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| View Original: | A portion of what some call "the oldest building in the world" in Lamar, the county seat of Prowers County, Colorado LCCN2015632677.tif.tiff (10328x7760) | |||
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| Keywords: A portion of what some call "the oldest building in the world" in Lamar, the county seat of Prowers County, Colorado LCCN2015632677.tif 1 photograph digital tiff file color Notes What's left of the old gas station gets its name because it is made of petrified wood in effect wood turned to stone dating back 175 million years or so Hoping to sidetrack tourists traveling along US 287 on their way through Lamar Colorado to the Rocky Mountains lumber dealer W G Brown built the one-of-a-kind structure in 1932 The station became a tire store in 1962 and as of this image in 2015 was part of a used-car lot ; Forms part of Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M Highsmith Archive ; Credit line Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M Highsmith Archive Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division ; Title date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer ; Purchase; Carol M Highsmith Photography Inc ; 2015; DLC/PP-2015 068 2015 Creator Carol M Highsmith Library of Congress Catalog http //lccn loc gov/2015632677 Image download https //cdn loc gov/master/pnp/highsm/32600/32662a tif Original url http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/highsm 32662 No known restrictions on publication LOC-image highsm 32662 PD-Highsmith Images uploaded by Fæ Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M Highsmith Archive Petrified Wood Building Lamar Colorado Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M Highsmith Archive Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Photographs by Carol M Highsmith | ||||