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- Boulder Brick Works located north of Northside Junior High.
- Masonry enclosures in Boulder, Colorado, have a flat roof, a plank shed, or stacked bricks in them. The gable-roofed shop has a saltbox mill-housing, and brick or metal smokestacks. A field with a circular divot, dwellings, tilled fields, bare...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Georgetown, taken from Giffith Mt.
- Stereograph view of Georgetown, Colorado, looking southwest; shows a large boulder on Griffith Mountain in deep shadow, the Methodist Church, fenced town blocks, the smokestack on Chimney Rock, valley leading to Silver Plume, Leavenworth and...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1880.
- 1874
- R. O. Old's Residence, Georgetown
- Exterior view of the residence of Robert Orchard Old, located near Georgetown, Colorado. Owned later by John Grafton Rogers and taken down in 1965, the house is one-story wood construction with a steep gable roof and a porch with arches across the...
- Old, Robert Orchard--Homes & haunts--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1880.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1880.
- [between 1874 and 1875?]
- American Indian Movement
- View of five Native Americans sitting in an office, Denver, Colorado; Members of the American Indian Movement (AIM), they occupy the regional office of the Office of Economic Opportunity.
- American Indian Movement--People--1970-1980.; United States. Office of Equal Opportunity--1970-1980.; Indians of North America--Great Plains--1970-1980.; Ojibwa Indians--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.;...
- 1971
- View on U. P. Railway showing where rotary was reversed to throw snow to right as per request, April 18, 1890
- View of men on and near a Union Pacific, Denver, and Gulf Railway rotary snow plow with four locomotives as it clears snow near Alpine (Altman) Pass, Chaffee County, Colorado.
- Union Pacific, Denver, and Gulf Railway Company--1890-1900.; Chaffee County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Chaffee County--1890-1900.; Railroad snowplow locomotives--Colorado--Chaffee County--1890-1900.; Snow...
- 1890 April 18
- Cherrelyn horse car
- View of the Cherrelyn Gravity and Broncho Street Railway car, Cherrelyn, (district incorporated into Englewood) Arapahoe County, Colorado, shows the horse on the rear platform as a man adjusts the wooden ramp board. Wood frame buildings and...
- Cherrelyn (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Horse railroads--Colorado--Cherrelyn--1900-1910.; Street railroads--Colorado--Cherrelyn--1900-1910.
- [between 1902 and 1905]
- Boulder Falls
- View of Boulder Falls on North Boulder Creek in Boulder County, Colorado. Trees are nearby.
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Boulder Falls (Colo.)--1870-1890.; North Boulder Creek (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Streams--Colorado--Boulder County--1870-1890.; Waterfalls--Colorado--Boulder County--1870-1890.
- [between 1875 and 1889?]
- Gold mining, Colorado, Buena Vista
- Close up view of a mine shaft near Buena Vista (Chaffee County), Colorado. Shows a winch or windlass, a wheelbarrow, pickaxes and a shovel near a mine shaft in the ground. Buckets and ropes are beside trees.
- Buena Vista (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Gold mining--Colorado--Buena Vista--1880-1890.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Buena Vista--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Buena Vista--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- A miner's cabin in winter, Crested Butte, Colo.
- View of a log miner's cabin with metal chimneys near Crested Butte (Gunnison County), Colorado. Snow drifts are on the sides of the structure and on a portion on the roof. Shows a tunnel in the snow, probably to a cabin entrance. Snow is in a...
- Crested Butte (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Blizzards--Colorado--Crested Butte--1880-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--Crested Butte--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Crested Butte--1880-1900.; Snow--Colorado--Crested Butte--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- The upper town, Creede mining camp, Colo.
- View of frame buildings, cabins and a tent on a timber foundation in North (upper) Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. People stand beside Denver & Rio Grande Railroad tracks on a street with commercial buildings. Shows a bridge over possibly Willow...
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- [between 1891 and 1892?]
- Pack train on Aspen Mountain, Colorado
- Burros carry crates and supplies and stand on Aspen Mountain (Pitkin County), Colorado. A man on a horse poses beside burros on the trail. A wooden crate reads "Dwight's Soda."
- Aspen Mountain (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Pitkin County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Donkeys--Colorado--Pitkin County--1880-1900.; Packtrains--Colorado--Pitkin County--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Dump of the Gold King Mine, Cripple Creek, Colo.
- Men stand or sit and pose beside the Gold King Mine in Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado. Men have moustaches and beards and wear hats, vests and jackets. A man with a pipe reclines in a wheelbarrow. A man holds a wheelbarrow and poses beside...
- Teller County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.; Mining equipment--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.
- [between 1891 and 1900?]
- The Canon of Kanab Creek
- View of steep, layered rock walls in Kanab Canyon near the confluence with the Colorado River in Coconino County, Arizona. Shows loose rocks at the bottom of the canyon.
- Coconino County (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Kanab Canyon (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Canyons--Arizona--Coconino County--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Arizona--Coconino County--1870-1880.; Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.)
- 1872
- Northern wall, Grand Canyon
- A man with a beard and tall boots, a member of the Corps of Engineers, sits with crossed feet and arms, on a precipice above the Grand Canyon (later Grand Canyon National Park) in Arizona. Shows layers of rock and brush on talus in the vast valley.
- Grand Canyon (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Canyons--Arizona--Grand Canyon--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Arizona--Grand Canyon--1870-1880.; Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.)
- 1872
- Seven Falls
- View of Seven Falls, a waterfall on South Cheyenne Creek, South Cheyenne Canyon (El Paso County) Colorado. Shows tiers of wooden stairs on the steep rock walls.
- El Paso County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Seven Falls (Colo.)--1880-1890.; South Cheyenne Canyon (Colo.)--1880-1890.; South Cheyenne Creek (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Waterfalls--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1890.
- [between 1885 and 1886?]
- Canyon of the Grand
- View of whitewater rapids in the Colorado River at the bottom of a narrow valley in Grand County, Colorado. Shows trunks of trees near the top of the canyon.
- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1860-1880.; Grand County (Colo.)--1860-1880.; 7 Rivers--Colorado--Grand County--1860-1880.; Canyons--Colorado--Grand County--1860-1880.
- [between 1864 and 1877]
- Dofflemyer family
- Head and shoulders family portrait of the Dofflemyres, shows James, an early Gunnison, Colorado, surveryor and later manager of the first telegraph and telephone, his wife Jennie, first telephone operator, and their two children; daughter, Lou and...
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Families--Colorado--Gunnison--1890-1910.
- [between 1898 and 1901]
- Shown at the University of Colorado Friday just before commencement exercises got under way are, left to right, Gov. John Love, Dr. Gordon N. Ray, the speaker, who is president of the Guggenheim Foundation, President Joseph R. Smiley, and James...
- Men pose in graduation gowns and mortarboards with tassels at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
- Boulder (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Graduation ceremonies--Colorado--Boulder--1960-1970.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Boulder--1960-1970.; University of Colorado (Boulder Campus)
- [between 1966 and 1968?]
- Ben Williams, blacksmith shop, 2031 12th
- Men and a little girl pose at the open, double doors of this blacksmith business in Boulder, Colorado. They wear leather aprons. The frame, gable roofed building with brick chimneys has a false front and ornate signs: "Plows harrows Weir sulkies...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Forge shops--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Mr and Mrs Charles S Turner in their plumbing store at 1125 Pearl
- Wallpaper and wainscoting finish the interior of this business in Boulder, Colorado. Charles Turner leans on a roll-top desk where Mrs. Turner sits, in a puff sleeved dress with a bow at the waist. An Italian revival chair is by the hardwood and...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Offices--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.; Plumbing fixtures--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.
- 1898
- Two bottles of Tivoli beer, bottled by the Tivoli-Union Brewery
- View of two bottles of beer (ca.1901-1915) from the Tivoli-Union Brewery in Denver, Colorado. Shows dark colored bottles with gold caps. The label on the bottle reads: "Tivoli Beer," "The Tivoli-Union Brewing Co. Denver, Colo." and "All Natural...
- Tivoli Brewery (Denver, Colo.)--Products--1900-1920.; Bottles.; Tivoli Brewery (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Beer bottles--Pictorial works.
- 1981
- Manitou and vicinity, just from the mountains
- A group of miners stand with their burros on a dirt road near Manitou, El Paso County, Colorado. One man is mounted on a horse, the others stand nearby. One man holds a gun. The burros are loaded with gear.
- Manitou (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Donkeys--Colorado--Manitou--1870-1880.; Miners--Colorado--Manitou--1870-1880.; Mining--Colorado--Manitou--1870-1880.; Packtrains--Colorado--Manitou--1870-1880.
- [1878]
- Breaking camp
- A survey team breaks camp near Fourmile Creek in Fremont County, Colorado. Burros are loaded with equipment, bedrolls, and a table. A team of railroad surveyors stand interspersed with the burros. One man holds a stadia rod in his hand. A canvas...
- Fourmile Creek (Fremont County and Custer County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Fremont County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Camping--Colorado--Fremont County--1880-1890.; Donkeys--Colorado--Fremont County--1880-1890.; Packtrains--Colorado--Fremont...
- [between 1881 and 1884?]
- Evolution of the jail, White Ave.
- View of brick and frame buildings and trees on White Avenue in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado. Shows the second Mesa County Jail building, a two-story brick building with a hipped roof, bars on windows, and a porch. A frame building with a...
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Jails--Colorado--Grand Junction--1880-1900.
- [between 1884 and 1900?]
- Twin Lakes summer home
- People pose on the porch of the Dexter Cabin at the Interlaken Resort in Twin Lakes (Lake County), Colorado. Identified people include: "J.V. Dexter's wife, twin daughters, and James Dexter." The log house has a mansard, shingled roof with dormer...
- Dexter, James V.--Homes & haunts.; Twin Lakes (Lake County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Families--Colorado--Twin Lakes--1880-1900.; Log houses--Colorado--Twin Lakes--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Leadville, Colo.
- View of houses in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado from the Stevens and Leiter irrigation ditch near a frame two-story house on 8th (Eighth) Avenue in Leadville.
- Ditches--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.; Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.; Irrigation canals & flumes--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.
- [1880?]
- Grand Junction Cornet Band
- Members of the Grand Junction Cornet Band hold brass instruments or drums and pose in a row on Main street in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado. The men wear suits and hats, they hold musical instruments and are identified left to right as:...
- Grand Junction Cornet Band--People--1880-1890.; Grand Junction (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Bands--Colorado--Grand Junction--1880-1890.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Grand Junction--1880-1890.
- [between 1884 and 1889?]
- Idlewild
- Men stand beside a horse-drawn, open stagecoach that reads: "Middle [Park] Stage" in Idlewild (Grand County), Colorado. The log Stage Station building has a gabled, corrugated metal roof and a porch with a sign that reads: "Idlewild." An unhitched...
- Idlewild (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Log buildings--Colorado--Idlewild--1890-1910.; Stagecoaches--Colorado--Idlewild--1890-1910.; Transportation facilities--Colorado--Idlewild--1890-1910.
- [between 1895 and 1905?]
- Independence
- View of mine buildings, tailings piles, houses, and probably Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad or Midland Terminal Railway tracks in Independence (Teller County), Colorado. Shows smokestacks and ore car tracks of the Hull City Mine, and...
- Hull City Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Independence (Teller County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Vindicator Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Independence--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Independence--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Churc[h] of Guadaloupe
- View of the Basilica of the Virgin of Guadalupe (Basílica de Santa María de Guadalupe), in Guadalupe Hidalgo (Gustavo A. Madero, Distrito Federal), Mexico. The brick and stone building includes two bell towers, a clock, a center dome and...
- Basílica de Santa María de Guadalupe (Gustavo A. Madero, Mexico)--1880-1900.; Guadalupe Hidalgo (Mexico)--1880-1900.; Basilicas--Mexico--Guadalupe Hidalgo--1880-1900.; Catholic churches--Mexico--Guadalupe Hidalgo--1880-1900.
- [from 1882 to 1900?]
- Panorama of Arkansas Valley at Salida, Co
- View of the Arkansas River valley near Salida (Chaffee County), Colorado. Denver and Rio Grande railroad tracks and a few houses are visible. The Sawatch Mountains, with Mount Shavano and Jones Peak is in the distance.
- Arkansas River--1880-1890.; Salida (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Sawatch Range (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Rivers--Colorado--Salida--1880-1890.; Valleys--Colorado--Salida--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Wagon Whee[l]
- View of the Rio Grande River at Wagon Wheel Gap (Mineral County), Colorado. Shows a dirt road and a bridge over the river and a line of posts in the ground.
- Mineral County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Rio Grande--1880-1890.; Wagon Wheel Gap (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--Mineral County--1880-1890.; Rivers--Colorado--Mineral County--1880-1890.
- [between 1800 and 1883?]
- Near Wagon Wheel Gap
- View of the Rio Grande River near Wagon Wheel Gap (Mineral County), Colorado. A tent and horses, Denver and Rio Grande railroad tracks and telegraph poles are beside the river.
- Mineral County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Rio Grande--1880-1900.; Rivers--Colorado--Mineral County--1880-1900.
- [between 1883 and 1900?]
- Clinton, Mississippi Valley from Joyce's park
- Panoramic view of the Mississippi river and an oxbow at what is identified as Joyce's Park near Clinton (Clinton County), Iowa. Dense trees and the Mississippi River are in the distance.
- Clinton County (Iowa)--1890-1900.; Mississippi River--1890-1900.; Rivers--Iowa--Clinton County--1890-1900.; Trees--Iowa--Clinton County--1890-1900.
- [1898]
- Eads Bridge, St. Louis, Mo.
- View of Eads Bridge, designed by James Buchanan Eads, crossing the Mississippi River between Saint Clair County, Illinois and Saint Louis County, Missouri. Horses pull wagons across the steel truss bridge. Concrete piers support the five hundred...
- Eads Bridge (Saint Louis, Mo.)--1870-1900.; Mississippi River--1870-1900.; Saint Louis (Mo.)--1870-1900.; Rivers--Missouri--Saint Louis--1870-1900.; Stern wheelers--Missouri--Saint Louis--1870-1900.; Truss bridges--Missouri--Saint Louis--1870-1900.
- [between 1874 and 1900?]
- Heart of the Selkirks
- Photograph of a photograph of mountain summits in the Selkirk Range. The photograph is mounted on wooden panels, and a title label reads: "Heart of the Selkirks, Copyright 1902 by Detroit Photographic Co."
- Selkirk Range--1900-1910.; Mountains--1900-1910.; Photographic prints.
- [between 1902 and 1910?]
- Meeker, Colorado
- View of the bridge crossing the White River at Meeker on the Mesa and Flag Creek road. Men, women, a girl and a dog pose on the wooden truss bridge leading into Meeker, Rio Blanco County, Colorado.
- Meeker (Colo.)--1890-1900.; White River (Colo. and Utah)--1890-1900.; Bridges--Colorado--Meeker--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Meeker, Colorado
- Football game being played on the old parade ground square on Thanksgiving day, Meeker, Rio Blanco County, Colorado. Spectators are on sidelines of grounds surrounded with a picket fence. Store on far right corner occupied by A. Oldland and...
- Meeker (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Football players--Colorado--Meeker--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1915]
- Meeker, Colorado after the Meeker flood in May of 1897.
- View from bluff across the White River south of Meeker, Rio Blanco County, Colorado, shows high water and muddy streets. Landmark buildings include the Hugus Block, the Meeker Hotel, and St. James Episcopal Church.
- Meeker (Colo.)--1890-1900.; White River (Colo. and Utah)--1890-1900.; Floods--Colorado--Meeker--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Early day grocery store at Lyons, Colo
- Interior view of a grocery store, Lyons, Colorado, operated by Major Small, far left, next to him is a small boy, Harry St. Clair, and other men unidentified. They pose a dog on a chair with a hat on its head and a pipe in its mouth. Merchandise...
- Lyons (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Dogs--Colorado--Lyons--1870-1880.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Lyons--1870-1880.; Interiors.; Small, Major.; St. Clair, Harry.
- [between 1870 and 1880]
- Meeker, Colorado
- Looking north on the westerly part of Meeker, Rio Blanco County, Colorado. The brick building above the town is the school house, white church to left is the Methodist Church, brick store building to extreme right is the Coltharp Merchantile Co. A...
- Meeker (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Nudes--Colorado--Meeker--1890-1900.; Swimmers--Colorado--Meeker--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Meeker, Colorado
- Looking south on the easterly part of Meeker, Rio Blanco County, Colorado, shows buildings built by the army garrison under the command of General Wesley Merritt. He established his 'Camp on White River' to enforce the banishment of the Northern...
- Meeker (Colo.)--1890-1900.; White River (Colo. and Utah)--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Meeker, Colorado
- View from the parade grounds of Fort Meeker towards the remains of the J. W. Hugus Building after the 1910 or 1911 fire. The Meeker Hotel with 1904 wing addition shows next to the ruins.
- Meeker (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Fires--Colorado--Meeker--1910-1920.
- [1910 or 1911]
- Meeker, Colorado
- The second J. W. Hugus and Company Building, Meeker, Rio Blanco County, Colorado, (originally built in the 1890s, destroyed by fire in the 1910 or 1911, then rebuilt.) Several men and a boy pose on boardwalk in front of the Meeker Bank and Hugus...
- Meeker (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Buildings--Colorado--Meeker--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Nederland from the south [graphic]
- View of Nederland, Boulder County, Colorado, (first called Dayton, then Brownsville) includes dwellings, commercial and farm buildings with rail fences and dirt roads in the foreground.
- Nederland (Colo.)--1870-1880.
- [between 1874 and 1880?]
- The Towers
- Exterior view of Jonah Maurice Finn's residence, Placer St. and Pikes Peak Ave., Cripple Creek, Colorado; the three-story palatial twenty- six room mansion was completed by 1901 and torn down in 1920; also called "The Towers" or "Finn's Folly";...
- Finn, Jonah Maurice--Homes & haunts.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1920.
- [between 1901 and 1920]
- Salida, Colo
- View of Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado, shows Denver and Rio Grande railroad depot, tracks, freight cars, Arkansas River with bridges, dwellings and businesses.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1870-1880.; Arkansas River--1870-1880.; Salida (Colo.)--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- Cripple Creek, Apr. 10th 1892
- Bird's eye view of early Cripple Creek, Colorado (Fremont prior to incorporation); scene includes one and two-story log and wooden frame flat and gable roof buildings and numerous canvas tents scattered throughout town and on hillsides; identified...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Log buildings--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1892 April 10
- Springfield
- View of Main Street businesses, Springfield, Las Animas County (later Baca County), Colorado, includes Jett Hardware, Wagner Hotel, Main Cafe, Dr. Culp. Office, Kaiser General Store, and "Rock Island CTX Plows."
- Springfield (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Springfield--1910-1920.
- 1913
- Colorado Springs street scene
- View along a dirt street in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, shows trees with full foilage planted in a line and obscuring residences and picket fences.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1885]