Two main dirt roads run through Mountain City on the outskirts of Central City in Gilpin County, Colorado. Houses and buildings stand in clusters along the roads and on a hill in the right midground. Piles of tailings from the area's numerous mines dot the hillsides around the small town. A car is on the road in the left foreground.
Date
[between 1947 and 1948?]
Notes
Gulch Kemp photo" written across back of larger print.; Negative is scratched.; See also "K-78."; Title from inventory prepared by Western History Department, Denver Public Library; words "Between Central City and Black Hawk during gold rush days was Mountain City. Todays Mountain City looking S.W. from Bates Hill. A granite monument commemorating the first Masonic Lodge in later-to-be Colorado stands at crossing of two roads leading westward to Central City and points nearby. (1947) Kemp photo" written on paper stuck to back of smaller print; words "1949 Gregory ; R7001251793
Physical Description
1 photonegative ; 10 x 13 cm. (3 3/4 x 4 3/4 in.); 1 photoprint ; 12 x 17 cm. (4 1/2 x 6 3/4 in.); 1 photoprint ; 17 x 21 cm. (6 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.)
Subject
Tailings (Metallurgy)--1940-1950.; Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.
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
