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Mother Grundy, Clear Creek Cañon – Antique Print

Mother Grundy, Clear Creek Cañon — historic image
Mother Grundy, Clear Creek Cañon. Historic image from the Colorado collection.

(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 Mother Grundy, Clear Creek Cañon. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.

The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. Perfect for a home, office, library or classroom wall, and a gift with a story behind it. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past, founded in 2001, has served tens of thousands of customers worldwide.

Mother Grundy, Clear Creek Cañon

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Mother Grundy is the name that sets this view apart, and the record gives few details about her beyond the title. The canyon she is set in, Clear Creek, carried the road and rail line between Golden and the mining towns of Idaho Springs and Central City after the Colorado gold strikes of 1859. Travelers, freight wagons, and miners moved through its narrow, steep walls, and roadside people and businesses often became known by nicknames like this one. Pictures from that period usually show how little room the valley floor had for both the creek and the road.

Original scan3,758 × 5,333 px · prints to 13 × 18 in at 300 dpi
Reference17822u Mother Grundy, Clear Creek Cañon

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