Garden of the Gods

Salt Lake City: F. I. Monsen & Co. Artistic Landscape Photographers, 1895. Cabinet card. Albumen photograph [9 cm x 15.5 cm] on a cream colored mount [9.5 cm x 16.5 cm] Monsen backstamp. Head of mount appears trimmed. Monsen image taken in Colorado's Garden of the Gods. Frederick I. Monsen (1865-1929) was born in Bergen, Norway, and emigrated to Utah Territory with his parents in 1868. He grew up in the West, where his adventurous spirit and artistic talents drew him to the explorations and surveys taking place there in the late 19th century. He worked variously as an artist, topographer, writer and photographer, and spent the later years of his life as a lecturer and expedition leader. Monsen images are rare.