1956 Cooper Hill Lift Ticket and Other Recent Arrivals to the Collection
Items cataloged into the Coloradotopia Archives Collection this week include a 1956 lift ticket from Ski Cooper, which was known as the Cooper Hill Ski Area at the time.
This ticket from the Cooper Hill Ski Area dates back to 1956.
When did the name change to Ski Cooper? Well, I asked. After a few emails with the ski area management, nobody is really sure. The earliest mention of the name that I have found in Colorado’s newspapers is from 1971.
Find more photos and info about how this ticket was dated on the permanent page within the collection here.
A $5 Fiverr Repair for This 1920s Berthoud Pass Inn Postcard
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After
The repaired version above is expandable up to approx. 6,500 pixels.
Why buy it for the archives? It was needed it for this page about the History of The Berthoud Pass Inn. Elements like the railing behind the gas pump, and the sign above it, will provide dating clues for other images in the future.
Harold Sanborn began numbering his postcards in 1925, with B-1 being the first Berthoud Pass postcard in that series. This one above, B-106, would have been created sometime in the first 1-3 years after that.
In addition to documenting the Continental Divide Signs on Berthoud Pass, the collection is also slowly also establishing a record of the other signs here, like this one on top of the gas pump.
Here is the same gas pump a few years later, now with a new sign above it. This sign reads ‘Highest Elev. Filling Station in the World’ across the top. This image is cropped from this photo in the Denver Public Library.
Don’t Forget the Berthoud Pass Inn’s Smaller Cabin
A scanned image of this postcard below was also added to the Berthoud Pass Inn’s history page this week. This one shows a small cabin that was located off to the side of the main building. This cabin is also visible in the winter postcard discussed above.
The Collection of Medals, Coins, Tokens and Pendants is Growing
Another recent arrival… there is a growing collection of items like this Pikes Peak pendant waiting to be published.
Another Random Toll Road Ticket Update
This ticket comes from the Dublin & Souderton Turnpike in Pennsylvania. According to the local historical society there, the turnpike began collecting tolls in June 1886, and was declared free in December 1921, so these tickets would have been used sometime during that era.
Out-of-state tickets like this aren't yet being added to the website like many other toll road tickets. So, why buy them? I think it’s funny that people needed to be told not to throw their tickets at the gatekeeper, and this pair cost less than $3.
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