Name/Title
Print, PhotographicEntry/Object ID
1949.060.0002Description
Photo of the interior of Ferguson Mercantile, Rawlins. Chris Olsen, Emil Estensen, Paul Paulsen, James Ferguson and Soren Frandsen, 1908.
Update - 2009: Black & white print. Snapshot. Mounted on grey matboard. Image of the interior of a clothing store. Left wall is lined with tall shelves of boxed merchandise with hanging sample in front. Glass display cases lined up in front along wall. Center isle has large display case of men's ties in foreground. Table of pants & hanging display of pants behind. Right wall lined with shelves of boxed merchandise with hanging displays in front. Glass display cases lined up in front of shelves. Back wall has more shelves of merchandise & door & window. Six men in image - 3 on either side of center isle. Streamers decorate ceiling. Appears to be the men's department.
Written on back: [blue ink] "[cut off] guson Mercantile Stores [cut off] erguson Mer. Co. was originally [cut off[ W. Hugus & Co Store in Rawlins [cut off]: "1-dp" "Ferguson Mercantile Company when it was located in the Cullen Building. It was originally known as J.W. Hugus & Co." "Left to right are Chris Olsen, Emil Estensen, Paul Paulsen, unidentified, James Ferguson, and Soren Frandsen." Picture taken about 1908". "Copied by State"; [black ink] "mounted" "(5)". [red pencil] "page 35, pix 1 2 1/2 x " [pencil] "Interior Rawlins".
Mounted on acidic matboard. Cut down from original size to image - edges rough & uneven. Red ink marks on emulsion in lower right corner. Emulsion surface slightly soiled & scratched. Mat slightly warped.
One scanned copy: Typed on bottom border: "Ferguson Mercantile Co. Carbon County Museum All rights reserved"
Good condition. Size 8 x 10 1/4"Collection
Photograph Collection