Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Minnehaha Falls, Pike's Peak trail
- View of waterfall, Minnehaha Falls (El Paso County), reached via Pike's Peak trail near Colorado Springs, Colorado; copy glass plate attributed to L.C. McClure.
- El Paso County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Waterfalls--Colorado--El Paso County--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Suspension Bridge, Royal Gorge
- View of Denver & Rio Grande Suspension Bridge and standard gauge track with third rail for narrow gauge in Royal Gorge, Colorado; third rail abandoned in 1911; copy glass plate attributed to L.C.McClure.
- Royal Gorge (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--Royal Gorge--1890-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Royal Gorge--1890-1920.; Suspension bridges--Colorado--Royal Gorge--1890-1920.; Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company.
- [between 1890 and 1911]
- High Bridge over the Loop, above Georgetown, Colo., C. & S. Ry
- Complete view of Colorado & Southern Railway's High Bridge with narrow gauge track underneath bridge in Clear Creek Canyon above Georgetown, Colorado; part of Georgetown Loop; retouched double header passenger train crossing bridge; Clear Creek...
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1890- 1910.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1890-1910.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--Clear Creek...
- [between 1899 and 1910]
- Sluice mining
- View of men placer mining probably somewhere in Colorado; men working with sluice box & shovels in streambed; copy glass plate attributed to L.C.McClure.
- Sluices--Colorado--1890-1910.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Lake San Cristoval (sic)
- Partial view of Lake San Cristobal, Colorado; copy glass plate attributed to L.C. McClure, possibly original photograph by William H. Jackson.
- San Cristobal, Lake (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Pavilion, Washington Park, Denver
- View of the boating pavilion at the North Lake in Washington Park in Denver, Colorado (constructed in 1913, designed by architect Jules Jacques Benois Benedict); rowboats on lake in front of pavilion; trees in background.
- Parks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Pavilions--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1913 and 1920]
- Washington Park, Denver
- Westward view of Washington Park, Denver, Colorado; dirt road in foreground; wire park bench in front of shrubs; trees at right and in distance; Rocky Mountains in background.
- Parks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1913 and 1920]
- Washington Park, Denver
- View of dirt roadway in Washington Park, in Denver Colorado; trees at left cast shadow on road.
- Parks--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1906 and 1920]
- Autumn
- Autumn scene, probably in Denver, Colorado; ditch with water winding past bare trees, rock footbridge in background.
- Autumn--Colorado--1890-1910.; Pedestrian bridges--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- The big ones like the shady spots
- Two men fishing in South Platte River in Platte Canyon possibly near Glenisle, Colorado, reached via Colorado and Southern Railway; huge boulders in stream, one fisherman holding net.
- Glenisle (Colo.)--1900-1920.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1900-1920.; Fishing--Colorado--Jefferson County--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Shawnee, Colo., Platte Cañon on the C. & S. Ry.
- Shawnee, Colorado in Platte Canyon reached via Colorado and Southern Railway; view across South Platte River to town, summer residences and lodges nestled amidst trees and hillside; cirrus clouds fill the sky.
- Platte Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Shawnee (Colo.)--1900-1920.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1900-1920.; Cabins--Colorado--1900-1920.; Lodges--Colorado--1900-1920.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- On the Colo. & Northwestern Ry.
- View down Colorado and Northwestern Railway's narrow gauge track as it rounds bend with push car used by L.C. McClure; man on push car identified as L. R. Ford; Colorado.
- Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--1890-1910.; Railroad handcars--Colorado--1890-1910.; Ford, L. R.; Colorado and Northwestern Railway Company.
- [between 1898 and 1909]
- Cheyenne Mtn. from Monument Valley Park
- View of lake in Monument Valley Park and distant view of Cheyenne Mountain (elevation 9198 feet on north summit), Colorado Springs, Colorado; shows dirt trail, trees, and shrubs.
- Cheyenne Mountain (Colo.); Monument Valley Park (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1920.; Parks--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Long's Peak, Estes Park
- Distant view of Longs Peak (elevation 14,255 feet), near Estes Park, Colorado.
- Longs Peak (Colo.)--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- A shady lane in Monument Valley Park, Colo. Springs
- Tree-lined dirt trail in Monument Valley Park, Colorado Springs, Colorado; wooden park bench underneath cottonwood tree, left foreground; rock supported embankment along trail, center left; numerous leaves on trail, probably autumn; large structure...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Benches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Parks--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.
- [between 1903 and 1910]
- Visor Rock, Cripple Creek Short Line
- Cripple Creek Short Line standard gauge track with push car used by L.C. McClure approaching Visor Rock formation; Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District Railway, Colorado; clouds top the crags.
- Railroad handcars--Colorado--1900-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1920.; Rock formations--Colorado--1900-1920.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Mt. Audubon and Arapahoe Peak, Colo. & N.W. Ry.
- View across Colorado and Northwestern's narrow gauge track with push car used by L.C. McClure to snowy Mount Audubon and Arapahoe Peaks in Colorado; man on push car identified as L. R. Ford; track continues across slope; snow clouds top the peaks.
- Audubon, Mount (Colo.)--1890-1910.; North Arapaho Peak (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--1890-1910.; Railroad handcars--Colorado--1890-1910.; Ford, L. R.; Colorado and Northwestern Railway Company.
- [between 1898 and 1909]
- Lake Broamoor [sic] from Point Sublime on the Cripple Creek Short Line
- Two men on push car used by L.C. McClure on Cripple Creek Short Line standard gauge track with view of Lake Broadmoor center background; modern Broadmoor Hotel opened in 1918 replacing existing small hotel and casino seen in center background;...
- Broadmoor (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad handcars--1900-1910.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1910.; Broadmoor (Hotel : Colorado Springs, Colo.); Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.
- [ca.1900?]
- Rounding Devil's Slide on the Cripple Creek Short Line
- View of push cart used by L.C. McClure on the Cripple Creek Short Line standard gauge tracks rounding Devil's Slide, Colorado; Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District Railway; clouds top mountains.
- Railroad handcars--Colorado--1900-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1920.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- First glimpse of Snowy Range on the Loop trip
- View of Colorado and Southern Railway's narrow gauge track beside Clear Creek, Colorado; shows push car used by L.C. McClure with male passenger on track and Snowy Range in distant center.
- Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1900-1930.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--1900-1930.; Railroad handcars--Colorado--1900-1930.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1927]
- South Boulder Creek near Tunnel 29, Moffat Road
- Looking down South Boulder Creek near Tunnel Number Twenty-nine, Moffat Road, Colorado; push car used by L.C. McClure on standard gauge track above stream in canyon; Denver and Salt Lake Railroad.
- South Boulder Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad handcars--Colorado--1900-1910.; Tunnels--Colorado--1900-1910.; Denver and Salt Lake Railway Company.
- [1904?]
- Hanging Rock, Clear Creek Cañon
- View of Colorado and Southern Railway's narrow gauge track through Clear Creek Canyon, Colorado; shows extra railroad rails alongside track, Hanging Rock rock formation, and L. R. Ford on push car used by L.C. McClure.
- Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Railroad handcars--Colorado--Clear Creek Canyon--1900-1930.; Rock formations--Colorado--Clear Creek Canyon--1900-1930.; Ford, L. R.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1930]
- Summit of Treasure Mtn.
- View of summit at Treasure Mountain, Gunnison County, Colorado, with L.C. McClure behind his camera & tripod; horse stands beside unpacked saddle bags; additional camera case, equipment, and probably crate of glass plates are near McClure; clouds...
- Gunnison County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Treasure Mountain (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Mountains--Colorado--Gunnison County--1900-1920.; Photographers--Colorado--Gunnison County--1900-1920.; Photography--Colorado--Gunnison County--1900-1920.; McClure, Louis...
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Tunnel No. 4, Cripple Creek Short Line
- View of Tunnel Number Four, trestle and standard gauge track on Cripple Creek Short Line; push car used by L.C. McClure on track; Tunnel 4 often called the Granite Tunnel, longest of nine tunnels on the Short Line without any timbers in its 521...
- Railroad bridges--1900-1920.; Railroad handcars--1900-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1920.; Trestles--1900-1920.; Tunnels--1900-1920.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Ruby Canyon
- View of a Rio Grande Western passenger train and the Colorado River in Ruby Canyon, Grand County, Utah.
- Colorado River (Colo.- Mexico)--1880-1890.; Grand County (Utah)--1880-1890.; Ruby Canyon (Colo. and Utah)--1880-1890.; Canyons--Utah--Grand County--1880-1890.; Railroads--Utah--Grand County--1880-1890.; Rivers--Utah--Grand County--1880-1890.; Rio...
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Colo. Springs and Tunnel No. 6
- Railroad Tunnel Number Six to the left and view of Colorado Springs, Colorado, to the distant right; Cripple Creek Short Line standard gauge track; Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District Railway.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Railroad handcars--Colorado--1900-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1920.; Tunnels--Colorado--1900-1920.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Duffield Loop, Cripple Creek Short Line
- Duffield Loop, Colorado; includes tunnel, trestle, standard gauge railroad track, and push car used by L.C. McClure on the Cripple Creek Short Line; Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District Railway; storm clouds top the peaks.
- Duffield (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Railroad handcars--Colorado--1900-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1920.; Trestles--Colorado--1900-1920.; Tunnels--Colorado--1900-1920.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- A glimpse of Colo. Springs from the Short Line Tracks
- Distant view of Colorado Springs, Colorado, and the Plains taken from Cripple Creek Short Line; standard gauge track and push car used by L.C. McClure in foreground; Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District Railway.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Plains--Colorado--1900-1920.; Railroad handcars--Colorado--1900-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1920.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Rounding Devils Slide on the Cripple Creek Short Line
- Cripple Creek Short Line standard gauge tracks rounding Devil's Slide; push car used by L.C. McClure with two men on track; Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District Railway, Colorado; clouds top mountains.
- Railroad handcars--Colorado--1900-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1920.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Bucking snow on the Moffat Road
- Denver and Salt Lake Railroad's rotary snowplow #10200 bucking snow along Moffat Road, probably Rollins Pass or "Hill Hell"; 36-foot rotary snowplow #10200 nicknamed "the Red Devil" by General Manager Ridgway, he also called it "the world's most...
- Rollins Pass (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Snow removal--Colorado--1910-1930.; Denver and Salt Lake Railroad Company.
- [between 1913 and 1925]
- Hanging Rock from above, Clear Creek Cañon
- Rock formation Hanging Rock in Clear Creek Canyon, Colorado, beside Colorado and Southern Railway's narrow gauge track; shows push car used by L.C. McClure with male passenger on track, Clear Creek stream, and railroad rails beside track.
- Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Railroad handcars--Colorado--Clear Creek--1900-1930.; Rock formations--Colorado--Clear Creek--1900-1930.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1927]
- The Lone Tree, Clear Creek Cañon
- View of Clear Creek and Canyon, Colorado, with push car used by L.C. McClure on Colorado and Southern Railway's narrow gauge track; shows steep, rocky walls with a lone evergreen tree in center of image.
- Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1900-1930.; Railroad handcars--Colorado--Clear Creek--1900-1930.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1927]
- Three Brothers, Clear Creek Cañon
- View of rugged Clear Creek Canyon, Colorado, and stream with glimpse of Colorado and Southern Railway's narrow gauge track and push car used by L.C. McClure in center foreground; Three Brothers is a huge boulder split into three in center...
- Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Railroad handcars--Colorado--Clear Creek Canyon--1900-1930.; Rock formations--Colorado--Clear Creek Canyon--1900-1930.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1927]
- Deansbury, Platte Cañon
- Deansbury (formerly Strontia Springs), Colorado, in Platte Canyon beside rushing waters of South Platte River; push car used by L.C. McClure on Colorado and Southern's narrow gauge track; timbers used for railroad ties atop rock wall embankment of...
- South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1900-1930.; Health resorts--Colorado--Deansbury--1900-1930.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--1900-1930.; Railroad handcars--Colorado--Platte Canyon--1900-1930.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1930]
- Tunnel No. 29 from above, Moffat Road
- Looking down on Denver, Northwestern & Pacific Railway's tunnel number Twenty-nine, Moffat Road, Colorado; push car used by L.C. McClure on standard gauge track winds along mountains and rock walls; wooden trestle, center foreground.
- Railroad handcars--Colorado--1900-1910.; Trestles--Colorado--1900-1910.; Tunnels--Colorado--1900-1910.; Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway.
- [1904?]
- Tunnel 5 from Tunnel 4, Moffat Road
- View from inside Denver, Northwestern & Pacific Railway's tunnel number Four to tunnel number Five; push car used by L.C. McClure with two men on standard gauge track; scenic image of tunnels blasted through solid rock.
- Railroad handcars--Colorado--1900-1910.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1910.; Tunnels--Colorado--1900-1910.; Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway.
- [1904?]
- A long riffle and a long fight
- One man fishing (reeling in a fish) in North Fork of South Platte River in Platte Canyon possibly near Glenisle, Colorado; summer cottages, cabins and residences on hillside in background; fisherman with pole, net and wicker creel around shoulder.
- Glenisle (Colo.)--1900-1920.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1900-1920.; Fishing--Colorado--Jefferson County--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Three elevations of track on the Crippl [sic] Creek Short Line
- Three elevations of Cripple Creek Short Line standard gauge track with train exiting tunnel in right background approaching trestle; push car used by L.C. McClure off track in right foreground; unidentified man pointing to train; Colorado Springs...
- Railroad handcars--Colorado--1900-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1920.; Trestles--Colorado--1900-1920.; Tunnels--Colorado--1900-1920.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- View of Colo. Springs from above So. Cheyenne Cañon, on the Cripple Creek Short Line
- Cripple Creek Short Line standard gauge tracks through rock embankment above South Cheyenne Canyon; includes push car used by L.C. McClure with two unidentified men in photo; Colorado Springs located in distant background but barely visible;...
- South Cheyenne Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Railroad handcars--Colorado--1900-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1920.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Colo. Midland wildflower excursion
- View of large group of men, women & children holding bouquets of wildflowers posed behind Colorado Midland Railway passenger train, somewhere in Colorado; observation car number 111 preserved at Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden, Colorado;...
- Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--1900-1910.; Wildflowers--Colorado--1900-1910.; Colorado Midland Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Picnic grounds, Lue Cañon, C. & S. Ry.
- Lue Canyon, Colorado reached via Colorado and Southern Railway; small stream, trees and man standing in grassy area.
- Weld County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Canyons--Colorado--Weld County--1900-1910.; Picnic grounds--Colorado--Weld County--1900-1910.; Streams--Colorado--Weld County--1900-1910.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- City Park from the Pavilion, Denver
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Parks--Colorado--Denver.; Pavilions--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Interior of W.H. Jackson studio on West Colfax
- Men and women sit or stand inside William Henry Jackson's studio, possibly at 433 Colfax in Denver, Colorado. The women wear fitted dresses and the men wear coveralls over ties and vests. Photographer L.C. McClure is identified as the man second...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Photographers--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Photographic studios--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; McClure, Louis Charles, 1867-1957.
- [between 1894 and 1897?]
- Copeland Lake and Copeland Mtn, Ward-Estes Park Auto Road
- View of Copeland Lake, with snow-patched 13,176-foot Copeland Mountain in distance, along the Ward-Estes Park Auto Road in Colorado; small log structure at left.
- Copeland Lake (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Copeland Mountain (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--1910-1920.; Roads--Colorado--1910-1920.
- [between 1911 and 1920]
- Creation Park, Morrison Colo.
- Southward view of sandstone rock formations at Creation Park ( Red Rocks Park) in Morrison, Colorado; footpath at center leads to fenced rangeland on the front range plains, with Rocky Mountain foothills in distance.
- Parks--Colorado--Morrison--1900-1930.; Rock formations--Colorado--Morrison--1900-1930.
- [between 1909 and 1928]
- Creation Park, Morrison Colo.
- Southward view at Creation Park (Red Rocks Park) in Morrison, Colorado; in foreground is rock formation, pine tree, and pathway; in distance are front-range plains and foothills of the Rocky Mountains.
- Parks--Colorado--Morrison--1900-1930.; Rock formations--Colorado--Morrison--1900-1930.
- [between 1909 and 1928]
- Estes Park from Park Hill, Lyons-Boulder Auto Road
- View of Estes Park, Colorado, from Park Hill, along the Lyons- Boulder, Colorado Auto Road; vista shows mountain meadow with lakes and Rocky Mountain peaks; fence parallels road.
- Estes Park (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Roads--Colorado--Estes Park--1910-1920.
- [between 1911 and 1920]
- Estes Park
- View of Estes Park, Colorado, from a junction of auto roads; one early automobile has two passengers, with the driver standing nearby; the other auto is a Stanley Steamer with number 14 on engine, with a driver and passenger; telegraph poles...
- Estes Park (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Roads--Colorado--Estes Park--1910-1920.
- [between 1911 and 1920]
- Iron Clad Mtn., Ward-Estes Park Auto Road
- View of Iron Clad Mountain taken from Ward-Estes Park Auto Road in Colorado Rocky Mountains; pine-tree lined dirt road in foreground; rear of early automobile in distance, with heads of four passengers visible; rock formation at top of Iron Clad...
- Iron Clad Mountain (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Roads--Colorado--1910-1920.
- [between 1911 and 1920]
- Looking south, Creation Park, Morrison Colo.
- Southward view of Creation Park (Red Rocks Park) in Morrison, Colorado; railing at left foreground; pathway meanders between sandstone rock formations.
- Parks--Colorado--Morrison--1900-1930.; Rock formations--Colorado--Morrison--1900-1930.
- [between 1909 and 1928]