Amon Carter print details

The Royal Gorge, America's Best-Loved Travel Wonder

Object Details

  • Date

    ca. 1940

  • Object Type

    Photographs

  • Medium

    Halftone print

  • Contributors

    Printed by Curt Teich Co.

    Published by Curt Teich Co.

  • Object Format

    Postcard

  • Dimensions

    5 7/16 x 3 7/16 in.

  • Inscriptions

    Recto:

    u.c. printed: ON THE DENVER & RIO GRANDE WESTERN RAILROAD \ THRU THE ROCKIES, NOT AROUND THEM

    l.l. to l.r. printed: THE ROYAL GORGE, AMERICA'S BEST-LOVED TRAVEL WONDER

    l.r. printed along right edge: 8A-H1501

    Verso [vertical]:

    u.l. printed: Rio Grande \ "So today, I am going for the third or \ fourth time, I have forgotten which, up thru \ the Royal Gorge, one of the finest scenic \ spots in the whole of the United States." \ Excerpt from address by \ President Franklin D. Roosevelt \ at Pueblo, Colo., July 12, 1938

    c.l. printed: The famous Hanging Bridge clings to the \ massive granite walls of the Grand Canyon \ of the Arkansas River, just 30 feet apart at \ this point. The World's Highest Bridge spans \ the gorge, 1053 feet above tracks of the \ Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad.

    u.c. to l.c. printed: "C.T. ART-COLORTONE" REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. --- SOLD BY SMITH-BROOKS, DENVER

    l.l. printed in emblem: RIO GRANDE \ ROYAL \ GORGE \ MOFFAT \ TUNNEL \ SCENIC LINE \ OF THE \ WORLD

  • Collection Name

    Fred and Jo Mazzulla Collection

  • Credit Line

    Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas

  • Accession Number

    P1976.48.575

  • Copyright

    Public domain

Additional details

Location: Off view
Part of: Fred and Jo Mazzulla Collection

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