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- Leadville - Streets - Harrison
- View of Harrison Street in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado; people walk down the street. The Lake County courthouse has a mansard roof, arched windows, metal and stone cornices; the cupola has a bronze statue of the "State of Justice" on it....
- Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Courthouses--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1893]
- Ashley, Colo. [sic]
- View of Main Street in Vernal (Uintah County), Utah. Men, women, and children pose near brick or frame commercial buildings. Shows automobiles, buggies, a bicycle, an electric street lamp, and brick businesses with signs or awnings that read: "W.H....
- Vernal (Utah)--1910-1920.; Commercial streets--Utah--Vernal--1910-1920.
- [1912 August]
- Fort Lewis, laboratory
- Young men in suits or military uniforms work in a laboratory at Fort Lewis High School (later Fort Lewis College) in Hesperus (La Plata County), Colorado. Students stand near probably a scale (balance); one holds possibly a mortar and pestle. A...
- Fort Lewis High School (Hesperus, Colo.)--Facilities--1910-1920.; Hesperus (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Classrooms--Colorado--Hesperus--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Hesperus--1910-1920.; Laboratories--Colorado--Hesperus--1910-1920.;...
- [between 1911 and 1913?]
- Looking southwest at the 300 block of Main Street, Longmont
- View past tall bare cottonwood trees along the 300 block of Main Street, Longmont, Colorado, includes, brick commercial buildings, horse- drawn wagons and carriages and bicycles. Board walkways bridge the dirt street and the raised concrete...
- Longmont (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Business districts--Colorado--Longmont--1910-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Longmont--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930]
- El Paso Tex
- Businesses flank dirt street in El Paso, Texas. Men and buggies are along boardwalks and streetcar tracks; signs read: "Arctic Soda," "Boots & Shoes," "E. C. Pew," "Berrotts Wines & Liquor," "Milwaukee Beer Hall," and "Royal Ins. Co." A cigar...
- El Paso (Tex.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Texas--El Paso--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Fort Collins, Colorado
- Brick drug store in Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado, has signs: "Iced Congress & Seltzer Mineral Water on Draught," "City Drug Store Frank P. Stover Medicines Druggists," "The Great St. Jacobs Oil German Remedy." Men stand in the corner...
- Fort Collins (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Drugstores--Colorado--Fort Collins--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Tedmon House
- In Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado, this three-story brick building has square bays topping a corner entry, pediments, and finials. Men, women and children pose; a stagecoach is in the street, a mortar and pestle tops a pole. Signs read:...
- Fort Collins (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- I.O.O.F. at Salida Colo. No. 3
- I.O.O.F. uniformed men and buggies parade on "F" Street in Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado. Spectators on the sidewalks have bicycles, horses, and umbrellas; brick commercial buildings have awnings and a sign: "George R. Gessert." A power pole has...
- Independent Order of Odd Fellows--1890-1900.; Salida (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Salida--1890-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Salida--1890-1900.; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--Salida--1890-1900.; Parades &...
- October 15, 1894
- Parade in Salida, Colorado
- Men in suits, bowlers, and straw hats approach on "F" Street during a Fourth of July Parade in Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado. Brick commercial buildings have metal cornices, canvas awnings, and signs: "Baths," "Dr. R. R. Baird," "Cigars." A...
- Salida (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fourth of July celebrations--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.; Spectators--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.
- 1903?
- Parade in Salida, Colorado
- People approach during a Fourth of July Parade in Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado. Women wear puff shouldered blouses, ribbons, and carry umbrellas. A boy in kneepants wears a Slavic sailor's hat; horse-drawn wagons bring up the rear. Signs read:...
- Salida (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Boys--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.; Fourth of July celebrations--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.;...
- 1903?
- Salida, Colo.
- People pose in front of the two-story brick J. A. Collins Block, Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado. The commercial building features: stone trim, imbrication, arched windows, cross-hatched transoms, pediments, and a corner entry with steep hip...
- Salida (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Salida--1890-1900.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Salida--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--Salida--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Cripple Creek, 1895
- Two-story wooden frame flat-roof commercial buildings on southwest corner of Bennett Avenue and Second (2nd) Street, Cripple Creek, Colorado; horse-drawn wagon is tethered to fire hydrant at corner of street; lettering on windows include: "Palace...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Drugstores--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1895
- Cripple Creek, S.W. corner of Bennett and 2nd, before the fire, 1893
- One and two-story row of wooden frame and brick commercial buildings on the southwest corner of Bennett Avenue and Second (2nd) Street, Cripple Creek, Colorado; horse-drawn wagons are parked along boardwalk; corner building has a recessed...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Drugstores--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1895]
- F. B. & L. Block, Cripple Creek, Colo.
- View of Fairley Brothers and Lampman Block Building, 300 East Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; this three-story brick commercial building has rock-faced stone quoins, storefront windows with displays of merchandise and goods, recessed...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1904]
- Alamosa
- One of the buildings moved to Alamosa, Colorado, from Garland City in 1878, has several store fronts with large pane windows, wood kickplates, pilasters, bracketed cornices and "Field & Hill" with painted faux marbeling. Three men in suits and hats...
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Alamosa--1880-1890.
- [1880]
- Central City, Colorado storefront
- Several people stand in front of the Register building on Eureka Street in Central City, Colorado. The three story, brick building has a bracketed cornice and rounded windows. The signs attached to the building read "The Daily Register" "Boots &...
- Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.
- 1875
- J.A. Turk and Co., drug store, Arlington House, Levi Clothing store
- The Arlington House hotel in Breckenridge, Colorado, has a low false front flanking the gable roof. Its cornice is dentiled. Two flanking buildings have similar roofs. All three are two story frame structures, with second floor sash windows. The...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Clothing stores--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1890.; Drugstores--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1890.
- [1880 or 1881?]
- Breckenridge, Colo., Main Street
- View of Main Street in Breckenridge, Colorado, shows pedestrians and heavily loaded wagons with teams and drivers crowding the dirt street. A buggy with lady passengers is in the foreground. Frame buildings line both sides; the wide corniced,...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1888?]
- Lower Main Street, Breckenridge
- Buildings line either side of the dirt Main Street in Breckenridge, Colorado. The Arlington House on the left has a curvelinear false front with a wide cornice and an open porch with a balcony. Other half false fronted buildings flank it; one with...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1900.
- [between 1885 and 1891?]
- Main Street, Breckenridge, Colo, about 1889
- Looking north on Main Street in Breckenridge, Colorado, the Arlington House and the Denver Hotel are on the left; a mortar and pestle on a pole fronts the boardwalk. The belfry and hose drying tower of the Fireman's Hall are on the right....
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1890.
- 1889
- Tooley Shoe Shop, Stephenson Drug Store Main St. 1898-99
- False fronted stores in Breckenridge, Colorado, are seen through a trench dug in deep snow. A frame business with a "W.B. Stephenson Druggist Paints Oils Glass Wall Paper" sign and "drugs" lettered in the transom over the door is above a snowbank....
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Snow--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Winter--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.
- [1898 or 1899]
- The Pharmacy, John Best, druggist, mill chemicals, photographers and painter's supplies, Eureka Street, Central City, Col.
- View of brick storefronts in Central City (Gilpin County) Colorado; shows men posing, a mortar and pestle, and signs: "Drugs & Chemicals, Best's Pharmacy."
- Pharmacy (Central City, Colo.)--Buildings--1860-1880.; Central City (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Drugstores--Colorado--Central City--1860-1880.
- [between 1869 and 1879]
- Vernal UT, Main St
- View of Main Street, in Vernal Utah; shows men, women, children, automobiles, buggies, a bicycle, a streetlamp, and brick businesses with signs: "W. H. Burton General Merchandise," "Leslie Ashton Hardware Company," "Local Long Distance Telephone,"...
- Vernal (Utah)--1910-1920.; Business districts--Utah--Vernal--1910-1920.; Children--Utah--Vernal--1910-1920.; Streets--Utah--Vernal--1910-1920.; Women--Utah--Vernal--1910-1920.
- August, 1912
- Strur room, Western Soda Ftn. Supply Co.
- Interior view of the Strur Room, Western Soda Fountain Supply Company, 1440 Curtis or 1411-1415 Wazee, Denver, Colorado; shows a man and a woman in aprons, shelving with labeled bottles and jars, a mortar and pestle on the counter, a scale, wooden...
- Western Soda Fountain Company (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Warehouses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1907 and 1919]
- Corner Broadway, Welton & 20th
- View of Broadway Boulevard, in Denver, Colorado; shows cars, storefronts, and signs: "Astor" and "Meyers [?]" (in mortar and pestle).
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Intersections--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1915?]
- Sixteenth Street, Denver
- View of 16th (Sixteenth) Street, in Denver, Colorado; shows brick businesses, pedestrian and bicycle traffic, Denver Tramway Company streetcars, a mortar and pestle, and signs: "Bauman's Millinery," and "Alaska Fur Store."
- Denver City Tramway Company (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Street railroads--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- 1887?
- Potawatomi man
- An old Native American (Potawatomi, Prairie Band) man sits near a road on a reservation near Mayetta, Kansas. He holds a bowl and a pestle.
- Prairie Band of Potawatomi Indians--People--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--Kansas--Mayetta--1930-1940.; Pestles--Kansas--Mayetta--1930-1940.; Potawatomi Indians--Kansas--Mayetta--1930-1940.; Mayetta (Kan.)--1930-1940.; Potawatomi Indian...
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Potawatomi man
- An old Native American (Potawatomi, Prairie Band) man sits on the ground on a reservation near Mayetta, Kansas. He holds a bowl and a pestle.
- Prairie Band of Potawatomi Indians--People--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--Kansas--Mayetta--1930-1940.; Pestles--Kansas--Mayetta--1930-1940.; Potawatomi Indians--Kansas--Mayetta--1930-1940.; Mayetta (Kan.)--1930-1940.; Potawatomi Indian...
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Potawatomi man
- An old Native American (Potawatomi, Prairie Band) man sits on the ground on a reservation near Mayetta, Kansas. He holds a bowl and a pestle.
- Prairie Band of Potawatomi Indians--People--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--Kansas--Mayetta--1930-1940.; Pestles--Kansas--Mayetta--1930-1940.; Potawatomi Indians--Kansas--Mayetta--1930-1940.; Mayetta (Kan.)--1930-1940.; Potawatomi Indian...
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Potawatomi food preparation
- An unidentified Native American Potawatomi (Prairie Band) woman wearing a print dress and head scarf, sits on a rug outside a bark covered lodge with a mortar and pestle, Potawatomi Reservation west of Mayetta, Kansas.
- Prairie Band of Potawatomi Indians--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--Kansas--Mayetta--1930-1940.; Pestles--Kansas--Mayetta--1930-1940.; Potawatomi Indians--Kansas--Mayetta--1930-1940.; Mayetta (Kan.)--1930-1940.; Potawatomi Indian Reservation...
- [between 1930 and 1940?]]
- Potawatomi food preparation
- An unidentified Native American (Prairie Band) Potawatomi woman wearing a print dress and head scarf, sits on a rug outside a bark covered lodge with a mortar and pestle, Potawatomi Reservation west of Mayetta, Kansas.
- Prairie Band of Potawatomi Indians--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--Kansas--Mayetta--1930-1940.; Pestles--Kansas--Mayetta--1930-1940.; Potawatomi Indians--Kansas--Mayetta--1930-1940.; Mayetta (Kan.)--1930-1940.; Potawatomi Indian Reservation...
- [between 1930 and 1940?]]
- Water testing laboratory
- Interior view of a municipal water analysis facility in Denver, Colorado; a man sits by chemical bottles, alembics, a mortar and pestle, scales, pipettes, and possibly a centrifuge.
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Laboratories--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Waterworks--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1935?]
- Blake Street, Denver
- View of Blake Street (south side), between F and G streets (later 15th - Fifteenth), in Denver, Colorado; shows business and signs: "Gallitan Saddlery," "Empire Bakery Restaurant," and "Cheesman Druggist." Horses and wagons are by a mortar and...
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- [between 1865 and 1870?]
- Elliot Drug Store, Idaho Springs
- A man, woman, and child stand in front of a store in Idaho Springs, Colorado. The woman wears a long skirt with matching top (decorative stitching down the front), and gloves. The child is wearing knickers and a flat cap. The man wears a vest,...
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1920.
- [between 1895 and 1915]
- Denver & Interurban M-152 at Boulder, Colo
- View of Denver and Interurban Railroad motorcar M-152 on Pearl Street in Boulder (Boulder County), Colorado; pedestrians are in the street, a mortar and pestle are on the corner, and business sign reads: "Temple Theatre."
- Denver & Interurban Railroad--1900-1910.; Boulder (Colo.)--1900-1910.; City & town life--Colorado--Boulder--1900-1910.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Boulder--1900-1910.; Electric railroads--Colorado--Boulder--1900-1910.
- [between 1904 and 1910]
- City snow drifts
- Snow fills the street of a town; people pose by shop windows, snow shoes, and a mortar and pestle. Business signs read: "Suomalainen Aptecki" (Finnish pharmacy), "Dr. G. J. Sorsen," "A. B. Turner, Bankers," "Star Clothing House," and "Hoskings Co....
- Blizzards--1880-1900.; Business districts--1880-1900.; Cities & towns--1880-1900.; Commercial streets--1880-1900.; Drugstores--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Silverton, Colo.
- Exterior view of the Grand Hotel, in Silverton, Colorado, looking northeast along Greene Street. Built in 1882, this three-story brick and stone building features a mansard roof with chimneys and dormers, arched windows on the second floor, and...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Silverton--1890-1900.; Grand Imperial Hotel (Silverton, Colo.)
- [between 1890 and 1895?]
- Laboratory at Colorado School of Mines
- Interior view of probably an assaying laboratory at the Colorado School of Mines in Golden (Jefferson County), Colorado. Shows an oak workbench with drawers and cabinets and probably a tile top. Bottles, glass funnels, and a mortar and pestle are...
- Colorado School of Mines--Facilities--1910-1920.; Assaying apparatus--Colorado--Golden--1910-1920.; Golden (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Golden--1910-1920.; Laboratories--Colorado--Golden--1910-1920.;...
- [between 1915 and 1920?]
- Golden, Colorado
- View of the Mallon and Chamberlain Building, built in 1871, northeast corner of 12th (Twelfth) and Washington, Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado. Sam Bostwick, Dr. Anderson and a boy stand on the boardwalk by the corner telephone pole with a...
- Golden (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Buildings--Colorado--Golden--1880-1890.
- [1881]
- Whitney drug store
- Ornate spandrels top colonettes between windows of this storefront in Boulder, Colorado. A beaded mortar and pestle in the foreground tops a pole, and men posing on the sidewalk are dapper in their suits, gold chains and bowlers. Adjacent steps...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Drugstores--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Western History Subject Index
- Rae, Pearle