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- Old ball park, below old railroad station
- Children ice skate on the frozen ice covering the old baseball field in Central City, Colorado in Gilpin County. Snow dusts the hillsides that surround the town.
- Baseball fields--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.; Central City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Children playing in snow--Colorado--Central City--1880- 1890.; Ice skating--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- Central City
- View of Central City, Colorado; shows Main Street, the Teller House, and St. James' Methodist Church. Houses surround the town; barren hills are in the background. After the fire of 1874, reconstruction of the town began immediately. The town...
- Central City (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Central City, Colo.
- Panoramic view of Central City, Colorado in Gilpin County. Traces of snow on hillside. Landmarks: St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Central City School, the Teller House, the Central City Opera House, and St. James's Methodist Church.
- Central City (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [1885?]
- General View of Central City, Colo.
- Panoramic view of Central City, Colorado in Gilpin County. Train of Colorado & Southern stopped at depot. Landmarks: the Teller House, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, and Central City school.
- Central City (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Junction of the Casey with Lawrence St.
- Reproduction of an 1880's photoprint of a horse-drawn carriage traveling up the slush-covered Casey in Central City, Colorado in Gilpin, Colorado. Snow covering roofs along the street. Signs: "Floyd House"
- Central City (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1935 and 1941?]
- Central City 1712 Clear Creek Series
- Panoramic view of Central City, Colorado in Gilpin County. Tracks of the Colorado & Southern Railroad in foreground. Landmarks: the Teller House, St. James's Methodist Church, and Central City School.
- Central City (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Central City, Colorado
- View looking northeast over Central City, Colorado. The barren, rocky hillside is in the foreground. On the left side of Main Street is Armory Hall with the words "Westman and Newell Hay, Grain Feed & Coal" painted on the facade. On the right...
- Central City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1889]
- Central City, Colo.
- View northwest from the rocky bluff of Central Hill over Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado, with St. Aloysius Academy, long wooden stairs that lead down to Pine Street left of St. Patrick's Church; west facades of businesses on Lawrence and...
- Central City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.; Churches--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.; Schools--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.
- [194-?]
- Central City
- View of Central City with brick buildings in the business district and frame or brick houses, Central City, Colorado. Two brick buildings have signs that read "Teller House" and "Temple of Fashion."
- Central City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.
- [between 1882 and 1889]
- Children standing near a creek in Central City, Colorado
- Children in Central City, Colorado, stand next to a rocky stream. The three boys and two girls are dressed in summer clothes and are wearing hats. The terrain around them is rocky and the soil seems to have been eroded away by water. Above them...
- Central City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Children--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.; Floods--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Central City, Colorado
- stairs extends down the hill from the academy to the Catholic church (later the site of St. Mary's of the Assumption Church built in 1892). Numerous brick buildings stand along Main Street in the midground, including the Temple of Fashion, an...
- Central City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Churches--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.; Schools--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Central City
- View of Central City (Gilpin County), Colorado shows the intersection of Eureka and Main Streets including the Teller House, St. James Methodist Church, Casto Hill and Quartz Hill. Signs on the Main Street read: "Temple of Fashion, Dry Goods [?],"...
- Central City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Central City
- Copy of an 1880s photoprint of a burro grazing in the middle of an unpaved street in Central City, Colorado in Gilpin County. Pedestrians along boardwalk along unpaved street. Horse-drawn carriage standing along side of street. Signs:...
- Central City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Donkeys--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.
- [between 1935 and 1941?]
- Central City fireman's tournament
- Crowds sit on and in front of the buildings on Main Street to watch the firemans' tournament in Central City, Colorado. A brass band is in the street in the foreground. The First National Bank Block, which has a plaque reading "First National Bank...
- Central City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.
- [1883?]
- Central City miners
- A miner sits on the ground with his back against the wall in a mine shaft in Central City, Colorado. Another miner, holding a candle, squats across from him. Other miners stand behind the seated pair.
- Central City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Miners--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- Central City, Colorado
- Panoramic view of Central City, Colorado in Gilpin County. Miner holds pick over shoulder on hillside in foreground. Landmarks: Williams Stables, the Teller House, the Central City Opera House, St. James's Methodist Church, Eureka Street, and Main...
- Central City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Miners--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.
- [1881?]
- Gregory Street, Central City streets
- View of Central City, Colorado, overlooking the town from Central Hill. A mine, its tailings, and the tracks for the ore cars sit on the barren hill in the foreground. St. Aloysisus' Convent and School is behind the mine. Below in the gulch is...
- Central City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- Taken from the Casey Bobtail Hill - O'Neill? Mine at top
- Reproduction of an 1880's view of Central City, Colorado in Gilpin County. Puffs of smoke billowing out of mine smokestacks on snow- covered hillside.
- Central City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.
- [between 1935 and 1941]
- Mountain City, Colorado
- Image of Mountain City, Colorado, in a winter scene that shows the hillside and the gulch filled with houses and several mines. The road that leads to the town of Blackhawk is in the center of the picture. The mountains on the left side of the...
- Central City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Mountain City (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- A reproduction of an early photograph of the Opera House (L. W. C.)
- View of the Central City Opera House in Central City, Colorado in Gilpin County. Architectural features of the building: a mansard roof, a dormer window, decorative metal work along the eaves, a balcony with spindles, and arched windows and...
- Central City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Opera houses--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Saratoga Mine Central City
- Close-up view of the interior of a power plant at the Saratoga Mine near Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado. Machinery includes a side crank engine and gauges.
- Central City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Saratoga Mine (Gilpin County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Engine rooms--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.; Interiors--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.;...
- 1889
- Saratoga Mine Central City
- Miners stand and crouch in a tunnel of the Saratoga Mine near Central City, (Gilpin County), Colorado. One man uses a hammer and chisel to break ore from the wall.
- Central City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Saratoga Mine (Gilpin County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Interiors--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.; Miners--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.
- 1889
- Saratoga mines - Central City
- A miner works above the floor of a narrow tunnel, Saratoga mines, Central City (Gilpin County), Colorado. He is supported by a plank on two cross timbers and works by candlelight.
- Central City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Saratoga Mine (Gilpin County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Interiors--Colorado--Gilpin County--1880-1890.; Miners--Colorado--Gilpin County--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Gilpin County--1880-1890.
- 1889
- Saratoga mines - Central City
- A miner climbs a ladder in a tunnel while he holds a candle in his hand, Saratoga mines, Central City (Gilpin County), Colorado.
- Central City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Saratoga Mine (Gilpin County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Interiors--Colorado--Gilpin County--1880-1890.; Miners--Colorado--Gilpin County--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Gilpin County--1880-1890.
- 1889
- Central City, Colorado
- View of Eureka Street; foreground includes the crest of a hill of the left and the roofs of several houses on the right. The back side of the Teller House is in the center of the image, and the Opera House is to the left. The Post Office, the...
- Central City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- A stock company at the Opera House in its heyday
- A theater troupe performs on the stage of the Central City Opera House in Central City, Colorado. The orchestra and the audience's heads are in the foreground. Some cast members sit in chairs on the stage, and others stand behind them. The cast is...
- Central City Opera House--1880-1890.; Central City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Interiors--1880-1890.; Opera houses--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.; Stage props--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Central City Opera House
- Opened in 1878, the Central City Opera House was 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 granite, except for...
- Central City Opera House--1880-1890.; Central City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Opera houses--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.; Theaters--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.
- [between and 1880 and 1890?]
- Saratoga Mine Central City
- Interior view of the Saratoga Mine shaft house near Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado. The machinery includes the hoist and side crank engines.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.; Central City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Saratoga Mine (Gilpin County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.; Interiors--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.;...
- 1889
- Saratoga mines - Central City
- View of six miners standing in a cage as they are lowered into a mine shaft by the hoist operator in the background, Saratoga mines, Central City (Gilpin County), Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Gilpin County--1880-1890.; Mine shafts--Colorado--Gilpin County--1880-1890.; Central City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Saratoga Mine (Gilpin County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Interiors--Colorado--Gilpin County--1880-1890.;...
- 1889
- Saratoga mines - Central City
- A miner shovels ore from a raised ore chute down into a cart on tracks, Saratoga mines, Central City (Gilpin County), Colorado. The man stands atop the cart rim and brace himself against the wall in order to complete the process.
- Mine railroads--Cars--Colorado--Gilpin County--1880-1890.; Central City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Saratoga Mine (Gilpin County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Interiors--Colorado--Gilpin County--1880-1890.; Miners--Colorado--Gilpin County--1880-1890.;...
- 1889
- Saratoga mines - Central City
- View of an ore cart inside a narrow but heavily timbered tunnel, Saratoga mines, Central City (Gilpin County), Colorado.
- Mine railroads--Cars--Colorado--Gilpin County--1880-1890.; Central City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Saratoga Mine (Gilpin County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Interiors--Colorado--Gilpin County--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Gilpin County--1880-1890.
- 1889
- Saratoga mines - Central City
- A miner prepares to dump a shovelful of ore into a nearly full ore cart in a narrow tunnel, Saratoga mines, Central City (Gilpin County), Colorado.
- Mine railroads--Cars--Colorado--Gilpin County--1880-1890.; Central City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Saratoga Mine (Gilpin County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Interiors--Gilpin County--1880-1890.; Miners--Colorado--Gilpin County--1880-1890.;...
- 1889
- Saratoga mines - Central City
- View of two miners standing in a cage, Saratoga mines, Central City (Gilpin County), Colorado.
- Mine shafts--Colorado--Gilpin County--1880-1890.; Central City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Saratoga Mine (Gilpin County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Interiors--Colorado--Gilpin County--1880-1890.; Miners--Colorado--Gilpin County--1880-1890.;...
- 1889
- Nevadaville, Colo. 1880
- (front wagon)and Frank Mayhew (standing alone). Several mines are on the hill in the background, including the California Mine near the top of the hill.; Men pose for a photograph outside the Hubert Mill (also identified as Douglas Mill), Gunnell...
- Ore-dressing plants--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.; Central City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Miners--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Central City--1870-1890.; Alsebrook, Al.; Alsebrook, Alec.;...
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Col. Geo. E. Randolph residence and Judge Witherow residence
- The gothic revival Smith house on Casey Avenue in Central City, Colorado, is built above a masonry retaining wall and is a two story structure with a steeply-pitched, gabled roof with shingles, a chimney, and bargeboard gingerbread around the...
- Randolph, Geo. E.--Homes & haunts.; Central City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.; Retaining walls--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.; Witherow, Judge--Homes & haunts.
- 1888
- Gregory Gulch
- Miners pose with their families by a sluice on Gregory Gulch near Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado.
- Sluices--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.; Central City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Gregory Gulch (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.; Miners--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Central...
- [between 1940 and 1960]
- Gold retort, Whiting Mine, Central City
- View of a gold 'sponge' ingot, from the Whiting Mine, Central City, Colorado.
- Whiting Mine (Central City, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Central City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Gold--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.
- October 25, 1888