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Box Canon

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Call NumberZ-3364CreatorMellen, George E.Date1881-1883SummaryMen pose beside a Denver and Rio Grande engine and caboose in a canyon identified as Box Canyon in probably Chaffee County, Colorado. Shows steep rock walls and a creek beside the railroad grade.Physical Description1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph, albumen ; 9 x 18 cm (3 1/2 x 7 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectDenver and Rio Grande Railway Company--19th centuryChaffee County (Colo.)--19th centuryCanyons--Colorado--Chaffee County--19th centuryRailroad tracks--Colorado--Chaffee County--19th centuryStreams--Colorado--Chaffee County--19th centuryGeographic AreaChaffee County (Colo.)CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR711003364Type of MaterialAlbumen printsFilm negativesPhotographic printsStereographsNotesFormerly F28135; Number: "123" scratched in original negative and reproduced in stereo card. Photographer's stamp printed on verso. Stamp on front of stereograph reads: "Gates and Oats, 34 Charlotte St., Worcester, Mass."; Title and "grade of track here 406 ft. to the mile, D.R.G.R.R." inked on verso. Library owns additional iterations of this image in various formats: : 1 copy negative ; 10 x 13 cm. (4 x 5 in.); R7110033640

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Rights Statementhttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/CreditDenver Public Library Special Collections, [call number]Digital Reproduction Available for PurchaseYes