Call NumberX-755CreatorBancroft, CarolineDate1960-1970SummaryInterior view of a refurbished bedroom of the Old Homestead, 357 (or 367) Myers Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; prominent "parlor or sporting" house of red-light district once operated by Madame Pearl de Vere in 1916 for nearly 20 years, later became a residence until it reopened in 1950's as a museum; room includes wrought-iron bed, dresser with attached oblong mirror, free-standing mirror on wooden hinged pedestal, wall partition for changing clothes, and glass mantle kerosene- style lamp.Physical Description1 copy photonegative ; 10 x 13 cm (4 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint ; 8 x 12 cm (3 1/4 x 4 1/2 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectOld Homestead (Cripple Creek, Colo.)Cripple Creek (Colo.)Bedrooms--Colorado--Cripple CreekBrothels--Colorado--Cripple CreekMuseums--Colorado--Cripple CreekGeographic AreaCripple Creek (Colo.)CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR710000755Type of MaterialFilm negativesBlack & white photographsPhotographic printsDigital Version Created FromC. BancroftNotesFormerly negative F25842. Title hand-written on back of photoprint. R7100007558
Bancroft, Caroline, The Old Homestead of Pearl de Vere, Cripple Creek (1960-1970). Denver Public Library Digital Collections, accessed 08/03/2026, https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1017142
