Photo Gallery
Please enjoy these photos from our Instagram, shared in chronological order.
Boats on Hallam Lake, circa 1890. #tbt
(Photo: Aspen Historical Society Collection)
The American Legion Memorial Day services at the Red Butte Cemetery, 1967. Bud Strong is in the front, followed by Werner Kuster. Also in the photo are Joe Popish and Bob Smith.
(Photo: Aspen Historical Society, Aspen Illustrated News Collection)
On Mondays we’re sharing memories from the 1960s with images from the Aspen Illustrated News and Aspen Flyer collections. AHS archivists recently completed processing the two photo-journalistic collections, which feature images taken by newspaper staff and freelance photographers. Explore these and many more historical images from the AHS Collection online at archiveaspen.org.
A group of girls crossing E. Hyman Avenue at the intersection with Galena Street, circa 1900. #tbt
(Photo: Aspen Historical Society Collection /
Photographer: John Bowman)
Make it a sweet pea summer!
The annual sweet pea giveaway celebrates the beginning of summer in Aspen in partnership with The Aspen Times and generous sponsors Bryan May Architecture and Aspen Chamber Resort Association.
AHS members (Lixiviator and above) should have received a mailed pack of seeds.
The public is invited to pick up FREE seeds while they last at:
Wheeler/Stallard Musuem
620 W. Bleeker St.
Look for a basket on the porch
The Aspen Times
534 E. Hyman Ave (lower level)
At the front desk, M-F, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
ACRA
590 N. Mill St.
At the front desk, open M-F, 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Bryan May Architecture + Interiors
501 Rio Grande Place, Suite 109
Look for a basket outside the door
There are many seeds per pack, please take only one what you need. Happy planting!
Image: Mrs. Ashton H. Potter standing with a dog in front of a hedge of sweet peas in 1908. Aspen Historical Society Collection
Square dancing, 1962. According to the Aspen Flyer, "Some 700 or more square dancers are expected here [in June] for the ninth annual Colorado State Square Dance Festival. Dancing will take place at the elementary and high schools but there are other events slated around town."
(Photo: Aspen Historical Society, Aspen Flyer Collection)
On Mondays we’re sharing memories from the 1960s with images from the Aspen Illustrated News and Aspen Flyer collections. AHS archivists recently completed processing the two photo-journalistic collections, which feature images taken by newspaper staff and freelance photographers. Explore these and many more historical images from the AHS Collection online at archiveaspen.org.
A blacksmith, identified as Jacob Jessen, standing by his forge, circa 1900. #tbt
(Photo: Aspen Historical Society Collection /
Photographer: John Bowman)
Construction work to expand Highway 82 from two to four lanes near Carbondale, 1969. This photo was taken just below the intersection of Highway 82 and Highway 133, and looks upvalley. This image is in the Aspen Illustrated News on May 22, 1969 (page 21), with a caption reading "Highway 82 is being widened to four lanes between Carbondale and Basalt, but it will be at least two years before it happens just west of Aspen."
(Photo: Aspen Historical Society, Aspen Illustrated News Collection)
On Mondays we’re sharing memories from the 1960s with images from the Aspen Illustrated News and Aspen Flyer collections. AHS archivists recently completed processing the two photo-journalistic collections, which feature images taken by newspaper staff and freelance photographers. Explore these and many more historical images from the AHS Collection online at archiveaspen.org.
A colorized lantern slide of the Stillwater Ranch and the Roaring Fork River, looking east up Independence Pass, circa 1900. #tbt
(Photo: Aspen Historical Society Collection /
Photographer: John Bowman)
Bill Goodnough participating in a bicycle slalom, 1963. A related image is in the Aspen Times on May 17, 1963 (page 1), with a caption reading "A high-speed camera catches Aspen ski instructor Bill Goodnough as he whizzes through a tight bicycle slalom course at the elementary school playground Sunday, May 12. Meticulously plotting his race strategy (example: don`t drag your rear baskets on the gates) and picking the fastest course (ex.: smooth turns don`t slow you down), Goodnough posted a combined time for two runs that was more than three seconds better than that of the runner-up. The event was an extra-curricular activity of the Southern Rocky Mountain Ski Assn. convention held here last weekend."
(Photo: Aspen Historical Society, Aspen Flyer Collection)
On Mondays we’re sharing memories from the 1960s with images from the Aspen Illustrated News and Aspen Flyer collections. AHS archivists recently completed processing the two photo-journalistic collections, which feature images taken by newspaper staff and freelance photographers. Explore these and many more historical images from the AHS Collection online at archiveaspen.org.
Railroad tracks along Ute Avenue at the base of Aspen Mountain with the retaining wall of the Argentum-Juniata Mine on the right, circa 1940. #tbt
(Photo: Aspen Historical Society Collection)
The Hotel Jerome pool (drained for the winter) with Aspen Mountain in the background, April 1965. A related image is in the Aspen Times on April 30, 1965 (page 1), with a caption reading "It was spring in Aspen this week- despite the fact that there was still a snow bank on the south side of the Hotel Jerome`s swimming pool and the white face of Aspen Mountain extended down to the lower lift terminal. However, trees and shrubs had no eyes for the nearby evidence that last winter`s snows were the heaviest in years. Instead, they responded to temperatures which reached the mid-60s on several occasions. Buds peeked out to see if summer had arrived. Soon they will be spreading their umbrellas of leaves to protect another influx of vacationists from even warmer sun`s rays than those which recently reduced snow in Aspen to a few isolated piles."
(Photo: Aspen Historical Society, Aspen Flyer Collection)
On Mondays we’re sharing memories from the 1960s with images from the Aspen Illustrated News and Aspen Flyer collections. AHS archivists recently completed processing the two photo-journalistic collections, which feature images taken by newspaper staff and freelance photographers. Explore these and many more historical images from the AHS Collection online at archiveaspen.org.
A view of Hyman Avenue, with the Wheeler Opera House on the left, circa 1900. #tbt
(Photo: Aspen Historical Society Collection /
Photographer: John Bowman)
Several people planting trees in Paepcke Park for Arbor Day, 1966.
(Photo: Aspen Historical Society, Aspen Flyer Collection)
On Mondays we’re sharing memories from the 1960s with images from the Aspen Illustrated News and Aspen Flyer collections. AHS archivists recently completed processing the two photo-journalistic collections, which feature images taken by newspaper staff and freelance photographers. Explore these and many more historical images from the AHS Collection online at archiveaspen.org.
A young woman in a small buggy being pulled by a donkey, with a baby donkey alongside, circa 1915. They are on a muddy Aspen street. #tbt
(Photo: Aspen Historical Society Collection)
A billboard for the Agate Lodge, 1965. This image is in the Aspen Illustrated News with a story about the new Aspen sign mall, which was designed to replace the billboards along Highway 82.
(Photo: Aspen Historical Society, Aspen Illustrated News Collection)
On Mondays we’re sharing memories from the 1960s with images from the Aspen Illustrated News and Aspen Flyer collections. AHS archivists recently completed processing the two photo-journalistic collections, which feature images taken by newspaper staff and freelance photographers. Explore these and many more historical images from the AHS Collection online at archiveaspen.org.
The railroad tracks near the Mollie Gibson Mine, circa 1900. #tbt
(Photo: Aspen Historical Society Collection)
People waiting to leave town at a bus depot in Aspen at the beginning of the off-season, 1965.
(Photo: Aspen Historical Society, Aspen Illustrated News Collection)
On Mondays we’re sharing memories from the 1960s with images from the Aspen Illustrated News and Aspen Flyer collections. AHS archivists recently completed processing the two photo-journalistic collections, which feature images taken by newspaper staff and freelance photographers. Explore these and many more historical images from the AHS Collection online at archiveaspen.org.
The Hotel Jerome on Main Street, 1955. #tbt
(Photo: Aspen Historical Society Collection /
Photographer: Frank J. Willoughby)
The Easter Sunday buffet associated with the Aspen Ski Club`s closing day party at the Hotel Jerome, 1965.
(Photo: Aspen Historical Society, Aspen Illustrated News Collection)
On Mondays we’re sharing memories from the 1960s with images from the Aspen Illustrated News and Aspen Flyer collections. AHS archivists recently completed processing the two photo-journalistic collections, which feature images taken by newspaper staff and freelance photographers. Explore these and many more historical images from the AHS Collection online at archiveaspen.org.
Three people who have just arrived in an Aspen Airways plane at Sardy Field, circa 1960.
(Photo: Aspen Historical Society Collection)
The below albums feature photos from past programs. View more photo album highlights on our Flickr.
