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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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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