A costumed dancing duo, including Leonora Frances Curtin at right, frolics in front of the “original Rocky Mountain” canary, a burro in a birdcage. Artist Will Shuster’s burlap horse puppet pulls a covered wagon filled with “happy pioneers.” Both photographs taken in 1926 by Gustave Baumann. Courtesy Palace of the Governors Photo Archives (NMHM/DCA), Neg. Nos. HP.2016.24.002, HP.2016.24.003.

A costumed dancing duo, including Leonora Frances Curtin at right, frolics in front of the “original Rocky Mountain” canary, a burro in a birdcage. Artist Will Shuster’s burlap horse puppet pulls a covered wagon filled with “happy pioneers.” Both photographs taken in 1926 by Gustave Baumann. Courtesy Palace of the Governors Photo Archives (NMHM/DCA), Neg. Nos. HP.2016.24.002, HP.2016.24.003.

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