Leadville, Colorado, 1909 – Vintage Photo Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Leadville, Colorado, 1909 comes to life in this historic image, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
Library of Congress record: Leadville, Colo.
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Leadville, Colorado, 1909
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Leadville in 1909 was a far quieter place than the boomtown of its silver years. After Congress repealed the Sherman Silver Purchase Act in 1893 and silver prices collapsed, many shafts closed and miners moved on, so the district turned toward lead, zinc, and lower-grade ores that still paid. Smelters on the edge of town and mines on the surrounding slopes kept a steady workforce, including many Cornish, Italian, and eastern European families. Churches, union halls, and fraternal lodges shaped civic life, and residents who had stayed through the bust took pride in a town that had survived its own crash.
| Created / published | 1909 |
|---|---|
| Creator | sawdey, e. f., hindmarsh, r. b. |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Colorado |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,119 px · prints to 18 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Leadville, Colo. |
| Reference | CO Leadville 1909 |
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