Thos. Robson's general store on a dirt 3rd (Third) Street in Leadville, Colorado is a two-story wood frame building featuring a bracketed cornice, dentils along the frieze, arched second-story windows with drip molds, open double entry with transom, large pane windows flanking the entrance with "126" painted on them, and a side interior stairway on the left. Mrs. Robson is in an upstairs window with two birdcages set on a cornice below her. Mrs. Neil, Mr. Robson, Mr. Thompson, and Mrs. Thomas Ellis stand in the entrance. The ladies wear bonnets. One man has a straw hat, vest, and a watch chain. Lace curtains and potted plants show are in the upper windows. Bags of roasted coffee and other canned and bottled goods are stacked in storefront windows. A black mourning swag for President Garfield is hung across the storefront. A pile of burlap sacks filled with a vegetable, possibly cauliflower, are on the boardwalk in front of the entrance. A picket gate and timber structure with a clapboard front is on the right.
Description
1 copy photonegative ; 13 x 10 cm. (5 x 4 in.); 1 photoprint ; 26 x 18 cm. (10 x 7 in.)
Type of Material
Film negatives.; Photographic prints.; Imaged.; Image
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Reproduction Available for Purchase
Yes (digital reproduction)
Related Material
Image File: ZZR710006368
Notes
Formerly F647.; Photoprint mounted on mat board with decorative border.; Title supplied by cataloger.; R7100063685
Identifier
F647 DPLW
Filename
10006368.tif
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