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- Colorado Midland RR Shriner's excursion train
- A group of Shriners pose for a photo on their Colorado Midland Railway excursion in Colorado. The sit and stand on the railroad tracks and on the slope of the canyon wall. Some of the Shriners wear fezes. A banner on the front of the train reads:...
- Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine for North America--People--1900-1910.; Colorado Midland Railway Company--1900-1910.; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--1900-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Denver street scene
- A view of buildings in downtown Denver, Colorado. Black smoke rises up from the smoke stacks on the buildings.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Colo. Midland rotary on Hagerman Pass
- A plow train cuts through snow drifts on Hagerman Pass in Pitkin County, Colorado.
- Colorado Midland Railway Company--1900-1910.; Hagerman Pass (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Pitkin County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad snowplow locomotives--Colorado--Pitkin County--1890-1910.; Snow removal--Colorado--Pitkin County--1890-1910.
- 1900 April 26
- Colo. Midland RR excursion
- A group of men, women and children pose in front of and on the Colorado Midland Railway engine no. 30 excursion train in Colorado.
- Colorado Midland Railway Company--1900-1910.; Children--Colorado--1900-1910.; Passengers--Colorado--1900-1910.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--1900-1910.
- 1902 July 3
- Colo. Midland RR Rotary on Hagerman Pass
- A rotary train of the Colorado Midland Railway Company plows snow from the railroad tracks on Hagerman Pass in Pitkin County, Colorado. Railroad crew workers walk in front of the train.
- Colorado Midland Railway Company--1890-1910.; Hagerman Pass (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Pitkin County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Railroad employees--Colorado--Pitkin County--1890-1910.; Railroad snowplow locomotives--Colorado--Pitkin County--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Woman with shawl
- Studio portrait of a woman. She wears a sleeveless dress and is wrapped in a shawl.
- Smiling--1920-1930.; Women--1920-1930.
- [1920]
- In Granite Canon
- Well dressed men and women pose on the back of a caboose on a Colorado Midland train stopped by rock formations beside the South Platte River in Elevenmile Canyon (Granite Canyon), Park County, Colorado.
- Colorado Midland Railway Company--1880-1890.; Elevenmile Canyon (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Park County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1880-1890.; Canyons--Colorado--Park County--1880-1890.; Passengers--Colorado--Park...
- [1888]
- San Luis Rey from n.w.
- A tree grows in the courtyard of the San Luis Rey Mission in San Diego County, California. Shows the cloisters, a bell tower with dome and curvilinear gables.
- San Luis Rey Mission (Calif.)--1880-1900.; San Luis Rey (Calif.)--1880-1900.; Catholic churches--California--San Luis Rey--1880-1900.; Courtyards--California--San Luis Rey--1880-1900.; Missions--California--San Luis Rey--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1892?]
- Portrait of a man
- Studio portrait of a man, possibly Dr. Adams. He wears a dark colored suit, white shirt and striped bow tie.
- Men--1890-1900.; Physicians--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Hance's Trail, Canon of the Colorado
- Men on horses descend a dirt trail, either Hance Trail or New Hance Trail (Red Canyon Trail), into the Grand Canyon, Coconino County, Arizona. Shows the canyon and rock formations in the distance.
- Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.)--1880-1900.; Canyons--Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.)--1880-1900.; Horseback riding--Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.)--1880-1900.; Rock formations--Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.)--1880-1900.; Trails &...
- [between 1883 and 1900?]
- Approaching Sapinero Canon of the Gunnison
- Two men sit on rocks and fish in the Gunnison River, near the Black Canyon of the Gunnison, possibly near the town of Sapinero (Gunnison County), Colorado. Narrow gauge Denver and Rio Grande tracks are near the river. A bridge crosses a portion of...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1900.; Gunnison County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Gunnison River (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Fishing--Colorado--Gunnison County--1880-1900.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Gunnison County--1880-1900.;...
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- On Marshall Pass above Mears
- Men and women pose on a passenger car of a Denver and Rio Grande Railway train on Marshall Pass (Saguache County), Colorado. The locomotive reads "D.& R.G.R.W., 273." The women wear hats, jackets, skirts or dresses. The town of Mears (Chaffee...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company--1880-1890.; Marshall Pass (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Saguache County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Passengers (Colo.)--Colorado--Saguache County County--1880-1890.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--Saguache County...
- [between 1881 and 1886]
- The Sentinel Rock
- View of a sandstone rock formation identified as "The Sentinel Rock" in Monument Park (El Paso County), Colorado. Rock formations are in the distance.
- El Paso County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Monument Park (El Paso County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Rock formations--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Garden of the Gods, Gateway and Pikes Peak
- View of Gate Rock, a sandstone rock formation at Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado; Pikes Peak is in the distance.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1870-1890.; Gate Rock (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1870-1890.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Rock formations--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890?)
- Entrance Revenue Tunnel
- View of the entrance to Revenue Tunnel Mine near Sneffels (Ouray County), Colorado. Three men sit on ore carts drawn by a mule along on narrow gauge tracks. A man stands in a building doorway near the tunnel.
- Ouray County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Revenue Mine (Ouray County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1890.; Mine railroad cars--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1890.; Miners--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1890.;...
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Long's Peak from Estes Park
- View across a lake of Longs Peak from near Estes Park (Larimer County) Colorado. Mountains are reflected in the lake.
- Larimer County (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Longs Peak (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Larimer County--1870-1890.; Reflections--Colorado--Larimer County--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- Yellowstone, Grotto Geyser in Eruption
- View of the Grotto Geyser in eruption in the Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. A pine forest is in the distance.
- Grotto Geyser (Wyo.)--1870-1890.; Upper Geyser Basin (Wyo.)--1870-1890.; Yellowstone National Park--1870-1890.; Geysers--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- Pike's Peak from Colorado City
- View of Pikes Peak from near Colorado City (El Paso County), Colorado. Shows Fountain Creek.
- El Paso County (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Fountain Creek (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Streams--Colorado--El Paso County--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- Sinking shaft with windlass
- Well-dressed men stand on a wooden platform and operate a windlass to a mine shaft in Colorado. The shafthouse, a tailings dump, and a railroad to another mine are in the distance.
- Hoisting machinery--Colorado--1890-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--1890-1900.
- 1897
- The Grizzly Giant, Mariposa Grove
- A man stands in a crevice at the base of the trunk of the "Grizzly Giant," a giant sequoia in Mariposa Grove, Yosemite National Park, California.
- Mariposa Grove (Calif.)--1870-1900.; Yosemite National Park (Calif.)--1870-1900.; Giant sequoias--California--Yosemite National Park--1870-1900.; Men--California--Yosemite National Park--1870-1900.; National parks & reserves--California--Yosemite...
- [between 1870 and 1900]
- Mariposa Grove [sic], big trees
- Men, who include possibly Israel and Thomas Gamlin, stand near giant sequoias identified as "Columbia" and "General Grant" and in the doorway of Gamlin Cabin in Grants Grove, Kings Canyon National Park, California.
- Kings Canyon National Park (Calif.)--1870-1900.; Giant sequoias--California--Kings Canyon National Park--1870-1900.; Log cabins--California--Kings Canyon National Park--1870-1900.; National parks & reserves--California--Kings Canyon National...
- [between 1870 and 1900]
- Across the desert near Bagdad
- View of the Mojave (Mohave) Desert near Bagdad in San Bernardino County, California. Probably the Bristol Mountains are in the distance.
- Bristol Mountains (Calif.)--1890-1910.; Mojave Desert (Calif.)--1890-1910.; San Bernardino County (Calif.)--1890-1910.; Deserts--California--San Bernardino County--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Cypress Point
- Cypress Point rock formation extends into the Pacific Ocean near Midway Point (Monterey County), California.
- Cypress Point (Monterey County, Calif.)--1870-1900.; Monterey County (Calif.)--1870-1900.; Pacific Ocean--1870-1900.; Capes (Coasts)--California--Monterey County--1870-1900.; Oceans--California--Monterey County--1870-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- On the road to Pasadena
- Men and women mounted on horses pose on a trail cut into a steep hillside near Pasadena (Los Angeles County), California.
- Los Angeles County (Calif.)--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--California--Los Angeles County--1890-1900.; Trails & paths--California--Los Angeles County--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Flowers and palms, Pasadena
- View of a lawn and garden at Lucky Baldwin's ranch in Pasadena (Los Angeles County), California. Shows Willow trees, Palm trees, and planting beds.
- Baldwin, Elias Jackson, 1828-1909--Homes & haunts.; Pasadena (Calif.)--1890-1910.; Gardens--California--Pasadena--1890-1910.; Lawns--California--Pasadena--1890-1910.; Palms--California--Pasadena--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Creede, Colorado
- View of commercial buildings in Upper Creede (Jim Town, Mineral County), Colorado. Denver and Rio Grand Railroad tracks extend through town and past a water tank. Snow covers the steep canyon walls.
- Denver and Rio Grand Railroad--1900-1920.; Creede (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Creede--1900-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Creede--1900-1920.; Snow--Colorado--Creede--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Lake City, Colorado
- Aerial view of the Lake Fork of the Gunnison River flows near Lake City (Hinsdale County), Colorado. Shows houses, commercial buildings, and railroad tracks of the Denver and Rio Grand Railroad Company. Prominent buildings in town include the...
- Lake City (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Lake Fork (Hinsdale County and Gunnison County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Lake City--1890-1910.; Rivers--Colorado--Lake City--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Montgomery, Colorado
- Well dressed men and women in Montgomery, Park County, Colorado, pose on the deck of a long, one-story log cabin. A birdcage [?] is by the double hung window. Lumber, a fence, and horses are in the foreground; dwellings and mountain slopes are in...
- Montgomery (Colo.)--1850-1870.
- [between 1859 and 1868?]
- Montgomery
- Montgomery, Park County, Colorado, consists of gable roofed log cabins and scattered lumber. A water wheel and its frame are in the foreground, mountain slopes are in the background.
- Montgomery (Colo.)--1850-1870.
- [between 1859 and 1868?]
- Ferry at Alhandra, Vernal-Myton Stage Road Denver & Salt Lake R. R.
- View of a ferry crossing at Alhandra along the Vernal-Myton, Utah Stage Road; a man stands at the helm of the ferry which carries an automobile and three male passengers; the ferry is hooked to a pulley on an overhead cable.
- Alhandra (Utah)--1910-1920.; Ferries--Utah--Alhandra--1910-1920.; Roads--Utah--Alhandra--1910-1920.
- [1915?]
- Circular saw at finishing mill of Colorado-Yule Marble Co Marble, Colo
- Men work in Marble, Gunnison County, Colorado, at the Colorado- Yule Marble Company finishing mill. Two squat on the sawtable by a block of stone, another operates levers. Interior wooden beams cross overhead by the circular sawblade; hoses, ropes...
- Quarries and quarrying--Colorado--Marble--1910-1920.; Marble (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors.; Marble quarrying--Colorado--Marble--1910-1920.; Colorado Yule Marble Company.
- 1913
- Nevadaville looking north - Main St. beyond
- View of Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, shows dilapidated Pozo Mill sheds, Gunnell Hill with tailings and remains of stone commercial buildings on Main Street, including the Odd Fellows Building,
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Streets--Colorado--Nevadaville--1960-1970.
- 1960
- Cripple Creek residence
- Exterior view of residence, Cripple Creek, Colorado; two-story house has gabled roof, side gable, encircling porch with balustrade, bargeboard, series of two double-sash windows with shelf on both floors, television antennae on second story porch,...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980]
- Historic Jackson House at Poncha Springs, Colorado built in the late 1870's, still in use in 1967.
- People pose on balcony and on porch of the two-story frame Jackson Hotel in Poncha Springs, Chaffee County, Colorado.
- Jackson Hotel (Poncha Springs, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Poncha Springs (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Hotels--Colorado--Poncha Springs--1870-1880.
- 1878
- Purcell school group
- Women and children pose on schoolhouse steps in Purcell, Weld County, Colorado.
- Purcell (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Schools--Colorado--Purcell--1920-1930.; Students--Colorado--Purcell--1920-1930.
- 1929
- Purcell school group
- Women and children (wearing print dresses and scarves) pose on schoolhouse steps in Purcell, Weld County, Colorado.
- Purcell (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Schools--Colorado--Purcell--1920-1930.; Students--Colorado--Purcell--1920-1930.
- 1929
- Purcell school group, Weld County School
- Women and children pose on schoolhouse steps of the agricultural settlement of Purcell, Weld County, Colorado; named after the owner of the townsite, Lawrence M. Purcell.
- Purcell, Lawrence M.--Homes & hauants.; Purcell (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Schools--Colorado--Purcell--1920-1930.; Students--Colorado--Purcell--1920-1930.
- 1929
- Raymond, Colorado
- View down steep, pine covered slopes flankings a dirt road and Middle Saint Vrain Creek, Raymond, Boulder County, Colorado,
- Raymond (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Saint Vrain Creek (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Streams--Colorado--Saint Vrain--1920-1930.
- July 1926
- Trip to Raymond, Colo.
- View of Raymond, Boulder County, Colorado, shows a log cabin with a deep porch flanked by stone retaining wall, cabins, and sheds. Stone embanked road base cuts through rocky crags in the background.
- Raymond (Colo.)--1920-1930.
- July 1926
- Trip to Raymond, Colo
- View of Raymond, Boulder County, Colorado, shows a log cabin, canvas shelter at the base of stacked stone roadbase and Middle Saint Vrain Creek is in the foreground.
- Raymond (Colo.)--1920-1930.
- July 1926
- Purcell school group
- Children pose on a schoolyard slide in Purcell, Weld County, Colorado. The school is a frame building with a cottage roof, chimney and United States flag.
- Purcell (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Children playing outdoors--Colorado--Purcell--1920-1930.; Playgrounds--Colorado--Purcell--1920-1930.; Schools--Colorado--Purcell--1920-1930.; Students--Colorado--Purcell--1920-1930.
- 1929
- Raymond, Colo.
- View of Raymond, Boulder County, Colorado, shows a log cabin and sheds at the base of stacked stone roadbase, a wooden bridge across Middle Saint Vrain Creek and a picnic table on lawn.
- Raymond (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Saint Vrain Creek (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Streams--Colorado--Saint Vrain--1920-1930.
- July 1926
- Winter in Cripple Creek
- Rows of one and two-story flat-roof wooden frame commercial buildings (many with false fronts) on Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; horse-drawn wagon frame, possibly an ox wagon, loaded with timber, wooden and metal barrels is on dirt road;...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1892 November 24
- The "Giants Ladder" and ice harvesting facilities on the DNW&P near Tolland, Colorado
- A woman in a flowered hat walks past the tracks of the Denver, Northwestern & Pacific Railway, Moffat Road, in Tolland (known as Mammoth until 1904), Colorado in Gilpin County. The "Giant's Ladder" and the ice harvesting facilities are in the...
- Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway--1900-1920.; Tolland (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Tolland--1910-1920.
- 1910?
- DNW&P locomotive coaling trestle at Tolland, Colorado, James Peak in distance
- View of James Peak from the depot of the Denver, Northwestern & Pacific, Moffat Road, at Tolland (formerly Mammoth), Colorado in Gilpin County, shows wooden coal trestle with gondola cars in foreground.
- Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway--1900-1920.; James Peak (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Tolland (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Trestles--Colorado--Tolland--1910-1920.
- 1910?
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West
- Copy of a poster with drawing of William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody riding a horse. Cody wears a buckskin coat decorated with tassles and embroidered flowers. He also wears gloves with tassles and a wide-brimmed hat. His horse's bridle is...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1900 and 1925?]
- D&RGW narrow gauge locomotive 74
- View of men and a girl posing by a Denver & Rio Grande Western Railway tender and baggage car pulled by locomotive number 74 (type 280) near Scofield, Carbon County, Utah. The train's engine has a balloon smokestack and headlight.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company--1880-1890.; Scofield (Utah)--1880-1890.; Girls--Utah--Scofield--1880-1890.; Railroad cars--Utah--Scofield--1880-1890.; Railroad locomotives--Utah--Scofield--1880-1890.;...
- 1889
- Waldorf
- View of Waldorf Mine mill ruins, Waldorf, Clear Creek County, Colorado.
- Waldorf (Colo.)--1950-1960.
- 1953
- Waldorf
- View of dilapidated Waldorf Mine buildings in Waldorf, Clear Creek County, Colorado, (11,666 feet).
- Waldorf (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Waldorf--1950-1960.
- 1953
- Waldorf
- View of dilapidated Waldorf Mine buildings, Waldorf, Clear Creek County, Colorado, (11,666 feet).
- Waldorf (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Waldorf--1950-1960.
- 1953