Piney Ridge from Azure, Colorado reached via Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway (later called Denver and Salt Lake) on the Moffat Road; view towards Colorado River; standard gauge track with box cars and caboose parked on loop siding, flat cars loaded with dirt parked on opposite siding; men standing on steep railroad embankment; flat cars were unloaded to strengthen fill loaded by steam shovel which worked off railroad tracks widening right-of-way from recent slides.
Description
1 copy photonegatives ; 9 x 11 cm. (3 1/2 x 4 1/4 in.); 1 photonegative : glass ; 21 x 26 cm. (8 x 10 in.); 1 photoprint ; 12 x 16 cm. (4 3/4 x 6 in.); 1 photoprint ; 19 x 24 cm. (7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.)
Is Part Of
WH2300. Louis Charles McClure papers, 1898-1943.; WH2300. Louis Charles McClure papers, 1898-1943, album IV.
Subject
Azure (Colo.)--1900-1920; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1900-1920; Mountain railroads--Colorado--1900-1920; Railroad cars--Colorado--1900-1920; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1920; Rivers--Colorado--1900-1920; Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway.
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: ZZR700070740
Notes
Copy negative made from vintage photographic print; one contemporary print.; Glass plate retouched by photographer.; Title and signature hand-lettered on glass plate.; R7000707408
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