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Denver (Colo.) -- Photographs.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 22 Collections and/or Records:

Colorado 1890s

 Collection
Identifier: C Photo Album 109
Scope and Contents Images of Colorado locations including a staged hold up of women at Axial; Axial School; Boulder, Colorado; Ute Indian with horse and dogs; Granite, Colorado; Bryanthus Lake with University Peak; Central Colorado Railroad tracks; Cedar Ranch in Mancos; Center, in San Luis Valley; Cortez Flume; Delta, Colorado; hot springs near Steamboat; men and women camping; Earl Templeton; Elk in Routt County; Farmers Union Ditch; Fish Creek Falls; Green River near Ladore; Hahns Peak; interior hall in Dr....
Dates: between 1890-1900?

Colorado ca. 1893

 Collection
Identifier: C Photo Album 184
Scope and Contents Views of people, residences, businesses, streets, lodges, ranches, and landmarks in Colorado, California, and New Hampshire. Includes images of Canon City near penitentiary; Florence, Colorado, United Oil Company buildings; Metzler residence, 246 River Drive, Denver; Johnson residence, 252 River Drive, Denver; Royal Gorge (Hanging Bridge); Hot Springs Hotel, Canon City; Bent County farm; Luthe residence, 2644 California Street, Denver; Kelly and Robertson Clothing Store, 2005 Larimer Street,...
Dates: ca 1893

Denver album ca. 1890s

 Collection
Identifier: C Photo Album 188
Scope and Contents Images include exterior and interior views of a house showing family and furnishings, Buffalo railroad depot, automobiles on 17th (Seventeenth) Street, Colorado Iron Works, Denver Engineering Works Company, Denver streets, the Mining Exchange, Saint Luke's Hospital, Saint Joseph's Hospital, Oakes Home, Charles Building, churches, Hyde Park School, Denver High School, Manual Training High School, Colorado State Capitol, Denver Chamber of Commerce, Brown Palace Hotel, Fire Station Number One,...
Dates: ca 1890

Denver Art Museum, Frederic C. Hamilton Building construction photographs

 Collection
Identifier: C Photo Collection 442
Scope and Contents

Collection contains 981 color slides documenting the construction (July 2003-March 2007) of the Denver Art Museum's Frederick C. Hamilton Building designed by Polish architect Daniel Libeskind. The images are taken from the vantage point of the neighboring Denver Public Library. Additional materials include clippings, ticket, program, and museum guide about the design, construction and opening of the building.

Dates: 2003-2007

Denver Buildings Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: C Photo Collection 400
Scope and Contents

Color slides of buildings in Denver including downtown, Highland Park, Platte Valley "Bottoms," and surrounding areas. Some images of demolition.

Dates: 1947-1994

Denver streets, 14th Street viaduct construction

 Collection
Identifier: C Photo Album 167
Scope and Contents

Album documents construction of the 14th (Fourteenth) Street viaduct in Denver, Colorado. Views of men working, machinery, excavation, and equipment. Shows surrounding buildings including Denver City Hall, Denver Iron and Wireworks Company, Congregation Shomro Amunoh, a Denver & Rio Grande Railroad bridge, and city skylines. Includes group portrait of men in suits and ties.

Dates: 1898-1899

Denver Tramway building construction progress photographs 1910-1911

 Collection
Identifier: C Photo Album 169
Scope and Contents

Album documents construction of the Denver Tramway building, Arapahoe Street between 13 and 14th Streets in Denver, Colorado, from ground breaking to completion. Includes a few interior shots, various views, and surrounding downtown buildings. Caption on first image reads: "Whitney-Steen Co. Builders."

Dates: between 1910-1911

Denver Tramway Company collodion prints

 Collection
Identifier: C Photo Album 231
Scope and Contents Views of streets, intersections, businesses, parks, buildings and landmarks in Denver, Colorado. Many of the photos show Denver Tramway Company cars, substations, car barns, equipment, and employees. Included are the Brown Palace Hotel, Morse Brothers Machinery and Supply Company, City Park Pavilion and bandstand, Robert Burns statue, Colorado State Capitol, Arapahoe County Courthouse, Leyden Coal Mine, South Broadway Station, Clear Creek Junction, East Colfax Substation, Manattan Beach at...
Dates: ca 1905

Gordon Construction Company photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: C Photo Collection 464
Scope and Contents

Collection contains 15 black-and-white photographic prints documenting sites and construction work undertaken by the Gordon Construction Company: Montgomery Wards department store(?),City and county building, in Denver, Colo. Additional images show railroad tunnels and ditches.

Dates: 1929-1930

James Foster photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: C Photo Collection 478
Scope and Contents

The 25 photographic prints in the collection were taken in 1977 while Foster was attending architecture school for a photography class. The images capture various locations around Downtown Denver documenting buildings, parking lots and street scenes. See collection inventory for more specific information and locations.

Dates: 1977

Jay Mather Photo Collection

 Collection
Identifier: C Photo Collection 496
Content Description

The desctiptions of the digital photographs were created by Jay Mather. Photographs from 1971-1977, 1984 feature Denver and Colorado subjects. The photographs from 2003-2004 are of drought conditions in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area and Lake Powell in Arizona and Utah.

Dates: 1971-1977,1984, 2003-2004

Joseph and Nancy Baker Photograph Collection

 Collection — Photobox 1
Identifier: C Photo Collection 450
Scope and Contents

Collection contains color and black and white slides featuring events at Cheyenne Frontier Days (1993), Rocky Mountain Arsenal (1991), Streetcar Stables lofts (1993), Denver City Park (1991), City of Denver and Denver Skyline (1991-1992), Stapleton Airport (1993), and Estes Park Llama and Alpaca Show images and programs (undated). A small amount of ephemera is included.

Dates: 1991-1993

Kober family albums

 Collection
Identifier: C Photo Album 306
Scope and Contents Family snapshots of people, houses, scenery, and landmarks in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming. Prominent names include Joseph Kober, Elizabeth Stenzel Kober, Francis Marie Kober, Alma Kober, Nellie Kober, Walter Vogel, Ethel Anderson, Chelsea York, Norma Swenson, Dorothy Jones, Florence Fulton, Lillian Lachapelle, Amy Lett, Margaret Cook, Miriam Watts, Dorothy Elliot, Anna May Sims, Winifred Bowers, Cora Beattie, Jimmy V. Horn and Howard Tombling. Includes images of Joseph Kober operating a...
Dates: between 1918-1940

Panoramic Photograph Collection: Businesses and Organizations

 Collection
Identifier: C Photo Collection 468
Scope and Contents Collection contains panoramic photographs documenting groups of employees for various businesses and organizations: express service, supply, transportation, heath care, railroads, wholesalers, laundries, breweries and mints. Collection List: 1. The American Railway Express Co's New Terminal at Denver, Colorado and a Portion of the Denver Street Equipment - April, 1923. -- 2. Motor Equipment - American Railway Express - Denver, Colo. Feb....
Dates: 1900s-1958

Panoramic Photograph Collection: Clubs, Associations and Schools

 Collection
Identifier: C Photo Collection 467
Scope and Contents Collection contains panoramic photographs documenting the meetings of clubs and associations: class reunions, fraternities, spelling bees, professional association conventions related to dentistry, mining, ice manufacture, civil engineering, electrical engineering; temperance and temperance groups, U.S. Marshal's, labor unions, catholic schools, retail grocers, glass workers, and Colorado pioneers. Collection List: 1. 35th Reunion - Harvard...
Dates: 1903-1964

Panoramic Photograph Collection: Military Subjects

 Collection
Identifier: C Photo Collection 471
Scope and Contents Collection contains a group of panoramic photographs documenting Colorado or Western United States related military units, military camps, military support organizations, and youth military clubs. Collection List: 1. Band and Headquarters, Co. 3rd Infantry, Colorado National Guard. March 30-1919. -- 2. 1st Battalion, 3rd Infantry, N.G.C., Oct. 7, 1918, Denver, Colorado. Major Geo. C. Franklin. -- 3. Co. - 14th Prov. Regt. U.S. Officers...
Dates: 1917-1957

Paul Gard Jr. photo collection

 Collection
Identifier: C Photo Collection 425
Scope and Contents

Collection contains 92 Kodachrome color slides (ca.1960-1973) of locations and buildings in Denver and Lakewood, Colo. Views include downtown Denver streets, Larimer Square, Governor's Mansion, Lakeside Mall, Stapleton Airport, State Capitol Building, Civic Center Park and the City and County Building of Denver. Images are identified and dated.

Dates: between 1960-1973

Richard L. Worthen photo collection

 Collection
Identifier: C Photo Collection 427
Scope and Contents

Collection contains b/w and color photographs and slides of Metro-Denver, the state of Colorado and the West. Images document buildings and locations, urban areas, construction and demolition projects, national parks, mining towns, historic sites, nature, wildflowers.

Dates: ca1955-2003

ROGER WHITACRE PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION

 Collection
Identifier: C Photo Collection 191
Scope and Contents This collection consists of roughly 5,000 images of approximately 3,500 individual addresses. The images are predominantly of commercial real estate in the Denver Metro area, with selected representation from around Colorado and other locations. There are many residential locations included, some stock photography, and some portraits, both identified and unidentified. Highlights include a thorough inventory of downtown Denver commercial buildings, many Denver skylines, studies of the...
Dates: 1970-2008

Thomas Carr Photo Collection

 Collection
Identifier: C Photo Collection 489
Scope and Contents

Collection consists of original photographs by Thomas Carr. Photographic prints were created by Ben Miller of DPL-WHG Imaging Services (DPL Photo Digitization Lab), and were matted by Carr, for an exhibition held in the Western History & Genealogy’s fifth floor gallery, May 10-August 1, 2015. The prints were created from Carr's digital format conversion files from scans of 4x5" large format and 2½x2½” medium format black and white film negatives.

Dates: 2003-2013

Undigitized Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: C Photo Collection 516
Dates: 1870-2000; Majority of material found within 1900-1980

Welbon family photo collection

 Collection
Identifier: C Photo Collection 459
Scope and Contents

Collection contains copy photographs and copy negatives of the town of Placerville, Colo.; Union Station, Denver, Colo.; town and train station at Creede, Colo.; Garden of the Gods near Colorado Springs, Colo.; mining operations near Ophir, Colo.; train depot at Manitou Springs, Colo.; history of the people who lived in Placerville, Colo. (1914) possibly written by Florence M. Welbon.

Dates: between circa 1900-1914