Call NumberX-499CreatorWakely, George D.Date1879SummaryView from Capitol Hill across Leadville, Colorado shows a booming town filled with log and wood frame houses, lean-tos, sheds and barns, and some canvas tents. There is a make-shift corral, a horse and a long tent in the foreground.Physical Description1 copy photonegative ; 10 x 13 cm (4 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint on cabinet card ; 12 x 18 cm (4 1/2 x 7 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectLeadville (Colo.)--19th centuryLog cabins--Colorado--Leadville--19th centuryGeographic AreaLeadville (Colo.)CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR710000499Type of MaterialCabinet photographsCityscapesFilm negativesNotesCollector's label stamp on back of cabinet card: Philip Hauser, 233 Rogers Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. inked "1959" below label. Formerly 24787; Penciled on back of cabinet card: photo by George D. Wakely, circa 1879; Title and photographer's signature hand-written in ink on back of cabinet card. R7100004990DonorCaroline Bancroft
Wakely, George D., Leadville from Capitol Hill (1879). Denver Public Library Digital Collections, accessed 10/02/2026, https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1016461
