Call NumberX-1316Date1868SummaryView of the south end of Georgetown, Colorado, showing the grid pattern of the town, with many simple wood construction buildings and tall pine trees. Leavenworth Mountain is in the background. Clear Creek runs through the area, and a tall chimney emits smoke into the air on the far right, part of a the Georgetown Silver Company's smelter.Physical Description1 copy photonegative ; 10 x 13 cm (4 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint ; 10 x 15 cm (4 x 5 3/4 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectGeorgetown (Colo.)--19th centuryCollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR710001316Type of MaterialFilm negativesPhotographic printsNotesA memo from Benjamin Draper concerning this photoprint and the history of Chimney Rock is at the Denver Public Library Western History Department in the manuscript collection titled Colorado Theater Collection, Box L4. Formerly F140. Hand-written in ink on back of photoprint: "1868 (From Photo - Courier), Smoke on right is from one of the first smelting works in Georgetown. A brick chimney was built on the rocks." In pencil: "16."; Title inked on back of photoprint. R7100013169
