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Auction 97, Lot 600

"Rocky Mountain Views - On the Rio Grande, Scenic Line of the World", Interstate Company

Subject: Rocky Mountains

Period: 1915 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Printed Color

Size:
12 x 9.8 inches
30.5 x 24.9 cm
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Consisting of 23 printed-color views plus one on the cover of a steam locomotive and cars in a Colorado canyon. Available only enroute on The Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad. Vintage scenes include Pike's Peak, Castle Rock, Colorado Springs street scene, double page of the Rockies, Leadville, Glenwood Springs, and a dramatic locomotive scene in Animas Canyon. There are 26 photos rather than the 23 called for. The extras are similar in subject and may have been added by a previous owner.

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Condition: A

Photographs are tipped-in with a few loose on the page. Title image has erased owner name in sky. Paper covers with original tie string.

Estimate: $25 - $35

Sold for: $15

Closed on 12/5/2001

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