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Manitou House, Colorado Springs

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Call NumberX-14530CreatorGurnsey, B. H. (Byron H.), 1833-1880Date1874 August 31SummaryInterior view of the Manitou House Hotel office, in Manitou Springs (El Paso County), Colorado; decor includes taxidermy mounted squirrels, a lynx, a beaver, birds, a rabbit, and deer. A Regulator clock, rifles, pistols, a safe, and a kerosene lamp are on the wall; a man with mutton-chop sideburns rests his arm on the guest book. Men in bowler hats play cards, and a woven runner reads: "Land Office."Physical Description1 copy photonegative : black-and-white ; 10 x 13 cm (4 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint on stereo card ; 9 x 16 cm (3 1/2 x 6 in.)SubjectManitou House Hotel (Manitou Springs, Colo.)--19th centuryHotel front desk personnel--Colorado--Manitou Springs--19th centuryManitou Springs (Colo.)--19th centuryHotels--Colorado--Manitou Springs--19th centuryInteriors--Colorado--Manitou Springs--19th centuryTaxidermy--Colorado--Manitou Springs--19th centuryGeographic AreaManitou Springs (Colo.)Related MaterialImage File: ZZR710014530Type of MaterialFilm negativesStereographsOriginal Material Found in CollectionGurnsey's Rocky Mountain views.NotesFormerly F28110. Photoprints shows staining. Title inked on stereo card; photographer's printed label on back of card: "Scenes on the line of the Denver and Rio Grande Railway. Office, Manitou House. Manitou, Colorado. H. T. Blake & Co., Props."; R7100145306

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