View north from Bobtail Hill, in Black Hawk, Colorado, up four mile Gulch to Dory Hill, where the state's first cemetery was located. Central business district includes: Undertaker, Union House (on Selak Street), Drugs (brick, arched windows and doors), Grocerie and Liquor, Wholesale and Retail Meat Market, Scobey's Saloon, and Printing Office (on Gregory Street). Presbyterian church appears in upper left.
Description
1 photoprint ; 17 x 24 cm. (6 3/4 x 9 1/2 in.)
Subject
Blackhawk (Colo.)--19th century; Business districts--Colorado--Blackhawk--19th century
Format-Medium
Photograph
Source
Colorado State Historical Society.
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: ZZR710002034
Notes
Formerly F1048.; Hand-written on back of photoprint: Black Hawk, C.T. Copyrighted in year 1864 by G.D.Wakely, photographer in the clerk's office of the District Court, Denver City, C.T.; Title hand-written on back of photoprint.; Library owns additional iterations of this image in various formats: 1 photographic print on card mount : 17 x 22 cm. (6 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.), 1 negative : nitrate ; 21 x 26 cm. (8 x 10 in.), 1 photonegative : glass ; 8 x 10 cm. (3 1/4 x 4 1/4 in.), 1 copy negative ; 10 x 13 cm. (4 x 5 in.).; R7100020344
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