Workmen construct the 14th (Fourteenth) Street Viaduct in Denver, Colorado. Shows Cherry Creek, pulleys, cranes and a small portable coal engine with wheels. The Denver City Hall, the Denver Wire and Ironworks Co., Congregation of Shomro Amunoh, and a Denver & Rio Grande railroad bridge are in the background. A young Black boy poses in the front, most likely a worker.
Description
1 copy negative ; 10 x 13 cm. (4 X 5 in.); 1 photoprint : black-and-white ; 11 1/2 x 19 1/2 cm. (4 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.) on album page 17 x 29 cm. (7 x 11 in.)
Is Part Of
C Photo Album 167. Denver Streets, 14th Street Viaduct construction.
Subject
Congregation Shomro Amunoh (Denver, Colo.)--19th century; Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--19th century; African Americans--Colorado--Denver--19th century; Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--19th century; Denver (Colo.)--19th century; Boys--Colorado--Denver--19th century; Bridge construction--Colorado--Denver--19th century; City & town halls--Colorado--Denver--19th century; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--19th century; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Denver--19th century; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Denver--19th century; Streets--Colorado--Denver--19th century; Synagogues--Colorado--Denver--19th century
Geographic Area
Denver (Colo.)
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: ZZR710018012
Notes
Formerly F37787.; On verso of album page: X-18013; Title supplied.; R7100180128
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