An excellent collection of Colorado views featuring impressive landscapes, including Manitou, the Garden of the Gods, Mt. of the Holy Cross, and Pike's Peak. Of particular note is a view of the Inter-Ocean Hotel in Denver, owned by wealthy Black Denverite Barney Ford (1822-1902), and a compelling view of pioneering female taxidermist Martha Maxwell (1831-1881). Views include: 

1. Dump Mountain, Looking at [SW] corner. No. [104]. "Scenes on the Line of the Fort Garland Extension of the D.&R.G.R'y." Colorado Springs: Gurnsey. Gurnsey's label with titles and Pike's Peak Ave. imprint affixed to verso. 

2. Bebee [sic] House Idaho Springs. "Clear Creek Series, Scenes on the Line of the Colorado Central Railroad." Denver, Colorado: C.D. Kirkland. Kirkland's label with titles and imprint affixed to verso. 

3. Manitou and Vicinity - No. 91 1/4. Indian Supply Train in Ute Pass - Looking Down. "Colorado Views." Manitou, Colorado: J. Thurlow. Publisher's mount with series title and imprint with view title affixed to recto. 

4. 1370. Falls in Cheyenne Canon. Colo. View title in negative.

5. No. 136. Tender-Foot Town. Leadville, Colorado. "Scenes on the Line of the Denver and Rio Grande Railway." Colorado Springs: Gurnsey. Gurnsey's label with titles and Pike's Peak Ave. imprint affixed to verso. 

6. Outdoor of the Inter-Ocean Hotel in downtown Denver. "Colorado Mountain Scenery." Uncredited. Aqua mount. 

Opened in 1873, the luxurious Inter-Ocean Hotel was built and owned by Barney Ford (1822-1902), a prominent Black entrepreneur and Civil Rights leader. Self-emancipated from the slavery he was born into, he became one of Colorado's wealthiest businessmen. 

7. Chestnut Street Looking west. "Views of Leadville." Leadville, Colorado: J.C. Macurdy. Series title and 103 East Fifth St. imprint to verso with view title inscribed in pencil. 

8. No. 317. Georgetown from Leavenworth Mt. "Scenes on the line of the Colorado Central Rail Road. Georgetown & Vicinity." Denver: W.G. Chamberlain.  Publisher's descriptive label with series title and "Cor. Larimer & 15th Streets" imprint affixed to verso. 

9. View of Mount of the Holy Cross, a peak in the Sawatch Range of the Rockies. "Scenes on the Line of the Denver and Rio Railway." Colorado Springs: Guersey. Publisher's label with series title affixed to verso. 

10. W.H. Jackson (1843-1942), photographer. 1182. Union Depot, Denver. Denver: W.H. Jackson, circa 1880s. Retailer, El Paso, Texas: Texas News Co., Kierski & Co. Jackson's imprint to mount recto. Retailer's stamp to verso. 

11. 3101. Mount of the Holy Cross. Denver: W.H. Jackson & Co. Titled in negative. Jackson's 414 Larimer St. imprint to mount recto. Later pencil inscription to verso attributes the view as the "first photo ever of Mt. of Holy Cross / 1873". 

12. No. 8. View of Castle Rock. "Colorado Views." Unidentified publisher's mount with view list printed to mount verso. 

13. No. 14. Studio portrait of Martha Maxwell (1832-1881) surrounded by examples of her taxidermy. "Mrs. M.A. Maxwell's Rocky Mountain Museum."  Denver: Mrs. M.A. Maxwell, 1875. Series title and copyright statement to mount recto. Advertising copy for the Museum affixed to verso. 

Martha Maxwell (1832-1881) was a pioneering taxidermy artist who is credited as the first female naturalist who obtained and prepared her own specimens. She first opened her Rocky Mountain Museum in Boulder in 1874, but moved it to Denver in 1875, the same year as this view, to take advantage of the larger population. Evidently, she took these stereoviews to promote the venture. Although the Museum closed, she was invited to exhibit at the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition the next year and was greeted with much enthusiasm. 

14. No. 31. The Natural Arch. "Monument Park Series." Denver: W.G. Chamberlain. On publisher's mount with view title to mount recto. With label with series title and "Cor. Larimer and 15th Streets" imprint affixed to verso. 

15. No. 3. View of the "Dutch Wedding" rock formations at Monument Park near Colorado Springs. Unidentified publisher's mount with view list printed to mount verso. 

16. No. 6. The Gateway, Entrance to the Garden of the Gods, and Pike's Peak Ten Miles Distant. "Scenes on the line of the Denver & Rio Grande Railway." Colorado Springs: Gurnsey. Gurnsey's label with titles and imprint affixed to verso. 

17. Gateway at the Garden of the Gods, Pike's Peak in the Distance. Colorado. "Colorado Series." Salt Lake City: C.R. Savage. Savage's label with titles and imprint to verso. 

 [Photography, Early Photography, Historic Photography, Daguerreotypes, Ambrotypes, Tintypes, Cased Images, Union Cases, Albumen Photographs, CDVs, Carte de Visites, Cartes de Visite, Carte-de-visite, Cartes-de-visite, CDV, Cabinet Cards, Stereoviews, Stereocards, Stereographs] [Western Americana, Western History, Western Expansion, Wild West]