Overview
The Pikes Peak Library District Photo Archives contains images depicting Colorado Springs, the Pikes Peak
region, Colorado, the Rocky Mountain West and the Southwest. Collections include a wide variety of formats and
media, including glass negatives, stereo views, postcards, albumen prints, cyanotypes and daguerreotypes, as well
as negatives, slides and silver gelatin prints. Images "born digital" increasingly are being added to
the collections.
The archives contain excellent study collections of photographs by noted photographers such as William H. Jackson,
Laura Gilpin, Timothy O'Sullivan and Myron Wood. Fine art photographs cover a range of subjects, from landscapes
and cityscapes to portraits and documentary photographs, dating from the 19th and 20th centuries.
The Stewarts Commercial Photographers collection documents the history of the Pikes Peak region from the 1880s through
the 1990s. Highlights of the collection include photographs of the Pikes Peak Hill Climb from 1916 through the 1980s, the
construction of the United States Air Force Academy in the early 1960s, aerial photographs from 1960 to the present, and
the Pikes Peak Range Riders and Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo from the 1950s through the 1990s.
Additional historic photographs and images on a variety of regional subjects are available for viewing at the Special
Collections Department. Reprints of most photographs in the collections may be ordered for personal or research use.
All images in the PPLD Photo Archives are subject to copyright restrictions.
The PPLD Photo Archives are housed in the Special Collections Department in the restored Carnegie Building in downtown
Colorado Springs, with access to the building through the Penrose Library.
You may order prints by clicking on the Purchasing Information link. To submit an order,
please complete all information on the Photograph Order Form/Use Agreement and
Conditions of Use, print them, sign and send to:
| Photo Archivist |
| Special Collections |
| Pikes Peak Library District |
| PO Box 1579 |
| Colorado Springs, CO 80901-1579 |
Fees are listed in Processing Fees, and
Commercial Use Fees links. All fees are payable in advance, by check or money order
only. Please make checks payable to the Pikes Peak Library District.
If you have any questions, you may click on the Contact Us link to send an email,
or call (719) 531-6333 x2252.
Commercial use of photographs from the Pikes Peak Library District Special Collections requires written permission from
the library and payment of a Commercial Use Fee. Commercial use includes, but is not
limited to, publication in books, periodicals, film, videos or CDs, production of posters or postcards, and public
display in buildings or offices open to the public. The commercial use fee may be waived or reduced for organizations
with proof of federal non-profit status.
To request permission for commercial use of photographs, please Contact Us.
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