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The 40 & 8 Band passing by the First National Bank on F Street.
The titles and symbols of the Forty & Eight reflect its First World War origins. Americans were transported to the battle front on French trains within boxcars stenciled with a “40/8”, denoting its capacity to hold either forty men or eight horses. This uncomfortable mode of transportation was familiar to all who fought in the trenches; a common small misery among American soldiers...
3. India Grill
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Peter Mulvany presumably among the ruins of the Big Fire, Jan. 2, 1888. Peter Mulvany’s hotel burned to the ground, and fire took out buildings a half a block in every direction. This photo is looking towards the west. The Hot Springs Livery (visible back left) was based at 2nd and G Streets.
Bob Rush Collection.
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The Central Block building which was located on the southwest corner of 1st and F Streets in Salida, Colorado.
'Another important building, completed on the opposite corner of First Street at 102-24 F
Street, apparently incorporated sections of buildings that survived the fire. Known as the
Corbin Building or the Central Block, the building was erected by E.W. Corbin, William E.
Robertson, and W.W. Roller. On 17 December...
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The Palace Hotel, a $20,000 three-story brick building designed by Charles J. Anderson and
owned by Ambrose Ramsey, was built at 204 N. F Street during 1906-09. Distinctive
features of the building’s façade were a heavily ornamented parapet with stone trim,
corbelling, and half-round and rectangular inset panels with textured stucco, thick rock-faced
stone lintel courses and narrow stone sill courses, paired...
12. Downtown Salida
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This group of men in downtown Salida may have been members of the traveling troupe Uncle Tom’s Cabin Company, which performed shows based on Stowe’s novel and traveled across the country in the early 20th century. The show featured jubilee dancers, Shetland ponies, military bands and cake walkers and generally ended with a street parade. This photo is taken on North F Street.
Bob Rush Collection.