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Ice Palace, Leadville, Colo.

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Call Number	X-246
Title	Ice Palace, Leadville, Colo.
Title-Alternative	Other title: Ice Palace, Leadville, Colorado
Creator(s)	Mazzulla, Fred.
Summary	Exterior front view of Leadville's Ice Palace built for the 1896 Winter Crystal Carnival in Colorado. The site is known as Capitol Hill, and is between West Seventh and West Eighth Streets from Spruce to Leiter. Architect C.E. Joy and Director General Wood designed the 320 x 450 foot Norman style medieval ice castle, which was constructed of twenty-two deep ice blocks cut from local lakes and rivers. Features include octagonal turrets, 90 feet high, with panelling and imitation battlements. A nineteen foot tall allegorical ice sculpture of a maiden pointing her right arm toward the mines east of town sits on a twelve foot high pedestal at the main entrance. She holds a scroll with gold letters $200,000,000 representing mining revenue produced through 1894. United States and Colorado state flags fly from poles on top of the turrets. Inside the castle was a skating rink, ballroom, restaurants, reception rooms, and museum exhibits.
Date	[between 1940 and 1960]
Notes	At head of title: "1254.; Formerly F9185.; Photographer's printed label "W.H. Jackson Photo. Co., Denver, Colo." on original.; Photonegative is a copy of a W.H. Jackson 1896 original photoprint.; Title handwritten on original photoprint.; R7100002469
Physical Description	1 copy photonegative ; 10 x 13 cm. (4 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint ; 19 x 24 cm. (7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.)
Is Part Of	WH744 Fred Mazzulla papers.
Subject	Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900. Ice sculpture--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1960.
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	Film negatives.; Photographic prints.; Imaged.; Image
Relation	Image File: ZZR710000246
Format-Medium	Photograph
Identifier	F9185 DPLW
Filename	10000246.TIF

Ice Palace, Leadville, Colo.

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