Call NumberZ-2768CreatorMellen, George E.Datecirca 1884SummaryView of a collapsed frame, probably one-story house, in Woodstock near Pitkin (Gunnison County), Colorado west of Alpine Pass. A wooden plank supports an unstable wall. A brick chimney, wooden shingles, and rafters are in the debris pile of the demolished building. Shovels are in snow piles.Physical Description1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph ; 10 x 18 cm (4 x 7 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectWoodstock (Colo.)--19th centuryAvalanches--Colorado--Woodstock--19th centuryHouses--Colorado--Woodstock--19th centuryRuins--Colorado--Woodstock--19th centurySnow--Colorado--Woodstock--19th centuryCollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR711002768Type of MaterialPhotographic printsStereographsNotesCondition: scratched, worn and stained. Inked on verso: "Scene where 13 men, women and children were buried in a snow slide."; Penciled on verso: "Woodstock snow slide which wrecked entire village near Alpine Pass on the South Park RR in March 1884[?]"; Photographer's stamp on verso above stamp that reads: "C. H. Clark, Publisher and General Trade Agent, Gunnison, Colo."; Title inked on original negative and reproduced in photographic print is partly legible and reads: "Ruins Woodstock, March [18]84."; Title supplied. R7110027681
Mellen, George E., Woodstock snow slide ruins (circa 1884). Denver Public Library Digital Collections, accessed 19/04/2025, https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1105025
