Pioneer Leadville residents pose in front of their early homes in 1879, Colorado. The man and woman in the center, dressed in their finest, stand with their baby girl on a wood chair. Two men and another woman stand next to them, with a nursing burro and its mother. A man in a suit and hat stands to the right of the group with a loaded pack mule. Homes consist of a wall tent and log cabin with saddle joints and split timber roof. A wooden chair and table can be seen through an open cabin door; an ax and three pick axes lean on the corner of the cabin. Cut pieces of timber are in the foreground and false front businesses are in the background.
Description
1 copy photonegative ; 10 x 13 cm. (4 x 5 in.); 1 copy photonegative ; 13 x 18 cm. (5 x 7 in.); 1 photoprint on stereo card : stereograph ; 10 x 18 cm. (4 x 7 in.)
Subject
Leadville (Colo.)--19th century; Dwellings--Colorado--Leadville--19th century; Pioneers--Colorado--Leadville--19th century
Format-Medium
Photograph
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: ZZR710000428
Notes
"Home in Leadville in '79'"--Inked on back of stereo card.; 5 x 7 copy photonegative is of right side of stereo card; 4 x 5 is of right side and most of left.; Formerly F12162.; Label stamp "Philip Hauser, 233 Rogers Ave. Brooklyn, N. Y." on back of stereo card, with "1959" inked below.; Title supplied by cataloger.; R7100004283
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