D.C. Oakes family, Tutt and Penrose building, Cripple Creek fire, and more

Thing of the past ...

Off for the ruins at Cortez, Colo.

Date:1890-1900

Men and women sit in horse drawn covered wagons in Cortez (Montezuma County) Colorado, by the Montezuma County Courthouse, a stone building with a cornice.

Physical Description: 1 copy negative ; 13 x 18 cm (5 x 7 in.); 1 photoprint on album page ; 10 x 12 cm (4 x 4 1/2 in.)

Born-Digital or Analog:Analog

Subject: Cortez (Colo.)--19th centuryWagons--Colorado--Cortez--19th centuryWomen--Colorado--Cortez--19th centuryCourthouses--Colorado--Cortez--19th century

Geographic Area: Cortez (Colo.)

Collection: Photographs - Western History

Related Material: Image File: ZZR710021029

Type of Material: Film negatives, Photographic prints

Original Material Found in Collection: C Photo Album 109. Colorado 1890s

Notes: Image mounted with X-21030 ; on verso X-21027, and X-21028. Title hand written on album page. R7100210290

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Thing of the past ...

Cortez flume near Cortez, Colo., built by Mr. Fellows

Date: 1890-1900

Shows the Cortez Flume at Cortez (Montezuma County), Colorado.

Physical Description: 1 photoprint on album page ; 10 x 12 cm (4 x 4 1/2 in.)

Born-Digital or Analog: Analog

SubjectCortez (Colo.)--19th centuryFlumes--Colorado--Cortez--19th century.

Geographic Area: Cortez (Colo.)

Collection: Photographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR710021046

Type of Material: Photographic prints

Original Material Found in Collection: C Photo Album 109. Colorado 1890s

Notes: Image mounted with X-21045 ; on verso X-21044, and X-21043. Title hand written on album page. R7100210460

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Thing of the past ...

Sierra El Late and Cortez, Colo.

Date: 1890-1900

Cortez (Montezuma County) Colorado; shows a school, oil rigging, residences, church building, and Sleeping Ute Mountain (Sierra El Late).

Physical Description: 1 copy negative ; 10 x 13 cm (4 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint on album page ; 10 x 12 cm (4 x 4 1/2 in.)

Born-Digital or Analog: Analog

Subject: Cortez (Colo.)--19th century

Cities and towns--Colorado--

Geographic Area: Cortez (Colo.)

Collection: Photographs - Western HistoryRelated Material

Image File: ZZR710021047

Type of Material: Film negatives, Photographic prints,

Original Material Found in Collection C, Photo Album 109. Colorado 1890s

Notes: Formerly F47419a. Image mounted with X-21048 ; on verso X-21049, and X-21050. Negative includes X-21048. Title hand written on album page. R7100210478

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Thing of the past ...

The Fillmore Block on 15th (Fifteenth) Street in Denver, Colorado; shows storefronts, men, boys, dogs, horses, a taxidermied bear, and signs: "D. G. Peabody," "Buckskin Gloves and Fur Store," "Heywood & Co." and "Hartford Fire Insurance."

Physical Description: 1 copy photonegative ; 13 x 18 cm (5 x 8 in.); 1 photoprint ; 15 x 21 cm (5 1/2 x 8 in.)

Born-Digital or Analog: Analog

Subject: Bears--Collection and preservation--Colorado--Denver--19th century

Geographic Area: Denver (Colo.)

Collection: Photographs - Western History

Related MaterialImage file: ZZR710023654

Type of Material: Film negatives, Photographic prints

Notes: Condition: upper corners cut into curves. Formerly F10002. Title and date penciled on paper mount. X-23655 on verso of paper mount. R7100236547

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Thing of the past ...
Date: 1918-1925
Grizzly bears at the zoo in City Park, Denver, Colorado. A log cabin and simulated rock formations are in the habitat area. Physical Description: 1 photonegative : glass, black and white ; 26 x 21 cm (10 x 8 in.); 1 photoprint : black and white ; 26 x 21 cm (10 x 8 in.)
Born-Digital or Analog: Analog
Subject: City Park (Denver, Colo.)
Collection: Photographs - Western History
Related Material: Image File: ZZR710027325
Type of Material: Glass negatives, Photographic prints
Notes: Formerly F3524. Title handwritten on back of print. R7100273256
Donor: City and County of Denver
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Thing of the past ...
Creator: Rhoads, Harry Mellon, 1880 or 1881-1975
Date:1910-1930
A man in a cage with bears at the Denver Zoo, Denver, Colorado.Physical Description1 copy negative ; 13 x 10 cm (5 x 4 in.)
Born-Digital or Analog: Analog
Subject: City Park (Denver, Colo.)Denver Zoo
Geographic Area: Denver (Colo.)Collection Photographs - Western History
Related Material: Image File: ZZR700189489
Type of Material: Film negatives,
Original Material Found in Collection: Harry M. Rhoads photograph collection:
Notes: Title hand-written on front of negative envelope. R7001894892,
Donor: Morey Engle
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Thing of the past ...
Creator: Frisk, Harold.
Date: May 30, 1896
Bartholf Hose Team Number 1, poses in front of the Larimer County Bank building. They wear uniforms with breast bibs with: "B H 1", caps, white gloves and belts, two men hold horns. American flags hung on bank help celebrate Decoration Day. Physical Description: 1 copy photonegative ; 10 x 13 cm (4 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint ; 13 x 18 cm (5 x 7 in.)
Subject: Loveland (Colo.)Fire fighters--Colorado--Loveland
Geographic Area: Loveland (Colo.)
Related Material: Image File: ZZR710012223
Type of Material: Film negatives, Photographic prints
Notes: Description typed on label on back of photoprint. Formerly F28845. Inked on front of photoprint: 27. Title, photographer and date hand-lettered on front of original. R7100122235.
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Thing of the past ...
Date: 1907
Men who include C. A. J. work on a convertible automobile parked on a street in Loveland (Larimer County), Colorado. A group of boys stand nearby.
Physical Description: 1 photoprint on album page : black and white ; 7 x 11 cm (3 x 4 1/2 in.)
Born-Digital or Analog: Analog
Subject: Loveland (Colo.)
Collection: Photographs - Western History
Related MaterialImage File: ZZR710020030
Type of Material: Photographic prints
Original Material Found in Collection: C Photo Album 113. Denver, Overland Park and Woodland
Notes: Condition: print is faded. Mounted on album page with: X-20027, X-20028, X-20029, X-20031, and X-20032. On verso of album page: X-20020, X-20021, X-20022, X-20023, X-20024, X-20025, and X-20026.
Title hand-written on album page. R7100200300
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Thing of the past ...
Creator: Talbot, Nathaniel H.
Date: October 1894
First street fair held on October 3, 4, 5, 1894, Loveland, Colorado. Men parade their prize horses down street lined with spectators. Shows the old depot (passengers could stand on the high platform and step into the cars) and Vorrieter's Cash Store (with awning).
Physical Description: 1 copy photonegative ; 10 x 13 cm (4 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint ; 13 x 18 cm (5 x 7 in.)
Geographic Area: Loveland (Colo.)
Related Material: Image File: ZZR710012229
Type of Material: Film negatives, Photographic prints
Notes: Formerly F28842. Photographer hand-lettered on original; inked on front: 24. Title and description typed on label on back of photoprint. R7100122293.
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Thing of the past ...
Creator: Poley, H. S. (Horace Swartley)
Date1894-1896
The Tutt and Penrose building (1894) on South Third (3rd) Street, in Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado. The two-story commercial brick building has a cornice, pediment and storefronts with signs: "3rd Street Dining Hall," "...Ladies Furnishings" and "Julius Flatow- Liquors & Cigars." Frame businesses have signs: "Fulton Market" and "Furnished Rooms."
Physical Description; 1 copy photonegative ; 10 x 13 cm (4 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint ; 12 x 17 cm (4 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.)
Born-Digital or Analog; Analog
Subject; Cripple Creek (Colo.)Commercial facilities--Colorado--Cripple CreekRestaurants--Colorado--Cripple Creek
Geographic Area; Cripple Creek (Colo.)
CollectionPhotographs - Western History
Related Material:
Image File: ZZR700170790
Type of Material: Film negativesPhotographic prints
Original Material Found in: CollectionC Photo Collection 37. H. S. Poley collection.
Notes: Additional lettering on original negative: 105. Hand-written on back of photoprint: Prop. south 3rd St. west side just below Bennett - & before the fires-April 1896. Title supplied by cataloger. 7001707906
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Thing of the past ...

Date:1892

Scene of an outing to Pikes Peak from Manitou Springs (El Paso County), Colorado shows well dressed people and a baby, held in place by a man, on donkeys. The town of Manitou Springs is seen in the distance. The people are identified (left to right) as Mrs. W.A. Bennett, her baby Hazel Bennett, Dr. Chauncey Tennant, two unidentified, and Mrs. D.C. Oakes.

Physical Description: 1 photographic print : albumen ; 13 x 20 cm (5 x 8 in.) mounted on mat board.

Subject: Manitou Springs (Colo.)Donkeys--Colorado--Manitou Springs Mother and child--Colorado--Manitou Springs Riding--Colorado--Manitou Springs Travel--Colorado--Manitou Springs Women--Colorado--Manitou Springs

Geographic Area: Manitou Springs (Colo.)

Related Material Image File: ZZR711007743

Type of Material: Albumen prints, Photographic prints

Notes: Handwritten on back of photographic print "1. Mrs. W.A. Bennett, 2. Hazel Bennett, 3. Dr. Chauncey Tennant, clerk in Arlington Hotel, owned by Mr. Bennett, traded, 6. Mrs. D.C. Oakes on trip to Pikes Peak 1892. Title supplied. R7110077432

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Thing of the past ...

Men and the widow of D.C. Oakes, an elderly woman, pose at the site of what used to be Fort Lincoln located at the site of the town of Huntsville (near the current town of Larkspur) in Douglas County, Colorado. The fort was built by D.C. Oakes to protect the early settlers from Indian attack, it was known as Oakes Folly. The men wear hats. The farmer who owns the land, Otis Skinner (?) wears gloves and has his arms folded. The grandson of D.C. Oakes wears suspenders and a hat and tie. Mrs. Oakes wears a bonnet, a long dress and a shawl. A hill with a rock hogback is in the distance.

Physical Description: 1 photographic print ; 7 x 12 cm (3 x 4 1/2 in.)

Born-Digital or Analog: Analog

Subject: Douglas County (Colo.)Farmers Older people Women Oakes, D. C. (Daniel C.)--Homes & haunts.

Geographic Area: Douglas County (Colo.)

Collection: Photographs - Western History-

Related Material: Image File: ZZR711012025

Type of MaterialPhotographic prints

Notes: Formerly F47571; Inked on verso of print: From left to right. The farmer who the present owner, Otis Skinner [?] , grandma, papa. The hill in the back ground is where the Indians used to look over at the movement of the whites in the fort in the year 1864. Title inked on front of photographic print. R7110120251.

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Thing of the past ...

The grandson of D.C. Oakes, a Colorado Pioneer, stands on the spot where D.C. Oakes had his cabin near Larkspur (Douglas County), Colorado. A field with sheeves of wheat and mesas are in the distance.

Physical Description: 1 photographic print ; 7 x 12 cm (3 x 4 1/2 in.)

Born-Digital or Analog: Analog

Subject: Douglas County (Colo.)Croplands, Men-Oakes, D. C. (Daniel C.)--Homes & haunts.

Geographic Area: Douglas County (Colo.)

Collection: Photographs - Western History-Related Material: Image File: ZZR711012031

Type of Material: Photographic prints

Notes: Formerly F47570; Taken on the spot where cabin of Grandpa Oakes stood fifty years ago. There is nothing left here except some old sticks and rocks. We found an old coffee mill here. August 1914. Title supplied. R7110120316

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Thing of the past ...
Date: 1918-1925
Grizzly bears at the zoo in City Park, Denver, Colorado. A log cabin and simulated rock formations are in the habitat area. Physical Description: 1 photonegative : glass, black and white ; 26 x 21 cm (10 x 8 in.); 1 photoprint : black and white ; 26 x 21 cm (10 x 8 in.)
Born-Digital or Analog: Analog
Subject: City Park (Denver, Colo.)
Collection: Photographs - Western History
Related Material: Image File: ZZR710027325
Type of Material: Glass negatives, Photographic prints
Notes: Formerly F3524. Title handwritten on back of print. R7100273256
Donor: City and County of Denver
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Thing of the past ...
Creator: Rhoads, Harry Mellon, 1880 or 1881-1975
Date:1910-1930
A man in a cage with bears at the Denver Zoo, Denver, Colorado.Physical Description1 copy negative ; 13 x 10 cm (5 x 4 in.)
Born-Digital or Analog: Analog
Subject: City Park (Denver, Colo.)Denver Zoo
Geographic Area: Denver (Colo.)Collection Photographs - Western History
Related Material: Image File: ZZR700189489
Type of Material: Film negatives,
Original Material Found in Collection: Harry M. Rhoads photograph collection:
Notes: Title hand-written on front of negative envelope. R7001894892,
Donor: Morey Engle
Denver Public Library Special Collections.

 

Thing of the past ...
Creator: Frisk, Harold.
Date: May 30, 1896
Bartholf Hose Team Number 1, poses in front of the Larimer County Bank building. They wear uniforms with breast bibs with: "B H 1", caps, white gloves and belts, two men hold horns. American flags hung on bank help celebrate Decoration Day. Physical Description: 1 copy photonegative ; 10 x 13 cm (4 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint ; 13 x 18 cm (5 x 7 in.)
Subject: Loveland (Colo.)Fire fighters--Colorado--Loveland
Geographic Area: Loveland (Colo.)
Related Material: Image File: ZZR710012223
Type of Material: Film negatives, Photographic prints
Notes: Description typed on label on back of photoprint. Formerly F28845. Inked on front of photoprint: 27. Title, photographer and date hand-lettered on front of original. R7100122235.
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Thing of the past ...
Date: 1907
Men who include C. A. J. work on a convertible automobile parked on a street in Loveland (Larimer County), Colorado. A group of boys stand nearby.
Physical Description: 1 photoprint on album page : black and white ; 7 x 11 cm (3 x 4 1/2 in.)
Born-Digital or Analog: Analog
Subject: Loveland (Colo.)
Collection: Photographs - Western History
Related MaterialImage File: ZZR710020030
Type of Material: Photographic prints
Original Material Found in Collection: C Photo Album 113. Denver, Overland Park and Woodland
Notes: Condition: print is faded. Mounted on album page with: X-20027, X-20028, X-20029, X-20031, and X-20032. On verso of album page: X-20020, X-20021, X-20022, X-20023, X-20024, X-20025, and X-20026.
Title hand-written on album page. R7100200300
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Thing of the past ...
Creator: Talbot, Nathaniel H.
Date: October 1894
First street fair held on October 3, 4, 5, 1894, Loveland, Colorado. Men parade their prize horses down street lined with spectators. Shows the old depot (passengers could stand on the high platform and step into the cars) and Vorrieter's Cash Store (with awning).
Physical Description: 1 copy photonegative ; 10 x 13 cm (4 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint ; 13 x 18 cm (5 x 7 in.)
Geographic Area: Loveland (Colo.)
Related Material: Image File: ZZR710012229
Type of Material: Film negatives, Photographic prints
Notes: Formerly F28842. Photographer hand-lettered on original; inked on front: 24. Title and description typed on label on back of photoprint. R7100122293.
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Thing of the past ...
Date:1896
Aftermath of destruction caused by April, 1896 fire, Cripple Creek, Colorado; men, women and children stroll down street that has debris and rubble left from fire; foreground includes woman holding baby, boy drinking from fire hydrant, canvas tents amidst rubble, and stream of water sprayed on rubble.
Physical Description: 1 photoprint : albumen ; 14 x 18 cm (5 x 6 3/4 in.)
Born-Digital or Analog: Analog
Geographic Area: Cripple Creek (Colo.)
Collection: Photographs - Western History
Related Material: Image File: ZZR710000650
Type of Material: Albumen prints
Digital Version Created From: Randall. Georgetown
Notes: Mounted albumen photoprint extremely faded. Title hand-written on back of photoprint; albumen photoprint mounted on mat board. R7100006502  

 

Thing of the past ...
Date: 1894-1900
Exterior view of Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad station, Cripple Creek, Colorado; the two-story wooden frame multi-gabled building has vertical and horizontal siding, overhanging shed or side porch with ornamental brackets, and a second story porch with balustrade; signs on depot include: "Cripple Creek," "F.S. & C.C. Suburban Train Schedule from Victor to Goldfield," and banner with: "Basket Picnic, $1.50, Canon City and Return, Next Sunday Special Train, 8:00 a.m."; men sit on benches and a woman stands in depot doorway.
Physical Description: 1 copy photonegative ; 10 x 13 cm (4 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint ; 12 x 17 cm (4 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.)
Born-Digital or Analog: Analog
Subject: Cripple Creek (Colo.)Railroad stations--Colorado--Cripple Creek
Geographic Area: Cripple Creek (Colo.)Collection, Photographs - Western History
Related Material: Image File: ZZR710000742
Type of Material: Film negatives, Photographic prints
Notes: Formerly negative F21984. Title supplied by cataloger. R7100007427
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Thing of the past ...
Date: 1880-1900
Two Aspen streetcars with a driver, no passengers, and drawn by a horse, are behind one another on rails. A man holds a horse next to one of the streetcars. Lettering on the streetcars read: Fashionable Sands Bros. Clothes, West Aspen Mill & Main Sts., Aspen City Railway, To & From All Depots." Large rocks are around the rails.
Physical Description1: copy photonegative ; 13 x 18
cm (5 x 7 in.); 1 photoprint ; 9 x 16 cm (3 3/4 x 6 1/4 in.)Born-Digital or Analog:Analog
Subject: Aspen (Colo.)--19th centuryStreet railroads--Colorado--Aspen--19th century
Geographic Area: Aspen (Colo.)

Collection: Photographs - Western History.
Related Material:
Image File: ZZR710006131
Type of Material: Film negatives, Photographic prints, Black & white photographs
Digital Version Created From: C. Bancroft
Notes: Formerly F9629. Hand-written on back of photoprint: Trans. - Street railroads, horsecars. Title hand-written on back of photo, print. R7100061316
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Thing of the past ...
Date:1946
Aspen, Colorado covered with snow in a valley between Smuggler Mountain and Aspen Mountain; ski runs and lift paths cut paths through the trees; mountain peaks visible in the background.Physical Description1 photoprint : black-and-white ; 24 x 19 cm (9 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.)
Born-Digital or Analog: Analog
Subject:Aspen (Colo.)
Geographic Area:
Aspen, Colorado
Collection: Photographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR710007005Type of Material, Panoramic views
Photographic prints, Black & white photographs.
Digital Version Created From: Caroline Bancroft Collection
Notes:
Photoprint is warped. Title hand-written on back of photoprint. R7100070056
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Thing of the past ...
Creator: Kaeser, Fritz, 1910-1990
Date: 1950-1960
Interior of the performance tent of the Aspen Music Festival in Aspen, Colorado in Pitkin County. Seating area surrounds stage in concentric circles. There is a triangular-shaped stage with a triangular canopy over it. A concert grand piano is on the stage.
Physical Description: 1 photoprint ; 6 x 11 cm (2 1/4 x 4 1/4 in.)
Born-Digital or Analog: Analog
Subject: Interiors Music festivals--Colorado--Aspen, Stages (Platforms)--Colorado--AspenGeographic Area , Aspen (Colo.)
Collection: Photographs - Western History :
Type of Material: Photographic prints, Black & white photograph.
Original Material Found in Collection: Muriel Sibell Wolle estate, 1977
Notes: Photoprint is yellowed. Title hand-written on back of photoprint; photoprint has scalloped edges; adhesive stains on back. 

 

 

Thing of the past ...
Creator: Morganti Studio.
Date: 1927
Studio portrait of Margaret "Molly" Tobin Brown in Denver, Colorado. She wears a velvet coat with fox trim, a velvet hat, and holds a swagger stick.
Physical Description: 1 photonegative : nitrate ; 26 x 21 cm (10 x 8 in.); 1 photoprint ; 22 x 17 cm (8 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.)
Born-Digital or Analog: Analog
Subject: Clothing & dressWomen: Brown, Margaret Tobin 1867-1932.Collection: Photographs - Western History Related Material: Image File: ZZR710021704:
Type of Material: Film negatives
Photographic prints: Portrait photographs
Digital Version Created From: Mrs. Ella Grable.
Notes: Condition: print is torn near edge. Formerly F8340. Title and "coat of mustard velvet with fox fur to match. Velvet hat and shoes to match also--carrying black swagger stick." handwritten on back of print. R7100217048
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Thing of the past ...
Date: 1910-1920
A young woman suffragette sits in a chair near a banner reading "Colorado Women are Citizens." The woman wears a fur coat, hat, and leather gloves. Tassels dangle from the top and bottom of the banner.Physical Description1 copy print ; 21 x 26 cm (8 x 10 in.).
Born-Digital or Analog: Analog
Subject: Banners--ColoradoSuffragists--ColoradoWomen--ColoradoCollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated Material: Image File: ZZR710029646
Type of Material: Film negatives, Black & white photographs, Photographic prints
Notes: Formerly F25102; Title supplied. Library own additional iterations of this image in various formats: 1 copy negative ; 10 x 13 cm.(4 x 5 in.).
R7100296466
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Thing of the past ...
Creator: Miller, Neal, photographer.
Date: 1955 May 15
Steam locomotive #499 and U.S. Army diesel locomotive #4700N of the Rio Grande Raillroad are stopped at the turntable at Durango, Colorado in La Plata County. The steam engine has a snowplow attached to the front of it. Steam locomotive #497 and a 470-series engine (left, with flanger) are on the tracks in the background. An unidentified engine is next to the sandhouse (small building in lower left) in foreground. Large building (center right) is the roundhouse.
Physical Description1 copy photonegative ; 10 x 13 cm (4 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint ; 8 x 12 cm (3 x 4 1/2 in.)Born-Digital or Analog:Analog
Subject: Turntables (Railroads)--Colorado--Durango Durango (Colo.)Railroad roundhouses--Colorado--DurangoRailroad snowplow locomotives--Colorado--DurangoDenver and Rio Grande Railroad Company.
Geographic Area:
Durango (Colo.)
Collection: Photographs - Western History
Related Material: Image File: ZZR710017733
Type of Material: Film negatives, Photographic prints,
Digital Version Created From: Neal R. Miller, 300 Sunset Drive, Longmont, Colo.
Notes: Formerly F35345. Hand-written on back of photoprint: Taken from roaling tower looking north. 50 at F.5.6 (6:30 a.m.) inf. Photographer's stamp on verso. Photoprint has a bent corner. Photoprint has scalloped edges. Title hand-written on back of photoprint. R7100177337
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Thing of the past ...
Creator: Harber, William G.
Date: May 1960
Cars are parked in the lot outside of the Durango, Colorado, train depot in La Plata County. Located on the Denver & Rio Grande Western line, the clapboard building has a front and a side gable. Signs include: "Durango," and "Denver and Rio Grande Western."
Physical Description: 1 photoprint ; 12 x 17 cm (4 1/2 x 6 3/4 in.)
Born-Digital or Analog: Analog
Subject: Durango (Colo.)Railroad stations--Colorado--Colorado Parks and Wildlife - Durango
Geographic Area: Durango (Colo.)
Collection: Photographs - Western History
Related Material : Image File: ZZR710017737
Type of Material: Photographic prints
Digital Version Created From: O. Harber.
Notes:Title supplied by cataloger. R7100177379
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Thing of the past ...
Creator: Beam, George L. (George Lytle), 1868-1935
Date: 1898-1910
View west over Durango shows residences, school, church, businesses, County Courthouse, Strater Hotel and buttes in distance.
Physical Description: 1 copy photonegative ; 10 x 13 cm (4 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint ; 21 x 26 cm (8 x 10 in.)
Geographic Area:
Durango (Colo.)
Related Material:
Image File: ZZR700137764
Type of Material: Film negatives, Photographic prints
Notes: Formerly F6329. Title supplied by cataloger; hand-written on back: 6329, 6330, 6335 form panorama, (GB-7763, GB-7764, GB-7765). R7001377646
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Thing of the past ...
Creator: Yelton, Edgar A.
Date: 1899
Victor Avenue, Victor, Colorado, during its devastating fire of August 21, 1899; people are loading or carrying household goods & belongings on horse-drawn wagons & carriages; trunks, furniture & other personal items are stacked in the street as groups of men & women stream down the dirt street. Shows smoke & wooden frame skeletons of buildings, a church spire, wooden frame residences, commercial buildings and a traffic intersection light in foreground.Physical Description1 copy photonegative ; 10 x 13 cm (4 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint ; 11 x 17 cm (4 1/4 x 6 1/2 in.)
Born-Digital or Analog: Analog
Subject: Victor (Colo.)--19th centuryFires--Colorado--Victor--19th centuryCollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR710000534
Type of Material: Film negatives,Photographic prints.
Notes: Formerly negative F26527. Title printed on front of photoprint with additional information: Aug.21-1899, no.865. R7100005344
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Thing of the past ...
Creator: Horsley, W. M.
Date: 1895
Original Victor Hotel, Victor Avenue & Fourth Street, Victor, Colorado, a two-story wooden frame commercial frame building. Shows additional ground level with storeroom window displays & awnings, corner main entrance & several side entrances, parapet with enablature, cone-shaped tower with shingles, double hung windows, semi- elliptical surround with plain moulding & partially enclosed porch (or balcony) on second & third story. Also shows electrical or utility poles and street intersection light.
Physical Description: 1 copy photonegative ; 20 x 26 cm (8 x 10 in.); 1 copy photoprint ; 19 x 24 cm (7 1/2 x 9 1/4 in.)
Born-Digital or Analog: Analog
Subject: Victor (Colo.)Hotels--Colorado--Victor Victor Hotel (Victor, Colo.)
Collection: Photographs - Western History
Related Material: Image File: ZZR710000550
Type of Material: Film negatives: Photographic prints
Digital Version Created From: Rosenstock
Notes: Formerly negative F6643. Hand-written on back of copy photoprint: 1895. Title & photographer printed on front of copy print in reverse. R7100005506
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Thing of the past ...
Date: circa 1917
Victor Avenue, Victor, Colorado, about 1917; business district includes two-story flat-roof brick commercial buildings, stone sidewalks, window awnings, two automobiles parked at curb, background view of mine on hillside (possibly the Portland), utility poles, and street railway tracks.
Physical Description: 1 copy photonegative ; 13 x 18 cm (5 x 7 in.); 1 photoprint ; 19 x 26 cm (7 1/2 x 10 in.)
Born-Digital or Analog: Analog
Subject: Victor (Colo.)Business districts--Colorado--Victor Streets--Colorado--Victor
Geographic Area: Victor (Colo.)
Collection: Photographs - Western History
Related Material: Image File: ZZR710000561
Type of Material: Film negatives, Photographic prints,Black & white photos.
Digital Version Created From: WPA Writers program
Original Material Found in: Collection WPA Photos Notes, Formerly negative F7418. Hand-written on back of photoprint: Victor, 1917; Title supplied by cataloger. "Is Part Of" term supplied by cataloger. R7100005611
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Thing of the past ...
Creator: Beam, George L. (George Lytle), 1868-1935
View of the Victorian Denver & Rio Grande Railroad depot, Palmer Lake, El Paso County, Colorado; shows people on benches, baggage trucks, and carts. Sign reads: "Pine Crest."Physical Description1 copy photonegative ; 10 x 13 cm (4 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint ; 10 x 13 cm (4 x 5 in.)Born-
Digital or Analog: Analog
Subject: Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company, Palmer Lake (Colo.)Railroad stations--Colorado--
Palmer Lake Historical Society: Collection Photographs - Western History
Related Material: Image File: ZZR700137353
Type of Material: Film negatives, Photographic prints
Notes: Formerly F6361. Title hand-written on back of photoprint. R7001373537
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Thing of the past ...
Creator: Poley, H. S. (Horace Swartley)
Date:1893
A horse-drawn buggy parks in front of commercial storefronts with signs: "Phillips Brothers," "Postal Telegraph Office," and "Phillips Brothers, Meat Market, Groceries," Palmer Lake, El Paso County, Colorado.
Physical Description: 1 copy photonegative ; 13 x 18 cm (5 x 7 in.); 1 photoprint on cabinet card ; 12 x 19 cm (4 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.)
Palmer Lake (Colo.)Related
Material: Image File: ZZR700171639
Type of Material: Cabinet photographs, Film negatives, Original Material Found in Collection C Photo Collection 37. H. S. Poley collection.
Notes: Photoprint has faded. Title and "Phillips Brothers" printed on front of original; photographer's stamp on back of vintage photoprint card. R7001716395
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Thing of the past ...
Creator: Poley, H. S. (Horace Swartley)
Date:1893
Panorama of Palmer Lake in the town of Palmer Lake, El Paso County, Colorado, shows tracks of the Denver & Rio Grande and Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroads.
Physical Description: 1 copy photonegative ; 10 x 13 cm (4 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint on cabinet card ; 12 x 20 cm (4 3/4 x 7 3/4 in.)
Palmer Lake (Colo.)
Related Material Image File: ZZR700171649
Type of Material: Cabinet photographs, Film negatives, Original Material Found in Collection: C Photo Collection 37. H. S. Poley collection
Notes: Photoprint has faded and yellowed. Title printed on front of original; photographer's stamp on back of vintage photoprint card. R7001716492
Denver Public Library Special Collections.