Golden (Colo.)

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Exterior view of the home Arthur Sweet lived in while attending the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, Colorado.

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Bob Richardson, executive director of the Colorado Railroad Museum, shares his knowledge and expertise regarding the history of railroads in the West, railroad unions, and the working conditions and compensation of railroad workers. Also discusses the importance of railroads for the development of Colorado.

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Four men, students from the Colorado School of Mines and friends of Arthur Sweet, are posing in a front yard of a house in Golden, Colorado.

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Classmates of Arthur Sweet from the Colorado School of Mines stand beside a train on a field trip.

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Arthur Mayer with classmates from the Colorado School of Mines standing beside a train on a field trip.

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Eugenia Mitchell reflects on her first visit to Colorado before moving to the state in 1951 and her job as a house mother for a fraternity at the Colorado School of Mines. Reflects on her love of quilting, her collection of historic and unique quilts, and her dreams of having a quilt museum.

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Silent color film depicting scenes from around Denver, Colorado Springs, Cripple Creek, Aspen, other areas in the Rocky Mountains, and Heritage Square in Golden, Colorado.

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Marian Laurent, a freelance writer born and raised in Colorado, reflects on her childhood in Golden, attending a country school heated by a stove, and dancing to big band music at the Trocadero Ballroom at Elitches. Laurent discusses riding the Interurban Trolley from Golden to Denver on her 6th birthday and visiting the tea rooms in the Daniels and Fisher Tower.

Abstract Paul Pattridge, a Colorado rancher and cattle breeder, reflects on his childhood in Denver, Colorado growing up on a farm. Discusses the people who most influenced him including his elementary teacher Emma Brown. After his service in World War I, Pattridge started working at Willow Springs farm in Morrison, Colorado. Reflects on his work on different farms, enlisting for the war, experiencing the Great Depression, and his time ranching in Golden and Morrison. Briefly discusses his wife and...