Call NumberX-2565CreatorMessick, Turner B.Date1930-1940SummaryView of Central City, Colorado, looking north toward Gunnell Hill. In the foreground is depression in the ground surrounded by a fence. Behind it is a rundown house and a telephone post. Several cars are parked next to the telephone post. A man stands next to one of the cars with his hands in his pockets. To the left is a gas station with several signs painted onto it or attached to it, including "Williams & Robbins Bus- Depot," "Parking 25 cents," and "Free air and water." The two-story building next to it has "Foresters Hall, Bert Halsant, wines and liquors" painted on the front and "Owl Cigars now 5 cents, Rutseberg & Schloss Cigar Co." on the side. A masonry, two-story building with a hipped roof is on the left. In the background are the exteriors of St. Paul's Episcopal Church and Central City High School. Gunnell Hill is in the background with many wood-frame houses built on it.Physical Description1 photonegative ; 10 x 13 cm (4 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint ; 15 x 24 cm (5 3/4 x 9 1/2 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectCentral City (Colo.)Geographic AreaCentral City (Colo.)CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR710002565Type of MaterialFilm negativesBlack & white photographsPhotographic printsOriginal Material Found in CollectionWPA PhotosNotesFormerly F45650. Hand-written on back of photoprint: Late view of Central City. Photo by T.B. Messick. 1930s, Miscellaneous Colorado, 49, W.P.A. Writers program. Three of the photoprint's corners are slightly bent and worn. Title supplied by cataloger. "Is Part Of" term supplied by cataloger. R7100025653.
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