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 Clatworthy Collection: (see also Autochrome collection) Fred
P. Clatworthy operated a studio in Estes Park, Colorado and traveled
throughout the U.S. and foreign countries taking pictures for the
National Geographic and other magazines. Many of the photos
and autochromes were used in a traveling exhibition that opened
at the Colorado History Museum in May 1987. Thirty-five Autochromes
acquired from the D & RG RR are now part of the Society's permanent
collection. Some of the Clatworthy images are available for viewing
at http://photoswest.org.
(See also Boxed Collection)
Coleman Collection: Thomas Coleman donated this collection
in 1974. The photographs depict outdoor recreation scenes ca. 1895--1905.
49 4 X 5 plates
Crouch Collection: 84-193. & 87-452. (see albums, rolled
panoramas, lantern slides) W. L. Crouch was an amateur photographer
and businessman in Trinidad, Colorado. He belonged to the Trinidad
Camera Club and often entered his photographs in amateur photo contests.
In 1901 he was the foreman at H.W. Krug Construction & Manufacturing
Co. and lived at 601 Park Street. From 1902 - 1909 he owned Crouch
& Smith Contractors, Builders & Planing Mill located at 300-306
Nevada Avenue. In 1910 the company became Crouch Lumber & Construction
Co., where his daughter Dorothy A. was a bookkeeper for some years.
In 1915 the Crouch and his wife Edna L.Crouch moved to 1003 San
Juan Street. W. L. Crouch died in 1935. This collection was found
in a storage room in the Pioneer Museum in Trinidad and was transferred
to the Colorado Historical Society in 1985 and 1987. 60 4 X 5 plates,
225 5 X 7 plates
Dean, Frank Collection: (see Colorado on Glass).
In 1882 Frank Dean moved from Missouri to Gunnison where he set
up a photography studio. He married Lucy Buckley in 1884. In 1890
Dean set up additional studios in Crested Butte and Lake City. The
Crested Butte studio closed in 1896, while the Lake City studio
lasted until 1899. In 1900 Frank Dean moved to Grand Junction, where
he lived until his death in 1940. About 99% of the plates in the
collection are unidentified portraits. The rest are portraits of
special interests: Indians from the Teller Institute, band or military
uniforms, and portraits of identified persons. Dean considered his
portraits to be more important than his commercial photographs,
so when he retired he discarded the photographs of scenery and events,
keeping only his portraits. The Frank Dean plates were uncovered
ca.1964 when the Dean Studio in Grand Junction was being demolished.
Terry Mangen collected the negatives for the Colorado Historical
Society the week the building was destroyed. Eleven
Dean images from Colorado Historical Society Collections are
available for viewing in digital format on the web site http://photoswest.org.
150 4 X 5 plates, 3000
5 X 7 plates
Downing Collection: (see also boxed collection "Anna Downing
Schmidt Collection") These glass plate negatives were taken by an
ardent amateur photographer who compiled a view of early suburban
life in Montclair, an upper-middle class Denver suburb spawned by
the eastward extension of the Denver Tramway Company. Photographs
include interior and exterior views of suburban homes, family and
social gatherings, parks, parkways, private yards, and alleyways,
transportation (including the tramway) and a number of informal
portraits. The collection depicts an important transitional phase
in Denver's growth between 1893 and 1910. The collection was donated
by Dorothy Downing in 1976. 850 4 X 5 and 5 X 7 plates
D & R G Collection: These glass negatives are from the
corporate photo archives of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad 1871-1952.
They consist of promotional material of areas which the D&RG RR
served. The collection includes every town, settlement, junction,
and siding on the D&RG route including many mining, agriculture,
manufacturing and industrial views of Colorado. Some of the negatives
in this collection have been separated out to form the Beam Collection.
(see also lantern slides, albums, miscellaneous prints, color transparencies).
An inventory of this collection is available in the Stephen H. Hart
Library. 2,332 8 X 10 plates
Evans Collection: John Evans was an early Denver booster
and Colorado's Second Territorial Governor. These glass negatives
include portraits of family members and photos of the family residence
on E. Alameda. Copy prints of these negatives can be found in the
subject collection under BPF--Evans Family. The descendants of John
Evans donated this collection to the Society in 1970. 1 4X5 plate,
15 8X10 plates
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