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Big snow ball on Pikes Peak Cog Railway
History Colorado, Buckwalter Collection, Book I, no. 24
Creator: Buckwalter, Harry H.
A crew worker stands on top of a large snow drift on the Manitou & Pikes Peak Railway in El Paso County, Colorado. The plow train had just backed out of the cut snow to make another attempt to remove the snow from the tracks.
Notes: "Railroads" and "April 21, 1901" are handwritten on negative envelope.
Is Part Of: History Colorado, Buckwalter Collection.
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Overhauling C. A. J. at Loveland
Credit: Denver Public Library Special Collections
Date:[1907]
Men who include C. A. J. work on a convertible automobile parked on a street in Loveland (Larimer County), Colorado. A group of boys stand nearby.
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Old house at Laporte, Colo built early 60's
Credit: Denver Public Library Special Collections
Date: August, 1931
Log cabin in Laporte, Colorado, in Larimer County. Architectural features include front gable, shingle siding, hewn-log construction. View shows a gate, wire fence, weeds, and brush on lawn.
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The site of the fort
Men and the widow of D.C. Oakes, an elderly woman, pose at the site of what used to be Fort Lincoln located at the site of the town of Huntsville (near the current town of Larkspur) in Douglas County, Colorado. The fort was built by D.C. Oakes to protect the early settlers from Indian attack, it was known as Oakes Folly. The men wear hats. The farmer who owns the land, Otis Skinner (?) wears gloves and has his arms folded. The grandson of D.C. Oakes wears suspenders and a hat and tie. Mrs. Oakes wears a bonnet, a long dress and a shawl. A hill with a rock hogback is in the distance.
Notes: Inked on verso of print: From left to right. The farmer who the present owner, Otis Skinner [?] , grandma, papa. The hill in the back ground is where the Indians used to look over at the movement of the whites in the fort in the year 1864. Title inked on front of photographic print.
Denver Public Library Special Collections.
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Coors delivery truck
Date: 1942
A Ford Coors delivery truck parks on a Colorado street with cases of beer showing through side door. Lettering on truck reads: "Adolph Coors Co. Denver" and "Coors Brewer of Fine Beer."
Denver Public Library Special Collections
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Tabor Grand Opera House
Creator: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942
Date: [1880-1890?]
The Tabor Grand Opera House at 16th (Sixteenth) and Curtis Streets, Denver, Colorado; includes signs that read: "Imported, Domestic Wines, Liquors and Cigars, Kentucky Whiskey, Fresh Cold [?]." and "Special Cloak Sale To-day!" Street scene includes a gas light, telegraph poles, pedestrians, streetcar tracks and a horse-drawn wagon that reads: "Dry Goods."
Denver Public Library Special Collections.
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Sunnyside Mine Camp and Lake Emma
Creator: Bird, Allan G.
Date: 1929
Donor: Allan Bird rec 11/24/76.
Sunnyside Mine and Lake Emma, San Juan County, Colorado; shows mining ore processing buildings, (bunkhouse, tram terminal, and crushing plant) miners' houses, and frame towers.
Title and "bunkhouse tram terminal and crushing plant at right - elevation 12,300 ft. Tower contained searchlight to keep bootleggers from smuggling whiskey into camp" hand-written on back of print.
Denver Public Library Special Collections
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Binson's blacksmith shop
Creator: Jessen, Kenneth.
Date: [1980-1987]
Binson's blacksmith shop in Berthoud, Colorado, (Larimer County) is a one-story masonry building with flat roof, rectangular windows with lintels, quions, and a voussior arch over the entry door. A small sign in front of it reads "1893," its date of construction. Weeds grow around the foundation of the building.
Digital Version Created From: Kenneth Jessen 5/26/87 trade, 2342 Helena Ct., Loveland, Colorado, 80537.
Notes: Hand-written on back of photoprint: Binson's blacksmith shop on Mountain Avenue in Berthoud prior to restoration and conversion to the Little Thompson Valley Pioneer Museum. This structure was built in 1893. Title hand-written on back of photoprint.
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Caribou, Colo. Silver Cornet Band 1874
Denver Public Library Special Collections,
Title: Caribou, Colo. Silver Cornet Band 1874
Creator: Kemp, Donald Campbell, 1889-1975
Summary Members of the Caribou Silver Cornet Band pose with their instruments in front of a wood building, probably in Caribou, a small mining district in Boulder County, Colorado. The group was known for its simple uniforms as well as its numerous concerts. The band was led by Caribou resident Mr. Moyle and provided entertainment for various Caribou celebrations, including parades and concerts. Sometimes the band played venues in Boulder.
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Looking south along Union Avenue, Pueblo white building with tower is new City Hall on bank of river
Denver Public Library Special Collections.
Date: 1921 June
Debris, mud, and silt from the Arkansas River flood on Union Avenue in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. People are gathered near piles of wreckage in the street and in front of commercial businesses. Shows the City Hall building with a domed cupola, stone and brick multi-story buildings and signs that read: "Economy Clothing Co., 317 N. Union Ave., Popular Priced Men's and Boy's Clothing, Furnishings, Shoes," "Star House, beds 20 [cents]," "The Weisel Seed Co.," "Colonial [?] Jewelry Co." and "Klein & Leiser[?] Clothing and Gent's Furnishings." Photographic print included in: Arkansas River flood, June 1921 / report of Arthur Ridgway for the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad.
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Gothic, Colo.
Date: 1920
Two men stand at a rear door of the old town hall and saloon, a weathered two-story wood frame false front with gable roof, side timber supports, Gothic, Gunnison County, Colorado. A water pump and wood sawhorse sit out back with fat sawn logs. Gothic Mountain's (12,625 feet) craggy face shows in background, echoing the Gothic architecture's gable peaks.
Denver Public Library Special Collections
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Caribou Col.
Creator: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942
The mining town of Caribou (Boulder County), Colorado taken from Goat Hill. Shows the Sherman House Hotel on the corner of Potosi and Sherman streets, commercial buildings and houses. Snow-covered "Mount Baldy" (Bald Mountain) is in the distance.
Date: [between 1882 and 1900?]
Notes: Attribution to Jackson based on the photonegative's inclusion in the History Colorado William Henry Jackson Collection.; History Colorado.; Formerly Jackson 7097.; Title inked twice on negative.
Is Part Of: History Colorado, William Henry Jackson Collection.
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