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- Big snow of December 1913 16th St. looking toward Broadway
- Pedestrians walk along cleared sidewalks as men haul the snow in horse drawn wagons along Sixteenth Street towards Broadway Avenue to dump in Civic Center, Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Blizzards--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Snow removal--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Snow--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- December 1913
- Big snow of December 1913 Colfax and Broadway
- A man hauls his wagon load of snow past the Pioneer Monument on Cheyenne Street towards Civic Center, Denver, Colorado. The Scholtz Drug Company, Capitol Store, the State Capitol Building and the First United Presbyterian Church show in distance.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Blizzards--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Snow removal--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Snow--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- December 1913
- Big snow of December 1913
- View from in front of the State Capitol Building towards downtown Denver, Colorado, includes the bronze statue of the Civil War soldier. The Arapahoe County Courthouse and the Daniels and Fisher Tower show among the downtown buildings.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Monuments--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Blizzards--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Snow--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- December 1913
- Big snow of December 1913
- View of deep snow from Cheyenne Street towards Pioneer Monument and the State Capitol Building, Denver, Colorado. A workman repairs wires on a power and streetlight pole. The Scholtz Drug Company is on the corner; trolley cars and the United...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Blizzards--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Linemen--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Snow--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- December 1913
- Looking north west from Capitol Bldg.
- View looking northwest towards downtown from State Capitol steps, Denver, Colorado, includes cable street cars, carriages, Engine Company No. 1's victorian firehouse across the intersection of Broadway and Colfax and the Arapahoe County Courthouse...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Sixteenth Street east Capitol in background
- View on a sunny day east along 16th Street towards the State Capitol, Denver, Colorado, includes pedestrians, carriages, bicycles, Arapahoe County Courthouse, the Tremont Hotel and a building under construction across the street. Awning sign reads:...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- between 1898 and 1910]
- Cripple Creek
- View northwest towards Bennett Avenue after destruction from second fire of April 29, 1869, Cripple Creek, Colorado; shows canvas tents on edge of debris, wood frame buildings under construction, people walking down street, crowd gathered at...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Pisgah, Mount (Colo.); Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1896]
- Bandelier National Monument
- A Native American walks towards a fumarole tentrock with a caprock (a teepee-shaped tuff formation), Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico.
- Bandelier National Monument (N.M.)--1910-1930.; Archaeological sites--New Mexico--1910-1930.; Indians of North America--New Mexico--1910-1930.; National parks & reserves--New Mexico--1910-1930.; Rock formations--New Mexico--1910-1930.; Volcanic...
- [between 1910 and 1925]
- Yellowstone
- View towards north side of Upper Geyser Basin, Old Faithful Inn Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming; a man walks on a path in an area with scattered evergreens.
- Upper Geyser Basin (Wyo.)--1910-1930.; Yellowstone National Park--1910-1930.; National parks & reserves--Wyoming--1910-1930.
- [between 1916 and 1930]
- El Paso Livery Stable burning, fire 1896
- View towards El Paso Livery Stable, Bennett Avenue between 1st (First) and "A" Streets, consumed in flames and smoke after explosion of stored dynamite at stable during second fire on April 29, 1896, Cripple Creek, Colorado; billows of black smoke...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Explosions--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1896
- El Paso Livery Stable, the explosion, 1896
- View towards El Paso Livery Stable, Bennett Avenue between 1st (First) & "A" Streets, as fire causes stored dynamite to explode during second fire on April 29, 1896, Cripple Creek, Colorado; actual blast pictured with roof debris in air, black...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Explosions--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Smoke--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1896
- General view after the fire, Cripple Creek
- View west from Myers Avenue (probably) towards Bennett Avenue with Mt. Pisgah on horizon after first fire of April 25, 1896, Cripple Creek, Colorado; scene includes debris and remains from fire, construction of wood frame buildings and canvas...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Pisgah, Mount (Colo.); Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1896]
- View after second fire
- View northwest towards Bennett Avenue after destruction from second fire of April 29, 1896, Cripple Creek, Colorado; shows canvas tents on edge of debris, wood frame buildings under construction, people walking on street, crowd gathered at distant...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1896]
- Nevadaville business district
- View towards Main Street, Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, shows remains of commercial buildings and wood frame houses on the hill to the west.
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.
- Spring 1939
- Ouray in the valley
- View southeast towards Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado; shows Denver & Rio Grande Railroad tracks in the Uncompahgre River Valley; Abrams Mountain (12,801 feet) is in the distance.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1900.; Ouray (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Only building standing on Bennett Ave. after fire
- View of two images depicting first fire, April 26, 1896, Cripple Creek, Colorado; top image depicts flames and smoke moving towards Bennett Avenue; large crowds are on boardwalk and horse-drawn wagons and enclosed commercial wagons are on street;...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Buildings--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1896]
- Palmer Lake, Colorado view from Mrs. Murat's place
- View towards Palmer Lake, El Paso County, Colorado, shows the lake with Denver & Rio Grande and Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroads and depots.
- Murat, Katrina--Homes & haunts.; Palmer Lake (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Palmer Lake--1910-1920.
- [1912?]
- Excavation of the former National Hotel with Cripple Creek High School in the background
- Excavation and foundation of National Hotel with view towards Cripple Creek High School, Cripple Creek, Colorado; scene includes a distant view of Cripple Creek High School; the three-story public school building was built in two phases, first...
- Cripple Creek High School (Cripple Creek, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Schools--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1940-1950.
- 1947 January 20
- Looking south feild [sic] and farm near Phippsburg
- Snowy view from Ernest barnyard with haystack and calf towards the hewn log cabin, near Phippsburg, Routt County, Colorado.
- Phippsburg (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--Phippsburg--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Looking to the north from Bennett Avenue along First Street
- View from corner of Teller County Courthouse on Bennett Avenue north towards First (1st) Street, Cripple Creek, Colorado; four-door sedan is parked beside cement sidewalk; background view of rows of utility poles and one-story gable, flat-roof and...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1940-1950.
- 1947 January 20
- Last Midland Terminal passenger train, Cripple Creek
- Men, women and children dressed in heavy winter coats walk towards rear of Midland Terminal Railway passenger car, last run of February 6, 1949, Cripple Creek, Colorado; train warms up its engines at the Midland Terminal station; side rear view of...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1940- 1950.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1940-1950.
- 1949 February 6
- Platoro, Conejos County, Colo.
- View of Platoro, Conejos County, Colorado, includes log cabins, Platoro Hotel in canvas tents, sheds, saddled horses, people in front of the general store with United States flag, and Red Mountain in the background.
- Platoro (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- 1913?
- Palm Theater
- Interior view of Palm Theater, 320 East Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; view of center aisle with long carpet runner towards the stage, rows of connected seats, piano in front of stage, and backdrop of two columns at sides, and large...
- Palm Theater (Cripple Creek, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Interiors.; Theaters--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.
- [between 1904 and 1910]
- Built 1888, Ouray, Co.
- View southeast towards the Ouray County Courthouse, 4th (Fourth) Street and 6th (Sixth) Avenue, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, shortly after 1888 construction.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Courthouses--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Court House
- View northeast towards the Ouray County Courthouse, 4th (Fourth) Street and 6th (Sixth) Avenue, Ouray, Colorado. Designed by F. E. Edbrook and Company of Denver, and built by local contractor Francis Carney, with a projecting entry tower with four...
- Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Courthouses--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Ouray
- View east over Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, towards the craggy Amphitheater with eroded vegetated slopes and Cascade Falls. Landmark buildings include the County Courthouse, Beaumont Hotel and the public school.
- Cascade Falls (Ouray county, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Amphitheaters--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.
- [1886]
- Ouray
- View southeast over Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, towards the craggy Amphitheater with eroded vegetated slopes and Cascade Falls. The Beaumont Hotel on the corner of Main (Third, 3rd) Street and 5th Avenue is under construction. Several teams of...
- Amphitheater, The (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Ouray (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [1886]
- Ouray
- View east over Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, towards the craggy Amphitheater with eroded vegetated slopes directly above the town. The Beamont Hotel and Elks Club show on Main (Third, 3rd) Street; other landmarks include the City Hall, County...
- Ouray (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Amphitheaters--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1910.
- 1906?
- Ouray and the Amphitheater after a storm
- Panorama view looks over Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, towards Amphitheater.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920]
- Ouray and the Amphitheater after a storm
- Right side of a panorama view looks south over Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, towards the craggy Amphitheater with eroded vegetated slopes; edge of town shows wood frame residences.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Amphitheaters--Colorado--Ouray--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920]
- Ouray and the Amphitheater
- View east along 4th (Fourth) and 5th (Fifth) Avenues in Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, towards the craggy Amphitheater with vegetated eroded slopes directly above town. The Beamont Hotel and Elks Club show on Main Street.
- Amphitheater, The (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Ouray (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920]
- Ouray looking east
- View east over Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, towards the craggy Amphitheater with eroded vegetated slopes and Cascade Falls. Landmark buildings include the County Courthouse, Beaumont Hotel and the public school. A flagpole is in the intersection...
- Cascade Falls (Ouray county, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Ouray (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Amphitheaters--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.
- [between 1888 and 1900]
- Ouray, Co.
- View east over Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, towards the craggy Amphitheater with eroded vegetated slopes. Landmark buildings include: the public school, Western Hotel, County Courthouse and the Beaumont Hotel.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Amphitheaters--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1900]
- Ouray, Colorado
- Center image of a panorama view of Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, looks east over town and towards the Amphitheater and Cascade Falls. Landmark builings include the public school, City Hall, County Courthouse, Beaumont and Western Hotels, and the...
- Ouray (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1910.
- 1901
- Aerial view of Cripple Creek
- Aerial view northwest towards Cripple Creek, Colorado; scene includes backside of Midland Terminal Railway station, plat of streets, and rubble and debris of demolished commercial business buildings; hillside is dotted with mine tailings; Mount...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Pisgah, Mount (Colo.)--1920-1930.
- 1929
- Bennett Ave. from the Teller Co. court house to the depot
- View of Bennett Avenue from sidewalk by Teller county courthouse (courthouse building not in view) east towards Midland Terminal Railway station, Cripple Creek, Colorado; distant view includes one and two-story flat-roof brick commercial buildings;...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1940-1950.
- 1947 January 20
- The central portion, Cripple Creek
- Bird's eye view across rooftops of Cripple Creek, Colorado towards Carbonate Hill and Gold Hill; scene includes Golden public school building, Saint Peters Catholic Church, and rows of flat-roof one and two- story wooden frame and brick commercial...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Buildings--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1896]
- Colorado, 1895
- View northeast towards Cripple Creek, Colorado from hillside; scene includes railroad narrow gauge spurs, engine with passenger cars, hopper and freight box cars on additional spurs, wooden frame residences on hillside, canvas tent on wooden frame,...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1894 or 1895]
- Salida and the Arkansas River
- View north towards Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado, shows Denver and Rio Grande trains on tracks along the Arkansas River. The roundhouse is to east and the town is in the background.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1900-1910.; Salida (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.; Rivers--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Third Street
- Third Street from Myers Avenue towards "The Hill," Cripple Creek, Colorado; rows of one, two and three-story brick commercial buildings with flat roofs line the street; scene also includes boardwalk, horse-drawn wagons and carriages parked on sides...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1896 and 1900]
- Cripple Creek
- View west on Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado from hillside on edge of town (formerly Fremont prior to incorporation as Cripple Creek); three men and a woman stand on hillside with direct view towards Bennett Avenue; scene includes telegraph...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Pisgah, Mount (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1892 or 1893]
- Tabernash
- View over a ranch towards a Denver and Salt Lake train and station yards just outside of Tabernash, Grand County, Colorado.
- Denver and Salt Lake Railway Company--1940-1950.; Tabernash (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Ranches--Colorado--Tabernash--1940-1950.
- 1940
- Tabernash, Colo.
- View east along Highway 40 towards Tabernash, Grand County, Colorado; includes speed limit and motel signs, weathered residences and businesses, and snow covered mountains in background.
- Tabernash (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Roads--Colorado--Tabernash--1970-1980.
- May 11, 1978
- Cripple Creek
- View across rocky slope towards section of Cripple Creek, Colorado (possibly Golden public school building on Golden Avenue); commercial business district is in background.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1895 and 1900]
- Cripple Creek
- Two little girls wearing bonnets are seated near railroad tracks with view towards major mines on Bull Cliff, Cripple Creek district Teller County, Colorado; scene includes standard and narrow gauge railroad tracks, surface mine buildings, and...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Cripple Creek, 1948
- View of Imperial Hotel, 123 North Third (3rd) Street, north towards Saint Nicholas Hospital, on northwest corner of Eaton and 3rd Street, Cripple Creek, Colorado; hotel is a single detached three-story rectangular flat roof brick building with a...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Hospitals--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1940-1950.; Hotels--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1940-1950.
- 1948
- Cripple Creek, 1969
- View west on Bennett Avenue towards Midland Terminal Railway station, Cripple Creek, Colorado; one and two-story flat-roof brick commercial buildings line the street; "The Branch" is painted on side of a building; additional signs include: "Mt....
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.
- 1969 December 17
- Colorado - Tour 12C, the Stonewall Country
- View across flat valley towards the Stonewall, a sandstone Dakota Hogback, rampart, Stonewall Valley, Las Animas County, Colorado.
- Stonewall Valley (Colo.)--1930-1950.
- [between 1933 and 1945?]
- Cripple Creek, Colorado in its heyday
- Bird's eye view northwest towards Cripple Creek, Colorado from Anchoria-Leland Mine on Gold Hill with Mount Pisgah in the background; Moon Anchor Mine surface building, smelter and hoist are in foreground; scene includes railroad tracks past the...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Pisgah, Mount (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1897 and 1900]
- Cripple Creek, F. & C. C. R. R.
- Distant view west towards sparsely settled Cripple Creek, Colorado; scene includes split rail fence, Florence & Cripple Creek Railroad narrow gauge track with box freight cars and hopper cars, outhouses, one-story wooden frame gabled residences,...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Railroads--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1894?]