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Description
Call Number
Z-6007
Title
Georgetown
Loop
,
unveiling
monument
Summary
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
.
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
Physical Description
1 photographic print : 8 x 13 cm. (3 x 5 1/2 in.)
Subject
Georgetown (Colo.)--1940-1950.
Dedications--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.
Monuments & memorials--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.
Public speaking--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.
Women--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.
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
Film
negatives.
;
Photographic
prints.
;
Imaged.
;
Image
Format-Medium
Photograph
Identifier
F34329
DPLW
Filename
11006007.TIF
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