Description

HALL – ASBURY COMMISSION COMPANY & Groceries, Cripple Creek, Colorado, 1893

Original antique J. L. Clinton, boudoir-sized, cabinet card photograph

Kelly’s Dancehall on corner of Bennett Avenue, with a mining stock broker’s office between it and the Hall-Asbury Company.  Kelly’s Dancehall and Saloon was one of the several early Cripple Creek dancehall’s that moved from Bennett Avenue to Myers Avenue as the gold mining town grew in wealth and stature.

“Cripple Creek Burro Express,” was Clinton’s title for this photograph (#S21)

Very early Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Cripple Creek Gold Mining District, Colorado street scene

J. L. Clinton was scenie photographer with a studio in Colorado Springs, Colorado; and, was often employed by the COLORADO MIDLAND RAILWAY to take promotional photographic images for their advertising media.

Boudoir card sized cabinet card photograph.

Image dimensions: 7-1/4 inches by 4-1/4 inches

Mount dimensions: 8 inches by 5 inches

Condition: near fine; one small bit of damage to the lower margin of mount, stabilized on back; otherwise, snows minor wear

Photograph has excellent tones, contrasts & details.

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