Men and a little girl pose at the open, double doors of this blacksmith business in Boulder, Colorado. They wear leather aprons. The frame, gable roofed building with brick chimneys has a false front and ornate signs: "Plows harrows Weir sulkies cultivators" "Wagon and carriage making Blacksmith" and "Carriage and sign paintin[g]." Wheels, axles, rims, hand plows, a sawhorse and buckboard are along the walls. A sliding door is open in back, next to the two-story part of the enterprise. A picket fence and trees are to the side.
Date
[between 1880 and 1890?]
Notes
Also on cabinetcard: present location Lashley Persons.; Formerly F23834.; Hand-written on back of photoprint: Ben Williams blacksmith shop 2031-12th.; Photoprint is cropped; negative shows original cabinetcard, title label, and photo table. Title label is masked with rubylith tape adhered to negative.; Title hand-written in Germanic letters on paper label with original cabinetcard.; R7100116925
Physical Description
1 copy photonegative ; 10 x 13 cm. (4 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint ; 11 x 17 cm. (4 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.) on sheet 13 x 18 cm. (5 x 7 in.)
