Barker Dam and reservoir : from the Shriber collection of lantern slides. [ca. 1915]

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Barker Dam and reservoir : from the Shriber collection of lantern slides. [ca. 1915]

View of the dam and reservoir, with a man and a dog in the foreground.

1 slide.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7475589

Boulder Public Library

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Wegman-French, Mort,

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