Detail View: Image Archives: The Winter Home for the Elderly
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File Name:
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80-001.jpg
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catalog number:
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IV.80-001.P
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collection:
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Image Archives
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title:
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The Winter Home for the Elderly
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creator:
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Clayton Powers
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creator type:
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creator of digital collection
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creator:
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Gertrude Van Roekel
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creator type:
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photographer
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description:
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According to Gertrude Van Roekel the A-frame houses were used for the elderly during the winter. To ensure greater warmth the floor level was a foot underground. The frame work was boards or logs covered with dirt. During the summer, they stayed in tents.
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date:
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1940
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date type:
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date of photograph
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location:
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USA, New Mexico, Jicarilla Apache Reservation, Dulce
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modified:
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no
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format:
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image/jpg
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file size:
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3.83MB
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source:
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5x7 black and white photographic print scanned with Epson Expression 10000XL at 500dpi, 16-bit grayscale.
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rights:
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use with permission Denver Museum of Nature and Science
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