Opening of the Manitou & Pike's Peak Ry. 1891 June 30
Summary
and are numbered 1 through 6 on the photoprint from left to right. Trees and mountains are behind the depot. In the immediate foreground is a power pole with glass insulators.; Exterior view looking south at the Pike's Peak Cog Railway Depot in Manitou Springs, Colorado, a two story shingle style building with a rusticated stone lower level and a hipped cross-gable roof and two chimneys. The roof ridges have metal capping with upturned ends. The projecting entry gable in front and waiting area to the left have balustrades and lathe turned columns. A sign above the entry reads: "Pikes Peak". Six people are standing in front facing the camera,
Date
1891
Notes
Formerly F25037.; Hand-written on back of photoprint: Opening of Manitou and Pikes Peak Ry. 1890; Pikes Peak Depot, Manitou. Opening of Manitou & Pikes Peak Ry. 1891 (0 crossed out and replaced with 1) June 30; 1. Mrs. Anderson ; 2. Mrs. G Angell ; 3. Mrs. Irish ; 4. G. H. Angell ; 5. Geo. G. Anderson ; 6. C. S. Thompson, (arch of depot.); Hand-written on front of photoprint: 1 2 3 4 5 6.; Title hand-written on back of photoprint.; R7100015014
Description
1 copy photonegative ; 10 x 13 cm. (4 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint ; 21 x 25 cm. (8 x 9 1/2 in.)
