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Denver Public Library
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At Snowslide, over slide as 463 bucking it, train distant
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Call Number
RR-1069
Creator
Richardson, Robert W.
Date
1949 March 31
Summary
A Denver and Rio Grande Western snowplow locomotive pushes through a snow slide by the Las Animas River south of Silverton (San Juan County), Colorado. A train is in the distance.
Physical Description
1 negative : nitrate, black-and-white ; 6 x 12 cm (2 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.)
Born-Digital or Analog
Analog
Subject
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company
Animas River (Colo. and N.M.)
San Juan County (Colo.)
Avalanches--Colorado--San Juan County
Railroad snowplow locomotives--Colorado--San Juan County
Rivers--Colorado--San Juan County
Snow--Colorado--San Juan County
Geographic Area
San Juan County (Colo.)
Related Material
Image file: ZZR700401069
Type of Material
Nitrate negatives
Black & white photographs
Notes
Penciled on negative sleeve: "042," "RG821.1."; Title penciled on negative envelope, with: "37," and "RG821."; R7004010691
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http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
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Denver Public Library Special Collections, [call number]
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Richardson, Robert W.,
At Snowslide, over slide as 463 bucking it, train distant
(1949 March 31). Denver Public Library Digital Collections, accessed 09/02/2026, https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1115697