Amon Carter print details

[Views of Cripple Creek fire of 1896]

E. A. Yelton

Object Details

  • Date

    1896

  • Object Type

    Photographs

  • Medium

    Collodion or gelatin silver print

  • Dimensions

    Image: 12 1/4 x 9 15/16 in.
    Mount: 12 1/2 x 9 15/16 in.

  • Inscriptions

    Recto:

    [8 images with an inscription beneath each]

    u.l. in image: FIRE ON BENNETT AVENUE.

    u.r. in image: START OF THE FIRE. - VIEW FROM FIRST AND BENNETT.

    c.l. in image: EL PASO LIVERY BARN. BEFORE BURNING.

    c.r. in image: EXPLOSION IN EL PASO LIVERY BARN.

    c.l. in image: EFFECTS OF EXPLOSION.

    c.r. in image: EL PASO LIVERY BARN BURNING.

    l.l. in image: BLOWING UP OF THE DENVER HOUSE.

    l.r. in image: THE RUINS. - TAKEN FROM EATON AND A STREETS.

    Mount Verso:

    u.l. in red ink: 105 % \ [in blue ink] Copy vs 1896

    u.r. in red ink: 105 %

    c.l. in red ink: s./s. \ s./s.

    c. in graphite: Fire [circled] \ P-28 [crossed out] \ and [crossed out] \ P-29 [crossed out] \ measurements on dummy \ Nos 1 & 4 are cropped \ before reduction

    c.r. in red pencil: P-32 \ & \ P-33 \ [in red ink] 78 % [crossed out] \ s/s. \ s./s.

    l.l. in red ink: 170 %

    l.r. in red ink: 170 %

  • Collection Name

    Fred and Jo Mazzulla Collection

  • Credit Line

    Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas

  • Accession Number

    P1976.11.471

  • Copyright

    Public domain

Additional details

Location: Off view
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