Byron H Gurnsey Stereoview of the Pueblos of Taos New Mexico 1870s

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Byron H Gurnsey Stereoview of the Pueblos of Taos New Mexico 1870s:
$76.50

Offered is a nice stereoview by Byron Gurnsey showing the Pueblos of Taos New Mexico. #200. Indian pueblos with wood ladders are in the forefront. Snow covered mountains are behind the buildings. Byron H Gurnsey (1833-1880) arrived in Sioux City in 1861 as a soldier, in what later became Company M 7th Iowa Volunteer Cavalry and that he participated in Gen. Sully\'s 1864 and 1865 Expeditions. In 1865, having just learned the trade of photography (I suspect while in Sioux City the previous winter, probably working with Charles L. Hamilton), Gurnsey brought his camera with him on Sully\'s final expedition. In August 1865, while the troops rested at Fort Berthold, he produced at least nine surviving images. Byron H. Gurnsey operated a photographic gallery in Sioux City, Iowa from about 1866 until he sold out in 1871. Gurnsey moved to Colorado in 1872, locating first in Pueblo and later Colorado Springs, Colorado. He made a trip to New Mexico in 1878. The images are good. The text is faded but still readable. Paper tag on the back. Edge wear and scuffing on the back.