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Union/Pawnee photo postcards, #2 of 2: Three railroad telegraphers with musical instruments in a location identified as Pawnee, Colorado, 1908.

Union/Pawnee Photo Postcards, #2 of 2: Three railroad telegraphers with musical instruments in a location identified as Pawnee, Colorado, 1908.

Post author:jcamenga
Post published:May 11, 2022
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Earl Denton, the sender of postcard #1, was also the sender of this postcard, and the recipient was again Elsie Miller of Crete, Nebraska. He dates this second postcard 1/11/09,…

Photo postcard of gas balloons being inflated for the 1912 Summer Carnival, Colorado Springs, CO, 1912.

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Post published:April 28, 2022
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The 1912 Summer Carnival, held from August 27th to the 29th, would be the 20th such annual event for Colorado Springs. This summer tradition began in 1893 with a “sunflower…

Photo postcard of Postmaster R.D. Strong in front of the Basalt, CO, Post Office, ca. 1915.

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Post published:April 5, 2022
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R.D. was born Roaldo D’Elsinier Strong in Ohio in 1853 to parents Silas and Desdemona (Lambertson) Strong. Silas was a carpenter and Desdemona was a housewife. By the time R.D.…

Photo postcard of commercial establishments and people in Hoehne, CO, ca. 1930’s.

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Post published:April 1, 2022
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The town of Hoehne, also referred to as Hoehnes, sits in Las Animas County in southeastern Colorado. It’s named for German immigrant William Hoehne, who is said to be the…

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