A large group of residents is gathered on Eldorado Avenue in Eldora, a small mining district in Boulder County, Colorado, for the town's Labor Day celebration. A band plays in the right midground of the crowd. Several businesses face the street, including M.C. White's hardware store, K.K. Mill's general merchandise store and a watch repair store in the right midground and a restaurant and the post office in the left midground. A dog stands in the dirt road in the left ; foreground.
Description
1 photonegative ; 8 x 11 cm. (3 x 4 in.); 1 photoprint ; 12 x 17 cm. (4 3/4 x 6 3/4 in.)
Subject
Labor Day--1890-1910; Boulder County (Colo.)--1890-1910; Eldora (Colo.)--1890-1910; Bands--1890-1910; Celebrations--Colorado--Eldora--1890-1910; Commercial streets--Colorado--Eldora--1890-1910; General stores--Colorado--Eldora--1890-1910; Hardware stores--Colorado--Eldora--1890-1910.
Format-Medium
Photograph
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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: ZZR700125189
Notes
Title from inventory prepared by Western History Department, Denver Public Library; words "Eldora celebrates Labor Day (1900) Looking East down Eldorado Ave. tastefully flanked with small pine trees brought in for the occasion. The crowd gathers to hear the band concert. Wearing a plug hat and carrying a cane the mayor stands near right center of the picture. Photographer unknown. Kemp coll." written on paper stuck to back of print.; R7001251890
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