Postcard

1958.295.0003

1958.295.0003

Name/Title

Postcard

Entry/Object ID

1957.295.0003

Description

Black & white print. Snapshot. Printed on postcard paper unused. Image of a large stone building - two stories with low wall at front edge of roof; chimney visible at right corner. Upper story has nine arched windows along front & five narrow windows on left side. First story has large windows & what appears to be four doorways. Sign on second story at right: "Bank". Sign between stories left of center: "J. W. Hugus & Co." Several men standing in front of building. Wide dirt street in foreground. Printed on back in black ink: "POST CARD" "CORRESPONDENCE" "ADDRESS" [square with "AZO" at top, bottom, left, & right around] "PLACE STAMP HERE". Written on original negative along lower edges: "Rawlins[sic] WYO. Jas A. France Bldg, 5th & Front. 1873, Copy by Meyers". written on back: [pencil -partially erased] "Assorted Scenes of Rawlins Outdoor" [black ink] "Duplicate - Mounted" [pencil] "Photo Taken 1889 to 1895 lots 12, 13, 14 Block 23 N.E. corner 5th & Front". Paper yellowed on back, edge & corner damage. Emulsion scratched & dented; fingerprints on left edge.

Collection

Photograph Collection