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Boy, is that a beautiful looking sign! They sure knew how to build them back then! Rich
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From: Hol Wagner holpennywagner@msn.com [CBQ] <CBQ@yahoogroups.com> To: CB&Q Group <cbq@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Mon, Jun 1, 2015 1:10 pm Subject: RE: [CBQ] 1936 Denver Zephyr Sign- Denver Colorado [2 Attachments]
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Dennis:
No, I have learned nothing more about the sign and who erected it. I'm attaching the two images of it that I have, one of which appeared in the Bulletin and the other which you just posted. My scan may be a little sharper than the CRRM image. At any rate, the first was taken in about 1950, as the streetcar tracks are still in place and there is a yellow streetcar visible just behind the yellow and maroon trolley bus. Denver Tramway streetcar service ended on June 3, 1950. The second view dates to 1955, the last year for the trolley buses, which by this time wore red and cream paint -- and the new Mile High Center office tower designed by I.M. Pei has been erected at the corner of Broadway and 17th St. The sign came down the next year. There was a similar large sign nearby on Broadway (but I don't recall just where, though I know it was near Colfax and Broadway) for the Rock Island's Rocky Mountain R ocket, featuring an E6 pulling the train. It came down before the DZ sign. Hol To: holpennywagner@msn.com CC: CBQ@yahoogroups.com From: CBQ@yahoogroups.com Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2015 13:18:58 -0400 Subject: [CBQ] 1936 Denver Zephyr Sign- Denver Colorado [1 Attachment]
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Hol:
The recent excellent BRHS Bulletin publication on the 1936 Denver Zephyr includes a great color photo from your collection of the CB&Q's color neon lighted and moving action sign depicting the 1936 Denver Zephyr.
As you know the sign was mounted atop a building on Broadway in downtown Denver. The caption in the Bulletin states that the sign was taken down just before the Denver Zephyr was re-equipped in 1956.
If you recall we had a discussion on the history of the sign a few years ago, you remembered seeing it as a younger lad but we could not determine who built/erected the sign and when it was actually erected.
Just wondering if you have discovered any more information about the sign? Perhaps another society member or Q group yahoo subscriber would have additional information?
I have attached another photo of the sign courtesy of the Colorado Railroad Museum and via BRHS society member John Stockton of Tucson, AZ
Best regards- Dennis Popish
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