Call NumberX-17961Date1878SummaryCovered wagons and teams of oxen crowd Main Street in Canon City, Colorado. Men in vests pose on the dirt; two-story brick and stone commercial buildings have chimneys and arched windows. The 1872 Clelland block has an open porch and a bracketed wood cornice. Ditch with water and a wooden keg are in the foreground.Physical Description1 copy photonegative ; 17 x 13 cm (7 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint ; 28 x 21 cm (10 x 8 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectCanon City (Colo.)--19th centuryCovered wagons--Colorado--Canon City--19th centuryOx teams--Colorado--Canon City--19th centuryStreets--Colorado--Canon City--19th centuryGeographic AreaCanon City (Colo.)CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR710017961Type of MaterialFilm negativesPhotographic printsBlack & white photographsNotesHand-written on back of photoprint: No. 6, C. of C. Canon City. Hand-written on original and reproduced in photoprint: Main Street. Betw. ; 6. Title typed on back of photoprint. R7100179614
Main Street between 3rd and 4th, showing oxen teams and covered wagons (1878). Denver Public Library Digital Collections, accessed 12/06/2026, https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1027640
