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  • Knife
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    A Native American (Plains Indian) knife. It has a bone handle and iron blade with a slated end, curved and rounded handle and a fine wire wrapped around the upper part of the blade.
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    Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1860-1870.; Knives--1860-1970.
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    [between 1860 and 1870]
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  • Colorado Marriages 1858-1939 B
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    Marriage records--Colorado; Colorado--Genealogy.
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  • Tomahawk; pipe
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    Shows a Native American Sioux wood and steel blade tomahawk from Rosebud, South Dakota. The wood handle is squared, burned and has rings of brass tacks around it.
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    Dakota Indians--Arts & crafts--1860-1870.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1860-1870.; Calumets--1860-1870.; Tomahawks--1860-1870.
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    [between 1860 and 1870]
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  • Scraper and awl
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    A Native American (Sioux) scraper tool made from elk horn and a steel blade. The scraper has a natural color, dots and lines carved into the handle portion, hollow depression and there is a thong piece of buckskin wrapped around the blade. This...
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    Arapaho Indians--Arts & crafts--1860-1880.; Dakota Indians--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.; Scrapers (tools)--1880-1900.; Cases (containers)--1860-1880.
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    [between 1860 and 1900]
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  • Colorado Obituary Project 1969-1990, Revised
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    The Colorado Obituary Project is a statewide index of approximately 50,000 non-Denver obituaries mostly from the 1970s through 1990. Researchers may request a copy of the full text obituary through the Western History and Genealogy Department.
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    Colorado--Genealogy--Indexes.;Obituaries--Colorado--Indexes.;Registers of births, etc.--Colorado.
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  • Photograph of a tomahawk, portion of handle near blade ornamented
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    Tomahawk, handle with ornamentation near blade.
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    Tomahawks--1870-1930.
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    [between 1874 and 1930]
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  • Snow scene
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    Snow flies from the blade of a snowplow as it carves a path after a heavy spring snow in Crested Butte, Gunnison County, or Leadville, Lake County, Colorado.
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    Snow plows--Colorado--Crested Butte--1930-1940.; Snow plows--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Crested Butte (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Blizzards--Colorado--Crested Butte--1930-1940.;...
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    Spring, 1936
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  • Loop on Berthude [i.e. Berthoud] Pass Road
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    Berthoud Pass Road loop, Clear Creek County, Colorado; shows wheels and blade of road grader, rock retaining wall, sign on tree "Road Camp U.S. Bureau of Public Lands," and Republican Mountain in background.
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    Berthoud Pass (Colo.)--1920-1930.
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    [between 1920 and 1927]
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  • Snowplow 043 @ Tennessee Pass
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    Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad snowplow 043 clears Tennessee Pass near the depot, in Lake County, Colorado. Men are by the beam and pulley extension and plow blade; sign on the depot reads: "Tennessee Pass."
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    Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Lake County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Railroad employees--Colorado--Lake County--1920-1930.; Railroad snowplow locomotives--Colorado--Lake County--1920-1930.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Lake...
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    [between 1922 and 1930?]
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  • Georgetown, Colo.
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    A woman leans on the side of an automobile on a dirt street in Georgetown, Colorado. Her arms are crossed in front of her and she wears a dress with small polka-dots with flower decoration on the short puffed sleeves, collar and border around...
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    Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Women--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1900.
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    [between 1920 and 1930]
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  • Georgetown, Colorado
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    A snowplow pushes deep snow from a street in Georgetown, Colorado. A young boy sits in the cab of the plow and a man in a hat stands on the side. The plow has a tall smokestack and its blade is buried. Wood frame structures and snow covered trees...
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    Georgetown (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Snow removal--Colorado--Georgetown--1900-1930.
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    1978
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  • Powder Face. (Arapahoe chief in full war dress)
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    Native American (Araphoe) man, Chief Powder Face stands outdoors on a flat, grassy landscape, probably at Fort Sill, Indian Territory, (Oklahoma). He wears a full length feather headdress, a buckskin shirt with hair fringe, a hairpipe bead...
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    Arapaho Indians--Oklahoma--Fort Sill--1860-1880.; Indians of North America--Oklahoma--Fort Sill--1860-1880.; Fort Sill (Okla.)--1860-1880.; Spears--Oklahoma--Fort Sill--1860-1880.; Tribal chiefs--Oklahoma--Fort Sill--1860-1880.; Powder Face.
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    [between 1869-1874]
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  • Lone Wolf, Kiowa chief
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    Head and shoulders studio portrait of Native American (Kiowa) man, Chief Lone Wolf (Guipago). His braids are wrapped in cloth; he wears metal hoop earrings, a dark shirt, and a wool vest. He holds a hatchet pipe with a long barrel wrapped in wire...
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    Indians of North America--1860-1880.; Kiowa Indians--1860-1880.; Calumets--1860-1880.; Tomahawks--1860-1880.; Tribal chiefs--1860-1880.; Lone Wolf, Kiowa Indian.
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    [between 1869 and 1874]
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  • Red Blanket
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    Studio portrait (sitting) of Red Blanket, a Native American (Cheyenne) man. He holds a metal blade tomahawk. He wears a blanket over his lap, metal armbands, fur pelts over his braids, hair pipe breast plate and earrings, and a metal bead hair...
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    Cheyenne Indians--1880-1900.; Indian scouts--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Tomahawks--1880-1900.; Red Blanket.
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    [between 1880 and 1900?]
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  • Strand theater
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    View of the Strand theater in Denver, Colorado; shows an ornate entry with entablature and electric lights. People, bicycles and cars are in the street; marquee reads: "Frank Mayo in Dr. Jim," signs read: "Dr. Murphy's Root Beer," "Shoe Shine," and...
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    Strand (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Motion picture theaters--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
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    [1921]
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  • Jim McKay blacksmith shop, Main St. between 4th & 5th
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    The interior of this blacksmith shop in Brighton, Colorado, includes men in leather aprons, suspenders and overalls posing with an anvil, a forge, and a hand rockover core machine. Horseshoes, a haymower blade, a suitcase, a wagon tongue, and a...
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    Brighton (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Blacksmithing--Colorado--Brighton--1890-1900.; Forge shops--Colorado--Brighton--1890-1900.
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    [between 1890 and 1900]
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  • Hawikuh
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    A man squats down and brushes the dirt away from a stone slab at an excavation site at Hawikuh in New Mexico. The handle of a digging tool lies on the ground behind him. The man wears a hat that covers his face as he bows his head toward the...
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    Hawikuh (N.M.)--1900-1920.; Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--New Mexico--1900-1920.
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    [between 1907 and 1917?]
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  • Colorado and Southern Ry., Flanger snow plow, Leadville, Colo.
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    A Colorado & Southern flanger snow plow is parked at the entrance to a wood frame storage building with clapboard siding in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado. Shows a flanger blade mounted on a small work car with a motor. A sign reads: "Safety...
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    Colorado and Southern Railway--1980-1990.; Leadville (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Railroad cars--Colorado--Leadville--1980-1990.; Railroad facilities--Colorado--Leadville--1980-1990.; Snowplows--Colorado--Leadville--1980-1990.
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    1980 July 18
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  • D&RGW, Durango, Colo. (2-8-2) 472, coal dock & part of yard, 210A, smoke, ET-11-2-10
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    Denver and Rio Grande Western locomotive 472 (2-8-2) with a coal tender and push snowplow blade, vents smoke by a coaling station (coal dock) at Durango (La Plata County), Colorado. Gondola cars are in the area.
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    Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Coaling-stations--Colorado--Durango--1940-1950.; Durango (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Durango--1940-1950.; Railroads--Colorado--Durango--1940-1950.;...
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    1941 July 5
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  • Street scene, Brighton, Colo.
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    View north on Division Street, renamed North Main Street, from northeast corner of Bridge and North Main Street, Brighton, Colorado; shows horse-drawn wagons and carriages parked near sidewalk, brick and wood frame buildings. Identifiable...
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    Brighton (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Brighton--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Brighton--1900-1910.
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    [between 1908 and 1910]
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  • Mural decoration, side of proscenium arch, Central City Opera House
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    A mask lays on a sword, a hatchet, and a ank-shaped object in this painting from the prescenium arch in Central City, Colorado's opera house. A snake-like object winds through the eyes of the mask, and a chain links the sword blade and the hatchet...
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    Central City Opera House--1930-1940.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors--1930-1940.; Opera houses--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
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    1937
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  • Highland Lake about 1882
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    People pose in the yard of this one-story frame residence in Highland Lake, Weld County, Colorado. A baby in a perambulator and a woman in a lace collar and feathered hat are by the steps with potted plants. A man in the foreground holds a rake; a...
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    Highland Lake (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Baby carriages--Colorado--Highland Lake--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Highland Lake--1880-1890.; Infants--Colorado--Highland Lake--1880-1890.
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    1882?
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  • Park Hill School hand saw carrying lesson
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    Photograph of a first-grade lesson on the correct way to carry a hand saw at Park Hill Elementary School in Denver, Colorado. Included in the photo are three unidentified children. One boy stands pointing to another boy who is holding the...
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    Saws.; Park Hill School (Denver, Colo.); South Park Hill (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
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    undated
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  • Western History Subject Index
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    Morgan and company
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    Newspapers. Colorado Brighton blade
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  • Western History Subject Index
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    NEWSPAPERS. COLORADO. BRIGHTON. BRIGHTON BLADE
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    Yankee blade company
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    Yankee blade mining company
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    Morgan and company
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  • 1905 Corbett & Ballenger's 32nd Annual Denver City Directory
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    City directory of all residents and businesses in the Denver area in the year 1905.
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    Denver (Colo.)--Directories.
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    1905
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  • Municipal Facts Bi-Monthly: Volume 5 Numbers 11 and 12, 1922 November-December
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    Newsletter produced every two months by the City of Denver highlighting the civic, administrative, and informational aspects of government within the City.
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    Local government--Colorado--Denver.; Cities and towns--Colorado--Denver.
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    1922 November-December
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  • The Annual: East Denver High School, 1916
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    1916 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
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    East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
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    1916
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  • Annual: East Denver High School, 1917
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    1917 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
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    East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
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    1917
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  • East Denver High School Annual: 1910
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    1910 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
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    East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
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    1910
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  • W.D.H.S. Annual: 1917
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    West Denver High School yearbook for 1917.
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    West High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Periodicals.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.
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    1917
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  • Book of words of the festival opening of the great organ
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    Program for a concert given at Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church in 1888.
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    Trinity United Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church (Denver, Colo.) -- History. ; Methodist churches--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
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    1888 December 21
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  • The Scriptbook
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    Booklet created by The Script Club of East High School in Denver, Colorado. Members of The Script Club, the writing club of East High, submitted their own works for create this booklet. Included are poems, essays, sketches and stories written by...
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    East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High school students' writings--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
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    1932 May
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    Blade, J
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    Newspapers. Denver. The Denver Blade
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    Lilly blade, Mrs. E
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    Yankee Blade Chaffee county
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    Yankee blade company
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    Yankee blade group mines, Chaffee county colorado indebtedness ; men not paid ; management blamed
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    yankee blade lode fall river district colorado
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    Yankee blade lode. Granite district Colorado
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    Yankee blade lode. Granite district Colorado development ; yield
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    Yankee blade mine, Buena Vista district Colorado
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    Yankee blade mine, Chaffee county Colorado
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    Yankee blade mine. Elk mountain district. Colorado
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    Yankee blade mine. Granite district Colorado
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