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Governor "Billy" Adams poses on a Harley Davidson motorcycle in front of the state Capitol. When he was 17, Adams moved to Alamosa, Colorado. As a Democrat, He was later elected to City Treasurer, then Mayor of Alamosa, and later as Conejos County commissioner. In 1886, he was elected to the Colorado General Assembly as a member of the Colorado House of Representatives. In 1888, he was elected to the Colorado Senate where he served until 1926, when he was elected as Governor of Colorado. He served from January 11, 1927 – January 10, 1933. In 1921, during his term as Colorado Senate Senator, Adams received approval on a bill that formed Alamosa State Normal School in Alamosa, Colorado. The college’s name was later changed to Adams State Teachers College in honor of its founder and finally to its present name Adams State University. Adams died on February 4, 1954, in Alamosa, Colorado, at the age of ninety-two, where he is buried.
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Group in front of 2104 Glenarm Place
Creator: McClure, Louis Charles, 1867-1957
Date: [1900]
Group portrait at 2104 Glenarm Place, the Shrock home, Denver, Colorado; Martha and John Shrock sit in chairs; Louis Charles McClure standing at center; Ada May Shrock McClure (Mrs. L. C.) on bike at right. Ada May's sister Mary Rebecca's children, Martha and "Doc" Clearance Conrad sit on lawn with older sister Bina May Conrad (daughter of Mary Rebecca) on a bicycle.
Format of Original Material 1 copy photonegative ; 10 x 13 cm (4 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint ; 13 x 18 cm (5 x 7 in.)
Original Material Found in Collection Louis Charles McClure papers
Denver Public Library Special Collections
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Tobacco shop & 2 men
Interior view of a tobacco store in Denver, Colorado. Men stand near wood and glass cases with displays of cigars and candy. Signs read: "5 & 10 [cents] Candy," "We Sell Gillette, Ever-Ready Durham Duplex Razor Blades," and "London Gold Tip King of Cigarettes."
Date: [between 1910 and 1915]
Notes: Condition: emulsion chipping on edge of glass negative.; Title handwritten on negative envelope.
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Ute Iron Spring, Manitou, Colo.
Credit: Denver Public Library Special Collections
Creator: McClure, Louis Charles, 1867-1957
Date: [1900-1910]
Ute Iron Spring (or Iron Spring), Manitou Springs, Colorado; men & women with umbrellas standing & seated in front of pavilion & curio store entrance; signs advertising "Postcards five cents per dozen", "No soliciting allowed around pavilion" & "Notice: any person breaking or destroying shubbery or trees will be prosecuted, the Town Board"; window displays of postcards & dried flowers.
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Rico from below
Creator: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942
Rico (Dolores County), Colorado. Shows wood frame structures of Rico Argentine Mining Company, frame residences, commercial buildings, and dirt roads. The Rico Mountains are in the distance.
History Colorado, William Henry Jackson Collection
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Murphy Mine Cornet Band St. Elmo Colo
Date: [1878-1890?]
Saint Elmo, Chaffee County, Colorado, men pose with trombones, cornets, bugles, a tuba, trumpets and snare drum. The bass drum has letters: "Murphy Mine Silver Cornet Band." Signs on frame businesses read: "True Fissure Billiard Hall," "Restaurant," "American -" and Hardware." Mountains are in the background.
Denver Public Library Special Collections.
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Title: Hermosa, Colo
Creator: Krause, John
Date: [1950-1959?]
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company passenger train by the water tank at Hermosa (La Plata County), Colorado. Locomotive 478 has a wedge snowplow. Frame buildings are near the tank. A logo on the tank reads: "Rio Grande, Royal Gorge, Moffat Tunnel, Scenic Line of the World."
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Hermosa House tourist hotel at Trimble Springs, Colorado, on
Creator: Beam, George L. (George Lytle), 1868-1935
Date: 1910?
Hermosa House, Trimble Springs, La Plata County, Colorado; shows a brick hotel with faceted towers, a balcony, and a lookout. A man, women, and children are on the porch.
Denver Public Library Special Collections
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Revolving car dump Telluride Mining & Milling Co Telluride, Colo
Date: [1900-1930?]
Mining processing mill at the Telluride Mining & Milling Company in Telluride, San Miguel County, Colorado; shows a miner watching a gear-driven ore car dumper.
Denver Public Library Special Collections.
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