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No. 9 Residence of Gen. Wm. J. Palmer, Glen Eyrie

B. H. Gurnsey (1833-1880)

Object Details

  • Date

    ca. 1872-1880

  • Object Type

    Photographs

  • Medium

    Albumen silver print

  • Contributors

    Published by B. H. Gurnsey

  • Object Format

    Stereograph

  • Dimensions

    Image: 3 3/8 x 6 1/4 in.
    Mount: 3 1/2 x 7 in.

  • Inscriptions

    Mount verso:

    c. on label, printed: GURNSEY'S \ ROCKY MOUNTAIN VIEWS. \ Published at Colorado Springs, Colorado. Pike's Peak Avenue. \ Scenes on the Line of the Denver & Rio Grande Railway. \ Residence of Gen. Wm. J. Palmer, \ No. 9 GLEN EYRIE \ This charming retreat, five miles northwest of Colorado Springs, Colo./ is noted for the \ singularity of its rock formations, the principle of which are the Echo Rocks and the \ Major Domo - a single shaft of red granite 127 feet high - the variety and beauty of its \ coloring, its Melrose Abbey, "Queen's" Canon and Punch Bowl.

  • Collection Name

    Fred and Jo Mazzulla Collection

  • Credit Line

    Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas

  • Accession Number

    P1976.24.153

  • Copyright

    Public domain

Additional details

Location: Off view
Part of: Fred and Jo Mazzulla Collection
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