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Call NumberWHJ-1662CreatorJackson, William Henry, 1843-1942Date1880-1886SummaryPassengers and railroad employees stand and sit on a flatbed car and locomotive of a Denver and Rio Grande Railway excursion train stopped by Chipeta Falls, beside the Gunnison River in the Black Canyon of the Gunnison, Gunnison County, Colorado. Shows telegraph poles, rock slides and solid rock canyon walls.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 centuryBlack Canyon of the Gunnison (Colo.)--19th centuryChipeta Falls (Colo.)--19th centuryGunnison County (Colo.)--19th centuryGunnison River (Colo.)--19th centuryCanyons--Colorado--Gunnison County--19th centuryNarrow gauge railroads--Colorado--Gunnison County--19th centuryPassengers--Colorado--Gunnison County--19th centuryRivers--Colorado--Gunnison County--19th centuryWaterfalls--Colorado--Gunnison County--19th centuryWomen--Colorado--Gunnison County--19th centuryGeographic AreaGunnison County (Colo.)CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR700301662Type of MaterialSample booksAlbumen printsPhotographic printsDigital Version Created FromW. H. Jackson sample album. Colorado Book VIII ; no. 34NotesAttribution to Jackson based on inclusion in bound W. H. Jackson sample album. Condition: Print is faded, oxidized, corners frayed. Formerly F7953; Hand-written on album page: "F7953."; Mounted on verso of album page: WHJ-1661. Retouching from original negative reproduced in photoprint. Title and: "01052" hand-written on label on photoprint. R7003016628.

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Chipeta Falls