Evening view of the dilapidated, snow-covered Henry Gillespie house in Aspen, Colorado; features a wood frame structure with towers with triangular dormers, pediments, numerous gables, finials, gingerbread ornamentation, and clapboard siding; panes of glass missing in many windows; window casing in the towers crumbling; overgrown weeds and vegetation in front yard; snow-covered split-rail fence in the foreground.
Description
1 copy photonegative ; 10 x 13 cm. (4 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint ; 25 x 20 cm. (10 x 7 3/4 in.)
Subject
Gillespie, Henry B.--Homes and haunts; Aspen (Colo.); Building deterioration--Colorado--Aspen; Houses--Colorado--Aspen
Format-Medium
Photograph
Source
WHC - Caroline Bancroft Collection
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: ZZR710006263
Notes
Formerly F42559.; Photographer's stamp on verso.; Photoprint is stained with red ink and has been altered with white paint.; Printed on newsprint and attached to back of photoprint: "This historic "ghost house" in Aspen currently is the subject of a heated controversy. One element wishes to tear it down to make room for a school playground; another, somewhat more sentimental, would preserve it as a memory of earlier days."; Title hand-written on back of photoprint.; R7100062639
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