6 3/8 x 3 1/8 in. stereoview on cardstock mount (light spotting; edge and corner wear to mount). Recto with title accomplished in manuscript: "Camp Bowie and Helen's Dome." Verso features imprint, "D.P. Flanders' Photographic Album of Trip Through Arizona." 

Fort Bowie was an instrumental outpost in US military operations against Geronimo and his Apache warriors, before its eventual abandonment in 1894. The fort was designated a national historic site in 1964. 

RARE: One of the earliest views of Fort Bowie, Apache Pass. 

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Dudley P. Flanders, based in Los Angeles, visited Arizona Territory for about ten months between December, 1873 and October, 1874. Jeremy Rowe has meticulously documented Flanders' trip and compiled a list of all known negatives (see Vintagephoto.com).