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Posts by Randel Metz

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A group of people poses in the "Delta House Smith Bro's. Livery and Transfer" wagon, parked in the middle of unpaved Main Street in the town of Delta, Colorado. Men, women, and children sit in the cab, and two people sit on it. A boy sits next to the driver, who holds reins and a whip. The harness of one of the horses reads "Smith Bros. Livery." Trees and commercial storefronts are in the background.

Wow Photo Wednesday ~ The Family Car

View of mission ruins and graves at Taos, New Mexico; a Native American (Taos Pueblo) poses in a blanket. Adobe pueblo dwellings and Pueblo Peak are in the background.

Wow Photo Wednesday ~ The Architecture of Conquest

James Peak, on the border of Gilpin, Grand and Clear Creek counties in Colorado, stands in the distance with patches of snow in This view from American City, west of Apex in Gilpin County. A log cabin is in the right midground. Tall pine trees stand near the cabin and in the left foreground.

Wow Photo Wednesday ~ Dreams of Summertime

Convicts at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, wear uniforms marked with wide, horizontal stripes. They stand in a line, each with his hands on the shoulders of the man in front of him. A uniformed guard in a double breasted jacket and conductor's hat looks on.

Wow Photo Wednesday ~ Cañon City Penitentiary

A Tenth Mountain Division soldier enjoys the beach at Trieste with a woman. Both wear bathing costumes and pose for the camera. Behind them the beach is filled with other sun worshipers.

Wow Photo Wednesday ~ 10th Mountain Division

Hughy, a man in cowboy boots and a vest, holds a pipe and sits in front of a wood cabin with a wooden shingle roof in Colorado or Utah. A wooden doghouse is by the porch. Metal buckets, a branding iron, a drill bit, bundles of wire, hats, horseshoes, and a workbench are near the cabin.

Wow Photo Wednesday ~ Tiny Houses