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COLORADO - Photography. Collection of 6 boudoir s

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Includes: STURTEVANT, J. B. (photographer). Three photographs of Boulder, Colorado. Boulder: c. 1895. Silver gelatin prints on the original mounts, each captioned and signed in the negative (each approx. 120 x 200 mm). Condition: some soiling. includes two birds-eye views and a street scene (Pearl Street). [With:] HARLAN, A. J. (photographer). Two boudoir card sized photographs of Victor, Colorado during the Gold Rush era. Colorado Springs: c.1900. Silver gelatin prints on the original mounts, with the photographer's stamp on verso, captioned in the negative (each approx. 125 x 200 mm). Condition: minor soiling and wear. Includes a bird's-eye view of the city as well as an image titled "3d St. Looking North." both images show the gold mining in the hills above the city. [And:] YELTON, Edgar A. (photographer). Boudoir card sized photograph of the first Cripple Creek Fire. Cripple Creek: c.1896. Silver gelatin print on the photographer's mount, captioned in the negative (approx. 132 x 210 mm). The image shows Bennett Avenue, looking east toward the fire. The fire was said to have been started in one of the gold mining city's brothels when a performer knocked over a stove during an argument with her lover. The fire (and a second fire later that week) destroyed most of the town.

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