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Burro pack train

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Call NumberZ-7154CreatorGurnsey, B. H. (Byron H.), 1833-1880Date1870-1880SummaryMiners with burros pose beside cliffs on a dirt road on a pass in (possibly) San Juan County, Colorado.Physical Description1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph, albumen ; 10 x 18 cm (4 x 7 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectSan Juan County (Colo.)--19th centuryDirt roads--Colorado--San Juan County--19th centuryDonkeys--Colorado--San Juan County--19th centuryMiners--Colorado--San Juan County--19th centuryPack trains--Colorado--San Juan County--19th centuryPasses (Landforms)--Colorado--San Juan County--19th centuryGeographic AreaSan Juan County (Colo.)CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage file: ZZR711007154Type of MaterialPhotographic printsStereographsOriginal Material Found in CollectionGurnsey's Rocky Mountain views.NotesNumbers reproduced in corner of right panel read: "109."; Penciled on verso of duplicate stereo card: "Florence Newland."; Title printed on label on verso; also reads: "Scenes on the Denver and Rio Grande Railway," "in a mountain pass, on their way to the San Juan silver mines," and "These hardy animals frequently carry packs equal in weight to their own."; Library has additional iterations of this item: 1 stereograph : stereograph, albumen ; 10 x 18 cm. (4 x 7 in.). R7110071541

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