The Court Group (Colorado National Monument)

 

George Lytle Beam

  1868 - 1935 (biography)

c. 1909  

geltin silver photograph 

9 9/16 x 7 7/16" image and paper size 

unsigned, as ususal 

not stated 

stamp of the Denver Rio Grande Railroad on verso reads: "The Denver and Rio Grande Western R.R. - Photograph by George L. Beam, Denver, Colorado"; typed beneath stamp: "'The Court Group,' one of the numerous rock formation in Colorado National Momument, r 

D&RGW #2264 - #2198 (noted in ink on the verso) 

semi gloss photopaper 

published 

Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad 

23159 

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"The Court Group", or, "The Supreme Court Group," was the title given to the popular rock formation now known as "Praying Hands" in the Colorado National Monument. Beam was commissioned by the National Parks Service to document the stretch of parkland that flanked the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad running through the park which had not yet formally opened.