Exterior view, from Seventh Street, of Leadville's Ice Palace, which was built for the 1896 Winter Crystal Carnival in Colorado. The site is known as Capitol Hill and is between West Seventh and West Eighth Streets from Spruce to Leiter. Architect C.E. Joy and Director General Wood designed the 320 x 450 foot Norman style medieval ice castle which was constructed of twenty-two deep ice blocks cut from local lakes and rivers. Features included octagonal turrets, 90 feet high, with panelling, imitation battlements, and buttresses. United States and Colorado state flags fly from poles on top of the turrets and the entrance. Visitors form a line outside of the entrance. A skating rink, ballrooms, restaurant, reception rooms, and museum exhibits were all inside the castle.
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1 copy photonegative ; 10 x 13 cm. (4 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint ; 19 x 24 cm. (7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.)
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Image File: ZZR710000250
Notes
Formerly F21614.; Title supplied by cataloger.; R7100002508
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