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Call Number	X-6372
Title	Chestnut St. & Carbonate Hill
Title-Alternative	Other title: Chestnut Street and Carbonate Hill
Creator(s)	Wakely, George D.
Summary	View east on Leadville, Colorado's Chestnut Street with Carbonate Hill in the background includes a dirt street lined predominantly with wood frame false fronts of varying sizes, which create a stair step effect. The two-story "Grand Hotel" in the right foreground features a flat hipped roof with gabled attic dormers and a balcony with a decorative balustrade. Other businesses include "Marx Bros. O.K. Clothing" "Hayes & Wood Assayers" "Leadville Candy Factory" "The Pioneer" "Boots & Shoes" "Meat Market" "Sample Room" "Pioneer Store" "Chas Mater" "Drug Store" "Hotel Windsor" and the "Coliseum." Horse-drawn wagons are on the street and there are painted striped posts along the boardwalks. A stone building is under construction in the distance. Log structures and tents on Carbonate Hill are a part of the mining operation there.
Date	[between 1879 and 1880]
Notes	Formerly F33120, F7349.; Large photoprint mounted on mat board.; Title hand-written on back of cabinet card.; R7100063724
Physical Description	1 copy photonegative ; 10 x 13 cm. (4 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint ; 21 x 30 cm. (8 x 12 in.); 1 photoprint on cabinet card ; 12 x 18 cm. (4 1/2 x 7 in.)
Subject	Leadville (Colo.)--1870-1880. Hotels--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880. Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880. Streets--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.
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.; Film negatives.; Photographic prints.; Imaged.; Image
Format-Medium	Photograph
Identifier	F33120 DPLW; F7349 DPLW
Filename	10006372.tif

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