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Unknown attraction above Lamar, CO, on July 5, 1909.

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This photo postcard shows a festive crowd in Limon the day after Independence Day, and it’s clear that something above them has gotten their attention. I doubt it’s fireworks, since…

Photo postcard of the Modern Woodmen of America T.B. Sanatorium, Woodmen, CO, ca. 1912.

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Modern Woodmen of America, a fraternal and financial organization, chose an area, then known as Monument Park, nine miles northwest of Colorado Springs as the site for its tuberculosis sanatorium.…

Real photo postcard of William J. Hemp at the Modern Woodmen of America tuberculosis sanatorium, north of Colorado Springs, CO, ca. 1910 (The sanatorium’s Woodmen, CO, post office was not established until 1912.)

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William J. Hemp was born on June 24, 1888, in Louisville, KY, to Charles W. and Ellen E. (Zenor) Hemp. He had three brothers, Manley, Jacob and Earl, and three…

Benjamin H. Eaton High School under construction, Eaton, CO, ca 1909.

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When the Eaton sugar factory was built in 1902, the door was opened for area farmers to begin raising sugar beets. The resulting need for laborers to work the fields…

Welcome to my blog of old Colorado photos. I’ve always loved old photos, and given my interest in history, it was probably inevitable that I would be drawn to the idea of collecting old images of the Colorado town where I grew up, i.e., Fort Lupton. Fort Lupton sits on the South Platte River, about halfway between Denver and Greeley, at the western edge of the Great Plains.

I grew up feeling more connected to the eastern half of the state than to the western half. Maybe that was because I knew the plains were just out the back door of Fort Lupton, so to speak, or simply because I was more familiar with the names of towns to the east. So, a few years ago, when I decided to expand my collecting beyond Fort Lupton, I leaned east. Since then, though, I’ve gotten the bug for expanding my collection to the entire state. You'll find that, in its current state, my blog is weighted toward images of Fort Lupton, eastern and northern Colorado, but that will shift as I steadily add images from the Colorado Rockies and western slope.

I hope you enjoy my blog as much as I enjoy building and tending to it. Please feel free to leave comments!

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Jack’s Old Photos of Colorado

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PEOPLE AND PLACES

Jack’s Old Photos of Colorado

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PEOPLE AND PLACES

Calhan, CO

Jack’s Old Photos
of Colorado

Jack’s Old Photos
of Colorado