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    • Crown Tar Works

    • Crown Tar Works

    • View of a tar manufacturing operation in Denver, Colorado; shows barrels, tanks, a truck, a driver, railroad cars, and a sign: "Crown Tar Works."

    • Crown Tar Works (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal-tar industry--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.

    • [between 1910 and 1920?]
    • Crown Tar Works operated by Denver Gas & Electric Light Co.

    • Crown Tar Works operated by Denver Gas & Electric Light Co.

    • View of a tar manufacturing operation in Denver, Colorado; shows tanks, railroad tracks, and signs: "Crown Tar Works," and "Denver Gas & Electric Light Co."

    • Crown Tar Works (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal-tar industry--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.

    • [between 1910 and 1920?]
    • Rugby, Colo.

    • Rugby, Colo.

    • A group of men pose with raised beer glasses near the Miner's Exchange in Rugby (Las Animas County), Colorado. One man wears a white shirt, apron and probably is the storekeeper. A man standing near the door leans a pair of crutches against his...

    • Rugby (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Buildings--Colorado--Rugby--1890-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Rugby--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Rugby--1890-1910.

    • [between 1890 and 1910?]
    • McFarlane Foundry, Central City, Colorado

    • McFarlane Foundry, Central City, Colorado

    • The old Central City Foundry is located on upper Eureka Street in Central City. The building is constructed of tin and covered with tar paper. Several of the panes in the rectangular windows are broken. The warehouse has two large doors, one on...

    • Central City (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Foundries--Colorado--Central City--1960-1970.; Ruins--Colorado--Central City--1960-1970.

    • 1966
    • Miller-Ray Motor Co.

    • Miller-Ray Motor Co.

    • View of a truck in Denver, Colorado; sign on the flat-bed railing reads: "Crown Tar Works Operated by the Denver Gas & Electric Light Co.," "All Tar Products" and "No.152." A storefront has an ornate pediment, lanterns, and signs: "The Miller-Ray...

    • Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Trucks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.

    • [between 1918 and 1921]
    • Conduit #16

    • Conduit #16

    • Construction workers stand in a deep trench and shovel dirt over a large concrete pipe at a work site in Clear Creek valley in Jefferson County, Colorado. The pipe is forty-two inch diameter reinforced concrete pipe coated with coal tar enamel. The...

    • Excavating machinery--Colorado--Jefferson County--1930-1940.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Pipes (Conduits)--Colorado--Jefferson County--1930-1940.; Construction workers--Colorado--Jefferson County--1930-1940.;...

    • 1936 October 16
    • Denver shanty town

    • Denver shanty town

    • View of shanties, trees, and a dirt road near probably 19th (Nineteenth) Avenue and Clay Street in the Jefferson Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. A man leans beside a cart outside a shanty. Houses are made of corrugated metal, timber, sheet...

    • Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Jefferson Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1930-1940.; Huts--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.

    • [between 1930 and 1940?]
    • Morada, San Francisco, Colo.

    • Morada, San Francisco, Colo.

    • View of the morada in San Francisco (Costilla County), Colorado. The one story adobe structure has a stucco exterior and a pitched roof covered in tar paper. An open bell tower is on the pitched roof. The building has doors and shuttered windows....

    • Hermanos Penitentes--Buildings--2000-2010.; San Francisco (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Churches.; Adobe buildings.; Historic buildings.; Hermanos Penitentes--Buildings--Pictorial works.; Moradas--Colorado--San Francisco--Pictorial works.; Adobe...

    • 2001?
    • Morada, San Francisco, Colo.

    • Morada, San Francisco, Colo.

    • View of the morada in San Francisco (Costilla County), Colorado. The one story adobe structure has a stucco exterior and a pitched roof covered in tar paper. An open bell tower is on the pitched roof. The building's roof creates an overhang...

    • Hermanos Penitentes--Buildings--1970-1980.; San Francisco (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Churches.; Adobe buildings.; Historic buildings.; Hermanos Penitentes--Buildings--Pictorial works.; Moradas--Colorado--San Francisco--Pictorial works.; Adobe...

    • 1972?
    • Morada, San Francisco, Colo.

    • Morada, San Francisco, Colo.

    • View of the Morada in San Francisco (Costilla County), Colorado. The one story adobe structure has a stucco exterior and a pitched roof covered in tar paper. A white wooden cross is hung near the buildings entrance with the initials F.P.D.N.P.J....

    • Hermanos Penitentes--Buildings--2000-2010.; San Francisco (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Churches.; Adobe buildings.; Historic buildings.; Hermanos Penitentes--Buildings--Pictorial works.; Moradas--Colorado--San Francisco--Pictorial works.; Adobe...

    • 2001?
    • Weaver town site, livery stable

    • Weaver town site, livery stable

    • View of the abandoned livery stable on the Weaver town site in Mineral County, Colorado. The one and a half story barn has wooden siding and tar paper on the exterior. An adjacent building has collapsed and the roof is falling in. A dirt road is...

    • Mineral County (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Weaver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Ghost towns.; Abandoned buildings.; Stables.; Ghost towns--Colorado--Mineral County--Pictorial works.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Mineral County--Pictorial works.;...

    • 2009
    • Former White Horse Saloon

    • Former White Horse Saloon

    • View of the building that once housed the White Horse Saloon at 6440 Brighton Boulevard in Commerce City (Adams County), Colorado. The one story wooden clapboard building has a side gabled tar paper roof with a stove pipe, windows and a door. A...

    • White Horse Saloon (Commerce City, Colo.)--Buildings--History--1970-1980.; Commerce City (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Abandoned buildings.; White Horse Saloon (Commerce City, Colo.)--Buildings--History--Pictorial works.; Abandoned...

    • 1977
    • Danielson School

    • Danielson School

    • View of the Danielson School at the Plains Conservation Center, located at 21901 East Hampden Avenue, Aurora, Colorado. The one-room sod building has a tar paper roof with a small copula over the entrance. The facade has a single window with wood...

    • Plains Conservation Center (Aurora, Colo.)--Buildings--1990-2000.; Danielson School (Aurora, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Aurora (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Schools.; Sod buildings.; Plains Conservation Center (Aurora, Colo.)--Buildings--Pictorial works.;...

    • 1993
    • Caribou, Colo.

    • Caribou, Colo.

    • View of mine buildings, tailings piles, piles of logs, and ore cars on a narrow gauge tipple in Caribou (Boulder County), Colorado. Wooden, metal, and tar paper structures on a hillside are probably part of a silver mine. Cars are parked near a...

    • Caribou (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Caribou--1950-1960.; Mine railroads--Colorado--Caribou--1950-1960.; Mining--Colorado--Caribou--1950-1960.; Silver mining--Colorado--Caribou--1950-1960.

    • 1950 October 19
    • American Shale Refining Co.

    • American Shale Refining Co.

    • View of the American Shale Refining Company plant site near De Beque on Conn Creek in Garfield County, Colorado. Shows one-story houses with gabled roofs and tar paper siding. Identical buildings, possibly boarding houses or dormitories, an...

    • American Shale Refining Company--1920-1930.; Oil-shale industry--Colorado--Garfield County--1920-1930.; Garfield County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Roan Cliffs (Utah and Colo.)--1920-1930.; Refineries--Colorado--Garfield County--1920-1930.

    • [1920 August]
    • A Street in Creede, Colo.

    • A Street in Creede, Colo.

    • Men, women, and children stand or sit and pose on a street in Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. White and Black (African American) men wear suits or vests and hats. Women wear dresses and aprons; a woman holds a dog. A sign on a business reads:...

    • Afro-Americans--Men--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; People--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.

    • [between 1893 and 1894?]
    • Rifle, Colo.

    • Rifle, Colo.

    • Men pose with a horse drawn wagon filled with sugar beets in Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado; posters on a shed read: "Pearline Cleanser," "Mesa County Fair," "Roy E. Fox's Lone Star Minstrels," "Old Dutch Cleanser," "Tar Tobacco," "K C Baking...

    • Rifle (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Advertising--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.; Beets--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.; Horse teams--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.

    • [1909]
    • Rifle, Colo.

    • Rifle, Colo.

    • Men pose with a horse drawn wagon filled with sugar beets in Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado; posters on a shed read: "Pearline Cleanser," "Mesa County Fair," "Roy E. Fox's Lone Star Minstrels," "Old Dutch Cleanser," "Tar Tobacco," "K C Baking...

    • Rifle (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Advertising--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.; Beets--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.; Horse teams--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.

    • [1909]
    • Gold Prince Mill

    • Gold Prince Mill

    • Men wear overalls, suits, hats and pose near a gable-roofed building, probably a boarding house at the Gold Prince Mill, in Gladstone (San Juan County), Colorado. The building has dormer windows and tar paper siding. A horse-drawn wagon is parked...

    • Gladstone (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Gladstone--1900-1920.; Lodging houses--Colorado--Gladstone--1900-1920.; Miners--Colorado--Gladstone--1900-1920.

    • [between 1907 and 1917?]
    • Continental Mill

    • Continental Mill

    • View of Continental Mill probably in Colorado. Shows a multi-level processing building, a table, tar paper siding and a wooden chute.

    • Mills--Colorado--1940-1950.; Ore industry--Colorado--1940-1950.

    • [between 1940 and 1950?]
    • Loveland Pass tunnel, surface bldgs.

    • Loveland Pass tunnel, surface bldgs.

    • View of support buildings associated with the construction of the proposed Loveland Pass Tunnel in Summit or Clear Creek County, Colorado. The small wood frame buildings are covered with tar paper and chimneys extend from the roofs. A sign on a...

    • Loveland Pass (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Buildings--Colorado--1940-1950.

    • [between 1940 and 1950?]
    • Creede

    • Creede

    • A view of Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. Shows gabled houses and commercial buildings, a picket fence, tar paper siding on an ore processing facility, a shed, a wooden chute and a dirt road.

    • Creede (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Creede--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Creede--1940-1950.

    • [between 1940 and 1950?]
    • Kramer mill

    • Kramer mill

    • View of the Kramer Mines Inc. mill in Salida (Chaffee County), Colorado. The fluorspar processing plant is on a hillside and has tar paper siding, tailings piles, an elevator, and a tower that houses an ore bin.

    • Fluorspar industry--Colorado--Salida--1940-1950.; Salida (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mills--Colorado--Salida--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Salida--1940-1950.; Ore industry--Colorado--Salida--1940-1950.

    • [between 1942 and 1950?]
    • Kramer mill

    • Kramer mill

    • View of the Kramer Mines Inc. mill in Salida (Chaffee County), Colorado. The fluorspar processing plant is on a hillside and has tar paper siding, tailings piles, an elevator, and a tower that houses an ore bin. Cars are parked on a three-tiered...

    • Fluorspar industry--Colorado--Salida--1940-1950.; Salida (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mills--Colorado--Salida--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Salida--1940-1950.; Ore industry--Colorado--Salida--1940-1950.

    • [between 1942 and 1950?]
    • Colorado Fluorspar, Salida

    • Colorado Fluorspar, Salida

    • View of a processing plant or flotation mill identified as part of Colorado Fluorspar in Salida (Chaffee County), Colorado. The building is on a hillside and has tar paper siding, smokestacks and elevators. Shows a truck on a dirt road near the...

    • Fluorspar industry--Colorado--Salida--1940-1950.; Salida (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Metal buildings--Colorado--Salida--1940-1950.; Mills--Colorado--Salida--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Salida--1940-1950.; Ore industry--Colorado--Salida--1940-1950.

    • [between 1940 and 1950?]
    • Treasury Tunnel Mine

    • Treasury Tunnel Mine

    • View of cars and a truck parked beside a mill building at the Treasury Tunnel Mine in Ouray County, Colorado. The gold mill and elevator have tar paper siding. A sign posted on the wall reads: "No Admittance, Apply at Office, Sunshine Mining Co.,...

    • Ouray County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Treasury Tunnel Mine (Ouray County, Colo.)--1930-1950.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Ouray County--1930-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Ouray County--1930-1950.; Ore industry--Colorado--Ouray County--1930-1950.

    • [between 1939 and 1950?]
    • Colorado Fluorspar, Salida

    • Colorado Fluorspar, Salida

    • View of a processing plant or flotation mill identified as part of Colorado Fluorspar in Salida (Chaffee County), Colorado. The building is on a hillside and has tar paper siding, smokestacks and elevators. Shows tailings piles and a truck on a...

    • Fluorspar industry--Colorado--Salida--1940-1950.; Salida (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Metal buildings--Colorado--Salida--1940-1950.; Mills--Colorado--Salida--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Salida--1940-1950.; Ore industry--Colorado--Salida--1940-1950.

    • [between 1940 and 1950?]
    • Treasury Tunnel Mine office & flag

    • Treasury Tunnel Mine office & flag

    • View of a mine office building at the Treasury Tunnel Mine in Ouray County, Colorado. The two story building has tar paper siding, and a hipped roof with a sign that reads: "Sunshine Mining Co., Metals Reserve Company." A United States flag is on a...

    • Ouray County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Treasury Tunnel Mine (Ouray County, Colo.)--1930-1950.; Flags--American--1930-1950.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Ouray County--1930-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Ouray County--1930-1950.

    • [between 1939 and 1950?]
    • Treasury Tunnel Mine bunk house

    • Treasury Tunnel Mine bunk house

    • View of cars parked in front of a three-story bunk house at the Treasury Tunnel gold Mine in Ouray County, Colorado. A sign on the tar paper sided building reads: "Bunk House." Shows utility wires over the building and snow on the San Juan...

    • Ouray County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Treasury Tunnel Mine (Ouray County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Dormitories--Colorado--Ouray County--1940-1950.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Ouray County--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Ouray County--1940-1950.

    • [1943?]
    • Treasury Tunnel Mine, fire pump

    • Treasury Tunnel Mine, fire pump

    • View of a small, tar paper sided shed with a sign that reads: "Fire Pump" at the Treasury Tunnel Mine in Ouray County, Colorado. Water rushes out of a wooden flume box on the ground. Shows utility poles above the building and San Juan Mountains in...

    • Ouray County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Treasury Tunnel Mine (Ouray County, Colo.)--1930-1950.; Flumes--Colorado--Ouray County--1930-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Ouray County--1930-1950.; Sheds--Colorado--Ouray County--1930-1950.

    • [between 1939 and 1950?]
    • Office & boarding house, Treasury Tunnel

    • Office & boarding house, Treasury Tunnel

    • View of a dirt road and buildings at the Treasury Tunnel Mine in Ouray County, Colorado. A car on the road faces the mine office. The building has a hipped roof and tar paper siding. A car is parked beside the brick chimney of a boarding house.

    • Ouray County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Treasury Tunnel Mine (Ouray County, Colo.)--1930-1950.; Lodging houses--Colorado--Ouray County--1930-1950.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Ouray County--1930-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Ouray County--1930-1950.

    • [between 1939 and 1950?]
    • Change house, Treasury Tunnel

    • Change house, Treasury Tunnel

    • View of a tar paper sided change house at the Treasury Tunnel Mine in Ouray County, Colorado. The building has a sign above a doorway that reads: "Change House." Shows possibly a flume at the gold ore processing site, tailings piles, lumber debris...

    • Ouray County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Treasury Tunnel Mine (Ouray County, Colo.)--1930-1950.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Ouray County--1930-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Ouray County--1930-1950.

    • [between 1939 and 1950?]
    • Exhaust blower, Treasury Tunnel

    • Exhaust blower, Treasury Tunnel

    • View of an exhaust blower at the Treasury Tunnel Mine in Ouray County, Colorado. A ladder is against exhaust ducts or pipes outside a frame and tar paper sided building at the gold ore processing site.

    • Ouray County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Treasury Tunnel Mine (Ouray County, Colo.)--1930-1950.; Fans (Machinery)--Colorado--Ouray County--1930-1950.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Ouray County--1930-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Ouray County--1930-1950.

    • [between 1939 and 1950?]
    • U.S. Fluorspar

    • U.S. Fluorspar

    • View of what is identified as a U.S. Fluorspar site, probably in Chaffee County, Colorado. Shows mine buildings with tar paper siding on a hillside, houses in the Arkansas River valley and mountains in the Sawatch Range.

    • Fluorspar industry--Colorado--Chaffee County--1940-1950.; Chaffee County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Chaffee County--1940-1950.

    • [between 1940 and 1950?]
    • Camp Hale, construction

    • Camp Hale, construction

    • Wooden scaffolding is beside a building under construction at Camp Hale (Eagle County), Colorado. Shows wooden boards constructed around possibly a tower. The building has tar paper siding.

    • Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Building construction--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Military facilities--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Scaffolding--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.

    • [1942?]
    • California Gulch Mill

    • California Gulch Mill

    • View of of frame mine buildings with tar paper siding at the California Gulch Mill in probably San Juan County, Colorado. A truck is parked beside an ore processing elevator.

    • California Gulch (San Juan County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; San Juan County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--San Juan County--1940-1950.; Ore industry--Colorado--San Juan County--1940-1950.

    • [between 1940 and 1950?]
    • California Gulch Mill

    • California Gulch Mill

    • View of frame mine buildings with tar paper siding at the California Gulch Mill in San Juan County, Colorado. Trucks and a car are parked beside tailings piles and an ore processing elevator.

    • California Gulch (San Juan County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; San Juan County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--San Juan County--1940-1950.; Ore industry--Colorado--San Juan County--1940-1950.

    • [between 1940 and 1950?]
    • Mill at Leadville

    • Mill at Leadville

    • View of an unidentified mining mill in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado. The building is on a hillside and has tar paper siding, a slanted roof, gable dormers and randomly placed windows.

    • Leadville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mills--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1950.; Ore industry--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1950.

    • [between 1940 and 1950?]
    • Mill near Lake City

    • Mill near Lake City

    • View of an unidentified mill on a rocky hillside near Lake City in Hinsdale County, Colorado. The building has tar paper siding, a slanted roof and gable dormers.

    • Hinsdale County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mills--Colorado--Hinsdale County--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Hinsdale County--1940-1950.; Ore industry--Colorado--Hinsdale County--1940-1950.

    • [between 1940 and 1950?]
    • Sneffels post office and pack train

    • Sneffels post office and pack train

    • Men pose with a pack train of burros in front of the post office and general store in Sneffels (Ouray County), Colorado. The burros are loaded with wooden crates and supplies. The hand-hewn post office has a tar paper roof. Paper flyers are posted...

    • Sneffels (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Donkeys--Colorado--Sneffels--1880-1890.; Packtrains--Colorado--Sneffels--1880-1890.; Post offices--Colorado--Sneffels--1880-1890.

    • [between 1880 and 1885?]
    • Mary McKinney Mine

    • Mary McKinney Mine

    • Men, women and children disembark from possibly Colorado and Southern Railroad passenger cars near Anaconda (Teller County), Colorado. The site, identified as the Mary McKinney mine complex, was part of the Cripple Creek Mining District. Shows a...

    • Anaconda (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Mary McKinney Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Anaconda--1920-1930.; Passengers--Colorado--Anaconda--1920-1930.; Railroads--Colorado--Anaconda--1920-1930.

    • [between 1920 and 1930?]

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