Call NumberX-90CreatorByers, Joseph E.Date1903-1908SummaryExterior view of B.P.O.E. Elks Lodge at the corner of Columbia and Pine Street, Telluride, Colorado (used for two years by the Western Federation of Miner's under the direction of Local President Vincent St. John and later occupied by the Miner's Union Hospital).The three and one-half story brick building has native stone foundation, high hip roof with hipped window dormers, bracketed cornice, and arched lintel with keystones above windows. "B.P.O.E. 682" appears over door. Two men and woman sit on tall stairs of porch entry with pediment; a man stands on boardwalk in front of low stone retaining wall around building; a woman hangs laundry on clothesline behind an evergreen tree. A two-story wood frame residence with tower and conical roof is next to the hospital; smaller residences are in background.Physical Description1 copy photonegative ; 10 x 13 cm (4 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint ; 16 x 21 cm (6 1/4 x 8 1/4 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectTelluride (Colo.)Buildings--Colorado--TellurideHospitals--Colorado--TellurideStreets--Colorado--TellurideMiners' Union Hospital (Telluride, Colo.)Geographic AreaTelluride (Colo.)CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR710000090Type of MaterialFilm negativesPhotographic printsNotesFormerly F40452. Stamp on back of photoprint: "Homer E. Reid, Telluride Colo."; Title penciled on back of photoprint; photographer's signature hand-lettered on photoprint.
Byers, Joseph E., Miners Union Hospital (1903-1908). Denver Public Library Digital Collections, accessed 20/04/2026, https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1123787
