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Call Number	C-320
Title	Central City
Creator(s)	Collier, Joseph.
Summary	Stereographic view of a locomotive of the Colorado Central Railroad looking toward Central City in Gilpin County, Colorado in the distance. A man stands with hands on hips at the side of the locomotive, and another man leans against the front of the engine. The Teller House, named for Henry M. Teller, one of Colorado's first senators, is in the distance in Central City. The Central City public high school is also in the distance. Numerous houses and other buildings dot ; the hillside.
Date	[between 1875 and 1900?]
Notes	"Photographed and published by J. Collier, 415 Larimer Street, Denver." printed across lower edge of Vintage photoprint mat board; "No. 36. Central City, from the East. Central City is the oldest mining town in Colorado. It is situated in the heart of the mining region, is the county seat of Gilpin county, has a population of about five thousand people, and has an elevation of from 8,000 to 8,900 feet above the level of the sea. It is midway between Black Hawk and ; Larger copy photonegative has brown paint around edges and a strip of black paper stuck to top edge.; Nevada, forming with them a continuous town. It is connected with K.P. and U.P. railways." typed on paper stuck to back of stereograph print.; Title supplied by cataloger.; Vintage photographic print.; R7001303207
Physical Description	1 copy photonegative : half stereograph ; 12 x 10 cm. (4 1/2 x 3 3/4 in.); 1 copy photonegative : half stereograph ; 25 x 20 cm. (10 x 8 in.); 1 photoprint : half stereograph ; 24 x 19 cm. (9 1/4 x 7 1/4 in.); 1 photoprint : half stereograph ; 35 x 28 cm. (13 3/4 x 11 in.); 1 photoprint : stereograph ; 9 x 16 cm. (3 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.) on mat 10 x 18 cm. (4 x 7 in.)
Subject	Central City (Colo.)--1870-1900. Gilpin County (Colo.)--1870-1900. Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Gilpin County--1870-1900. Colorado Central Railroad Company.
Rights	Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
Reproduction Available for Purchase	Yes (digital reproduction)
Type of Material	Film negatives.; Photographic prints.; Stereographs.; Imaged.; Image
Format-Medium	Photograph
Filename	00130320.tif

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