Call NumberP-786Alternate TitleCripple Creek.CreatorPoley, H. S. (Horace Swartley)Datecirca 1895SummaryExterior view of Pikes Peak Block building, 2nd and Warren (or Myers?), Cripple Creek, Colorado; two-story flat-roof single detached brick commercial building includes Hotel Portland, The Rocky Mountain Liquor House (S. Lang, proprietor) and Wines & Real Estate; storeroom windows with transoms, partial veranda with balustrade on second story covering hotel entrance, boxed and decorated cornice, frieze and brackets, second story with seventeen single flat double hung windows with slipsills and entablature; two men in hats and overcoats stand in recessed entry to Wines & Real Estate; light snow covers boardwalk, hitching posts.Physical Description1 copy photonegative ; 10 x 13 cm (4 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint ; 12 x 17 cm (4 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectCripple Creek (Colo.)Commercial facilities--Colorado--Cripple CreekHotels--Colorado--Cripple CreekGeographic AreaCripple Creek (Colo.)CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR700170786Type of MaterialFilm negativesPhotographic printsOriginal Material Found in CollectionC Photo Collection 37. H. S. Poley collection.NotesHand-written on back of photoprint: Colo.-Cripple Creek, Hotel- Portland Hotel. Title hand-lettered on original negative by photographer. R7001707867
Poley, H. S. (Horace Swartley), Crippe [sic] Creek (circa 1895). Denver Public Library Digital Collections, accessed 16/03/2026, https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1016833
