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- Apex, Colo. recreation hall interior, piano on stage
- Interior of the Apex Miners' Hall, seven miles northwest of Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado; includes theater stage with square piano and painted backdrop of trees; flanked by arched doorways with steps leading onto stage; wood paneling in...
- Apex (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Interiors.; Stages (Platforms)--Colorado--Apex--1950-1960.
- [May 1957]
- Apex, Colo. 1948
- A dirt road leads from the foreground back to a group of log buildings in Apex, a small mining district northwest of Central City in Gilpin County, Colorado. A log fence post is in the right foreground and portions of the fence continue on the far...
- Apex (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Fences--Colorado--Apex--1940-1950.; Log buildings--Colorado--Apex--1940-1950.
- [1948?]
- Goliath
- View of a gnarled tree stump at Stump Flats west of Apex in Gilpin County, Colorado; cumulus clouds dot the sky.
- Limber pine--Colorado--Apex--1930-1950.; Apex (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Pile Hill (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Clouds--1930-1950.; Forest fires--Colorado--Apex--1930-1950.; Tree stumps--Colorado--Apex--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Apex, Colorado
- View across Apex, seven miles northwest of Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado, shows log and wood frame structures, false fronts, front gables and hipped roofs. One two-story building has sign: "Apex Hotel." Small white front gable church with a...
- Apex (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Apex--1890-1900.
- [August 1990]
- Stout Fellah [graphic]
- A pine tree with bare branches, possibly a Limber Pine, stands in the foreground near the summit of Pile Hill west of Apex in Gilpin County, Colorado. Additional tree stumps are on the hill behind the tree. Photographer titled the image "Stout...
- Limber pine--Colorado--Apex--1930-1950.; Apex (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Tree stumps--Colorado--Apex--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Iron Bound, At a deserted mine above Mammoth Gulch
- An early-day mine bucket made from an old whiskey barrel leans on one edge in front of a log cabin near Apex in Gilpin County, Colorado. The bucket is from an old mine above Pile Hill near Apex. Photographer titled the image "Iron Bound."
- Apex (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Pile Hill (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Log cabins--Colorado--Apex--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Apex--1940-1950.; Pails--1940-1950.; Prospecting equipment & supplies--1940-1950.
- [1948?]
- Victory Sign
- The trunk of a tree, possibly a Limber Pine, splits in two to form a V-shape on a ridge at timberline near Pile Hill west of Apex in Gilpin County, Colorado. Additional pine trees stand in the foreground and background. Large clouds are in the sky....
- Limber pine--Colorado--Apex--1940-1950.; Timberline--Colorado--Apex--1940-1950.; Tree trunks--Colorado--Apex--1940-1950.; Apex (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Clouds--1940-1950.; Pines--Colorado--Apex--1940-1950.
- [1941?]
- Jenny Lind Gulch near Apex 1948
- An unidentified man leans over, possibly to tie his shoe, in front of a stone cabin in the foreground on a hill near Jenny Lind Gulch, a tributary of South Boulder Creek near Apex in Gilpin County, Colorado. Pine trees line the rolling hills...
- Apex (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Cabins--Colorado--Apex--1940-1950.; Hills--Colorado--Apex--1940-1950.; Pines--Colorado--Apex--1940-1950.
- [1948?]
- Apex, Colorado, opera house
- Interior of the Apex Miners' Hall, seven miles northwest of Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado; includes theater stage with square piano covered with a cloth, painted backdrop scenery, walls of a polling booth with a poster of: "State Of...
- Apex (Colo.)--1940-1960.; Interiors.; States (Platforms)--Colorado--Apex--1940-1960.; Theaters--Colorado--Apex--1940-1960.
- [between 1940 and 1960]
- Apex, Colorado, recreation hall for miners, exterior
- Apex Miner's Hall, seven miles northwest of Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado, features a log frame structure with a hipped roof, heavy chinking, wood entry door, and a flagpole on roof. Building served as a recreation hall and theater. A dirt...
- Apex (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Log buildings--Colorado--Apex--1940-1950.; Recreation & sports facilities--Colorado--Apex--1940-1950.
- [1940]
- Apex, Colorado
- View of a parade on main street of Apex, seven miles northwest of Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado; shows spectators along the dirt street where a man in a carriage drawn by two white horses passes; other men on horseback in distance;...
- Apex (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Apex--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Apex--1890-1900.
- [August 1990]
- Backdrop from theatre at Apex, Colo.
- Interior of the Apex Miners' Hall, seven miles northwest of Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado; includes theater stage with painted backdrop of a idealized 1900s Apex main street and a stool on wheels; businesses transformed from low wood and...
- Apex (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Interiors.; Stages (Platforms)--Colorado--Apex--1900-1910.; Theaters--Colorado--Apex--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Theater at Apex, Colorado
- Apex Miner's Hall, seven miles northwest of Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado, features a log frame structure with a hipped roof, heavy chinking, and flag pole on roof. Building served as a recreation hall and theater. A dirt road is in front...
- Apex (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Recreation & sports facilities--Colorado--Apex--1940-1950.; Wooden buildings--Colorado--Apex--1940-1950.
- [July 1940]
- American City. 1945 (Colo.)
- James Peak, on the border of Gilpin, Grand and Clear Creek counties in Colorado, stands in the distance with patches of snow on it in this view from American City, west of Apex in Gilpin County. A log cabin is in the right midground. Tall pine...
- Roads, Earth--Colorado--American City--1940-1950.; American City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Apex (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Grand County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Log...
- [1945?]
- The Champion, Stump region S.W. of Apex
- View of a gnarled tree stump in Stump Flats southwest of Apex in Gilpin County, Colorado; stratus clouds dot the sky.
- Apex (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Pines--Colorado--Apex--1930-1950.; Tree stumps--Colorado--Apex--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Pile Hill
- View of Pile Hill west of Apex in Gilpin County, Colorado; ruins of cabins are among rock and sparse trees. Cumulo nimbus thunderhead clouds fill the sky.
- Apex (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Log cabins--Colorado--Apex--1930-1950.; Ruins--Colorado--Apex--1930-1950.; Tree stumps--Colorado--Apex--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Apex, Colo. 1948
- A stone wall with log posts stands in front of a two-story, log house in Apex, a small mining district northwest of Central City in Gilpin County, Colorado. Tall pine trees stand on both sides of the house. A log lies on the ground in the...
- Apex (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Log buildings--Colorado--Apex--1940-1950.; Stone walls--Colorado--Apex--1940-1950.
- [1948?]
- Apex, opera house
- Interior view of probably the Apex Miner's Hall in Apex (Gilpin County), Colorado. Shows a room with log walls, lathe and plaster; one wall is partially collapsed. A bench is in the room.
- Apex (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Interiors--Colorado--Apex--1960-1970.; Theaters--Colorado--Apex--1960-1970.
- 1962
- Apex, Colo
- A woman and a dog sit on a hill overlooking the town of Apex (Gilpin County), Colorado. Shows wood frame houses, commercial buildings, log cabins and clear cut land strewn with logs.
- Apex (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Apex--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Apex, Colorado
- Reproduction of newspaper advertisement from Apex, Gilpin County, Colorado, reads: "Bobstock & Hoag, The Grocers A Nice Fresh Line of Staple and Fancy Groceries Fresh and Salt Meats, Constantly on Hand, Game in Season. 1st Door South of Town Hall,...
- Apex (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Advertisements--Colorado--Apex--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Apex, Colorado recreation hall, interior
- Interior of the Apex Miners' Hall, seven miles northwest of Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado; shows theater stage with painted backdrop of an idealized 1900s Apex main street that includes businesses, glass storefronts, and awnings; business...
- Apex (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Interiors.; Stages (Platforms)--Colorado--Apex--1950-1960.
- [1957]
- Apex, Colorado, school and church
- Men and women in their finest clothes walk along a path to the Apex school and church, seven miles northwest of Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado. The church is a wood frame front gable with a belltower; a ladder and chimneys are on roof. Apex...
- Apex (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Churches--Colorado--Apex--1890-1900.
- [August 1990]
- At Apex, Colo.
- View of main street in Apex, seven miles northwest of Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado; shows two women standing next to an automobile; a truck is parked behind them; two-story false front building with weathered lettering: "Vercreen? Club...
- Apex (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Streets--Colorado--Apex--1940-1950.
- [July 1940]
- Spirit of Timberline
- A large pine tree, possibly a Limber or a Ponderosa Pine, grows at timberline near Baltimore Ridge near Apex in Gilpin County, Colorado. Photographer titled the image "Spirit of Timberline."
- Timberline--Colorado--Apex--1930-1950.; Apex (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Pines--Colorado--Apex--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- The Lyre
- An irregularly shaped tree stump, possibly of a Limber Pine, stands in the foreground in Stump Flats west of Apex in Gilpin County, Colorado. Photographer titled the image "The Lyre." Additional stumps are in the background.
- Limber pine--Colorado--Apex--1930-1950.; Apex (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Tree stumps--Colorado--Apex--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Timberline "Goliath"
- A large pine tree stump, possibly a Limber Pine, stands in the foreground in Stump Flats west of Apex in Gilpin County, Colorado. Photographer titled the image "Goliath." Several additional tree stumps are in the background.
- Limber pine--Colorado--Apex--1930-1940.; Apex (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Tree stumps--Colorado--Apex--1930-1940.
- [1939?]
- Timberline "Goliath"
- A large pine tree stump, possibly a Limber Pine, stands in the foreground in Stump Flats west of Apex in Gilpin County, Colorado. Photographer titled the image "Goliath." Several additional tree stumps are in the background.
- Limber pine--Colorado--Apex--1930-1940.; Apex (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Tree stumps--Colorado--Apex--1930-1940.
- [1939?]
- Timberline tree "Stout Fellah" 1939
- A pine tree with bare branches, possibly a Limber Pine, stands in the foreground near the summit of Pile Hill west of Apex in Gilpin County, Colorado. Additional tree stumps are on the hill behind the tree. Photographer titled the image "Stout...
- Limber pine--Colorado--Apex--1930-1940.; Apex (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Tree stumps--Colorado--Apex--1930-1940.
- [1939?]
- Timberline tree "Stout Fellah" 1939
- A pine tree with bare branches, possibly a Limber Pine, stands in the foreground near the summit of Pile Hill west of Apex in Gilpin County, Colorado. Additional tree stumps are on the hill behind the tree. Photographer titled the image "Stout...
- Limber pine--Colorado--Apex--1930-1940.; Apex (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Tree stumps--Colorado--Apex--1930-1940.
- [1939?]
- Jessie, the St. Bernard, and friend
- Jessie, a Saint Bernard, poses with a man probably near the mining town of Apex (Gilpin County), Colorado.
- Jessie (Dog)--Colorado--Apex--1890-1910.; Saint Bernard dog--Colorado--Apex--1890-1910.; Apex (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Dogs--Colorado--Apex--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Apex--1890-1910.
- [between 1895 and 1905]
- Apex, Colo.
- The small settlement of Apex in Gilpin County, Colorado, served as the trade center for neighboring camps in the Pine Creek District. Most of the structures in the settlement were made of wood and logs. A dirt road runs through the midground.
- Apex (Colo.)--1890-1910.
- [between 1898 and 1910?]
- Apex, Colo.
- Large pine trees and tree stumps stand in the foreground of this view of Apex, a small mining settlement in Gilpin County, Colorado, that served as the trading center for neighboring camps in the Pine Creek District. Several buildings lie in the...
- Apex (Colo.)--1890-1910.
- [between 1898 and 1910?]
- The Dragon
- The limbs of a tree, possibly a Limber Pine, twist in an irregular shape in the foreground near Stump Flats west of Apex in Gilpin County, Colorado. Additional trees stand in the background. Photographer titled the image "The Dragon."
- Limber pine--Colorado--Apex--1930-1940.; Apex (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1930-1940.
- [1938?]
- Man smoking a cigar with dog
- View of a gnarled tree stump in Stump Flats near Apex in Gilpin County, Colorado; strato cumulus clouds dot the sky.
- Apex (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Tree stumps--Colorado--Apex--1940-1950.
- [1945?]
- Tree Tangle
- The bare branches of a tree are tangled together at timberline near Pile Hill west of Apex in Gilpin County, Colorado. Photographer titled the image "Tree Tangle."
- Timberline--Colorado--Apex--1930-1950.; Apex (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Tree limbs--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Apex
- View of weathered wood frame buildings in Apex (Gilpin County), Colorado. Both buildings have tin roofs; one has a false front. Mountains are in the distance.
- Apex (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Apex--1960-1970.; Ghost towns--Colorado--Apex--1960-1970.; Wooden buildings--Colorado--Apex--1960-1970.
- 1962
- Holding down his claim millions in it
- A prospector poses with a shovel on a newly staked claim probably near Apex (Gilpin County), Colorado.
- Mining claims--Colorado--Apex--1890-1900.; Apex (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Apex--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Apex--1890-1900.
- June 9, 1897
- George Schneider Dep'y U. S. Mineral Surveyor
- George Schneider, Deputy U. S. Mineral Surveyor, poses on horseback near Apex (Gilpin County), Colorado.
- Apex (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Apex--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Apex--1890-1910.; Surveyors--Colorado--Apex--1890-1910.; Schneider, George.
- [between 1895 and 1905]
- Buchanan (Assayor) [i. e. (Assayer)]
- Buchanan, an assayer, poses by a cabin near Apex (Gilpin County), Colorado.
- Assayers--Colorado--Apex--1890-1900.; Apex (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--Apex--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Apex--1890-1900.
- June 9, 1897
- Myrtlehurst
- Miners pose by Marshall Stedman's cabin probably near Apex (Gilpin County), Colorado.
- Apex (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--Apex--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Apex--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Apex--1890-1900.; Stedman, Marshall, Miner.--Homes & haunts.
- 1899
- Myrtlehurst from N. E.
- View of Marshall Stedman's cabin probably near Apex (Gilpin County), Colorado. Snow drifts against the cabin.
- Apex (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Log cabins--Colorado--Apex--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Apex--1900-1910.; Snow--Colorado--Apex--1900-1910.; Stedman, Marshall, Miner.--Homes & haunts.
- 1900
- Apex, Colorado, after the forest fire
- Group of children pose in the remains of forest of burned trees, Apex, seven miles northwest of Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado. The girls wear dresses, dark stockings, shoe boots and hats consisting of tams with pompons, wide brim, and...
- Apex (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Children--Colorado--Apex--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Apex--1890-1900.
- [August 1990]
- Nevadaville?
- A horse and buggy is stopped in front of the Pioneer Saloon on a dirt road, possibly in Apex, both mining districts in Gilpin County, Colorado. A wagon is parked across the street. Additional storefronts face the street, including a grocery and...
- Mining districts--Colorado--Gilpin County--1890-1900.; Apex (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bars--Colorado--Gilpin County--1890-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Gilpin County--1890-1900.; Carts &...
- [1899?]
- Al Platt's cabin, Jim's Peak from the Mascot, the office, assay office
- View, from the Mascot Mine, of Al Platt's Cabin and mine offices near Apex (Gilpin County), Colorado. James Peak is in the distance.
- Apex (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Mascot Mine (Gilpin County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Cabins--Colorado--Apex--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Apex--1890-1910.; Platt, Al.
- [between 1895 and 1905]
- Buchanan (prospector)
- Buchanan, a miner, poses with a pick probably near Apex (Gilpin County), Colorado.
- Apex (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Apex--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Apex--1890-1910.
- [between 1895 and 1905]
- Winter scene
- View of a snow covered forest possibly near the mining town of Apex (Gilpin County), Colorado.
- Apex (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Forests--Colorado--Apex--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Apex--1890-1910.
- [between 1895 and 1905]
- Grace Episcopal Church and Snetzer Building, Georgetown, Colorado
- View of the Snetzer Building and Grace Episcopal Church on Taos Street, Georgetown, Colorado. The Snetzer building, with a false front, has a sign: "J. Snetzner, Merchant Tailor." Grace Episcopal Church, built in 1869, has a steep gabled roof, a...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Commercial buildings--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.; Episcopal churches--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.; Grace Episcopal Church (Georgetown, Colo.)
- 1950
- Grace Episcopal Church, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of Grace Episcopal Church, Georgetown, Colorado, looking northeast. The wood construction church, built in 1869, has a steep gabled roof and a small gabled entrance vestibule in which there is a double door set into a pointed arch,...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Episcopal churches--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.; Grace Episcopal Church (Georgetown, Colo.)
- 1939
- Grace Episcopal Church, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of Grace Episcopal Church, Georgetown, Colorado, looking southeast. The wood construction church, built in 1869, has a steep gabled roof and a small gabled entrance vestibule. Crosses at the apex of the vestibule gable and the apex...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Episcopal churches--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.; Grace Episcopal Church (Georgetown, Colo.)
- 1950
- Apex, Colo.
- The small trade center of Apex, Gilpin County, Colorado, includes log and wood frames structures and one main road.
- Apex (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Log buildings--Colorado--Apex--1890-1920.
- [1910 and 1920]