Colorado The Spanish Peaks – Historic Print
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
Few images capture their era like this historic image of Colorado The Spanish Peaks. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. A conversation-starting piece for home, office, or as a meaningful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Since 2001, Snapshots of the Past has shipped historic prints to tens of thousands of customers around the world.
Colorado The Spanish Peaks
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The Spanish Peaks, a pair of volcanic mountains rising from the high plains of southern Colorado, are the subject here, and they have long served as landmarks for travelers. Known to Native peoples and later to Spanish explorers who gave them their name, the twin peaks stand apart from the surrounding range and were visible for many miles across the prairie. Such views were often recorded by 19th-century surveyors, artists and photographers who were mapping and promoting the newly settled West. Their dark igneous cores, exposed by erosion over millions of years, make them a striking geological feature worth noticing.
| Original scan | 5,690 × 2,339 px · prints to 19 × 8 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | tif18297_ColoradoTheSpanishPeaks |
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