A long log cabin with a corrugated sheet metal roof on Fall River in Alice, Colorado was a post office in Clear Creek County. Once one of the largest mining camps in the valley below Saint (St.) Mary's Glacier, Alice was settled in the early 1880s. The cabin features a side gable, heavy chinking, square corner notching, sash pane windows, and wooden doors. Two horses are under an evergreen in front of the cabin and lumber construction forms are next to the cabin steps. The shadow of the photographer, wearing a hat, and some trash is in the foreground. A figure wearing a striped sweater stands in the entry door. The cabin was used as a post office from 1898 until 1939.
Description
1 copy photonegative ; 13 x 10 cm. (5 x 4 in.); 1 photoprint : black-and-white ; 17 x 12 cm. (6 3/4 x 4 1/2 in.)
Subject
Alice (Colo.); Clear Creek County (Colo.); Post offices--Colorado--Alice
Format-Medium
Photograph
Source
Caroline Bancroft
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: ZZR710006469
Notes
Photoprint has ragged edges.; Photoprint mounted on paper.; Title and photographer's name hand-written on back of photoprint.; R7100064699
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