A packtrain of burros and donkeys, with bales of hay and burlap sacks, is stopped in a street in Silverton (San Juan County), Colorado. Men and boys stand near the pack train. Commercial frame buildings with false fronts are nearby. Signs on the buildings read: "Baths" "Groceries" "Breen & McNicholas General Merchandise" "Billy Coles Lodging House" "Laundry" and "C. Liddell & Co."
Album cover has title: "Art album."; Album known as: "The J.W. Carpenter album of Western Slope photography."; History Colorado accession no.: 93.499.48; Inked on cardboard mount: "145."; Mounted on album page with CHS.X9286; mounted on verso of album page CHS.X9287 and CHS.X9288.; Photographers stamp is printed in reverse on original and reproduced in photographic print. The stamp reads: "Carpenter's Art Gallery, Views, Albums & Frames."; Title from CHS inventory..; R7200092855
Physical Description
1 photographic print : albumen ; 25 x 17 cm. (10 x 7 in.) mounted on cardboard album page.
