View of the Childs - Drexel Printer Home (later Union Printers Home) Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado; shows the five-story stone building with square and round towers, a pediment, dormers, an arched entry, wrap around porches, and newly planted trees. Funded by grants from publisher George W. Childs and banker Anthony J. Drexel, this sanatorium was completed in 1891.
Description
1 copy photonegative ; 10 x 13 cm. (4 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint on cabinet card ; 11 x 16 cm. (4 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.)
Is Part Of
C Photo Collection 37. H. S. Poley collection.
Subject
Childs, George W.,--Homes and haunts; Drexel, Anthony J. (Anthony Joseph), 1826-1893--Homes and haunts; Union Printers Home--Buildings; Colorado Springs (Colo.); Sanatoriums--Colorado--Colorado Springs
Format-Medium
Photograph
Source
H. S. Poley.
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: ZZR700171668
Notes
Photographer's byline printed on back of cabinet card with a railroad advertisement: "Great Rock Island Route, best line between Chicago and the Rockies, solid vestibuled trains and through dining cars."; Title printed on original; penciled on back of cabinet card: "The first building - now called the Union Printers Home."; R7001716688
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