Pete and Clarence Ashcraft photos of mail wagon and baseball pose near the train depot in the Simla and Matheson, Colorado area.
Dublin Core
Title
Pete and Clarence Ashcraft photos of mail wagon and baseball pose near the train depot in the Simla and Matheson, Colorado area.
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Date Created
1900s
Subject
Colorado -- Elbert County
Colorado -- Simla
Description
A photocopy of two photos from the early 1900s. One photo shows a man next to a wagon. Cursive handwriting next to this photo indicates that it is Pete Ashcraft next to a mail wagon. The other photo shows children playing baseball, with one child in the foreground posing and holding a baseball bat. Cursive handwriting next to this photo indicates that the child with the bat is "Clarence Ashcraft at the train depot." It is unknown whether the photos were taken in Simla, Matheson, or Ramah (El Paso County). These towns were all located along the Rock Island Railroad line.
Type
Image
Format
jpeg
Collection
Citation
“Pete and Clarence Ashcraft photos of mail wagon and baseball pose near the train depot in the Simla and Matheson, Colorado area.,” Pines & Plains Digital Collections, accessed November 2, 2024, https://pplibraries.cvlcollections.org/items/show/40.