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Metadata
Catalog Number |
2021.014.001 |
Object Name |
Album, Photograph |
Description |
Black bound photograph album compiled by Verna Kumpf in 1934 detailing her trip throughout Colorado, including through the Big Thompson Canyon, Estes Park, and at the Stanley Hotel. Book is compiled of magazine/pamphlet clippings, archival items from trip, and original photographs. Front cover has printed text "Snapshots" and black floral design, also on back cover. Interior pages are black construction type paper, tied with multicolored shoelace. Detailed page description as follows: Page 1: Typed contents page including Colorful Colorado, 1934 Burlington Tour Schedule, Denver Area (Pikes Peak, Garden of the Gods, Seven Falls, Red Rock Colorado, tour images), Estes Park (Stanley Hotel, tour images, Fall River Pass, Big Thompson Canyon, Grand Lake), Pull out postcard booklet for Rocky Mountain National Park. Page 2: Colorful Colorado cut out label and drawing from magazine Page 3: Pamphlet for Burlington Escorted Tours, escort F. J. Wright (details tour schedule); Burlington receipt envelope for Verna Kumpf at cost of $66.05. Page 4: Color drawing of train interior and exterior from magazine. Page 5: Images cut from magazine - Denver's Union Station, State Capitol Building, view from the steps of the Capitol, and snowy peaks as seen from City Park. Page 6: Images cut from magazine - Denver's Civic Center and overview of Denver, overview of Colorado Springs, and overview of Manitou Springs. Page 7: Photograph of automobile at base of Hotel Grandview; photos cut from magazine of Pikes Peak and Pikes Peak Highway Page 8: Three photographs of tour participants and automobile on Pikes Peak Highway; image cut from magazine of Pikes Peak Highway. Page 9: Image cut from magazine of Pikes Peak highway; photograph of tour participants; photograph of two automobiles passing each other on Pikes Peak highway. Page 10: Image of Penguin Rock next to magazine cut out of same view; Image of car traveling along Pikes Peak highway. Page 11: Image from magazine of Glen Cove Inn at timberline on Pikes Peak highway; Photograph of touring car with sign from Glen Cove Inn. Page 12: Four images of the views and people exploring along Pikes Peak highway. Page 13: One photograph of the summit house at the peak of the cog railway and auto road up Pikes Peak; Two images of the summit house cut from magazine. Page 14: Color image cut from magaine of Pikes Peak; Postcard featuring the Kissing Camels at Pikes Peak. Page 15: Photograph of rock formation from vehicle; two images of Garden of the Gods cut from magazine. Page 16: Postcard of Balanced Rock at Garden of the Gods; Photograph of Garden of the Gods; Image cut from magazine of Bear and Seal Rocks at Garden of the Gods. Page 17: Color and black and white images from magazine of Cheyenne Mountain; Photograph of Cheyenne mountain. Page 18: One photo postcard of "Cheyenne Lodge at the top of Cheyenne Mt. Mt. Broadmoor-Cheyenne Highway, Colorado Springs, CO. Four smaller images of miscellaneous women on the trip posing at top of mountain and along stairs. Page 19: Three images taken near Cheyenne Mountain; one featuring roadway & view, one featuring woman posed at viewpoint, one featuring rock formation and view. Page 20: Two photographs and one magazine clipping of Seven Falls. Page 21: Four photographs and one magazine clipping of Seven Falls. Two images feature the same woman, one features the group, one features the waterway. Page 22: Two magazine clippings of the Big Thompson Canyon, one in color, one in black and white. Page 23: One magazine clipping, "The Village of Estes Park Nestles in a Quiet Little Valley Surrounded by Mountains" Page 24: One magazine clipping and one postcard of the Stanley Hotel. The clipping details the Main Building, the Manor, the Casino, and the Garage. Page 25: Three magazine/ brochure clippings of the Stanley Hotel, including exterior main building, interior dining room, and the lobby. Page 26: Two photographs featuring groups of horsebackriders in front of the Stanley Manor. Page 27: Three photographs featuring the view of the Range from the Stanley Hotel, one with group of women posed in front of fence. Page 28: One magazine clipping "Burlington Tour through Rocky Mountain National (Estes) Park,"; one photograph featuring group posed at rocky viewpoint; one photograph featuring overview visible from roadway. Page 29: Two magazine clippings, one in color, one in black and white of rock formations along Fall River Road; one photograph featuring the view from Fall River Road. Page 30: Black and white magazine clipping featuring view of Longs Peak; color magazine clipping of Lngs Peak as seen from Bear Lake; Two black and white photographs - one of rocky view one of group posed along roadway. Page 31: One magazine clipping of the beaver dams in Hidden Valley, black and white with people and automobiles visible. One postcard, "115179 Beaver House and Dam, Estes Park, Colo." Page 32: One newspaper clipping featuring view of Berthoud Pass, featuring view of touring car parked with people facing the view. Page 33: One postcard of Grand Lake Lodge. Four smaller photographs of woman feeding chipmunks. Page 34: Small black and white photograph of two women in dresses, coats, and hats posing for the camera; one color postcard of sailboat on Grand Lake. Page 35: Two black and white photographs of a man feeding a chipmunk, one view is very close and only shows the man's arm, the other shows his entire body with a group of people in background. Page 36: Three postcards featuring scenes of Grand Lake, with Mount Baldy visible, one featuring the Grand Lake Marina with canoes lined up on the shore. Page 37: Postcard featuring train emerging from the Moffat Tunnel, West Portal with people gathered around. Magazine clipping of Buffalo Bill's Grave and Pahaska Teepee; black and white photograph of the grave with American Flag. Page 38: Magazine clipping of the Lariat Trail, Denver Mountain Parks; magazine clipping of the Placer Inn; photograph of people in touring car; photograph of mountain scene. Page 39: Fold out postcard booklet featuring multiple Colorado/Estes Park Scenes, published by H.H. Tammen Co., Denver. |
Date |
1934 |
Photographer |
Kumpf, Verna |
Collection |
Permanent |
People |
Kumpf, Verna |
Catalog type |
Standard |
Place |
Colorado |
Search Terms |
1930s Estes Park Travel Automobiles Burlington Route Denver Pikes Peak Garden of the Gods Seven Falls Red Rocks Colorado Springs Stanley Hotel Hotels and Lodges Stanley Hotel Casino Stanley Manor Cheyenne Mountain Big Thompson Canyon Fall River Road Beaver Dam Grand Lake Grand Lake Lodge Chipmunk |