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Bear River Bridge Hotel Looking South. Northern Spur of Wahsatch Mountains in the Distance. – Historic Print

Bear River Bridge Hotel Looking South. Northern Spur of Wahsatch Mountains in the Distance., 1861 — historic photograph
Bear River Bridge Hotel Looking South. Northern Spur of Wahsatch Mountains in the Distance., 1861. Historic photograph from the Taverns & Saloons collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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The Bear River crossing was a well-traveled stop on the overland route through northern Utah, and this 1861 stereograph shows the hotel built there to serve travelers. The card, part of a series titled *Utah Scenery*, looks south toward the northern spur of the Wasatch Mountains, which rise in the distance beyond the buildings. Stereo cards like this were sold for parlor viewing, where a lens fused the twin images into a single view with depth, giving armchair travelers a sense of the western frontier.

Created / published1861
Medium1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph albumen.
NotesTitle from item. Part of series: Utah Scenery. · Carson Marian S. collector.
SubjectsSnow--Maryland--Cumberland--1860-1870. Streets--Maryland--Cumberland--1860-1870. City & town life--Maryland--Cumberland--1860-1870.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Stereograph Cards
Original scan4,740 × 2,346 px · prints to 16 × 8 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-STV-268093

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