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    • Bowen, Colorado

    • Bowen, Colorado

    • A telegraph operator stands outside the Western Union Telegraph and Cable Office in Bowen, a Victor American Fuel Company town in Las Animas County, Colorado. The operator is probably a Hispanic man who wears pants, suspenders, a light colored...

    • Victor American Fuel Company (Colo.)--Facilities--1900-1910.; Bowen (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Employees--Colorado--Bowen--1900-1910.; Telegraph offices--Colorado--Bowen--1900-1910.

    • [between 1900 and 1910?]
    • Larimer Street Denver, Colorado

    • Larimer Street Denver, Colorado

    • A streetcar conductor and a streetcar operator pose near and in Denver City Tramway Company car number 68 on Larimer Street between 16th (Sixteenth) and 17th (Seventeenth) Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado. The destination sign on the streetcar...

    • Denver City Tramway Company (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Street railroad employees--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Street railroads--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.

    • 1906
    • C B & Q Depot Brush, Colo.

    • C B & Q Depot Brush, Colo.

    • View inside the Colorado, Burlington and Quincy railroad Depot in Brush (Morgan County), Colorado. E.S. Dutton, the agent, and George Stewart, the telegraph operator, sit at telegraph equipment. Dutton, in a bowler hat, taps out a message. The men...

    • Brush (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Interiors--1900-1910.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Brush--1900-1910.; Telegraph offices--Colorado--Brush--1900-1910.; Telegraph--1900-1910.

    • 1901
    • Jennie Pomroy Dofflemyre

    • Jennie Pomroy Dofflemyre

    • Head and shoulders studio portrait of Jennie Pomroy Dofflemyre, first telephone and telegraph operator and her baby, Gunnison, Colorado.

    • Gunnison (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Families--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1900.; Infants--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1900.; Women--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1900.; Dofflemyre, Jennie Pomry.

    • [between 1880 and 1900]
    • Central City, Colorado

    • Central City, Colorado

    • and residence of Harley B. Morse, the Central City Daily Register building, Washington Hall, the residence of William M. Roworth, St. James Methodist Church, residences of Henry M. Teller (one of Colorado's first senators), and Willard Teller....

    • Central City (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.; Houses--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.

    • [between 1865 and 1870?]
    • Dallas Railway & Terminal Co.

    • Dallas Railway & Terminal Co.

    • Dallas Railway and Terminal Company electric interurban trolley car #448 waits at the end of the State Street Line in Dallas, Texas. The operator stands by the car; the destination sign reads: "Trinity Heights." Lettering on the streetcar reads:...

    • Dallas Railway & Terminal Co.--1940-1950.; Dallas (Tex.)--1940-1950.; Electric railroads--Texas--Dallas--1940-1950.; Street railroad employees--Texas--Dallas--1940-1950.

    • 1946 January 27
    • Dofflemyer family

    • 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]
    • The City of Denver: Volume 2 Number 18, 1914 June 27

    • The City of Denver: Volume 2 Number 18, 1914 June 27

    • Newsletter produced semi-monthly by the City of Denver highlighting the civic, administrative, and informational aspects of government within the City.

    • Local government--Colorado--Denver.; Cities and towns--Colorado--Denver.

    • 1914 June 27
    • The City of Denver: Volume 1 Number 6, 1912 December 21

    • The City of Denver: Volume 1 Number 6, 1912 December 21

    • Newsletter produced semi-monthly by the City of Denver highlighting the civic, administrative, and informational aspects of government within the City.

    • Local government--Colorado--Denver.; Cities and towns--Colorado--Denver.

    • 1912 December 21
    • Exchange interior, operator's rest room

    • Exchange interior, operator's rest room

    • Telephone operators sit in the operator's rest room at the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company exchange building in Boulder (Boulder County), Colorado. The women sit in rocking chairs near a table where magazines and a plant are...

    • Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--People--1910-1920.; Boulder (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Boulder--1910-1920.; Lounges--Colorado--Boulder--1910-1920.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Boulder--1910-1920.; Telephone...

    • 1914
    • Exchange, interior, operator's rest room

    • Exchange, interior, operator's rest room

    • Operators read and sew in the operator's lounge room at the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company exchange building in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. The women sit in mission style rocking chairs. Magazines are stacked on a table in...

    • Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--People--1910-1920.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1920.; Lounges--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1920.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1920.; Telephone...

    • 1914
    • Hoist and operator, Nederland

    • Hoist and operator, Nederland

    • A man holds a lever and sits at a mine hoist in a wooden building at the Wolf Tongue tungsten mine in Nederland (Boulder County), Colorado. Shows machinery and cable wrapped on a spool. A calendar on the wall reads "December 1941" and a poster...

    • Nederland (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Wolf Tongue Mine (Boulder County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Nederland--1940-1950.; Miners--Colorado--Nederland--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Nederland--1940-1950.; Tungsten mines &...

    • 1941
    • 1421 Champa, operator's school

    • 1421 Champa, operator's school

    • A woman sits at a desk and interviews an applicant for a position as an operator at the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph building, 1421 Champa Street in Denver, Colorado. The woman behind the desk wears a dress with a broad collar and has a...

    • Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--People--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Employment interviewing--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Telephone...

    • 1921 June 9
    • 1421 Champa, operator's school

    • 1421 Champa, operator's school

    • A teacher demonstrates the operation of a switchboard at the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph building in Denver, Colorado. Women, students in the operator's training program, sit at desks.

    • Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--People--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Classrooms--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Telephone operators--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Vocational...

    • 1921 June 9
    • 1421 Champa, operator's school

    • 1421 Champa, operator's school

    • A woman measures the height of a student at the operator's school at the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company building at 1421 Champa Street in Denver, Colorado. The student wears a wool skirt and jacket. The other woman wears a cotton...

    • Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--People--1920-1930.; Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Employment interviewing--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Telephone...

    • 1921 June 9
    • 1421 Champa, operator's school

    • 1421 Champa, operator's school

    • A woman, possibly Blanche M. McFann, sits at a desk in an office at the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph building at 1421 Champa Street in Denver, Colorado. The woman is associated with the operator's training school program run by the...

    • Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--People--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Employees--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Offices--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.

    • 1921 June 9
    • 1421 Champa, operator's school

    • 1421 Champa, operator's school

    • Teachers stand behind a group of students who work at a switchboard at the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company operator's school at 1421 Champa Street, Denver, Colorado. The women wear headsets and sit in tall chairs facing the...

    • Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--People--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Teachers--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Telephone operators--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Telephone...

    • 1921 June 9
    • 1421 Champa, operator's school

    • 1421 Champa, operator's school

    • A woman screens an applicant for the operator's school at the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company Building at 1421 Champa Street, Denver, Colorado. The job applicant sits in a chair and raises her arm to measure her reach. The other...

    • Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--People--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Employment interviewing--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Telephone...

    • 1921 June 9
    • Operator's locker room - 1421 Champa

    • Operator's locker room - 1421 Champa

    • Interior view of the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company exchange operator's locker room in Denver, Colorado; shows metal mesh lockers and a linoleum floor.

    • Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Facilities--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Locker rooms--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.

    • 1914
    • Operator's rest room - 1421 Champa

    • Operator's rest room - 1421 Champa

    • Interior view of the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company exchange operator's lounge in Denver, Colorado; women's outfits include upswept hair styles and high button shoes. Decor includes an upright clock, framed pictures, Oriental rugs,...

    • Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--People--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Lounges--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Switchboard operators--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Telephone...

    • 1914
    • Tremont House, backhoe operator

    • Tremont House, backhoe operator

    • A backhoe and it's operator sit ready to work at the Tremont House site

    • Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.

    • 1988 December 20
    • Robert Higdon

    • Robert Higdon

    • Robert Higdon wears a tramway operator's uniform and poses beside Denver Tramway trolley car number "336" on possibly route "3," the Englewood Route in Denver or Englewood, Colorado. He wears a tie, a cap and a watch chain on a belt and poses...

    • Denver Tramway Corporation (Denver, Colo.)--People--1940-1950.; Street railroad employees--Colorado--1940-1950.; Street railroads--Colorado--1940-1950.; Higdon, Robert.

    • 1949
    • Limon, Colorado, exchange equipment

    • Limon, Colorado, exchange equipment

    • An operator works at a switchboard at the Mountain States telephone exchange building in Limon (Lincoln County), Colorado. Shows telephone equipment and telephone booths on the far end of the room. The woman wears a headset and polka-dot dress.

    • Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Equipment & supplies--1930-1940.; Limon (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Limon--1930-1940.; Telephone operators--Colorado--Limon--1930-1940.; Telephone...

    • 1932 April 14
    • Denver Union Depot, public telephones

    • Denver Union Depot, public telephones

    • An operator sits at a switchboard near a bank of telephone booths at Union Station in Denver, Colorado. She sits behind a divider and wears a head set. The telephone booths are lined with decorative molded tin and numbers identify each booth. A...

    • Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--People--1910-1920.; Union Station (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...

    • 1915
    • Denver Union Depot, telephone booths

    • Denver Union Depot, telephone booths

    • An operator sits at a switchboard near a bank of telephone booths at Union Station in Denver, Colorado. A woman sits behind a desk near a sign that reads: "Western Union Telegraph and Cable." The telephone booths are identified by numbers mounted...

    • Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--People--1910-1920.; Union Depot (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...

    • 1915
    • A. Brisbois photographer & staff

    • A. Brisbois photographer & staff

    • Photomontage of Alfred Brisbois, a photographer in Leadville (Lake County) Colorado, and his staff, identified as: "Miss Rose Northrupp, Reception Room," "Mr. A. Muhr, Operator Late of New York," "Mr. W. W. Cecil, 1st Printer," "Mr. C. C. Turldon,...

    • Brisbois, Alfred.; Cecil, William W.; Eitner, Carl.; Muhr, Adolph F., d. 1913.; Northrupp, Rose.; Turldon, C. C.; Photographic assistants--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Men--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.;...

    • 1890?
    • Dodge City. Interior of station

    • Dodge City. Interior of station

    • In this reproduction of a cabinet card tacked to corkboard, a telegraph operator stands over his machine behind arched half-round windows in the Dodge City (Ford County), Kansas depot of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. Wooden benches...

    • Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--Facilities--1900-1910.; Dodge City (Kan.)--1900-1910.; Benches--Kansas--Dodge City--1900-1910.; Cabinet photographs--1900-1910.; Interiors--Kansas--Dodge City--1900-1910.; Railroad...

    • [between 1900 and 1905?]
    • Pride of the West, in Cunningham Gulch

    • Pride of the West, in Cunningham Gulch

    • View of Pride of the West mining ore processing buildings in Cunningham Gulch, San Juan County, Colorado; shows concentrator sheds, cribbing, and tailings.

    • Mine buildings--Colorado--San Juan County--1930-1940.; Pride of the West Mine (San Juan County, Colo.)--1930-1940.; San Juan County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--San Juan County--1930-1940.

    • 1937
    • W. P. track inspection, motor car #26

    • W. P. track inspection, motor car #26

    • E. B. Allison operates Western Pacific track inspection motor car No. 26, in Feather River Canyon, California.

    • Western Pacific Railroad Company--1900-1910.; Railroad motor-cars--California--1900-1910.; Feather River Canyon (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Railroad construction & maintenance--California--1900-1910.; Allison, E. B.

    • 1909?
    • H. H. Zietz, proprietor of the Buckhorn Exchange

    • H. H. Zietz, proprietor of the Buckhorn Exchange

    • H. H. Zietz, originator and operator of the Buckhorn Exchange restaurant, poses near taxidermied deer heads, guns, and pictures, Denver, Colorado. Zietz was also known as "Shorty Scout."

    • Buckhorn Exchange--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Hunting trophies--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Restaurants--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Zietz, Henry H.

    • [between 1930 and 1940?]
    • Denver Tramway Co., electric railway cars

    • Denver Tramway Co., electric railway cars

    • View Denver Tramway Company car number 806, East Colfax Avenue, Denver, Colorado; streetcar operator and passengers show through windows, lettering reads: "806," "Exit," "Aurora," "Entrance," and "10."

    • Denver Tramway Company (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Street railroads--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.

    • [1922?]
    • Sixteenth Street

    • Sixteenth Street

    • View of 16th (Sixteenth) Street at Court Place in Downtown Denver, Colorado. Automobiles line the street. Signs on buildings read: "Apperson Fine Millinery," "Rocky Mountain Photo Co. A Competent Operator Always On Hand," A. Grosman Clothing &...

    • Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; City & town life--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.

    • [between 1910 and 1920?]
    • Mountain Iron Works

    • Mountain Iron Works

    • Interior view of Mountain Iron Works, Denver, Colorado; shows men, castings, foundry equipment, and an elevated operator cage.

    • Mountain Iron Works Co. (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Foundries--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Iron & steel workers--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.

    • [between 1911 and 1921]
    • Silver Plume - 1890's

    • Silver Plume - 1890's

    • The Windsor Hotel is in Silver Plume, Colorado. The structure features three stories, horizontal clapboard siding, two gabled dormers with double hung windows, segmental arch window openings (pediments on first and second floors), a hipped roof,...

    • Silver Plume (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Silver Plume--1890-1910.; Windsor Hotel (Silver Plume, Colo.)

    • [between 1892 and 1902]
    • The town [sic] of Alpine Tunnel, 1944

    • The town [sic] of Alpine Tunnel, 1944

    • View east of the ruins of buildings and abandoned tracks at Alpine Tunnel, (11,545 feet) Gunnison County, Colorado, includes the hand hewn stone Granite Hotel and engine house, wood frame operator's shack and the combination depot, dining room and...

    • Alpine Station (Colo. : Locale)--1940-1950.; Gunnison County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Gunnison County--1930-1940.; Telegraph offices--Colorado--Gunnison County--1930-1940.

    • 1944
    • Saratoga mines - Central City

    • Saratoga mines - Central City

    • View of six miners standing in a cage as they are lowered into a mine shaft by the hoist operator in the background, Saratoga mines, Central City (Gilpin County), Colorado.

    • Mine buildings--Colorado--Gilpin County--1880-1890.; Mine shafts--Colorado--Gilpin County--1880-1890.; Central City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Saratoga Mine (Gilpin County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Interiors--Colorado--Gilpin County--1880-1890.;...

    • 1889
    • Nashotah Mill Silver Plume

    • Nashotah Mill Silver Plume

    • View of the Nashotah Mill operation near Silver Plume (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Shows tailings.

    • Tailings embankments--Colorado--Silver Plume--1880-1900.; Mills--Colorado--Silver Plume--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Silver Plume--1880-1900.

    • [between 1880 and 1900]
    • Capitol City, Colorado

    • Capitol City, Colorado

    • View of the remaining brick walls of the George T. Lee's (mining investor and operator) mansion in Capitol City, (Galena City) Hindsdale County, Colorado; includes collapsed roof rafters and a wood brace through a window supports side remaining...

    • Lee, George T.--Homes & haunts.; Capitol City (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Capitol City--1960-1980.; Ruins--Colorado--Capitol City--1960-1980.

    • [between 1960 and 1980]
    • Capitol City, Colorado

    • Capitol City, Colorado

    • View of the remaining walls of the George T. Lee's (mining investor and operator) mansion in Capitol City, (Galena City) Hindsdale County, Colorado; shows portions of standing brick wall with the slant of the gable roofline. The first floor entry...

    • Lee, George T.--Homes & haunts.; Capitol City (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Capitol City--1960-1980.; Ruins--Colorado--Capitol City--1960-1980.

    • [between 1960 and 1980]
    • Capitol City, Colorado

    • Capitol City, Colorado

    • View of the remaining facade of the George T. Lee's (mining investor and operator) mansion in Capitol City, (Galena City) Hindsdale County, Colorado, with portions of the brick wall stand, showing the slant of the gable roofline. The first floor...

    • Lee, George T.--Homes & haunts.; Capitol City (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Capitol City--1960-1980.; Ruins--Colorado--Capitol City--1960-1980.

    • [between 1960 and 1980]

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