Bob Rush Collection

: Independent Order of Odd Fellows Parade on F Street; An I.O.O.F. Parade taken at 3rd and F Streets in Salida, Colorado. Bob Rush Collection.

: India Grill; The India Grill was located on the corner of F and 1st Streets in downtown Salida, Colorado. Bob Rush Collection.

: Interior of Vaughn's Feed Store; Vaughn's was a wholesale dealer in farm implements, buggies and wagons, hardware, and feed at 126 G St.. When they moved into 136 G Street in 1922, they began selling groceries. Bob Rush Collection.

: Lippard's Electric Shop; Lippard's Electric Shop was located at 227 G Street in Salida, Colo. Bob Rush Collection.

: Marching Band on E Street; Band marching north on E Street, passing Alpine Park. Bob Rush Collection.

: Methodist Church and Christian Church in Salida; Methodist Church and First Christian Church at the corners of 4th and D Streets in Salida, Colorado. Bob Rush Collection.

: Palace Hotel & Cafe; The Palace Hotel, a $20,000 three-story brick building designed by Charles J. Anderson and owned by Ambrose Ramsey, was built at 204 N. F Street during 1906-09. Distinctive features of the building’s façade were a heavily ornamented parapet with stone trim, corbelling, and half-round and rectangular inset panels with textured stucco, thick rock-faced stone lintel courses and narrow stone sill courses, paired tall double-hung sash windows with transoms on the second story, large plate glass display windows with clerestory panels composed of multiple small lights and rock-faced stone columns on the first story. The Palace Hotel is located at 202 & 204 North F Street in Salida, Colorado. Bob Rush Collection.

: Panorama of Downtown Salida; A panoramic view of F and 2nd Streets in Salida, Colorado. First National Bank, Commercial National Bank, C.N. Francis Clothing, and Waggener's Pharmacy are visible. Bob Rush Collection.

: Parade Float at the Elks Lodge; The Elks float set to participate in one of Salida's many early day parades. The Elks Club #808 is on the northwest corner of 2nd and E Streets in Salida, Colorado. Bob Rush Collection.

: Pheasant Hunt Haul; A photo of a day's haul of pheasant shooting. Taken in Salida, Colorado near the corner of 1st and E Streets. The Senate Bar is on the southeast corner. Bob Rush Collection.

: Red Cross Hospital; Dr. Frank N. Cochems established the Red Cross Hospital in the building at 123 G Street, which had been erected in the early 1890s and used as a brothel. Dr. Cochems reportedly founded the facility because “the people of Southern and Western Colorado and Northern New Mexico were sorely in need of a hospital in which the confidence of all would repose unreserved.” The institution was described as “one of the most up-to-date hospitals in the West, and the good work it has done throughout its career can hardly be overestimated.” Bob Rush Collection.

: Red Cross Hospital; The Red Cross Hospital was located on the northeast corner of G and 3rd Streets in Salida, Colorado, and was owned by Dr. Cochems. Bob Rush Collection.

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