| 014-15-1907z-002 | Above the Clouds, Nearly Three Miles High, Summit of Mt. McClellan, Colo.--Argentine Central Ry. | Image | Railroads |
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Description:Postcard with a colored view of an Argentine Central railroad train and a group of people at the top of Mt. McClellan in Colorado. Photo is taken below the train and people, looking up.
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| 014-1-1904-001 | Above the Forks, Clear Creek Canyon, Colorado. | Image | Railroads
Railroad tracks |
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Type:Image Subject:Railroads
Railroad tracks |
Description:Postcard with a colored view of a Colorado and Southern Railroad train in Clear Creek Canyon, Colorado, west of the forks (the junction where the train went to either Idaho Springs or Black Hawk). No note, but postcard was sent to Mr W. C. Campbell in Washington D.C. [show more]
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| 014-21-1906-001 | Above the Loop, Moffat Line, Colorado | Image | Railroad bridges |
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Type:Image Subject:Railroad bridges |
Description:Postcard with a colored view of the trestle at the top of the loop on the Moffat Line, west of the Continental Divide (Tunnel 33). Was originally sent in 1906 with the note on the front reading "Corona, Col. Sep 22 '06 Up above the Clouds where there are snowbanks" and "My dear Kirka Ake[?] Mamma and I have been thinking a whole lot about Jon today. Hope g??? has been a good little man. Papa." Sent from Denver to Colorado Springs (name is too faint on back to read). The postcard was sent again through the mail in 1991. A note and address were typed over the original 1906 address on the back. The 1991 note was a thank you note addressed to Cynthia (Cindy) Neeley and Christine Bradley at the Georgetown Society Inc. about help with research. [show more]
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| 014-16-1911-003 | Aerial Railway to Sunrise Peak, Colo. | Image | Aerial tramways |
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Type:Image Subject:Aerial tramways |
Description:Postcard with a colored view of the Aerial Railway (tramway) from Silver Plume, Colorado to Sunrise Peak. View is from near the top of the line, showing a group of people approaching the top. Note on the back reads "Sunrise Peak I have been heaving snowballs up here JHH." Sent from Silver Plume to Mr. Palfe Humphries in Towanda, PA. The back is also stamped by the "The Colorado Mines and Aerial Tramway Company." [show more]
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| 014-16-1911-001 | Aerial Railway to Sunrise Peak, Colo. | Image | Aerial tramways |
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Type:Image Subject:Aerial tramways |
Description:Postcard with a color view of the bottom of the Sunrise Peak aerial tram in Silver Plume, Colorado. The note on the back reads "Dear Friend how are you this morning we did not get to leave this week we intend to leave Monday. If its all O.K. to you all we will come sunday for dinner how do you like the snow Gremain your friend Ella Kresse [?]." Sent from Concordia, MO to Miss Maise Schutz in Concordia, MO [show more]
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| 053-1908-001 | An Argentine Central Train in Waldorf, Colorado | Image | Railroads |
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Description:Photograph of Waldorf, Colorado, looking west, with an Argentine Central train arriving in town. The post office and water tower can be seen in the background. Shows men walking towards the train and sitting near the train. Date is likely 1908, though it could be a year or so before or after (this is when the Reillys ran a boarding house in Waldorf). [show more]
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| 053-1908-003 | An Argentine Central Train near Waldorf, Colorado | Image | Railroads |
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Description:Reproduced photograph (the location of the original is now unknown) of people on and around an Argentine Central Railroad train near Waldorf, Colorado. Photograph likely taken by the Reilly family. Date is likely 1908, though it could be a year or so before or after (this is when the Reillys ran a boarding house in Waldorf). [show more]
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| 034-15-1907z-001 | Approaching "Rocky Point" Clear Creek County, Argentine Central Ry., Colo. | Image | Railroads |
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Description:Postcard with a colored view of an Argentine Central Railroad train approaching Rocky Point (southwest of Pavilion Point) near Silver Dale, Colorado. Number 3550. Unused postcard.
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| 014-15-1909-002 | Argentine Falls, on the Argentine Central Ry., Colo. | Image | Railroads |
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Type:Image Subject:Railroads |
Description:Postcard with a colored view of Argentine Falls in Colorado, along the Argentine Central Railroad. A water tank is also visible above the falls. The note on the back reads "I am trying to send you up and down ones. from Elizabeth" Sent to Miss Marie Kuhler in Indianapolis, Indiana. [show more]
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| 014-15-1908-001 | Argentine Pass, Colorado. Argentine Central Ry.-Gray's Peak Route. | Image | Railroad tracks
Mountain passes |
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Type:Image Subject:Railroad tracks
Mountain passes |
Description:Postcard with a colored view of Argentine Pass, Colorado, taken at treeline from the Argentine Central Railroad tracks east of Waldorf. The note "Four weeks ago yesterday" is written under the title on the front. The note on the back reads "McCook 8/30/08 Quarantine was lifted Thursday and I am allowed to sit up a little now in a big chair. Am still pretty weak but will try to write soon. P. V. R." Sent from Nebraska (town is cut off on stamp) to Miss Sera Murphy in Ft. Madison, Iowa. [show more]
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