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Colo. & Southern, Alpine Pass, office and depot at Alpine Tunnel, Colorado from tunnel (east) side, August 6, 1939

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Call Number	X-6498
Title	Colo. & Southern, Alpine Pass, office and depot at Alpine Tunnel, Colorado from tunnel (east) side, August 6, 1939
Title-Alternative	Other title: Colorado and Southern, Alpine Pass, office and depot at Alpine Tunnel, Colorado from tunnel (east) side
Creator(s)	Poor, M. C., 1901-1973.
Summary	View east of the Western Union Telegraph and Cable Office, and depot at Alpine Tunnel, (11,545 feet), Gunnison County, Colorado shows the small dilapidated front gable clapboard structure, rooftop sign, "Alpine Tunnel" remains of a railroad signal hang out above door and an abandoned track in front of building. A two-story boarding house, built by the Colorado and Southern after the turn of the century, is beside the office. A rocky slope shows behind the structures. Site was at one time a station stop outside tunnel through Continental Divide built by the Denver South Park & Pacific Railroad in 1881-1882.
Date	1939 August 6
Notes	Title hand-written on back of photoprint; also "Poor No. 536." and "credit line to M. C. Poor and Jack Thode.; R7100064982
Physical Description	1 copy photonegative ; 10 x 13 cm. (4 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint ; 21 x 26 cm. (8 x 10 in.)
Subject	Alpine Station (Colo. : Locale)--1930-1940. Railroad stations--Colorado--Alpine Tunnel--1930-1940. Railroad stations--Colorado--Gunnison County--1930-1940. Telegraph offices--Colorado--Gunnison County--1930-1940.
Rights	Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
Reproduction Available for Purchase	Yes (digital reproduction)
Type of Material	Photographic prints.; Imaged.; Image
Format-Medium	Photograph
Filename	10006498.tif

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