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Balanced Rock, Garden of the Gods, Colorado, 1956

Subject
Public Parks & Commons
Card type
Linen
Date
c. 1956 (Chrome)
Front of Balanced Rock, Garden of the Gods, Colorado, 1956, Elaine Steele, WI, USA, c. 1956 linen postcard
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Back of Balanced Rock, Garden of the Gods, Colorado, 1956, Elaine Steele, WI, USA, c. 1956 linen postcard
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About this postcard

Balanced Rock, a large red sandstone boulder perched on a narrow pedestal of layered red stone, rises against a pale sky with green scrub and trees at the left. The formation sits just west of the main Garden of the Gods in Mushroom Park, in the Pike's Peak region, where the many-ton boulder rests on only a few feet of stone and looks almost ready to topple. Balanced rocks of this kind are residual boulders left atop eroded bases, and this one has long been a roadside attraction near Colorado Springs. The sender writes of a picnic in the Colorado mountains and a visit to the Garden of the Gods, a city park known for its red rock formations.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pencil

Hi Elaine, we are in colorado now and we were in the mountains and had a picnic there to. We were in the garden of the gods to. By for now. Linda

PublisherSanborn Souvenir Co.
2142 BALANCED ROCK, GARDEN OF THE GODS, PIKE'S PEAK REGION, COLORADO The Balanced Rock is one of the wonders of the Pike's Region. It is located just west of the Garden of the Gods in the section of peculiar rock formation known as Mushroom Park. The huge boulder, weighing many tons, rests on a base of but a few feet seemingly almost ready to topple but continues to stand.
PostmarkedColorado Springs, CO, July 26, 1956
Stamp
Addressed to
Elaine Steele

217 Walnut St Oconomowoc, WI

Postcard record

Postmarked, Colorado Springs, CO
PublisherSanborn Souvenir Co.
Series2142
ConditionGood
Place addressedElaine Steele, 217 Walnut St, Oconomowoc, WI
Place mentionedGarden of the Gods, CO
PublisherSanborn Souvenir Co., Denver, CO
Stamp2c Thomas Jefferson, red
NotesLinen-textured stock with visible crosshatch weave; faint circular postmark and machine-cancel ink at upper right of the picture side; printed caption "BALANCED ROCK, GARDEN OF THE GODS, PIKE'S PEAK REGION, COLORADO" with descriptive text about the rock on Mushroom Park. Postmark: COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. JUL 26 1956 PM, with DENVER, COLO. transit. Series 2142. Linen-texture C.T. Art-Colortone card published by Sanborn Souvenir Co., Denver, Colo.; divided back, 2¢ Jefferson stamp; light wear and toning at edges.

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Balanced Rock, Garden of the Gods, Colorado, 1956, postcard, c. 1956. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/balanced-rock-garden-of-the-gods-colorado-1956-1956. Accessed November 2, 2026.