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Manitou Springs,CO - El Paso County - c1880 - Manitou Springs Rare Town Shot Steroview :

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Photographic Images Start Price:150.00 USD Estimated At:300.00 - 500.00 USD
Manitou Springs,CO - El Paso County - c1880 - Manitou Springs Rare Town Shot  Steroview :
Rare Stereoview, each side measures 3 ¾’’x 3 ¼’’ and 6 ¾’’x 4’’ on tan matte. Medium contrast and focus is sharp. Very little wear, very small black spots on the lower left corner. Also small white marks throughout the stereoview. The matte has very small wear on the bottom right edge. Photographer and publisher unknown. On the front there is a number and title “No. 426. Manitou From the North.” The stereoview looks down upon the town, showing several homes and buildings. Many appear to be two stories. Located 65 miles south of Denver, Manitou Springs was a town formed around the Pikes Peak Gold Rush of the 1850s. But the town soon found fame for a different reason. By the 1880s and 90s visitors came to the area is search of a cure for tuberculosis from Manitou’s surrounding springs. The springs also attached several Presidents and celebrities like P. T. Barnum and Thomas Edison [Ref: manitousprings.org/history.aspx].