For his groundbreaking 1948 LIFE magazine photo essay, “Country Doctor” — seen here, in its entirety, followed by several unpublished photographs from the shoot — photographer W. Eugene Smith spent 23 days in Kremmling, Colo., chronicling the day-to-day challenges faced by an indefatigable general practitioner named Dr. Ernest Ceriani.Seven decades later, Smith’s images from thoseContinue reading “38 Amazing Vintage Photos of a Country Doctor While Making Housecalls & Treating Patients in 1948”
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23 Amazing Photos Showing Life in Douglas County, Colorado in the Late 19th Century
Douglas County is the seventh-most populous of the 64 counties of the U.S. state of Colorado. The county seat is Castle Rock. Douglas County is part of the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is located midway between Colorado’s two largest cities, Denver and Colorado Springs. These amazing photos from Archives and Local History atContinue reading “23 Amazing Photos Showing Life in Douglas County, Colorado in the Late 19th Century”