Call NumberC-9CreatorCollier, JosephDatecirca 1879Summarymidground near the tracks. A ridge of snow-capped mountains is in the distance. Construction of the railroad line to the top of Kenosha Pass (about 76 miles southwest of Denver) was completed on May 19, 1879.|Stereographic view of a Mason bogie of the Denver, South Park & Pacific Railroad heading down into South Park from the summit of Kenosha Pass in Park County, Colorado. ("Mason bogies" were engines purchased from the Mason Machine Works of Taunton, Massachusetts.) A man sits on the last of five flat cars loaded with log rail ties to continue construction of the line through South Park. Several cases, possibly for Joseph Collier's photography equipment, sit in thePhysical Description1 copy photonegative : half stereograph |10 x 8 cm (3 3/4 x 3 in.)|1 copy photonegative : half stereograph |17 x 13 cm (6 1/2 x 5 in.)|1 photoprint : half stereograph |22 x 20 cm (8 3/4 x 7 3/4 in.)|2 photonegatives : glass, stereograph |13 x 10 cm ea. (5 x 3 3/4 in. ea.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectKenosha Pass (Colo.)Park County (Colo.)--19th centuryMountains--Colorado--19th centuryRailroad cars--Colorado--Park County--19th centuryRailroad construction & maintenance--Colorado--Park County-- 19th centuryGeographic AreaPark County (Colo.)CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR700130009Type of MaterialFilm negativesGlass negativesPhotographic printsBlack & white photographsStereographsNotes236. Kenosha Hill, down grade handlettered on glass plate in Collier collection of Western History Department, Denver Public Library. Emulsion is flaking from upper edges of glass plates|larger copy photonegative has thin strips of red tape on side edges. Stereograph was cut into two glass plates identified as "9a" and "9b."|Title supplied by cataloger. R7001300097
Collier, Joseph, Mason bogie approaching South Park (circa 1879). Denver Public Library Digital Collections, accessed 28/03/2025, https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1121732
