View of Poverty Gulch and Myers Avenue, Cripple Creek's infamous red-light district, Cripple Creek, Colorado; rock-debris is in center of street; the one and two-story wooden frame commercial buildings on both sides of the street have falsefronts and flat or gable roofs; signs attached to buildings or rooftops include: "Cash Grocery, Cigars & Tobacco, Poultry & Produce" "Sunday Herald" "2nd Furniture - Furnished Rooms" "Novelty Theatre" "Restaurant" "Laundromat" "Ron Dixon's Concert & Dance Hall" "Lodging" "Second-hand Goods" "Ollie-o-Branch Restaurant" and "Casino Beer Hall"; girl in bonnet and boy on his knees are in the foreground.
Description
1 photonegative : glass ; 13 x 18 cm (5 x 7 in.); 1 photoprint ; 19 x 26 cm (7 1/2 x 10 in.)
Subject
Cripple Creek (Colo.); False fronts--Colorado--Cripple Creek; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek
Geographic Area
Cripple Creek (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: ZZR710000785
Notes
Formerly negative F7360.; Photoprint with rays of sunlight (or sun streaks) on original exposure of glass plate.; Title hand-written on back of photoprint; photoprint cropped from original glass plate.; R7100007859
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