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PHOTOGRAPHS
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If you have any vintage Pitkin County photos that you would like to share - please send them in for posting! Eventually this will be split into a page of People photos and Locality photos.
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The Coaldale Schoolhouse, located in Coaldale, Colorado. It is a historic single-room schoolhouse built in 1923. After serving as a school for several decades, it was deeded to the community in the 1950s and has since functioned as a gathering place for public and private events. Today, the building is preserved and maintained by the Coaldale Community Building Association, a non-profit organization committed to safeguarding its legacy as a cornerstone of community life. | |
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“A robbery occurred at Hotel Jerome about 6 o’clock Sunday
morning by which one of the bellboys was relieved of his cash,” the Aspen Daily
Chronicle proclaimed on Sept. 1, 1890. “Jimmy Pitts was the victim. He had put his money, amounting to $4.55, under his pillow. When he awoke, he found that someone had been in his room and robbed him. An investigation unearthed the facts, which indicated that Frank Hill, formerly third cook at the hotel, was the thief, and he was arrested. The help at the house determined to ‘chip in’ and reimburse Jimmy for his loss. This is a highly credible resolution on their part. Hill was discharged from custody, as there was not sufficient evidence to warrant the officers holding him.” “Back in Time” is contributed by Aspen Historical Society and features excerpted articles and images from past Snowmass Sun/Aspen Times issues. We can’t rewrite history, but we can learn from it! Visit archiveaspen.org to view the vast Aspen Times photographic collection in the AHS Archives. Aspen Historical Society actively preserves and passionately presents local history in an inspired and provocative manner that will continue to anchor the local community and its evolving character. For more, visit aspenhistory.org. |
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| Frank Schoonover sitting on potato digger with Joe Dice (7or8yrs old) standing facing the camera. The digger is pulled by a 4 head tam during potato harvest on the Shryack place, lower Brush Creek. Farm buildings in the background 1936 - 1937 | Joe Dice with his horse Dolly | B.T. Pearce & Co. Kentucky Whiskies • Aspen, Colorado Circa 1880 | “Before Aspen was a resort town, it was a bustling silver mining town. In 1894, office boy Joseph Hicks and driver Kit Burns cart through downtown Aspen the pieces of largest silver nugget ever mined in the U.S.” from Aspen Historical Society |
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| Sightseeing at the ghost town of
Independence, Colorado • 1933! The Farwell mill is visible in this image. |
2025 Independence | Aspen Lumber 1933 |