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Blackhawk, Colo. 1864

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Call NumberK-126Alternate TitleBlackhawk, Colorado 1864CreatorKemp, Donald Campbell, 1889-1975.Date1935-1950Summaryis on Gregory Street in the center midground.|Several businesses stand on the lower end of Gregory Street in Blackhawk, a mining town in Gilpin County, Colorado, during the 1860s, including a wholesale and retail grocery store and commission house, a wholesale and retail meat market, a grocery and liquor store, a drugstore and The Blackhawk Bakery. The Presbyterian church stands on the hill above the stores. The empty lot next to the church is the future site of the schoolhouse, which opened in 1870. A covered wagonPhysical Description1 copy photonegative |10 x 12 cm (3 3/4 x 4 3/4 in.)|1 copy photonegative |9 x 11 cm (3 1/2 x 4 1/4 in.)|1 photoprint |17 x 22 cm (6 3/4 x 8 1/2 in.)SubjectBlackhawk (Colo.)--19th centuryGilpin County (Colo.)--19th centuryBakeries--Colorado--Blackhawk--19th centuryButcher shops--Colorado--Blackhawk--19th centuryCommercial streets--Colorado--Blackhawk--19th centuryCovered wagons--Colorado--Blackhawk--19th centuryDrugstores--Colorado--Blackhawk--19th centuryGrocery stores--Colorado--Blackhawk--19th centuryLiquor stores--Colorado--Blackhawk--19th centuryPresbyterian churches--Colorado--Blackhawk--19th centuryGeographic AreaBlackhawk (Colo.)Related MaterialImage File: ZZR700125126Type of MaterialFilm negativesPhotographic printsNotesImage also identified as "F27099|" see also L-557 (bar code #R7001205572) in Lake collection. Image is cropped from "L-557" in H.H. Lake collection. Words "Black Hawk showing mining structures on the gregory. looking northwest. 1861-62 Source unknown." typed on sticker on back of print|image is copy of earlier photograph taken by unknown photographer|title from inventory prepared by Western History Department, Denver Public Library. R7001251264Languageeng

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