Currecanti [sic] Needle, Black Canon of the Gunnison
Title-Alternative
W. H. Jackson sample album. Colorado Book VIII ; no. 38
Creator(s)
Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942.
Summary
View of Curecanti Needle, a pillar rock formation near the Gunnison River in the Black Canon of the Gunnison, Gunnison County, Colorado. Shows narrow gauge tracks and the track bed of the Denver and Rio Grande Railway, rock formations, telegraph poles and trees.
Date
[between 1880 and 1886?]
Notes
Attribution to Jackson based on inclusion in bound W. H. Jackson sample album.; Condition: Print is oxidized, creased, edges cracked.; Formerly F11704; Hand-lettered title reproduced in print.; Hand-written on album page: "F11704."; Labels on front of photoprint read: "01080", "Extra."; Mounted on verso of album page: WHJ-1665.; R7003016660.
Physical Description
1 photoprint : albumen ; 53 x 41 cm. (21 x 16 in.) mounted on album page.
Is Part Of
W. H. Jackson sample album. Colorado Book VIII.
Subject
Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company--1880-1890.; Black Canyon of the Gunnison (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Curecanti Needle (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Gunnison County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Gunnison River (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Canyons--Colorado--Gunnison County--1880-1890.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Gunnison County--1880-1890.; Rivers--Colorado--Gunnison County--1880-1890.
Rights
Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
