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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.
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.
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.
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:
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.
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.
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