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- Nevadaville panorama
- Middle left image of a panoramic view of Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, shows frame and log dwellings, mining facilities with tripods with pulleys and cable for moving ore, neatly stacked firewood, tailings and roads on Quartz Hill.
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Quartz Hill (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- 1888?
- Nevadaville panorama
- Middle image of a panoramic view of Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, shows frame and log dwellings, the Pozo Mill, tailings, a monitor roofed mining facility, tripods with pulleys and cables to move ore, neat stacks of firewood, and roads cut...
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Quartz Hill (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- 1888?
- Nevadaville panorama
- Right image of a panoramic view of Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, shows frame and log dwellings, a false front commercial building, a horse and buggy and a dog. Quartz Hill is covered with mine tailings.
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Quartz Hill (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- 1888?
- Nevadaville panorama
- Middle right image of a panoramic view of Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, shows frame and log dwellings, Pozo Mill, tailings, a monitor roofed mining facility, square smokestacks and neat stacks of firewood. Men pose by a buckboard in the...
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Quartz Hill (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- 1888?
- Nevadaville panorama
- Left image of a panoramic view of Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, shows frame and log dwellings, mining facilities and tailings. Roads cut through Quartz Hill in the background.
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Quartz Hill (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- 1888?
- El Paso Club
- View of the El Paso Club meeting place, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. The two story stone block building also houses the Pacific Express Company, a sign painter, and a real estate company.
- El Paso Club--Buildings--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1890.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Clubs--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1890.
- 1889
- Portrait of a man
- Head and shoulders studio portrait of a young man with cropped hair wearing a jacket and tie, Aspen, Colorado.
- Aspen (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- 1889
- The veranda at the Cliff
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1890.; Cliff House (Manitou Springs, Colo.)
- 1889
- Georgetown, first Seifried home
- View of a frame house in Georgetown, Colorado, with a bay window. Women and a child pose on the porch. One holds a straw hat and a baby.
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1890.
- 1889
- Batteries and electricity
- Electrical instruments in this University of Colorado at Boulder laboratory include an astatic mirror galvanometer on a shelf with switches and wire coils. Wooden battery boxes with terminals are on a lower surface by electrometers; one of the...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Interiors.; Laboratories--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; Scientific equipment--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; University of Colorado (Boulder Campus)
- 1889
- Chemistry class
- Chalkboards on interior walls of classroom at the University of Colorado at Boulder have the periodic table of the elements and formulae drawn on them. A workbench has alembics, bottles, and retorts on it. Part of the bench features a glass...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Classrooms--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; Interiors.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; University of Colorado (Boulder Campus)
- 1889
- Chemistry laboratory
- This laboratory at the University of Colorado at Boulder has a bench backed by shelves full of apothecary bottles. Each is labeled, identifying various chemicals. Slates, an oven, a beaker, molecular models, a precipitating glass, distillation...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Interiors.; Laboratories--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; Scientific equipment--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; University of Colorado (Boulder Campus)
- 1889
- Chemistry supply room
- Shelves line interior walls of this supply room at the University of Colorado at Boulder. They are filled with mortars and pestles, chemical glassware, bottles, and funnels. A young man sits in a spindle chair by a door with angled, arched molding.
- Boulder (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Classrooms--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; Interiors.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; University of Colorado (Boulder Campus)
- 1889
- Classroom interior
- Chalkboards in this University of Colorado at Boulder classroom have scenes drawn on them. The first depicts classic era workmen and has "(1)"; the second is an abduction and has "(2)"; the third is of horses falling from the sky and has "Phaeton"...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Classrooms--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; Interiors.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; University of Colorado (Boulder Campus)
- 1889
- Earth sciences
- Crystal models fill shelves in a classroom at the University of Colorado at Boulder. A wooden table holds a goniometer, refractometer, glass bottles, oil lamps, and a microscope. Tables hold boxes and samples; an open folio of topographic maps...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Classrooms--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; Interiors.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; University of Colorado (Boulder Campus)
- 1889
- History class
- Rolled maps of Europe and France hang on the interior walls of this University of Colorado at Boulder classroom, and busts of men are drawn on the chalkboard. A spindleworked, wooden desk and chair are on a dais with windows behind it; student...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Classrooms--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; Interiors.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; University of Colorado (Boulder Campus)
- 1889
- Hospital at CU Boulder
- Native grass and new trees surround the Hospital (built in 1884) at the University of Colorado at Boulder. The two-story brick structure has an open porch, wood trim, a truncated cottage roof, and braced chimneys. A dormer tops the central arched...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hospitals--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; University of Colorado (Boulder Campus)
- 1889
- Higher mathematics
- Classroom interior at the University of Colorado at Boulder has plaster and string models of mathematical constructs on a table and in glass enclosed shelves. Theodolites on tripods are to the sides, and various three dimensional shapes are drawn...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Classrooms--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; Interiors.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; University of Colorado (Boulder Campus)
- 1889
- Microscope
- Lenses are on a table around a high powered microscope at the University of Colorado at Boulder. A lens in a vertically adjusting armature is by the interior wall in the background.
- Boulder (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Classrooms--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; Interiors.; Microscopes--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; Scientific equipment--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; University...
- 1889
- Mathematics class
- Chalkboards on interior walls of classroom at the University of Colorado at Boulder have three dimensional models and math problems drawn on them. Globes, theodolites on tripods, an alidade, and surveyor's sticks are at the front of the class;...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Classrooms--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; Interiors.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; University of Colorado (Boulder Campus)
- 1889
- Optical bench
- Filters and lenses are mounted on an optical bench at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Other instruments are strewn on the wooden surface, and an interior door is in the background.
- Boulder (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Classrooms--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; Interiors.; Scientific equipment--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; University of Colorado (Boulder Campus)
- 1889
- Optics
- Telescopes target a prism at the University of Colorado at Boulder. A sheaf of papers has a series of graded, vertical black bars, and lettering: "Prof. H. A. Rowland." A wire power coil and electrical equipment are in back against the interior...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Classrooms--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; Interiors.; Optical devices--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; Scientific equipment--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.;...
- 1889
- Paleontology
- Fossils and rocks are in glass cases at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Wooden drawers with brass pulls are below, and on top, against the interior wall, are more samples. Glass specimen bottles contain sealife including starfish, octopi,...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Classrooms--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; Interiors.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; University of Colorado (Boulder Campus)
- 1889
- Paleontology
- Fossils, rocks, and specimen bottles are in glass cases at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Wooden drawers with brass pulls are below, and on top, against the interior wall, are papers, glass jars, and a set of antlers.
- Boulder (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Classrooms--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; Interiors.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; University of Colorado (Boulder Campus)
- 1889
- Physics class
- Light experimentation equipment in this University of Colorado at Boulder classroom consists of an optical bench with an adjustable slit and lamps, prisms, lenses, and filters. An open wooden case contains other instruments; a bi-prism defractor...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Classrooms--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; Interiors.; Scientific equipment--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; University of Colorado (Boulder Campus)
- 1889
- Scales
- Balance scales and weight sets are in glass cases at the University of Colorado at Boulder. A tall glass retort is in the background, against the interior wall. A box below the bench bears the image of a woman.
- Boulder (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Classrooms--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; Interiors.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; University of Colorado (Boulder Campus)
- 1889
- Science classroom
- Scientific equipment fills the interior of this classroom at the University of Colorado at Boulder. An optical bench tops glass fronted cabinets, equipped with lenses, prisms, lamps, and filters. Glass retorts and alembics are on shelves;...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Classrooms--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; Interiors.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; University of Colorado (Boulder Campus)
- 1889
- The Solid Muldoon
- Image of the masthead and advertisements in "The Solid Muldoon" newspaper, of Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado for Friday, April 12, 1889. Four large advertisements: "Windsor Restaurant, Graham Bros., Prop'rs, A Short-Order House! Where Everything the...
- Solid Muldoon (Ouray, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Ouray (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Newspapers--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1890.
- 1889 April 12
- Interior, Morrison residence, Georgetown, Colorado
- Interior view of a bedroom of in the R. S. Morrison house in Georgetown, Colorado, including photographs and books atop a small open drop front desk, an ornate Victorian double bed with lace pillows, a stove, and chairs of rattan, wood, and...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Bedrooms--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1910.; Interiors.
- 1890
- Store interior, Georgetown, Colorado
- Interior view of Block Mercantile (later Hancock Brothers) in Georgetown, Colorado, with showcases and shelves; merchandise includes cigars, canned goods, a wrapping paper rack, bin of avocados or squash (?), glassware, bunches of bananas, boxes of...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Interiors.; Merchandise displays--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1910.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1910.
- 1890
- Store Interior, Georgetown, Colorado
- Interior view of a store, possibly Mrs. Woods' Bookstore, in Georgetown, Colorado, with showcases and shelves. Scene includes photographs framed and in easels, baby carriages, a sewing machine, hanging pictures, book shelves, a cabinet with silver...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Bookstores--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1910.; Interiors.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1910.
- 1890
- Pikes Peak Ave., Colo. Springs
- View of Pikes Peak Avenue, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, shows the wide dirt street, brick commercial buildings, horses, buggies, bicycles, pedestrians, a streetcar, and the Antlers Hotel and Pikes Peak on the west end.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.
- 1892
- Morning Advertiser, Trinidad
- A group of ten men and one women pose in front of the Morning Advertiser's office in Trinidad, Colorado. Two wooden spiral posts flank the glass doors and sign reads: "Advertiser." The doorframe below the transom has the number 318 mounted on it....
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Trinidad--1890-1900.; Beshoar, Michael, 1833-1907.; Sipe, Burney.; Stevens, S. H.
- 1892
- Arlington Hotel in Manitou
- Exterior view of the Arlington Hotel in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking northeast. This two-story frame structure with chimney, cross gabled roof and mitred corner window has jigsaw work in its gable peak, and a sign on the roof that reads:...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1900.; Arlington Hotel (Manitou Springs, Colo.)
- 1892
- Public school, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of the front of the public school in Georgetown, Colorado, built in 1874. The building is two story, with a hipped roof, three towers, and a metal chimney, a gable over the center of the facade, and carved stone inserts in the brick...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Schools--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.
- 1892
- Central City flood before 1895
- View of flood of Central City, Colorado. Water rushes past the intersection of Eureka and Main streets, as people stand on the sidewalk on Eureka street and watch the water. Visible landmarks include the Miller block, the Hense block, and the...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Floods--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.
- 1893
- Main Street after the flood of 1893
- Workmen with shovels and picks on Main Street around 3:45 p.m. as pedestrians watch them clear the street after the flood. The men are wearing hats and workclothes; the onlookers are wearing suits and dresses, two are carrying umbrellas. Main...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Floods--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.
- 1893
- Greene Street, Silverton
- View of Silverton, Colorado, west side of Greene Street, south from Fourteenth (14th) Street. A large mule train heads north, loaded with bundles. Men stand and are mounted on horses and mules. Street scene includes a boardwalk, ditch, elevated...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mules--Colorado--Silverton--1890-1900.; Packtrains--Colorado--Silverton--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Silverton--1890-1900.
- 1894
- Melvin, Colorado
- Melvin, Arapahoe County, Colorado, consists of one-story frame buildings, including a house whose porch is being used as a store; shows sign "Flour Feed," a parlor stove, barrel, a boy posing, windmill, wooden water tank, shed, and freight car.
- Melvin (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Melvin--1890-1900.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Melvin--1890-1900.
- 1895
- Horse-drawn calliope, Cripple Creek
- View of horse-drawn calliope, Myers Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; possibly sponsored by the Elks fraternal order; features two teams of horses pulling wagon with calliope and male musician aboard; several men are standing on boardwalk behind...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Calliopes--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1895
- Idaho Springs, fire department
- Thirteen men (seven standing, six sitting) are in front of the Idaho Springs Fire Department building in Idaho Springs, Colorado. The firehouse has clapboard siding, a double wide door with pediment, and a rectangular door with entabulature....
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890- 1900.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1900.; Fire stations--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1900.
- 1895
- Leadville Ice Palace
- Reproduction shows the Ice Palace in Leadville, Lake County, Colorado. The festival structure is in the form of a medieval castle, with round towers, arches, and battlements. People walk or ride sleds in the foreground.
- Leadville Crystal Carnival Association--1890-1900.; Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Ice sculpture--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Sleds & sleighs--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Winter carnivals--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.
- 1895 or 1896?
- Georgetown, grocery store
- Interior view of a retail grocery store in the Hamill Block, Georgetown, Colorado. Two men in aprons, possibly the owners, pose with three boys in background. Store includes carcasses hanging on hooks, shelves stocked with canned goods, wooden...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.; Interiors.
- 1895?
- Old Foster Home, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of a wood construction house in Georgetown, Colorado. The building has two gable-roofed sections connected along the long sides, a full-length gable on the right side, a bay window, a porch continuous with the house's roof. A picket...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.
- 1895?
- Cripple Creek fire
- View from junction of Myers and "A" Streets across rooftops during April 29th, 1896 fire, Cripple Creek, Colorado; huge black clouds of smoke billow in the sky; scene includes one and two-story wooden frame and brick, gable and flat-roof residences...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1896
- Parade, Georgetown, Colorado
- A view of a parade on Monday, July 5, 1897, in Georgetown, Colorado, looking north on Taos Street from Fifth Street. The parade is coming down the street towards the photographer. the Georgetown Brass Band is just turning the corner to the left;...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Marching bands--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Parade, Georgetown, Colorado
- A view of a parade on Monday, July 5, 1897, in Georgetown, Colorado, looking north on Taos Street from Fifth Street. The parade is coming down the street towards the photographer. The mounted police, three men in suits wearing bowler hats and...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Marching bands--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.; Mounted police--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Racetrack
- A man and woman ride horses around a track in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Two men use landscaping tools on the lawn inside the oval track. Signs on the fence read: "Wahl Bros. Bicycles 127 N. Tejon St." and "H. Weber 19 R.R. Ave. Bicycles."
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Racetracks (Horse racing)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Racetrack
- View of a horse race on an oval track in Colorado Springs, Colorado; two riders on horseback race other horses in front of them. Spectators stand behind a fence.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Horse racing--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Racetracks (Horse racing)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Spectators--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Racetrack
- A man rides a horse drawn cart around a track in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Another man tends the lawn inside the oval track. Signs on the fence read: "Wahl Bros. Bicycles 127 N. Tejon St." and "H. Weber 19 R.R. Ave. Bicycles."
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Racetracks (Horse racing)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.
- 1897