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Curica[n]te [sic] Needle, Black Canyon of the Gunnison

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Call NumberWHJ-1663CreatorJackson, William Henry, 1843-1942Date1880-1886SummaryView through canyon walls of the Gunnison River and the Curecanti Needle, Black Canyon of the Gunnison, Gunnison County, Colorado. A man stands on a narrow gauge Denver & Rio Grande Railroad locomotive near the river. A well-dressed man and woman sit in the shadows, another man stands on a rock outcrop.Physical Description1 photoprint : albumen ; 53 x 41 cm (21 x 16 in.) mounted on album page.Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectDenver and Rio Grande Railway Company--19th centuryBlack Canyon of the Gunnison (Colo.)--19th centuryCurecanti Needle (Colo.)--19th centuryGunnison County (Colo.)--19th centuryGunnison River (Colo.)--19th centuryNarrow gauge railroads--Colorado--Gunnison County--19th centuryRivers--Colorado--Gunnison County--19th centuryRock formations--Colorado--Gunnison County--19th centuryWomen--Colorado--Gunnison County--19th centuryGeographic AreaGunnison County (Colo.)CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR700301663Type of MaterialSample booksAlbumen printsPhotographic printsDigital Version Created FromW. H. Jackson sample album. Colorado Book VIII ; no. 35NotesAttribution to Jackson based on inclusion in bound W. H. Jackson sample album. Condition: Print is scraped, abraded, frayed. Formerly F25900; Hand-lettered title and: "1053" reproduced in print. Hand-written on album page: "F25900."; Label on front of photoprint reads: "Extra."; Mounted on verso of album page: WHJ-1664. R7003016636.

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Curica[n]te [sic] Needle, Black Canyon of the Gunnison