All Photos

1995-100-06: Mill in Tomboy Basin

In center: large building with sloping roofs and two smaller structures attached to west wall. Pipe on trestle running to dump. Below: dark house with windows on west walls. Covered curved tracks leading to covered trestle. Above center building: covered trestle in front of three story building with windows on all sides. Several smaller buildings to the left and above to the right. On hill above: white building next to large stone building with many smaller buildings to the rear and to the left. Snow covered mountains in background.

1972-335-15: Tomboy Gold Mines Co. 1905

Tomboy Gold Mines Company 1905, Savage Basin, B&W photograph. Boarding house in center of photo. Mill above boarding house. Many buildings in area. Writing on lower front: 'Tomboy Gold Mines Co.' In left corner:'Byers Photo' Writing on back in black ink: 'Friday August 23, 1905 Miss Estra Lessio (Lerrio?) - C. Herzoy - Roger and I'

1995-105-10: A Bit of Scenery Near Telluride, Colo.

San Miguel River with Bridal Veil Falls in the background. Buildings on cliff above falls. Trees on both sides of river. Mountain in background. Printed in white: A bit of scenery Near Telluride, Colo. Stamped on back: Post Card.

1995-114-07: Telluride Band in Bridal Veil Park

Telluride Coronet Band in Bridal Veil Park - September 1886. This was Gus Brickson's Band that won the Mountain and Plains Fair Competition in Denver. Writing in ink on back: Geo. R. Painter; Stamped in gold on back: Colorado Scenery Views in the Old Reservation of the Ute Indians and scenes along the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Chas. Goodman Photographer Montrose and Telluride, Colo.

1995-114-08: OK Clothing House and JNO Adams General Merchandise

131 East Colorado. Two store fronts: OK Clothing House, Gents Furnishing Goods on left, and JNO. A. Adams General Merchandise on right. Awnings over windows on both stores. Various merchandise displayed in front windows. 3 women & 2 men on wooden boardwalk. Antlers on boardwalk on left of OK Clothing House Part of sign visible above building on right. Writing in blue ink on back: G.R. Painter.

1995-125-05: Trout Lake Near Ophir, Colorado

Lake with trees on south bank and north hill side. Snow on mountains in background. Two people in canoe on lake. One man standing on large rock with man on horse beside it. Five people on horses. Writing in white: Trout Lake, near Ophir, W.J. Carpenter Telluride, Colo. Writing in pencil on back: before Dam Stamped on back: Art Studio W.J. Carpenter Telluride

1995-124: Animas River East of Silverton

River flowing down small canyon. One small building in center left and large building in center near road bridge. Foot bridge across river and railroad tracks on right side. Power poles and lines. Town of Silverton to the west. Mountains in background.

1995-3-127: The Cosmopolitan

Interior view of the Cosmopolitan Saloon. July 1909. Marshall Kenneth Maclean, far right. Ten men standing, Three men at table in rear. Bartender behind bar and one man kneeling at end of bar. Stove at end of bar with pipe extending through the ceiling. Roulette table in the front left. Wall paper covers walls with various pictures hanging on them. Five light fixtures from ceiling. Sign over door to the rear: Dining Room. Clock hanging above sign. Mirror behind ornate bar with three deer heads mounted above. Spittoons behind railing at front of bar. Bottles stacked to bartenders right behind bar. Writing in center front: The Cosmopolitan. At left corner: Byers Photo

1995-3-66-15: Telluride, Colo. South

View of Telluride looking SE, brick school building in foreground. Entrance to Bear Creek Trail. Ballard Peak, Wasach Peak and Needle Rock visible in background. Courthouse and main street visible in middle ground. Writing on front: Telluride, Colo. South lower left corner. Writing on back: Homer Reid middle center.

1995-103-01: Smuggler-Union Cyanide Plant And New Mill Telluride, Colo.

Large building with two rows of windows and tower at end of building. Below, very large building with white trimmed windows on all floors and all walls. Road leading to building. Cables across top of photo and Ingram Falls in background. Printed in white: Smuggler-Union Cyanide Plant And New Mill Telluride, Colo. Printed on back: Post Card

1995-31-03: Telluride The Town Without A Belly Ache

Train at Telluride depot. Five cars and engine. Passengers looking out windows. Last car has two men and one man standing on platform in rear. Sign on side of car: "Telluride The Town Without A Belly Ache". Roof of building on north side of train. One man standing next to second car from end. Two boys and man standing next to power pole. People standing around building to the east. Building has one window on lower floor and one on upper. Roof extends over porch. Chimneys on top . Small flat roofed building next. Stamped on back in black: Homer E Reid Telluride, Colo.

1995-30-01: Jack Dempsey And Pat Malloy At Davis Park Sparring July 4, 1910

Clark-Downey Contest July 4, 1910 (Town Park). Jack Dempsey (left), Pat Malloy (the teamster, rt.), At Davis Park Sparring July 4, 1910. Writing in black ink on back: Pat Malloy - teamster here, Jack Dempsey - on left at Davis Park.

1995-42: L.H. Long Express, Telluride.

Lou Long with his mother and father, 1904. Lou sitting in wagon pulled by two horses. Man and woman standing in front of small building with one window. Man has crutch under one arm. Woman holding pot of flowers. Two horses pulling buggy with man seated. Printed in white: L.H. Long, Express, Telluride. Byers Photo

1995-37: Tomboy Mine c. 1906-1910.

Road from lower right around and up to mill. Large building with windows on lower floor on right of road. Covered rail tracks on trestles from large building to group of buildings below road. Two story building to the right of rail tracks. Several buildings on right and left side of road. Large building with smaller ones surrounding it above and to the right of mine dump. Snow covered mountains in background. Printed in white: Tomboy Mines, Byers Photo. Printed on label: Tomboy Mine - 1906-1910. Pin hole in center locates the cabin of George S. and Harriet F. Backus, author of Tomboy Bride.

1995-66-06: Bridal Veil Lake, Calumet - Telluride Gold Min. Co.

Bridal Veil Lake, Calumet Telluride Gold Mining Co. Lewis Lake. Three men on the right shore line. Mountain ridge in the background Patches of snow on ground and around lake. Printed in black ink: Bridal Veil Lake Calumet-Telluride Gold Mine- Co. Stamped on back in black ink: Homer Reid Telluride, Colo.

1995-56: Black & White Post Card of Telluride

Aerial view of Telluride looking SE. Mountains rising above the valley in east. Tomboy road running along north hillside. Writing on front lower left: Telluride Colo.

1995-66-12: Smuggler & Tomboy From New Road

Aerial view of Smuggler and Tomboy Mines showing road between mines. Small dark building in left foreground with cribbing below road running between several buildings on upper side and large mill structures on right. Ore car rail tracks leading down hill side. Large buildings at end of road to the right and large mine dump below road. Printed in white: Smuggler & Tomboy From New Road, Byers Photo; Stamped on back: Homer E. Reid Telluride, Colo.

1995-66-13: Black Bear Mill

Black Bear Mill, Stamp Mill & Angle Station of Black Bear Aerial Tram; Boarding House at edge of Ingram Falls. Black Bear Mill, multistoried building with white trimmed windows. White trimmed doors on first three floors. Man standing in door of main floor. Small painted building sits on rock foundation. Bridge leads to small three story building with windows on main floor. Scaffolding on all sides of building. Horse and wagon under bridge. Trestles holding rail track on hillside next to mill. Printed in black ink: Black Bear Mill, Byers Photo

1995-66-17: Colorado Ave., Telluride Colo., Summer

Summer portrait of Colorado Ave from middle of the road, shot from just west of the Courthouse and Oak Street. Balcony on second story of courthouse. Steps with hand railing leading from sidewalk to entrance. Two small boys (one standing, one seated on curb) playing in front of the Courthouse steps. Power lines. Street light hanging from center of line strung across the street. First Sheridan Hotel addition is present. Colorful awnings hung above Sheridan windows. Two men on sidewalk in front of hotel. Tower is still on the Bank building, Center of picture (Fir Street to Willow, north side only) is out of focus. Writing on center front: Main Street Telluride Colo. In lower left corner: Byers Photo. Ingram Falls in background.

1995-66-19: Pandora Smuggler Union Mill and Flotation Plant

Mill on right, large multi-storied building with windows on all floors and tower on east end. Several smoke stacks on lower roof. Trestle structure leading to large building with dormers and windows in roof and all walls. Shed on right end. Trestle structure leading from hill side across to tram. Several small buildings to the right. Several tailings dumps with railroad tracks in foreground. Two white houses above on hill side and two smaller buildings to the right. Trail leading up the hill. Stamped on back: Homer E. Reid Telluride, Colo.

1995-66-25: Aerial View Of Smuggler-Union Mine

Boarding house is large three story building with white trimmed windows on all sides and both floors. Several small buildings to the left. Large mill building with extending rail tracks on both ends. Two story building on edge of hill side and three small building to the right. Tram towers leading down hillside. Road on hill above mill. Printed in white: Smuggler Union Mine, Byers Photo Stamped on back: Homer E. Reid Telluride, Colo.

1995-66-22: Williams Jennings Bryan Delivering His Cross Of Gold Speech

Large bunting draped platform in front of Sheridan Hotel. Eight men sitting and one man standing on top of platform. Flags on sides. Woman sitting on steps leading to platform. Crowds of people in street below and on sidewalk. People in windows of New Sheridan Hotel. People on roof of building to the right. Awning : The Phoenix. People in windows in brick building to the left, with awning above window: Rickson. Printed in white: Byers & St. Claire.

1995-72-02: Tomboy 60 Stamp Mill-1903

Tomboy 60 Stamp Mill - 1903 - Capacity 300 tons per day. Telluride, CO 1903. Operated for 20 years, milled some 20,000 tons of ore. Printed in white: Tomboy Mill--Byers & St. Claire. Writing on back: Under management of John and D.A. Herron. This mill was torn down under contract by Walt Rogers in 1922. Boardinghouse burned same year. New 600 ton mill built in 1918. Flotation system adopted --2-72. Marcy Ball Mills grinding as much as 700 tons per day. D.A. Herron, Mgr.; J.S. Petersen, Gen. Supt.

1995-66-28: The New Colorado House NE corner of Pine Street and Colorado Ave c 1906.

Two story building with two windows on west wall of each story. Two windows on second floor with curtains. Two doors and two windows on ground floor. Sign on west and south walls: The New Colorado House. Upper sign on south wall: Meals by Week or Day. Three women and three men standing in front and small child sitting in door way of east door. Several buildings and two large trees to north of building. Buildings to the east. Stamped on back: Homer E. Reid Telluride, Colo. First appears in 1906 business directory as New Colorado House, Mamie Hewitt prop.