CABINET CARD- LEADVILLE COLORADO HARRISON AVE -STREET SCENE – WAKELY PHOTO – CA 1880
Cabinet card, 4 3/8 x 7. Manuscript title on back “Harrison Ave from P.O.”, along with manuscript “G.D. Wakely”.  Street scene with numerous building and signs.
George Wakely opened Denver’s first photographic gallery across the street from the Apollo Theatre in 1859.  Wakely had closed his gallery and moved New York by February 1865. He returned to Colorado in 1879, working in Leadville, and the following year he was back in the photo business with Edward N. Clements as Wakely & Clements.  By 1884, Wakely was moved again to Dallas, Texas.  He was employed by Alfred Freeman, a photographer and dealer in pianos and organs.
Exhibits some light use and wear, overall Fine condition