Call NumberMCC-1701CreatorMcClure, Louis Charles, 1867-1957Date1903-1910SummaryView of Pikes Peak (elevation 14,110 feet) from Papeton (formerly Curtis), Colorado, northeast of Colorado Springs; original site named Curtis by W.W. Curtis who opened Curtis Coal Mine, relocated & renamed Papeton by striking coal miners in 1903 after their leader, John Pape; both sites later became known as Papeton; Denver & Rio Grande Railroad open & box freight cars.Physical Description1 photonegative : glass, black-and-white ; 21 x 26 cm (8 x 10 in.); 1 photoprint ; 11 x 17 cm (4 x 6 3/4 in.); 1 photoprint ; 19 x 24 cm (7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectPapeton (Colo.)Pikes Peak (Colo.)Mountains--Colorado--PapetonRailroad freight cars--Colorado--PapetonDenver and Rio Grande Railroad Company.CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR700071701Type of MaterialGlass negativesPhotographic printsDigital Version Created FromWH2300. Louis Charles McClure papers, album VI, 131Original Material Found in CollectionWH2300. Louis Charles McClure papersNotesGlass plate retouched by photographer (open & box freight railroad cars removed). Title and signature hand-lettered on glass plate. Vintage photographic print with open & box freight railroad cars; smaller contemporary print formerly MCC-3730 with title stating "Pike's Peak" (only) & railroad cars removed from print which duplicated MCC-1701. R7000717013
McClure, Louis Charles, 1867-1957, Pike's Peak from Papetown [sic] (1903-1910). Denver Public Library Digital Collections, accessed 09/03/2026, https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1021138
