Colorado images - page 7 of 9
This page and the next include images from Burlington, Colorado.

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Burlington, Colorado
June 30-July 1, 2012
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Sunset
[The sun, already below the horizon, fires an orange-red color from the ground to the undersides of the few clouds in the sky. The outline of a tree and the ground are backlit by the setting sun.]

Two-Banded Checkered Skipper Butterfly at the county fairgrounds
[White-spotted brown butterfly sitting on a yellow-tipped red flower.]

County fair advertisement
[Good luck (with a horshoe for the u) written around a smiling horse. This is painted on a door on a business on the main street.]

Another fair advertisement
[KCC Fair & Rodeo written about a bull coming out of a white and red-ringed target. The bull has a huge, blue nose ring. The dates July 23-28 are in the lower corner. This is painted on a window of a main street business.]

And another fair advertisement
[A bull rider riding a snorting bull is painted on the window of a door of a business in town. The fair dates are in the lower right corner.]

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Old Town Museum - Burlington, Colorado
Re-created turn-of-the-century prairie town in fully restored, historical buildings
July 1, 2012

The jail is the stone building on the left and the church is on the far right.
(Building with the satellite dish is the security station for the site.)
[Stitched two photos together showing five buildings as seen from the corner of a street.]

Two-story manor home behind the tree
[A house at the end of the street with an open four-wheel wagon sitting in front of it.]

Barber, bank, law office, and train depot (from right to left)
[A row of colorfully painted wooden buildings.]

Adding machines in the bank
[Two adding machines of which one has a clear side panel showing all the mechanics inside.]

Wooten desk in the law office
[Large desk with front which opens to the sides revealing many storage compartments.]

Reward and Wanted posters inside the jail
[Two rows of five posters each. Many are yellowed due to age.]

Part of the doll collection in one buliding
[Doll with short-cropped hair wearing earings, necklace and lace gloves which matches the multitude of lace on her dress.]

This Howe Hearse was designed for children's funerals. White was a symbol of purity for children.
[All white hearse with gold inlay. Three large windows have heavy white drapes covering them. Hearse has four wooden wheels.]

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All photos © S. M. Garver