the river, farm and agricultural land, houses, sheds and barns, and possibly a brick schoolhouse.
- Roaring Fork River (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Sopris, Mount (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Agriculture--Colorado--1890-1920.; Buildings--Colorado--1890-1920.; Houses--Colorado--1890-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1890-1920.; Rivers--Colorado--1890-1920.;...
- [between 1890 and 1919]
- Cooke Rheas's and Bob Coe's Market hunting outfit in Hog Park
- Men pose at hunter's camp in Hog Park (Montrose County) Colorado, with a tent, horses, tack, a cat or mountain lion carcass, a deer head and antlers.
- Camping--Colorado--Montrose County--1880-1890.; Hunting--Colorado--Montrose County--1880-1890.; Men--Colorado--Montrose County--1880-1890.; Tents--Colorado--Montrose County--1880-1890.
- 1885
- Jewel Mines & Reduction Co., Pandora Mine
- Two men in suits stand next to the compressor inside the Jewel Mines and Reduction Company, San Miguel County, Colorado. The large machine is mounted in center of the log structures; cans of fuel, gaskets, a lantern and a wooden box with "Du Pont"...
- Jewel Mines & Reduction Co. (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Pandora Mine (San Miguel County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; San Miguel County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Air compressors--Colorado--San Miguel County--1890-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--San Miguel...
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Agnes Memorial
- View of cottages at the Agnes Memorial Sanitarium in Denver, Colorado; shows frame and canvas cabanas, and men in folding chairs. Lettering reads: "The Tucker Tent Co."
- Agnes Memorial Sanatorium (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.
- September 29, 1905
- Stevens Mine
- Panoramic view of the area near the Stevens Mine in Clear Creek County, Colorado. An Argentine Central (AC) train passes above the mine on the summit of Mt. McClellan.
- Argentine Central Railway Company--1880-1900.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; McClellan, Mount (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Stevens Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Mine railroads--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1880-1900.;...
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Curley, Crow Scout, and Comanche, (horse), full length, (separate pictures made into one plate)
- Curley, Crow Scout, full length standing studio portrait, and Comanche, a horse, two separate portraits combined to make one image side by side; Curley, Crow Scout with General George Custer at Little Bighorn was believed by many to be only known...
- Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Horses--1880-1890.; Curly.; Crow Indians--1880-1890.
- [188?]
- Ute Pass
- View of Ute Pass, north of Manitou, Colorado, taken from hillside above dirt roadway; creek at left, with three waterfalls, runs parallel to dirt road with wooden guardrails; male figure leans on guardrail near top of pass.
- Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--1880-1900.; Waterfalls--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1886 and 1901]
- Above the Narrows
- View of a portion of Williams Canyon above "The Narrows," north of Manitou, Colorado; winding dirt road is flanked by canyon walls with scrub brush.
- El Paso County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Williams Canyon (El Paso County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1886 and 1901]
- Summit of Mt. McClellan reached via Argentine Central Ry.
- Mount McClellan's summit (14,007 feet) via Argentine Central Railway, Colorado; shows engine and passenger cars parked with large group of sightseers at summit and in cars, passenger cars retouched to reflect name of "Gray's Peak Route," narrow...
- McClellan Mountain (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--1900-1920.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--1900-1920.; Argentine Central Railway Company.
- [between 1906 and 1913]
- Cog Road, Summit of Pike's Peak
- View of summit of Pikes Peak on the Manitou and Pikes Peak Railway, also known as the cog train; shows rack and pinion railroad track, summit lookout tower, and clouds.
- Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--1890-1910.; Watch towers--Colorado--1890-1910.; Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company.
- [between 1895 and 1910]
- Parting of the Ways from Eldora Grade, Switzerland Trail
- View toward Sunset, Colorado, taken from Eldora railway line; shows line to Ward at right, Colorado and Northwestern Railway train at left on Eldora branch (retouched by McClure), main line in valley below by Four Mile Creek, and wagon road...
- Sunset (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--1890-1910.; Colorado and Northwestern Railway Company.
- [between 1898 and 1909]
- The Loop, Georgetown
- Bird's-eye view of Colorado and Southern's narrow gauge track in Clear Creek Canyon from Georgetown, Colorado, including the High Bridge (300 feet long, 96 feet above Clear Creek and set on a two percent grade) and the Loop; trains on tracks...
- Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1940.; Bridges--Colorado--Clear Creek Canyon--1900-1940.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--1900-1940.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1899 and 1935]
- Trinity M. E. Church, Denver
- Trinity Methodist Church, Denver, Colorado (18th and Broadway) designed by Robert S. Roeschlaub; includes residences on its right and street railway tracks.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Churches--Colorado--1890-1910.; Roeschlaub, Robert Sawers, 1843-1923.; Trinity Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Mercantile Bldg.
- Exterior view of Mercantile Building, 1031 15th Street, Denver, Colorado; street level businesses include Dean Drug Company, a cigar store, and Troxel Brothers Hardware store adjacent left; shows street railway tracks, fire hydrant on corner, and...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- 1906
- Phantom Canom [sic] on the F. & C.C. Ry.
- Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad engine in Phantom Canyon, Colorado; shows narrow gauge tracks, trestle in background, narrow rocky canyon, and two men posed in front of engine.
- Phantom Canyon (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Canyons--Colorado--Denver--1890-1920.; Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad Company.
- [between 1894 and 1915]
- California Bldg., Denver
- Exterior view California Building, corner California and 17th (Seventeenth) Streets, Denver, Colorado, designed by Frank E. Edbrooke; street level businesses include James Whitmore, investment banker and real estate, G.A. Gilpatrick and P.A....
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1902 or 1903]
- Holy Cross Mtn.
- View of 13,996-foot Mount of the Holy Cross (Sawatch Range, Rocky Mountains) near Minturn, Colorado; shows snow in crevasses and stream cascading.
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- James Peak and Jennie Lake from Rollins Pass, Moffat Road
- Right side of panorama shows Denver, Northwestern and Pacific railroad tracks curving around a rocky mountain slope with snow patches.
- Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway--1900-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1913]
- James Peak and Jennie Lake from Rollins Pass, Moffat Road
- Center of panorama shows Denver, Northwestern and Pacific railroad tracks curving around mountain slopes and edge of ice-covered Jennie Lake.
- Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway--1900-1920.; Jenny Lake (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--1900-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1913]
- Aspen Colo. Colo. Midland Ry.
- Left side of panorama view from Smuggler Mountain southwest over Aspen and Roaring Fork River Valley, Colorado, includes the mining district and Denver and Rio Grande and Colorado Midland railroads.
- Aspen (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Roaring Fork River Valley (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Aspen Colo. Colo. Midland Ry.
- Center of panorama view from Smuggler Mountain southwest over Aspen and Roaring Fork River Valley, Colorado, includes the mining district, Denver and Rio Grande Railroad, and Colorado Midland Railroad, West Aspen (Shadow) Mountain, and Castle Creek.
- Aspen (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Roaring Fork River Valley (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Sky Line Drive, Canon City, Colo.
- Skyline Drive near Canon City, Fremont County, Colorado; dirt road built by convict labor along ridgetop with sandstone embankments; valley, agricultural lands, Sand Creek and a road show below.
- Canon City (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Sand Creek (Fremont County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Skyline Drive (Canon City, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Roads--Colorado--Canon City--1900-1910.
- [between 1903 and 1910]
- Farmers Willys Light & Power Co., Inc. truck
- View of a truck in (possibly) Haxtun (Phillips County) Colorado; shows a washing machine, vacuum sweeper, and generator, and lettering: "Farmers Willys Light & Power Co., Inc., Haxtun, Colo." A man poses in a suit and duster hat.
- Haxtun (Colo.)--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Frederick R. Ross Branch groundbreaking
- View of ground breaking at the Ross-Broadway Branch of the Denver Public Library in the Speer neighborhood of Denver, Colorado; participants are identified as (L to R) William F. Kreutter, Mrs. John McPhee, Davis W. Moore, Malcolm G. Wyer, Henry A....
- Ross, Frederick R.--Monuments.; Denver Public Library. Ross-Broadway Branch.--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Speer (Denver Colo. : Neighborhood)--1950-1960.; Ground breaking ceremonies--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.;...
- 1950 September 28
- Ne-Ge-Ri-Ta, Ra-De-A, Pio Pinos, Utes
- Group, full-length studio portrait of Ute Native American man, woman, and child; man is standing, woman is seated with small child bound to her back.
- Indians of North America--Portraits--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Children--1890-1900.; Negerita.; Pio Pinos.; Ra-De-A.
- c1899
- Glacier Lake, Colo. & N.W.R.R.
- Photograph of painting by Charles H. Harmon; Glacier Lake center background and Sunset, Colorado, left foreground; shows Sunset depot, buildings and residences; trestles and three elevations of narrow gauge track and Colorado and Northwestern...
- Glacier Lake (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Sunset (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--1890-1910.; Trestles--Colorado--1890-1910.; Harmon, Charles H.; Colorado and Northwestern Railway Company.
- [between 1898 and 1909]
- Oaks [sic] Home, Denver
- Exterior view of Oakes Home, Denver, Colorado, on West 32nd (Thirty-second) Avenue at Decatur including chapel completed in 1904 center right; opened September, 1895, under direction of Reverend Frederick W. Oakes.
- Long-term care facilities--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Nursing homes--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Oakes Home (Denver, Colo.)
- [between 1904 and 1920]
- Cripple Creek
- A man fishes in Cripple Creek near a train with Denver and Rio Grande freight cars, possibly the Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad, in Phantom Canyon, Teller County, Colorado. Shows rock formations, one identified as Sentinel Rock.
- Cripple Creek (Colo. : Stream)--1880-1890.; Teller County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Railroads--Colorado--Teller County--1880-1890.; Rock formations--Colorado--Teller County--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- Boulder Canon Maxwell's Rocks
- Colorado and Northwestern Railway tracks follow North Boulder Creek by Maxwell's Rocks, in North Boulder Canyon, Boulder County, Colorado. A bridge spans the water below rock cliffs.
- Colorado and Northwestern Railway Company--1890-1900.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; North Boulder Canyon (Colo.)--1890-1900.; North Boulder Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bridges--Colorado--Boulder County--1890-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--Boulder...
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- San Pedro harbor
- View of Southern Pacific Railroad cars and tracks at San Pedro harbor (Port of Los Angeles), Los Angeles, California. Men stand near buildings, guardrails, and utility poles. Boats are in San Pedro Bay, and structures are on a wharf.
- Port of Los Angeles--1890-1910.; Southern Pacific Railroad Company--1890-1910.; Los Angeles (Calif.)--1890-1910.; San Pedro (Los Angeles, Calif.)--1890-1910.; San Pedro Bay (Calif.)--1890-1910.; Bays (Bodies of water)--California--Los...
- [between 1891 and 1910?]
- Coyotes or prairie wolves
- Studio photograph of taxidermic coyotes. Coyotes are seated and posed on dried grass. A painted backdrop shows ferns and leaves.
- Coyotes--1880-1900.; Taxidermy--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Mountain sheep
- Studio photograph of a taxidermic ram head. The male bighorn mountain sheep has ribbed horns that spiral back from the head.
- Mountain sheep--1880-1900.; Taxidermy--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Built 1888, Ouray, Co.
- View southeast towards the Ouray County Courthouse, 4th (Fourth) Street and 6th (Sixth) Avenue, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, shortly after 1888 construction.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Courthouses--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Methodist Church, Episcopal Church
- Snowy view southwest along Fourth (4th) Street of the Methodist Church and the Episcopal Church, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Episcopal churches--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.; Methodist churches--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- The Arapahoes from Rollins Pass, Moffat Road
- Left side of the panorama along the Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway's Moffat Road, Rollins Pass, Colorado, shows rocky slopes and mountains.
- Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway--1900-1910.; Rollins Pass (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--1900-1910.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [1905]
- The Arapahoes from Rollins Pass, Moffat Road
- Center of panorama along the Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway's Moffat Road, Rollins Pass, Colorado, shows rocky slopes, evergreens and mountains.
- Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway--1900-1910.; Rollins Pass (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--1900-1910.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [1905]
- Gray's and Torry's [sic] Peak's, Argentine Central Ry.
- Right side of panorama shows rocky slopes of Grays Peak and Torreys Peak from the top of McClellan Mountain, Clear Creek County, Colorado.
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Grays Peak (Colo.)--1900-1920.; McClellan, Mount (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Torreys Peak (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Mountains--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1900-1920.
- [between 1905 and 1918]
- Gray's and Torry's [sic] Peak's, Argentine Central Ry.
- Right side of panorama shows rocky slopes of Grays Peak and Torreys Peak from the top of McClellan Mountain, Clear Creek County, Colorado.
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Grays Peak (Colo.)--1900-1920.; McClellan, Mount (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Torreys Peak (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Mountains--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1900-1920.
- [between 1905 and 1918]
- Gray's and Torry's [sic] Peak's, Argentine Central Ry.
- Right side of panorama shows rocky slopes of Grays Peak and Torreys Peak from the top of McClellan Mountain, Clear Creek County, Colorado.
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Grays Peak (Colo.)--1900-1920.; McClellan, Mount (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Torreys Peak (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Mountains--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1900-1920.
- [between 1905 and 1918]
- Gray's and Torry's [sic] Peak's, Argentine Central Ry.
- Right side of panorama shows rocky slopes of Grays Peak and Torreys Peak from the top of McClellan Mountain, Clear Creek County, Colorado.
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Grays Peak (Colo.)--1900-1920.; McClellan, Mount (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Torreys Peak (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Mountains--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1900-1920.
- [between 1905 and 1918]
- James Peak and Jennie Lake from Rollins Pass, Moffat Road
- Left side of panorama shows Denver, Northwestern and Pacific railroad tracks curving around mountain slopes, ice-covered Jennie Lake, and sidings with wood frame structures; Continental Divide in the background.
- Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway--1900-1920.; Jenny Lake (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--1900-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1920]
- Near the Summit of Rollins Pass
- Right side of the panorama along the Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway's Moffat Road, Rollins Pass, Colorado, shows a railroad construction tent, railroad tracks, telephone poles and mountain slopes.
- Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway--1900-1910.; Rollins Pass (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--1900-1910.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1910.; Tents--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [1905]
- Glenwood Pool (painted photograph?)
- Retouched view of the Glenwood Hot Springs Natatorium, in Glenwood Springs, Colorado; shows people swimming, water toys, the hotel, canvas cabanas, and umbrellas.
- Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Bathhouses--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1920-1930.; Hotels--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1920-1930.; Springs--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1920-1930.; Swimming pools--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1920-1930.
- [between 1922 and 1930?]