Wednesday, November 29, 2023

Ute Pass, North Pole, Loveland Fire, Amache, Camp Hale and more

 

Thing of the past ...

Ute pass & Rainbow Falls
History Colorado, Buckwalter collection ; no. 890
Creator: Buckwalter, Harry H.
Lower Ute Pass, in El Paso County, Colorado; also shows Twin Creek, Rainbow Falls, the Bath of Venus, and a sign: "Grand Caverns."
Date: 1900, October 23
 
 

Thing of the past ...
The Depot, Woodland Park, C. M. Ry
Creator: Rose & Hopkins.
Date: [1890-1894]
The Colorado Midland railway depot at Woodland Park, Colorado; track and wooden platform at left, station at right with signage indicating dining room and Wells Fargo Express.
Format of Original Material 1 copy photonegative ; 9 x 11 cm (3 1/4 x 4 1/4 in.); 1 photoprint : albumen ; 18 x 24 cm (7 1/4 x 9 1/2 in.); 1 photoprint : albumen ; 19 x 23 cm (7 1/2 x 9 1/4 in.)
Original Material Found in Collection: Rose and Hopkins photographs. Album 4.; Rose and Hopkins photographs. Album 5.
Type of Material: Albumen prints; Film negatives
Geographic Area: Woodland Park (Colo.)
Denver Public Library Special Collections.
 

Thing of the past ...
Men at work on printing presses
Creator(s): Buckwalter, Harry H.
Shows employees of the Rocky Mountain News in Denver, Colorado at work on the printing presses. A printed newspaper rolls through the printing press. An article on the newspaper reads: "Sunday Magazine Section, Feb. 1902 Revival of the Death Penalties".
Date: 1902
Title-Alternative: History Colorado, Buckwalter Collection, Book V , no. 100.
 

Thing of the past ...
Pemberton - Colorado
Date: [1895?]
A carriage carrying three men is parked in front of a wooden commercial building in Pemberton, Colorado in either Douglas County or Teller County. Five men surround the wagon. The door to the shop is open. Signs: "Headquarters for Wetherald's Transfer and Stage Line. Hay Feed & Grain," "Time Table Between Pemberton & South Platte Leaves here 12 noon between here and Woodland Park Leaves Here 8:30 a.m.," "Stage for Woodland Park 8:30 a. m.," and "Restaurant. Pemberton Restaurant & Lunch Room."
Format of Original Material: 1 copy photonegative ; 10 x 13 cm (4 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint on cabinet card ; 12 x 19 cm (4 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.)
Digital Version Created From Bought from W. B. Milliken, Jr.
Type of Material: Cabinet photographs; Film negatives.
Notes: Photoprint has faded and yellowed, and the card to which it is attached has three holes in it. Title hand-written on back of photoprint.
Denver Public Library Special Collections.
 

Thing of the past ...
The Ninomiya family in their barracks room at the Amache Center
Creator: Parker, Tom, photographer.
Date: 1942 December 9
Interior view of the Ninomiya family's barracks at the Granada Relocation Center, Camp Amache, southeastern Colorado; shows Tosh Ninomiya at a folding card table reading a newspaper with a pipe in his mouth, Mrs. Ninomiya across the table from him, and another son standing, putting on his jacket. The room includes bunk beds, shelves, a table and stool made from scrap lumber. Floral curtains are at the pane window, and over a dressing table and shelves, striped bedspreads. A decorative shade hangs above a bare bulb on cord from ceiling. A mirror on the dressing table relfects a Japanese mask and the son's hand on his jacket.
Format of Original Material:1 copy photonegative ; 10 x 13 cm (4 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint ; 21 x 26 cm (8 x 10 in.)
Digital Version Created From War Relocation Authority.
Type of Material: Film negatives; Photographic prints; Black & white photographs
Notes: Photoprint's bottom left corner is torn off. Title and photographer printed on back of photoprint; additional information: "War Relocation Authority, Midland Savings Bldg., Denver, Colo. No: E-418, Date 12/9/42; Photo Location: Granada Relocation Center, Amache, Colorado; Data: (title) The mother's handiwork in preparing drapes, fashioning furniture out of scrap material, plus the boys ingenuity in preparing double deck bunks have made this bare brck floored barracks room a fairly comfortable duration home. Tosh Ninomiya, left, is charged with the responsibility of documenting the history of the Amache Center."
Denver Public Library Special Collections.
 
 

Thing of the past ...
First law office at Cripple Creek
Date: 1890-91
Charles H. Adams'(attorney at law) office, Cripple Creek, Colorado with a group of men standing in doorway of canvas tent with wooden frame; men include: George Carr (on horseback), Ed Bell (former marshall of Florissant, standing at far left), Preacher Babb (second from left), Bill Spell (fourth from left, standing next to doorway with deputy sheriff's badge and tilted hat), George Carr (man on horseback), Attorney Charles Adams (standing in doorway), and Edward Morton De LaVergne (seated in doorway); "Charles H. Adams attorney at law" sign affixed to front of tent and "Justice of the" sign affixed to side of wooden frame of tent.
Title from printed label on original halftone; photograph of a photograph reproduced in weekly newspaper "Great Divide" (volume 10, number 4, page 89) printed in December, 1893.
Denver Public Library Special Collections.

 

Thing of the past ...
Holiday Inn Magazine ... for traveling Americans. Front cover with Colorado North Pole Santa]
Names: Margolies, John, collector
Created / Published: December 1964.
Headings
- Santa Claus (Fictitious character)
- Holiday Inns, Inc.--1960-1970
- Amusement parks--1960-1970
- Houses--1960-1970
Ephemera--1960-1970.
Magazine covers--1960-1970.
Photomechanical prints--Color--1960-1970.
Genre
Magazine covers--1960-1970
Ephemera--1960-1970
Photomechanical prints--Color--1960-1970
Notes
- Title devised by Library staff.
- Cover of December edition of magazine which features Santa and group of people in front of Santa's house at the Colorado North Pole amusement park.
- Gift; John Margolies; 2008-2010; (DLC/PP-2008:151)
- Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 2008:151-4, container 100, F. 1
Medium: 1 photograph : color photomechanical ; sheet 28 x 22 cm.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

Thing of the past ...
Antlers fire
Creator: Buckwalter, Harry H.
A view of the burned remains of the Antlers hotel in Colorado Springs (El Paso county), Colorado. The hotel was destroyed in a fire on October 1, 1898. Shows a large section of burned rubble, spectators on the surrounding streets and local businesses in the background.
Date: 1898 October 1
Notes: "Hotels - Antlers - Colo. Spgs., Fire" handwritten on back of photoprint.; Accession number: 90.156.1279; History Colorado.; Condition: Emulsion is chipped.; Title and "C - Colo. Spgs. - Hotels" handwritten on negative envelope.
History Colorado, Buckwalter collection ; no. 709

 

Thing of the past ...
City Hall & Fire Station, Goldfield, Colo.
Creator: Noel, Thomas J. (Thomas Jacob)
Date: 2005.
The Goldfield City Hall and Fire Station located on Victor Avenue and 9th Street, Goldfield, Colo. Built in 1899, the two-story, simple Italianate style structure has been transferred to a new foundation with reinforced bell tower and roof.
Format of Original Material: 1 slide : color
Original Material Found in Collection: Tom Noel collection ; notebook, Teller County; Tom Noel photograph collection. notebook ; Teller County.
Digital Version Created From: Source: Loan, Tom Noel, 2014.
Auraria Library.
 

Thing of the past ...
Ski training: lesson in ski techniques at Camp Hale, Colorado
Creator: Julian, Mac
Date: [1943-1944]
Still from the Warner Brothers film: "Mountain Fighters." Fifteen Tenth Mountain Division skitroopers stand at the bottom of a small hill watching as a skier practices what appears to be the side step. According to the caption This is a lesson in herring bone, side step and traverse. Other skiers are arrive at the top of the hill from a trail visible on the right side of the image. Another soldier practices at the top of the hill, while two others look towards the man on the slope. Taken during training at Camp Hale, Colorado.
Format of Original Material: 1 photoprint : black-and-white ; 28 x 33 cm (11 x 13 1/2 in.)
Original Material Found in Collection: 10th Mountain Division Resource Center Collection
Digital Version Created From: Photograph Album 36; Album placed in TMD169 William J. Bourke Papers
Type of Material: Film stills; Photographic prints
Notes: "A lesson in herring bone, side step and traverse" written on the front border of the print. " A lesson in herring bone, side step and traverse -- Skier on slop [sic] is on way back," written in a different hand in ink on reverse. For physical location, see Photograph Album 36, William J. Bourke, Jr. Mac Julian Photographer embossed in lower left corner of print. Title supplied by cataloger. Vintage photographic print.
10th Mountain Division Resource Center, Denver Public Library.
 
 

Thing of the past ...
Denver Public Library Special Collections, [call number]
Title Colo. City Vol. Hose Co. team
Colorado City Volunteer Hose Company team
Date: September 1901
Colorado City Hose Team pose in front of the diagonal batten door outside the brick fire station, South Twenty-sixth and Cucharas streets, El Paso County, Colorado. The men stand wearing dark underwear shirts and shorts with arms crossed and their brass hose nozzle proudly on display in front of them.
Format of Original Material: 1 photoprint ; 21 x 26 cm (8 x 10 in.)
Type of Material: Photographic prints
Geographic Area: Colorado City (Colo.)
Notes: Stamp on back of photoprint: "Lester L. Williams, M. D., Colorado Springs, Colo."; Title hand-written on back photoprint; additional information: "In front of fire station on S. 26th St. at Cucharas.


Thing of the past ...

 Stapleton Airport

Date: 1947-1948
Stapleton Airport, Denver, Colorado, United Airlines passenger jet "Mainliner 300 NC37508" is on the tarmac. People stand behind the airplane; the terminal and control tower are in the background. Antennae and wind instruments top the roof.
Format of Original Material: 1 copy photonegative ; 10 x 13 cm (4 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint ; 20 x 25 cm (8 x 10 in.)
Type of Material: Film negatives; Photographic prints
Notes: Formerly F25963. Formerly X-11000117; Photoprint has crop marks penciled in margin. Printed in margin: "Please credit United Air Lines."; Title typed on negative sleeve; penciled on back of print: "1742."
Denver Public Library Special Collections.
 

Thing of the past ...
Colorado State Patroller David Copley (cq) shields himself from the blowing snow as he investigates a rollover accident involving three cars just north of Monument Hill in Douglas County Colorado on northbound Interstate 25 Tuesday morning April 5, 2005. No one was seriously hurt in the accident. (Dennis Schroeder / Rocky Mountain News)

Thing of the past ...
A corner, St. Vincent's Orphanage printery
Date:[1909-1925?]
Boys work in the printery of Mount St. Vincent's Home at 4159 Lowell Boulevard in the Berkeley neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a printing machine that reads: "Chandler & Price Co., Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A." and a statue of St. Joseph on a shelf on the wall.
Format of Original Material: 1 photographic print ; 10 x 13 cm (4 x 5 in.)
Digital Version Created From: Max 1980.
Type of Material Photographic prints
Denver Public Library Special Collections.
 

Thing of the past ...
Fire, the boys are trying to get their clothes on.
Date: [1915-1925]
The fireman, just out of their beds in their long johns, jump into their fire pants, upstairs in the firehouse, Loveland, Colorado. One man makes his way down the fire pole.
Format of Original Material: 1 copy photonegative ; 10 x 13 cm (4 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint ; 13 x 18 cm (5 x 7 in.)
Notes: Inked on front of photoprint: 29; C-178 lettered on original. Title typed on label on photoprint; additional information: "Bartholf Hose team was the first in Loveland. This was after the change was made to motor driven fire wagons. Loveland never had a horse drawn fire wagon."
Denver Public Library Special Collections.

Thing of the past ...
Littleton school interior
Date: [1900-1910]
Interior view of a small one room schoolhouse in Littleton, Colorado, shows young students reading at their wooden desks; a few look out the sunlit windows. The blackboard on the back wall has illustrations of a Thanksgiving turkey dinner, a squirrel on top of a pumpkin and dancing corn cobs, titled: The Moonlight Corn frolic. A cast iron stove is in front of the rows of desks and a lantern and paper loop chains hang from the ceiling.
Format of Original Material: 1 copy photonegative : black-and-white ; 10 x 13 cm (4 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint : black-and-white ; 13 x 18 cm (5 x 7 in.)
Digital Version Created From: Littleton Historical Society.
Type of Material: Film negatives; Photographic prints; Black & white photographs.
Denver Public Library Special Collections.
 

Thing of the past ...
Santa Claus on Denver's Civic Center
Creator: McClure, Louis Charles, 1867-1957
Date: [1929]
Night view of Greek Theater and Colonnade of Civic Benefactors, West Fourteenth (14th) and Acoma Street, Civic Center, Denver, Colorado; Christmas decorations on the Colonnade include: spotlit Santa Claus and his reindeer top arch; "Merry Christmas" illuminated across frieze, evergreen garland wrapped columns, large wreath with bow centered bordered by evergreen garland strung out to sides of archway, laced with lights; snow on sides of theater steps; streetlights and interior of colonnade illuminated.
Format of Original Material: 1 copy photonegative : black-and-white ; 9 x 11 cm (3 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.); 1 photonegative : nitrate ; 19 x 24 cm (7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.); 1 photoprint : black-and-white ; 19 x 24 cm (7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.)
Denver Public Library Special Collections.
Notes: Copy negative made from vintage photographic print. Title and signature hand-lettered on nitrate negative.
 
 
 
Thing of the past ...
Harry S. Maddox, station agent, Palmer Lake, Denver and Rio Grande Railroad (D. &.R. G.) , note Express Signage on corner, 1899. Maddox was later agent Monument, and had other local positions with D & R.G.
 

Thing of the past ...
Loveland street scene showing photographic studio in background.
History Colorado, Buckwalter Collection, Book V, no. 23
Creator: Buckwalter, Harry H.
A group of men sit on a bench in Loveland (Larimer County), Colorado. Business signs read: "Lunch Room", "Red Cross Employment Office," "Laundry", and "Photographs." Horses are hitched to a post.
Date: [between 1890 and 1910?]
 

Thing of the past ...
Ute Pass
Creator: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942
A dirt road with a split log guardrail on Ute Pass, Teller County, Colorado. Shows Twin Creek, waterfalls, and a man in a horse-drawn buggy.
Date: [between 1880 and 1890?]
Notes: "3006 - Dup." etched on negative.; "Miller" and "11" inked on negative.; Accession number: 86.200.1906; Attribution to Jackson based on the photonegative's inclusion in the History Colorado William Henry Jackson Collection.; History Colorado.; Condition: Corner missing, taped, chipped.; Corner missing.; Formerly Jackson 3006A.; Handwritten on envelope: "Ute Pass?"; Title and "03006" inked on negative.; R7201020372
Physical Description: 1 negative : glass ; 26 x 21 cm. (10 x 8 in.)
Is Part Of: History Colorado, William Henry Jackson Collection.

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