Monument Park – Historic Reproduction
![Monument Park, [Denver, Colorado : photographed and published by W.G. Chamberlain, c1878] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/6c/6c806e6a27ab-L.webp)
(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.)
Description
A window into the past: Monument Park, preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Monument Park takes its name from the tall, weathered rock columns that rise from its ground, which look like carved monuments set against the sky. Denver photographer W.G. Chamberlain published the card around 1878, when the Colorado Territory was drawing settlers, railroad crews, and sightseers eager to see the mountains and their unusual landforms. As a stereograph, the picture was made with two nearly identical exposures that, viewed through a stereoscope, merged into a single three-dimensional scene. Cards like this were sold to households across the country, bringing the West's dramatic scenery into parlors far from it.
| Created / published | [Denver, Colorado : photographed and published by W.G. Chamberlain, c1878] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Genre | Stereographs 1870-1880.Photographic prints 1870-1880. |
| Subjects | Rock formations--Colorado--1870-1880. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,295 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-187241 |
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