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  • Snow at Idaho Springs, Colorado
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    Pedestrians stand in deep snow drifts on a street in Idaho Springs (Clear Creek County), Colorado. A man identified as Fisher sits on a white horse. Another man identified as Frank stands in the snow nearby. Signs on commercial buildings along the...
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    Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Blizzards--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1910-1920.; Commercials streets--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1910-1920.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1910-1920.; Pedestrians--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1910-1920.
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    1913 December
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  • Chestnut Street from Harrison Avenue
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    View west on Chestnut Street, once considered the main street, in Leadville, Colorado; shows muddy street, horse drawn wagons and covered wagons, and pedestrians. Business signs include "Boot & Shoe Store," "St. James Restuarant," "Drugstore,"...
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    Leadville (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.
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    [1879]
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  • Nevadaville
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    View of Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, includes frame houses, Main Street, Methodist Episcopal Church, and Christ Church, laundry lines, wood piles, retaining walls, and picket fences. Scaffolds support cables with buckets for moving ore;...
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    Nevadaville (Colo.)--1890-1900.
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    [between 1890 and 1900?]
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  • Nevadaville
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    View down over wood frame residences and roofs of Main Street businesses, Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, to Quartz Hill dotted with mine tailings, mining structures and snow. Signs read: "Silver Dollar Saloon," and "City Hall."
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    Nevadaville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Quartz Hill (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Nevadaville--1890-1900.
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    [between 1890 and 1900?]
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  • Nevadaville, Colo - early days alt. 9,000 - Gilpin Co.
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    A man in a horse-drawn wagon climbs Quartz Hill above Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado. The town shows beyond in a shallow valley with dwellings, commercial buildings, The Christ Church, school belfry, Odd Fellow's Building and mining...
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    Nevadaville (Colo.)--1870-1880.
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    [between 1870 and 1880?]
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  • Mr. and Mrs. Wheelock
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    Studio portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Wheelock, possibly in Silver Plume, Clear Creek County, Colorado. The man seats in a wicker chair and wears a three piece suit; the woman stands next to the chair with one hand behind her back and wears a full...
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    Silver Plume (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Spouses--Colorado--Silver Plume--1890-1910.; Wheelock, Mr.; Wheelock, Mrs.
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    [between 1895 and 1901]
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  • St. Aloysius Academy, Central City
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    The St. Aloysius Convent and School, a boarding and day school, was opened in 1875 by the sisters of St. Aloysius. The Victorian building is a two story structure with arched windows and a large cupola topped with a cross. The wooden stairs that...
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    St. Aloysius Convent & School (Central City, Colo.)--1870-1900.; Central City (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Schools--Colorado--Central City--1870-1900.
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    [between 1879 and 1900?]
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  • Art display, Georgetown, Colorado
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    Interior view of an art exhibition, possibly a classroom in a Georgetown, Colorado, school built in 1874. The room has high ceilings with picture moulding, three suspended lightbulbs, long blackboards over wainscotting, and a large window in the...
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    Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Art--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1910.; Classrooms--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1910.
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    [between 1890 and 1910?]
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  • Georgetown
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    View of a street, probably Sixth (6th, Alpine), in Georgetown, Colorado. A team of five pack burros loaded with bags and boxes stand in the street in front of a group of store fronts with false fronts and gable roofs. Signs on the buildings read,...
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    Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1890.; Donkeys--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1890.
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    [between 1878 and 1881?]
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  • Georgetown?
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    View of Georgetown, Colorado, east toward Griffith Mountain, which is covered with a light snow. Sunlight illuminates the town from the south in low, slanting rays, and highlights some spots, such as the north- south streets, the spires of the...
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    Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1920.
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    [between 1899 and 1918?]
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  • Idaho Springs 1890's
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    View of the Thomas A. Bryan house in Idaho Springs, Colorado, shows a group of men, women, and children on and around a fence in front of a house that looks like a castle. The structure features a square shaped wing, a hipped roof, one circular...
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    Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Castles & palaces--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1910.; Bryan, Thomas A.--Homes & haunts.
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    [between 1895 and 1910]
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  • Idaho Springs 1890s
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    The view along Miner Street in Idaho Springs, Colorado, shows eight teams of horses with wagons and carriages in front of the Idaho Springs fire house. One team pulls a load of lumber, one team pulls a large boiler, and one team pulls a load of...
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    African Americans--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1910.; Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Fire stations--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1910.; Horse teams--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1910.
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    [between 1895 and 1901]
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  • Idaho Springs
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    View looking west of Idaho Springs, Colorado, shows the central business district (including Miner Street, Colorado Street), Bertha Mill, State Ore Sampling mill, other mills and residences, mouth of Virginia Canyon, Clear Creek with mills along...
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    Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.
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    [between 1890 and 1902]
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  • Idaho Springs
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    View looking southwest of Idaho Springs, Colorado, shows Clear Creek and Clear Creek Valley with mills, residences, central business district (including D.E. Wykoff Lumber Co.), the Bryan house (castle), Colorado Central Railroad tracks, Flirtation...
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    Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1900-1910.; Valleys--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1900-1910.
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    [1902?]
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  • Idaho Springs
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    View east in Idaho Springs, Colorado; shows men, women, children and horses on snowy Miner Street. People are under the porch of a hotel, by a bakery, shoe store, Queen Anne storefronts, and street lights. A bandstand is near the sidewalk.
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    Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1910-1920.
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    [1913?]
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  • Idaho Springs
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    View of the Silver Plume band in front of the Blue Ribbon Mineral Springs near Idaho Springs, Colorado; features fast running water in front of a horizontal board retaining wall; Silver Plume band, a sheriff, women, men, and children posed behind...
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    Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Bands--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1900-1910.; Springs--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1900-1910.
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    [between 1904 and 1908]
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  • Idaho Springs, 1900's
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    View east on Miner Street in Idaho Springs, Colorado; shows a crowd of people in formal dress, United States flags, a bandstand, and the fire department's hose and ladder equipment and crew. Signs include: "Ford's Grocery," "Brunswick Flat,"...
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    Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Bandstands--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1900-1910.; Events--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1900-1910.
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    [between 1901 and 1910]
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  • Idaho Springs, Colo. - C. C. R. R.
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    View looking southwest of Idaho Springs, Colorado, shows residences in the foreground and the central business district in the distance marked by flat topped commercial structures; features Clear Creek with a bridge over it, Colorado Central...
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    Flirtation Peak (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.
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    [between 1880 and 1890]
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  • Idaho Springs, Colo. - C.C.R.R.
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    View looking southwest, of Idaho Springs, Colorado shows residences and the central business district in the distance with flat topped commercial structures. Colorado Central Railroad bridge over Clear Creek and Flirtation Peak are south of town.
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    Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.
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    [between 1880 and 1890]
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  • Idaho Springs, Colorado
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    The view looking west, of Idaho Springs, Colorado, shows the central business district with many flat top, false front, commercial buildings, and the schoolhouse built in 1885. The Colorado Central Railroad track, in the foreground, has a train on...
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    Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.
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    [between 1885 and 1886]
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  • Idaho Springs
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    View looking northwest of Idaho Springs, Colorado, shows Bellevue Mountain where Clear Creek Valley and Virginia Canyon split, Bryan house (castle), residences and central business district, Continental Divide, Soda Creek Road, and Clear Creek.
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    Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1880-1910.
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    [between 1885 and 1901]
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  • Idaho Springs 1890's
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    View of the Thomas A. Bryan house in Idaho Springs, Colorado shows a castle like structure; features a hipped roof, one circular turret with battlements, and one hanging turret with conical roof; roof line has battlements all the way around; wall...
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    Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Castles & palaces--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1910.; Bryan, Thomas B.--Homes & haunts.
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    [between 1895 and 1910]
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  • Idaho Springs, Colorado
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    Men with horses and wagons in front of the Boneita Mill, next to the Mixell Mill, in Idaho Springs, Clear Creek County, Colorado.
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    Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1910.; Horse teams--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1910.; Mills--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1910.
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    [between 1885 and 1901?]
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  • Silver Plume, Redmen band
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    The Silver Plume Redmen Band poses in Silver Plume, Colorado. Nineteen men with instruments are standing, kneeling, and sitting on a grassy lawn in front of a brick building. The bass drum occupies the center; the rest of the men carry brass...
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    Silver Plume (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Bands--Colorado--Silver Plume--1890-1910.; Children--Colorado--Silver Plume--1890-1910.
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    [between 1895 and 1905]
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  • Silver Plume, Colo.
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    View northwest of Silver Plume, Colorado. In the near foreground are residences surrounded by wooden fencing. On Republican Mountain, mines include: Pelican, Dives, Upper Dives, and Baxter. In the background are Brown Mountain and Sherman Mountain.
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    Silver Plume (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Silver Plume--1870-1890.
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    [between 1878 and 1881]
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  • Chicago Creek Gulch Mattie system above on right (Black Eagle) Lower middle left Star Tunnel Mattie Mine above.
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    A man poses on a hillside near the Mattie and Star Tunnel Mines near Idaho Springs (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Shows houses, Chicago Creek, and the "Oh My God Road."
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    Chicago Creek (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Mattie Mine (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Star Tunnel (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1910.; Streams--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1910.
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    [between 1890 and 1910]
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  • Mine tramway
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    A miner steers a mine tramway engine, it pulls loaded mine ore cars, at a mine near Idaho Springs (Clear Creek County), Colorado. The side of the engine reads: "Argo M. D. T. & T. Co." A sign over the tunnel entrance reads: "Positively No...
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    Argo Tunnel Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mine railroads--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1900.
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    [between 1920 and 1930]
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  • Lamartine Mine
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    Miners pose with tools that include pry bars and axes by piles of timber near the power house of the Lamartine Mine in Clear Creek County, Colorado.
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    Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Lamartine Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1890-1900.; Power plants--Colorado--Clear Creek...
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    [between 1920 and 1940]
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  • Beaver Brook
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    A train stops at Beaver Brook, Clear Creek Canyon, Jefferson County, Colorado. A water tank is by the depot; tracks and a footbridge over Beaver Creek are in the foreground.
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    Beaver Brook (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Beaver Brook--1880-1890.; Water tanks--Colorado--Beaver Brook--1880-1890.
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    [between 1880 and 1890]
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  • Empire 1880s
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    The view, looking down on Empire, Colorado, shows the central business district, the Peck House hotel, Covode Mountain, and Clear Creek. Mine tailings dot the surrounding hills.
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    Empire (Colo.)--1880-1890.
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    [between 1880 and 1890]
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  • Dumont Chinns Bd. Hse.
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    Panoramic view of the town of Dumont, Colorado, in Clear Creek County. Landmarks include the Chinns (Chims?) Boarding House.
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    Dumont (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Lodging houses--Colorado--Dumont--1890-1900.
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    [betwen 1890 and 1900]
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  • From Beaver Brook Station looking down Clear Creek
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    A view of the Beaver Brook station on Clear Creek in Clear Creek Canyon, Jefferson County, Colorado. Shows a Colorado Central Railroad locomotive and passenger cars. A covered pavilion with people, a water tower and wood frame depot are in the...
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    Colorado Central Railroad Company--1870-1890.; Beaver Brook (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1870-1890.; Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Canyons--Colorado--Beaver Brook--1870-1890.; Pavilions--Colorado--Beaver...
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    [between 1871 and 1890?]
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  • Above Beaver Brook
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    A view of a Colorado Central Railroad train beside Clear Creek, in Clear Creek Canyon, Jefferson County, Colorado. A group of men are seen in an open passenger car. A worker stands near a white tent beside the tracks.
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    Colorado Central Railroad Company--1870-1890.; Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1870-1890.; Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Canyons--Colorado--Jefferson County--1870-1890.;...
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    [between 1871 and 1890?]
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  • Huntsman's Ranch looking down
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    View of Huntsman's Bridge, on the Clear Creek Line of the Colorado Central Railroad just west of Chimney Gulch, on Clear Creek in Clear Creek Canyon, Jefferson County, Colorado. Shows a wooden railroad bridge built on a stone block foundation and...
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    Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1870-1890.; Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Canyons--Colorado--Jefferson County--1870-1890.; Railroads--Colorado--Jefferson County--1870-1890.;...
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    [between 1871 and 1890?]
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  • 14th & Colo. Ave., church has been remodeled Spanish style : Calvary Episcopal (After fire in 1926, replaced by Spanish-type church
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    The Calvary Episcopal Church in Idaho Springs, Colorado, is shown prior to its burning in 1926. A large group of men, women and children (including white and Black men and women) stands in front of the church. The church has a steeply gabled roof,...
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    Calvary Episcopal Church (Idaho Springs, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Churches--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1910.
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    [between 1892 and 1901]
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  • Famous flowing Hot Soda Springs, Idaho Springs, Colorado
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    Two girls wearing dresses sit on burros at a hot spring near Idaho Springs, Colorado. Behind them is a pavilion where the spring is located. Men and women sit on benches and stand outside the pavilion. Another, larger structure is near the pavilion...
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    Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Donkeys--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1900-1920.; Girls--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1900-1920.; Springs--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1900-1920.
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    [between 1900 and 1915]
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  • Idaho Springs 1900s
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    The view looking north, in downtown Idaho Springs, Colorado, shows two young boys standing next to a burro which has a saddle blanket and an equipment harness on its back. The boys are dressed in suits and ties; one wears a flat cap, the other...
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    Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Boys--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1900-1910.; Donkeys--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1900-1910.
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    September, 1900
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  • Idaho Springs 1890s
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    A large group of people stands in front of the railroad depot in Idaho Springs, Colorado. The group consists of uniformed members of the Silver Coronet Band, and members of the Idaho Springs Fire Department. Band members are holding their...
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    Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Bands--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1910.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1910.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1910.
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    [between 1890 and 1901]
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  • Idaho Springs
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    The view at the railroad station in Idaho Springs, Colorado, shows a large group of men standing at the loading area in front of the depot. Most of the men wear suits and either bowler or derby hats. A horse and carriage is in the shadows under the...
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    Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1910.
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    [between 1895 and 1910]
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  • Idaho Springs
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    The twenty nine members of the Blazing Arrow Band pose in front of an unidentified building in Idaho Springs, Colorado. The name of the band along with a representation of an Indian are printed on the head of the bass drum. Trumpets, clarinets,...
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    Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Bands--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1910.
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    [between 1890 and 1901]
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  • Musicians, Idaho Springs, Colorado
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    The Silver Cornet Band, of Idaho Springs, Colorado, poses on a plank sidewalk in front of a large doorway. The band is comprised entirely of brass instruments and drummers. A bass drum is inscribed with the band name, and band members are wearing...
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    Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Bands--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1910.
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    [between 1890 and 1901]
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  • Musicians, Idaho Springs, Colorado
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    Miner Street in Idaho Springs, Colorado, shows "The Original Cow-boy Band" next to the Ireland block with "Stock. Bonds. Mines. Sales" painted on the side. The Idaho Springs fire department (with bell tower) is across the street. Band members hold...
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    Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Bands--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1910.; Fire stations--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1910.
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    [between 1890 and 1901]
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  • Ore teams - morning scene in Idaho Springs, Colorado
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    Ore teams and people, mostly men dressed in suits, are assembled on Miner Street in Idaho Springs, Colorado.
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    Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Crowds--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1900.; Horse teams--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1900.
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    1894
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  • Idaho Springs, bath house
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    The Natatorium, in Idaho Springs, Colorado, housed swimming pools and hot and cold baths. It is newly constructed in this image. The building features: a central, three story, pentagonal projection flanked by two, two story square projections. The...
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    Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bathhouses--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1900.
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    [between 1898 and 1900]
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  • Ralph Hansen Band (outside Cooper home), Idaho Springs, Colorado
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    Seven musicians and a conductor are performing outdoors in Idaho Springs, Colorado. Instruments include: coronet, valve trombone, piano, clarinet, and two violins. The upright piano has decorative wood engraving on the facing board, as well as...
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    Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Musicians--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1910.
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    [between 1890 and 1901]
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  • Idaho Springs, schools
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    A large group of school children and their teachers are in front of a doorway in Idaho Springs, Colorado. Four boys are in front of the group holding three signs that read: "Idaho Springs," "1886," and, "Primary Dept." Two Black children are in the...
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    Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; African Americans--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1880-1890.; School children--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1880-1890.
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    1886
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  • Idaho Springs, Colorado
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    A man and a woman, dressed in finery, pose in a passenger carriage near the railroad depot in Idaho Springs, Colorado. The carriage is being towed by a single, lightly colored horse. A sign on the depot reads: "Go East Via Great Rock Island Route."
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    Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1910.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1910.
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    [between 1890 and 1901]
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  • Leadville looking north
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    This early view of Leadville, Colorado, shows a burro tied to a timber hitching post rail on a slope above mine tailings in. Log and wood frame residences, barns, sheds, and false fronts are in the middleground. Laundry hangs on lines behind some...
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    Leadville (Colo.)--1870-1880.
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    [between 1877 and 1879]
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  • Local musical group (inside Cooper home), Idaho Springs, Colorado : Ralph Hansen, musican (sic)
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    Interior view of the Cooper home in Idaho Springs, Colorado, shows six musicians playing their instruments. Included are: coronet, valve trombone, piano, clarinet, and two violins. The upright piano has a decorative wooden engraving on the facing...
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    Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Musicians--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1910.
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    [between 1890 and 1901]
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  • Leadville looking west
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    Early view of Leadville, Colorado. A man in a hat and jacket sits on some downed timber on a slope above mine tailings. Log and wood frame residences, barns, sheds, and false fronts are in the middleground. Laundry hangs on lines and large piles...
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    Leadville (Colo.)--1870-1880.
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    [between 1877 and 1879]

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