Center of Southwest Studies

Collection  P 042:
Southwest  Colorado historic photonegatives

from the Walker Art Studio (Montrose, Colo.) 
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Room with collection of Colorado flora and foreign ferns of Mrs. Sarah B. Walker
Date/circa:  1900/1930
Photographer: Byers Photo (Montrose, Colo.)
Subjects: Walker, Sarah B., Mrs.; ; ; ;
Notes: Shows Sarah B. Walker's collection of Colorado flora and foreign ferns in a workroom. The flowers were from Grays Peak and Clear Creek Canon, Colorado. Apparently, the document hanging on the wall in the middle of the room is the certificate awarded to Sarah Bennett Walker by the Columbian Exposition in 1893.Sarah Bennett Walker was known as Mrs. Colorado Wildflower. The studio assigned this item # 5011G.
Negative#: 1735

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