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Photograph of a Bear on the Rock.

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:

    u.c. in graphite: Andy Bennett \ sec 3 room 206

    c. on label, printed: GURNSEY'S \ ROCKY MOUNTAIN VIEWS. \ Published at Colorado Springs, Colorado. Pike's Peak Avenue. \ No. 99 \ Photograph of a Bear on the Rock. \ This great Natural Curiosity was discovered about the year \ 1833 by some Voyageurs and Trappers, and consists \ of a distinct Photograph or Picture of a \ Bear, impressed on the face of a \ cliff of solid rock on the \ Purgatoire River, 18 miles from Las Animas, Colorado. \ It is supposed to be an Electric Photograph.

  • Collection Name

    Fred and Jo Mazzulla Collection

  • Credit Line

    Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas

  • Accession Number

    P1976.24.160

  • Copyright

    Public domain

Additional details

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