PHOTOGRAPH OF OURAY, COLORADO
Image: 7 ¼” x 4 ¾”. Mount: 8” x 5”.
An albumen silver print: “#1612 of Ouray from the North”. Geo. E. Mellen’s Colorado Views is imprinted on the verso, along with C.H. Clark, Publisher and General Trade Agent, Gunnison, Colo. Mellen (b.1854) was an itinerant photographer. His views can be found in a wide array of collections from The Getty to The Amon Carter Museum of Art.
Established by miners searching for silver and gold, at its height Ouray had more than 30 active mines and was home to thousands of people. Ouray’s downtown is now on the National Register of Historic Places and the town bills itself as the "Switzerland of America” for its setting at the narrow head of a valley, enclosed on three and a half sides by steep mountains. Item #79382
Price: $250.00