Friday, June 9, 2023

Placerville, Akron, Brush, Pikes Peak, La Junta, Woodmoor

 


Thing of the past ...
Placerville
Date: 1908
People on horseback and in buggies are in front of "Grigg & Galloway Bros. Livery & Feed Stable," Placerville, San Miguel County, Colorado. Sheds with curved roofs are in the background; a dog is in the foreground.
Digital Version Created From: W. C. Welbon, Placerville, Colo.
Denver Public Library Special Collections.
 

Thing of the past ...
Akron, Colorado
Date:[1912]
Main Street of first water main pipes being laid, Akron, Washington County, Colorado. Trench dug along side of street; a man stands at canvas top automobile on street talking to driver. Buildings include a two-story brick commercial storefront with a barbershop, stone block "Hudson" building, a small front gable, three false fronts, Murray Building and one-story brick block. A few of the buildings have canvas awnings.
Notes: Title hand-lettered on front of original. Typed on paper label on back of photoprint: Main street. First water mains being laid, about 1912.
Denver Public Library Special Collections
 

Thing of the past ...
C B & Q Depot Brush, Colo.
Date: 1901
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 are separated by a glass partition. A wood cased telephone is on the wall. A boy in a cap looks on.
Hand-written on back of original mat: Brush Colo 3.17-1901 depot office property of E. P. Sutton 1570 St. Paul St. Denver. Hand-written on back of photoprint: Office of Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Depot. March 17, 1901. E. S. Sutton, agent George Stewart, operator. Hand-written on original mat: E S Sutton "agent." year 1901 Geo. Stewart opperator.
Denver Public Library Special Collections
 

Thing of the past ...
E. P. Sutton, by mother, I was born here, Jan 21-1896
Date: 1899
Men, women and children stand on the dock of the railroad depot in Brush, Morgan County, Colorado. The depot is a two-story frame building with signs: "Brush," and "Western Union Telegraph and Cable Office." Men and shovels are on a railroad hand-car, a boy is on a tricycle, and a water tank and windmill are in the background.
Hand-written on back of mat: Old Depot Brush Colo O. VanWinkle sec box & crew. Property of E. P. Sutton 1570 St Paul at Denver. Hand-written on back of photoprint: W. Vanwinkle, section boss and crew E. P. Sutton by mother (born in Brush, Jan 21, 1896.); Stamp on mat reads: A. L. Monroe. Photographer. Title hand-written on mat.
Denver Public Library Special Collections
 

Thing of the past ...
Colorado Springs and Pike's Peak range
Creator: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942
Panoramic view of frame houses, fenced yards, and streets in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. A railroad bridge is over Kiowa Street. Downtown church spires include the First Baptist Church and the First Methodist Episcopal Church. A person, a horse-drawn carriage, and utility poles are near the circular lawn of the Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind. Snow-covered Pikes Peak in the distance.
Date:[between 1888 and 1900?]
Notes Accession number: 86.200.2650; Attribution to Jackson based on the photonegative's inclusion in the History Colorado William Henry Jackson Collection.; History Colorado.; Title penciled on negative envelope.;
Is Part Of: History Colorado, William Henry Jackson Collection
 

Thing of the past ...
The Old Red Front
Date; 1882?
A saloon keeper wearing an apron and five men stand in a line outside of a saloon in La Junta, Colorado in Otero County. The saloon is a nineteenth century, commercial building with clapboard siding and storefront windows. Signs: "Inebreates Home," "Kentucky Whiskey House," and "19."
Hand-written on back of photoprint: "La Junta, Colorado."; Photoprint has yellowed. Title printed on front of photoprint.
Denver Public Library Special Collections
 
 

Thing of the past ...
The Olfs home which was where the
Woodmoor townhouses were in 1974. Left to right: Hannah Maulsby and son Raymond. Mrs. Christina Olfs, and son Frank Olfs.

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