Bird's eye view of Silverton, Colorado centered on rows of blocks between Blair Street (left) and Greene Street (right); Sultan Mountain (elevation 13,368 feet), background right; Grand Turk (elevation 13,148 feet), background left; small pond on hillside, foreground; Animas River & bed meandering around base of Kendall Mountain, center left; Cement Creek & bed, through center passing by courthouse; Denver & Rio Grande's Silverton branch narrow gauge line, left edge of town from Durango & Animas River; Silverton, Gladstone & Northerly Railway Company narrow gauge track wandering along Cement Creek (center foreground) & curves to left to reach its terminal; one block to left of S.G. & N. is Silverton Northern mainline to Animas Forks; Silverton Railroad, narrow gauge track with box car, center; Silverton City Hall completed in 1909; San Juan County court house & jail, churches, wooden frame buildings & residences, Miners' Union Hospital; Little Dora Mine & Mill (or Hercules Consolidated Mining Company) at base of Sultan Mountain with tram extending to adit from mill, boilerhouse with smokestacks; possibly baseball field below Little Dora Mill; Thompson's Dairy barn or shed, center foreground, next to Silverton, Gladstone & Northerly track.
Date
[1911]
Notes
Copy negative made from vintage photographic prints.; Title and signature hand-lettered on glass plate.; R7000717877
Description
1 copy photonegative ; 9 x 11 cm. (3 1/2 x 4 1/4 in.); 1 photonegative : glass ; 21 x 26 cm. (8 x 10 in.); 2 photoprints ; 19 x 24 cm. (7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.)
Is Part Of
L. C. McClure collection 1890-1935.; L. C. McClure collection 1890-1935, album X.
Subject
Animas River (Colo. and N.M.)--1910-1920.; Grand Turk (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Silverton (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Sultan Mountain (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Silverton--1910-1920.
Rights Statement
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
Film negatives.; Glass negatives.; Photographic prints.; Imaged.; Image
