SOLD Meat Market, Bakery, Presumed Photographer's Tent, Historically Notable Colorado Gold Rush Era Mounted Photo by David Lamon woman with earring and wedding cakes

and wedding cakes

the caption is simply Vologne (in those beautiful block letters) and the title of the opera is handwritten at upper left

I purchased it from a British dealer and believe the seascape depicted is the English coast

distinctly mid-century but also timeless

and  became well- known for his views of both Rome and classical sculpture

SOLD Meat Market, Bakery, Presumed Photographer's Tent, Historically Notable Colorado Gold Rush Era Mounted Photo by David Lamon woman with earring and wedding cakesI think this is a stunner, and also a historically notable document, about which I have done some piecing together of information that leads me to believe (exciting to me!) that it captures the convergence of photographer David Lamon and prospector, capitalist and philanthropist Winfield Scott Stratton, who made his fortune in gold mining in and around Cripple Creek, Colorado with one of the area's rich gold veins apparently discovered by none other