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Cleaning up from Cherry Creek - Castlewood Dam flood

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Call NumberRh-419CreatorRhoads, Harry Mellon, 1880 or 1881-1975Date1933SummaryResidents watch crews clean up damage on downtown streets after Cherry Creek flooded and caused the Castlewood Dam to collapse. Shows machinery and flooded buildings.Physical Description1 photonegative : glass ; 10 x 13 cm (4 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint ; 13 x 18 cm (5 x 7 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectCherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)Floods--Colorado--DenverGeographic AreaDenver (Colo.)CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR700185419Type of MaterialGlass negativesPhotographic printsBlack & white photographsOriginal Material Found in CollectionHarry M. Rhoads photograph collectionNotesFormerly Engle #40486; Inked on glass plate and reproduced on photoprint "40486."; Title and "of 1933" hand-written on back of photoprint. R7001854193DonorMorey Engle

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