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Thumbnail for 'Durango and Animas River Valley, Colo.'
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Photograph of Durango, the Animas River and the Animas Valley around Durango. Dated 6-4-47, addressed to Mr. Charles F. Ivins, 8 Morris Street, Merchantville, NJ. "Beautiful scenery. Wonderful pictures, if they turn out. Stew."
Thumbnail for 'Denver and Rio Grande narrow gauge train'
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Side view of train traveling through the mountains along the Animas River. A short letter was written on the back of this card.
Thumbnail for 'High Water in Animas River above Animas City, Colorado'
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Photo of Animas River flooding over the banks, on back "Real photo 1910" is written in pencil, but the peak of the flood was in October of 1911. Animas City was the region (that has been part of the City of Durango since 1948/49) north of Junction Street to 37th Street.
Thumbnail for 'High Water in Animas River at Smelter after Taking out Footbridge'
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Photo of river overflowing its banks against a factory building on the left. A small shack is caught in the river on the right side, Perins Peak is in the background.
Thumbnail for 'Silverton (Colo.) (altitude 9288 feet) and Animas River'
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Large mountain overlooking the town. View of river. Clouds in the sky.
Thumbnail for 'Animas River, Durango, Colo.'
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Black and white photograph, aerial view of the Animas River in Durango, Colorado. Snow covered peaks in background; railroad tracks follow river.
Thumbnail for 'New City Bridge of Rio de Los Animas in Durango, Colo.'
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Duplicate of 1-25. Addressed to Miss Olga Dillon, Silverton, Colorado. "This is the new stone bridge over the Animas River. Helen W." No postage stamp on card.
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Distant view of stone bridge with the Animas River running high against the bridge. Identification of bridge and river is based on other post cards in the collection. Several people are standing on the bridge in the foreground there is a wooden shack.
Thumbnail for 'Narrow gauge train - The Silverton (Colo.)'
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The Silverton narrow gauge passenger train travels through the Animas River Canyon.
Thumbnail for 'New City Bridge over Rio De Los Animas in Durango, Colo.'
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Photograph of the new city bridge over a river, a trolley is passing over the bridge several houses are shown in the background, mountains and mesas are shown above the bridge in the far background. photo appears to be hand-colored over a b/w photo.
Thumbnail for 'Animas Valley South of Durango, Colo.'
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Sepia photograph of the Animas Valley and River South of Durango, Colorado.
Thumbnail for 'Stone bridge over Animas River, Main Avenue. (Durango, Colo.)'
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Photo of Animas River flowing underneath Main Avenue stone bridge. Trees are on both sides of the river.
Thumbnail for 'Flood Water, Animas River Durango, Colo.'
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Photo of Animas River overflowing its banks in the 1911 flood. Mesas are visible in the background.
Thumbnail for 'Bridge across the Animas River (Colo.)'
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Photograph of bridge across the Animas River. A trolley is passing over the bridge. The bank on the left side of river is covered with snow.
Thumbnail for 'Animas Valley (Durango, Colo.)'
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Photograph of the Animas River winding through the Animas Valley above Durango, Colorado.
Thumbnail for 'Animas Valley (Durango, Colo.)'
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View of what appears to be a flood along the Animas River in the Animas Valley. There is a person standing on a rock on the left side of the card.
Thumbnail for 'Animas River Valley Durango, Colo.'
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View of the Animas River Valley in Durango, Colorado, with the highway approaching town and snow-capped mountains in the background.
Thumbnail for 'Durango, Colo., Animas Valley'
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Animas Valley, Durango, Colorado.
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Overhead view of Durango, CO. Animas River can be seen on left hand side of picture.
Thumbnail for 'Animas Valley near Durango, Colo.'
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Photograph of a person standing on a snow capped outcrop overlooking the Animas Valley and river near Durango, Colorado. A slight mist covers the valley to the north.