Prospect Inn | Estes Park Museum

1965.016.001 - Print, photographic

Sepia toned panorama of Estes Park Village. Marks: At bottom in white "Panorama View of Estes Park Village, Colorado" At lower right "(copyright symbol) The Miller Studio/125 W. Mulberry St./ Balto, Md" Lower left No. 304-G. On back in blue ink "Donate by / G. Ross Turner Jr., 1107 N. Calhoun/ Liberal Kans/ 7-25-1965."

Record Type: Photo

1977.021.004 - Postcard

B/W card, no border, parade, Ford touring car with top down and bunting on hood. "Drawn" by 2 board cutout horses with rope manes and tails. On Elkhorn Ave in front of Foote's cabins. Sign on side of car read "Prospect Inn" and "Lord Dunraven and Party 1872" Marks: On reverse in pencil "7/4/27 per/Charles Hix"

Record Type: Photo

1981.090.006 - Print, Photographic

Black and white panorama image with white border featuring Estes Park, copyright Clatworthy 1940. Printed in white, center bottom "Village of Estes Park - Colorado" In right hand lower corner "Clatworthy 1940" This image hung in the Dark Horse Bar.

Record Type: Photo

1996.044.034 - Postcard

Parade float depicting Lord Dunraven and party. Two-horse-drawn, rubber-tired car with star spangled, striped decor over front, large tree in background & rock formation. A man in top hat & woman with parasol in back seat & driver in front seat in proper livery for Prospect Inn as printed on side. Postcard info on back. Published by Fred Payne Clatworthy.

Record Type: Photo

2011.024.023 - Print, Photographic

Black and white print with scalloped edges featuring view of the Post Office in Bond Park with Lumpy Ridge in background. Automobiles, an American flag, the old Estes Park Elementary School (present day Bank of Colorado building), part of the Prospect Inn and Virginia Drive visible.

Record Type: Photo

2014.FIC.038 - Photograph

Color photograph of the southwest corner of Bond Park text on back, "Sept '86 Groff, looking nnw (north northwest), courtyard, gazebo, prospect inn (now county office), patchwork store, library"

Record Type: Photo

2014.FIC.039 - Photograph

Color photograph of city library in Bond Park text on back, "Sept '86 - Groff, looking north, city library, patchwork store, prospect inn (now county office)"

Record Type: Photo

2014.FIC.077 - Booklet

booklet of prices of hotels and resorts in Colorado put out by Union Pacific, prices for lodges, hotels, cottages, camps, and inns in Colorado, Estes Park area buisnesses mentioned include Baldpate Inn, Bear Lake Lodge, Bond & Co.,Inc.,Cottages, Brinwood Hotel, Camp Chipeta for Girls, Camp Divide for Younger Boys, Camp Eloise, Camp Haiyaha for Boys, Camp Olympus, Cascade Lodge, Clatworthy Cottages, Columbines Lodge, Crags Hotel, Deer Ridge Chale...

Record Type: Object

2016.005.0307 - Postcard

Colorized postcard with white border featuring a view of Estes Park and Elkhorn Avenue, looking towards Old Man Mountain and Deer Mountain, with the river visible. Buildings and sights visible include the Park Theatre tower, the original Trout Haven / Casey's with train in foreground, and the old high school. Caption printed on reverse reads, "Village of Estes Park. One of the most picturesquely-located villages in America is Estes Park, gatew...

Record Type: Photo

2016.005.0308 - Postcard

Colorized postcard with white border featuring a view of Estes Park and Elkhorn Avenue, looking towards Old Man Mountain and Deer Mountain, with the river visible. Buildings and sights visible include the Park Theatre tower, the original Trout Haven / Casey's with train in foreground, and the old high school. Caption printed on reverse reads, "Village of Estes Park. One of the most picturesquely-located villages in America is Estes Park, gatew...

Record Type: Photo

2017.043.003 - Transparency, Slide

Slide featuring view of Elkhorn Avenue, looking towards the Park Lane / Virginia Drive area. Homes and businesses visible include the Rustic Theatre on the left side of image with a marquee advertising Gregory Peck. A poriton of the Prospect Inn is visible and a real estate office (?). Many cars parked along road. The side of the former Town Hall building visible to the right of image. Lumpy Ridge visible in the background.

Record Type: Photo

2020.006.001 - Horseshoe

Horseshoe, metal with some rust damage. Found inside the walls of the Prospect Inn in the 1980s, likely placed there during the construction of the Inn. Found by donor who worked on rewiring the building during remodel in the 1980s.

Record Type: Object

2020.006.002 - Fob, Key

Red plastic key fob and brass key for Room 8 at the Prospect Inn. Printed in white on front reads, "Prospect Inn Box 381 Estes Park CO 80517 '8' We Guarantee Postage Drop in any mailbox" Kept by donor who worked on rewiring the building during remodel in the 1980s.

Record Type: Object