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Thumbnail for 'I'm from Durango, Colorado.
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Drawing of a burrow with one ear up and one ear down, a pine branch decorates the picture. The text on this postcard reads, "I am the burro passive, I carry burdons (sic) massive, Up long steep trails I go, Over the rocks and through the snow"
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 'Little Joe & Maude, Durango 9-23-19 Durango Fair & Roundup'
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Appears to be a clown act at the Roundup, Little Joe and Maude (a burro) are in the foreground, 2 people on horseback and 5 people on foot standing next to the duo. Other horses and riders are seen indistinctly in the far background.
Thumbnail for 'Prospector's Friend, Buffalo Boy Mine, Silverton, Colo.'
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Black and white photograph of two burros and a man standing on the trail above the Buffalo Boy Mine, Silverton, Colorado.
Thumbnail for 'A pack train (Ouray, Colo.)'
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Photo of mules with packs on their backs crossing a bridge appears to be hand colored over a b/w photo.
Thumbnail for 'Flock of Sheep and Pack Burroughs, Durango, Colo.'
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Real photo view of a flock of sheep with several pack burros crossing a road near Durango.
Thumbnail for 'Ready for the Mines (Silverton, Colo.)'
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Ready for the mines, Silverton, Colorado. A packtrain of burros standing in the street, in front of the Silverton Supply Co.
Thumbnail for 'Ouray Colo. coming from the mines'
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A colorized view of a train of pack burros on a trail with two men in the rear, one of them on horseback, leading another horse. Postmarked on March 5, 1912 in Ouray, and mailed to Mrs. and Mr. Robert Pickens in Montrose from Mrs. Minnie Wright and Flora.
Thumbnail for 'Near Ouray Colo.'
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Near Ouray, Colorado. Note on card "Old Fashioned Saintly Women as I knew them. The Hermit."
Thumbnail for 'Ouray, Colo., burro train'
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A train of at least a dozen mules with packs on their backs is waiting, partway across a bridge, with more pack animals standing solitary in the distance. Postmarked in Ouray on May 3, 1907. The card was printed in Germany by litho-chrome and has a canceled one cent stamp on it.
Thumbnail for 'Ouray, Colo., burro train'
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Ouray, Colorado, burro train.
Thumbnail for 'Lumber pack train, Telluride, Colo.'
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View of burros dragging long wooden pieces up a mountain path. Someone has written on the address side: "This is how they pack all the materials and supplies up to the gold mines. Then, coming down, each mule carries two big sacks of ore."
Thumbnail for 'Prospector, The (Telluride, Colo.)'
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Colored photograph postcard of person in hat with rile over shoulder guiding a donkey up an incline.
Thumbnail for 'Burros loaded with alfalfa'
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Colored lithographed photo print of four burros carrying alfalfa, standing against a stone or brick wall.
Thumbnail for 'Manitou, Colo., 1903'
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This image is from a black and white sepia toned photograph of a woman sitting sidesaddle on a cranky looking burro. Postmark is Aug 27, 1903.
Thumbnail for 'Colorado natives coming from the mines (Colo.)'
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Colored lithograph photo print image of mountain road with log-built structure at right, and pack mules or donkeys in procession.
Thumbnail for 'Burro pack train (Ouray, Colo.)'
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Two men leading a pack of nine mules with packs on their backs; mountain peaks in the background are covered with patches of snow
Thumbnail for 'Water line pipe for Thistledown Mill'
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Photo print image of pack mules, each carrying 2 big pipes on their backs through a town street. Roof tops of buildings and mountain cliff edges are visible in background.