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  • Denver Fire Clay Company
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    The Denver Fire Clay Company building was built around 1880. The enclosed documentation was prepared as part of a Historic Building Survey to determine if the building contributes to a potential historic district. The documentation includes...
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    Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
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    2007
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  • Cripple Creek, 1895
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    Two-story wooden frame flat-roof commercial buildings on southwest corner of Bennett Avenue and Second (2nd) Street, Cripple Creek, Colorado; horse-drawn wagon is tethered to fire hydrant at corner of street; lettering on windows include: "Palace...
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    Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Drugstores--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
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    1895
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  • Dye Coupler Print
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    A dye coupler print of Thunder Bear (Cheyenne) and a war insignia.
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    Cheyenne Indians--Arts & crafts--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1910-1920.
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    1912
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  • Variety store
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    Interior view of a store in Denver, Colorado. Gift baskets, food, canned goods, and a lamp are on display. Men stand near a display of boxed candy. Signs read: "Coca-Cola," "Drink Old Orchard Pure Sweet Apple Cider It's Good," and "Austin's Old...
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    Denver (Colo.)--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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  • Garfield school
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    Architectural drawing of the foundation plan for Longfellow School at 13th (Thirteenth) and Welton Streets in Denver, Colorado.
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    Denver Public Schools--1880-1890.; Longfellow School (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Schools--1880-1890.
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    1882
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  • Electronics instrument
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    Shows a boxed shaped electronic instrument with dials, a switch (?) and a light bulb.
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    Electronic apparatus & appliances--1890-1910.
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    [between 1890 and 1910]
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  • Bank building, Cripple Creek
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    View of 1st (First) National Bank Building (also known as Bank of Cripple Creek), 347 Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; building constructed after fires of 1896 by J. M. Parker; features of the restored two-story flat-roof brick commercial...
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    Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Banks--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1970-1980.
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    [between 1970 and 1976]
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  • Crippe [sic] Creek
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    Exterior view of Pikes Peak Block building, 2nd and Warren (or Myers?), Cripple Creek, Colorado; two-story flat-roof single detached brick commercial building includes Hotel Portland, The Rocky Mountain Liquor House (S. Lang, proprietor) and Wines...
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    Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
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    [1895?]
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  • Cripple Creek, Colo.
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    Exterior view of Colorado Liquor House, Myers Avenue and Third (3rd) Street, Cripple Creek, Colorado; two-story frame flat roof building has recessed corner entryway, storeroom windows with transom near double-wide entry, double-sash flat windows...
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    Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bars--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Colorado Liquor House (Cripple Creek, Colo.)
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    [1895 or 1896]
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  • Cripple Creek, saloons
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    Colorado Liquor House (saloon and bar), southeast corner of Myers Avenue and Third (3rd) Street, Cripple Creek, Colorado; the two-story, wood frame, flat roof rectangular commercial building has recessed entryways with an arch, storeroom windows...
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    Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bars--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
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    [between 1893 and 1896]
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  • Teller County Hospital, Cripple Creek
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    Exterior view of restored Teller County Hospital (also called Hospitality House), 600 North "B" Street, Cripple Creek, Colorado; hospital erected in 1901 and closed in 1960's; building was later purchased by Mackin family and used for handling...
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    Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Hospitals--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1980-1990.
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    [between 1980 and 1989]
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  • Lauman and Bonewell store, Cripple Creek
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    Exterior view of Lauman and Bonewell Grocers, hardware and miner's supplies store, Cripple Creek, Colorado; prior to incorporation in 1892, Cripple Creek was called Fremont; the grocer is housed in a two- story flat-roof wood frame rectangular...
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    Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
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    [1892 or 1893?]
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  • Cripple Creek, Colo.
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    View of the brick-lined and cement sidewalk, businesses, and buildings, on Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; automobiles and trucks are parked diagonally along street; barber shop pole or post is on sidewalk; signs attached to buildings...
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    Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1950-1960.
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    [1950]
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  • High School, Cripple Creek
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    Exterior view of Golden School constructed in 1894, corner of Golden Avenue and Fourth (4th), Cripple Creek, Colorado; school children (boys and girls) play in school yard while teachers and other students stand underneath covered porch and on...
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    Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Schools--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
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    [between 1894 and 1900]
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  • Main Street in Rangely, Colorado
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    Aerial view of paved Main Street, Rangely, Rio Blanco County, Colorado, includes: people, cars, trucks at a gas station and flat roofed businesses. Signs read: "GHC Delicatessen Fine Foods Meats Boxed Lunches Baked Goods," "Liquor Coors Beer,"...
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    Rangely (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Oil wells--Colorado--Rangely--1940-1950.; Streets--Colorado--Rangely--1940-1950.
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    [between 1945 and 1950?]
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  • Old Homestead, elegant parlor house of goldrush [sic] days, Cripple Creek, Colorado
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    Exterior view of Old Homestead, 353 Myers Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; prominent "parlor or sporting" house of red-light district in operation for nearly twenty years and later became a residence for many years until reopened in 1950's as a...
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    Old Homestead (Cripple Creek, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Brothels--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.
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    [1969 September 16]
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  • Bennett Ave. Cripple Creek
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    Row of attached one and two-story wooden frame flat-roof false front commercial businesses including the Globe Shoe & Clothing House, Polin Shoe & Clothing House, and N. O. Johnson & Sons Dry Goods, Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; stack of...
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    Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Clothing stores--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Shoe stores--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
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    [between 1893 and 1896]
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  • Bennett Avenue in 1969, Cripple Creek, Colorado
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    Business and sidewalk partial view of one and two-story flat-roof brick commercial buildings on Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; buildings have decorated boxed cornices and recessed entryways; man walks on stone slab sidewalk that is in...
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    Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Barbershops--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.
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    1969 December 17
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  • Bennett Avenue, 1939, Cripple Creek, Colorado
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    One and two-story flat-roof brick commercial buildings on Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; buildings are decorated with boxed cornices, brackets, pediments, and parapets; signs attached to buildings: "Porter's Cafe," "Official Tourist...
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    Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1930-1940.
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    1939 May 30
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  • Site of new J. H. Wolfe Hotel, Bennett Ave., Cripple Creek
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    Wintertime on Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado with rows of one and two-story flat-roof wooden frame commercial buildings with false fronts; the Palace Hotel in the foreground, a two-story flat-roof brick building with plain boxed cornice,...
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    Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts-- Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
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    [between 1893 and 1896]
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  • Street scene, Cripple Creek
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    Row of four attached one and two-story wooden frame buildings in the business district on Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, the buildings have gable and flat-roofs, plain boxed cornice, falsefronts, double-sash windows with arch radiating voussoirs,...
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    Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
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    [1895]
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  • Homestead House, Cripple Creek
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    Exterior view of the Old Homestead, 353 Myers Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; prominent "parlor or sporting" house of red-light district in operation for nearly twenty years and later became a residence until reopened in 1950's as a museum; the...
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    Old Homestead (Cripple Creek, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Brothels--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.
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    [between 1960 and 1970]
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  • Homestead House, Cripple Creek
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    Exterior view of the Old Homestead, 353 Myers Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; prominent "parlor or sporting" house of red-light district that operated for twenty years and later became a residence until reopened in 1950's as a museum; man and...
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    Old Homestead (Cripple Creek, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Brothels--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.
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    [between 1960 and 1970]
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  • The Old Homestead, Cripple Creek
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    Exterior view of the Old Homestead, 353 Myers Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; prominent "parlor or sporting" house in red-light district that operated for nearly twenty years and later became a residence until reopened in 1950's as a museum; the...
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    Old Homestead (Cripple Creek, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Brothels--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.
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    [between 1960 and 1970]
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  • Georgetown stores interior
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    Interior view of men's clothing store in Georgetown, Colorado. A main aisle divides the store. On one side, hats and caps are on a table and glass showcases display ties and handkerchiefs. Shirts are stacked and displayed behind the glass counters...
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    Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Clothing stores--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1910.; Interiors.
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    [between 1880 to 1910?]
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  • Black Hills scenery
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    Miners with shovels and wheelbarrows attend a boxed sluice in a gold placer mine pit, South Dakota.
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    South Dakota--1870-1880.; Gold miners--South Dakota--1870-1880.; Gold mining--South Dakota--1870-1880.; Hydraulic Mining--South Dakota--1870-1880.; Mining--South Dakota--1870-1880.
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    [between 1870 and 1880?]
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  • Order Dept. A. W. D. Co., 3rd floor
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    Interior view of the American Wholesale Drug Company order department, Denver, Colorado; shows shelves of boxed merchandise, plastic bottles, canned goods. Crates of "Rocky Mountain Tea" fill a dolly; a man is by a table with a telephone.
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    American Wholesale Drug Company (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Warehouses--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
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    [1920?]
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  • Stover Candy factory
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    Interior portrait of employees at Mrs. Stover's Candy factory, in Denver, Colorado; women wear caps and pose with boxed chocolate truffles.
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    Mrs. Stover's Bungalow Candies (Denver, Colo.)--People--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Confectionaries--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
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    1932 July 24
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  • Soda Spring, Manitou, Colo.
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    Soda Spring at Manitou Springs, Colorado electric railway depot or trolley stop; large group of men, women and children underneath pavilion; men & women drinking from Soda Spring; young boy, newspaper carrier slung over front shoulders; women with...
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    Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Newspaper carriers--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1910.; Springs--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1910.; Street railroad stations--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890- 1910.
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    [between 1890 and 1910]
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  • Bilbrough Jones Hardware
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    Interior view of Bilbrough Jones Hardware store at 1015 17th Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. Displays include: birdcages, lanterns, thermoses, and boxed items.
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    Bilbrough Jones Hardware (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Hardware stores--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Merchandise displays--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
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    [between 1920 and 1930?]
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  • Grocery store, clubhouse, Overland Park
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    Interior view of a grocery market in the clubhouse at Overland Park in the Overland neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The shelves are stocked with canned, boxed, and fresh items including: "Arm & Hammer Baking Soda," "Quaker Corn Puffs," "Herman's...
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    Denver (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Overland Park (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1940.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.
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    [between 1920 and 1931?]
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  • City Hall, Idaho Springs, Colorado, 5-11-78
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    The three story Idaho Springs City Hall building, in Idaho Springs, Colorado, features a cross gable, hipped roof, boxed, pedimented cornice, wheel window (third floor), brick stringcourses on brick siding, rectangular window bays, and a ridge...
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    Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1970-1980.; City & town halls--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1970-1980.
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    1978
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  • Nan Kervis (sic) Meat Market, Idaho Springs, Colorado
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    Interior view of the People's Market Co. (J. H. Nankervis, prop.) in Idaho Springs (Clear Creek County), Colorado; a young man and woman are behind a meat counter, in a butcher's coat and hair ribbons. Decor includes a clock, a taxidermy mounted...
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    Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Butcher shops--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1900-1930.; Interiors.; Markets--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1900-1930.
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    [between 1906 and 1923]
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  • Electric bld., Grand Junction, Colo.
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    View of intersection at Main and 3rd (Third) Streets, Grand Junction, Colorado, with Grand Junction and Grand River Valley Railway electric street car number 76 nearing intersection. The electric building, a two-story flat-roof rectangular brick...
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    Grand Junction (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Buildings--Colorado--Grand Junction--1910-1920.
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    [between 1910 and 1920?]
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  • Electric block, cor. Main & 3rd St., Grand Junction, Colo. for Orson Adams, esq.
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    Exterior view of proposed Electric Block building, corner of Main and 3rd (Third) Streets, Grand Junction, Colorado, shows an architectural sketch of a multi-story, flat-roof, brick building with boxed cornice, dentils, street-level windows, and...
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    Grand Junction (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Buildings--Colorado--Grand Junction--1910-1920.
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    1977 November 15
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  • Mama & Papa Woodruff take in store
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    Interior view of Woodruff general merchandise store in Gillett, Colorado includes Mr. and Mrs. Woodruff in the aisle between shelves of canned and boxed food. A scale sits atop the glass display cabinet with boxes of cigars, wooden crate of brooms...
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    Gillett (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Interiors.--1890-1900.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.
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    [between 1895 and 1900?]
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  • Mesa Junior College, Grand Junction
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    Close-up view of entryway to campus building, Mesa College, Grand Junction, Colorado, shows front steps leading to a two-story flat-roof brick building with a series of three recessed single entryways and transoms. "Mesa College" is above the...
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    Mesa College--1940-1950.; Grand Junction (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Universities & Colleges--Colorado--Grand Junction--1940- 1950.
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    1942
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  • Part completion of high school (new wing), Grand Junction, Colo. designed by T. MacLaren, architect
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    Exterior view of Grand Junction's high school shows a new wing designed by architect T. MacLaren, 920 Chipeta Avenue, Grand Junction, Colorado. The two-story brick building has a basement, and a partially completed addition with flat-roof and boxed...
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    Grand Junction (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Schools--Colorado--Grand Junction--1910-1920.
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    [1917?]
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  • Bank block with new Victor Hotel
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    Exterior view of Bank block with "new" Victor Hotel, Fourth (4th) Street & Victor Avenue, Victor, Colorado; a semi-detached, rectangular stone & brick building, four stories (constructed in 1899), with load bearing tan brick walls with basement...
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    Victor (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Hotels--Colorado--Victor--1960-1970.
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    [1965]
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  • Boyhood home of Lowell Thomas
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    Exterior view of Harry G. Thomas residence, 207 South Sixth Street, Victor, Colorado, the boyhood home of Lowell Thomas. The home is a one-story wooden frame, brick and stone building with small side front porch and railing, medium gable with...
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    Thomas, Lowell, 1892-1981--Homes & haunts--1930-1950.; Victor (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Victor--1930-1950.
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    [between 1930 and 1950]
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  • City Hall, Victor
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    Exterior view of City Hall, Victor Avenue, Victor, Colorado, constructed in 1900, a two-story brick building, central tower, central pavilion topped by low triangular pediment, round arched recesses on second floor with pair of arched windows in a...
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    Victor (Colo.)--1950-1960.; City & town halls--Colorado--Victor--1950-1960.
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    [1951?]
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  • Winter 1933
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    Exterior view of a wood construction Victorian house with an automobile in front in Georgetown, Colorado. The house, seen only in part, has a gable front on the left and a porch on the right; a man in a cap and a small child stand on the porch. A...
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    Georgetown (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1930-1940.
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    1933
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  • Chamberlin Observatory
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    The Chamberlin Observatory was built in 1894. The enclosed documentation was prepared as part of the application for the National Register of Historic Places for the Chamberlin Observatory and includes forms, narrative, maps and photographs.
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    Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.; Universities and colleges--Colorado--Denver--History.; Observatories--Colorado--Denver.
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    1979-2000
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  • Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 8, 1920 August
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    Newsletter produced monthly 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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    1920 August
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  • Municipal Facts: Volume 12 Numbers 3 and 4, 1929 March-April
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    Newsletter produced every two months 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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    1929 March-April
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  • Autumn sky near Denver [art original].
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    Autumn in art.; Denver (Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Watercolors (Paintings)
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    [n.d.]
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  • Sunset near Denver [art original].
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    Sun--Rising and setting.; Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Denver (Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Watercolors (Paintings)
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    [n.d.]
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  • [Head of Canyon Creek looking north toward Potosi] [art original].
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    Painting, American.; Potosi Peak (Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Colorado--Pictorial works.; Canyon Creek (Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Watercolors (Paintings)
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    1897
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  • Autumn twilight [art original] : valley of Clear Creek, Colorado near Denver.
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    Painting, American.; Rivers in art.; Autumn in art.; Sun--Rising and setting--Pictorial works.; Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Watercolors (Paintings)
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    [n.d.]
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  • Dawn on the Front Range [art original].
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    Painting, American.; Mountains in art.; Front Range (Colo. and Wyo.)--Pictorial works.; Sun--Rising and setting--Pictorial works.; Colorado--Pictorial works.; Watercolors (Paintings)
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    [n.d.]

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