Interior of Fowler or Sun's [sic] Store, Cripple Creek, Colo.
Creator
Gillen, William J., photographer.
Date
1895 December 25
Summary
Interior view of Fowler & Son's grocery store, Fourth (4th) Street and Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; four men are identified as: Mr. Simson (behind counter), Mr. Watts (leaning on counter), a clerk and a customer; store area is stacked with boxes, crates and canned goods, glass display counter, scale and shelves of cans and jars.
Description
1 copy photonegative ; 10 x 13 cm. (4 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint ; 12 x 19 cm. (4 3/4 x 7 3/4 in.)
Subject
Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900; Grocery stores--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900; Interiors; Simson, Mr; Watts, Mr.
Format-Medium
Photograph
Source
M.M. Freeman
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: ZZR710000668
Notes
Formerly negative F23446.; Mounted photoprint with crease down center.; Title and date hand-lettered by photographer on original negative; photoprint mounted on mat board.; Typed on back of photoprint: Fowler & Son's Grocery Store taken at the time the store was sold and turned over to Simson & Watts. The store was located on 4th and National [Bennett Ave.] Streets. The men in the picture are: behind the counter Mr. Simson, the one leaning on the counter is Mr. Watts, the others, one a clerk the other a customer. The information furnished by Lee R. Clow (Denver) who worked in the store six weeks to the time the store was turned over to the new owners, and after the employment went to work for Shattuck and Goetzman Surveyors and Engineers for whom he surveyed the Cripple-Creek district until the Cripple-Creek fire 1896.; R7100006683
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