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Call Number |
MCC-1787 |
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Title |
Silverton and Sultan Mtn. |
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Creator |
McClure, Louis Charles, 1867-1957 |
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Date |
[1911] |
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Summary |
Bird's eye view of Silverton, Colorado centered on rows of blocks between Blair Street (left) and Greene Street (right); Sultan Mountain (elevation 13,368 feet), background right; Grand Turk (elevation 13,148 feet), background left; small pond on hillside, foreground; Animas River & bed meandering around base of Kendall Mountain, center left; Cement Creek & bed, through center passing by courthouse; Denver & Rio Grande's Silverton branch narrow gauge line, left edge of town from Durango & Animas River; Silverton, Gladstone & Northerly Railway Company narrow gauge track wandering along Cement Creek (center foreground) & curves to left to reach its terminal; one block to left of S.G. & N. is Silverton Northern mainline to Animas Forks; Silverton Railroad, narrow gauge track with box car, center; Silverton City Hall completed in 1909; San Juan County court house & jail, churches, wooden frame buildings & residences, Miners' Union Hospital; Little Dora Mine & Mill (or Hercules Consolidated Mining Company) at base of Sultan Mountain with tram extending to adit from mill, boilerhouse with smokestacks; possibly baseball field below Little Dora Mill; Thompson's Dairy barn or shed, center foreground, next to Silverton, Gladstone & Northerly track. |
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Description |
1 copy photonegative ; 9 x 11 cm. (3 1/2 x 4 1/4 in.); 1 photonegative : glass ; 21 x 26 cm. (8 x 10 in.); 2 photoprints ; 19 x 24 cm. (7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.) |
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Is Part Of |
WH2300. Louis Charles McClure papers, 1898-1943.; WH2300. Louis Charles McClure papers, 1898-1943, album X. |
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Subject |
Animas River (Colo. and N.M.); Grand Turk (Colo.); Silverton (Colo.); Sultan Mountain (Colo.); Cities and towns--Colorado--Silverton |
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Geographic Area |
Silverton (Colo.) |
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Format-Medium |
Photograph |
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Source |
L. C. McClure collection 1890-1935, album X, 135 |
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Rights Contact Information |
Copyright restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History and Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library, at photosales@denverlibrary.org. |
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Reproduction Available for Purchase |
Yes (digital reproduction) |
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Related Material |
Image File: ZZR700071787 |
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Notes |
Copy negative made from vintage photographic prints.; Title and signature hand-lettered on glass plate.; R7000717877 |
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CONTENTdm number |
4365 |
