Brief Description
This photograph shows a woman in front of the Continental Divide sign on Loveland Pass in 1955. This sign was located on the southern side of Highway 6, the opposite side from where the current sign is located.
Info
- Date: September 7, 1955
- Photographer: Unknown
- Medium: Original Photograph
- Size: 4 1/8" x 2 7/8"
- ID: CL-V25
- Acquisition Date: March 2024
- Repository: Coloradotopia Archives
Scanned with basic cropping, no enhancements.
Use restricted.
Image Dating Comments
The back of this photograph is ink-stamped “Sep 7 1955”. This could be the date of the photograph or the development date.
Backside
Comments & Discussion
This photo was acquired through an Ebay sale, in a lot that contained another photo with the same woman on Berthoud Pass. While that photo is undated, she appears to be wearing the same outfit, she has the same purse, and her hair appears to be untouched between photos, so it is believed that they were both taken on the same day.
The full scan below shows a thin white border that measures just over 1/16th of an inch. The previous photo (CL-14) shows a sign for Arapahoe Basin in the background. That sign’s location would have been approximately 1-5 feet to the left out of this image’s frame if the sign was still there.
Condition, Aging & Authenticity: Fading of the date stamp on the back is consistent with age. There is a fair amount of warping and waving of the surface upon arrival into the archive. Some cracking can be seen on the right side.
The backside shows that this was obviously affixed into a photo album at one point.
About the Coloradotopia Archives. The Coloradotopia archives hold a large collection of historical images that document Colorado’s auto history in the mountains. You can read more about the Coloradotopia archive project here.
