Post Office, new Opera House in corse [sic] of erection, Opera House, Claredon Hotel
Creator
Wakely, George D.
Date
[1879]
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."
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--19th century; Leadville (Colo.)--19th century; Building construction--Colorado--Leadville--19th century; Opera houses--Colorado--Leadville--19th century; Streets--Colorado--Leadville--19th century
Geographic Area
Leadville (Colo.)
Format-Medium
Photograph
Source
Caroline Bancroft.
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: ZZR710006369
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
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