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Call Number
X-246
Title
Ice
Palace
,
Leadville
,
Colo
.
Title-Alternative
Other
title
:
Ice
Palace
,
Leadville
,
Colorado
Creator(s)
Mazzulla, Fred.
Summary
Exterior
front
view
of
Leadville's
Ice
Palace
built
for the
1896
Winter
Crystal
Carnival
in
Colorado
. The
site
is
known
as
Capitol
Hill
, and
is
between
West
Seventh
and
West
Eighth
Streets
from
Spruce
to
Leiter
.
Architect
C.E
.
Joy
and
Director
General
Wood
designed
the
320
x
450
foot
Norman
style
medieval
ice
castle
,
which
was
constructed
of
twenty-two
deep
ice
blocks
cut
from
local
lakes
and
rivers
.
Features
include
octagonal
turrets
,
90
feet
high
, with
panelling
and
imitation
battlements
. A
nineteen
foot
tall
allegorical
ice
sculpture
of a
maiden
pointing
her
right
arm
toward
the
mines
east
of
town
sits
on a
twelve
foot
high
pedestal
at the
main
entrance
. She
holds
a
scroll
with
gold
letters
$200,000,000
representing
mining
revenue
produced
through
1894
.
United
States
and
Colorado
state
flags
fly
from
poles
on
top
of the
turrets
.
Inside
the
castle
was a
skating
rink
,
ballroom
,
restaurants
,
reception
rooms
, and
museum
exhibits
.
Date
[between
1940
and
1960]
Notes
At
head
of
title
: "
1254.
;
Formerly
F9185.
;
Photographer's
printed
label
"
W.H
.
Jackson
Photo
.
Co.
,
Denver
,
Colo.
" on
original.
;
Photonegative
is
a
copy
of a
W.H
.
Jackson
1896
original
photoprint.
;
Title
handwritten
on
original
photoprint.
;
R7100002469
Physical Description
1 copy photonegative ; 10 x 13 cm. (4 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint ; 19 x 24 cm. (7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.)
Is Part Of
WH744 Fred Mazzulla papers.
Subject
Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.
Ice sculpture--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1960.
Rights
Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
Reproduction Available for Purchase
Yes (digital reproduction)
Type of Material
Film
negatives.
;
Photographic
prints.
;
Imaged.
;
Image
Format-Medium
Photograph
Identifier
F9185
DPLW
Filename
10000246.TIF
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