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Call Number	L-232
Title	View of Central City area, 1899
Creator(s)	Lake, Harry H., 1860-1952.
Summary	Several houses stand at the upper end of Eureka Street at the base of a snow-covered hill in Central City, Colorado. Workers shovel snow from the tracks of the Gilpin Tramway in the distance, possibly after the "Big Snow" in December of 1913. The tramway was a narrow-gauge train used to haul ore from the mines in the Central City area down the hill to Blackhawk.
Date	[1913?]
Notes	Emulsion is discolored around lower edge of glass plate; copy photonegative has red paint around edges.; identified pictures and charts" inventory; negative also identified as "F6523" in lower corner; print also identified as "F7259."; Title from inventory prepared by Western History Department, Denver Public Library; words "West from Magor House, Winter 1899" penciled on glass plate envelope; words "Railroads - Gilpin tramway - Tracks. Deep snow of Dec. 1913 Gilpin Tramway tracks on opposite side of gulch" penciled on back of one print; words "Central City, Colo. 1900's" penciled on back of print; print also has number "11" written in upper left corner and corresponds to "Sheet 11" of "Mr. Lake's ; R7001202320
Physical Description	1 copy photonegative ; 20 x 25 cm. (8 x 10 in.); 1 photonegative : glass ; 10 x 13 cm. (4 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint ; 10 x 12 cm. (3 3/4 x 4 3/4 in.); 1 photoprint ; 19 x 24 cm. (7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.); 1 photoprint ; 19 x 24 cm. (7 1/4 x 9 1/4 in.)
Subject	Central City (Colo.)--1910-1920. Blizzards--Colorado--Central City--1910-1920. Digging--Colorado--Central City--1910-1920. Houses--Colorado--Central City--1910-1920. Mine railroads--Colorado--Central City--1910-1920. Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--Central City--1910-1920.
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.; Glass negatives.; Photographic prints.; Imaged.; Image
Format-Medium	Photograph
Filename	00120232.tif

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