Color, light, image and sound, harmony and lyric. Experience.

By Rob Carrigan, robcarrigan1@gmail.com

There are certain basic, simple things in life. For me, it is color, and light, image and sound, harmony and lyric. Experience.  Sure, I like food, and beer, and all that.  But, nothing is quite like being in the lights, with mountain behind you, and hearing the music you are making with your friends.

I suppose, I should have been a rock star. 

Don't know how many times, looking down at the stage at Red Rocks, or in Telluride, and I have thought that. But it is too late now, I think. Damn. All those Eagles, Jimmy Buffett, Bruce Springsteen, and Tom Petty lyrics memorized, but never realized — down the drain.

Lyric, image and music drew me in to the news business. 

Still, among my all-time favorite newspaper memories, is that July 5 concert a few years ago, for which I was asked to "Guest Conduct" the Colorado Springs Philharmonic at Symphony Above the Clouds event in Woodland Park.

When I was just a kid, I liked to lead a cappella.

Of course, "a cappella" is Italian for: “in the church style” performance of a polyphonic (multipart) musical work by unaccompanied voices. It  originally referred to sacred choral music. About as 'sacred' as I ever get.

But the symphony — that is a different realm.  That is punching way over my weight.

For years I supported the Woodland Park event. It was a favorite of summer, for me, and everyone else. 

Ute Pass Symphony Guild,  formed in 1979 for the sole purpose of presenting the Symphony Above the Clouds concert for area residents, the Ute Pass Symphony Guild remains an all volunteer organization with very low overhead and administrative costs. Two primary programs are...

Symphony Above the Clouds takes place every July 5th in beautiful Woodland Park Colorado, at the Middle School (while I was there) the Symphony Above the Clouds has always been and remains primary mission of the Guild. Combining live symphony music, fireworks, and the cannons of Fort Carson, Symphony Above the Clouds is about providing family friendly, cost free entertainment, which brings business to Teller County and connects residents of the Ute Pass region in a very positive environment.

Philharmonic Kid's Concert The second part of the Guild's mission is to provide the funding and training required to send fourth graders from area schools to a Philharmonic Kids concert presented at the Pikes Peak Center in Colorado Springs.

Boiled down, I guess, nothing is quite like being in the lights, with mountain behind you, and hearing the music you are making.

Dolores Dam, Jeffers School, Iola, McPhee, Gold Coin, Telluride Town Hall

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Montezuma Valley Irrigation Company System, Concrete Diversion Dam, Dolores, Montezuma County, CO,

Historic American Engineering Record, creator

Lowe, Jet, photographer, Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress) Photos from Survey HAER CO-4-G

Date; 1978?

 

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This is the attendance at the Jeffers School, #29 on November 1. 7 present out of the possible 20. Absences due chiefly to beet work. See also 4060. Location: Loveland [vicinity], Colorado / L.W. Hine.

Contributor Names

Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940, photographer

Created / Published

1915, November 1.

 

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Farmington-Shiprock auto truck

Creator: Poley, H. S. (Horace Swartley)

Date: 1912

A group of Native American (Navajo) men and boys, in hats, shirts, overalls or pants, pose on a sidewalk in Farmington, New Mexico, by the Farmington to Shiprock auto truck. The convertible truck has packages and bundles tied to the back and one man seated on a square basket; another man stands by the running board. Shows store fronts with signs that read: "Mercantile Co." and "The Rexall Store" and a large "Rexall" thermometer on wall.

Inked on negative: "N-97."; Title from label in negative. Written on back of print: "Farmington-Shiprock Stage at Farmington."

Denver Public Library Special Collections

 

 

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John W. Bailey, owner of Gold Park Milling and Mining Co. and founder of Holy Cross City

Date:[1880-1890]

Donor: Muriel Sibell Wolle estate, 1977.

John W. Bailey, with double-barrel rifle and ammunition belt, poses with dogs in Holy Cross City, Eagle County, Colorado. Sheds and lower tunnel of Pelican Mine in background.

Original Material Found in Collection Fred Mazzulla papers

Subject Holy Cross City (Colo.); Mining--Colorado--Holy Cross City; Bailey, John W., founder of Holy Cross City, Colo.

Notes Hand-written title and adhesive stains on back. After title: "Pelican Mine, lower tunnel, is in background. Site is Holy Cross City."

Denver Public Library Special Collections.

 

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Iola, Colorado

Creator Price, Charles S.

Date:[1910-1940?]

Two wood buildings and an observation tower in Iola, Gunnison County, Colorado, are near the Gunnison River. The larger building has a sign in a large gable reading "Iola Hotel and Fishing Resort;" a smaller sign reads "Iola Post Office." A Black man in a white apron and hat stands on the porch near a suitcase, and a child and a man in overalls sit on the edge. The tower is on a small hill with an entrance built into the ground; a tripod, barrels, and a fenced garden are in front of the buildings.

Denver Public Library Special Collections.

 

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Photocopy of photograph (from Colorado Railroad Museum) U.S. Forest Service photo by C.W. Sward, February 14, 1930 NEW MEXICO LUMBER COMPANY - Town of McPhee, McPhee Road, Dolores, Montezuma County, CO Photos from Survey HABS CO-36

Significance: The company town of McPhee, Colorado, owned and operated by the New Mexico Lumber Company, lasted from 1924-1948, serving as an important economic and cultural town of the Delores River Valley. During the industrial town's peak of operations in 1927, it was Colorado's largest and most productive mill town, producing more than half the State's annual lumber. The town featured a lumber mill, housing for approximately 1,500 employees and the last logging railroad in Southwestern Colorado.

- Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-14

- Survey number: HABS CO-36

Library of Congress

 

 

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Gold Coin Club, Victor

Date:[1900-1905]

Gold Coin Club, 413 West Diamond Avenue, with large group of men posed on first & second story portico in Victor, Colorado. The club house (rebuilt after August 1899 fire and formally reopened in March, 1900) was constructed by Wood Investment Company for employees of Gold Coin Mine and eventually sold by Wood brothers after 1904 to Dr. C.E. Elliot who converted it to a Red Cross Hospital for nearly a decade. The two-story rectangular social club building was constructed of brick with stone & wood trim in Colonial Revival style with truncated hip roof, projecting cornice with exposed rafters, classical pediment across front with decorative frieze around entire building, first floor windows with single sash & leaded glass transoms, double entry doors with segmental arched top & side panels, and two-story front portico with Ionic columns on both floors.

Hand-written on back of photoprint: Gold Coin Club, 1899-1900.

Denver Public Library Special Collections.

 

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Telluride, San Miguel Co Courthouse, built in 1887

Date:[1910-1930?]

North up dirt and snowy North Oak Street to exterior of San Miguel County Court House, Telluride, Colorado. Constructed in 1887 with bricks from the first courthouse destroyed by fire in 1885, it has undergone many renovations and additions. The two-story structure with a third-story tower over center front entry bay has a balcony on second story of tower, arched lintels with central keystones above windows, wooden double stair with lattice front, and a corrugated metal roof. The top of tower is not shown. A dog is on side of street; people are around courthouse; residences are around and behind courthouse. Telluride Historic District designated a National Historic Landmark in 1964.

 

 

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Saloons and hotel burned 1919
Date: [1908]
Men pose on columned porches of frame saloons in Placerville, San Miguel County, Colorado. They wear vests, suspenders, aprons, hats, and bib overalls. A dog and horse are to one side.
Denver Public Library Special Collections.

 

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Old trucks, used to haul fruit from nearby orchards in Grand Junction, Colorado. The vehicles are displayed at the Museum of Western Colorado's Cross Orchards Historic Site.

Highsmith, Carol M., 1946-, photographer

Created / Published : 2015-06-04.

Notes

- Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer.

- Gift; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2002:038-13).

- Forms part of: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

- Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

 

 

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Main street of Craig, Colorado. A new and thriving boom town.

Name: Wolcott, Marion Post, 1910-1990, photographer

Created / Published: 1941 Sept.

Notes:

- Title and other information from caption card.

- Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.

Prints & Photographs Catalog (Library of Congress)

 

 

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Colorado Midland Band, Colorado Springs, Colo.

Male band posed on stage.

Created / Published:c1908.

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

 

 

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Spectators at childrens' races, Labor Day celebration, Ridgway, Colorado.

Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, photographer, Created / Published, 1940 Sept.,

- Title and other information from caption card.

- Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.

Source Collection: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

 

 

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Ore being brought down from the gold mine by truck, Telluride, Colorado.

Photographer: Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, photographer

Created / Published: 1940, Sept.

Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black-And-White Negatives. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, DC 20540 US

 

 

 

Durango water wheel, Smaldones, Ocean Grove, Estemere Estate, Akron Court House, Queen Marie of Rumania, and more

 

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Artus Van Briggle working in 1887 at Holmes Ranch, east of Colorado Springs. Boy in background is William C. Holmes and his dog "Curley." Photo from Pikes Peak Library District.

 

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Durango water wheel

History Colorado, Buckwalter Collection, Book III, no. 70

Creator: Buckwalter, Harry H.

A view of a tub water wheel in Durango (La Plata County), Colorado.

Date: [between 1890 and 1910]

Notes: "C - Durango - Water Wheel" handwritten on back of photoprint.; History Colorado.; Title and "Town & Cities" handwritten on negative.

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Ocean Grove on San Miguel River, Cottonwood Placer Co.

Creator: McKee, Thomas Michael, 1854-1939

Date: 1897, July 17

Donor T.J. McKee

Six men sit and stand outside a cave with attached shed identified as Ocean Grove near the San Miguel River in Montrose County, Colorado. Shows bottles on a table; a bed inside the cave beneath a rock overhang; and signs which read: "Ocean Grove," "Ladies without bloomers not allowed on the beach," "Tourists without baggage must pay in advance," and "O.G. Dining rooms 16 to one."

"Mc54" and "148" inked on glass negative. Photographic print in C Photo Album 103, the Thomas McKee photo album. Title from Thomas McKee photo album.

Denver Public Library Special Collections.

 

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Estemere Estate, Palmer Lake, Colo.
Creator Noel, Thomas J. (Thomas Jacob)

Date: 2003
The facade of the Estemere Estate located at 380 Glenway Street, Palmer Lake, Colorado. The three-story clapboard sided mansion has a steep red multi-gabled roof. The central hexagonal tower has elaborate cresting and a variety of gables, towers, and windows make the structure an exuberant example of the Queen Anne style. Built in 1887, the 5700 square foot house has 18 room and occupies a large area on a hill above the town of Palmer Lake. Original Material Found in Collection: Tom Noel photograph collection.; Tom Noel photograph collection, notebook El Paso County..Digital Version Created From: Source: Loan, Tom Noel, 2012.

Item Owned By: Auraria Library

 

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Cripple Creek, Hook & Ladder Co. No. 1

Creator: Gillen, William J., photographer.

Date: 1894 May 20

Anaconda firemen pose with their hose wagon in front of two Cripple Creek businesses in Teller County, Colorado. Two boys stand on a ladder leaning on side of wagon with two fireman helmets on top. Small girl in a fancy dress and bonnet sits on drivers box. Businesses include "The Blue Bell" and "Billy Truax's, Oyster & Chop House," and "The Branch."

Photoprint is a copy of a 1894 original. Printed on bottom of border of original: "This is the Anaconda Fire Department photographed in Cripple Creek. I remember when it was taken, just after I ate three of Billy's oysters."; Title and photographer hand-lettered on front of original; date on front "May 20, 94."

Denver Public Library Special Collections.

 

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Rio Grande Southern narrow gauge motor car number 6

Creator: Richardson, Robert W.

Date: 1951

Head on; stub switch in foreground; Work Goose. (The Work Goose never carried passengers or freight. It was used in maintenance of way service.) Photographed: Dolores, Colorado, 1951.

Title from inventory prepared by Western History Department, Denver Public Library.

Denver Public Library Special Collections.

 

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Washington County Court House, Akron, Colo.

Date:[1909]

Workmen in overalls and a few men in suits pose on the front steps of the Washington County Courthouse in Akron, Colorado. The two- story brick structure, designed by John J. Huddart, features a hipped roof with front gable pediment dormers and a lantern with windows and domed roof, bracketed cornice, stone window lintels, and a projecting entry vestible. "Washington County Court House" is in block letters along the frieze. Two horses and a ladder are at the side of building.

Digital Version Created From, Loaned by: Mike Spriggs, Nov. 15, 1977.

Notes: Hand-written on back of photoprint: "From: John J. Huddart. Architect & Engineer 408-9 Bank Block Denver Album."; Title typed on bottom front of original.

Denver Public Library Special Collections.

 

 

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Rio Grande Southern Depot

Date:[1905-1910?]

Donor: W. C. Welborn, Placerville, Colo.

Men pose on the dock of the Rio Grande Southern Depot in Placerville, San Miguel County, Colorado. They wear duster and top hats, vests, and gold chains. The finial topped stationmaster's bay is behind them, with sign: "Placerville."

Nitrate negative is masked with paint; fold cracks in original are reproduced in photoprint. Title supplied by cataloger.

Denver Public Library Special Collections.

 

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General Palmer's residence in Glen Eyrie Park

Date: [1871-1883?]

Exterior view of Glen Eyrie, near Manitou Springs, Colorado. This three story frame residence remodelled since first built in 1871 by General William Palmer, the founder of Colorado Springs and prominent Manitou citizen, has a gabled roof, a dormer, bay window, roof cresting, a porch and chimneys. A child and two women in aprons are standing on the porch. The footbridge leads to the house and trees flank the image.

Format of Original Material: 1 photoprint on stereocard ; 10 x 17 cm (4 x 7 in.)

Original Material Found in Collection: Reed and McKenney's Rocky Mountain scenery.

Type of Material: Stereographs

Notes: Printed on mat: Central City and Denver, Colorado.

Denver Public Library Special Collections

 

 

 

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Photo 1

Creator: LINDA MCCONNELL

Eugene "Checkers" Smaldone (Linda McConnell / Rocky Mountain News, file photo)

Photo 2:

Photo by: David L. Cornwell

Clarence M. "Chaucey" Smaldone left, and Eugene "Checkers" Smaldone, leave Denver US District Court after being sentenced to 10 yrs each and fined 20,000 each, behind them is Eugene's attorney, Peter Ney. Dec. 7, 1982.

Donated to the Denver Public Library by the Rocky Mountain News.

 

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Queen Marie of Rumania at the Brown Palace Hotel

Creator: Rhoads, Harry Mellon, 1880 or 1881-1975

Date: 1926 November 10

Donor Morey Engle

Queen Marie at a reception at the Brown Palace Hotel in Denver, Colorado. She was honored by the Mile High Club. Left to right: Prince Nicholas, Queen Marie, Governor Clarence J. Morley, Mrs. Morley, the vice-president of the Mile High Club Henry Wolcott Toll, and a Rocky Mountain News reporter Mary Coyle Chase.

 

 

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Part of Wathen Ranch, Wathen home to left of Post Office

Date:[1882-1910?]

Stout Post Office and Store, Stout (also known as Petra), Colorado in Larimer County; includes the S. A. Wathen ranch house, a two-story, clapboard building surrounded by a picket fence.

Title hand-written on back of photoprint; additional information: This post office was finally moved to Lake St. in Fort Collins, was later stuccoed and made into a home.

Note: Horsetooth Reservoir covers much of what was once Stout or Petra.

Denver Public Library Special Collections.

 

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Main street of "a town," telegraph office on right

Date: [1875-1885?]

Main Street, Caribou, Boulder County, Colorado; shows women and men on boardwalks, and sign: "Telegraph Office."

Retouching on original reproduced in photoprint. Title hand-written on back of photoprint.

Denver Public Library Special Collections