Colorado Photography of William Edward Hook, ca 1895

This is a group of four photographs from one of the Moran trips out west.  These were done by noted Rocky Mountain photographer William Edward Hook and sold as souvenir photos at his photography studio in Manitou Springs, Colorado. Hook made a monumental 15,000 mile trip photographing his his favorite subjects: scenery, Native Americans, and railroads.  He died in 1908 and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Colorado Springs, Co.

Photo of Rainbow Falls

Located about a mile north of Manitou Springs, Colorado.

                                                             Seven Falls

Cheyenne Canyon

Colorado

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

The Narrows

South Cheyenne Canyon

Colorado

Teetering Rock

Garden of the Gods

Colorado Springs

Colorado

Postcard Photographs

Unidentified Man
card embossed "Scherer New York"

These three postcard photographs were in the same box together.  I don't know who they are and I don't know if they were together because they are related to each other or if it's as simple as they are three postcards and they fit neatly together.  

The postcard of the single man is embossed in the upper left corner "Scherer New York".  The photographer or perhaps just the company that printed the card?  

The card with the couple has no identifying marks at all.  

The last card tells the most, "Don't throw this away because it was taken in Colorado."  The Moran's took a  trip out west that included Colorado and some relatives moved to Colorado.  Virginia Moran's cousins Hattie Mai Shumate and Martha Belle Shumate both moved to Denver post 1900.  Another family member connected through the Cowardin branch of the family moved to Denver as well, Carrie Fuller Cowardin and her children Almus Sheffield Cowardin and Robert Purcell Cowardin.