Manitou Springs, Colorado, after 1884

Containers:
Box 3, Image RL.11785-P-0296
Physical description:
11 1/2 x 17 3/4 cm; albumen; stereoscope; card mount
Scope and content:

Stereo view of the small resort town of Manitou Springs, seen from the mountain above. Printed on back: "Artistic Views of Colorado. Manitou Springs. Saratoga of the West…" followed by a chemical analysis of water in the various springs, and a description of the area and the resort, followed by: "Photographed and published by Mrs. A. Galbreaith, Manitou Springs, Colo." Printed on front: title of image. Date derives from construction date for Iron Springs Hotel and associated cottages mentioned in description.

Biographical / historical:
Anna Galbreaith was a photographer who also ran a boarding house in Manitou Springs, Colorado, mid-1880s. [Source: blog post online by novelist Ann Parker, viewed August 4, 2021] http://patriciastoltey.blogspot.com/2011/10/thousand-words-at-least-by-ann-parker.html

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