Nationality
American
Artist Dates
1864 - 1938
Preview
Date of Work
c. 1903
Date of Work
1903
Medium
Stereoscopic Slide
Height
3.5
Width
7
Collection/Provenance
Art & Design Study Collection, James Smith Pierce Collection.
Status
Stored: SS-Box-JSP-1
Location
UND Art Collections Repository
Additional Information
Black and white photo of a woman sat on a large rock looking out at several snow-capped mountains in the distance.
Text on front left:
Keystone View Company
Manufacturers Publishers
Copyright 1903, by
B. L. Singley. Made in U.S.A.
Text on front below image:
13806 - Mt. Sir Donald, Matterhorn of the North American Alps, B.C., Canada.
Text on front right:
Meadville, Pa., St. Louis, Mo., Portland, Ore., New York, N.Y., Toronto, Can., London, Eng.
"Fifty or sixty Switzerlands rolled into one," is Mr. Edward Whymper's summary of the Rockies of Canada. Mr. Whym- per was the first to ascend the Swiss Matterhorn, July 14, 1805, where three of his companions and a guide lost their lives. In l878 he went to South America and climbed Chimborazo (20,517 feet) and four other lofty peaks of the Andes. He has passed his sixtieth year, and is well known as a mountain climber of great experience; he is a scholar who speaks with understanding, and an author of note. the Canadian Alps that they are fifty or sixty Switzerlands rolled into one, we are obliged to take him seriously. Yet, with the stereographs of these superb mountains hands, we scarcely need even an experienced mountain climber to tell us that here is something of wonderful interest and d value.
See the mighty pyramid, that the Lord made and not man,- a pyramid that would bury a million mummied Pharaohs in one of its icy gorges. Not a monument to a dead king is this stupendous pile; instead, it draws our eyes and our thoughts heavenward, saying with Moses: Before the mountains were brought forth, From everlasting to everlasting, Thou art God.
From scenes of such grandeur and beauty we must turn to the common work-a-day world. We are next in Montana.
Condition
Very Good