Looking north on Harrison Avenue, Leadville, Colorado up a wide dirt street lined with one and two-story brick blocks and wood frame false fronts is the three story brick Tabor Opera House on the right with a painted sign "Opera, Herm[...], imported cigars, Anheuser Busch" on the side. Businesses on the east side of the street include Club Hyman's, with a round gaslight street sign and a sign "Keno, cash premiums, every evening at 7 o'clock" below. There is also a bookstore and a hat shop. The west side of the street includes "The Famous" the Lake County Courthouse with Lady Justice and her scales, and the Vendome Hotel (Tabor Grand) with the America flag in the distance. Horse-drawn wagons and a man on horseback are in the street; men in suits and hats are on the boardwalks. Tall power poles and the telephone company's "ten pin cross arms" with handbills on them are in the view. Many buildings have bracketed cornices and awnings. Hitching posts, street lantern lights, and large clocks on poles are also on the sides of the streets.
Date
[between 1880 and 1885]
Notes
"1213; Harrison Av. Leadville" and photographer's signature hand- lettered on original.; "Ca. 1880-1885"--Handwritten in pencil on back of cabinet card.; "W.H. Jackson, Photograph and Publishing Co., Landscape Photographers., Denver, Colorado"--Printed on back of cabinet card.; Formerly F35139.; Leadville designated a National Historic District in 1968.; Title supplied by cataloger.; R7100004429
Description
1 copy photonegative ; 10 x 13 cm. (4 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint on cabinet card ; 12 x 18 cm. (4 1/2 x 7 in.)
Subject
Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Leadville--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
Cabinet photographs.; Film negatives.; Imaged.; Image
