Nature, as portrayed by the Detroit Publishing Company photographers, was awe-inspiring, majestic, and mysterious. Their scenic photographs often resembled landscape paintings. People appeared as part of the scenery. The growing tourist industry fed the interest in scenic views, which were the most popular of the company's photographs.

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Clear Creek Canyon, Colorado

Photochrom Print, Color Lithograph
Detroit Photographic Company
William H. Jackson, Photographer
Copyright 1899 based on a photograph made in 1889   
Height 20-1/4"; Width 17"

DPC print stock # 59006
Accession ID # 37.102.74

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