Early days of Cripple Creek mining camp
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Call Number |
X-760 |
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Title |
Early days of Cripple Creek mining camp |
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Creator(s) |
Hook, W. E. (William Edward), 1833-1908. |
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Summary |
View of "Lunch Room" restaurant canvas tent on rustic log frame, Cripple Creek, Colorado; canvas tent has attached signs "Lunchroom" and "Meals, 25 cents"; lettering on tent includes: "Restaurant" "Hot Soup 10 Cents" "Oysters Short" "Sandwiches 15 Cents" "Coffee 5 Cents Per Cup" "Hot Beef Ash [sic]-10 Cents"; background view includes additional canvas tents on wooden frames with stovepipes and two-story gable and sawtooth wooden frame commercial buildings. |
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Date |
[1892 or 1893] |
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Notes |
Formerly negative F7431.; Hand-written on back of photoprint: "Tent restaurants like these even served oysters! The wood structure at left was Hotel Clarendon on Carr Avenue, run by the shell-game artist, Joseph H. Wolfe. Money Mountain, the Story of Cripple Creek Gold by Marshall Sprague, 1st ed., copyright 1953."; Title and photographer from printed label on original negative; additional printed label includes: 923.; R7100007605 |
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Physical Description |
1 copy photonegative ; 9 x 12 cm. (3 1/4 x 4 3/4 in.); 1 photoprint ; 18 x 25 cm. (7 x 10 in.) |
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Subject |
Mining camps--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.
Restaurants--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900. |
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Source |
Source: WPA Writers program |
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Rights |
Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library. |
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Reproduction Available for Purchase |
Yes (digital reproduction) |
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Type of Material |
Film negatives.; Photographic prints.; Imaged.; Image |
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Relation |
Image File: ZZR710000760 |
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Format-Medium |
Photograph |
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Identifier |
F7431 DPLW |
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Filename |
10000760.TIF |
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CONTENTdm number |
1386 |
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