Call NumberX-11692Date1880-1890SummaryMen and a little girl pose at the open, double doors of This blacksmith business in Boulder, Colorado. They wear leather aprons. The frame, gable roofed building with brick chimneys has a false front and ornate signs: "Plows harrows Weir sulkies cultivators," "Wagon and carriage making Blacksmith," and "Carriage and sign paintin[g]." Wheels, axles, rims, hand plows, a sawhorse and buckboard are along the walls. A sliding door is open in back, next to the two-story part of the enterprise. A picket fence and trees are to the side.Physical Description1 copy photonegative ; 10 x 13 cm (4 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint ; 11 x 17 cm (4 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.) on sheet 13 x 18 cm (5 x 7 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectBoulder (Colo.)--19th centuryForge shops--Colorado--Boulder--19th centuryGeographic AreaBoulder (Colo.)CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR710011692Type of MaterialFilm negativesPhotographic printsBlack & white photographsDigital Version Created FromBoulder Historical Society.NotesAlso on cabinetcard: present location Lashley Persons. Formerly F23834. Hand-written on back of photoprint: Ben Williams blacksmith shop 2031-12th. Photoprint is cropped; negative shows original cabinetcard, title label, and photo table. Title label is masked with rubylith tape adhered to negative. Title hand-written in Germanic letters on paper label with original cabinetcard. R7100116925
Ben Williams, blacksmith shop, 2031 12th (1880-1890). Denver Public Library Digital Collections, accessed 14/03/2026, https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1031514
