Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado, first fire
Creator(s)
Yelton, Edgar A.
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."
Date
[1896]
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
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.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
Source
Source: Fred Rosenstock, May 8, 1975
Rights Statement
Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
