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[Lyons, Colorado]

William Henry Jackson (1843-1942)

Object Details

  • Date

    printed paste-up 1914

  • Object Type

    Photographs

  • Medium

    Gelatin silver print and collage with applied watercolor

  • Dimensions

    Image: 7 11/16 x 9 7/8 in.
    Mount: 11 7/8 x 13 7/8 in.

  • Inscriptions

    Mount Recto:

    l.l. to l.r. printed advertising copy for Hotel Burlington: WHEN YOU COME TO COLORADO this summer, plan to make your headquarters at LYONS, the prettiest town in teh foothills, on \ the very threshold of Nature's Wonderland. \ Only fiftly miles from Denver, via. Burlington Route. The finest summer climate of any place on earth. Nights always cool. Pure \ mountain water. Altitude 5375 feet. Best of trout fishing in the North and South Forks of St. Vrain Creek within walking distance of town. \ Fine mountain auto roads to Allen's Park and Estes Park. The only town in Colorado with two diverse routes into the new Rocky Mountain \ National Park. Scenery of unsurpassed grandeur, and of every variety which the mountains offer. \ First class hotel accomodations at moderate rates. Special rates to tourists desiring to make an extended stay. \ For particulars address HOTEL BURLINGTON, LYONS, COLO.

    Mount Verso:

    c.: [art department rubber stamp]

    c.r. upsidedown in graphite: 33

    Overlay Recto:

    l.r. in red ink: 29

  • Collection Name

    Fred and Jo Mazzulla Collection

  • Credit Line

    Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas

  • Accession Number

    P1971.22.15

  • Copyright

    Public domain

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