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- To left up Bear Creek above old Bear Cr[eek] Mill
- View of the abandoned Bear Creek Mill near Telluride (San Miguel County), Colorado. A horse and buggy are nearby.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Telluride--1890-1910.; Bear Creek Mine (San Miguel County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Telluride (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.
- [between 1934 and 1941]
- Up Bear Creek above old Bear Creek Mill to right going up
- Men pose near the abandoned Bear Creek Mill and a horse drawn buggy near Telluride (San Miguel County), Colorado.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Telluride--1890-1910.; Bear Creek Mine (San Miguel County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Telluride (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.
- [between 1934 and 1941]
- Main Street, Telluride
- View of commercial buildings on Main Street in Telluride (San Miguel County), Colorado. People, horses, and a wagon are in the dirt street. Shows the New Sheridan Hotel, the two-story brick commercial Sheridan building, The Daily Journal building,...
- Ajax Peak (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Telluride (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.
- [1908]
- Main St. Telluride, Colo.
- View of commercial buildings on Main Street (Colorado Avenue) in Telluride (San Miguel County), Colorado. Shows multi-story frame or brick commercial buildings with striped awnings, the stone First National Bank with a square tower, and utility...
- Ajax Peak (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Telluride (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.
- [1902?]
- Telluride, Colo.
- Bird's eye view of Telluride, Colorado; brick school building, San Miguel County courthouse, Sheridan Hotel, First National Bank, L.L. Nunn residence (two-story wooden frame house to right of school building), Community Church, Methodist Church,...
- Ballard Mountain (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Telluride (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Wasatch Mountain (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.
- [between 1907 and 1910]
- Telluride, Colo.
- Bird's eye view of Telluride, Colorado; brick public school building, San Miguel County courthouse, Sheridan Hotel, First National Bank, L.L. Nunn residence two-story wooden frame house to right of school building, Community Church, Methodist...
- Ballard Mountain (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Telluride (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Wasatch Mountain (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.
- [between 1907 and 1910]
- San Juan Mtns.
- View across valley & mountain ridges towards switchback road on Ingram Peak (elevation 12,552 feet) to Black Bear Mine (later called Black Bear jeep road) above Telluride, Colorado; San Juans, background; Rocky Mountains; glimpse of powerhouse &...
- Black Bear Mine (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Bridal veil Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Bridal Veil Falls (San Miguel County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Ingram Peak (Colo.)--1900-1910.; San Juan Mountains (Colo. and N.M.)--1900-1910.; Telluride (Colo.)--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1907 and 1910]
- San Juan Mtns.
- View of switchback road on Ingram Peak (elevation 12,552 feet) leading to Black Bear Mine above Telluride, Colorado; road later called Black Bear jeep road; glimpse of Bridal Veil powerhouse & summer residence of Bulkeley Wells (Smuggler-Union...
- Black Bear Mine (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Bridal Veil Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Ingram Peak (Colo.)--1900-1910.; San Juan Mountains (Colo. and N.M.)--1900-1910.; Telluride (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mountains--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1907 and 1910]
- Trail in the San Juan Mtns.
- View towards distant pack train descending road on Ingram Peak from Black Bear Mine (later called Black Bear jeep road) above Telluride, Colorado.
- Black Bear Mine (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Ingram Peak (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Telluride (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Packtrains--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.
- [between 1907 and 1910]
- Tomboy
- View of the Japan and Tomboy Mines and Mill near Telluride (San Miguel County), Colorado.
- Japan Mine (San Miguel County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Telluride (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Tomboy Mine (San Miguel County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mills--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Marshall Basin in winter, from Mendota Mine
- Miners work on the partially constructed shafthouse of the Mendota Mine near Telluride (San Miguel County), Colorado. Snow covers the ground.
- Marshall Basin (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mendota Tunnel Mine (San Miguel County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Telluride (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Building construction--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.;...
- Winter [between 1900 and 1910]
- The Mendota Mine Marshall Basin Telluride, Colo.
- View of the shafthouse and covered tramway of the Mendota Tunnel Mine near Telluride (San Miguel County), Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.; Marshall Basin (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mendota Tunnel Mine (San Miguel County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Telluride (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- On tram in the Pennsylvania tunnel of Smuggler Mine
- A miner rides on an electric engine in the Pennsylvania Tunnel tramway in the Smuggler Mine, possibly near Telluride, San Miguel County, Colorado. The tram pulls a group of loaded mine cars.
- Pennsylvania Tunnel (Park County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Telluride (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.; Mine railroads--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- In the San Juan Mtns.
- View of one-lane dirt road winding around mountain slope in San Juans, Rocky Mountains, probably near Telluride, Colorado; possibly road from Black Bear Mine & Mill, later called Black Bear jeep road.
- San Juan Mountains (Colo. and N.M.)--1900-1910.; Telluride (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mountains--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.; Roads--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.
- [between 1907 and 1910]
- In the San Juan Mtns.
- View of muddy dirt road descending San Juans probably near Telluride, Colorado; possibly road from Black Bear Mine & Mill, later called Black Bear jeep road; Rocky Mountains; muddy road with two paths of wagon ruts.
- San Juan Mountains (Colo. and N.M.)--1900-1910.; Telluride (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mountains--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.; Roads--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.
- [between 1907 and 1910]
- Telluride business
- Group of three men in suits and ties, three women in long dresses, and two children pose on wooden stair platform outside two-story brick apartment building, Telluride, Colorado. Building has lace curtains in sash with transom windows, open double...
- Telluride (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Apartment houses--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.; Buildings--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.
- [between 1905 and 1910]
- Brunswick saloon
- Looking southwest from corner of South Spruce and East Colorado Avenue to exterior of Brunswick saloon, and into red-light district, Telluride, Colorado. Group of variety-theater performers (men in suits and hats, women and small girl in dresses),...
- Telluride (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Bars--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.; Historic sites--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Ilium [i. e. Illium] Station T. P. Co Vance, Colo.
- View of a building at Illium Station destroyed in the Trout Lake flood, near Telluride (San Miguel County), Colorado.
- Telluride (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Buildings--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.; Floods--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.
- [between 1934 and 1941]
- Miners Union Hospital
- Exterior view of B.P.O.E. Elks Lodge at the corner of Columbia and Pine Street, Telluride, Colorado (used for two years by the Western Federation of Miner's under the direction of Local President Vincent St. John and later occupied by the Miner's...
- Telluride (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Buildings--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.; Hospitals--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.; Miners' Union Hospital (Telluride, Colo.)
- [between 1903 and 1908]
- Shoe shop
- Four men in aprons stand outside on boardwalk in front of Pollman Shoe Shop, 130 East Colorado Avenue, Telluride, Colorado, a false-front wood frame structure with tall central pane window on upper story, large pane shop windows, and double door...
- Telluride (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.; Businessmen--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.
- [between 1901 and 1910]
- Telluride, Colo.
- View looking northeast over Telluride, Colorado, with cliffs, Cornet Falls and San Juans in background. Town consists of mainly wood frame structures with a few brick or stone structures including San Miguel County Courthouse, old school on...
- Telluride (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.
- [between 1902 and 1910]
- Fourth of July Parade on Colorado Avenue, Telluride
- Fire department race on Main Street (Colorado Avenue), Telluride, Colorado. Townspeople line street and perch on rooftops to watch Fourth of July event in front of wood frame residences and businesses. Firemen in trunks pull fire hose cart to...
- Telluride (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fourth of July celebrations--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.; Racing--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.
- [1909]
- F. D. Works & Co.
- Governor Peabody's National guardsmen in uniforms with guns and rifles keep order during the labor dispute of 1903-1904, on boardwalk in front of hardware store at Colorado Avenue and South Alder, Telluride, Colorado. Black shopkeeper in apron has...
- Telluride (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Hardware stores--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.; Miners' strikes--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.
- [between 1903 and 1904]
- Telluride
- View northeast of Telluride, Colorado, with San Juans in background. Dirt road crosses slopes to the (Pern's?) Peak Coal Company. Landmarks include: old schoolhouse addition under construction, San Miguel County Courthouse, Sheridan Hotel,...
- Telluride (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Historic sites--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.
- [1902 or 1903]
- Light and shadow playing over Ballard Mts. (S.E.), above Telluride, Colo.
- Light and shadow play over Ballard Mountains, southeast above Telluride, San Miguel County, Colorado. View includes one and two-story residences, old two-story brick school in foreground, Congregational Church on Columbia Avenue, San Miguel County...
- Telluride (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Historic sites--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Main Street, Telluride, Colo
- View east down Main Street (Colorado Avenue) Telluride, San Miguel County, Colorado, with snow-covered Ajax, Telluride and Ingram Peaks in background. Businesses include: two-story brick commercial Sheridan building, New Sheridan Hotel, three...
- Telluride (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Historic sites--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Main Street, Telluride, Colo.
- View east down wide dirt Main Street (Colorado Avenue) Telluride, San Miguel County, Colorado; Ajax, Telluride and Ingram Peaks with light snow and Ingram Falls are in background. Identifiable buildings include: painted brick San Miguel County...
- Telluride (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Historic sites--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Sept 1st 1906
- View east towards Rio Grande Southern Railroad Yards and snowcovered Ajax, Telluride and Ingram Peaks, Telluride, Colorado; shows station yard with two long passing narrow gauge tracks, two thirty-car spurs, single-story wooden frame depot, a...
- Telluride (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Historic sites--Colorado--Telluride--1905-1910.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- [1906]
- The Old Mill At Telluride
- Exterior view of Sam Blair's old sawmill with water wheel up Mill Creek, San Miguel Valley, Colorado. The mill was used to cut lumber for the houses in San Miguel, one of first towns in the valley before Columbia was established (now Telluride)....
- Telluride (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Lumber industry--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.; Mills--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.
- [1900]
- Telluride, Colo.
- Possibly Alex Carrie, a mule skinner or muleteer, leads his mule train along South Oak Street across West Colorado Avenue, Telluride, San Miguel County, Colorado. The mules drag poles from the McMahon Lumber Company, located by the Rio Grande...
- Telluride (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mules--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.; Packtrains--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.; Carrie, Alex.
- [1909]