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Sporleder Orchestra in the yard of the Sporleder Hotel of the historical fame

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Call NumberX-13997Date1882SummaryA band poses in Walsenburg, Huerfano County, Colorado, with a cello, cornet, guitars, and a violin. The men wear suits; one has a music stand. Boys and girls sit to the sides; the adobe wall with louvered shutters in the background is the Sporleder Hotel.Physical Description1 copy photonegative 10 x 13 cm (4 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint on cabinet card ; 10 x 18 cm (4 x 7 in.)SubjectWalsenburg (Colo.)--19th centuryBands--Colorado--Walsenburg--19th centuryChildren--Colorado--Walsenburg--19th centuryHotels--Colorado--Walsenburg--19th centuryMusical instruments--Colorado--Walsenburg--19th centuryOrchestras--Colorado--Walsenburg--19th centuryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR710013997Type of MaterialCabinet photoprintsFilm negativesNotesFormerly F27361. Title hand-written on back of photoprint with: "probably taken in the early 1880s in Walsenburg, Colo. property of Caroline Sporleder Young."; R7100139973

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