Divided back, unused postcard. Date:  1961 – 1963. Publisher:  Sanborn Souvenir Co., Inc., Denver, Colorado. Series or no. 3579. No. 47388-B, Printed by Dexter, West Nyack, New York. Color by Coil.

Availability status:  SOLD

“#3579 – Pikes Peak Avenue, Colorado Springs, Colorado. Showing Antlers Hotel and Pikes Peak (alt. 14,110 ft.) in background.”

This is a wonderful early 1960s postcard. There’s so much to look at here and it’s just a really nice shot. Of the four cars in the foreground, left to right, (without spending too much time researching) starting with the white vehicle in the left hand corner, we have:  a ’61 Ford, a ’58 Ford Wagon, a ’57 Buick Special 2-Door Hardtop and a ’61 Chevy Impala….At the Ute movie theater All Hands On Deck (1961) was playing, starring Pat Boone, and the marquis advertised that the movie was in color. On the left, it looks like there was another theater, as we can see under the E A K (The Peak?) the marquis is advertising (looks like) Elizabeth Taylor starring in something – can’t read it. There are maybe two other movie theaters in the photo:  the Chief on the left for sure and on the right we can see what looks like another marquis behind the orange and white bus. Some of the other businesses showing in the photo are Bob’s Books, Fabric’s Inc., Arrow Hotel, Security Savings, and the Exchange National Bank.

The photo for this postcard would have be taken from 1961 – 1963, since the car in the far left corner is a 1961 (would have come out the same year) and the writing on the back of the card that says “1963.”