SUMMIT OF PIKES PEAK COLORADO US SIGNAL STATION BY W. G. CHAMBERLAIN STEREOVIEW

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SUMMIT OF PIKES PEAK COLORADO US SIGNAL STATION BY W. G. CHAMBERLAIN STEREOVIEW:
$69.95

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Offered for sale from a recent estate sale is the following

A RARE 1873/77 stereoview photographed by William Gunnison Chamberlain I believe between the years 1873 to 1877 due to the Chamberlain name only not with Son as noted for later productions. The stereoview is from the set COLORADO MOUNTAIN SCENERY - PIKES PEAK SERIES AND TITLED AS FOLLOWS
"SIGNAL STATION, SUMMIT OF PIKES PEAK” as defined below

From research I believe that the stereoview was possibly published pre 1877. The Signal Station was built by the government in 1873 as noted below. The stereoview as noted above was photographers and publishers by W. G. Chamberlain whose address was as follows “Cor. Larimer & 15th Streets, Denver. This stereoview offered for sale is Cabinet Card Size as photos will show.

This very scarce stereoview scene of the Original U. S Signal Station Located at Pikes Peak I believe was taken between 1873 and 1877 as noted above. The stereoview exhibits light soiling, edge and corner ware as photos show. The stereoview is cabinet card size as noted above. Contrast is very nice as photos will also show. Please view photos for condition. Below photographs an early history of the U.S. Signal Station at Pikes Peak, Colorado and information on Photographer W. G. 1873 the United States Army built the first structure on Pikes Peak’s summit, a Signal Corps’ weather station. It was constructed of the stone available at hand. It was torn down and replaced with a larger building in 1882. It was the year-round quarters for two Observers and their equipment. Unexpectedly it also served as shelter for summit visitors who were unprepared for the altitude and cold. Its use was discontinued around 1888. That year a carriage road from the Town of Cascade reached the summit, providing tourists an alternative to hiking or riding horseback.

Zalmon Simmons financed the construction of a cog railway from Manitou to the summit. The Cog took over the Signal Station for its upper terminal in 1891. They enlarged the building several times and added a steel observation tower. Inside there was a restaurant, souvenir sales, a telegraph office and accommodations for overnight guests.

This information came from the Colorado Spring Pioneer Museum.

WILLIAM GUNNISON CHAMBERLAIN:William Gunnison Chamberlain was one of the most famous Colorado photographers of the late nineteenth century. He was born in Newburyport, Massachusetts on November, 9, 1815. Early in his life he traveled to Peru where he learned the art of making daguerreotype photographs. He then traveled to the California gold regions shortly after the gold rush of 1849. He stayed their for several years. By 1855, Chamberlain found himself in Chicago, and by 1861 he had finally settled in Denver. He produced the bulk of his photographs out of the Denver area until 1889. He concentrated in particular on mining districts and Colorado natural scenery. He operated under his own name from 1864-77, and as "Chamberlain & Son" in 1881, at which time he sold his studio to Francis D. Storm. In 1887 and '88 (and part-time in 1889), Chamberlain worked with William Henry Jackson out of Jackson’s Denver studio. This information came from the Yellowstone stereoview page on the internet “W.G. CHAMBERLAIN, DENVER, COLORADO.

I will accept PAYPAL. Items will be shipped first class mail usually next day after payment of Paypal, packaging and mail $3.45. I will combine shipping 1 to 3 views $3.45, 3 to 6 views $5.35 and over 6 no additional postage or shipping charge.

I will ship internationally, payment must be in US funds, Paypal. I will ship world wide International first Class Mail 1 stereoview for $12.47 and will combine ship.