Central City, Colo. 1900
Call Number
L-22
Title
Central City , Colo . 1900
Creator(s)
Lake, Harry H., 1860-1952.
Summary
has arrived . The Armory Hall (formerly the Belvidere Theatre) stands in the center foreground on Main Street adjacent to "The Shoo Fly " a variety and dance hall . Farther up Main Street in the left midground is the Retallack House , built in 1897 by Joseph Retallack and renovated in 1988 . On the hill behind the Retallack House along Pine Street are several "sporting " houses that comprised the Red Light District of Central City until almost 1920 . The Coeur d'Alene Mine ; stands above the sporting houses on Gunnell Hill in the right background . Several horse-drawn carriages are in the foreground. ; The St . Aloysius Academy , a Catholic school , stands on Gunnell Hill in Central City , Colorado . A long set of wood steps leads from the academy down the hill to St . Mary's Catholic Church on Pine Street , where a large group of people is gathered , possibly after mass . The Catholic rectory stands next to the church on Pine Street . Another large group of people is gathered in front of the Central City Post Office in the right foreground on Main Street after the mail stage
Date
[between 1899 and 1900?]
Notes
Larger negative has red paint around edges. ; Number "F6529 " written in lower corner of large negative ; print corresponding to Lake inventory is also identified as "L574 " on back. ; Title from inventory prepared by Western History Department , Denver Public Library. ; Words "Central City - looking west from hillside below Galena Mine . Showing Armory hall (arched doorways , lower center) . Post office , lower right corner , St . Aloysius Academy , topped by cupola , on Academy Hill . Note the Hundred Steps leading up from Catholic Church . Coeur d'Alene shaft house to left of Academy . (This old mine is now a mine museum) . See p . 64 , Colorado's Little Kingdom Kemp . H.H . Lake photo . Ca. 1900 " penciled on back of print. ; Words "Central City , Colo . 1900s " penciled on back of second print ; print also has number "9 " written in upper corner and has several buildings numbered ; the numbering corresponds to that on "Sheet 9 " of "Mr . Lake's identified pictures and charts " inventory. ; R7001200221
Physical Description
1 photoprint ; 27 x 35 cm. (10 3/4 x 13 1/4 in.); 1 copy photonegative ; 20 x 25 cm. (8 x 10 in.); 1 copy photonegative ; 9 x 11 cm. (3 1/2 x 4 1/4 in.); 1 photonegative : glass ; 10 x 13 cm. (4 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint ; 19 x 24 cm. (7 1/4 x 9 1/4 in.); 1 photoprint ; 20 x 25 cm. (7 3/4 x 9 3/4 in.)
Subject
Central City (Colo.)--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. ; Glass negatives. ; Photographic prints. ; Imaged. ; Image
Relation
Image File : ZZR700120022
Format-Medium
Photograph
Filename
00120022.tif
CONTENTdm number
70899
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