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  • "The Ghost Flies South" Nov. 1941, Junior class play
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    Stage scene during Junior play, The Ghost Flies South, at Alamosa High School in Alamosa, Colorado; living room scene includes students in costume: Native American woman (wearing beads and feather headband), house maid (face painted black, maid's...
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    Alamosa High School (Alamosa, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Students--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Theatrical productions--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.
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    1941
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  • Basketball, Sanford vs. Alamosa, March 1941
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    Boys in short trunks, numbered tank tops, knee socks, high top tennis shoes, and knee pads spring to action during tip-off in a basketball game between Alamosa High School and Sanford. Two referees in striped shirts are ready for play while the...
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    Alamosa High School (Alamosa, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Basketball players--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Basketball--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.
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    1941
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  • Junior play, "The Ghost Flies South" Nov. 1941
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    On stage during the Junior play, "The Ghost Flies South," at Alamosa High School in Alamosa, Colorado, is a living room scene with a sofa, wooden rocker, and curtained doorway. The cast includes a student dressed as an Indian women with long dress,...
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    Alamosa High School (Alamosa, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Theatrical productions--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.
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    1941
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  • Adams State College
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    Exterior view Adams State Normal School, Alamosa, Alamosa County, Colorado. Built in 1925, named after William H. Adams, senator and three term governor of Colorado. Two-story brick building features: a classical entry with ionic columns, and...
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    Adams State Normal School (Alamosa, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Schools--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.
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    [1947]
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  • Adams State, 5/18/47 Roto
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    Exterior view of a back of a two-story stucco building, Adams State Normal School, Alamosa, Alamosa County, Colorado. Built in 1925, named after William H. Adams, senator and three term governor of Colorado. Spanish style building features a tile...
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    Adams State Normal School (Alamosa, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Schools--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.
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    1947
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  • Alamosa High School building, 1941
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    The Alamosa High School, in Alamosa, Colorado, is a two-story brick building which burned April 26, 1930, was rebuilt and then occupied again in August 1932. It features simple deco architectural elements, a flat roof, brick chimney, and pane sash...
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    Alamosa High School (Alamosa, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Schools--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.
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    1941
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  • Orchestra at High School, 1941
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    Music students sit on wooden folding chairs holding their instruments and facing their music stands in a classroom at Alamosa High School in Alamosa, Colorado. The teacher, a man in a suit, conducts the orchestra which includes violins, tubas,...
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    Alamosa High School (Alamosa, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Classrooms--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Youth orchestras--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.
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    1941
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  • Physics class at High School, 1941
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    In a physics classroom at Alamosa High School in Alamosa, Colorado, pairs of students work at lab tables with a "Periodic chart of the atoms" posted high on the wall behind them. Blackboards line the walls, with bulletin board strips above them.
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    Alamosa High School (Alamosa, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Classrooms--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Laboratories--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Science--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.
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    1941
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  • Orchestra at Alamosa High School, 1941
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    Music students sit on wooden folding chairs with their instruments and music stands in a classroom at Alamosa High School in Alamosa, Colorado. The teacher, a man in a suit, conducts the orchestra with a baton. Instruments include violins, tubas,...
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    Alamosa High School (Alamosa, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Classrooms--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Youth orchestras--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.
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    1941
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  • Typing class at Alamosa High School, 1941
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    Girls sit at typewriters in a classroom at Alamosa High School, Alamosa County, Colorado. Some of the girls wear glasses, some have curled hair. A blackboard in the background has a bulletin board along the upper edge with two 1941 calendars, one...
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    Alamosa High School (Alamosa, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Classrooms--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Typewriting--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.
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    1941
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  • Ungraded group at High School, 1941
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    Boys and a few girls sit on wooden folding chairs at long tables in a classroom at Alamosa High School in Alamosa, Colorado. The tables have books and papers on them. A blackboard with a row of student drawings along the top is on the left. A...
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    Alamosa High School (Alamosa, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Classrooms--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.
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    1941
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  • Alamosa, Adams State College
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    Adams State Normal School in Alamosa, Colorado, was built in 1925 and named after William H. Adams, senator and three term governor of Colorado. The two-story brick building has a classical entry with ionic columns, pediment, stone quoins, u-shape...
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    Adams State Normal School (Alamosa, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Schools--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.
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    1942
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  • Boys wood working class at High School, 1941
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    Boys are bent over wood tables at Alamosa High School in Alamosa, Colorado, using vises and planers on pieces of wood. Some boys draw on plans with the aid of yardsticks. There is a blackboard, wooden shelves, a step ladder and a sink in the room.
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    Alamosa High School (Alamosa, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Classrooms--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Woodworking--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.
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    1941
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  • Chemistry class at High School, 1941
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    In a chemistry classroom at Alamosa High School in Alamosa, Colorado, students in heavy aprons work at lab tables with beakers and jars with stoppers. Pane sash windows on the left side of the classroom allow sunlight to stream in the laboratory....
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    Alamosa High School (Alamosa, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Classrooms--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Laboratories--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Science--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.
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    1941
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  • Future homemakers at High School, 1941
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    Girls in aprons stand at tables inside a classroom at Alamosa High, Alamosa County, Colorado. Front table has tub of "Crisco," covered tin of sugar, vanilla bottle, milk jar, flour sifter, bowl and hand beaters, "Calumet" baking powder and "Betty...
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    Alamosa High School (Alamosa, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Classrooms--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Home economics--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.
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    1941
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  • Adams State, 5/18/47 Roto
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    The Casa Bonita Lounge of the Adams State Normal School in Alamosa, Colorado has Spanish style carved wood sofas, a table with a woven blanket on top, and a tile fireplace with a wooden mantle and decorative flower arrangements. There are sconces...
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    Adams State Normal School (Alamosa, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Interiors.--1940-1950.; Lounges--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Pianos--1940-1950.
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    1947
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  • D&RGW Pullman "Amawalk," Alamosa, Colo. (2-8-2) 489.
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    View of Denver and Rio Grande Western locomotive 489 (2-8-2)) parked in the yard at Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado. A Pullman passenger coach is on a parallel track, lettering on the car reads: "Pullman" and "Amawalk." A man sits on the front...
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    Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Railroad employees--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.
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    1949 March 11
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  • D&RGW office coach and crews near scale track Alamosa, Colo. standard gauge diesel 73, narrow gauge (2-8-2) 453 & 0251.
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    Denver and Rio Grande Western Diesel locomotive 73 (standard gauge), steam locomotive 453 (narrow gauge 2-8-2), and office coach, 0251, are parked in the railroad yard at Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado. Men stand in snow near the train.
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    Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Diesel locomotives--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Railroads--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.
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    1948 December 9
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  • D&RGW, Alamosa, Colo. (2-8-2) 487 running lt. about to pass dead 453 (2-8-2).
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    Denver and Rio Grande Western locomotive 487 (2-8-2) vents smoke as it passes locomotive 453, with a consist of freight cars, in Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado.
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    Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Railroad shops & yards--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.
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    1948 December 4
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  • D&RGW, Alamosa, Colo. (2-8-8-2's) 3403, 3602, east yard.
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    Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company locomotives 3403 (2-8-8-2) and 3602 (2-8-8-2) vent smoke and steam at Alamosa (Alamosa County) Colorado.
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    Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Railroads--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.
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    1949
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  • D&RGW, Alamosa, Colo. D&RGW (4-8-2) 1514, F7 diesel 561, leaving east yard.
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    Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company steam locomotive 1514 (4-8-2) with a coal tender and stock car, and F7 diesel locomotive 561, with passenger coaches, depart from Alamosa (Alamosa County) Colorado.
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    Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Railroads--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.
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    1949 September 20
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  • D&RGW (2-8-2')s 483, 492, south Alamosa, Colo.
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    Denver and Rio Grande Western locomotives 483 and 492 (2-8-2's) with a consist of box cars, vent smoke near Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado. Shows a neon sign: "Narrow Gauge Motel - Hobby Shop - Open," mountains, and a billboard: "Dodge Simpson...
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    Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Railroads--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Signs (Notices)--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.
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    1949
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  • D&RGW narrow gauge 482 (2-8-2), standard gauge (2-8-8-2) 3413, Alamosa, Colo. fronts at 3/4 angle as alongside between cars.
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    Denver and Rio Grande Western standard gauge locomotive 482 (2-8-2), and narrow gauge locomotive 3413 (2-8-8-2), vent smoke at Alamosa (Chaffee County), Colorado. Shows boxcars, a man, and snow.
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    Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Railroads--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.
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    1949 January 8
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  • D&RGW (2-8-2) 464, south Alamosa, Colo.
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    Denver and Rio Grande Western locomotive 464 (2-8-2 with coal tender) vents smoke at south Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado. Shows a neon sign: "Narrow Gauge Motel - Open," mountains, and a billboard: "Mercury."
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    Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Railroads--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.
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    1949
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  • D&RGW, Alamosa, Colo. R.G. std. 561, 4-unit diesel, & 1514 (4-8-2) after passenger, from car roof as leaving east yard.
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    Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company diesel locomotive 561, with passenger coaches, and steam locomotive 1514 (4-8-2), with freight cars, depart the east yard at Alamosa (Alamosa County) Colorado.
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    Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Diesel locomotives--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.;...
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    1949 September 20
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  • G.E. Locomotive, Alamosa
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    View of a Denver Rio Grande Western Railroad General Electric electric locomotive, a steam locomotive, railroad cars, water tower and an inclined trestle in Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado.
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    Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Railroads--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.
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    [between 1946 and 1950?]
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  • G.E. Locomotive, Alamosa
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    Three-quarter view of a Denver & Rio Grande Western General Electric diesel locomotive labeled: "38" and railroad cars at the Alamosa station in Alamosa County. A man wears a coat, overalls and a hat. A parked train car is labeled: "D. & R. G. W."...
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    Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Railroads--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.
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    [between 1946 and 1950?]
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  • Weaving hot pads, 2nd grade at Central, 1941, Miss Monroe
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    Boys and girls in Miss Monroe's second grade classroom, at Central School in Alamosa, Colorado, weave hot pads at small rectangular tables. Several boys wears overall and the girls wear print or plaid dresses. One girl wears braids. A board on the...
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    Potholders--1940-1950.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Christmas decorations--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Classrooms--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Interiors.; Schools--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Monroe, Miss.
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    1941
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  • Caboose ahead of loco
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    Denver and Rio Grande Western standard gauge locomotive 1146 sits with narrow gauge caboose 04343 in Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado.
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    Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Railroad cabooses--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.;...
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    1949 March 14
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  • 482 plow front & postal car 65
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    View of Denver and Rio Grande Western locomotive 482 (the San Juan train), with a pilot plow, and postal car no. 65 in the yard at Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado. The locomotive vents smoke and steam. The railroad station roof is behind the...
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    Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Railroad cars--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Railroad mail service--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.;...
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    1949 January 8
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  • Flanger train leaving Alamosa at wye
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    View of a Denver and Rio Grande Western train with locomotives 498 and 497 (with a flanger snow plow) at the Alamosa yard, in Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado. The locomotives pull a spreader, a flanger, and two cabooses. The locomotives vent...
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    Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Railroad shops & yards--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Railroads--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.
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    1949
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  • Denver and Rio Grande caboose
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    Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Company caboose 0856 is parked with standard and narrow gauge boxcars and an idler car at Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado.
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    Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Railroad cabooses--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.
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    1949 February
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  • D&RGW eastbound freight train 2-6-6-0 3375, 4-8-2 1514, standard gauge, leaving Alamosa, Colo.
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    A Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Company doubleheader pulled by locomotives 3375 and 1514 leave Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado. A freight car reads: "Minneapolis & St. Louis, the Peoria Gateway." The locomotives vent steam and smoke.
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    Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Railroads--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.
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    1949 January 15
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  • D&RGW standard gauge 38 diesel with n.g. top 3693 narrow gauge box car.
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    Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Company standard gauge diesel 38 and narrow gauge car 3693 waits at Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado. The operator is in the cab; another man stands by narrow gauge box cars.
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    Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.
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    1946 September 9
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  • Standard gauge wedge plow 066
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    Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Company locomotive #1167, with wedge snowplow #066, sit in the yard in Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado.
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    Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Railroad shops & yards--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Railroads--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.;...
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    1949 February 15
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  • D&RGW, Alamosa D&RGW std. gauge, 38 diesel, broad, from end with automatically adjustable coupler.
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    View of Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company diesel locomotive 38 in the yard at Alamosa (Alamosa County) Colorado.
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    Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Diesel locomotives--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.
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    1948 September 20
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  • D&RGW
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    View of Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Jordan spreader "OU" in Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado. The spreader was made by the C.F. Jordan Company. Shows snow on the plow and on the ground beside the tracks.
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    Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Railroads--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Snow--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Snowplows--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.
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    1949 January 6
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  • D&RGW, Alamosa, Colo.
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    Smoke rises from Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad narrow gauge locomotives 475 and 472 (2-8-2) in the railroad yard in Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado.
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    Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Railroad shops &...
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    1941 July 4
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  • D&RGW, Alamosa, Colo.
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    Smoke rises from Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad locomotives 1514 (4-8-2) and 3375 (2-6-6-0 former D&SL 216) on a double header freight train in Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado.
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    Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Railroads--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.
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    1949 January 15
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  • D&RGW, Alamosa
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    View of the "San Juan" with Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad narrow gauge locomotive 476 (2-8-2) and passenger cars in Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado. The "Silver Vista" observation car is on the end of the train.
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    Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.
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    1949 September 1
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  • D & R G W end view on parallel tracks n.g. and std express cars Alamosa
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    Shows Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad passenger coaches are parked in Alamosa, Alamosa County, Colorado, and a water tower.
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    Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Railroad passenger cars--1940-1950.
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    September 9, 1946
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  • D&RGW
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    Smoke rises from Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad locomotive #1185 (2-8-0), with a consist of refrigerator cars, in Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado. Shows utility poles, and houses. Snow is on the ground.
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    Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Railroad refrigerator cars--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Railroads--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.
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    1952 January
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  • 1st grade art work at Central, 1941
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    Boys and girls sit around rectangular tables making art with clay in a first grade classroom at Central School in Alamosa, Colorado. Some children stand at a blackboard painting on paper with a table of paint jars and brushes behind them. An...
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    Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Classrooms--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Interiors.; Schools--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.
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    1941
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  • 2nd grade at Central, 1941, Miss Monroe
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    Boys and girls sit around rectangular tables and weave hot pads in Miss Monroe's second grade classroom at Central School in Alamosa, Colorado. Striped shirts are popular among the boys and floral print dresses are worn by most girls. A long coat...
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    Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Christmas decorations--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Classrooms--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Interiors.; Schools--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Monroe, Miss.
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    1941
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  • 3rd grade at Boyd, 1941
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    Boys and girls sit in rows of wooden desks in a third grade classroom at Boyd School in Alamosa, Colorado. Some boys wear overalls and one wears a bow tie. The girls wear print dresses with clips or bows in their hair. Built in bookshelves with...
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    Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Christmas decorations--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Classrooms--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Interiors.; Schools--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.
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    [1941]
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  • 4th grade at Boyd, 1941
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    Boys and girls sit in rows of wooden desks in a fourth grade classroom at Boyd School in Alamosa, Colorado. Built in bookshelves with jars of dried weeds on the top shelf are along the back wall. A blackboard is on the side wall near a bulletin...
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    Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Christmas decorations--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Classrooms--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Interiors.; Schools--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.
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    [1941]
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  • 6th grade at Boyd, 1941
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    In this sixth grade classroom at Boyd School in Alamosa, Colorado, boys and girls sit in rows of wooden desks. Two children stand and read at bookshelves built into the back of the room. A boy with a paintbrush works on a mural of the Nativity...
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    Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Christmas decorations--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Classrooms--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Interiors.; Schools--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.
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    1941
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  • 3rd grade at Central, 1941, Miss Borego
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    In Miss Borego's third grade classroom, number 202, at Central School in Alamosa, Colorado, boys and girls sit in rows of wooden desks reading books. One boy reads "Sails, Wheels, and Wings." A blackboard has a scene of wisemen and their camels,...
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    Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Christmas decorations--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Classrooms--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Interiors.; Schools--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Borego, Miss.
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    [1941]
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  • 8th grade gym class
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    In a girls' eighth grade gym class at Central School in Alamosa, Colorado, the girls all wear white, short sleeved blouses, belted dark shorts, socks and white tennis shoes. Several girls stand on their heads while pairs of girls hold them up. The...
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    Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Acrobatics--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Schools--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.
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    [1941]
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  • Science experiment at Central, 1941, Miss Sootz
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    Boys and girls sit with open books at wooden desks with ornate iron sides in Miss Sootz's classroom at Central School in Alamosa, Colorado. Two pairs of children stand at a table in front of the room performing a science experiment with beakers of...
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    Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Classrooms--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Experiments--1940-1950.; Interiors.; Schools--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Science--1940-1950.; Sootz, Miss.
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    1941

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