Visual Materials
Cliff House, Manitou Springs, Col. [Colorado]
- Description
- The 122 prints depict Alaskan nature scenes, some Native American totems, and a variety of scenic views in the western United States. These photographs were taken circa 1890s. The collection is particularly strong in images of Caucasian tourists; Salt Lake City, Utah; Manitou Springs and Colorado Springs, Colorado; Wrangell, Alaska; Sitka, Alaska; Alaskan natives; glaciers; British Columbia health resorts; and Western railway lines. Brigham Young, a leader of the Mormon Church, is listed as a personal name index term because a photograph of his grave is included in this collection.
- Production date
- approximately 1890s.
- Call number
- photCL 214
- Provenance
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Willard De Groot, June 25, 1976.
