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Echo Lake looking toward Mount Evans, Colorado, 1936

Subjects
Forests & TreesLakes & PondsMountains & Hills
Card type
Linen
Date
c. 1936 (Linen)
Front of Echo Lake looking toward Mount Evans, Colorado, 1936, Mrs. Lonnie Metcalfe, KY, USA, c. 1936 linen postcard
Front
Back of Echo Lake looking toward Mount Evans, Colorado, 1936, Mrs. Lonnie Metcalfe, KY, USA, c. 1936 linen postcard
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About this postcard

A view across Echo Lake toward Mount Evans, with timbered shores and a snow-streaked summit ridge rising beyond. The lake sits at about 10,600 feet in a timbered valley on the Mount Evans Road in the Denver Mountain Parks, roughly 50 miles west of Denver in Clear Creek County. The caption notes the chain of peaks leading up to Mount Evans at 14,260 feet and the camping spots along the shore. The Denver Mountain Parks were developed in the early 20th century as a high-country recreation reserve for the city. By the 1930s, Echo Lake was a stop on the road up Mount Evans, where visitors could take in the lake and the snow-clad peaks.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pencil

from Dick

PublisherSanborn Souvenir Co.
ECHO LAKE (ALT. 10,600 FT.) LOOKING TOWARD MT. EVANS DENVER MOUNTAIN PARKS, COLORADO ECHO LAKE is situated about 50 miles from Denver on the Mount Evans Road at an alti- tude of 10,606 feet. It lies in a vast timbered valley at the foot of the chains of lofty peaks which lead up to Mount Evans 14,260 feet high. Its beautiful timbered shores provide a wonderful camping spot from which one can glimpse the snow clad peaks.
PostmarkedDenver, CO
Stamp
Addressed to
Mrs. Lonnie Metcalfe

Winchester, KY

Postcard record

PostmarkedDenver, CO
PublisherSanborn Souvenir Co.
Series323 113333
ConditionGood
Place addressedMrs. Lonnie Metcalfe, Winchester, KY
PublisherSanborn Souvenir Co., Denver, CO
Stamp1c George Washington, green, perforated on all sides
NotesWhite border; visible linen/canvas texture in the sky and water; printed card number 113333 at lower right; light wear at corners. Postmark: DENVER, COLO. 2 PM 1936 — month/day hidden under the printed text block. Divided-back Curt Teich-era card with 'CT' logo; heavy toning, foxing and staining across the back, worn/rounded corners.

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Echo Lake looking toward Mount Evans, Colorado, 1936, postcard, c. 1936. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/echo-lake-looking-toward-mount-evans-colorado-1936. Accessed November 2, 2026.