The Thomas McKee photo album
Scope and Contents
Park along Paradox Road between Iron Springs and U.S. Placers, Uncompahgre Plateau -- Headquarters of Cottonwood Placer Co. Pinion Colo. -- Main Street Pinion Colo. -- John Huff's ranch Paradox Valley -- Geyser cabin, La Sal Mt's. Utah -- Camp at foot of Mt. Peal -- Mineral Mountain from Miners Creek, Miners Basin -- View from summit of Mt. Wass, looking south -- Lot's cabin, Miner's Basin -- Naturita, San Miguel Valley, looking from Naturita Hill -- Orchard on A.E. Buddecke's ranch, Montrose, Colo. -- Oldest house in Montrose Colo. -- Indian hieroglyphics Shavano Valley, Montrose Co. Colo. -- Forest Mine near Rico Colo. -- West Dolores Hotel and Bathing House, Dunton, Colo. -- Hon. John Bell, Montrose Colo. -- Hon. Wm. H. Gabbert. Judge Supreme Court Colo.
Views of placer, hydraulic and hard rock mining, miners, their families, ranching, and scenic views in Colorado and Utah. Includes photos of Native American hieroglyphics, cliff dwellings, pottery, skulls, mummies, President Taft, Chipeta, a Ute bear dance, Hotchkiss, Paonia, Paradox, and Telluride, Colorado.
Dates
- 1897
Language of Materials
Material is in English unless otherwise noted.
Conditions Governing Access
Contact Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library, Denver, Colo.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright is retained by the author of the items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Extent
1 photo boxes
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Source unknown.
General
Title from PAFI inventory.
General
Formerly PAFI Album # 103
General
Photographic prints are collodion or silver gelatin prints.
General
The items in this album are cataloged and digitized.
General
Four additional album pages added to photo box 3; three are of scanned images, one is a slight variation of a scanned image.
Processing Information
Leather album cover is worn and damaged, some photographic prints are discolored and/ or soiled. Many album pages removed from covers.
- Colorado -- History -- Pictorial works. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Hydraulic mining -- History -- Pictorial works. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.) -- Antiquities. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Miners -- History -- Pictorial works. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Mines and mineral resources -- History -- Pictorial works. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Montrose (Colo.) -- History -- Photographs. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Paradox (Colo.) -- History -- Photographs. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Photograph albums Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Photographic prints. Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Pueblo architecture -- Photographs. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Ranching -- History -- Pictorial works. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Utah -- History -- Pictorial works. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Finding Aid for the The Thomas McKee photo album[graphic]
- Author
- Finding Aid prepared from MARC data.
- Description rules
- Anglo American Cataloguing Rules
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Denver Public Library, Western History and Genealogy Repository
