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Photo postcard of storefronts in Avondale, CO, ca. 1912.

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Avondale is a farming community in Pueblo County which sits 14 miles east of Pueblo, just south of the Arkansas River. The future site of Avondale was part of Louisiana…

Plowing outside of Rocky Ford, CO, ca. 1910.

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Pictured in this photo postcard is a balance plow and steam tractor in operation outside of Rocky Ford. The invention of the balance plow rested on work performed in the…

Photo postcard of Bert J. Dibble mortuary, 56 South Broadway, Denver, CO, ca. 1910.

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Bert J. Dibble was born in Binghamton, NY, on September 2, 1877, to Charles and Alice (Benedict) Dibble and spent most of his life in Binghamton. His father was an…

Photo postcard of teacher and students, Akron, CO, 1911.

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Pictured are a teacher, third from the left in the back row, and her 12 students. (Note the two pairs of sisters in the front row – twins?) The teacher’s…

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

Blog

PEOPLE AND PLACES

Calhan, CO

Jack’s Old Photos
of Colorado

Jack’s Old Photos
of Colorado