Independence Pass Continental Divide Sign Image Archive collection
This historical image archive has been created to document the Continental Divide signs on top of Independence Pass. Most of the images on this page have been scanned from photographs, slides, and postcards that are held in the Coloradotopia archives.
The Coloradotopia Archives Collection. The archives contain hundreds of physical photographs, slides, motion films, other media, and small items focusing on Colorado’s Continental Divide and mountain automotive history. See the archives here.
c. 1953 or Later
This image is scanned from a postcard that shows the Independence Pass Continental Divide signs, with a few patches of melting snow in the background. The image was likely captured sometime in the late 1950s.
- Credits: Triangle Distributing
- Archive ID: CIN-S293813
1958
A woman is pictured standing in front of the signs in 1958. This image is scanned from an original photograph that is held in the archives.
- Archive ID: CIN-KV58
1959
The same set of signs is pictured here 1 year later in the summer of 1959.
- Archive ID: CIN-AUG59A
1970
This image is scanned from a Kodak Kodachrome slide. It shows the new Continental Divide sign in 1970 that was recently added by the US Forest Service.
- Photographer: Unknown
- Archive ID: CIN-70C13
1974
This image shows the same Continental Divide sign as the previous slide, but with contrasting hues.
- Archive ID: CIN-7410
2019
The modern Continental Divide sign is pictured here in 2019.
- Photographer: Andriy Blokhin
- Archive ID: CIN-2019AB
References & Credits
1.
Images Credits: Coloradotopia Archives, Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division/Carol Highsmith, Denver Public Library Special Collections, Coloradohistoricnewspapers.org, Center for Land Use Interpretation, AdamTheBruce, Jeffrey Beall | More info