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Unidentified first (?) agent at Granby has Rocky Mountain canaries that enjoy music on the popular trunks of some returning Grand Lakes guest : the canaries also accompanied him to his operators room.

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Call NumberX-9773Date1905-1910SummaryPossibly the first agent of the Western Union Telegraph Cable in Granby, Grand County, Colorado, plays music for two "Rocky Mountain canaries" (burros) in front of his office. A phonograph (gramophone) sits on top of a passenger's trunks by the Denver Northwestern and Pacific (later Denver Rio Grande) railroad tracks; a box car shows in distance.Physical Description1 copy photonegative ; 10 x 13 cm (4 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint : black-and-white ; 13 x 18 cm (7 x 5 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectGranby (Colo.)Donkeys--Colorado--GranbyCollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR710009773Type of MaterialFilm negativesPhotographic printsBlack & white photographsDigital Version Created FromE.T. Bollinger collection, 4/7/77.NotesFormerly F43310. Title hand-written on back of photoprint. R7100097731

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Unidentified first (?) agent at Granby has Rocky Mountain canaries that enjoy music on the popular trunks of some returning Grand Lakes guest : the canaries also accompanied him to his operators room.