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Colo. & Southern, Alpine Pass, view looking toward Alpine Tunnel station and hotel from west (lower) side, August 6, 1939

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Call NumberX-6497Alternate TitleColorado and Southern, Alpine Pass, view looking toward Alpine Tunnel station and hotel from west (lower) sideCreatorPoor, M. C., 1901-1973Date1939 August 6SummaryView looking west toward Alpine Tunnel station, (11,545 feet) Gunnison County, Colorado, includes abandoned railroad tracks, ruins of the hand-hewn stone engine house, two-story frame boarding house, railroad signal and telegraph office. Town was at one time a station stop outside tunnel through Alpine (Altman) Pass on the Continental Divide built by the Denver South Park and Pacific Railroad in 1881-1882, later owned by Colorado and Southern.Physical Description1 copy photonegative ; 10 x 13 cm (4 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint : black-and-white ; 21 x 26 cm (8 x 10 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectAlpine Station (Colo. : Locale)Railroad stations--Colorado--Alpine TunnelRailroad stations--Colorado--Gunnison CountyTelegraph offices--Colorado--Gunnison CountyCollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR710006497Type of MaterialFilm negativesPhotographic printsBlack & white photographsNotesFormerly F38673. Title hand-written on back of photoprint; also "Poor No. 537."; R7100064974

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Colo. & Southern, Alpine Pass, view looking toward Alpine Tunnel station and hotel from west (lower) side, August 6, 1939