602 items found
Type:Image
Description:A postcard with a color photomechanical print of Georgetown, Colorado looking north from the south end of town. There is no publisher or photographer listed, but the postcard is number 141.
Type:Image
Subject:Fourth of July celebrations
Description:Photograph taken in Georgetown, Colorado during the Fourth of July hose cart races on 6th Street. Members of the Evergreen Fire Department stand beside their hose cart.
Type:Image
Description:A cabinet card photograph of Georgetown, Colorado, taken from Leavenworth mountain south and above the city. The photograph was taken by Alex Martin and published by Robert M. Davis and the back includes a published description of Georgetown and the newly completed Georgetown Loop. This item was given to Louis Keck on his twenty-first birthday in 1884. The front includes 29 hand-written numbers that label buildings in the image. The back of the photograph describes what or who lived at each of these numbers. [show more]
Type:Image
Description:A postcard with a color photomechanical print of Golden, Colorado, taken from Lookout Mountain. The postcard is stamped on the back by the Argentine Central Railroad Company, Local Agent's Office in Waldorf, Colorado. The note on the back reads "Dear Emilie I am in Denver now I am having a grand time with Marie. To-day Vira Bishop, Marie and Papa and I went around Georgetown Loop and on up to Mt. McClellan. It certainly is grand. Will write later. You can excuse this writing for I am writing it on the train and it is so bumpy. With Love - Helen F." The postcard is published by the Colorado News Company, number C 1606. [show more]
Type:Image
Subject:Railroads
Description:A postcard with a photomechanical print of Grays and Torreys peaks in Colorado, taken near Mount McClellan at the end of the Argentine Central Railroad. The postcard is stamped at Waldorf by the Argentine Central Railroad Company and was then sent through the Silver Plume post office. Note on the back reads "Dear Cook:- I'm writing this on the way up Mt. McClellan, 14,007 ft high. Waldorf, from which this is mailed, is the highest post office in the world. Mts cold!" The postcard is published by Williamson Haffner Company, number B2293. [show more]
Type:Image
Subject:Hotels
Description:A real photo postcard of the interior of Echo Lake Lodge in Colorado, showing a large fireplace surrounded by chairs and some tables.
Type:Image
Subject:Lakes
Description:Photograph of Green Lake, Colorado from the road.
Type:Image
Description:A leather postcard with a fabric flower attached. Sent from Denver, Colorado on September 2 of an unknown year. Leather postcards were first sold in 1903 and were banned in 1907 because of post office sorting issues.
Type:Image
Subject:Mills
Description:Photograph of the Griffith Mill in Georgetown, Colorado, looking northeast. In 1929, this building was removed and rebuilt as the Centennial Mill.
Type:Image
Subject:Mills
Description:Photograph of the Griffith Mill in Georgetown, Colorado, looking southwest. In 1929, this building was removed and rebuilt as the Centennial Mill.