This is Manitou Springs, Colorado, around 1902. It looks very much as I picture my fictional town of Sour Springs—only Sour Springs is probably a little smaller.
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A panorama of Denver circa 1898. All of these pictures are photochrom prints—an early colorization process that produced color images from black-and-white negatives—by the Detroit Photographic Company.
Most of these pictures are from photographs taken by William Henry Jackson, the Detroit Photographic Company’s best-known photographer. Here’s the original black-and-white photograph from which this print of Ouray, Colorado circa 1901 was produced.
I was particularly delighted to find this picture of a sunset, which, though taken from Cripple Creek around 1899, very much resembles the sunset over Denver I described in The Silver Shawl.
To see these pictures and eventually more related to the stories, visit the Pinterest board I’ve created for the Mrs. Meade Mysteries. Did I mention that there are going to be more? Yes, another adventure for Mrs. Meade is my current project.
Oh my goodness, what a find! I know it's always my dream to discover such great resources for accurate portrayal. And these are perfect! It makes me really want to read the story that takes place in this setting. : ) I will be looking into that …. Great job on the research!
I'm forever going over to Wikimedia Commons for old photos to post with my reviews of turn of the century novels. Amazing sometimes what turns up.
Kelsey – the more I research this setting, the more I'm growing to like it!
Ron – I agree, there's a lot of neat things there. Their search engine isn't the best, so some of my best discoveries have been made by accident. Easy to get sidetracked and spend a long time browsing!
Wow, those are beautiful pictures. Yes, Pinterest is a great tool and I'm also using it. At this time I rewrite a legend and use Pinterest intensive. Warm greetings.