Name/Title
Print, PhotographicEntry/Object ID
1955.282.0037Description
First National Bank lot where the bank was later built at this time it belonged to Jim Clouse and was used to store or throw beer barrels. He had a saloon at that time. Rawlins Fire Dept. shown going to a fire. Time about or between 1898 and 1905.
Update - 2009: Black & white print. Snapshot. Image of a parade with wagons with lots of men riding in them. Wagon appear to be drawn by a steam engine & are moving from right to left. Spectators standing on side of road in foreground. Yard in foreground left filled with wooden barrels. Houses /buildings in background. Snow on ground. Snow hill in background. Sign on building at front of procession: "Cliff House".
Engraved in lower right corner mat front: "The Ferris Studio Rawlins, WYO."
400 Block of Buffalo Street, Rawlins, WY
Written on back:[pencil] "1st Natl Bank lot" [blue ink] "First National Bank lot where the the[sic] Bank was later built[;] at this time it belonged to Mr. Jim Clouse and was used to store or throw beer barrels. He had a saloon at that time. Rawlins fire department shown going to a fire. Time about or between 1898 and 1905[.] Given by Miss Christel Thode."
Note: This appears to be a parade. Note the men with drums, washtubs & such behind the steam engine. The billows of white around the engine is steam from the operation of the vehicle. PAS.
Mounted on acidic matboard. Edge & corner damage on mat. Mat front scuffed. Image slightly scuffed.Collection
Photograph Collection