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Mt. Evans and Echo Lake
All postcards have their own embedded story. On the reverse of this card, not postally mailed, Roy was writing to Elisa. She was in Guadalajara. He was not. Sigh. Grade: 4
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Central City, Face on the Bar Room Floor
Unused Dexter Press card 82816-B (and #3060) of this famous painting at the Teller House. One would not have expected such a nice and evocative poem to end quite that way … Grade: 1
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Monument Canyon, Monolith Parade
Unused Plastichrome card P78408 of this formation in the Colorado National Monument near Grand Junction and Fruita. Grade: 1
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Mt. Sopris and Crystal River
Two unused cards are available, beginning to age. One (Grade: 2, $1) is a little cleaner on the reverse than the other (Grade: 3: $0.50). There’s also a third card, over whose postage area Selma had written her name (Grade: 3, $0.50)
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Clear Creek Canon, waterfall
Unused Dexter Press card 84010-B (and #3003) with rounded corners. Some of the romance vaporizes along with the water when they say the flow moves into Welch Ditch. Grade: 2
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Colorado Springs, Broadmoor Hotel, aerial view
Though our little system here doesn’t let us do it, the “a” in Broadmoor appears in a different type style on this and the other Broadmoor cards. So, not to worry. This unused Dexter Press card 79625-B (and #3634) shows the Lake, the Ice Palace, Spencer Penrose Stadium, and North and South Cheyenne Canyons. A lot for one card. Rounded corners. Grade: 2
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Colorado Springs, Aerial view of Broadmoor Hotel
Unused Rembrant post card 1012. Grade: 1
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Colorado Springs, Broadmoor and Broadmoor South, front vista
Unused Dexter Press card 73849-B (and #4333), rounded corners. Grade: 1
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Colorado Springs, Broadmoor and South, and lake
Unused Dexter press card 92910-B (and #4369), serrated edges. Grade: 1
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The Broadmoor and Broadmoor South
Unused card. Grade: 2
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Colorado Springs, Antlers Hotel and Pikes Peak
Unused Color Card C2544. Grade: 1
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USAF Academy, Cadet Chapel
Unused Plastichrome card P68198, aging. Grade: 2
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Colorado Springs, Cadet Chapel at Night
Unused Cooper card 2DK-1683 (and 603). Rampart Range in the background. Grade: 2
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Colorado Springs, inter-faith chapel
Unused Dexter Press card 64981-B (and 3591), rounded corners, and another variation of many views of this structure. This is actually the same photo as our card 10106111, but the sky in this 10106097 is darker and one of Dexter’s numbers is different. Grade: 2
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Colorado Springs, Cadet Chapel at Night
Unused Plastichrome card P62524, perforated edges on top and bottom. Grade: 3
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Colorado Springs, USAF Academy, Protestant Chapel
Unused Plastichrome card P73109, pencilled indication in postage area. Specifically, this card shows the organ in the choir loft. Grade: 3
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Colorado Springs, USAF Academy, Protestant Chapel, altar
Unused Plastichrome card P73084 (and CS203) showing the free standing and curvilinear altar in front of the reredos. Yes. Grade: 1
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Colorado Springs, USAF Academy, Cadet Chapel
Unused Dexter Press card 77418-B (and #4339) showing the Chapel with the Air Garden and Fountains in front and the Rampart Range in back. Rounded corners. Grade: 1
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Colorado Springs, USAF Academy, Jewish Chapel
Unused Plastichrome card P73086 (and CS206). The card lets us know that the Israeli Air Force donated the 1631 pieces of Jerusalem Stone for the foyer. Grade: 1
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Colorado Springs, USAF Academy, Cadet Chapel
Unused Cooper card 2DK-1676 (and 596), yet another view of this building. Grade: 2
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Colorado Springs, USAF Academy, inter-faith chapel
Unused Dexter Press card 69495-B (and #3568), rounded corners, a winter scene. Grade: 1
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Colorado Springs, USAF Academy, Cadet Chapel at sunset
Unused Cooper card 3DK-1629 with a really long caption. More interestingly to us, given the location and topic of the card, is that it makes the place look like it’s in the centre of a nuclear holocaust. Grade: 1
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Colorado Springs, U.S. Air Force Academy, aerial view
Unused Cooper card 2DK-1687 (and 607), and though we’ve not seen it, we suppose the area has built up quite a bit since this card was made. Grade: 2
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Colorado Springs, Helen Hunt Jackson grave
Unused card but very heavily aged on both sides, with pencil notation in postage area. Grade: 4
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Balanced Rock and Steamboat Rock, Garden of the Gods
Unused Cooper card 7DK-254 (and C.675) of “these unique natural sandstone formations”. Grade: 1
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Denver, Civic Center and City and County Building
Unused Dexter Press card 29693-B (and #3108), with rounded corners. Would be a solid Grade 2 except that it has Judy Kellogg’s name written across the message area. So, Grade: 4
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Black Canon National Monument
Painted Cliffs and chasm view. This old linen card shows its subject to the best effect. There’s a long message on the reverse, though not postally used; and had been pasted into an album. Grade: 4
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Air Force Academy, inter-faith chapel
If you think this looks like card 10106097, you’re right. Same photo, same type of card, but different production run; and this unused card (rounded corners also) has Dexter Press numbers 80785-B and #3591. The sky is lighter in this card. Grade: 1
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U.S. Air Force Academy, Chapel
Two unused Dexter Press cards are available. Same reference numbers (74990-B and #4337) but one has serrated edges (Grade: 2, $1) and the other has plain edges with rounded corners, and inked writing on the reverse (Grade: 4, .50).
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U.S. Air Force Academy, organ in the Protestant Chapel
Unused Cooper card 3DK-1632 (and C.628) with an extraordinarily long and detailed caption, along with a special purple commemorative “Summit of Pikes Peak” sort of postmark dated Jul 10, 1970. Grade: 1
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Boulder Canyon, Perfect Tree
Unused H H T Co. card 16040. Good thing this tree is perfect, or we would also list this card in our “Boring” category. Grade: 2
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Dinosaur National Monument, Whirlpool Canyon
Unused Plastichrome card P76125, of this canyon and the Green River from Harpers Corner overlook. Grade: 2
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Colorado Springs, Pikes Peak Ghost Town, homemaker
Unused Dexter Press card 32415-B (and #3689), showing life as it used to be. The card has rounded corners. Grade: 1
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Garden of the Gods, 1957 Easter Sunrise service, pantomime
Unused card showing an enactment of the Resurrection scene, on 21st April 1957. Grade: 2
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Garden of the Gods, 1956 Easter Sunrise service, crosses
This card, similar to our previous card 10106117 but one year earlier, has been fully written on the reverse, but not postally used. Grade: 4
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Pikes Peak, faded
Compare this unused Colourpicture card P159 with our card 10106120, which started out as the same photo but which is much brighter and more natural looking than this one. 10106119 has a normal reverse, while 10106120 has some light red Colorado-style drawings on the reverse background. Both cards have the same index number P159. Grade for each card: 1
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Pikes Peak in Winter
Unused Colourpicture card P156. Grade: 3
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Pikes Peak from top of Rampart Range Road
Unused Colourpicture card P155. Grade: 2
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Pikes Peak seen through gateway
The gateway in question is to the Garden of the Gods. Unused Colourpicture card P154. Fading. Grade: 2
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Red Mountain and Continental Divide
Unused Colourpicture card P225, with small abrasions on bottom front. Grade: 3