Call NumberZ-5485CreatorGillen, William J., photographer.Date1894 July 1SummaryView of the first train into Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado. Shows Denver and Rio Grande locomotive 39, a baggage car and passenger cars surrounded by a crowd of people. Mine buildings are on the hillsides. Horse-drawn carriages and piles of wooden railroad ties are near the train. A second locomotive is seen in the distance with ore cars.Physical Description1 photographic print : albumen 12 x 19 cm (4 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.) mounted on mat board.SubjectDenver and Rio Grande Railroad CompanyCripple Creek (Colo.)Carriages and carts--Colorado--Cripple CreekRailroads--Colorado--Cripple CreekSpectators--Colorado--Cripple CreekGeographic AreaCripple Creek (Colo.)Related MaterialImage File: ZZR711005485Type of MaterialAlbumen printsFilm negativesPhotographic printsNotesCondition: faded, discolored, soiled, stained, abrasions. Formerly F28586|Handwritten on back of photographic print "10/29/39 W.S.B."|Photographers name inked on front or original reproduced on photographic print. Title inked on original and reproduced in photographic print. Title inked on verso. Library owns additional iterations of this image in various formats: 1 copy negative |10 x 13 cm. (4 x 5 in.). R7110054858
Gillen, William J., photographer., Cripple Creek, Colo. first train into the "great gold camp" (1894 July 1). Denver Public Library Digital Collections, accessed 13/01/2026, https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1117301
