[Colorado Stereocards]:

$2,250 · Offered by William Reese Company

[GROUP OF NINETEEN STEREOCARDS SHOWING SCENES IN DENVER, GLENWOOD SPRINGS, CANYON CITY, PUEBLO, ASPEN, AND OTHER COLORADO SIGHTS]. A fine group of rare stereocards showing scenes in Colorado towns and forests, including several photographs of Denver and Glenwood Springs, early pictures of Pueblo and Aspen, and several views of the Rocky Mountains. They offer interesting views of street scenes and cityscapes of growing Colorado towns, as well as scenic views of the Rocky Mountains. Two are especially noteworthy for showing the interiors of churches, one a Methodist Episcopal church featuring a huge pipe organ, the other the more modest interior of a Catholic church.The cards were produced by the B.W. Kilburn company of Littleton, New Hampshire, a prominent stereocard producer in the later 19th century. Edward and Benjamin West Kilburn began operation in the 1860s as suppliers of views of New Hampshire scenes, especially the White Mountains. Their business expanded, and in the late 1870s they began offering views of natural wonders in the West, including the Colorado Rockies and Yellowstone.Such 19th-century stereocards of scenes in Colorado towns and the Rocky Mountains are quite rare. The web site of the photographic collection at the Denver Public Library lists thirty-six stereocards of Colorado by the Kilburn Company, five of which match the images in the present group. OCLC records only one listing for Colorado stereo views by the Kilburn Company, a group of five views dat

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