Call NumberZ-5408CreatorWeitfle, Charles, 1836-1921Date1875-1889SummaryA Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad locomotive with freight cars vents smoke in Buena Vista (Chaffee County), Colorado. The Lake House Hotel, a grocery store, and Mount Harvard are in the distance. Boulders cover the ground.Physical Description1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph ; 10 x 16 cm (4 x 6 in.); Printed on verso: "View on line of the Denver, South Park & Pacific R.R., Platte Canon," a description of scenery, and Colorado Industrial Award medallions.Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectDenver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad CompanyLake House Hotel (Buena Vista, Colo.)Buena Vista (Colo.)Harvard, Mount (Colo.)Hotels--Colorado--Buena VistaRailroads--Colorado--Buena VistaGeographic AreaBuena Vista (Colo.)Related MaterialImage file: ZZR711005408Type of MaterialFilm negativesStereographsDigital Version Created FromWm. Fay, USFS Ret.; gift.NotesFormerly F29239. Penciled on verso: "later C&SRR scene at time built in Buena Vista, loc. and train now part of D&RGRR. Buildings in back old Lake House Hotel. RR of way shown was later sold to D&RGRR and CS built up Chalk Cr and thru Alpine Tunnel Gunnison via Pitkin & Quartz Cr."; Title from letters reproduced in stereo card; at head of title: "No 199."; Library has additional iterations of this item: 1 copy negative 10 x 13 cm. (4 x 5 in.); R7110054086
Weitfle, Charles, 1836-1921, Buena Vista and Mt. Harvard (1875-1889). Denver Public Library Digital Collections, accessed 14/10/2026, https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1117376
