PPLD Digital Collections

7. Haply, upon these undertakings, arriveth a real live Digger, ye first of ye season. Ye people, young and old, rush to him, and beseech him to buy their goods and wares. 1

8. Generous Digger will not balk them he engageth half a dozen or so as body-servants, and giveth his boots to honest Abner to carry. 1

9. Which and other like employments, pursued valiantly through-out the summer, convince shrewd Abner, as he returneth weary and waysore, to his Massachusetts home, that there are worse cares in life than those of a farmer. 1

A Cessna AW single-engine high-wing monoplane is parked in a grassy field with drilling equipment, a shack and several cars in the background. “4724” is marked on the wing and “21” on the rear of the fuselage. 1

A bundled-up toddler sits in a wicker pram with a snow-covered residential street in the background. 1

A dirt road winds through a rugged canyon. 1

A group of 11 men and boys dressed in warm clothing standing in a rocky landscape. 1

A group of 13 boys and young men standing and sitting on a mound of rocks. 1

A group of six men and women in hiking attire are stopped at a snow-covered overlook adjacent to a forest with the summit of a rugged mountain peak in the background. 1

A man points a gun in jest at two women with their hands in the air. 1

A negro servant-boy returning from a simple errand. One of six images on a full-page spread. 1

A promotional photo of The Clovers signed, 'To Fannie Mae, a Great Lady - The Clovers' 1

A promotional photo of The Clovers, signed 'The Clovers' 1

A seated woman, younger and older girl and toddler boy pose in front of a sod house with a wooden door and framed, screened window. 1

A small log structure in the woods. 1

A warmly dressed young girl holding a hand muffler stands on a sled in the snowy front yard of a house with wrought iron fence and residential street in the background. A business district is in the distance. 1

A woman holds a chicken next to a coop surrounded by hens adjacent to a ranch outbuilding. A dog stands at her feet. A rotary clothes line is in the foreground. 1

A woman sits on steps in front of a house holding a cat with a dog holding a pipe in its mouth at her feet. 1

A woman stands with a young girl and a toddler in the front yard of a house. 1

A woman wearing a hat stands next to a donkey. 1

A woman, child and man are mounted on donkeys on a hillside trail. 1

A young child and a toddler sit on their wooden tricycles in front of a house. 1

Abandoned mining headworks with aspen trees in the foreground. 1

An Air Force KC-135 tanker provides a mid-air refueling of a F-111 fighter jet. 1

Beaver climbing on a pile of branches, possibly a beaver lodge. Snow in the foreground. 1

Bird on snowy log. Written on the back of photo "Rocky Mt. Jay (Camp Robber)" 1

Boy moves aside foliage to reveal a bird nest with eggs. 1

Boy on camping trip, possibly with the YMCA, cast iron pot in front. 1

Boys in front of canvas tent, likely while on a camping trip with the YMCA. Frank Cheley is fifth from the left in hat. 1

Boys line up for a group photo next to canvas tent. Two hold fishing poles. 1

Boys sit down to dinner while camping. 1

Burro with saddle against a backdrop of trees. Hand-written on front "Little Satan / Cheyenne Canon." 1

Camper dances for the camera, while others sleep on the ground. 1

Campers sit down to a meal at outdoor picnic tables on a YMCA camping trip. Joseph W. Erps, physical director and coach at the Colorado Springs YMCA, is seated at the table in the foreground. 1

Campers sit in the shade on hillside, phonograph visible on the right. 1

Campers sleep outdoors. 1

Caption reads 1

Charles Swem Jr. stands on top of a picnic table with a friend, possibly Lucille Meinholtz. Charles Swem Sr. stands to the right. A rock formation is visible in the background. 1

Colorized print of hunter posing with pack horse and antelope with hills behind. Print is photomechanical process. "480. Unlucky Antelope." is printed on bottom of card. 1

Copy print of Joseph Meek, mountain man and trapper for the Rocky Mountain Fur Company. 1

Couple dressed in evening gown and tuxedo. 1

Depicts men digging in a gulch amid homesteads. 1

Design for Franklin School 1

Design for hotel 1

Dirt road climbing the side of a valley in the mountains. 1

Eight people climb the rocky side of a mountain. 1

Emma Swem stands with her son Charles Swem Jr. as he shoots a small gun. 1

Fannie Mae Duncan, far right. Man hands check to woman holding a plaque. 1

Fannie Mae and Ed Duncan (center) with friends strike a formal pose at a formal affair 1

Far view of prominent rocky hill. 1

Five children on a donkey. 1

Fog on a Lake 1

Foothills ranchland with old buckboard and farm implements. 1

Formal portrait of Charles A. Baldwin, 1895. 1

Formal portrait of General Palmer standing with arm resting on carved chair back. 1

Formal portrait of Marjory Palmer [1881-1925] likely taken before her marriage to Dr. Henry C. Watt in 1909. Marjory was the daughter of General William J. Palmer, founder of Colorado Springs. 1

Formal portrait of unknown man. 1

Four young men hiking, carrying bedrolls, two carrying kerosene lanterns, one carrying a fishing rod, one with a large wicker basket strapped to his back, all with drinking cups fastened to their belts. 1

Frank Cheley (bottom front) with three boys on boulder pile with large log. 1

Frank Cheley (left) next to supply wagon hitched up to a team of horses. 1

Frank Cheley [on left] with two boys on a rocky formation, dressed for hiking. 1

Frank Cheley dressed for hiking next to rail tracks. He holds a gun with satchel and tin pots across chest. 1

Frank Cheley with hat. 1

Frank Cheley, second from right, with teenage boys and a second adult on camping trip. 1

Full-color illustration of lake in mountains with sheer rock cliffs around."Hanging Lake" printed above imag. 1

Gardeners harvesting kohlrabe. 1

Georgia Mim, about 2 years old, in a studio portrait wearing a white dress. 1

Group of boys gather for instruction while camping, possibly with the YMCA. Canvas tents are pitched on the edges, a man reads from a text at the front of the group. 1

Group of boys in front of canvas tent. Banner reading &quot|Washington&quot|hangs on the front of the tent. 1

Group of boys receive instruction. 1

Group of boys swimming with one clothed boy sitting on a rock behind them. 1

Group of men and teenage boys cleaning debris off the roof a cabin. 1

Group of men in white tuxedo jackets, possibly servers at the Cotton Club. 1

Group of teenage boys on camping trip with bed rolls and equipment. 1

Group photo of mineral collectors on a field trip 1

Group photo of young boys and their leaders on camping trip. 1

Group photo of young boys and their leaders on steep rocky hillside. 1

Group photos of boys on camping trip, canvas tent with tarp to the right. 1

Group studio portrait of the men of the Penrose family. Caption on bottom identifies them as "Left to Right 1

Herd of dairy cows grazing near a grove of trees. Farm buildings and two men are visible in the background. 1

Hikers wade through tall grass in aspen grove. Featured on page 164 of Frank Cheley's book "Buffalo Roost" with the caption "I'll bet it's full of grouse." 1

Homes and buildings along a rushing stream. 1

Icy mountain lake. 1

Interior View of Library 1

Interior of canvas tent with clothing and blankets hanging from long log poles, canvas rolled up below. 1

Intersection of two wide unpaved roads lined with large houses. Trees line street at right. Paved sidewalk crosses street with culverts at corners. 1

J. Don Alexander is smoking a cigar and surrounded by men and women seated on a hillside at an Alexander Industries picnic. Picnic baskets are visible on the right. 1

Joseph W. Erps [thumb hooked in his belt], physical director and coach at the Colorado Springs YMCA from 1909 to 1918, stands with a group of boys, likely students from Garfield Elementary, posing with "Garfield" flag while camping. 1

Joseph W. Erps, physical director and coach at the Colorado Springs YMCA from 1909 to 1918, on a camping trip in the mountains. 1

Joseph W. Erps, physical director and coach at the Colorado Springs YMCA, takes a nap on cot inside canvas tent. 1

Landscape view of a forested hillside and rocky mountains. 1

Large gathering of young men, possibly an event held by the YMCA. Some hold up flags reading "Bellevue, Ohio" and "Boosters" and "Illinois" 1

Large tree in wooded land with wooden benches around and wire fence at right. 1

Lean-to shelter, with raised platform, cooking utensils, and storage containers inside. stove pipe standing outside the lean to. 1

Line of boys pose in logs outdoors, likely while on a camping trip with the YMCA. 1

Long view of ranch buildings with cattle in fenced fields in foreground. Reversed image reading "O.N.T." is on bottom of print. 1

Man and woman 1

Man drives a wagon of supplies on dirt road in the mountains. 1

Man sits in small cart pulled by four donkeys with two other donkeys walking loose alongside. 1

Man wearing a boater hat walks two dogs in a residential neighborhood. 1

Memorial plaque in the form of a Maltese Cross, mounted on a rustic stone pulpit at Camp Eberhart in Three Rivers, MI, honoring Harris Hulbert Eberhart (1892-1909). 1

Men sitting on top and inside of fully-loaded stagecoach with hills behind. One man stands alongside horses at front of coach. 1

Miner operating a pneumatic hammer deep in a mine lit by a helmet light. 1

Mountaineering 1

One man aims his knife at the other in jest, while a woman points a gun at them both. 1

Outdoor kitchen under tarps with large stovepipes, crates, and firewood. Set up for YMCA boys camping trip. 1

Panoramic photograph of tents set up along mountain river 1

Panoramic view of canvas tents on forested hillside, wooden tables set up below. Groups of boys sit in the shade and an outdoor kitchen under tarp sits to the left. Likely a YMCA camping trip. 1

Paul Motley, Mr Laughs Himself. 1

Photo of painting of General William J. Palmer, standing, in riding clothes and holding riding crop behind. Painting signed "H.H. 1905" in lower left corner. Note on back states portrait was by Hubert Herkomer. 1

Pine trees next to rocky outcropping with mountains in distance. "Erie Rail Road" printed on bottom of card. "American Scenery" printed on sides of card. 1

Platter of trout beside basket. 1

Portrait of Capt. Seth Baker. 1

Portrait of Charles A Baldwin's father, Admiral Charles H. Baldwin, painted at Jaffa by Elliott Gregory May 1884. 1

Portrait of Charles H. Baldwin's second wife, Mary Reade Baldwin, painted by Elliott Gregory. 1

Portrait of Chief Ouray [1833-1880], Chief of the Ute Nation, in braids and fringed buckskin jacket over buttoned vest with watch fob. Printed on front "4202. Ouray, The Great Ute Chief." 1

Portrait of Francis W. Davis (1887-1978) by Bachrach Studios. Davis filed the earliest known patent related to power steering with the United States Patent Office in 1932. 1

Portrait of Julie Penrose (Mrs. Spencer Penrose) seated outside in front of large tree, wearing large hat, strand of beads and lace-trimmed dress. Photo identified on back. 1

Portrait of Kenneth Brookhart [1906-1963] in denim jacket, leather chaps and hat, lounging on ground with blankets and saddlebags behind. 1

Portrait of Leland Feitz [1924-2013], historian, author, and owner of the publishing company Little London Press. Mr. Feitz has written books about the history of Colorado Springs, Cripple Creek, Glenwood Springs, Lake City, and Telluride. 1

Portrait of Lowell Thomas standing in front of ancient buildings. 1

Portrait of Simeon J. Dunbar (1842-1927). Dunbar was a former Colorado Springs councilman who sought to improve the city's water system and enlarge its reservoirs. Dunbar was also a member of the All Souls Unitarian church. 1

Portrait of man, identified on back as mineralogist Lazard Cahn. 1

Portrait of unidentified man. 1

Portrait of unidentified woman, friend of Cheley and featured in many photographs in the Cheley albums. 1

Promotional Photo of Lionel Hampton. 1

Promotional photo of Bill Ward and His Dominoes, signed, &quot|To Fannie Mae, B. Ward and Dominoes wish you the Best of Everything!&quot| 1

Promotional photo of Dizzy Gillespie. 1

Promotional photo of Earl King signed, &quot|To Fannie Mae - Earl&quot| 1

Promotional photo of Erroll Garner, signed, &quot|Best Wishes Dear Fannie Mae - Erroll Garner&quot| 1

Promotional photo of Hammond Organ stylist and jazz/rock & roll musician Bill Doggett, signed, 'To Fannie Mae - Bill' 1

Promotional photo of Illinois Jacquet 1

Promotional photo of Leroy Lord and The Steps of Rhythm signed, &quot| Our Best to Fannie Mae - Lord and the Steps of Rhythm&quot| 1

Promotional photo of Redd Lyte, vocalist with Johnny Otis and his orchestra signed, 'From Redd, to Fannie Mae - Love' 1

Promotional photo of The Cleve Nickerson Combo. 1

Promotional photo of The Johnny Otis Orchestra signed, 'We all love ya Fannie Mae - Otis Orchestra' 1

Promotional photo of trumpet player Joe Morris signed, &quot|Thanks, Fannie Mae - Joe&quot| 1

Promotional photo of vocal song stylist, Faye Martell signed, 'Sincerely with love, best of luck always - Sherry' 1

Promotional photo of white drummer and orchestra leader Johnny Otis, signed, 'Fannie Mae, Best Wishes - Johnny' 1

Pulleys and belts in a building housing a steam power plant for a mine with a man standing in the background holding a shovel. 1

Ranch in the mountains consisting of a small two-story log ranch house, wooden barn and out building and a windmill. 1

Raymond Lewis sits astride his horse. 1

Rockclimber 1

Selena Bragg Charlton, sister of Fannie Mae Ducan, poses for the camera. 1

Sepia wood engraving showing stagecoach drawn by four horses plunging down rock-littered trail among pine trees. 1

Several men lean on the bar railing inside an unidentified saloon. Two bartenders are behind the counter. Spittoon sits on floor under footrail. Sign over mirror behind bar reads "Pabst" (image is reversed). 1

Shady path with wooden benches and large tree in foreground, and mountains in distance. Wire fence in back contains small deer. 1

Small body of water partially covered with leaves in a mountain valley. 1

Small stagecoach with one man in driver's box, one sitting on top and two men inside. "U.S. Mail" printed on side of coach. 1

Studio portrait of architect Thomas MacLaren in suit with high-necked collar. 1

Studio portrait of older man and woman seated with boy between them and young man and young woman standing behind. 1

Studio portrait of well-dressed man sitting in ornately-carved armchair and reading piece of paper. Man wears dark suit and small round glasses. 1

Studio portrait of well-dressed young woman wearing dress with elaborate lace collar. 1

Team of horses pull open wagon filled with boys on a YMCA camping trip. Joseph W. Erps, physical director and coach at the Colorado Springs YMCA from 1909 to 1918, is seated on the side of the wagon above the front wheel. 1

Teenage boy dressed for hiking next to rail tracks. Bed roll and satchel across chest. 1

Teenage boy dressed for hiking next to rail tracks. Bed roll and tin plate hang off backpack. 1

Teenage boy on camping trip makes a face for the camera while eating a meal. 1

Teenage boy sleeps outdoors. 1

Teenage boys pull ropes attached to a team of horses with wagon. 1

Three individuals on bridge at top of dam. 1

Three men sit at camp table drinking next to small covered wagon with surveyor's equipment around. One man is eating from tin plate, another drinking. Coffeepot sits on table. 1

Three people stand in front of a canvas tent. 1

Three women and four men stand in front of sod house. Two men are in work clothes, one in coveralls, and two women wear middy blouses with ties. 1

Tinted lithograph showing rocky cliffs towering over lake. Several tents are on banks in foreground."T. Sinclair & Son, Lith. Phila." printed at lower right of image. Image identified as "Chief Mountain Lake (Looking South)" 1

Twenty adults and children pose for the camera in front of log cabin in the mountains. In the background, several tents have been erected and laundry is hanging on a clothesline. Two saddles straddle the log fence on the left. 1

Two Ute Indians sit on plains with large number of tipis in background. "4107. Ute Encampment" printed on bottom of photo. "W.H. Jackson & Co., Photographers, 414 Larimer Street, Denver, Colorado." printed on sides of card. 1

Two canvas tents in mountain clearing, two women in front. 1

Two children and an adult tent camping in the forest. 1

Two children sit on a blanket in a yard with a wrought iron fence and houses along a residential street. 1

Two horses on roadway into a cluster of buildings. 1

Two men cook in an outdoor kitchen next to the stone chimney of a cabin. 1

Two men hold a boy by his ankles, a line of boys behind. 1

Two men in hiking clothes walk through a grove of golden-leafed aspen trees. These men may be members of the Colorado Springs “Saturday Knights” hiking club of which Harry Standley was a member. 1

Two men prepare food in outdoor kitchen beside canvas tent set up for a YMCA camp. Buckets, crates, and stovepipes are seen throughout the kitchen. Two young boys peek over equipment in the background. 1

Two men sit in wagon on snowy ground in front of log buildings in mountains. Man, woman and several children stand by woodpile in midground. Dog is lying on ground next to wagon. 1

Two unidentified men stand in front of a horse stable. One of them appears to be holding horse bits in each hand. 1

Two well-dressed couples in carriage drawn by two horses. Carriage has fringed cover. Woman in front is wearing a lap robe. 1

Two women sit in a field of wildflowers with a forest of evergreens in the background. 1

Two women sit in a small boat on a lake. In the background, several railroad passenger cars are parked next to a small railway station and other buildings with tourists walking in the area. A forested hillside is in the distance. 1

Two women under open-sided canvas tent, man to the left with donkey. 1

Unidentified collector digging a prospecting pit. 1

Unpaved road in front of large, elegant homes with large front yards with trees. Sidewalk is visible at far right. Water tower is visible behind house at left. 1

View of Highway 550 running along the side of a mountain. 1

View of a mountain range with patches of snow. 1

View of lake and beaver lodge with mountains in the background. 1

View of snow-covered hillside with frozen river and small waterfall in foreground. 1

View of the peak with stream in the foreground. 1

View of white sand dunes. 1

Water flows below a dam, note bridge at top. 1

Willard Wulff in rock quarry. 1

Woman on cabin porch, possibly Eva Belle Wilson Cheley, wife of Frank Cheley. 1

Woman stands behind sign posted on a grassy hillside that states “For sale by the owner – Choice home lots – Easy payments – Apply to Walter Heniger - 1442 Mt. Pleasant St. – (Large Yellow House One Block North on the Hill”. 1

Woman under open-sided canvas tent, man to the left. 1

YMCA campers hold up printed handkerchiefs with &quot|09&quot|in a triangle. 1

Young boy with stick standing on a rock by a creek. 1

Young man in significantly ripped trousers bends towards the ground. Tent behind and phonograph beside. 1

Young man who has significantly ripped the rear of his trousers walks away from the camera, poles in hand. 1

Young woman preparing to dive from rocks into lake. 1

Young woman wearing white skirt and blouse, tie and riding boots, sitting on rustic wooden chair under trees, holding horse with English saddle. Dog is sitting at woman's feet. 1