Willow Creek Pass Continental Divide Sign Postcard - Postmarked 1947 #CWI-N-785
Brief Description
The digital image on this page has been scanned from a Sanborn postcard that is held in the Coloradotopia archives. This image was captured by Harold Sanborn while looking northward towards the top of Willow Creek Pass in Colorado.
Info
- Date: Postmarked 1947
- Photographer: Harold Sanborn
- Medium: Real Photo Postcard
- Size: 5 3/8" x 3 1/2"
- ID: CWI-N-785
- Acquisition Date: February 2024
- Repository: Coloradotopia Archives
Scanned with basic cropping, no digital enhancements.
Image use restricted.
Image Dating Comments
This postcard has a postmark of 1947. It is believed that the image was captured earlier in the 1940s.
Backside
Full Scan
Comments & Discussion
This road over the Continental Divide provided a crucial route into Walden and North Park, CO when it was created in the early 1900s. The signs seen here were likely added by the Colorado State Highway Department. This era is when the department added white signs w/ black borders around mountain passes throughout the state.
This postcard has a postmark from Walden, located just to the north of this pass. This would have been one of the most likely places for this postcard to have been sold.
Condition, Aging & Authenticity: Some of the surface has retained its glossiness, but much of it has begun to deteriorate. There is light discoloration on the backside due to aging. The dark spots near the postmark look like possible mold spots.
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