Beschreibung:

Lot of 11 boudoir photographs of Colorado, 7 of which are credited in the negative to W.E. Hook, some with Hook's View, Stationery and Book Company, Colorado Springs, Colorado imprint on verso. Titles include (as printed in negative): I helped build Pikes Peak Railroad (showing pack mule carrying a load of supplies); How we haul wood in the Mountains in Winter (showing line of pack mules); Mexican's Best Friend (a worker posed with two pack mules); I'm "Stripes" because I'm a beauty (view of pack mule); Pike's Peak Railroad, Artist Glen; Cook's Falls, Cheyenne Canon; Silver Cascades, North Cheyenne, Colo. 4 uncredited boudoir cards, possibly taken by Hook. Titles include: Colorado Springs, with penciled note on verso noting that Pike's Peak is in the background; Summit of Pike's Peak; Mount of the Holy Cross; one untitled view of a waterfall. Provenance:Property from the Inventory of Rex Stark Condition: Untitled view of waterfall with remnants of rubber band along top of mount. Wear throughout, including toning, some soiling. Chips, slight loss to some of the mount edges and corners.