Heavy, black smoke and flames approach El Paso Livery Stable, Bennett Avenue between 1st (First) and "A" Streets, Cripple Creek, Colorado, during second fire, April 29, 1896; scene includes wood frame residences, two-story flat-roof commercial buildings and horse-drawn wagons loaded with personal possessions ; town residents watch the approaching smoke.
Description
1 copy photonegative ; 10 x 13 cm. (4 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint ; 12 x 20 cm. (4 3/4 x 7 3/4 in.)
Subject
Cripple Creek (Colo.); Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek; Smoke--Colorado--Cripple Creek; Stables--Colorado--Cripple Creek
Format-Medium
Photograph
Source
Fred Rosenstock, May 8, 1975
Rights Contact Information
Copyright restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History and Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library, at photosales@denverlibrary.org.
Reproduction Available for Purchase
Yes (digital reproduction)
Related Material
Image File: ZZR710000624
Notes
Formerly negative F33072; first of three in series showing explosion at El Paso Livery, See also: X-625 & X-626.; Stamp on back of photoprint: Henry H. Clark, Attorney at Law, Cripple Creek, Colo.; Title hand-written on back of photoprint.; R7100006243
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