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Thumbnail for 'Main Street Bridge over Animas River, Flood of 1911'
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Main Street bridge over Animas River, Flood of 1911.
Thumbnail for 'Durango, Colorado - Elevation 6505 ft.'
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Durango, Colorado - Elevation 6505 ft., b/w real photo postcard, showing the layout of the streets and roads through the city.
Thumbnail for 'Bird's Eye View of Durango, Colo., from Smelter Hill'
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Hand colored photograph of Durango, as seen from the top of Smelter Mountain. The narrow gauge railroad station is shown in the lower left of the picture. College Mesa (as it was later known) is in the center right of the picture.
Thumbnail for 'U.S. Post Office (Las Animas, Colo.)'
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Black and white photo of the U.S. Post Office, Las Animas, Colorado.
Thumbnail for 'Junction Creek Canon (near Durango, Colo.)'
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View of water running through a steep canyon; a group of people is standing next to the water.
Thumbnail for 'High School (Durango, Colo.)'
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Photo of the three-story Durango High School building; there is a wooden fence and several tall trees in front of the building.
Thumbnail for 'Panorama of Durango, Colo.'
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Black and white photo of Durango.
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 'Junior High School (Durango, Colo.)'
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View of the three-story Durango Junior High School building (the caption says "Junior High School" but the school itself says "High School"). Three tall trees are in front of the building. This was followed by a Mission Style junior high school fronting 3rd Avenue that was the largest Public Works Administration project ever built in Durango.
Thumbnail for 'I want To Come Home Durango Colo'
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A donkey on the back and reads "I Want to Come Home Durango Colo"
Thumbnail for 'Greetings from Durango, Colorado'
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Photo of Ute Indian Chief, Ignacio, sitting on a horse, photo appears to be hand-colored over a b/w photo, post card addressed to Miss Goldeth Giessesee Rifle, Colorado. Postmarked March 2 ,1907; one cent stamp. Also postmarked on the front. Copyright date 1906.
Thumbnail for 'Main Street, Durango, Colo.'
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This postcard features a view of downtown Durango on Main Street. On the left is the post office. People can be seen walking down the sidewalks and there are cars parked along the sides of the road.
Thumbnail for 'Savoy Hotel, Durango, Colo.'
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Savoy Hotel, Durango, Colorado.
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Aerial view of downtown Durango. Smelter is shown in the background with smoke coming out of the stacks. Mesas shown in far background.
Thumbnail for 'Panorama of Durango, Colo.'
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Panoramic view of the city of Durango, showing the airport runway on College Mesa in the distance.
Thumbnail for 'State Fish Hatchery at Durango, Colorado'
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Black and white photograph of the State Fish Hatchery at Durango, Colorado. A pond is in the foreground, a house and several other buildings are behind the pond. Many trees rim the pond.
Thumbnail for 'First Baptist Church (Durango, Colo.)'
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Photo of First Baptist Church, two vehicles are parked on both sides of the church [writing on back] addressed to Miss Jeanne Taylor postmarked Durango Colo. Nov. 2, 1956 two cent stamp
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Three photos: Durango High School, Park School, Whittier School, drawing on top left of Minerva, goddess of schoolmasters, a drawing on top right of an open book at the base of mountains.
Thumbnail for 'Bird's Eye View of Durango, Colo.'
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Aerial view of Durango looking toward Smelter. Many buildings are visible. There is much writing in cursive on the front.
Thumbnail for 'Main Avenue, Durango, Colo.'
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Main Avenue, Durango, Colorado. A streetcar is in the distance; the tracks run to the foreground of this view. Message written on back is dated February 23, 1908.