[Views of Cripple Creek fire of 1896]

E. A. Yelton

Date

1896
Object Type

Photographs
Medium

Collodion or gelatin silver print
Dimensions

Image: 12 1/4 x 9 15/16 in.
Mount: 12 1/2 x 9 15/16 in.
Inscriptions

Recto:
[8 images with an inscription beneath each]
u.l. in image: FIRE ON BENNETT AVENUE.
u.r. in image: START OF THE FIRE. - VIEW FROM FIRST AND BENNETT.
c.l. in image: EL PASO LIVERY BARN. BEFORE BURNING.
c.r. in image: EXPLOSION IN EL PASO LIVERY BARN.
c.l. in image: EFFECTS OF EXPLOSION.
c.r. in image: EL PASO LIVERY BARN BURNING.
l.l. in image: BLOWING UP OF THE DENVER HOUSE.
l.r. in image: THE RUINS. - TAKEN FROM EATON AND A STREETS.
Mount Verso:
u.l. in red ink: 105 % \ [in blue ink] Copy vs 1896
u.r. in red ink: 105 %
c.l. in red ink: s./s. \ s./s.
c. in graphite: Fire [circled] \ P-28 [crossed out] \ and [crossed out] \ P-29 [crossed out] \ measurements on dummy \ Nos 1 & 4 are cropped \ before reduction
c.r. in red pencil: P-32 \ & \ P-33 \ [in red ink] 78 % [crossed out] \ s/s. \ s./s.
l.l. in red ink: 170 %
l.r. in red ink: 170 %
Collection Name

Fred and Jo Mazzulla Collection
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas
Accession Number

P1976.11.471
Copyright

Public domain

Location: Off view

Part of: Fred and Jo Mazzulla Collection

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