Toltec Gorge, Colorado – Antique Print
(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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This rare historic print captures Toltec Gorge, Colorado in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Toltec Gorge, Colorado
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Toltec Gorge sits along the Denver and Rio Grande Western line in southern Colorado, where the railroad squeezes through a narrow, steep-walled cut in the San Juan foothills. This c1902 photochrom was made by the Detroit Publishing Company, which produced hand-colored-looking views of American scenery using a lithographic process that layered color plates over a photograph. The company's pictures of railroad routes like this one were popular with travelers and promoters, and the print's copyright deposit suggests it was issued as a commercial view of the West.
| Created / published | c1902. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print : photochrom, color. |
| Genre | Photochrom prints Color. |
| Notes | H9390 U.S. Copyright Office Detroit Publishing Co., no. 59034. Copyright deposit. State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949. |
| Subjects | Canyons.United States--Colorado--Toltec Gorge. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,144 × 1,460 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217142 |
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