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  • Black Hawk
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    View of commercial buildings and the frame Presbyterian Church on a hill in Blackhawk (Black Hawk), Gilpin County, Colorado. Shows brick, log, and frame buildings on Selak Street and Gregory Street with signs that read: "Union House," "Drugs,"...
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    Black Hawk (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Black Hawk--1860-1870.
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    [1864]
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  • First law office in Creed [sic], Colo.
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    Close-up view of a one-story log cabin identified as the first law office in Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. A sign on the low-pitched roof reads: "Office [of the] Creede News." Signs posted beside the door read: "Real Estate," "For Sale,...
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    Creede (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Building construction--Colorado--Creede--1890-1910.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Creede--1890-1910.; Law offices--Colorado--Creede--1890-1910.; Log cabins--Colorado--Creede--1890-1910.
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    [between 1890 and 1901?]
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  • Husband and wife
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    Studio portrait of a man and wife. The man wears a suit and tie. The woman sits in a chair and wears a dress with high collar and watch chain necklace.
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    Spouses--1900-1910.
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    [1902 March 23]
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  • Estes Park
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    View of a tractor as it removes snow on Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado.
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    Snow plows--Colorado--1930-1940.; Rocky Mountain National Park (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Trail Ridge (Larimer County, Colo.)--1930-1940.; National parks & reserves--Colorado--1930-1940.; Roads--Colorado--1930-1940.; Snow removal--Colorado--1930-1940.
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    [1938]
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  • Workers at the coke ovens at Segundo
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    A group of workers stand near the coke ovens at the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company coal camp of Segundo in Las Animas County, Colorado. The miners stand near a conveyor that loads the processed coke into train cars. A miner holds a pile of coal on...
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    Coke ovens--Colorado--Segundo--1900-1920.; Segundo (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Segundo--1900-1920.; Coke industry--Colorado--Segundo--1900-1920.; Conveying systems--Colorado--Segundo--1900-1920.;...
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    [between 1900 and 1920?]
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  • Stonewall, the gap
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    A man stands on a large boulder in the distance in a gap in the geological ridge formation known as The Stonewall near the town of Stonewall in Las Animas County, Colorado. Shows a meadow, and possibly the Ute Hills are in the distance.
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    Las Animas County (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Stonewall, The (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Meadows--Colorado--Las Animas County--1910-1930.; Rock formations--Colorado--Las Animas County--1910-1930.
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    [between 1915 and 1930?]
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  • Corner of Fourth and Main Streets
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    Men stand and pose outside commercial businesses on the 400 block of Main Street in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado. Two-story brick commercial buildings have arched windows, flat roofs, and brackets below the cornice. Signs read: "Cameron &...
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    Grand Junction (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Grand Junction--1880-1890.; Law enforcement officers--Colorado--Grand Junction--1880-1890.; Crowley, Tim, marshal.
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    [1884?]
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  • Bird's-eye view, Somerset, Colo.
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    Hand-colored view of the mining community of Somerset in Garfield County, Colorado. Shows company houses with hipped roofs. Industrial mining buildings are in the distance. Smoke stacks extend from roof of the powerhouse.
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    Somerset (Colo.)--1880-1920.; Cites & towns--Colorado--Somerset--1880-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Somerset--1880-1920.
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    [between 1880 and 1920?]
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  • Boys beside a river
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    Boys are at the edge of a river in possibly western Colorado.
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    Boys--Colorado--1890-1910.; Rivers--Colorado--1890-1910.
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    [between 1890 and 1910?]
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  • Manion Placer
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    View of a steam shovel and ore processing machinery. Letters read "Manion Placer" and "Lorain 77."
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    Mining machinery--1940-1950.; Hydraulic mining--1940-1950.; Steam shovels--1940-1950.
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    [between 1940 and 1950?]
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  • Gladstone
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    Men and women pose in front of a row of gable-roofed buildings, probably in Gladstone (San Juan County), Colorado. Shows a flag, a ladder, a wheelbarrow and the snow covered San Juan Range in the distance.
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    Gladstone (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Buildings--Colorado--Gladstone--1880-1910.; People--Colorado--Gladstone--1880-1910.
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    [between 1887 and 1910?]
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  • Y.M.C.A. [sic] building, Colorado Springs, Colo.
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    View of the six-story "Young Women's Christian Association" building in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado at 130 East Kiowa Street. Shows people, Van Briggle tiles, arched portal, balconies, lamp posts and pointed arched windows.
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    Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Organizations' facilities--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1920.; Young Women's Christian associations--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1920.
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    [between 1912 and 1920?]
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  • Living room of the Kennicott Ranch house
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    Interior view of the Kennicott home on their ranch in Westcliffe (Custer County), Colorado; the decor includes a spindle table, couch with pillows, taxidermic mounted birds, and a framed portrait of a man.
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    Westcliffe (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Westcliffe--1890-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Westcliffe--1890-1910.; Kennicott family--Homes & haunts.
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    [between 1899 and 1903?]
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  • Sheridan Mine, Marshall Basin
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    View of the Sheridan Mine in Marshall Basin, San Miguel County, Colorado. Shows a tent cabin, mine buildings, one with dormers, a covered mine tram and a tipple and tailings. One of the buildings is shored up with timbers.
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    Marshall Basin (Colo.)--1890-1900.; San Miguel County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Sheridan Mine (San Miguel County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cabins--Colorado--San Miguel County--1890-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--San Miguel County--1890-1900.;...
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    [ca. 1890]
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  • Charles S. Stobie
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    Charles S. Stobie, Indian scout and western artist, stands near a door in his Chicago studio. He crouches slightly and has a pistol in one hand and with the other grips the frame of the door . He has a full beard and curly hair and wears a round...
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    Chicago (Ill.)--1900-1910.; Artists--American.; Beards.; Clothing & dress.; Handguns.; Military scouts.; Stobie, Charles S., 1845-1931.
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    [between 1900 and 1910?]
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  • Cradleboard
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    Shows a Native American (Arapaho?) cradleboard. It features decorative opaque, red, white, black and green beadwork in geometric designs. The cradleboard has a leather thong, stained wood, lining dark brown velveteen, canvas backing and 1 calico?.
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    Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.; Cradleboards--1880-1900.
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    [between 1880 and 1900]
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  • Pikes Peak from Denver
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    View of Denver, Colorado. A steel bridge, houses, and possibly a school are in the city. Pikes Peak is in the distance.
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    Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
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    [between 1890 and 1900?]
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  • Royal Gorge, Col.
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    View of Denver & Rio Grande Railway tracks beside the Arkansas River in the Royal Gorge, Fremont County, Colorado. Shows boulders near the railroad grade, and steep rock walls of the gorge.
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    Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company--1880-1890.; Arkansas River--1880-1890.; Fremont County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Royal Gorge (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Canyons--Colorado--Fremont County--1880-1890.; Rivers--Colorado--Fremont County--1880-1890.
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    [between 1880 and 1890?]
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  • Me-na-wa, a Creek warrior
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    Reproduction of a lithograph of a painting by C. B. King depicts Me-na-wa, Native American Creek warrior wearing face paint, a loose striped jacket, hat with plume, and beaded purse.
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    Creek Indians--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Me-na-wa, Creek warrior.
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    [between 1940 and 1960?]
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  • CB&Q train, engine number 3007, engine type 4-6-4
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    Train #9; The Aristocrat, 11 cars, 30 MPH. Photographed: Denver, Colo., May 23, 1934.
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    Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1934.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver.; Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company.
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    1934
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  • B&O train, engine number 5210, engine type 4-6-2
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    Train #9; New York-Chicago Special; 8 cars, 55 MPH. Photographed: Chicago, Ill., August 4, 1934.
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    Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1934.; Railroad locomotives--Illinois--Chicago.; Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company.
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    1934
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  • B&O train, engine number 5241, engine type 4-6-2
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    Train #9; New York-Chicago Special; 7 cars; 35 MPH. Photographed: Chicago, Ill., August 3, 1934.
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    Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1934.; Railroad locomotives--Illinois--Chicago.; Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company.
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    1934
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  • B&O train, engine number 5307, engine type 4-6-2
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    Train #9; The Shendandoah; 50 MPH. Photographed: Washington D.C., August 3, 1939.
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    Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1939.; Railroad locomotives--Washington (D.C.); Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company.
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    1939
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  • View of riverboat fueling station with wood stacks
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    View of stacks of wood at a riverboat fueling station on a river in an unknown location. Houses are in the distance.
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    Expeditions & surveys--1870-1880.; Fuelwood--1870-1880.; Rivers--1870-1880.; Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.)
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    [between 1870 and 1880]
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  • D&RGW (2-8-2) 483, Monarch, Colo. Colo. Fuel & Iron Co. limestone quarry.
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    Denver and Rio Grande Western locomotive 483 (2-8-2), with a push snowplow and a consist of gondola cars, departs the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company Monarch Limestone Quarry in Chaffee County, Colorado. Mountains and the mill are in the distance.
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    Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Chaffee County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Monarch Limestone Quarry (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Quarrying--Colorado--Chaffee County--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Chaffee...
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    1955
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  • Narrow Gauge Museum
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    A flatbed truck delivers Rio Grande Southern Railroad 2-8-0 locomotive #42 to the Narrow Gauge Museum in Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado. Shows "M.B. & W.R.R." (Mt. Blanca and Western Railroad) 2-8-0 locomotive #346 with a tender and caboose, a...
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    Mount Blanca and Western Railroad--1950-1960.; Narrow Gauge Museum (Alamosa, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad--Equipment & supplies--1950-1960.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.; Narrow...
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    1953 November 14
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  • Narrow Gauge Museum
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    Rio Grande Southern Railroad 4-6-0 locomotive #20 and a tender are transported on flatbed trucks on US 285 en route to the Narrow Gauge Museum in Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado. A truck driver sits in the cab with a door open. The door reads:...
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    Rio Grande Southern Railroad--Equipment & supplies--1950-1960.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.; Trucks--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.
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    1953 June 13
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  • W. H. Stanton, Company M, 1st Colorado Volunteers - correspondence sent to Frank B. Milner: original
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    Letter written March 6, 1899 by W.H. Stanton to F.B. Milner about the fighting south of the Pasig river and Malolos. Includes excepts and typewritten transcription of letter.
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    Spanish-American War, 1898--Personal narratives.
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    1899 March 16
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  • Soldiers Memorial, Spanish American Philippino War poster
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    Poster dedicated to the Colorado 1st Regiment Volunteer Infantry Soldiers of the Spanish American War. Poster includes names and photographs of officers involved in the conflict.
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    Spanish-American War, 1898.
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    1898-1899
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  • [Promissory note.].
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    Loans--Colorado--Denver--1861.; Denver (Colo.)--To 1876.
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    1861

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