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2022.61.8 - Print, Photographic
Great Sand Dunes Quarter Launch 2014 - Superintendent Lisa Carrico addresses a large crowd at the unveiling of the new Great Sand Dunes US quarter coin. Many local school children attended the event.
Record Type: Photo
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2022.61.9 - Print, Photographic
Mission 66 funds allowed for the construction of employee housing east of the maintenanace building. This is building No. 14, a three-unit apartment structure. (GRSA-2177)
Record Type: Photo
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2022.62.19 - Insecta-Arthrotexaspoda-Scarabaeidae-Cha
Papilio Polysenes Asterius the (eastern) black swallowtail. American swallowtail or parship swallowtail, is a butterfly found throughtout much of North America. It is the state butterfly of Oklahoma and New Jersey. The species is named after the figure in Greek Mythology, Polyxena who was the youngest daughter of King Priam of Troy. The Black swallowtail has a wingspan of 6.9-8.4cm and females are typically larger than males. The upper wing surfa...
Record Type: Photo
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2022.62.20 - Insecta-Arthrotexaspoda-Scarabaeidae-Cha
The Papilio Laglaizei ( Morobe, Papua-New Guinea Feb 1978) is a swallowtail butterfly found in Papua-New Guinea. It is a mimic of Aicides agathyrsus.
Record Type: Photo
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2022.62.21 - Insecta-Arthrotexaspoda-Scarabaeidae-Cha
Alcides is a genus of uraniid moths from Northern Australia, New Gunea, and other islands in the region. They are diurnal and strongly marked with iridescent colours.
Record Type: Photo
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2022.62.22 - Insecta-Arthrotexaspoda-Scarabaeidae-Cha
Ascalaph Odorata, the erebid moth commonly known asa the black witch, is a large bat-shaped, dark-colored nocturnal moth. Normally ranging from the southern United States to Brazil. Ascalapha odoratais also migratory into Canada and most states of United States. It is the largest noctuoid in the Continental United States. In the folklore of many Central American Cultures it is associated with death or misfortune. Female moths can attain a wingsp...
Record Type: Photo
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2022.62.23 - Insecta-Arthrotexaspoda-Scarabaeidae-Cha
Erebus is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae.
Record Type: Photo
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2022.66.2 - Print, Photographic
Camp A.A. Humphreys [sometimes spelled Humphreys], named for Civil War Brigadier General Andrew A. Humphreys and built on the Potomac River near George Washington's historic Mount Vernon home, was authorized in December 1917 and construction began in January 1918.
Record Type: Photo
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2022.69.1 - Print, Photographic
A black and white photograph of cauliflower packing at Escherman Farm in Blanca, CO. Photograph was taken September 6, 1929 by Hannan McDonald of Alamosa, CO. Nine men and one boy with cases of cauliflower piled high behind them.
Record Type: Photo
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2022.69.2 - Print, Photographic
A black and white photograph of Hamelton Field in La Jara, Colorado taken on August 29, 1929 by McDonald Studio of Alamosa, Colorado. Seven people holding buckets and a crate with peas.
Record Type: Photo
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2022.69.3 - Print, Photographic
A black and white photograph of the pea picking crew at Morris Farm, west of La Jara, Colorado taken on August 29, 1929 by McDonald Studio of Alamosa, Colorado. Several men, women, and children are posed in this picture.
Record Type: Photo
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2022.69.4 - Print, Photographic
A black and white photograph of several men loading the first car of lettuce of the season on July 14, 1928 for S. A. Gerard Co., Del Norte District. Photograph was taken by Hume and numbered 10.
Record Type: Photo
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2022.69.5 - Print, Photographic
A black and white photograph taken of a potato harvest in the San Luis Valley circa 1928-1929. About 13 men are in the picture as well as 4 teams of horses/mules. There are rows of 6 potato sacks waiting to be picked up.
Record Type: Photo
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2022.70.1 - Album, Photograph
A photo album for the family of Lafayette Head. There are approximately 27 pages of photography taken at various studios, mostly Denver area, Pueblo, Colorado, Conejos, Colo. and some in Missouri. Most of the album is from the maternal side of the family. Lafayette Head was an Indian agent for the San Luis Valley and later was the Lt. Governor of Colorado from 1876 to 1879.
Record Type: Photo
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2022.71.1 - Insecta-Arthrotexaspoda-Scarabaeidae-Cha
Tirachoidea Cantori or Cantor's stick insect in the order Phasmatodea. It is commonly found in Peninsular Malaysia, Myanmar, Sumatra, and Thailand. Females of this species can reach over 200mm
Record Type: Photo
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2022.71.2 - Insecta-Arthrotexaspoda-Scarabaeidae-Cha
Eurycantha Horrida the thorny devil walking stick is a species belonging to the stick instects ( order Phasmatodea) and to the family Phasmatidae. It can reach a length of about 12cm (4.7in) in males and about 14cm (5.5in) in females. The body color ranges from pale green to brown. The young insects are glossy greenish. These ground-dwelling stick insects resemble bark or rotten wood. They have numerous small spines in their body and on their hin...
Record Type: Photo
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2023.10.1 - Print, Photographic
Picture of downtown, main street of Alamosa, Colorado. Photo taken by O.T. Davis on Janurary 10, 1911.
Record Type: Photo
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2023.10.10 - Print, Photographic
An irrigation flume, somewhere in Alamosa, CO between 1891-1895. photographer also unknown.
Record Type: Photo
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2023.10.11 - Print, Photographic
Nathan's Merc Co. "Clothing, Furnishings & Shoes". On the corner of Main and State street. Taken between 1920-1929. It is now the local bookstore. Photographer unknown.
Record Type: Photo
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2023.10.12 - Print, Photographic
3 Negitive photo slides of places in Alamosa, Colorado. Notes state photos of Flour Mill, a State street parade and a water well drilling rig. Cannot indenify by eye.
Record Type: Photo