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Acclaimed Western Photographers ~ Louis Charles McClure

This gallery accompanies our biography of Louis C. McClure, prolific Denver photographer whose work is represented in the Denver Public Library's Digital Collections database with almost 4,400 images.

Acclaimed Western Photographers

City Beautiful Movement

View of Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona and Colorado River from Rowe's Point, also called Hopi Point.

Partial view of Lily Lake near Marble, Colorado; shows lily pads and man fishing from row boat.

Divine Science Church, Fourteenth Avenue and Williams Street, Denver, Colorado, a Beaux-Arts style structure with a flat roof, curved entry with arches, and columns with corinthian columns.

Owachomo Natural Bridge, Armstrong Canyon, Natural Bridges National Monument, San Juan County, near Blanding, Utah. People pose on top of the sandstone formation also known as Little Bridge, with pinyon and juniper trees on slope below.

View across Maroon Lake towards Maroon Bells, near Aspen, Pitkin County, Colorado; shows North Maroon Peak and Maroon Peak.

Publicity shot in Boulder, Colorado, used to promote modern motorcoaches over interurbans; shows new and old coaches parked on paved bridge, a Wells Fargo Company Stagecoach drawn by a team of horses with men driving; an autobus labeled "The Denver & Interurban Motor Co. 27", on door "Bonded Carrier," over the windshield "Special;" curtains in windows and luggage rack on top; license plate reads Colo. 1925 or 1926 [?].

View at Charlford, near Sedalia, Douglas County, Colorado; a manor designed in 1926 for Charles Johnson by Burnham and Merrill Hoyt and built of native volcanic rock. A howitzer is by the slate roof structure.

View of Palisade (Mesa County) Colorado; shows fruit orchards, farm land, residences and the Colorado River. The Book Cliffs and Mount Garfield are in the background.

Cliff Palace, Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado. View from under roof of cave of Native America (Anasazi) prehistoric cliff dwelling, a stone masonry structure with living quarters, storerooms, and kivas; shows snow on outside slope.

Shows a miner sitting in doorway of his log cabin (lean-to) built into mountainside with glass window frame; includes two dogs, various tools around entrance, wood chopping area, and other mine buildings and structures in background.

Interior view of Orchard Mesa ditch power plant, Mesa County, Colorado; shows four large turbine pumps, brick building, and pressure gauge.

One man fishing in South Platte River in Platte Canyon possibly near Glenisle, Colorado, reached via Colorado and Southern Railway; fisherman casting into stream with wicker creel on shoulder.

Moving picture row, Curtis St., Denver

Evening view of Mount Princeton and Buena Vista (Chaffee County), Colorado; thought to be L.C. McClure standing behind camera & tripod; box of camera supplies, foreground left; Collegiate Range, Rocky Mountains, and dramatic clouds.

View of summit at Treasure Mountain, Gunnison County, Colorado, with L.C. McClure behind his camera & tripod; horse stands beside unpacked saddle bags; additional camera case, equipment, and probably crate of glass plates are near McClure; clouds top the peaks.

View of a campsite in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado; large canvas tent is supported by wooden posts with awning extended over front door to make a "covered porch;" three women sit underneath awning (one weaves reed or cane, one reads, one needlepoints); a man sits at edge of "porch" reading McClure's Magazine dated September, 1906; shows blankets on ground for carpet, mosquito netting over tent doorway, and split rail or log bench; a burned log and rocks form firepit ring, center foreground.

View of a fenced cow pasture in rural Colorado; a small herd grazes; one cow drinks from irrigation ditch; at right is a field of corn; at rear is an orchard, and tall cottonwoods in distance.

Exterior view Kittredge Building, 16th (Sixteenth) and Glenarm Streets, Denver, Colorado; constructed in 1890-1891; street level businesses include Franco-American Food Company, Columbia Phonograph Company, and Knight-Locke Piano Company; Dentist Robert Kettner on second floor; Mountain Electric Company building on Glenarm adjacent right; shows bicycles, horsedrawn wagon and carriage parked at curb, and street railway car tracks.

Lone twisted pine tree; Clear Creek County, Denver Mountain Parks (?) Colorado.

Women, a man, and a girl pose in Nast (Pitkin County), Colorado (west Hagerman Pass reached via Colorado Midland Railway), with wildflowers, fishing rods, a wicker creel, and fish. Outfits include wide brimmed straw hats and pleats; a rustic log gazebo and dog are in the background.

Looking to snow-covered Arapahoe Peaks, Colorado, from Denver and Salt Lake Railroad's Moffat Road; two men posed at boulders right foreground, one in suit and derby hat, and the other in knee-high laced boots, trousers tucked in boots, suspenders, long sleeved shirt with turtleneck and felt hat.

Hotel Glenisle, office area, Glenisle, Colorado, reached via Colorado and Southern Railway; interior view, man standing behind display case containing cigars, fishing poles and supplies with ledger on top; man and women reading magazines seated in rocking chairs in front of brick and stone fireplace; massive log center support, persian or oriental rug with spittoon; entryway into dining room behind display case.

View of the residence of Margaret Long, a Denver physician, at 2070 North Colorado Boulevard in Denver, Colorado; a woman (possibly Margaret Long) sits in an automobile parked in the driveway.

View across undeveloped meadow, Estes Park, Colorado towards Longs Peak (elevation 14,255 feet) and Mount Meeker (elevation 13,911 feet); Rocky Mountain National Park, Rocky Mountains.

Interior view of El Jebel Temple, Denver, Colorado; local Masonic order of El Jebel Shriners (building dedicated November, 1907); shows stage area of auditorium with chairs and bench on stage, backdrop, curtain draped open, wall mural painted by Jens Eriksen, ceiling with light bulbs arranged to depict stars, upright piano, radiators, and potted palm trees. The temple was designed by the Baerresen Brothers.

View of a horse-drawn hearse on a muddy road, probably in Denver, Colorado; the driver wears a top hat and coat. Snow covers fields.

Exterior, back view of the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colorado; surface of lake reflects hotel image; men and horse-drawn wagon are on opposite shore.

Exterior view of El Jebel Temple on 18th (Eighteenth) & Sherman Street in Denver, Colorado. The Moorish style structure features onion domes, spires, Moorish arches, and inlaid terra cotta tiles. The building houses the Masonic lodge of El Jebel Shriners "The Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobility of the Mystic Shrine."

Rock footbridge crossing Fountain Creek to Soda Spring pavilion, Manitou Springs, Colorado; shows men and women standing on bridge.

Crowd gathers around automobile crew who just completed an "Automobile Endurance Run" parked in front of the Platt-Fawcett Motor Co., 1249-1255 Broadway, Denver, Colorado; car is a Jewett Six model made by Paige, with lettering on side: "San Francisco to New York and Return, Non- Stop Motor Run, Mason Safety Cord Tires, Veedol Motor Oils;" town names of Reno and Marysville, Calif. are written on car; man with bicycle at left.

Manitou Springs, Colorado, trolley stop (Colorado Springs and Interurban Railway) with Soda Springs drinking fountain, center foreground; shows men and women fashionably attired gathered around springs and trolley shelter, and Cliff House Hotel, one block from Soda Springs.

View of narrow mountain path with horse or mule rounding bend, somewhere in the San Juan Mountains, possibly near Silverton, Colorado; rocky path along narrow precipice, Rocky Mountains; photograph attributed to McClure, original by William H. Jackson.

View at Charlford, near Sedalia, Douglas County, Colorado; a manor designed in 1926 for Charles Johnson by Burnham and Merrill Hoyt and built of native volcanic rock. A canvas sun shade and folding chairs are by the swimming pool; the house has a bay window and tower.

View of miner panning for gold in placer mining district of (possibly) Clear Creek west of Denver, Colorado

View of an oat field east of Golden, Colorado; shows stacks of harvested grain, farm buildings, North and South Table Mountains, and Mount Evans.