Call NumberZ-11974DateOctober 5, 1909.SummaryView of Marble (Gunnison County), Colorado, shows frame dwellings and commercial buildings. Carbonate Creek valley leads to the Elk Mountains in the distance. The dirt road at the lower left angling up-right is Center Street which today is the flow route of West Carbonate Creek, a result of the floods of 1941 and 1945.Physical Description1 photographic print (postcard) ; 9 x 14 cm (3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectMarble (Colo.)Cities and towns.CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR711011974Type of MaterialPhotographic postcardsNotesPenciled on verso: "Marble 10/5/09 Over 8,000 ft high - marble quarries near here, nearly 11,000 ft. Geo." Title supplied. Additional information provided by user: "Highest elevation quarry is not 11,000 feet but almost 10,000 feet at the Strauss Quarry. The quarry of the Colorado - Yule Marble Company is close to 9,400 foot elevation. 1909 is a good date. It can not be earlier because the “Kobey” store which is present came into existence in 1909, south side of Main Street on the east corner of Center Street. Can’t be mid-late 1911 because construction of the 2-story building for the Masonic Lodge is not present (State Street west of Center Street). The Lodge was not established until October 1910 so construction could not start before then." [Chuck Moore] ; R7110119747
