Boudoir card sized photograph of the first Cripple Creek Fire.
Cripple Creek: c. 1896. Silver gelatin print on the photographer’s mount. Approximately 132x210 mm. Captioned in the negative. The image shows Bennett Avenue, looking east toward the fire. The fire was said to have been started in one of the gold mining city’s brothels when a performer knocked over a stove during an argument with her lover. The fire (and a second fire later that week) destroyed most of the town.
Boudoir card sized photograph of the first Cripple Creek Fire.
Cripple Creek: c. 1896. Silver gelatin print on the photographer’s mount. Approximately 132x210 mm. Captioned in the negative. The image shows Bennett Avenue, looking east toward the fire. The fire was said to have been started in one of the gold mining city’s brothels when a performer knocked over a stove during an argument with her lover. The fire (and a second fire later that week) destroyed most of the town.
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