Call NumberZ-14556Date1870-1920SummaryStudio portrait of Howard C. Chapin, grocer, partner with Dennison in Chapin & Dennison Grocers, and owner of the Barton House (hotel), in Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Later proprietor of the Clarendon and Grand Hotels in Leadville and then the Inter-Ocean Hotel and Grand Central Hotel in Denver.He wears a coat and an upstanding collar. His hair is white and he has a mustache.Physical Description1 photomechanical print : halftone, clipping ; oval 6 x 5 cm (2 1/2 x 2 in.) mounted on card stock 10 x 17 (4 x 6 1/2 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectDenver (Colo.)Leadville (Colo.)Business peopleGrocersOlder peopleChapin, Howard C., d. 1917Hotelkeepers.Geographic AreaLeadville (Colo.)CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR711014556Type of MaterialClippingsHalftone photomechanical printsPortrait photographsDigital Version Created FromWH353. J. S. Randall, Georgetown biography file; WH353. J. S. Randall, Georgetown Courier photograph collectionOriginal Material Found in CollectionWH353. J. S. Randall papersNotesTitle inked on card stock with: "Died, Denver March 19, 1917. Came to Colo. June 1866. In Georgetown that year. Returned in 1867 and established grocery with Dennison in King's Place. Built on corner and moved in 1868. Sold to Glaze & Bendle Sept. 2, 1871. Became proprietor Barton Oct. 2, 1871. Moved to Denver 1873, Nov.1, and became proprietor Inter-Ocean Hotel. Sold 1876 and opened Grand Central, which he ran until 1879, then located in Leadville and purchased Clarendon and Grand Hotels and conducted them 4 years. Married, Denver, May 1, 1868, to Miss Miller of Georgetown. Fourth Vermont Infantry. Mrs. C died in Denver Mch. 24, 1900. Chapin & Dennison Grocers dissolved Nov.1868. Married Feb. 16, 1911 to Mrs. R.D. Hunter. Jessica married J. Edward McDonald, June 21, 1904. Mrs. Chapin died in Denver, March 24, 1900. See scraps 1. p. 31."; R7110145560Languageeng
