Kevin Smith

Associate Curator of Photography

KEVIN N. SMITH is the Associate Curator of Photography at History Colorado. Kevin first started working with collections as an intern at History Colorado in 2013; he has also worked with the Broomfield Depot Museum and the Colorado State Archives. Smith completed his M.A. in history at the University of Colorado Denver and is a Certified Archivist (CA) through the Academy of Certified Archivists.

Kevin Smith, Associate Curator of Photography
Kevin Smith

Written by Kevin Smith

  • A small boy stands in front of bilingual text panels, holding up a sign which reads: Great-great-great-great-Grandma Says I Can go Swimming in Her Pool.

    Winning Spirit

    Each year, the Miles and Bancroft Awards highlight exceptional historical projects in Colorado. Here’s what last year’s winners have been up to. 

  • Photo of two elementary students, sitting at a desk together, smiling and playing a game based on the history of Silverton, Colorado.

    Lifting Up History in a Historic Year

    The 2020 Miles and Bancroft Awards

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    “Wish You Were Here” in Colorful Colorado: Postcards and the Visual History of Colorado

    If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a postcard is even better. Sending postcards in one form or another has been a novel way to both show a picture and convey a message since the mid-nineteenth century. Postcards’ one-cent postage and collectible nature caused their popularity to boom throughout Colorado and the United States in the early 1900s, cementing their place in history as a fun, visual form of communication. Colorado’s mountain vistas, vacation spots, and growing communities across the state provided endless subject matter for small, three-by-five-inch snapshots with a quick note or greeting. Today, postcards from the past reveal Colorado’s visual history through photography as well as the ways Coloradans and visitors portrayed the state to the rest of the world.