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
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 Statement
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
