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Bird's Eye View, Colorado Springs, Colo.
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Image Number
537-298
Date
ca. 1900
Description
An illustration that provides an elevated view of the city looking northwest down Pikes Peak Avenue with Pikes Peak in the distance. In the foreground, a streetcar is at the intersection with Prospect Street with separate trolley and vehicle wooden bridges over Shook's Run to the west. A large railroad trestle is in the mid-ground that provides train access to the Santa Fe Railway depot on the left. The Antlers Hotel is visible in the distance. "Bird's Eye View, Colorado Springs, Colo." is printed on front of postcard.
Photographer
unknown
Location
Colorado Springs (Colo.)
Subject
Antlers Hotel (Colorado Springs, Colo.)
Santa Fe Depot
Architecture
Railroad bridges
Pikes Peak Avenue (Colorado Springs, Colo.)
Street-railroads
Railroad stations
Collection
John F. McClenahan Postcard Collection
Publisher
Pikes Peak Library District
Original Format
Postcards
Physical Description
5 1/2 x 3 1/2 color print
Digitization
Date Digital
45929
TIFF file size
46486900
Scanning Hardware
Epson Expression 12000XL
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Adobe Photoshop Creative Cloud
Silverfast 8.0
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Bird's Eye View, Colorado Springs, Colo.
(ca. 1900). PPLD Digital Collections, accessed 17/01/2026, https://digitalcollections.ppld.org/nodes/view/1042679