Interior details of the bar in the Columbian Hotel (1879), Trinidad, Colorado, include carved and lathe turned wood covering the front of the bar and cornices over the mirror in back. The coffered ceiling has hammered tin insets with painted scenes in central cartouches. Bas- relief friezes of country scenes surround the upper walls and are reflected in the mirrors. The central shelf-column houses a cash register and taxidermied pheasants, and its domed, imbricated top has a carved bird in flight. A hanging gas lamp in the top of the image has faux candle uprights and milk-glass pendants. A spittoon is on the floor under the brass footrest. Two men are behind the bar; another leans in front. A mezzanine with a spindleworked balustrade has glass shaded electric lamps mounted on it. A gilt framed oil painting is on the wall; an oriental rug is on the floor in the foreground, and towels hang from the bar.
Description
1 copy photonegative ; 35 mm.; 1 photoprint ; 20 x 25 cm. (8 x 10 in.)
Subject
Trinidad (Colo.)--1880-1900; Bars--Colorado--Trinidad--1880-1900; Hotels--Colorado--Trinidad--1880-1900; Interiors; Columbian Hotel (Trinidad, Colo.)
Format-Medium
Photograph
Source
Sandra Dallas
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: ZZR710001891
Notes
A tear or fold down the center, and a fold in lower left causing loss of some emulsion in the original are reproduced in photoprint.; Formerly F25878.; Hand-written on back of photoprint: Bar at the Columbian Hotel.; Title hand-printed on front of photoprint.; R7100018915
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