Call NumberZ-2765Date1902SummaryMen and women stand and pose inside the Sauer-McShane Mercantile Company store on Main Street in Central City (Gilpin County), Colorado. Women wear tea or floor length dresses, laced shoes with heels, straw or fabric hats with elaborate decoration and bows, gloves, and brooches. Men wear suits, vest, and hats. Shelves display canned and bottled food, china, and probably a stack of rhubarb stalks. An electric light and kerosene lamp hang from the ceiling. Signs on walls read: "Armour Packing Co., White Label Pure Leaf Lard, Kansas City, USA," "Duffy Cider," and "Van Camps Pork and Beans."Physical Description1 photographic print on mat board ; 21 x 26 cm (8 x 10 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectSauer-McShane Mercantile CoGrocery stores--Colorado--Central CityInteriors--Colorado--Central CityWomen--Colorado--Central CityGeographic AreaCentral City (Colo.)CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR711002765Type of MaterialPhotographic printsNotesCondition: stained. Penciled on verso: "Campbell, Kit McCallist[er?], McShane's store."; Stamp on verso reads: "Jun 10 1899."; Title and date penciled on mat board. R7110027657
Sauer-McShane grocery store, Central City (1902). Denver Public Library Digital Collections, accessed 22/06/2025, https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1129175
