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Call NumberX-18012SummaryWorkmen construct the 14th (Fourteenth) Street Viaduct in Denver, Colorado. Shows Cherry Creek, pulleys, cranes and a small portable coal engine with wheels. The Denver City Hall, the Denver Wire and Ironworks Co., Congregation of Shomro Amunoh, and a Denver & Rio Grande railroad bridge are in the background. A young Black boy poses in the front, most likely a worker.Physical Description1 copy negative ; 10 x 13 cm (4 X 5 in.); 1 photoprint : black-and-white ; 11 1/2 x 19 1/2 cm (4 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.) on album page 17 x 29 cm (7 x 11 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectCongregation Shomro Amunoh (Denver, Colo.)--19th centuryDenver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--19th centuryAfrican Americans--Colorado--Denver--19th centuryCherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--19th centuryBoys--Colorado--Denver--19th centuryBridge construction--Colorado--Denver--19th centuryCity halls--Colorado--Denver--19th centuryConstruction workers--Colorado--Denver--19th centuryHoisting machinery--Colorado--Denver--19th centuryRailroad bridges--Colorado--Denver--19th centuryStreets--Colorado--Denver--19th centurySynagogues--Colorado--Denver--19th centuryGeographic AreaDenver (Colo.)CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR710018012Type of MaterialFilm negativesPhotographic printsBlack & white photographsOriginal Material Found in CollectionC Photo Album 167. Denver Streets, 14th Street Viaduct constructionNotesFormerly F37787. On verso of album page: X-18013; Title supplied. R7100180128

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14th Street Viaduct Construction