Call NumberX-868CreatorYelton, Edgar A.Date1896SummaryView of Bennett Avenue from Second (2nd) Street during April 29th, 1896 fire, Cripple Creek, Colorado; large crowd of men, women and children are gathered on boths sides of street's boardwalk; numerous horse- drawn wagons and carriages loaded with personal belongings or commercial goods are in the street; smoke billows from distant background of street; traffic jam of horse-drawn wagons (one reads "Excelsoir Laundry") are in the background; row of flat-roof one and two-story wooden frame and brick commercial buildings line the streets in This business district; signs attached to buildings include: "1892 Pullin Block," "Hotel Carr," "Mixed Paints," "McDonald - Dentist," "Chicago Bazaar," and "Cripple Creek Prospector - Printing."Physical Description1 photoprint ; image 12 x 17 cm (4 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.) on mount 20 x 25 cm (8 x 10 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectCripple Creek (Colo.)Fires--Colorado--Cripple CreekStreets--Colorado--Cripple CreekGeographic AreaCripple Creek (Colo.)CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR710000868Type of MaterialPhotographic printsDigital Version Created FromFred Rosenstock, May 8, 1975NotesPhotographer and address stamped on back of photoprint: E. A. Yelton, Photographer, 556 Cripple Creek Heights, P. O. Box 1141, Cripple Creek, Colorado. Title supplied by cataloger. Worn corners of mounted photoprint. R7100008685
Yelton, Edgar A., Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado, first fire (1896). Denver Public Library Digital Collections, accessed 16/01/2026, https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1016998
