Call NumberX-543CreatorYelton, Edgar A.Date1899SummaryView of Victor, Colorado's smouldering remains of once thriving business & residential district after devastating fire of August 21, 1899. Shows men, women & children sifting through & inspecting remains; brick chimney stacks and smoke rising from areas in town; horse-drawn carriages & wagons on street; and wooden frame houses & commerical buildings in background view.Physical Description1 photoprint : albumen ; 12 x 19 cm (4 3/4 x 7 1/2 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectVictor (Colo.)--19th centuryFires--Colorado--Victor--19th centuryCollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR710000543Type of MaterialAlbumen printsNotesMounted albumen photoprint in good condition; original negative (not in collection) probably cracked or marred at some time reflected as line through print. Title printed on front of albumen photoprint mounted on mat board, additional information printed on front of print includes: Aug.21,1899, photo no.875; photographer's stamp on front of mat board: E.A. Yelton, photographer, 357 E. Bennett Ave., Cripple Creek, Colorado. R7100005433DonorFred Rosenstock, May 8, 1975.
Yelton, Edgar A., Smouldering ruins, Victor's big fire (1899). Denver Public Library Digital Collections, accessed 12/02/2026, https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1124023
