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Call Number	CHS.X7894
Title	Sled at Sneffels
Creator(s)	Jones, Vaughan.
Summary	Men pose with a sled with snowshoes, and the covered body of a dead miner killed in an avalanche, in Sneffels (Ouray County), Colorado. They stand in front of the George R. Porter general store and post office. The line of men hold a rope that is connected to the sled and a man's waist. Snow covers the ground.
Date	[between 1880 and 1890?]
Notes	Accession number: 99.270.298; History Colorado.; Condition: Stained and emulsion chipped.; Handwritten on negative envelope: "Transportation- Sleds" "Recreation- Snowshoes" and "C- Sneffels."; Title supplied.; R7200078940
Physical Description	1 negative : glass ; 13 x 20 cm. (5 x 8 in.)
Is Part Of	History Colorado, Mazzulla collection
Subject	Sneffels (Colo.)--1880-1890. Dead persons--Colorado--Sneffels--1880-1890. Miners--Colorado--Sneffels--1880-1890. Sleds & sleighs--Colorado--Sneffels--1880-1890. Snow--Colorado--Sneffels--1880-1890. Winter--Colorado--Sneffels--1880-1890.
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	Glass negatives.; Imaged.; Image
Format-Medium	Photograph
Identifier	99.270.298
Filename	20007894.TIF