Call NumberP-1864Alternate TitleAnaconda, ColoradoCreatorPoley, H. S. (Horace Swartley)Date1895SummaryView along a curve in Midland Terminal Railway tracks northeast across Ananconda to Gold Hill, Teller County, Colorado. The town consists of several camps including Squaw Gulch, Mound City, and Barry. Frame houses, tents, log cabins, false fronts, one small stone structure and a smoking smelter fill the valley. Laundry hangs on clotheslines in backyards of some residences; business sign reads: "Anaconda House;" railroad crossing sign and telegraph poles along side the tracks. Mine prospect holes and tailing dumps are scattered on the slopes.Physical Description1 copy photonegative ; 10 x 13 cm (4 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint ; 20 x 25 cm (7 3/4 x 9 3/4 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectAnaconda (Colo.)Houses--Colorado--AnacondaRailroad tracks--Colorado--AnacondaCollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR700171864Type of MaterialFilm negativesPhotographic printsOriginal Material Found in CollectionC Photo Collection 37. H. S. Poley collection.NotesFormerly F23913. Photographer's information embossed in lower right corner of photoprint. Title hand-written on back of photoprint mat board. Vintage photograph mounted on mat board with decorative line border. R7001718648
Poley, H. S. (Horace Swartley), Anaconda, Col. (1895). Denver Public Library Digital Collections, accessed 10/03/2026, https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1022328
