Colorado, Yesterday & Today

by Grant Collier, Grant Collier

Please click 'Paperback' to see the newest, in-print version. The hardcover versions are now all out of print and there are only used copies left (despite some dubious sellers claiming to be selling new copies).

We also have a large, newer hardcover sequel to this book called Colorado Then & Now which you can find below.

When Joseph Collier left Scotland bound for Central City, Colorado in 1871, it was unclear whether the young immigrant would make much of a name for himself. However, through hard work and perseverance, Collier developed a reputation as one of the state's preeminent pioneer photographers. Now, over a century later, Grant Collier has literally followed in the footsteps of his great-great-grandfather. Grant has traveled across Colorado taking photographs from precisely the same spots where Joseph Collier captured his images. These photographs are presented in the often-imitated but never duplicated " Yesterday & Today."

256 pages, Hardcover

First published June 1, 2001

Reviews

[MKF]

Recently I told my daughter that in certain places she's walking through the ghosts of of old buildings and homes. They were torn down because of cities embracing the idea of modernization is better. The grand mansions of old torn down for a giant parking lot. The historic church now an abandoned office building used as a hangout for the homeless. The house that housed generations of family moments now a trash filled lot. This is why I hate books that show you a place in history next to a recent photo of the same place. Yes, it's interesting to see how places have changed but it reveals more about what we loss.

[John White · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fascinating.