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  • Central City and Blackhawk, Colorado
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    Rendering shows Blackhawk and Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado. Dwellings, churches, civic buildings, and mining facilities follow streets; mountains are in the background. Vignettes have labels: "Hardware Groceries," "The Daily Register,"...
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    Blackhawk (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.
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    1873
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  • Central City and California Gulch
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    View of California Gulch outside of Leadville (or Central City), Colorado; shows a stream, felled timber, and miner's cabins.
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    California Gulch (Gilpin County, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Leadville (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Canyons--Colorado--1870-1880.
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    1873
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  • Public school building, Central City
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    Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.
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    [between 1870 and 1880?]
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  • Teller House
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    Reproduction of lithograph; shows the four-story Teller House Hotel in Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado, with signs: "Teller House," and "Rocky Mountain National Bank." Pedestrians and traffic fill streets.
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    Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.
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    [between 1870 and 1880?]
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  • Central City, Colorado
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    Panorama of Central City, Colorado. In the foreground a man sits on the ground and looks away from the camera toward the city. Landmarks include Central City School. The barren hills surround the town.
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    Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.
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    [between 1870 and 1879]
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  • Central City
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    View of Central City, Colorado; shows Main Street, the Teller House, and St. James' Methodist Church. Houses surround the town, with barren hills in the background.
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    Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.
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    [between 1875 and 1877]
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  • Central City, Colo.
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    View of Central City, Colorado, from the northwest that shows the town as it rebuilds after the fire of 1874. Railroad tracks wrap around a rocky slope in the foreground. Several buildings along Eureka Street are under construction, and visible...
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    Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.
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    [between 1875 and 1879?]
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  • Central City, Colo.
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    An early view of Central City, Colorado, probably taken in the early 1870s. In the foreground is a rocky hillside with a view that looks down the hill toward the town; shows many wood-framed buildings, most of which did not survive the fire of...
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    Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.
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    [between 1872 and 1874?]
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  • Central City, Colorado
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    Panorama of Central City, Colorado, in the mid-1870, as the city was rebuilding after the fire of 1874. Landmarks include, the Teller House, St. James' Methodist Church, Main Street, and Eureka Street. The buildings along Main Street (center of...
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    Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.
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    [between 1875 and 1877]
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  • Central City, Colorado
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    An early view of Central City, Colorado, taken from the southeastern side of the city. The Continental Divide is in the background. Mines are scattered through the city, including one on the horizon, one in the city (possibly the Gregory) and one...
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    Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.
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    [between 1870 and 1872]
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  • Central City
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    Panoramic view of Central City, Colorado in Gilpin County. Landmarks: the Teller House, Central City Opera House, and St. James's Methodist Church. Signs: "Teller House" and "Temple of Fashion Dry Goods Carpets."
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    Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.
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    [between 1879 and 1880?]
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  • Central City, Colo.
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    Panoramic view of Central City, Colorado in Gilpin County. Main Street is in foreground. Landmarks: St. Aloysius's School, Williams Stables, the Teller House, St. James's Methodist Church, and St. Paul's Episcopal Church.
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    Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.
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    [1875?]
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  • Central City, Colorado
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    Panoramic view of the town of Central City, Colorado in Gilpin County.
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    Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.
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    [between 1870 and 1880?]
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  • Central City, Colorado
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    View of Central City, Colorado in Gilpin County. Main Street in foreground. Landmarks: St. James's Methodist Church and the Teller House. Signs: "A. Jacobs Co., "B. F. Pease Co.," "O. K. Store," "Fashion," "Hardware Tinware Stoves Groceries," and...
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    Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.
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    [between 1872 and 1877?]
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  • Central City, Colorado
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    Reproduction of a drawing of Central City, Colorado and Blackhawk, Colorado in Gilpin County.
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    Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.
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    1873
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  • Central City this is the mercantile and financial metropolis of the County, and the center of the gold fields, hundreds of mines pass under the streets and buildings of the city
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    Panoramic view of Central City, Colorado in Gilpin County. Landmarks: St. James's Methodist Church, the Teller House, and St. Paul's Episcopal Church. Signs: "Temple of Fashion Dry Goods Carpets."
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    Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.
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    [1876?]
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  • Central City
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    Bar patrons, holding beer and resting their feet on the barrail or nearby chairs, stand at a bar in Central City, Colorado. One patron smokes a cigar; another stands over a spittoon. The bartender stands behind the bar wearing a waistcoat and an...
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    Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Barrooms--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.; Interiors--1870-1880.
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    [between 1870 and 1880]
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  • Central City, Colorado storefront
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    Several people stand in front of the Register building on Eureka Street in Central City, Colorado. The three story, brick building has a bracketed cornice and rounded windows. The signs attached to the building read "The Daily Register" "Boots &...
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    Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.
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    1875
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  • Haber & Gebhard Meat Market, Central City
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    Two steers, one held by a boy and one held by a man in a butcher's apron, stand in front of the commercial buildings along unpaved Eureka Street in Central City, Colorado. A man in a butcher's apron and a cowboy hat sits on a horse behind the boy...
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    Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Business districts--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.; Butcher shops--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.
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    [between 1877 and 1879]
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  • View of Central City from the south
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    Stereographic view of the Temple of Fashion Dry Goods & Carpets and other businesses along Main Street in Central City, Colorado. The Teller House stands at the corner of Eureka and Pine streets in the left background. The steeple of St. James...
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    Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Business districts--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.; Churches--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.
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    [between 1870 and 1877?]
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  • Residences in Central City, Colorado
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    A horse-drawn carriage with two young men sitting in it is stopped in front of a two-story brick house in Central City, Colorado. A man and a woman stand on the front porch leaning against support columns. A wood fence borders the property of the...
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    Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.; Houses--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.; Porches--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.
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    [between 1870 and 1877?]
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  • Central City after the fire, 1873
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    center midground. In the left midground is the office and residence of J.O. Raynolds, general agent for Colorado for a prominent powder company. Part of Turner Hall juts into the right foreground. Originally the Cook & Kimball Mill, Turner Hall was...
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    Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Chimneys--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.; Churches--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.; Hotels--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.; Mills--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.; Mining--Colorado--Central...
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    [1873?]
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  • Central City, Colorado
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    View of buildings on a hillside in Central City (Gilpin County), Colorado. Shows the stone, two-story High School building with a bell tower and an iron fence, brick and frame commercial buildings on a dirt street, and houses on a barren hillside....
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    Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.
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    [1873?]
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  • Central City
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    View of Central City (Gilpin County), Colorado. Shows wooden buildings, outhouses, and stone buildings, one of which is the town's school under construction. Signs on buildings read: "Concert Hall, Billiard Rooms" and "Overland Stage Line, Wells,...
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    Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.
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    [between 1870 and 1880?]
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  • Central City, Colorado, looking s. west
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    View of frame houses and probably commercial buildings on a hillside in Central City (Gilpin County), Colorado. Shows multi-story buildings, fallen timber on a barren hillside, a house with gingerbread details, snow on a steep slope, and mine...
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    Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.; Mining--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.
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    [1873?]
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  • 1878 Lawrence Street, Central City, Colorado
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    right background.; Stereographic view of the offices of the Kansas Pacific Railway Co.'s Express on the second level of a brick building on Lawrence Street in Central City, Colorado. On the first level of the building are the offices of the...
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    Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.
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    [between 1870 and 1877?]
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  • Fire Dept., Grand Firemen's celebration, May 21st, 1878, welcome address by E.L. Salisbury, front of Opera House, Central City, Colo.
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    A large crowd stands on the street between the Central City Opera House and St. James Methodist Church on Eureka Street in Central City, Colorado. The Teller House is in the foreground, and a sign that reads "Groceries" is on a building on the...
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    Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Crowds--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.
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    1878
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  • Firemans Day
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    Crowds cover the sidewalks and people hang out of the windows of the buildings of Eureka Street in Central City, Colorado, to watch the fireman's races. Many of the spectators wear hats and wave American flags. A large striped arch stretches...
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    Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Crowds--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.
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    [between 1870 and 1880?]
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  • Best's Pharmacy in Central City, Colorado
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    The Harley B. Morse block on Eureka Street in Central City, Colorado, houses Best's Pharmacy. The two story commercial storefront has arched windows with lintels and a cornice with brackets on each end. "Drugs & Chemicals" is painted below the...
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    Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Drugstores--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.
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    1875
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  • New firm and new goods!
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    Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Dry goods stores--Colorado--Central City--187-1880.; Graybill & Brenneman.; Dry-goods--Colorado--Central City.; Stores, Retail--Colorado--Central City--To 1876.
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    1872?]
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  • Central City after 1st fire of 1874
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    View of Central City and Casto Hill, which are blanketed in snow, after the fire of 1874. Gregory Street is at the bottom of a snowy slope, flanked by small, wood-frame houses with snow on their roofs. Lawrence and East High Streets are in the...
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    Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Fires--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.
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    1874
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  • Central City after fire 1874
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    View of Central City, Colorado, after the fire of 1874. A burned out brick building is surrounded by debris in the foreground. Burned out buildings litter the background. Smoke rises from one of the buildings in the center of the photograph. A...
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    Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Fires--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.
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    1874
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  • View of Central City from the north
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    Stereographic view of a large rock formation and Central City in Gilpin County, Colorado; scene includes the Central City Public High School on High Street, a small building across High Street used as the city's elementary school building until the...
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    Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Hotels--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.; Rock formations--Colorado--Gilpin County--1870-1880.; Schools--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.
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    [1872?]
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  • Gregory Gulch
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    View of businesses, frame mine buildings and head frames on a hillside in Gregory Gulch in Central City (Gilpin County), Colorado. People are in the arched doorway of the Gregory Store beside a horse-drawn wagon. Shows tailings piles on a treeless...
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    Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Gregory Gulch (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.; Mining--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.
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    1879
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  • Teller House parlor, Central City
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    Interior view of the Teller House in Central City, Colorado in Gilpin County. Furniture includes: upholstered chairs, coffee tables, a piano, and chandelier.
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    Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Hotels--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.; Interiors.; Parlors--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.; Teller House (Central City, Colo.)
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    [between 1872 and 1880?]
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  • Central City
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    Image of the Colorado Central Railroad train upon its arrival in Central City, Colorado. In the foreground is the train. Several men dressed in suits and hats stand in front of the locomotive. The train's engineer sits in the cab. In the...
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    Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Hotels--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.; Railroads--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1870-1880.; Colorado Central Railroad Company.; Teller House (Central City, Colo.)
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    1878
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  • Central City, Colorado
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    View of Central City (Gilpin County), Colorado; shows the Teller House, businesses, churches, and residences.
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    Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Houses--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.
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    [1871-2?]
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  • Businesses in Central City
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    The Sauer McShane Mercantile Company on Eureka Street is crowded with merchandise, including boxes of soap, baking powder, fruits, nuts, and chandeliers. The shopkeeper, in a vest, is behind the counter. Men lean against the sales counters looking...
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    Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Interiors--1870-1880.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.
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    1879
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  • [Promissory note.]
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    Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Loans--Colorado--Central City.; Central City (Colo.) 1871.
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    1866
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  • Central City before the fire
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    The Teller House stands in the left center background on Eureka Street in Central City, Colorado. The hotel was named for Henry M. Teller, one of Colorado's first senators. Across Eureka Street is St. James Methodist Church. Houses and businesses...
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    Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Mining--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.
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    [between 1870 and 1876?]
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  • Dr. Hale & class at Central City
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    Central City School students pose on rocks by the Opera House, in Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado. Dr. Hale (principal) poses with the boys and girls.
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    Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Opera houses--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.; School children--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.
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    1878
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  • Dr. Hale and class at Central City
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    Central City School students pose near the Opera House in Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado. Dr. Hale (principal) poses with the boys and girls.
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    Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Opera houses--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.; School children--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.
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    1878
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  • The Parade
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    A parade moves down Main Street in Central City, Colorado in Gilpin County. Spectators stand on the boardwalks and watch the spectacle. Signs: "C. Weitfle" and "J. Collier's Photographic Gallery."
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    Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.
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    1878 May 21
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  • Central City transportation
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    Two stagecoaches are in the foreground. One is being drawn by four horses and is pulling out of a wood barn with a chimney and a gabled roof. The driver sits on top of the cab. The second stagecoach is parked alongside the front of the barn, with...
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    Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Stagecoaches--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.
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    1875
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  • Central City Opera House
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    View of the Central City Opera House, a stone building with a central shingled mansard style roof with an oculus and two smaller pyramidal, hipped roofs in Central City (Gilpin County), Colorado. The opera house has arched windows, a balcony, and...
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    Central City Opera House--1870-1880.; Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Educational facilities--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.; Opera houses--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.; Religious education--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.
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    1879?
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  • Mountain railroading [graphic]
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    A view of a Colorado Central Railroad train on a hillside in Central City (Gilpin County), Colorado. Shows the "Dostal Block," a sign on the building reads "W. Aitcheson". A mine is on a hillside in the distance.
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    Colorado Central Railroad Company--1870-1880.; Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.; Mining--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.;...
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    [between 1878 and 1880?]
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  • Arrival of first passenger train on the Colorado Central Railroad at Central City
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    Men pose with the first Colorado Central Railroad passenger train to arrive in Central City (Gilpin County), Colorado. Commercial buildings, churches and wood frame houses are in the distance. A sign reads "Teller House".
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    Colorado Central Railroad Company--1870-1880.; Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.; Railroads--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.
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    [1878 May 20]
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  • Mountain City bridge
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    A view of a Colorado Central Railroad train on a wooden trestle bridge at Packard Gulch near Mountain City (Gilpin County), Colorado. Men are in and on top of the train. Buildings are on a hillside in the distance.
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    Colorado Central Railroad Company--1870-1880.; Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Packard Gulch (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Mountain City--1870-1880.; Railroads--Colorado--Mountain City--1870-1880.; Trestles--Colorado--Mountain...
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    [between 1878?]
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  • Three wise men
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    Men dressed as the Magi pose in Central City (Gilpin County), Colorado; men's "king" costumes include ermine, velvet, lace and brocade robes, sashes, and crowns. They are: (l to R) William Finley, B.I. Wells, and Perry Kline.
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    Magi--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.; Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Costumes--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.; Men--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.; Finley, William.; Kline, Perry.; Wells, B. I.
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    1877
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  • Central City, Colorado
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    A two story, vernacular wood frame house with a chimney and windows with shutters is above the Rocky Mountain Brewery on a hillside in Central City, Colorado. A small outhouse with a sloped roof is behind the house. A clothesline, which has items...
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    Rocky Mountain Brewery (Central City, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Brewing industry--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.
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    [between 1870 and 1880]

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