Call NumberX-12391Date1897-1898SummarySeated portrait of Tom Hughes, taken in Mrs. William A Keller's front room of the ranch house outside of Meeker, near Coal Creek, Rio Blanco County, Colorado. A ornate rug serves as a backdrop, other props includes a small marble top table with a tasseled runner, potted geraniums, and a fox skin on the floral pattern carpet. Hughes had a photography studio in a tent in Meeker from 1897 to about 1900. Later moved to Denver and took photographs of floats in the Mountain and Plains Festival Parade. Died in California in the 1940-1950s; probably born in the 1870s.Physical Description1 photoprint ; 24 x 18 cm (9 1/4 x 7 1/4 in.)SubjectKeller, William A.--Family--Homes and hauntsMeeker (Colo.)Hughes, TomGeographic AreaMeeker (Colo.)Related MaterialImage File: ZZR710012391Type of MaterialPhotographic printsPortrait photographsNotesPhotoprint is worn and has dirt specks. Title and biographical information hand-written on back of decorative mat board of vintage photoprint; source of information: Luther Smith and Bill Hardin (Luther's uncle) and see: "The Henry Smith Family and People and Places In their Lives," c. 1974, by Margaret Smith Isaac, pages appendix 38 - 39, pictures 3, 11, 14, 41. Parade photographs donated to Colorado State Museum in 1958. R7100123914DonorMargaret Isaac, 8/28/1975.
Tom Hughes, early day photographer in Meeker (1897-1898). Denver Public Library Digital Collections, accessed 17/03/2026, https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1019630
