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Canon of the Rio Las Animas

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Call NumberWHJ-1632CreatorJackson, William Henry, 1843-1942Date1880-1886SummaryA narrow gauge Denver & Rio Grande Railway excursion train stops along the Rio Las Animas River (Animas River) Animas Canyon, San Juan County, Colorado. Well-dressed passengers, including women and men sit on rocks and fish; a porter stands near the tracks. Shows tall pine trees with the snow-capped Needle Mountains of the San Juan Range in the distance.Physical Description1 photoprint : albumen ; 41 x 53 cm (16 x 21 in.) mounted on album page.Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectDenver and Rio Grande Railway Company--19th centuryAnimas River (Colo. and N.M. )--19th centuryNeedle Mountains (Colo.)--19th centurySan Juan County (Colo.)--19th centuryFishing--Colorado--San Juan County--19th centuryPassengers--Colorado--San Juan County--19th centuryRailroads--Colorado--San Juan County--19th centuryRivers--Colorado--San Juan County--19th centuryGeographic AreaSan Juan County (Colo.)CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR700301632Type of MaterialSample booksAlbumen printsPhotographic printsDigital Version Created FromW. H. Jackson sample album. Colorado Book VIII ; no. 4NotesAttribution to Jackson based on inclusion in bound W. H. Jackson sample album. Condition: Print is oxidized, edges are frayed. Formerly F28568; Hand-lettered title and: "1039" reproduced in print. Hand-written on album page: "F28568."; Mounted on verso of album page: WHJ-1631. R7003016327.

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