August 24, 1873: William Henry Jackson becomes the first person to photograph Mount of the Holy Cross the northernmost 14,000 foot mountain in the Sawatch Range, part of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado, providing reliable proof of its existence. (Not this image unfortunately)
Title: Mount of the Holy Cross. Creator(s): Detroit Photographic Co., Date Created / Published: c1900. Medium: 1 photomechanical print : photochrom, color. Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppmsca-18000 (digital file from original item)
Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication. Collections: Library of Congress, Photochrom Prints. Images in this collection are considered to be in the public domain.
Credit Line: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Photochrom Collection
The Photochrom Print Collection has almost 6,000 views of Europe and the Middle East and 500 views of North America. Published primarily from the 1890s to 1910s, these prints were created by the Photoglob Company in Zürich, Switzerland, and the Detroit Publishing Company in Michigan. The richly colored images look like photographs but are actually ink-based photolithographs, usually 6.5 x 9 inches.
Call Number: LOT 13923, no. 192 [item] [P&P] Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Notes: Copyright 1900 by Detroit Photographic Co. Title from item. Detroit Publishing Co. no. "53136". Forms part of: Photochrom Print Collection. More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.pgz
Subjects: Mountains. United States--Colorado--Holy Cross, Mount of the.
Format: Photochrom prints--Color.
Collections: Photochrom Prints.
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