Elmer O. Davis makes an address at the ceremony for the dedication of the monument to commemorate the Georgetown loop in Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Dignitaries who include, A.J. Horton, Robert Rice, and Ben Draper stand near the monument draped with an American flag. The men wear suits. A woman representing the Georgetown Civic Association wears a Victorian, floral print dress.
Description
1 photographic print : 8 x 13 cm. (3 x 5 1/2 in.)
Subject
Georgetown (Colo.); Dedications--Colorado--Georgetown; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--Georgetown; Public speaking--Colorado--Georgetown; Women--Colorado--Georgetown
Format-Medium
Photograph
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.
Reproduction Available for Purchase
Yes (digital reproduction)
Related Material
Image File: ZZR711006007
Notes
Condition: soiled, corners creased.; Formerly F34329; Handwritten on back of photographic print "Plaque Unveiled July 13 1949, it reads, This tablet is the property of the state of Colorado site of the High Bridge of the Georgetown Loop. Famed scenic railroad attraction built 1883-84. As a branch of the Union Pacific and later acquired by the Colorado and Southern. Here the railroad track looped over itself the high bridge being 75 feet above the track beneath daily trains bulging with awed excursionists. Once climbed the Loop it was abandoned and the High Trestle dismantled in 1939. Erected by the State Historical Society of Colorado from the William A. Braiden Foundation and by the Georgetown Civic Association 1947. Account various local controversies this not erected until 1949 and unveiled July 13, 1949. See my article in Sept 1947 Colo. Magazine Page 188."; Title inked on front with "A.J. Horton CSS, CSS Robert Rice, Elmer O. Davis V.P., Georgetown Civic Association, Ben Draper, representatives."; Library owns additional iterations of this image in various formats: 1 copy negative ; 10 x 13 cm. (4 x 5 in.).; R7110060079
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