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Call Number	CHS.X5228
Title	Wash day in a United States Geological Survey camp
Summary	View of a large kettle beside canvas tents at a United States Geological Survey camp in either Mesa County or Garfield County, Colorado. Oil shale burns under a laundry kettle.
Date	1914?
Notes	Accession number: 96.69.112; History Colorado.; Condition: corner torn and missing.; Flare reproduced in photographic print.; Formerly F33399.; Handwritten on envelope: "C-Collbran-Industry-Oil Shale."; Penciled on verso: "Campers and Hunters in the west long ago discovered that oil shale would burn. A few rich samples are here supplying the heat for the camp laundry" and "Burning oil shale in Camp near Rulison, Colorado."; Title penciled on verso.; R7200052287
Physical Description	1 photographic print ; 12 x 17 cm. (5 x 7 in.)
Is Part Of	History Colorado, Denver and Rio Grande collection
Subject	Geological Survey (U.S.)--People--1910-1920. Oil-shales--Colorado--1910-1920. Campfires--Colorado--1910-1920. Camping--Colorado--1910-1920. Expeditions & surveys--Colorado--1910-1920. Tents--Colorado--1910-1920.
Source	Source: Guy E. Mitchell
Rights	Copyright restrictions apply to the use of this image. For more information or to obtain a photographic reproduction of this image, contact History Colorado: http://www.historycolorado.org/researchers/reproduction-commercial-use-fees
Reproduction Available for Purchase	Yes
Type of Material	Photographic prints.; Imaged.; Image
Format-Medium	Photograph
Identifier	96.69.112; F33399
Filename	20005228.TIF

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