Denver – Jacks Old Photos of Colorado

Photo of the Fairmount Railroad train (Note: this image is not taken from an original print; it appeared on a postcard published between 1910 and 1920.)

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In 1891, the New Year’s Day edition of the Rocky Mountain News contained a half-page ad placed by the Fairmount Cemetery Association touting its new cemetery, describing it as “the…

Photo of Elks Lodge members and guests with bi-level omnibus in front of the Adams Hotel, northeast corner of 18th and Welton, Denver, CO, 1907.

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Written on the back of this photo is: “September 29 – 1907 – Elks Clam Bake – Started from Adams Hotel – Denver, Colo.” This gathering is probably a hungry…

Photo of three Rapid brand trucks operated by the Donaldson & Howard Wholesale Fruit Commission Company, Denver, CO, ca. 1908-1909.

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This photo shows the fleet of three Rapid trucks owned at that time by the Donaldson & Howard Wholesale Fruit Commission company. At the time this photo was taken, the…

Photo postcard of Donaldson & Howard Wholesale Fruit Commission Company truck, Denver, CO, ca. 1909.

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This photo shows a load of fruit being trucked to a customer by Donaldson & Howard employees. I don’t know the make of this truck, but its covered and enclosed…

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

Blog

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