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- Silverton and Sultan Mtn.
- Bird's eye view of Silverton, Colorado centered on rows of blocks between Blair Street (left) and Greene Street (right); Sultan Mountain (elevation 13,368 feet), background right; Grand Turk (elevation 13,148 feet), background left; small pond on...
- Animas River (Colo. and N.M.)--1910-1920.; Grand Turk (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Silverton (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Sultan Mountain (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Silverton--1910-1920.
- [1911]
- Silverton, 1883
- View in Silverton, Colorado, looking south along the west side of Greene Street. In the right is the old Silverton Hotel, a two-story frame structure with a false front and balcony and a sign: "Silverton Hotel." Men sit in chairs on the boardwalk....
- Silverton (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Silverton--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Silverton--1880-1890.
- 1883
- Thompson's dairy, near Silverton
- View of Thompson's Dairy, near Silverton, San Juan County, Colorado, showing the domes of City Hall and the San Juan County Courthouse along Green Street with Sultan Mountain in the background. A man waits for the photographer in a two horse drawn...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Sultan Mountain (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Silverton--1910-1920.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--Silverton--1910-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Silverton--1910-1920.;...
- [between 1910 and 1920]
- Walsh Smelter and Fisher Brewery
- Exterior view of the Walsh Smelter and the Fischer Brewery in Silverton, Colorado, looking north. The smelter is on the bank of Mineral Creek, and emits clouds of smoke; freight cars of the Silverton Railroad are on the spur next to the smelter...
- Mineral Creek (San Juan County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Silverton (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Smelters--Colorado--Silverton--1890-1900.
- 1891
- Silverton
- Men and a woman pose in the door way of the Silverton post office in Silverton (San Juan County), Colorado. The men wear suits, hats and watch chains and the woman wears a black dress. The storefront windows have white curtains and display boxes of...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Post offices--Colorado--Silverton--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--Silverton--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Silverton and Sultan Mountain, Colo.
- View of Silverton (San Juan County), Colorado. Shows Silverton reservoir, residences, and commercial buildings. Sultan Mountain and Grand Turk Peak are in the distance.
- Grand Turk (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Silverton (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Sultan Mountain (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Silverton--1880-1900.; Reservoirs--Colorado--Silverton--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Silverton
- Long wood sidewalks line dirt roads in the town of Silverton in San Juan County, Colorado. Businesses and landmarks include: Kendall Mountain, the Grand Hotel, the Cotton House, and the Silverton Hotel.
- Silverton (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Buildings--Colorado--Silverton--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Silverton--1880-1890.
- [1883?]
- Silverton Standard
- Interior view of the pressroom of the Silverton Standard newspaper in Silverton, Colorado; shows printing press, shelves stuffed and spilling over with papers, and four men standing in the center. All wear vests and long ties; two in the middle are...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Newspapers--Colorado--Silverton--1880-1900.; Printing presses--Colorado--Silverton--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Silverton and Sultan Mountain
- View of Silverton, Colorado, looking southwest. In the foreground on the right, past leafless aspen, is the Silverton reservoir. The streets are deserted; the boardwalks and power poles along Blair, Greene, and Reese Streets are visible. The old...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Reservoirs--Colorado--Silverton--1880-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Silverton--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Silverton and Grand Turk Mountain
- View of Silverton (San Juan County) Colorado; shows the Silverton reservoir, sheds and tracks of the Silverton Gladstone and Northern Railroad, Reese and Greene Streets, and the school. A wagon and team approach the Cement Creek bridge; the...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Reservoirs--Colorado--Silverton--1910-1920.
- [between 1911 and 1920?]
- Shenandoah-Dives Mayflower mill and canyon Railroad and Animas Canyon
- View of the Shenandoah-Dives Mill near Silverton (San Juan County), Colorado. Arrastra Creek and the tracks of the Silverton Northern Railroad Company (SN) are nearby.
- Silverton Northern Railroad Company--1920-1940.; Shenandoah-Dives Mine (San Juan County, Colo.)--1920-1940.; Silverton (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Mills--Colorado--Silverton--1920-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Silverton--1920-1940.; Railroad...
- [between 1934 and 1939]
- Picture show, Silverton, Colo.
- View of the abandoned movie theater and adjacent wood frame buildings with false fronts in Silverton (San Juan County), Colorado. Prominent signs read: "Silverton Coal Co. Crested Butte King Iron Fireman Stoker", "Ladies & Gents [G]arments Cleaned...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Silverton--1940-1950.; Motion picture theaters--Colorado--Silverton--1940-1950.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Silverton--1940-1950.; Wooden buildings--Colorado--Silverton--1940-1950.
- August, 1941
- Silverton Fire Department
- Men identified as members of the Silverton Volunteer Fire Department stand in front of a Denver & Rio Grand Railroad passenger car in Silverton (San Juan County), Colorado. Women passengers stand on the rear stairwell of the passenger car. One...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1890-1900.; Silverton (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Silverton--1890-1900.; Passengers--Colorado--Silverton--1890-1900.; Railroads--Colorado--Silverton--1890-1900.;...
- [between 1892 and 1895?]
- Silverton 348
- View east toward Kendall Mountain shows wood sidewalks and dirt roads in the town of Silverton in San Juan County, Colorado. Businesses and landmarks include Snowden's Cabin, the Walker House, the Diamond Saloon, the Grand Hotel, the Cotton House,...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Wooden sidewalks--Colorado--Silverton--1880-1890.
- [1883?]
- Silverton from vicinity of Maflower [sic] Mill 1942
- View of Silver Lake Mill ruins (also identified as Mayflower Mill) near Silverton, Colorado; also shows sheds by the Animas River, a bridge, Silverton Northern Railroad tracks, and a a dogleg ridge. Silverton is at the base of Grand Turk and Sultan...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Silverton--1940-1950.
- 1942
- "Stinker" rail bus used to transport miners from Silverton, three-foot narrow gauge, Silverton, Colo.
- View of the Silverton Northern Railroad "Stinker", a motor car used to transport miners in Silverton (San Juan County), Colorado. The rail bus is displayed on a short length of three foot narrow gauge track. Shows a freight train, and frame...
- Silverton Northern Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Silverton (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad motor cars--Colorado--Silverton--1950-1960.; Railroads--Colorado--Silverton--1950-1960.
- 1950 July 27
- D&RGW, sign erected by town of Silverton on U.S. 550 at town limit advertising all the attractions except the narrow gauge train which brought most of the tourists.
- View of a billboard in Silverton (San Juan County), Colorado; reads: "Silverton Metal Mining, Capitol of the Rocky Mountain Empire Scenery, Game & Fish, 8 Movie Locations, Maintained by the Silverton Rotary Club, Meetings 7pm, Legion Hall, Elev....
- Silverton (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Billboards--Colorado--Silverton--1950-1960.
- 1955 June
- Silverton and Storm Peak
- View of Silverton, Colorado, looking northeast. In the foreground, pines and young aspen cover the bluff, and the town lies below. The new school, the San Juan County Courthouse, the Silverton Town hall, and the Grand Imperial Hotel, frame and...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Tall tower crossing canyon
- View, from an ore bucket on the aerial tramway, of a tall tramway support tower and the Shenandoah-Dives Mill near Silverton (San Juan County), Colorado. Arrastra Creek is nearby.
- Arrastra Creek (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Shenandoah-Dives Mine (San Juan County, Colo.)--1920-1940.; Silverton (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Aerial tramways--Colorado--Silverton--1920-1940.; Mills--Colorado--Silverton--1920-1940.;...
- [between 1934 and 1941]
- Silverton, Colo., Sultan Mtn., King Solomon mine
- View of Silverton (San Juan County), Colorado, shows the domes of City Hall and the San Juan County Courthouse along Green Street, Sultan Mountain, King Solomon mine, and the tracks of the Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad.
- Silverton (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Sultan Mountain (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Silverton--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Silverton--1940-1950.; Streets--Colorado--Silverton--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Side Gear Locomotive, Rio Grande Southern, Silverton RR, Shay "Guston"
- Silverton Railroad Shay 269, at Silverton, Colorado, just prior to becoming Rio Grande Southern 34 (1893). Shows plank walkway.
- Rio Grande Southern Railroad--1890-1900.; Silverton Northern Railroad Company--1890-1900.; Silverton (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Silverton--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Silverton
- View of Silverton (San Juan County), Colorado. Shows Silverton reservoir, Sultan Peak and Grand Turk Peaks.
- Grand Turk (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Silverton (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Sultan Mountain (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Silverton--1880-1900.; Reservoirs--Colorado--Silverton--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900]
- Silverton and Sultan Mountain
- View of Silverton (San Juan County), Colorado. Shows Silverton reservoir, residences and commercial buildings. Sultan Mountain and Grand Turk Peak are in the distance.
- Grand Turk (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Silverton (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Sultan Mountain (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Silverton--1880-1900.; Reservoirs--Colorado--Silverton--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Silverton, Colorado
- View of Silverton, Colorado, looking northeast. In the foreground, pines and young aspen cover the bluff, and the town lies below. The new school the San Juan County Courthouse, the Silverton Town hall, and the Grand Imperial Hotel are all visible...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- [between 1911 and 1920?]
- Silverton, From the Cascades
- View of Silverton, Colorado, looking southeast, taken from the Cascades, a few miles up the Mineral Creek valley; shows rocky escarpments, brush and a pine growing from a crack in the granite, a trestle of the Silverton Railway crossing the...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1890-1910.
- [between 1899 and 1910?]
- Cowboy band, Silverton
- Men hold musical instruments and banners and pose in a street for probably a parade in Silverton (San Juan County), Colorado. Men wear chaps, holsters, ties, and cowboy hats. Longhorns are on top of banners that read: "Presented to the Cowboy Band...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Bands--Colorado--Silverton--1880-1900.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Silverton--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Quality Hill, Silverton, Colo.
- View of frame two story houses with gambrel or mansard roofs, porches with gingerbread details, and fenced yards, and possibly St. John's Episcopal church on Snowden Street, in what is identified as "Quality Hill," an area near the base of Anvil...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Silverton--1890-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Silverton--1890-1910.
- [between 1898 and 1905?]
- Silverton
- A packtrain of burros and donkeys, with bales of hay and burlap sacks, is stopped in a street in Silverton (San Juan County), Colorado. Men and boys stand near the pack train. Commercial frame buildings with false fronts are nearby. Signs on the...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Boys--Colorado--Silverton--1890-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Silverton--1890-1900.; Donkeys--Colorado--Silverton--1890-1900.; False fronts--Colorado--Silverton--1890-1900.;...
- [ca. 1890]
- Cemetery in Silverton
- View of a grave marker in the Silverton cemetery, in Silverton (San Juan County) Colorado; shows a tombstone and wrought iron fence with bowls, arches, curls, and a dove.
- Silverton (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Silverton--1960-1980.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Silverton--1960- 1980.
- [between 1960 and 1977?]
- Silverton brass band
- An outdoor portrait of a brass band in Silverton, Colorado; they wear sack suits with vests, gold chains and a variety of hats; all hold their instruments (including tubas, trombones, cornets, and a large bass drum with "Silverton" lettered on it)....
- Silverton (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bands--Colorado--Silverton--1890-1900.; Brass instruments--Colorado--Silverton--1890-1900.
- [between 1895 and 1900?]
- Shenandoah Dives Mill
- View, from a tower on the aerial tramway, of the Shenandoah-Dives Mill near Silverton (San Juan County), Colorado.
- Shenandoah-Dives Mine (San Juan County, Colo.)--1920-1940.; Silverton (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Aerial tramways--Colorado--Silverton--1920-1940.; Mills--Colorado--Silverton--1920-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Silverton--1920-1940.
- [between 1934 and 1941]
- Entering the mill
- View, from an ore bucket on the aerial tramway, of the Shenandoah-Dives Mill near Silverton (San Juan County), Colorado. Automobiles are parked near the covered tramway.
- Shenandoah-Dives Mine (San Juan County, Colo.)--1920-1940.; Silverton (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Aerial tramways--Colorado--Silverton--1920-1940.; Mills--Colorado--Silverton--1920-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Silverton--1920-1940.
- [between 1934 and 1941]
- Shenandoah Dives mill & mine in distance
- View of the Shenandoah-Dives Mill near Silverton (San Juan County), Colorado. The aerial tramway line and mine are in the distance.
- Shenandoah-Dives Mine (San Juan County, Colo.)--1920-1940.; Silverton (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Aerial tramways--Colorado--Silverton--1920-1940.; Mills--Colorado--Silverton--1920-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Silverton--1920-1940.
- [between 1934 and 1941]
- View down the Las Animas River along the main line of the Siverton Northern
- View looking down on the Silverton Northern Railroad near Arastra Gulch, east of Silverton, San Juan County, Colorado; includes the Silver Lake Mill, upper connection and the Rio de Las Animas. The buildings of Silverton are in the distance, below...
- Silverton Northern Railroad Company--1900-1910.; Animas River (Colo. and N.M.)--1900-1910.; San Juan County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--San Juan County--1900-1910.; Rivers--Colorado--San Juan County--1900-1910.
- [between 1906 and 1909]
- Silverton
- View of Silverton (San Juan County), Colorado. Shows Silverton reservoir, residences and commercial buildings, Sultan Mountain and Grand Turk Peak.
- Grand Turk (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Silverton (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Sultan Mountain (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Silverton--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900]
- Silverton and Kendall Mtn.
- Bird's eye view of Silverton, Colorado, between 11th (Eleventh) and 12th (Twelfth) Streets; shows Kendall Mountain (elevation 13,338 feet), school (completed in 1911) which replaced original school at same site, back of Silverton (Carnegie)...
- Kendall Mountain (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Silverton (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Silverton--1910-1920.
- [1911]
- Pack train arriving at mine, western Colo., Silverton
- Men stand by a tripod movie camera, near men with pack mules, near sheds in Silverton (San Juan County), Colorado.
- Silverton (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Silverton--1920-1930.; Motion picture cameras--Colorado--Silverton--1920-1930.; Motion picture industry--Colorado--Silverton--1920-1930.; Mules--Colorado--Silverton--1920-1930.;...
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Stoiber Works in Silverton
- Men and burros laden with packs stand next to a wood platform of the Stoiber Works in Silverton in San Juan County, Colorado; two men and a wheelbarrow sit on the wood platform.
- Silverton (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Donkeys--Colorado--Silverton--1870-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Silverton--1870-1900.
- [between 1875 and 1900?]
- Silverton in 1910
- View southwest on Greene Street in Silverton, Colorado; shows the 1907 Silverton Town Hall (two-story rusticated stone walls, dentiled cornices, hipped-gabled metal roof and bell tower with gilt, finialed cupola), the two-story, rusticated stone...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Business districts--Colorado--Silverton--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Silverton--1910-1920.
- 1910
- Silverton, Colo. 1881
- View of the east side of Greene Street in Silverton, Colorado, between 13th (Thirteenth) and 14th (Fourteenth) Streets, looking northeast. A crowd of men and loaded burros pose in front of false-front, frame businesses. One two-story storefront has...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Silverton--1870-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Silverton--1870-1890.
- between 1877 and 1881?
- Silverton Colo.
- View of frame buildings in Silverton (San Juan County), Colorado. A large two story building has a gable roof, a log porch and second story balcony. An automobile is in the dirt street. Utility poles line the street. Shows snow and a slope of...
- Kendall Mountain (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Silverton (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Silverton--1940-1950.; Wooden buildings--Colorado--Silverton--1940-1950.
- 1945 October 9
- Silverton school
- Women and girls play baseball in the dirt street in front of a school in Silverton (San Juan County), Colorado. The women and girls wear hats and dresses with aprons. Children watch near the two-story brick school building with a mansard roof and...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Baseball--Colorado--Silverton--1880-1890.; Girls--Colorado--Silverton--1880-1890.; Schools--Colorado--Silverton--1880-1890.; Women--Colorado--Silverton--1880-1890.
- 1884
- Silverton, Colo.
- Panoramic view of frame and brick buildings in Silverton (San Juan County), Colorado. Shows frame houses, dirt roads, fenced yards and timber sidewalks. Downtown buildings include the Silverton School with a bell tower, the Grand Imperial Hotel and...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Silverton--1880-1890.
- [1885?]
- Silverton, Colorado
- A girl wears a skirt and a wide-brimmed hat and stands in a dirt street in Silverton (San Juan County), Colorado. Young children are near a horse-drawn wagon. A man wears a suit and derby hat and stands near a wooden sidewalk. Shows frame or brick...
- Anvil Mountain (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Silverton (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Silverton--1880-1890.; Children--Colorado--Silverton--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Silverton--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Silverton--1880-1890.
- [between 1882 and 1890?]
- Railroad passes
- A Rio Grande Southern Railroad pass of the Silverton Railroad Company. The pass is made of silver with filigree, decoration done entirely with fine wire. The inscription reads: "Issued to Mrs. N. P. Hill and family, No. 534; Otto Mears". Another...
- Rio Grande Southern Railroad--Equipment & supplies--1880-1900.
- [between 1889 and 1892]
- Silverton and Sultan Mts., Colorado
- View of Silverton (San Juan County), Colorado. Shows Silverton reservoir, residences and commercial buildings. Sultan Mountain and Grand Turk Peak are in the distance.
- Grand Turk (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Silverton (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Sultan Mountain (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Silverton--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Silverton and Kendal [sic] Mountain
- View of Silverton (San Juan County), Colorado. Shows houses, buildings, and the Grand Imperial Hotel with mansard roof and dormers. Kendall Mountain is in the distance.
- Kendall Mountain (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Silverton (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Silverton--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Silverton and Kendall Mountains
- Panoramic view of frame and brick commercial buildings and houses and the Animas River at the base of Kendall Mountain in Silverton (San Juan County), Colorado. Signs on commercial buildings read: "Exchange Stable" and "Ten Pin Alley." The brick...
- Animas River (Colo. and N.M.)--1880-1900.; Kendall Mountain (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Silverton (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Silverton--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Silverton & Mt. Kendal [sic]
- Panoramic view of streets, wooden sidewalks, and frame houses in Silverton (San Juan County), Colorado. The Animas River is at the base of Kendall Mountain.
- Silverton (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Silverton--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Silverton, around the circle
- Panoramic view of buildings and streets in Silverton (San Juan County), Colorado. Denver and Rio Grande Railroad narrow gauge tracks and probably the Animas River are near houses. Shows the two-story school house with a bell tower. The Cement Creek...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1900-1910.; Animas River (Colo. and N.M.)--1900-1910.; Anvil Mountain (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Silverton (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Sultan Mountain (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Silverton--1900-1910.;...
- [1901?]