Description
DOUGLASS CITY, COLORADO SALOON
“Rocky Mountain Paradise”
Circa 1886
Original cabinet card photograph; unknown photographer [Possibly C. W. Erdlen, Buena Vista, Colorado]
Boudoir card size: Mount dimensions, 8 inches by 5 inches
Image dimensions, 7-1/4 inches by 4-1/4 inches
Condition: very good plus to near fine; photographic image has lightened a bit, however detail is still remarkable, including whiskey bottles on backbar.
Saloon’s canvas roof added a contrast challenge for the photographer.
Douglass City, Colorado came into being due to construction on the Hagerman Tunnel, a project that bore through the Continental Divide at 11,528 feet above sea level. The tunnel was built for the COLORADO MIDLAND RAILROAD, partially financed by
JAMES J. HAGERMAN.
After the Hagerman Tunnel was completed, Douglass City, eroded into Colorado’s
past.
COLORADO ARTIFACTUAL
