Photograph album of Colorado settlers, towns, and scenery photCL 220

Suzanne Oatey
The Huntington Library
July 2020
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
reference@huntington.org


Contributing Institution: The Huntington Library Photo Archives
Title: Photograph album of Colorado settlers, towns, and scenery
Identifier/Call Number: photCL 220
Physical Description: 1 Volume (81 photographs)
Date: approximately 1890
Abstract: A photograph album of settlers in frontier Colorado, containing both amateur photographs and scenic views by photographer W. H. Jackson.
Language of Material: Materials are in English.

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item]. Photograph album of Colorado settlers, towns, and scenery, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchased from Stephen White Gallery, May 1978.

Scope and Contents

An album of 81 albumen photographs of Colorado, containing amateur photographs as well as views by photographer W. H. Jackson, which are credited in the lower corner "W. H. J. & Co." Views include elevated views of Aspen and Glenwood Springs; scenic railroad routes in the Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs; Green Mountain Falls Hotel; and the rustic grave of Helen Hunt Jackson on Cheyenne Mountain. Some of the amateur photographs are dated July 1890, and include images of men, women, and children outside a modest, shingled house; in front of a log cabin; or having a picnic. One photo is captioned "Cary's Camp and Marion Mine, July 18, 1890" and another reads "Mr. Van Fleet, Mrs. Van Fleet, Miss May, Mr. Woodruff, Miss Smith, Mr. Jewett, Mrs. Jewett / August 4, 1890 / Pike's Peak or Bust." Handwritten captions appear throughout album.

Processing Information

Processed by Huntington Library staff, circa late-20th century. In 2020, Suzanne Oatey created a finding aid derived from a collection file.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Aspen (Colo.)
Colorado -- Description and travel
Frontier and pioneer life -- Colorado
Pikes Peak (Colo.)
Women pioneers
Photograph albums
Photographs
Jackson, Helen Hunt, 1830-1885 -- Death and burial
Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942

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Photograph album of Colorado settlers, towns, and scenery