Photo Record
Images
Additional Images [6]
Metadata
Catalog Number |
2016.019.023 |
Object Name |
Album, Photograph |
Description |
Small photograph album with green textured paper front and back cover, held together with bar shaped metal fastener. Cover has black print, with logo for "King Size Quality Snapshots" and "Rockford Photo Service, Rockford, Ill" Album compiled by Jim Snively, who worked for the Rocky Mountain Transportation Company in 1946. Interior has 10 black and white photographs and envelope for negatives printed with care instructions. Photo 01 - Jim Snively standing next to tour bus with "Estes Park" listed as destination. Location likely outside of the Rocky Mountain Transportation Company buildings on Moraine Avenue. Photo 02 - View of different tour bus, with man looking from driver's side. Parked at side of Rocky Mountain Transportation Company building with Conoco gas pump visible. Photo 03 - Similar view to photo 02, instead with Jim Snively in driver's seat, building across street and Conoco gas pump visible. Photo 04 - Man filling gas tank for tour bus with Estes Park listed as destination. Same location as previous photos with Conoco gas pump visible. Photo 05 - View of other side of tour bus parked along street on Moraine Avenue at Conoco gas pump next to Rocky Mountain Transportation Company building. The Park Theatre tower is visible on the same side of the street further down. Photo 06 - View of man filling gas tank for tour bus with Estes Park listed as destination. Same location, with Conoco gas pump visible. Photo 07 - Same view as photo 06, with man looking at camera. Photo 08 - View of Elkhorn Avenue, looking east. Businesses visible are National Park Hotel, Silver Spruce Pharmacy, Coffee Bar Cafe, the Old Plantation Cafe, etc. Photo 09 - Alternate view of Elkhorn Avenue, looking east. Businesses visible are National Park Hotel, the Old Plantation Cafe, etc. Photo 10 - View of Elkhorn Avenue, looking west. Automobiles and pedestrians in view, businesses visible are the Estes Park Bank, the Totem Gift Shop, the Sherwood Hotel, the Osborn Garage, the Chez Jay, the Texaco, etc. |
Date |
c. 1946 |
Collection |
Permanent |
People |
Snively, James "Jim" |
Catalog type |
Standard |
Place |
Estes Park, CO |
Search Terms |
1940s Automobiles Rocky Mountain Parks Transportation Company Elkhorn Avenue National Park Hotel Coffee Bar Café Silver Spruce Pharmacy Coolidge Cafe Texaco Station Moraine Avenue Park Theatre Old Plantation Estes Park Bank Totem Gift Shop Sherwood Hotel Osborn Garage Chez Jay |