Description
THE DENVER NORTHWESTERN BAR
SAM PETERSON, Proprietor
Photograph of exterior of saloon in Kremmling, Grand County, Colorado, circa 1907.
Gelatin-silver photograph from 1907. Image dimensions: 6-3/4 inches by 4-3/4 inches; mount dimensions: 9 inches by 7 inches.
Condition: orginal photograph has very strong tones and contrasts, no significant wear or damage; original gray mount has some light wear at corners.
[Note: Tivoli sign on exterior corner; barbershop next door to saloon]
Sam Peterson was from Tunsta, Norway. After emigrating to the United States in 1891, Peterson owned and operated — at various times — saloons in Cripple Creek, Steamboat Springs, Denver, and Kremmling, Colorado; as well as in Thermopolis, Wyoming. He died at the Red Cross Hospital in
Salida, Colorado in July, 1940.
[Peterson appears to be the third man from the right, holding open the saloon’s screen door in this original photograph.]
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