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  • Jamestown, Colorado
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    View of a commercial warehouse in Jamestown, Colorado, in Weld County shows a water tank and farm equipment in a field next to a building, with another warehouse behind the building. Signs include "Colo. Soap Co Inc.," "Wholesales, and MFGS of...
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    Soap factories--1900-1920.; Johnstown (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Cosmetics industry--1900-1920.
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    [between 1900 and 1915]
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  • Advertising - Billboards
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    Three men stand near a billboard that advertises Cudahy's Soap possibly in Colorado. The billboard reads: "Cudahy's Diamond 'G' Soap, the C Mark, Does Better Work and Goes Further Than Any Other Laundry Soap." Two of the men wear work clothes and...
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    Billboards--1890-1900.
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    1897, September 29
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  • Baltimore & Ohio R.R. Soap Box Derby loco. Arlington Tower, Akron, OH, eng. 5207
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    View of Baltimore & Ohio steam locomotive # 5207 stopped on the tracks near Akron (Summit County), Ohio. Shows a painting of a Soap Box Derby coaster car, lettering on the locomotive reads: "5207," "B&O," "Lima," "Tom Barnes locomotive courtesy of...
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    Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company--1940-1950.; International Soap Box Derby, Inc.--Public relations.; Akron (Ohio)--1940-1950.; Publicity.; Railroad locomotives.
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    1947 August 17
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  • Daniels & Fisher
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    Interior view of the Daniels and Fisher store in Denver, Colorado; shows glass display cases of toiletries including "Hygeia Complexion Cream.," "Velva Soap," and "Egg Shampoo Soap."
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    Daniels and Fisher Stores Company--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cosmetics & soap--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Department stores--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Merchandise...
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    [1902?]
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  • Theater promotional display
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    View of a soap giveaway in a Denver, Colorado theater; shows a poster of a woman, showcards, and box labels: "Lux Toilet Soap," "Lifebuoy," "Rinso," and "Ward Week Special."
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    Denver (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Household soap--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Premiums--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Theaters--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.
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    [between 1920 and 1940?]
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  • Western History Subject Index
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    Soap
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  • Businesses in Central City
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    The Sauer McShane Mercantile Company on Eureka Street is crowded with merchandise, including boxes of soap, baking powder, fruits, nuts, and chandeliers. The shopkeeper, in a vest, is behind the counter. Men lean against the sales counters looking...
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    Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Interiors--1870-1880.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.
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    1879
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  • Colorado Penitentiary escapes
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    Earl L. Budd, uniformed guard at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, has his hand on the stone below a hole. An embroidered patch on his arm reads: "Colorado State Prison."
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    Canon City (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Prison guards--Colorado--Canon City--1960-1970.
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    1965
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  • Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 12, 1911 March 18
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    Newsletter produced by the City of Denver highlighting the civic, administrative, and informational aspects of government within the City.
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    Local government--Colorado--Denver.; Cities and towns--Colorado--Denver.
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    1911 March 18
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  • Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 19, 1909 June 26
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    Newsletter produced by the City of Denver highlighting the civic, administrative, and informational aspects of government within the City.
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    Local government--Colorado--Denver.; Cities and towns--Colorado--Denver.
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    1909 June 26
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  • Western History Subject Index
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    Dunwoody brothers soap company
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  • Western History Subject Index
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    Denver. Business. Soap
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  • Chester Hadden and Travis McGinnis with Soap Box Derby race car
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    Chester Hadden and Travis McGinnis work on a Soap Box Derby race car in a garage Denver, Colorado. A Mercury sedan is nearby.
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    Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Coaster cars--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.
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    1950 August 14
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  • Chester Hadden and Travis McGinnis with Soap Box Derby race car
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    Chester Hadden and Travis McGinnis pose with a Soap Box Derby race car in Denver, Colorado.
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    Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Coaster cars--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.
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    1950 August 14
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  • W.S.H.S. Annual: 1918
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    West Denver High School yearbook for 1918.
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    West High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Periodicals.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.
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    1918
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  • Western History Subject Index
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    Denver. Business Soap factory
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  • Western History Subject Index
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    Soap
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    Denver soap company PAIN INOEY
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  • Directory of Ninth Street Historic Park, 1871-1900: a list of 500 residents, their occupations and other interesting info.
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    Directory of residents of the of the Ninth Street Historic Park district from the years of 1871-1900.
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    Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver--Directories.
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    1977 December
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  • Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 31, 1911 July 29
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    Newsletter produced by the City of Denver highlighting the civic, administrative, and informational aspects of government within the City.
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    Local government--Colorado--Denver.; Cities and towns--Colorado--Denver.
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    1911 July 29
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  • Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 1, 1909 February 20
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    Newsletter produced by the City of Denver highlighting the civic, administrative, and informational aspects of government within the City.
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    Local government--Colorado--Denver.; Cities and towns--Colorado--Denver.
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    1909 February 20
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  • Olathe street scene
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    A boy stands in the middle of a dirt street in Olathe (Montrose County), Colorado. Shows commercial buildings, horse-drawn wagons, a ditch with water and a pump in wood housing with an advertisement for "Pearline" (soap). Signs on buildings read:...
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    Montrose County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Olathe (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Olathe--1890-1910.; Dirt roads--Colorado--Olathe--1890-1910.; Irrigation--Colorado--Olathe--1890-1910.
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    [between 1898 and 1910]
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  • Gallup & W. 29th Ave.
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    A man sits on a delivery wagon near the Summit Company building at the intersection of Ashland Avenue (later West 29th, Twenty-Ninth Avenue) and Gallup Street (later Zuni Street) in Denver, Colorado. Phone and utility poles line the street. The...
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    Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Equipment & supplies--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Metal buildings--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Utility poles--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
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    1898 February 5
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  • Interior general store
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    Men stand in a general store probably in DeBeque (Mesa County), Colorado. Displays of food are in a glass-top counter and on nearby shelves. Advertisements and signs read: "White Borax Naptha Soap," "Pearl White," and "Dr. Price's Cream Baking...
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    General stores--Colorado--1910-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--1910-1930.
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    [between 1910 and 1930?]
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  • Food store
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    Interior view of a grocery store in Denver, Colorado; shows men and women posing, a stove, counters, a scale, and merchandise including bananas, canned goods, and crates with lettering: "Water White Soap," and "Carbonate of Soda Crystals."
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    Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
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    [between 1910 and 1915?]
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  • San Pedro harbor
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    View of San Pedro, timber wharves, engine number "1614" on Southern Pacific Railroad tracks, and buildings at San Pedro harbor (Port of Los Angeles), Los Angeles, California. Brick commercial buildings are on Front Street (Harbor Boulevard) near...
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    Port of Los Angeles--1890-1910.; Southern Pacific Railroad Company--1890-1910.; Los Angeles (Calif.)--1890-1910.; San Pedro (Los Angeles, Calif.)--1890-1910.; San Pedro Bay (Calif.)--1890-1910.; Bays (Bodies of water)--California--Los...
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    [between 1891 and 1910?]
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  • First aid ward, Ignacio
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    A young Native American Ute woman poses behind a desk with a doll baby, wash basin, bar of soap, bottle of cotton seed oil and a crib, inside a Southern Ute Agency school classroom, Ignacio, La Plata County, Colorado.
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    Boarding schools--Colorado--Ignacio--1920-1930.; Indians of North America--Education--Colorado--Ignacio--1920-1930.; Ute Indians--Women--Colorado--Ignacio--1920-1930.; Ignacio (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Classrooms--Colorado--Ignacio--1920-1930.;...
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    [between 1920 and 1930?]
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  • 1400 block on 15th Street
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    Workmen transport steel beams with horses and wagon wheels on Market Street near 15th (Fifteenth) Street as part of the 14th (Fourteenth) Street Viaduct construction in Denver, Colorado. Spectators are nearby on horseback and in carriages....
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    Horse-drawn vehicles--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bridge construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Girders--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Horse teams--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Mercantile...
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    [1898]
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  • The Voss Stage Station, Fremont Co. Wyo.
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    View of the Voss Stage Station in Fremont County, Wyoming; shows horses, a stagecoach, buggies, sheds, men, log buildings, and a sign: "Diamond C Soap."
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    Fremont County (Wyo.)--1900-1910.; Stagecoaches--Wyoming--Fremont County--1900-1910.; Transportation facilities--Wyoming--Fremont County--1900-1910.; Transportation--Wyoming--Fremont County--1900-1910.
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    1903
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  • Issuing rations
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    A Native American (Sioux) man holding a pipe squats in front of a tepee camp, probably the Dakota Territory. Shows U.S. officers and their families with Sioux sitting and standing behind them waiting for the distribution of rations.
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    Dakota Indians--Dakota Territory--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Dakota Territory--1880-1890.; Dakota Territory--1880-1890.; Food relief--Dakota Territory--1880-1890.; Indian encampments--Dakota Territory--1880-1890.; Military...
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    1882?
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  • Georgetown, barber shops, early days
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    Interior view of a barbershop in Georgetown, Colorado. The barber wearing a white jacket and dark necktie stands beside one of three ornate wooden barbershop chairs with upholstery and foot rests. Five other men and a dog stand around shop. Each...
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    Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Barbershops--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1890.
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    [between 1870 and 1890]
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  • Washington at 17th Ave.
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    View of Washington Street and 17th (seventeenth) Avenue, Denver, Colorado; shows an ornate stone apartment building, "The Edgar" with chimneys and pediments, a car, a horse-drawn delivery cart with umbrella lettered: "Barteldes Poultry Supplies,"...
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    Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
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    [between 1910 and 1920?]
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  • Home Public Market
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    Interior view of the Home Public Market, in Denver, Colorado; shows a cash register, scales, adding machine, baskets, merchandise, and signs: "Denver Owned Red Star," "White King Soap," and "Potato Chip Factory."
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    Home Public Market (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Markets--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
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    [between 1930 and 1939]
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  • Play put on Christmas
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    View of a Swift and Company Christmas play in Denver, Colorado; shows people in a store, meat, fish, a United States flag, and advertising showcards: "Swift's Silverleaf Brand Pure Lard," "Swift's Jewel Shortening," and "Wool Soap Flakes." Cans and...
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    Swift & Company--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Meat industry--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Theatrical productions--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
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    1917?
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  • Cherry Creek, bridges, and city hall.
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    View in Denver, Colorado, of Cherry Creek, the Larimer Street bridge, and City Hall, a stone building with a clock tower, cupola, and weathervane. Deteriorating billboards along creek bed read: "Tivoli Beer," "Coca-Cola," "Fairy Soap," "Bull...
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    Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; City & town halls--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Streams--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
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    [between 1890 and 1910]
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  • Gilpin County mine
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    A man and a woman stand next to an ore chute or a sluice at possibly the We-got-em mine (Gilpin County Gold Mining Company), Gilpin County, Colorado. At the end of the chute is a radiator from an old car, a box of "White King granulated soap," and...
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    Gilpin County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; We-Got-Em Mine (Gilpin County, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Gilpin County--1930-1940.; Women--Colorado--Gilpin County--1930-1940.
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    [between 1930 and 1940?]
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  • Shower at Overland Park auto camp
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    Interior view of a shower room at the Overland Park motor camp in the Overland neighborhood of Denver Colorado. A sink caked with soap is against the wall. Water runs from a shower head visible through a door. The raised threshold of the door is...
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    Camp sites, facilities, etc.--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Overland Park (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Public comfort stations--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
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    1920 June, July
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  • Shot from a helicopter about 10:00 the morning after the flood
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    Aerial view of South Platte River flood damage in Denver, Colorado; shows the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad yard, the 23rd (Twenty third) Street viaduct, traffic, warehouses, fuel tanks, railroad tracks, and the South Platte River.
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    Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1960-1970.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Railroad shops &...
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    1965 June 17
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  • Douglas Hotel
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    View of the former Douglas Hotel at 4050 Walnut Street in the Cole neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows an abandoned building with broken windows and deteriorated paper advertisements for Barnes Circus and Jap Rose Soap. Sign painted on the side...
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    Douglas Hotel (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Cole (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
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    1927 Oct. 27
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  • Camp Nizhoni
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    Text and annotations on album page read: "[ARL-91] The 'gang' going to the creek for the daily dip. Did anyone mention styles? No, we are not going to fight anyone; the sticks are to keep us from floating away, [ARL-92] 'Hawky' (Eleanor Hawkins)...
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    Camp Nizhoni (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Young Women's Christian Association (Denver, Colo.). Phyllis Wheatley Branch--People--1930-1940.; African Americans--Colorado--Lincoln Hills--1930-1940.; Lincoln Hills (Colo.)--1930-1940.; South Boulder Creek...
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    1932
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  • Stewart store at Golden
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    Interior view of Stewart's Store, Supplies & Fancy Groceries, Golden, Colorado, includes three men and a pregnant woman with a young child, bananas, whisk brooms, cans of Chase and Sanborns Seal Brand coffee, American Beauty gingersnaps, Ferry &...
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    Golden (Colo.)--1890-1910.; General stores--Colorado--Golden--1890-1910.
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    [between 1892 and 1910]
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  • Inter-Ocean Hotel in Denver
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    The Inter-Ocean Hotel opened on October 29, 1873, at the corner of 16th (Sixteenth) and Blake Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado, built by Barney L. Ford, a prominent African American businessman. Two horse- drawn wagons are stopped on Blake...
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    Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
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    [1900?]
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  • Central City, Colorado
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    View of Central City, Colorado, taken from Central Hill shows mine tailings and a telephone post in the foreground. Landmarks in the background include Gambler's Row along Main Street, the Teller House, the Opera House, St. James' Methodist...
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    Central City (Colo.)--1900-1910.
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    [between 1900 and 1910]
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  • Golden Days
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    Men pose in soap box derby cars in Golden (Jefferson County), Colorado, at the "Golden Days" celebration. One of the racers is decorated with a rampant lion; a man holds a starting gun and points it towards his head.
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    Golden (Colo.)--1940-1960.; Celebrations--Colorado--Golden--1940-1960.; Coaster cars--Colorado--Golden--1940-1960.; Humorous pictures--Colorado--Golden--1940-1960.; Men--Colorado--Golden--1940-1960.
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    [between 1948 and 1960?]
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  • Geo F Pharmacy 1200 block, Boulder, Colo
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    Men posing in the doorway and on the boardwalk of this storefront in the 1200 block of Pearl Street in Boulder, Colorado, are identified as Col. George Fonda, and Fred and Herbert Lockwood. Posters, soap, and wicker creels are in the window;...
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    Boulder (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Drugstores--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.
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    1880
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  • Interior Brown mercantile company, 1409 Pearl
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    Hardwood shelves of crockery and tins line interior walls of this mercantile in Boulder, Colorado. Stacked, wood tables are crowded with canning jars, dinnerware, and cooking utensils. Tin buckets and lamps hang from the ceiling; crates in the...
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    Boulder (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Men--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.
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    [between 1890 and 1895?]
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  • Interior James Kelley Grocery in the '80's
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    Wallpaper and cabinets full of tins, boxes, dishes and soap comprise the interior of this business in Boulder, Colorado. Glass display cases top both counters; a cloth reads: "Marguerite;" posters are on the back wall. Posing from left to right are...
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    Boulder (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.
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    [between 1880 and 1890?]
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  • Wyatt School pioneer project
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    Photograph of an unidentified boy and girl sitting in an replica of the interior of a log cabin at Wyatt Elementary School in Denver, Colorado. The boy is dressed in a burlap replica of buckskins. He stands with his foot on a soap crate chair. ...
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    Wyatt School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
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    circa 1935
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  • Barnum Elementary School play gas station
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    Photograph of several kindergarten students in their classroom at Barnum Elementary School in Denver, Colorado. Four students sit at a table on soap box chairs while a boy stands at a gas station made of cardboard, butcher paper and wood filling...
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    Barnum School (Denver, Colo.); Barnum (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
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    circa 1929
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  • Columbian School public market
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    Photograph of a play exercise at Columbian Elementary School in Denver, Colorado. In this picture several of the school's younger students pay in the "Columbian Public Market". A boy and a girl stand behind the market. Each wear a white paper...
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    Columbian School (Denver, Colo.); Berkeley (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
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    circa 1939

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