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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Jul 31, 2013 - 12:41pm PT
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Great find....thanks!
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weezy
climber
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Jul 31, 2013 - 01:05pm PT
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any "old photo" lovers should definitely bookmark http://www.shorpy.com/. huge archive, hi resolutions.
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hooblie
climber
from out where the anecdotes roam
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Jul 31, 2013 - 01:10pm PT
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the captions are nicely done too. can't help but feel uneasy on behalf of the hapless. not much was known about snow control in early alta
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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Jul 31, 2013 - 01:48pm PT
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That those were all done with the wet plate colloidal process on glass and survived all the way back to the east coast makes it an even more amazing collection.
Imagine first making, then developing your own film in the back of a wagon or in a tent.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Jul 31, 2013 - 02:00pm PT
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The engineers for the Trans-Con RR "had to move the railroad west 12 miles to Bryan, Wyoming," because they didn't know the place was settled is a good story. There are several among these captions, and thanks for the history lesson!
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
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There area million photos like that in the U.S. Geological Survey photo archives. Search and ye shall find.
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RyanD
climber
Squamish
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So cool, thanks.
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S.Leeper
Social climber
somewhere that doesnt have anything over 90'
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Thanks Doc! Gorgeous.
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