Lot of 2 CDVs of African Americans taken by Colorado photographers, ca 1880. CDV full-length standing portrait of a young man. J.F. Peterson: Leadville, Colorado, n.d., ca 1880. Silver was discovered in Leadville, Colorado in 1877, and by 1880 it was a boomtown of 15,000 people. The silver in the area was ingrained in the bedrock and required underground, hard rock mining. This image is especially notable because the subject is wearing mining clothes and has a vast array of gear on his belt and holds a Sharps sporting rifle. Verso credit to John F. Peterson at his Main Street Studio, which he operated from 1880 until his move to Denver in 1883. CDV portrait of a seated young man with close-cropped hair. Clark: Colorado Springs, Colorado, n.d., ca 1880. Credited on mount below image. Condition: Peterson CDV: toning, spotting, and surface soil, with wear to edges and corners of mount and image. Alphanumeric pencil notations on verso. Clark CDV: General wear with scattered foxing. Verso with surface soil and pencil marks/notations.
Lot of 2 CDVs of African Americans taken by Colorado photographers, ca 1880. CDV full-length standing portrait of a young man. J.F. Peterson: Leadville, Colorado, n.d., ca 1880. Silver was discovered in Leadville, Colorado in 1877, and by 1880 it was a boomtown of 15,000 people. The silver in the area was ingrained in the bedrock and required underground, hard rock mining. This image is especially notable because the subject is wearing mining clothes and has a vast array of gear on his belt and holds a Sharps sporting rifle. Verso credit to John F. Peterson at his Main Street Studio, which he operated from 1880 until his move to Denver in 1883. CDV portrait of a seated young man with close-cropped hair. Clark: Colorado Springs, Colorado, n.d., ca 1880. Credited on mount below image. Condition: Peterson CDV: toning, spotting, and surface soil, with wear to edges and corners of mount and image. Alphanumeric pencil notations on verso. Clark CDV: General wear with scattered foxing. Verso with surface soil and pencil marks/notations.
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