Monument Rock, Jack Dempsey, Dean Coombs, more ...

 

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In the tiny, cluttered offices of the weekly Saguache Crescent newspaper, publisher Dean Coombs still sets type the VERY old-fashioned way, on a vintage linotype machine, that spits out lead type, row by row
Highsmith, Carol M., 1946-, photographer
Created / Published: 2016-07-20.
Headings:
- United States--Colorado--Saguache
- America
- Manhattan Bar
- Neon signs
- Saguache Crescent
- Weekly newspapers
- Linotype machines
- Dean Coombs
Genre: Digital photographs--Color--2010-2020
Notes:
- Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer.
- Some say the Crescent is last remaining U.S. newspaper to use this "hot type" technology. When it cools, the type is racked into these forms, appearing backward and upside down, then coated with ink for the printing process.
- Gift; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2002:038-13).
- Forms part of: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.
- Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
Medium: 1 photograph : digital, tiff file, color.
Collection: Highsmith, Carol M., 1946- Carol M. Highsmith Archive.
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id: highsm 48874 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/highsm.48874
Library of Congress Control Number: 2017885504

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Don Ellis showed me this fabulously interesting photo he says is of his uncle at the top of Monument Rock when went there in the 1920s to look for eagles. Note the changes.

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Searching for eagle eggs at Monument Rock in 1885.

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Temporary housing in Cripple Creek shortly after the 1896 fire.

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The Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, a town on the eastern edge of Rocky Mountain National Park in north-central Colorado
Highsmith, Carol M., 1946-, photographer
Created / Published:2015-07-25.
Headings:
- United States--Colorado--Estes Park
- America
- Stanley Hotels
- Historic hotels
- Freelan Oscar Stanley
- Overlook Hotel
- The Shining
Genre: Digital photographs--Color--2010-2020
Notes:
- Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer.
- The 140-room Colonial Revival hotel was built by Freelan Oscar Stanley (co-founder of the company that built the early "Stanley Steamer" automobiles) and opened on July 4, 1909, catering to the American upper class at the turn of the 20th Century. The hotel hosted the horror novelist Stephen King, serving as inspiration for the Overlook Hotel in his 1977 bestseller "The Shining."
- Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
- Gift; Gates Frontiers Fund; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:068).
- Forms part of: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.
Medium:1 photograph : digital, tiff file, color.
Source Collection: Highsmith, Carol M., 1946- Carol M. Highsmith Archive.
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id: highsm 33392 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/highsm.33392
Library of Congress Control Number:2015633407 

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Home of Stephen King, an internationally acclaimed author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, science fiction, and fantasy, in Bangor, Maine. Note the deliberately spooky details of his front gate. The house is perhaps Bangor's No. 1 destination for tourists wishing to take "selfie" photos
Highsmith, Carol M., 1946-, photographer
Created / Published:2017-10-05.
Headings:
- United States--Maine--Bangor
- America
- Stephen King
- Stephen King house
- Houses
Genre:Digital photographs--Color--2010-2020
Notes:
- Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer.
- Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2016:103-11).
- Forms part of: Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.
- Credit line: Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
Medium: 1 photograph : digital, tiff file, color.
Source Collection: Highsmith, Carol M., 1946- Carol M. Highsmith Archive.
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id: highsm 46260 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/highsm.46260
Library of Congress Control Number:2017883008 

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Halloween party at Shafter migrant camp, California
Lange, Dorothea, photographer
Created / Published: 1938 Oct.
Headings:
- United States--California--Kern County--Shafter
- Camp Shafter--California
Genre: Safety film negatives
Notes:
- Title and other information from caption card.
- Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
- More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi
- Temp. note: usf34batch2
- Film copy on SIS roll 19, frame 2241.
Medium: 1 negative : safety ; 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches or smaller.
Source Collection: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection (Library of Congress)
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id: fsa 8b15418 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8b15418
Library of Congress Control Number: 2017770943 

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[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Creede, Colorado. Lead and silver mining in a former "ghost town"]
Feininger, Andreas, 1906-1999, photographer
Created / Published:1942 Dec.
Headings: United States--Colorado--Mineral County--Creede
Genre: Nitrate negatives
Notes:
- Actual size of negative is E (approximately 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches).
- Additional number on contact print that accompanied negative.
- Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.)
- Appears to be related to negative LC-USW3-054680-E https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017867305/
- Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
- More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi
- Temp. note: owibatch6
- Film copy on SIS roll 17, frame 845.
Medium: 1 negative : nitrate ; 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches or smaller.
Source Collection:
Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id: fsa 8d36605 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8d36605
Library of Congress Control Number: 2017867304 

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Potato field, Colorado
Bain News Service, publisher
Created / Published: [between ca. 1915 and ca. 1920]
Genre: Glass negatives
Notes:
- Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards.
- Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
- General information about the George Grantham Bain Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain
Medium: 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Source Collection: Bain News Service photograph collection
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id: ggbain 24477 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.24477
Library of Congress Control Number: 2014704661 

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Capt. A.H. Rostron & Mrs. J.J. Brown
Mrs. J.J. Brown presenting trophy cup award to Capt. Arthur Henry Roston, for his service in the rescue of the Titanic.
Created / Published:1912 May 29.
Headings
- Rostron, Arthur Henry,--1869
Genre:
Group portraits--1910-1920.
Photographic prints--1910-1920.
Portrait photographs--1910-1920.
Notes
- Bain News Service photograph.
- George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
Medium: 1 photographic print.
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
Digital Id: cph 3c21013 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3c21013
Library of Congress Control Number: 98509447 

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Photograph shows boxer Jack Dempsey (1895-1983), magician Harry Houdini (1874-1926) and boxer Benny Leonard (1896-1947). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2024)
Bain News Service, publisher
Created / Published: [no date recorded on caption card]
Genre: Glass negatives
Notes:
- Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on negative.
- Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
- General information about the George Grantham Bain Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain
Medium: 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Source Collection: Bain News Service photograph collection
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id: ggbain 50392 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.50392 Library of Congress Control Number: 2014719541