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  • Chair Mtn., Crystal River
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    Distant view of Chair Mountain (elevation 12,721 feet); Crystal River and Crystal River and San Juan Railway standard gauge track are in foreground near Marble, Colorado; also shows distant railroad bridge, canyon, and telegraph poles and wires.
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    Chair Mountain (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Crystal River (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Marble (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Marble--1900-1920.; Crystal River & San Juan Railroad Company.
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    [between 1906 and 1920]
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  • Around-the-clock work is going on at the Pueblo Plant of C. F. & I. Steel
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    Interior view of Colorado Fuel and Iron Company, Pueblo, Colorado, a steel and iron manufacturing plant; four male employees repair Basic Oxygen Precipitator, moving a plate into place by ropes; all men wear hardhats.
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    Pueblo (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Interiors.; Steel industry--Colorado--Pueblo--1960-1970.; Colorado Fuel and Iron Company.
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    1966
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  • Colorado Marriages 1858-1939 U-V-W
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    Marriage records--Colorado; Colorado--Genealogy.
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  • Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 3, 1911 January 14
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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 January 14
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  • Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 49, 1910 December 3
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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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    1910 December 3
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  • Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 2, 1909 February 27
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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 27
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  • Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 11, 1909 May 1
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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 May 1
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  • Power electrical stringing wires on old Alameda Street [sic]
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    Workmen install electrical wires on utility poles for street lights on Alameda Avenue near a bridge over Archer Canal in Denver, Colorado. The Alameda Avenue bridge over the South Platte River is nearby.
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    Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Linemen--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Utility poles--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
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    [either 1909 or 1910]
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  • Western History Subject Index
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    Telephones. Denver
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  • Primrose coal "trip on the fly."
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    A miner stands behind a row of coal cars from the Primrose Mine in the town of Primrose (Huerfano County), Colorado. Electric wires are strung on posts near the tracks. Shows mine buildings with smokestacks in the distance and a house with a hipped...
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    Primrose (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Coal mining--Colorado--Primrose--1910-1930.; Mine railroads--Colorado--Primrose--1910-1930.
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    [between 1910 and 1930?]
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  • View of curve station from Weaver, Colo.
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    View of the curve station along the Amethyst mine tramway in Weaver, near Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. The curve station is an arched wood plank structure on stilts. Men sit on the tramway wires.
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    Amethyst Mine (Mineral County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Weaver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Aerial tramways--Colorado--Weaver--1890-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Weaver--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Weaver--1890-1900.
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    1894
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  • Electric bus on bridge
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    An electric trolley coach is on probably the 16th (Sixteenth) Street bridge over the South Platte River in the Union Station neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows trolley coach number "524" with overhead electric wires. The brick Denver Tramway...
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    Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1940-1950.; Union Station (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1940-1950.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Rivers--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Street...
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    [between 1940 and 1945?]
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  • Near Lawson
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    View of a steep, rocky hillside and utility wires near Lawson (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Shows boulders, trees and a rock formation.
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    Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Rock formations--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1900-1910.
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    [1900?]
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  • Lake City, Colo.
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    View of smoldering ruins of buildings after a fire in Lake City (Hinsdale County), Colorado. A boy is beside burned wood from houses or businesses. Shows utility poles, wires and a church with a steeple nearby.
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    Lake City (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fires--Colorado--Lake City--1900-1910.; Ruins--Colorado--Lake City--1900-1910.
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    1901 June 15
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  • W.P.C.D. tunnel at portal
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    Interior view of the West Portal of the Alva B. Adams Tunnel (Continental Divide Tunnel) of the Colorado Big Thompson project in Grand County, Colorado. Shows tracks, pipes, wires and possibly a switch.
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    Alva B. Adams Tunnel (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Grand County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Hydraulic facilities--Colorado--Grand County--1940-1950.; Tunnels--Colorado--Grand County--1940-1950.
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    [between 1940 and 1947?]
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  • W. Morgan, exchange equipment, terminal room
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    View of the terminal room in the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph exchange building in Morgan (Conejos County), Colorado. A candle stick telephone sits on a desk near other switchboard equipment. Wires, circuits, and control panels line the...
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    Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Equipment & supplies--1910-1920.; Morgan (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Morgan--1910-1920.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Morgan--1910-1920.; Telephone...
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    1914
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  • Switchboard
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    View of the switchboard in the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company exchange building in Pueblo (Colorado). Shows wires, headsets, speakers, and circuits. A bare electric light bulb hangs from the ceiling.
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    Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Equipment & supplies--1890-1900.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Pueblo--1890-1900.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Pueblo--1890-1900.; Telephone...
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    1897 October
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  • Monte Vista, Colo.
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    View of an open-sided shed used by the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company in Monte Vista (Rio Grande County), Colorado. The shed has a wood plank back wall and corrugated tin roof. A wagon, wires, and equipment are inside the...
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    Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Buildings--1910-1920.; Monte Vista (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Sheds--Colorado--Monte Vista--1910-1920.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Monte Vista--1910-1920.
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    1915
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  • Aerial construction, raising pole to upright position by hand
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    Workers use wires and poles to prop up a telephone pole in an alley probably in Denver, Colorado. One group of workers steady the pole near the base while other workers push the pole on its end with long sticks. Low wood fences surround the brick...
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    Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Equipment & supplies--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Linemen--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Utility poles--Colorado--1910-1920.
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    1914
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  • Treasury Tunnel Mine bunk house
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    View of cars parked in front of a three-story bunk house at the Treasury Tunnel gold Mine in Ouray County, Colorado. A sign on the tar paper sided building reads: "Bunk House." Shows utility wires over the building and snow on the San Juan...
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    Ouray County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Treasury Tunnel Mine (Ouray County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Dormitories--Colorado--Ouray County--1940-1950.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Ouray County--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Ouray County--1940-1950.
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    [1943?]
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  • Terminal room
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    View of equipment in the terminal room of the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company exchange building in Boulder (Boulder County), Colorado. Shows metal framework where wires are wound and strung. A chair sits against a wall.
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    Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Facilities--1910-1920.; Boulder (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Boulder--1910-1920.; Machinery--Colorado--Boulder--1910-1920.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Boulder--1910-1920.
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    1914
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  • Exchange equipment, 1421 Champa, toll switchboard under construction
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    View of the switchboard room at the Colorado Telephone Company Building at 1421 Champa Street in Denver, Colorado. The partially constructed switchboards are pulled out from the wall. Wires are draped on the switchboards and lie in clusters on the...
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    Colorado Telephone Company--Equipment & supplies--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Telephone...
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    1903, July 14
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  • Operating room
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    Operators work at a bank of switchboards that line three walls in the Mountain State Telephone and Telegraph exchange building in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Wires and plugs crisscross the switchboard panels. A supervisor sits at a desk in...
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    Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--People--1910-1920.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1920.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1920.; Telephone operators--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1920.;...
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    1914
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  • Terminal room
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    Wires are strung over metal frames in the terminal room of the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company exchange building in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Bare electric light bulbs hang from the ceiling.
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    Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Equipment & supplies--1910-1920.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1920.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1920.
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    1914
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  • Storms, Monument, Colo.
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    Workers dressed in winter clothes pose on a Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company truck in Monument (El Paso County), Colorado. Wires, equipment, and a lamp hang from the truck with a sign reading: "American Telephone and Telegraph Co....
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    Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--People--1910-1920.; Monument (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Linemen--Colorado--Monument--1910-1920.; Trucks--Colorado--Monument--1910-1920.
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    1916 January 4
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  • Storms, Monument, Colo.
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    View of broken utility poles in a field in Monument (El Paso County), Colorado. Telephone wires are draped on the ground. Shows a barbed wire fence and open field.
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    Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Disasters--1910-1920.; Monument (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Storms--Colorado--Monument--1910-1920.; Utility poles--Colorado--Monument--1910-1920.
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    1916 January 4
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  • Main switchboard - subscribers - rear view - 1421 Champa
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    Interior view of the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company exchange in Denver, Colorado; shows wires and switchboard components.
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    Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Equipment & supplies--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Telephone...
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    1914
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  • Lower 17th St.
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    View of 17th (Seventeenth) Street in Denver, Colorado; a man works with Colorado Telephone Company wires by snow and storefronts with signs: "The Scott Supply & Tool Co." A horse drawn merchant's wagon and Union Station are in the distance.
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    Colorado Telephone Company--Equipment & supplies--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Linemen--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
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    1902
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  • Station equipment - old telephone, apartment house vestibule
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    View of inner workings of a Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company apartment paging system; shows wires, switches, and chain.
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    Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Equipment & supplies--1910-1920.; Intercommunication systems--1910-1920.
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    1912
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  • Station equipment - old annunciator, apartment house system #1
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    View of inner workings of a Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company apartment paging system; shows wires and switches.
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    Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Equipment & supplies--1910-1920.; Intercommunication systems--1910-1920.
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    1912
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  • Station equipment - telephone portable set #265
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    View of Colorado Telephone Company telephone equipment; microphone, speaker, and wires are in a wood case.
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    Colorado Telephone Company--Equipment & supplies--1900-1910.; Telephones--1900-1910.
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    1904
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  • Electronics instrument
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    Shows an electronic instrument with dials at the top, wires and metal cylinders.
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    Electronic apparatus & appliances--1890-1910.
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    [between 1890 and 1910]
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  • Electronic instrument
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    Shows an electronic instrument with dials, wires, coils, light bulbs and metal cylinders.
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    Electronic apparatus & appliances--1890-1910.
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    [between 1890 and 1910]
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  • Rodeo bronc riding
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    Spectators watch a competitor as he rides a bucking bronco horse possibly at the Cheyenne Frontier Days in Cheyenne (Larimer county), Wyoming. Another man in the arena watches nearby. Electrical wires and light bulbs are strung above the arena.
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    Cheyenne (Wyo.)--1900-1920.; Broncos--Wyoming--Cheyenne--1900-1920.; Horseback riding--Wyoming--Cheyenne--1900-1920.; Rodeos--Wyoming--Cheyenne--1900-1920.; Spectators--Wyoming--Cheyenne--1900-1920.
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    [between 1900 and 1920]
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  • Holly, Colo sugar mill construction stock pedistal
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    Construction workers pose on top of the partially constructed sugar mill at the Holly Sugar Company's works in Holly (Prowers County), Colorado. Cranes and guy wires are nearby.
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    Holly Sugar Corporation--1900-1910.; Holly (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Holly--1900-1910.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Holly--1900-1910.
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    [1905, August 28]
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  • Well outfit
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    View of a wellhead at the Holly Sugar Company in Swink (Otero County), Colorado. Shows: engine, crane, support wires, and small buildings.
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    Holly Sugar Corporation--1900-1910.; Swink (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Swink--1900-1910.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Swink--1900-1910.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Swink--1900-1910.; Wellheads--Colorado--Swink--1900-1910.
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    1906 February 17
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  • Industries construction equipment rail-mounted clamshell working near Lipan and Alameda
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    Workmen stand near a crane with a clamshell excavation attachment on railroad tracks near Alameda Avenue and South Lipan Street in Denver, Colorado. One man holds on to one of the crane's guy wires. The side of the crane reads: "The Dennis Gibbons...
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    Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
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    [either 1909 or 1910]
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  • Boulder Dam
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    View of Hoover Dam (Boulder Dam) in Black Canyon, Arizona. High tension wires and mountains are nearby.
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    Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.)--1940-1950.; Mead, Lake (Ariz. and Nev.)--1940-1950.; Dams--Arizona--1940-1950.; Reservoirs--Arizona--1940-1950.
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    [between 1940 and 1950?]
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  • Masonic Temple
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    Rooftop view of the Masonic Temple at 16th (Sixteenth) and Welton Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado. The five-story rusticated stone building has arched windows, and decorative trim. Horse-drawn buggies and pedestrians are on the street. Signs...
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    Freemasons--Buildings--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Masonic buildings--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
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    [between 1890 and 1900?]
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  • Old Mormon Theatre
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    View of the Salt Lake Theatre on the corner of First South and State Streets in Salt Lake City (Salt Lake County), Utah. Shows an Italianate style building with decorative brackets and Doric columns. Telegraph poles and wires span the street;...
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    Salt Lake Theatre--1880-1890.; Salt Lake City (Utah)--1880-1890.; Theaters--Utah--Salt Lake City--1880-1890.
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    [between 1882 and 1890?]
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  • Eagle Gate, Salt Lake City
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    Telegraph posts and wires stand in front of the Eagle Gate in Salt Lake City (Salt Lake County), Utah. Four stone pillars with four arches support a center structure capped by an eagle that grasps a beehive. Shows the porch, balcony, and widow's...
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    Young, Brigham, 1801-1877--Homes & haunts.; Beehive House (Salt Lake City, Utah)--1880-1890.; Salt Lake City (Utah)--1880-1890.; Gates--Utah--Salt Lake City--1880-1890.; Houses--Utah--Salt Lake City--1880-1890.
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    [between 1882 and 1890?]
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  • Masonic Building
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    View of the Mason Temple (1889) Lodge #5 at 16th (Sixteenth) and Welton Streets in Denver, Denver County, Colorado. Shows an Italianate style building with tall arched windows, parapets, and rusticated stone trim. Signs read: "The Mutual Benefit...
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    Freemasons. Lodge no. 5 (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Masonic buildings--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
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    [between 1889 and 1900]
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  • Denver-Masonic Building
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    View of the Mason Temple (1889) Lodge #5 at 16th (Sixteenth) and Welton Streets in Denver, Denver County, Colorado. Shows an Italianate style building with tall arched windows, parapets, and rusticated stone trim. Signs read: "The Mutual Benefit...
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    Freemasons. Lodge no. 5 (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Masonic buildings--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
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    [between 1889 and 1900]
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  • Main St. Salt Lake City
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    View of Salt Lake City (Salt Lake County), Utah; shows a dirt Main Street, a gas streetlight, and the Templeton, a six story brick masonry Gothic style apartment building with Italianate elements. Shows electric streetcars, sidewalks, pedestrians,...
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    Salt Lake City (Utah)--1890-1900.; Apartment houses--Utah--Salt Lake City--1890-1900.; Commercial streets--Utah--Salt Lake City--1890-1900.; Street railroads--Utah--Salt Lake City--1890-1900.
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    [between 1890 and 1900?]
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  • St. Peter's Dome, Colorado
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    Panoramic view of tree-covered mountains and Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway tracks and a railroad switch in El Paso County, Colorado. Shows the granite summit of Saint Peters Dome, a steep wagon road, a tent, and a building...
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    Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway--1900-1910.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Saint Peters Dome (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Dirt roads--Colorado--El Paso County--1900-1910.; Railroad switching--Colorado--El Paso County--1900-1910.;...
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    [1901?]
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  • St. Peter's Dome, C.S. & C.C. Short Line
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    Panoramic view of tree-covered mountains, Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway tracks, and a wagon road in El Paso County, Colorado. Shows utility poles and wires on a portion of Saint Peters Dome.
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    Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway--1900-1910.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Saint Peters Dome (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--El Paso County--1900-1910.
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    1901
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  • Main St. Grand Junction, Colo.
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    View of trolley number "2" on probably Main Street in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado. Shows the round dome, finial and American flag of the Canon Block at the corner of 4th (Fourth) and Main Street. Horse-drawn wagons, buggies and people...
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    Grand Junction (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Grand Junction--1910-1920.; City & town life--Colorado--Grand Junction--1910-1920.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Grand Junction--1910-1920.; Street railroads--Colorado--Grand...
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    1910
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  • Chair Mt.
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    Distant view of 12,721-foot Chair Mountain near Marble, Colorado, taken from tree-lined dirt road; aerial wires visible.
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    Chair Mountain (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Roads--Colorado--Marble--1890-1920.
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    [between 1890 and 1920]
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  • Lake County Public Library in Leadville, Colorado
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    This view of the exterior of the Lake County Public Library, in Leadville, Colorado is from the intersection of East Twelfth and Harrison Avenues in Leadville, Colorado. The modern structure has a stone foundation, vertical wood siding and an...
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    Lake County Public Library (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Leadville (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Libraries--Colorado--Lake County--1970-1980.; Libraries--Colorado--Leadville--1970-1980.
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    1978
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  • Near entrance of Big Thompson Canon
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    View of the Big Thompson River near the entrance to Big Thompson Canyon, east of Estes Park, Colorado; aerial wires overhead.
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    Big Thompson Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Big Thompson River (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Rivers--Colorado--1900-1920.
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    [between 1909 and 1916]

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