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| Title | Glen Eyrie the first |
| Call Number | X-1598 |
| Summary | View of the original hunting lodge of William Jackson Palmer, founder of Colorado Springs, in Manitou Springs, Colorado. This high peak roofed frame structure has split-log roof and siding, a gabled entry with jigsawn eaves, and diagonal panes in the windows all around. Four men and a |
| dog are posing at a branch-fence, where one sits and whittles wearing a conductor's hat. The others stand, wearing bowlers and holding rifles, butts on the ground. Eagle Cliff and formations of the Garden of the Gods are in the background. | |
| Date | [between 1871 and 1873?]. |
| Photographer | Gurnsey, B. H., .1833-1880. |
| Notes | Title supplied by cataloger. |
| Printed label on back of photoprint reads: Gurnsey's Rocky Mountain Views, published at Colorado Springs, Colorado. Scenes on the line of the Denver and Rio Grande Railway. Glen Eyrie. Five miles from Colorado Springs. Porter's Lodge at entrance, and Eagle Cliff. | |
| Formerly F25389. | |
| Source: Mrs. Carrie Morrison. | |
| Photo Materials | 1 copy photonegative ; 10 x 13 cm. (4 x 5 in.) |
| 1 photoprint on stereocard ; 10 x 18 cm. (4 x 7 in.) | |
| Copyright | Copyright restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library. |
| See Also | Palmer, William Jackson, 1836-1909. |
| Houses 1870-1880. Colorado Manitou Springs | |
| Log cabins 1870-1880. Colorado Manitou Springs | |
| Manitou Springs (Colo.) 1870-1880. | |
| Film negatives. | |
| Stereographs. | |
| Imaged. | |
| URL | http://photoswest.org/cgi-bin/imager?10001598 |
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