602 items found
Type:Image
Subject:Electric lines
Electric substations
Electric substations
Description:Photograph of the electric substation in Idaho Springs, Colorado. This is a full view of the building, which was owned and operated by the United Hydro Electric Company.
Type:Image
Subject:Electric substations
Description:Photograph of Idaho Springs, Colorado looking northeast, with the United Hydro Electric Company electric substation in the foreground.
ID: 058-046-01
Type: Image
Subjects: Sue Kenney and son Michael, portrait, Women of Silver Plume Collection
Type:Image
Subject:Sue Kenney and son Michael, portrait, Women of Silver Plume Collection
Description:Portrait of Sue Kenney and son Michael taken by Laura Middleton Downing as part of the Women of Silver Plume Collection 1978-1979
Type:Image
Subject:Lakes
Description:A real photo postcard of Summit Lake, beneath Mount Blue Sky in Colorado. The postcard was sent through the mail with a message on the back, dated 1929-07-10. The photograph, however, was taken between 1925 (when the road was completed to Summit Lake) and 1928 (based on the Sanborn numbering system and other dated cards). [show more]
![view first image of Summit of Berthoud Pass From the South, Colo. Alt. 11306 Ft. [B-X2]](https://cccld.cvlcollections.org/files/original/0bb007ed18889d1dc1253ddebe55569c.jpg)
Type:Image
Subject:Mountain roads
Mountain passes
Mountain passes
Description:A real photo postcard of the Berthoud Pass Road at the summit. Two cars are parked in the distance. This postcard was made before the Sanborn letter/number system began, so it was likely one of the earliest published, between 1923 (when the Berthoud Pass Highway was completed) and 1925. [show more]
Type:Image
Subject:Mountain roads
Mountain passes
Automobiles
Mountain passes
Automobiles
Description:A real photo postcard of Berthoud Pass summit in the fall, with a few inches of snow. Two cars and an early truck are parked, and five people and three horses are visible. The postcard is damaged and includes a ring stain. The photograph was taken between 1923 (when the Berthoud Pass road was completed) and 1929 (based on the Sanborn numbering system and other dated cards). [show more]
Type:Image
Subject:Railroads
Description:A postcard with a color photomechanical print of an Argentine central railroad train and a group of people at the top of Mount McClellan in Colorado, looking north. The handwritten note on the back mentions the Sunrise Peak Tramway and reads "Being a little downcast and homesick (maybe) we will come up here to the Summit of Mt. McClellan and get a breath of light fresh air - and go home in a basket - as it is one way by which this peak is reached - By the 'Baske[t] Route.' on a trolly - very interesting and more exciting than a rollar coaster or figure 8 - suspended in midair as though you were up in a ballon." The postcard is published by F. H. Langdon and Company, number 209. [show more]
Type:Image
Subject:Railroads
Description:A postcard with a color photomechanical print of an Argentine Central railroad train and a group of people at the top of Mount McClellan in Colorado, looking north. There is no publisher or photographer listed, but it is numbered 7042.
Type:Image
Subject:Railroads
Description:A postcard with a color photomechanical print of an Argentine Central railroad train and a group of people at the top of Mount McClellan in Colorado, looking north. The handwritten note on the back reads "Mailed at the highest P.O. in world 11666 ft. high. Hailing now. up in the clouds On way to Gray's peak. FCW." The postcard was published by Barkalow Brothers, Railway News Agents, Denver, Colo., number 1677. [show more]
Type:Image
Subject:Railroads
Description:A postcard with a color photomechanical print of an Argentine Central railroad train and a group of people at the top of Mount McClellan in Colorado, looking north. It is published by the Barkalow Brothers, Railway News Agents, Denver, Colo., number 1677. [show more]