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- View from Fryer Hill looking west to downtown
- Children stand in snow on Fryer Hill overlooking Leadville (Lake County), Colorado. Shows wood frame buildings, a railroad bridge, and mine buildings. Mount Massive and the Sawatch Range are in the distance.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Children--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- J.H. Kilday & W. Weld, prop.'s, White-House saloon, Cripple Creek, Colo.
- Interior view of White House Saloon, Cripple Creek, Colorado; J. H. Kilday & W. Weld (proprietors), group of men stand in front of bar, two men wear aprons, one of whom holds a box of open cigars; additional men stand at bar with feet propped on...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bars--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Interiors.; White House Saloon (Cripple Creek, Colo.)
- [1893 or 1894]
- Palisade, Co., Mountain Lion Fruit Co
- The Mountain Lion Fruit Company warehouse in Palisade (Mesa County), Colorado, near the Colorado Midland Railway line. Shows wagons and the Book Cliffs in the distance.
- Mountain Lion Fruit Company (Palisade, Colo.)--Buildings--1900-1910.; Palisade (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fruit industry--Colorado--Palisade--1900-1910.; Warehouses--Colorado--Palisade--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- W. N. Byers
- Seated studio portrait, head and shoulders, of William Newton Byers, Denver journalist, founder of Rocky Mountain News, civic leader, president of Festival of Mountain and Plain, and postmaster. Chair back is visible.
- Businessmen--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Journalists--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Byers, William Newton, 1831-1903.
- [between 1896 and 1901]
- Alamosa - streets
- View of Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado; shows storefronts, a church with a belfry, streetlights, automobiles, and signs: "Chevrolet," and "Fourth St."
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Alamosa--1900-1920.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Alamosa--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- General view, Cedar Mesa St. Cedaredge
- View of Cedar Mesa Street, in Cedaredge (Delta County), Colorado; shows storefronts, buggies, horses, pedestrians, and signs: "The Hardware Co.," "Stewart Realty Com." and "Bank."
- Cedaredge (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Cedaredge--1880-1900.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Cedaredge--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Leadville - Harrison Avenue
- View of Harrison Avenue, in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado as pedestrians walk down street. Shows businesses (some with awnings) and horse-drawn carriages. Signs on buildings read: "Virginia Harned Cigars," "Campbell Music Co., Steinway pianos,"...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.
- 1893
- Leadville - Streets
- View of a street (probably Harrison Avenue) in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado. Shows electric street lights, cars (possibly Fords), horse-drawn carriages, brick buildings with some dilapidated buildings. Signs on buildings read: "Suits pressed...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Leadville--1920-1930.
- [between 1925 and 1930]
- Hotchkiss Streets
- Main Street in Hotchkiss (Delta County), Colorado, is flanked by businesses, cars, and pedestrians. Signs read: "Post Office, Hotchkiss, Colo," "First National Bank," and "Hotchkiss Hotel." Mt. Lamborn is in the distance.
- Hotchkiss (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Hotchkiss--1920-1930.
- 1925
- Lebanon, Colo., North of Cortez, Colo.
- Two men stand near a wood frame house under construction while another sits in a horse-drawn carriage (surrey) with a fringe on the top in Lebanon (Montezuma County), Colorado. Also, women sit on the porch of the Parker Hotel and a man drives a...
- Lebanon (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Lebanon--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1929]
- Mancos
- Unpaved Main Street in Mancos (Montezuma County), Colorado. Shows pedestrians, parked cars, store fronts, utility poles and a flagpole with a flag. Signs on buildings read: "Mancos, Colo. Post Office," "First National Bank," "Mesa Verde National...
- Mancos (Colo.)--1910-1940.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Mancos--1910-1940.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Mancos--1910-1940.; Flagpoles--Colorado--Mancos--1910-1940.
- [between 1910 and 1935]
- Montrose Streets
- A boy sits in the cradle of a tree in front of a house, number "646," on an unidentified street in Montrose (Montrose County), Colorado. Shows a parked car, a sidewalk, and rows of trees along a dirt road.
- Montrose (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Dirt roads--Colorado--Montrose--1920-1930.; Houses--Colorado--Montrose--1920-1930.; Residential streets--Colorado--Montrose--1920-1930.; Trees--Colorado--Montrose--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Street Scene, Olathe
- Three men, one in a horse-drawn carriage, wait near the train depot in Olathe (Montrose County), Colorado. Shows a D&RG freight car numbered "13662." There are commercial buildings on the main street, the "Independent Lumber Co." and the "Olathe...
- Olathe (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Olathe--1890-1910.; Dirt roads--Colorado--Olathe--1890-1910.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Olathe--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Main Street, Montrose, Colo.
- Pedestrians walk on sidewalks and across Main Street and a bicyclist rides his bicycle past automobiles in Montrose (Montrose County), Colorado. Shows commercial buildings, parked cars and a flag on a flagpole. A license plate reads: "156-505." A...
- Montrose (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Automobiles--Colorado--Montrose--1920-1930.; Business districts--Colorado--Montrose--1920-1930.; City & town life--Colorado--Montrose--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Pike's Peak from Manitou Colo.
- A man in a horse-drawn carriage holds a whip while driving down a Manitou street (El Paso County), Colorado near a trolley car ("63" "Santa Fe"). Shows a snow-covered Pikes Peak, utility poles and a parked horse-drawn wagon.
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1900-1920.; Dirt roads--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1900-1920.; Street railroads--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1900-1920.
- [between 1901 and 1920]
- A View of Main Street, Meeker
- Pedestrians walk on a sidewalk on a dirt Main Street in Meeker (Rio Blanco County), Colorado. Shows commercial buildings, electric light posts, dirt road and trees. Signs on buildings read: "First National Bank," "DRUGS," "Dentist."
- Meeker (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Meeker--1920-1930.; Dirt roads--Colorado--Meeker--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Paonia outskirts
- View of Paonia (Delta County), Colorado. Shows wood frame houses, dirt streets, fruit orchards, and Denver & Rio Grande Railroad freight cars.
- Paonia (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1920.
- [between 1915 and 1920]
- Paonia, Colo.
- View of fruit orchards and the town of Paonia (Delta County), Colorado. Shows possibly a fruit warehouse.
- Paonia (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920]
- Paonia, Colo.
- View of the town of Paonia (Delta County), Colorado. Shows Denver & Rio Grande Railroad cars, wood frame and brick buildings, fruit orchards, the North Fork Gunnison River, and a fruit packing warehouse.
- Gunnison River, North Fork (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Paonia (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1920.; Rivers--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Pueblo
- View of a street in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows pedestrians, commercial buildings, trolley cars, parked cars and rows of electric street lights. Signs (including ones with lights) on buildings read: "Pryor's," "Smoke," "117 1/2 Hotel...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Business districts--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1930.; City & town life--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1930.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1920]
- Looking south on Main Street, Pueblo, Colo.
- View of Main Street in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows commercial buildings, a trolley car, parked cars, rows of electric street lights, pedestrians (including a newspaper boy with his sack). Signs on buildings (including lighted ones)...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Business districts--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.
- 1922
- Pueblo, Colo
- View of Main Street looking north in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows commercial buildings, pedestrians, and cars. Signs on buildings (including lighted ones) read: "Rialto," "Betty Compson & Tom Moore," "Assembly of God, Church of Christ,"...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.
- 1922
- Main St., Pueblo Colo.
- View of Main Street in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows pedestrians, horse-drawn carriages & wagons, automobiles, bicycles, trolleys, brick buildings (including the Pueblo Opera House) and a mailbox on the corner. Signs on buildings read:...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Pueblo--1900-1910.; City & town life--Colorado--Pueblo--1900-1910.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Pueblo--1900-1910.
- [between 1909 and 1910]
- North Main Street, North from 4th St., Pueblo, Colo.
- View of North Main Street in Pueblo, (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows a commercial street lined with multi-story brick and stone buildings (including the Pueblo Opera House) and two rows of street railway tracks in center of street. Shows...
- Grand Vodevil (Pueblo, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1910-1920.; City & town life--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1920.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1920.; Theaters--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920]
- A Pueblo business street looking north on Main Street from Fourth Street
- View of Main Street looking north in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows commercial buildings, pedestrians, and cars. Signs on buildings (including lighted ones) read: "Rialt[o]," "Hotel Maine," "San Isabel Cafeteria," "Victrolas," "First...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1925]
- North Main Street scene
- View of North Main Street in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows commercial buildings, pedestrians, cars, electric light posts and bicycles. Signs read: "First National Bank," "Drugs," "Spoors Smokehouse Billiards," "Hotel," "McCabe Millinery...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Business districts--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1920.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Residence street scene, Pueblo, Colo.
- View of a residential street in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows a car parked on street in front of a Queen Anne style house with stained glass windows, a manicured lawn, and rounded, stone accents near the sidewalk.
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Automobiles--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1930.; Houses--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1930.; Residential streets--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1925]
- A portion of one of the business districts of Pueblo Colo. looking east on Fourth Str.
- View of a busy street in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows commercial buildings, pedestrians, a bicyclist, a woman in a car with a license plate that reads: "5214KAN," and a man walks beside his motorcycle. Signs on buildings read:...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1910-1920.; City & town life--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1920.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1920.
- [between 1915 and 1920?]
- Street scene in Pueblo Colo
- View of a tree-lined residential street in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows wood frame houses, pedestrians, cars and electric street lights in the distance.
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Residential streets--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.
- 1922
- A street scene in Saguache, Colo
- Crowds of people dressed in their Sunday best gather, possibly for a Fourth of July parade, on a street in Saguache (Saguache County), Colorado. Shows decorated cars, store fronts with American flags, dogs, a man on a horse and utility poles. Signs...
- Saguache (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Automobiles--Colorado--Saguache--1920-1930.; City & town life--Colorado--Saguache--1920-1930.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Saguache--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Pueblo
- View of bustling Main Street in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows commercial buildings, horse-drawn carriages, cars, pedestrians, bicyclists, trolley tracks and electric street lights. Signs on buildings read: "Calkins-White Furniture,"...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Salida, Colo.
- People sit on benches in a river side park in the town of Salida (Chaffee County), Colorado. Shows a bridge, the Arkansas River, a horse-drawn wagon and the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad depot, which has a gable roof with flared eaves,...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--Buildings--1910-1920.; Arkansas River--1901-1920.; Salida (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Parks--Colorado--Salida--1910-1920.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Salida--1910-1920.; Rivers--Colorado--Salida--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Labor Day Parade, Alamosa
- A man, woman and young boy sit in a horse-drawn buggy next to a decorated truck ready for a Labor Day celebration in Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado. They wear suits and hats; the young boy has a ribbon sash criss-crossed over his suit that has...
- Labor Day--Colorado--Alamosa--1900-1910.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Automobiles--Colorado--Alamosa--1900-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Alamosa--1900-1910.; Families--Colorado--Alamosa--1900-1910.; Floats...
- [between 1900 and 1915]
- Mines - Unid.
- View of a mine, probably in Colorado. Shows head frame, smokestacks, trestle, water tank, and other wood frame mine buildings.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Placer mining near Russel [sic], La Veta Pass
- Men in suits, one woman and workmen stand on top of, in windows and beside a Colorado Gold Dredging Company hydraulic placer gold mining dredge near Russell (Costilla County), Veta Pass (La Veta Pass), Colorado. Shows an American flag on a flagpole.
- Russell (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Dredges--American--Colorado--Russell--1900-1910.; Gold mining--Colorado--Russell--1900-1910.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Russell--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- The Colo. Gold Dredging Co. on the D.& R.G.R.R. at Russell, Colo.
- Men in suits, one woman and workmen stand on top of and beside a Colorado Gold Dredging Company hydraulic placer gold mining dredge near Russell, Veta Pass (La Veta Pass), Colorado. Shows an American flag on a flagpole.
- Russell (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Dredges--American--Colorado--Russell--1900-1910.; Gold mining--Colorado--Russell--1900-1910.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Russell--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Mining dredge
- A man stands near the Derry Dredge, Empire Gold Dredging Company's hydraulic placer bucket-line vessel, near Leadville (Lake County), Colorado.
- Lake County (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Dredges--American--Colorado--Lake County--1910-1930.; Gold mining--Colorado--Lake County--1910-1930.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Lake County--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1926]
- Street scene, Elkton, Colorado
- Two men stand on a dirt road in probably Elkton (Teller County), Colorado. Mules are hitched to a post nearby. Shows a general store, possibly a boarding house or hotel, and pool hall. Signs on buildings read: "Mules For Hire," "The Bee," and...
- Elkton (Teller County, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Elkton--1900-1920.; Dirt roads--Colorado--Elkton--1900-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Elkton--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Georgetown, Colorado - 1883
- View of Sixth (6th, Alpine) Street in Georgetown, Colorado; shows the Monti and Guanella Building, the Cushman Blocks, a false front building, covered wagons, women, men, a boy, and horses. Outfits include dresses, suits and hats; a mine is at the...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1890.
- 1883
- Mrs. J. E. Kenn or Kenny (?)
- Studio portrait, head and shoulders, of Mrs. J. E. Kenn or Kenny (?), Denver resident.
- Women--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.
- [between 1886 and 1901]
- W. W. Knight
- Studio portrait, head and shoulders, of William W. Knight, Denver businessman; founder of Knight-Campbell Music Company.
- Businessmen--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Knight, William W., d. 1917.; Knight-Campbell Music Co. (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1900.
- [between 1886 and 1901]
- Detroit, Mich.
- Aerial view of Detroit (Wayne County), Michigan. The Wayne County Building, located at 600 Randolph Street, is built in the English Baroque style, with a blend of Beaux-Arts and neo-classical elements. The five story building has a four tiered...
- Detroit (Mich.)--1900-1910.; Detroit River (Mich. and Ont.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns.; City & town life.; Government facilities.; Rivers.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Pajarito Park Tortise- Rito
- View of a tortoise shaped cliffside cave at Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico. The cave is covered with petroglyphs that represent human and other forms.
- Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--New Mexico--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--New Mexico--1910-1920.; Bandelier National Monument (N.M.)--1910-1920.; Archaeological sites--New...
- 1910
- Hopi Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial Gallup N. M.
- A Native American (Pueblo, Hopi) man poses outdoors with a drum at the Inter-Tribal Ceremonial in Gallup, New Mexico. He wears boot moccasins, a woven bandolier, bead necklaces, and feather in his hair.
- Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial Association.--Performances--1900-1910.; Hopi Indians--New Mexico--Gallup--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--New Mexico--Gallup--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Gallup--1900-1910.; Gallup...
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- A. M. Stevenson
- Studio portrait, head and shoulders, of Archibald McNichol Stevenson, Denver lawyer and politician; Colorado state senator from Pitkin (1887-91); arrived in Colorado 1880.
- Lawyers--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Politicians--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Stevenson, Archibald McNichol, 1858-1922.
- [between 1886 and 1901]
- Baur
- Studio portrait, head and shoulders, of Otto Paul Baur, Denver confectioner, baker and caterer; inventor of ice cream soda.
- Bakers and bakeries--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Confectioners--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Businessmen--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Bauer, Otto Paul, b. 1846.
- [between 1886 and 1901]
- Brad DuBois
- Half-length studio portrait of Bradford ("Brad") H. DuBois, pioneer capitalist and racing man; arrived in Leadville 1877; owner of Leadville mines; owned thoroughbred racing horse farm near Denver. Subject wearing derby or bowler style hat.
- Businessmen--Colorado--1880-1900.; Horse breeders--Colorado--1880-1900.; DuBois, Bradford H., d. 1919.
- [between 1886 and 1901]
- Chas. Toll
- Studio portrait, head and shoulders, of Charles Hanson Toll, attorney and politician; held offices of Bent County Judge, State Representative, and Attorney General.
- Lawyers.--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Politicians--Colorado--1880-1900.; Toll, Charles Hanson, 1851-1901.
- [between 1886 and 1901]
- Cyrus Chapin
- Studio portrait, head and shoulders, of Cyrus Chapin, Civil War veteran, Denver real estate agent, and pension attorney.
- Businessmen--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Lawyers--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Chapin, Cyrus, d. 1918.
- [between 1886 and 1901]