Mariano Medina, Durango tracks, Pike's Peak Summit, Aspen's Slopes

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Creator: Carbutt, John, 1832-1905.
Date:1860-1870
Portrait of Mariano Medina. Medina's father was from Spain and his mother was from New Mexico, known as a Spanish, French / Native American guide, trapper, trader, and bounty hunter from Taos, New Mexico. He wears fringed leather coat with a fur collar and cuffs, moccasins, pants with a woven stripe, and he smokes a pipe.
Physical Description: 1 photographic print on stereo card: stereograph ; 9 x 18 cm (4 x 7 in.)
Born-Digital or Analog: Analog
Subject: Indians of North America--19th century Clothing & dress--19th century Guides & scouts--19th century Men--19th century Smoking--19th century Trappers--19th century Collection: Photographs - Western History
Related Material Image file: ZZR711002449
Type of Material: Photographic prints Portrait photographs Stereographs
Notes: Title printed on stereo card margin with: "305," "Views of the Rocky Mountains and vicinity."; R711024497
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Summit of Pike's Peak
Creator: Poley, H. S. (Horace Swartley)
Date: 1895-1925
Summit of Pike's Peak, El Paso County, Colorado, with train tracks, rail car "1", government signal station building, and observation tower.
Physical Description: 1 photonegative : glass ; 21 x 26 cm (8 x 10 in.); 1 photoprint ; 21 x 26 cm (8 x 10 in.)
Born-Digital or Analog:Analog
Subject: Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway CompanyEl Paso County (Colo.)Pikes Peak (Colo.)Mountain railroads--Colorado--El Paso County Observation towers--Colorado--El Paso County Geographic Area: El Paso County (Colo.)
Collection: Photographs - Western History Related Material Image File: ZZR700170439
Type of Material: Glass negatives Photographic prints
Original Material Found in: CollectionC Photo Collection 37. H. S. Poley collection.
Notes: Photographer's stamp embossed on print. Stamped on back of print: "H. S. Poley Photographer Colorado Springs, Colo."; Title penciled on back of print. Vintage photographic print. Written on back of print: "Railroads-Manitou and Pike's Peak Trains" "Low building is the old government signal station, on the right an addition with the tower."; R7001704398
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Denver and Rio Grande Western 202, NG 2-8-0, switching on three-rail trackage in front of station at Durango, Colorado
Creator: Beam, George L. (George Lytle), 1868-1935
Date:1923
The Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad depot at Durango, Colorado; shows D&RGW locomotive 202 (Elk Creek), a Rio Grande Southern passenger train, a Farmington Branch boxcar, and men and women by baggage carts. Sign reads: "Western Union Telegraph & Cable Office." Spring, 1923.
Physical Description: 1 photonegative : black and white ; 20 x 25 cm (8 x 10 in.)
Born-Digital or Analog: Analog
Subject: Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company
Rio Grande Southern Railroad Durango (Colo.)Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Durango Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Durango Railroad stations--Colorado--Durango Railroads--Colorado--Durango
Geographic Area: Durango (Colo.)
Collection: Photographs - Western History
Related Material: Image File: ZZR700138127
Type of Material: Film negatives
Notes: Condition: emulsion damage at edge. Title hand-written on negative sleeve, with: "class 60-C16. Grant #1364 (5/1881) named 'Elk Creek' in service 5/20/1881," "retired 3/1926, dismantled Alamosa," "note R.G.S. train #6, departure time 8:50 AM, made up on track 2 at left. Also standard gauge box car 11604 at left used on Farmington Branch."; R7001381271
Donor: Jackson C. Thode.
Denver Public Library Special Collections 

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Union Station, Denver
Creator: McClure, Louis Charles, 1867-1957
Date: 1899-1910
Union Station with southbound Colorado and Southern Railway passenger train and Rio Grande double header passenger train loading; station tracks laid with three rails to accomodate narrow gauge and standard gauge trains; numerous baggage and freight rail carts await loading; wooden barrels stacked on carts right foreground; Globe Express Company sign on railroad platform cover; 19th (Nineteenth) Street grade crossing next to Railroad Mission (building with steeple) distant background; Denver Gas Works (large chimney on left).
Physical Description: 1 photonegative : glass ; 21 x 26 cm (8 x 10 in.)
Born-Digital or Analog: Analog
Subject: Denver (Colo.)Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--Denver Railroad stations--Colorado--Denver Colorado and Southern Railway Union Station (Denver, Colo.)
Geographic Area: Denver (Colo.)
Collection: Photographs - Western History
Related Material: Image File: ZZR700070285
Type of Material: Glass negatives
Original Material Found in: CollectionWH2300. Louis Charles McClure papers
Notes: Title and signature hand-lettered on glass plate. R7000702856
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Skiers make their way to the Ajax Express lift, Friday morning, June 13, 2008, Aspen Mountian. The ski area reopened for this weekend, with real spring conditions. (KEN PAPALEO/ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS) *** Megan Razcak (cq)
Date: 06/13/2008Born-Digital or Analog: Born-digital
Type of Material: Photograph
Geographic Area: Collection Rocky Mountain News Photograph Collection
Donated to the Denver Public Library by the Rocky Mountain News

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Zach Ornitz/Aspen Daily News ASPEN - Aspen native Wallace Westfeldt, 23, is pictured here competing in the Colorado Freeride Series held at the end of February this year at Snowmass Ski Area. Westfeldt died on Friday while riding out of bounds in Tonar Bo
Born-Digital or Analog:Born-digital
Type of Material: Photograph
Geographic Area: Collection Rocky Mountain News Photograph Collection
Donated to the Denver Public Library by the Rocky Mountain News, Zach Ornitz/Aspen Daily News 

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Creator: Wolle, Muriel Sibell, 1898-1977 Date1945-1965
The Aspen ski area chair-lift, Aspen, Pitkin County, Colorado; one man rides and a shirtless man looks on.
Physical Description: 1 photonegative : black-and-white ; 7 x 12 cm (2 3/4 x 4 1/2 in.)
Subject: Ski lifts--Colorado--Aspen Aspen (Colo.)Ski resorts--Colorado--Aspen
Geographic Area: Aspen (Colo.)
Related Material: Image File: ZZR710004537
Type of Material: Film negatives Black & white photographs Original Material Found in: CollectionWH906. Muriel Sibell Wolle papers
Notes: Formerly Wo1766. Title hand-written on front of negative envelope. R7100045378
Donor: Muriel Sibell Wolle estate, 1977
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