Search Results: Titles starting with C from Mt. Gothic Tomes & Colorado Artifactual

A CHAIN OF GOLDCITIESin theCRIPPLE CREEK DISTRICTAlong theCOLORADO MIDLAND RAILROADandMIDLAND TERMINAL RAILROADLINESThe Cripple Creek Roadand Connections(small mapprinted on innerpage)Photographs, textbyFrank Seaman,New YorkCirca 1904Booklet dimensions:6 inches by 6-1/4 inches24 pagesCondition: very good plus; wrappers clean and bright, complete; internal enamel-coated pages clean, bright, fresh, complete; some light conservation stabilization to inner wrapper hinges.Colorado railroadsandgold mining.COLORADO ARTIFACTUAL

CHICAGO WHITE SOX BASEBALL GAMEatFLORENCE, COLORADOFriday, April 3, 1914ORIGINAL BASEBALL POSTER PRINTED IN 1914Cripple Creek Times, Cripple Creek, ColoradoDimensions:13 inches by 19 inchesCondition: very good plus to near fine; original paper lightly toned; upper right-hand corner slightly chipped.Joe Jackson played on the team at this time.Provenance: Photo copies of original Annual Tour pamphlet for 1914 "Route of the White Sox Specialshows Florence, Colorado."SPECIAL RATES ON ALL RAILROADS Colorado: The Denver & Rio Grande Railroad

COLORADO UTE NATIVE AMERICAN original cabinet card photograph. CHIEF OURAY'S SISTER, "SUSAN," who helped some of the female victims of the 1879 Meeker MassacrePhotograph original most likely by William G. Chamberlain, although this might be an orignal reprint by William Henry JacksonPhotographic image condition: near fine; excellent tones and contrasts; just a minute bit of damage in the upper right-hand margin of photograph, not impacting image. Slight crease on back of mount in upper left-hand corner.Slight darkening of white mat on lower right-hand corner, otherwise clean.Image dimensions: 4 inches by 6 inches. Boudoir-card size.COLORADO ARTIFACTUAL

CITY OF VICTOR, CRIPPLE CREEK GOLD MINING DISTRICT, COLORADO original panoramic photograph
Circa 1900
#403, Smith-Hassell, photographers, Denver, Colorado. Studio: 1644 Broadway
Excellent tones & contrasts; superb detail.
Photograph dimensions: 18 inches by 7 inches
Mat dimensions: 18-1/2 inches by 9-1/2 inches
Photograph condition: near fine; slight bend in mat on left-hand side, with a miniscule effect.
Mat condition: some wear on left edge, with chip on upper left-hand corner.
Image: City of Victor rebuilt after devastating 1899 fire. Most all commercial buildings were reconstructed in stone and brick, as was the Gold Coin Mine in the center of Victor. Ajax, Strong, Stratton's Independence, and Portland mines visible on Battle Mountain Hollywood and Goldfield visible in the background, on the foot of Cow Mountain.
One of the best panoramas taken of the newly revived City of Victor.
COLORADO ARTIFACTUAL

COLORADO SPRINGS FLOWER CARNIVAL FESTIVAL, 1898, original lithograph, Pueblo Litho. Co., Thomas C. and Anne Parrish, artists Original 1898 advertising lithograph was influenced by the Thomas C. and Anne Parrish Art School for the Colorado Springs*, Colorado city-wide Flower Carnival festival. D. V. Donaldson, Secretary of the Colorado Springs Mining Stock Association, was the driving force behind this illustrious festival. The idea originated in as Sunflower Day, 1891 - 1892, and over the years evolved into the Colorado Springs Flower Carnival Festival where floats from all over Colorado participated in the parades. In the 1898 Festival, there was a masquerade ball at the Broadmoor Casino (owned by County James Pourtales), a Flower Society Circus, Santa Clara Indian Day, horse-racing, and many other events. *Thomas C. Parrish moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado Territory, in 1871. He soon became involved with the Central Colorado Improvement Company, a land company formed by William J. Palmer and… Read More

THE COLORADO & SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY.SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT TO THE STOCKHOLDERSOFTHE COLORADO & SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANYForThe Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1905Denver, Colo.: The Smith-Brooks Printing Company, 1905Condition: very good plus; some chipping on cover edges; interior pages and map very good plus to near fine, some light toning; complete.Original printed gray covers.Publication dimensions: 6 inches by 9-1/4 inches31 pagesMap dimensions:16 inches by 9-1/4 inchesCOLORADO ARTIFACTUAL

COLORADO & SOUTHERN RAILWAY PASSENGER EQUIPMENT FOLIO NO. 24, dated January 1909Detailed manufacturing description of Colorado & Southern Railway passenger cars in use in 1909; some of the cars dated back to 1873.Dimensions of publication: 10-3/4 inches by 5 inches; printed on blueline paper. 86 pages, plus wrappers; two pages foldout.Odd number sequence due to passenger cars that were retired, sold, or wrecked by 1909. Car numbers listed and exhibited are those that were in current use in 1909.Each page provides a detailed exterior building plan of each passenger car.Condition: very good; front cover appears to have had about an inch and half cut from on a vertical plane, but no information lost. Some sun-darkening on various pages, but no information loss.Apparently a unique publication. No listings.COLORADO ARTIFACTUAL

Kroenke, F. W. THE COLORADO BLUE BOOK FOR 1891. Published by the Aurora of the Western World Publishing Co.: Denver, Colorado, 1891. Original black-printed blue wrappers. Dimensions: 6 inches by 9-1/4 inches; 160 pages with index. "The Colorado Blue Book for 1891 is the first publication of the kind in our Centennial State … Blue Books are issued, biannually, in most states of the Union, and are eagerly read by people who desire accurate information about the States, concerned …." Illustrated with engravings of businessmen, politicians, business buildings, mines, and towns. Articles on specific Coloradans, Colorado businesses and Colorado assets.
Very good plus to near fine condition: square-bound paper spine conservation reinforced; front cover as light, thin age-stain horizontally across middle from one edge to the other and a light ½ inch damp-stain on top edge, otherwise covers are clean and bright; internal pages are clean, bright and fresh.
Wynar 136.… Read More

THE COLORADO & SOUTHERN RAILWAY ENGINE 321in railroad yardNo photographer identifiedCirca 1900Image dimensions: 6-3/4 inches by 5 inchesMount dimensions: 9 inches by 7 inchesCondition: very good to very good plus; fine tones and contrasts; a mild bit of wear around original mount; a light dusting over photograph. Still, fine detail.Charlie Law, engineer, in photo, as well as, Fireman KalamineCOLORADO ARTIFACTUAL

CORBETT & BALLENGER'S SIXTH ANNUAL LEADVILLE CITY DIRECTORYContaining a Complete List of the Inhabitants, Institutions, Incorporated Compnies, Manufacturing Establishments, Busainess, Business Firms, etc.in the CITY OF LEADVILLE, LAKE COUNTY, COLORADOLEADVILLE, COLO:Corbett & Ballenger, Publisher,1885. LEADVILLE SILVER MINING DISTRICTCondition: very good to very good plus; book has been recased and gold-printed black leather spine has been been preserved to a greater degree; internal pages clean & bright; no foxing; internal hinges starting to crack, yet still strong; all advertisements present.Dimensions: 9 inches by 6 inches; 272 pages, plus advertisements(If interested, we not only have a complete set of Leadville City directories for sale, but also individual volumes.)COLORADO ARTIFACTUAL

CRIPPLE CREEK GOLD MINING DISTRICT CLAIM MAPIssued by William A. Otis & Co.,Bankers & BrokersColorado Springs, ColoradoMay 1896Compiled from U.S. Records by Edward I. Snell (U.S. Deputy Mineral Surveyor)Copyrighted 1895Dimensions: 25 inches by 34-1/2 inchesCondition: very good. Please note: map has some damp-staining, especially in upper lefthand area, wherein some paper loss has occurred in lefthand margin. Map stabilized on back via museum conservation materials.COLORADO ARTIFACTUAL

THE CRIPPLE CREEK STRIKE by EMMA F. LANGDON A History of Industrial Wars in COLORADO 1903-4-5 Being a Complete and Concise History of the Efforts of Organized Capital to Crush Unionism Copyrighted 1904-05 THE GREAT WESTERN PUBLISHING COMPANY Denver, Colorado Second edition [Note: 3 editions of this book were published, each one expanded from the previous. The first edition was published in Victor, Cripple Creek Gold Mining District, Colorado. The second edition was published in Denver, as was the expanded third edition. The third edition was expanded to includ historical material on the Telluride, Colorado miners strike that occurred almost simultaneously with the Cripple Creek labor strike. Collect all 3 editions for the full historical panorama!] Condition: book is in very good plus to near fine condition, complete with all illustrations and foldouts, including the exceedingly scarce lithograph, "Is Colorado In America"; endpapers at back of book have been replaced; spine very strong; pages clean,… Read More

TOWN OF CRIPPLE CREEK & TOWN OF VICTORCOLORADOORIGINAL -- ORIGINAL -- ORIGINAL1896BIRD'S-EYE-VIEW PERSPECTIVE MAP of two of the CRIPPLE CREEK GOLD MINING DISTRICT OF COLORADO'S MOST SIGNIFICANT MININGTOWNS (out of nearly 24)Dimensions of this beautiful original map: 38-1/2 inches in length by 29 inches in widthBy Phillips & Desjardins, Copyright 1896Published by WESTERN LITHO CO., Denver, Colorado1896 (original)Condition" very good plus to near fine; several tears conservation mended on back of map; no paper loss; almost imperceptible; otherwise, clean and bright and complete. ABSOLUTELY ORIGINAL 1896. Phillips & Desjardins bird's-eye-view perspective map of two of Colorado's most productive gold mining towns of the 19th century. No folds. ALL ORIGINAL!!!!!Around margin are colorful lithographs of the Cripple Creek Gold Mining District's mines up to 1895. These include:X-Mas Mine; Vindicator; Doctor; Pikes Peak; El Paso; Lincoln (Gillett); Independence; Moose; Abe Lincoln; Arcadia; Victor;… Read More

WILLIAM G. CHAMBERLAIN COLORADO TERRITORY
STEREO VIEW PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION
Chamberlain, William G. COLORADO TERRITORY stereo view photographs (38). All thirty-eight images from Chamberlain's "Rocky Mountain Scenery" and "Colorado Mountain Scenery." All stereo view photographs are in very good plus to near fine condition; exhibit very strong tones and contrasts, and therefore fine detail. All images are dated in the 1860s. Light wear around corners and edges of original mounts; but most of these original Chamberlain mounts are in very good to very good plus condition.
Examples of images: a) Block, corner of F. & Larimer Street, Denver City, Colorado Territory; b) Gulch Mining, Idaho, Clear Creek County, CT; c) Idaho (Springs), Clear Creek County, CT (#43); d) Georgetown, looking southeast (#4), CT; e) Georgetown, looking north (#6), CT; f) Georgetown, looking north, CT (but different from view #6); g) Golden City, CT; h) Mountain City, CT; i) Gold Run, Summit County, CT; j) Georgetown, looking south,… Read More