This early view of a busy dirt Chestnut Street in Leadville, Colorado includes horse drawn carriages, wagons loaded with goods, horses in the street, pedestrians on the boardwalks, and telephone or telegraph poles with handbills on the left. A two story brick commercial building on the corner has a decorative cornice. The street is lined with wood false front businesses. Signs include one for a shoe store, one for a bakery, and one for "Chas. Mater."
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; Carriages and carts--Colorado--Leadville--19th century; Wagons--Colorado--Leadville--19th century; Streets--Colorado--Leadville--19th century
Geographic Area
Leadville (Colo.)
Format-Medium
Photograph
Source
Caroline Bancroft
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: ZZR710000467
Notes
"Circa 1880-1885"--Penciled on back of stereo card.; "W.H. Jackson, phot., Denver, Colo."--Front of stereo card.; 5 x 7 copy negative is of left side of stereo card; 4 x 5 is a full stereoscopic view.; Collector's stamp label "Philip Hauser, 233 Rogers Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y." and an ink stamp "From R.M. Davis, 295 16th Street, Denver, Colo." on back of stereo card.; Included on the back of the stereo card is a paragraph about Leadville, callin it the 'magic city of the mountains'.; Title from front of stereo card; "593" at head of title.; R7100004673
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