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The Cripple Creek Short Line Railroad

Date: 1930
Description: Elevated view of the Cripple Creek Short Line Railroad and a train winding through the mountains.
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Elevated View of a Small Town

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Description: Elevated view of the small town in a rocky and hilly area including houses, roads and the surrounding empty landscape. Caption reads: "Lyons, Colo. A Beaut...
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Harvesting Corn

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Description: Three men in a cornfield, mid-harvest. One of the men is seated on a horse-drawn harvester. "McCormick Chicago" (rest of text illegible) can be read on the...
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Wheat Field

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Description: Two men pose in a wheat field.
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Stacking Hay

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Description: Several agricultural workers operating horse-driven machinery to stack hay. Two men stand on a large pile of hay. Caption reads: "A Hay Ranch In Colorado."
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Stacking Hay

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Description: Several agricultural workers operating horse-driven machinery to stack hay. Two men stand on a large pile of hay. Caption reads: "A Hay Ranch In Colorado."
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Cattle Drive

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Description: View looking down at a cattle drive in the Raton Mountains that extends from the foreground and into the background. The cattle descend the winding trail. ...
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Canoeing in the City Park

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Description: View toward two people in a canoe in the city park. A woman reclines in the front while holding an umbrella, and a man in the back holds an oar.
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Street Scene

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Description: View down a city street from a colonnaded walkway. Automobiles park outside a store advertising drugs and soda, Wade Bros. Land Company, and Henry C. Roge...
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Street Scene, Idaho Springs, Colorado

Date: 1910
Description: View down a street crowded with pedestrians and horse-drawn carts. Published by E.J. Deis.
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Statue of Winfield Scott Stratton

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Description: Statue of Winfield Scott Stratton (1848-1902), Cripple Creek district's first millionaire. The bronze statue was completed in 1909 by Nellie Walker.
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Alma and William O. Petersen

Date: 09 03 1932
Description: A smiling William Otto Petersen poses with his mother, Alma Schmidt Petersen on a rustic bench at Green Mountain Falls, Colorado. William is wearing shorts...
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Frederick Jackson Turner on a Horse

Date: 08 1902
Description: Frederick Jackson Turner on horseback at Wagon Wheel Gap.

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