Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado, first fire
Creator
Yelton, Edgar A.
Date
[1896]
Summary
View of Bennett Avenue from Second (2nd) Street during April 29th, 1896 fire, Cripple Creek, Colorado; large crowd of men, women and children are gathered on boths sides of street's boardwalk; numerous horse- drawn wagons and carriages loaded with personal belongings or commercial goods are in the street; smoke billows from distant background of street; traffic jam of horse-drawn wagons (one reads "Excelsoir Laundry") are in the background; row of flat-roof one and two-story wooden frame and brick commercial buildings line the streets in this business district; signs attached to buildings include: "1892 Pullin Block" "Hotel Carr" "Mixed Paints" "McDonald - Dentist" "Chicago Bazaar" and "Cripple Creek Prospector - Printing."
Description
1 photoprint ; image 12 x 17 cm. (4 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.) on mount 20 x 25 cm. (8 x 10 in.)
Subject
Cripple Creek (Colo.); Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek
Format-Medium
Photograph
Source
Fred Rosenstock, May 8, 1975
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: ZZR710000868
Notes
Photographer and address stamped on back of photoprint: E. A. Yelton, Photographer, 556 Cripple Creek Heights, P. O. Box 1141, Cripple Creek, Colorado.; Title supplied by cataloger.; Worn corners of mounted photoprint.; R7100008685
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