This vintage real photo postcard features a street view of Tejon Street and the business district of Colorado Springs, Colorado. Note the line of diagonally parked 1940’s cars. The Rocky Mountains make a wonderful natural backdrop. Pikes peak is just 30 miles away from Tejon Street. Also visible is a sign for the Albany Hotel. The hotel was built in 1902. While wealthy tourists stayed at high class hotels like the Broadmoor, the Albany Hotel provided hospitality to the middle class visitors. The building is there today and serves as a 70 room apartment house. The publisher of this card is the Sanborn Souvenir Company. Harold Sanborn established the company in the 1920’s. The firm operated out of Denver, Colorado. The company published at least 10,000 different real photo postcards. This postcard was postmarked in Colorado Springs in 1948. The year is also printed on the image on the front of the card. The postcard is addressed to someone in Tripoli, Iowa. (SOLD)
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