We sure have come a long way in 100 years, haven’t we? Yet at the same time, the beauty and majesty of Colorado is just as beautiful in 2015 as it was in 1915, as showcased by these 18 100-year-old photos:
- “Sculptured erosion forms of fountain formation in southeastern part of Perry Park.”
Flickr/Douglas County History Research Center Captured by William Henry Jackson.
- “Horace T. DeLong De Beque Colo - opening of Blue Ditch.”
Flickr/WaterArchives.org Captured by T.M. Jones.
- “Camp on Ranch Creek. Tabernash.”
Flickr/Douglas County History Research Center via the Guy Watson Smith Photo Album Collection.
- “Grand Lake.”
Flickr/WaterArchives.org Photographer unknown.
- “Rye field near Stratton, Colo.”
Flickr/WaterArchives.org Photographer unknown.
- “Switzer Reservoir Ditch - Eads.”
Flickr/WaterArchives.org Manufactured by M.L. Zercher Book and Stationery Co., Topeka, Kansas.
- “Sherwood Brothers Dredge Boat - Manzanola.”
Flickr/WaterArchives.org Photographer unknown.
- “The over-flow at spillway at Nederland Dam in the spring when the lake is high.”
Flickr/WaterArchives.org Captured by Out West Photo Shop Boulder.
- “Construction Work on Gov. Dam near Palisade Colo.”
Flickr/WaterArchives.org Photographer unknown.
- “Manhart Store and Sedalia Post Office, Plum Avenue, Sedalia, Colorado.”
Flickr/Douglas County History Research Center Photographer unknown.
- “Views at the University of Colorado Camp.”
Flickr/Douglas County History Research Center via the Guy Watson Smith Photo Album Collection.
- “View of Chasm Lake.”
Flickr/Douglas County History Research Center via the Guy Watson Smith Photo Album Collection.
- “Plate IV.–Castle Rock and mesa in the distance, both capped by Castle Rock Conglomerate.”
Flickr/Douglas County History Research Center Captured by George Burr Richardson.
- “View from Devil’s Head.”
Flickr/Douglas County History Research Center via the Guy Watson Smith Photo Album Collection.
- “Roping a calf in Meeker, Colo.”
Flickr/Douglas County History Research Center via the Guy Watson Smith Photo Album Collection.
- “Postcard of a multi-story industrial structure on the side of a hill near Nederland, CO.”
Flickr/Douglas County History Research Center via the Guy Watson Smith Photo Album Collection.
- “In Estes Park.”
Flickr/Flickr/Douglas County History Research Center via the Guy Watson Smith Photo Album Collection.
- “12 year old Lahnert boy, near Ft. Collins, Colo., topping beets. The father, mother, and two boys (9 and 12 yrs.) expect to make $700 in about 2 months time in the beet work.”
Flickr/Children’s Bureau Centennial Captured by Lewis Wickes Hine.
What a difference 100 years makes…
Flickr/Douglas County History Research Center
Captured by William Henry Jackson.
Flickr/WaterArchives.org
Captured by T.M. Jones.
via the Guy Watson Smith Photo Album Collection.
Photographer unknown.
Manufactured by M.L. Zercher Book and Stationery Co., Topeka, Kansas.
Captured by Out West Photo Shop Boulder.
Captured by George Burr Richardson.
Flickr/Flickr/Douglas County History Research Center
Flickr/Children’s Bureau Centennial
Captured by Lewis Wickes Hine.
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