Photograph as originally submitted to this page in the Historical Marker Database www.HMdb.org. Click on photo to resize in browser. Scroll down to see metadata.

Photographer: Unknown
Taken: Circa 1870s
Caption: Image on Dodge City, full of excitement Marker
Additional Description: [Caption reads] Ham Bell's Varieties dance hall was located south of the railroad tracks, on the southwest corner of the intersection of Second and Trail streets. The cancan dance was first performed in Dodge City at this Varieties. This photo shows the bar, monte and faro tables, several couples on the dance floor, and a platform for musicians at the back.
Submitted: May 11, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.
Database Locator Identification Number: p241843
File Size: 0.088 Megabytes

To see the metadata that may be embedded in this photo, sign in and then return to this page.