Looking Deeper into the Scene with DPL

This discovery may help others in locating a particular image or subject using the fantastic DPL archives.

While searching for photographs of the old DSP&P I kept coming up the same image twice or more, in the thumbnails. Obviously there is more than one copy of the image in the collection and changing to a search for Platte Canon Line yielded yet another image. This was a different format yet carried the same image Title and to a scan of the thumbnails appeared to all intents to be the same.
Not So:
I'm happy to say as lurking in the picture was an elusive piece of hardware not very closely captured on the DSP&P and if only the first image was viewed then the hardware was obscured and unless you noticed the shadow, therefore missed completely.

Image 1:
[digital.denverlibrary.org]




Image 2:
[digital.denverlibrary.org]



Looking again at this second, less interesting view without the capture of the Mason Bogie revealed the elusive object. There is a third photo not that much removed from the first that only shows a part of the original fabricated, not cast Harp switchstand.

Of course I expect this discovery to turn into a full blown Telegraph discussion once S'Park sees it

Chris
in New Zealand