Exterior view of a two-story brick building on the corner of Harrison Avenue and Main Street (renamed West 3rd (Third) Street) in Leadville, Colorado. Built in 1879, the building features a bracketed cornice, tall storefronts with double doors, second-story windows with stone sills, brick arches with stone keystones and telegraph and telephone armatures on rooftop. Signs on Harrison include "Western Union Telegraph Office" "A.T. & S.F. Freight and Ticket Office." On 3rd (Third) Street, signs include "Notary Public and Conveyancer" "O'Brien & Cannavan Merchant, Tailors" "Pendery & Co. Mining Bureau, Mines Bought, Bonded, And Sold, Winter Bros. Assayers" "Hand Made Sour Mash Whiskey, Paris Bourbon Co. Kentucky, H. C. Clay & Co." "City Laundry" "The Merchants" "Saddle Horses" "Sachs Sample Room" and a banner "Miners & Prospectors Assay Office." Men stand on boardwalks and horses stand along the sides of the street. Telegraph or telephone poles are along the sides of the street. Wood frame, log, and false front structures can be seen down 3rd Street.
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.)--1870-1890.
Format-Medium
Photograph
Source
Caroline Bancroft.
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: ZZR710006351
Notes
Collector's label stamp on back of photoprint: "Philip Hauser, 233 Rogers Ave. Brooklyn, N. Y.", with "1959" below it.; Formerly F12170.; Hand-written on back of cabinet card in red ink: "Main", corrected over title "main", "Corner East Third and Harrsison"; in pencil: "photo George D. Wakely".; Title hand-written in ink on back of photoprint cabinet card; also "Approximately 1883/84."; R7100063512
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