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Colorado History Photos 🏔️ 📸
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🤖 A bot posting images from the Denver Public Library. Coded and curated by a history nerd in Leadville. Not affiliated with DPL. Based on @colohistory on the bird app. Big fan of ColoradoHistoricNewspapers.org 📰 Like and share, please ❤️
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Colorado History Photos 🏔️ 📸 @coloradophotos.bsky.social · 4h
DPL Archive post: https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1020556 #Colorado #WomenInPolitics #1910s Credit: Unknown
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Colorado History Photos 🏔️ 📸 @coloradophotos.bsky.social · 4h
Helen Robinson | 1911 | Head and shoulders portrait of first woman State Senator of Colorado. She wears her hair in a bun, light dress with dark floral decoration and pendant necklace.
Helen Robinson | 1911 | Head and shoulders portrait of first woman State Senator of Colorado. She wears her hair in a bun, light dress with dark floral decoration and pendant necklace.
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Colorado History Photos 🏔️ 📸 @coloradophotos.bsky.social · 16h
DPL Archive post: https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1052261 #Colorado #Trinidad #LaborStrike Credit: Unknown
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Colorado History Photos 🏔️ 📸 @coloradophotos.bsky.social · 16h
Labor Protest | People march supporting UMW coal miners on strike against CF&I in Trinidad on North Commercial Street. First Presbyterian Church, Fire Department, and Rice School visible in background.
Labor Protest | People march supporting UMW coal miners on strike against CF&I in Trinidad on North Commercial Street. First Presbyterian Church, Fire Department, and Rice School visible in background.
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Colorado History Photos 🏔️ 📸 @coloradophotos.bsky.social · 1d
DPL Archive post: https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1031733 #Colorado #GilpinCounty #Burro Credit: Unknown
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Colorado History Photos 🏔️ 📸 @coloradophotos.bsky.social · 1d
Central City | circa 1900 | A boy and toddler ride a burro down Eureka Street while a man watches from sidewalk. Signs visible include "The Golden Rule" and "First National Bank."
Central City | circa 1900 | A boy and toddler ride a burro down Eureka Street while a man watches from sidewalk. Signs visible include "The Golden Rule" and "First National Bank."
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Colorado History Photos 🏔️ 📸 @coloradophotos.bsky.social · 1d
DPL Archive post: https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1101600 #Colorado #Denver #1960s Credit: Terry Brennan
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Colorado History Photos 🏔️ 📸 @coloradophotos.bsky.social · 1d
Flood Damage | 1965 June 16 | South Platte River flood damage near 1st Avenue and Umatilla Street in Denver's Valverde neighborhood. Shows houses, warehouses, smokestacks, and a King Soopers sign. A house was displaced and grounded in a field.
Flood Damage | 1965 June 16 | South Platte River flood damage near 1st Avenue and Umatilla Street in Denver's Valverde neighborhood. Shows houses, warehouses, smokestacks, and a King Soopers sign. A house was displaced and grounded in a field.
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Colorado History Photos 🏔️ 📸 @coloradophotos.bsky.social · 2d
DPL Archive post: https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1121511 #Colorado #HinsdaleCounty #1920s Credit: D. D. Walker
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Colorado History Photos 🏔️ 📸 @coloradophotos.bsky.social · 2d
Lake City | 1925-1930 | View of Lake City showing Henson Creek bridge, Gunnison Street, Lake Fork of the Gunnison River, railroad depot, Finley Block, Hough Block, Conoco Station, Armory Hall, First Baptist Church steeple, and Presbyterian Church.
Lake City | 1925-1930 | View of Lake City showing Henson Creek bridge, Gunnison Street, Lake Fork of the Gunnison River, railroad depot, Finley Block, Hough Block, Conoco Station, Armory Hall, First Baptist Church steeple, and Presbyterian Church.
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Colorado History Photos 🏔️ 📸 @coloradophotos.bsky.social · 2d
DPL Archive post: https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1023161 #Colorado #Ouray #1870s Credit: Unknown
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Colorado History Photos 🏔️ 📸 @coloradophotos.bsky.social · 2d
Frederick Griffeth | 1940-1960 | Head and shoulders portrait of first white child born in Ouray (August 1, 1876). Elderly man wearing glasses, hat, and patterned shirt.
Frederick Griffeth | 1940-1960 | Head and shoulders portrait of first white child born in Ouray (August 1, 1876). Elderly man wearing glasses, hat, and patterned shirt.
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Colorado History Photos 🏔️ 📸 @coloradophotos.bsky.social · 3d
DPL Archive post: https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1020551 #Colorado #Aspen #1910s Credit: Unknown
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Colorado History Photos 🏔️ 📸 @coloradophotos.bsky.social · 3d
Aspen Church | 1912 January 2 | Woman in dark winter coat, muff and hat stands in front of First Presbyterian Church (later Aspen Community Church) in Aspen. Snow covers the ground.

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Aspen Church | 1912 January 2 | Woman in dark winter coat, muff and hat stands in front of First Presbyterian Church (later Aspen Community Church) in Aspen. Snow covers the ground. Creative Commons License. Some rights reserved. Attribution, Non-commercial, No Derivatives.
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Colorado History Photos 🏔️ 📸 @coloradophotos.bsky.social · 4d
DPL Archive post: https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1018879 #Colorado #Georgetown #1860s Credit: Unknown
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Colorado History Photos 🏔️ 📸 @coloradophotos.bsky.social · 4d
Georgetown | 1866-1870 | View of Georgetown businesses and log houses along dirt streets in Clear Creek County. Signs include "Livery, Feed, and Sale Stable" and "Patterson & Peck Grocers," with a tent in foreground.
Georgetown | 1866-1870 | View of Georgetown businesses and log houses along dirt streets in Clear Creek County. Signs include "Livery, Feed, and Sale Stable" and "Patterson & Peck Grocers," with a tent in foreground.
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Colorado History Photos 🏔️ 📸 @coloradophotos.bsky.social · 4d
DPL Archive post: https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1032194 #Colorado #Littleton #1920s Credit: Unknown
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Colorado History Photos 🏔️ 📸 @coloradophotos.bsky.social · 4d
Bank Robbery | April 20, 1927 | View of First National Bank at Nevada Ave and Main St, Littleton. Shows man with peg leg selling newspapers while others converse after robbery. Arrows mark doors used during heist.
Bank Robbery | April 20, 1927 | View of First National Bank at Nevada Ave and Main St, Littleton. Shows man with peg leg selling newspapers while others converse after robbery. Arrows mark doors used during heist.
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Colorado History Photos 🏔️ 📸 @coloradophotos.bsky.social · 5d
DPL Archive post: https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/316840 #Colorado #Denver #1910s Credit: Unknown
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Colorado History Photos 🏔️ 📸 @coloradophotos.bsky.social · 5d
Oakes Home | circa 1910 | View of Oakes Home and St. Elizabeth's Retreat Chapel. Built in 1894 as the first tuberculosis sanatorium in Denver at West 32nd and Decatur.
Oakes Home | circa 1910 | View of Oakes Home and St. Elizabeth's Retreat Chapel. Built in 1894 as the first tuberculosis sanatorium in Denver at West 32nd and Decatur.
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Colorado History Photos 🏔️ 📸 @coloradophotos.bsky.social · 5d
DPL Archive post: https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1027840 #Colorado #Durango #1880s Credit: Unknown
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Colorado History Photos 🏔️ 📸 @coloradophotos.bsky.social · 5d
Jackson House | 1881 | First residence of importance built in Durango by Frank Jackson at 703 East 5th Avenue, later occupied by Chas. Stillwell, President of Burns National Bank. Two-story wood-frame house with hipped roof and square bays.
Jackson House | 1881 | First residence of importance built in Durango by Frank Jackson at 703 East 5th Avenue, later occupied by Chas. Stillwell, President of Burns National Bank. Two-story wood-frame house with hipped roof and square bays.
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Colorado History Photos 🏔️ 📸 @coloradophotos.bsky.social · 6d
DPL Archive post: https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1055878 #Colorado #Denver #OilExchange Credit: Rocky Mountain Photo Company
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Colorado History Photos 🏔️ 📸 @coloradophotos.bsky.social · 6d
Oil Exchange | Men in the Oil Exchange and Board of Trade office in Albany Hotel, Denver. Board shows oilfield status. Chandeliers hang from ceiling.
Oil Exchange | Men in the Oil Exchange and Board of Trade office in Albany Hotel, Denver. Board shows oilfield status. Chandeliers hang from ceiling.
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Colorado History Photos 🏔️ 📸 @coloradophotos.bsky.social · 6d
DPL Archive post: https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1128132 #Colorado #Louisville #Mining Credit: Unknown