Description
ALTA VISTA HOTEL, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1890
Cabinet card photograph, original
Boudoir card size: 8 inches by 5 inches
Attributed to J. G. Hiestand, photographer
Hotel located on Cascade Avenue.
Historical accounts place Nikola Tesla as living in Room 207 of the Alta Vista, 1899 – 1900, while he performed electrical experiments in a laboratory east of Colorado Springs.
Photograph in near fine condition with fine contrasts and details; light wear around corners of original mount.
COLORADO ARTIFACTUAL
