1891 · Colorado Springs, CO
by Hook, William Edward
Colorado Springs, CO: W.E. Hook, 1891. Boudoir albumen [11.5 cm x 18.5 cm] cabinet card on a cream blind stamped mount [13 cm x 20.5 cm] Hand stamp on the reverse: '509 N. Tejon St. Colorado Springs, Colorado, W.E. Hook, Views and Portrait Photographers. Colorado Wholesale View House.' General overall wear mount is slightly curved. Between 1877 and 1881 William Edward Hook (1833-1908) traveled throughout Montana and Wyoming, (including Yellowstone) from a home base in Missoula. He would move to Michigan, and then to the Pikes Peak area (Manitou and Colorado Springs). (Inventory #: 3877)