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Ice sculpture at the Ice Palace in Leadville, Colorado

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Call Number	X-260
Title	Ice sculpture at the Ice Palace in Leadville, Colorado
Summary	Ice sculpture of miners inside Leadville, Colorado's Ice Palace is a part of the museum exhibits created for the Winter Crystal Carnival. Phillip Kelly froze water with snow to mold figures of miners, then rubbed water over the snow to give the sculpture a polished sheen. One miner stands with raised pick while another seated miner holds stake to be driven into ground Translucent ice block wall around sculpture, one wall with an exhibit frozen inside, wooden plank wall to the right.
Date	[between 1940 and 1960?]
Notes	Formerly F20836.; Photoprint is a copy of 1896 original.; Title supplied by cataloger.; R7100002605
Physical Description	1 copy photonegative ; 10 x 13 cm. (4 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint ; 17 x 24 cm. (7 x 9 1/2 in.)
Subject	Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900. Ice sculpture--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900. Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.
Rights	Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
Reproduction Available for Purchase	Yes (digital reproduction)
Type of Material	Film negatives.; Photographic prints.; Imaged.; Image
Format-Medium	Photograph
Identifier	F20836 DPLW
Filename	10000260.TIF