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  • Leadville
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    This view from Chicken Hill, northwest across Leadville, Colorado, shows a town filled with wood frame residences, barns, sheds, mining operations and brick commercial and public structures. Landmarks include the Church of the Annunciation, and the...
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    Church of the Annunciation (Leadville, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.
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    [between 1880 and 1885]
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  • Leadville Aug. 31st. 1882
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    Snowy view through evergreens of gable rooftops and the old Lake County Courthouse, Leadville, Colorado.
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    Leadville (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Courthouses--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.
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    1882
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  • Redcliff, Colorado
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    View of Red Cliff (or Redcliff), Summit County, Colorado (Eagle County in 1893); shows frame buildings (some under construction).
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    Red Cliff (Colo.)--1880-1900.
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    [between 1882 and 1892?]
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  • Salida, Colo
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    View of Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado, shows Denver and Rio Grande railroad depot, tracks, freight cars, Arkansas River with bridges, dwellings and businesses.
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    Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1870-1880.; Arkansas River--1870-1880.; Salida (Colo.)--1870-1880.
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    [between 1870 and 1880?]
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  • Harrison Avenue in Leadville
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    This view to the northwest of busy Harrison Avenue in Leadville, Colorado shows a street filled with pedestrians on boardwalks, carriages and horse drawn wagons, one with milk cans. The three story brick commercial block on the corner has a...
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    Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.
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    1884
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  • Harrison Avenue in Leadville, Colorado
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    In this view of a festive Harrison Avenue in Leadville, Colorado, the street is decorated with small evergreens, an arch crosses the street in the distance with buntings and garlands, the telephone company's tall cross arm pole with wires is in the...
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    Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.
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    [between 1885 and 1889]
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  • Leadville pioneer homes
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    Pioneer Leadville residents pose in front of their early homes in 1879, Colorado. The man and woman in the center, dressed in their finest, stand with their baby girl on a wood chair. Two men and another woman stand next to them, with a nursing...
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    Leadville (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Dwellings--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.; Pioneers--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.
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    1879
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  • Pearsall's meat market
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    The exterior view of the Solomon Pearsall Meat Market at 136 West Second Avenue in Leadville, Colorado shows a group of men posed on the boardwalk outside the open doors of the shop. Two men wear long white aprons. Carcasses of fowl, rabbits, and...
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    Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Butcher shops--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1900.
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    [between 1882 and 1892]
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  • Preparing to leave the scene of disaster with the victims on sleighs
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    Men pose on a snow field in Lake County, Colorado, with sleds carrying bodies of Homestake Mine silver miners killed by a collapsing, snow laden cabin roof. Rocky crags are in the background.
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    Home Stake Mine (Lake County, Colo.)--Disasters--1880-1890.; Lake County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Mine accidents--Colorado--Lake County--1880-1890.; Miners--Colorado--Lake County--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Lake County--1880-1890.; Silver...
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    [1886]
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  • Mr. Jos W. Hall and friend Leadville, Colo.
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    Studio portrait of Joseph W. Hall and another man in costume in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado. One man poses with goods for sale while the other looks on with a monacle.
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    Hall, Joseph W.; Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Actors--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Peddlers--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.
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    1890
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  • Placer mining Leadville
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    Miners stand near a hydraulic nozzle or monitor as they survey a placer mining operation near Leadville, Lake County, Colorado.
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    Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.; Miners--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.
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    [between 1882 and 1889]
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  • Decoration Day, 1884
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    During the Decoration Day Parade down Harrison Avenue in Leadville, Colorado, in 1884, spectators line the street of the business district as a dog and the police force lead the parade, followed by a band, then a group mounted on horses, and other...
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    Memorial Day--1880-1890.; Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.
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    [1884]
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  • Decoration Day, Leadville 1884
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    Spectators lined the street of Leadville, Colorado's business district during the Decoration Day Parade of 1884 as several uniformed marching units, some with rifles, marched down Harrison Avenue. The busy scene includes businesses in two story...
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    Memorial Day--1880-1890.; Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.
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    [1884]
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  • July 4th 1884, G.A.R. & P.S.O.A.
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    At the July 4th, 1884, parade down Harrison Avenue in Leadville, Colorado, small groups of spectators line the street of the business district as long lines of marching units with flags file by. The scene includes carriages, wagons, businesses in...
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    Fourth of July.; Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.
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    [1884]
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  • Carbonate Hill
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    This view southeast towards a Carbonate Hill covered with mines in Leadville, Colorado, includes a town filled with wood frame residences, barns, sheds, a few brick and false front commercial structures. Business signs include "Democrat,"...
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    Leadville (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Business districts--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.; Dwellings--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.
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    [1879?]
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  • On the Gunnison
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    Denver and Rio Grande tracks are beside the Gunnison River in Colorado. Shows steep canyon walls, shrubs on hillsides and mountains in the distance.
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    Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1900.; Gunnison River (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1880-1900.; Rivers--Colorado--1880-1900.
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    [between 1882 and 1893?]
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  • Twin Falls, upper Arkansas valley
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    Men stand and pose on a trestle beside possibly a Denver and Rio Grande steam engine and passenger car. Shows a waterfall identified as "Twin Falls" on the Arkansas River in probably Lake County, Colorado.
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    Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1900.; Lake County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Lake County--1880-1900.; Railroads--Colorado--Lake County--1880-1900.; Trestles--Colorado--Lake County--1880-1900.;...
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    [between 1882 and 1892?]
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  • Arkansas valley
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    Passengers stand beside possibly a Denver and Rio Grande steam engine and passenger cars beside the Arkansas River in probably Chaffee County, Colorado. A round water tank is near the tracks. Shows treeless buttes and snow-capped mountains in the...
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    Arkansas River--1880-1900.; Chaffee County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Railroads--Colorado--Chaffee County--1880-1900.; Rivers--Colorado--Chaffee County--1880-1900.; Water tanks--Colorado--Chaffee County--1880-1900.
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    [between 1882 and 1892?]
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  • Leadville from Capitol Hill
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    In this view of Leadville, Colorado, from Capitol Hill a small child sits on the edge of the (8) Stevens and Leiter Ditch (Oro Mining Ditch and Fluming Co.), built in 1874, in the left foreground, commencing fourteen miles above the city. The scene...
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    Leadville (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.
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    [between 1879 and 1880]
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  • Leadville
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    View from Carbonate Hill northwest across Leadville, Colorado presents a town filled with wood frame residences, barns, sheds, mining operations and few brick commercial structures. The Sawatch Range of the continental divide in background.
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    Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Mountains--Colorado--1870-1880.
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    [1879?]
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  • Hunter's camp on Gypsum Creek
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    Men pose with rifles and pistols at camp in Eagle County, Colorado. Cooking equipment is on the ground and a tent is in the distance.
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    Eagle County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Camping--Colorado--Eagle County--1880-1890.; Fishing & hunting gear--Colorado--Eagle County--1880-1890.
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    [between 1880 and 1890?]
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  • Grand Canon of the Arkansas
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    View of steep canyon walls in the Royal Gorge and Denver and Rio Grande tracks beside the Arkansas River in Fremont County, Colorado.
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    Arkansas River--1880-1900.; Fremont County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Royal Gorge (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--Fremont County--1880-1900.; Rivers--Colorado--Fremont County--1880-1900.
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    [between 1882 and 1893]
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  • North, Leadville from Carbonate Hill
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    A view from Carbonate Hill northwest across Leadville, Colorado shows a town filled with wood frame residences, barns, sheds, mining operations and few brick commercial structures. Mount Massive of the continental divide is in the background.
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    Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.
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    [1879?]

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