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- "The Infamous Silverton Brass Band" at Outlaw Bar & Cafe playing for their free drink! 5:30 PM.
- Members of the Silverton Brass band, wearing period costumes of straw, top, and bowler hats and long dresses, play their instruments inside of the Outlaw Bar and Steakhouse on Main (Third, 3rd) Street, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. Bar decor...
- Ouray (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Bands--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Bars--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Costumes--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Interiors--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.
- 1979 September 22
- "The Infamous Silverton Brass Band" at Outlaw Bar & Cafe "four songs for their Coors"
- The Silverton Brass band prepares for a performance inside of the Outlaw Bar and Steakhouse on Main Street (Third, 3rd) in Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. Interior decor includes a hanging wagon wheel chandelier, model ships, saddles, antlers, a...
- Ouray (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Bands--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Bars--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Interiors--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.
- 1979 September 22
- (1896) Oak Street
- Exterior of a Victorian wood frame house with boarded up windows, Oak Street, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. Features projecting gable porch with a decorative cartouche with: 1896, an eyebrow dormer, upper balcony with lattice work.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.
- August 26, 1979
- 9:00 AM, 4-J+1 Trailer Court almost empty
- View of the 4 J 1 + 1 Trailer Court, Campground and Washateria, west side of Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, shows picnic tables and brick barbacue ovens with chimneys. Two story office building in background.
- 4J1 + 1 Trailer Court, Campground and Washateria (Ouray, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Trailer camps--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Ouray (Colo.)--1970-1980.
- August 6, 1979
- Back again! the path of the hummingbirds some as early as April (first week), into mid-September, in '79 they had all left (including the stragglers) by early September!
- Two hummingbirds fly around a bird feeder on an upper balcony, across from the closed Beaumont Hotel on Main (3rd, Third) Street, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado.
- Beaumont Hotel (Ouray, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Ouray (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Hotels--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Hummingbirds--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.
- May, 1979
- Bon Ton, Ouray, Colo. in basement of St. Elmo Hotel, 9:00 PM.
- A customer chats with the bartender in the Bon Ton bar, Ouray, Colorado. Cermamic mugs, glasses, paper napkins are on the wood bar and liquor bottles show on shelves in background.
- Bon Ton Restaurant (Ouray, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Ouray (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Bars--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Bartenders--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.
- November, 1978
- The Depot Drive-In, Ouray, Colo. 1:25 PM.
- Two customers stand outside the "Arrival" window of the Depot Drive-In, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. The "Bill of Fare" includes "Hamburger, Cheeseburger, Bar-B-Que Beef, Ham'n'Cheese, French Fries, Onion Rings, Coke, Root Beer, Coffee, 7 Up,...
- Depot Drive-In (Ouray, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Ouray (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Drive-in restaurants--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.
- 1979 September 12
- Late August 1978, 5:15 PM.
- View looking south on Main (Third, 3rd) Street, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, includes a tour jeep, the Beaumont Hotel, the Elks Club, and the Antlers Motel.
- Antlers Motel (Ouray, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Beaumont Hotel (Ouray, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Elks (Fraternal order) Lodge No. 492 (Ouray, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Ouray (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Fraternal lodges--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.;...
- August, 1978
- Looking up Oak Street, 2 summer residents with Sunday Denver Post, 9:00 AM.
- Two residents walk up Oak Street with the "Sunday Denver Post" newspaper, Ouray, Colorado. A sold sign shows in front of one of the residences.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.
- August 26, 1979
- Oak Street, 8:30 AM.
- Exterior of the log house built by Indian Agent Wheeler in the early 1880s, Oak Street, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. Structure constructed of railroad ties and hand-hewn logs with a series of add-ons.
- Wheeler, Walter F.--Homes & haunts.; Ouray (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Log cabins--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.
- August 26, 1979
- Only 1 restaurant open for breakfast! note line! Sunday 9:00 AM.
- View of a crowded sidewalk along Main Street shows a group of people standing in line in front of the Alpine Cafe waiting to eat breakfast in Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. Business signs read: "Westside Gallery," "P. David Smith, Attorney At...
- Alpine Cafe (Ouray, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Ouray (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Cafes--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Queues--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.
- 1979 September 2
- Ouray Elks Lodge, bingo games for Thanksgiving turkeys, 8:30 PM.
- The Elks Club is full of people at tables playing bingo and at the bar in Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. Bottles of beer, bingo cards, prize turkeys, and drink glasses are on tables.
- Elks (Fraternal order) Lodge No. 492 (Ouray, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Ouray (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Bingo--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Fraternal lodges--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.
- November, 1978
- Rain & mist, Texas tourist - Model 'A' 5:30 PM.
- View along Main Street, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, shows automobiles parked diagonally against the curb. A classic Model A with Dallas plate frame has wide whitewall tires.
- Ford Model A automobile--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Ouray (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Automobiles--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.
- July 3, 1979
- Silverton Band marching through town to ball park area, 4:00 PM.
- Side view of members of the Silverton Brass band, wearing period costumes featuring straw, top and bowler hats and long dresses, marching along Main (Third, 3rd Street) Street in Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. Instruments: trombones, a tuba, a...
- Ouray (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Bands--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Costumes--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.
- September 22, 1979
- Silverton Brass Band arrived marched through town to ball park area, swimming pool, 4:00 PM.
- Members of the Silverton Brass band, wearing period costumes of straw, top, and bowler hats and long dresses, march along Main (Third, 3rd Street) Street in Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. Their instruments include a tuba, a French Horn, trombones,...
- Ouray (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Bands--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Costumes--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.
- 1979 September 22
- Sidewalk tacos, 5:00 PM.
- View along Main Street showing pedestrians walking along sidewalk and people at the take out window of the Casa de Cafe, Mexican Food restaurant, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. Signs include: "550 Inn on the Million Dollar Hiway Family Dining...
- Casa de Cafe (Ouray, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Ouray (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Restaurants--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.
- 1979 July 4
- He sold a few! 5:45 PM.
- A member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons stands in the entrance of a brick building with glass block windows in Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. Sign next to him reads: "Ouray Lodge No. 37 A. F. & A. M., 100th Anniversary (1879-1979) Antique...
- Freemasons. Lodge No. 37 (Ouray, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Glass blocks--Colorado--Ouray--1970=1980.; Ouray (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Centennial celebrations--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.
- 1979 September 22
- 8:45 AM.
- A Senior citizen group from Dallas, Texas, boards a Trailways bus in the parking lot of the Ouray Chalet Motel, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. Automobiles on road include a Model T and a 4-wheel drive vehicle.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Aged persons--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Tourists--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.
- September 23, 1979
- 8:30 AM Sept. 23, 1979 enroute to Silverton
- A 1920s automobile passes in front of The Citizens State Bank of Ouray, and the Outlaw Bar, 6th (Sixth) Avenue and Main Street, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, where 1970s cars and trucks are parked.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.
- September 23, 1979
- Apteka Pharmacy
- Interior view of Apteka Pharmacy, Ouray, Colorado, shows the owner or an employee by the cash register and a row of ice cream parlor tables; merchandise includes greeting cards, wrapping paper, ribbons, books, jewelry, drugs, oil lamps, and liquor....
- Ouray (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Drugstores--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Interiors.
- September 1978
- Apteka Pharmacy, Miss Alpha Sigfrid, lunch hard boiled egg
- Alpha Sigfrid sits at an ice cream parlor table inside the Apteka Pharmacy, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, and eats a hard boiled egg lunch. Merchandise displayed around the store in glass counter cases, on shelves and wire racks includes: "Pro...
- Ouray (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Drugstores--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Interiors.; Sigfrid, Alpha.
- September 1978
- Apteka Pharmacy and Sunday papers, 9:00 PM.
- A customer pulls a Sunday paper off the stack on the counter of the Apteka Pharmacy, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. The drug store includes a display of oil lamps, a soda fountain with a snow cone machine and "Tasty Great" ice cream cones. Signs...
- Ouray (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Drugstores--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.
- September 1979
- Bear Creek Store and proud Ouray citizen, Peggy Cox!
- Customers including Peggy Cox, with a straw hat with flags, show inside the Bear Creek Store, Ouray, Colorado. Merchandise includes bells, wind chimes, lanterns, baskets, weavings, figurines and books.
- Bear Creek Store (Ouray, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Ouray (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Cox, Peggy.
- July 4, 1979
- Bear Creek Store "one beat proprietor, proprietor heck, she owns the place"
- Customers browse merchandise in the Bear Creek Store, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, as the owner looks on. Displays include: Indian baskets, rugs and dolls, pocket knives, paintings, books, pottery and knick knacks.
- Bear Creek Store (Ouray, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Ouray (Colo.)--1970-1980.; General stores--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.
- July 1978
- Car show with authentic costumes, 1:00 PM., at swimming pool area, old Radium Springs Park
- Two women pose at a picnic table in front of a Jeep with sign: "This Jeep To Be Given Away By Ouray County Chamber Of Commerce," during the Car Club Show, old Radium Springs Park, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. One woman is dressed as a flapper...
- Ouray (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Automobiles--Exhibitions--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Costumes--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Jeep automobiles--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.
- September 22, 1979
- Car Show, 1:00 PM.
- People gather to look and talk about the antique automobile display, at the first Car Club Show in Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. A two tone car parked with a fire wagon or truck has lettering painted on door: "Colorado Courtesy Patrol 169."
- Antique and classic cars--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Ouray (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Automobiles--Exhibitions--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.
- September 22, 1979
- Car Show, authentic costume, 1:00 PM.
- Dale Stanislawski and another man lean on a the back end of an antique automobile during the first Car Club Show in Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. They both wear sunglasses; Dale has on a checked cap and suit with wide lapels; he holds a camera....
- Antique and classic cars--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Ouray (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Automobiles--Exhibitions--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Costumes--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.
- September 22, 1979
- Dale Stanislawski and his entry, 6:00 PM. outside the Apteka Parmacy, his Chrysler formerly belonged to Miss Sigfrid
- Dale Stanislawski poses next to his antique Chrysler automobile during the first Car Club Show in Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. He wears a period costume; checked cap, suit with wide lapels and a bow tie.
- Antique and classic cars--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Ouray (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Automobiles--Exhibitions--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Costumes--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Stanislawski, Dale.
- September 22, 1979
- Duckets Market, Ouray, Colo., 10:00 AM.
- Two butchers work behind the meat counter in Duckets Market as a customer waits for his order, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. The meat in the refrigerated counter is labeled with name and price; other goods include packaged gravy and spaghetti...
- Ouray (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Butcher shops--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Butchers--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Interiors.
- August 1978
- Girls team, water fights from porch of Bear Creek Store, 2:00 PM.
- View from the balcony porch of the Bear Creek Store down on a large group of spectators and participants, intersection of Main Street and 6th (Sixth) Avenue, Ouray, Colorado, shows two women wrestling with a fire hose, spraying the crowd in the...
- Ouray (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Fourth of July celebrations--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Women--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.
- 1979 July 4
- Girls team, water fights, 2:00 PM.
- Two women wrestle with a fire hose, spraying the crowd of spectators in the process of the water fights, during the 4th of July, Independence Day celebration, intersection of Main Street and 6th (Sixth) Avenue, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Fourth of July celebrations--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Women--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.
- 1979 July 4
- Jeep drawing, City Hall Bldg., 8:30 PM.
- A large crowd gathers inside City Hall in hopes of winning the Jeep to given away in a drawing by the Chamber of Commerce; part of the festivities of the first Car Club Show in Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Spectators--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.
- September 22, 1979
- Latrine facitilies for occasion, after the fights, 3:45 PM.
- Pedestrians walk along Main Street and intersection of 6th (Sixth) Avenue, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, after the parade and water fights of the 4th (Fourth) of July, Independence Day celebration. A portable toilet is set on corner near sign for...
- Ouray (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Fourth of July celebrations--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Privies--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.
- 1979 July 4
- Parade, 10:30 AM.
- View along Main Street shows 4th of July, Independence Day parade, with spectators on sidewalks and sides of streets among diagonally parked automobiles, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. Business signs include: "Alpine Cafe," "David Smith, Attorney...
- Ouray (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Fourth of July celebrations--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.
- 1979 July 4
- Parade, Ouray Counties 1978 baby crop, 10:30 AM.
- A giant baby carriage float with mothers and babies makes it way along Main Street, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, during 4th (Fourth) of July, Independence Day parade. Spectators line sidewalk and side of street in front of the Chief Ouray Trading...
- Ouray (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Fourth of July celebrations--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Mothers & children--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.;...
- 1979 July 4
- Street parade, 10:30 AM.
- The Western Colorado Shrine Club drive miniature Corvettes along Main Street, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, during 4th of July, Independence Day parade. The wear fez hats with "El Jebel" on them. Spectators line sidewalk and side of street in...
- Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine for North America--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Ouray (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Fourth of July celebrations--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.
- 1979 July 4
- Watching the water fights, 1:30 PM.
- Townspeople gather along Main Street in front the the Bear Creek Store, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, to watch the parade and water fights, during the 4th of July celebration. Signs read: "Antiques And Glass," "Westside Gallery" and the "Alpine...
- Ouray (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Fourth of July celebrations--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.
- 1979 July 4
- Water fights, between fights, private bank party, 2:30 PM.
- Spectators and participants stand in the intersection of Main Street and 6th (Sixth) Avenue, Ouray, Colorado, during a break in water fights during the 4th of July, Independence Day celebration. People watch from the narrow balcony of the Citizens...
- Ouray (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Fourth of July celebrations--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.
- 1979 July 4
- 1st Ouray Car Club Show, 8:30 PM. on Main Street passing in front of Bear Creek Store!
- A couple drives their antique Ford Model A automobile along Main Street during the first Car Club Show in Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. The two-tone car has running boards with a spare tire.
- Antique and classic cars--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Ford Model A automobile--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Ouray (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Automobiles--Exhibitions--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.
- September 22, 1979
- Car Show, 1:00 PM.
- People gather to look at the antique automobiles display, at first Car Club Show in Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. One man wears a baseball cap and has a 35mm camera strapped around his neck.
- Antique and classic cars--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Ouray (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Automobiles--Exhibitions--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.
- September 22, 1979
- Guston Mine area
- View of the abandoned shafthouse and tailings of the Guston Number Five and Robinson Mines in Ouray County, Colorado.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Ouray County--1970-1980.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Ouray County--1970-1980.; Guston Number Five Mine (Ouray County, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Ouray County (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Robinson Mine (Ouray County, Colo.)--1970-1980.;...
- August, 1979
- Sutton Mine just south of Bear Creek Falls
- Sutton Mine (Ouray County) Colorado, consists of mining ore processing buildings on steep mountain slopes.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Ouray County--1970-1980.; Ouray County, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Sutton Mine (Ouray County, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Mining--Colorado--Ouray County--1970-1980.
- August, 1979
- The Scotch Girl Mine is back of the Guston Mine - between Guston & Robinson
- Collapsing buildings of the Scotch Girl Mine (Ouray County) Colorado, top tailings piles, flanked by pine forest.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Ouray County--1970-1980.; Tailings embankments--Colorado--Ouray County--1970-1980.; Ouray County (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Scotch Girl Mine (Ouray County, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Mining--Colorado--Ouray County--1970-1980.
- September, 1979
- Church steeple of Guston Church
- View of the fallen dilapidated Congregational Church steeple, Ouray County, Guston, Colorado; shows the wood shingled tower roof, which once housed a bell and mine whistle, on its side with other weathered lumber. Reverend William Davis built the...
- Guston (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Congregational churches--Colorado--Guston--1970-1980.
- August 1979
- Guston
- View through aspen and an evergreen tree of two dilapidated log cabins, Ouray County, Guston, Colorado; once a thriving mining town, near the Yankee Girl Mine and Robinson Mine Complex. The weathered wood shingle log cabin has a side gable, entry...
- Guston (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Guston--1970-1980.; Log cabins--Colorado--Guston--1970-1980.
- August 1979
- Guston
- View through aspen trees of an entry of a dilapidated wood frame structure in Guston, Ouray County, Colorado; possibly once a store or storage building. A log cabin shows in background.
- Guston (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Guston--1970-1980.; Log cabins--Colorado--Guston--1970-1980.
- August 1979