Call NumberX-1888CreatorDallas, SandraDatecirca 1965SummaryJaffa Opera House, built in 1882, Trinidad, Colorado, is on the corner of Commercial and Main Streets. This three story edifice of incised sandstone has geometric stylized florets, a cornice with corbeled segments, and flourished pediments. Over the arched door and inset near the entry steps is a panel that reads: "1882". Plate glass storefronts, flanking the entry, house a drug store and a liquor store; projecting signs read: "Hausman Rexall Drugs," "Main Street Liquor Wines," and "Roslyn Hotel." A theater has a three arched fascia and letters that read: "Isis." A stepside pickup truck and a Studebaker sedan are parked on the street in front.Physical Description1 copy photonegative ; 6 x 6 cm (2 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.); 1 photoprint ; 13 x 18 cm (5 x 7 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectTrinidad (Colo.)Drugstores--Colorado--TrinidadLiquor stores--Colorado--TrinidadOpera houses--Colorado--TrinidadGeographic AreaTrinidad (Colo.)CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR710001888Type of MaterialFilm negativesBlack & white photographsPhotographic printsDigital Version Created FromSandra Dallas AtchisonOriginal Material Found in CollectionWH1204. Sandra Dallas papersNotesFormerly A1509. Hand-written on back of photoprint: "Trinidad. 1965 ca. 23."; Title supplied by cataloguer. R7100018884
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