Title   Leadville saloon
Call Number   X-6363
Summary   View of a saloon backroom used for gaming in Leadville, Colorado, shows men gambling on either side of a center aisle. Men in suits and hats stand at a roulette table with stacks of poker chips; others sit at gaming tables with playing cards and poker chips. Croupiers and dealers wear white shirts, vest and ties; a saloonkeeper carries a tray of glasses. Thr room is papered with a floral wallpaper on the ceiling and a border above the wainscot and along the top of the wall. Framed pictures and a clock hang on the walls. A cast iron stove sits in the room, with a long pipe crossing the room. Bright lights hang from the ceiling, and spittoons are on the floor next to the tables. A picket fence separates the back of the room, where a group of men sit at a table, from the main room.
Date   [between 1880 and 1910].
Notes   Title supplied by cataloger.
  Formerly F8094a.
Photo Materials   1 copy photonegative ; 10 x 13 cm. (4 x 5 in.)
  1 photoprint ; 13 x 18 cm. (5 x 7 in.)
  1 photonegative : glass ; 21 x 26 cm. (8 x 10 in.)
Condition   Glass plate deterioration.
Copyright   Copyright restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
See Also   Gambling 1880-1910. Colorado Leadville
  Leadville (Colo.) 1880-1910.
  Film negatives.
  Glass negatives.
  Photographic prints.
  Imaged.
URL   http://gowest.coalliance.org/cgi-bin/imager?10006363+X-6363

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