One For The Buffalo Hunters.

[Jim Courtney]

http://digital.denverlibrary.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p15330coll22/id/78093/rec/483

A familiar view perhaps, but follow the link to the DPL website and enlarge the depot / warehouse area to maximum to check out the boxcars with the 1902 lettering.

Perhaps Chris could enlarge that part of the photo, post it here and tell us how he does it.  I still can't figure it out.

[Jeff Young]

I use Capture to take a screen-shot, and then Gimp* to crop and convert to JPG.

This is not quite full zoom because I thought the yard to the right was interesting, as was the (car body?) shed at the tree line in the upper right:

http://digital.denverlibrary.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p15330coll22/id/78093/rec/483

Cheers,

Jeff.

* I used to use Photoshop.  But after retiring from 25 years of service to Adobe, they don’t seem interested in giving me a courtesy subscription.  So I moved to Gimp, which I’m getting on quite well with.

[Chris Walker]

http://digital.denverlibrary.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p15330coll22/id/78093/rec/483

Straight out zoom on full browser and Snipping Tool.


That dirt highway to Riverview sure is sweet. {:))

[John Schapekahm]

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[Jim Courtney]

Thanks all, I will practice a bit until I master this.  Chris's enlargements are always spectacular, but I guess it always depends on the quality of the original print.  Many of the 1880s Jackson and Mellon prints have a wealth of detail hiding in the silver grains.

As to the two boxcars in the photos, I can't descern the numbers, but I'd guess the car on the right is a former 26 foot Litchfield car and the car on the left a former UP built 27 foot car.  The car on the right has the rectangular "The Colorado Road" emblem on the door, evidently the car too short to place it above the side lettering.  The car on the left is a bit taller, with room for the emblem at the left end of the car side.  

Wonderful photo!!