Call NumberX-2081CreatorHill, Ron.Date1958SummaryView to the north along Main Street, Black Hawk, Colorado; shows The Gilpin Hotel with "The Mine Shaft Bar" and a representation of a miner carrying a pick axe and towing an ore cart painted on the south wall, and a Coors beer sign hanging from the second floor balcony facing the street. Five cars and one truck are on the street; the building famous for housing Ben Olsen's Saloon is north of the hotel. The Jenkins Hardware Store is at the street's end and the church and schoolhouse are up the hill.Physical Description1 photoprint ; 9 x 12 cm (3 1/4 x 4 3/4 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectBlackhawk (Colo.)Hotels--Colorado--BlackhawkStreets--Colorado--BlackhawkGilpin Hotel (Blackhawk, Colo.)Geographic AreaBlackhawk (Colo.)CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR710002081Type of MaterialPhotographic printsOriginal Material Found in CollectionMuriel Sibell Wolle estate, 1977.NotesTitle hand-written on back of photoprint. R7100020815
Hill, Ron., Blackhawk - 1958 (1958). Denver Public Library Digital Collections, accessed 09/11/2025, https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1123842
