Thursday, April 3, 2025

Mining memory images

Thing of the past ...

St. James in Rico, photo taken about 1890
View of a hotel / storefront in Rico, Dolores County, Colorado; shows men, women, dogs, and sign: "St. James."
Source: George V. Day, Durango.
Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.

 


Thing of the past ...
6 A.M. snow storm
Main Street after an early July snowstorm in Ouray (Ouray County), Colorado. A striped arch, probably for the Fourth of July, spans the snow covered street, a street light hangs from the center of the arch. Shows the Jeffers Building, with a sign that reads: "Dry Goods," and the Hiebler building with a sign that reads: "[Cabinet] Club House." The buildings have brackets and overhanging cornices. The Jeffers Buildings has second floor bay windows. Shows wood and brick buildings, a barber pole and American flag, men and a horse-drawn wagon.
Date: 1897 July 3
Notes: History Colorado.; Penciled on negative envelope: Ronzio Coll. C-Ouray. Snowstorm 1897. 6D.

 


Thing of the past ...

Silver Bell Mine, photo taken between 1890 and 1900
Miners pose near the shafthouse of the Silver Bell Mine near Ophir Loop (San Miguel County), Colorado.
Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library. 



Thing of the past ...
Golden City, C.T. - looking west / sketched by A.E. Mathews.
Print shows bird's-eye view of Golden City, Jefferson County, Colorado Territory.
Mathews, Alfred Edward, 1831-1874, artist
Created / Published: [1870?]
Headings:
- Cities & towns--Colorado--1870
- Frontier & pioneer life--Colorado--1870
Genre:
Bird's-eye views--1870
Cityscape prints--1870
Lithographs--Hand-colored--1870
Notes:
- Title from item.
Medium: 1 print : lithograph, hand-colored ; 27 x 42.9 cm (sheet)
Call Number/Physical Location: PGA - Mathews (A.E.)--Golden City ... (A size) [P&P]
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id:
pga 11639 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pga.11639
cph 3g12360 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3g12360
Library of Congress Control Number: 2004672642
 

Thing of the past ...
Portals of the Plains and City of Golden as Seen from Denver Mt. Park Drive, Colo.
Keystone View Company, publisher
Created / Published: [1918]
Headings:
- Mountain roads--Colorado--1910-1920
- Parks--Colorado--1910-1920
Genre:
Stereographs--1910-1920
Photographic prints--1910-1920
Notes:
- Title from item.
- No. 23016.
Medium: 1 photograph : print on card mount ; mount 9 x 18 cm (stereograph format)
Call Number/Physical Location: STEREO U.S. GEOG FILE - Colorado -- Parks -- Denver Mountain [item] [P&P]
Repository; Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id: stereo 1s11344 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/stereo.1s11344
Library of Congress Control Number: 2018647796
 

Thing of the past ...

Where we lost the first boat, Will Torrance, photographer, Sept. 1900
Men, probably J.E. Pelton, J.A. Curtis, M.F. Hovey, and E.B. Anderson, pose with a wrecked rowboat (the John C. Bell) in boulders and rocks by the Gunnison River, in the Black Canyon of the Gunnison, Montrose County, Colorado. Denver Republican clipping (12/9/1900) mounted in album reads in part: "The party was 21 days in making the journey of 14 miles from the junction of the Cimarron River with the Gunnison, " and "to determine [if it was] possible to build a 'hill side ditch'.
Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.  




 
Thing of the past ...
Down in a Colorado gold mine--taking out ore, Eagle River Canyon, Colorado, U.S.A.
Two gold miners at work in tunnel.
H.C. White Co.
Created / Published: North Bennington, Vt. : H.C. White Co., c1905.
Headings:
- Gold miners--Colorado--1900-1910
- Gold mining--Colorado--1900-1910
Genre:
Stereographs--1900-1910
Photographic prints--1900-1910
Notes:
- H57143 U.S. Copyright Office.
- Copyright by H.C. White Co.
- No. 12377.
Medium:
1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph.
Call Number/Physical Location: STEREO U.S. GEOG FILE - Colorado--Canyons--Eagle River [P&P;]
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
Digital Id: stereo 1s10958 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/stereo.1s10958
cph 3c18072 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3c18072
cph 3a30602 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a30602
Library of Congress Control Number: 97509719 

 

Thing of the past...

Telluride Hose Team No.1 The Champion, 100 yards, wet test, in southwestern Colorado, July 3" 1892, W.J. Carpenter, photographer.
Telluride Hose Team Number 1 on July 3, 1892, on Colorado Avenue in front of First National Bank, Telluride, Colorado, in annual race competition against Delta, Ouray, Rico and Grand Junction down one block length, that included unreeling two hundred feet of hose and turning on the water. Fireman in long underwear and trunks include: Billy (Gregory?), Ed Martin, Oscar Lochman, Jake Miller, C. Umstead, Lou (Hampdon?), A Fitzpatrick, Glenn (McKaron?), W. A. Gannon, A. C. Heidloff, Harry Newcomb, J. E. Jennings (trainer), Ely Elder (Spike). Two-story Richardsonian style bank, constructed by L. L. Nunn constructed in 1893, features Cornet Creek sandstone, arched entry with stained glass window panels in doors, and a corner tower.Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library. 
 
 

Thing of the past ...

Repossessed combines in lot at Springfield. Baca County, Colorado.
Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, photographer
Created / Published:1939 Sept.
Headings:
- United States--Colorado--Baca County--Springfield
- Towns, roadsides--Colorado
Genre: Safety film negatives
Notes:
- Title and other information from caption card.
- Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
- More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi
- Temp. note: usf34batch4
- Film copy on SIS roll 23, frame 1043.
Medium:1 negative : safety ; 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches or smaller.
Call Number/Physical Location: LC-USF34- 034163-D [P&P] LOT 473 (corresponding photographic print)
Source Collection: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection (Library of Congress)
Repository: Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id: fsa 8b22784 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8b22784
Library of Congress Control Number:2017784223 
 

Thing of the past ...

Drought committee holds meeting on courthouse steps. Springfield, Colorado
Rothstein, Arthur, 1915-1985, photographer
Created / Published:1936 July-Aug.
Headings:
- United States--Colorado--Baca County--Springfield
- Miscellaneous--Drought committees
Genre: Nitrate negatives
Notes:
- Title and other information from caption card.
- Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
- More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi
- Temp. note: usf34batch1
Medium: 1 negative : nitrate ; 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches or smaller.
Call Number/Physical Location: LC-USF34- 005263-D [P&P]
Source Collection: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection (Library of Congress)
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id: fsa 8b28211 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8b28211
Library of Congress Control Number:2017761056 


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Ranch manager Craig Boyd nuzzles one of the horses at the Kindness Ranch Animal Sanctuary, near Hartville, Wyoming. The ranch, founded in 2007 by Arvada, Colorado, psychologist David Groobman, rescues and rehabilitates retired research animals, including horses, cows, pigs, sheep, dogs, and cats
Highsmith, Carol M., 1946-, photographer
Created / Published: 2016-06-23.
Headings:
- United States--Wyoming--Platte County--Hartville
- America
- Kindness Ranch
- Animal rescue
- David Groobman
- Craig Boyd
Genre:Digital photographs--Color--2010-2020
Notes:
- Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer.
- Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
- Gift; Gates Frontiers Fund; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:069).
- Forms part of: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.
Medium: 1 photograph : digital, tiff file, color.
Call Number/Physical Location: LC-DIG-highsm- 39084 (ONLINE) [P&P]
Source Collection: Highsmith, Carol M., 1946- Carol M. Highsmith Archive.
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id: highsm 39084 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/highsm.39084
Library of Congress Control Number: 2017688976

 
 

Thing of the past ...

The Old man comes on the scene
Hillers, John K., 1843-1925, photographer
Created / Published:[United States : publisher unnamed, 1874]
Headings:
Albumen prints--1870-1880.
Stereographs--1870-1880.
Genre:
Stereographs--1870-1880
Albumen prints--1870-1880
Notes:
- No. 117.
- Title from item.
- Forms part of series: U.S. topographical and geological survey of the valley of the Colorado River of the west, by J.W. Powell and A.H. Thompson.
- Forms part of series: Indians of the Colorado Valley, U-In-Ta Utes, living in the U-in-ta Valley, on the western slope of the Wasatch Mountains in Utah.
- Purchase; Marian S. Carson; 1997.
- Forms part of the Marian S. Carson Collection at the Library of Congress.
Medium: 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph, albumen.
Call Number/Physical Location: LOT 13577, no. 21 [P&P]
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
Digital Id
stereo 1s01651 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/stereo.1s01651
stereo 2s01651 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/stereo.2s01651
Library of Congress Control Number: 2006676636 
 

Thing of the past ...

Ox team in Raton Mountains between Trinidad, Colo. and Raton, N. Mex.
Photograph shows four ox teams pulling cart loaded with logs and man sitting on top.
Created / Published: [between ca. 1910 and ca. 1920]
Headings:
- Ox teams--Colorado--Trinidad--1910-1920
- Carts & wagons--Colorado--Trinidad--1910-1920
Genre:
Photographic prints--1910-1920
Notes:
- No. 187; No. 1225.
- Additional title on item: New Mexico, and Colorado. Ox team in Raton Mountains between Trinidad, Colorado and Raton, New Mexico.
- Detroit Publishing Co. photo.
- Title from item.
Medium: 1 photographic print.
Call Number/Physical Location: SSF - Ox Carts and Teams [item] [P&P]
Repository:Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id: cph 3a18447 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a18447
Library of Congress Control Number:2012648360