Ridgway, Greeley, Loveland, Telluride and more

 

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Near Ridgway Colo.
Creator: McClure, Louis Charles, 1867-1957
Date:1940
Denver & Rio Grande Western Locomotive 453, leased to Rio Grande Southern (Baldwin type 2-8-2; with twelve cars; Civilian Conservation Corps excursion); northbound down Dallas Divide towards Ridgway, Ouray County, Colorado; engineer and passengers lean out windows; two men sit on top of a freight car; snowy ridges of Mount Sneffles in background.
Physical Description: 1 copy photonegative : black-and-white ; 9 x 11 cm (3 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.); 1 photoprint : black-and-white ; 18 x 24 cm (7 1/4 x 9 1/2 in.); 1 photoprint : black-and-white ; 19 x 24 cm (7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.)
Born-Digital or Analog: Analog
Subject: Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company Rio Grande Southern Railroad Passengers--Colorado--Ouray County Railroad employees--Colorado--Ouray County Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Ouray CountyRailroads--Colorado--Ouray County
Geographic Area: Ouray County (Colo.)
Related Material: Image File: ZZR700073215
Type of Material: Film negatives Photographic prints Black & white photographs
Digital Version Created From: WH2300. Louis Charles McClure papers, album III, 147
Original Material Found in Collection WH2300.
Louis Charles McClure papers
Notes: Near Ridgeway Colo hand-lettered on bottom white border of photographic print. Copy of a O. C. Perry attributed to McClure; see also OP-8006. Title hand-lettered on white border of vintage album print. R7000732152
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R.G.S. roundhouse @ Ridgway
CreatorTrout, George A.
Date:1951 September 1
The Rio Grande Southern railroad roundhouse and turntable in Ridgway (Ouray County), Colorado. Railroad employees stand nearby. Shows a railroad handcar and axles. Physical Description: 1 photographic print ; 8 x 10 cm (3 x 4 in.)
Born-Digital or Analog:Analog
Subject: Rio Grande Southern RailroadRidgway (Colo.)Railroad employees--Colorado--RidgwayRailroad roundhouses--Colorado--RidgwayTurntables (Railroads)--Colorado--Ridgway Collection Photographs - Western History Related Material
Image File: ZZR711011035
Type of Material: Photographic prints Black & white photographs
Notes: Photographers information stamped on verso of print with: "negative no. 1026."; Title inked on verso of photographic print. R7110110353
Donor: George A. Trout
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Ridgway School 1891 term Prof. Speer, Minnie M. Holaday teachers
Date:1891
Ridgway School, in Ridgway, Ouray County, Colorado; shows well-dressed women, men, girls, and boys posing by a brick building with a covered entry, widows' walks, and a cupola.
Physical Description: 1 photoprint on mat board ; 19 x 24 cm (7 1/2 x 9 1/4 in.)
Subject: Ridgway (Colo.)Schools--Colorado--Ridgway Students--Colorado--Ridgway Teachers--
Related Material: Image File: ZZR710013165
Type of Material: Photographic printsDigital Version Created FromHenry W. Rathmell.
Notes: Formerly F38843. Title hand-written on back of mat board. R7100131658
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Greeley, Colorado
Date:1870-1880
Unpaved Seventh Street (earlier known as Maple Street) in Greeley, Colorado, in Weld County. Hotels and commercial storefronts are along the street with: The Greeley House, the town fire hall, Nathan Meeker's Greeley Tribune, and a masonry, commercial building with several men standing in front of it. Physical Description: 1 copy photonegative ; 13 x 18 cm (5 x 7 in.); 1 photoprint ; 10 x 15 cm (3 3/4 x 6 in.)
Born-Digital or Analog: Analog
Subject: Greeley (Colo.)--19th century Buildings--Colorado--Greeley--19th century Streets--Colorado--Greeley--19th century
Geographic Area: Greeley (Colo.)
Collection: Photographs - Western History
Related Material: Image File: ZZR710009060
Type of Material: Film negatives Photographic prints
Notes: Formerly F13263. Photoprint has yellowed and a corner has been torn off. Title hand-written on back of photoprint. R7100090608
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The Greeley Tribune
Date:1880
Men pose in front of brick commercial buildings in Greeley, Colorado. The two-story structures have a bracketed cornice and gauge arched windows. Wooden livery doors serve the fire department; the hose drying tower rises from the roof. A sign reads: "The Gree[ley Tribune]; a horse-drawn hay rake is under a tree. Bills posted announce: "Weld County fair."
Physical Description: 1 photoprint on cabinetcard ; 11 x 16 cm (4 x 6 1/2 in.)
Born-Digital or Analog: Analog
Subject: Greeley (Colo.)--19th century
Geographic Area: Greeley (Colo.)
Collection: Photographs - Western History
Related Material: Image File: ZZR710009012
Type of Material: Cabinet photographs
Original Material Found in: Collection, Hazel E. Johnson Collection.
Notes: Hand-written on back of photoprint: Gerdes OK. 4/12/58 Hazel E. Johnson Collection from E. J. Carver Coll. by E. B. Fairchild. Stamped: "If used, please credit Hazel E. Johnson Collection."; Title supplied by cataloger. R7100090129
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Date:1910-1920
Standing in the door of a streetcar in Greeley, Colorado, the conductor wears a waist mounted coinchanger. The number "30" is painted on the car; sheds and a lightpole are in the background.
Physical Description: 1 copy photonegative ; 10 x 13 cm (4 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint : black-and-white ; 9 x 15 cm (3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)
Born-Digital or Analog: Analog
Subject: Greeley (Colo.)Street railroads--Colorado--Greeley
Geographic Area: Greeley (Colo.)
Collection: Photographs - Western History
Related Material: Image File: ZZR710009042
Type of Material: Film negatives Black & white photographs Photographic prints
Digital Version Created From: Al Moorman.
Notes: Formerly F34193. Photoprint has scalloped edges. Title supplied by cataloger. R7100090420
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Creator: Beam, George L. (George Lytle), 1868-1935
Date:1909
Possibly Alex Carrie, a mule skinner or muleteer, leads his mule train along South Oak Street across West Colorado Avenue, Telluride, San Miguel County, Colorado. The mules drag poles from the McMahon Lumber Company, located by the Rio Grande Southern narrow gauge railroad. Signs on businesses read: "The Daily Journal, Insurance, Abstracts of Title, Mining," "Examiner, Printing" and "Furnished Rooms,"
Physical Description: 1 copy photonegative ; 10 x 13 cm (4 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint ; 21 x 26 cm (8 x 10 in.)
Subject: Telluride (Colo.)Mules--Colorado--Telluride Packtrains--Colorado--Telluride Streets--Colorado--Telluride Carrie, Alex.
Geographic Area: Telluride (Colo.)
Related Material: Image File: ZZR700137769
Type of Material: Film negatives Photographic prints
Notes: Formerly F3222. Title hand-written on back of photoprint; photographer's stamp also on back; additional information: This is on a glass plate at State Historical Society, 10/1971. R7001377696
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Creator: Collier, Joseph Date1875-1900
L.G. Denison's grocery store stands next to S.R. Fitzgarrald's law office on Main Street in Telluride, Colorado. Farther down the block are J. Tryan's hardware store, Charles Oderfeld's general merchandise shop and a meat market. Across the street is the Telluride House Lodging and Bath House and W.H. Stewart's hardware store. The post office, a bakery and a grocery store stand farther down the block. People stand down the block. People stand on the sidewalks in front of the shops. Two groups of pack burros are gathered in the dirt street in the foreground. A ridge of mountains is in the distance.
Physical Description: 1 copy photonegative ; 11 x 16 cm (4 x 6 1/4 in.); 1 copy photonegative ; 7 x 11 cm (2 3/4 x 4 in.); 1 photoprint ; 16 x 25 cm (6 1/4 x 9 1/2 in.)
Subject: Signs and signboards--Colorado--Telluride--19th century Telluride (Colo.)--19th century Business districts--Colorado--Telluride--19th century Commercial facilities- Colorado--Telluride--19th century Mountains--Colorado--19th century
Geographic Area: Telluride (Colo.)
Related Material: Image File: ZZR700130164
Type of Material:Film negatives Photographic prints
Notes: 365. Telluride handwritten on image in Collier collection of Western History Department, Denver Public Library. Larger negative has number "15" stenciled in upper corner. R7001301645
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Creator: Fick, William L.
Date: circa 1940
Automobiles are parked on Main Street in Telluride (San Miguel County), Colorado. Business signs read: "H. C. Baisch Drugs, Jewelry", "Bowl Upstairs", "Maytag Appliances, Telluride Elec. Shop", "Texaco", "Tribune", and "Bailey McDonald Conoco." Ajax Peak and Ingram Falls are in the background.
Physical Description: 1 photoprint on album page ; 20 x 24 cm (7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.)
Born-Digital or Analog: Analog
Subject: Telluride (Colo.)Automobiles--Colorado--Telluride Cities and towns--Colorado--Telluride Mining--Colorado--Telluride Stores & shops--Colorado--Telluride Streets--Colorado--Telluride
Geographic Area: Telluride (Colo.)
Collection: Photographs - Western History
Type of Material: Photographic prints Black & white photographs Original Material Found in Collection C Photo Collection 255. Colorado Mining, William L. Fick.
Notes: Album in 7 unnumbered volumes. Handwritten on back of print: "1639."; Historical information bound in album includes: "Gold and Silver Mining in Colorado: Leading Gold Producing Counties, Leading Silver Producing Counties," and "Colorado's Gold and Silver: The Shining Mountains, Gold Discovered, and Great Gold Strikes Early in 1859."; Title supplied by cataloger. R7100631161
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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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Baptist Church, Loveland, Colo.
Creator: Dickerson, A. E.Date1902
The Baptist Church, Loveland, Colorado. A man walks in front of the brick Gothic church with massive corner tower with four sided steeple, entrance, stained glass windows, and intersecting gable roofs.
Physical Description: 1 copy photonegative : black-and-white ; 13 x 10 cm (5 x 4 in.); 1 photoprint : black-and-white ; 18 x 13 cm (7 x 5 in.)
Subject: Loveland (Colo.)Baptist churches--Colorado--Loveland
Geographic Area: Loveland (Colo.)
Related Material: Image File: ZZR710012210
Type of Material: Film negatives Photographic prints Black & white photographs
Notes: Formerly F18658. Photoprint shows deterioration on original. Title and photographer printed on bottom of stereo card and reproduced on negative, with "90."; R7100122104
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Switcher at Loveland, Colorado plant
Date1940-1950
A Great Western Sugar Company switcher locomotive on tracks at the Great Western Sugar Company plant in Loveland (Larimer County), Colorado. Shows a multi-story, brick, sugar processing building.
Physical Description: 1 photographic print ; 13 x 18 cm (5 x 7 in.)
Born-Digital or Analog: Analog
Subject: Great Western Sugar Company--Equipment & supplies Loveland (Colo.)Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Loveland Sugar industry--Colorado--Loveland
Geographic Area: Loveland (Colo.)
Related Material: Image File: ZZR711005651
Type of Material: Photographic prints Black & white photographs Digital Version Created From: Ed Sibert, Aug. 22, 1974.
Notes: Owned by Sugar Co., not R.R., Chas. Albi, 7/03/01 penciled on verso. Title penciled on verso. R7110056517.
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