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No. 5231 - Mount of the Holy Cross, Colorado, Altitude 14,176 Feet.

Smith Photo Company

Object Details

  • Date

    1907-1914

  • Object Type

    Photographs

  • Medium

    Halftone print

  • Contributors

    Published by H. H. Tammen & Co.

  • Object Format

    Postcard

  • Dimensions

    5 3/8 x 3 7/16 in.

  • Inscriptions

    recto:

    u.c. printed in black: 5231. Mount of the Holy Cross, Colorado \ ALTITUDE 14.176 FEET.

    l.l. printed in green: © SMITH PHOTO CO.

    Verso [vertical]:

    u.l. printed: MOUNT OF HOLY CROSS. \ This famous mountain, 14,176 feet in height, \ lies at the extreme northern end of the Sawatch \ Mountains, near the headwaters of Eagle River. \ The cross is formed by a deep vertical fissure in \ the face of the mountain, 1,500 feet in length, \ intersected by a transverse ledge of some 750 \ feet, both retaining permanently the deep snow \ with which they are filled.

    c. printed [transverse]: H-H-T-CO

  • Collection Name

    Fred and Jo Mazzulla Collection

  • Credit Line

    Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas

  • Accession Number

    P1976.48.131

  • Copyright

    Public domain

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