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Ruins of the old city of Stout, Colorado
Creator: Dunning, Harold M.
Date: 1928
Summary: A man stands on top of the ruins of the quarry town of Stout (also known as Petra), Larimer County, Colorado. The big building is the hotel built by the Union Pacific Railroad.
Hand-written on back of photoprint: "Situated about ten miles northwest of Loveland, Colorado. The big building is that of the old hotel built by the Union Pacific Railroad. The city flourished during the building of Omaha, Nebraska, and many other large cities including Denver. Just as the rock for building and paving for Denver came from the quarries at Lyons, Nolan, Beach Hill and other places so the rock for the building of many inland cities such as Omaha came from Stout, Arkins, and so forth. When cement came into use all these industries died. Hundreds of men, mostly foreigners were thrown out of work. Hand-written title and photographer's stamp on back of photoprint. Western History and Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
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During the winter of the big snow 1898-99
Credit: Denver Public Library Special Collections
Date: [1898 or 1899]
The banker and city treasurer, George Engle, and his wife, Gertrude, approach through a snow tunnel on Main Street in Breckenridge, Colorado. He wears a topcoat, sack suit and gold chain, and fedora hat. She is in a puff shouldered bodice and feathered capote hat, with black gloves and dress. The stone storefront of Finding's Hardware is behind them, with its stepped pediment and "Gas fittings" sign. Summit County Historical Society. Hand-written on back of photoprint: George Engle and Gertrude Engle Breckenridge. Main Street tunnel is from Finding Hardware store to Denver Hotel. Title hand-written on back of photoprint.
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Gold King Mine, Cripple Creek
History Colorado
Creator(s): Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942
Men pose with wheelbarrows by the entrance to the Gold King Mine near Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado. A separator screen is nearby. The photo was taken in 1892 by William Henry Jackson (1843-1942). The date and identified of several men in the photo have been identified by Leslie Doyle Spell in her 1951 book, "Forgotten Men of Cripple Creek": [first name unknown] De LaVergne lying in the wheelbarrow; Bob Womack second from left, standing; Andy Frazier standing by wheelbarrow; [first name unknown] Pourtales with the long overcoat; and Bill Spell seated on hillside in black suit and hat.
Date:1892
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Elbert County Fair
Credit: Denver Public Library Special Collections
Date: 1911
Dust follows galloping horses at This race at the Kiowa, Elbert County, Colorado, county fair. Women watch from the foreground; buggies and cars are among the crowd of spectators further back. Buildings of the town are in the background, against low hills.
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Main Street, Dallas, Colo
Creator: Goodman, Charles, 1843-1912
Date 1888
Summary : Dallas, Ouray County, Colorado, is a line of frame businesses. Signs read: "Saloon," "Restaurant," "Drugs," "Groceries," "Meat Market," "Montrose Merc Co's Branch House," and "Dallas [Ho]te[l]." Plows, lumber, and covered wagons edge the boardwalk, where people pose. Men stand on a platform scale in the thorougfare; women and children are on the balcony of the two-story hotel. Title inked on photoprint with: "Mt Sneffles and San Juan Range 14,250 ft. May, 1888." Western History and Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
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Wild Bill Hickok, Buffalo Bill, and group
Credit Denver Public Library Special Collections
Date 1874?
Summary Group portrait of frontier celebrities; (L to R) probably Eugene Overton, Wild Bill Hickok, Buffalo Bill Cody, Texas Jack Omohundro, and probably Elisha Green. The men wear fringed buckskins and hats. Buffalo Bill has a hat with ostrich plumes. The men hold rifles. ummary of letters attached to verso reads: "left to right: the man on the left could be: California Joe Milner or Charley Utter or Arapahoe Joe; Wild Bill Hickok, Buffalo Bill Cody; J. B. (Texas Jack) Omohundro, and (possibly) Charlie Utter (Colorado Charlie)."; Title supplied. Library has additional iterations of this item.
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Between Second & Third St's.
Credit: Denver Public Library Special Collections
Date: 1870
Covered and freight wagons are parked on Main Street in Canon City (Fremont County), Colorado. Shows wood and brick false front commercial buildings, and one and two story buildings. Signs read: "Boot Maker," "Hardware," "Baldwin House," "C. Makley & Co. Blacksmithing," and "Resta[urant]." Mountains are in the distance. Modern copy print of a half stereograph. Title inked on original and reproduced in photographic print. Typed on verso of photographic print: "Main Street between 2nd and 3rd on the south side. C.W. Mack's boot and shoe store in the first building. A barber shop in the next building. J.C. Agard's Hardware Store in the first two story building. 1870."
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Prospecting party
Credit:Denver Public Library Special Collections
Date:1908 March 25
Men eat at a picnic table by the Dolores River in southwestern Colorado; one wears a bowler hat. On verso, "Dinner at Dolores Dam site, Mar. 25, 1908." If you ask me, one of the best places to eat, by a Dam site.
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Sulphur Spring, Manitou, Colo.
Credit: Denver Public Library Special Collections
Creator: McClure, Louis Charles, 1867-1957
Date: [1900-1910]
Sulphur Spring pavilion, Manitou Springs, Colorado; group of men, women & children standing underneath pavilion near spring, tin cup attached to chain and pipe; Manitou Mineral Bottling Works Company building behind pavilion; edge of Manitou Bath house, center right.
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AdAmAn Club Colorado Springs, Colorado, leaving the "City of Sunshine" bound for the snow banks on the summit of Pikes Peak to hold its annual New Year's meeting a unique fireworks display
Credit: Denver Public Library Special Collections
Creator: Standley, Harry L.
Date: [1925-1940?]
The AdAmAn Club poses in winter clothes including laced boots, fur collared parkas, striped knit hats, and mittens, above Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. The log house, base camp behind with the sign: "Barr's Camp." Western History and Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library
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Waterfall
Creator Rhoads, Harry Mellon, 1880 or 1881-1975
Date [1918?]
Donor: Morey Engle
Summary A woman stands on a platform to view Rainbow Falls waterfall. Western History and Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
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