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September 2026 Vernacular Photo History Auction

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Our September 2026 auction is anchored by two remarkable private collections, together making up about half the sale, alongside a broader selection of consignments spanning early photography, Civil War material, and vernacular imagery. The Soffer Collection, built with an eye for rarity and historical significance, is particularly strong in vernacular portraiture, Native American photographs, and Iowa Civil War imagery. The Palmer, Massachusetts collection, much of it found at Brimfield, centers on maker-marked daguerreotypes from the golden age of the American daguerreian studio.
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Lot 548

Stereoview, Railroad Trestle, Egeria Park, C. W. Carter

Estimate: $100 - $200
Starting Bid
$50

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A railroad trestle spanning a rocky mountain gorge in Egeria Park anchors this albumen stereoview, attributed to Salt Lake City photographer C. W. Carter and issued as part of his "Stereoscopic Gems of Colorado Scenery" series. The orange card mount places the view firmly within a published commercial series, and the subject matter aligns with Carter's documented work photographing Union Pacific and related western railroad construction scenes during the late 1860s and early 1870s. Carter operated from the corner of Main and Third South Streets in Salt Lake City and distributed his views through multiple regional dealers.

The trestle fills the composition diagonally from lower right to upper left, its open wooden bent framework exposed in full lateral elevation against a dry, boulder-strewn canyon floor. Two sets of rail tracks run along the deck. A seated figure wearing a broad-brimmed hat crouches at the base of the trestle in the foreground, providing scale against the towering structure. Steep, eroded mountain ridges rise sharply on both sides, with a small outbuilding or structure faintly visible at the canyon's far end.

Egeria Park is located in Routt County in northwestern Colorado, a region traversed during the expansion of railroad lines into the Colorado Rockies. The rear of the mount carries a detailed Weber Canyon descriptive text credited to C. W. Carter, listing Salt Lake City distributors including James Dwyer, W. F. Raybould, and C. H. Parsons and Co.

The recto title reads "Scene in Egeria Park." and the series title "of Colorado Scenery, Stereoscopic Gems" appears printed vertically on the orange mount. A handwritten notation "620" appears at the lower right of the reverse.

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