Description
DOUGLASS CITY, COLORADO: DOUGLASS & CLARK, ELITE EATING HOUSE
and surrounding businesses.
Circa 1886
Original cabinet card photograph; unknown photographer [Possibly C. W. Erdlen, Buena Vista, Colorado]
Boudoir card size: Mount dimensions, 8 inches by 5 inches; Image dimensions, 7-1/4 inches by 4-1/4 inches
Condition: very good plus to near fine; photographic image has lightened a bit, however detail is still remarkable.
Douglass City, Colorado came into being due to construction on the Hagerman Tunnel, a project that bore through the Continental Divide at 11,528 feet above sea level. The tunnel was built for the COLORADO MIDLAND RAILROAD, partially financed by JAMES J. HAGERMAN.
W.M. Douglass & Ed S. Clark; William Douglass, after who Douglass City was named.
Elite Eating House
H. L. Nicol & Co., Fruits & Produce
Signs & Laundry
After the Hagerman Tunnel was completed,
Douglass City, eroded into Colorado’s past.
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