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One photobox of 127 nitrate negatives, 6 photographic postcards, 15 photographic prints of Colorado from 1941. None of the negatives or photographic prints are identified; the postcards have identification.

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Views of Colorado, Denver, unidentified scenery, the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad, mining, and scenery possibly in Sweden.

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Aerial views of Denver, Colo., the Denver metropolitan area, the Front Range, the site of the Air Force Academy near Colorado Springs, Lowry Air Force Base, and Stapleton Airport. One image of Omaha, Nebraska and the Missouri River at flood stage.

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Views of the Central City Opera House, Central City, and Black Hawk, Gilpin County, Colorado. Images of actors, opera singers, and productions of the "Merry Widow," the "Ballad of Baby Doe," "Carmen," and "Tosca;" includes views of theater programs and historic photographs.

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View of mining in Clear Creek County, Colorado. Images of the American Sisters Mine and unidentified mines near Georgetown, the Two Sisters Mines in Silver Creek, and individual and group portraits of men, women, and children.

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Collection contains aerial survey photographs of Pikes Peak, Royal Gorge, Garden of the Gods, Mt. Evans, Idaho Springs, Sangre De Cristo Mountain Range, with some images of local towns and scenery.

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One photo Album containing 24 b/w prints, circa 1910 to 1915, assembled in an album by rancher W.L. Martin of Ordway, Crowley County, Colorado. Some photos are discolored, silvering, and faded.

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Manuscripts: Clippings, souvenirs, notecards, correspondence, brochures, pamphlets, ephemera pertain to bridges around the world.

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Portraits and snapshots from the Florence Ellis (nee Davis) family of Denver, Colorado. Studio portraits include group and individual portraits of men, women, children and infants. Snapshots of Denver and rural Colorado, Massachusetts, Arizona and California.

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One box containing 96 black and white photographs, 2 maps, and 1 Inventory Report that says reads: "Coordinate and elevation sheet, South Platte River Project. Maps show photography coordinates," from July and August 1974.

Scope and Contents Collection contains 30 8.5 x 11" photographic prints (image numbers: 2-4, 61, 63-66, 70-79, 88-92) from an aerial survey of central and suburban Denver, Colo. (ca.1929). Images include Regis College, Lowry Field, Case Golf Course and Berkeley Reservoir, Lakeside Amusement Park and Lake Rhoda, the Civic Center with the City and County Building under construction, a rail yard and roundhouse, the South Platte River. Xeroxed copies of notes provide some building and location identification. Some...

Scope and Contents Views of the construction of the central Denver Public Library designed by Burnham Hoyt in the 1950's and interior and exterior elevations of the construction of the central Denver Public Library designed by Michael Graves in the 1990's. Includes views of some of the sketches and models for the central library by various architects. Shows the construction and renovations at various branch libraries in the Denver Public Library system. Images of the preparation for, and the grand opening...

Scope and Contents In addition to the 279 photographic prints and 3 film negatives, the collection includes special formats: three sheets with 7 photomechanical prints and a newsletter, Denver Water News, vol. 6, no. 2, February 1938. Views of the construction of the Denver Trans-Mountain Diversion Project undertaken by the Denver Water Board to divert water from the Fraser River on the Western Slope of Colorado for use in Denver, Colorado. Images of the construction of Ralston Dam, canals, conduits, and...

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All images identified; photographic prints and negatives includes special formats, a key code and structure location maps and charts.Many of the images were used in Don Etter's book "Auraria: Where Denver Began," and are copyrighted. These items are designated in the collection by a star. Images of cottages, houses, and buildings in the Auraria neighborhood of Denver, Colorado; many were demolished for the construction of the Auraria Higher Education Center.

Scope and Contents Images of Denver, Jefferson County, Clear Creek County, and unidentified areas in Colorado. Views of buildings, faculty and staff at the State Industrial School for Boys (Lookout Mountain Youth Services Center), Table Mountain, Lookout Mountain, Castle Rock, and the business district in Golden; Mount Morrison, Bear Creek Canyon, and Genesee Mountain in Jefferson County; Idaho Springs and the Georgetown Loop in Clear Creek County; City Park, Union Station, and street scenes in Denver. Aerial...

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Images of gardens and landscapes created by Jane Silverstein Ries.

Scope and Contents Collection contains stereoviews and lantern slides of street scenes, hotels, movie theaters, churches, government buildings, parks, the Coliseum, and businesses in and near Los Angeles, California. Views of Forest Lawn in Glendale, Mission San Juan Capistrano in San Juan Capistrano, and the piers at Santa Monica, Manhattan Beach, Redondo Beach, Venice Beach, the Kern River and the Kern River Canyon. Images of the Philippine Islands and Cuba during the Spanish American War, Yosemite National...

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Views of Denver and Colorado. Panoramic photographs of City Park, Denver and unidentified scenery. Group portraits of faculty, and baseball, football, and basketball team members at Grant Junior High School; Sunday school classes and social groups at Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church in Denver. A few images from Seattle, Washington, Oregon, and a flood in Aurora Illinois.

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Views of Taos Pueblo, churches, and a morada in northern New Mexico. One image of a southwestern landscape with buttes. 2 of the photographic prints are titled and signed, 4 of the photographic prints are untitled contact prints.

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Family snapshots of Colorado, Wyoming, and New Mexico. Images of ranch life, shows horseback riding, cattle, wildlife, men, women, and children. Some views of Denver, Colorado and Albuquerque, New Mexico.

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Views of Colorado, and identified and unidentified Hambley family members, friends and aquaintances. Images of probably Edward Hambley, his wife Agnes, daughter Eldora, and son Charley.

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Interior perspectives of dining rooms, halls, stairways, libraries, and reception areas in various homes in probably New York and New Jersey.

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Manuscripts: Scrapbook with information from newspapers clippings and magazine articles that belonged to Harold B. Joy and covered much of his family.

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Views of street scenes, houses, buildings, and abandoned houses and buildings in Central City, Black Hawk, and Mountain City, Gilpin County, Colorado.

Scope and Contents Views of the Corn Dance at Santo Domingo Pueblo, New Mexico; a Native American (Taos Pueblo) man on horseback near Taos Mountain, Taos Pueblo, New Mexico; and an image of an horno (outdoor oven) at an unidentified pueblo in New Mexico. 2 of the photographic prints have the title and photographer's signature: "Karl Moon," inked on the front of the mat; "Karl Moon Pasadena" is embossed in the mat of 'Santo Domingo Corn dance.'Prints show some discoloring, damaged mat.The title for photographic...

Scope and Contents The collection consists of photographic prints copied from negatives loaned to the Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Department by Kenneth Lively. Views of Colorado Midland Railway Company and Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company trains, stations, and facilities in Colorado. Images of railroad stations, towns, a rotary snowplow, and a Denver and a Denver &amp Rio Grande Railroad locomotive and coal tender. Some photographic prints have inked identification from...

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Images of unidentified houses, businesses, the Kyner business block, and people from possibly Omaha, rural Nebraska, or Colorado. Includes a gag postcard of watermelons grown in Colorado and a postcard of a train wreck. The two prints are probably advertising and show portraits of women.

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Images of posters, maps, and plans relating to Denver and Colorado planning districts and their establishment; includes views of materials prepared for the Denver Planning Commission. Images of Colorado, Denver, the Long Island State Parkway in New York, the Sawmill River Parkway in Westchester County, New York, and Randolf Field, an Army Air Corps Base near San Antonio, Texas. Includes views of paintings of the Colorado State flag and what appear to be prototypes of the flag.

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Images of Texas longhorn cattle purchased by the National Forest Service for the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge in Comanche County, Oklahoma. Includes one image showing young men sitting out-of-doors in a tent camp and listening to a speaker.

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Collection of b/w photographs taken on a tour of Colorado (64 images) and back East (28 images) assembled in a contemporary photograph album. The signature of William C. Longstreth, the presumed owner (dated 1901), is on the first leaf.