Photo Record
Images
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Metadata
Catalog Number |
2016.019.022 |
Object Name |
Album, Photograph |
Description |
Small photograph album with red textured paper front and back cover, held together with blue spiral plastic binding. Cover has black print, with logo for "King Size Quality Snapshots" Album compiled by Jim Snively, who worked for the Rocky Mountain Transportation Company in 1946. Interior has 8 black and white photographs and envelope for 8 negatives printed with care instructions. Photo 01 - View of the Thompson River entrance to Rocky Mountain National Park, including sign and gatehouse, with automobile visible and hillside in background. Photo 02 - View of the reverse side of the Thompson River entrance sign to Rocky Mountain National Park with hillside in background. Photo 03 - View of unidentified lake with hillside in background. Photo 04 - Dream Lake with Notchtop visible in background. Photo 05 - Slightly closer view of Dream Lake with Hallett Peak in background. Photo 06 - View of opposite side of Dream Lake, looking across lake back towards trail with mountain in background. Photo 07 - View of Elkhorn Avenue, taken at street level looking east. Businesses visible include National Park Hotel, Silver Spruce Pharmacy, Liquor store, Coffee Bar Cafe, Coolidge Cafe, a market, etc. Photo 08 - Livestock grazing in penned area, unidentified location. |
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 Dream Lake Rocky Mountain National Park Thompson Entrance - RMNP Hallett Peak Elkhorn Avenue National Park Hotel Coffee Bar Café Silver Spruce Pharmacy Coolidge Cafe |