Call NumberX-24548SummaryView looking generally southward of The Western Seed Company at 1514 Blake Street in Denver, Colorado, and the Piggly Wiggly storefront at 1516 Blake Street. The photograph shows storefronts, an office building, a horse and buggy, and signs: "The Western Seed Co.," "Piggly Wiggly Stores," and "Geo. Hamburger.". The building occupied in this photograph by Piggly Wiggly was originally built in 1863 by prominent African American Denver businessman Barney Ford to house Barney Ford's People's Restaurant.Physical Description1 photonegative : glass ; 25 x 20 cm (10 x 8 in.); 1 photoprint : black-and-white ; 18 x 13 cm (7 x 5 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectWestern Seed Company (Denver, Colo.)--BuildingsSeed trade--Colorado--DenverFord, Barney, 1822-1902Barney Ford's People's Restaurant (Denver, Colo.)African American businessmenGeographic AreaDenver (Colo.)CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryType of MaterialGlass negativesPhotographic printsBlack & white photographsNotesTitle supplied. Original negative ID: F15896.
