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Currecanti [sic] Needle, Black Canon of the Gunnison

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Call NumberWHJ-1666CreatorJackson, William Henry, 1843-1942Date1880-1886SummaryView of Curecanti Needle, a pillar rock formation near the Gunnison River in the Black Canon of the Gunnison, Gunnison County, Colorado. Shows narrow gauge tracks and the track bed of the Denver and Rio Grande Railway, rock formations, telegraph poles and trees.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 centuryCanyons--Colorado--Gunnison County--19th centuryRailroad tracks--Colorado--Gunnison County--19th centuryRivers--Colorado--Gunnison County--19th centuryGeographic AreaGunnison County (Colo.)CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR700301666Type of MaterialSample booksAlbumen printsPhotographic printsDigital Version Created FromW. H. Jackson sample album. Colorado Book VIII ; no. 38NotesAttribution to Jackson based on inclusion in bound W. H. Jackson sample album. Condition: Print is oxidized, creased, edges cracked. Formerly F11704; Hand-lettered title reproduced in print. Hand-written on album page: "F11704."; Labels on front of photoprint read: "01080", "Extra."; Mounted on verso of album page: WHJ-1665. R7003016660.

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