Photographs

Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Collection

The photographic materials in the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Collection are from the corporate photo archives and were generated between 1871 and 1952. The collection consists of promotional material of areas which the D&RG Railroad served. Included in the collection are images of most towns, settlements, junctions and sidings on the D&RG routes, including many agriculture, mining, industrial and scenic views of Colorado.

The Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Photography Collection was transferred from the Colorado Division of State Archives to the Society's care in 1964.

The collection contains:
Prints arranged by subject, including oversize prints
Glass negatives approximately 3300 8X10
4X5 film negatives approximately 9000
transparencies 115
small miscellaneous negatives
8X 10 film negatives 218
lantern slides
35 mm. slides
35mm. stereotransparencies
miscellaneous albums
O.T. Davis photographs, including oversize prints
Stereographs

An inventory of the collection is available in the Stephen H. Hart Library.

Contact the library for more information about the photograph collection.

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