George E. Thiede photograph album
Scope and Contents
Collection contains an album with photographs of the North Star mine and boarding house once located in the town of Yankee Hill, Gilpin County, Colo. (1908-1922); additional photographs document the Rocky Mountain News jeep caravan from Idaho Springs, Colo. over Yankee Hill to Central City (August 28, 1954), included are images of the North Star Mine and boarding house (1954); clippings on Edward C. Thiede and the Thiede family of Golden, Colo. (1954-1963), correspondence, ephemera.
Dates
- 1908-1963
Creator
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.
Biographical / Historical
Edward Charles Thiede was born in Colo. on September 16, 1877, the son of Henry and Anna Thiede. He married Julia Jane Bourgeouis (1885-1930) on Feburary 8, 1905 in Golden, Colo. The couple had four children: George Edward (1905-1990), Maude L. (1907-1985), Edith J. (1916-1917), and Ruby M. (1920-1980) Thiede. Edward Theide worked as a hard rock miner at the North Star Mine, Yankee Hill, Gilpin County, Colo. during the first part of the 20th century. He later participated on a commemorative trip on the old stagecoach road over Yankee Hill sponsored by the Rocky Mountain News in 1954. Edward Theide died in 1958 and is buried in Bald Mountain Cemetery near the town of Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colo.
Extent
1 photo boxes
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transfer ;Gayle Gunderson ;Colorado Christian University ;2014.
General
Title supplied by cataloger. For a complete list of photographic prints and photographs see inventory sheet.
General
Original handwritten title on album cover: Scrap-Book and Snapshots of Yankee Hill and - The North - Star - Country, George - E. - Thiede.
Processing Information
Physical condition: photographs, clippings, correspondence and ephemera are in good condition.
- Abandoned mines -- Colorado -- Gilpin County -- Pictorial works. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Black-and-white photographs Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Clippings (information artifacts) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Colorado -- Pictorial works. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Correspondence Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Cyanotypes (photographic prints) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Ephemera (general object genre) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Gelatin silver prints Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Gilpin County (Colo.) -- Pictorial works. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Mines and mineral resources -- Colorado -- Gilpin County -- Pictorial works. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- North Star Mine (Yankee Hill, Colo.) -- Pictorial works. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Photograph albums Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Thiede family, -- Archives.
- Thiede, Edward C., 1877-1958 -- Archives.
- Thiede, George E., 1905-1990 -- Archives.
- Yankee Hill (Colo.) -- Pictorial works. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Finding Aid for the George E. Thiede photograph album
- Author
- Finding Aid prepared from MARC data.
- Description rules
- Rda
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Denver Public Library, Western History and Genealogy Repository
