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Explore Colorado’s past through the archives, artifacts, and photographs of the History Colorado Collection.

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Found 10 record(s)
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PhotographPhotograph | W. H. Jackson | Denver | Eva McBroom | Students | Arapahoe High School | Clothing and dress. | Women89.451.2491
PhotographPhotograph | William H. Maine | carpenter | Clothing and dress. | Cane | cabins | John McBroom89.451.2550
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PhotographPhotograph | Jones, H. G. | John McBroom | cabins | automobiles | Bear Creek | roads | Chickens89.451.2596
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school readerLearn to Study Reader's Book Two for Grade 3 ; Keota School Readerschool reader | Learn to Study Reader's Book Two for Grade 3 | Keota School Reader | Ernest Horn | Author | Maude McBroom | Author | Ginn & Company | publisher | Rodney Thomson | illustrator | J. Arico | illustrator | American Flag | Mountains | Snow | Animals | children | toy stove | apron | Dog | Igloo | Eskimo2010.78.1
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PhotographFrank Byers with others at the John McBroom cabin and large stumpsPhotograph | Frank Byers with others at the John McBroom cabin and large stumps | Sanford, Albert Byron, 1862-1943 | Historical societies--Colorado | Log cabins--Colorado2022.57.7971
EphemeraColorado Subject Collection: Biographical filesEphemera | Colorado Subject Collection: Biographical filesCSC.BIO
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paintingJohn McBroom's Cabin in Bear Creek Valleypainting | John McBroom's Cabin in Bear Creek Valley | F. Brunskill | Painter | Landscape | Trees | Mountains | sky | cabin | John McBroom | road | grass | Bear Creek ValleyH.B.7.4.1.7
manuscript collectionFrank G. Armstrong Collection, 1892-1960manuscript collection | Frank G. Armstrong Collection, 1892-1960 | Armstrong, Frank G. | Mine engineers--Colorado | Boulder County (Colo.)--Mines and mineral resources | Gilpin County (Colo.)--Mines and mineral resources | Grand Island Mining District (Colo.)--Mines and mineral resourcesMSS.924
manuscript collectionFred M. Mazzulla Collection, 1960-1981manuscript collection | Fred M. Mazzulla Collection, 1960-1981 | Mazzulla, Fred M.,1903-1981 | Historians--Colorado--Denver | Lawyers--Colorado--DenverMSS.1881
articleA Colorado pioneer and his cabin.article | A Colorado pioneer and his cabin. | McBroom, John | Historic Buildings | San Juan Region | Jefferson County (Colo.) | Frontier and pioneer lifeSER.2553.34
Front cover depicts igloo, sled, person and dog. First illustration in book is children saluting an American flag. Missing pages 5/6, 17/18 .
A black and white photograph of a page from a report by Albert B. Sanford, showing an image of Frank Byers, Governor Ammons and Kit Carson next to a cabin (top) and an image of Frank Byers and a woman next to large stumps, with descriptions below.
Summary: The Biographical Files are part of a larger collection of material, The Colorado Subject Collection. This collection is comprised of biographical files, geographical files, and subject files. The biographical files contain information on numerous individuals, either residents of Colorado or important figures in Colorado history. The type of material found in these files includes but is not limited to: birth certificates, marriage certificates, deeds, correspondence, certificates of military service, biographical sketches, newspaper clippings, obituaries, and genealogical information. The files are arranged alphabetically by last name.
Collection consists of surveys of mining claims, mill sites, records of land sales, engineering studies on mines and mining districts in both Boulder and Gilpin County, Colorado and other material related to mining engineer Frank G. Armstrong.
Collection consists of correspondence, clippings, ephemera, photographs, and other material related to Fred Mazzulla, a Colorado lawyer and historian who amassed more 250,000 photographic images of the American West. The bulk of Mazzulla's photo collection was donated both to the Amon Carter Museum and the Colorado Historical Society. This collection contains material culled by the staff of the Amon Carter Museum during the processing of the Mazzulla photographic collection and donated to the Colorado Historical Society.
Article discusses the cabin of John McBroom, a soldier, scout and pioneer in Jefferson County, Colorado. The cabin was originally built near Bear Creek in Jefferson County, Colorado, and moved ca. 1926 to a site on Turkey Creek in the San Juan Region of Colorado. It is not known if the cabin is still intact today.
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