PPLD Digital Collections

A circa 1910 Packard jitney sightseeing bus is stopped at a rocky outcropping with several passengers standing next to the vehicle. Hand-written on bottom &quot|Snow Plow Rock. / copy. / Crystal Park Auto Trail&quot|. 1

A fully-loaded Manitou Incline railway car sits in front of the building at the summit of the mountain. 1

A group of tourists pose on and adjacent to a cog railway passenger car at the summit of Pikes Peak. “No. 4 on Pikes Peak. Altitude 14,147 feet” is annotated on print. "Jennie Long" written under Photo. 1

A large group of tourists pose for a photo in the Manitou Incline funicular cars and on the balconies of the summit house. An inset shows another group atop a boulder. 1

A man and boy pose in a set depicting an automobile on the summit of Pikes Peak. Handwritten on back "Given to me March 4, 1910. Aurora Colo. Pictures of Wm Becker and Stewart Thompson. / Clara Rauchfuss, Aurora Colo." 1

A man and three women sit in a rowboat in front of the gazebo in the lake at Green Mountain Falls. The Green Mountain Falls Hotel is in the background. Stamped on back "Treat Photographer, Manitou Spg's, Colo." 1

A man in a suit and wearing a hat is seen on the bridge over Cascade Falls on the Pikes Peak Trail. To the left of the bridge, a man in a suit and wearing a bowler hat is mounted on a horse. 1

A sparsely-loaded inclined railway car sits before the building at the top of the hill. [In operation from 1907 to 1990] 1

An elevated view of the winding Crystal Park Auto Tour Road with a 1910 Packard Jitney Sightseeing Bus loaded with passengers stopped at a bend in the road in a mountainous area. 1

Betty Campbell in long skirt wearing a large straw hat sitting sidesaddle on a donkey. "Donkey is thirty-nine years old, and has been owned by the United States Government” is annotated on the back of the photo. 1

Charles A. Baldwin shooting a Chinese crossbow. Japan China trip, 1914. 1

Cutline "Frank Johnson and his brother Duane (rt) observe the rock formations at the Garden of the Gods. The two were visiting the park with their family." 1

Flanked by deep snow drifts on the Crystal Park Auto Tour Road, a 1910 Packard Jitney Sightseeing Bus with the top down with two drivers and seven passengers is stopped in a rocky gap. 1

Four men and four women, all wearing Mexican hats, sit on four burros at Seven Falls. 1

Four warmly people, two men and two women, pose for a picture in the Garden of the Gods. The man on the far left is holding a camera. The Kissing Camels rock formation is visible to the right and Pikes Peak appears in the far background. 1

Full-page spread of four small halftone images against a large image. 1

Group Photo of two men, two women and a girl with donkeys in front of Balanced Rock at the Garden of the Gods. 1

Group of people posing in front of cog railroad car at the top of Pikes Peak. "#2 June 29 - 1892. On Pike's Peak - Alt. 14147 Ft. Hiestand Photo." printed on bottom of photo. 1

Group photo at the Pan Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco celebrating the completion of the Panama Canal, 1915. Mrs A. Lilley, Jack Casserly, Edith Cheesborough, Virginia Baldwin (suffering from Pneumonia), Hannah Hobart, Charles A. Baldwin. 1

Group portrait of three women and a man taken among trees, possibly in Chipita Park. A sign stuck in the ground reads "For Sale / Chas. Bennett / 5 Pikes Peak Ave". 1

Hand tinted image of train stopped along the tracks. Passengers have disembarked and are posing for a photograph. 1

Handwritten on bottom of print "Royal Gorge. -191-". Train and people are under the hanging bridge. 1

Interior of Summit House. Signs inside read "Write your friends a post card Top of Pikes Peak - Postmarked Get them here" and "Tower Entrance". A pot bellied stove is in the center of the photo. Postcards sell for 15¢. 1

L. B. and Mabel Grubb stand in front of a lake. 1

Leo Mohl enjoys a meal on board S.S. "Statendam" Holland-America Line. The Mohls loved to travel and visited fifty countries on six continents as well as most of the fifty states in the U.S. 1

Man and burro on the Pikes Peak Trail. Printed on bottom "1067A. Willing Subject on Pike's Peak Trail." 1

Man and woman pose on mules in Cheyenne Cañon. 1

Man and woman sitting on rock outcropping in Garden of the Gods. 1

Man and woman standing on wooden bridge with waterfall behind. Photo identified as "Seven Falls 4-28-07" on print. Couple identified as Eddie and Pearl Dennis on back. 1

Man seated on rocks at the foot of Rainbow Falls, Ute Pass, Manitou. 1

Man standing on dirt road between giant landformations. 1

Man with cameras standing on edge of wooden platform over cliff with large pine tree behind. Photo identified on back as "'Shorty' Routh making photo of tourists in incline car at top of track." 1

Man, woman, and child wear coats in Garden of the Gods. Man in carriage with blanket in the background. Written on the slide "Ruins of Montezumas Temple, Garden of the Gods." 1

Manitou and Pikes Peak Railway steam locomotive with passenger car #102 is parked on a steep incline with passengers and crew posing for the Photo. Snow covers the landscape of large boulders. 1

Men and women look out of large windows in an observation car. Snow covered mountains can be seen. 1

One of many natural springs in Manitou Springs. 1

Original City Hall of Colorado City, built in 1887. Signs on building "The Queen Cafe" and "Queen Cottage Camp / Tourists / Traveling Men / Weekend Parties" and "Modern Rooms / Cottages / Camp grounds". 1

Postcard depicting a couple sitting in a a fake studio prop biplane that has been superimposed above the skyline of Colorado Springs. City view includes Antlers Hotel, St. Mary's Church and Exchange National Bank 1

Printed on front "1234. Weeping Falls. Williams Cañon." View of waterfalls cascading down rocks. Also called the Four Falls. Two women in late 1880s-style attire are seated with each holding a parasol. 1

Printed on front "1235. Williams Cañon." View of canyon. Two woman in late 1880s-style attire are standing in the foreground at bottom of image.. 1

Printed on front "1239. Williams Cañon." View of dirt path through the canyon. Small stream on the left. Woman wearing late 1880s-style attire holding a parasol poses on rock in center of image. 1

Printed on front "1459 Castle Rock, Boulder Canon, Colo." Men and women stand around a wagon at the bottom of the picture. 1

Several dozen men and women dressed in ca. 1910 attire are gathered under a large rock arch with several people peering down from the top. Printed on front "1456 Royal Arch, Boulder, Colo." Men and women grouped at base of formation. 1

Ten men, women and children sit in a car on the inclined railway while others watch from the building behind. 1

Three black women and a child ride sidesaddle on donkeys with wagon visible in background. Photo identified "#965 Cheyenne Canon, 1908" on print. 1

Three gentlemen with mid-1890s clothing and hair styles are posing on rocks in front of Rainbow Falls, Ute Pass, Manitou Springs. 1

Three men are sitting under a rustic gazebo with a sign reading “Shoshone Sulphur Springs”. The front of the Manitou Scientific Museum is visible in the background. Identified on the negative sleeve as 1

Three soldiers sitting on steps of cabin at Glen Cove. Sign on building reads "Sheep-lined Coats for Rent". 1

Three tourist-laden 1910 Packard Jitney Sightseeing Busses travel on Crystal Park Auto road. "70-C" hand-written in lower left corner. 1

Three well-dressed people, one man and two women, together in the Garden of the Gods. Garden of the Gods rock formations are visible in the middle-ground. 1

Tourists pose with three donkeys in front of waterfall. #1837 is hand-written on bottom of photo. 1

Tourists sit on horses, donkeys and mules in front of log building under pine trees in Cascade, Colorado. Building has signs "Old Curiosity Shop", "W. Ira Rudy Photograph Out-door Groups" and "Post Office". 1

Two 1910 Packard Jitney Sightseeing Busses with tourists drive down the winding Crystal Park Auto Tour Road in the mountains. "XXX" hand-written on oval label in lower right corner. 1

Two groups of well-dressed people sitting on park benches with a dog standing with the nearest group. In the back left of the photo are shops, one with a sign that reads "A. Saidy, Curios" perhaps on Ruxton Avenue. 1

Two men and one woman pose on donkeys at Balanced Rock. 1

Two men are seated on a log below Rainbow Falls, Ute Pass, Manitou Springs, Colorado. 1

Two men in overcoats and hats in a sedan with the top down driving up the Crystal Park Auto Tour Road. 1

Two men with donkeys in front of Balanced Rock. Man in background is mounted on the donkey; man in foreground has one foot in the stirrup, preparing to mount. Both are wearing three-piece suits and hats. 1

Two men, two women and two children, all wearing large Mexican hats, sit on burros on dirt road. One man holds small child on saddle in front of him. Photo numbered #117 on print. 1

Two people walking down ramp with hand rails on each side. They are looking up at stalagtites. "Canopy Hall" is printed on lower right corner. 1

Two touring jitneys with “Royal Gorge” written on their sides and filled with tourists drive along dirt road alongside rocky cliff with mountains in background. 1

Two women sit on boulders near Helen Hunt Falls with a man posing with them for the camera. A wooden walkway can be seen in the background. 1

Two women wearing Mexican hats sit sidesaddle on donkeys. Woman on left is identified as Grace Yost and woman on right is identified as Minnie Axelena (Hägwell) Kratzer. Photo identified as "#1264 Cheyenne Canon 1908" on print. 1

Two women, two men, and a child pose in Garden of the Gods. 1

Upper and Lower Rainbow Falls, Ute Pass Trail, near Manitou Springs, CO. 1

View of Balanced Rock in Garden of the Gods. 1

Virginia and Charles A. Baldwin touring China, 1914 1

Wetherald family [seven adults and four boys] poses for a Photo with a horse-drawn carriage at Crystal Park. Mountains are in the background. 1

Woman in hat and long skirt holding onto two donkeys. Printed on front "Two Jacks and a Queen, Colorado." 1

Woman in long skirt and hat standing behind saddled donkey. She is supporting a small child in dress and bonnet atop the saddle. 1

Woman poses in the mountains. 1

Woman sitting on saddled donkey. 1