Name/Title
Print, PhotographicEntry/Object ID
1955.232.0193Description
Laying of the Cornerstone at the new Elks Lodge, Rawlins, 1908-9. H. Larsen, J. A. Hobbs, Judge Merrell, Walton France, Charles Blydenburg, L. E. Vivion.
Update 2008: Black and white print. Snapshot. Mounted on black matboard .Image of a large group of men standing on a stone foundation on wood planks laying the cornerstone of a new building. Women and children can be seen on the ground in foreground. Men all dressed in dark suits; several carrying canes. Carved in cornerstone: "Erected 1908 building Committee J.H. Clause, C.E. Blydenburgh, J.B. Doty"
Written on original negative under cornerstone: "No.1".
Houses, start of exterior wall, scaffolding and low hills in background.
Written in blue ink on emulsion surface: [third man from left] "1" [twelfth man from left] "J.A. Hobbs" [third man with cane to right of Hobbs] "2" [older man at center] "3" [man two back from 3] "Walton France".
Written on back in blue ink: "Laying the cornerstone of the Elks Home in 1908, given by Mrs. Tom Stratton, Rawlins, Wyo."
No 1. H. Larson contractor.
No 2. Chas. Blydenburg[sic] attorney
No 3. Judge Home Merrill."
Mounted on acidic matboard. Mat warped. Mat scuffed and slightly soiled. Edge and corner damage. Image surface soiled. Slightly scuffed and scratched. Blue ink impacting emulsion.Collection
Photograph Collection