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The first set of photographs are things buildings and things that the McGonigles would have seen or been aware of.  All of these are things that were in Leadville during the 1880s.  Leadville had several Red Light Districts: one on West 5th Street,  but the most notorious was on West 2nd Street.  Today there are a few pubs, but mostly its residential.  The buildings you see reflected on these pages were built while the McGonigles lived in Leadville.

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Tabor Hotel View with Mt. Majestic in background	Delaware Hotel on right, Tabor Hotel in background	2nd Street - Red Light District in 1880s. Frank passed by here daily to get to work.
Tabor Opera House built in 1879 in 100 days	View of Opera House from stage	Hangins, boxing, shows, vaudville, etc. all played here.
	View of Mountains from Harrison St	Looking up Harrison Ave. at 5th Street
One of the earlier wood buildings on Harrison