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  • Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 30, 1910 July 23
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    Newsletter produced by the City of Denver highlighting the civic, administrative, and informational aspects of government within the City.
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    Local government--Colorado--Denver.; Cities and towns--Colorado--Denver.
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    1910 July 23
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  • Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 17, 1909 June 12
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    Newsletter produced by the City of Denver highlighting the civic, administrative, and informational aspects of government within the City.
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    Local government--Colorado--Denver.; Cities and towns--Colorado--Denver.
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    1909 June 12
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  • Placer mining, Umcompahgre [sic] Creek, Colorado
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    View of hydraulic gold placer mining in Mesa County, Colorado; shows jets of water, hills, and Uncompahgre Creek.
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    Mesa County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Gold mining--Colorado--Mesa County--1880-1900.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Mesa County--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Mesa County--1880-1900.
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    [between 1880 and 1900?]
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  • Pike's Peak from Papetown [sic]
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    View of Pikes Peak (elevation 14,110 feet) from Papeton (formerly Curtis), Colorado, northeast of Colorado Springs; original site named Curtis by W.W. Curtis who opened Curtis Coal Mine, relocated & renamed Papeton by striking coal miners in 1903...
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    Papeton (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mountains--Colorado--Papeton--1900-1910.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Papeton--1900-1910.; Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company.
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    [between 1903 and 1910]
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  • Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway
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    View of two elevations of Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway standard gauge track with passenger train just crossed over wooden trestle, possibly near Silver Cascade Falls, Colorado in North Cheyenne Canyon; "High Drive" (dirt road)...
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    North Cheyenne Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Silver Cascade Falls (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Railroads--Colorado--North Cheyenne Canyon--1900-1920.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.
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    [between 1900 and 1920]
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  • Albany Hotel demolition
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    View, as demolition begins, of the Albany Hotel at 17th (Seventeenth) and Stout Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado. Outside walls are removed and debris sits at the Stout Street entrance; windows are removed from the sixth floor. Sign reads:...
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    Albany Hotel (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.; Demolition--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.
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    [1976]
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  • Bucking snow, Rollins Pass, Moffat Road
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    Rear view of rotary snowplow bucking snow near Rollins Pass, Colorado, via Denver and Salt Lake Railroad's Moffat Road; shows huge cut snowbank with engine behind snowplow pulling flatbed cars and three men standing on snowbank.
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    Rollins Pass (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Snow plows--Colorado--1910-1930.; Snow removal--Colorado--1910-1930.; Denver and Salt Lake Railroad Company.
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    [between 1913 and 1925]
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  • Bowman-White House, Georgetown, Colorado
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    Exterior view of the Bowman-White House in Georgetown, Colorado, at 901 Rose Street. The house was built in 1892 by John Henry Bowman, who arrived in Georgetown with his family in the 1880s, and was passed on to his daughter, Mellie, and her...
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    Bowman, John Henry--Homes & haunts.; White, John James--Homes & haunts.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1980.
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    [between 1892 and 1974?]
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  • DeLaney Round Barn Ceiling
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    There are no plans or drawings describing the construction techniques used on the barn so the exact process is unclear. Restoration has provided a glimpse into how the barn may have been built. The barn rested directly on the ground with no...
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    Circa 2010
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  • Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 9, 1909 April 17
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    Newsletter produced by the City of Denver highlighting the civic, administrative, and informational aspects of government within the City.
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    Local government--Colorado--Denver.; Cities and towns--Colorado--Denver.
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    1909 April 17
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  • Denver Area Cemeteries
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    Brief historical summary of the locations, history, and religious affiliations of sixteen historical cemeteries within the Denver, Colorado metropolitan area.
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    Cemeteries--Colorado--Denver.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Denver--History.; Denver (Colo.)--Genealogy.
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    Undated
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  • 2881 Champa St. storefront removed 1978, storefront built 1891
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    View of the front facade of 2881 Champa Street (ca. 1885) in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The one-and-one-half story vernacular Victorian house has a steep pitched cross-gabled roof. Shows the building shortly after a...
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    Curtis Park (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Historic buildings.; Houses.; Maintenance & repair.; Dwellings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Dwellings--Colorado--Denver--Maintenance and repair--Pictorial works.; Historic...
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    1978
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  • 2881 Champa St. storefront removed 1978, storefront built 1891
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    View of the north elevation (side) of 2881 Champa Street (ca. 1885) in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The one and a half story vernacular Victorian house has a steep pitched cross-gabled roof. There is an addition with a shed...
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    Curtis Park (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Abandoned buildings.; Historic buildings.; Houses.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Denver--Maintenance and repair--Pictorial works.; Dwellings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.;...
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    1978
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  • Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 2, 1911 January 7
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    Newsletter produced by the City of Denver highlighting the civic, administrative, and informational aspects of government within the City.
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    Local government--Colorado--Denver.; Cities and towns--Colorado--Denver.
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    1911 January 7
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  • The City of Denver: Volume 3 Number 6, 1914 December 31
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    Newsletter produced semi-monthly by the City of Denver highlighting the civic, administrative, and informational aspects of government within the City.
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    Local government--Colorado--Denver.; Cities and towns--Colorado--Denver.
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    1914 December 31
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  • Trolley with screen removed
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    View of a Denver Tramway Company trolley car with window screens removed and damage to the car and windows, probably during the Denver Tramway strike, Denver, Colorado.
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    Denver Tramway Company (Denver, Colo.)--Strikes--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Street railroad strikes--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Street railroads--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
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    [1920?]
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  • Plan of the cities of Denver, Auraria, and Highland, Jefferson Territory
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    Denver (Colo.)--Maps.
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    1859
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  • The Scriptbook
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    Booklet created by The Script Club of East High School in Denver, Colorado. Members of The Script Club, the writing club of East High, submitted their own works for create this booklet. Included are poems, essays, sketches and stories written by...
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    East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High school students' writings--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
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    1932 May
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  • Denver Orphan's Home Historic Building Application Forms
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    Record contains both the Colorado Historical Society's Historic Record Inventory Sheet and the United State's Department of Interior's National Register of Historic Places Registration Form for the Denver Orphan's Home.
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    Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Orphanages--Colorado
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    1993
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  • Bill Claycomb
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    Jefferson County Colorado sheriff's officers restrain Bill Claycomb, one of seventeen picketers arrested at Applejack Wine and Spirits, 3320 Youngfield Street in Wheat Ridge, Colorado. Claycomb yells at the officers.
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    Jefferson County (Colo.) Sheriff's Office--People--1970-1980.; United Farm Workers of America--People--1970-1980.; Wheat Ridge (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Boycotts.; Law enforcement.; Confrontations.; Shouting.; Anger.; Sheriffs--Colorado.; Claycomb,...
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    [1975]
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  • Abandoned Argentine Central Railway tracks
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    View of abandoned railroad tracks on the Argentine Central Railway near Silver Plume (Clear Creek County), Colorado. The ruined tracks lead to possibly the remains of a wooden railroad bridge.
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    Argentine Central Railway Company--Facilities--2010-2020.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--2010-2020.; Railroad tracks.; Argentine Central Railway Company--Pictorial works.; Railroads--Abandonment--Colorado--Clear Creek County--Pictorial works.; Clear...
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    2010
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  • Ore chute on abandoned Argentine Central Railway
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    View of the remains of a wooden ore chute on the abandoned Argentine Central Railway near Silver Plume (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Shows a large metal pipe in the distance.
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    Argentine Central Railway Company--Facilities--2010-2020.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--2010-2020.; Mining equipment.; Argentine Central Railway Company--Pictorial works.; Ore handling--Colorado--Clear Creek County--Equipment and supplies--Pictorial...
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    2010
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  • Ore chute on abandoned Argentine Central Railway
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    View of the exterior of the remains of an ore loading chute along the Argentine Central Railway near Silver Plume (Clear Creek County), Colorado. The structure is built against a hill. The wood is warped and sections of the exterior are missing....
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    Argentine Central Railway Company--Facilities--2010-2020.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--2010-2020.; Abandoned mines.; Mining equipment.; Argentine Central Railway Company--Pictorial works.; Ore handling--Colorado--Clear Creek County--Equipment and...
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    2010
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  • Gertrude Apartments
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    View of the Gertrude Apartments located at 2545 Champa Street (architect-Frederick C. Eberly, 1880) in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The former residence, an example of the Italianate style, is listed on the National Register of...
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    Theis, Fritz--Homes & haunts.; Curtis Park (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Apartment houses.; Historic buildings.; Theis, Fritz--Homes and haunts.; Apartment...
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    2008
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  • Old City Hall, Fort Collins, Colo.
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    View of the Old City Hall located at 232-234 Walnut Street, Fort Collins, Colo. Built by John F. Colpitts in 1881, the structure served as city hall and later as a fire station (1958-1974). In 1981 a modern metal front was removed from the...
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    City Halls--Colorado--Fort Collins--2000-2010.; Fort Collins (Colo.)--2000-2010.; City halls--Colorado--Fort Collins--Pictorial works.; Fort Collins (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
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    2005
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  • Elitch Gardens carousel building
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    View of early restoration on the abandoned carousel building (c. 1925) at the former location of Elitch Gardens near West Thirty-eighth (38th) Avenue and North Tennyson Street in the West Highlands neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a...
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    Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Elitch Gardens (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--2000-2010.; West Highland (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Abandoned buildings.; Circular buildings.; Conservation & restoration.; Historic buildings.; Abandoned...
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    2001
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  • Robert Garrison terracotta frieze at the Denver Botanical Gardens
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    View of a portion of a terracotta frieze sculpted by Robert Garrison (1895-1945) at the Denver Botanic Gardens, 1005 York Street, in the Chessman Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. These panels were originally part of a frieze on the...
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    Denver Botanic Gardens--Facilities--1990-2000.; Cheesman Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Bison hunting.; Botanical gardens.; Friezes (Ornamental bands); Garrison, Robert, 1895-1945, sculptor.; Denver...
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    1998
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  • Robert Garrison terracotta frieze at the Denver Botanical Gardens
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    View of a portion of a terracotta frieze sculpted by Robert Garrison (1895-1945) at the Denver Botanic Gardens, 1005 York Street, in the Chessman Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. These panels were originally part of a frieze on the...
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    Denver Botanic Gardens--Facilities--1990-2000.; Cheesman Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Botanical gardens.; Friezes (Ornamental bands); Pioneers.; Garrison, Robert, 1895-1945, sculptor.; Denver Botanic...
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    1998
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  • South Platte River bottoms
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    View of small houses with hip roofs and dilapidated outbuildings in the South Platte River bottoms in the Jefferson Park neighborhood in Denver, Colorado. The structures were removed to create Gates-Crescent Park.
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    Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Jefferson Park (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Houses.; Alluvial plains--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Dwellings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Denver (Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Jefferson park (Denver,...
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    1970
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  • Tivoli Student Union, formerly the Tivoli-Union Brewery Auraria Higher Education Center.
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    View of paint removal from the Tivoli Student Union (formerly the Tivoli-Union Brewery) during exterior restoration, the building is located at 900 Auraria Parkway on the Auraria Higher Education Center campus in Denver, Colorado. The brewery was...
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    Auraria Higher Education Center (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--2000-2010.; Tivoli Student Union (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Conservation & restoration.; Historic buildings.; Student unions.; Universities & colleges.;...
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    2004
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  • Telephone pole maiden of Washington Park
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    View of the Telephone Pole Maiden in Grasmere Lake in the Washington Park neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. Shows a painted, articulated wooden sculpture of a woman, nude from the waist up with long hair. Artist Willie Meade with Breck Grover and Tom...
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    Grasmere Lake (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Washington Park (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Wood carvings.; Wood-carving--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Grasmere Lake (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Washington Park...
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    1998
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  • Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 22, 1910 May 28
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    Newsletter produced by the City of Denver highlighting the civic, administrative, and informational aspects of government within the City.
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    Local government--Colorado--Denver.; Cities and towns--Colorado--Denver.
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    1910 May 28
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  • Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 33, 1910 August 13
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    Newsletter produced by the City of Denver highlighting the civic, administrative, and informational aspects of government within the City.
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    Local government--Colorado--Denver.; Cities and towns--Colorado--Denver.
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    1910 August 13
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  • Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Number 6, 1912 February 10
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    Newsletter produced by the City of Denver highlighting the civic, administrative, and informational aspects of government within the City.
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    Local government--Colorado--Denver.; Cities and towns--Colorado--Denver.
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    1912 February 10
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  • Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 34, 1909 October 9
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    Newsletter produced by the City of Denver highlighting the civic, administrative, and informational aspects of government within the City.
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    Local government--Colorado--Denver.; Cities and towns--Colorado--Denver.
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    1909 October 9
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  • Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 38, 1909 November 6
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    Newsletter produced by the City of Denver highlighting the civic, administrative, and informational aspects of government within the City.
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    Local government--Colorado--Denver.; Cities and towns--Colorado--Denver.
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    1909 November 6
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  • Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 40, 1909 November 20
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    Newsletter produced by the City of Denver highlighting the civic, administrative, and informational aspects of government within the City.
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    Local government--Colorado--Denver.; Cities and towns--Colorado--Denver.
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    1909 November 20
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  • Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 12, 1909 May 8
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    Newsletter produced by the City of Denver highlighting the civic, administrative, and informational aspects of government within the City.
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    Local government--Colorado--Denver.; Cities and towns--Colorado--Denver.
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    1909 May 8
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  • History of Denver
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    Comprehenisve study of the history of the Denver area before, during, and after the founding of the city.
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    Cities and towns--Colorado--Denver.
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    1901
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  • Palmer Lake, Glen Park
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    Eleven men stand in front of the Denver and Rio Grande Railway building at an unidentified exposition, the building was later moved to Palmer Lake (El Paso County), Colorado and served as the railroad depot. The Victorian style building has a tower...
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    Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company--1880-1890.; Exhibition buildings--1880-1890.; Railroad stations--1880-1890.
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    1882
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  • Rifle - De Beque Oil & Gas Co.
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    View of the De Beque Oil and Gas Company in Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado; equipment includes derricks, sheds, pipe sections, and furnaces.
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    Rifle (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Oil well drilling rigs--Colorado--Rifle--1910-1920.; Petroleum industry--Colorado--Rifle--1910-1920.
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    1916, March 18
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  • Plaza today, rear
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    View of one-story adobe buildings at Francisco Plaza (later the Francisco Fort Museum), formerly a fort in La Veta (Huerfano County), Colorado. Shows trees, a lawn and a wooden fence in front of buildings.
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    La Veta (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Adobe buildings--Colorado--La Veta--1920-1930.
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    1924
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  • W.P.C.D. powder car
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    A worker holds sticks of dynamite removed from a cart containing explosives at the West Portal of the Alva B. Adams Tunnel (Continental Divide Tunnel) of the Colorado Big Thompson project in Grand County, Colorado. The man wears work overalls and a...
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    Colorado-Big Thompson Project (U.S.)--People--1930-1950.; Alva B. Adams Tunnel (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Grand County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Explosives--Colorado--Grand County--1930-1950.; Mine railroads--Colorado--Grand County--1930-1950.
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    [between 1930 and 1950?]
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  • National Mining and Industrial Exposition
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    View of The National Mining and Industrial Exposition complex, which opened on August 1, 1882, at the corner of South Broadway and Exposition Avenue in Denver, Colorado. The multi-story building complex is comprised of towers with belvederes,...
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    National Mining and Industrial Exposition (1882 : Denver, Colo.)--Buildings.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Exhibition buildings--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
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    [1882?]
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  • Headdress
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    Native American (Sioux) headdress found at the Custer battlefield at Little Bighorn; made of red wool, buckskin, fur, twill fabric, and feathers.
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    Dakota Indians--Clothing & dress--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1870-1880.; Headdress--1870-1880.
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    [between 1870 and 1880]
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  • Fish Pot Hot Spring, Yellowstone Lake
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    A man stands and fishes in the Fishing Cone near the shore of West Thumb bay, Yellowstone Lake, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. A fallen tree trunk provides a bridge over the water to the accreted calcareous mineral cone.
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    Fishing Cone (Wyo.)--1870-1890.; West Thumb (Wyo. : Bay)--1870-1890.; Yellowstone Lake (Wyo.)--1870-1890.; Yellowstone National Park--1870-1890.; Fishing--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1890.; Lakes & ponds--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1890.;...
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    [between 1870 and 1890?]
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  • Moccasin Bend
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    Composite image of an area identified as Moccasin Bend west of Chattanooga (Hamilton County), Tennessee. Shows the tree lined banks of the Tennessee River and agricultural fields. Moccasin Bend, a Native American burial ground is in the distance.
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    Hamilton County (Tenn.)--1880-1910.; Moccasin Bend (Tenn.)--1880-1910.; Tennessee River--1880-1910.; Croplands--Tennessee--Hamilton County--1880-1910.; Rivers--Tennessee--Hamilton County--1880-1910.
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    [between 1880 and 1910?]
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  • Court house Julesburg, Colo.
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    View of the Sedgwick County Court House in Julesburg, Colorado. Architectural features include a hipped roof, a pediment, a large cupola with a clock, quoins, lintels, and a bracketed cornice. Two boys with bicycles in foreground. Water tower in...
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    Julesburg (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Courthouses--Colorado--Julesburg--1900-1920.
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    [between 1904 and 1915?]
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  • Nevadaville, Colorado taken from Quartz Hill
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    View of the remains of Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, shows Main Street, empty shells of brick commercial buildings including the Odd Fellows Building and Redman's Lodge (with removed upper floor); frame dwellings include the Williams house...
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    Nevadaville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Streets--Colorado--Nevadaville--1940-1950.
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    1940?
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  • Nevadaville Ellis house on Church St
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    The Ellis house, on Church Street, in Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, is a one-story frame dwelling with a shingle roof. The doors and windows have been removed; snow drifts are on each side.
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    Nevadaville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Nevadaville--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Nevadaville--1940-1950.; Streets--Colorado--Nevadaville--1940-1950.
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    1940

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