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- Alice post office
- A long log cabin with a corrugated sheet metal roof on Fall River in Alice, was a Clear Creek County, Colorado. The largest mining camp settled in the early 1880s in the valley below Saint (St.) Mary's Glacier. The cabin features a side gable,...
- Alice (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Post offices--Colorado--Alice--1890-1910.
- [between 1898 and 1904]
- Central City home interior
- A dining room table in a Central City dining room has a white tablecloth with a brocade stripe criss-crossing it. A tea service and other silver pieces sit on a breakfront, which has a mirror and a marble top. In front of the lace curtained window...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Dining rooms--Colorado--Central City--1930-1950.; Interiors--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950]
- Central City water supply
- The Central City, Colorado, water supply delivered water to the town of Central City and the surrounding areas from the early eighteen seventies to the mid-eighteen eighties, when the city's water pipes were laid. The wagon, which is drawn by a...
- Central City (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Central City--1870-1890.; Water supply--Colorado--Central City--1870-1890.
- [between 1871 and 1888?]
- Central City Opera House
- The Central City Opera House, originally opened in 1878, was renovated and reopened in the 1930s. Described as "the finest temple of the Muse west of the Missouri" and designed by Architect Robert S. Roeschlaub, the oldest opera house in Colorado...
- Central City Opera House--1920-1930.; Central City (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Opera houses--Colorado--Central City--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Central City Opera House
- Patrons stand outside the Central City Opera House before a performance of Othello. The Central City Opera House, originally opened in 1878, was renovated and reopened in the 1930s. Described as "the finest temple of the Muse west of the Missouri"...
- Central City Opera House--1930-1940.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Opera houses--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- 1934
- Central City Opera House
- The exterior of the Central City Opera House is of Gilpin County granite. The upper rounded windows have a bracketed balcony with spindles underneath them. The lower, paneled doors, which have painted trim around the panels, have arched entries...
- Central City Opera House--1930-1940.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Opera houses--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- [between 1937 and 1938]
- Falls - head of Mammoth Gulch
- A miner and his wife pose on opposite sides of the falls of Mammoth Creek in Mammoth Gulch, Gilpin County, Colorado.
- Gilpin County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Gilpin County--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Gilpin County--1890-1910.; Waterfalls--Colorado--Gilpin County--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--Gilpin County--1890-1910.
- [between 1895 and 1905]
- Central City Opera House
- The Central City Opera House, originally opened in 1878, was reopened in 1932 after renovation. Described as "the finest temple of the Muse west of the Missouri" and designed by Architect Robert S. Roeschlaub, the oldest opera house in Colorado is...
- Central City Opera House--1930-1940.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Opera houses--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- 1934
- Central City Opera House, 1931
- The Central City Opera House, originally opened in 1878, was renovated and reopened in the 1930s. Described as "the finest temple of the Muse west of the Missouri" and designed by Architect Robert S. Roeschlaub, the oldest opera house in Colorado...
- Central City Opera House--1930-1940.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Opera houses--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- 1931
- In Denver Mtn. Park
- View of switchbacks on the Denver Mountain Park Auto Road on Lookout Mountain, west of Denver, Colorado, taken from opposite side of mountain valley.
- Roads--Colorado--1910-1920.
- [1916]
- Central City's pony express
- A little boy in overalls, long sleeved shirt, and cap sits on a burro in front of the Central City Opera House. The burro has reins, bridle, and saddle. The granite facade of the Opera House, its paneled dorrs, and its transom are visible. The...
- Central City Opera House--1930-1940.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Billboards--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Opera houses--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- 1932
- Central City, Colorado street scenes, Eureka
- The Central City Opera House was originally opened in 1878 and described as "the finest temple of the Muse west of the Missouri." Designed by Architect Robert S. Roeschlaub, the oldest opera house in Colorado is constructed of Gilpin County...
- Central City Opera House--1920-1930.; Central City (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Opera houses--Colorado--Central City--1920-1930.
- Eureka Street, Central City
- Eureka Street in Central City is framed by two trees without leaves. The Henry M. Teller Law offices and the Opera House are in the foreground. The Teller House is in the center of the image, and the First National Bank block is in the background....
- Central City Opera House--1930-1940.; Teller House (Central City, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Hotels--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Opera houses--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Central...
- Matinee crowd in front of Central City Opera House, 1933
- A line of people stand in front of the Central City Opera House and on the sidewalks. The women wear summer dresses and hats, and the men wear suits and hats. The Opera House is a two story building with a mansard roof with rounded windows and...
- Central City Opera House--1930-1940.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Opera houses--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- 1933
- Teller House exterior details
- A crowd waits along the wood plank sidewalk in front of the Teller House before attanding a performance in the Opera House. The ushers of the Opera House, who are dressed in nineteenth century dress, walk along Eureka Street ringing bells to notify...
- Teller House (Central City, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Hotels--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Central City
- A dilapidated building on Lawrence Street in Central City, Colorado. The portion of the building to the left has a clapboard, false storefront; the roof and the sides are of corrugated sheet metal. Two boarded up, rectangular-shaped windows are...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1953
- Horseshoe Lake Estes Park
- View of Horseshoe Lake in Estes Park, Colorado; snow-patched peaks of the Continental Divide, at horizon, are reflected on the surface of the lake; a horse and rider appear near fence on a dirt road on the opposite shore.
- Continental Divide (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Estes Park (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Horseshoe Lake (Larimer County, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Larimer County--1910-1920.
- [between 1911 and 1920?]
- James B. Belford home, Central City, 1948
- James B. Belford's home, in Central City, Colorado, is a two story brick house, built above a masonry retaining wall. The house has a flat roof with a brick cornice and rectangular windows with lintels and sills. The porch, a concrete slab, has...
- Belford, James B. (James Burns), 1837-1910--Homes & haunts.; Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.
- 1948
- Residence in Central City, Colorado
- A two story wood frame house with a mansard roof and three dormer windows is built above a retaining wall in Central City, Colorado. It has two bay windows on opposite sides of the front wall. The covered front porch is built behind a masonry...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Interior of one of best houses cut out of sandstone rock, Moki Indians, Walpi Pueblo, Arizona
- Interior view of Nampeyo's house, Walpi Pueblo, First Mesa, Arizona; A Native American (Hopi) woman sits in this home cut out of sandstone; shows a wooden pole, hung horizontally between opposite walls, with four blankets, a dress, and concho belt;...
- Hopi Indians--Structures--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Women--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Walpi (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.;...
- 1899
- Banquet at the Gates' mountain home
- Interior view shows guests seated for a banquet at the Gates' family Bear Creek home in Colorado. Mr. Charles C. Gates stands at the end of the table; Mrs. Charles (Hazel) Gates is seated with her back to the camera; Mr. John Gates is the third...
- Banquets--Colorado--Jefferson County--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Jefferson County--1910-1920.; Gates, Charles Cassius, 1877-1961--Homes & haunts.; Gates, Charles Cassius, 1877-1961.; Gates, Hazel LaDora Rhoads.; Gates, John.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Eureka Street, Central City
- View down Eureka Street in Central City toward the east. The Teller House, which has a wooden bench in front of it, is in the foreground, and the First National Bank block is next to it. Wooden planks form a sidewalk alongside the street. ...
- Central City (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1920-1930.
- [1924?]
- Georgetown Park
- A view of the city park in Georgetown, Colorado; shows two sidewalks converging to form the corner of the block, and a metal and wire fence and gate which opens onto a path which cuts through the park to the opposite corner. A thin metal arch...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Parks--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1590.
- 1942
- Fern Lake
- View of Fern Lake, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado; shows log pier with row boat, stumps of cut pines along shore, pine covered opposite shore, and slope of (possibly) Mount Wuh in background.
- Fern Lake (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Rocky Mountain National Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1922 and 1925]
- Crow Indians
- View of three Native American (Crow) men who are similarly dressed in striped clothing made from Hudson Bay blankets, two wear feathers in their hair, one wears a hat. They sit on the ground, hold sticks, some with feathers, and a quiver; they have...
- Crow Indians--1900-1920.; Indians of North America--1900-1920.; Singing--1900-1920.
- [between 1902 and 1911]
- City Park. North Cheyenne Canyon
- View of City Park in North Cheyenne Canyon, El Paso County, Colorado. A dirt path lined with trees and bushes stands next to a lake, possibly Mesa Reservoir. On the opposite banks stands a wooden park bench.
- City Park (El Paso County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; North Cheyenne Creek (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1910.; Parks--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Central City residence interiors
- Two bookcases filled with books are on opposite sides of a fireplace in Central City, Colorado. Miners candle holders hang along the top of the bookcase. A standing lamp is in front of the bookcase on the right. The fireplace has a large gilded...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1930-1950.; Interiors--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Residences, present day Central City
- Homes are built above a retaining wall in Central City, Colorado. A street is supported by a retaining wall in the foreground. Telephone posts are on opposite sides of the street. The houses are one story, wood- frame homes with gabled roofs,...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Retaining walls--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Teller House conservatory, Central City hotels
- Five women stand among rows of plants in the Teller House conservatory in Central City, Colorado. Plants are in pots, and on the stairs, upon which one woman is standing, which are to the left and lead to the three rows of plants. An open door with...
- Teller House (Central City, Colo.)--Facilities--1870-1900.; Central City (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Greenhouses--Colorado--Central City--1870-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Central City--1870-1900.; Women--Colorado--Central City--1870-1900.
- [between 1872 and 1900?]
- Teller House Gen. Grant's room, Central City, 1941
- Curtained windows on opposite sides of a mirrored chest-of- drawers in the General Ulysses S. Grant bedroom illuminate a room in the Teller House in Central City, Colorado. A painting hangs above a loveseat. Patterned wallpaper covers the walls.
- Teller House (Central City, Colo.)--Facilities--1940-1950.; Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Bedrooms--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.; Clothes chests--1940-1950.; Hotels--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.; Interiors--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Teller House interior
- A parlor room in Central City, Colorado, has four large windows on either side of the corner. They are covered with lace curtains and large ornate draperies. An rococo sideboard with a mirror is against the wall. Parlor chairs are on either side...
- Teller House (Central City, Colo.)--Facilities--1930-1950.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Hotels--Colorado--Central City--1930-1950.; Interiors--1930-1950.; Parlors--Colorado--Centra City--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- African-American girl
- Studio portrait of a Black girl in Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado.
- African Americans--Colorado--Georgetown--1860-1880.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Girls--Colorado--Georgetown--1860-1880.
- [between 1860 and 1880]
- Oraibi
- View of Oraibi Pueblo, Third Mesa, Arizona. Two groups of adobe and stone cluster homes stand on opposite sides of a courtyard. One group stands near a large pile of timber and has a stone wall nearby. The buildings have wooden vigas.
- Hopi Indians--Structures--Arizona--Mishongnovi--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Structures--Arizona--Mishongnovi--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Structures--Arizona--Mishongnovi--1890-1900.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1890-1900.;...
- [1899?]
- Tyuonyi from cliff- ceremonial cave? -El Rito de los Frijoles
- View of the ruins of Tyuonyi, Native American (Anasazi) pueblo ruins near Frijoles Canyon, Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico. The ruins stand in a circular formation, partially covered with scrub bushes and grass. A wooden rail fence...
- Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Bandelier National Monument (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Archaeological sites--New...
- 1908
- Tyuonyi from cliff- ceremonial cave?- El Rito de los Frijoles
- View of the ruins of Tyuonyi, Native American (Anasazi) pueblo ruins near Frijoles Canyon, Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico. The ruins stand in a circular formation, partially covered with scrub bushes and grass. A wooden rail fence...
- Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Bandelier National Monument (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Archaeological sites--New...
- 1908
- Georgetown stores interior
- Interior view of men's clothing store in Georgetown, Colorado. A main aisle divides the store. On one side, hats and caps are on a table and glass showcases display ties and handkerchiefs. Shirts are stacked and displayed behind the glass counters...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Clothing stores--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1910.; Interiors.
- [between 1880 to 1910?]
- St. James Organ, Central City
- View of pipe organ behind a wood railing in St. James Methodist Chruch in Central City, Colorado. A woman in a patterned dress poses on the bench; two wooden chairs are opposite. A sconce is attached to each side of panneling above the organ...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Churches--Colorado--Central City--1890-1910.; Organs--Colorado--Central City--1890-1910.; St. James Methodist Church (Central City, Colo.)
- [between 1899 and 1910?]
- Met at the spring
- One Native American Ute , wearing a leather fringed shirt, reaches out to a young Ute woman carrying a woven water bottle, from opposite sides of a small stream, western slope Wasatch Mountains, Utah.
- Indians of North America--Women--Utah--1870-1880.; Uinta Indians--Utah--1870-1880.; Ute Indians--Utah--1870-1880.; Wasatch Range (Utah and Idaho)--1870-1880.; Streams--Utah--1870-1880.
- [between 1871 and 1875]
- City Park race track grand stand
- A view of the grand stands at the City Park race track in Denver, Colorado. A dirt track crosses in front the wooden stands with a tile roof overhead; a wood fence is on the opposite side of the race track. The grand stands were built in 1898 and...
- City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Grandstands--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Racetracks (Horse racing)--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Sunflower carnival parade
- Two women ride in a foliage covered, horse drawn buggy at the Sunflower (Flower) Carnival Parade, Colorado Springs, Colorado. A marching band passes in the opposite direction. Spectators watch from the side of the street in front of houses, a sign...
- Colorado springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Marching bands--Colorado--Colorado...
- 1898
- Sunflower carnival parade
- Sunflower (Flower) Carnival Parade, Colorado Springs, Colorado: shows a train engine on a horse drawn wagon with enclosed sides that reads: "Always Blowing." A boy rides a bicycle beside the float; two girls walk by in the opposite direction....
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Boys--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Girls--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Horse...
- 1898
- Sunflower Carnival
- Military men on horseback ride past grandstands near the old Antlers Hotel on Cascade Avenue as part of the Flower Carnival in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. Spectators sit in the grandstands that are decorated with bunting and...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Soldiers--Colorado--Colorado...
- [August, 1896.]
- Sunflower Carnival
- A group of men in uniform stand in formation and shoulder rifles near grandstands on Cascade Avenue as part of the Flower Carnival in Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado. A dog stands near the group of men. Spectators sit in the grandstands that...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Photographers--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Soldiers--Colorado--Colorado...
- [August, 1896.]
- Centerville
- View of a gravestone in Centerville (Chaffee County), Colorado; shows a single grave site, designated for two people, marked by a large cut stone; top portion of the stone shows the raised images of two children, standing side by side, with a...
- Centerville (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Centerville--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1966]
- Centerville
- View of a gravestone in Centerville (Chaffee County), Colorado; shows a single grave site marked by a large cut stone and designated for two people; top portion of the stone shows the raised images of two children, standing side by side, with a...
- Centerville (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Centerville--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1966]
- Barry, Colo., from Gold Hill no. 472
- A panorama of the mining camp of Barry, Colorado, in Teller County, a component camp of Anaconda, shows a main street surrounded by wood-frame, commercial storefronts with false fronts and one-story, wood- frame, box-shaped structures with gables....
- Barry (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Barry--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Barry--1890-1900.
- April 4, 1893
- Millet
- Colorado Front Range millet field, possibly in the South Platte Valley; shows two-story house with windmill, farm equipment, barns, and sheds across fenced road.
- Croplands--Colorado--1920-1930.; Millet--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1925 and 1930]
- Gunnison River state bridge
- Two women, a man, and a dog stand on the porch of a masonry boarding house near Austin, Colorado. The three story building has a hipped roof and a chimney on either side of the roof. A wrap-around second story balcony, upheld by tapered spindles,...
- Austin (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Lodging houses--Colorado--Austin--1890-1900.
- [1890?]
- Dakota Indians
- Whites and Native Americans (Dakota) are gathered in a room in a building on the Devits Lake Agency, North Dakota (?). Identification reads: "Katie Veix, Asst. Clerk, J. W. McCabe, Chief Clerk, Little Fish, Chief, Simon Court, Interpreter, C. M....
- Dakota Indians--North Dakota--1900-1910.; Indian interpreters--North Dakota--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--North Dakota--1900-1910.; Indian agents--North Dakota--1900-1910.; Indian reservations--North Dakota--1900-1910.; Women--North...
- 1909?
- Mr. & Mrs. John Ould & favorite horse
- Mr. and Mrs. John Ould stand on opposite sides of their horse in Basalt, Colorado. Mrs. Ould wears a long skirt and blouse. Mr. Ould, the town barber, wears trousers, a jacket, a shirt, and a hat. The sorrel has a blaze and wears a halter. A picket...
- Basalt (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Horses--Colorado--Basalt--1920-1930.; Ould, John, Mrs.; Ould, John.
- [about 1920?]