1870s SV of BUFFALO Head EVERGREENS American BISON Denver & RIO GRANDE Gurnsey for Sale

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1870s SV of BUFFALO Head EVERGREENS American BISON Denver & RIO GRANDE Gurnsey For Sale

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1870s SV of BUFFALO Head EVERGREENS American BISON Denver & RIO GRANDE Gurnsey:
$29.99

Stereoview photograph (oversized, cabinet) of abuffalo head framed by evergreen trees, by Byron H. Gurnsey of ColoradoSprings, Colorado, circa 1870s. The view, No. 105 (in pencil) from the seriesGurnsey’s Rocky Mountain Views, Scenes on the Line of the Denver and Rio GrandeRailway, and entitled (in ink) Buffalo, shows the head of an American bisonpoking out of a thick growth of evergreen branches. I’m confident it’s stuffed(taxidermy) and likely just the head of a buffalo displayed within anarrangement of evergreen branches. By this date, the mid to late 1870s, thepopulation of buffalo in the American West had been decimated. Tourists ridingthis railroad likely would rarely see a real buffalo, unless they bought astereoview like this. The stereoview is in only good condition with light wearand soiling. Note the stain around the top edge, as well as the damage at thebottom right corner. The photographs exhibit good or better tonal range andshow good or better detail. A nice early Western and American Bison image!