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.
Date
[between 1935 and 1950?]
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
Description
1 photonegative ; 12 x 10 cm. (4 3/4 x 3 3/4 in.)
Subject
Kemp, Donald Campbell, 1889-1975--Homes & haunts--Colorado--Eldora--1890-1900.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Eldora (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--Eldora--1890-1900.
Rights Statement
Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
