Call NumberC-63CreatorCollier, JosephDate1875-1900SummaryCreek. Trees stand on the rocky hillside in the background. Camera equipment, including a case labeled "Glass," sits in the foreground next to the railroad track.|Stereographic view of a large water tank standing in the right midground next to a segment of railroad track for the Denver, South Park & Pacific Railroad at the mouth of Deer Creek west of Crossons in the Platte Canyon southwest of Denver, Colorado. The water tank was replaced by a larger tank at the nearby town of Crossons in Jefferson County in the late 1880s. Arch Rock, a popular landmark along the railroad line, stands in the left midground at the mouth of DeerPhysical Description1 copy photonegative : half stereograph |12 x 8 cm (4 1/2 x 3 1/4 in.)|1 photonegative : glass, stereograph |17 x 22 cm (6 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.)|1 photoprint : half stereograph |17 x 12 cm (6 1/2 x 4 3/4 in.)|1 photoprint : half stereograph |18 x 12 cm (6 3/4 x 4 3/4 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectCrossons (Colo.)--1870-1890Platte Canyon (Colo.)--1870-1890Photographic apparatus & supplies--19th centuryRailroad tracks--Colorado--Jefferson County--19th centuryRock formations--Colorado--Crossons--19th centuryWater tanks--Colorado--Crossons--19th centuryCollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR700130063Type of MaterialFilm negativesGlass negativesPhotographic printsStereographsNotesArch Rock & Deer Creek Tank RR Denver, So. Park & Pacific Tracks (prints) Collier and "Is this printed backwards?" penciled on back of smaller print|"Railroads - Denver, South Park & Pacific Arch Rock and Deer Creek Tank (1 mile west of Crossen in Platte Canon)" penciled on back of other print|smaller print is printed backwards. Glass plate has severeal small scratches near upper edge. Title from inventory prepared by Western History Department, Denver Public Library. R7001300631Languageeng
Collier, Joseph, Deer Creek tank at Arch Rock (1875-1900). Denver Public Library Digital Collections, accessed 27/03/2025, https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1121713
