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Tender-Foot Town, Leadville, Colorado.

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 11/16 x 6 1/4 in.
    Mount: 3 7/8 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. \ TENDER-FOOT TOWN, \ No. 136 LEADVILLE, COLORADO, \ Leadville, the most important Mining Camp in the State, already has a population of \ over 6000 although but twelve months old. Four Smelting and two Ore Sampling Works \ are among its permanent industries, while over 3000 mules and horses are employeed in its \ transportation business. \ California Gulch, from which $15,000,000 in gold has been washed since 1869, lies on \ the south side of the town. \ Leadville has an elevation of 10,500 feet above sea level.

  • Collection Name

    Fred and Jo Mazzulla Collection

  • Credit Line

    Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas

  • Accession Number

    P1976.24.159

  • Copyright

    Public domain

Additional details

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