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Navajo Reservation: 1930
... is a boy...) On this trip they went to places like Durango Colorado, Bryce Canyon in Utah, the Grand Canyon, and throughout Arizona down ... 
 
Posted by kduryee - 03/18/2013 - 9:28pm -

Taken on the Navajo Reservation in 1930 near the settlement of Sunrise, AZ. Living in Los Angeles at the time, my grandparents Harvey Hoag Duryée and his wife Grace Bartlett Kissam, were on a trip through the southwest in their new 1930 Chrysler 77 Crown Sedan. The caption on the back, written in Grace's hand, reads "Navajo girls near Sunrise on road from Oraibi - 1930". (Monday morning quarterbacking: I'm fairly certain the child on the back of the burro is a boy...) On this trip they went to places like Durango Colorado, Bryce Canyon in Utah, the Grand Canyon, and throughout Arizona down to Tombstone and Nogales, documenting their trip with pictures along the way. View full size. Great photo!Could you post other photos from their trip, if you have them? More PhotosThanks Isaak, I will post more from Harvey & Grace's trips as time permits - I think I started with the cream of the crop, however. :-) (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
The Driven Snow: 1941
... early fall blizzard on ranch in mountains near Aspen, Colorado." Medium format negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 01/07/2018 - 12:47pm -

September 1941. "Car covered with snow after early fall blizzard on ranch in mountains near Aspen, Colorado." Medium format negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. When Better Cars Are BuiltWith so much snow cover enough details are still visible to tell that this is a 1941 Buick. The model is probably a Special which was built on both a 118 and a 121 inch wheelbase this year, but it could also be a Super as it also was built on the 121 inch wheelbase. The larger Century, Roadmaster and Limited had longer wheelbases and more space between the end of the front fender and the door so it cannot be one of those models. Buick had its best year to date with 316,251 cars produced during calendar year 1941 and model year production of 377,428 automobiles. DroptopA thin chrome rounded window frame means that this Buick is a convertible. (The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, M.P. Wolcott)
International Harvester: 1943
... worker recruited and brought to the Arkansas Valley, Colorado, Nebraska and Minnesota by the Farm Security Administration to harvest ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 06/14/2008 - 5:04pm -

May 1943. "Mexican worker recruited and brought to the Arkansas Valley, Colorado, Nebraska and Minnesota by the Farm Security Administration to harvest sugar beets under contract with the Inter-mountain Agricultural Improvement Association." View full size. Office of War Information. (The Gallery, Agriculture)
The Distance Champion
... for a trip east later in the day. She'll run to La Junta, Colorado for certain, or perhaps onward to Kansas City, 1776 miles away. The ... 
 
Posted by Lost World - 07/25/2009 - 8:00am -

The last of AT&SF's 4-8-4's, #2929, sits on the ready track at 1st Street engine terminal, Los Angeles, in August of 1949, being readied for a trip east later in the day. She'll run to La Junta, Colorado for certain, or perhaps onward to Kansas City, 1776 miles away. The latter run was the longest ever regularly-scheduled run by a single steam locomotive, and won Santa Fe's 4-8-4's the title of "Distance Champions" for the duration of their careers. View full size. Oil BurnerDid they switch from coal to oil late in the game, or perhaps out west? Would this have allowed longer runs (no need to haul the ashes)? (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Rio Grande: 1940
September 1940. "Railroad yards. Durango, Colorado." Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/05/2018 - 3:03pm -

September 1940. "Railroad yards. Durango, Colorado." Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. The non-survivorThe D&RGW’s K-36 class of locos may be one of the best preserved anyplace. Eight of the ten from this order are still operational, either on the Durango & Silverton or the Cumbres & Toltec. A ninth, #483, underwent partial cosmetic restoration and stabilization by the C&TS but is currently parked “out back” at the Chama yard with an uncertain future. 485, though, was the hard-luck kid of the bunch. She crashed into the turntable pit at Salida in 1954 and was too badly damaged to be worth repairing; she was scrapped the next year. (The Gallery, Railroads, Russell Lee)
The Day the School Burned Down
... family album and we'd look at the picture of the Crawford Colorado school house that burned 12-12-12. They heard the fire bell and ... 
 
Posted by rsavage - 12/12/2007 - 11:33am -

Every December 12 my grandmother would pull out the family album and we'd look at the picture of the Crawford Colorado school house that burned 12-12-12. They heard the fire bell and all ran to where the smoke was. She said "T'weren't nothin' to do but take pictures" and that's just what they did. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Russell Gulch: 1941
... 1941. "Russell Gulch, ghost mining town near Central City, Colorado." Medium format negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 11/21/2019 - 7:16pm -

September 1941. "Russell Gulch, ghost mining town near Central City, Colorado." Medium format negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. (The Gallery, Frontier Life, M.P. Wolcott, Mining, Small Towns)
Western Onion: 1939
... Farm Security Administration client. Western Slope Farms, Colorado." Photo by Arthur Rothstein. View full size. "One Day, ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 01/19/2018 - 1:28pm -

October 1939. "Harvesting onions in field of Farm Security Administration client. Western Slope Farms, Colorado." Photo by Arthur Rothstein. View full size. "One Day, Someone will have Shade, Here"I can only imagine the conversation over a lunch sitting in the field, hot as Hell, and deciding to plant a few trees (right there) so in the future, someone will have some shade from the brutal, but beautiful sun. (The Gallery, Agriculture, Arthur Rothstein, Landscapes)
Boulder Dam: 1948
... on July 31, 1948, while my grandfather was stationed in Colorado Springs. View full size. Name Change In 1948 the official ... 
 
Posted by jmanelis01 - 11/12/2010 - 1:40pm -

Boulder Dam as taken by my grandparents on July 31, 1948, while my grandfather was stationed in Colorado Springs. View full size. Name ChangeIn 1948 the official name was "Hoover Dam" but many people called it "Boulder Dam." [The full story is here. -tterrace] (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Siamese Twins or Darkroom Magic
... years ago. Back is advertisement for photographer in Colorado. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery) ... 
 
Posted by franagain - 06/02/2021 - 10:29am -

Date Unknown. Purchased on eBay 10-15 years ago. Back is advertisement for photographer in Colorado. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Utah Junction
... (near Pecos Street and Cargill Drive) in Adams County, Colorado. View full size. Know it well. As a third generation ... 
 
Posted by flynn - 07/27/2011 - 11:49am -

May 1908. Panoramic view shows well dressed men and women, and railroad employees, posed by locomotives, a steam shovel, tenders, boxcars, passenger coaches, flat cars and gondola cars at Utah Junction (near Pecos Street and Cargill Drive) in Adams County, Colorado. View full size. Know it well.As a third generation Denverite, we call it "Pee-Kus" Street. My grandfather used to go to Utah Junction and work on the rail cars, he was a carpenter for the railroad. He worked for C&S, Denver and Rio Grande and Santa Fe over his forty-five years as a railroad man. I like the picture. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Well Wisher (Colorized): 1937
... last year. This photo is similar to what the homestead in Colorado would have looked like during his early teens. (But they had no ... 
 
Posted by Marco Alfaro - 11/06/2015 - 8:11pm -

Colorized from this Shorpy original. A beautiful picture - I only colorized it. View full size. A door into another world...You did a great job! The face doesn't match my dad's, but the mood of the picture (faded gray wood; well close to the house; and the landscape in the background landscape), invites the viewer into another life. My dad died at 96 years old on Dec. 22 last year. This photo is similar to what the homestead in Colorado would have looked like during his early teens. (But they had no porch.) The Great Depression would have been in full force, and the dust-bowl edging closer to their county . The US Army promised food and a chance at education, since the one-room school he attended went no further than 8th grade and there was no high school. After basic training, his unit was shipped off to Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. They seemed to think they needed antiaircraft gunners there--so he was there on Dec. 7, 1941. As it turned out, just finishing a weekend pass. He hurried back, arriving at what was left of his battery in time to fire a last shot or two. I have a picture of him, in uniform, outside a troop train in somewhere between GA and CA, with the same look on his face this young man wears. It's amazing how a photograph comes to life with colorization and pulls forth not only the story of the subject, but so many more.... (Colorized Photos)
Lost 2: Electric Boogaloo
... and I can remember bologna sandwiches at the side of windy Colorado roads on the way to Kansas. Ahhh, memories. [There were plenty ... 
 
Posted by mhallack - 04/11/2009 - 9:03pm -

The fellow's elbow on the far left belongs to one of the guys looking at the map in this photo. This is what the rest of the family was doing. Dig the bowl cut on the little guy. View full size. No fast food!Mom was clearly feeding her hungry brood while Dad and Uncle Joe were trying to figure out how to get to Timbuktu. Without any drive-throughs in those days, making a meal on the side of the road was very common. I am not nearly old enough to be in this family (my parents are roughly the age of the little boy with the bowl cut) and I can remember bologna sandwiches at the side of windy Colorado roads on the way to Kansas. Ahhh, memories. [There were plenty of roadside stands and greasy spoons with car service back in the olden days. - Dave] (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Gas Station: 1925
... Phyl. Which state? I'm curious...is it Ohio, Colorado, Oklahoma, or Illinois? But Michigan...no go with a "Logan". ... 
 
Posted by Thomas H Finger - 05/06/2016 - 6:44pm -

About 1925 my father had built this station in Logan County, Michigan to supplement their farm income. One of their first customers was my grandpa Eugene Hinkley filling the tank. The boy pumping the hand pump was my brother, Louie Finger, and the old guy watching him unknown. The girl watching the photographer was my sister. Phyl. Which state?I'm curious...is it Ohio, Colorado, Oklahoma, or Illinois? But Michigan...no go with a "Logan". (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Uncle George: 1929
... My Great-great Uncle George Geyer, taken aboard the USS Colorado in 1929. View full size. Not bad! Were it not for the fact ... 
 
Posted by ShandiSF - 09/14/2010 - 12:25pm -

My Great-great Uncle George Geyer, taken aboard the USS Colorado in 1929. View full size. Not bad!Were it not for the fact that this picture was taken the year my mother was born, I'd ask you if he was single! (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Aspen: 1963
Winter 1962-63. Aspen, Colorado. Top of Ajax, observation deck restaurant. 35mm Kodachrome slide. ... 
 
Posted by seri_art - 12/14/2008 - 1:37pm -

Winter 1962-63. Aspen, Colorado. Top of Ajax, observation deck restaurant. 35mm Kodachrome slide. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Monterey Folk Festival: 1963
... (stage name) who performed at various venues in Aspen, Colorado, during the prior winter when I was a ski bum there. The adoring young ... 
 
Posted by seri_art - 06/11/2013 - 11:31pm -

This was taken during the weekend of the 1963 Monterey Folk Festival at Monterey, California, in a motel room. The performer is Stewart Clay (stage name) who performed at various venues in Aspen, Colorado, during the prior winter when I was a ski bum there. The adoring young women are, sadly, unknown to me. Stewart, are you out there? Scanned Plus-X film from a Leica IIIf. View full size (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Seabees: 1943
... was bombed. He was a contractor and carpenter in a tiny Colorado mountain town, and was posted to Hawaii. As a kid in the ... 
 
Posted by thIII - 02/28/2018 - 10:08pm -

My grandfather Thomas A. Hawkins and his Navy peers in their enlistment group photo, about 1943. He enlisted in the Construction Battalion and was separated in 1953 as a Boatswain's Mate (Stevedore) Petty Officer First Class. This photo was taken either in Columbia or Charleston, S.C., where he entered). My grandfather is the second person directly above the head of the officer on the right. View full size. My Grandfather's GenerationNew member, been browsing the site for a while now, couldn't resist wanted to post a photo. Love reading the comments, people's imaginations, thoughts and knowledge related to the photos. This photo stars my own grandfather For most of us African Americans, WW2 was the beginning of our life. The first war that AA's were allowed to participate in and therefore a gateway for AA's to get out of poverty and away from segregation, and have a better opportunity for education, employment, housing, and treatment. This basically became part of the AA great migration from the south to cities in the north and west. For a lot of young people, there was no other way out except this way, all of them didn't know what they're future held. Some may have died during the war or because of the war, my grandfather's eldest brother also served during this war, the Army's Police force (196th Co.) and 15 years after being separated, died a tragic death. He was only 38, no children. I ask questions about the men in this photo, I think all of Americans echo the same stories as African Americans when it comes to WW2. This was the beginning of all of our lives, and I think a lot of us in my generation and my parents' generation can say, if it wasn't for this war we would still be living there, we would not have what we have today. That's personal in our lives, but also as a people, a nation, AA's could say, you let us fight in the war but you won't let us vote, this war was the turning point of the treatment of blacks and women, since this country fought discrimination in another country, but had it's own to deal with in this country. These 39 men were going to participate in this war and did not know what the future held, but they were pioneers, they are post-WW2 fathers, the military, this country and all that this country stands for was built on their backs. There so much I see in this photo, what it means, maybe some understood that, maybe most didn't, but they were going to do something none of them knew what they were doing. This is a great photo, this is my grandfather's generation, but this is the generation that started it all for me. WW2 bridges the gap between what life was before and what life is after, this connects the two generations, where we came from, where we are, and where we're going. Look at these men's faces, and see the unsurety, uncertainty, not knowing what lies ahead, just young and black and don't know what's expected of them. Wonderful PictureThank you for posting this wonderful picture. I am sure that most, if not all, of these men, who proudly served their country during WW2, went on to lives that were much better than the ones they left behind when joining the Navy. Hopefully you will post some more of your family pictures. Thank you Thank you for submitting this picture of your grandfather, and his brothers in arms. Also, thanks for the comments in your post above detailing the point in American history that African-Americans were finally given an opportunity to show their true value, and worth to America. I appreciate your Grandfather's service to our country, and to all those of the "Greatest Generation." My granddad was a Seabee, tooMy grandfather was in his early 40s and joined the Seabees after Pearl Harbor was bombed. He was a contractor and carpenter in a tiny Colorado mountain town, and was posted to Hawaii. As a kid in the 1960s-1970s, I didn't understand the importance of the gifts he gave us - sailor hats and duffel bags and the denim jacket with a Seabee patch on the shoulder. We have no photos of his time with the Navy. Thanks for this picture, it gives me a little window to see back what Granddad was doing during the war. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Panama Bull Fight: 1930
... Geyer when he was stationed in the Navy aboard the USS Colorado. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery) ... 
 
Posted by ShandiSF - 09/14/2010 - 12:41pm -

Bull fight in Panama, 1930. Taken by my great-great uncle George Geyer when he was stationed in the Navy aboard the USS Colorado. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Government Mules: 1939
... with a Farm Security Administration loan. Near Ordway, Colorado." Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/26/2018 - 4:59pm -

September 1939. "Ernest W. Kirk Jr., whose team of mules was bought with a Farm Security Administration loan. Near Ordway, Colorado." Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. (The Gallery, Agriculture, Horses, Russell Lee)
Going Under: 1929
This is the USS Colorado going under the Brooklyn Bridge. While doing some research I found ... 
 
Posted by ShandiSF - 09/14/2010 - 12:26pm -

This is the USS Colorado going under the Brooklyn Bridge. While doing some research I found that while on the way to Panama, there was a fire and the ship had to go to New York to be repaired. Perhaps this shot was from that famous time. The photo says it was taken in 1929, the time my great-great uncle was aboard the ship.
Culebra Cut: 1929
A view from the USS Colorado as it transits the Panama Canal, 1929 View full size. ... 
 
Posted by ShandiSF - 09/14/2010 - 12:28pm -

A view from the USS Colorado as it transits the Panama Canal, 1929 View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Top of the World: 1969
My Dad, on our vacation in Colorado in 1969. My teenage conflict was burning brightly. Was he the bad guy, ... 
 
Posted by Mvsman - 09/15/2011 - 9:03am -

My Dad, on our vacation in Colorado in 1969. My teenage conflict was burning brightly. Was he the bad guy, or was I not the best kid? Most likely, just growing pains. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Triple Selfie: c.1898
... circa 1898, taken at his family home in north Denver, Colorado. The image is one of several examples of this kind of trick ... 
 
Posted by JustDerek - 12/22/2017 - 6:29pm -

George J. Richardson (1879-1943) shows his puckish sense of humor with a multiple-exposure self-portrait, circa 1898, taken at his family home in north Denver, Colorado. The image is one of several examples of this kind of trick photography in a book of photos by Richardson which can be viewed in its entirety here. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Dewey Beach: 1916
... Illinois, boat rides and vacation trips to California and Colorado. Louise Boettger Sluser (Nov. 2, 1897 - March 5, 1994). Born Nov. ... 
 
Posted by Christoph Traugott - 02/07/2019 - 10:10am -

Dewey Beach, Peoria, Illinois, 1916. From the photo albums of Louise Boettger (Sluser) dated from 1915 to 1917 and a few others from the mid-1920s. Fun and whimsical snapshots and poses, Bradley University students, automobile excursions, Dewey Beach in Peoria, Illinois, boat rides and vacation trips to California and Colorado. Louise Boettger Sluser (Nov. 2, 1897 - March 5, 1994). Born Nov. 2, 1897, in Peoria to Robert and Anna Vonachen Boettger, she married Miles B. “Bert” Sluser on Feb. 22, 1923, in Peoria, Illinois. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Shepherd Ahoy: 1929
A lazy German shepherd aboard the USS Colorado, 1929. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery) ... 
 
Posted by ShandiSF - 09/10/2011 - 2:44pm -

A lazy German shepherd aboard the USS Colorado, 1929. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Pikes Peak in a Buick
Somewhere near Pikes Peak, Colorado in a 1955 Buick Special, circa 1959-1960. Kodachrome slide. View ... 
 
Posted by nemico - 09/25/2015 - 6:57pm -

Somewhere near Pikes Peak, Colorado in a 1955 Buick Special, circa 1959-1960. Kodachrome slide. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Four Siblings
... from the first Hispanic settlers in New Mexico and Colorado. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery) ... 
 
Posted by SanLuis - 12/26/2011 - 8:35am -

Siblings, Jennie, Ponciano (Steven), Ruth and James Arroyo taken in Laramie, Wyoming, 1981. There is a 25 year age difference between Ruth and James, with 11 children total in the family. The Arroyos are descendants from the first Hispanic settlers in New Mexico and Colorado. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Continental Divide: 1963
... This photo was taken around 1963 in the Rocky Mountains in Colorado. I do not know the man on the far left but I think he is one of my ... 
 
Posted by Retrophile - 10/25/2013 - 8:31pm -

This photo was taken around 1963 in the Rocky Mountains in Colorado. I do not know the man on the far left but I think he is one of my father's relations. The kid next to him is my brother Rocky and next to him is my mother Sharon and my cousin Freddy. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
His first car: 1909
Denver Colorado 1909. Donald G. Kirk, my wife's dad, is hand cranking the car on a ... 
 
Posted by urcunina - 04/08/2016 - 7:04pm -

Denver Colorado 1909. Donald G. Kirk, my wife's dad, is hand cranking the car on a cold day. The make and model are unknown. The probable location is somewhere on Eudora street. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
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