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Photos of famed photographer AE Rinehart, circa 1890’s.
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Rose Mary “Silver Dollar” Tabor daughter of “Baby Doe” Tabor had an equally tragic end. She ran away to Chicago only to end up dead after becoming involved with a gangster. She died in 1925, 10 years before her mother passed away tragically.
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The tragic and famous Elizabeth “Baby Doe” Tabor, socialite of Denver who died penniless and frozen to death in a one-room cabin in Matchless Mine, Leadville, Colorado.
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Snow removal in Capitol Hill, Denver in 1910.
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Photo of snow removal photo from the now-defunct Rocky Mountain News, February 1960.
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The St. Peter’s Dome train line, Cripple Creek, CO circa 1910.
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GR Gray residence in Salida, CO 1960’s.
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The Humpty Dumpty Restaraunt in Denver, Colorado circa 1940’s.
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The Antler’s Hotel in the 1950’s, Colorado Springs.
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The Stanley Hotel shortly after it was built in 1909, Estes Park CO.
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Mattie Silks (Martha Ready) notorious madam in Denver, CO in the 1890’s.
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The House of Mirrors, a formal brothel on Market St. Denver, CO. Originally constructed in 1889 by Madame Jenny Rodgers, the brothel was run by Madame Mattie Silks, a famous Madame in Denver. This brothel was the most popular brothel in Denver at the time, nowadays it is a restaurant.
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Clyde Smaldone. “Clyde and Checkers Smaldone used their north Denver family restaurant, Gaetano’s, as the headquarters from which they built a mob empire. The Smaldone underworld enterprise died out, but Gaetano’s remains.” - Colorado Life Magazine
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Zang House/The Gargoyle House in Pueblo, CO 1960’s. Gorgeous Gothic mansion built for successful businessman, Adolph Zang.
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Pell’s Oyster House, 1910. The restaurant opened in 1881, thanks to the railroads being built that enabled landlocked places like Denver to acquire seafood.
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The Beaumont Hotel In Ouray, CO 1965. The hotel closed down in 1964 but reopened in 1998 and was restored to its former glory.
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Christmas time in Denver, 1966.
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