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Ute Pass

Ute Pass

Item Type: PhotographDate: 1878 Description: A convoy of mule-drawn covered freight wagons travels up a rocky Ute Pass with Rainbow Falls visible in the lower left. A wooden railing lines the road with long timbers that extend down into the... Image Number: 013-11228
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Early Colorado Springs

Early Colorado Springs

Item Type: PhotographDate: ca. 1880 Description: Early view of Colorado Springs looking west, showing corrals behind houses. Image Number: 001-625
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Mineral Springs at Manitou Springs, Colorado

Mineral Springs at Manitou Springs, Colorado

Item Type: PhotographDate: ca. 1875 Description: A group well-dressed group of men, women and a child in Manitou Springs are gathered around the Soda Spring mineral water basin with the rustic gazebo of the Navajo Spring in the background. Image Number: 001-240
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Lobby of Manitou House

Lobby of Manitou House

Item Type: PhotographDate: 1874-08-31 Description: Front desk at the Manitou House Hotel with the desk clerk sporting mutton-chop sideburns leaning on the guest sign-in book and two men sitting behind the counter wearing bowler hats and playing c... Image Number: 001-202
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Mule Train, Ute Pass

Mule Train, Ute Pass

Item Type: PhotographDate: ca. 1878 Description: A convoy of a dozen canvas-covered freight wagons being pulled by teams of six mules is traveling up a very narrow and rocky Ute Pass Road with wooden guardrails secured with long poles to the si... Image Number: 175-9609
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Silver Mining in Colorado

Silver Mining in Colorado

Item Type: PhotographDate: ca. 1870 Description: Three men and three women gathered around a rectangular dig which is framed with logs. The men are using shovels and a sledge hammer as they dig a mine shaft into the earth. Label on back "Gurn... Image Number: 175-9608
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Pine Tree Pass

Pine Tree Pass

Item Type: PhotographDate: ca. 1876 Description: Man standing at foot of large rocky cliffs in Williams Canyon. Ground is strewn with rocks. Label on back reads "Gurnsey's Rocky Mountain Views. Published at Colorado Springs, Colorado. Pike'... Image Number: 175-3976
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Crystal Falls, Bear Canyon

Crystal Falls, Bear Canyon

Item Type: PhotographDate: ca. 1875 Description: Small waterfall tumbling down rocks through downed trees on rocky hillside. Label on back reads "Gurnsey's Rocky Mountain Views, Published at Colorado Springs, Colorado. Scenes on the Line of t... Image Number: 175-3973
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Ute Pass Wagon Road

Ute Pass Wagon Road

Item Type: PhotographDate: ca. 1876 Description: A man stands next to a flat-bed wagon loaded with a large wooden barrel pulled by an ox or cow on a narrow dirt road between tall granite cliffs. Label on back reads "Gurnsey's Rocky Mountain Vie... Image Number: 175-3969
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Rainbow Falls

Rainbow Falls

Item Type: PhotographDate: ca. 1876 Description: Waterfall cascading down rocky hillside. Label on back reads "Gurnsey's Rocky Mountain Views. Published at Colorado Springs, Colorado. Pike's Peak Avenue. Scenes on the Line of the Denver and... Image Number: 175-3967
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Royal Gorge

Royal Gorge

Item Type: PhotographDate: ca. 1876 Description: Steep canyon walls of the Royal Gorge in the afternoon sun. "Anns 166" handwritten on side of card. "R.A. Ronzio" and "Royal Gorge, Grand Canon of the Arkansas" handwritten on back of card. La... Image Number: 175-3958
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Iron Bridge at Royal Gorge

Iron Bridge at Royal Gorge

Item Type: PhotographDate: ca. 1876 Description: The "hanging bridge" over the Arkansas River at the bottom of Royal Gorge. Railroad tracks in the foreground go under the bridge spanning steep canyon walls and the narrow river. Label on back ... Image Number: 175-3957
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Grand Canyon of the Arkansas

Grand Canyon of the Arkansas

Item Type: PhotographDate: ca. 1876 Description: Railroad track running between high rocky cliffs with river at left. Label on back reads "No. 141 Gurnsey's Rocky Mountain Views. Published at Colorado Springs, Colorado. Pike's Peak Avenue. ... Image Number: 175-3956
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Grand Canyon of the Arkansas

Grand Canyon of the Arkansas

Item Type: PhotographDate: ca. 1876 Description: Narrow river running alongside large rocky cliff with mountains behind. Label on back is torn and mostly unreadable; partial label reads "Gu[rnseys] Rocky Mo[untain] Views. Published at Colorado... Image Number: 175-3955
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Dump Mountain

Dump Mountain

Item Type: PhotographDate: ca. 1876 Description: Two men standing alongside railroad track on rocky cliff. Rough-hewn logs are used as railroad ties vice the typical sawmill-cut rectangular type. Large boulders line the downslope, with trees vi... Image Number: 175-3943
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Summit of Pikes Peak, The Crater

Summit of Pikes Peak, The Crater

Item Type: PhotographDate: ca. 1876 Description: Barren rocky mountainside. More mountains in the distance. Label on back of card reads "Gurnsey's Rocky Mountain Views, Published at Colorado Springs, Colorado. Scenes on the Line of the Den... Image Number: 175-3932
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Laguna Alta

Laguna Alta

Item Type: PhotographDate: ca. 1876 Description: View from Pike's Peak trail, with timber and trees in foreground, of lake and mountains, in distance. Label on back of card reads "Gurnsey's Rocky Mountain Views, Published at Colorado Springs, ... Image Number: 175-3931
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The Bottomless Pit

The Bottomless Pit

Item Type: PhotographDate: ca. 1876 Description: A view through rocky crags of Pikes Peak with mountains in the distance. Label on back of card reads "Gurnsey's Rocky Mountain Views. Published at Colorado Springs, Colorado. Scenes on the Line... Image Number: 175-3930
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Summit of Pikes Peak

Summit of Pikes Peak

Item Type: PhotographDate: ca. 1876 Description: The very rocky summit of Pikes Peak with mountains visible in the background. A group of at least five men and five women can be seen at the top of a snow field in the background. Label on back o... Image Number: 175-3929
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The Abyss of Desolation

The Abyss of Desolation

Item Type: PhotographDate: ca. 1876 Description: The barren rocky mountainside of Pikes Peak with mountains in the distance. "139" printed on right photograph. Label on back of card reads "Gurnsey's Rocky Mountain Views. Published at Colorado... Image Number: 175-3928
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U. S. Signal Station and Observatory

U. S. Signal Station and Observatory

Item Type: PhotographDate: 1876-07-01 Description: Single-story, stone building with two chimneys and a spinning anemometer sits in a field of granite rocks atop Pikes Peak. Two large stacks of firewood are piled against the building below the wi... Image Number: 175-3927
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U. S. Signal Station and Observatory

U. S. Signal Station and Observatory

Item Type: PhotographDate: 1876-07-01 Description: Single-story, stone building with two chimneys and a spinning anemometer sits in a field of granite rocks atop Pikes Peak. Two large stacks of firewood are piled against the building below the wi... Image Number: 175-3926
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Signal Station; Summit Pike's Peak

Signal Station; Summit Pike's Peak

Item Type: PhotographDate: 1874-09-04 Description: Photograph of the newly constructed U.S. Army signal station atop Pikes Peak. The single-story flat-roofed building constructed from pieces of the surrounding granite has two doors, two chimneys ... Image Number: 175-3925
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Natural Photograph of a Bear

Natural Photograph of a Bear

Item Type: PhotographDate: ca. 1876 Description: Sheer rock face with large stone in front to the left. Rock face has an animal shape in black drawn on it. Label on back of card reads "Gurnsey's Rocky Mountain Views, Published at Colorado Spr... Image Number: 175-3924
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Sierra Blanca and Bald Mountains

Sierra Blanca and Bald Mountains

Item Type: PhotographDate: ca. 1876 Description: Scrubby plains with mountains in distance. "Auns [difficult to discern the word] 290" handwritten on side of card. Label on back of card reads "Gurnsey's Rocky Mountain Views. Published at Color... Image Number: 175-3921
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The Grand Duchess

The Grand Duchess

Item Type: PhotographDate: ca. 1876 Description: Rock formation nestled among pine trees, appearing to be a woman seated atop a giant pedestal. Label on back of card reads "Gurnsey's Rocky Mountain Views. Published at Colorado Springs, Colora... Image Number: 175-3914
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The Mammoth Anvil

The Mammoth Anvil

Item Type: PhotographDate: ca. 1876 Description: Large dark rock pointed on the left, blunt on the right and flat on top atop lighter-colored column. Mountains in background. Label on back of card reads "Gurnsey's Rocky Mountain Views. Publi... Image Number: 175-3913
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The Pantheon

The Pantheon

Item Type: PhotographDate: ca. 1876 Description: Eight or more tall rock formations of cylinders/piers, each topped with a flat rock. "Mrs. F.A. Bidwell" hand written on back of card. Label on back of card reads "Gurnsey's Rocky Mountain View... Image Number: 175-3912
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Manitou Springs

Manitou Springs

Item Type: PhotographDate: ca. 1877 Description: Long view of Manitou Springs with treed hillside in foreground. Mansions Hotel is visible in the center of the image and Manitou House with adjacent bowling alley and saloon in the right foregrou... Image Number: 175-3898
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Manitou House

Manitou House

Item Type: PhotographDate: ca. 1876 Description: View of the Manitou House in Manitou Springs with adjoining kitchen and laundry buildings behind. A horse-drawn carriage is parked at right foreground next to small bridge. Label on back reads &... Image Number: 175-3897
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