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  • Navajo weavers
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    Native American (Navajo) women sit at two looms near a rock ledge in either Arizona or New Mexico. A baby in a cradleboard is propped against one of the looms. A herd of goats and sheep stand on the ledge.
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    Indians of North America--1900-1940.; Navajo Indians--1900-1940.; Navajo women weavers--1900-1940.; Cradleboards--1900-1940.; Infants--1900-1940.; Looms--1900-1940.; Weaving--1900-1940.; Women--1900-1940.
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    [between 1904 and 1932]
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  • Weavers
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    A Spanish American man and woman, participants in a Federal Work Projects Administration program, weave rugs on large wooden upright looms. A skein of wool and a pair of scissors hang from the side of one of the looms. The woman wears a striped...
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    United States. Work Projects Administration. Colorado.--People--1930-1950.; Spanish Americans--Employment--Colorado--1930-1950.; Looms--Colorado--1930-1950.; Public service employment--Colorado--1930-1950.; Weaving--Colorado--1930-1950.
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    [between 1939 and 1943?]
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  • The White Rabbit
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    Women work on the front porch of "Estamere" (or Estemere), in Palmer Lake (El Paso County), Colorado. It is a lodge dedicated to teaching handicrafts to unemployed girls. The women are using looms and spinning wheels.
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    Estamere (Palmer Lake, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Palmer Lake (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Handicraft--Colorado--Palmer Lake--1930-1940.; Vocational education--Colorado--Palmer Lake--1930-1940.; Women--Colorado--Palmer Lake--1930-1940.
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    [1937?]
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  • El Conejo Blanco students at work with their looms & spinning wheels on the wide porches of their lodge, Èstamere,' at Palmer Lake" "the camp founded and directed by Mrs. Anne Fisher, is devoted to instruction of unemployed girls in the...
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    Four women work at spinning wheels and looms on the porch of "Estamere" (or Estemere) in Palmer Lake (El Paso County), Colorado. The lodge was founded and directed by Mrs. Anna Fisher, and is dedicated to the instruction of unemployed girls in the...
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    Fisher, Anna--Homes & haunts.; Estamere (Palmer Lake, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Palmer Lake (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Handicraft--Colorado--Palmer Lake--1930-1940.; Vocational education--Colorado--Palmer Lake--1930-1940.; Women--Colorado--Palmer...
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    1937 July 18
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  • El Conejo Blanco students at work with their looms & spinning wheels on the wide porches of their lodge, Èstamere,' at Palmer Lake" "the camp founded and directed by Mrs. Anne Fisher, is devoted to instruction of unemployed girls in the...
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    Four women work at spinning wheels and looms on the porch of "Estamere" (or Estemere) in Palmer Lake (El Paso County), Colorado. The lodge was founded and directed by Mrs. Anna Fisher, and was dedicated to the instruction of unemployed girls in the...
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    Fisher, Anna--Homes & haunts.; Estamere (Palmer Lake, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Palmer Lake (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Handicraft--Colorado--Palmer Lake--1930-1940.; Vocational education--Colorado--Palmer Lake--1930-1940.; Women--Colorado--Palmer...
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    July 18, 1937
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  • Women weaving near Butlers trading post
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    View of 2 Native American (Navajo) women, a girl, and a baby sitting and standing outside of an adobe and wood building with a brush and wood porch, at Butlers trading post, possibly in New Mexico; one woman, who sits on a fringed blanket, weaves a...
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    Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--Women--1900-1910.; Navajo Indian Reservation--1900-1910.; Looms--1900-1910.; Weaving--1900-1910.
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    [1908?]
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  • Loom-child-blanket
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    Interior shows a Native American (Navajo) girl sitting on a blanket, under a brush shelter porch, near a loom. Near the loom in use is another unused loom. A metal pail sits near a woven blanket, outside of the brush porch. A dark blanket,...
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    Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--Women--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Looms--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Weaving--New Mexico--1900-1910.
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    [September, 1908]
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  • Woman weaving near Butler's Trading Post
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    Interior view of a Native American (Navajo) woman and girl who sit on fringed blankets at a loom, and weave near Butler's Trading Post, possibly near Shiprock, New Mexico. The woman and girl are shaded by a dark cloth tied to wooden building...
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    Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--Women--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Navajo Indian Reservation--1900-1910.; Looms--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Weaving--New Mexico--1900-1910.
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    September, 1908
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  • Woman weaving
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    View of a Native American (Navajo) woman and girl sitting on fringed blankets at a loom while the woman weaves near Butler's Trading Post, possibly near Shiprock Agency, New Mexico. The woman and girl are shaded by a dark cloth tied to wooden...
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    Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--Women--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Navajo Indian Reservation--1900-1910.; Looms--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Weaving--New Mexico--1900-1910.
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    1908 September 22, 23, 24
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  • Navajo Weaver
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    A Native American (Navajo) woman sits on a woven blanket near a loom. The loom stands near a pile of brush and rocks. Either a hide or cloth is stretched behind the loom, from post to post.
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    Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--Arts & crafts--1900-1910.; Navajo textile fabrics--1900-1910.; Navajo women weavers--1900-1910.; Looms--1900-1910.; Weaving--1900-1910.
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    [between 1901 and 1908]
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  • Navaho weaving right out in the Painted Desert
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    Native American (Navajo) woman and girls sit on blankets near a loom in the Painted Desert, Arizona. The wood loom hangs from a horizontal pole supported by two vertical poles.
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    Indians of North America--Women--Arizona--1910-1920.; Navajo Indians--Arts & crafts--Arizona--1910-1920.; Navajo women weavers--Arizona--1910-1920.; Painted Desert (Ariz.)--1910-1920.; Looms--Arizona--1910-1920.; Weaving--Arizona--1910-1920.
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    [1908?]
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  • Four women and man seated
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    Native American (probably Navajo) four women and one man are seated on a striped blanket at a fair in New Mexico. Behind the group, people stand under pine trees; two blanket looms hang from the branches. The women wear patterned wool blankets over...
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    Indians of North America--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Looms--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Women--New Mexico--1900-1910.
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    [1900?]
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  • Navajo home
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    Native American (Navajo) women and children sit outside their home in either Arizona or New Mexico. One of the woman sits at a loom.
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    Indians of North America--1910-1920.; Navajo Indians--1910-1920.; Navajo women weavers--1910-1920.; Aged persons--1910-1920.; Children--1910-1920.; Looms--1910-1920.; Weaving--1910-1920.
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    1910
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  • Indian manufacture, Navajo blanket loom
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    Probably Ben Wittick poses near a Native American (Navajo) earthen hogan and loom. Various household items that include a coffee pot and an ax are on the ground.
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    Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Navajo Indians--1880-1890.; Looms--1880-1890.
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    [between 1885 and 1890]
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  • Navajo woman weaving blanket
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    A Native American (Navajo) woman sits at a loom near an earth and timber hogan in either Arizona or New Mexico.
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    Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Navajo Indians--1880-1890.; Navajo women weavers--1880-1890.; Hogans--1880-1890.; Looms--1880-1890.; Women--1880-1890.
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    [between 1885 and 1890]
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  • Navajo woman weaving a belt
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    A Native American (Navajo) family poses outdoors near an earth and timber hogan. The woman sits at a loom for weaving belts. The man wears moccasins and a blanket.
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    Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Navajo Indians--1880-1890.; Navajo women weavers--1880-1890.; Hogans--1880-1890.; Looms--1880-1890.; Weaving--1880-1890.
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    [between 1885 and 1890]
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  • Mesa pottery, Cortez, Colo.
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    View of pottery, found at Native American (Anasazi) dwelling ruins, on display in possibly Cortez, Colorado. Woven rugs and looms with unfinished rugs are beside a shelf that displays painted bowls and pitchers, mugs, stone slabs (possibly axe...
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    Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Arts & crafts--1900-1910.; Pueblo...
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    [1900?]
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  • Mesa pottery
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    View of pottery found at Native American (Anasazi) dwelling ruins in Colorado or Utah. Woven rugs and looms with unfinished rugs are beside a shelf that displays painted bowls and pitchers, mugs, stone slabs (possibly axe blades), silver bracelets,...
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    Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Arts & crafts--1900-1910.; Pueblo...
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    [1900?]
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  • Feather-grass goods, also stone implements, mesa dwellers
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    View of objects found at Native American (Anasazi) dwelling ruins in Colorado or Utah. Woven rugs and looms with unfinished rugs are beside a shelf that displays pottery, stone axes, a mano and metate, woven fragments (possibly yucca or bark), and...
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    Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Arts & crafts--1900-1910.; Pueblo...
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    [1900?]
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  • Weavers
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    A Hispanic American man and woman work on traditional wooden treadle looms probably in Southern Colorado. The woman works on a Rio Grande style weaving.
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    United States. Work Projects Administration. Colorado.--1930-1950.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1930-1950.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1930-1950.; Looms--Colorado--1930-1950.; Weaving--Colorado--1930-1950.; Women--Colorado--1930-1950.
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    [between 1933 and 1944?]
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  • Western History Subject Index
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    Looms, Peter
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  • Rio Grande style weaving Jerga.
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    View of a Rio Grande style weaving known as a jerga woven around 1885 by Francisco Antonio Gallegos in Arroyo Seco (Taos County), New Mexico. The striped rug has a central seam where two narrow weavings are sewn together.
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    Hispanic Americans--Arts & crafts--1880-1890.; Mexican Americans--Arts & crafts--1880-1890.; Rugs.; Textiles.; Gallegos, Francisco Antonio--Associated objects--Pictorial works.; Rugs--New Mexico--Arroyo Seco--Pictorial works.; Textile fabrics--New...
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    [between 1980 and 1990?]
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  • Ironton, Colo. and Red Mountain, no. 54
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    Aerial view of the mining town of Ironton (Ouray County), Colorado. Frame and log commercial buildings and cabins line a single dirt street. Red Mountain looms over the town. The mountain side above the town has been deforested. Dead and downed...
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    Deforestation.; Ironton (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Red Mountain (Ouray County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cities & towns.; Cutover lands.
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    1886 September 8th
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  • Navajo group - morning prayer
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    Group portrait of Native American Navajos by looms; costume includes blankets, beads, squash blossom necklaces with naja pendants, and conchos. Girls look on.
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    Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--1900-1910.; Clothing & dress--1900-1910.
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    [between 1901 and 1906?]
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  • Navajo blanket weavers
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    Two Native American (Navajo) women weave blankets from wool. Their looms hang from sticks supported by trees or posts.
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    Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--1900-1910.; Navajo textile fabrics--1900-1910.; Weaving--1900-1910.
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    [between 1900 and 1910?]
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  • Georgetown City Park
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    A view of the metal and wire gate of Georgetown Park, Colorado, with the park grounds beyond. Outside the fence a sidewalk recedes to the right; beyond the gate a tree-lined path recedes through the trees, and another path goes off to the left...
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    Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Parks--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.
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    1898
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  • Navajo family
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    A Native American (Navajo) family, men, women, and children, pose outdoors near an earthen hogan and a loom in either Arizona or New Mexico. The man is on horseback and holds a rifle. He wears a metal bead bandolier. His wife wears beaded necklaces...
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    Indians of North America--1880-1910.; Navajo Indians--1880-1910.; Children--1880-1910.; Horseback riding--1880-1910.; Women--1880-1910.
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    [between 1880 and 1910]
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  • Navajo weaver
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    A Native American (Navajo) woman sits at a loom and weaves. A wooden crate that reads: "Charles Unsweetened Evaporated Milk" is near the woman. A herd of sheep walk on a ledge nearby. A stone and earth hogan is near the sheep.
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    Indians of North America--1900-1940.; Navajo Indians--1900-1940.; Navajo women weavers--1900-1940.; Hogans--1900-1940.; Sheep--1900-1940.; Weaving--1900-1940.
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    [between 1904 and 1932]
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  • Navajos
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    A Native American (Navajo) woman and girl sit near a loom, probably in Arizona or New Mexico. The loom is near a tepee. An automobile is parked in the distance.
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    Indians of North America--1910-1930.; Navajo Indians--1910-1930.; Navajo women weavers--1910-1930.; Girls--1910-1930.; Weaving--1910-1930.
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    [between 1910 and 1930]
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  • Navajo blanket weaving an Indian Hogan (hut) on the Navajo reservation, Arizona
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    A Native American (Navajo) family poses near a summer hogan in Arizona. One woman sits at a loom. The man holds a bow and arrows and wears a feather headdress.
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    Indians of North America--1890-1910.; Navajo Indians--1890-1910.; Navajo women weavers--1890-1910.; Headdresses--1890-1910.; Weaving--1890-1910.; Women--1890-1910.
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    [between 1890 and 1910]
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  • Aspen, Colorado
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    Snow-covered Aspen Mountain, formerly known as Ajax, looms over the town of Aspen, Colorado. The mountain has patches of trees and hanging clouds. The buildings of the town are the most dense in the center of the image. Trees are on the hill in...
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    Aspen (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Mountains--Colorado--Aspen--1880-1890.
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    June, 1882
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  • Vista of Mt. Sopris, Crystal River
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    View of Crystal River near Carbondale, Colorado; Mount Sopris (elevation 12,823 feet) looms in background; cottonwood trees line the stream.
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    Carbondale (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Crystal River (Colo.); Sopris, Mount (Colo.); Rivers--Colorado--Carbondale--1900-1910.
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    [between 1903 and 1910]
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  • Creede, Colorado
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    The tracks of the Denver & Rio Grande Western railroad wind through the town of Creede, Colorado, in Mineral County. A triangular- shaped, rocky mountain looms over the town. Buildings in the town include one and two-story, wood-frame structures....
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    Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Construction--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Dwellings--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Tents--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
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    [between 1890 and 1899]
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  • Creede, Colorado
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    Upper Creede in Mineral County is situated in a steep, rocky valley. A large, triangular-shaped peak looms over the town. Buildings include one and two-story wood-frame comercial structures and residences. Evergreen trees grow on the hillside.
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    Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Dwellings--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
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    [between 1890 and 1899]
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  • Ghost town of Gothic, Colo.
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    The massive craggy face of Gothic Mountain (12,625 feet) looms over the town of Gothic with its few scattered dilapidated log and wood frame buildings, in Gunnison County, Colorado. Possibly Garwood Hall, Judd's, (last resident after the boom)...
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    Gothic (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Gothic Mountain (Colo.); Mountains--Colorado--Gothic--1920-1930.
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    [between 1920 and 1930]
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  • Digging-in for the night at Corona, Italy
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    Soldiers of the Tenth Mountain Division, 87th Regiment, 3rd Battalion, prepare to dig-in for the night at Corona on Belevedere. Three men in the foreground, consult one another around trenches in the rocky ground. A building scarred by a variety of...
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    Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Trench warfare--Italy--Pietra Colora--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
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    February 1945
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  • Pikes Peak Avenue
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    are shown at right; a snowy Pikes Peak looms in background.; Westward view of Pikes Peak Avenue in Colorado Springs, Colorado; street car track and aerial cable runs down dirt road through business district; two men in horse-drawn wagons sit under...
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    Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Antlers Hotel (Colorado Springs, Colo.)
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    [between 1890 and 1898]
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  • Larimer Square, Denver
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    View of businesses on Larimer Street in the Union Station Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado; people walk by a street lamp with hanging flower planters. Bar sign on the Looms Building (1433) reads: "Josephina's." The adjacent Frontenac Building has a...
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    Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Union Station (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1980-1990.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Pedestrians--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.
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    1981
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  • Boulevard School students weaving
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    Photograph of two unidentified boys and one unidentified girl standing near a window working on a weaving project at Boulevard Elementary School in Denver, Colorado. The girl uses a traditional loom while the two boys are using the window sill as...
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    Boulevard School (Denver, Colo.); Sloan Lake (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
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    1938 January
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  • Western History Subject Index
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    Anderson & Looms
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  • Western History Subject Index
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    Looms, George
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  • East Denver High School Annual: 1909
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    1909 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
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    East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
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    1909
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  • East Denver High School Annual: 1910
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    1910 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
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    East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
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    1910
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  • East High spotlight: vol 24 no 5
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    Christmas edition of the newspaper produced by East High School of Denver, Colorado. Included in the paper are photographs of students, articles on school events and sports.
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    East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
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    1942 December 10
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  • East High spotlight: vol 29 no 13
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    Newspaper produced by East High School of Denver, Colorado. Included in the paper are photographs of students, articles on school events and sports.
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    East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
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    1943 May 27
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  • East High spotlight: vol 30 no 1
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    Newspaper produced by East High School of Denver, Colorado. Included in the paper are photographs of students, articles on school events and sports.
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    East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
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    1943 September 30
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  • East High spotlight: vol 30 no 8
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    Newspaper produced by East High School of Denver, Colorado. Included in the paper are photographs of students, articles on school events and sports.
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    East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
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    1944 February 17
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  • East High spotlight: vol 30 no 13
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    Newspaper produced by East High School of Denver, Colorado. Included in the paper are photographs of students, articles on school events and sports.
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    East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
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    1944 May 25
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  • The Annual: East Denver High School, 1914
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    1914 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
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    East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
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    1914
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  • Western History Subject Index
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    Anderson, E. A
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