1. B. H. GURNSEY, No. 200 The Pueblo of Taos, 1880 C Albumen, 4x7" Stereo card, Rocky Mountain Views No. 200 The Pueblos of Taos sticker verso, ASG# BHG/1028. Spectacular view of the North House and snow capped Taos Mountains behind.
2. DANA B. CHASE, No. 131. Taos Pueblo c. 1890, Collodion silver 5x8" Boudoir Card, ASG# DBC/1085 Close in view of a corner of the 4 story Pueblo behind a small wall, hornos, wagons, ladders

Byron H. Gurnsey active Pueblo and Colorado Springs 1872-1880

Dana B. Chase (b 1848 d. 1897). Born in Maine in 1848, he operated studios in Trinidad, CO. and other Colorado locations from 1873 well into the 1880s, primarily in Trinidad. In 1884 he took over the Santa Fe plaza studio of William Henry Brown using the services of two "operators" W.L. Fetter and E.B Headley. Twice married, he divorced his first wife Ella, with whom he had four children, in 1888. He married his second wife Belle in Santa Fe in 1888 and divorced her in 1897. He sold his Santa Fe gallery to photographer Thomas J. Curran in 1892. He died in 1897. He advertised that he had the largest selection of burro photographs in the country.

BHG/1028 stereo view Taos, NM Overall rich tones moderate soiling, stain on mount top margin mild abrasions and wear
DBC/1085 Taos, Pueblo, New Mexico tones slightly light, washed out, not faded, mild abrasions and wear