Call NumberX-1709Date1892-1896SummaryA group of people sit in front of a fireplace at Briarhurst Mansion in Manitou Springs, Colorado. Men in tuxedoes and women in puff shouldered, satin and lace jabot necked bodices lounge on the floor, looking quite relaxed. A tophat sits brim up on the mirrored mantle, and fringed drapes hang in the background by the wall, which has festoon ornaments near the ceiling. A swooning man in the left wears high button shoes; the man in the center has a carnation in his lapel, sits legs akimbo, and a has a remarkably prominent nose.Physical Description1 photoprint ; 9 x 12 cm (3 1/2 x 5 in.) mounted on album page 18 x 23 cm (7 x 9 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectBell, William Abraham--Homes and hauntsManitou Springs (Colo.)Houses--Colorado--Manitou SpringsWard FamilyGeographic AreaManitou Springs (Colo.)CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR710001709Type of MaterialGroup portraitsPhotographic printsNotesHand-written on back of album page: In W. H. J. Bell place in Manitou, where Theodore Holland met Florence Ward - father, mother of Jonah Holland. Florence Ward, daughter of W. S. Ward, first district judge in Leadville. Had four daughers - Visty (?) who married W. S. Ward ...illegible. 4th daughter Jessie Colonel Luscombe Englishman, both died in London. Deck with Billy Ward. (W. S. R.) May Woodward. R7100017090
Ward family at Briarhurst Mansion (1892-1896). Denver Public Library Digital Collections, accessed 19/03/2025, https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1015894
