View of Grand Junction Town & Development Company's first office, on 2nd (Second) and Ute Streets, in Grand Junction, Colorado, with R.D. Mobley and Mrs. Jackson posed in front of the small one-room log cabin with sod roof. A "dress making" sign is attached to the cabin and a pile of firewood is between two posts supporting wire or string. Outhouses in back of the cabin show. The cabin is thought to be the first structure built in Grand Junction with R.D. Mobley the first postmaster.
Date
1882
Notes
Formerly copy negative F10721.; Hand-written on back of photoprint: Grand Junction, Colo.; Title and date hand-lettered on original negative.; R7100087118
Description
1 copy photonegative ; 10 x 13 cm. (4 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint ; 9 x 17 cm. (3 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.)
Subject
Grand Junction (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Sod buildings--Colorado--Grand Junction--1880-1890.
Rights Statement
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
