background. A telephone or telegraph pole stands on the street corner.; Huge piles of snow stand in front of the First National Bank at the corner of Eureka and Main street in Central City, Colorado, after the "Big Snow" in December of 1913. A small group of people stands at the side of the bank, where H. H. Lake worked for 47 years between 1880 and 1927. A small boy stands on one of the piles of snow in the foreground. A man rides a horse and leads another one on Main Street in the midground. The Central City Hotel stands in the
Description
1 copy photonegative ; 7 x 7 cm. (2 3/4 x 2 3/4 in.); 1 photonegative : nitrate ; 9 x 9 cm. (3 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.); 1 photoprint ; 16 x 17 cm. (6 x 6 3/4 in.); 1 photoprint ; 17 x 22 cm. (6 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.)
Subject
Lake, Harry H., 1860-1952--Homes and haunts--Colorado--Central City; Central City (Colo.); Banks--Colorado--Central City; Blizzards--Colorado--Central City; Snow--Colorado--Central City
Geographic Area
Central City (Colo.)
Format-Medium
Photograph
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: ZZR700120291
Notes
"Looking down main street from 1st Nat'l Bank corner following snowstorm of Dec. 19, 1910. Central City. H.H. Lake" typed on sticker on back of print; the date is circled and words "on negative Dec. 5, 1913" are penciled next to it. Words "Dec. 5, 1913 Snow" penciled on back of second print.; Title supplied by cataloger.; R7001202914
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