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- Portrait of a man
- A stereograph studio portrait (sitting) of a man. He wears a three piece suit, ascot, and a watch chain.
- [between 1890 and 1915]
- Picnicing [sic] in the mountains
- People pose during a picnic in Colorado; men, women, and a girl sit by wicker baskets, jugs, and kegs. A Black woman is by a buggy.
- African Americans--Colorado--1880-1890.; Girls--Colorado--1880-1890.; Picnics--Colorado--1880-1890.; Women--Colorado--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- San Francisco St.
- White, Hispanic and African American (Black) men and a boy pose with and on burros on San Francisco Street in Santa Fe (Santa Fe County), New Mexico. Adobe Territorial Style buildings line the dirt street. A sign reads: "Herlow's Hotel." Mountains,...
- African Americans--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1880-1890.; Santa Fe (N.M.)--1880-1890.; Adobe buildings--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1880-1890.; Boys--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1880-1890.; Commercial streets--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1880-1890.; Donkeys--New...
- [between 1880 and 1885?]
- The Phipps Sanatorium, Denver, Colo.
- View of several Spanish Colonial style institutional buildings that make up the Phipps (Agnes Memorial) Sanatorium for tuberculosis patients in Denver, Colorado. Rows of individual tents for patients are near the large buildings.
- Agnes Memorial Sanatorium (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1940.; Sanatoriums--Colorado--Denver--1900-1940.; Tents--Colorado--Denver--1900-1940.
- [between 1904 and 1932?]
- Ampitheater [sic] of the San Miguel
- View of the San Miguel River valley in San Miguel County, Colorado. Shows snow on Ajax Peak, and buildings and tents in or near Telluride.
- Ajax Peak (Colo.)--1880-1890.; San Miguel River (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Telluride (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Telluride--1880-1890.; Rivers--Colorado--Telluride--1880-1890.; Valleys--Colorado--Telluride--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1886?]
- Dale Creek bridge, Wyoming
- A view of the Dale Creek ridge shows a train trestle on the Union Pacific Railroad line in Albany County, Wyoming. Rock formations and a photographer with a camera or portable darkroom are near the bridge. The wooden case is inscribed with "Jackson...
- Albany County (Wyo.)--1860-1880.; Dale Creek (Colo. and Wyo.)--1860-1880.; Photographers--Wyoming--Albany County--1860-1880.; Railroad bridges--Wyoming--Albany County--1869-1880.; Trestles--Wyoming--Albany County--1860-1880.
- [between 1869 and 1880?]
- Albany Hotel, Denver, Colo.
- View of the Albany Hotel at 17th (Seventeenth) and Stout Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado. Shows a brick four-story building with oriel windows. Patriotic bunting hangs from the windows on three floors. Horse-drawn carriages sit in the street...
- Albany Hotel (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Street scene in Albuquerque, New Mexico
- Boys pose in front of a horse-drawn buggy, a surrey, and a wagon on a commercial street in Albuquerque (Bernalillo County), New Mexico. Shows Territorial style adobe buildings with portals with balustrades. Signs read: "Vose & Stein Hardware," "New...
- Albuquerque (N.M.)--1880-1890.; Boys--New Mexico--Albuquerque--1880-1890.; Carriages & coaches--New Mexico--Albuquerque--1880-1890.; Commercial streets--New Mexico--Albuquerque--1880-1890.; Hardware stores--New Mexico--Albuquerque--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Street scene in Albuquerque, New Mexico
- Commercial street scene in Albuquerque (Bernalillo County), New Mexico. Shows a Territorial style adobe building and wooden false front buildings with wooden sidewalks. People pose in front of the buildings; a wagon is in the dirt street. Signs...
- Albuquerque (N.M.)--1880-1890.; Commercial facilities--New Mexico--Albuquerque--1880-1890.; Commercial streets--New Mexico--Albuquerque--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Indian School at Albuquerque, New Mexico
- Two American Indian (Pueblo) girls sit on an adobe wall in front of the Albuquerque Indian School, a boarding school in Albuquerque (Bernalillo County), New Mexico. Men and women sit and stand in front of the Territorial style adobe building. A...
- Albuquerque Indian School--Buildings--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--New Mexico--Albuquerque--1880-1890.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Albuquerque--1880-1890.; Albuquerque (N.M.)--1880-1890.; Boarding schools--New...
- View of Alma from the east
- A man in a long jacket and hat and a women in long dress, shawl and hat stand on a hill above the Middle Fork of the South Platte River, in Alma, (elevation 10,353 feet) in Park County, Colorado. The town, in the background, consists of wood frame...
- Alma (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [1882]
- Mt. Bross above the clouds
- This view down a muddy road across a plank bridge in Alma, (elevation, 10,353 feet) in Park County, Colorado, includes a man and a woman in front of large tent. A "Photographing" sign shows on a tall post. Small wood frame buildings, including a...
- Alma (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Bridges--Colorado--Alma--1880-1890.; Churches--Colorado--Alma--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Alma--1880-1890.; Tents--Colorado--Alma--1880-1890.
- [between 1881 and 1886]
- Decoration Day, Alma, showing upper part of Main St. and Mt. Bross in distance, May 30th 1885
- View northwest along upper Main Street in Alma, (10,353 feet) in Park County, Colorado. Uniformed men with American flags march in the Decoration parade. Log cabins, front gable and wood frame residences, and false front commercial buildings line...
- Alma (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Bross, Mount (Colo.); Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Alma--1880-1890.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Alma--1880-1890.
- 1885 May 30
- Alma 1885, May 9th
- This view west, across the Middle Fork of the South Platte River, near Alma, (elevation 10,353 feet) in Park County, Colorado, consists of wood frame residences, barns, sheds, painted false front commercial buildings, log cabins, smelting works...
- Alma (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Buildings--Colorado--Alma--1880-1890.; Churches--Colorado--Alma--1880-1890.
- 1885 May 9
- The town of Alma, South Park, Colorado
- View west, across the Middle Fork of the South Platte River and mine tailings, to Alma, (elev. 10,353 feet) in South Park, Park County, Colorado, consists of wood frame residences, barns, sheds, painted false front commercial buildings, log cabins,...
- Alma (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Buildings--Colorado--Alma--1880-1890.; Mountains--Colorado--1880-1890.
- [between 1886 and 1890]
- Mule pack train in Alma, Colorado
- View of a mule pack train in Alma (Park County), Colorado; men pose; business signs read: "J. G. Brooks General Store," and "Southern Hotel."
- Alma (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Alma--1880-1890.; Mules--Colorado--Alma--1880-1890.; Pack animals--Colorado--Alma--1880-1890.; Transportation--Colorado--Alma--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Freighting lumber to the Rusia [i.e. Russia] mine
- View of a mule pack train in Alma (Park County), Colorado; men pose; business signs read: "J. G. Brooks General Store," and "Southern Hotel."
- Alma (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Alma--1880-1890.; Mules--Colorado--Alma--1880-1890.; Pack animals--Colorado--Alma--1880-1890.; Transportation--Colorado--Alma--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Champaign Mine
- Miners pose near the shafthouse of the Champaign and Coney Claims Mine near Alma (Park County), Colorado.
- Alma (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Champaign and Coney Claims Mine (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Gold mining--Colorado--Alma--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Alma--1880-1890.; Silver mining--Colorado--Alma--1880-1890.; Uranium mining--Colorado--Alma--1880-1890.
- [1885]
- Champaign Mine from the north
- Miners pose by the shafthouse and entryway of the Champaign Mine near Alma (Park County), Colorado.
- Alma (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Champaign and Coney Claims Mine (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Miners--Colorado--Alma--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Alma--1880-1890.
- [1885]
- Tramway to the Criterion Mine
- Miners pose on the tracks of the tramway to the Criterion Mine near Alma, Park County, Colorado.
- Alma (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Criterion Mine (Park County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Mine railroads--Colorado--Alma--1880-1890.; Miners--Colorado--Alma--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Alma--1880-1890.
- [between 1881 and 1886]
- Main Street, Alma, Mt. Bross above clouds
- View northwest along upper Main Street in Alma, (10,353 feet) in Park County, Colorado, includes wood frame and false front commercial buildings lining the street. A sign on the two-story false-front at the bend in the street reads "Capital Hotel...
- Alma (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Alma--1880-1890.; Restaurants--Colorado--Alma--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Alma--1880-1890.; Bross, Mount (Colo.)
- 1885
- Alma from the east
- A man in a white shirt, vest and hat leans on a tree stump on a hill above tailing piles and the Middle Fork of the South Platte River, in Alma, (elevation 10,353 feet) in Park County, Colorado. The town, in the background, consists of wood frame...
- Alma (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Alma--1880-1890.; Mountains--Colorado--1880-1890.
- [1882]
- Alma Colo. May 20th 82
- A man sits on a rock by the Middle Fork of the South Platte River looking west towards Alma, (elevation 10,353 feet) in Park County, Colorado. The town consists of wood frame barns, sheds, false front commercial buildings, log cabins, smelting...
- Alma (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Mountains--Colorado--1880-1890.
- 1882 May 20
- Placer mining Alma Colo
- Gold miners pose at a hydraulic mine in Alma, Park County, Colorado; bluffs in the background have erosion and falling water. A jet of water issues from a "monitor" nozzle; a flume is in the foreground.
- Alma (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Flumes--Colorado--Park County--1880-1900.; Gold mining--Colorado--Park County--1880-1900.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Park County--1880-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Park County--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Park...
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Placer mining at Alma
- Gold miners pose with a wheelbarrow at a hydraulic mine in Alma, Park County, Colorado; bluffs in the background have erosion and falling water. A jet of water issues from a "monitor" nozzle.
- Alma (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Gold mining--Colorado--Alma--1880-1900.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Alma--1880-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Alma--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Alma--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Navajo Indian mother and children Albuquerque, N. Mex.
- A Native American (Navajo) woman and her children stand near the Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe railroad station and Alvarado Hotel in Albuquerque, New Mexico. One child is in a cradleboard.
- Alvarado Hotel (Albuquerque, N.M.)--1900-1920.; Indians of North America--New Mexico--Albuquerque--1900-1920.; Navajo Indians--New Mexico--Albuquerque--1900-1920.; Albuquerque (N.M.)--1900-1920.; Cradleboards--New Mexico--Albuquerque--1900-1920.;...
- [between 1900 and 1911]
- Denver
- People, horses, wagons, and buggies stand outside the American House, a hotel at 16th (Sixteenth) and Blake Streets in Denver, Colorado. Shows a three-story brick lodging house with stone trim, a covered entry, and adjacent storefronts.
- American House--Buildings--1860-1880.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Denver--1860-1880.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1860-1880.
- [between 1869 and 1879?]
- American House
- People, horses, and stagecoaches are outside the American House, a hotel at 16th (Sixteenth) and Blake Streets in Denver, Colorado; other people stand on the balcony, and a man stands on the roof. The hotel is a three-story brick lodging house with...
- American House--Buildings--1880-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Stagecoaches--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1899?]
- Emigrating across the plains of America
- View of a covered wagon drawn by a team of ten mules in harness.
- Animal teams--1860-1890.; Covered wagons--1860-1890.; Mules--1860-1890.; Transportation--1860-1890.
- [between 1860 and 1890?]
- Apache Indians as they appear ready for the war-path
- Native American (Apache) men pose outdoors with a bow and arrow, staff, and rifle. They wear boot moccasins, breechcloths, headbands, feathers and pose beside a log.
- Apache Indians--1870-1880.; Bow and arrow--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Clothing & dress--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--1870-1880.; Rifles--1870-1880.; Warriors--1870-1880.; Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian...
- 1873
- Apache squaw and pappoose
- A Native American (Apache) woman sits and poses with a baby in a cradleboard. The mother carries the cradleboard by a leather strap over her forehead. She wears a dress with wide sleeves and a gathered waist, and leather moccasins.
- Apache Indians--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Cradleboards--1870-1880.; Infants--1870-1880.; Mothers & children--1870-1880.; Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.)
- 1873
- Apache scout
- Standing studio portrait of a Native American Apache man bare-chested, wearing a breechcloth with an ammunition belt, moccasins, headband and holding a rifle in a set of prop cactus, yucca and brush.
- Apache Indians--1870-1890.; Indian scouts--1870-1890.; Indians of North America--1870-1890.; Military scouts--1870-1890.
- [between 1878 and 1886?]
- Apache Indians at a game of cards
- Four Native American Apache men wearing breechcloths and shirts, sit in the sand and play a game of cards.
- Apache Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Card games--1880-1890.
- [between 1883 and 1888?]
- Group of Apache renegades
- Studio portrait of a group Native American Apache men wearing moccasins, leggings, breechcloths, vests, shirts, and headbands in front of a painted mountain backdrop.
- Apache Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Clothing & dress--1890-1900.
- [between 1878 and 1886?]
- Apache squaw and child
- A Native American (Apache) woman sits and breast-feeds her baby in probably Arizona. The baby is in a cradleboard. The woman wears a shirt with pleats and cuffs, a striped, woven skirt and boot moccasins. Shows trees and bluffs in the distance.
- Apache Indians--Arizona--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--Arizona--1870-1880.; Breast feeding--Arizona--1870-1880.; Cradleboards--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Arizona--1870-1880.; Infants--Arizona--1870-1880.; Mothers &...
- 1873
- Apache braves ready for the trail, Arizona
- Native American (Apache) men pose outdoors with rifles near a brush shelter in Arizona. They wear boot moccasins and breechcloths.
- Apache Indians--Arizona--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--Arizona--1870-1880.; Clothing & dress--Arizona--1870-1880.; Shelters--Arizona--1870-1880.
- 1873
- Young Apache warrior and his squaw
- A Native American (Apache) man and woman pose in a meadow near Camp Apache in Navajo County (later Fort Apache Indian Reservation), Arizona. The woman wears a dress with a gathered waist and pleated sleeves, boot moccasins, and has a burden basket....
- Apache Indians--Arizona--Navajo County--1870-1880.; Bow and arrow--Arizona--Navajo County--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--Arizona--Navajo County--1870-1880.; Navajo County (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Clothing & dress--Arizona--Navajo...
- 1873
- Col. Archer's house, Denver, Colo
- View of the James Archer residence at 13th (Thirteenth) and Welton Streets in Denver, Colorado; features a wraparound porch and incised window lintels. Snow covers the ground.
- Archer, James A.--Homes & haunts.; Denver (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- El Paso Mine Cripple Creek
- Families pose by the El Paso Mine near Arequa (Teller County), Colorado.
- Arequa (Colo.)--1910-1920.; El Paso Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Arequa--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--Arequa--1910-1920.
- 1915
- Cog Railway [sic] near Mt. McClellan's summit S. to Mts. Rosalie and Evans, Colo.
- View of an Argentine Central Railway Shay steam locomotive and passenger cars near the summit of Mount McClellan in Clear Creek County, Colorado. The train is in a rocky and mountainous landscape, Mount Evans and Mount Rosalie are in the distance....
- Argentine Central Railway Company--1900-1920.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; McClellan, Mount (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Railroads--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1900-1920.
- [between 1905 and 1912?]
- Road to the Grand Canyon - springs
- A horse and buggy stops near a sandstone cliff arch and probably a seep, in Arizona.
- Arizona--1870-1890.; Carts & wagons--Arizona--1870-1890.; Springs--Arizona--1870-1890.; Travel--Arizona--1870-1890.
- [between 1875 and 1890?]
- Valley of the Arkansas, as it leaves the mts. near Canon City, Colo. Ter.
- View of the Arkansas River beside a dry tributary creek bed and an irrigation ditch near Canon City in Fremont County, Colorado. Shows fenced cultivated fields, agricultural equipment in the valley and trees on hills in the distance.
- Arkansas River--1860-1880.; Fremont County (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Croplands--Colorado--Fremont County--1860-1880.; Rivers--Colorado--Fremont County--1860-1880.
- [between 1861 and 1876]
- Canyon of the Arkansas
- View of the Royal Gorge in Fremont County, Colorado shows the Arkansas River.
- Arkansas River--1860-1880.; Fremont County (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Royal Gorge (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Canyons--Colorado--Fremont County--1860-1880.; Rivers--Colorado--Fremont County--1860-1880.
- [between 1865 and 1879?]
- On the Upper Arkansas
- Families pose on a timber bridge over the swift waters of the upper Arkansas River, near Pueblo, Pueblo or Fremont County, Colorado. The men, women and children travel with two covered wagons and camping gear.
- Arkansas River--1860-1880.; Pueblo County (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Children--Colorado--Pueblo County--1860-1880.; Covered wagons--Colorado--Pueblo County--1860-1880.; Families--Colorado--Pueblo County--1860-1880.; Women--Colorado--Pueblo...
- [between 1860 and 1880]
- Exit of the Arkansas
- View of the Arkansas River near Canon City (Fremont County), Colorado. Shows either partly constructed Denver and Rio Grande Railway tracks and a grade at the edge of the river.
- Arkansas River--1870-1880.; Fremont County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Canyons--Colorado--Fremont County--1870-1880.; Rivers--Colorado--Fremont County--1870-1880.
- [between 1872 and 1877?]
- Grand canon of the Arkansas
- Men pose on ice and snow on opposite sides of the Arkansas River in the Royal Gorge (Fremont County), Colorado. Shows large rocks, and deep snow over the river in the narrow valley.
- Arkansas River--1870-1880.; Fremont County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Royal Gorge (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Boulders--Colorado--Fremont County--1870-1880.; Canyons--Colorado--Fremont County--1870-1880.; Hiking--Colorado--Fremont County--1870-1880.;...
- [between 1874 and 1877]
- Grand canon of the Arkansas
- View of the Arkansas River and sheer, rock cliff walls near the bottom of the narrow Royal Gorge (Fremont County), Colorado.
- Arkansas River--1870-1880.; Fremont County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Royal Gorge (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Canyons--Colorado--Fremont County--1870-1880.; Cliffs--Colorado--Fremont County--1870-1880.; Rivers--Colorado--Fremont County--1870-1880.
- [between 1874 and 1877]
- Grand canon of the Arkansas
- View of the Arkansas River and sheer, rock cliff walls in Royal Gorge (Fremont County), Colorado. Shows ice at the river's edge, talus, and patches of snow in the valley.
- Arkansas River--1870-1880.; Fremont County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Royal Gorge (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Canyons--Colorado--Fremont County--1870-1880.; Cliffs--Colorado--Fremont County--1870-1880.; Rivers--Colorado--Fremont County--1870-1880.
- [between 1874 and 1877]
- Grand canon of the Arkansas
- View of a ditch and a wooden flume on a hill beside the Arkansas River near the Royal Gorge in Fremont County, Colorado. Shows ice at the edges of the frozen water, and patches of snow on a hillside.
- Arkansas River--1870-1880.; Fremont County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Royal Gorge (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Canyons--Colorado--Fremont County--1870-1880.; Flumes--Colorado--Fremont County--1870-1880.; Rivers--Colorado--Fremont County--1870-1880.; Rock...
- [between 1874 and 1877]
- Grand canon of the Arkansas
- Men in suits and hats stand on large rocks in the Arkansas River, and look up at the steep canyon walls of Royal Gorge (Fremont County), Colorado.
- Arkansas River--1870-1880.; Fremont County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Royal Gorge (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Canyons--Colorado--Fremont County--1870-1880.; Hiking--Colorado--Fremont County--1870-1880.; Rivers--Colorado--Fremont County--1870-1880.; Rock...
- [between 1874 and 1877]