Call NumberX-539CreatorYelton, Edgar A.Date1899SummaryView of large groups of people left homeless after Victor, Colorado's devastating fire on August 21, 1899. Shows numerous men, women & children huddled around household belongings; goods, furnishings & furniture in numerous piles along hillside; wooden frame residences; and large wooden frame commercial building or mine structure where people fled to safety from fire with personal belongings.Physical Description1 copy photonegative ; 10 x 13 cm (4 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint : albumen ; 12 x 19 cm (4 3/4 x 7 1/2 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectVictor (Colo.)Fires--Colorado--VictorCollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR710000539Type of MaterialAlbumen printsFilm negativesDigital Version Created FromFred Rosenstock, May 8, 1975.NotesFormerly negative F32708. Photographer's stamp on front of mat of photoprint: E.A. Yelton, photographer, 357 E. Bennett Ave, Cripple Creek, Colorado. Title printed on front of albumen photoprint mounted on mat board; additional information on front of print: Aug.21,1899, no.861. R7100005394
Yelton, Edgar A., The homeless, Victor's big fire (1899). Denver Public Library Digital Collections, accessed 12/02/2026, https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1124002
