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Mount Chapin Postcard


Title	Mount Chapin Postcard
Image ID Number	H04207
Date	1914-08-21
Decade	1910s
Description	Color sent postcard of Mount Chapin in Estes Park. There is a road in the middle of the picture. This postcard was sent on August 21, 1914. The description printed on the back of the postcard reads "Mount Chapin. Estes Park is one of the really great attractions of the United States, as is apparent from the fact that it is included in the proposed new National Park. Lying in a great natural amphitheatre of at least 100, 000 acres, it is encircles on every side by a circle of great snow peaks. Mount Chapin is one of the best known of these picturesque mountains. -7490." The message, which is to Miss Flossie Jones, at 814 Seventh St. Greeley, Colo., reads "Dear Ted - I have been on a trip and so rushed I couldn't write so will drop a card and write so you will get it Mon. noon. The rush will soon be over now ____ are well and feeling fine and hope you are. As ever, Charles"
Content Type	landscapes - natural
Historical Context	Railroad Era 1877-1919
Subject	Postcards Mountains Estes Park
Image Source	Historical Collection
Format	image/jpeg
Image Collection	Historical Collection
File Location	LC Places - Estes Park (Folder 2)
Language	English
Image Origin	Print
Digitization Format	Epson Expression 10000XL; Adobe Photoshop 6.0; TIFF 800 dpi; JPEG 72 dpi
Collection Name	HistoricPhotographs

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The Water Ways Photograph Database provides 1200 photographs associated with Larimer County water history.