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Post Office, new Opera House in corse [sic] of erection, Opera House, Claredon Hotel

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Call Number	X-6369
Title	Post Office, new Opera House in corse [sic] of erection, Opera House, Claredon Hotel
Creator(s)	Wakely, George D.
Summary	This view south on Harrison Avenue in Leadville, Colorado shows a dirt street lined with wood frame false fronts and telegraph or telephone poles. The street is busy with horse-drawn flatbed and covered wagons in the road and pedestrians on boardwalks. The Tabor Opera House is under construction in the left center. Business advertising on the east side of the street includes "Live and Let Live, Restaurant, meals 25 cents" "A.D. Shackelford, Attorney At Law" "Leonard Spencer Billards" "Major Magic Cigar, imported domestic cigars" "H. Stevens & Co. Assaying Mines Bought and Sold" and "Claredon Hotel." On the street's west side is "Bakery" "C. Boettcher and Co. Hardware" "B.F. Allen & Co. Dry Goods" "Printing" and "Clothing."
Date	[1879]
Notes	Collector's label stamp "Philip Hauser, 233 Rogers Ave. Brooklyn, N. Y." and "1959" on back of photoprint.; Formerly F23309.; Hand-written in ink on back of cabinet card: Harrison Ave, G.D. Wakely photo; in pencil: circa 1880-1885; Title hand-written on bottom of front of cabinet card.; R7100063693
Physical Description	1 copy photonegative ; 10 x 13 cm. (4 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint on cabinet card ; 12 x 18 cm. (4 1/2 x 7 in.)
Subject	Tabor Opera House--1870-1880. Leadville (Colo.)--1870-1880. Building construction--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880. Opera houses--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880. Streets--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.
Source	Source: Caroline Bancroft.
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	Cabinet photographs.; Film negatives.; Imaged.; Image
Relation	Image File: ZZR710006369
Format-Medium	Photograph
Identifier	F23309 DPLW
Filename	10006369.tif

Post Office, new Opera House in corse [sic] of erection, Opera House, Claredon Hotel

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