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Call Number	X-6351
Title	Telephone building looking up main st.
Creator(s)	Wakely, George D.
Summary	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.
Date	[between 1879 and 1884]
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
Physical 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.
Source	Source: Caroline Bancroft.
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	Cabinet photographs.; Cityscapes.; Film negatives.; Imaged.; Image
Relation	Image File: ZZR710006351
Format-Medium	Photograph
Identifier	F12170 DPLW
Filename	10006351.tif

Telephone building looking up main st.

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