Originally from Pennsylvania, Horace Swartley Poley lived in Colorado Springs for sixty two years, and ran his photo studio there from 1892 to 1935.
The Library has digitized and cataloged more than 2,500 items from the Poley collection. In addition to the digitized material, the Library owns hundreds of hand-colored lantern slides used by Horace Poley during public lectures.
![Studio portrait (sitting) of a Native American (Navajo) man. The man wears a woven blanket and holds a stone and wood hand drill. He sits on a wooden crate that reads: "[?] Factory Hartford [G]eneral Sales of [?] 253 Broadway [Ne]w York, U. S. A.".](https://history.denverlibrary.org/sites/history/files/cdm_22946.jpg)
![Sunflower Carnival Parade, Colorado Springs, Colorado: a man poses with a bicycle that is covered with a large seahorse-shape frame and decorated in flowers and netting. A flag hangs from the top that reads: "The Sterling Bicycle, Built Lik[e] a Watch."; sign on side of bicycle reads: "Sterling." The man wears a costume with flowers and a large hat.](https://history.denverlibrary.org/sites/history/files/cdm_25034.jpg)
