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- Fire damage. Photo not used. 5
- Interior of the Pikes Peak Highway Summit House after the 1953 fire, looking from the two-story end of the building into the single-story section. It is believed the fire was caused by a faulty furnace. 2
- A twisted jumble of burned machinery and buildings after a fire at the repair and machine shop of the Pikeview coal mine. See Gazette article 5/29/1950, page 1. 1
- Aftermath of fire, probably Victor fire of 1899, with few buildings standing amid rubble and smoke billowing in distance. Crowds of people line streets in background. 1
- Alley view of boiler being prepared for removal from Stewarts Engraving building. Two men positioning a wooden plank under boiler. "May 15" hand written at bottom of photo. 1
- Antlers Hotel fully engulfed in flames from corner of Pikes Peak and Cascade Avenues. Two men watch from across the street. Printed on back "School teacher climbed a pole to take this picture." 1
- Burned section of Victor after the fire of 1899, showing piles of rubble and mines on hillsides behind. Several people are looking at the rubble in the background. 1
- Burning building at the Colorado Deaf and Blind School. The hood of a Colorado Springs Fire Department vehicle is visible at the far right. A long ladder with firefighters climbing to the top of the building is also visible in the right background. 1
- Burning, smoking building of the Colorado Deaf and Blind School. A firefighter is operating a Colorado Springs Fire Department vehicle in the foreground while several firefighters are ascending to the top of the building on a long ladder to the right. 1
- Debris and rubbled aftermath of fire. 1
- Fire at Liller School located at South Wahsatch and Cucharras. In the foreground a 1935 Ford 5-window 2-door coupe is parked and in the background left a 1936 Ford Fordor sedan with fender skirts is visible. 1
- Firefighter on a ladder spraying water on to the roof of one of the burning buildings of the Deaf and Blind School. 1
- Firefighters walking towards the fire on Cheyenne Mountain. 1
- Firemen working to control fire in brick building. Several men hold large hose, one man is climbing a ladder while others support it, and a stream of water is shooting from the right. Most of the building is covered with smoke. 1
- Full-page spread of four small halftone images against a large image. 1
- Interior of the Pikes Peak Highway Summit House after the 1953 fire, looking from the single-story end of the building at the two-story section. It is believed the fire was caused by a faulty furnace. 1
- Lithograph of forest fire with man leading horse through trees."Colorado Sketches - Forest on Fire - From a Drawing by J.M. Bagley." printed below image. Top image of two on page 905 of Harper's Weekly, November 15, 1879. 1
- Looking at the Tejon Street side of the barrier wall in front of the Stewart Brothers Engraving and the J.C. Penney Co. building site. "3-10 4 1
- Looking east from the viaduct along Huerfano [later renamed Colorado] Avenue a crowd of onlookers view the site of the Antlers Hotel fire on the left and other destroyed buildings on the right. The Union Restaurant sign is visible in the distance. 1
- Looking west down Pikes Peak Avenue towards the smoldering ruins of the Antlers Hotel after the fire. Pikes Peak is in the background. 1
- Men stand alongside railroad tracks and watch fire destroy buildings behind. Lone smokestack rises at far right. Men hold fire hoses. Photo identified as fire near Camp Carson (now Fort Carson). 1
- People survey rubble left after fire. Horse-drawn wagon is visible in center of picture. Mines line hillside behind town. Photo identified on back. 1
- Rooftop view of the newly constructed J. C. Penney Co. building on Tejon Street. Single workman standing at the front of the building. "May 8" hand written at bottom right of photo. 1
- Rough sketch of Dr. William Bell's house. It burned in 1886. 1
- Rough sketch of Dr. William Bell's house. It burned in 1886. One of five images on a full-page spread. 1
- Steel posts and beams supporting wood floor joist for the first floor installed in the basement of the new J.C. Penney Co. building. "3-29r 11AM" hand written at the bottom right of the photo. 1
- The Pikes Peak Highway Summit House looking southeast after the 1953 fire. 1
- The Pikes Peak Highway Summit House looking southwest after the 1953 fire. 1
- Two men look over the devastation at the Deaf and Blind School that resulted from a massive fire that occured on March 12, 1950. 1
- Two men, a woman and child stand in the foreground surveying the debris after the fire of 1898, while other groups of people are gathered in the background. Buildings standing in the background include Union Restaurant, a carriage shop and a sign shop. 1
- View from the alley of the demolition of the Stewart Brothers and J. C. Penney Co. buildings. On the site are workmen, a Pinello Brothers flatbed truck, a steam shovel, a bulldozer and a smaller truck. 1
- View looking at the demolition of Stewart Brothers and part of the J.C. Penney Co. buildings. Fire occurred February 15, 1939 burning 19-23 North Tejon Street. "3-9-1 1
- View looking down on the completed first floor of the new J.C. Penney Co. building. Steel to support the successive floors is laying on the first floor. "3-31 11 AM" is hand written at the bottom right of the photo. 1
- View looking down on the first floor joist laid on the steel posts and beams of the new J.C. Penney Co. building. Spectators standing in the alley. "3- 29-11 AM" hand written at the bottom right of the photo. 1
- View of basement for new J.C. Penney Co. building. Bulldozer, steam shovel and workmen are seen in the basement. Entrance to the previous J.C. Penney Co. building has not yet been demolished. "3-14 6 PM" is hand written at bottom of the photo. 1
- View of basement for the new J. C. Penney Co. building. Workmen in the basement installing the diagonal wooden braces to shore up the alley. "3-14 5 PM" hand written at bottom of the photo. 1
- View of basement for the new J.C. Penney Co. building. Workmen, bulldozer and steam shovel seen in the basement. Entrance way for the old J.C. Penney Co. building has not yet been demolished. "3-14 5 PM" hand written at the bottom of the photo. 1
- View of basement of the new J. C. Penney Co. building. J.C. Penney Co. sign laying on sidewalk across Tejon Street. "16th 11 AM" hand written at the bottom right of photo. 1
- View of the completed first floor of the new J.C. Penney Co. building. Steel posts in place for the second floor and steel beams laying on the first floor. "3-31 11 AM" hand written at the bottom right of the photo. 1
- View of the demolition of Stewart Brothers and J.C. Penney Co. buildings. On the site are a Pinelo Brothers flatbed trailer, a steam shovel and another truck, and several workmen. "11th 4PM" is hand written at the bottom right of the photo. 1
- View of the site of the new J.C. Penney Co. building which was damaged by fire on February 15, 1939. Men and dump truck standing in the alley. "3-9 3 1
- View of wood forms for the concrete foundation walls being constructed for the new J.C. Penney Co. building. White panel truck and spectators in the alley. "20 11 AM" hand written at the bottom of the photo. 1
- Workmen installing the diagonal wood braces to shore up the alley next to the new J.C. Penney Co. building. Bull dozer is seen in the basement. "3-14 5 PM" is hand written at the bottom right of the photo. 1
- Workmen standing at the entrance of the new J.C. Penney Co. building. Two electric floor grinders are seen behind the workman. "May 8" is hand written at the bottom right of the photo. 1
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