Description
LEADVILLE, COLORADO
CHESTNUT STREET in 1879
Original 1879 cabinet card photograph by G. D. WAKELY.
Wakely was in the Colorado Territory in the 1860s practicing his photography. He left the Territory for several years, and then returned to photograph Leadville in 1879. He left Colorado again in 1880.
Condition: very good plus to near fine; excellent tones & contrasts; a bit of light damage in upper left-hand corner of image. Signed by G. D. Wakely on bottom right-hand corner,
back of original photograph.
Leadville businesses in this photograph:
John Lieninger Book & Stationery Store on northwest corner of Chestnut and Harrison Avenue.
J. N. Harder Bakery, 114 W. Chestnut
Charles Mater, Boots & Shoes, 105-1/2 W. Chestnut
Charles Johnson, Boots & Shoes, 113-1/2 W. Chestnut
Grand Hotel, 129 – 131 W. Chestnut, Streeter & Chapin, proprietors
Mathews Market, 113 W. Chestnut, M. R. Mathews
Alhambra Hall (Saloon), 106 & 108 W. Chestnut, Lowe & Hill, proprietors
Branch Saloon, 104 W. Chestnut, G. & C.H. Rintleman
Victor Hector Saloon, 110-1/2 W. Chestnut
Martin Keenan Saloon, 132 W. Chestnut
R. M. Lavelle & Co. Saloon, 135 W. Chestnut
Leadford & Cambell Saloon, 119 W. Chestnut
C. F. Periolat Saloon, 146 W. Chestnut
Prindle & Co. Saloon, 126 W. Chestnut
Sonshine & Weinberg Saloon, 128 W. Chestnut
Whelock & Dillon Saloon, 117 W. Chestnut
Samuel Shoenberg Cigars & Tobacco, 112-1/2 W. Chestnut
Tribe & Jefferay Cigars & Tobacco, 145 W. Chestnut
Mat dimensions: 7 inches by 4-1/2 inches
Image dimensions: 6-1/2 inches by 4-1/4 inches
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