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Acclaimed Western Photographers ~ Sandra Dallas

This gallery accompanies our biography of Colorado photographer and author Sandra Dallas, who is represented in the Denver Public Library's Digital Collections database with 376 digitized images.

Acclaimed Western Photographers

Children's toys at Healy House

Hamill House, Georgetown, Colorado

Exterior view of "Gargoyle" House, 302 West Pitkin Avenue, Pueblo, Colorado, shows a two-story rock-faced stone residence with corner tower, turret, balustrade, and semi-elliptical double-arched porch.

View of the Maxwell House entrance, at at 409 Fourth Street, in Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Gothic revival features include columns, capitals, brackets, dentils, a cornice, stained glass, and a pediment with a sunburst pattern.

Servants' entrance to the six-seat privy

Interior detail of the original wallpaper in the Norman F. Meyer's residence Conifer, Jefferson County, Colorado; features geometric floral design; lantern light fixture, and areas of peeling or missing paper on the ceiling; house built for Louis Ramboz in 1889, on the same ranch that P. T. Barnum once wintered his elephants.

Bedroom in Healy House

Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado, the Gray House features an ornate console portico over the entry. Wooden volutes and pendants adorn the Victorian style residence, built in the 1890's by G. R. Gray.

Interior view of the residence of T. B. Townsend, in Montrose, Colorado, shows an ornate fireplace surround with raised images of potted flowers along the sides and images of flowers on a branch across the top.

Interior view of a leaded glass window in the Columbian Hotel, in Trinidad, Colorado. Vertical panels of "ice" frosted glass contain leaf shapes interlocked with stirrup shapes at the top; a border with arches at regular intervals crosses the bottom. Signs under the window read: "Women" and "Dining Room". Signs are illuminated by a shaded gallery lamp mounted on the polished wood frame that holds the window.

Interior view of the solarium of the Hamill House, in Georgetown, Colorado. The house was built by Joseph Watson and acquired by mine owner William A. Hamill in 1874; shows the pyramidally tiered cast iron fernery, or plant stand, in the foreground, with potted plants on the shelves. A pewter sculpture of a nude boy blowing a horn is at the top of the stand. The decorative ribs of the solarium are behind; foliage of the trees outside shows through the glass.

View of the Lace House, Black Hawk, Colorado, an example of Victorian Carpenter Gothic architecture with board and batten siding, steep pitched roof with finials, arched-pointed windows, elaborate one-story veranda with balustrades, and decorative (gingerbread) bargeboard gable trim. The name "Lace" comes from the delicate, lacy detailing; the house was later refurbished and converted to a museum.

View of the Beaumont Hotel at the intersection of Fifth (5th) Avenue and Main (Third, 3rd) Street in Ouray, Ouray County Colorado. Designed by architect Mr. O. Bulow and built in 1886, the Gothic style brick and stone trim hotel has tower gables, a mansard roof, and a sign hanging perpendicular to front: "Hotel Beaumont, World Famous Historic Hotel," "Cocktails," and "Cafe."

Hamill House, Georgetown, Colorado

Hamill House, Georgetown, Colorado

Interior view at the Healy House Museum in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado; shows a mirror, ornate wallpaper, and the reflection of a fireplace, clock, a painting of a horse, a spinning wheel and a footstool.

View of the two-story dilapidating wood frame residence of Jacob and Maija Kochevar, (Yugoslavian immigrants) Elk Avenue, Crested Butte, Gunnison County, Colorado; shows window frames with decorative spools and handcut imbrication made with homemade tools by Jacob's son "Jakie;" wood shingles in alternating rows of saw tooth or "dog teeth," pointed and scalloped shapes; inverted scallop along the cornice with "1913" date inside.

View of the north side of the Lace House, Black Hawk, Colorado. Shows the intricate, modified egg and dart woodwork along the porch frieze; other jigsaw design at the porch posts and along the bargeboard lining the eaves; board and batten siding, and finials at the roof corner and apex.

Interior view of the kitchen in Charles H. Harris (ranch homesteader) in Carbondale, Roaring Fork River Valley, Garfield County, Colorado; includes an enameled cook stove with kettles on top, a crock with a decorative leaf pattern, meatgrinder (?), and wood panel wainscot.

A stove sits next to a marble-topped cabinet in a kitchen in Central City, Colorado. The stove has an oven and a warmer with enamel doors. Two irons are on the range, and an assortment of bric-a-brac, such as a coffee grinder and plates, is on top of the stove. A sugar tin is next to the stove. Staple tins and utensils are on the counter. A small chest with ten drawers is next to an open doorway. Decorative items hang on the walls. A picture is on the wall in the background.

Keys of many different shapes hang on the back of a paneled door. Parts of furniture are visible of either sides of the door. There is a framed piece of embroidery with a cross, a crown, and "No no" hanging on the wall. The wallpaper is patterned with rural scenes surrounded by ornate decorative patterns.

Central City residence interiors

Straw and cloth hats hanging on a hatrack are reflected in an oval mirror in the Prosser house. Sunlight illuminates the left side of the image. The mirror has a rectangular frame and scroll-work around the edges. Another mirror is visible in the reflection of the mirror. An embroidered, framed picture hangs to the right. The wallpaper has a decorative pattern on it.

A double bed in the Prosser house is illuminated by the light streaming in through the lace curtains of the window behind it. The brass headboard against the window is decorated with spindles and curved brass. The brass footboard is arched and has decorative brass pieces inside it. A quilted spread is on the bed.

Exterior view of Charles N. and Josephine Miller's former residence, 127 West Carr, Cripple Creek, Colorado; This two-story Queen Anne style residence built in 1897 or 1898 has pitched roof porch with balustrades, and recessed and encircling porch; other characteristics include multi-gabled or triple gabled roof line, bay windows, tall stone foundation, bargeboard, scalloped shingling, and wire fence with gate around perimeter of yard.

Interior view of the Hamill House, in Georgetown, Colorado. The house was built by Joseph Watson, and was acquired by William A. Hamill, his brother-in-law, in 1874. Between 1874 and 1881 Hamill made various additions to the house and grounds. The image shows a metallic light fixture attached to a wall, with a curvilinear stem with a gas regulator which supports a textured glass globe. The wall and ceiling have subtly textured wallpaper.

Interior view of Hamill House solarium, in Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado, built by Joseph Watson and acquired by mine owner William A. Hamill 1874; shows a tiered cast iron fernery, or plant stand, with potted plants on shelves. A pewter sculpture of a nude boy blowing a horn tops the planter; the greenhouse ribs have ornate scallops.