United States, Colorado
1870s
Albumen stereo view
Standard stereo card format
Provenance: Jim and Evelyn Wright, Westminster, CO
This 1870s stereo view documents an ore sack brigade, a method of transporting ore by pack in the early Colorado mining era before mechanized systems were widely established, showing figures and timber structures in a forested mountain setting. The image belongs to the category of Colorado mining documentation produced by commercial and local photographers working across the mining districts of the Rocky Mountains during the boom years of the 1870s. The Wright provenance from Westminster, Colorado connects the piece to a focused collection of Colorado photographic material.
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United States, Colorado
1870s
Albumen stereo view
Standard stereo card format
Provenance: Jim and Evelyn Wright, Westminster, CO
This 1870s stereo view documents an ore sack brigade, a method of transporting ore by pack in the early Colorado mining era before mechanized systems were widely established, showing figures and timber structures in a forested mountain setting. The image belongs to the category of Colorado mining documentation produced by commercial and local photographers working across the mining districts of the Rocky Mountains during the boom years of the 1870s. The Wright provenance from Westminster, Colorado connects the piece to a focused collection of Colorado photographic material.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
