View of Caribou (9800 feet), a mining town in Boulder County, Colorado, includes log, board and batten, wood frame false fronts, gabled and lean-to structures. Many have external timber braces propped against them for protection against the wind blowing from the Continental Divide. The Sherman House hotel is on the corner of Potosi and Sherman Streets with schoolhouse on slope and "Baldly Mountain" (Bald Mountain) slopes beyond the town.
Description
1 copy photonegative ; 13 x 18 cm. (5 x 7 in.); 1 photoprint ; 21 x 26 cm. (8 x 10 in.)
Type of Material
Film negatives.; Photographic prints.; Imaged.; Image
Subject
Caribou (Colo.)--1880-1890.
Format-Medium
Photograph
Source
from Al Moorman
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: ZZR710006807
Notes
Copy photonegative is masked with tape; copy photoprint shows deterioration of original.; Formerly F10818.; Photoprint is a copy of an earlier original.; Title hand-written on back of photoprint; also: "Caribou, Colorado about 1916" with a line through the date.; R7100068075
Identifier
F10818 DPLW
Filename
10006807.tif
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