Smelting Works at Denver

1892 Sheet: 24 x 31.8 cm (9 7/16 x 12 1/2 in.) Source image
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For today's viewers of Thomas Moran’s watercolor, the sight of factory smoke pouring into pristine mountain air might prophesy environmental ruin. Yet within the context of America’s western expansion, the imagery of factories was more ambiguous. Some in Moran's time regarded...

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