Two bookcases filled with books are on opposite sides of a fireplace in Central City, Colorado. Miners candle holders hang along the top of the bookcase. A standing lamp is in front of the bookcase on the right. The fireplace has a large gilded clock, a candlestick, and a plant on its mantle. A fire screen is on the hearth. A wing-back chair is in front of the bookcase on the left, and it has an object resting on it. A round coffee table is on the rug in front of the fireplace with an ashtray on it. A dog lies next to the table. Decorative ceramic tile is inlaid in front of the fireplace. A woman wearing a skirt, blouse and apron, kneels and polishes a brass pot near the fireplace. Another women, wearing a dress and pumps, stands and polishes a brass candlestick on the fireplace mantle.
Date
[between 1930 and 1950?]
Notes
Hand-written on back of photoprint: Mrs. Paul Duke (left) helping Mrs. William Pressell, wife of Central City councilman, shine up the brass in her Eureka St. apartment (note treatment of miner's candles as decoration along top of bookshelves and other Victorian antiques for modern day useage). The Central City residents have to be ready for thousands of visitors dragging in all summer-Return to Caroline Bancroft 1081 Downing St. Denver 18 Colo.; Photographer's stamp on back of photoprint: Floyd H. McCall The Denver Post Denver, Colo.; Title supplied by cataloger.; R7100029055
Physical Description
1 photoprint ; 19 x 24 cm. (7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.)
Subject
Central City (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1930-1950.; Interiors--1930-1950.
Source
Source: WHC, Caroline Bancroft Collection. Transferred 9/89 to photo files.
Rights
Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
