RE: [CBQ] Denver Zephyr Sign

[HOL WAGNER <holpennywagner@msn.com>]

You're right; the view looks north up Broadway from Colfax, and another member of the group has pointed out to me that upon close examination the streetcar tracks can still be seen in Broadway.  So since that trolley bus was built in 1949 and streetcar service ended June 3, 1950, the photo was taken in 1949-50.  The Rocky Mountain Rocket sign was a block or two south from this point on Broadway.
 
Hol
 

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To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
From: sjl_prodigynet@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2013 07:23:28 -0700
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Denver Zephyr Sign

 

I see the Shirley-Savoy Hotel in the background, suggesting to me that the picture was taken from the southwest corner of Colfax and Broadway.  Judging from the cars in the picture and the paint scheme on the trolley buses, it had to be closer to 1950 than 1955.  Do you remember when Tramway switched their colors to red and cream?

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From: HOL WAGNER <holpennywagner@msn.com>
To: CB&Q Group <cbq@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2013 12:48 PM
Subject: [CBQ] Denver Zephyr Sign [1 Attachment]

 

When I came to Denver in 1949 we lived for a time in a downtown hotel on 17th Street, and one of my strongest memories is of the illuminated and animated Denver Zephyr sign on the attached postcard.  The sign was a mixture of neon and incandescant bulbs that blinked off and on is rapid succession to give the impression the Zephyr was at speed.  There was a similar sign a block or two away for the Rocky Mountain Rocket, with an E6 on the point.  In this postcard view the streetcar tracks are gone but trolley buses are still in use, which dates the scene to between June 1950, when the last streetcars ran, and 1955, when the trolley buses were replaced with diesel buses.
 
Hol

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