Tolland (formerly Mammoth), Colorado, reached via Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway (later Denver and Salt Lake); shows picnic shelter, Toll Inn, restaurant (lunch room), shoe store, soft drinks and lunch stand, post office, souvenir store, and many people in shade of picnic pavilion. Mrs. Charles Toll, owner of town-site, built Toll Inn (or Toll Hotel) with twenty six rooms to attract railroad passengers; it became a favorite destination for one-day excursions from Denver.
Description
1 copy photonegative ; 11 x 13 cm. (4 x 5 in.); 1 photonegative : glass ; 21 x 26 cm. (8 x 10 in.); 3 photoprints ; 19 x 24 cm. (7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.)
Is Part Of
WH2300. Louis Charles McClure papers, 1898-1943.; WH2300. Louis Charles McClure papers, 1898-1943, album IV.
Subject
Tolland (Colo.); Picnic grounds--Colorado--Tolland; Colorado and Northwestern Railway Company.
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: ZZR700070575
Notes
Copy negative made from vintage photographic prints.; Title and signature hand-lettered on glass plate.; R7000705757
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