Discover a captivating piece of photographic history with this antique stereoview card, featuring the stunning Rainbow Falls in Ute Pass, Colorado. This stereograph captures a dramatic winter scene, with the waterfall partially frozen amidst rugged rocky cliffs, offering a unique 3D perspective of the natural beauty of the Rocky Mountains. The image is part of the \"Artistic Series of Rocky Mountain Scenery\" and the \"Colorado Series.\" This particular view, titled \"Rainbow Falls,\" is located one mile west of Manitou and is described on the reverse as a \"famous and picturesque Pass... cut through solid rock for one mile.\" The text also notes the falls\' 60-foot height and references Lord Byron\'s \"Coolabach\" and the \"Bath of Venus\" basin.This stereoview was published by F. A. Nims, based in Colorado Springs, Colorado, at 42 Pike\'s Peak Avenue. The photographer, C. H. Clark, also of Colorado Springs, is credited on the front of the card. The reverse mentions scenes on the line of the Denver and Rio Grande Railway—Manitou Branch, and notes that F. A. Nims offered both mounted and unmounted views, with new additions constantly. This is a classic example of late 19th-century American landscape photography, perfect for collectors of stereoviews, Colorado history, or 3D photography.
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