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Film set in West Portal

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Call NumberZ-5680CreatorColumbine Pictures, Inc.Date1927SummaryMen, and probably the director, are in ore cars on a wooden trestle in West Portal (Grand County), Colorado. The site was used as the set for the silent film "Trail of '98." Men wear caps; one man wears a mining hat with a head lamp. Shows utility poles and wires, and a dirt road beneath the trestle.Physical Description1 photographic print : black-and-white ; 20 x 25 cm (8 x 10 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectGrand County (Colo.)Moffat Tunnel (Colo.)Motion picture industry--Colorado--Grand CountyMotion picture producers and directors--Colorado--Grand CountyTrestles--Colorado--Grand CountyGeographic AreaGrand County (Colo.)Related MaterialImage File: ZZR711005680; Trail of '98 (Motion picture)Type of MaterialPhotographic printsBlack & white photographsPublicity photographsNotesStamp on verso reads: "Columbine Pictures, Inc., Official Producers of 'Moffat Tunnel' Motion Pictures."; Title supplied. R7110056800

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