Simla aerial photo | Simla aerial photo | Image | Colorado -- Elbert County. Colorado -- Simla Big Sandy River (Colo.) |
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Type:Image Subject:Colorado -- Elbert County. Colorado -- Simla Big Sandy River (Colo.) |
Description:A photograph of the Town of Simla, taken from the air northeast of town. The lower part of the picture also show the Big Sandy River.
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Simla grocery store | Simla grocery store | Image | Colorado -- Elbert County. Colorado -- Simla. |
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Type:Image Subject:Colorado -- Elbert County. Colorado -- Simla. |
Description:An image of a grocery and meat store in Simla, Colorado in the mid-twentieth century.
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Simla Drug Dealer Postcard | Simla Drug Dealer Postcard | image | Colorado -- Elbert County.
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Type:image Subject:Colorado -- Elbert County.
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Description:Colorful postcard sold by Simla Drug Dealer with pictures of the Arkansas river
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Albert and Sarah Tripp Homestead near Simla, Colorado | Albert and Sarah Tripp Homestead near Simla, Colorado | Image | Colorado -- Elbert County Colorado -- Simla |
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Type:Image Subject:Colorado -- Elbert County Colorado -- Simla |
Description:A picture of the Albert and Sarah Tripp homestead and surrounding landscape somewhere in the vicinity of Simla, Colorado provided by their grandson Rolla Cusick.
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Cheyenne school house teacher(s) and students in front of the building in the 1920s | Cheyenne school house teacher(s) and students in front of the building in the 1920s | Image | Colorado -- Elbert County Colorado -- Matheson |
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Type:Image Subject:Colorado -- Elbert County Colorado -- Matheson |
Description:An image of the students and teacher(s) of the Cheyenne school house in the 1920s. According to contributor Mina Coonts, the school house served the Matheson area. The scanned photograph has three names, "Pena, Lula, and Stella" written above three subjects' heads. Above the door of the building is a sign that reads "Cheyenne," with other writing worn away. [show more]
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Crowds and traffic in Simla, Colorado | Crowds and traffic in Simla, Colorado | Image | Colorado -- Elbert County Colorado -- Simla |
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Type:Image Subject:Colorado -- Elbert County Colorado -- Simla |
Description:An image of Simla, Colorado, most likely at the intersection of what is now Highway 24 (Caribou) and Sioux Avenue.
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Jesse Tripp home | Jesse Tripp home | Image | Colorado -- Elbert County Colorado -- Simla |
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Type:Image Subject:Colorado -- Elbert County Colorado -- Simla |
Description:An image of Jesse Tripp entering his home in southern rural Elbert County, Colorado, courtesy of his grandson Rolla Cusick.
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Matheson bank | Matheson bank | Image | Colorado -- Elbert County Colorado -- Matheson |
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Type:Image Subject:Colorado -- Elbert County Colorado -- Matheson |
Description:A photocopy of an original image of a bank in Matheson, Colorado believed to have been taken in the early twentieth century. Someone has handwritten "Matheson Bank" in cursive on top of the picture.
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Matheson billiards hall | Matheson billiards hall | Image | Colorado -- Elbert County Colorado -- Matheson |
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Type:Image Subject:Colorado -- Elbert County Colorado -- Matheson |
Description:A photocopied image of a billiards (pool) hall in Matheson, Colorado in the early 1900s.
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Pete and Clarence Ashcraft photos of mail wagon and baseball pose near the train depot in the Simla and Matheson, Colorado area. | Pete and Clarence Ashcraft photos of mail wagon and baseball pose near the train depot in the Simla and Matheson, Colorado area. | Image | Colorado -- Elbert County Colorado -- Simla |
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Type:Image Subject:Colorado -- Elbert County Colorado -- Simla |
Description:A photocopy of two photos from the early 1900s. One photo shows a man next to a wagon. Cursive handwriting next to this photo indicates that it is Pete Ashcraft next to a mail wagon. The other photo shows children playing baseball, with one child in the foreground posing and holding a baseball bat. Cursive handwriting next to this photo indicates that the child with the bat is "Clarence Ashcraft at the train depot." It is unknown whether the photos were taken in Simla, Matheson, or Ramah (El Paso County). These towns were all located along the Rock Island Railroad line. [show more]
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