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Sleepy Hollow funeral

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Call NumberX-60002Date1895SummaryPeople, horse-drawn coaches, and hearses crowd Eureka Street, Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado, in a procession honoring 14 gold miners drowned in the Sleepy Hollow and Americus Mine flood; pall bearers carry a coffin in the foreground. The Opera House and Saint James Methodist Church flank the parade; mine sheds are on Central Hill to the southeast.Physical Description1 copy negative ; 10 x 13 cm (4 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint ; 20 x 24 cm (8 x 10 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectAmericus Mine (Central City, Colo.)--DisastersSleepy Hollow Mine (Central City, Colo.)--DisastersFuneral processions--Colorado--Central CityGold mining--Colorado--Central CityMine accidents--Colorado--Central CityMining--Colorado--Central CityStreets--Colorado--Central CityGeographic AreaCentral City (Colo.)CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage file: ZZR710060002Type of MaterialFilm negativesPhotographic printsDigital Version Created Froma Central City resident - 1949.NotesCondition: peeled emulsion on original negative reproduced in photoprint. Formerly F18894. Title supplied. R7100600021

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