The Kemp family log cabin is framed by a circle in this image taken when the cabin was first completed in 1893 near Eldora in Boulder County, Colorado. Photographer Donald C. Kemp's father John H. Kemp was a mine operator in Central City in Gilpin County before deciding in 1891 to move his family north to Boulder County where he owned the Happy Valley Placer Mine.
Description
1 photonegative ; 12 x 10 cm. (4 3/4 x 3 3/4 in.)
Subject
Kemp, Donald Campbell, 1889-1975--Homes and haunts--Colorado--Eldora; Boulder County (Colo.); Eldora (Colo.); Log cabins--Colorado--Eldora
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: ZZR700125324
Notes
Image is framed in circle.; Title from inventory prepared by Western History Department, Denver Public Library; words "Kemp #E-86 Eldora Kemp Cabin as just completed. A snapshot by J.A. Gilfillan 1893" penciled on negative envelope; image is copy of an earlier photograph taken by John A. Gilfillan.; R7001253240
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