Softcover
1936 · Wyoming, Colorado
Wyoming, Colorado, 1936. Softcover. Near Fine. Small quarto. Measuring 7.5" x 10". Spiral bound flexible leatherette album with "Snapbook" stamped in gilt on the front board. Contains 108 sepia-toned or black and white gelatin silver photographs measuring between 2" x 4.5" and 3.5" x 5.5", with captions. Near fine album with fine photographs.
A photo album from a trip to Wyoming and Colorado in the summer of 1936. The travelers appear to be a family, mostly women, and include two young twins, Judy and Janet. The album starts with images of Grand Lake with views of Mount Baldy and Flat Top. This is followed by photos of the women standing by the state line of Wyoming and in the state capitol of Cheyenne. They make their way to Colorado photographing a picnic, "herdsman" outside of Denver with 2000 sheep, and crossing the Continental Divide. The women are captured goofing off at the divide touching snow on one side and flowers on the other with one caption that reads, "Hurry! Our hands are cold!" They stayed with cousins on a family farm where they went on their first horseback riding adventure. The group hiked up Adams Falls and photographed each other by the falls. They went on a pack trip to Estes and later took a car trip to Willow Creek Canyon. These photos show mountains, horses, and farms they passed on their journey. One section shows the group posed by the Colorado River with captions reading, "100% pure water" and "where the silvery Colorado winds its way from Shadow Mountain." One photo of another guest at a lodge where they stayed shows famous Western photographer William H. Jackson who, according to a newspaper clipping here, was "the world's most ancient photographer," at age 96.
A nice collection of images from a 1936 trip to Wyoming and Colorado. (Inventory #: 423652)
A photo album from a trip to Wyoming and Colorado in the summer of 1936. The travelers appear to be a family, mostly women, and include two young twins, Judy and Janet. The album starts with images of Grand Lake with views of Mount Baldy and Flat Top. This is followed by photos of the women standing by the state line of Wyoming and in the state capitol of Cheyenne. They make their way to Colorado photographing a picnic, "herdsman" outside of Denver with 2000 sheep, and crossing the Continental Divide. The women are captured goofing off at the divide touching snow on one side and flowers on the other with one caption that reads, "Hurry! Our hands are cold!" They stayed with cousins on a family farm where they went on their first horseback riding adventure. The group hiked up Adams Falls and photographed each other by the falls. They went on a pack trip to Estes and later took a car trip to Willow Creek Canyon. These photos show mountains, horses, and farms they passed on their journey. One section shows the group posed by the Colorado River with captions reading, "100% pure water" and "where the silvery Colorado winds its way from Shadow Mountain." One photo of another guest at a lodge where they stayed shows famous Western photographer William H. Jackson who, according to a newspaper clipping here, was "the world's most ancient photographer," at age 96.
A nice collection of images from a 1936 trip to Wyoming and Colorado. (Inventory #: 423652)