Call NumberX-771CreatorGillen, William J.Date1893 March 13SummarySeveral horse and mule-drawn teams pulling covered wagons and freight wagons block traffic on Bennett Avenue between First (1st) and Second (2nd) Streets, Cripple Creek, Colorado; teams identified as Hull Transfer Company, stop in front of Grant Transfer Company wooden frame building; the building has vertical and horizontal planking, false-front, and medium gable roof; street scene includes numerous wooden frame one and two-story falsefront commercial buildings, high-tandem gig or pony cart, teamsters, and men and children standing in street or at reins; signage on buildings: "Stoves and Hardware," "Colorado Midland Ry. Freight & Ticket Office," and "Grant Transfer Co."Physical Description1 copy photonegative ; 20 x 26 cm (8 x 10 in.); 1 photoprint ; 17 x 24 cm (6 3/4 x 9 1/4 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectCripple Creek (Colo.)Commercial facilities--Colorado--Cripple CreekFalse fronts--Colorado--Cripple CreekMoving and storage trade--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890- 1900Streets--Colorado--Cripple CreekGeographic AreaCripple Creek (Colo.)CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR710000771Type of MaterialFilm negativesPhotographic printsNotesFormerly negative F6972. Title and date hand-letttered on original negative: "March 13th '93."; R7100007710
Gillen, William J., Freighting in the Rocky Mountains, Hull Transfer Co.'s teams, Cripple Creek, Colo. (1893 March 13). Denver Public Library Digital Collections, accessed 16/02/2026, https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1016940
