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  • Recommendations--A Program Focus concerning the Denver Public Schools for Implementation By the Commission on Community Relations: A Report and Proposal
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    1971 report written by Rachel Noel focusing on the recommendations in response to the Rachel Noel ruling as well as a response to the Commission on Community Relations in improvement of Denver Public Schools.
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    African Americans--Segregation--Colorado--Denver.; Busing for school integration--Law and legislation--Colorado--Denver.; School integration--Colorado--Denver.; African Americans--Colorado--Denver.
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    1971 August 27
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  • University Park United Methodist Church
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    The University Park United Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.) was constructed in 1927. The enclosed documentation was prepared as part of the application for National Register of Historic Places designation for this historic building and includes...
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    Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.; Church buildings--Colorado--Denver
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    2006-2007
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  • Vest
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    A Native American (Ute) beaded vest worn by Buckskin Charley. The vest is made of buckskin which is entirely covered with multicolor beadwork in designs of stylized American flags and geometric shapes on a white background. The interior of the vest...
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    Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1900-1930.; Ute Indians--Clothing & dress--1900-1930.; Vests--1900-1930.; Buckskin Charlie, Ute Chief--Associated objects.
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    [between 1900 and 1930]
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  • Loveland
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    Looking east on Fourth (4th) Street, business district, Loveland, Colorado. The Foot & Stoddard Livery Stable, (later the Masonic Temple) is on the left. The construction of the cisterns to be filled with water from the Big Thompson shows along the...
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    Loveland (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Loveland--1870-1890.
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    [between 1879 and 1882]
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  • Insurance company, Salida, Colorado
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    Interior of an office in Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado, shows men at a roll top desk, a table, and a typewriter, a vase of flowers, glass paperweights, a telegraph key, a display case with mineral samples, two Colorado State Business Directories...
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    Salida (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Desks--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.; Insurance companies--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.; Office workers--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.
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    1901?
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  • Salida tailor shop
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    Interior of a tailor shop, Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado, shows men and women sewing on machines or sewing by hand, a banner reading: "W.S. Buchanan Merchant Tailor," bolts of fabric, suits, trouser, a kerosene lamp, cracked and waterstained...
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    Salida (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.; Sewing equipment & supplies--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.; Sewing machines--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.; Tailoring--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.
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    1901
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  • Second Courthouse - Springfield
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    People stand outside the courthouse, Springfield, Baca County, (formerly Las Animas County) Colorado. The one-story frame building has a corner entrance with a gable apex dated: "1907;" lettering on side reads: "Baca County Abstract Co. Real Estate...
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    Springfield (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Courthouses--Colorado--Springfield--1900-1920.
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    [between 1907 and 1914]
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  • A Colorado strawberry patch
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    View of large strawberry field, West Lake Ranch, possibly Adams County, Colorado; numerous men & women picking strawberries; small wooden frame shed and canvas tent, background left; straw hats & bonnets, dog seated amidst pickers, wooden baskets...
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    Adams County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fruit industry--Colorado--Adams County--1900-1910.; Harvesting--Colorado--Adams County--1900-1910.; Ranches--Colorado--Adams County--1900-1910.; Strawberries--Colorado--Adams County--1900-1910.
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    [1910.]
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  • Horse at watering fountain
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    Young riders stop to refresh their horses at the special watering trough located at Colfax Avenue and Tremont Place in Denver, Colorado. The plaque on the fountain reads: "1907, Presented by the National Humane Alliance, Hermon Lee Ensign, Founder."
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    National Humane Alliance--Commemoration--1900-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Horses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Watering troughs--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
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    [between 1900 and 1920?]
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  • Stop & Shop Market - Grand Opening
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    A man holds up a book cover that reads: "Grand Opening of the Stop & Shop Market". The cover is dated Friday, August 14th, 1931, probably Denver, Colo. The grand opening was held the following day, August 15th.
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    Stop & Shop Market (Denver, Colo.)--Public relations--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
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    August 1931
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  • Interior of unidentified home
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    An interior view of an unidentified home. Shows wicker furniture, wood furniture and a porch swing. Rugs cover some parts of the tiled floor and the walls are brick and the ceiling is made of wood. The windows and a doorway are arched.
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    Houses--1900-1950.; Interiors--1900-1950.
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    [between 1900 and 1950?]
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  • Office of Finding Hardware
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    View of the Finding Hardware Company office in Breckenridge, Colorado; Frank Christy leans on a credenza against the back wall. Shows books open on work area, a horseshoe clock, a hand-operated printing press, drum-shaped parlor stove, a polished...
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    Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hardware stores--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Interiors.
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    1892
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  • Assaying precious metals in Leadville, Colo., $3,723 in two gold bricks on scale pan
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    Interior view of a mine assay laboratory in Leadville, Colorado; shows furnaces, a cabinet balance-scale, ore samples, and a man working with tongs.
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    Assaying--Colorado--Leadville--1860-1870.; Leadville (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Gold--Colorado--Leadville--1860-1870.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1860-1870.
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    [between 1860 and 1870?]
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  • Agricultural Boarding School, Standing Rock Agency, D. T.
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    View of the Agricultural Boarding School at the Standing Rock Agency on the border of North and South Dakota (the Dakota Territory) shows dormitory buildings, a church, and a log building. The school catered to Native Americans (Sioux) who can be...
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    United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency.--1880-1890.; Agricultural high schools--Dakota Territory--1880-1890.; Dakota Indians--Dakota Territory--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Dakota Territory--1880-1890.; Dakota...
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    1887 May 1
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  • Georgetown - ca. 1892
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    View of Georgetown, Colorado, north from an elevated position on Leavenworth Mountain, with Republican Mountain on the left and Griffith Mountain on the right. Rose, Argentine, Taos, and Alpine (6th Sixth) Streets are visible in the grid-plan town....
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    Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.
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    [1892?]
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  • Historical. Indian scalp. Colorado State Museum
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    Reproduction of a framed newspaper article, dated December 17, 1864, that reviews the campaign led by John Chivington against the Native Americans (Cheyenne) camped along Sand Creek, Colorado. Accompanying the article in the frame is a braid of...
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    Colorado History Museum--1920-1960.; Cheyenne Indians--Exhibitions--Colorado--Denver--1920-1960.; Indians of North America--Exhibitions--Colorado--Denver--1920-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1960.; Scalps--Colorado--Denver--1920-1960.
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    [between 1920 and 1960?]
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  • Ophir City, Nevada, east canon
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    View of log cabins and timber buildings in a canyon at Ophir City (Washoe County), Nevada. Buildings have shingle, straw or hay roofs. A building has stone chimneys, stone walls are between houses. Shows commercial buildings and possibly Murphy...
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    Ophir City (Nev.)--1870-1880.; Cities & towns--Nevada--Ophir City--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Nevada--Ophir City--1870-1880.; Mining--Nevada--Ophir City--1870-1880.; Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.)
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    [between 1870 and 1880?]
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  • Title page of the Wheeler album
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    Title page from the Wheeler album reads: "Photographs showing landscapes, geological and other features, of portions of the western territory of the United States. Obtained in connection with Geographical and Geological Explorations and Surveys...
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    Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.)
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    1876
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  • Black Hawk, residences
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    View of a residence in Black Hawk, Colorado; shows Carpenter Gothic style of architecture, steeply gabled roof, decorated bargeboard at the roof eaves and over each window, horizontal clapboard siding, flat window opening shapes with detailing over...
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    Blackhawk (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Blackhawk--1930-1940.
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    1938
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  • Birdseye view looking north west, Deadwood, S.D.
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    Panoramic view of buildings in downtown Deadwood (Lawrence County) South Dakota, located in the Black Hills. Timber, brick, and stone buildings include the Federal Courthouse and Post Office building with a flat roof and pediment, and the Adams...
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    Deadwood (S.D.)--1890-1910.; Business districts--South Dakota--Deadwood--1890-1910.; Cities & towns--South Dakota--Deadwood--1890-1910.
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    [between 1898 and 1910]
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  • Lowell School, Englewood, Colorado
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    Boys and girls stand on steps and pose for a school picture in front of the brick Lowell School at 3500 S. Sherman Street in Englewood (Arapahoe County), Colorado. Girls wear knee-length plaid or solid color dresses with high waists or no waists,...
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    Lowell School (Englewood, Colorado)--People--1920-1930.; Englewood (Colo.)--1920-1930.; School children--Colorado--Englewood--1920-1930.; Schools--Colorado--Englewood--1920-1930.; Teachers--Colorado--Englewood--1920-1930.;...
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    1924?
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  • Maria Mitchell graduation class
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    Students sit and pose on a staircase at Maria Mitchell School at 32nd (Thirty-second) and Lafayette Streets in the Cole neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Girls wear dresses with rounded collars or wide lapels, camisoles, skirts with box pleats,...
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    Mitchell School (Denver, Colo.)--People--1920-1930.; African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Cole (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; School principals--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.;...
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    1923
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  • Richthofen Castle
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    Aerial view of Richthofen Castle at 7020 East 12th (Twelfth) Avenue in the Montclair neighborhood of Denver, Colorado; shows 11th (Eleventh) and Olive Streets, landscaping, and adjacent residences.
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    Von Richthofen, Walter, Baron, 1848-1898--Homes & haunts.; Richthofen Castle (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Montclair (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.
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    [between 1924 and 1940?]
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  • William S. Hart and Chief Luther Standing Bear, Dakota
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    a letter to the Western History Department dated May 24, 1968, letter continues that Chief Luther Standing Bear wrote four books titled: My people, the Sioux (1928), My Indian boyhood (1931), Land of the Spotted Eagle (1933) and Stories of the...
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    Dakota Indians--1920-1930.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1920-1930.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1920-1930.; Hart, William S.; Standing Bear, Luther, 1868?-1939.
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    [192-?]
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  • Black Hawk, Colo., residences
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    Front exterior view of a house at Gregory point, Black Hawk, Colorado; formerly owned by the Frederich Kruse family. Shows the Carpenter Gothic style of construction including decorative jigsawed bargeboard along the steep gable roof line, three...
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    Kruse, Frederich--Homes & haunts--Colorado--Blackhawk--1930-1940.; Blackhawk (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Blackhawk--1930-1940.
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    1938
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  • Indians, Pueblo, Laguna, missions
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    The front of the Church of San Jose at the Laguna Pueblo in New Mexico has a large bell tower with two bells and a large cross. A large window is centered over the large, wooden door; a smaller entrance is in the adjacent one-story section of the...
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    Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--1910-1930.; Laguna (N.M.)--1910-1930.; Bell towers--New Mexico--1910-1930.; Churches.--New Mexico--1910-1930.; Missions--New Mexico--1910-1930.; Pueblos--New Mexico--1910-1930.; Indians of North America--New...
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    [between 1915 and 1926?]
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  • 86th Regiment, Company B
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    Group photograph of 86th Mountain Infantry Regiment, Company B. Taken at Camp Hale, Colorado. TOP ROW left to right: 1) Kubisiak, 2) Nugent, 3) Horton, 4) Froelicher, 5) Evans, 6) Tyler, 7) Fleck, 8) Fikes, 9) Beck, 10) Gilbert, 11) Whiting, 12)...
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    Military personnel--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 86th. Company B.; World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.
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    [June 1944]
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  • The Union Station, Portland, Oregon
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    View of the brick, stone and stucco Union Station, an Italian Renaissance style passenger depot, in Portland (Multnomah County), Oregon. The depot has a United States flag atop a flag pole on the clock tower. Cars are parked near the depot.
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    Union Station (Portland, Or.)--1940-1950.; Portland (Or.)--1940-1950.; Railroad stations--Oregon--Portland--1940-1950.
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    [between 1940 and 1945?]
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  • Main Street, Strasburg, Colo.
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    Shows unpaved Main Street, Strasburg, Colorado; includes general merchandise, hotel, restaurant and hardware buildings, cars and horse- drawn wagon on street, and school at end of street.
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    Strasburg (Colo.)--1910-1920.; City & town life--Colorado--Strasburg--1910-1920.
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  • Shoshone Powerhouse
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    Shoshone powerhouse, buildings and residence; canyon wall and Colorado River; McClure dated photograph March 18, 1910; Shoshone section, Glenwood Canyon, Colorado.
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    Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1910-1920.; Glenwood Canyon (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Canyons--Colorado--1910-1920.; Power plants--Colorado--1910.
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    1910
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  • Colorado Midland Ry. Hagerman Pass, Colo. Pike's Peak Route.
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    View of Hagerman Pass, on the Colorado Midland Railway Company route, in Lake County, Colorado. Shows snowsheds, the great Hagerman Trestle, a passenger train, and the construction camp for the Busk Ivanhoe Tunnel, with a water tank, railroad...
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    Colorado Midland Railway Company--1890-1900.; Hagerman Pass (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Lake County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Sawatch Range (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Lithographs--1890-1900.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--Lake County--1890-1900.; Railroad...
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    [1893]
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  • Bank of Victor
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    Exterior view of Bank of Victor, Victor, Colorado; bank rebuilt after 1899 fire, photo dated to September 11, 1899; one-story, front gable, wooden frame (vertical planks) building. Shows two men on front steps; R.H. Atchison, bank official, on...
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    Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Banks--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.
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    [1899?]
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  • Victor, Colo.
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    View of Bob & Evelyn Brown with dog standing on ridge cut above Victor, Colorado, on outskirts of town; same location where townspeople fled for safety from August 21, 1899 fire using Florence & Cripple Creek railroad cars to move belongings;...
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    Victor (Colo.)--1970-1980.
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    1971
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  • Men in front of cabin
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    A group of six men is gathered in front of a log cabin used in a scene during Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. John Nelson guided Brigham Young to Utah in 1847 and was a scout with William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody at Fort McPherson in 1869. He...
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    Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Flags--American--1880-1900.; Flags--British--1880-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Baker, Johnny, d. 1931.; Keen, Jule.; Nelson, John Young, b. 1826.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
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    [between 1885 and 1900?]
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  • East Canon City Company : this is to certify that ... is the owner of lot ... in East Canon City, as surveyed and platted.
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    Dated June 22, 1861; shows Jno. S. Daily as owner of lots in East Canon City (Colo.); signed by J.W. Coleman, secretary, and Wm. Walters, president.
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    Land tenure--Colorado--Canon City--1860-1870.; Canon City (Colo.)--History.; Colorado--History--To 1876.
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    [1861]
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  • The Overland Stage Line, for carrying the great through mails from the Atlantic to the Pacific States
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    Receipt dated December 6, 1864, Denver City (Colorado Territory) for transport of gold dust.
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    Overland Stage Line.; Gold mines and mining--Colorado--History.; Stagecoach lines--West (U.S.); Denver (Colo.)--To 1876.
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    [1864]
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  • The Overland Stage Line, for carrying the great through mails from the Atlantic to the Pacific States
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    Receipt dated October 6, 1863, Denver City (Colorado Territory) for transport of gold dust.
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    Overland Stage Line.; Gold mines and mining--Colorado--History.; Stagecoach lines--West (U.S.); Denver (Colo.)--To 1876.
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    [1864]
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  • Terms and conditions on which messages are received by this company for transmission
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    Document dated June 17, 1867, made out to Messrs. F.D. Fuller and signed by Geo T. Clark. Message reads: Eight pound girl Kate is doing well. Penciled on verso: Katherine W. Nelson.
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    Telegraph--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.; Birth announcements--Colorado--Central City--To 1876.; Central City (Colo.) 1867.
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    1867
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  • Saint Vrain Town Company certificate no. : this is to certify that ...
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    Certificate regarding shares of capital stock of the Saint Vrain Town Company.
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    Land tenure--Colorado--1850-1860.; Landowners--Colorado.; Saint Vrain (Colo.)--To 1876.
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  • This is to certify that [certificate of land ownership] : Denver City, K.T., 23rd August, 1859.
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    Document made out to John D. Baker concerning ownership of lots in Denver City (Kansas Ter.); signed by president E.P. Stout and [illegible] recorder; transferred on verso by John D. Baker to Goldberg & Pope, dated Oct. 26, 1859.
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    Land tenure--Colorado--Denver--1850-1860.; Landowners--Colorado--Denver.; Denver (Colo.)--To 1876.
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  • Treasurer of the Territory of Jefferson [voucher] : Denver City, Jefferson Territory.
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    Document no. 282 dated Dec. 13th, 1859; made out to Jacob Adriance for $10.00; signed by C.R. Bipell, Auditor of Jefferson Territory.
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    Banks and banking--Colorado--Denver--To 1876.; Denver (Colo.)--To 1876.
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    1859
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  • Territorial warrant, office of Territorial Auditor : to Augustus Kountze, treasurer Nebraska Territory, please pay to R. W. Furnas ... for copying Council journals.
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    Document dated Jan. 10th, 1862; signed by R. C. Jordan, Territorial Auditor; inked on verso: presented, January 10, 1862, and not paid for want of funds, A. Kountze, Terr. Treas.
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    Nebraska--History--1862.
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    1862
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  • Denver City Town Company share no. : this is to certify that ...
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    Share no. 307 made out to Jas. Reid concerning ownership of lots in Denver City (Kansas Ter.); signed by president E.P. Stout and Richard Ed Whitsitt recorder; transferred on verso by J.B. Reid to Charles L. Dahler, dated September 28, 1869.
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    Denver (Colo.)--1850-1860.; Land tenure--Colorado--Denver--1850-1860.; Landowners--Colorado--Denver.
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  • [Receipt]
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    Document dated Aug. 28th, 1868, made out to D.C. Dodge for $300.00; signed by G.P. Lee for the C & NW Railway for the proprietors, J.H. Jones agt.
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    Wells, Fargo & Company. Stage Dept.; Stagecoach lines--West (U.S.)--To 1876.; Denver (Colo.) 1868.
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    1868
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  • Northwest Denver certificate no. 205 : be it know, that ...
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    Document dated January 28, 1861; made out to J. W. Stanton as owner of Lot 3, Block 21; Lot 1, Block 121; Lot 17, Block 222; Lot 4, Block 21; Lot 2, Block 121; Lot 18, Block 222; signed by J. W. Stanton, president and G. W. Lechner.
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    Lechner, G. W.; Stanton, J. W.; Real property, Exchange of--Colorado--Denver--To 1876.; Denver (Colo.) 1861.
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    1861
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  • Complementary [ticket]
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    Document dated 1867; made out for Mr. Jno. L. Dailey; signed Edward Chase; inked on verso: "good for 1868, A. J. Hughes, Secty."
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    Chase, Edward, 1838-1921.; Dailey, John Lewis, 1833-1908.; Fords' Park Association (Denver, Colo.); Corporations--Colorado--Denver--To 1876.; Denver (Colo.) 1867.
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  • Know all men by these presents, that A. Mellon claims one hundred feet in length on the Grundy Co. Lode ...
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    Document dated February 16, 1861; recorded in Book "A", page 181; signed by J.H. Hayford, recorder, at Lump Gulch.
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    Mining--Colorado--Central Mining District--1860-1870.; Central Mining District (Colo.)--History--To 1876.; Mines and mineral resources--Colorado--Central Mining District--1861.
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    1861
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  • Mining claim certificate : know all men by these presents, that I, Rhoda Blount claim ... on the Washington Lode
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    Document dated July 28th, 1861; recorded in Book A, on page 221; signed by J.H. Hayford, recorder.
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    Central Mining District (Colo.)--History--To 1876.; Mines and mineral resources--Colorado--Central Mining District--1861.
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    1861
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  • Mining claim certificate : know all men by these presents, that I, Abner Bristol claim ... on the Short Lode
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    Document dated July 29th, 1861; recorded in Book A, on page 223; signed by J.H. Hayford, recorder.
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    Central Mining District (Colo.)--History--To 1876.; Mines and mineral resources--Colorado--Central Mining District--1861.
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    1861
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  • Mining claim certificate : know all men by these presents, that I, Margaret H. Webb claim ... on the Decker Lode
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    Document dated March 7th, 1862; recorded on page 231; signed by G.W. Goldman, recorder, and Ira Austin, deputy, Eldora District.
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    Central Mining District (Colo.)--History--To 1876.; Mines and mineral resources--Colorado--Central Mining District--1861.
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    1862

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